Natwest Regulatory News (NWG)

NatWest Group plc

16 March 2022

Notice of Redemption

NatWest Group plc (the "Company") 

The Company has given notice to holders of the $1,500,000,000 Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Notes due 2023 and $1,500,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 2023 issued by the Company pursuant to the Amended and Restated Indenture dated September 13, 2011 as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated April 1, 2014, the Second Supplemental Indenture dated April 5, 2016 and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated May 15, 2017 (together, the "Indenture") (ISIN Codes: US780097BE04 / US780097BF78) (the "Notes") of the upcoming redemption of the Notes on 15 May 2022. The amount currently outstanding under each series of Notes is $1,500,000,000.

The Company has elected to redeem the Notes on 15 May 2022 in accordance with the Indenture. The Notes are being redeemed pursuant to Section 11.09 of the Indenture.

To view the notice, please click on the link below.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0325F_1-2022-3-16.pdf

For further information, please contact:

Scott Forrest

Head of NatWest Treasury DCM

Tel: +44 (0)7747 455969

Forward-looking statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such as statements that include, without limitation, the words 'would have been', 'expect', 'estimate', 'project', 'anticipate', 'commit', 'believe', 'should', 'intend', 'will', 'plan', 'could', 'probability', 'risk', 'Value-at-Risk (VaR)', 'target', 'goal', 'objective', 'may', 'endeavour', 'outlook', 'optimistic', 'prospects' and similar expressions or variations on these expressions. These statements concern or may affect future matters, such as NatWest Group's future economic results, business plans and strategies. In particular, this document may include forward-looking statements relating to NatWest Group plc in respect of, but not limited to: the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, its regulatory capital position and related requirements, its financial position, profitability and financial performance (including financial, capital, cost savings and operational targets), the implementation of its Purpose-led strategy and the refocusing of its NatWest Markets franchise, its ESG and climate related targets, its access to adequate sources of liquidity and funding, increasing competition from new incumbents and disruptive technologies, its exposure to third party risks, its ongoing compliance with the UK ring-fencing regime and ensuring operational continuity in resolution, its impairment losses and credit exposures under certain specified scenarios, substantial regulation and oversight, ongoing legal, regulatory and governmental actions and investigations, the transition of LIBOR and IBOR rates to alternative risk free rates and NatWest Group's exposure to economic and political risks (including with respect to terms surrounding Brexit and climate change), operational risk, conduct risk, cyber and IT risk, key person risk and credit rating risk. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that might cause actual results and performance to differ materially from any expected future results or performance expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to differences in current expectations include, but are not limited to, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, future acquisitions, the outcome of legal, regulatory and governmental actions and investigations, the level and extent of future impairments and write-downs (including with respect to goodwill), legislative, political, fiscal and regulatory developments, accounting standards, competitive conditions, technological developments, interest and exchange rate fluctuations, general economic and political conditions and the impact of climate related risks and the transitioning to a low carbon economy. These and other factors, risks and uncertainties that may impact any forward-looking statement or NatWest Group plc's actual results are discussed in NatWest Group plc's UK 2021 Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) and NatWest Group plc's filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, NatWest Group plc's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F and Reports on Form 6-K. The forward-looking statements contained in this document speak only as of the date of this document and NatWest Group plc does not assume or undertake any obligation or responsibility to update any of the forward-looking statements contained in this document, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required.