REG - UK Govt. Invs. Ltd NatWest Group plc - Disposal of Shares in NatWest Group plc for £1bn

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11 November 2024

UK Government Investments Limited ("UKGI")

Disposal of Shares in NatWest Group plc for £1bn

UKGI announces the completion of the disposal of part of His Majesty's
Treasury's ("HM Treasury") shareholding in NatWest Group plc (the "Company").
The disposal was effected by way of an off-market purchase (the "Off-Market
Purchase") by the Company of 262,605,042 ordinary shares in the Company (the
"Shares"), pursuant to a contract between the Company and HM Treasury signed
on 7 February 2019, amended on 17 November 2022 and 7 May 2024 and most
recently reapproved by the Company's shareholders at its Annual General
Meeting on 23 April 2024 (the "Directed Buyback Contract").

The price paid by the Company for each Share was, in accordance with the
Directed Buyback Contract, 380.8 pence, being the price at the close of
trading on 8 November 2024 on the main market for listed securities of London
Stock Exchange plc. The total consideration for the Off-Market Purchase will
be £1 billion.

As a result of the Off-Market Purchase, HM Treasury's percentage of voting
rights in the Company will fall from approximately 14.2% to approximately
11.4%(1), following cancellation by the Company of all of the purchased
Shares.

Settlement of the Off-Market Purchase will occur on 13 November 2024.

The sale of Shares by HM Treasury under the trading plan announced on 22 July
2021 and most recently extended on 3 April 2023 (the "Trading Plan") has not
been paused in connection with the Off-Market Purchase.

UKGI and HM Treasury will keep further disposal options under consideration
when market conditions permit and it is value for money to do so.

Goldman Sachs International is acting as Privatisation Adviser. Freshfields
Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is acting as legal counsel to UKGI in respect of
English and US law. The Trading Plan is managed by Morgan Stanley & Co.
International plc.

Contacts:

HM Treasury Press Office: +44 20 7270 5238

Notes:

1.     This number is based on Total Voting Rights as of 31 October 2024
and reflects sales executed under the Trading Plan up to the time of this
announcement, including transactions that may not have settled.

 

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form a part of an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any
security of the Company in the United States or in any other jurisdiction
where such offer or solicitation is unlawful.  The securities of the Company
described in this press release have not been and will not be registered under
the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any
applicable state or foreign securities laws and may not be offered or sold in
the United States absent registration or an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act.  There shall be no public offering of
securities in the United States.

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