Purchase of Own Shares

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
02 June 2006



                      THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc

                             PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces that on 2 June 2006 it purchased
for cancellation 215,000 of its ordinary shares at an average price of
1785.5179p per ordinary share.




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