Annual Results 2016

RBS reported an operating loss before tax of £4,082 million for 2016 and an attributable loss (1) of £6,955 million, which included litigation and conduct costs of £5,868 million, restructuring costs of £2,106 million, the final Dividend Access Share (DAS) dividend of £1,193 million and Capital Resolution disposal losses and impairments of £825 million. Restructuring costs included a £750 million provision in respect of the 17 February 2017 update on RBS’s remaining State Aid obligation regarding Williams & Glyn. An operating loss before tax of £4,063 million and an attributable loss of £4,441 million were reported in Q4 2016.

Across our Personal & Business Banking (PBB), Commercial & Private Banking (CPB) and NatWest Markets (NWM) franchises, RBS reported a £163 million, or 4%, increase in adjusted operating profits to £4,249 million for 2016, and an adjusted return on equity of 11.1%, compared with 11.2% in 2015. Q4 2016 adjusted operating profit of £848 million was £320 million, or 61%, higher than Q4 2015.

Ross McEwan, RBS CEO said today:

“The bottom line loss we have reported today is, of course, disappointing but given the scale of the legacy issues we worked through in 2016, it should not come as a surprise.

These costs are a stark reminder of what happens to a bank when things go wrong and you lose focus on the customer, as this bank did before the financial crisis.

We made good progress throughout 2016 against our strategy. Our core business generated £4.2bn in adjusted pre-tax operating profit for the year – that’s an average of £1 billion per quarter for the last eight quarters.

We were the fastest growing large bank in the UK last year, with £24bn of new lending into the UK economy supporting over a million businesses and home owners.

This bank has great potential. We believe that by going further on cost reduction and faster on digital transformation we will deliver a simpler, safer and even more customer-focused bank.”

(1) Attributable to ordinary shareholders.

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