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Lloyds Banking Group PLC

23 June 2016

23 June 2016

Lloyds Banking Group plc ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF TENDER OFFER FOR CERTAIN PERPETUAL NOTES

Lloyds Banking Group plc ('LBG') today announced the final results of its previously announced U.S. dollar cash tender offer (the 'Offer') for any and all of certain series of outstanding perpetual notes (the 'Notes') issued by Lloyds Bank plc and Bank of Scotland plc (formerly The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland). The Offer was made on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated 16 June 2016 (the 'Offer to Purchase'). Capitalised terms not otherwise defined in this announcement have the same meaning as in the Offer to Purchase.

Based on information provided by the Tender Agent, $629,760,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes listed in the table below were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn by 5.00pm, New York City time, on 22 June 2016 (the 'Expiration Deadline'), as more fully set forth below. LBG has accepted all Notes that were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Deadline. The Any and All Settlement Date is expected to be 24 June 2016. No notes were tendered using the guaranteed delivery procedures.

The table below sets forth, among other things, the principal amount of each series of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Expiration Deadline:

 
 Notes                Issuer         ISIN            Purchase    Aggregate 
                                                      Price(1)    Principal 
                                                                  Amount Tendered 
-------------------  -------------  --------------  ----------  ----------------- 
 Primary Capital 
  Undated Floating 
  Rate Notes 
  (Series             Lloyds Bank 
  1)                   plc           GB0005224307    $650        $138,160,000 
-------------------  -------------  --------------  ----------  ----------------- 
 Primary Capital 
  Undated Floating 
  Rate Notes 
  (Series             Lloyds Bank 
  2)                   plc           GB0005205751    $650        $150,520,000 
-------------------  -------------  --------------  ----------  ----------------- 
 Primary Capital 
  Undated Floating 
  Rate Notes 
  (Series             Lloyds Bank 
  3)                   plc           GB0005232391    $650        $193,460,000 
-------------------  -------------  --------------  ----------  ----------------- 
 Undated Floating     Bank of 
  Rate Primary         Scotland 
  Capital Notes        plc           GB0000765403    $650        $147,620,000 
-------------------  -------------  --------------  ----------  ----------------- 
 

(1) Per $1,000 in principal amount of Notes accepted for purchase.

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Lucid Issuer Services Limited acted as tender agent for the Offer. BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Lloyds Bank plc acted as Dealer Managers for the Offer. Questions regarding the Offer should be directed to BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Liability Management Group at +1 (212) 841-3059 (U.S. collect), +1 (888) 210-4358 (U.S. toll free), +44 (0) 20 7595 8668 (Europe); Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Liability Management Group at +1 (212) 723-6106 (U.S. collect), +1 (800) 558-3745 (U.S. toll free), +44 (0) 20 7986 8969 (Europe); Lloyds Bank plc, Liability Management Group at +1 (212) 827-3105 (U.S. collect), +1 (855) 400-6511 (U.S. toll free), +44 (0) 20 7158 2720 (Europe).

For further information:

Investor Relations

Mike Butters +44 (0) 20 7356 1187

Director of Investor Relations

Email: mike.butters@finance.lloydsbanking.com

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document contains certain forward looking statements with respect to the business, strategy and plans of Lloyds Banking Group and its current goals and expectations relating to its future financial condition and performance. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Lloyds Banking Group's or its directors' and/or management's beliefs and expectations, are forward looking 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. Factors that could cause actual business, strategy, plans and/or results (including but not limited to the payment of dividends) to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward looking statements made by the Group or on its behalf include, but are not limited to: general economic and business conditions in the UK and internationally; market related trends and developments; fluctuations in exchange rates, stock markets and currencies; the ability to access sufficient sources of capital, liquidity and funding when required; changes to the Group's credit ratings; the ability to derive cost savings; changing customer behaviour including consumer spending, saving and borrowing habits; changes to borrower or counterparty credit quality; instability in the global financial markets, including Eurozone instability, the potential for one or more countries to exit the Eurozone or European Union (EU) (including the UK as a result of a referendum on its EU membership) and the impact of any sovereign credit rating downgrade or other sovereign financial issues; technological changes and risks to cyber security; natural, pandemic and other disasters, adverse weather and similar contingencies outside the Group's control; inadequate or failed internal or external processes or systems; acts of war, other acts of hostility, terrorist acts and responses to those acts, geopolitical, pandemic or other such events; changes in laws, regulations, accounting standards or taxation, including as a result of further Scottish devolution; changes to regulatory capital or liquidity requirements and similar contingencies outside the Group's control; the policies, decisions and actions of governmental or regulatory authorities or courts in the UK, the EU, the US or elsewhere including the implementation and interpretation of key legislation and regulation; the ability to attract and retain senior management and other employees; requirements or limitations imposed on the Group as a result of HM Treasury's investment in the Group; actions or omissions by the Group's directors, management or employees including industrial action; changes to the Group's post-retirement defined benefit scheme obligations; the provision of banking operations services to TSB Banking Group plc; the extent of any future impairment charges or write-downs caused by, but not limited to, depressed asset valuations, market disruptions and illiquid markets; the value and effectiveness of any credit protection purchased by the Group; the inability to hedge certain risks economically; the adequacy of loss reserves; the actions of competitors, including non-bank financial services and lending companies; and exposure to regulatory or competition scrutiny, legal, regulatory or competition proceedings, investigations or complaints. Please refer to the latest Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of certain factors together with examples of forward looking statements. 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 Lloyds Banking Group expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward looking statements. 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.

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