EGM

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
20 June 2000

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING - 20 JUNE 2000

At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of The Royal Bank of
Scotland Group plc held at 11.00 a.m. today, resolutions were passed:

1.   approving and implementing the bonus issue of Additional Value Shares
     ('AVS's') and amending the Articles of Association of the Company;

2.   approving the adoption of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc Option
     2000 Scheme;

3.   approving the adoption of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc Employee
     Share Option Scheme; and

4.   rectifying the specified dividend payments and authorising and directing
     the Company to enter into deeds of release in favour of the shareholders
     and Directors.

Votes cast in favour of each resolution exceeded 99 per cent of the total
votes cast.  Details of the resolutions were set out in the Notice contained
in the Circular Letter to Shareholders dated 23 May 2000.

When the selling facility in respect of the AVS's was closed at 11.00 a.m. on
18 June, elections had been received in respect of nearly one billion shares,
which represents over one third of the AVS's.

Commenting on the wider integration process, Viscount Younger said 'The
integration of NatWest within the Royal Bank Group is proceeding well and we
will deliver our second reports on progress when we announce our interim
results on 1 August 2000.'


Contacts:

Miller McLean
Group Director, Legal and Regulatory Affairs and Group
Secretary
Tel:  [phone]