NatWest Group Buys Back Own Shares

TL;DR

NWG bought back its own stock today.

AI Summary

On December 3, 2025, NatWest Group plc announced a transaction in its own shares. The company, formerly known as Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, is headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, and filed this report under the 1934 Securities Exchange Act.

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 filing is a routine report of a share transaction and does not contain significant new financial or strategic information.

Key Players & Entities

• NatWest Group plc (company) — Filer of the report
• Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (company) — Former name of the filer
• 001-10306 (dollar_amount) — Commission File Number
• December 3, 2025 (date) — Date of the transaction and filing

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Filing Documents

• a1496k.htm (6-K) — 44KB
• 0001654954-25-013652.txt ( ) — 45KB

From the Filing

IN OWN SHARES a1496k     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   December, 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   03 December 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   03-Dec-25 851,396 641.20 624.20 630.79 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 230,155,278 Ordinary Shares in treasury and have 8,010,368,101 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/1494K_1-2025-12-3.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: 03 December 2025     By: /s/ Mark Stevens                         Name: Mark Stevens           Title: Assistant Secretary     

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