Total Voting Rights

RNS Number : 2321T

NatWest Group plc

23 March 2021

 

NatWest Group plc

Total Voting Rights and Capital

In conformity with the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, NatWest Group plc ("NWG") hereby notifies the following update in respect of its issued share capital with voting rights as at 23 March 2021.

The changes in the issued share capital are a result of settlement today of the off-market purchase of 590,730,325 o rdinary shares of £1 each ("Ordinary Shares") on 19 March 2021, pursuant to the terms of a contract (the "Directed Buyback Contract") between NWG and Her Majesty's Treasury (HM Treasury), which was approved by NWG's shareholders at a General Meeting held on 6 February 2019 and signed on 7 February 2019. The authority from shareholders to make off-market purchases of Ordinary Shares from HM Treasury (or its nominee) under the terms of the Directed Buyback Contract was renewed at the Annual General Meeting on 29 April 2020. 

N WG cancelled 390,730,325 of the purchased Ordinary Shares and holds the remaining 200,000,000 Ordinary Shares in treasury.

Share Class and nominal value	Number of Shares issued	Voting rights per share	Total Voting rights -
			23 March 2021
Ordinary Shares of £1	11,575,835,427	4	46,303,341,708
Ordinary Shares of £1 held in treasury	200,000,000	-	-
11% Cumulative Preference Shares of £1	500,000	4	2,000,000
5.5% Cumulative Preference Shares of £1	400,000	4	1,600,000
Total:	11,776,735,427		46,306,941,708

Shareholders may use the above figures for their calculations to determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in NWG under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Legal Entity Identifier: 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90 

 

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