TR-1: Notice of Major Holdings

RNS Number : 6959R

NatWest Group plc

02 March 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 underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii :			NatWest Group plc
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 (if applicable)			London, England
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 (if applicable)			London, England
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached vi :			1 March 2023
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			1 March 2023
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuer vii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	41.84%			41.84%	38,661,692,740
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	42.95%			42.95%

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 shares ISIN code (if possible)

Number of voting rights ix

% of voting rights

Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)

Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)

Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)

Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)

Ordinary Shares of £1.0769 each GB00BM8PJY71

16,174,449,320

41.84%

SUBTOTAL 8. A

16,174,449,320

41.84%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date x

Exercise/ Conversion Period xi

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.

% of voting rights

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 financial instrument

Expiration date x

Exercise/ Conversion Period xi

Physical or cash settlement xii

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

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 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)

x

Name xv

% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

Total of both if it equals or is higher 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

41.84%

41.84%

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 (41.84%), has been calculated following the disposal by HMT of 111,427,033 ordinary shares in NWG since its last TR-1 notification on 22 February 2023. This calculation does not take into account any shares repurchased by NWG under its share buyback programme since the last Total Voting Rights announcement on 28 February 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 extended on 22 June 2022.

Place of completion	London, England
Date of completion	1 March 2023

Legal Entity Identifier: 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90

 

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