Rule 8.3-Dobbies Garden PLC

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
05 July 2007


                                                                        FORM 8.3

    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

              (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)



1. KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing (Note 1)                     Adam & Company Investment
                                                    Management Limited
Company dealt in                                    Dobbies Garden Centres plc
Class of relevant security to which the dealings    Ordinary 10p shares
being disclosed relate (Note 2)

Date of dealing                                     4/7/07




2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE


(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)

                                                       Long           Short
                                                 Number (%)       Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities                          168,214 1.67
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
                                         Total   168,214 1.67


(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)

           Class of relevant security:                  Long          Short
                                                   Number (%)     Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
                                           Total


(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:                                   Details






3. DEALINGS (Note 4)


(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale    Number of securities          Price per unit (Note 5)

Sale                   3,000                             16.80


(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)

Product      Long/short (Note   Number of securities (Note Price per unit (Note
name,        6)                 7)                         5)
e.g. CFD





(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product Writing,       Number of          Exercise Type, e.g.  Expiry Option
name,   selling,       securities to               American,          money
        purchasing,    which the option            European
        varying etc.   relates (Note 7)            etc.
e.g.                                      price                date   paid/
call                                                                  received
option                                                                per unit
                                                                      (Note 5)




(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g. call       Number of           Exercise price per unit (Note
option                        securities          5)



(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction (Note 8)  Details  Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)




4. OTHER INFORMATION


Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives



Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person
disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant
securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting
rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any
derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be
stated.




Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)           NO



Date of disclosure                          5/7/07

Contact name                                Richard Hopkins, The Royal Bank of
                                            Scotland Group plc.
Telephone number                            020 7714 4459

If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror N/A
with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of         N/A
connection (Note 10)




Notes


The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at www.theta
keoverpanel.org.uk






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