Statement of directors’ responsibilities The responsibility statement below has been prepared in connection with the Group's full Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2016. We, the directors listed below, confirm that to the best of our knowledge:  the financial statements, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole; and  the Strategic Report and Directors’ report (incorporating the Business review) include a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face. By order of the Board Howard Davies Ross McEwan Ewen Stevenson Chairman Chief Executive Chief Financial Officer 23 February 2017 Board of directors Chairman Executive directors Non-executive directors Howard Davies Ross McEwan Sandy Crombie Ewen Stevenson Frank Dangeard Alison Davis Morten Friis Robert Gillespie Penny Hughes Brendan Nelson Baroness Noakes Mike Rogers 63 RBS – Annual results 2016