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 ·  Net interest income was up $29 million, or 4% at $838 million driven by a larger investment portfolio, loan growth and the impact of day count.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 
 
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Key points (continued) 
 
Q2 2014 compared with Q1 2014 (continued) 
 
 ·  Average loans and advances were up 2%, driven by higher commercial loans, auto loan organic growth and purchases and a strategic initiative to purchase residential mortgages.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 ·  Excluding the gain on the sale of the Illinois retail branches of $283 million in Q2 2014, non-interest income was broadly in line with the prior quarter.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 ·  Excluding restructuring costs of $115 million, total expenses were up $34 million, or 4%, at $862 million due to higher incentives as Q1 2014 included incentive reversals for prior year plans.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 ·  Impairment losses decreased by $68 million to $53 million for the quarter due to lower charge-offs of $19 million and a reserve release in Q2 2014 of $19 million reflecting asset quality improvements, compared to a reserve build in Q1 2014 of $34 million.  
 
 
Q2 2014 compared with Q2 2013 
 
 ·  Excluding the impact of the Illinois retail branch sale, $283 million net gain, and restructuring costs, $115 million (Q2 2013 - $3 million), operating profit increased by $36 million, or 14%, driven by higher net interest income partially offset by higher expenses.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 ·  Income and expense drivers are consistent with H1 2014 compared with H1 2013.                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 ·  Impairment losses were broadly in line with prior year despite the Non-Core transfer.                                                                                                                                                                                       
 
 
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RCR is managed and analysed by four business pillars - Ulster Bank, Real Estate Finance, Corporate and Markets. Real Estate
Finance excludes commercial real estate lending in Ulster Bank. 
 
                                                                       Half year                         
                                                                       ended      Quarter ended  
 30 June                                                               30 June    31 March       
                                                                       2014       2014           2014    
                                                                       £m         £m             £m      
                                                                                                         
 Income statement                                                                                        
 Net interest income/(expense)                                         11         16             (5)     
                                                                                                         
 Net fees and commissions                                              31         17             14      
 Income from trading activities (1)                                    (53)       (69)           16      
 Other operating income (1)                                            119        71             48      
                                                                                                         
 Non-interest income                                                   97         19             78      
                                                                                                         
 Total income                                                          108        35             73      
                                                                                                         
 Direct expenses                                                                                         
 - staff                                                               (89)       (51)           (38)    
 - other                                                               (32)       (14)           (18)    
 Indirect expenses                                                     (55)       (32)           (23)    
                                                                                                         
 Operating expenses                                                    (176)      (97)           (79)    
                                                                                                         
 Operating loss before impairment losses                               (68)       (62)           (6)     
 Impairment recoveries/(losses) (1)                                    20         128            (108)   
                                                                                                         
 Operating (loss)/profit                                               (48)       66             (114)   
                                                                                                         
 Total income                                                                                            
 Ulster Bank                                                           1          14             (13)    
 Real Estate Finance                                                   96         13             83      
 Corporate                                                             (14)       (12)           (2)     
 Markets                                                               25         20             5       
                                                                                                         
 Total income                                                          108        35             73      
                                                                                                         
 Impairment (recoveries)/losses                                                                          
 Ulster Bank                                                           (15)       (67)           52      
 Real Estate Finance                                                   (34)       (123)          89      
 Corporate                                                             39         73             (34)    
 Markets                                                               (10)       (11)           1       
                                                                                                         
 Total impairment (recoveries)/losses                                  (20)       (128)          108     
                                                                                                         
 Loan impairment charge as % of gross customer loans and advances (2)                                    
 Ulster Bank                                                           (0.2%)     (1.9%)         1.3%    
 Real Estate Finance                                                   (0.9%)     (6.6%)         4.1%    
 Corporate                                                             1.0%       3.7%           (1.5%)  
 Markets                                                               (2.0%)     (3.6%)         -       
                                                                                                         
 Total                                                                 (0.1%)     (1.7%)         1.2%    
 
 
Notes: 
 
 (1)  Q2 2014 results included £225 million (Q1 2014 - £56 million) of net gains from the disposal of assets, comprising £6 million gain (Q1 2014 - £5 million loss) in income from trading activities, £38 million of losses (Q1 2014 - £3 million) in other operating income and £257 million (Q1 2014 - £64 million) release of impairment provisions.  
 (2)  Includes disposal groups.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 
 
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                                                           30 June  31 March  
                                                     2014  2014     
                                                           £bn      £bn       
                                                                              
 Capital and balance sheet                                                    
 Loans and advances to customers (gross) (1)               30.0     34.0      
 Loan impairment provisions                                (14.4)   (15.7)    
                                                                              
 Net loans and advances to customers                       15.6     18.3      
                                                                              
 Debt securities                                           1.9      2.2       
 Total funded assets                                       20.9     24.3      
 Total third party assets (including derivatives)          34.4     38.8      
                                                                              
 Risk elements in lending                                  20.4     23.0      
 Provision coverage (2)                                    71%      68%       
 Risk-weighted assets (3)                                                     
 - Credit risk                                                                
 - non-counterparty                                        22.6     29.6      
 - counterparty                                            8.2      5.7       
 - Market risk                                             4.3      5.2       
                                                                              
                                                           35.1     40.5      
                                                                              
 Gross loans and advances to customers (1)                                    
 Ulster Bank                                               13.9     15.5      
 Real Estate Finance                                       7.4      8.6       
 Corporate                                                 7.8      9.1       
 Markets                                                   0.9      0.8       
                                                                              
                                                           30.0     34.0      
                                                                              
 Funded assets                                                                
 Ulster Bank                                               3.5      4.4       
 Real Estate Finance (3)                                   6.7      7.7       
 Corporate                                                 7.4      8.6       
 Markets                                                   3.3      3.6       
                                                                              
                                                           20.9     24.3      
                                                                              
 Risk weighted assets (4)                                                     
 Ulster Bank                                               2.3      2.8       
 Real Estate Finance                                       6.4      11.5      
 Corporate                                                 15.1     14.7      
 Markets                                                   11.3     11.5      
                                                                              
                                                           35.1     40.5      
                                                                              
 RWA equivalent (RWAe) (5)                                                    
 Ulster Bank                                               4.5      6.7       
 Real Estate Finance                                       10.5     13.4      
 Corporate                                                 16.6     17.0      
 Markets                                                   11.9     13.8      
                                                                              
                                                           43.5     50.9      
 
 
Notes: 
 
 (1)  Includes disposal groups.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 (2)  Provision coverage represents loan impairment provisions as a percentage of risk elements in lending.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 (3)  Real Estate Finance funded assets comprise those in the UK (£4.4 billion), Germany (£1.0 billion), Spain (£0.5 billion) and other geographies (£0.8 billion).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 (4)  On a fully loaded Basel 3 basis risk-weighted assets at 1 January 2014 were £46.7 billion.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 (5)  RWA equivalent (RWAe) is an internal metric that measures the equity capital employed in divisions. RWAe converts both performing and non-performing exposures into a consistent capital measure, being the sum of the regulatory RWAs and the regulatory capital deductions, the latter converted to RWAe by applying a multiplier. The Group applies a CET 1 ratio of 10%; this results in an end point CRR RWAe conversion multiplier of 10.  
 
 
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 Funded assets and RWAe                                                                                                                                                              
                         Non-performing (1)        Performing (1)           Total  
                         Funded assets       RWAe                  Capital         Funded assets  RWAe                Capital        Funded assets  RWAe        Capital  
 Gross                   Net                 RWA   deducts         Gross    Net    RWA            deducts (2)  Gross  Net      RWA   deducts        
 30 June 2014            £bn                 £bn   £bn             £bn      £m                    £bn          £bn    £bn      £bn   £m             £bn   £bn   £bn      £bn   £m    
                                                                                                                                                                                            
 Ulster Bank             13.0                2.6   4.4             -        446                   1.1          0.9    0.1      2.3   (229)                14.1  3.5      4.5   2.3   217    
 Real Estate Finance     5.0                 2.7   4.1             0.3      389                   4.1          4.0    6.4      6.1   16                   9.1   6.7      10.5  6.4   405    
 Corporate               2.6                 1.2   1.8             -        184                   6.3          6.2    14.8     15.1  (28)                 8.9   7.4      16.6  15.1  156    
 Markets                 0.1                 0.1   0.5             0.2      34                    3.2          3.2    11.4     11.1  30                   3.3   3.3      11.9  11.3  64     
                                                                                                                                                                                            
 Total RCR               20.7                6.6   10.8            0.5      1,053                 14.7         14.3   32.7     34.6  (211)                35.4  20.9     43.5  35.1  842    
                                                                                                                                                                                            
 31 March 2014                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                                            
 Ulster Bank             14.6                3.6   6.3             0.1      622                   1.1          0.8    0.4      2.7   (235)                15.7  4.4      6.7   2.8   387    
 Real Estate Finance     5.4                 2.9   2.9             0.3      260                   4.9          4.8    10.5     11.2  (76)                 10.3  7.7      13.4  11.5  184    
 Corporate               2.9                 1.2   2.1             0.1      209                   7.5          7.4    14.9     14.6  28                   10.4  8.6      17.0  14.7  237    
 Markets                 0.2                 0.2   0.3             -        26                    3.4          3.4    13.5     11.5  205                  3.6   3.6      13.8  11.5  231    
                                                                                                                                                                                            
 Total RCR               23.1                7.9   11.6            0.5      1,117                 16.9         16.4   39.3     40.0  (78)                 40.0  24.3     50.9  40.5  1,039  
                                                                                                                                                                                            
 1 January 2014                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                            
 Ulster Bank             14.8                3.7   7.6             0.2      738                   1.4          1.1    1.3      3.1   (179)                16.2  4.8      8.9   3.3   559    
 Real Estate Finance     7.2                 4.2   6.1             0.3      580                   5.8          5.3    12.5     13.2  (75)                 13.0  9.5      18.6  13.5  505    
 Corporate               3.3                 1.7   2.9             0.2      269                   8.1          8.1    18.2     16.2  208                  11.4  9.8      21.1  16.4  477    
 Markets                 0.2                 0.1   0.6             -        58                    4.7          4.7    15.8     13.5  233                  4.9   4.8      16.4  13.5  291    
                                                                                                                                                                                            
 Total RCR               25.5                9.7   17.2            0.7      1,645                 20.0         19.2   47.8     46.0  187                  45.5  28.9     65.0  46.7  1,832  
                                                                                                                                                                                            
 
 
Notes: 
 
 (1)  Performing assets are those with an internal asset quality band of AQ1 - 9; and non-performing assets are in AQ10 with a probability of default being 100%.  
 (2)  The negative capital deductions are a result of the latent loss provisions held in respect of the performing portfolio.                                      
 (3)  Capital deductions relating to expected loss less impairment provisions were £823 million (31 March 2014 - £960 million; 1 January 2014 - £1,774 million).   
 
 
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 Funded assets                                                                       
                                                                                               
                              1 April                                                30 June   
 2014                         Net run-off  Disposals (1)  Impairments  Other  2014   
 Quarter ended 30 June 2014   £bn          £bn            £bn          £bn    £bn    £bn       
                                                                                               
 Ulster Bank                  4.4          (0.1)          (0.8)        0.1    (0.1)  3.5       
 Real Estate Finance          7.7          (0.4)          (0.6)        0.1    (0.1)  6.7       
 Corporate                    8.6          (0.8)          (0.2)        (0.1)  (0.1)  7.4       
 Markets                      3.6          (0.1)          (0.2)        -      -      3.3       
                                                                                               
 Total                        24.3         (1.4)          (1.8)        0.1    (0.3)  20.9      
                                                                                               
                              1 January                                              31 March  
 2014                         Net run-off  Disposals (1)  Impairments  Other  2014   
 Quarter ended 31 March 2014  £bn          £bn            £bn          £bn    £bn    £bn       
                                                                                               
 Ulster Bank                  4.8          (0.1)          (0.2)        (0.1)  -      4.4       
 Real Estate Finance          9.5          (1.2)          (0.5)        (0.1)  -      7.7       
 Corporate                    9.8          (0.7)          (0.5)        -      -      8.6       
 Markets                      4.8          (0.5)          (0.7)        -      -      3.6       
                                                                                               
 Total                        28.9         (2.5)          (1.9)        (0.2)  -      24.3      
                                                                                               
 
 
 Risk-weighted assets                                                                                                      
                                                           1 April                                     Risk                Other (3)  30 June   
 2014                                                      Net run-off  Disposals (1)  parameters (2)  Impairments  2014   
 Quarter ended 30 June 2014                                £bn          £bn            £bn             £bn          £bn    £bn        £bn       
                                                                                                                                                
 Ulster Bank                                               2.8          -              (0.1)           (0.4)        -      -          2.3       
 Real Estate Finance                                       11.5         (0.2)          (0.6)           (4.2)        -      (0.1)      6.4       
 Corporate                                                 14.7         (0.6)          (0.5)           2.2          (0.4)  (0.3)      15.1      
 Markets                                                   11.5         (1.6)          (0.7)           2.2          -      (0.1)      11.3      
                                                                                                                                                
 Total                                                     40.5         (2.4)          (1.9)           (0.2)        -      (0.5)      35.1      
                                                                                                                                                
                                                           1 January                                   Risk                Other (3)  31 March  
 2014                                                      Net run-off  Disposals (1)  parameters (2)  Impairments  2014   
 Quarter ended 31 March 2014                               £bn          £bn            £bn             £bn          £bn    £bn        £bn       
                                                                                                                                                
 Ulster Bank                                               3.3          (0.5)          -               -            -      -          2.8       
 Real Estate Finance                                       13.5         (1.6)          (0.1)           (0.3)        -      -          11.5      
 Corporate                                                 16.4         (0.3)          (0.5)           (0.8)        -      (0.1)      14.7      
 Markets                                                   13.5         (0.2)          (0.6)           (1.2)        -      -          11.5      
                                                                                                                                                
 Total                                                     46.7         (2.6)          (1.2)           (2.3)        -      (0.1)      40.5      
                                                                                                                                                
 For the notes to this table refer to the following page.                              
 
 
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 Capital deductions                                                        
                              1 April        Net run-off            Risk   Impairments  Other (3)  30 June   
 2014                         Disposals (1)  parameters (2)  2014   
 Quarter ended 30 June 2014   £m             £m              £m     £m     £m           £m         £m        
                                                                                                             
 Ulster Bank                  387            (26)            (103)  17     (46)         (12)       217       
 Real Estate Finance          184            (81)            (29)   242    101          (12)       405       
 Corporate                    237            (23)            (62)   97     (83)         (10)       156       
 Markets                      231            (9)             (79)   (79)   -            -          64        
                                                                                                             
 Total                        1,039          (139)           (273)  277    (28)         (34)       842       
                                                                                                             
                              1 January      Net run-off            Risk   Impairments  Other (3)  31 March  
 2014                         Disposals (1)  parameters (2)  2014   
 Quarter ended 31 March 2014  £m             £m              £m     £m     £m           £m         £m        
                                                                                                             
 Ulster Bank                  559            (2)             (14)   (135)  (17)         (4)        387       
 Real Estate Finance          505            (211)           (59)   31     (78)         (4)        184       
 Corporate                    477            (71)            17     (159)  (27)         -          237       
 Markets                      291            -               -      (56)   -            (4)        231       
                                                                                                             
 Total                        1,832          (284)           (56)   (319)  (122)        (12)       1,039     
                                                                                                             
 
 
 RWA equivalent                                                            
                              1 April        Net run-off            Risk   Impairments  Other (3)  30 June   
 2014                         Disposals (1)  parameters (2)  2014   
 Quarter ended 30 June 2014   £bn            £bn             £bn    £bn    £bn          £bn        £bn       
                                                                                                             
 Ulster Bank                  6.7            (0.3)           (1.1)  (0.2)  (0.5)        (0.1)      4.5       
 Real Estate Finance          13.4           (1.0)           (0.9)  (1.8)  1.0          (0.2)      10.5      
 Corporate                    17.0           (0.8)           (1.1)  3.2    (1.2)        (0.5)      16.6      
 Markets                      13.8           (1.7)           (1.5)  1.4    -            (0.1)      11.9      
                                                                                                             
 Total                        50.9           (3.8)           (4.6)  2.6    (0.7)        (0.9)      43.5      
                                                                                                             
                              1 January      Net run-off            Risk   Impairments  Other (3)  31 March  
 2014                         Disposals (1)  parameters (2)  2014   
 Quarter ended 31 March 2014  £bn            £bn             £bn    £bn    £bn          £bn        £bn       
                                                                                                             
 Ulster Bank                  8.9            (0.5)           (0.1)  (1.4)  (0.2)        -          6.7       
 Real Estate Finance          18.6           (3.7)           (0.7)  -      (0.8)        -          13.4      
 Corporate                    21.1           (1.0)           (0.3)  (2.4)  (0.3)        (0.1)      17.0      
 Markets                      16.4           (0.2)           (0.6)  (1.7)  -            (0.1)      13.8      
                                                                                                             
 Total                        65.0           (5.4)           (1.7)  (5.5)  (1.3)        (0.2)      50.9      
                                                                                                             
 
 
Notes: 
 
 (1)  Includes all aspects relating to disposals, including associated removal of deductions from regulatory capital.  
 (2)  Principally reflects credit migration and other technical adjustments.                                           
 (3)  Includes fair value adjustments and foreign exchange movements.                                                  
 
 
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 Gross loans and advances, REIL and related impairments                   
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                      Credit metrics  YTD                      
                                                                                      REIL as a       Provisions  Provisions   Impairment  YTD          
                                                         Gross                        % of gross      as a %      as a % of    charge/     Amounts      
                                                         loans (1)  REIL  Provisions  loans           of REIL     gross loans  (gain) (2)  written-off  
 30 June 2014                                            £bn        £bn   £bn         %               %           %            £m          £m           
                                                                                                                                                        
 By sector:                                                                                                                                             
 Commercial real estate                                                                                                                                 
 - investment                                            10.7       8.2   4.4         77              54          41           (35)        839          
 - development                                           7.6        7.0   6.1         92              87          80           (65)        222          
 Asset finance                                           2.5        0.9   0.4         36              44          16           19          21           
 Other corporate                                         9.1        4.3   3.5         47              81          38           71          532          
 Other                                                   0.1        -     -           -               -           -            -           5            
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                         30.0       20.4  14.4        68              71          48           (10)        1,619        
                                                                                                                                                        
 By donating segment                                                                                                                                    
 and sector                                                                                                                                             
 Ulster Bank                                                                                                                                            
 Commercial real estate                                                                                                                                 
 - investment                                            4.5        4.3   2.7         96              63          60           (42)        126          
 - development                                           6.5        6.4   5.8         98              91          89           (79)        192          
 Other corporate                                         2.9        2.3   2.1         79              91          72           106         157          
                                                                                                                                                        
 Total Ulster Bank                                       13.9       13.0  10.6        94              82          76           (15)        475          
                                                                                                                                                        
 Commercial Banking                                                                                                                                     
 Commercial real estate                                                                                                                                 
 - investment                                            2.2        1.3   0.5         59              38          23           33          51           
 - development                                           0.8        0.5   0.2         63              40          25           15          11           
 Asset finance                                           -          -     -           -               -           -            -           3            
 Other corporate                                         1.2        0.6   0.4         50              67          33           30          113          
 Other                                                   -          -     -           -               -           -            -           4            
                                                                                                                                                        
 Total Commercial Banking                                4.2        2.4   1.1         57              46          26           78          182          
                                                                                                                                                        
 CIB                                                                                                                                                    
 Commercial real estate                                                                                                                                 
 - investment                                            4.0        2.6   1.2         65              46          30           (26)        662          
 - development                                           0.3        0.1   0.1         33              100         33           (1)         19           
 Asset finance                                           2.5        0.9   0.4         36              44          16           19          18           
 Other corporate                                         5.0        1.4   1.0         28              71          20           (65)        262          
 Other                                                   0.1        -     -           -               -           -            -           1            
                                                                                                                                                        
 Total CIB                                               11.9       5.0   2.7         42              54          23           (73)        962          
                                                                                                                                                        
 Total                                                   30.0       20.4  14.4        68              71          48           (10)        1,619        
                                                                                                                                                        
 Of which:                                                                                                                                              
 UK                                                      13.9       8.0   5.0         58              63          36           (71)        1,057        
 Europe                                                  15.0       12.0  9.2         80              77          61           78          553          
 US                                                      0.3        0.1   -           33              -           -            (8)         2            
 RoW                                                     0.8        0.3   0.2         38              67          25           (9)         7            
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                         30.0       20.4  14.4        68              71          48           (10)        1,619        
                                                                                                                                                        
 Banks                                                   0.6        -     -           -               -           -            (10)        -            
 
 
Notes: 
 
 (1)  Includes disposal groups.                                                                                                           
 (2)  Impairment losses include those relating to AFS securities; sector analyses above include allocation of latent impairment charges.  
 
 
Impairment losses include those relating to AFS securities; sector analyses above include allocation of latent impairment
charges. 
 
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Gross loans and advances, REIL and related impairments (continued) 
 
                                                                                 
                                                        Impairment               
                                 Gross                  charge/     Amounts      
                                 loans (1)  Provisions  (gain) (2)  written-off  
 31 March 2014                   £bn        £bn         £m          £m           
                                                                                 
 By donating segment and sector                                                  
                                                                                 
 Ulster Bank                                                                     
 Commercial real estate                                                          
 - investment                    5.4        3.1         47          3            
 - development                   7.1        6.2         (29)        31           
 Other corporate                 3.0        2.0         34          25           
                                                                                 
 Total Ulster Bank               15.5       11.3        52          59           
                                                                                 
 Commercial Banking                                                              
 Commercial real estate                                                          
 - investment                    2.4        0.5         52          1            
 - development                   0.7        0.3         13          1            
 Other corporate                 1.7        0.5         16          25           
 Other                           -          -           -           5            
                                                                                 
 Total Commercial Banking        4.8        1.3         81          32           
                                                                                 
 CIB                                                                             
 Commercial real estate                                                          
 - investment                    5.1        1.4         34          370          
 - development                   0.3        0.1         10          3            
 Asset finance                   2.5        0.4         8           -            
 Other corporate                 5.6        1.2         (47)        326          
 Other                           0.2        -           (30)        -            
                                                                                 
 Total CIB                       13.7       3.1         (25)        699          
                                                                                 
 Total                           34.0       15.7        108         790          
                                                                                 
 Banks                           0.7        -           -           -            
 
 
Notes: 
 
 (1)  Includes disposal groups.                                                                                                           
 (2)  Impairment losses include those relating to AFS securities; sector analyses above include allocation of latent impairment charges.  
 
 
Impairment losses include those relating to AFS securities; sector analyses above include allocation of latent impairment
charges. 
 
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Key points 
 
H1 2014 
 
 ·  Funded assets have reduced by £8 billion, or 28%, to £21 billion since inception on 1 January 2014, driven by disposals and run-off.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 ·  RWA equivalent decreased by £21 billion, or 33%, to £44 billion during H1 2014. This primarily reflects disposals and run-off, supplemented by methodology changes and lower operational and market risk RWAs.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 ·  The operating loss of £48 million benefited from £281 million of disposal gains and recoveries in H1 2014 with underlying impairments of £301 million.                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 ·  The net effect of the operating loss and RWA equivalent (RWAe) reduction resulted in net CET1 accretion of £2 billion.                                                                                          
 
 
Q2 2014 compared with Q1 2014 
 
 Capital  
 ·        RWAe reduction of £7 billion, to £44 billion, reflects a combination of disposals, run-off and lower market risk RWAs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 ·        The operating focus in the quarter was on capital intensive positions to maximise the capital accretion benefit. Reductions in these positions were achieved in a capital accretive manner and consistent with our asset management principles. Disposal activity was spread across all sectors, with the most notable reductions in the Ulster Bank and Real Estate business pillars.  
 
 
Funded assets 
 
 ·  Funded assets fell to £21 billion, a reduction of £3 billion, or 14%, during the quarter.                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 ·  The reduction was achieved by a mixture of run-off and disposals, and continued to benefit from a combination of strong liquidity in the market and asset demand in specific sectors. The first major disposal in Ireland was completed in Q2 2014 which reduced funded assets by £0.5 billion.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 ·  The percentage mix of assets across each of the business pillars remained broadly stable.                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 
 Operating performance  
 ·                      Operating profit for the second quarter was £66 million, a £180 million improvement compared with Q1 2014 and included a £36 million latent provision release reflecting improving credit conditions. The operating performance also benefited from a number of disposal gains and recoveries with good pricing in the market and efficient execution.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 ·                      The favourable market conditions were reflected in higher than anticipated sale prices for assets disposed of in the quarter, resulting in disposal gains of £225 million, primarily through the write back of impairment provisions, compared with £56 million in Q1 2014.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 ·                      The net effect of the operating profit of £66 million and RWAe reduction of £7 billion(1)resulted in net CET1 accretion of £0.8 billion in the quarter.                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 
 
Funding employed 
 
 ·  RCR continues to be funded primarily by RBS Treasury and has no material third party deposits.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 ·  A run off profile of 85% over three years has been assumed for RCR's asset base with the associated funding cost being calculated from Treasury issuance maturing in line with the run down of the RCR balance sheet.  
 
 
Note 
 
 (1)  Capital equivalent - £0.7 billion at an internal CET1 ratio of 10%.  
 
 
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