General Meeting: 14 May 2008

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
25 April 2008

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CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN OR SOUTH AFRICA


THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC


General Meeting: 14 May 2008


25 April 2008


Further to its announcement on 22 April 2008 of a fully underwritten rights
issue (the 'Rights Issue'), RBS announces that it will hold a General Meeting on
14 May 2008 to increase its authorised share capital and to give its directors
authority to allot shares in connection with the Rights Issue. At the same
General Meeting, RBS will seek approval to issue new ordinary shares instead of
the 2008 interim dividend.



The Letter to Shareholders and Notice of General Meeting dated 25 April 2008 has
been approved by the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for
inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, situated at:


Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade,
Canary Wharf,
London E14 5HS.


RBS intends to publish a prospectus in connection with the Rights Issue during
the first week in May 2008 at the latest.



Contacts

Andrew McLaughlin
Group Director, Economics & Corporate Affairs
Mobile: [phone]


Carolyn McAdam
Group Head of Media Relations
Mobile: [phone]





A Prospectus relating to the Rights Issue is expected to be published and posted
to Shareholders during the first week in May 2008 at the latest.  The
Provisional Allotment Letters are expected to be despatched on or about 14 May
2008. The Prospectus will give further details of the New Shares, the Nil Paid
Rights and the Fully Paid Rights to be offered pursuant to the Rights Issue.



This announcement is not a Prospectus but an advertisement and investors should
not subscribe for any Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid Rights or New Shares referred
to in this announcement except on the basis of the information contained in the
Prospectus.



This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an
offer to subscribe for, the Nil Paid Rights, the Fully Paid Rights or the New
Shares being issued in connection with the Rights Issue, in any jurisdiction in
which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.



These materials are not for distribution, directly or indirectly in, or into
Australia, Canada, Japan or South Africa. These materials do not constitute or
form a part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for the
securities mentioned herein (the 'Securities') in the United States. The
Securities mentioned herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the
United States Securities Act of 1993 (the 'Securities Act').  The Securities may
not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There will
be no public offer of the Securities in the United States.



Neither the content of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc's website nor any
website accessible by hyperlinks on The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc's
website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this announcement.



The distribution of this announcement and/or the Prospectus and/or the
Provisional Allotment Letters and/or the transfer of Nil Paid Rights, Fully Paid
Rights and/or New Shares into jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be
restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this announcement comes should
inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. Any failure to comply
with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any
such jurisdiction.




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