LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland will offer at least 30 percent of shares in its insurance business Direct Line at a price of between 170 pence and 177.5 pence per share, sources close to the transaction told Reuters on Tuesday.
The part-nationalised bank had initially set a range of between 160 pence and 195 pence for the offering and had said it would sell between 25 percent and 33 percent.
RBS will now raise a minimum of 765 million pounds ($1.2 billion) from the sale.
The bank, which is 82 percent owned by the government after receiving a bailout during the 2008 financial crisis, was told to sell Direct Line by EU regulators as a condition for taking state aid. ($1 = 0.6251 British pounds)
(Reporting by Matt Scuffham and Kylie MacLellan)
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