Transaction in Own Shares

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
07 November 2006



                      THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc

                             PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces that on 7 November 2006 it
purchased for cancellation 425,000 of its ordinary shares at an average price of
1893.0047p per ordinary share.




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