TIDMNWG

RNS Number : 3408W

NatWest Group plc

11 December 2023

TR-1: S tandard 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                                         NatWest Group plc 
  underlying issuer of existing shares 
  to 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                                                           x 
                                                                                                     ---- 
 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
                                                                                                     ---- 
 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
                                                                                                     ---- 
 Other (please specify)(iii) : 
                                                                                                     ---- 
 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation (iv) 
 Name                                                         The Commissioners of His Majesty's 
                                                               Treasury 
 City and country of registered office                        London, England 
  (if applicable) 
 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                        London, England 
  (if applicable) 
                                                             -------------------------------------------- 
 5. Date on which the threshold was                           8 December 2023 
  crossed or reached (vi) : 
                                                             -------------------------------------------- 
 6. Date on which issuer notified                             8 December 2023 
  (DD/MM/YYYY): 
                                                             -------------------------------------------- 
 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation 
                              % of voting       % of voting rights    Total of both   Total number 
                            rights attached      through financial     in % (8.A +     of voting rights 
                            to shares (total        instruments            8.B)        of issuer (vii) 
                                of 8. A)           (total of 8.B 
                                                    1 + 8.B 2) 
                          ------------------  ---------------------  --------------  -------------------- 
 Resulting situation 
  on the date 
  on which threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached               37.97%                                     37.97%           35,222,778,684 
                          ------------------  ---------------------  --------------  -------------------- 
 Position of 
  previous notification 
  (if 
  applicable)              38.53%                                     38.53% 
                          ------------------  ---------------------  --------------  -------------------- 
 
 
 
        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                                % of voting rights 
         shares                (ix) 
         ISIN code (if 
         possible) 
                                     Direct                     Indirect                       Direct                      Indirect 
                               (Art 9 of Directive        (Art 10 of Directive           (Art 9 of Directive          (Art 10 of Directive 
                                   2004/109/EC)               2004/109/EC)              2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)             2004/109/EC) 
                                     (DTR5.1)                  (DTR5.2.1)                                                  (DTR5.2.1) 
                                                     ----------------------------- 
  Ordinary Shares 
   of GBP1.0769 
   each GB00BM8PJY71          13,373,789,124                                         37.97% 
                             ----------------------  -----------------------------  ----------------------------  -------------------------- 
 
 
  SUBTOTAL 8. 
   A                                             13,373,789,124                                              37.97% 
                             -----------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------- 
 
        B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
         (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
        Type of financial     Expiration   Exercise/                        Number of voting                       % of voting 
         instrument            date         Conversion Period                rights that may                        rights 
                               (x)          (xi)                             be acquired if 
                                                                             the instrument 
                                                                             is 
                                                                             exercised/converted. 
                             -----------  -------------------------------  -------------------------------------  -------------------------- 
 
 
 
                                           SUBTOTAL 8. B 
                                            1 
                                          -------------------------------  -------------------------------------  -------------------------- 
 
        B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to 
         Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
        Type of       Expiration           Exercise/             Physical                  Number of               % of voting 
        financial      date (x)             Conversion            or cash                   voting rights           rights 
        instrument                          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                                                            x 
  and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate 
  controlling natural person or legal entity (xiv) (please add additional 
  rows as necessary) 
       Name (xv)                   % of voting rights                    % of voting rights                  Total of both if 
                                     if it equals or                      through financial                   it equals or is 
                                   is higher than the                     instruments if it                   higher than the 
                                  notifiable threshold                   equals or is higher                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                37.97%                                                                      37.97% 
                         -------------------------------------  -----------------------------------  -------------------------------- 
 
 
 
 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) 
 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 (37.97%), has been calculated following the disposal 
  by HMT of 127,495,698 ordinary shares in NWG since its last TR-1 notification 
  on 24 May 2023. 
 
  The percentage of voting rights held by HMT could move up or down going 
  forward depending on the number of shares repurchased by NWG and the 
  progress of sales 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    8 December 2023 
                      ---------------- 
 

Legal Entity Identifier: 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90

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