Directorate Change

RNS Number : 0086P

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

17 March 2009

 



17 March 2009

BOARD CHANGE AT LLOYDS BANKING GROUP 

Jan du Plessis is to become Chairman of Rio Tinto plc and, as a result, will leave the Lloyds Banking Group board on 17th April, 2009.

Martin Scicluna will succeed Jan du Plessis as chairman of the audit committee. 

Jan du Plessis has served as a director of Lloyds Banking Group since October 2005 and, commenting on his departure, Sir Victor Blank, Chairman of the Group, said: "Jan du Plessis has made a terrific contribution to the deliberations of our board and we shall miss his wise counsel."

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For further information:

Investor Relations Michael Oliver  Director of Investor Relations Telephone: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] Web: www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

Media Leigh Calder Senior Manager, Media Relations Telephone: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]     Web : www.lloydsbankinggroup.com                                  Amy Mankelow Senior Manager, Media Relations Telephone: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] Web: www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

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 credit 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. 

 

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