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Full Year 2019 Results & Investor Update 14 February 2020 1 Agenda Top Topic Presen enter er Introduction and Howard Davies macroeconomic context 2019 results Alison Rose, Katie Murray Investor update Alison Rose Investment case


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Full Year 2019 Results & Investor Update

14 February 2020

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Agenda

Top Topic Presen enter er Introduction and macroeconomic context Howard Davies 2019 results Alison Rose, Katie Murray Investor update Alison Rose Investment case and target financial shape Katie Murray

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Our Customer Brands

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Macroeconomic context

2022 2017 1.4% 18 19 20 21 1.8% 1.2% 1.7% 1.1% 1.7% 0.75% 2017 18 0.50% 19 2022 20 21 0.50% 0.50% 0.75% 0.50%

1 ONS, RBS forecast 2 Historical numbers are based on BofE; Forecast numbers are based on Market implied as at 13 Jan 2020 3 based on Q4 4 Consumer price index

​UK gro gross ss do dome mest stic pro produ duct gro growth1 ​Bank o

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f Engl gland ba base se ra rate2,

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​UK UK un unemployment r rate ate1,3

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​UK in infla latio ion r rate1,

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18 2017 21 19 20 2022 2.7% 2.5% 1.8% 2.0% 2.0% 1.9%

Challenges remain for banks:

  • Subdued GDP

growth outlook

  • Low rate

environment

  • Prevailing

uncertainty

2017 20 18 19 4.1% 21 2022 4.0% 4.4% 4.4% 4.4% 4.4%

Actual Forecast

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2019 r 2019 resu sults: Alison

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Rose, , Chi hief ef Exec xecut utive Of Officer

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Solid financial performance, sets foundation for future success

​Genera rating ng R Return rns

£4.2bn

FY’19 Operating profit before tax up £0.9bn on FY’18

£3.1bn

FY’19 Attributable profit up £1.5bn

  • n FY’18

9.4%

FY’19 Return on Tangible Equity; excluding FX gain: 4.7%

​Grow

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g Lendi ding

3.7%2

Net lending growth – exceeding our 2019 target

£33.3bn3

Gross new mortgage lending

£5.0bn

Gross new SME & mid- corps lending

​Redu ducing C Cost

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Other expenses in FY’19 exceeded our 2019 target

£310m1 £4.5bn1

Cumulative cost reduction since FY’14 Cost-income ratio in FY’19

65.1%

​Returni rning ng C Capital

Final ordinary and special

£1bn4

Total shareholder returns for FY’19

£2.7bn4

to participate in any future Government sell-down

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Forward rd-looking c g conside dera rations: s: The targets, expectations and trends discussed in this presentation reflect management’s current expectations and are subject to change, including as a result of the factors described in the “Risk Factors” section on pages 281 to 295 of the 2019 Annual Report and Accounts. These statements constitute forward-looking statements, please see Forward Looking Statements on slide 56

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NOTE: Numbers are all un-adjusted for Alawwal gains / PPI 1 Excluding conduct, litigation and strategic costs 2 Across UK Personal Banking, Ulster Bank RoI, Commercial Banking & Private Banking 3 Referring to UK Personal Banking only 4 Assuming shareholder approval of final ordinary dividend of 3p per share and special dividend of 5p per share

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Continued progress on culture, customer advocacy and innovation

1 Source: MarketVue Business Banking from Savanta, YE Q4 2019. Based on interviews with businesses with an annual turnover over £2 million. Latest base sizes: 586 for NatWest (England & Wales). Question: “How likely would you be to recommend (bank)”. Base: Claimed main bank. Data weighted by region and turnover to be representative of businesses in Great Britain 2 British Bank Awards, 2019 http://www.britishbankawards.co.uk/previous-winners/

​Cul Cultur ure ​Innovati ation ​Cu Custo tomer A Advo vocac acy

Top p qu quart rtile o

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rage ge 2019 Banking Standards Board Survey Launched and used by customers #1 comme mmercial ba bank1 More work to do across Personal & Business First rst ba bank to re receive a award rd fro rom t the Chart rtered d Banker Insti titut tute Nat atWest Ban anklin ine Mo Mobile ile 4.8 rating in the Apple App store NatWest st V Voted Be d Best st M Mort rtga gage ge Provi vider er British Bank Awards 20192

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NPS

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We are in a position of strength with opportunities to improve

Posi sition ions o s of strengt gth Opportu tuniti ties

Stro rong c cust stomer fra r franchise ses s and d ma mark rket- leadi ding po g posi sitions Meet bro broade der se set of f cust stomer n r needs a ds acro ross ss life fe stag tages to to maxi aximise c cus usto tomer p pote tential an and pro protect re revenue Stro rong t tra rack re record rd o

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f cost st re redu duction Simpl mplify a and d re re-engi gineer t r to incre rease se cust stome mer satisfaction

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nd b balanc nce s she heet Refocus us NatW atWest M Mar arkets with th a a cus usto tomer an and capi pital re return rns fo s focus Bro road a and d wide de-rangin ing i innovatio ation p portfolio lio Conti tinue to to te test an t and ite terate w with th c cus usto tomers whilst st sc scaling g up p and d leveragi ging pa part rtners s

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2019 2019 resu esults: Ka Katie M e Murray, Chief F ef Financial Offi Officer er

2019 r 2019 resu sults: Katie ie M Murra rray, y, Ch Chie ief F Fin inancia ial O l Offic icer

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£m £m Q4’19 Q4’19 v 9 vs. Q Q4’18 Q4’19 v 9 vs. Q Q3’19 Total i l income me 4,23 233 38% 38% 46% 46% Operating e g expense ses (2,527) 2% (6%)

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Other er ex expe penses es (1,905) (6%) 10%

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Strate rategic c costs ts (537) 51% 150%

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Litigation & & conduc duct c costs s (85) (8%) (89%) Impairment l losse ses s (160) n.m. (25%) Operating g profit/ ( (loss) ss) 1,54 546 170 170% n. n.m. Tax ax (37) (69%) (82%) Pr Prefs/ M MI/ Di Disc sc ops ps (99) (41%) (7%) Attribut butable p profit / / (loss) ss) 1,41 410 n. n.m. n. n.m. Attribut butable p profit / / (loss) ss) ex. F FX gain 176 176 (38%) %) n. n.m. Cost:in income me rat ratio 59. 59.4% (21pp pp) (34pp pp) RoTE TE1 17. 17.7% 7% 14p 14pp 22p 22pp

Q4 2019 summary financials

1 Excluding FX recycling gains RoTE was 4.7% for the year or 2.2% for the quarter

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197 196 (3)

Other Q3’19 Central liquidity Q3’19 excl. One-offs One-offs

(1)

Competitive pressure Q4’19 excl. One-offs

(0)

One-offs Q4’19

193 193 415 415.8 419 419.6

Continued net interest margin pressure

AI AIEAs As1, , £bn

Bank nk N NIM IM, bps

Rate sensitivity Reduction in liquidity Asset and liability pressures Economic uncertainty

Futu uture cons

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Asset Pressure 3bps Deposit Pressure 0bps

1 AIEAs refers to Average interest-earning assets as per the Financial Supplement and excludes NWM

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UK Personal Banking 6.0% Ulster Bank ROI2 FY’19 target net loan growth1 FY’19 Net et loan gr growth1 2% – 3% Private 8.4% Commercial RBSI3 3.7% 6.7% (3.2) % (0.2) %

Loan growth exceeded 2019 target

FY’19 Gross new personal loans £3.9bn5 FY’19 Commercial Banking gross new lending £19.5bn6 FY’19 Gross new mortgage lending £33.3bn4,5

1 Net loan growth across Personal, Ulster RoI, Commercial and Private, presented in GBP 2 Ulster RoI FY’19 growth shown in euros is +1.9% 3 RBSI includes £0.5bn transfer from NatWest Markets 4 Gross new lending, including additional borrowing 5 Referring to UK Personal Banking only 6 New drawn lending and any re-financing resulting in a new facility or the opening of a new account, excluding overdrafts and supplier finance.

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Loan growth by product and sector

1 Adjusted for transfer of transaction services in FY’18 of £3.1bn from Specialised Business to Large corporates and institutions 2 Includes WE business segment, which will be partially transferred to NWM N.V. 3 Other includes shipping and project finance 4 Total Commercial also includes Real Estate.

Commercial B Banking UK Pe Personal al B Ban ankin ing Gro ross L s L&A Gro rowth, £bn

138.5 7.6 4.0 FY’19 FY’18 147.5 FY’18 FY’18 FY’19 FY’19 FY’18 FY’19 4.3 8.5 150.1 160.3 6.5% 11.8% 7.5% 6.8% 6.7 6.9 30.0 29.7 14.9 16.1 21.0 7.0 5.6 2.0 1.9 102.5 FY’19 FY’18 FY’18 FY’19 FY’18 FY’19 FY’19 FY’19 FY’18 FY’18 FY’19 FY’19 FY’18 FY’18 21.5 102.8 3.0% (1.0)% 8.1% (2.3)% (20.0)% (5.0)% (0.3)% 2. 2.1% 1%

FY’19 Gross new card customers c.275k FY’19 New FreeAgent customers c.22k FY’19 Gross new current accounts c.700k

Commercial – EU divestment Other3 SME & mid corps Business banking Specialised business1 Large corporates & institutional1,2 Total Commercial4 Cards Personal advances Total UK Personal Banking Mortgages

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Strong capital generation

Generated 110bps of capital from profits in FY’19, excluding Alawwal profits and PPI

FY’19 v 19 vs. FY’18 18 pro for forma for IF IFRS RS 1 16 Q4’19 v 9 vs. Q3’19

0.9 (0.3) Profit Q3’19 (0.2) 0.1 Dividends Pensions RWAs (0.0) Other Q4’19 16.2 15.7 16.2 (1.4) Dividends FY’18 pro forma for IFRS 16 Alawwal profit & RWA reduction 0.6 (0.5) 1.1 PPI Profit ex Alawwal & PPI

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Other 0.1 (0.2) Pensions 0.5 RWAs ex Alawwal FY’19

CET1, , % 286 286 267 267 TNAV2 p 272 272 267 267 TNAV1,

1,2 p

1 Q3 on Q4 TNAV reduction includes -4p cash flow hedge charge. 2 TNAV on a fully diluted basis

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FY’19 update on progress

FY’19 9 RoTE TE 9.4 9.4% FY’19 9 RoTE TE 4.7 4.7% (e (ex. F FX X gains)

Net t loan an g growth ▪ 3.7% FY’19 net loan growth across Personal, Ulster RoI, Commercial & Private ▪ Exceeded 2-3% net loan growth target in 2019 Con

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cost

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reducti tion ▪ Reduced other expenses by £310m in FY’19 ▪ Exceeded our £300m FY’19 target Capit ital generati ation ▪ CET1 ratio at 16.2% ▪ Generated 110bps of capital from profits (ex. Alawwal and PPI) for FY’19 ▪ RWAs decreased by £9.5bn, at £179.2bn vs. £185–190bn FY’19 guidance Capit ital r returns ▪ 3p Ordinary, 5p Special ▪ £2.7bn of dividends in FY’19 ▪ Well placed to participate in any future Government sell-down

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Inv nves estor update ate: Alison

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Rose, , Chi hief ef E Exec xecut utive Of Officer er

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Agenda

Facing into unprecedented disruption Our purpose-led strategy Refocusing NatWest Markets Investment case that delivers sustainable returns A solid foundation to build from

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Solid foundation and position of strength in serving people, families and businesses

1 Based on NPS. Source: MarketVue Business Banking from Savanta, YE Q4 2019. Based on interviews with businesses with an annual turnover over £2 million. Latest base sizes: 586 for NatWest (England & Wales). Question: “How likely would you be to recommend (bank)”. Base: Claimed main bank. Data weighted by region and turnover to be representative of businesses in Great Britain 2 Assuming shareholder approval of final ordinary dividend of 3p per share and special dividend of 5p per share

Safe fe, s simple, s smar art Cust stomer ba base se Market p posi sition

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Fina nanc ncial s streng ngth

19m customers 16.2% CET1 ratio in FY’19 1 in 4

businesses bank with us; gross new lending growing every quarter in 2019

>40k

first time house buyers we supported in 2019

>65k banked in 2019

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g capit pital ba l base se #1 Commerc ercial b ban ank1 Grow

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Total shareholder returns for FY’19 – capital generative and track record of capital returns

Res esilient b bal alan ance s e sheet eet A le leadin ding su supp pporter of

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start artups

£2.7bn

2

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Supporting every region in the UK and RoI

Supporting Families

▪ Helped 120k 11-18 year olds open a bank account in 2019 ▪ c.1.9m

m Financial health checks since 2018

▪ 7.7m

7m people reached through MoneySense lessons since 1994

▪ Over 600

600 remote locations reached through Mobile Branches Supporting People Supporting Colleagues

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First b bank nk to be awarded Corporate Chartered status by the Chartered Institute of Bankers, supporting our ambition to be the most st p professi ssional b bank Supporting Businesses

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12 accelerator hubs have supported over 19,000 entrepreneurs since launch

▪ £1bn

bn f fund d launched to support female entrepreneurs

▪ Commercial banking gross new lending growth in every

quarter of 2019

Scotland East Midlands West Midlands Wales South West South East East of England Yorkshire and The Humber North East North West London Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland

Biggest supporter of manufacturing: banking 29k 29k manufacturers across the communities we serve Regionally focused support through

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al b board ard network £6 in every £10 lent to SMEs and UK mortgage customers is outsi side de o

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Lond ndon n and nd t the he S South E East c.£3. 3.7b 7bn of lending to the agricultural sector1, 130 independently accredited specialists across the UK c.12. 2.2k 2k branch staff, community bankers, and Relationship Managers supporting our Personal and Business customers Supporting >68K 8K transport, technology and communication customers helping to better connect the UK

1 Includes forestry and fishing

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Preparing for unprecedented disruption in society

Ins Insight hts Trends ds

2.5 2.5m+ + more people over 55 years old by 20251 c.50% 50% of all growth in 70+ population in rural areas2

Pe Peop

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c.16 16% % of UK adults self-employed by 20255 30% 30% of jobs at potential risk of automation by mid-2030s6 c.2/ 2/3 growth for IP-based businesses vs. 1/3 other sectors in the next 10 years7

Wo Work

>50% 50% of potential future retirement income locked i d in pro prope pert rty3 Priva vate e re renters rs outnumbe ber mo mort rtga gage ge h holde ders rs, among under 45 year olds, by 20294

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UK to bring all all gre greenhouse ga gas s emissions to net zero b by 2050 205010 1/6 /6 properties in the UK are located in areas with significant flooding risk11 85% 85% of Britons are now concerned about climate change, with 52% 52% very concerned12

Cl Clima mate

83% 83% of SMEs use a mobile banking app8 77% 77% of consumers willing to share information for personalised recommendations9

Dig igit ital

1 ONS on Population Projections, 2019 – 2018 data 2 ONS on subnational population projections, 2019 – 2016 data 3 ONS on Wealth in Great Britain, “How to close the savings gap” by KPMG 4 Based on 35-44 cohort; English Housing Survey, 2018-2019; extrapolated 5 ONS on Employment by occupation, 2018; extrapolated 6 ‘How will automation impact jobs?’ by PwC 7 ONS on business demography, 2017, extrapolated 8 Unisys SME Survey 2018 9 State of the Connected Consumer Report 2018 10 Press release by Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, 2019 11 “Flooding Statistics UK” by Rainbow International 12 ‘Concern’ about climate change reaches record levels with half now 'very concerned’ by Ipsos Mori

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A purpose-led bank responding to the changing needs of all stakeholders

We champio mpion pote tential al, helping pe peop

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famili milies s and busin inesse sses s to to th thrive ve

Suppo pporting g cus usto tomers a at t every stag age o

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their ir liv lives

Evolve our propositions to reflect changing customer behaviour

Simpl mple t to deal w al wit ith

Reengineering-led simplification to drive better customer experience and colleague engagement

Powered b by inno nnovation n and pa d part rtnerships ps

Strong pace of business model innovation and partnership

Sharpe rpened c d cust stome mer an and cap apit ital allo allocation foc focus

Refocus NatWest Markets to meet the needs of customers – capital ratio accretive

Sus ustai tainab able R Retur turns

Financially and operationally resilient with medium to long term RoTE of 9-11%

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We champion potential, helping people, families and businesses to thrive

Honest and Fair With Customers and Suppliers A Responsible and Responsive Employer A Good Citizen Guardian for Future Generations

We will ba balance t the needs ds of

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One pu purpo rpose se- led ba d bank deliv eliverin ing sus ustai tainab able financia ial l re returns s

Doing the right thing Thinking long term Working together Serving customers

Our Values1

1 Our values align with A Blueprint for Better Business

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Areas of focus aligned to the most pressing issues for our stakeholders

Exte tern rnal al Recognit itio ion Our a ambit itio ion Our t r targ rgets ts Successe sses t s to date te Our r areas o s of foc focus Leadi ding l g learning o g orga ganisa sation; enha nhanc ncing t the he fina nanc ncial ability of t the he UK UK & & Ro RoI and t d the s e ski kills of em empl ployee ees

First b t ban ank to to be aw awar arded C Cor

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ate Chartered S Statu tatus by th the C Char arte tered B Ban anker Insti titu tute te Years of operation of MoneySense education programme 25 25

Learnin ing

Le Lead ading lender to to th the U UK renewab ables se sector by by n number o

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f transa sactions s (last st 10 10 years, s, 2009 2009-2019 2019)

Leading ng b bank nk i in n the he UK & Ro RoI hel elpi ping t to add ddres ess t the cl e climate challenge ge Climate ate

Funding and financing to sustainable energy (since 2018) £10 10bn bn Additional customers helped to start saving by 2023 2m 2m Of our UK & RoI customers’ homes at or above EPC or equivalent rating C by 2030 50% 50%2 Of those inspired and supported will be female 60% 60% NatWest st Accelerator h hubs e s endo dorse sed by by th the S Scal ale U Up Institute te

The bigge ggest st s suppo pporter o

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ups in t n the he UK & & Ro RoI Enterpr prise se

100% 100% Front-line colleagues professionally qualified/accredited within first 12 months in role Additional funding and financing for climate and sustainable finance by 2022 £20b 20bn3 Of those inspired and supported will be based

  • utside London & South East

75% 75% People reached through financial capability interactions each year 2. 2.5m 5m Own operations by 2025 Climat ate po posi sitive1 Incremental new businesses created by 2023 through inspiring and supporting 500k+ people 50k 50k Accelerator hubs operated 12 12

1 Climate positive refers to an organisation capturing more carbon than it emits over a given period of time 2 Percentage of aggregate UK & RoI mortgage book exposure 3 Pursuant to Climate and Sustainable Finance Inclusion Criteria, available on RBS.com

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A leading UK & RoI bank helping to address the climate challenge

Ambitious a us aims… s…

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1 Except where an existing customer is demonstrating a clear transition towards this threshold 2 Mining/trading and power generation/retail 3 Thermal and lignite coal 4 Percentage of aggregate UK & RoI mortgage book exposure 5 Pursuant to Climate and Sustainable Finance Inclusion Criteria, available on RBS.com

Suppo porting c g clients Accelerating spe speed o d of f tr tran ansiti tion

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 Support our UK & RoI mortgage customers to

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Evolve our propositions to support our customers at every life stage

We e will r will res espond t to9…

busi sinesse sses5 SME ME Mid Mid Corporat rates

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Established

House useholds Retirement

Straight into work

Higher education and training

Professionals

Workers

Gig / freelancers

Out of work >50% of potential future retirement income locked in property4 c.85% of start-ups / micro SMEs are family businesses6 13%+ of UK SMEs are high growth7

Large ge Corporat rates

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Entrepr preneur urs / s / start art-up ups

£25bn+ short-term borrowing need for young people 2, 3

1 ONS on United Kingdom population mid-year estimate 2019, 2018 data 2 ONS’ Wealth and Asset survey, 2018 3 Short-term borrowing includes credit card balance, value of store cards, hire purchase, all formal loans (excl student, friends and family), loans from family and friends, mail order arrears, hire purchase arrears, loan arrears, bill arrears, overdrafts, etc; young people refer to 25-34 years old 4 ONS on Wealth in Great Britain, “How to close the savings gap” by KPMG 5 ONS on Business population estimates for the UK and regions, 2019 6 The State of the Nation – The UK Family Business Sector, 2018-2019 7 SME refers to companies with turnover between £2-250m; based on ONS on UK enterprises by turnover size band, and high growth enterprises by turnover size band 2019, 2017 data 8 ONS on Experimental estimates of investment in intangible assets in the UK 2019, 2016 data 9 Examples not exhaustive 10 E.g., insurance

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Taking a whole life view will unlock opportunities

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l / private te produ ducts, s, % % PCA share1 Short-term borrowing balances2 Investments3 Main banker share4,5 Fee-based products4, 6 Merchant acquiring products4, 7

1 Main current account stock share based on Ipsos Mori Q4 2019 12 month rolling basis 2 Stock share based on credit card and personal advances on BofE data, 2019 3 AuM share based on ONS and the annual Wealth surveys, 2018; investment market share excludes property, pension wealth, and cash savings 4 Share of the number of businesses used products in the past 12 month based on Savanta MarketVue Business Banking survey in FY19 Q4; Data weighted by region and turnover to be representative of businesses in GB; n=4,744 for Current account, n= 1,541 for payments abroad, n=1,067 for FX; n=2,028 for retailer / merchant services 5 BCA share is also 21% based on Savanta MarketVue Business Banking survey in FY19 Q4 6 Payments abroad, and FX shares are used as a proxy 7 Retailer / merchant services share is used 8 Examples not exhaustive 9 Including technology, communications (e.g., Telco), and professional services

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Deliver relationship led banking for a digital world

 Relationship management  High touch experience  Digital first relationship  Self-service & automation

Low ph physi sical de dema mand

 Digital enabled with face to

face when required

 Physical network backing up

digital proposition

Evolving o g our r ph physi sical i interactions t s to be better re refl flect

  • ur

r cust stomers rs’ n ’ needs ds More re c cust stomers rs n now ba bank w with u us s di digi gitally

>70% 70% of UK Personal Banking and Ulster Bank RoI customers were digitally active in 2019 Me Mediu ium p physic ical l de dema mand High gh ph physi sical de dema mand

+11% 1% +34% 4%

Physical p points of pres resen ence In supporting the shift to digital, we will maintain our physical points of presence while evolving them to meet customer needs and protect our most vulnerable customers

Cust stome mer re relationship 53% 53% of sales in UK Personal Banking were via digital channels in 2019 >90% 90% of Commercial Banking customer interactions were via digital channels in 2019 >70% 70% of eligible Private Banking clients, used

  • ur digital channels in 2019

Gro rowt wth i in Bankline e paym ayments in 20191 Gro rowt wth i in Mobile e paym ayments in 2019

c.11, 11,500 500

UK Post st O Offi ffice Branches, s, A ATMs, s, m mobi bile vans, s, community ba bankers a s and B d BGEs2

c.4, 4,500 500

1 Data relates to period 1 January 2019 to 30 November 2019 2 Business growth enablers

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Improve customer experience and drive further efficiency

Clear a ar aims for t r the custo tomer r journ rney t tran ansform rmat ation…

A step change in custo

tomer r ex expe perien ence ce

Fewer stalling points and hand-offs to

gr grow r rev even enue Effic icie ient end to end processes

Simpler, more automated em

empl ployee ee ex expe perien ence ce … Accelerated w d with a new foc focus

Example le a activit itie ies Deploy tool tools (analytics, zero based design) an and an an e2e te team am s setu tup to simplify systems and processes, e.g., reduc uce ha hand-offs fs be between fr front-lin line an and c credit te t team ams f for

  • r loan
  • an ap

applicat ation review

End nd-to to-end nd reen eenginee eering Greate ter adop

  • ption
  • n

Train front-line staff, e.g., to gu guide c cust stomers t s to se self-assiste ted tool tools Deploy digital tools at branches, e.g., onlin line credit it d decis isio ion e engin ine de depl ployed fo for u use se by by r relationship m managers s in po points s of f pr prese sence

Predi edictive e analy lytic ics

Automate call routing to su supp pport use sers st struggling w g with se servicing o

  • n app

pp Equip front-line staff with predictive tools, e.g., offe ffering n new l loans s ba base sed d

  • n cust

stomer pr profi file

What at th this mean ans i in prac actice, retail account opening example (not exhaustive)

Migrate 2/3 volumes1 to digital platforms Deploy online o

  • nbo

boarding pl g platforms i s in branc nche hes to replace separate platforms Leverage AI t to i increa ease e com

  • mpletion r

rate ates of self-serve digital Know Your Customer (KYC) checks Furth ther i inte tegrate te s systems to work better together reduc ucing h hand nd-

  • ffs

ffs Quicker and more intuitive, with Machine ne Learning ng d driven n su sugge ggest stions for day to day use Custom tomer r requests a accou

  • unt

KYC c checks cks Acco Account cr creation Custom tomer u use

1 Except vulnerable customers

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To power delivery of strategy, continue to innovate and partner

Base sed o d on a numbe mber o r of criteria… … th that t we c conti tinue to to st stre rengt gthen

Helping businesses and communities thrive

Septem ember er 2 2019

Pilot launched

1m+ m+

Transactions processed to date

1,000+ 000+

Merchants onboarded to date

… we have a st stro rong po g port rtfolio o

  • f a

asse ssets … … Inno nnovate Ac Acqui uire

 Aligned to our pu

purpo rpose se a and d st stra rategi gic i impe mpera ratives

 Clear path to scalin

ling

 Falls within our ri

risk sk appe ppetite

 Enables us to become

more of a pl platform ba m bank, integrating our products in 3rd party ecosystems and integrating others’ into

  • urs

Customer feedback & positive NPS

NP NPS

Par Partner

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Reducing the capital committed to NatWest Markets by c.50%

Our current plan2 assumes:

▪ CET1 capital

allocated to NWM reduced by ~£3bn

▪ Capital reduction

expected to be CET1 capital ratio accretive in year one and over the course

  • f the transition

period ~6 ~6 ~3 ~3

RW RWA and nd C Capit ital, , £bn Com

  • mmon
  • n

equit ity T Tie ier11 RWAs As

10.8 3.2 17.4 6.5 2019 xx Medium term target ~20 37.9

Rates Legacy Financing Currencies

1 NatWest Markets franchise CET1 is implied figures calculated using equity allocated at 15% 2 After accounting for strategic costs and disposal losses. Continue to refine plan over the transition period

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Serving our corporate and institutional customers with a refocused business

Corpo rporate a and d insti titu tuti tional cust stomers rs NatWest t Mar Markets

Franchis ise v e view iew Customer mer v view w Full se serv rvice fi financing g and d ri risk sk ma manage gement – providing a single customer view of core NWM customers, and Large / Mid Corporate customers from Commercial Banking Simpl mplified pro produ duct su suite – serving curre rrencies, s, ra rates a s and d financin ing a activiti ities with a substantial reduction in capital allocated to institutional rates Lea eaner er o

  • per

erating m model el – more heavily leveraging ring- fenced bank infrastructure Integrated ed c customer mer c cover erage e – for future growth

  • pportunities

Illustr trati ative corpo rporate a and d inst stitutional c cust stomers rs expe pected to d deliv eliver c.8% ROE ROE in in t the m e med ediu ium to lo long t ter erm1

Non Non-corporate & & insti titu tuti tional cust stomers rs Large rge / / mi mid d corpo rporates

Commercial Banking NatWest Markets

SME / / bu busi siness s bank nking ng Non Non-corporate & & insti titu tuti tional cust stomers rs

1 Excluding strategic, litigation and conduct costs

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Investment case

Key me y messa ssages Finan ancial al o

  • utc

tcomes1

Medium to long term RoT

  • TE targe

rget o

  • f

f 9-11% 11% Purpo rpose se-led de d decisi sion ma making Revenue o

  • ppo

pport rtunities s to help counteract low rate

  • environment. Lending target greater than 3%2

Solid c d cust stomer bu r busi sinesse sses w s with a abi bility t to gro grow Ope pera rating c g cost st3 re redu duction o

  • f

f £250m 250m i in 2020 2020 and

  • ngoing reductions in the medium to long term

Sim imple le to d dea eal wit l with Robu bust st ba balance sh sheet w with st stro rong c g capi pital gen ener eratio ion Investing to create fu future re revenue o

  • ppo

pport rtunities Pow Powered b by innov nnovation

  • n a

and nd partne nershi hips

1 See forward looking considerations on slide 7 2 Across retail and commercial franchises 3 Other operating expenses, excluding operating lease depreciation

Refocusing NatWest Markets to drive RW RWA A re redu duction o

  • f

f c.50% 50% in the medium term Medium to long term CE CET1 ra ratio o

  • f

f 13 13-14% 4% with

  • rdinary di

divide dend d pay ayout ut ra ratio o

  • f

f 40% 40%

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34

Investme ment c t cas ase an and tar target f t finan ancial shape: e: Katie ie M Murra rray, y, Ch Chie ief F Fin inancia ial O l Offic icer

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Agenda

Financially resilient Investing to deliver strategy and cost transformation NatWest Markets – refocusing NWM, reducing capital in the business by c.50% in the medium term Investment case – sustainable returns of 9-11% RoTE in the medium to long term

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Sound balance sheet

CET1 ratio

16.2%

Short-term wholesale funding

£19.4bn

Liquidity coverage ratio

152%

Loan : deposit ratio

89%

Funded assets

£573bn

FY’19

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Building from a position of financial strength

FY’19

Ro RoE, % Operat erating pr prof

  • fit, £m

Ne Net le lendin ding,

£bn

RWAs WAs, £bn Pers ersonal al 21.01 855 158.9 37.8 Ul Ulster er Ro RoI 2.3 49 18.2 13.0 Pri rivat ate 15.4 297 15.5 10.1 Commerc ercial al 8.4 1,327 101.2 72.5 Nat atWes est Mark arket ets (3.2) (25) 8.4 37.9 25.7 344 14.1 6.5 RBSI SI

1 Excluding PPI charges of £900m

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Continue to invest c.£1bn per year in the business

1 Aligns to Company Announcement ‘other expenses’ excluding operating lease depreciation. 2 Illustrative 2020 guidance shown as 2019 other expenses excluding operating lease depreciation and £250m committed cost

  • reduction. 3 % change from FY’14 – FY’19 4 Covers mandatory and discretionary spend on core systems; non ring-fenced bank change; innovation spend; and technology transformation programme spend.

…. with a an i incre reasi sing g focus s on D Digi gital and nd I Inno nnovation 7.2 2018 6.9 2019 20202 ~6.7 Gro roup p cost sts1, , £bn c.£1bn c.£1bn c.£1bn Inv nvestment nt spe spend We h have i invest sted d c.£8bn bn o

  • ver t

the pa past st 6 years rs t tra ransf sformi ming t g the ba bank and ex expec ect t to

  • con
  • ntinue t

to

  • invest

st c c.£1bn bn pe per y r year…

c.2 c.20%3

Reduction in mandatory and non-ring fenced bank investment

c.30% 30%3

Increase in discretionary, innovation and elements of strategic cost4

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Building on our strong track record, next wave of reengineering to reduce cost base

Gro roup c p cost sts3, , £bn 1,100 983 985 810 278 FY’14 FY’15 FY’17 FY’16 FY’20 FY’18 FY’19 310 2503 0.8-1.0 FY’20 20204 ~6.7 6.9 2019 Gro roup st p stra rategi gic c cost sts2, , £bn Solid re d record d on cost st re redu duction £4.5bn cost take out since 2014 £250m3 cost reduction targeted in 2020 FY cost st re redu duction1, , £m

1 2014-19 other expense reduction includes disposed businesses and movements in operating lease depreciation 2 Includes, but not limited to, restructuring costs 3 Other expenses excluding operating lease depreciation 4 Illustrative 2020 guidance shown as 2019 other expenses excluding operating lease depreciation and £250m committed cost reduction.

9% 9% 11% 10% 4% 4%

% YoY cost reduction

4%

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NatWest Markets will be c.10% of the group

Cap apit ital release se, , £bn RW RWAs As Medi dium t term, rm, cumul ulati ative RW RWA a A and Capita tal, , £bn Continue to allocate equity at 15% Including revenue impact from refocusing, current plans assume capital ratio accretive in year one and

  • ver the course of the transition period2

Year 1 1 c.18 6-8 c.2.7 c.1.0

1 NatWest Markets franchise capital release and CET1 are implied figures calculated using equity allocated at 15% 2 After accounting for strategic costs and disposal losses. Continue to refine plan over the transition period 3 Excluding strategic, litigation and conduct costs

~6 ~3 Commo mmon equi uity ty ti tier 11 Illus ustr trati tive RO ROE for our ur c corporate te a and insti tituti tutional c cus usto tomers e expecte ted to to be c.8% in th the medium um to to long te term3 c.0.2 NWM RW RWA r A reduc ucti tion NWM M asso ssociated c d capi pital release se1 NWM st stra rategi gic c cost sts NWM di dispo sposa sal l losse sses c.0.4 10.8 17.4 6.5 2019 3.2 37.9 xx ~20 Medium term target

Legacy Financing Rates Currencies

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CET1 T1, , % 179 179 ~200 200 13-14 16.2 Q4’19 Headwinds from RWA inflation, Pension contribution, Basel 3 amendments, CCyB and climate impact Including revenue impact from refocusing, NWM current plans assume capital ratio accretive in year 1 and over the course of the transition period1 Future organic loan growth funded by profit To achieve 13-14% medium to long term CET1 ratio:

  • We will use ordinary dividend payout

ratio of ~40% of attributable profits

  • We will consider further distributions

including buy-backs and special dividends

  • We are well placed to participate in a

future Government sell-down Medium to long term End 2021 target c.14 RW RWAs As, , £bn CET1 T1 ra ratio pro profile Generated 1 d 110bps bps2 of capi pital f fro rom pro m profit in FY’ Y’19

Financially and operationally resilient - Capital generation & distribution

1 After accounting for strategic costs and disposal losses. Continue to refine plan over the transition period 2 Excluding Alawwal profits and PPI

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Financial targets and outlook

1 Excludes operating lease depreciation, conduct, litigation and strategic costs 2 Dependent upon HMT’s intentions 3 Continue to refine plan over the transition period See forward looking considerations on slide 6

2020 fi 2020 financial targe gets and d outlook

  • ok

Lending ng

Greater than 3% growth across our retail and commercial franchises n/a

Regulat ator

  • ry i

impac act

Personal Banking: c.£200m negative impact on income n/a

Medium to to lon

  • ng te

term tar targets an and ou

  • utloo
  • ok

RW RWAs As

c.£185-190bn RWAs by the end of FY’20 including an estimated c.£10.5bn increase associated with implementation of Bank of England mortgage floors Basel 3 amendments c.5-10% phased across 2021-2023. Details still subject to regulatory uncertainty on both quantum and timing

NWM NWM R RWA WAs

Reducing by £6-8bn in the first year Medium term target: c.£20bn Including revenue impact from refocusing, current plans assumed to be capital ratio accretive in year one and over the course of the transition period3 (after accounting for strategic costs and disposal losses)

Impairment nts

Below 30-40 bps for the impairment loss rate assumption n/a

Cost sts s

Cost take-out target: £250m1 Strategic costs target of £0.8-1.0bn for NWM refocus (c.£0.2bn strategic costs and £0.4bn disposal losses) and continued resizing of the Group’s cost base Ongoing operating cost take-out

Cap apita tal

n/a End 2021 target: c.14% CET1 ratio Medium to long term target: 13-14% CET1 ratio

Retur urns ns

n/a Group RoTE target: 9-11%

Dividends a ds and d pa pay-ou

  • uts

ts

Ordinary dividends are expected to be around 40% of attributable profit Directed buybacks of the UK government2 stake limited to 4.99% of issued share capital in any 12 month period Committed to make further pre-tax contributions to the pension scheme of up to £1.5bn in aggregate from 1 January 2020 linked to future distributions to RBS shareholders. n/a

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Investment case

Key me y messa ssages Finan ancial al o

  • utc

tcomes1

Medium to long term RoT

  • TE targe

rget o

  • f

f 9-11% 11% Purpo rpose se-led de d decisi sion ma making Revenue o

  • ppo

pport rtunities s to help counteract low rate

  • environment. Lending target greater than 3%2

Solid c d cust stomer bu r busi sinesse sses w s with a abi bility t to gro grow Ope pera rating c g cost st3 re redu duction o

  • f

f £250m 250m i in 2020 2020 and

  • ngoing reductions in the medium to long term

Sim imple le to d dea eal wit l with Robu bust st ba balance sh sheet w with st stro rong c g capi pital gen ener eratio ion Investing to create fu future re revenue o

  • ppo

pport rtunities Pow Powered b by innov nnovation

  • n a

and nd partne nershi hips

1 See forward looking considerations on slide 7 2 Across retail and commercial franchises 3 Other operating expenses, excluding operating lease depreciation

Refocusing NatWest Markets to drive RW RWA A re redu duction o

  • f

f c.50% 50% in the medium term Medium to long term CE CET1 ra ratio o

  • f

f 13 13-14% 4% with

  • rdinary di

divide dend d pay ayout ut ra ratio o

  • f

f 40% 40%

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Q& Q&A

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Append endix

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FY 2019 results by business1

£bn bn UK P Person

  • nal

al Banking ng Ulste ter B Ban ank Ro RoI Comme mmercial Banking ng Pr Private te Banking ng RB RBSI SI NatW atWest Marke kets Centr tral i ite tems & oth

  • ther2

Total Total R RBS Income me 4. 4.9 0. 0.6 4. 4.3 0. 0.8 0. 0.6 1. 1.3 1. 1.8 14. 14.3 Operating expenses (3.6) (0.6) (2.6) (0.5) (0.3) (1.4) (0.4) (9.3) Impairment (losses) / releases (0.4) 0.0 (0.4) 0.0 (0.0) 0.1 (0.0) (0.7) Ope perating pr g profi fit 0. 0.9 0. 0.0 1. 1.3 0. 0.3 0. 0.3 (0. 0.0) 0) 1. 1.4 4. 4.2 Funded Assets 182.3 25.4 165.4 23.3 31.7 116.2 28.7 573.0 Net L&A to Customers 158.9 18.2 101.2 15.5 14.1 8.4 10.6 326.9 Customer Deposits 150.3 18.5 135.0 28.4 30.1 3.7 3.2 369.2 RWAs 37.8 13.0 72.5 10.1 6.5 37.9 1.4 179.2 LDR 106% 98% 75% 55% 47% n.m. n.m. 89% RO ROE3 9. 9.6% 6% 2. 2.3% 3% 8. 8.4% 4% 15. 15.4% 4% 25. 25.7% 7% (3. 3.2% 2%) n.m. m. 9. 9.4% 4% Cost : Income ratio4 74.4% 97.4% 58.9% 62.5% 43.3% 105.7% n.m. 65.1%

1 Numbers may not cast due to rounding 2 Central items & other include unallocated transactions, including volatile items under IFRS, items related to Alawwal bank merger and a US RMBS related reimbursement 3 RBS’s 2021 CET1 target is approximately 14% but for the purposes of computing segmental return on equity (ROE), to better reflect the differential drivers of capital usage, segmental operating profit after tax and adjusted for preference share dividends, is divided by average notional equity allocated at different rates of 15% (Ulster Bank RoI – 14% prior to Q1’19), 12% (Commercial Banking), 13% (Private Banking – 13.5% prior to Q1’19, 14% from Q1’17 to Q4’17), 16% (RBS International - 12% prior to Q4’17) and 15% for all other segments, of the monthly average of segmental risk-weighted assets equivalents (RWAe) incorporating the effect of capital deductions. RBS return on equity is calculated using profit for the period attributable to ordinary shareholders 4 Total operating expenses less operating lease depreciation divided by total income less operating lease depreciation. (FY’19 - £138 million).

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Q4 2019 results by business1

£bn bn UK P Person

  • nal

al Banking ng Ulste ter B Ban ank Ro RoI Comme mmercial Banking ng Pr Private te Banking ng RB RBSI SI NatW atWest Marke kets Centr tral i ite tems & oth

  • ther2

Total Total R RBS Income me 1. 1.2 0. 0.1 1. 1.1 0. 0.2 0. 0.2 0. 0.3 1. 1.2 4. 4.2 Operating expenses (0.8) (0.1) (0.7) (0.1) (0.1) (0.4) (0.3) (2.5) Impairment (losses) / releases (0.1) (0.0) (0.1) 0.0 (0.0) 0.0 (0.0) (0.2) Ope perating pr g profi fit 0. 0.3 (0. 0.0) 0) 0. 0.3 0. 0.1 0. 0.1 (0. 0.1) 1) 0. 0.9 1. 1.5 Funded Assets 182.3 25.4 165.4 23.3 31.7 116.2 28.7 573.0 Net L&A to Customers 158.9 18.2 101.2 15.5 14.1 8.4 10.6 326.9 Customer Deposits 150.3 18.5 135.0 28.4 30.1 3.7 3.2 369.2 RWAs 37.8 13.0 72.5 10.1 6.5 37.9 1.4 179.2 LDR 106% 98% 75% 55% 47% n.m. n.m. 89% RO ROE3 14. 14.9% 9% (1. 1.0% 0%) 7. 7.6% 6% 12. 12.0% 0% 17. 17.3% 3% (6. 6.5% 5%) n.m. m. 17. 17.7% 7% Cost : Income ratio4 65.9% 100.7% 63.9% 69.2% 55.3% 156.8% n.m. 59.4%

1 Numbers may not cast due to rounding 2 Central items include unallocated transactions, including volatile items under IFRS and FX recycling gain 3 RBS’s 2021 CET1 target is approximately 14% but for the purposes of computing segmental return on equity (ROE), to better reflect the differential drivers of capital usage, segmental operating profit after tax and adjusted for preference share dividends, is divided by average notional equity allocated at different rates of 15% (Ulster Bank RoI – 14% prior to Q1’19), 12% (Commercial Banking), 13% (Private Banking – 13.5% prior to Q1’19, 14% from Q1’17 to Q4’17), 16% (RBS International - 12% prior to Q4’17) and 15% for all other segments, of the monthly average of segmental risk-weighted assets equivalents (RWAes) incorporating the effect of capital deductions. RBS return on equity is calculated using profit for the period attributable to ordinary shareholders. 4 Total operating expenses less operating lease depreciation divided by total income less operating lease depreciation. (Q4’19 - £35 million).

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Adjusted financials - 2019

£m £m FY’1 ’19 Adjust sted F d FY’191 (income e e ex. F . FX recyclin ling gain) n) Tot

  • tal in

l incom

  • me

14, 14,253 12, 12,794 Operating expenses (9,325) (9,325)

  • /w Other expenses

(7,049) (7,049)

  • /w Strategic costs

(1,381) (1,381)

  • /w Litigation & conduct

costs (895) (895) Impairment losses (696) (696) Operating p profit

  • fit/ (los

loss) 4, 4,23 232 2, 2,77 773 Tax (432) (545) Prefs/ MI/ Disc ops (667) (667) Attr tributab able p e profit t / (loss) 3, 3,13 133 1, 1,56 561 Cost:inco come me ratio io 65. 65.1% 72. 72.6% RoT

  • TE

9. 9.4% 4% 4. 4.7% 7% CET1 T1 r rati atio 16. 16.2% 16. 16.2% TNA NAV2 267 267p 267 267p

1 Adjusted FY’19 is excluding £1,459m FX gain 2 TNAV on a fully diluted basis

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Notable items

Alawwal Bank merger gain on disposal 444

  • 444
  • FX recycling gain

1,459 1,169

  • 290
  • Provisions release

256

  • 256
  • Other Strategic Disposals

45

  • 45
  • IFRS volatility in Central items

9 43 (51) 21 (4) (59) (25) 77 17 (128) Insurance Indemnity

  • 357

85 272

  • UK Personal Banking Debt Sale

49 31 16

  • 2

61 35

  • 26

FX (loss)/gain in Central items 21 (1) 2

  • 20

(46) (39) (11) 19 (15) Commercial Fair Value and Disposal (loss)/gain in income (16) 1

  • (15)

(2) 169 (10) (13) 115 77 NatWest Markets Legacy Business Disposal (loss)/gain in income (35)

  • (8)

(23) (4) (86) (43) 14 (41) (16) Own Credit Adjustments (80) (22) (12) (3) (43) 92 33 20 18 21 Notable I Items i in Total al I Income - Total al 2, 2,15 152 1, 1,22 221 (53) 3) 1, 1,01 015 (31) 1) 488 488 36 36 359 359 128 128 (35) 5) £m £m FY’19 19 Q4 Q4’1 ’19 Q3 Q3’1 ’19 Q2 Q2’1 ’19 Q1 Q1’1 ’19 FY’18 18 Q4 Q4’1 ’18 Q3 Q3’1 ’18 Q2 Q2’1 ’18 Q1 Q1’1 ’18 Push payment fraud costs (38) (13) (7) (18)

  • Bank Levy

(134) (165) 31

  • (179)

(179)

  • Strategic Costs

(1,381) (537) (215) (434) (195) (1,004) (355) (299) (141) (209) Litigation & Conduct (895) (85) (750) (55) (5) (1,282) (92) (389) (782) (19)

  • /w US RMBS

169

  • 162

7

  • (823)
  • (21)

(803) 1

  • /w PPI

(900)

  • (900)
  • (200)
  • (200)
  • /w Ulster Bank RoI

(22) (1) (1) (19) (1) (71) (17) (37) (8) (9) Notable I Items i in Total al E Expenses – Total al (2,448) 448) (800) 00) (941) 41) (507) 07) (200) 00) (2,465) 465) (626) 26) (688) 88) (923) 23) (228) 28)

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Q4 2019 – Income walks

1 For details of the notable items that make up the ‘other one-offs’ in this chart see slide 49 of this presentation

3,022 36 (5) 2,723 289

Q4 ’19 Q4’ 18

3,012

Q4 ‘19 Q4 ‘18

2,837 (185)

Q4 ‘18

1,221 (109)

Q4 ‘19

3,058 4,233 (4.0)% 2,956

Q3’19 Retail & Commercial businesses ex one-offs RBSI

(53)

Q3’19 NWM & Centre ex one-offs Q4’19 Retail & Commercial businesses ex one-offs Personal & Ulster and Commercial & Private

(55) 2,723 289

Q4’19 NWM & Centre ex one-offs

1,221 (178) 3,012

Q4’19 Total Income

2,778

Q3’19 Total Income

2,903 4,233 (2.0)% Income Q Q4’19 v 9 vs. Q Q4’18, 8, £m

Income Q Q4’ 4’19 19 v vs.

  • s. Q3’

3’19, 9, £m

Income Ex Total One-offs Other one-offs1

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FY 2019 – Income walk

1 Includes £290 million arising on the completion of the Alawwal bank merger in June 2019, £1,102m arising on the liquidation of RFS Holdings and £67m in relation to dividends in UBI DAC. 2 For details of the notable items that make up the ‘other one-offs’ in this chart see slide 49 of this presentation

12,914 1,459 256

FY’18 Retail & Commercial businesses ex one-offs

14,253 (317)

FY’18 NWM & Centre ex

  • ne-offs

FY’18 Total Income

(1,509) 11,405

Personal & Ulster and Commercial & Private FY’19 Retail & Commercial businesses ex one-offs

997

FY’19 NWM & Centre ex one-offs

(7)

FY’19 Total Income RBSI

12,101 16 13,402 488 444 11,104 (2.6)%

Income me F FY’19 19 v vs.

  • s. FY’1

’18, 8, £m

Income Ex Total One-offs Other one-offs2 FX recycling gain1 Legacy liability release Alawwal

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Cost reduction exceeded 2019 target

FY’19 Guidance 1,200 – 1,500 FT FTE (‘000s 000s) 1,004 1,381 FY’18 FY’19 91. 91.5 71. 71.2 77. 77.8 67. 67.1 64. 64.0 3,568 5,868 1,285 1,282 2,931 2,106 1,565 1,004 153 FY’18 152 498 9,203 142 FY’15 FY’16 8,068 7,409 FY’17 121 7,238 1,381 9,645 895 138 6,911 FY’19 16,353 10,401 16,194 9,325

£310m cost reduction3 in FY’19 exceeded the £300m target for the year Ope pera rating c g cost sts1, , £m Str trat ategic c costs ts4, , £m

Total strategic cost spend of ~£9bn from FY’15 to FY’19

1 Cost reduction includes disposed businesses and excludes strategic, litigation and conduct costs 2 Operating Lease Depreciation 3 Other operating expenses 4 Includes, but not limited to, restructuring costs

Write down of goodwill Litigation & conduct Strategic costs OLD2 Other Expenses

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Strong asset quality at FY 2019 with stage 3 loans below 2.0%

  • f gross loans

Gross loans by stage, £bn ECL provision coverage, % 41% 41% 43% 34% 47% 14% 17% 78% As a % of gross loans, % 1.9% 9% 1.2% 9.2% 2.1% 1.3% 0.8% 1.8% Loan impairment rate2, bps 25 (18) 38 n.m. n.m. n.m. 21 21 Stage ge 3 3 loans 86.7% RBS International 3.5% 22.2 90.3% 15.3 Other 8.5% 7.4% UK Personal Banking 83.4% 160.0 Ulster Bank RoI 11.2% Commercial Banking 1.9% 3.7% 9.6 95.0% Private Banking 95.7% 15.8 NatWest Markets 100.0% 101.6 15.5 96.4% Stage 1 Stage 3 Stage 2 Total RBSG FY’19 Total ECL provisions, £bn 1.4 0.8 1.4 n.m. n.m. 0.1 3.8 UK Personal Banking Ulster Bank RoI1 Commercial Banking Private Banking RBS International NatWest Markets

1 Ulster RoI metrics calculated using GBP 2 Loan impairment rate is calculated on loans to customers, other financials include loans to customers and banks

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Net interest income and cash flow hedging reserve sensitivity1

1 More information available on pages 175 – 177 of 2019 Annual Report and Accounts. 2 The projections for Year 2 and 3 consider only the main drivers of earnings sensitivity, namely structural hedging and margin management. 3 Primarily current accounts and savings accounts.

Struc uctur ural a and p produc uct h hedge 2019 2019 Incre rement ntal income me, £m Average n not

  • tion
  • nal, £bn Total

al y yield, % Equity structural hedging 399 27 2.36 Product structural hedging 183 111 0.99 Other structural hedging 61 21 0.79 Total al 643 643 159 159 1. 1.20 20 Change in in NII II -25bps ps u upward p d paralle llel s l shif ift i in yield c ld curves, £m 2019 2019 Year 1 r 1 Year 2 r 22 Year 3 r 32 Structural hedges (27) (90) (154) Managed margin3 (158) (128) (128) Other 15

  • Total

al (170) 70) (217) 17) (282) 82) FVOC OCI r reser erve e and C Cash shflow

  • w h

hedge r e reser erve, £m 2019 2019 FV FVOCI CI Cashflow

  • w hedge

ge reserve ve Total al +25bps (56) (153) (209) 09)

  • 25bps

55 156 210 210 +100bps (227) (597) (824) 24)

  • 100bps

210 638 848 848 NII s I sensit sitiv ivit ity, £m 2019 2019 Total al +25bps 212 212

  • 25bps

(170) 70) +100bps 908 908

  • 100bps

(756) 56)

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Abridged Structure – January 2020

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The R Roya

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Bank of

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Interna natio ional ( l (Hold lding ings) Limited ( d (Jerse sey) y) The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited (Jersey) The R Roya

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Bank of

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Grou

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plc (Scotla land nd) NatWest Markets Plc (Scotland) RB RBS AA AA Holdings ( (UK UK) Limit ited ( (Engla land nd) Ulster Bank Limited (NI) Ulster Bank Ireland DAC (Ireland) Coutts & Company (England) Lombard North Central plc (England) National Westminster Bank Plc (England) NatWest st H Holdi dings L gs Limited (Engla land nd) The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (Scotland) RBS Invoice Finance Limited (England) NatWest Markets N.V. (NL) RBS Ho Holdings N.V .V. . (NL) L) NatWest Markets Securities

  • Inc. (USA)

NatWest Markets Securities Japan Limited (Hong Kong) NatWest Markets Group Holdings Corporation (Delaware) RBS Holdings USA Inc. (Delaware)

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“Non-Bank” Key Entity “Bank” Key Entity

NOTE: Structural hierarchy has been simplified to assist understanding NOTE: The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc is intended to be renamed NatWest Group plc later this year.

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Cautionary & forward looking statements

Imp mportant fa fact ctors t that co could a affe ffect t the a act ctual o

  • utcome of

f the fo forward-looking s state tements ts We caution you that a large number of important factors could adversely affect our results or our ability to implement our strategy, cause us to fail to meet our targets, predictions, expectations and other anticipated

  • utcomes or affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements we describe in this document, including in the risk

factors and other uncertainties set out in the RBS Group’s 2019 Annual Report and Accounts and the NatWest Markets Plc 2019 Annual Report and Accounts and other risk factors and uncertainties discussed therein. These include the significant risks for the RBS Group presented by: strategic risk (including in respect of: the implementation and execution of the RBS Group’s Purpose-led Strategy, including as it relates to the re-alignment

  • f the NWM franchise and the RBS Group’s climate ambition and the risk that the RBS Group may not achieve its

targets); operational and IT resilience risk (including in respect of: the RBS Group being subject to cyberattacks;

  • perational risks inherent in the RBS Group’s business; exposure to third party risks including as a result of
  • utsourcing and its use of new technologies and innovation, as well as related regulatory and market changes; the

RBS Group’s operations being highly dependent on its IT systems; the RBS Group relying on attracting, retaining and developing senior management and skilled personnel and maintaining good employee relations; the RBS Group’s risk management framework; and reputational risk), economic and political risk (including in respect of: prevailing uncertainty regarding the terms of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union; increased political and economic risks and uncertainty in the UK and global markets; climate change and the transition to a low carbon economy; HM Treasury’s ownership of RBSG and the possibility that it may exert a significant degree of influence over the RBS Group; changes in interest rates and changes in foreign currency exchange rates), financial resilience risk (including in respect of: the RBS Group’s ability to meet targets and make discretionary capital distributions; the highly competitive markets in which the RBS Group operates; deterioration in borrower and counterparty credit quality; the ability of the RBS Group to meet prudential regulatory requirements for capital and MREL, or to manage its capital effectively; the ability of the RBS Group to access adequate sources of liquidity and funding; changes in the credit ratings of RBSG, any of its subsidiaries or any of its respective debt securities; the RBS Group’s ability to meet requirements of regulatory stress tests; possible losses or the requirement to maintain higher levels of capital as a result of limitations or failure of various models; sensitivity of the RBS Group’s financial statements to underlying accounting policies, judgments, assumptions and estimates; changes in applicable accounting policies; the value or effectiveness of any credit protection purchased by the RBS Group; the level and extent of future impairments and write-downs, including with respect to goodwill; and the application of UK statutory stabilisation or resolution powers) and legal, regulatory and conduct risk (including in respect of: the RBS Group’s businesses being subject to substantial regulation and oversight; the RBS Group complying with regulatory requirements; legal, regulatory and governmental actions and investigations (including the final number of PPI claim and their amounts); the replacement of LIBOR, EURIBOR and other IBOR rates to alternative risk free rates; heightened regulatory and governmental scrutiny (including by competition authorities); implementation of the Alternative Remedies Package and the costs related thereto; and changes in tax legislation). The forward-looking statements contained in this document speak only as at the date hereof, and the Group does not assume or undertake any obligation or responsibility to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. The information, statements and opinions contained in this document do not constitute a public offer under any applicable legislation or an offer to sell or solicit of any offer to buy any securities or financial instruments or any advice or recommendation with respect to such securities or other financial instruments. The targe gets, e expe pectations a and t d trends ds di discussed d in this pr presentation r repr present R RBSG, a and w d where a appl pplicabl ble NWM m M manage gement’s, c current e expe pectations a and d are subj bject t to c change ge, i includi ding a g as a result o

  • f t

the f factors described in in the “Summ mmary R Ris isk Factors” o

  • n p

pages 281 281 and 295 295 of the R RBSG 2019 2019 Annual R Report a and Accounts, a as well a ll as the Ris isk Factors” section o

  • n p

pages 143 143 to 156 156 of t the N NatWest M Markets P Plc lc 2019 2019 Annual Report a t and A Accounts ts, r respecti

  • tively. Cauti

tionary s y state tement r t regarding f forward-looking s state tements ts Certain sections in this document contain ‘forward-looking statements’ as that term is defined in the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such as statements that include the words ‘expect’, ‘estimate’, ‘project’, ‘anticipate’, ‘commit’, ‘believe’, ‘should’, ‘intend’, ‘plan’, ‘could’, ‘probability’, ‘risk’, ‘Value-at-Risk (VaR)’, ‘target’, ‘goal’, ‘objective’, ‘may’, ‘endeavour’, ‘outlook’, ‘optimistic’, ‘prospects’ and similar expressions or variations on these expressions. In particular, this document includes forward-looking statements relating, but not limited to: future profitability and performance, including financial performance targets such as return on tangible equity; cost savings and targets, including cost:income ratios; litigation and government and regulatory investigations, including the timing and financial and other impacts thereof; the implementation of the Alternative Remedies Package; the continuation of the Group’s balance sheet reduction programme, including the reduction of risk-weighted assets (RWAs) and the timing thereof; capital and strategic plans and targets; capital, liquidity and leverage ratios and requirements, including CET1 Ratio, RWA equivalents (RWAe), Pillar 2 and other regulatory buffer requirements, minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities, and other funding plans; funding and credit risk profile; capitalisation; portfolios; net interest margin; customer loan and income growth; the level and extent of future impairments and write-downs, including with respect to goodwill; restructuring and remediation costs and charges; the Group’s exposure to political risk, economic risk, climate change risk, operational risk, conduct risk, cyber and IT risk and credit rating risk and to various types of market risks, including interest rate risk, foreign exchange rate risk and commodity and equity price risk; customer experience including our Net Promoter Score (NPS); employee engagement and gender balance in leadership positions. Limita tati tions i inherent t t to f forward-looking s state tements ts These statements are based on current plans, estimates, targets and projections, and are subject to significant inherent risks, uncertainties and other factors, both external and relating to the Group’s strategy

  • r operations, which may result in the Group being unable to achieve the current targets, predictions,

expectations and other anticipated outcomes expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition, certain of these disclosures are dependent on choices relying on key model characteristics and assumptions and are subject to various limitations, including assumptions and estimates made by

  • management. By their nature, certain of these disclosures are only estimates and, as a result, actual future

gains and losses could differ materially from those that have been estimated. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on these statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date we make them and we expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Group’s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.