Transaction in Own Shares

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
09 May 2006


                      THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc

                             PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces that on 9 May 2006 it purchased
for cancellation 75,000 of its ordinary shares at an average price of 1817.6667p
per ordinary share.




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