Natwest Group PLC

Director's Dealing • May 9, 2024

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NatWest Group plc

09 May 2024

9 May 2024

NatWest Group plc

INITIAL NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY (PDMRs) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 19 OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION

1.  NatWest Group plc (the Company) announces that Sharing in Success awards (SiS), over ordinary shares of £1.0769* each in the Company (Shares) (ISIN: GB00BM8PJY71 ) were granted on 8 May 2024 under the   NatWest Group plc 2024 Employee Share Plan (the Plan) and immediately vested. The market price per Share used on the grant of the above awards was £3.0380.

The number of Shares vested, the number of Shares withheld to meet associated tax liabilities and the number of Shares retained by each PDMR is as follows:

Name of PDMR	Position of PDMR	Award	No. of Shares vested	No. of Shares withheld to satisfy associated tax liability	No. of vested Shares retained
Robert Begbie	CEO, NatWest Commercial & Institutional and CEO NatWest Markets	SiS	330	166	164
Keiran Foad	Group Chief Risk Officer	SiS	330	156	174
David Lindberg	CEO, Retail Banking	SiS	330	156	174
Scott Marcar	Group Chief Information Officer	SiS	330	156	174
Katie Murray	Group Chief Financial Officer	SiS	330	156	174
Mohammad Kamal Syed	Interim CEO, Coutts and Wealth Businesses	SiS	330	156	174
Paul Thwaite	Group Chief Executive Officer	SiS	330	156	174
Jen Tippin	Group Chief Operating Officer	SiS	330	156	174

* Note: the nominal value of ordinary shares without rounding is £1.076923076923077 per share  

The market price used to   meet associated tax liabilities   was £3.1241.  

Clawback provisions will apply for a period of seven years from the date of grant, extended to ten years, for relevant PDMRs, if events are under investigation at the end of the seven year period.

Vested Shares retained after payment of associated tax liabilities will be subject to a twelve-month retention period.  

2.  The Company announces that Shares were delivered to PDMRs on 8 May 2024, as set out below. The Shares delivered represent payment of a fixed share allowance for the three-month period ending 30 June 2024 and have been calculated using a share price of £3.0380.

The number of Shares   delivered, the number of Shares withheld to meet associated tax liabilities and the   number of Shares retained by each PDMR is as follows:

Name of PDMR	Position of PDMR	No. of Shares delivered	No. of Shares withheld to satisfy associated tax liability	No. of Shares retained
Robert Begbie	CEO, NatWest Commercial & Institutional and CEO NatWest Markets	27,181	13,611	13,570
Keiran Foad	Group Chief Risk Officer	33,946	15,979	17,967
David Lindberg	CEO, Retail Banking	29,363	13,822	15,541
Scott Marcar	Group Chief Information Officer	33,946	15,979	17,967
Katie Murray	Group Chief Financial Officer	64,842	30,522	34,320
Paul Thwaite	Group Chief Executive Officer	95,101	44,765	50,336
Jen Tippin	Group Chief Operating Officer	33,946	15,979	17,967

The market price used to determine the number of   Shares withheld to   meet associated tax liabilities   was £3.1241. Shares retained after payment of associated tax liabilities will be held on behalf of PDMRs and will be released in instalments over a three or five year period.

All of the above transactions took place on the London Stock Exchange (XLON).

Legal Entity Identifier: 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90

For further information contact:

NatWest Group Investor Relations

Claire Kane

Director of Investor Relations

+44 20 7672 1758

NatWest Group Media Relations 

+44(0)131 523 4205

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