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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-085713
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13D/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240805
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240805
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]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		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:		241173665

	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
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		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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EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>

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20549 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.7pt; text-align: center"><B>SCHEDULE 13D</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. 42)</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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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">August 2, 2024</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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UK Government Investments Ltd</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">.
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify">* 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="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"><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 STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 100%; font-size: 10pt"><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 STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt"><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="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; 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="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt"><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 STYLE="border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Non-UK
    issuer</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; width: 45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt"><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="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt"><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; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt"><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; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">An
    event changing the breakdown of voting rights</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" 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; font-size: 10pt">Other
    (please specify) <SUP>iii</SUP>:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; 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>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 STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt"><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 STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">City
    and country of registered office (if applicable)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">London,
    England</FONT></TD></TR>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt"><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 STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt"><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 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; font-size: 10pt">City
    and country of registered office (if applicable)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">London,
    England</FONT></TD></TR>

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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt"><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 STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">02 August 2024</FONT></TD></TR>

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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>6.
    Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 50%; font-size: 10pt">02 August 2024</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border: 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; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center; width: 25%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 18%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">% of voting rights<BR> attached to shares <BR> (total of 8. A)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 21%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">% of voting rights<BR> through financial instruments <BR> (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 18%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Total of both in % <BR> (8.A + 8.B)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center; width: 18%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Total number of <BR> voting rights held<BR> in issuer (8.A + 8.B) vii</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">18.99%</FONT></TD>
    <TD 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">18.99%</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">6,309,594,132</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">Position of previous notification (if applicable)</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">19.97%</FONT></TD>
    <TD 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">19.97%</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="10" STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><BR STYLE="clear: both">
    </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>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="10" 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>A:
    Voting rights attached to shares</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Class/type of shares</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">ISIN code (if possible)</P></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" 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"><B>Number
    of voting rights </B><SUP>ix</SUP></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" 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"><B>%
    of voting rights</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Direct</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(DTR5.1)</P></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Indirect</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(DTR5.2.1)</P></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Direct</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(DTR5.1)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Indirect</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(DTR5.2.1)</P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ordinary
    Shares of &pound;1.0769 each GB00BM8PJY71</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" 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">6,309,594,132</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" 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">18.99%</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" 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"><B>SUBTOTAL
    8. A</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" 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">6,309,594,132</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" 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">18.99%</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="10" STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="10" 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>B
    1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" 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"><B>Type
    of financial instrument</B></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"><B>Expiration<BR>
    date </B><SUP>x</SUP></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" 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"><B>Exercise/
    <BR>
    Conversion Period</B> <SUP>xi</SUP></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><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 </B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>exercised/converted.</B></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"><B>%
    of voting rights</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" 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">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" 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">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" 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">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" 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">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" 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">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" 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">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 3pt; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" 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>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="10" STYLE="border: black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="10" 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>B
    2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <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"><B>Type
    of financial instrument</B></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"><B>Expiration<BR>
    date </B><SUP>x</SUP></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"><B>Exercise/
    <BR>
    Conversion Period </B><SUP>xi</SUP></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Physical or cash </B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Settlement</B> <SUP>xii</SUP></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Number
    of voting rights </B></FONT></TD>
    <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"><B>%
    of voting rights</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 COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</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 COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</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 COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 3pt; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>SUBTOTAL
    8.B.2</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="10" STYLE="border: black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 11%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 9%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 14%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="5" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><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 applicable box with an &ldquo;X&rdquo;)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; vertical-align: top"><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>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Full
    </U>chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting
    with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional rows as necessary) <SUP>xiv</SUP></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Name
    </B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><SUP>xv</SUP></FONT></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"><B>%
    of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold</B></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"><B>%
    of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" 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"><B>Total
    of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="5" 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">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>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
    <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.</P></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">The
    Commissioners of His Majesty&rsquo;s Treasury</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">18.99%</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</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">18.99%</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">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <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">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 3pt; width: 25%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 3pt; width: 25%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 3pt; width: 25%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 3pt; width: 20%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 3pt; width: 5%">&nbsp;</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; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Name
    of the proxy holder</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <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">The
    number and % of voting rights held</FONT></TD>
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  <TR>
    <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">The
    date until which the voting rights will be held</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 100%"><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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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Solicitor for the Affairs of His Majesty's Treasury is acting
    as nominee for The Commissioners of His Majesty'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 (18.99%), has been calculated following
the disposal by HMT of 83,893,080 ordinary shares in NWG since its last TR-1 notification on 15 July 2024, under HMT's trading plan announced
on 22 July 2021 and most recently extended on 3 April 2023.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 29%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Place of
    completion</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt; width: 71%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">London,
    England</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"><B>Date
    of completion</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 3pt">02 August 2024</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Notes</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</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 this form should
be read jointly with the applicable Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules Chapter 5 (DTR5) available on the following link: </I>https://www.handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/DTR/5/?view=chapter</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); (c) all parties to the agreement referred to in DTR5.2.1 (a) or (d) the holder of financial instruments referred
to in 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 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 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 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 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 DTR5.2.1 (e), the controlling natural person or legal entity and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under
DTR 5.1, under 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 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 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 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 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 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><SUP>vii</SUP> The total number of voting
rights held in the issuer 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>

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<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, please note that it might not be necessary 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 (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 in this way will
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 by numbering each chain accordingly. Please see the below
example: </I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I>Name of ultimate controlling person A (chain 1)</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>Name of controlled undertaking B</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>Name of controlled undertaking C </I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I>Name of ultimate controlling person A (chain 2)</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>Name of controlled undertaking B </I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>Name of controlled undertaking D </I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I>Name of ultimate controlling person A (chain3)</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>Name of controlled undertaking E </I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>Name of controlled undertaking F </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>

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<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: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; 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: August 5, 2024.</P>

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<TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><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"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By: </FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: BLACK 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
Lowri Khan</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 5%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:
</FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="width: 42%; font-size: 10pt">Lowri Khan</TD></TR>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title: </FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director, Financial Stability Group</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>UK Government Investments
Ltd </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By: </FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: BLACK 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
Holger Vieten</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name: </FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Holger Vieten</TD></TR>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title: </FONT></TD>
<TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director, Financial Institutions Group</TD></TR>
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