Scrip Dividend

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
05 October 2005


The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc ('the Group')

Scrip Dividend

The Group intends to list 3,690,879 new ordinary shares of 25 pence each on 7
October 2005 as fully paid up under the Company's Scrip Dividend Scheme. These
new shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing shares of the
Company. Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London
Stock Exchange for the new shares to be admitted to the Official List on the
above date.

Further copies of this announcement are available at the Company's Offices at 36
St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 2YB and a copy of the above document has been
submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will shortly be available for
inspection at the UK Listing Authorities Document Viewing Facility, which is
situated at:

Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London E14 5HS

Tel: [phone]


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