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Published on 8/22/2012 in the Prospect News Structured Products Daily.

New Issue: RBC prices $1.81 million bullish enhanced return notes linked to ETFs

By Jennifer Chiou

New York, Aug. 22 - Royal Bank of Canada priced $1.81 million of 0% bullish enhanced return notes due Aug. 23, 2013 linked to a basket of five exchange-traded funds, according to a 424B2 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The basket consists of the SPDR S&P 500 Trust with a 53% weight, the iShares MSCI EAFE index fund with a 23% weight, the SPDR S&P Midcap 400 ETF Trust with an 8% weight, the iShares Russell 2000 index fund with an 8% weight and the iShares MSCI Emerging Market fund with an 8% weight.

If the basket return is positive, the payout at maturity will be par plus 200% of the basket return, subject to a maximum return of 19%. If the basket return is negative, investors will be fully exposed to the decline.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is the underwriter.

Issuer:Royal Bank of Canada
Issue:Bullish enhanced return notes
Underlying ETFs:SPDR S&P 500 Trust (53% weight), iShares MSCI EAFE index fund (23% weight), SPDR S&P Midcap 400 ETF Trust (8% weight), iShares Russell 2000 index fund (8% weight) and the iShares MSCI Emerging Market fund (8% weight)
Amount:$1.81 million
Maturity:Aug. 23, 2013
Coupon:0%
Price:Par
Payout at maturity:If basket return is positive, par plus 200% of basket return, subject to maximum return of 19%; if basket return is negative, full exposure to decline
Pricing date:Aug. 20
Settlement date:Aug. 23
Underwriter:RBC Capital Markets LLC
Fees:1%
Cusip:78008SGK6

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