Purchase of Own Securities

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC
27 September 1999


US$400 MILLION UNDATED FLOATING RATE PRIMARY CAPITAL NOTES


The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces that it has today acquired and
cancelled all the above Notes.


For further information, please contact:-

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc

Ron Huggett
Capital Raising Director
Waterhouse Square
138-142 Holborn
LONDON   EC1N 2TH
Tel: [phone]

Graham Halstead
Group Financial Controller
42 St Andrew Square
EDINBURGH   EH2 2YE
Tel: [phone]