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RNS Number : 7038C
Lloyds Banking Group PLC
18 November 2009
108/0918 November 2009
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR
RESIDENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF ITALY
Unadjusted Conversion Price Announcement - Non US Exchange Offer
Further to the announcement on 3 November 2009, pursuant to which Lloyds Banking
Group plc ("Lloyds Banking Group") invited Holders of certain Existing
Securities to Offer to Exchange their Existing Securities for Enhanced Capital
Notes, or, in the case of the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer only, an Exchange
Consideration Amount, Lloyds Banking Group hereby announces the Unadjusted
Conversion Price and each Fixed Rate of Exchange, as set out in the Exchange
Offer Memorandum dated 3 November 2009.
Unadjusted Conversion Price
The Unadjusted Conversion Price, determined by the Lead Dealer Managers in
accordance with the procedures set out in the Exchange Offer Memorandum, is
89.7246 pence.
The Unadjusted Conversion Price was calculated based upon the arithmetic average
of the daily per share Volume-Weighted Average Price ("VWAP") of Ordinary Shares
on the London Stock Exchange (calculated in sterling) for each of the five
consecutive trading days, as set out below:
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| Trading Day | VWAP per Ordinary Share |
+-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 11 November 2009 | 87.7229 pence |
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| 12 November 2009 | 89.8848 pence |
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| 13 November 2009 | 89.6939 pence |
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| 16 November 2009 | 90.0671 pence |
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| 17 November 2009 | 91.2545 pence |
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The Unadjusted Conversion Price shall apply to all series of ECNs and Additional
ECNs issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and will be adjusted by application
of the Rights Issue Factor in order to calculate the Conversion Price. The
Conversion Price will be announced by Lloyds Banking Group on 27 November 2009.
Fixed Rates of Exchange
In addition, the Lead Dealer Managers have determined the Fixed Rates of
Exchange set out below in accordance with the procedures described in the
Exchange Offer Memorandum. Each Fixed Rate of Exchange represents the spot rate
of exchange of the relevant currency into sterling prevailing at or about noon
(London time) on 17 November 2009, and will be used for the purpose of
determining acceptances of Offers to Exchange up to the Maximum ECN New Issue
Amount and the Maximum Exchange Consideration Amount).
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| Currency | Fixed Rate of Exchange |
+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Euro | 1.1262 |
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| U.S. dollars | 1.6778 |
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| Yen | 149.57 |
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Capitalised terms used, but not otherwise defined in this announcement,
shall have the meanings given to them in the Exchange Offer Memorandum dated 3
November 2009 relating to the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer.
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For further information:
Investor Relations
Michael Oliver +44 (0) 20 7356 2167
Director of Investor Relations
Email: michael.oliver@ltsb-finance.co.uk
Moira d'Arcy +44 (0) 20 7356 2164
Head of Debt Investor Relations
Email: moira.d'arcy@ltsb-finance.co.uk
Media Relations
Sara Evans +44 (0) 20 7356 2075
Media Relations Manager
Email: sara.evans2@lloydstsb.co.uk
In addition, requests for information in relation to the Non-U.S. Exchange
Offer may be directed to:
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| JOINT GLOBAL |
| CO-ORDINATORS, |
| JOINT SPONSORS, |
| LEAD DEALER |
| MANAGERS AND |
| JOINT |
| STRUCTURING |
| ADVISERS |
| |
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| Merrill | UBS |
| Lynch | Limited |
| International | 1 |
| Merrill Lynch | Finsbury |
| Financial | Avenue |
| Centre | London EC2M |
| 2 King Edward | 2PP |
| Street | United |
| London EC1A | Kingdom |
| 1HQ | |
| United | |
| Kingdom | |
| | |
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| Tel: | Tel: |
| +44 20 7995 3715 | +44 20 7567 0525 |
| Fax: +44 20 7995 | Fax: +44 20 7568 |
| 8582 | 5332 |
| Attention: | Attention: |
| Liability | Liability |
| Management - | Management Group |
| John Cavanagh | email: |
| email: | OL-Lloyds-Exchange@ubs.com |
| john.m.cavanagh@baml.com | |
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The other Dealer Managers in connection with the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer
are:
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| DEALER MANAGERS |
| |
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| Citigroup Global Markets Limited | Goldman Sachs International |
| Citigroup Centre | Peterborough Court |
| Canada Square | 133 Fleet Street |
| Canary Wharf | London EC4A 2BB |
| London E14 5LB | United Kingdom |
| United Kingdom | |
| | |
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| Tel: +44 20 7986 8969 | Tel: +44 20 7552 9912 |
| Attention: Liability Management | Fax: +44 20 7774 4477 |
| Graham Bahan | Attention: European Fixed Income |
| email: | Syndicate |
| liabilitymanagement.europe@citi.com | Oliver Sedgwick |
| | email: oliver.sedgwick@gs.com |
| | |
| | |
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| HSBC Bank plc | J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. |
| 8 Canada Square | 125 London Wall |
| London E14 5HQ | London EC2Y 5AJ |
| United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
| | |
+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Tel: +44 20 7991 5874 | Tel: +44 20 7779 2468 |
| Attention: Liability Management - | Attention: FIG Syndicate - Richard |
| Andrew Montgomery | Howard |
| email: | email: |
| liability.management@hsbcib.com | richard.v.howard@jpmorgan.com |
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This announcement contains forward looking statements with respect to the
business, strategy and plans of 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 U.S.,
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 U.S. 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.
DISCLAIMER
This announcement must be read in conjunction with the exchange offer memorandum
for the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer dated 3 November 2009 (the "Non-U.S. Exchange
Offer Memorandum"). This announcement and the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer Memorandum
contain important information which must be read carefully before any decision
is made with respect to the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer. If any Holder is in any
doubt as to the action it should take, it is recommended to seek its own legal,
tax, financial and accounting advice, including as to any tax consequences, from
its stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent
financial adviser. Any individual or company whose Existing Securities are held
on its behalf by a broker, dealer, bank, custodian, trust company, or other
nominee must contact such entity if it wishes to participate in the Non-U.S.
Exchange Offer. None of the Dealer Managers, the Exchange Agent, the ECN
Trustee, or any person who controls, or is a director, officer, employee or
agent of such persons, or any affiliate of such persons, makes any
recommendation as to whether Holders should participate in the Non-U.S. Exchange
Offer. No offer or invitation to acquire or exchange any securities is being
made pursuant to this announcement. Neither this announcement nor the Non-U.S.
Exchange Offer Memorandum constitute an invitation to participate in the
Non-U.S. Exchange Offer in any jurisdiction in which, or to or from any person
to or from whom, it is unlawful to make such invitation under applicable
securities laws and offers of Existing Securities for exchange pursuant to the
Non-U.S. Exchange Offer will not be accepted from Holders in any jurisdiction
where such invitation is unlawful.
The distribution of this announcement and the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer Memorandum
in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession
this announcement and/or the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer Memorandum come are
required by each of the ECN Issuers, Lloyds Banking Group, the Dealer Managers
and the Exchange Agent to inform themselves about, and to observe, any such
restrictions.
OFFER RESTRICTIONS
European Economic Area
This announcement and the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer Memorandum have been prepared
on the basis that the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer will either be made pursuant to an
exemption under the Prospectus Directive, as implemented in Member States of the
EEA, from the requirement to produce a prospectus for offers of the ECNs or the
relevant Exchange Consideration or by the use of the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer
Memorandum, as a prospectus approved by the UKLA and prepared in accordance with
the Prospectus Directive and the Prospectus Rules made under section 73A of FSMA
and passported to the EEA Permitted Jurisdictions. Accordingly, any person
making or intending to make an Offer to Exchange within the EEA should only do
so in the EEA Permitted Jurisdictions using the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer
Memorandum, or, in any other EEA jurisdiction, in circumstances in which no
obligation arises for the ECN Issuers, Lloyds Banking Group or any of the Dealer
Managers to produce a prospectus for such offer.
United States
The Non-U.S. Exchange Offer is not being made, and will not be made, directly or
indirectly, in or into, or by use of the mail of, or by any means or
instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce of or of any facilities of a
national securities exchange of, the United States or to, or for the account or
benefit of, U.S. persons. This includes, but is not limited to, facsimile
transmission, electronic mail, telex, telephone and the internet. Accordingly,
copies of this announcement, the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer Memorandum and any
other documents or materials relating to the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer are not
being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise transmitted,
distributed or forwarded (including, without limitation, by custodians, nominees
or trustees) in or into the United States or to U.S. persons and the Existing
Securities for the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer cannot be Offered for Exchange by any
such use, means, instruments or facilities or from within the United States or
by U.S. persons. Any purported Offer to Exchange such Existing Securities
resulting directly or indirectly from a violation of these restrictions will be
invalid, and any purported Offer to Exchange made by a U.S. person, a resident
of the United States or from the United States or from any agent, fiduciary or
other intermediary acting on a nondiscretionary basis for a principal giving
instructions from within the United States or for a U.S. person will be invalid
and will not be accepted.
Neither this announcement nor the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer Memorandum constitute
an offer of securities for sale in the United States or to U.S. persons. The
New Securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities
Act or the securities laws of any state or jurisdiction of the United States,
and may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, in the United
States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons. There will be no
public offering of securities in the United States. The purpose of this
announcement and the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer Memorandum is limited to the
Non-U.S. Exchange Offer, and neither this announcement nor the Non-U.S. Exchange
Offer Memorandum may be sent or given to any person other than in an offshore
transaction in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.
Each Holder of Existing Securities participating in the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer
will represent that it is not a U.S. person and is participating in the Non-U.S.
Exchange Offer in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act and that
it is not participating in the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer from the United States
nor is it a U.S. person or an agent, fiduciary or other intermediary acting on a
non-discretionary basis for a principal giving instructions from within the
United States or for a U.S. person.
Italy
This announcement and the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer is not being made in the
Republic of Italy. The Non-U.S. Exchange Offer, this announcement and the
Non-U.S. Exchange Offer Memorandum have not been submitted to the clearance
procedure of the Commissione Nazionale per le Societa` e la Borsa ("CONSOB")
pursuant to Italian laws and regulations. Accordingly, the Non-U.S. Exchange
Offer is not made or made available to holders of Existing Securities who are
Italian residents and/or persons located in the Republic of Italy and they may
not submit acceptances relating to Existing Securities in respect of the
Non-U.S. Exchange Offer and, as such, any acceptances received from or on
behalf of such Holders of Existing Securities shall be ineffective and void.
Neither the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer Memorandum nor any other information
material relating to the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer or the Existing Securities may
be distributed or made available in the Republic of Italy.
Belgium
Neither this announcement, the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer Memorandum nor any other
offering material has been submitted or will be submitted for approval or
recognition to the Belgian Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission
("Commission bancaire, financière et des assurances/Commissie voor het Bank-,
Financie- en Assurantiewezen"). The Non-U.S. Exchange Offer may not be made in
Belgium by way of a public offering, as defined in Articles 3 and 6 of the
Belgian Law of 1 April 2007 on public takeover bids or as defined in Article 3
of the Belgian Law of 16 June 2006 on the public offer of placement instruments
and the admission to trading of placement instruments on regulated markets (the
"Belgian Public Offer Law"), each as amended or replaced from time to time.
Accordingly, the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer may not be advertised and the Non-U.S.
Exchange Offer will not be extended and no Non-U.S. Exchange Offer Memorandum,
other memorandum, information circular, brochure or any similar document has or
will be distributed, directly or indirectly, to any person in Belgium other than
"qualified investors" in the meaning of Article 10 of the Belgian Public Offer
Law (as amended from time to time). This announcement and the Non-U.S. Exchange
Offer Memorandum have been issued only for the personal use of the above
qualified investors and exclusively for the purpose of the Non-U.S. Exchange
Offer. Accordingly, the information contained herein and in the Non-U.S.
Exchange Offer Memorandum, may not be used for any other purpose or disclosed to
any other person in Belgium.
General
The Dealer Managers, the Registrars and the Exchange Agent (and their respective
directors, employees or affiliates) make no representations or recommendations
whatsoever regarding this document or the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer. The Exchange
Agent is the agent of the ECN Issuers and Lloyds Banking Group and owes no duty
to any Holder. None of Lloyds Banking Group, the ECN Issuers, the Dealer
Managers, the Registrars or the Exchange Agent makes any recommendation as to
whether or not Holders should participate in the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer.
The Non-U.S. Exchange Offer does not constitute an offer to buy or the
solicitation of an offer to sell the Existing Securities and/or the New
Securities in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is
unlawful. In those jurisdictions where the securities or other laws require the
Non-U.S. Exchange Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer and either of
the Dealer Managers or any of their respective affiliates is such a licensed
broker or dealer in that jurisdiction, the Non-U.S. Exchange Offer shall be
deemed to be made on behalf of Lloyds Banking Group and the ECN Issuers by such
Dealer Manager or affiliate (as the case may be) in such jurisdiction.
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