Transaction in Own Shares

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
18 August 2006



                      THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP plc

                             PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc announces that on 18 August 2006 it
purchased for cancellation 500,000 of its ordinary shares at an average price of
1764.4096p per ordinary share.




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