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Natwest Group PLC

Capital/Financing Update Mar 28, 2022

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Final Terms dated 25 March 2022 NatWest Group plc Legal entity identifier (LEI): 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90 Issue of £750,000,000 Fixed to Fixed Rate Reset Notes due 29 March 2029 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 (the "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 (the "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 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 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 manufacturer's 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 manufacturer's target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.

UK MiFIR 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 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 each 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 manufacturers' 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 2021 and the supplemental Prospectus dated 18 February 2022, 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 "UK Prospectus Regulation"). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein for the purposes of the UK 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. The Prospectus and the supplemental Prospectus are available for viewing at:

https://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8744U\_1-2021-12-7.pdf

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/1799C\_1-2022-2-18.pdf

1 Issuer: NatWest Group plc
2 (i) Series Number: EMTN 3518
(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 Pounds sterling ("£")
4 Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(i) Series: £750,000,000
(ii) Tranche: £750,000,000
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: 29 March 2022
(ii) Interest Commencement Date: 29 March 2022
8 Trade Date: 22 March 2022
9 Maturity Date: 29 March 2029
10 Interest Basis: Reset Notes
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: Not Applicable
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: Not Applicable
16
Reset Note Provisions:
Applicable
(i)
Initial Rate of Interest:
3.619 per cent. per annum payable annually in arrear on
each relevant Interest Payment Date
(ii)
First Margin:
+2.10 per cent. per annum
(iii)
Subsequent Margin:
Not Applicable
(iv)
Interest Payment Date(s):
29 March in each year from (and including) 29 March 2023
up to (and including) the Maturity Date
(v)
Fixed Coupon Amount up to (but
excluding) the First Reset Date:
£36.19 per Calculation Amount
(vi)
Broken Amount(s):
Not Applicable
(vii) First Reset Date: 29 March 2028
(viii)Subsequent Reset Date(s): Not Applicable
(ix)
Reset Reference Rate:
Sterling Reference Bond Rate
(x)
Initial Reference Rate:
1.487 per cent. per annum
(xi)
Reset Determination Time:
11 am (London time)
(xii) Relevant Screen Page: Not Applicable
(xiii)Mid-Swap Rate: Not Applicable
(xiv) Mid-Swap Maturity Not Applicable
(xv) Day Count Fraction: Actual/Actual (ICMA)
(xvi) Determination Dates: 29 March in each year
(xvii) Business Day Convention: Not Applicable
(xviii) Business Centre(s): Not Applicable
(xix) Calculation Agent (if not National
Westminster Bank plc):
Not Applicable
(xx) Original Mid-Swap Rate Basis: Not Applicable
(xxi) Initial Mid-Swap Rate Final
Fallback:
Not Applicable
(xxii) Reset Period Maturity Initial
Mid-Swap Rate Final Fallback:
Not Applicable
(xxiii) Last Observable Mid-Swap Rate
Final Fallback:
Not Applicable
(xxiv) Subsequent Reset Rate Mid
Swap Rate Final Fallback:
Not Applicable
(xxv) Subsequent Reset Rate Last
Observable
Mid-Swap
Rate
Final
Fallback:
Not Applicable
17 Floating Rate Note Provisions: Not Applicable
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):
29 March 2028
(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 of period in relation
to exchange of global Note:
Not Applicable
22 (i) Redemption for Loss Absorption
Disqualification Event:
Condition 5(e): Applicable
(ii) Notice periods for Condition 5(e): 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
£1,000 per Calculation Amount

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES

Ordinary Notes) or (d) on an event of

default:

25 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
26 Additional Financial Centre(s): Not Applicable
27 Talons for future Coupons to be No
attached to Definitive Notes (and
dates on which such Talons mature):
28 Whether TEFRA D/TEFRA C rules
applicable or TEFRA rules not
applicable:
TEFRA D
29 Relevant Benchmark: 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 with effect from 29
March 2022
(ii) Estimate of total expenses £5,150
relating to admission to trading:

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: Baa1 Fitch Ratings Limited: A

the Issue Price. It is not an indication of future yield.

capable of meeting them the Notes may then be deposited

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: See "Use of Proceeds" in the Prospectus.
Estimated net proceeds: £748,012,500
5 YIELD
Indication of yield: 3.619 per cent. per annum up to the First Reset Date.
The yield is calculated at the Issue Date on the basis of

6 OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

(i) ISIN: XS2449910921
(ii) Common Code: 244991092
(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
eligibility:
No
Whilst the designation is specified as "no" at the date of
these Final Terms, should the Eurosystem eligibility
criteria be amended in the future such that the Notes are

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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