Transaction in Own Shares

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
01 March 2006


                      THE ROYAL BANK OF SOTLAND GROUP plc

                             PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces that on 1 March 2006 it purchased
for cancellation 250,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 1935 p per
ordinary share.




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