Purchase of Own Shares

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
05 April 2006



                      THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc

                             PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES


The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces that on 5 April 2006 it purchased
for cancellation 100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 1859.0419p per
ordinary share.




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