- Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (United Kingdom, SEDOL 0754783, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40101010), a member of the S&P Europe 350 and S&P United Kingdom Indices, shares will increase by 167,090,180 to 3,127,858,180. The new shares originated from the placing of new ordinary shares to finance in part the acquisition of Charter One Financials, Inc.
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