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RNS Number : 0280H  NatWest Group plc  01 May 2025

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 

 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the
 FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)(i)

 1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to                                                                                    NatWest Group plc
 which voting rights are attached (ii):
 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an "X"
 if appropriate)
 Non-UK issuer
 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with
 an "X")
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
 Other (please specify) (iii):                                                                                                                                                                                                                             x
 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation (iv)
 Name                                                                                                                                                         The Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury
 City and country of registered office (if applicable)                                                                                                        London, England
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (v)
 Name                                                                                                                                                         The Solicitor for the Affairs of His Majesty's Treasury
 City and country of registered office (if applicable)                                                                                                        London, England
 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached (vi):                                                                                                  30 April 2025
 6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):                                                                                                               30 April 2025
 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
                                                                            % of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)  % of voting rights through financial instruments      Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)  Total number of voting rights held in issuer (8.A + 8.B) (vii)

(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)
 Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached  1.98%                                                                                                        1.98%                           640,369,068
 Position of previous notification (if                                      2.99%                                                                                                        2.99%

 applicable)

 

 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the
 threshold was crossed or reached (viii)
 A: Voting rights attached to shares
 Class/type of                                          Number of voting rights (ix)                                              % of voting rights

shares

 ISIN code (if possible)
                                                        Direct                    Indirect                                        Direct                                           Indirect

                                                        (DTR5.1)                   (DTR5.2.1)                                     (DTR5.1)                                         (DTR5.2.1)
 Ordinary Shares of £1.0769 each GB00BM8PJY71           640,369,068                                                               1.98%

 SUBTOTAL 8. A                                          640,369,068                                                               1.98%

 B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)
 Type of financial instrument                           Expiration  Exercise/                             Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is        % of voting rights

date (x)
Conversion Period (xi)

                                                                                                          exercised/converted.

                                                                    SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R
 (1) (b)
 Type of financial instrument  Expiration                           Exercise/                   Physical or cash                                          Number of voting rights  % of voting rights

date (x)
Conversion Period (xi)

                                                                                                Settlement (xii)

                                                                                                SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

 

 9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification
 obligation (please mark the

 applicable box with an "X")
 Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural
 person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding
 directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer (xiii)
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or                                                                                                                                                              x
 the

financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate
 controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional rows as
 necessary) (xiv)
 Name (xv)                                    % of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold  % of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher  Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
                                                                                                                          than the notifiable threshold
 UK Government Investments Limited, a company wholly-owned by His Majesty's
 Treasury, is entitled to exercise control over the voting rights which are the
 subject of this notification (pursuant to certain

 management arrangements agreed with His Majesty's Treasury).

 The Solicitor for the Affairs of His Majesty's Treasury is acting as nominee
 for The Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury.
 The Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury  1.98%                                                                                                                                                   1.98%

 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
 Name of the proxy holder
 The number and % of voting rights held
 The date until which the voting rights will be held

 11. Additional information (xvi)
 This TR-1 is being issued by NatWest Group plc ("NWG") on a voluntary basis
 and is based on information disclosed to NWG by UK Government Investments
 Limited, a company wholly-owned by His Majesty's Treasury. NWG may make
 further discretionary disclosures if the percentage of voting rights of His
 Majesty's Treasury in NWG continues to fall as a result of further disposals
 of shares. NWG does not anticipate making such disclosures in respect of any
 other shareholders in similar circumstances.

 The Solicitor for the Affairs of His Majesty's Treasury is acting as nominee
 for The Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury (HMT).

 The percentage of voting rights held by HMT in NatWest Group plc (NWG), as
 shown on this form (1.98%), has been calculated following the disposal by HMT
 of 81,368,118 ordinary shares in NWG since its last TR-1 notification on 15
 April 2025, under HMT's trading plan announced on 22 July 2021 and most
 recently extended on 3 April 2023.

 

 Place of completion  London, England
 Date of completion   30 April 2025

 

 

 

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