Rule 8.3- Imp. Chemical Inds.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
20 December 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)                          Royal Bank of Scotland
                                                         Group Plc
Company dealt in                                         Imperial Chemical
                                                         Industries Plc
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being   ORD GBP 1.00
disclosed relate (Note 2)

Date of dealing                                          13 December 2007

AMENDMENT: Trading and Positions in Imperial Chemical Industries Plc on 13
December 2007 should read as follows:



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         17,468,183    (1.4463%)    24,647      (0.0020%)
(2) Derivatives (other than
options)                                 0       (0.0%)         0         (0.0%)
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell                            0       (0.0%)         0         (0.0%)
                       Total    17,468,183    (1.4463%)    24,647      (0.0020%)



(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)
Purchase                               7,147        6.6900 GBP
Purchase*                            864,688        6.6917 GBP

* Late booking on 18.12.2007

(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) YES/NO



Date of disclosure                                            20 December 2007

Contact name                                                  Richard Hopkins

Telephone number                                              [phone]

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




Notes


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






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