Filed under Rule 424(b)(5), Registration Statement No. 333-184147
Preliminary Pricing Supplement No. 27 dated December 3, 2012 (to: Prospectus dated September 28, 2012 and Prospectus Supplement dated September 28, 2012)
 
 
 
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
  
 
78012DBC6 /
US78012DBC65
$
100.00%
2.05%
$
FIXED
3.65%
per annum
MONTHLY
12/15/2022
01/15/2013
$3.24
NO
SENIOR
  
                             
                             
                             
 
Redemption Information: Non-Callable/Non-Puttable
                    
                             
 
Lead Manager and Lead Agent: RBS Securities Inc.
                    
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
 
 
 
Offering Dates: 12/03/2012 through 12/10/2012
Trade Date: 12/10/2012
Settlement Date: 12/13/2012
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.
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
Retail Corporate Notes
Prospectus dated September 28, 2012
and Prospectus Supplement dated September 28, 2012
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
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.