14
November 2024
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP COMPLETES £2 BILLION SHARE BUYBACK
PROGRAMME
Following the purchase of ordinary
shares on 13 November 2024, Lloyds Banking Group plc (the
"Company") announces that
the Company's share buyback programme announced on 23 February 2024
was completed in accordance with its terms. The programme was
managed by Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc. In aggregate
between 23 February 2024 and 13 November 2024, the Company
repurchased 3,686,477,708 ordinary shares for an aggregate
consideration of £2.0bn.
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For further information:
Investor Relations
Douglas Radcliffe
+44 (0)20 7356 1571
Group Investor Relations
Director
douglas.radcliffe@lloydsbanking.com
Corporate Affairs
Matt Smith
+44 (0)20 7356 3522
Head of Media Relations
matt.smith@lloydsbanking.com
FORWARD LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This document contains certain forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, with respect to the business, strategy, plans and/or
results of Lloyds Banking Group plc together with its subsidiaries
(the Group) and its current goals and expectations. Statements that
are not historical or current facts, including statements about the
Group's or its directors' and/or management's beliefs and
expectations, are forward-looking statements. Words such as,
without limitation, 'believes', 'achieves', 'anticipates',
'estimates', 'expects', 'targets', 'should', 'intends', 'aims',
'projects', 'plans', 'potential', 'will', 'would', 'could',
'considered', 'likely', 'may', 'seek', 'estimate', 'probability',
'goal', 'objective', 'deliver', 'endeavour', 'prospects',
'optimistic' and similar expressions or variations on these
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
These statements concern or may affect future matters, including
but not limited to: projections or expectations of the Group's
future financial position, including profit attributable to
shareholders, provisions, economic profit, dividends, capital
structure, portfolios, net interest margin, capital ratios,
liquidity, risk-weighted assets (RWAs), expenditures or any other
financial items or ratios; litigation, regulatory and governmental
investigations; the Group's future financial performance; the level
and extent of future impairments and write-downs; the Group's ESG
targets and/or commitments; statements of plans, objectives or
goals of the Group or its management and other statements that are
not historical fact and statements of assumptions underlying such
statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve
risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend upon
circumstances that will or may occur in the future. There are
inherent risks and uncertainties associated with achieving future
emissions targets and implementing net-zero transition strategies
and plans in a complex, interdependent, and continually evolving
global landscape. The Group therefore reserves the right to adjust,
amend, or adapt its metrics and targets in response to unforeseen
circumstances or changes in external factors and dependencies which
impact the feasibility of achieving the stated targets.
Factors that could cause actual
business, strategy, targets, plans and/or results (including but
not limited to the payment of dividends) to differ materially from
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: general
economic and business conditions in the UK and internationally;
acts of hostility or terrorism and responses to those acts, or
other such events; geopolitical unpredictability; the war between
Russia and Ukraine; the conflicts in the Middle East; the tensions
between China and Taiwan; political instability including as a
result of any UK general election; market related risks, trends and
developments; changes in client and consumer behaviour and demand;
exposure to counterparty risk; the ability to access sufficient
sources of capital, liquidity and funding when required; changes to
the Group's credit ratings; fluctuations in interest rates,
inflation, exchange rates, stock markets and currencies; volatility
in credit markets; volatility in the price of the Group's
securities; tightening of monetary policy in jurisdictions in which
the Group operates; natural pandemic and other disasters; risks
concerning borrower and counterparty credit quality; risks
affecting insurance business and defined benefit pension schemes;
changes in laws, regulations, practices and accounting standards or
taxation; changes to regulatory capital or liquidity requirements
and similar contingencies; the policies and actions of governmental
or regulatory authorities or courts together with any resulting
impact on the future structure of the Group; risks associated with
the Group's compliance with a wide range of laws and regulations;
assessment related to resolution planning requirements; risks
related to regulatory actions which may be taken in the event of a
bank or Group failure; exposure to legal, regulatory or competition
proceedings, investigations or complaints; failure to comply with
anti-money laundering, counter terrorist financing, anti-bribery
and sanctions regulations; failure to prevent or detect any illegal
or improper activities; operational risks including risks as a
result of the failure of third party suppliers; conduct risk;
technological changes and risks to the security of IT and
operational infrastructure, systems, data and information resulting
from increased threat of cyber and other attacks; technological
failure; inadequate or failed internal or external processes or
systems; risks relating to ESG matters, such as climate change (and
achieving climate change ambitions) and decarbonisation, including
the Group's ability along with the government and other
stakeholders to measure, manage and mitigate the impacts of climate
change effectively, and human rights issues; the impact of
competitive conditions; failure to attract, retain and develop high
calibre talent; the ability to achieve strategic objectives; the
ability to derive cost savings and other benefits including, but
without limitation, as a result of any acquisitions, disposals and
other strategic transactions; inability to capture accurately the
expected value from acquisitions; assumptions and estimates that
form the basis of the Group's financial statements; and potential
changes in dividend policy. A number of these influences and
factors are beyond the Group's control. Please refer to the latest
Annual Report on Form 20-F filed by Lloyds Banking Group plc with
the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), which is
available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, for a discussion of
certain factors and risks. Lloyds Banking Group plc may also make
or disclose written and/or oral forward-looking statements in other
written materials and in oral statements made by the directors,
officers or employees of Lloyds Banking Group plc to third parties,
including financial analysts. Except as required by any applicable
law or regulation, the forward-looking statements contained in this
document are made as of today's date, and the Group expressly
disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any
updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained in
this document whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise. The information, statements and opinions contained in
this document do not constitute a public offer under any applicable
law or an offer to sell any securities or financial instruments or
any advice or recommendation with respect to such securities or
financial instruments.
Morgan Stanley & Co.
International plc is acting on behalf of the Group in relation to
the programme and no-one else and will not be responsible to anyone
other than the Group for providing the protections offered to
clients of Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc nor for
providing advice in relation to such programme.