Additional Listing

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
16 December 2004


Company Announcement

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc
Employee Share Schemes


The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces that it has applied to the London
Stock Exchange and the UK Listing Authority for a new block listing of ordinary
shares in respect of the following Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, employee
share schemes:

(i)   20,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in respect of The Royal Bank 
      of Scotland Group plc, 1997 Sharesave Scheme

(ii)  10,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in respect of The Royal Bank 
      of Scotland Group plc,  Option 2000 Scheme
           
(iii) 6,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in respect of The Royal Bank of 
      Scotland Group plc, 1999 Executive Share Option Scheme.


These new shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary
shares of the Company.  Application has been made for the 36,000,000 new shares
to be admitted to the Official List and approval of the block listing
application is expected on 16 December 2004.

Further copies of this announcement are available at the Company's offices at 36
St Andrew Square, Edinburgh and at the Company Announcements Department, The
Stock Exchange.


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