ECNs Tender Offers Completion & Redemption Update

RNS Number : 1389R

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

04 March 2016

 

4 March 2016

ENHANCED CAPITAL NOTES - COMPLETION OF TENDER OFFERS AND UPDATE ON REDEMPTION PROCESS

Further to the announcement dated 29 January 2016, Lloyds Banking Group (the Group) has now completed the concurrent Sterling, Euro and U.S. Dollar voluntary cash tender offers (Tender Offers) for certain series of the Enhanced Capital Notes (ECNs).  The total aggregate principal amount of ECNs repurchased in the Tender Offers is c.870 million Sterling equivalent.

The Group has previously announced its intention to redeem all outstanding series of ECNs using the Regulatory Call Right (as defined in the Group's announcement of 29 January 2016) following the unanimous decision by the Court of Appeal on 10 December 2015 that a Capital Disqualification Event (CDE) has occurred. This process is expected to complete on 18 March 2016.

As disclosed in our 2015 full year results News Release, the estimated cost of these actions is expected to be £0.7 billion, representing the acceleration of the write off of the associated derivative asset and the cost of repaying the ECNs (through the Tender Offers or through redemption using the Regulatory Call Right).  This cost will be taken outside of underlying profit in our first quarter 2016 results and will impact the Group's CET1 capital ratio by c.35bp in that quarter.

The Group is aware that the Trustee has been granted leave by the Supreme Court to appeal the Court of Appeal decision. In the event that the Supreme Court were to determine that a CDE had not occurred, the Group would compensate fairly the holders of the ECNs whose securities are redeemed using the Regulatory Call Right for losses suffered as a result of early redemption.

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Investor Relations

Douglas Radcliffe                                                                  [phone]

Group Investor Relations Director

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Head of Corporate Media

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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

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