Agreement with Respect to the Exercise of U.K. Bail-in Power
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Notwithstanding any other agreements, arrangements,
or understandings between NatWest Group and any holder or beneficial owner of the Subordinated Notes, by its acquisition of Subordinated
Notes, each holder and beneficial owner of the Subordinated Notes acknowledges, accepts, agrees to be bound by and consents to
the exercise of any UK bail-in power by the relevant UK authority which may result in (i) the reduction or cancellation of all,
or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Subordinated Notes; (ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of
the principal amount of, or interest on, the Subordinated Notes into ordinary shares or other securities or other obligations of
NatWest Group or another person and/or (iii) the amendment or alteration of the Maturity of the Subordinated Notes, or amendment
of the amount of interest due on the Subordinated Notes, or the dates on which interest becomes payable, including by suspending
payment for a temporary period; which UK bail-in power may be exercised by means of variation of the terms of the Subordinated
Notes solely to give effect to the exercise by the relevant UK authority of such UK bail-in power. Each holder and beneficial owner
of the Subordinated Notes further acknowledges and agrees that the rights of the holders and/or beneficial owners under the Subordinated
Notes are subject to, and will be varied, if necessary, solely to give effect to, the exercise of any UK bail-in power by the relevant
UK authority.
For these purposes, a “UK bail-in power”
is any write-down, conversion, transfer, modification or suspension power existing from time to time under any laws, regulations,
rules or requirements relating to the resolution of banks, banking group companies, credit institutions and/or investment firms
incorporated in the United Kingdom in effect and applicable in the United Kingdom to NatWest Group or other members of the Group
(as defined in the prospectus supplement), including but not limited to any such laws, regulations, rules or requirements which
are implemented, adopted or enacted within the context of a European Union directive or regulation of the European Parliament and
of the Council establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms (notwithstanding
that the UK is no longer a member state of the European Union) and/or within the context of a UK resolution regime under the Banking
Act 2009, as the same has been or may be amended from time to time (whether pursuant to the UK Financial Services (Banking Reform)
Act 2013 (the “Banking Reform Act 2013”), secondary legislation or otherwise, the “Banking Act”), pursuant
to which any obligations of a bank, banking group company, credit institution or investment firm or any of its affiliates can be
reduced, cancelled, modified, transferred and/or converted into shares or other securities or obligations of the obligor or any
other person (or suspended for a temporary period) or pursuant to which any right in a contract governing such obligations may
be deemed to have been exercised. A reference to the “relevant UK authority” is to any authority with the ability to
exercise a UK bail-in power.
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