Employee Share Schemes

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
25 February 2008


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 of 25 pence each. These shares are being allotted to trade on the London
Stock Exchange and to be admitted to the Official List upon allotment pursuant
to the Company's obligations under the following employee share schemes:


(i)     70,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in respect of The Royal Bank
of Scotland Group plc 2007 Sharesave Plan;


(ii)    5,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in respect of The Royal Bank
of Scotland Group plc 2007 Irish Sharesave Plan;


(iii)   20,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in respect of The Royal Bank
of Scotland Group plc 2007 Executive Share Option Plan;


(iv)    50,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in respect of The Royal Bank
of Scotland Group plc 1997 Sharesave Scheme;


(v)     30,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in respect of The Royal Bank
of Scotland Group plc 1999 Executive Share Option Scheme;


(vi)    30,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in respect of The Royal Bank
of Scotland Group plc, Employee Share Ownership Plan.


Participants in these employee share schemes have or will become entitled to
these new shares following the exercise of share options or allocation of share
awards. The shares will rank equally with the existing ordinary shares of the
Company. Application has been made for the 205,000,000 new shares to be admitted
to the Official List and approval of the block listing application is expected
on 29 February 2008.


Further copies of this announcement are available at the Company's offices at
RBS Gogarburn, Edinburgh and at the Company Announcements Department, The Stock
Exchange.



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