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8 May 2009
Lloyds Banking Group files 2008 Annual Report on Form 20-F
Lloyds Banking Group announces that on 7 May 2009 it filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
A copy of this report is available on the Group website at www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/investors and also online at www.sec.gov
Shareholders have the ability to receive hard copies of the complete audited financial statements free of charge upon request. Printed copies of the 2008 Annual Report on Form 20-F will be available from 18 May 2009 and can be requested from the Investor Relations team either by telephone on 0207 356 1273 or through an e-mail request to investor.relations@ltsb-finance.co.uk
For further information:
Investor Relations
Michael Oliver +44 (0) 20 7356 2167
Director of Investor Relations
Email: michael.oliver@ltsb-finance.co.uk
Douglas Radcliffe +44 (0) 20 7356 1571
Senior Manager, Investor Relations
Email: douglas.radcliffe@ltsb-finance.co.uk
Media Relations
Amy Mankelow +44 (0) 20 7356 1497
Senior Manager, Media Relations
Email: amy.mankelow@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. 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 results may differ materially from the results expressed or implied in these forward looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including UK domestic and global economic and business conditions, the ability to derive cost savings and other benefits as well as to mitigate exposures from the acquisition and integration of HBOS, risks concerning borrower quality, market related trends and developments, changing demographic trends, changes in customer preferences, changes to regulation, the policies and actions of governmental and regulatory authorities in the UK or jurisdictions outside the UK, including other European countries and the US, exposure to regulatory scrutiny, legal proceedings or complaints, competition 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 such factors. 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.