Transaction in Own Shares

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
24 October 2006



                      THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc

                             PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces that on 24 October 2006 it
purchased for cancellation 450,000 of its ordinary shares at an average price of
1869.972p per ordinary share.




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