Transaction in Own Shares

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NatWest Group plc has announced the purchase of 5,764,255 ordinary shares from UBS AG, London Branch, as part of its ongoing share buyback programme. These purchases occurred between August 17 and August 21, 2026, with the volume-weighted average price paid per share ranging from 677.1984 pence to 707.4269 pence. The company intends to cancel these repurchased shares, which will result in 178,399,737 ordinary shares held in treasury and 7,952,732,269 ordinary shares in issue, with a total of 31,812,861,636 voting rights.

Disclaimer*

NatWest Group plc
21 August 2026
 








NatWest Group plc

 

21 August 2026

 

 





Transaction in Own Shares

 





NatWest Group plc (the 'Company') announces that, over the past week, it has purchased the following number of ordinary shares in the Company with a nominal value of £1.0769* each ('Ordinary Shares') from UBS AG, London Branch ('UBS').









Aggregated information:

 












Date of purchase

Number of Ordinary Shares purchased

Highest price paid: (GBp)

Lowest price paid: (GBp)

Volume  weighted average price paid per share (GBp)

Venue


17 August 2026

222,000

708.0000

706.00

707.4269

LSE


17 August 2026

68,000

708.0000

706.20

707.5070

CHIX


17 August 2026

23,000

708.0000

706.40

707.4827

BATE


18 August 2026

1,335,023

707.8000

693.40

698.6198

LSE


18 August 2026

415,210

707.0000

693.40

698.1997

CHIX


18 August 2026

129,668

706.2000

693.40

698.4801

BATE


19 August 2026

1,668,759

695.2000

682.40

686.9287

LSE


19 August 2026

519,373

695.2000

682.60

686.8645

CHIX


19 August 2026

24,765

693.2000

682.60

686.4945

BATE


20 August 2026

1,136,004

681.2000

675.60

678.9112

LSE


20 August 2026

331,313

681.2000

675.60

678.9596

CHIX


20 August 2026

113,561

680.6000

675.60

678.9281

BATE


21 August 2026

522,973

682.0000

674.80

677.1984

LSE


21 August 2026

133,452

681.4000

675.40

677.2914

CHIX


21 August 2026

10,858

680.4000

675.20

677.9757

BATE









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



Such purchases form part of the Company's existing share buyback programme and were effected pursuant to the instructions issued by the Company to UBS on 16 February 2026, as announced on 16 February 2026.









The Company intends to cancel the repurchased Ordinary Shares.










Following the settlement of the above transactions, NWG will hold 178,399,737 Ordinary Shares in treasury and have 7,952,732,269 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). The total number of voting rights in the Company will be 31,812,861,636. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.









Further information:













Investor Relations







+ 44 (0)207 672 1758













Media Relations







+44 (0)131 523 4205













Legal Entity Identifier: 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90












Transaction details: 

 





In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No.596/2014 as it applies in the UK (Market Abuse Regulation), a full breakdown of the individual trades made by UBS on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme relating to the Transactions is detailed in the attached:


http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7583R_1-2026-8-21.pdf

 

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