Transaction in Own Shares

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
20 September 2006



                      THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc

                             PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces that on 20 September 2006 it
purchased for cancellation 475,000 of its ordinary shares at an average price of
1773.9263p per ordinary share.




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