19 March 2012
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP FILES 2011 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20-F
Lloyds Banking Group announces that on 16 March 2012 it filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2011 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
A copy of this report is available on our website at www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/investors.asp and also online at www.sec.gov
Shareholders can receive hard copies of the complete audited financial statements free of charge upon request. Printed copies of the 2011 Annual Report on Form 20-F can be requested from the Investor Relations team either by telephone on 020 7356 1273 or through an e-mail request to investor.relations@ltsb-finance.co.uk
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For further information:
Investor Relations
Douglas Radcliffe +44 (0) 20 7356 1571
Head of Operations & Reporting, Investor Relations
Email: douglas.radcliffe@ltsb-finance.co.uk
Corporate Affairs
Sarah Swailes +44 (0)20 7661 4639
Media Relations Manager, Group Communications
Email: sarah.swailes@lloydstsb.co.uk
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This announcement contains forward looking statements with respect to the business, strategy and plans of the Lloyds Banking Group, its current goals and expectations relating to its future financial condition and performance. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Group or the Group's management's beliefs and expectations, are forward looking statements. By their nature, forward looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. The Group's actual future business, strategy, plans and/or results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward looking statements as a result of a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors, including, without limitation, UK domestic and global economic and business conditions; the ability to derive cost savings and other benefits including, without limitation, as a result of the integration of HBOS and the Group's simplification programme; the ability to access sufficient funding to meet the Group's liquidity needs; changes to the Group's credit ratings; risks concerning borrower or counterparty credit quality; instability in the global financial markets including Eurozone instability; changing demographic and market related trends; changes in customer preferences; changes to regulation, accounting standards or taxation, including changes to regulatory capital or liquidity requirements; the policies and actions of governmental or regulatory authorities in the UK, the European Union, or jurisdictions outside the UK, including other European countries and the US; the ability to attract and retain senior management and other employees; requirements or limitations imposed on the Group as a result of HM Treasury's investment in the Group; the ability to complete satisfactorily the disposal of certain assets as part of the Group's EU state aid obligations; the extent of any future impairment charges or write-downs caused by depressed asset valuations; exposure to regulatory scrutiny, legal proceedings or complaints, actions of competitors and other factors. Please refer to the latest Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of certain factors together with examples of forward looking statements. The forward looking statements contained in this announcement are made as at the date of this announcement, and the Group undertakes no obligation to update any of its forward looking statements.