NatWest Group Announces Share Buyback

TL;DR

NWG is buying back its own stock.

AI Summary

On September 12, 2025, NatWest Group plc announced its intention to purchase its own shares. The company has not yet disclosed the specific number of shares or the total dollar amount involved in this transaction.

Why It Matters

Share buybacks can signal management's confidence in the company's valuation and potentially increase earnings per share.

Risk Assessment

Risk Level: low — This is a routine announcement regarding share transactions, not a significant event impacting the company's core business or financial health.

Key Players & Entities

• NatWest Group plc (company) — Filer of the report and subject of the share transaction
• September 12, 2025 (date) — Date of the announcement and the report filing

FAQ

Filing Documents

• a2208z.htm (6-K) — 31KB
• 0001654954-25-010697.txt ( ) — 32KB

From the Filing

IN OWN SHARES a2208z     UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549   FORM 6-K   REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934   September, 2025   Commission File Number 001-10306   NatWest Group plc   250 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4AA United Kingdom (Address of principal executive offices)     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.     Form 20-F ☒   Form 40-F ☐         The following information was issued as Company announcements in London, England and is furnished pursuant to General Instruction B to the General Instructions to Form 6-K:       NatWest Group plc   12 September 2025   Transaction in Own Shares   NatWest Group plc (the "Company") announces today that it has purchased the following number of ordinary shares in the Company with a nominal value of £1.0769* each ("Ordinary Shares") from Merrill Lynch International ("BofA").   Aggregated information:     Date of purchase     Number of Ordinary Shares purchased     Highest price paid: (GBp)     Lowest price paid: (GBp)     Volume  weighted average price paid per share (GBp)     Venue     12-Sep-25      357,909 530.20 525.20 528.54 LSE   * Note:  the nominal value of Ordinary Shares without rounding is £1.076923076923077 per share   Such purchases form part of the Company's existing share buyback programme and were effected pursuant to the instructions issued by the Company to BofA on 25 July 2025, as announced on 28 July 2025.   The Company intends to cancel the repurchased Ordinary Shares.   Following the settlement of the above transactions, the Company will hold 231,069,404 Ordinary Shares in treasury and have 8,054,933,315 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).   Further information:   Investor Relations + 44 (0)207 672 1758   Media Relations +44 (0)131 523 4205   Legal Entity Identifier: 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90   Transaction details In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No.596/2014 as it applies in the UK (Market Abuse Regulation), a full breakdown of the individual trades made by BofA on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme is detailed in the attached:  http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/2205Z_1-2025-9-12.pdf       SIGNATURE   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.             NatWest Group plc (Registrant)                               Date: 12 September 2025     By: /s/ Mark Stevens                         Name: Mark Stevens           Title: Assistant Secretary  

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