LONDON (Standard&Poor's) Nov. 30, 2009--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that it took various rating actions on certain regulatory capital instruments issued by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (RBSG; A/Stable/A-1) and related entities: The ratings on three hybrid issues that will be retained in the future RBS Holdings N.V. group were lowered to 'CC' and removed from CreditWatch, where they were placed with developing implications on Nov. 3, 2009. The ratings on certain other Tier 1 and Upper Tier 2 instruments issued by RBSG and its subsidiaries were raised by three notches and removed from CreditWatch, where they were placed with developing implications on Nov. 3, 2009. The ratings on three RBSG deferrable Lower Tier
