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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20220920113501
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-22-101429
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13D/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220920
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220920
GROUP MEMBERS:		UK GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS LTD

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NatWest Group plc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000844150
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC [6029]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			X0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-84373
		FILM NUMBER:		221252594

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GOGARBURN
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 1000
		CITY:			EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			EH12 1HQ
		BUSINESS PHONE:		441315568555

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GOGARBURN
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 1000
		CITY:			EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			EH12 1HQ

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950712

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HM Treasury
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001451785
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 HORSE GUARDS ROAD
		CITY:			LONDON, SW1A 2HQ
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(44)20-7270-5665

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 HORSE GUARDS ROAD
		CITY:			LONDON, SW1A 2HQ
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			00000
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<TYPE>SC 13D/A
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>AMENDMENT NO. 18 TO SCHEDULE 13D
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>

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D.C. 20549 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Amendment No. 18)&nbsp;<BR></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>NatWest
Group plc</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Peter King&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">1 Horse Guards Road</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">+44 (0) 20 7270 5328</P>

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Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">September 15, 2022</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of
this Statement)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>HM Treasury; </B></P>

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the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this
Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Sections 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following
box </FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: WINGDINGS">&uml; </FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">. </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject
class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"><B>Explanatory note </B> : In lieu of providing the
information called for by Schedule 13D, His Majesty's Treasury is furnishing a copy of &ldquo;TR-1: Notification of Major Interest
in Shares&rdquo;, which is the standard form for any notification required to be delivered under the UK Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules to (among others) an issuer whose shares are admitted to trading on a UK regulated market (and to the UK
Financial  Conduct Authority) following the acquisition or disposal of certain interests in the shares or voting rights in such
issuer. This modified Schedule 13D is filed pursuant to no-action relief granted by the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission in a
no-action letter dated December 10, 2008.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings</B></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS</B> (to be sent to the relevant issuer <U>and</U> to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>i</SUP></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached</B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>ii</SUP></FONT><B>:</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">NatWest Group plc</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer </B>(please mark with an &ldquo;X&rdquo; if appropriate)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Non-UK issuer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>2. Reason for the notification </B>(please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an &ldquo;X&rdquo;)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">An acquisition or disposal of voting rights</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">An event changing the breakdown of voting rights</FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Other (please specify)<SUP>iii</SUP>:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation</B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>iv</SUP></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The Commissioners of His Majesty&rsquo;s Treasury</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">City and country of registered office (if applicable)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">London, England</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>4. Full name of shareholder(s)</B> (if different from 3.)<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>v</SUP></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The Solicitor for the Affairs of His Majesty&rsquo;s Treasury</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">City and country of registered office (if applicable)</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">London, England</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached</B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>vi</SUP></FONT><B>:</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">15 September 2022</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">16 September 2022</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roan, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">% of voting rights attached to shares</FONT></P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(total of 8. A)</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times,Serif; font-size: 10pt">%
of voting rights through financial instruments</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;<BR>
(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Total of both in %</FONT></P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(8.A + 8.B)</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Total number of voting rights of issuer<SUP>vii</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">46.91%</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">46.91%</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;38,653,308,232</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Position of previous notification (if applicable)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">47.99%</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">47.99%</FONT></TD>
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</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached</B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>viii</SUP></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>A: Voting rights attached to shares</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">ISIN code (if possible)</P></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Number of voting rights</B><SUP>ix</SUP></FONT></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Direct</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC)</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(DTR5.1)</P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Indirect</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC)</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(DTR5.2.1)</P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Direct</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Art 9 of Directive</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)</P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Indirect</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC)</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(DTR5.2.1)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; width: 18%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ordinary Shares of &pound;1 each GB00B7T77214</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; width: 28%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">18,130,821,908</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; width: 18%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">46.91%</FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">18,130,821,908</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; border-right: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">46.91%</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-left: black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; border-right: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 10%; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Expiration
    date</B><SUP>x</SUP></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 22%; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exercise/ <BR>
Conversion Period</B><SUP>xi</SUP></FONT></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument
    is exercised/converted.</B></P></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>SUBTOTAL 8. B 1</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="6" STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    date</B><SUP>x</SUP></FONT></TD>
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Conversion Period </B><SUP>xi</SUP></FONT></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Physical or cash settlement<SUP>xii</SUP></B></P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification
    obligation </B>(please mark the</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">applicable box with an &ldquo;X&rdquo;)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; vertical-align: top; width: 95%; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">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<SUP>xiii</SUP></FONT></TD>
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financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity<SUP>xiv </SUP>(please add additional rows as necessary)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 25%; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 25%; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 25%; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">UK Government Investments Limited, a company wholly-owned by His Majesty&rsquo;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&rsquo;s Treasury).</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The Solicitor for the Affairs of His Majesty&rsquo;s Treasury is acting
as nominee for The Commissioners of His Majesty&rsquo;s Treasury.</p>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The Commissioners of His Majesty&rsquo;s Treasury</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">46.91%</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">46.91%</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 50%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Name of the proxy holder</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The number and % of voting rights held</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The date until which the voting rights will be held</FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>11. Additional information</B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>xvi</SUP></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Solicitor for the Affairs of His Majesty&rsquo;s Treasury is acting
as nominee for The Commissioners of His Majesty&rsquo;s Treasury (HMT).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The percentage of voting rights held by HMT in NatWest Group plc (NWG),
as shown on this form (46.91%), has been calculated following the disposal by HMT of ordinary shares in NWG since its last TR-1 notification
on 11 August 2022, under HMT&rsquo;s trading plan announced on 22 July 2021 and extended on 22 June 2022.</p>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Legal Entity Identifier: 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90</FONT></P>

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<B>Notes</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><SUP>i</SUP> Please note that national forms
may vary due to specific national legislation (Article 3(1a) of Directive 2004/109/EC) as for instance the applicable thresholds or information
regarding capital holdings.</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><SUP>ii</SUP> Full name of the legal entity
and further specification of the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate (e.g. address, LEI, domestic number
identity). Indicate in the relevant section whether the issuer is a non UK issuer.</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><SUP>iii</SUP> Other reason for the notification
could be voluntary notifications, changes of attribution of the nature of the holding (e.g. expiring of financial instruments) or acting
in concert.</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><SUP>iv</SUP> This should be the full name
of (a) the shareholder; (b) the natural person or legal entity acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided
for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h)/ Article 10 (b) to (h) of Directive 2004/109/EC; (c) all parties to the agreement referred to in Article 10
(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.2.1 (a)) or (d) the holder of financial instruments referred to in Article 13(1) of Directive 2004/109/EC
(DTR5.3.1).</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>As the disclosure of cases of acting in concert
may vary due to the specific circumstances (e.g. same or different total positions of the parties, entering or exiting of acting in concert
by a single party) the standard form does not provide for a specific method how to notify cases of acting in concert.</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>In relation to the transactions referred to
in points (b) to (h) of Article 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h)), the following list is provided as indication of the
persons who should be mentioned:</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 21.3pt; text-align: justify"><I>- in the circumstances foreseen
in letter (b) of Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2.1 (b)), the natural person or legal entity that acquires the voting rights and is
entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration
the voting rights;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 21.3pt; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 21.3pt; text-align: justify"><I>- in the circumstances foreseen
in letter (c) of Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2.1 (c)), the natural person or legal entity holding the collateral, provided the
person or entity controls the voting rights and declares its intention of exercising them, and natural person or legal entity lodging
the collateral under these conditions;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 21.3pt; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 21.3pt; text-align: justify"><I>- in the circumstances foreseen
in letter (d) of Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2.1 (d)), the natural person or legal entity who has a life interest in shares if
that person or entity is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the shares and the natural person or legal entity who is disposing
of the voting rights when the life interest is created;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 21.3pt; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 21.3pt; text-align: justify"><I>- in the circumstances foreseen
in letter (e) of Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2.1 (e)), the controlling natural person or legal entity and, provided it has a notification
duty at an individual level under Article 9 (DTR 5.1), under letters (a) to (d) of Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d))
or under a combination of any of those situations, the controlled undertaking;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 21.3pt; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 21.3pt; text-align: justify"><I>- in the circumstances foreseen
in letter (f) of Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2.1 (f)), the deposit taker of the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached
to the shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting
rights at his discretion;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 21.3pt; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 21.3pt; text-align: justify"><I>- in the circumstances foreseen
in letter (g) of Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2.1 (g)), the natural person or legal entity that controls the voting rights;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 21.3pt; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 21.3pt; text-align: justify"><I>- in the circumstances foreseen
in letter (h) of Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2.1 (h)), the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion,
and the shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights at his discretion (e.g.
management companies).</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><SUP>v</SUP> Applicable in the cases provided
for in Article 10 (b) to (h) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should be the full name of the shareholder who is the
counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2) unless the percentage of voting
rights held by the shareholder is lower than the lowest notifiable threshold for the disclosure of voting rights holdings in accordance
with national practices (e.g. identification of funds managed by management companies).</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><SUP>vi</SUP> The date on which threshold is
crossed or reached should be the date on which the acquisition or disposal took place or the other reason triggered the notification obligation.
For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took effect.</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I></I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><SUP>vii</SUP> The total number of voting rights
shall be composed of all the shares, including depository receipts representing shares, to which voting rights are attached even if the
exercise thereof is suspended.</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><SUP>viii</SUP> If the holding has fallen below
the lowest applicable threshold in accordance with national law, please note that it might not be necessary in accordance with national
law to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is below that threshold.</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><SUP>ix</SUP> In case of combined holdings
of shares with voting rights attached &quot;direct holding&quot; and voting rights &quot;indirect holding&quot;, please split the voting
rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns &ndash; if there is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant
box blank.</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><SUP>x</SUP> Date of maturity/expiration of
the financial instrument i.e. the date when right to acquire shares ends.</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><SUP>xi</SUP> If the financial instrument has
such a period &ndash; please specify this period &ndash; for example once every 3 months starting from [date]. </I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><SUP>xii</SUP> In case of cash settled instruments
the number and percentages of voting rights is to be presented on a delta-adjusted basis (Article 13(1a) of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR
5.3.3.A).</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><SUP>xiii</SUP> If the person subject to the
notification obligation is either controlled and/or does control another undertaking then the second option applies.</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><SUP>xiv</SUP> The full chain of controlled
undertakings starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity has to be presented also in the cases, in which only
on subsidiary level a threshold is crossed or reached and the subsidiary undertaking discloses the notification as only thus the markets
get always the full picture of the group holdings. In case of multiple chains through which the voting rights and/or financial instruments
are effectively held the chains have to be presented chain by chain leaving a row free between different chains (e.g.: A, B, C, free row,
A, B, D, free row, A, E, F etc.).</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><SUP>xv</SUP> The names of controlled undertakings
through which the voting rights and/or financial instruments are effectively held have to be presented irrespectively whether the controlled
undertakings cross or reach the lowest applicable threshold themselves.</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I><SUP>xvi</SUP> Example: Correction of a previous
notification.</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: WHITE">SIGNATURE</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: WHITE">After reasonable inquiry and to the
best of my knowledge and belief,&nbsp;I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">Date: September 20, 2022</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>His Majesty&rsquo;s
    Treasury, a department of His Majesty&rsquo;s Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">By:
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: BLACK 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/
    Lowri Khan</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Name: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; font-size: 10pt"><P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Lowri Khan</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Title: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director, Financial Stability</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>UK Government
    Investments Ltd </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    Holger Vieten</FONT></TD></TR>
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