Transaction in Own Shares

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
27 June 2006



                      THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc

                             PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES


The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces that on 27 June 2006 it purchased
for cancellation 155,000 of its ordinary shares at an average price of 1720.958p
per ordinary share.




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