REG - NatWest Group plc - Commencement of On Market Share Buyback Programme

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31/07/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 6266H  NatWest Group plc  31 July 2023

 

NatWest Group plc

31 July 2023

Commencement of On Market Share Buyback Programme

NatWest Group plc (the "Company") announces the commencement of its programme
to buy back ordinary shares in the Company with a nominal value of £1.0769*
each ("Ordinary Shares").

On 28 July 2023, the Company announced its full year results and a share
buyback programme (the "Programme") of up to £500 million.  The Programme
will commence on 31 July 2023 and will end no later than 14 March 2024,
provided that the term of the Programme may be extended to end no later than
22 March 2024 to account for certain disruption events during the initial term
of the Programme.

The Programme, the purpose of which is to reduce the Company's issued share
capital, will take place within the limitations of the authority granted by
shareholders to the Board of the Company at its Annual General Meeting, held
on 25 April 2023 (the "2023 Authority").  The 2023 Authority is due to expire
at the conclusion of the 2024 AGM, or 30 June 2024, whichever is earlier.

 

The maximum number of Ordinary Shares that can be purchased by NWG under the
Programme is 919,858,922. This number reflects the impact on the 2023
Authority of the reduction in issued share capital following the off-market
buyback announced on 22 May 2023.

The Company has entered into non-discretionary instructions with UBS AG,
London Branch to conduct the Programme on its behalf and to make trading
decisions under the Programme independently of the Company.

The Company intends to cancel the repurchased Ordinary Shares.

 

* Note: the nominal value of Ordinary Shares without rounding is
£1.076923076923077 per share

 

Further information:

 

Investor Relations

+ 44 (0)207 672 1758

 

Media Relations

+44 (0)131 523 4205

 

Legal Entity Identifier: 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90

 

Disclaimer

This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute or
form a part of an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, or
the solicitation to sell, any securities of the Company.

 

Forward-looking statements

This announcement may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such as
statements that include, without limitation, the words 'expect', 'estimate',
'project', 'anticipate', 'commit', 'believe', 'should', 'intend', 'will',
'plan', 'could', 'probability', 'risk', 'Value-at-Risk (VaR)', 'target',
'goal', 'objective', 'may', 'endeavour', 'outlook', 'optimistic', 'prospects'
and similar expressions or variations on these expressions. These statements
concern or may affect future matters, such as NatWest Group's future economic
results, business plans and strategies.  In particular, this announcement may
include forward-looking statements relating to NatWest Group plc in respect
of, but not limited to: its Programme and the details thereto; its economic
and political risks, its regulatory capital position and related requirements,
its financial position, profitability and financial performance (including
financial, capital, cost savings and operational targets), the implementation
of its purpose-led strategy, its environmental, social and governance and
climate related targets, its access to adequate sources of liquidity and
funding, increasing competition from new incumbents and disruptive
technologies, its exposure to third party risks, its ongoing compliance with
the UK ring-fencing regime and ensuring operational continuity in resolution,
its impairment losses and credit exposures under certain specified scenarios,
substantial regulation and oversight, ongoing legal, regulatory and
governmental actions and investigations, the transition of LIBOR and IBOR
rates to replacement risk free rates and NatWest Group's exposure to
operational risk, conduct risk, cyber, data and IT risk, financial crime risk,
key person risk and credit rating risk. Forward-looking statements are
subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that might cause actual results
and performance to differ materially from any expected future results or
performance expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors
that could cause or contribute to differences in current expectations include,
but are not limited to, future growth initiatives (including acquisitions,
joint ventures and strategic partnerships), the outcome of legal, regulatory
and governmental actions and investigations, the level and extent of future
impairments and write-downs, legislative, political, fiscal and regulatory
developments, accounting standards, competitive conditions, technological
developments, interest and exchange rate fluctuations, general economic and
political conditions and the impact of climate-related risks and the
transitioning to a net zero economy. These and other factors, risks and
uncertainties that may impact any forward-looking statement or NatWest Group
plc's actual results are discussed in NatWest Group plc's 2022 Annual Report
on Form 20-F, NatWest Group plc's Interim Management Statement for Q1 and H1
2023 on Form 6-K and its other filings with the US Securities and Exchange
Commission. The forward-looking statements contained in this announcement
speak only as of the date of this announcement and NatWest Group plc does not
assume or undertake any obligation or responsibility to update any of the
forward-looking statements contained in this announcement, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally
required.

No Purchases in the United States and No Purchases of American Depositary
Receipts ("ADRs")

Purchases of Ordinary Shares under the Programme will be made outside the
United States only. There will be no purchases of Ordinary Shares from within
the United States or from persons known to be located in the United States,
and there will be no purchases of the Company's ADRs under the Programme.

 

 

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