Transaction in Own Shares

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NatWest Group plc has announced the purchase of 2,749,797 ordinary shares from UBS AG, London Branch, as part of its ongoing share buyback program. These purchases, executed on May 5, 2026, across the LSE, CHIX, and BATE venues, had a volume-weighted average price of approximately 549.37 pence per share, with the highest price paid at 559.40 pence and the lowest at 541.40 pence. The company intends to cancel these repurchased shares, which will result in 194,178,724 shares held in treasury and 7,966,052,138 shares in issue.

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NatWest Group plc
08 May 2026
 








NatWest Group plc

 





8 May 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


05 May 2026

1,921,874

559.4000

541.40

549.4430

LSE


05 May 2026

575,546

559.4000

541.80

549.4505

CHIX


05 May 2026

252,377

559.4000

541.60

549.2113

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 194,178,724 Ordinary Shares in treasury and have 7,966,052,138 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).









Further information:













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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/6747D_1-2026-5-8.pdf


 

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