Filed under Rule 424(b)(5), Registration Statement No. 333-162219
Preliminary Pricing Supplement No. 15 dated August 20, 2012 (to: Prospectus dated September 30, 2009 and Prospectus Supplement dated November 21, 2011)
 
 
 
CUSIP / ISIN Number
Aggregate Principal Amount
Price to Public
Selling Commission
Net Proceeds
Coupon Type
Coupon Rate
Coupon Frequency
Maturity Date
1st Coupon Date
1st Coupon Amount
Survivor's Option
Product Ranking
  
 
78012DAQ6 /
US78012DAQ60
$
100.00%
1.70%
$
FIXED
4.20%
per annum
MONTHLY
08/15/2019
09/15/2012
$1.75
NO
SENIOR
  
                             
                             
                             
 
Redemption Information: Non-Callable/Non-Puttable
                  
                             
                             
 
Lead Manager and Lead Agent: RBS Securities Inc.
                  
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
 
 
   The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
Offering Dates: 08/20/2012 through 08/27/2012
Trade Date: 08/27/2012
Settlement Date: 08/30/2012
Minimum Denomination/Increments: $1,000.00/$1,000.00
Initial trades settle flat and clear SDFS: DTC Book-Entry only
DTC Number 2230 via RBS Securities Inc.
 
If the maturity date or an interest payment date for any note is not a business day (as that term is defined in the prospectus supplement), principal, premium, if any, and interest for that note is paid on the next business day, and no interest will accrue from, and after, the maturity date or interest payment date.
 
The notes will be treated as fixed rate debt instruments for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
 
Intended to be listed on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange.
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
Retail Corporate Notes
Prospectus dated September 30, 2009
and Prospectus Supplement dated November 21, 2011