LONDON (Standard&Poor's) June 8, 2012--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that it has raised the ratings on certain hybrid capital securities (known as "may pay" hybrids) issued by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (RBSG; A-/Stable/A-2) and related entities (excluding RBS N.V.) to 'BB' from 'C' and removed them from CreditWatch with positive implications, where they were placed on May 18, 2012. The rating action follows the first payment of discretionary coupons and dividends on these "may pay" hybrids. The counterparty credit ratings on RBSG and related entities are unaffected by this action. RBSG and related entities today made the first payment of discretionary coupons and dividends on its "may pay" hybrids since RBSG was prohibited