Transaction in Own Shares

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
03 March 2006



                      THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc

                             PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES


The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces that on 3 March, 2006 it
purchased for cancellation 250,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of
1899.916p per ordinary share.





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