At a Glance

Here are some fast facts about RBC Financial Group:

	History
	Major acquisitions
	Key facts
	People

History:
(For more details, please visit our history site)

• Chartered in 1869 as the Merchants' Bank of Halifax
• Renamed The Royal Bank of Canada in 1901
• Became Canada's largest bank based on assets in 1941 ($1 billion)
• Installed its first computer in 1961 - a first in Canadian banking
• Formally introduced its distinctive symbol (Lion and Globe) in 1962

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Major acquisitions

For more information, please visit our Investor Relations site:
Acquisitions section

2007

• Seasongood & Mayer - April 30, 2007
• Royal Fidelity Merchant Bank and Trust (Bahamas and Barbados) joint venture - March 17, 2007
• J.B Hanauer & Co - March 13, 2007

2006

• Daniels & Associates - November 21, 2006
• RBC Centura to buy 39 AmSouth branches - November 1, 2006
• Carlin Financial Group - October 25, 2006
• American Guaranty & Trust - September 6, 2006
• Flag Financial Corporation - August 9, 2006

2005

• Abacus Financial Services Group Limited - November 30, 2005
  
• Dexia - June 9, 2005

2003

• William R. Hough & Co. - December 16, 2003
• UnumProvident's Canadian operations - November 18, 2003
• Sterling Capital Mortgage Corporation - July 17, 2003
• Florida branch acquisition - July 10, 2003

2002

• Admiralty Bancorp, Inc. - August 29, 2002
• Assets of Barclays' private banking operations in the Americas. - May 22, 2002
• U.S. direct life insurance and mutual fund operations of Business Men's Assurance Company of America - April 30, 2002
• Eagle Bancshares, Inc - March 26, 2002

2001

• Tucker Anthony Sutro - August 1, 2001
• Perpetual Fund Services, the custody, investment administration and unit registry business of Perpetual Trustees Australia Limited. - May 30, 2001
• Centura Banks, Inc - January 26, 2001

2000

• September 28 - Dain Rauscher Corp.
• Liberty Life and Liberty Insurance Services - June 19, 2000
• Prism Financial Corp - March 10, 2000
• Ernst & Young Trust Company (Jersey) Limited - January 31, 2000
• RBC Insurance's Acquisition of PruCan's Individual Life Insurance and Annuity Business and 15% of PPI Partners - January 31, 2000

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Key Facts
(as of July 31, 2007 - unless otherwise indicated)

All numbers and figures are in Canadian dollars

• Assets: $605 billion
• Assets under administration: * $563 billion
• Market capitalization: $69.0 billion
• Number of branches in Canada: 1,524
• Number of branches outside of Canada: 372
• Number of automated banking machines: 4,377
• $2.1 billion paid in taxes (Oct. 31, 2006 - worldwide)
• Spent $3.9 billion spent on goods and services, from thousands of suppliers of all sizes (Oct. 31, 2006 - worldwide)
• In 2006, RBC paid out $1.6 billion in dividends to preferred and common shareholders
• Over $83 million donated to charities in 2006 (worldwide)
• Over $42 million in sponsorship in 2006 (worldwide)
• $7.3 billion in employee compensation and benefits in 2006
• $1.7 billion spent on technology (in 2006)
• Customers: 15 million
• Telephone banking customers: 3.1 million (Oct. 31, 2006)
  

* Excluding Institutional & Investor Services assets that were contributed to the joint venture RBC Dexia Investor Services on January 2, 2006.

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People (as at October 2006)

• Number of employees (Full and part-time positions): 69,480
• RBC has approximately 8,000 employees in management-level positions; 55 per cent are women (2006); 21 per cent are visible minorities.
• It is estimated that about 1,000 RBC employees work in some form of flexible work arrangement.
• RBC spent $109 million on employee learning in 2006. Learning is delivered through multiple channels: classroom, e-learning, workplace, satellite, intranet, electronic performance support, job aids, etc.
• RBC receives as many as 25,000 applications each month. Our new Careers online application system makes submitting a resume much easier.
• With Personal Learning Network, an award-winning learning program, RBC enables its employees to advance their training anytime, anywhere.
  

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Focus on small and medium sized business (SME)

Canada

• RBC is a market leader with more than 420,000 small business clients and 180,000 commercial clients in Canada.
• We have more than 500 account managers dedicated to small business clients and more than 1,200 account managers dedicated to serving commercial clients.
• We are the market leader for women entrepreneurs in Canada with a 21 per cent market share.

United States

• RBC Centura serves almost 58,000 small business clients in North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina and Florida.
• We have about 400 bankers who serve small businesses, with nearly 60 people dedicated solely to this segment.

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