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Natwest Group PLC

Capital/Financing Update Mar 10, 2023

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Final Terms dated 10 March 2023 NatWest Group plc Legal entity identifier (LEI): 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90 Issue of €500,000,000 Fixed to Floating Rate Notes due March 2028 under the £40,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme

PROHIBITION OF SALES TO EEA RETAIL INVESTORS – The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area ("EEA"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, "MiFID II"); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II. Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (the "EU PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the EU PRIIPs Regulation.

PROHIBITION OF SALES TO UK RETAIL INVESTORS – The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the United Kingdom ("UK"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 as it forms part of domestic law of the UK by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("EUWA"); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the "FSMA") and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law of the UK by virtue of the EUWA. Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 as it forms part of domestic law of the UK by virtue of the EUWA (the "UK PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation.

MIFID II product governance / Professional investors and ECPs only target market – Solely for the purposes of each manufacturer's product approval process, the target market assessment in respect of the Notes has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for the Notes is eligible counterparties and professional clients only, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) all channels for distribution of the Notes to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate. Any person subsequently offering, selling or recommending the Notes (a "distributor") should take into consideration the manufacturers' target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to MiFID II is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Notes (by either adopting or refining the manufacturers' target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.

UK MIFIR product governance / Professional investors and ECPs only target market – Solely for the purposes of the manufacturer's product approval process, the target market assessment in respect of the Notes has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for the Notes is only eligible counterparties, as defined in the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business Sourcebook, and professional clients, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law of the UK by virtue of the EUWA; and (ii) all channels for distribution of the Notes to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate. Any distributor should take into consideration the manufacturer's target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to the FCA Handbook Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Notes (by either adopting or refining the manufacturer's target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.

PART A – CONTRACTUAL TERMS

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Terms and Conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated 7 December 2022 and the supplemental Prospectus dated 17 February 2023 which together constitute a base prospectus for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law of the UK by virtue of the EUWA (the "Prospectus Regulation"). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein for

the purposes of the Prospectus Regulation and must be read in conjunction with such Prospectus as so supplemented in order to obtain all the relevant information. Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Notes is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Prospectus as so supplemented. The Prospectus and the supplemental Prospectus are available for viewing at:

1 Issuer: NatWest Group plc
2 (i) Series Number: 3522
(ii) Tranche Number: 1
(iii) Date on which the Notes
will be consolidated and
form a single Series:
Not Applicable
3 Specified Currency or Currencies: Euro ("€")
4 Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(i) Series: €500,000,000
(ii) Tranche: €500,000,000
5 Issue Price: 100 per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
6 (i) Specified Denominations: €100,000 and integral multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof
up to and including €199,000. No notes in definitive form
will be issued with a denomination above €199,000
(ii) Calculation Amount: €1,000
7 (i) Issue Date: 14 March 2023
(ii) Interest
Commencement
Date:
14 March 2023
8 Trade Date: 7 March 2023
9 Maturity Date: Interest Payment Date falling in March 2028
10 Interest Basis: 4.699 per cent. Fixed Rate from (and including) the Issue
Date to (but excluding) 14 March 2027
Thereafter, 3-month EURIBOR + 1.289 per cent. Floating
Rate
11 Redemption/Payment Basis: Subject to any purchase and cancellation or early
redemption, the Notes will be redeemed on the Maturity
Date at 100 per cent. of their nominal amount
12 Change of Interest Basis: The Interest Basis shall change from Fixed Rate to Floating
Rate from (and including) 14 March 2027
13 Issuer Call Option: Applicable
14 (i) Status of the Notes: Ordinary Notes
(ii) Date Board approval for
issuance
of
Notes
obtained:
Not Applicable

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE

15 Fixed Rate Note Provisions: Applicable to (but excluding) 14 March 2027
(i) Rate(s) of Interest: 4.699 per cent. per annum payable in arrear on each Interest
Payment Date
(ii) Interest Payment Date(s): 14 March in each year from (and including) 14 March 2024
up to (and including) 14 March 2027
(iii) Fixed Coupon Amount: €46.99 per Calculation Amount
(iv) Broken Amount(s): Not Applicable
(v) Day Count Fraction: Actual/Actual (ICMA)
(vi) Determination Dates: 14 March in each year
(vii) Business Day Convention: Not Applicable
(viii) Business Centre(s): Not Applicable
16 Reset Note Provisions: Not Applicable
17 Floating Rate Note Provisions: Applicable from (and including) 14 March 2027
(i) Interest
Period(s)/Specified
Interest Payment Dates:
14 June 2027, 14 September 2027, 14 December 2027 and
14 March 2028, in each case subject to adjustment in
accordance with paragraph 17(ii) below
(ii) Business Day Convention: Modified Following Business Day Convention (adjusted)
(iii) Business Centre(s): Not Applicable
(iv) Manner
in
which
the
Rate(s) of Interest is/are to
be determined:
Screen Rate Determination
(v) Calculation Agent (if not
National
Westminster
Bank plc):
Not Applicable
(vi) Screen
Rate
Determination:
Reference Rate: 3-month EURIBOR
Interest
Determination
Date(s):
Second day on which the TARGET2 System is open prior
to the start of each Interest Period
Relevant Screen Page: Reuters Page EURIBOR01
Calculation Method: Not Applicable
Compounded Index: Not Applicable
Observation Method: Not Applicable
Observation
Look-back
Period:
Not Applicable
ARRC Fallbacks: Not Applicable
D: Not Applicable
Relevant Decimal Place: Not Applicable
(vii) ISDA Determination: Not Applicable
(viii) Linear Interpolation: Not Applicable
(ix) Margin(s): +1.289 per cent. per annum
(x) Minimum Rate of Interest: Not Applicable
(xi) Maximum
Rate
of
Interest:
Not Applicable
(xii) Day Count Fraction: Actual/360
18 Zero Coupon Note Provisions: Not Applicable
PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION
19 Notice periods for Condition 5(b): Minimum period: 5 days
Maximum period: 30 days
20 Redemption for
Capital
Disqualification Event:
Not Applicable
21 Issuer Call: Applicable
(i) Optional
Redemption
Date(s):
14 March 2027
(ii) Optional
Redemption
Amount(s):
€1,000 per Calculation Amount
(iii) Redeemable in part: No
(iv) If redeemable in part: Not Applicable
(v) Notice periods: Minimum period: 5 days
Maximum period: 30 days
(vi) Selection Date: Not Applicable
(vii) Publication of list of serial
numbers
for
Notes
in
definitive form:
Not Applicable
(viii) Notification
period
in
relation to exchange of
global Note:
Not Applicable
22 Redemption for Loss Absorption
Disqualification Event:
Condition 5(f): Applicable
(i) Notice periods for Condition 5(f): Minimum period: 5 days
Maximum period: 30 days
23 Final Redemption Amount: €1,000 per Calculation Amount
24 Early Redemption Amount payable
on redemption (a) for tax reasons or
(b) following the occurrence of a
Capital Disqualification Event (in
the case of Tier 2 Notes) or (c)
following the occurrence of a Loss
Absorption Disqualification Event
(in the case of Ordinary Notes) or
(d) on an event of default:
€1,000 per Calculation Amount
25 Residual Call: Not Applicable

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES

  • 26 Form of Notes:
  • (a) Form: Bearer Notes:

Temporary Global Note exchangeable for a Permanent Global Note which is exchangeable for Definitive Notes only upon the occurrence of an Exchange Event

(b) NGN: Yes
(c) CMU Notes: No
27 Additional Financial Centre(s): London
28 Talons for future Coupons to be
attached to Definitive Notes (and
dates
on
which
such
Talons
mature):
No
29 Whether TEFRA D/TEFRA C rules
applicable or TEFRA rules not
applicable:
TEFRA D
30 Relevant Benchmark: EURIBOR
is provided by European Money Markets
Institute. As at the date hereof, the European Money
Markets Institute appears in the register of administrators
and benchmarks established and maintained by the
Financial Conduct Authority
pursuant to Article 36
(Register of administrators and benchmarks) of Regulation
(EU) 2016/1011 as it forms part of domestic law of the UK
by virtue of the EUWA.
31 Substitution or Variation: Not Applicable

Signed on behalf of NatWest Group plc:

By:______________________________

Duly authorised

PART B – OTHER INFORMATION

1 LISTING

(i) Admission to trading: Application has been made by the Issuer (or on its behalf)
for the Notes to be admitted to trading on the London
Stock
Exchange's
regulated
market
and
on
the
Sustainable Bond Market of the London Stock Exchange
with effect from 14 March 2023
(ii) Estimate
of
total
expenses
relating to admission to trading:
£5,500

2 RATINGS

Ratings: The Notes to be issued are expected to be rated: S&P Global Ratings UK Limited: BBB Moody's Investors Service Limited: A3 Fitch Ratings Limited: A

3 INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE

Save as discussed in "Subscription and Sale", so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the offer of the Notes has an interest material to the offer.

4 REASONS FOR THE OFFER AND ESTIMATED NET AMOUNT OF PROCEEDS

Reasons for the offer: The Issuer intends to use an amount equal to the net proceeds of the Notes to finance and/or refinance lending to the following businesses identified by the Issuer as women-led, based on management's assessment of internal and public information and having regard to the Eligibility Criteria for Eligible Social Assets as described in the Issuer's Framework (as defined in the Prospectus dated 7 December 2022, and as may be amended or supplemented):

  • women sole traders

  • unincorporated partnerships where the majority of partners are women;

  • limited liability partnerships or companies that are small and medium sized enterprises ("SMEs" as defined in the Companies Act 2006) and where at least 51% of the ownership belongs to women.

The Eligible Social Assets will comprise lending for general corporate purposes of such eligible businesses.

To the extent that Eligible Social Assets in this category are unavailable, including where they unexpectedly mature or pending full allocation, the Issuer intends to hold and/or invest any surplus proceeds at its discretion in cash or short-term liquid investments until additional Eligible Social Assets are available. The Issuer plans to allocate an amount equal to around 85% of the net proceeds to refinancing existing Eligible Social Assets, with an amount equal to around the remaining 15% to be allocated to financing new Eligible Social Assets over the next 12 months.

The Issuer intends to report on allocation of the proceeds of the issue of the Notes, and the resulting outputs, in the single allocation and impact report which it aims to prepare on an annual basis.

Estimated net proceeds: €498,900,000

5 YIELD

Indication of yield: 4.699 per cent. per annum for the period from (and including) the Issue Date to (but excluding) 14 March 2027.

The yield is calculated at the Issue Date on the basis of the Issue Price. It is not an indication of future yield.

6 HISTORIC INTEREST RATES

Details of historic EURIBOR rates can be obtained from Reuters.

7 OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

(i) ISIN: XS2596599063
(ii) Common Code: 259659906
(iii) CMU Instrument Number: Not Applicable
(iv) Clearing System: Euroclear Bank SA/NV and Clearstream Banking S.A.
(v) Any clearing system(s) other than
Euroclear
Bank
SA/NV
and
Clearstream Banking S.A. and the
relevant identification number(s):
Not Applicable
(vi) Delivery: Delivery free of payment
(vii) Names and addresses of additional
Paying Agent(s) (if any):
Not Applicable
(viii)Intended to be held in a manner
which would allow Eurosystem
No
eligibility: Whilst the designation is specified as "no" at the date of
these Final Terms, should the Eurosystem eligibility

these Final Terms, should the Eurosystem eligibility criteria be amended in the future such that the Notes are capable of meeting them the Notes may then be deposited with one of the ICSDs as common safekeeper. Note that this does not necessarily mean that the Notes will then be recognised as eligible collateral for Eurosystem monetary policy and intra day credit operations by the Eurosystem at any time during their life. Such recognition will depend upon the European Central Bank being satisfied that Eurosystem eligibility criteria have been met.

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