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Published on 3/7/2012 in the Prospect News Structured Products Daily.

New Issue: RBS prices $622,000 variable-income notes linked to 10 stocks

By Toni Weeks

San Diego, March 7 - Royal Bank of Scotland plc priced $622,000 of variable-income notes due March 9, 2017 linked to a basket of common stocks, according a 424B5 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The basket includes Altria Group, Inc., American Electric Power Co., Inc., AT&T Inc., Avon Products, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Entergy Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp., Pfizer Inc., Southern Co. and Verizon Communications Inc.

The notes will pay a coupon each year equal to the average of the basket stocks' performances, subject to a minimum coupon of 1%.

If a stock's return is greater than or equal to zero, its performance will be equal to the 6% auto-cap rate. Otherwise, its performance will be the greater of the stock return and negative 30%.

The payout at maturity will be par plus the final coupon.

RBS Securities Inc. is the agent.

Issuer:Royal Bank of Scotland plc
Issue:Variable-income notes
Underlying stocks:Altria Group, Inc. (Symbol: MO), American Electric Power Co., Inc. (Symbol: AEP), AT&T Inc. (Symbol: T), Avon Products, Inc. (Symbol: AVP), Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (Symbol: BMY), Entergy Corp. (Symbol: ETR), Lockheed Martin Corp. (Symbol: LMT), Pfizer Inc. (Symbol: PFE), Southern Co. (Symbol: SO) and Verizon Communications Inc. (Symbol: VZ)
Amount:$622,000
Maturity:March 9, 2017
Coupon:Greater of (a) the average of the stock performances on the applicable coupon observation date and (b) 1%; if stock's return at least zero, performance will equal 6%, otherwise performance will be greater of stock return and negative 30%; payable annually
Price:Par
Payout at maturity:Par plus final coupon payment
Initial prices:$30.08 for Altria Group, Inc., $38.19 for American Electric Power Co., Inc., $30.71 for AT&T Inc., $18.18 for Avon Products, Inc., $32.33 for Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., $66.76 for Entergy Corp., $87.78 Lockheed Martin Corp., $21.25 for Pfizer Inc., $44.65 for Southern Co. and $38.69 for Verizon Communications Inc.
Pricing date:March 6
Settlement date:March 9
Agent:RBS Securities Inc.
Fees:4.25%
Cusip:78009PCN9

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