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Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Our vision Our strategy

Our purpose is

Helping Britain

Prosper

Our purpose-driven strategy is

focused on supporting the needs

of our customers, colleagues and

communities, whilst delivering

long-term, sustainable returns and

creating value for our shareholders.

To be the UK customer-focused

digital leader and integrated

financial services provider,

capitalising on new opportunities,

at scale.

Our strategic outcomes

Grow

Drive revenue

growth and

diversification

Focus

Strengthen

cost and capital

efficiency

Change

Maximise the

potential of people,

technology and data

Our strategic priorities

See pages   16 to 25

We successfully completed

the first phase of

ourstrategy, building

broad momentum across

our businesses.

We are well positioned

to deliver our core

strategic objectives

and 2026 guidance.

Delivered 2024 guidance

• £0.8bn additional revenues

from strategic initiatives

• £1.2bn gross cost savings

• 12.3% RoTE (14.0% excluding

motor finance provision)

• 148bps capital generation

(177bps excluding motor finance

provision)

Increased confidence for 2026

• >£1.5bn additional revenues

from strategic initiatives

• <50% cost:income ratio

• >15% RoTE

• >200bps capital generation

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Building a

sustainable and

inclusive future

Lloyds Banking Group

Sustainabi ity Report 2024

In this report

For over 325 years we have

supported Britain, helping people

and businesses invest and grow

Strategic report

01 to 44

Chair’s statement  02

Group Chief Executive’s review  04

Our business model  08

Our external environment  12

Our strategy  16

Our key performance indicators  26

Our colleagues  30

Risk overview  33

Viability statement and going concern  39

Section 172(1) statement  40

Climate-related financial disclosures and TCFD  42

Non-financial and sustainability

information statement  44

Sustainability review

46 to 60

Sustainability review introduction  46

Our sustainability strategy  48

Our value chain  49

Sustainability risks and opportunities  50

Climate resilience  53

Supporting the transition to net zero  54

Financial planning and controls  60

Financial results

62 to 74

Results for the full year  62

Divisional results  72

Governance

75 to 136

Directors’ report

Corporate governance report  75

Committee reports  97

Directors’ remuneration report  110

Other statutory and regulatory information  134

Risk management

138 to 198

The Group’s approach to risk  138

Risk governance  138

Stress testing  142

Emerging and topical risks  143

Full analysis of risk categories  144

Financial statements

200 to 310

Independent auditors’ report  200

Consolidated financial statements  212

Parent company financial statements  303

Other information

312 to 332

Shareholder information  312

Alternative performance measures  314

Subsidiaries and related undertakings  318

Forward-looking statements  332

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The 2024 annual report and accounts

incorporates the strategic report, the

directors’ report and the consolidated

financial statements, all of which have been

approved by the Board of directors.

On behalf of the Board

Sir Robin Budenberg

Chair, Lloyds Banking Group plc

19 February 2025

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We have successfully

completed the first phase

of our strategic plan

By laying strong foundations, we are well positioned

for sustained growth and enhanced value creation

as we move into the next phase.

Growing our

digitalpresence and

enhancing customer

experience

As the UK’s largest digital bank, we serve 28 million

customers with around 23 million digitally active users of

which more than 20 million use our leading mobile app. Our

brands touch nearly every community and household in the

UK. During peak times, we have around 28,000 logons per

minute, with more than 6 billion logons during 2024. We are

one of the most used digital services in any industry.

In 2024, responding to customer feedback, we launched

our re-imagined Lloyds mobile app with dedicated,

product-based spaces showcasing features and tools. For

example, Ready-Made Investments, which has 40 per cent

of customers under the age of 35 contributing regularly to

investment products, and our Benefit Calculator, which

empowers customers to identify support they might be

eligible for.

Our ability to adapt and evolve to meet changing customer

expectations means we continually enhance functionality

and speed to market, improving the digital journey for our

customers by creating services and features they need.

c.23m

digitally active users,

exceeding our 2024 ambition

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Focus

>30%

increase in active

customers served

per distribution FTE

Focusing on cost and

capital efficiency

During the first phase of our strategic plan,

we have accelerated adoption of new

technologies, supporting a 17.5 per cent reduction

in legacy technology applications and a greater

than 30 per cent reduction in data centres. This

has helped us improve automation and efficiency

across the organisation, with distribution

colleagues now serving over 30 per cent more

active customers, delivering both improved

customer outcomes and cost savings.

We have also taken action to deliver a more capital

efficient business, with consistent strong capital

generation. This includes growing in fee generating

business areas and building new capabilities in

areas such as securitised risk transfers. As a result,

we realised around £18 billion of risk-weighted

asset optimisation in the first phase of our

strategic plan, mitigating regulatory headwinds.

Change

>4,000

new hires into technology

and data roles

Empowering

our colleagues

for change

Our strategy is allowing us to prepare our Group for

the future, by creating an inclusive environment that

supports our colleagues’ growth and development.

Reskilling our colleagues allows us to retain talent,

increase productivity and drive innovation.

In 2024, our reskilling initiatives helped colleagues

develop the core skills needed for their current and

future roles whilst strengthening the Group’s

workforce. We have also recruited over 4,000 new

colleagues into technology and data roles to drive

growth and efficiency during the first phase of

our strategy.

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Chair’s statement

We remain fully focused

onsupporting customers,

whilst delivering strong

strategic progress and

sustainable returns, guided

by our purpose ofHelping

Britain Prosper.

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Aligning

purpose with

profitability

Sir Robin Budenberg Chair

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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2024 has been another year of significant progress for Lloyds

Banking Group. We have continued to invest and transform the

business, delivering innovative new products and services for our

customers. At the same time we navigated a complex external

environment while maintaining our commitment to customers,

communities and shareholders.

We recognise that the recent Court of Appeal ruling regarding motor

finance has created uncertainty for customers and shareholders

alike. The Group continues to assess the potential impacts of this

ruling and would hope to have greater clarity soon.

The Group has successfully completed the first phase of our

five-year purpose-driven strategy and delivered robust financial

results in 2024. There have been a number of notable achievements,

as identified below.

Shareholder returns

Attractive capital returns are critical to our shareholders. We were

pleased to be able to increase the total ordinary dividend again, by

15 per cent to 3.17 pence, whilst also announcing a further share

buyback of £1.7 billion. In total we have made a distribution of

£3.6 billion for 2024.

Purpose-driven strategy

The Group has purpose at its core. Our commitment to Helping

Britain Prosper enables us to meet customers’ holistic financial

services needs, whilst delivering sustainable profit and growth for

shareholders. These aims support each other, and our strategy

balances them effectively.

Having successfully completed the first phase of our strategy, I am

pleased with the strategic progress being made. I am delighted to

report that we have delivered £0.8 billion of additional revenues in

2024 from our strategic initiatives, surpassing our initial target of

c.£0.7 billion.

I am really proud of the increased pace of delivery and provision of

digitally enabled services and solutions for our customers, which

helps increase financial empowerment. This exciting progress spans

the entire Group.

Our consumer lending teams are simplifying credit score management

and mortgage journeys. Our consumer relationships teams are

redesigning the app experience for Lloyds customers and are preparing

to launch a new brand experience for Halifax and Bank of Scotland

next year. Our insurance, pension and investment colleagues are

rethinking how customers engage with their future, while our business

and commercial banking teams are enhancing digital servicing and

origination, enabling customers to meet their needs more easily. Our

corporate and institutional banking teams are providing valuable

insights into customer retail network usage and leveraging our

understanding of the UK economy to benefit our clients.

Once again, I am hugely proud of how our colleagues helped to make a

real difference in 2024. Consistent with our purpose, our actions

across the Group are supporting our aim to provide strong, sustainable

communities, high-quality infrastructure and regional regeneration.

Providing a full range of housing options for our communities is a

core priority for the Group and during 2024 we have taken a number

of actions, including:

•  Getting more people on the housing ladder by lending more than

£15 billion to first-time buyers

•  Expanding the availability of affordable homes by supporting

more than £2 billion of new funding to the social housing sector

Climate risk and the green economy are changing the way we live,

work and do business. We are committed to enabling the transition

to net zero by working closely with our clients. Since 2022, we

provided more than £20 billion for sustainable financing in EPC A

and B mortgage lending and financing for electric vehicles and

plug-in hybrid vehicles for retail customers, surpassing our aggregate

target for these activities of £18 billion.

We enter the second phase of the strategy with momentum across

the business and remain confident in achieving our 2026 strategic

outcomes and financial guidance.

Culture

The Board and senior management have a vital role to play in

shaping, role modelling and embedding a healthy corporate culture.

This continued to be a focus in 2024. Our business insights help

shape our focus on inclusion and commerciality. We continue to

measure our progress on gender, ethnic minorities and our

colleagues with disabilities. Setting out clear ambitions that enable

us to measure our progress is important, both as a signal of

commitment and intent, and because it provides focus and means

that inclusion is approached like any other business issue.

This year we are the highest-ranked bank (5th) in the FTSE 100 in the

FTSE Women Leaders Review (February 2024 report) for women on

Boards and in leadership. We have achieved all of the FTSE Women

Leaders recommendations ahead of the 2025 deadline. Whilst we

are pleased with the progress we have made, we recognise that we

are not yet where we want to be and have more to do to achieve

gender balance in our organisation.

As we reflect on all the great work we have done to support Black

heritage customers, communities and colleagues, this support hasn’t

yet achieved its full potential for our colleagues. Currently

1.8 per cent of senior colleagues are of Black heritage against a goal

of 3 per cent by 2025. We continue to build our understanding of

how we can unlock further potential in this space. Meanwhile, we

are pleased to have surpassed our ambition of having 12 per cent of

senior roles filled by colleagues with disabilities ahead of time, with

current representation at 16.1 per cent. Inclusion remains a focus

area for our business as it’s important for us to reflect our customers

and the society in which we operate especially given our scale and

reach.

Directors

We review the Board’s composition and diversity regularly and are

committed to ensuring we have the right balance of skills and

experience within the Board.

As announced previously, Alan Dickinson and Lord Lupton stepped

down following the AGM in May 2024. In August 2024, Nathan

Bostock joined the Board as a non-executive director and also

became Chair of Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc. Nathan’s

financial services experience and UK banking market knowledge are

invaluable to the Group.

Remuneration

We know that as we deliver the next phase of our strategy it is vital

that we are able to attract and retain talent and reward our

colleagues appropriately. All awards are determined by the Board’s

Remuneration Committee following careful consideration and aligned

with market conditions, the changing regulatory framework, Group

performance and the sentiment of our shareholders. You can read

more about our remuneration approach on page 110.

Summary

We’re proud that we’ve delivered on the commitments we set out in

2022 for the first phase of our strategic plan, further strengthening

our track record of consistent performance. We have continued to

deliver in line with our purpose of Helping Britain Prosper and see

further opportunities to contribute to sustainable economic growth.

Our financial results continue to demonstrate resilience, with strong

capital generation and good shareholder distributions. Looking ahead,

we need to continue to change and transform the Group. Building on

the strong progress to date, we are confident in our ability to achieve

higher, more sustainable returns and capital generation by 2026.

Sir Robin Budenberg

Chair

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Group Chief Executive’s review

We have successfully

delivered the first phase

of our strategy, creating

value for our stakeholders

and enhancing the Group’s

financial performance.

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Delivering

sustainable growth

and returns

Charlie Nunn Group Chief Executive

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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2024 was a significant year for the Group. We continued to fulfil our

purpose of Helping Britain Prosper, supporting our customers,

shareholders and wider stakeholders. We have successfully

completed the first chapter of our ambitious purpose-driven

strategy. Our transformation is delivering at pace with tangible

progress on building our franchise and enhancing our change

capabilities, leveraging data and technology to drive both growth

and efficiency. We are significantly enhancing our customer

propositions across the Group and returning the business to growth.

These developments and continued business momentum position

us well to deliver stronger, more sustainable returns as we head into

the next phase of our strategy.

Alongside our strategic progress, we delivered a robust financial

performance in 2024. As expected, income grew in the second half

of the year, supported by a rising banking net interest margin,

lending growth and momentum in other income. We have

maintained discipline on costs, despite the inflationary backdrop.

Asset quality remains strong.

In the fourth quarter we took an additional £700 million provision

for the potential remediation costs relating to motor finance

commission arrangements. This is in light of the Court of Appeal

judgment on Wrench, Johnson and Hopcraft that goes beyond the

scope of the original FCA motor finance commissions review. The

provision reflects a probability weighted scenario based

methodology incorporating a number of inputs. Clearly significant

uncertainty remains around the final financial impact. In this

context we welcome the expedited Supreme Court hearing at the

beginning of April.

Despite the additional provision for motor finance commission

arrangements we remain highly committed to shareholder

distributions. Our robust performance and strong capital position and

generation has enabled the Board to recommend a final ordinary

dividend of 2.11 pence per share, resulting in a total dividend for the

year of 3.17 pence. This is up 15 per cent on the prior year, in line with

our progressive and sustainable ordinary dividend policy. In addition,

the Group has announced its intention to implement a share buyback

programme of up to £1.7 billion, as we continue to distribute excess

capital to shareholders. This is in line with our target to pay down to

13.5 per cent CET1 ratio by the end of 2024.

We are building momentum as we now move into the second phase

of our strategic plan. We are continuing to create innovative new

products for our customers. More broadly, as the largest UK bank,

the successful execution of our purpose-driven strategy is helping

to meet commitments across key societal challenges such as

infrastructure, energy transition, housing and pensions. Our talented

colleagues are critical to our transformation and I am very pleased

to see engagement increase in 2024 in the context of a period of

significant change.

Robust financial performance

and consistent delivery

As said, the Group delivered a robust financial performance in 2024.

Statutory profit after tax was £4.5 billion. Underlying profit was

£6.3 billion with net income down 5 per cent, operating costs up

3 per cent and higher remediation and underlying impairment

charges. Robust net income of £17.1 billion included a resilient banking

net interest margin of 2.95 per cent, in line with guidance, and

9 per cent growth in underlying other income, offset by higher

operating lease depreciation. Operating costs of £9.4 billion, in line

with guidance, reflected cost efficiencies helping to partially offset

inflationary pressures, business growth costs and ongoing strategic

investment. Remediation costs of £899 million in the year (2023:

£675 million), include the £700 million previously referenced in

relation to motor finance, alongside £199 million charges in relation

to pre-existing programmes. We continue to see strong asset quality,

with improved credit performance in the year. The asset quality ratio,

including the benefit from improved economic assumptions, was

10basis points. Overall, this resulted in a return on tangible equity of

12.3 per cent, or 14.0 per cent excluding the motor finance provision.

As evidence of the strength of our franchise, the Group’s balance

sheet grew in the year, with underlying loans and advances to

customers increasing by £9.4 billion to £459.1 billion. This reflected

growth across Retail, including mortgages and unsecured loans.

Customer deposits of £482.7 billion significantly increased in the

year, by £11.3 billion, including growth in Retail deposits of

£11.3 billion alongside stable Commercial Banking deposits.

The Group delivered strong capital generation of 148 basis points

(177 basis points excluding the motor finance provision) and a pro

forma CET1 ratio of 13.5 per cent. This is after £3.6 billion of

shareholder distributions including an increased ordinary dividend

and further announced share buyback of up to £1.7 billion.

Guiding purpose of Helping Britain Prosper

We have an important role to play in creating a more sustainable

and inclusive future for people and businesses across the UK,

shaping finance as a force for good. Our purpose is evident across

our franchise in all of our business areas as we seek to help our

customers realise their financial ambitions. It is also highlighted

in particular areas where we can drive positive change at scale,

creating value for all of our stakeholders.

As a leading commercial supporter of social housing, we are working

to help every UK household access quality and affordable housing.

As part of this journey, we are calling for 1 million affordable new

homes by the end of the decade. Since 2018 we have supported

around £20 billion of funding to the social housing sector. Alongside,

our colleagues have raised over £3 million since we started our

partnership with the housing charity Crisis.

Given our importance to the UK economy, we are deeply involved

in supporting a more sustainable future by supporting the UK

transition to net zero. Our strategy to progress to net zero by 2050

represents a strategic and commercial opportunity, consistent with

our purpose of Helping Britain Prosper.

In 2024, we continued to support customers in their transition as

well as making strong progress against our sustainability goals. Since

2022 we have completed £11.4 billion of EPC A and B mortgage

lending, compared to our original target of £10 billion, and delivered

more than £9 billion of financing and leasing for EVs. In Insurance,

Pensions and Investments (IP&I) we met our cumulative target of

investing £20 to £25 billion in climate-aware strategies a year early.

In Commercial Banking we delivered £10.7 billion of sustainable

financing in 2024, in line with our target of £30 billion from 2024

to 2026.

Moving forward, we continue to challenge ourselves. We have set

new targets for a further £11 billion of EPC A and B mortgages and

£10 billion of EV financing by 2027. Alongside, we continue to work

on the decarbonisation of our business as we work to achieve net

zero in our own operations by 2030.

First phase of purpose-driven strategy

complete, building strong momentum

Our vision is to become a customer-focused digital leader and

integrated financial services provider, able to capitalise on new

opportunities at scale. This will drive higher, more sustainable

returns for our shareholders.

In 2024 we completed the first chapter of our strategic plan,

returning the business to growth and generating £0.8 billion of

additional revenues from our strategic initiatives, surpassing our

target of c.£0.7 billion. Our strategy has helped support almost

£2 billion of net income growth from 2021 to 2024. We have

maintained discipline on costs, with £1.2 billion of gross cost savings

helping to offset higher investments and inflationary pressures.

We have also de-risked the business and reduced claims on capital

by, for example, addressing the pension deficit, securitising legacy

higher risk mortgage assets and dealing with significant in default

situations. We have transformed our capabilities by modernising

our technology estate and radically reforming our operations

function to deliver more change more efficiently.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Group Chief Executive’s review continued

Robust financial performance with

continued business momentum and

strong strategic progress.

12.3%

RoTE

(14.0 per cent

excluding

motor finance

provision)

148bps

capital generation

(177 basis points

excluding motor

finance provision)

c.80%

2024 strategic

outcomes

delivered

£1.2bn

gross cost savings

mitigating

investment and

inflationary

pressures

£0.8bn

additional revenues

from strategic

initiatives exceeding

our target

of c.£0.7 billion

When we launched the strategy we committed to a number of 2024

strategic outcomes to support our ambitions and evidence our

progress. We have successfully delivered on these targets, meeting

around 80 per cent of them, with a significant proportion materially

ahead of the original target. For example, since 2021 we have

increased depth of relationship by 5 per cent and grown our

Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) other income by more

than 30 per cent, versus our original target of more than 20 per cent.

We have grown in high-value areas, with more than 15 per cent

growth in Mass Affluent banking balances. We have remained

focused on cost efficiency, reducing legacy applications by

17.5 per cent and our office footprint by more than 30 per cent.

We are enabling the franchise, having migrated around 50 per cent

of applications onto the cloud and reduced data centres by more

than 30 per cent.

Delivering broad-based growth

Business growth has been achieved through a number of levers. We

have grown the core franchise, increasing our flow share in mortgages

and improving our share of balances in Retail current accounts. We

have deepened relationships with existing customers, transforming

engagement through new and enhanced propositions, such as in

investments and mass affluent, enabling us to meet more of our

customers’ needs. We are growing in high-value areas, including

targeted sectors within Commercial Banking such as infrastructure.

We are driving cross-Group collaboration by connecting customers

with offerings across our franchise for example increased protection

penetration in mortgage new business.

Growth has been facilitated by leveraging our digital leadership. This

starts with our refreshed mobile app that, with over 20 million users

and over 6 billion annual logins, up by 50 per cent since 2021, creates

a platform for innovative new propositions that drive a competitive

advantage. For example, Your Credit Score now has over 11 million

users and has helped over 780,000customers improve their credit

score in 2024. It has also enabled the pre-approval of customers for

different forms of credit, significantly improving our loan conversion

rate by 15 per cent. Ready-Made Investments is another example of

a new proposition gaining strong traction with our customers. The

investment tool is bespoke to each customer’s risk appetite and

makes investing easier and more accessible. We are seeing great

take-up, particularly among younger generations, with around

40 per cent of customers under the age of 35.

The successful execution of our first strategic phase means we

exceeded our target and delivered £0.8 billion of additional income

from strategic initiatives by 2024. We are building momentum as

we aim to unlock further growth in the period to 2026. We are now

targeting over £1.5 billion of additional strategic initiative income by

2026, of which half will be other income.

As part of our ambition, in Retail we will deliver market leading

customer journeys and expanded propositions, while continuing to

accelerate the shift to mobile-first by creating more personalised

digital experiences. By 2026 we aim to further improve customer

depth of relationship by 3 per cent versus 2024. We will continue to

target high-value areas, growing Mass Affluent total relationship

balances by more than 10 per cent. In Retail lending we will continue

to enhance our homes proposition, including by retaining £8.5 billion

mortgages in 2026 through our innovative homes ecosystem,

alongside expanding our unsecured offering and maintaining our

Transport market share at more than 15 per cent.

In Commercial we will further broaden CIB solutions, meeting more

transaction banking and market needs with continued balance

sheet discipline. We are targeting CIB other income growth of

around 45per cent by 2026 versus 2021. In Business and

Commercial Banking (BCB) we are aiming to build the best digitally

led relationship bank. By scaling digital servicing we will maintain

deposit share and grow in valuable sectors with broader needs,

such as manufacturing, driving a more than 10 per cent increase

in transaction banking and working capital income by 2026.

Our performance

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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In IP&I we are unlocking the potential of the bancassurance model

to deliver innovative digital solutions and expanded propositions.

We aim to scale our digital waterfront to over 1.5 million customers

by 2026, whilst improving Group connectivity to drive growth in

high-value areas, such as ranking in the top three for Protection

by 2025 and growing Workplace assets under administration.

In our Equity Investments business we are continuing to invest

in fast growing UK SMEs through LDC’s unique model. We are

also supporting the UK rental sector by scaling Lloyds Living,

our homes rental business.

Transforming capabilities to drive growth

and operating leverage

In order to deliver our growth ambitions, our strategy is to maximise

the potential of our people, technology and data. We have hired

more than 4,000 colleagues across data and tech who are

accelerating our technology modernisation. This transformation

of capabilities is unlocking operating leverage and helped us deliver

the £1.2 billion of targeted gross cost savings, including around

£300 million of change efficiencies. For example, improvements in

digital servicing mean that more than 70 per cent of new Business

Banking and SME lending decisions are now automated. As a further

example of productivity enhancement we increased the number of

active customers served per FTE by more than 30 per cent.

Looking forward, we will continue to hire new engineering talent,

scale cloud adoption and accelerate decommissioning activity. This

will allow us to continue to adopt new technologies that deliver a

step-change in our capabilities. This includes our aspirations for Gen

AI, for which we have created a centre of excellence including around

200 data scientists and engineers. We are developing use cases such

as our knowledge support tool currently being rolled out to 10,000

colleagues across the Group and an AI-driven money management

tool for our Mass Affluent customers. These initiatives will generate

further efficiencies as well as create opportunities for growth.

Together, they drive operating leverage, helping towards our target

of a cost:income ratio of less than 50 per cent by 2026

We are making strong progress on our purpose-led strategy.

We have generated £0.8 billion of additional revenues from strategic

initiatives as we return the business to growth. We are transforming

our franchise through innovative propositions and enhanced

capabilities. This gives us confidence in further business growth and

our ambition to generate more than £1.5billion in additional income

from our strategic initiatives by 2026 whilst remaining disciplined

around costs and capital. We are progressing well towards delivering

higher, more sustainable returns for shareholders.

2025 guidance

Based on our current macroeconomic assumptions,

for 2025 the Group expects:

•  Underlying net interest income of c.£13.5 billion

•  Operating costs of c.£9.7 billion

•  Asset quality ratio to be c.25basis points

•  Return on tangible equity of c.13.5 per cent

•  Capital generation of c.175 basis points

1

2026 guidance

Based on the expected macroeconomic environment and confidence

in our strategy, the Group maintains its guidance for 2026:

•  Cost:income ratio of less than 50 per cent

•  Return on tangible equity of greater than 15 per cent

•  Capital generation of greater than 200 basis points

1

•  To pay down to a CET1 ratio of c.13.0 per cent

1  Excluding capital distributions. Inclusive of ordinary dividends received from the

Insurance business in February of the following year.

Charlie Nunn

Group Chief Executive

Supporting the

UK housing

market

The Group is one of the largest housing finance

providers with a mortgage book of more than

£300 billion and a major supporter of the UK

housing sector. We are committed to expanding

the availability and affordability of safe, quality

and sustainable housing.

We are uniquely placed to enact change and

want to play our role in creating a more

sustainable and inclusive UK society through

access to better housing.

Across the UK, a chronic shortfall in social

housing contributes to various socio-economic

challenges in our communities. Committed to

Helping Britain Prosper, we are one of the

biggest supporters of social housing and the

wider housing sector.

Citizen Housing, a social housing provider,

addresses pressing issues around housing and

homelessness. We have supported them with

£75 million for development, regeneration, and

sustainability plans, aiming to build over 2,000

new homes in the next four years.

Purpose in action

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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People-first

We listen and

care for people

as individuals.

Bold

We innovate and do

things differently to

better serve our

customers and grow

with purpose.

Inclusive

We learn about and

embrace our

differences, and

seek out diverse

perspectives.

Sustainable

We take

responsibility for the

impact of our

actions on nature

and Britain’s

transition to

net zero.

Trust

We give each other

the space and

support to take

things on and see

them through.

Our purpose Our vision

Helping Britain Prosper.

We do this by creating a more

sustainable and inclusive future

for people and businesses, shaping

finance as a force for good.

To be the UK customer-focused

digital leader and integrated

financial services provider,

capitalising on new opportunities,

at scale.

Our business model

Our business model

focuses on supporting

customers whilst delivering

sustainable growth

and returns

Our values

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Our competitive advantages

Our trusted brands

What we do

We have three core divisions that have been

structured to serve our customers’ needs effectively

Leading UK customer franchise

with deep customer insight

28 million customers with extensive

reach across the UK. Customer data and

analysis ensures we can meet the needs

of these customers more effectively.

All-channel distribution focus with

digital leadership and trusted brands

Operating through a range of brands

and distributionchannels, including

the UK’s largest digital bank.

Unique customer proposition

Serving all our customers’ banking,

investment and insurance needs

through a comprehensive product range.

Operating at scale with cost discipline

Our scale and efficiency enable us to

operate and invest more effectively.

Focused and capital

generative business model

Allowing significant investment while

generating an attractive capital return

for shareholders.

Innovation through

modern technology

Continued investment in our technology

platform, apps and change function

enables us to innovate to anticipate

and meet customers’ needs.

Financial strength and

robust risk management

Strong capital position. Continue

to take a robust approach to risk,

as reflected through the quality of our

portfolio and underwriting criteria.

Dedicated colleagues

with strong values

Highly engaged, skilled, customer

focused, diverseworkforce with

significant expertise and experience.

Consumer lending

•  Mortgages

•  Credit cards

•  Personal loans

•  Motor finance

Consumer relationships

•  Current accounts

•  Savings accounts

•  Mass affluent proposition

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Retail

Insurance

•  Home, motor, pet

•  Protection

Pensions and retirement

•  Workplace pensions

•  Direct to customer pensions

•  Retirement

Investments

•  Ready-Made investments

•  Sharedealing

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Insurance,

Pensions and

Investments

Business and

commercial banking

•  Business loans

•  Transactional banking

•  Working capital

•  Merchant services

Corporate and

institutional banking

•  Lending and debt capital markets

•  Cash liquidity

•  Risk management

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Commercial

Banking

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Customers Colleagues Communities

We provide financial services

to over half of the UK adult

population and more than

one million businesses.

By meeting our customers’

needs we’re unlocking growth

and transforming the Group.

We are committed to building

an inclusive and sustainable

organisation that is truly

representative of our customers

in modern-day Britain.

We recognise that colleagues

who can be their authentic selves

at work are central to our success.

Our success is intrinsically linked

with the success of all regions

across the whole of the UK.

When local people, local businesses,

and their communities prosper,

so do we.

>£15bn

of funding for first-time

buyers in 2024

>£10bn

of sustainable finance provided

for Commercial Banking

customers in 2024

40.4%

of our senior roles were held

by women in 2024

12.6%

of our senior roles held by Black,

Asian or Minority Ethnic

colleagues in 2024

>£2bn

new funding supported in the

social housing sector in 2024

>£35m

donated to our Charitable

Foundations in 2024

How we do it

Our impact

Our business model continued

We are Helping Britain Prosper in a way

that delivers sustainable profit and returns.

We do this by continually innovating the

products and services we offer, developing

and investing in new solutions, and using

our expertise and influence to create

positive change.

Sustainable and inclusive growth

We serve our customers’

needs effectively with:

Helping

Britain

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Shareholders

We successfully completed the first

phase of our ambitious and purpose-

driven strategy, exceeding our revenue

target and transforming our capabilities

as we returned the business to growth.

The Group’s robust financial

performance has delivered

strong capital generation,

enabling an increased dividend

and £1.7 billion buyback.

3.17p

total ordinary dividend

per share for 2024, up 15 per cent

£3.6bn

returned to shareholders

for 2024

“We’re transforming our business

to shape finance as a force for good

and deliver for Britain for

generations to come.”

Charlie Nunn Group Chief Executive

Sustainable profit and returns

Funding,

investment

and expertise

Driving innovation through

effective use of customer

feedback, technology and

data ensures we remain

relevant to the customer

whilst enhancing industry

standards. Our commitment

to digital transformation

is critical for future growth

and sustainability.

Delivering sustainable profit

and growth provides

financial strength whilst

ensuring we can invest

for the future (both in the

business and customer

propositions) whilst returning

capital to our owners.

Ongoing investment in the

business ensures we can meet

the evolving needs of our

customers in a commercial

way. Our significant funding

helps people and businesses

invest and grow whilst

our expertise and tailored

solutions help clients navigate

financial challenges, fostering

success and sustainability.

Innovation,

development,

influence

Successful

business

performance

Products,

services and

solutions

Offering a comprehensive

range of financial products

and services, increasingly

through digital channels.

We tailor these offerings to

meet individual and business

needs, ensuring customers

have access to the right

financial solutions.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Economy

Customers

Our external environment

External context,

opportunities and risks

Market context

The UK economy recovered somewhat from its pause in the second

half of 2023. Households’ spending power is rising and the

unemployment rate remains low. The new Government aims to

boost growth through increased investment and a constructive

regulatory backdrop. Global conflicts and threats to global trade

integration remain headwinds.

Impact

Subdued growth in our key markets in 2024, although improving:

•  House prices up 3 per cent, housing transactions up 7 per cent

and mortgage balances up 1.5 per cent

•  Consumer credit balances up 4.9 per cent, back above their

pre-pandemic level

•  Household deposit balances up 5.2 per cent

•  Lending to non-financial companies up 3.6 per cent, with

SMEs still paying down pandemic Government-guarantee

scheme balances

•  Non-financial companies’ deposits up 1.2 per cent

Market context

Customers are preferring more convenient and personalised financial

solutions provided through digital channels. Customers are

proactively seeking to make their money ‘work harder’ through

managing their savings, pensions and investments more proactively.

Although cost-of-living pressures continue, overall household deposit

balances continue to strengthen.

Impact

•  Reducing interest rates are supporting an improved outlook for

mortgage holders to refinance, with two thirds of the market

now refinanced onto higher rates

•  Increasingly, embedded finance and ecosystems are delivering

convenient digital solutions at customers’ point of need

Market context

Major banks and building societies are consolidating and expanding

through acquisitions, with renewed focus on UK growth. Alongside,

neobanks and fintechs are diversifying their financial services

offerings to meet a broader range of needs. As an alternative

financing option to traditional banking lending, private credit is also

gaining traction amongst institutions and small business.

Impact

•  Opportunity to deepen customer relationships through

personalised customer journeys

•  With the intensified competition within the UK market, there are

ongoing margin pressures in deposit and mortgage markets

•  Neobanks and fintechs are disrupting traditional banking models

via seamless digital experience and widening product breadth

•  Banks are increasingly opting to partner with private credit firms

in debt provision

Competitors

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17.4 19.8 22.718.3 21. 5

2024

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(10.3) 4.8 0.88.6 0.4

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19.3 17.2 19.918.5 16.9

We’ve built our business and strategy in response to the fast

pace of change in our external environment and to adapt

to ever-evolving stakeholder needs. This helps ensure the

Group is resilient over the longer term and can capitalise

on opportunities and manage risks as they emerge.

Our response

In a positive or more challenging macroeconomic environment, our business

model and strategy position us well, in particular the strength of our

customer franchise, our scale and balance sheet, and our prudent approach

to risk. Our strategy and transformation, combined with further efficiency

improvements, will deliver profit growth, diversification and resilience.

2025 outlook

UK growth boost from Government spending plans largely offset by a

toughening global environment:

•  GDP growth expected to improve gradually

•  Inflation expected to remain above the 2 per cent target, limiting the

pace at which the Bank of England reduces interest rates

•  House prices expected to rise by around 2 per cent

•  Growth in most of our markets is expected to improve further, although

of a measured pace

UK economic

growth

% GDP growth

Digitally active

users

m

0.8%

22.7m

Our response

•  Refreshed our brand and enhanced our mobile app with streamlined

savings, borrowing and protection features

•  Our ready-made products have helped customers to invest more easily

and start saving for their pension

•  A more seamless onboarding process for business and commercial

customers

2025 outlook

•  Launch redesigned mobile banking apps for Halifax and Bank of

Scotland customers

•  Enhance Money Management capabilities through more customisable

spending insights improving customer experience

•  Further design improvements to Lloyds’ mobile app

•  Enhance our Virtual Assistant automation capabilities to fulfil more

customer demand

Our response

•  Deepen customer relationships through tailored propositions

•  Develop an investment and savings digital waterfront tailored by

channel to support customers, colleagues and advisers

•  Provide market-leading journeys across direct and intermediary

channels, for example, home buying journeys in our home ecosystem

2025 outlook

•  Create seamless access to relevant propositions to the customer’s life

stage to become a holistic proposition provider

•  Integration of Mass Affluent proposition to other parts of the Group,

for example, testing the provision of Financial Coaching for

Workplace Pension

•  Enhance the mobile app with new features and an improved customer

journey to become customers’ finance hub

Mortgage

market share

total gross

lending – flow

19.9%

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Regulation

Technology

and data

Society and

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Market context

Technology is evolving rapidly, driven by artificial intelligence, digital

transformation and the growing integration of automation across

industries. GenAI is being increasingly tested by all providers to give

customers more effective and personalised engagement. To

encourage greater data accessibility, the Government has

introduced legislation on Digital ID and Open Finance, enabling

platforms to act as gateways in offering integrated services.

Impact

•  Streamlined digital models are lowering unit operational costs

and intensifying market competition due to accelerated speed in

innovation and delivery to market

•  Opportunity to reduce costs by reducing legacy technology

costs, and increasing revenue by improving customer journeys

•  GenAI is increasing fraud volumes and sophistication of cyber

threats, requiring banks to enhance their security measures to

protect customers’ assets and data

Market context

The regulatory landscape is evolving at pace, with particular

developments across Basel 3.1, Ring-Fencing, APP fraud and access

to cash. Notably, in the recent Mansion House speech the

Chancellor set out the Government’s vision to enhance the

competitiveness of the UK’s financial services sector via a more

constructive regulatory backdrop.

Impact

•  The Group is subject to changes in regulation, in particular the

near-final rules on Basel 3.1, as published in September by the

PRA, which take effect on 1 January 2027, and the Government’s

near-term changes to ring-fencing which were recently passed

into law, as well as changes to APP fraud and access to cash

•  Following the upcoming Supreme Court outcome, further clarity

will be gained on motor finance regulation

•  Further complexity in UK regulation could impact our ability to

achieve our purpose of Helping Britain Prosper and deliver on our

growth opportunity

Market context

Evolving regulations and environmental and societal issues mean

companies are expected to have a clear understanding of the

impact of these issues on the company, as well as play an increased

role in supporting the country and its people in responding.

Impact

•  Organisations must have a clear understanding and integrate

sustainability into their strategies and decision making,

understand their impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities

•  Organisations need to respond to the evolving regulatory

landscape, including developments in relation to UK

endorsement of the two International Sustainability Standard

Board’s sustainability reporting standards

Link to strategy

Link to strategy

Link to strategy

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2024

202320222021

2 c.501 7

Our response

•  Transitioning into a new simplified operational model to align and enhance

product delivery

•  Increasing our technology hires and expanding engineering teams to drive

digital transformation

•  Modernising legacy systems by migrating to cloud infrastructure and retiring

outdated applications

•  Business customers benefitting from faster lending decisions via auto-credit

decisioning in applying for overdrafts and aggregated exposure

•  Deploying an AI code translation and writing tool to accelerate our Data

Migration programmes and our engineering capabilities

2025 outlook

•  Continue to address technology debt and invest in future technologies

•  Unlocking impact of Gen AI through centre of excellence with around

200 data scientists and engineers

•  New savings and loans to be initiated on NextGen core banking engine to

increase speed to market and lower cost to serve

Our response

•  Continue to evaluate the impact of Basel 3.1 as we progress with

implementation ahead of 1 January 2027, with the initial impact

expected to be moderately positive

•  Implemented the new requirements around APP fraud and continue

to focus on supporting customers who are impacted

•  Maintain focus on delivering good outcomes for customers

•  Meeting new CRD IV modelling requirements

2025 outlook

•  Support the Government’s National Payments Vision, as outlined

in November 2024

•  Close monitoring of further changes in the UK regulatory landscape.

In particular, any policy initiatives following the proposals outlined

in the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech

•  Ring-fencing changes will facilitate client solutions domestically and

internationally

Sustainable lending or investment target

For further details on our sustainable finance progress see

pages46 to 60.

1  Change in measurement approach, so comparison to

current years is not like-for-like.

£10.7bn

2024

Commercial Banking

£30 billion sustainable finance for Commercial Banking

customers from 1 January 2024 to end of 2026

2024

£9.4bn

Motor

£8 billion financing for EV and plug-in hybrid

electric vehicles by 2024

2024

£11.4bn

EPC A and B mortgage lending

£10 billion of mortgage lending for EPC A and B

rated properties by 2024

2024

£25.9bn

Scottish Widows

£20–£25 billion discretionary investment in

climate-aware strategies by 2025

IT applications

on cloud

%

c.50%

Our response

•  Sustainability is core to our purpose. Guided by our Group strategy, focusing

on areas where we can have the largest sustainability impact

•  Since 2022, supporting £47.3 billion of sustainable lending, with £17.5 billion

of sustainable lending supported in 2024. Discretionary investments of

£25.9 billion in climate-aware strategies

•  In July 2024 launched new £200 million of financing commitment to small

local housing organisations, providing specialist housing to people who need

it most

•  Group decarbonisation emissions ambitions were validated by a third party

2025 outlook

•  Launch £21 billion of new sustainable financing targets by 2027 for our EPC A

and B rated mortgage lending and financing for electric vehicles

•  Increase our support to those who wish to purchase a share of a property

through shared ownership schemes

•  Review our net zero bank ambition and sector level targets following the

release of the 7th carbon budget

Progress

Timeline of key regulatory changes

in the banking sector

2023

2025

2025

2027

FCA Consumer Duty introduced

Expected FCA Enhanced Accountability Rules

Ongoing consultation on ring-fencing rules

Expected Basel 3.1 implementation

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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>£1.5bn

additional revenues

from strategic initiatives

<50%

cost:income ratio

>15%

RoTE

>200bps

capital generation

Our strategy

We successfully completed the first phase

of our ambitious and purpose-driven

strategy, transforming our capabilities as

we returned the business to growth and

exceeding our revenue target

Grow

•  Returned core franchise to growth and

deepened relationships

•  Delivered innovative new propositions

that set us up for future revenue

momentum

•  Improved access to quality and

affordable housing across the country,

supported regional development,

enabled financial empowerment, and

helped navigate the UK’s transition to

a more sustainable future

Performance highlights

•  c.£2 billion net revenue growth 2021

to 2024

•  £0.8 billion additional revenues from

strategic initiatives

•  12.3 per cent RoTE (14.0 per cent

excluding motor finance provision)

Focus

•  Strengthened cost and capital

efficiency, demonstrating cost

discipline in an inflationary environment

and maintaining a strong balance sheet

supported by originate to distribute

capabilities

•  Optimised balance sheet to offset

regulatory capital headwinds, helped

customers and clients become more

resilient whilst reducing our carbon

footprint and maintaining a disciplined

approach to cost and capital

management

Performance highlights

•  £1.2 billion of gross cost savings

•  £7 billion pension deficit addressed

•  c.£18 billion three year risk-weighted

assets optimisation

Change

•  Modernised our technology estate,

reducing tech debt to improve agility

and accelerate the pace of change

•  Improved the ways we use digital

technology and our data to drive better

outcomes for our customers

•  Our colleagues’ expertise and skills have

been instrumental to our success. Our

people have been innovative, while we

reskill them for change, and delivered

distinctive customer experience

Performance highlights

•  17.5 per cent reduction in legacy

technology applications

•  c.50 per cent of applications on cloud

•  Over 10,000 customer-facing

colleagues using GenAI support tool

Our three strategic priorities are enabling us to

achieve our purpose of Helping Britain Prosper

whilst delivering long-term sustainable returns

Increased confidence in delivering our 2026 strategic commitments

What we have achieved over the last three years

Our 2026 strategic commitments

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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We are deepening and

innovating across our

Consumer business,

bringing more of our

products and services

to our customers, as

well as broadening our

product offerings and

making it easier for

customers to access

themthrough our

intermediary partners.

Highlights

22.7m

Digitally active customers

(versus 18.3 million in 2021)

We are developing

our Corporate

and Institutional

business to deliver

disciplined growth,

investing across

our Cash-Debt-Risk

management offering.

Highlights

>30%

CIB other operating

income growth

(versus 2021)

We are digitising

anddiversifying our

BCB business, to grow

revenues and generate

value in products and

sectors where we are

underrepresented.

Highlights

>50%

Share of Business Banking

and SME products originated

and fulfilled digitally

(versus 10 per cent in 2021)

We are creating a

new Mass Affluent

offering togrow in

this attractive and

underserved market

segment across

banking, protection

and investments.

Highlights

>3m

Mass Affluent customers

(versus 2.1 million in 2021)

Grow

Deepen

and innovate

in Consumer

Create a new

Mass Affluent

offering

Digitise

and diversify our

BCB business

Develop our

Corporate and

Institutional

business

Growth is a core focus of our strategy.

Around two-thirds of our c.£3 billion strategic investment over 2022

to 2024 was aligned to growing and diversifying revenue.

There are four primary pillars for growth.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Our strategy continued

Create a new Mass Affluent offering

We are creating a new Mass Affluent offering to grow in this attractive and

underserved market segment across banking, protection and investments.

Progress in 2024

Overview

•  Growth in our Mass Affluent customer base

to more than 3 million

•  Over 15 per cent growth in Mass Affluent

banking balances since 2021 as we

continued to build our integrated and

digitally-led banking, insurance and

investments propositions

•  Evolved our dedicated Mass Affluent

proposition with new product offers, digital

tools and financial coaching to help

customers get the most from their money

•  Compared to 2023, the number of

customers opening a Ready-Made

Investment more than doubled,

accompanied by a fourfold increase in

associated assets under administration

New features and products

•  Interactive tools in app to support

customers in managing their finances,

including Goals functionality and

Investment Needs Finder

•  Launched two new Direct-to-Consumer

pension products: (i) Ready-Made Pensions

and (ii) Whole of Market SIPP to make it

easier for our customers to manage their

pensions

•  Continued to refine our lending policy to

support the complex needs of the Mass

Affluent segment, supporting growth in

mortgage completions for Mass Affluent

customers

Deepen and innovate in Consumer

We are aiming to deepen and innovate in Consumer to bring more of our products

and services to our existing customers, as well as broaden our product offerings and

make it easier for customers to access them through our intermediary partners.

Progress in 2024

Relationships

•  Number of digitally active users grew to

22.7 million, retaining our position as the

UK’s largest digital bank

•  5 per cent growth since 2021 in depth of

relationship of customers, including growth

across all life stages

1

•  Launched re-imagined Lloyds mobile app,

with new navigation spaces such as Borrow

and Insure, alongside personalised insights

and conversation prompts

•  New interactive tools such as Benefit

Calculator, which empowers customers to

identify support they might be eligible for

•  Over 11 million Your Credit Score customers

since launch, with over 780,000 customers

benefitting from improved credit scores and

access to new products and loans

Lending

•  Exceeded our sustainability target of

£10 billion new lending for EPC A and B

mortgages, delivering £11.4 billion by 2024

•  Provided £9.4 billion of financing for

battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles

since 2021

•  Developed an Embedded Finance

proposition for digital checkouts by

launching an e-commerce lending product

‘Black Horse FlexPay’ in partnership with

NewDay

Insurance, Pensions and Investments

•  Scottish Widows now has more than

1 million digitally registered customers.

We recently launched a refreshed app for

workplace pension customers which has

over 400,000 users, 60 per cent of which

are active users

•  Grew home insurance new policies market

share from 12 per cent in 2021 to 15 per cent

in 2024

•  Achieved over £20 billion discretionary

investment in climate-aware strategies,

one year early in 2024

Priorities for 2025 to 2026

•  Expanding and scaling product offering

to meet more customer needs

(e.g. Embedded Finance)

•  Leveraging digital leadership to deliver

innovative, personalised customer-led

propositions

•  Accelerating shift to mobile-first; adapting

physical footprint to maximise efficiency

and engagement

•  Delivering improvements across all

channels, streamlining customer journeys

Select 2026 outcomes

3%

further increase

in Depth of

Relationship

(versus 2024)

3

c.50%

active customers

served per

distribution FTE

(versus 2021)

Priorities for 2025 to 2026

•  To drive Mass Affluent customer

acquisition, launching a new PCA offering

in 2025 into the market

•  We will evolve the Mass Affluent

proposition, with enhanced digital

experiences such as a digital financial

planning space with personalised nudges

Select 2026 outcomes

>10%

increase in Mass Affluent total

relationship balances, including

assets under administration

1

1  Banking balances and investment assets

under administration.

01

02

1  Customers retained from beginning of November 2021. Relates to product holdings, for franchise customers with active relationship.

2  This refers to funds that have a bias towards investing in companies that are adapting their business to be less carbon-intensive and/or developing climate solutions.

3  Customers retained since 2024. Relates to product holdings, for franchise customers with active relationship.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Purpose in action

Purpose in action

Providing finance

to local businesses

Community Development Finance

Institutions (CDFIs) provide finance

to local businesses, often in the

most disadvantaged communities.

Weprovided £43 million of funding to

three CDFIs as part of a £62 million fund.

This ground-breaking commitment is the

first commercial loan made to the sector

by a mainstream UKlender.

10,500

jobs to be supported

Sustainably growing

our consumer lending

Our lending, investments, products and

services are powerful drivers of a sustainable

and inclusive future, and are key to how

we grow our business profitably.

In 2024, we achieved our two

consumer sustainable financing targets

totalling more than £20 billion for

EPC A and B mortgage lending and

financing for electric vehicles and

plug-in hybrid vehicles.

>£20bn

of lending against these

targets since 2022

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Our strategy continued

Develop our Corporate

and Institutional business

We are developing our Corporate and Institutional business to deliver disciplined growth.

Progress in 2024

Cash-Debt-Risk management

•  Grown other operating income by over

30 per cent since 2021 (outperforming our

20 per cent target), expanding Institutional

Coverage and investing in Markets and

Transaction Banking

•  Delivered capital-lite growth by increasing

net risk weighted assets by just 1 per cent

since full-year 2021

•  Increased our market flows by growing our

all issuer sterling debt capital markets

market share from 6 per cent to 10 per cent

since full-year 2021

•  Broadened rates participation by improving

sterling interest-rate swap ranking from 7th

in 2021 to 2nd in 2024

Sustainable financing

•  Delivered £10.7 billion of Commercial

Banking sustainable financing

1

in 2024,

supporting the Group’s sustainable lending

portfolio and clients’ net zero journeys

•  We continue to support the UK’s transition

to net zero with investment in regional

development, providing financing to

infrastructure projects across the UK

including wind farms, solar panels, and

investments in new technologies

Digitise and diversify our BCB business

We are digitising and diversifying our BCB business to grow revenues and generate

value in products and sectors where we are underrepresented.

1  In line with the Group’s Sustainable Financing Framework.

Progress in 2024

Digitise and transform

•  We continue to make strides in our

multi-year journey to build a digitally-led

relationship bank, launching mobile-first

journeys and onboarding clients up to 15

times faster since roll-out in the first half

of 2023

•  Increased digital sales, with the number of

products originated and fulfilled digitally

growing from 10 per cent in 2021 to over

50 per cent in 2024

•  Faster lending decisions through auto-credit

decisioning for eligible Business Banking

customers applying for up to £50,000

overdrafts and up to £100,000 aggregated

exposure

Diversify

•  Enhanced Merchant Services propositions

including Clover (flexible point of sale

business management system) for

face-to-face transactions

•  Launched new card proposition for small

businesses. Features include longer interest

free periods, higher limits and cashback

Priorities for 2025 to 2026

•  Capturing targeted BCB sector and

segment opportunities, deepening

customer relationships

•  Increasing BCB shift to digital-first,

delivering experience improvements and

journey efficiencies

•  Connecting clients to wider Group solutions

(e.g. pensions and insurance)

Select 2026 outcomes

Maintain

small business

deposit market share

1

50%

of key servicing

interactions

digitised

1  UK Finance – businesses with less than £25 million

turnover.

Priorities for 2025 to 2026

•  Becoming a broader CIB solution provider

to meet more Transaction Banking and

Markets needs via Cash-Debt-Risk offering

•  Disciplined expansion domestically and

across US and European footprint

•  Connecting CIB clients to solutions

provided by the wider Group, for example

Workplace Pensions

Select 2026 outcomes

c.45%

increase in

CIBother

operating income

(versus 2021)

>5.25%

income / average

risk-weighted

assets

03

04

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Purpose in action

Supporting

social housing

In partnership with the National Wealth Fund we

announced a £500 million funding arrangement to

support the retrofit of social housing in the UK. This

deal brings public and private expertise together to

deploy private capital to deliver warmer, greener

homes for social tenants – benefitting their health,

work and home lives.

Our support to this sector is unlocking profitable,

sustainable and inclusive growth opportunities for

the Group with improving returns year on year.

>£2bn

of lending supported to the

social housing sector in 2024

Purpose in action

Building new

homes through our

MADE partnership

£150 million joint venture with Homes England

and Barratt to oversee multiple large-scale

projects supporting the government’s plan

to build 1.5 million new homes over the next

5 years. Through this partnership the Group will

participate in a number of large scale residential

and community regeneration projects,

generating attractive sustainable returns.

£150m

joint venture with Homes

England and Barratt

Read more about social housing

Read more on how we’re

supporting the UK housing market

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Our strategy continued

Strengthen cost and

capital efficiency

We have maintained our strong balance sheet with a disciplined

approach to cost and capital management.

We are investing to grow and diversify our revenue,

alongside maintaining our disciplined approach

to cost and capital management.

Progress in 2024

•  Achieved £1.2 billion in gross cost savings

since 2021

•  In order to unlock efficiencies, we have

rationalised our branch footprint, whilst

continuing to invest in digital journeys. As a

result, the number of active customers

served per distribution FTE has increased by

over 30 per cent since 2021

•  Achieved our target of over 30 per cent

reduction in office footprint by 2024, as we

continue to adapt to new ways of working

•  Optimised our balance sheet through

increased use of securitisations and

originate to distribute capabilities. Capital

efficient securitisation activity contributed

towards the £7.1 billion of gross risk-

weighted assets optimisation in 2024

•  Strong capital generation of 148 basis

points, 177 basis points excluding motor

finance provision

Priorities for 2025 to 2026

•  Accelerate shift towards capital-lite growth

areas, increasing other operating income

contribution to additional revenues from

strategic initiatives

•  Ongoing commitment to driving further

cost efficiencies, supported by digitisation

and rationalisation of the property estate

•  Continued focus on risk-weighted assets

optimisation through securitisation activity

Select 2026 outcomes

>60%

reduction in

data centres

(versus 2021)

>200bps

capital generation

Focus

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Purpose in action

Grounded in evidence

As one of the largest lenders to the agriculture sector,

we’re supporting farmers in diversifying their portfolios

and transforming environmental performance.

We’ve teamed up with Soil Association Exchange to

create the largest, most comprehensive review of

farm environmental performance ever carried out in

the UK with around 850 farmers benefitting to date.

This insight allows the Group to focus on developing

the key strategic levers to support the

decarbonisation and optimisation of one of our

hardest to abate sectors.

>4,000

bespoke recommendations

to farmers across the UK since 2021

Purpose in action

Supporting our

customers to save

In 2024, we launched MBNA Savings to our

customers, extending our products and

giving our customers more options suitable

for their savings needs.

Our expanded offerings have enabled us to

open an additional 20,000 savings accounts,

bringing the total to 3.9 million savings

accounts opened across all brands in 2024.

Additionally, our ISA products have helped

customers save an extra £8 billion tax-free.

3.9m

savings accounts

opened in 2024

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Maximise the potential of people,

technology and data

We are investing in our people, digital technologies and data

to enable us to deliver our strategy, thereby delivering for our customers.

Technology & data

Progress in 2024

•  Continued to digitise customer journeys,

and invested in refreshed app

•  Modernised technology estate, reducing

legacy tech applications by 17.5 per cent

since 2021 through decommissioning and

automation

•  Reduced legacy data centres and

accelerated cloud adoption, with

c.50 per cent of applications on Cloud

•  Provided data driven product solutions such

as Lloyds Bank Market Intelligence

Priorities for 2025 to 2026

•  Leverage new technologies (e.g. GenAI) and

data to drive innovative solutions for both

customers and colleagues

•  2025/26 GenAI use cases including

improved fraud detection, AI-driven money

management for Mass Affluent customers,

and scaled knowledge support tool

•  Accelerate legacy app decommissioning and

cloud migration activity

Select 2026 outcomes

>30%

applications

on modern

technology

35%

gross reduction

in run and change

technology costs

(versus 2021)

People

Progress in 2024

•  Recruited over 4,000 new colleagues in

technology and data roles to drive growth

and efficiency since 2021

•  Built a more inclusive workforce led by senior

leadership hires, with improvement across

our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion metrics

•  Modernised property estate to support

improved ways of working, with over a

quarter of colleagues in transformed

workspaces

Priorities for 2025 to 2026

•  Enhance commitments to building a more

inclusive organisation and increase number

of hires in key skills areas (e.g. engineering)

•  Provide colleagues with GenAI support tools

•  Continue to modernise and enhance our

office estate to enhance productivity of our

colleagues

Select 2026 outcomes

Maintain

strong employee engagement

index (versus 2024)

Our strategy continued

Chan ge

Delivering our strategy requires the Group to accelerate

the intensity with which we use digital technologies and data

to support customers. Our colleagues’ expertise and skills

are instrumental to our success.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Purpose in action

Supporting

our colleagues

Our aim is to create a diverse and inclusive

workforce and unlock potential, making

us a more competitive Group as a result.

In 2024, we proudly continued ourLine

Manager Race Education, building on

the momentum with c.10,000 colleagues

and senior leaders trained. This training

provides our colleagues with a deeper

understanding of how cultural differences

can play out in the workplace.

c.10,000

line managers

and senior leaders

participated

in sessions

since launch

Purpose in action

Supporting disabled

entrepreneurs

We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace for

colleagues with disabilities, long-term health and neurodivergent

conditions and providing accessible and inclusive products and

services to better support our customers.

In 2024, we became a signatory of the Disability Finance Code

for Entrepreneurship which aims to drive engagement between

the disabled entrepreneur community and the financial services

sector in the UK. We were also proud to host the launch of the

Lilac Review – an independent, government-backed initiative

designed to identify and overcome the barriers faced by

disabled business owners.

Disabled entrepreneurs are a critical yet often overlooked

segment of society. By embracing this wealth of talent,

innovation and resilience, there is a significant opportunity

to further the Group’s commercial objectives and economic

potential.

£230bn

could be added to the

UK economy by improving

opportunities for

disabled entrepreneurs

(Lilac Review)

Read more on how

we’re supporting UK

entrepreneurs

Watch a colleague share their

experience at the Group in this video

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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2024

2023202220212020

1,387 3,923 4,4775,885 5 ,518

2024

2023202220212020

14,4 04 17,465 17,11715,763 17,932

2024

2023202220212020

2.3

9.8 12.313.8 15.8

Our key performance indicators

The business has delivered significant strategic

progress and a robust financial performance

Financial

Our key performance indicators

provide clear evidence of our

performance in relation to the

Group’s most important priorities.

These encompass a range of measures designed to assess both

financial and non-financial performance, ensuring a balanced

consideration of the interests of all stakeholders, including

customers, shareholders and colleagues. A detailed outline

of these can be found on the following pages 110 to 133.

These key performance indicators also inform remuneration at

all levels across the Group to ensure that our colleagues act in

the best interests of both customers and shareholders. This

alignment considers the Group’s financial performance as well

as specific conduct and risk management controls.

1  From 2021, to aid comparability with peers, we began reporting return on

tangibleequity without adding back post-tax amortisation of intangible assets.

Pre-2021comparatives have been restated.

2  Expectation based on the Group’s current macroeconomic assumptions.

3  Reported on a pro forma basis, reflecting declared share buybacks and the

dividends received from the Insurance business in the subsequent quarter, but

excluding phased unwind of IFRS 9 relief.

Key performance indicators that are directly linked

toour remuneration balanced scorecard are marked

with thissymbol. See page 119.

We use a number of alternative performance measures in

the description of our business performance and financial

position. These measures are labelled with this symbol.

See page 314.

Statutory profit

after tax

£m

4,477

Statutory profit after tax is lower than 2023 due to lower net income,

higher operating costs and higher charges for remediation and impairment.

Excluding the charge for motor finance commission arrangements,

statutory profit was £5,035 million.

Net income

£m

17,117

Net income is lower than 2023, with lower underlying net interest income

and increased operating lease depreciation, partly offset by higher

underlying other income. The banking net interest margin was resilient,

increasing since the first half of 2024. 2025 guidance

2

: Underlying net

interest income of c.£13.5 billion.

Return on tangible

equity

%

12.3

Return on tangible equity of 12.3 per cent reflects the Group’s robust

financial performance. Excluding the charge for motor finance commission

arrangements, return on tangible equity was 14.0 per cent. 2025 guidance

2

:

Return on tangible equity of c.13.5 per cent.

Link to strategy

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Link to strategy

Link to strategy

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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2024

2023202220212020

1,742 7,028 6,3437,536 7,809

2024

2023202220212020

8,202 8,672 9,4428,312 9,140

20243

2023202220212020

16.2 14.1 13.516.3 13.7

2024

2023202220212020

0. 57

2.40 3.172.00 2.76

2024

2023202220212020

(42)

0 21.235 10.9

Operating costs

£m

9,442

Operating costs are 3 per cent higher than 2023 with cost efficiencies

helping to partially offset inflationary pressures, business growth costs and

ongoing strategic investment. 2025 guidance

2

: Operating costs of

c.£9.7 billion

Common equity

tier1 ratio (CET1)

%

13.5

Pro forma CET1 ratio remains strong at 13.5 per cent, after increased

ordinary dividend and announced share buyback. Expect to pay down to a

CET1 ratio of c.13 per cent by 2026.

Ordinary dividend

p per share

3.17

Total ordinary dividend of 3.17 pence per share, up 15 per cent, reflecting

our progressive and sustainable ordinary dividend policy. Includes both

interim and final dividends. The Group has also announced a share

buyback of up to £1.7 billion.

Total shareholder

return

%

21.2

Total in-year shareholder return was 21.2 per cent. The share price was

14.8 per cent higher with capital return of 6.4 per cent.

Underlying profit

£m

6,343

Underlying profit is lower than 2023 due to lower net income, higher

operating costs and higher remediation and underlying impairment

charges. Excluding the charge for motor finance commission arrangements,

underlying profit was £7,043 million.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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2024

2023202220212020

17.4 19.8 22.718.3 21.5

H1 2024

H2 2023H1 2023H2 2022H1 2022

2.74 2.60 3.332.58 2.57

2024

2023202220212020

68.5 67.4 67.068.8 68.2

20243

2023202220212020

74 80 8379 86

23/24

22/23421/22420/21419/204

115,978 117,671 123,960112,067 122,564

Our key performance indicators continued

Non-financial

Digitally active users

m

22.7

Reflecting the pace of digital adoption, the number of active digital users

increased in the year to 22.7 million, up 5.7 per cent year on year. Within

this we had 20.2 million app users, which is an 8.3 per cent increase from

last year.

Operational carbon

emissions

tCO

2

e

123,960

Our overall market-based carbon emissions were 123,960 tonnes CO

2

e,

a 30 per cent decrease since baseline year 2018/19 when market-based

carbon emissions were 176,993 tonnes CO

2

e. There is a 1.1 per cent

increase since 2022/23, mainly driven by an increase in our emissions

from business travel. Read more on page 59.

Customer

complaints

FCAreportable

complaints per

1,000 accounts

3.33

We always want to provide our customers with the best possible service

and our colleagues work tirelessly to understand the concerns of those

who contact us. During the first half of 2024, we saw an increase due to

commission complaints in Motor. Data for the second half of 2024 is not

available at time of publishing.

Customer

satisfaction

All-channel net

promoter score

67.0

Our all-channel net promoter score measures the customer perception

of day-to-day service across our channels, seeing broadly stable

performance against the backdrop of considerable changes to how we

serve customers in all channels.

Group customer

dashboard (GCD)

(November YTD)

Pts – 2024

% – 2021 to 2023

Index – 2020

83

In 2024, the total GCD score is 83, 8 points above target of 75. Across all

measures, 58 per cent of scores have improved compared to 2023.

Continued focus is required to maintain strong customer performance in

the context of our strategic priorities.

Customer

Climate

Link to strategy

Link to strategy

Link to strategy

Link to strategy

Link to strategy

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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2024

2023202220212020

81 78 7172 66

40.4

50.0

2021 Baseline

12.6

13.0

2021 Baseline

16.1

12.4

2021 Baseline

1.8

3.0

2021 Baseline

Employee

engagement index

% favourable

71

Engagement has increased since 2023. The improvement this year is due

to an increased sense of pride among colleagues working for the Group

and a perception of the Group having a supportive work environment.

While proud of our progress, we recognise there’s more to do. We remain committed to meeting the FTSE Women Leaders report goals, where

we’re ranked 5th in the FTSE 100. We are also pleased to have surpassed our 12 percent goal for senior roles filled by colleagues with disabilities.

From 2025, we are taking a new approach to our representation ambitions, which we aim to achieve by the end of 2030. We are setting an ambition

to reach and maintain a gender balance of 45 per cent to 55 per cent in executive roles. Additionally, we are moving to goals ranging between

3.5 per cent and 4 per cent for Black heritage colleagues, and between 19 per cent and 22 per cent for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic colleagues

in executive roles. Read more on pages 30 to 32.

Women in senior roles by 2025

(%)

Black Heritage representation

in senior roles by 2025

(%)

Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic

representation in senior roles by 2025

(%)

Disability representation

in senior roles by 2025

(%)

Progress 2025 ambition Progress 2025 ambition

Progress 2025 ambition Progress 2025 ambition

1  Re-stated to reflect structural changes to our measurement programme.

2  Excludes PPI, claims management companies and legacy TSB accounts.

3  Change in measurement approach, so comparison to current years is not like-for-like.

4  Restated data since 2019/20 to improve the accuracy of reporting, using actual data

to replace estimates and updates to historical emissions.

Key performance indicators that are directly linked to

our remuneration balanced scorecard and long-term

share plan are marked with thissymbol. See page 119.

We use a number of alternative performance measures in

the description of our business performance and financial

position. These measures are labelled with this symbol.

See page 314.

Colleague

Link to strategy

Link to strategy

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Our colleagues

We are committed to building an

inclusive organisation that is

representative of our customers and

modern-day Britain. We will enhance our

success if differences are embraced and

everyone reaches their potential.

Engagement increased by 5 percentage points from prior year to

71 per cent and our advocacy measure (employee net promoter

score) increased by 4 points to 8. Both are robust outcomes

considering the backdrop of high volumes and pace of change. Our

line managers continue to be integral in building and maintaining a

positive culture, with trust in leadership showing strong growth.

During the year the Group communicated directly with colleagues

detailing Group performance, changes in the economic and financial

environment, and updates on key strategic initiatives. Meetings

were held throughout the year between the Group and our

recognised unions. Please see page 86 for further examples of how

the Board engages with the Group’s workforce and why the Board

considers those arrangements to be effective.

For 2024, the Remuneration Committee approved Group

Performance Share awards for colleagues, and colleagues are eligible

to participate in HMRC-approved share plans which promote share

ownership by giving employees an opportunity to invest in Group

shares. The vast majority of our colleagues hold shares in the Group.

Our approach to flexible working

Through Flexibility Works we offer colleagues a range of flexible

working options. We’re focused on balancing the needs of our

customers as we transform our business by creating a workplace

people love and where they feel supported in the moments that

matter.

All colleagues have access to a range of flexible working options,

depending on their role. These include flexibility for everyone,

flexibility for health and carers, flexibility for families and flexibility for

growth. For further information refer to our Colleague Handbook

.

71%

Engagement increased

by 5pts from prior year

to 71 per cent

+4pts

our advocacy measure

(employee net promoter

score) increased by

4 pointsto 8

Engaged colleagues are critical

to the success of the Group and

our transformation

Our colleague engagement

In 2024, we broadened how we listen to our colleagues to provide a

more regular and complete picture of sentiment.

We want people to love working here. With more than 66,000

colleagues working across the Group, we welcome their views and

opinions on a range of topics to help us grow together. We evolved

our pulse and annual surveys by providing greater alignment to our

strategy and purpose, with further changes to the survey made to

improve the colleague experience.

Our annual survey was completed by 81 per cent of colleagues in the

Group, which gave us a near-complete view on sentiment on our

transformation journey, including over 190,000 comments.

Read more from

our colleagues

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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We are setting a new ambition to reach and maintain a gender

balance of between 45 to 55 per cent in executive

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roles by the end

of 2030. Alongside this, we will continue to focus on meeting the

goals outlined in the FTSE Women Leaders report.

Our disclosures in relation to board diversity as required under the

UK Listing Rule UKLR6.6.6(9) are on page 136.

Ethnicity

We are committed to building an inclusive society and creating an

organisation that reflects the community we serve.

Increasing representation of colleagues from Black, Asian and

Minority Ethnic backgrounds remains challenging, but we are

focused on accelerating progress. At the end of 2024, 12.6 per cent

of senior manager positions were held by Black, Asian or Minority

Ethnic colleagues, and 1.8 per cent held by Black heritage colleagues.

We continue to be guided by the principles of our 2020 Race Action

Plan, which focuses on driving cultural change, improving

recruitment and progression within the Group, and actively

supporting Black heritage communities across the UK.

As we move into the next chapter, our new ambitions for 2030

reflect the fluid nature of both our transformation and our evolving

society. Grounded in census and industry benchmarking, we are

moving to ranging goals between 3.5 per cent and 4 per cent for

Black heritage and 19 per cent and 22 per cent for Black, Asian and

Minority Ethnic representation in executive

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roles.

Disability and neurodiversity

In April 2023, we set a public goal to double the representation of

senior management colleagues

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with disabilities to 12 per cent by

2025. Alongside this goal we committed to improve the working

environment and experience for our colleagues with disabilities,

including making our recruitment processes more accessible and

inclusive; supporting career development; improving the

accessibility of our workspaces and technology; upskilling colleagues

to reduce stigma; and taking work beyond our own organisation to

champion the disability community.

You can read more on the progress we have made as part of our

Blueprint for Disability and Neuro-inclusion Blueprint for disability and

neuro-inclusion

. In addition in 2024, we launched a publicly

available disability and neurodiversity training

which any

individual, business owner, or organisation can access.

As of the end of 2024, 16.1 per cent of our senior management

colleagues shared with us that they had a disability, meaning we’ve

exceeded our original target earlier than anticipated. Since launching

our goal, we’ve seen a significant uplift in the number of colleagues

sharing their disability data, rising from 24.7 per cent in March 2023 to

60.5 per cent at the end of 2024. Our aspiration is for 80 per cent of

UK colleagues to have shared their data with us by the end of 2025.

Sexual orientation and gender identity

We continue to focus on building an inclusive and open working

environment for our LGBTQ+ colleagues. Our LGBTQ+ colleague

network, Rainbow, continues to play a pivotal role in our approach

to supporting our colleagues. In 2024, we introduced comprehensive

guidance to support colleagues who transition or change their

gender at work. This guidance was developed in collaboration with

colleagues from our Rainbow network, internal experts, legal

advisors and external specialists. It aims to assist both colleagues

and their line managers, enhancing support for individuals on their

journey and improving line managers’ understanding of the

complexities involved in transitioning or changing gender identity.

We have piloted an enhanced Employee Assistance Programme

(EAP) specifically for our LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies. This initiative

was launched in response to feedback indicating that the existing

EAP could better address the unique challenges faced by our

LGBTQ+ colleagues.

Our 2024 diversity, equity and

inclusion performance

A more diverse and inclusive business is a stronger business. In line with

our Group strategy and our activity to maximise the potential of

people, our goal is to ensure diversity, equity and inclusion is at the

heart of everything we do, further integrating initiatives across our

operations, ensuring it influences every aspect of our work with our

customers, colleagues, communities and partners.

Our refreshed approach and plans remain centred around our

guiding principle of Inclusive Every Day, our internal campaign

launched in 2023. This is supported by our inclusion plans which we

have developed in partnership with our Group Executive Allies,

diverse colleague panels, and our employee networks.

Recognising the importance of social mobility, we are dialling up our

focus on this important topic, ensuring we provide equitable

opportunities for all.

The Board and senior management have a vital role to play in shaping,

role modelling and embedding a healthy corporate culture, and this

continues to be a priority in 2025.

Gender

We are committed to leading the way in gender equality. Our focus

is on enhancing the talent pipeline to achieve a gender balance,

championing gender equality for all, and promoting allyship and

inclusive leadership.

Our commitment to gender balance is reflected in the steady

progress we have made with 40.4 per cent of senior

3

roles held by

women at the end of 2024. This is against an ambition we set

ourselves in 2020 to achieve 50 per cent representation of women

in senior roles by 2025.

Our dedication to gender diversity remains steadfast and in 2024

we refreshed our overall approach, moving to new ambitions that

better align to our strategic goals and accelerate meaningful

diversity in our leadership team from 2025.

Flexibility for everyone

79%

of colleagues used at least one element

of our Flexibility Works offering in 2024

Flexibility for health and carers

7,500

carers have access to additional flexibility

Flexibility for families

3,821

colleagues used family leave to spend time

with their growing families

Flexibility for growth

26,000

hours of leave used to support public duties

Our approach to flexible working

1  Executive roles include Grade X colleagues only, subject to local laws and regulations.

2  Executive roles include UK based Grade X colleagues only.

3  Senior managers: Grades F, G and Executive.

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Number

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%

2024

%

2023

Gender

1

Board members Men  . .

Women  . .

Senior positions on the Board

2

Men  . .

Women  . .

GEC Men  . .

Women  . .

GEC and GEC direct reports Men  . .

Women  . .

Senior managers Men , . .

Women ,  .

.

All colleagues Men , . .

Women , . .

Ethnicity

1

Board members White British or other White  . .

Asian heritage  . .

Mixed/multiple ethnic groups  . .

Senior positions on the Board

2

White British or other White  . .

GEC White British or other White  . .

Asian heritage  . .

Colleague Senior managers of Black, Asian

and Minority Ethnic heritage

  .

.

Senior managers of Black

heritage

  .

.

All colleagues of Black, Asian and

Minority Ethnic heritage

, . .

Disability

Colleagues who disclose that they have a disability , . .

Senior managers who disclose that they have a disability , . .

Sexual orientation

and gender identity

Colleagues who disclose their sexual orientation ,  . .

Colleagues who disclose that they are LGBTQ+ , . .

Colleagues who disclose their gender identity , . .

1.  Data is collated and reported in compliance with the provisions of section 414C(8)(c)

Companies Act 2006. For Listing rule UKLR 6.6.6R (9) and (10) please see further

information on our Board diversity and executive management on page 136.

2.  Senior positions on the Board refer to the roles of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief

Financial Officer, Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Board.

Indicator is subject to Limited ISAE 3000 (revised) assurance by Deloitte LLP for the

2024 Sustainability Reporting. Deloitte’s 2024 assurance statement and the

sustainability metrics basis of reporting 2024 are available online at sustainability

download.

Methodology and definitions:

•  Data is sourced from the HR system (Workday) containing all permanent

colleaguedetails

•  All data as at 31 December 2024

•  All diversity information for ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity is

based on voluntary self-declaration by colleagues. Our systems do not record diversity

data of colleagues who have not declared this information and is for UK payroll only

•  Gender data includes international, those on parental/maternity leave, absent without

leave and long-term sick and excludes contractors, temporary and agency staff

•  LGBTQ+ includes Asexual / Ace Spectrum, Bisexual / Bi, Gay Man, Lesbian / Gay Woman,

Pansexual, Other Sexual Orientation and includes Trans\*

•  The Group Executive Committee (GEC) assists the Group Chief Executive in strategic,

cross-business or Group-wide matters and inputs to the Board. GEC includes the Group

Chief Executive and excludes colleagues who report to a member or attendee of the

GEC, including administrative or executive support roles (personal assistant, executive

assistant)

•  GEC and GEC direct reports includes the Group Chief Executive, the Group Chief

Financial Officer and colleagues who report to them or to any other member or

attendee of the GEC, excluding administrative or executive support roles (personal

assistant, executive assistant)

•  Senior managers: Grades F, G and Executive (Executive being grades above G)

•  A colleague is an individual who is paid via the Group’s payroll and employed on a

permanent or fixed-term contract (employed for a limited period). Includes parental

leavers and internationals (UK includes Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey and Gibraltar).

Excludes leavers, Group non-executive directors, contractors, temps and agency staff

•  Diversity calculations are based on headcount, not full-time employee value

•  Ethnicity data excludes non-UK colleagues

Our colleagues continued

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Risk overview

Evolving our risk

and control capabilities

01

Role of the Board

and senior

management

•  The Board and senior management are responsible for the approval of the ERMF, together with

Group-wide principles and policies

•  The Board delegates executive authorities to ensure there is effective oversight of risk

management

•  More information on the Board’s responsibilities can be found on page 91

02

Risk culture and

the customer

•  The Group’s Code of Ethics and Responsibility helps foster the appropriate culture, which ensures

performance, risk and reward are aligned and good customer outcomes are consistently delivered

03

Risk appetite

•  Risk appetite is approved by the Board annually and is defined as the type and aggregate level of

risk that the Group is willing to take or accept in pursuit of its strategic aims and business plans

•  Board-level risk appetite metrics are augmented further by lower-level measures to facilitate the

management of Board risk appetite

04

Risk and control

self-assessment

•  The Group adopts a continuous risk management approach from identifying the risks through risk

and control self-assessment, and managing the risks through to producing appropriate, accurate

and focused risk reporting

•  Further details regarding the Group’s risk and control cycle can be found on page 141, with a

summary of the changes to principal risk categories on page 138

05

Risk governance

•  The governance framework supports a consistent approach to enterprise-wide behaviour and

decision making

•  Senior executives are supported by a committee-based structure, which is designed to ensure

open challenge and enable effective Board engagement and decision making

06

Three lines

of defence

•  The three lines of defence model defines the responsibilities and accountabilities for risk

management, with effective independent oversight and assurance

•  Enhancements have been made to the model during 2024. The Risk management section on

page 137 provides further information

The Group’s approach to risk

Risk management is integral to our business model and strategy,

taking advantage of appropriate opportunities and ensuring

sustainable growth for the Group. A strong risk management culture

is crucial to keep the Group, our colleagues and our customers safe

and secure from existing and emerging risks.

The enterprise risk management framework (ERMF) is the

foundation for the delivery of effective and consistent risk control

across the whole Group, and is regularly updated to ensure it

remains in line with regulatory expectations, corporate governance

and industry good practice. The ERMF enables proactive

identification, active management and monitoring of the Group’s

risks, and enables a consistent approach across the Group’s entities

and sub-groups.

Enhancements to the ERMF have been introduced during 2024 to

further define the Group’s proportionate and materiality-based

approach to risk management.

During 2024, the Group reviewed its three lines of defence model to

provide greater clarity to roles and responsibilities and further

strengthen the Group’s risk management capabilities.

Activity to deliver further improvements to the ERMF and its

supporting risk management methodologies will continue into 2025.

Further information on the changes can be found on page 138.

Risk profile and performance in 2024

The Group is committed to maintaining support for its customers

during continued economic uncertainties in both global and

domestic markets.

The Group’s credit performance improved in the year. The Group’s

loan portfolio continues to be well positioned and is closely

monitored to identify signs of stress.

Potential impacts to customers, shareholders and the Group’s risk

and control profile following the Court of Appeal decision on motor

finance commissions continue to be closely monitored and assessed.

As part of the Group’s strategy, there will be continued investment

in technology and infrastructure. The Group’s operational risks

continue to be a key area of focus, particularly relating to

information, cyber and physical security risk and supply chain

management.

The management of financial crime risks and consumer fraud

remains a key priority for the Group. The economic crime prevention

strategy has been reviewed, with funding allocated to deliver

improved systems and controls.

Model risk and the use of artificial intelligence are also areas of

significant internal and external focus.

The Risk overview provides a summary of the Group’s principal risk

performance and current emerging and topical risks.

Enterprise risk management framework

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Climate risk

Capital risk

Risk overview cont inued

Principal risks

The principal risks outlined in this section are used

tomonitor and report the risk exposures posing

thegreatest potential impact to the Group.

All principal risks are Board-approved enterprise-wide risk

categorieswhich are reported to the Board Risk Committee

andtheBoardregularly.

The Group has undertaken a detailed review of its risk categories

during 2024 and implemented an events-based risk management

framework. This has resulted in a reclassification and reduction

inthe number of principal risk types, and the simplification of level

two risk categories. Further information on these changes can be

found on page 138.

The risk management section on pages 137 to 198 provides a

detailed review of these risks, including definitions and how they are

identified, managed, mitigated and monitored.

The Board Risk Committee report on pages 104 to 108 outlines

itspurpose, structure and responsibilities in addition to activities

duringthe year.

Risk performance and key developments in 2024

The Group continued to maintain its strong capital

position in 2024 with a CET1 capital ratio of

13.5 per cent on a pro forma basis (2023: 13.7 per cent

pro forma). This remains ahead of minimum capital

requirements and in excess of the Group’s ongoing

target of c.13.0 per cent, which includes a management

buffer of around 1 per cent. Banking business profits for

the year and the receipt of dividends from the Insurance

business, partially offset by risk-weighted asset (RWA)

increases and other movements, has enabled strong

shareholder distributions.

Downside risks arising from economic and regulatory

challenges, including in relation to Retail secured CRD IV

RWA increases, along with the potential impact of the

Court of Appeal decision on motor finance commission

arrangements are being closely monitored.

Key mitigating actions

•  Capital management framework is in place, which

includes the setting of capital risk appetite, capital

planning and stress testing activities

•  Regular refresh and monitoring of a suite of early

warning indicators and maintenance of a Capital

Contingency Framework, designed to identify and

act on emerging capital concerns at an early stage

•  Derisking the business through prudent underwriting

standards and continual portfolio management, and

enhancing capital efficiency through optimisation

initiatives including net present value positive

securitisation activity

Risk performance and key developments in 2024

The Group is continuing to develop and embed its

capabilities for measuring and managing key climate

risks within its risk management approach, including

cross-cutting impacts on other principal risks.

The Group has monitored its progress against net zero

ambitions, however the external landscape presents

increasing challenges, both in relation to the policy

changes required to support the transition to net zero,

as well as increasing regulatory expectations.

Key mitigating actions

•  Progress against our net zero ambitions and targets

monitored through the Group Net Zero Committee

•  Enhanced transition risk assessments across

commercial lending, expanding into key net zero

sectors, such as commercial and residential real

estate and agriculture

•  Incorporating quantification of climate impact into

the calculation of expected credit losses

•  Horizon scanning and tracking regulatory compliance

requirements

Risk trends

Stable

Link to strategy

See pages 22 to 23

Changes since 2023

Unchanged risk

Risk trends

Stable

Link to strategy

See pages 17 to 25

Changes since 2023

Unchanged risk

Key

Risk trends

Stable   Improving   Elevated

Link to strategy

Grow  Focus   Change

Changes to risk categories since 2023

New principal risk  Unchanged risk

Reclassified risk

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Credit risk

Conduct risk

Risk performance and key developments in 2024

Conduct risk has been elevated in 2024, with several

areas of ongoing focus driven by legal decisions,

regulatory changes and geopolitical influences.

The Group continues to monitor impacts to customers

and its risk and control profile, liaising closely with

regulatory bodies regarding the review into motor

finance commission arrangements.

The Group continues to enhance its control

environment, with mitigating actions and controls in

place to deliver good outcomes for customers, protect

market integrity, prevent colleague misconduct and

ensure effective management of concerns raised

through whistleblowing.

Key mitigating actions

•  Robust policies in place to support good

customeroutcomes, with ongoing focus on utilising

root cause insights, to support the management and

mitigation of complaint volumes

•  Active engagement with regulatory bodies and

keystakeholders to ensure that the Group’s

strategicconduct focus continues to meet evolving

stakeholder expectations

•  Continued focus on strengthening policies, controls

and reporting capabilities to demonstrate good

customer outcomes

Risk performance and key developments in 2024

The compliance risk profile has remained stable in 2024,

however it continues to be closely monitored given the

pace of regulatory and legislative change and an

increasing volume of regulatory data requests.

In 2024, the Group dedicated investment to enhance

coverage of our regulatory and legal obligations to

ensure risk owners obtain prompt access to skilled

compliance risk specialists.

This risk was previously named regulatory and legal risk.

Key mitigating actions

•  Policies and procedures setting out clear

requirements and key controls that apply across the

business, which are aligned to the Group’s risk

appetite

•  The identification, assessment and implementation

of regulatory and legal requirements by risk

specialists, with the involvement of legal colleagues

as required

•  The establishment of local controls, processes,

procedures and resources to ensure appropriate

governance and compliance by business units

Risk performance and key developments in 2024

Asset quality remains strong with improved credit

performance in the year. In UK mortgages and

unsecured portfolios, reductions in new to arrears and

flows to default have been observed in 2024.

Securitisations in primarily legacy Retail mortgages

during 2024 will help mitigate credit risks. The Group’s

commercial portfolio remains broadly stable and

resilient. Underlying impairment charge of £433 million,

increasing from a charge of £308 million in 2023, which

benefitted from a significant write-back following the

full repayment of debt from a single name client.

TheGroup’s expected credit loss allowances have

decreased in the year to £3,651 million (2023:

£4,337 million).

Key mitigating actions

•  Extensive and thorough credit processes, strategies

and controls to ensure effective risk identification,

management and oversight

•  Significant monitoring in place, including early

warning indicators

•  Selective credit tightening reflective of forecast

changes in the macroeconomic environment,

including updates to affordability lending controls

forforward-looking costs

Compliance risk

Risk trends

Stable

Link to strategy

See pages 22 to 23

Changes since 2023

Reclassified risk

Risk trends

Elevated

Link to strategy

See pages 17 to 23

Changes since 2023

Reclassified risk

Risk trends

Improving

Link to strategy

See pages 17 to 23

Changes since 2023

Unchanged risk

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Insurance underwriting risk

Liquidity risk

Economic crime risk

Risk performance and key developments in 2024

Insurance underwriting risk remains stable. Life and

Pensions present value of new business premium

increased to £18.2 billion (2023: £17.4 billion), driven by

strong performance in the individual annuities and

workplace business, partly offset by the agreed sale

(subject to High Court approval) of the in-force bulk

annuity portfolio.

General Insurance total gross written premium

increased to £737 million (2023: £579 million), due to

strong trading.

Key mitigating actions

•  Significant reinsurance of mortality, morbidity and

General Insurance weather risk

•  Robust processes for underwriting, reinsurance,

claims management, pricing, product design and

product management

•  Management through diversification and pooling

ofrisks

Risk performance and key developments in 2024

Economic crime has been promoted to a principal risk

during 2024. This is a result of increased inherent risks

seen across the industry, to which the Group is also

exposed, driven by the continued geopolitical instability

and ever-evolving economic crime threat landscape.

An effective framework is in place to manage risks

associated to bribery and corruption, fraud, money

laundering and sanctions, with business units continuing

to deliver action plans to strengthen the control

environment, lower residual risk and respond to changes

in regulatory expectations.

Key mitigating actions

•  Robust economic crime policy, standard and

framework

•  Implementation of the new Group-wide economic

crime prevention strategy

•  Continued enhancements of our industry-leading

fraud detection capabilities to respond to evolving

threats

Risk performance and key developments in 2024

The Group maintained its strong liquidity and funding

position with a loan to deposit ratio of 95 per cent

(2023: 95 per cent). The Group’s liquid assets continue

to exceed the regulatory minimum and internal risk

appetite, with a monthly simple average over the

previous 12-months’ liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) of

146 per cent (2023: 142 per cent). TheGroupmaintains

access to diverse sources andtenors of funding.

This risk was previously named liquidity and funding risk.

Key mitigating actions

•  Management and monitoring of liquidity risks and

ensuringthat management systems and

arrangements areadequate with regard to the

internal risk appetite, Groupstrategy and regulatory

requirements

•  Significant customer deposit base, driven by inflows

to trusted brands

•  Participation in term issuance programmes

Risk overview cont inued

Risk trends

Stable

Link to strategy

See pages 22 to 23

Changes since 2023

New principal risk

Risk trends

Stable

Link to strategy

See pages 17 to 23

Changes since 2023

Unchanged risk

Risk trends

Stable

Link to strategy

See pages 22 to 23

Changes since 2023

Reclassified risk

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Market risk

Model risk

Operational risk

Risk performance and key developments in 2024

Model risk has been stable in 2024, despite changes to

the regulatory environment, such as implementation of

the PRA’s model risk management principles for banks

(SS1/23) and continued regulatory scrutiny of model risk

across the industry.

Improvements to the Group’s model risk operating

framework have been made during 2024, focusing on

developing CRD IV models, strengthening capabilities of

our people through effective training and resources, and

continued proactive regulatory engagement.

The control environment for model risk continues to be

enhanced to meet both internal and regulatory

requirements, as well as industry-wide challenges.

Investment in model risk management remains a priority

for the Group to further improve risk management and

act as an enabler to drive strategic developments of AI

and machine learning in a safe way.

Key mitigating actions

•  Enhancement of the model risk management

framework for managing and mitigating model risk

within the Group

•  Establishment of an AI assurance framework

•  Implementation of new model risk management

policy and supporting standards to further increase

ownership and accountability

•  Initiation of model risk training for key stakeholders,

including Board and GEC members

•  Development of the process for the identification of

quantitative methods, including models, and cascade

across the Group

Risk performance and key developments in 2024

Market conditions in 2024 have stabilised. The Group

remains well hedged, ensuring near-term interest rate

exposure is appropriately managed. The Group’s

structural hedge has reduced to £242 billion in 2024

(2023: £247 billion) mainly due to the changing mix of

customer deposits.

The Group completed the triennial valuation of its main

defined benefit pension schemes as at 31 December

2022. There will be no further deficit contributions for

this triennial period (to 31 December 2025). The IAS 19

accounting surplus reduced to £2.9 billion (2023:

£3.5 billion).

Key mitigating actions

•  Structural hedge programmes tostabilise earnings

•  Close monitoring of market risks and where

appropriate, undertaking of asset and liability

matching and hedging

•  Monitoring of the credit allocation in the defined

benefit pension schemes, as well as the hedges in

place against adverse movements in nominal rates,

inflation andlongevity

Risk performance and key developments in 2024

Operational risk has been stable in 2024, with key risks

relating to data and privacy, supplier risk, information,

cyber and physical security risk. Operational loss event

volumes are historically low, with the majority relating to

transaction processing, IT systems and change

execution.

Whilst there has been continued safe delivery of change,

some IT outages in the supply chain have occurred. No

material security breaches took place in 2024, though

some events at third-party suppliers reinforces the need

for vigilance.

Balancing people-related transformation and other

strategic initiatives remains key to the success of the

Group’s transformation activity, with ongoing focus on

evolving the operational risk framework and ensuring the

appropriate resource and capabilities are in place.

Key mitigating actions

•  Deployment of a range of risk management

strategies, such as avoidance, mitigation, transfer

(including insurance) and acceptance

•  Three-year control enhancement plans reviewed

annually by Board Risk Committee to monitor

progress against commitments

•  The Group continues to invest strategically to

mitigate operational risks, strengthen controls and

to meet future operational resilience regulatory

requirements

•  Following IT outages, post-incident reviews

undertaken to assess future mitigating actions for the

Group and its suppliers

•  Enhancement of skills, capabilities and reporting to

strengthen supplier management practices

Risk trends

Stable

Link to strategy

See pages 22 to 25

Changes since 2023

Reclassified risk

Risk trends

Stable

Link to strategy

See pages 22 to 25

Changes since 2023

Reclassified risk

Risk trends

Stable

Link to strategy

See pages 22 to 23

Changes since 2023

Unchanged risk

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Emerging and topical risk themes

including the Board Risk Committee, with actions assigned to

monitor more closely their future manifestation, potential business

growth and opportunities to reduce risk.

The emerging risk themes were also considered as part of the annual

strategic planning cycle. Geopolitical risks, and how these may

generate second order impacts for the Group, have been a focus.

Many emerging and topical risk topics are reviewed on a recurring

basis, alongside ongoing activity addressing their impacts. However,

it is acknowledged that the nature of the emerging risks will evolve

and coulddrive future trends in the long term, which the Group will

need toprepare for.

Looking ahead to 2025, the Group will continue to develop its

strategy to proactively identify and monitor internal and external

trends and consider effective measures to best protect its

customers, colleagues and shareholders.

For further details on how the Group is managing, monitoring and

mitigating key emerging and topical risks, see page 143, with a

summary of key matters discussed at Board Risk Committee on

pages 104 to 108.

Risk overview cont inued

Emerging and topical risks

During 2024, the Group has continued to evolve and strengthen its

methodology to identify, assess and prioritise emerging risks.

Horizon scanning remains a key element in understanding and

adapting to the changing risk landscape.

In order to better reflect the persistent nature of these risks and

recognise the potential for changing impacts on the Group and its

customers, the Group has shifted its focus from horizon risks to

topical risks.

The Group has also refined its emerging and topical risk themes in

2024, enabling a deeper understanding of the underlying drivers and

stronger management focus on the most pertinent emerging risks.

An overview of these themes is shown below, with more information

on the changes provided on page 143.

Emerging and topical risks remain an area of ongoing focus for the

Group’s Board and senior management. During the year, a series of

deep dives on the emerging risk themes reported at year end 2023

have taken place at key executive and board-level committees,

01

Consumer expectations and market

dynamics

Consumer expectations: Customers are

increasingly seeking personalised, transparent

and digitally enhanced experiences, coupled

with reduced loyalty, which elevates the risk of

failing to meet expectations and delivering

poor outcomes. The role social media is

increasingly playing in influencing consumers’

finance decisions further increases this.

Consideration also needs to be made to a large

section of society that are not digitally literate

that are potentially being left behind and

balancing the cost of enhancing the digital

services and supporting customers that wish to

be served in a traditional way.

Market dynamics: The rapid proliferation of

new, often loss-leading financial products in

the market intensifies competition. Consumers

may be attracted in the short term. This can

create long-term sustainability challenges for

providers and increase the risk of mis-selling or

unsuitable offerings.

02

Evolution of operating model

Failure to adequately prepare for disruption of

service, third or fourth party supplier failure,

technology outages, severe data loss, whilst

evolving the structure and skillset of a dynamic

workforce in line with the Group’s strategy,

alongside maintaining pace with the industry

and delivering strong customer outcomes.

03

Evolution of technology, AI and

cybercrime

Failure to keep pace with, or choosing not to

participate in, technological advancements

including AI, migration to cloud platform and

blockchain solutions whilst balancing the

competing requirements to:

•  Maximise customer opportunities through

adoption

•  Maintain trust and confidence in customer

data privacy

•  Protect our customers from fraud, cyber

and economic crime

•  Ensure transparency on data ethics

practices

•  Adhere to evolving data protection

regulations

•  Prepare for potential business model

disruption caused by adoption of the

technology

04

Global economic and geopolitical

environment

Inability to navigate changing international

regulations, including sanction and trade

compliance, economic fragmentation,

deglobalisation, global health shifts and

geopolitical events that may impact

operations, customers and suppliers.

05

Regulatory agendas and expectations

The impact of:

•  Potential political demands for tighter

consumer protections

•  Market interventions, leading to sudden

regulatory shifts

•  Evolving expectations on regulatory bodies

and impact on financial services

•  New entrants in the market benefitting

from regulatory arbitrage

•  Environmental, social and governance

expectations associated with its operations

and investments

06

UK economic and political

environment

Failure to anticipate the longer-term impacts

of a weak UK economy, quantitative

tightening, change in government and resulting

policy, regulatory shifts and the consequences

of the UK becoming less attractive to external

investors.

01

02 05

03 04

06

Emerging and

topical risks

Principal risks

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Viability statement and going concern

Viability statement

The directors have an obligation under the UK Corporate

Governance Code to state whether they believe the Company

andthe Group will be able to continue in operation and meet their

liabilities as they fall due over a specified period determined by the

directors, taking account of the current position and the principal

risks of the Company and the Group.

In making this assessment, the directors have considered a wide

range of information, including:

•  The principal risks and emerging and topical risks which could

impact the performance of the Group

•  The 2022 Strategic Review which sets out the Group’s customer

and business strategy for the period from 2022 to 2026

•  The Group’s operating plan which comprises detailed financial,

capital and funding projections together with an assessment

ofrelevant risk factors for the period from 2025 to 2027 inclusive

Group, legal entities and divisional operating plans are produced and

subject to rigorous stress testing on an annual basis. Theplanning

process takes account of the Group’s business objectives, the risks

taken to seek to meet those objectives and thecontrols in place to

mitigate those risks to ensure they remain within the Group’s overall

risk appetite.

The Group’s annual planning process comprises the following

keystages:

•  The Board reviews and agrees the Group’s strategy, risk appetite

and objectives in the context of the operating environment and

external market commitments

•  The divisional teams develop their operating plans, ensuring

thatthey are in line with the Group’s strategy and risk appetite

•  The financial projections and underlying assumptions in respect

of expected market and business changes, emerging and future

expected legal, accounting and regulatory changes, are subject

to rigorous review and challenge from both divisional and Group

executives

•  In addition, the Board obtains independent assurance from the

Risk function over the alignment of the plan with Group strategy

and the Board’s risk appetite. This assessment performed by the

Risk function also identifies the key risks to delivery of the

Group’s operating plan

•  The planning process is also underpinned by a robust capital

andfunding stress testing framework. This framework allows

theGroup to assess compliance of the operating plan with

theGroup’s risk appetite

The scenarios used for stress testing are designed to consider a

range of plausible risks, vulnerabilities and severities, and take

account of the availability and likely effectiveness of mitigating

actions that could be taken by management to avoid or reduce the

impact or occurrence of the underlying risks. The Group conducts

internal stress testing and completes the PRA regulatory exercises.

In 2024, stress tests have considered a range of economic scenarios

covering multiple outlooks and economic paths, including differing

downward interest rates paths and a range of severity in other key

economic factors. Group stress results are segmented to provide

insight, inform risk appetite, and allow for development of

mitigating actions. In considering the likely effectiveness of such

actions, the conclusions of the Board’s regularmonitoring and

review of risk and internal control systems, as discussed on pages

137 to 198, is taken into account. Further information on stress

testing and reverse stress testing is provided on page 142.

•  Stress testing outputs are presented to the Board Risk

Committee for review and challenge. All regulatory exercises

areapproved by the Board

•  The final operating plan, Risk function assessment and the

resultsof the stress testing are presented to the Board for

approval. Once approved, the operating plan drives detailed

divisional and Group targets for the following year

The directors have specifically assessed the prospects of the

Company and the Group over the current plan period. The Board

considers that a three-year period continues to present a reasonable

degree of confidence over expected events and macroeconomic

assumptions, while still providing an appropriate longer-term

outlook. Information relevant to the assessment can be found in the

following sections of the annual report and accounts:

•  The Group’s principal activities, business and operating models

and strategic direction are described in the strategic report on

pages 1 to 44

•  Emerging and topical risks are disclosed on page 143

•  The principal risks, including the Group’s objectives, policies and

processes for managing credit, capital, liquidity and funding, are

provided in the risk management section on pages 138 to 198

•  The Group’s approach to stress testing and reverse stress testing,

including both regulatory and internal stresses, is described on

page 142

Based upon this assessment, the directors have a reasonable

expectation that the Company and the Group will be able to

continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due

overthenext three years to 31 December 2027.

The going concern of the Company and the Group is dependent

on successfully funding their respective balance sheets and

maintaining adequate levels of capital.

In order to satisfy themselves that the Company and the Group

have adequate resources to continue to operate for the

foreseeable future, the directors have reviewed the Group’s

operating plan and its funding and capital positions, including a

consideration of the implications of climate change.

The directors have also taken into account the impact of further

stress scenarios as well as a number of other key dependencies

which are set out in the risk management section under principal

risks and uncertainties: funding and liquidity on pages 183 to 189

and capital position on pages 144 to 150. Additionally, the

directors have considered the capital and funding projections of

the Company.

Accordingly, the directors conclude that the Company and

theGroup have adequate resources to continue in operational

existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of

theapproval of the financial statements and therefore it is

appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in

preparing the accounts.

Going concern

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Section 172(1) statement

Effective stakeholder

engagement is fundamental

to good governance

Section 172(1)

statement

This section (pages 40 to 41) is our Section 172(1) statement

forthe purposes of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act),

describing how the directors have had regard to the matters

setout in section 172(1) (a) to (f) of the Act when performing

their duty topromote the success of the Company under

section 172. Further detail on key stakeholder interaction is

alsocontained within the directors’ report on pages 86 to 87.

The directors remain mindful in all their deliberations of

thelong-term consequences of their decisions, as well as the

importance of the Group maintaining a reputation for high

standards of business conduct and the Board engaging with,

and taking account of the views of, key stakeholders.

The three key Board decisions outlined in this section

(Customer-focused strategy, Consumer Duty and Operational

resilience) illustrate how the Board isengaged in key decisions.

Stakeholder engagement takes place at all levels within the Group

and is an important part of how we are delivering on our purpose

ofHelping Britain Prosper.

The Board recognises that engaging with its stakeholders is key to

achieving the strategy and long-term objectives of Lloyds Banking

Group plc (the Company). Managing and understanding their

interests forms a key part of the Board’s ongoing activities and

training and the Board delegates day-to-day engagement with

stakeholders to senior management as part of running the business.

The Board considers its stakeholders when making decisions. To gain

an understanding of their perspectives, the Board receives feedback

from stakeholders through engagement both inside and outside of

the board room. Senior management supports Board decision-

making by addressing stakeholder implications in proposals

submitted to the Board for consideration and routinely provides the

Board with details of stakeholder interactions.

Board considerations:

The Board has an ongoing commitment to understanding and

addressing customer needs which is central to achieving the Group’s

strategic ambitions.

Board initiatives:

•  In February, the Board approved targets for an enhanced Group

Customer Dashboard (GCD) which reflects the Group’s strategy,

consists of a set of measures to evaluate and monitor customer

experience and includes increasing focus on the customer view of

the Group, customer experience and customer insights. The

Board supported steps taken by the executive to simplify and

personalise customer journeys including in relation to its digital

transformation and noted enhanced targets for Insurance,

Pensions & Investments (IP&I) including a commitment to

increase digitisation across customer journeys

•  In May, the Board considered the Group’s focus to deepen

customer relationships both across the Group and within IP&I

and the progress made on bancassurance

Future focus:

The Board will continue to put the customer at the heart of its

decision making and remain focused on how the Group can best

support its customers and enhance the customer experience.

Customer-

focused strategy

Stakeholder impact

Link to strategy

Key Board discussions and decisions

Stakeholder and strategy key

Stakeholders

Customers and clients   Colleagues

Shareholders   Communities and environment

Regulators and government  Suppliers

Link to strategy

Grow  Focus   Change

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Board considerations:

In 2024 the Board and its Responsible Business Committee

considered the Group’s progressive approach to implementation

ofthe Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Consumer Duty (the

Duty) requirements to deliver good outcomes for customers in

linewith the Group’s customer-centric strategy.

Board initiatives:

•  The Board and its Responsible Business Committee received

updates during 2024 regarding the Group’s approach to the

second implementation period regarding closed products and

services and on the transition to embedding the Duty further

into the Group’s culture

•  In June, the Board approved an assessment that the Group is

delivering good outcomes for its customers consistent with the

Duty as well as a tripartite approach to oversight of the Duty as

between the Board, its Board Risk Committee and its

Responsible Business Committee

Future focus:

The Board is aware that the Group’s approach to Consumer Duty

compliance will evolve over time and the Board will continue to

beupdated on progress in 2025. Regular engagement with

customers will continue to be a priority for the Board.

Consumer

Duty

Stakeholder impact

Link to strategy

Board considerations:

The Board considers operational resilience and sound risk

management to be fundamental for customers and to the strength

of the Group and its long-term success.

Board initiatives:

•  In 2024 the Board approved significant investment in the Group’s

operational resilience including new investment relating to

people, processes, data and technology

•  In March, deep dives on operational resilience were undertaken

by the IT and Cyber Advisory Forum, the Board Risk Committee

and the Board and the Boards of Lloyds Bank plc and Bank of

Scotland plc approved the Ring-Fenced Bank Operational

Resilience Self-Assessment

•  In September, the Board considered a review of the Group’s

Board Risk Appetite Metrics (BRAMs) relating to operational

resilience and approved the inclusion of 10 operational resilience

BRAMs in the Q1 2025 BRAMs refresh

Future focus:

The Board will continue to monitor operational resilience

capabilities in 2025 and will maintain focus on response, recovery

and remediation plans until 2027.

Operational

resilience

Stakeholder impact

Link to strategy

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Taskforce on Climate-related Finance Disclosure (TCFD)

Creating a sustainable and inclusive future is core to our purpose of

Helping Britain Prosper. We report on sustainability matters

throughout this annual report (ARA), in particular in the following

sections: (i) Strategic report, pages 30 to 32 and 42 to 44; (ii)

Sustainability review on pages 45 to 60; (iii) Risk management on

pages 150 to 153; (iv) Governance pages 88 to 89 and (v) in the

supplementary sustainability report.

We comply with the UKLR 6.6.6R(8) and Sections 414CA and 414CB

of the UK Companies Act 2006. Set out in the following table are

our disclosures which are presented consistent with the 2021 TCFD

recommendations and recommended disclosures across all four of

the TCFD pillars: strategy; governance; risk management; and

metrics and targets, requirements under Sections 414CA and 414CB

have been considered by cross-reference.

Additional detail on our progress against our metrics and targets

can be found in our sustainability report 2024

. Our separate

supplement ensures we can provide a comprehensive response,

that is presented in a decision-useful manner for users of the reports.

We have referenced specific pages where additional detail and

technical content relevant to our TCFD disclosures can be found in

the table below.

In addition to the compliance below, in-scope entities within our

Insurance, Pensions and Investments business, which are

incorporated as part of Scottish Widows Group, are required to

report in compliance with FCA ESG Sourcebook (set out via FCA

PS21/24) reporting requirements for the period ending 31 December

2024. This additional compliance will be met through Entity and

Product level reporting to be published on the Scottish Widows

website in June 2025.

We will continue to assess and develop our disclosures against the

TCFD recommendations and recommended disclosures, considering

relevant TCFD guidance and materials along with new disclosure

requirements such as International Sustainability Standards Board:

IFRS S1 ‘General requirements’ IFRS S2 ‘Climate-related disclosures’.

Recommendation Summary of progress

Reference (ARA unless

specified otherwise)

Strategy

A.  Describe the climate-related

risks and opportunities the

organisation has identified over

the short, medium and long

term. (Companies Act 2006 –

Sections 414CA and 414CB

2A (b) and (d))

•  Defined the key climate-related risks and opportunities across the Group and

identified thepotential time horizons (aligned with Group financial planning)

overwhich they may arise

Pages 50 to 52

•  Identifying and assessing our principal risks allows us to understand where we have

the opportunities to deliver impact. With opportunities identified, assessed and

managed by functional-level and divisional teams

Pages 50 and 52

•  Disclosures made on the cross-cutting nature ofclimate risks and how this can

impact a broad range of principal risks

Pages 50 to 51

Pages 150 to 153

B.   Describe the impact of

climate-related risks and

opportunities on the

organisation’s business, strategy

and financial planning.

(Companies Act 2006 –

Sections 414CA and 414CB

2A (e))

•  The Group’s financial statements consider the impact of climate-related risks on our

financial position and performance, including consideration of the impact on

expected credit losses in 2024

Page 150 to 151

Notes to financial

statements

Page 229 and

page 283

•  Continued to embed climate risk into our financial planning process with financed

emissions ambitions considered as part of theforecasting process

Page 60

•  Embedded monitoring of sector targets, asreported in our Group climate transition

plan, into the internal reporting process with the aim to support climate

considerations forming part ofthe Group’s regular decision making

Page 60

C.   Describe the resilience of the

organisation’s strategy, taking

into consideration different

climate-related scenarios,

including a 2°C or lower

scenario. (Companies Act 2006

– Sections 414CA and 414CB

2A (f))

•  We have assessed the resilience of our lending and investment portfolio to climate

risk based onsector exposure

Page 53

•  We have used climate scenario analysis to assess the impact on expected credit loss

for climate-related physical and transition risk on our Retail and Commercial

Banking lending portfolio

Page 229

•  We have noted that our Commercial Banking lending exposure to sectors with

increased impacts from climate risk is relatively low

Page 53 and

pages 150 to 151

Governance

A.   Describe the Board’s oversight

of climate-related risks and

opportunities. (Companies Act

2006 – Sections 414CA and

414CB 2A (a))

•  Our governance structure provides clear oversight and ownership of the Group’s

environmental sustainability strategy and management of risks and opportunities at

the Board and executive levels

Pages 88 to 89

•  The Board received nine specific updates on climate-related matters in 2024,

including updates on our strategy, progress against targets and ambitions and

climate-related impacts on the four-year forecast

Page 88 to 89

B.   Describe management’s role in

assessing and managing

climate-related risks and

opportunities. (Companies Act

2006 – Sections 414CA and

414CB 2A (a))

•  The Group Net Zero Committee provides direction and oversight of the Group’s

environmental sustainability strategy including opportunities, supported by

divisional governance

Pages 88

•  The Group Risk Committee provides oversight ofclimate risk  Page 88

•  Key committee oversight in 2024 included external sector updates, evolving

regulatory environment and Group-wide framework to mitigate greenwashing risks

Page 89

TCFD and CFD cross-reference table

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Recommendation Summary of progress

Reference (ARA unless

specified otherwise)

Risk management

A.   Describe the organisation’s

processes for identifying and

assessing climate-related risks.

(Companies Act 2006 –

Sections 414CA and 414CB

2A (b)

•  The enterprise risk management framework supports the identification and

assessment of the Group’s material risks (including climate which has been identified

as a principal risk). Key climate-related risks have been identified atGroup level

across four themes: net zero; greenwashing; disclosures; inbound physical and

transition risks

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•  The materiality of these risks has been assessed based on their potential impact on

the Group, with scenario analysis outputs used to inform thisin key areas

B.   Describe the organisation’s

processes for managing climate

related risks. (Companies Act

2006 – Sections 414CA and

414CB 2A (b))

•  We have identified four key areas of climate risk: net zero, disclosures, greenwashing

and physical and transition risks; with management processes differing across the

risk types

•  We are continuing to embed consideration of climate risk within our existing risk

management processes to mitigate the cross-cutting impacts of climate risk

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•  We have developed some initial controls for managing these risks, although we

expect to continue to enhance these as our understanding evolves

C.   Describe how processes for

identifying, assessing, and

managing climate-related risks

are integrated into the

organisation’s overall risk

management. (Companies Act

2006 – Sections 414CA and

414CB 2A (c))

•  Climate risk is embedded into our Enterprise Risk Management Framework, through

consideration of climate risk as its own principal risk, and integration into other

principal risks materially impacted

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•  The Group climate risk policy provides an overarching framework for the

management ofclimate risks across the Group

Metrics and Targets

A.   Disclose the metrics used by

the organisation to assess

climate-related risks and

opportunities in line with its

strategy and risk management

process (Companies Act 2006

– Sections 414CA and 414CB

2A (h))

•  We monitor progress against our net zero ambitions and targets, including measures

related to our financed emissions, own operations emissions, supply chain emissions

and sustainable finance and investment. We also monitor our progress inrelation to

our 10 NZBA sector targets

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•  To support us to achieve our ambitions and targets sustainability measures form

part of the Group balanced scorecard and Long-Term Incentive Plan

Pages 121 and 131

Sustainability report

2024 page 140

TCFD supplemental guidance •  Our exposure to sectors with increased climate risk has been analysed, and used to

set our bank emission ambition and Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) sector targets

Sustainability report

2024 pages 80 to 81

B.   Disclose Scope 1, Scope 2, and,

ifappropriate, Scope 3

greenhouse gas (GHG)

emissions, and the related risks.

(Companies Act 2006 –

Sections 414CA and 414CB

2A (h))

•  We have disclosed our Scope 3 emissions for our supply chain and financed

emissions. We continue to develop our approach to calculating our Scope 3

emissions; in 2024 we have extended the scope of our disclosure to include

sovereign debt and facilitated emissions

Pages 54 to 59

Sustainability report

2024 pages 83, 84

and 122

•  Our Scope 1 and 2 emissions for own operations have been reported in line with

Streamlined Energy Carbon Reporting requirements

Pages 59 to 60

TCFD supplemental guidance  •  We calculate our emissions in line with GHG Protocol as outlined within our basis of

reporting, which includes details on our approach to all 15 categories of Scope 3

GHG reporting

Sustainability metrics

basis of reporting 2024

pages 4 to 40

TCFD supplemental guidance •  In June 2024 Scottish Widows published entity and product level TCFD reporting in

compliance with the FCA ESG Sourcebook (set out via FCA PS21/24). The next

annual reports will be published by June 2025

Scottish Widows fund

climate related

disclosure reports

C.   Describe the targets used by

the organisation to manage

climate-related risks and

opportunities and performance

against targets. (Companies

Act 2006 – Sections 414CA and

414CB 2A (g))

•  We have defined sustainable financing and investment targets for our core business

areas

Pages 56 to 57

•  We have set emissions ambitions across Own Operations, Supply Chain, Bank

Financed Emissions and Scottish Widows financed emissions. With most of the

ambitions supported by more detailed targets and pledges

Pages 54 to 60

•  Further details on additional metrics used for monitoring purposes can be found in

our risks and opportunities table

Pages 51 to 52

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Non-financial and sustainability information statement

The Non-Financial Reporting requirements contained in Sections 414CA and 414CB of the Companies Act 2006 are addressed within this

section. The table below provides the information necessary to understand our Group’s development, performance and position and the

impact of our activity relating to environmental matters, our employees, social matters, our respect for human rights, and anti-corruption

and anti-bribery matters. We provide cross references to indicate in which part of the Group’s reporting the respective requirements

are embedded.

Statement

Information necessary to understand our Group

and its impact, policies, due diligence and outcomes

Reference to the Annual Report

and Accounts

Business model

Our business model Pages 8 to 11

Our approach to sustainability materiality and value chain  Pages 48 to 49

Our Sustainability Strategy  Pages 48

Progress and performance based on key non-financial metrics Pages 28 to 29 and 51 to 60

Principal risks

Risk overview including enterprise risk management framework  Pages 33 to 38

Climate risk  Pages 34 and 150 to 153

Economic crime risk Pages 36 and 181

Operational risk  Pages 37 and 196 to 198

Conduct risk  Pages 35 and 154 to 155

Stakeholders

Stakeholder engagement Pages 40 to 41 and 84 to 87

Further information on how we support our stakeholders is included within

the Code of ethics and responsibility   and internal colleague policies

including Colleague policy

1

, Health and Safety policy

1

and Speak up policy

1

which are summarised in our sustainability report 2024

Environmental

sustainability

Transition to net zero and our progress on ambitions and targets Pages 54 to 60

Identification, assessment and management of climate risk Pages 150 to 153

Taskforce on Climate-related Finance Disclosure (TCFD) Pages 42 to 43

Climate-related financial disclosures (CFD)  Pages 42 to 43

Policies which support our approach to environmental sustainability include

our sector statements

Social

sustainability

Social sustainability risk arises through operational, conduct and credit risk

with identified risks and opportunities disclosed along with associated

metrics

Pages 50 to 52

Core to our purpose, our sustainability strategy identified four social

sustainability focus areas, where we can make the biggest difference, while

creating opportunities for our future growth. Further detail is included in

the sustainability report 2024

Page 10, 30 to 31 and 46 to 49

Anti-corruption

and bribery

The Group has a dedicated Economic Crime Prevention (ECP) function.

The ECP policy sets out the minimum requirements to which all Group

businesses must comply across anti-bribery and corruption (ABC);

anti-money laundering and counterterrorist financing (AML); fraud;

sanctions; and tax evasion. Economic crime is treated as a principal risk

Page 36, 140 and 181

Further policies which support our approach include: Anti-bribery policy

statement   and Code of ethics and responsibility

Human rights and

modern slavery

The Group is committed to operating in accordance with internationally

accepted human rights standards and with all relevant legislation including

the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015. The Group’s approach to human rights is

supported by several Group policies and programmes including: Our Code

of Supplier Responsibilities   which sets out the key social, ethical and

environmental values and behaviours that we want our suppliers to abide

by. Human rights policy statement  , Modern slavery and human trafficking

statement   and our colleague policy

1

, data privacy policy

1

, data ethics

policy

1

and cyber security policy

1

which has been summarised within the

sustainability report 2024

Topic is considered as part of conduct, economic crime and operational risk Pages 35 to 37

Activities to support our colleagues and promote Diversity, Equity and

Inclusion

Pages 30 to 32

Governance

Key board discussions and decisions Pages 40 to 41

Sustainability governance Pages 88 to 89

1  Certain Group policies, internal standards and guidelines are not published externally.

Non-financial and sustainability information reference table

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Sustainability

review

In this section

Sustainability review introduction 46

Our sustainability strategy 48

Our value chain 49

Sustainability risks and opportunities 50

Climate resilience 53

Supporting the transition to net zero  54

Financial planning and controls 60

Creating a

sustainable

and inclusive

future

We deliver on our purpose through creating

a more sustainable and inclusive future

Other informationFinancial resultsStrategic report Governance Financial statementsRisk managementSustainability review

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Our 2024 sustainability report showcases how we

are delivering on our purpose of Helping Britain

Prosper, by unlocking sustainable and inclusive

growth for our customers, colleagues and

communities. By delivering on our sustainability

objectives and focusing on our customers, we’re

accessing new commercial growth opportunities,

providing positive outcomes for stakeholders and

building a more resilient and profitable business

that delivers higher, sustainable returns.

Key highlights

£15bn

funding provided to first-time buyers

£25bn

achieved 2025 Scottish Widows

target of discretionary investments in

climate-aware strategies

2.4m

customers registered for our in-app

credit score tool in the last 12 months

£43m

funding provided to support the

Community Development Finance

sector

With over 28 million UK customers, we can help to create a more

sustainable and inclusive future for the people and businesses we

serve. In 2024, we continued to focus on making the biggest impact

we could for the UK in the interest of all our stakeholders. I’m

pleased to share our progress.

Improving access to housing

We are deeply involved in the UK’s housing sector, and we want to

help the UK access good quality and genuinely affordable housing.

As the UK’s largest mortgage lender, we helped more customers

onto the housing ladder last year by providing £15billion to first-

time buyers, delivering growth in line with our strategy. In addition

to making finance available, we continue to support customers to

retrofit their homes through our Green Living Reward and renewed

Effective Homes partnership, to offer customers quality and

affordable insulation. We continue to champion the UK’s social

housing sector and alongside our charity partner, Crisis, we have

called for one million more homes at social rent by the end of the

decade. Since 2018, we have supported £19.5 billion of funding to

the sector, delivering £2.2 billion in 2024 and growing our

Commercial Banking business, while supporting our purpose

objectives.

Beyond our focus on new homes, we are working with partners

across the industry to improve the UK’s existing housing stock. Last

year, we announced the National Wealth Fund Partnership – a

£500million fund to help bolster retrofitting of social homes in the

UK. This blended finance model will enable housing associations to

improve energy efficiency and bring down costs for residents –

improving health, work and home lives. Going forward, we will

continue our work across the housing sector to increase the

provision of safe, sustainable and affordable homes, in line with our

strategy to unlock sustainable and inclusive growth.

Empowering our customers

From day-to-day spending to saving for the long term, we want to

empower our customers to make confident decisions that add up to

a more prosperous future. As the UK’s biggest digital bank, we are

putting more power in the hands of our customers to help them

secure their financial wellbeing. Launched last year, our Ready-

Made Investments offer investments picked and managed by our

expert teams to help empower our customers to start investing. Our

Ready-Made Pensions are also helping customers grasp their

retirement planning by allowing them to view, track and top up

their pensions via our mobile app for the first time. By offering our

customers these new and easy to use digital products, we are

growing the Group’s assets under administration.

Elsewhere in the business, we launched our new Bill Switcher and

Benefit Calculator tools to help customers with their everyday

spending. Since launching in October, over 1 million customers have

interacted with the Benefit Calculator and over 300,000 have

accessed Bill Switcher to check potential savings. Over the last

12months, 2.4 million customers took advantage of our in-app

Credit Score tool, with over 780,000 actively improving their credit

health. Tools like these help us better serve our customers and

support the growth we delivered in 2024. We also continued our

work to empower a diverse range of UK businesses last year,

providing over 32,500 hours of targeted support for under-

represented entrepreneurs. It’s been an important year of progress,

and we will continue to use our unparalleled data and insight to

empower our customers to improve their financial wellbeing.

Investing in our regions

Last year, we continued to support regional development and

thriving communities. In 2024, we became the first major UK bank

to lend to a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI),

contributing £43 million to three CDFIs as part of a £62 million fund.

This investment is designed to support 800 businesses and up to

10,500 regional jobs. This transaction was facilitated by our

Regional Impact Fund, committing £1 billion to regenerating housing

and communities, creating economic opportunities in regions and

supporting the transition to net zero across the UK.

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Building a diverse business to

servecustomersandcommunities

Beyond supporting the development of UK regions, we need to

make sure our own business understands and reflects the

communities we serve. To that end, we have continued to develop

our approach to diversity and now aim for a gender balance of 45 to

55 per cent in all executive roles by the end of 2030. We have also

strengthened our ethnic diversity targets, aiming for 3.5 to 4 per

cent of Black heritage and 19 to 22 per cent of Black, Asian and

Minority Ethnic colleagues in executive roles by end of 2030,

increasing our ambition for senior colleagues. We believe that a

diverse and inclusive workforce also allows us to retain and attract

the best talent which is essential for delivering our ongoing strategic

transformation.

Building resilience by supporting

thenetzerotransition

We have further embedded our environmental strategy and Climate

Action Plan across the Group this year. We continue to support the

UK’s transition to net zero by advancing initiatives that decarbonise

our economy and protect nature.

Last year, we deployed significant lending and investment aligned to

our core business areas. In 2024, we achieved our financing targets

for EPC A and B mortgage lending and financing for electric vehicles

and plug-in hybrid vehicles. We made our first investment in nature

protection, becoming a founding business partner of Projects for

Nature, supporting three landmark nature recovery projects in

England. Through our banking business, we have now provided over

£47billion of sustainable finance since 2022. In Scottish Widows, we

achieved our cumulative investment target of £25 billion in climate-

aware strategies one year early, with £25.9 billion invested by the

end of 2024.

Looking ahead, we’ve set new financing targets of £11billion for EPC

A and B mortgages and £10 billion for electric vehicles by the end of

2027. We start 2025 in a strong position with emissions calculated

for 96 per cent of our bank lending and we continue to support our

clients with their net zero transitions.

We strengthened our approach to Credible Transition Plans in 2024,

expanding the number of clients we assess, with £14 billion of our

Commercial and Institutional Banking book now covered by

Transition Plan Assessments, a significant increase from the

£2.9billion assessed last year. Supporting the net zero transition is

driving growth across our business and will help secure the long-

term resilience of our customers, communities and financial sector.

Delivering growth and opportunity in 2025

As we look forward to the rest of 2025, we will continue to unlock

sustainable and inclusive growth in line with our strategy and deliver

on our purpose of Helping Britain Prosper.

Our reporting suite

We report on sustainability matters throughout this annual

report, in particular in the following sections: (i) Strategic report,

pages 30 to 31 and 42 to 44; (ii) Sustainability review on

pages45 to 60; (iii) Risk management on pages 150 to 153;

(iv)Governance pages 88 to 89 and (v) in the supplementary

sustainability report.

In this ‘Sustainability review’, we set out our sustainability

strategy, risks and opportunities, with the remaining chapter

focusing on our progress against our ambitions and targets to

support the transition to net zero. These disclosures align to

ourdisclosure requirements for Climate-related Financial

Disclosures (CFD) sections 414CA and 414CB of the Companies

Act 2006 and the UK’s Listing Rule 6.6.6R(8) requirement to

include disclosures consistent with Task Force on Climate-

related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) recommendations.

The content in this chapter is subject to the statements included

in: (i) the ‘Forward-looking statements’ section; and (ii)the

‘sustainability metrics basis of reporting’ which details how our

metrics are calculated. This can be found on our website

.

Empowering

ourcustomers

According to Policy in Practice households

across the UK are missing out on an estimated

£23 billion in benefits each year. Our new

Benefit Calculator helps customers find out

what benefits and grants they could be eligible

for, giving a personalised, detailed view of the

estimated amounts they may be entitled to,

along with next steps on how to make a claim.

From single young professionals who have just

moved into their first home not taking

advantage of Council Tax discounts,

homeowners who could claim for help with

sustainable home improvements to retirees with

unclaimed Pension Credit. The calculator makes

it easy and convenient for customers to

understand if they qualify for support, including

grants for home improvements and energy

efficiency schemes.

Through this in-app feature, our ambition is to

put at least £500 million in customers' pockets,

remaining focused on supporting the growth of a

resilient customer base.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Our purpose pillars

Creating a sustainable and inclusive future is core to our business

growth and purpose of Helping Britain Prosper. Guided by our

Group strategy, we are concentrating on areas where we can have

the biggest impact, delivering our purpose while creating value for

all our stakeholders.

We have identified purpose pillars which underpin how we are

Helping Britain Prosper and support the delivery of the Group’s

strategy. These pillars represent areas where we believe we can

deliver significant societal impact at scale for the UK, leveraging our

core capabilities as an integrated financial services provider.

They are built on the foundation of ongoing business activity to

embed sustainability in all that we do while acting in a trusted and

responsible manner through risk management, conduct and

governance.

By delivering on our objectives across these pillars, we can create

further commercial growth opportunities as well as positive

outcomes for our stakeholders and thus build a more resilient and

profitable business to deliver higher, more sustainable returns for

our shareholders.

Further detail on our progress in each of these pillars can be found in

our sustainability report 2024

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Helping Britain Prosper

By creating a more sustainable and inclusive future for people and businesses – shaping finance

asaforceofgood.GuidedbyourGroupstrategy, we are concentrating on areas where we can have

impactatscale,deliveringourpurpose and create value for all our stakeholders.

Grow Focus Change

Drive revenue

growth and

diversification

Strengthen cost and

capital efficiency

Maximise the

potential of people,

technology and data

Our purpose pillars

Help every household

inthe UK have access

toquality and

affordable housing,

notwithstanding

income and tenure

Empower customers

and businesses to a

more prosperous

financial future

Supporting regional

development and

communities

Be the leading UK

business for diversity,

equity and inclusion

supporting our

customers, colleagues

and communities

Support the UK

transition to net zero by

advancing initiatives

that address climate

change and protect

nature

Our purpose pillar objectives

Embedding sustainability in all that we do while acting in a trusted and responsible manner

• Broaden access to home

ownership

• Increase the supply of

social and affordable

housing

• Improve the quality of

the private rented

sector

• Support UK

housebuilders to deliver

quality and sustainable

housing

• Empowering and

supporting our

customers and clients

to build financial

resilience and long-term

security

• Supporting customers

and businesses when

they need it most

• Empowering financial

and digital education

and access to skills

• Breaking down barriers

to access and inclusion,

empowering people and

businesses of all

backgrounds to thrive

• Be a partner in the

regeneration of the UK's

regions and nations

• Build and regenerate

housing to create

thriving communities

• Broaden economic

opportunity by enabling

high-quality jobs and

inclusive growth

• Help communities to

develop and adapt to

immediate and future

needs through

community investment

and engagement

• Create a more diverse,

equitable and inclusive

organisation that is

representative of

modern-day Britain

• Remove barriers and

provide opportunities

for our colleagues to

thrive regardless of their

background

• Support the health and

wellbeing of our

colleagues

• Provide the appropriate

technology, tools and

skills for our colleagues

to thrive

• Promoting sustainable

finance and investment

• Taking a systems-led

approach to considering

environmental issues:

– Energy transition

– Greening the built

environment

– Low carbon transport

– Sustainable farming

and food

• Managing the footprint

of our own operations

and supply chain

Link to our strategy

Our sustainability strategy

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Developing our value chain

andmateriality approach

Our value chain

At the heart of our purpose of Helping Britain Prosper is a desire to

create value for all our stakeholders by understanding what matters

to them. Engaging with and listening to our stakeholders is intrinsic

to our business in order for us to act in a trusted and responsible

manner.

As one of the largest UK financial services organisations with the

majority of our operations and exposure in the UK, we are impacted

by the country’s macroeconomic, regulatory, political and physical

environment – which poses challenges and dependencies as well as

opportunities for the business. Our role is to facilitate the flow of

funds between participants in the economy, act as custodians of

financial assets and protect value for our customers, all while

considering long-term trends and their impact on what we do and

the value we create for the society and communities in which we

operate. As such, the way we manage sustainability issues matters

and our performance is integral in how we shape finance as a force

for good.

Our customers, clients and shareholders input into our operations

by trusting us with their savings and investments and we ensure that

capital is allocated efficiently for the benefit of our customers and

clients who want to borrow. Access to credit supports economic

growth as customers and clients use their borrowings to make

investments and purchases, propelling production and

infrastructure development, supporting communities and wider

society. We work with our customers and clients to make sure we

help them fulfil their ambitions whilst protecting the climate and

nature and delivering products in a responsible manner.

Our operations are built around this management of capital for our

stakeholders requiring safeguarding of our customers’ money and

data. We know our colleagues are the key ingredient to our success

and we aim to create an inclusive and supportive environment in

which everyone can thrive. Suppliers are asked to comply with

specific Third Party Supplier Policies when applicable to the services

they provide. All suppliers are expected to conform to our Code of

Supplier Responsibility. We operate with prudent and appropriate

internal risk management, together with our regulators, ensuring we

protect our customers and clients, colleagues and communities, and

deliver sustainable returns to our shareholders while maintaining a

safe, stable and prosperous financial system for the UK.

We consider ‘materiality’ to be the threshold at which a

sustainability matter becomes sufficiently important to our

investors and other stakeholders and so should be reported. Our

approach to materiality also considers disclosure standards and

other applicable rules and regulations as part of our materiality

assessment for determining material topics and the associated risks

and opportunities arising from these topics. Further detail on how

we apply materiality in determining our climate risks can be found

within our risk management section on page 150.

Our material sustainability topics

In 2024, we have refreshed our material topics list through a review

of both our external and internal environments, which includes our

value chain, markets in which we operate, products, services and

activities, as well as horizon scanning and stakeholder engagement.

Our internal environment includes colleagues, processes and

policies, culture and management. We have used the outputs from

this exercise to refresh our materiality assessment.

We prioritise our material topics based on:

The strategic importance of the issue to the Group

The importance of the issue to our stakeholders

The social, economic and environmental impact of each

topic in relation to the core activities, products and

services provided by the Group

We conducted our materiality review and impact assessment of our

operations, products and services in line with the requirements of

the UNEP FI Principles for Responsible Banking, and we have

considered, among other inputs, the UN Sustainability Development

Goals (SDGs) which provide a common framework for us to show

how we use our operating model, scale and resources to respond to

some of the UK’s biggest societal challenges.

Identifying and assessing our material risks (including climate) allows

us to understand where we have the opportunities to deliver

impact. The assessment of our opportunities drives our strategy and

business model through our purpose pillars, with progress measured

against our ambitions, targets and pledges.

Our assessment has identified the following material topics:

• Artificial intelligence (emerging topic)

• Biodiversity and nature (emerging topic)

• Climate change

• Diversity, equity and inclusion

• Financial inclusion and resilience

• Governance and conduct

• Health and wellbeing of colleagues

• Human rights

• Regional inequalities

Further details on on these material topics and how these are

demonstrated through our purpose pillars can be found in our

sustainability report page 11

Future developments to our materiality approach

We continue to evolve our approach to double materiality,

leveraging existing materiality processes and tools with the aim of

embedding a double materiality assessment in due course. The

Group is considering the regulatory landscape and is preparing for

readiness to report in alignment with the government adoption of

the ISSB and the implementation of CSRD reporting for selected EU

entities from reporting year 2025, with the remainder of the Group

falling into scope for CSRD reporting from 2028.

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sustainable and

inclusive future

Lloyds Banking Group

Sustainability Report 2024

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Our material topics have helped inform our understanding of the

key sustainability risks and opportunities of the Group, across a

range of Environmental, Social and Governance topics.

Identifying and assessing our material sustainability topics and

associated risks and opportunities (including climate) allows us to

align and consider their impact on our strategy and purpose pillars,

and be cognisant of their impact on our business model both now

and in the future. Key risk outcomes include experiencing losses

and/or reputational damage, sustainability risks to our colleagues

and communities and the transition to net zero because of the

Group’s response to tackling climate change.

As shown in the table below, the impacts from sustainability risks

largely manifest through other principal risks that the Group faces

(including credit, conduct and operational risks). Therefore, our

approach is to embed consideration of sustainability-related risks

into our wider risk management processes.

Sustainability risks

Environmental risks (encompassing Climate and Nature) are primarily

considered to arise through two channels, physical or transition risks:

• Physical risks arising from changes in climate or weather

patterns, or the degradation of nature. These can either be acute

(event driven such as floods, storms or pest outbreaks), or

chronic (longer-term shifts such as rising sea levels or droughts)

• Transition risks due to societal changes or those associated with

moving towards a low carbon economy and nature recovery,

including changes to policy, legislation and regulation, technology

and market, or legal risks from failing to manage the transition

Social risks are considered to manifest through:

• Operational risks due to failure to recruit, develop and retain a

diverse workforce with the required level of skills and capabilities

to meet the current and future needs of the Group. This includes

colleague wellbeing and business objectives not being met. For

further detail on other operational risks see page 196

• Conduct risks with the Group’s activities, behaviours, strategy or

business planning having an adverse impact on outcomes for

customers and clients. For further details on conduct risks see

page 154

• Compliance risk as a result of non-compliance with regulation,

which could lead to regulatory censure, reputational damage or

financial loss. For further detail on other compliance risks see

page 154

• Credit risk due to clients or customers not complying with

legislation, the Group’s external sector statements or negative

market and consumer sentiment negatively impacting or

affecting the credit risk of a client. For further detail on credit

risks, see page 155

Consideration of sustainability-related risks within our enterprise

risk management framework continues to evolve, with our

approach more developed in some areas than others, for example,

our established approach to ESG credit risk management. We will

continue to enhance our overall approach as part of further

development of the Group’s approach to risk management and

principal risks we face.

Our approach to principal risk identification, assessment and

management as part of our enterprise risk management framework

can be found in our risk overview on pages 33 to 38.

Sustainability opportunities

Our biggest opportunities to support business growth, our

colleagues and our customers, are in relation to the areas where we

have the largest lending and investment portfolios.

Understanding our risks and impacts helps us to identify key

opportunities to support our customers. Identifying and assessing

our material risks (including climate) allows us to understand where

we have the opportunities to deliver impact.

The identification, assessment and management of our

opportunities is undertaken on a regular basis by our functional-

level and divisional teams, and approval of new initiatives governed

in line with our sustainability governance structure pages 88 to 89.

Through this work we have identified opportunities included in our

purpose pillar objectives, such as responding to increasing customer

preference for sustainable products and lending, supporting

investment in transition-related technology, embracing

opportunities to reduce our carbon footprint, increasing the supply

of social and affordable housing as well as empowering and

supporting our customers and clients to build financial resilience.

The assessment of our opportunities drives our strategy and

business model through our purpose pillars, with progress measured

against our ambitions, targets and pledges.

We assess material risks and opportunities over the short, medium

and long term as sustainability-related matters materialise over

time, noting that the timings of these will also be impacted by

external factors, such as government policy and regulation,

technology developments, as well as our customers' response.

Wehave aligned time frames to those used for business planning:

The table within this section provides an overview of our

sustainability risks and opportunities assessment.

UK carbon capture

and storage (CCS)

In December 2024, Lloyds Banking Group supported UK CCS

project, Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) and Net Zero

Teesside Power (NZT Power), as part of an £8 billion financing

package.

These landmark transactions are supported by the UK

Government and are pivotal to the UK’s decarbonisation

strategy.

NEP, a collaboration between BP, Equinor and Total Energies is

a first of a kind CO

2

transportation and storage product project

in the UK which is expected to store 100 million tonnes of CO

2

across the Teesside and Humber industrial regions.

Supported by the UK Government’s Dispatchable Power

Agreement, NZT Power will deliver flexible, dispatchable, and

clean power, and the capture of up to 2 million tonnes of CO

2

per annum, which will be stored via the Northern Endurance

Partnership project.

The projects represent a significant opportunity for the UK

supply chain, in particular for businesses across the north of

England. The region will also benefit from the creation of

1000sof jobs throughout the projects construction and

operational lives.

In addition to the £450 million Lloyds participation and

Mandated Lead Arranger role in the £8 billion financing,

LloydsBank also undertook the roles of Hedge Provider,

Agentand Security Trustee demonstrating our stated

corporate and institutional banking growth strategy in action

through deepening client relationship on a multi product basis.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Risks

Risk description  Principal risk Driver Time

horizon

How this is monitored  Sustainability

Material Topic

Reduction in customers’ creditworthiness and/

or affordability

Credit

Medium,

Long

Elements of climate change incorporated into annual

ECL assessment. Further details, see page 282.

Qualitative updates on nature provided to Group

Net Zero Committee, although measurement

capability is still evolving

Climate change,

Biodiversity and

nature

Devaluation of assets, investments or collateral,

including property and motor vehicles

Credit,

Market

Short,

Medium,

Long

Range of quantitative metrics across portfolios,

including EPC ratings and flood risk exposure for

residential mortgages, further details in our 2024

sustainability report pages 99 and 132

Climate change

Underwriting and insurance risk arising from

climate risks

Insurance

underwriting

Acute:

Short,

Medium

Chronic:

Long

Defined risk appetite. For further details of insurance

risk and policy, please see the 2024 sustainability

report page 136

Climate change

Disruption to the Group’s services and supply

chain due to increased frequency and severity

of extreme weather events, such as floods and

storms

Operational

Acute:

Short

Chronic:

Long

Invocation of Group Incident Management (GIM)

Operational Framework. Incident reports reviewed

monthly at Group Incident Operating Forum (GIOF)

Climate change

Not meeting our business objectives for

supporting the transition to net zero, including

failure to deliver on our external commitments

Conduct,

Climate

Medium,

Long

Progress against our emission reduction targets and

sustainable lending and investments. For further

details please see pages 54 to 59

Climate change

Governance and

conduct

Failure to meet requirements for Sustainability

related disclosures or management of risk

Compliance

Short,

Medium

Quantitative updates provided to Group executive

committees. Further details can be found on

pages88 to 89

Climate change,

Diversity, Equity and

Inclusion, Human

rights

External perception of greenwashing in the

Group’s disclosures, marketing or product

communications

Conduct,

Compliance,

Operational

Short,

Medium

Qualitative updates provided on Group processes

and controls provided to Group Net Zero Committee

pages 88 to 89

Governance and

conduct

Financial hardship as a result of

macroeconomic pressures resulting in

delinquencies

Credit,

Market

Short,

Medium

Scenario updates are presented to executive

committees on a regular basis. See page 107

Financial inclusion

and resilience

Financial education gaps in society resulting in

lower engagement with financial products and

lower level of financial resilience

Credit,

Conduct

Short,

Medium

Purpose pillar updates are provided to Responsible

Business Committee. See page 109

Financial inclusion

and resilience

Artificial intelligence impacting customer

service experience and presenting limitations

for customers with accessibility needs

Conduct

Short,

Medium

Qualitative updates given to Responsible Business

Committee see page 89

Financial inclusion

and resilience,

Governance and

conduct

Colleague wellbeing – the failure to provide an

appropriate colleague culture, reward, talent

management and wellbeing policies and

process

Operational

Short,

Medium

Quantitative and qualitative indicators, such as

succession, diversity, retention see pages 30 to 32

Diversity, equity and

inclusion, Health and

wellbeing of

colleagues

Changes in social sentiment and expectations

of the Group in relation to sustainability topics

Conduct

Medium,

Long

Scenario updates are presented to executive

committees on a regular basis. See page 109

Financial inclusion

and resilience,

Health and

wellbeing of

colleagues

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Opportunities

Opportunity description  Principal risk Driver Time

horizon

How this is monitored Sustainability

Material Topic

Reducing the emissions and improving the

resilience of our own operations

Operational,

Climate

Short,

Medium

Our own operational pledges. For further details, see

sustainability report 2024 page 70

Climate change

Providing finance to support investment in

climate-related technology and solutions

Market,

Climate,

Credit

Short,

Medium

Our SW investment targets see page 57

Our Commercial Banking sustainable lending target

see page 57

Climate change

Develop products to support sustainable

projects including loans and green bonds

Market,

Credit

Short,

Medium

Our sustainable lending targets. For further details

please see page 57

Climate change,

Regional inequalities

Increasing consumer preference for sustainable

products

Market

Short,

Medium

Our ESG pension offering see sustainability report

2024 page 56

Climate change,

Regional

inequalities,

Financial inclusion

and resilience

Develop industry partnerships to help drive

sustainable, low carbon and nature positive

solutions for our customers and suppliers to

transition

Conduct,

Climate

Short,

Medium

Our sustainable lending targets. For further details

please see page 57

Climate change,

Biodiversity and

nature,

Regional inequalities

Supporting nature recovery projects as a test

and learn on how we can leverage green finance

to support nature restoration in the future

Market,

Credit

Medium,

Long

Internal KPIs set on a project level  Biodiversity and

nature

Transforming the diversity, equity and inclusion

of our business to support our colleagues and

enable us to develop more inclusive and

accessible products to serve our customers

Operational

Short,

Medium

Colleague diversity, equity and inclusion performance

see page 32 and support provided to businesses

owned by Black, disabled and women entrepreneurs

Diversity, Equity and

Inclusion, Human

Rights

Digital and artificial intelligence tools to

support, empowering customers financial

resilience and to identify customer

vulnerabilities while ensuring good outcomes

for customers

Conduct,

Operational

Short,

Medium

Qualitative updates given to Responsible Business

Committee see page 89

Artificial Intelligence,

Financial inclusion

and resilience,

Governance and

conduct

Opportunities to invest in the UK’s regions and

develop products and services that support

regeneration, job creation and productivity,

collaborating with government

Conduct,

Operational

Short,

Medium

Funding provided to support communities and

regions within the UK. See pages 41 to 48 of the

sustainability report 2024

Regional inequalities

Support the government ambitions increasing

accessibility and availability of affordable

quality and sustainable housing

Conduct,

Operational

Short,

Medium,

Long

First-time buyer performance and sustainable or

sustainability-linked social housing funding to the

social housing sector. See pages 15 and 22 of the

sustainability report 2024

Regional

inequalities,

Financial inclusion

and resilience

Sustainability risks and opportunities continued

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Evaluating our resilience to climate risk

Climate change risks can expose the Group to potential financial

loss and therefore presents an important consideration for the

resilience of the Group’s strategy.

We believe our strategy provides resilience from the challenges of

climate risk. In forming this view, we have:

• Assessed the areas of our business facing the greatest risk, based

on the size of the Group’s exposure and the potential relative

impact across key sectors

• Undertaken further analysis to understand the potential

outcomes from these risks if they were to occur

We have also looked to ensure that the findings from this analysis

support and inform our strategy, with further action taken where

we have exposure potentially at risk as part of the Group’s plans to

support the transition to net zero.

Areas at greater risk

Understanding the potential impact of climate risk is initially

informed by identifying the areas of the Group’s portfolio which

could be affected by climate risk. We assess both physical and

transition risk, with physical risk more focused on our mortgage and

home insurance books. A summary of bank lending to sectors with

increased climate risk is shown in the table on page 80 of the

sustainability report 2024.

The make-up of the Group’s lending portfolio means the biggest

exposures identified are in the residential mortgages and real estate

sector. Although short-term risks are expected to be limited based

on the current policy landscape the Group continues to progress its

transition plans see page 89 of sustainability report for elaboration

on transition plans. For other sectors with higher sensitivity to

transition risk our exposure is lower and the Group continues to

monitor loans and advances in these sectors.

Climate change can increase the likelihood and severity of flood

events which could negatively impact property valuations and

increase insurance costs. Currently, less than 1 in 6 properties within

our mortgage portfolio are at risk of flooding, and just over 1 in 100

meet our very high risk criteria for present day. We continue to work

closely with the government to mitigate the risks around flood

resilience and have integrated property level controls into our

originations process. Stricter energy efficiency regulations rendering

properties non-compliant could also have a negative impact on

property valuations and lead to increased affordability pressures on

customers to transition.

For our Commercial Banking lending and investments, we have

undertaken further analysis to inform which sectors are most

exposed to climate risk using different models and scenarios,

including the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)

scenarios.

Our latest analysis has assessed the potential financial impacts

across key sectors in the Net Zero 2050 scenario (NGFS Phase IV),

given this scenario describes the ideal outcome that the Group’s net

zero strategy and targets are aiming for. We recognise the

assumptions required for this scenario now tend to generate

increased transition risks when compared to previous iterations,

reflecting the lack of sufficient progress to date and external

dependencies such as government policy, therefore more stringent

future actions are required.

At a high level, this analysis continues to show Coal Mining, Oil &

Gas, Transport and Utilities as the sectors most impacted in the

modelled scenario (Net Zero 2050). Further detail is provided in the

risk management section page 150.

Analysis of potential impacts

The risks relating to climate change are complex, forward-looking

and uncertain, therefore our approach to assessing the impact of

these risks continues to evolve as our understanding matures and

develops. Unlike traditional financial models, there is no historic

dataset to test climate model outcomes against.

The following assessments have been undertaken to evaluate our

resilience to the impacts of the risks related to climate change:

Lending

The following analysis has not shown any material impact at this

stage:

• We have performed a stress exercise on the largest credit

portfolio, retail mortgages, and quantified the impact on losses

and implication on capital. The stresses explored were

affordability shocks due to retrofitting and physical risk costs.

The climate impact was immaterial in relation to both

impairment and capital effect

• In 2023 we incorporated consideration of some impacts of

climate risk into our calculation of expected credit losses. This

exercise was repeated in 2024 with similar results. This continues

to support management’s view that there is a low residual risk of

material error or omission in the Group’s financial statements

due to climate-related risks and as a result no adjustments have

been made to ECL measured as at 31 December 2024. See the

climate risk, risk management section for elaboration.

Investment and insurance

We assessed risks to the achievement of our strategic objectives

over the short to medium term by stress testing our business plan. In

2024, amongst other stress tests, we considered a bespoke climate

scenario and compared this to the base planning scenario. In the

analysis, we projected our Insurance and Investment balance sheet

and profit and loss account. The key components of the stress

scenarios were:

• Physical risk events cause household insurance claims and a food

price shock in the short to medium term

1

• Governments then commence a disorderly transition which is

priced in by markets

• The consequences of higher food prices and the transition cause

stresses to asset values, deterioration of the business

environment with reduced sales, people saving less, and our

costs increasing

This analysis showed us the variation in projected profitability

caused by an adverse climate scenario and the potential for it to

impact Scottish Widows Group’s capital position.

1 The implied long-medium term reduction in crop production was not considered.

Informing our strategy

We continue to drive action to help reduce emissions across our

lending and investment portfolios, see page 82 of the sustainability

report 2024 for details of our NZBA targets, with a particular focus

on defining our approach to tackle our highest emitting sectors. Our

business strategy is kept under continual review to ensure that it

remains current and updated to take account of emerging risks.

Long-term climate scenario analysis alerts us to potential changes in

the economic and physical environment, to which we adapt by

reviewing our strategy.

Our scenario analysis capabilities continue to evolve and we’re

continuing to embed, as detailed within the risk management

section page 150.

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Our environmental strategy

In delivering against our purpose pillars, we developed and agreed a

new environmental sustainability strategy in 2023 taking a system-

led approach to start a journey to enable cross-group collaboration

and to support and assist us in our understanding of the changes

and solutions needed to enable the transition to net zero.

Considering the transition in this context has started to inform the

actions and understanding of the impact and progress needed to be

made by the Group.

A systems-led approach also supports us to consider the synergies

and potential trade-offs between areas of the Group, the systems

themselves, other environmental issues such as nature and our

broader social purpose pillars. These are all interconnected and we

will continue to explore greater integration across these moving

forward.

The Group has four systems where we believe we can leverage our

scale, reach in the market and products and services that we offer

to support the transition to net zero. These systems are focused on

where we live through greening the built environment, how we

move through low carbon transport, how we farm with a more

sustainable farming and food system and through the energy we use

with an energy transition fundamental to broader decarbonisation.

Further to this, we will need to ensure we transition the broader

business, including our supply chain, and manage our own impacts

to support progress against our net zero ambitions and targets.

Our emissions reduction ambitions

The Group have set several ambitions across our own operations,

supply chain and lending and investments to support the

decarbonisation of our business in line with limiting global warming

to 1.5°C, recognising that there are significant challenges and

external dependencies in many areas of the economy, including the

technologies, solutions and policies required, that will need to be

addressed for us to achieve these.

Bank

Work with customers, government and the market to help

reduce the carbon emissions we finance by more than 50 per

cent by 2030 on the path to net zero by 2050

1

or sooner.

Scottish Widows

Align all our investments with the goals of the Paris Agreement,

reaching net zero carbon emissions

2

by 2050 or sooner.

Supply chain

Working with our suppliers to reduce the emissions generated

by 50 per cent by 2030, on the path to net zero by 2050 or

sooner

3

.

Our operations

Net zero carbon operations

4

by 2030.

1 From a 2018 baseline, covering Scope 1 and 2 emissions.

2 From a 2019 baseline; covering Scope 1 and 2 emissions.

3 From a 2021/22 baseline.

4 From a 2018/19 baseline.

Globally, we are not moving quickly enough to tackle the climate

crisis at the speed we know is required and we will need to do more

and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders to unblock the

barriers that stand in our way or we will not achieve our ambitions.

The financial ecosystem provides a critical means to accelerate the

low carbon transition, by leveraging purposeful engagement with

our stakeholders.

To date, our emissions footprint has guided where we have the

biggest role to play. We calculate our emissions in line with the

Greenhouse Gas Protocol, further detail is in our sustainability

metrics basis of reporting 2024  . Our lending portfolio means our

biggest exposure to sectors at increased climate risk is in relation to

our residential mortgages and our real estate sector. The scale of our

emissions varies across different areas of the business. A breakdown

of our Group’s absolute emissions is shown below.

Statement on assurance provider

Deloitte were appointed to provide independent limited assurance over

certain data points and 2030 emissions reduction ambitions, targets and

pledges within this Annual Report, indicated with a  . The assurance

engagement was planned and performed in accordance with the

International Standard on Assurance Engagements 3000 (Revised),

Assurance Engagements Other Than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial

Information (ISAE 3000 (Revised)) and International Standard on Assurance

Engagements 3410 (ISAE 3410). This independent assurance report is

separate from Deloitte’s audit report on the financial statements and is

available at sustainability downloads

.

Supporting the transition to net zero

l

Progress in reduction of our Group’s emissions (MtCO

2

e)

1 Baseline year determined by ambition (2018 for Bank, 2019 for Scottish Widows, 2021/22

for Supply Chain and 2018/2019 for Own Ops) MtCO

2

e – Megatonnes Carbon Dioxide

equivalents.

2 Based on 2023 data available for Bank and Scottish Widows financed emissions Scope 1

and 2 emissions only. 2023/24 period end data for supply chain emissions and own

operations includes Scope 1, 2 and 3 categories and is reported on a market basis.

3 Supply Chain emissions are calculated from supplier spend totalling £4.6 billion (net of VAT).

In addition there is a further £5.6 billion (including VAT) spread across other business areas.

Further details on our methodology see sustainability metrics basis of reporting 2024  .

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Bank

Our ambition

Work with customers, government and

the market to help reduce the carbon

emissions we finance by more than

50per cent by 2030 on the path to

netzero by 2050 or sooner.

Our progress

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2030 ambition

Our actions

Our overall bank financed emissions reduction ambition is

supported by 10 sector-specific NZBA targets covering our highest

emitting sectors.

These targets are supported by sector-specific transition plans

which detail how we are supporting our customers and clients

totransition in these areas.

NZBA sector target summary

System and targets

1

Baseline year of target Target baseline

2

2023 Target progress Divergence from pathway

3

Greening the built environment

UK mortgages – 41 per cent reduction in emissions

intensity to 28kgCO

2

e/m

2

by 2030

2020 46kgCO

2

e/m

24

43kgCO

2

e/m

2

1.0%

Commercial and residential real estate (C&RRE) –

48 per cent reduction in emissions intensity to

21kgCO

2

e/m

2

by 2030

2021 39kgCO

2

e/m

2

38kgCO

2

e/m

2

5.4%

Low carbon transport

Retail motor

3

– reduce emissions intensity of our

cars and vans by more than 50 per cent by 2030,

reaching:

75gCO

2

e/km or lower (cars) 2018 150gCO

2

e/km

4

135gCO

2

e/km

8.6%

99kgCO

2

e/km or lower (LCVs) 2018 198gCO

2

e/km

4

190gCO

2

e/km  11.9%

Road passenger transport – 49 per cent reduction

in emissions intensity to 72gCO

2

/pkm by 2030

2019 141gCO

2

e/pkm 130gCO

2

e/pkm  4.3%

Automotive (OEMs) – 47 per cent reduction in

emissions intensity to 133gCO

2

e/vkm by 2030

2020 249gCO

2

e/vkm 259gCO

2

e/vkm  22.5%

Aviation – 31 per cent reduction in emissions

intensity to 737gCO

2

e/rtk by 2030

2019 1,068gCO

2

e/rtk 904gCO

2

e/rtk  (4.6) %

Sustainable farming and food

Agriculture – 25 per cent reduction of absolute

emissions to 5.0 MtCO

2

e by 2030

2021 6.7MtCO

2

e

5.9MtCO

2

e  (3.7) %

Energy transition

Oil and gas – 50 per cent reduction of absolute

emissions to 3.2 MtCO

2

e by 2030

2019 6.4MtCO

2

e 2.0MtCO

2

e  (45.0) %

Power generation – 81 per cent reduction in

emissions intensity to 53gCO

2

e/kWh by 2030

2020 276gCO

2

e/kWh

4

54gCO

2

e/kWh  (74.1) %

Thermal coal – full exit of thermal coal power in

the UK since 2024. Full exit from all entities that

operate thermal coal facilities by 2030

—    —    —   — %

1 There are rounding differences between target baseline, percentage reduction and 2030 target. Targets cover on-balance sheet assets. The scope of our target has been defined

within the sustainability metrics basis of reporting 2024 available at sustainability downloads  .

2 C&RRE, Road passenger transport, Automotive (OEMs), Aviation, Agriculture and Oil and gas baselines have been updated due to methodology changes, revised client data and

clarification of client scope 3 data.

3 Shows divergence between 2023 actual and 2023 reference pathway emission intensity. Arrow up – performance for 2023 ahead of reference pathway. Arrow down –

performance for 2023 behind reference pathway. Retail motor cars and LCVs divergence, is based on divergence from scenario pathway as no reference pathway is available.

4 The baseline metrics for UK mortgages, Retail Motor and Power have not been restated in the current period and were previously subject to limited assurance by Deloitte LLP in

2023. This limited assurance report is available at sustainability downloads  .

Indicator is subject to limited assurance by Deloitte LLP see page 54 for details.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Divergences and the challenges with transition

Energy transition

Energy contributes to 21.2 per cent

1,2

of UK emissions, and makes up

1.5 per cent of the Group’s bank financed emissions.

The energy system interacts with all other systems as the transition

of this system is critical to support the decarbonisation of other

industries, such as EV public charging infrastructure for Low Carbon

Transport or the electricity grid for Greening the Built Environment.

The supply of energy is central to our society and plays a critical role

in providing energy security to the UK.

Our retail-focused banking activities means we do not have

significant exposure to the oil and gas sector and our total Bank

exposure to oil and gas has reduced by c.70 percent since 2022.

Ourstrategy focuses on supporting a clean energy future for the UK,

benefitting households, businesses and communities across the

country. We are actively seeking to support established clean

technologies and identifying maturing and emerging technologies

and how to increase their bankability to unlock financing at scale.

Greening the built environment

Contributing to 26.3 per cent

1,2

of UK emissions and 27.4 per cent of

the Group’s bank financed emissions the built environment is a

material and complex system that touches a number of areas across

the Group, including our residential mortgages portfolio and our

commercial real estate clients that have both residential and non-

residential properties in their portfolio.

The energy system is intrinsically linked to decarbonisation of the

built environment with decarbonisation of electricity, both on site

and via the grid, a critical enabler alongside a switch away from gas

boilers to lower carbon heating alternatives such as heat pumps.

Furthermore, many of the buildings which are expected to be

occupied in 2050 already exist, making retrofit the primary focus as

well as greener new builds. The most significant external

dependencies on policy are centred on the need to improve

commercial viability of retrofit to drive its uptake across all

customer types at scale, and the need for robust low carbon

standards for new builds to prevent locking in future emissions.

To date, key areas of focus include providing tools to support

customers to understand their impacts and act on these insights,

with partnerships and incentives to facilitate retrofit uptake

alongside engaging on policy developments.

Moving forward our priority areas include:

• Continuing to enhance our data capability across the built

environment including buildings within our agriculture system

• Identifying new finance models to support customers and make

retrofit more affordable over the long term

• Enhancing customer education that supports customers in

understanding options available to make properties more

efficient

• Encouraging the policy development needed to enable retrofit at

scale

• Unlocking skills through our participation in industry leading skills

and diversity initiatives

1  Sourced from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero – 2022 UK greenhouse gas

emissions.

2  UK emissions from 2022, including energy supply were 106.6 MtCO

2

e for built

environment, 90.2 MtCO

2

e for Passenger Car, Electric Vehicle, Buses and Light Duty

Vehicles, and aviation transport and 49.1 MtCO

2

e for sustainable farming and food.

Total UK emissions from 2022, including energy supply where 406.0MtCO

2

e for the

entire UK.

3  UK emissions from energy supply in 2022 were 85.7MtCO

2

e.

Low carbon transport

Surface transport is the highest emitting sector in the UK,

accounting for 22.2 per cent

1,2

of total emissions and 14.2 per cent of

the Bank’s financed emissions. Our low carbon transport system

addresses transport by road and by air. Emissions for our rail and

shipping activities within the transportation sector are not currently

included, due to their low materiality and exposure.

The most material policy impact for this system is across road

transport, driven by the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate which

is noted to have made good progress by the Climate Change

Committee, together with the Labour government’s recent

commitment to restore the 2030 date for the phase out of new ICE

(internal combustion engine) cars and 2035 for vans.

We have developed products and propositions to help customers

understand the best way to transition to greener vehicles and to

ensure switching to electric fuel types is as hassle-free and cost-

effective as possible, including via partnerships. We are also

engaging our corporate clients to set science-based targets and with

government and other external stakeholders to ensure there is a

supportive external environment to facilitate transition.

Sustainable farming and food

The agriculture sector is responsible for 12 per cent

1,2

of UK emissions

and 29.9 per cent of Bank financed emissions. Unlike other systems,

emissions are derived from natural processes which are challenging

to abate.

Our sustainable farming and food system addresses primary

agriculture and the food value chain and plays an important role in

ensuring food security in the UK. Agriculture is one of the largest

sources of financed emissions for the Group. Developing more

sustainable business models involves farmers and other actors in the

direct and indirect value chain, coupled with a supportive policy

environment.

Through our partnership with the Soil Association Exchange, we

have developed tools and services to provide our larger clients with

consultancy support that provides valuable insights into the

financial and environmental impact of sustainability measures.

Weare also using our voice through policy engagement with

government and industry to help drive the transition.

Further information is available in our sustainability report 2024

.

Our sustainable financing

andinvestment targets

We have established sustainable

financeand investment targets

alignedto our core business areas.

Our financing and investment target horizons align to the Group’s

strategic and performance management timelines that will continue

to build up to support our 2030 ambitions and beyond to 2050. In

2024, we achieved three of our four targets totalling £20.8 billion

for sustainable financing in EPC A and B mortgage lending and

financing for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles for retail

customers, as well as achieving our Scottish Widows £25 billion

discretionary investment in climate-aware strategies target.

Our sustainable financing framework has continued to evolve to

provide greater clarity on what Lloyds Banking Group considers to

be eligible types of sustainable finance covering the Group’s retail

and commercial lending s

ustainability downloads  . Sustainable

finance and investment targets continue to be part of our long-term

incentive plan (LTIP) assessment as set out on page 132.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Summary of our progress

Sustainable finance and investment target 2024

Commercial Banking

£30 billion sustainable finance

1

for Commercial Banking

2

customers from 1 January 2024 to end of 2026

£10.7bn

Motor

£8 billion financing for EV and plug-in hybrid electric

vehicles by 2024

3

£9.4bn

EPC A and B mortgage lending

£10 billion of mortgage lending for EPC A and B rated

properties by 2024

4

£11.4bn

Scottish Widows

£20–£25 billion discretionary investment in climate-

aware

5

strategies by 2025

£25.9bn

1 As defined within the sustainable financing framework.

2 Commercial Banking target relates to both corporate and institutional customers and

small and medium businesses. In the prior year we achieved our previous sustainable

finance target for corporate and institutional customers. The cumulative sustainable

finance supported since 2022 is £26.5 billion for Commercial Banking.

3 Includes new lending advances for Black Horse and operating leases for Lex Autolease

(gross) and operating leases for Tusker (gross, post-acquisition by the Group in February

2023 only); includes cars and vans. £3.7 billion achieved in 2024.

4 New mortgage lending on UK (excluding Channel Islands) residential property that meets

an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of B or higher. The target includes re-

mortgages but excludes further advances. £11.4 billion covers the period from January 2022

to September 2024. With £3.1 billion achieved from 1 January 2024 to 30 September 2024.

5 This refers to funds that have a focus on investment in companies that are either

adapting their business to reduce carbon emissions or developing solutions to address

climate change.

Indicator is subject to limited assurance by Deloitte LLP for further details see page 54.

New targets

We have set two new consumer lending sustainable financing

targets from 2025

EPC A and B mortgage lending

£11 billion of mortgage lending for EPC A andBratedproperties by

2027

Motor

£10 billion financing for electric vehicles by 2027

Scottish Widows

Our ambition

To align all our investments with the goals

of the Paris Agreement, reaching net zero

carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner.

To support our ambition we have set ourselves the following targets:

• Invest between £20 billion to £25 billion in climate-aware

investment strategies

1

, with at least £1 billion invested into climate

solutions investments by 2025

• Halving the carbon footprint

2,3

of our investment portfolios by 2030

Our progress

tCO

2

e/£m reduction

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Progress

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2030 target

Our 2023 carbon footprint was 64.7 tCO

2

e/£m, down from our

2019 baseline of 116.1 tCO

2

e/£m. The carbon footprint has

continued to decline from 2019 to 2023. Whilst investee

company emissions have declined, most notably in 2020 because

of reduced production and energy usage during the COVID-19

pandemic, company market values have increased by more in

2023 which has led to a further reduction in the footprint. As the

carbon footprint is sensitive to market fluctuations in addition to

the absolute value of emissions and our own investment activity,

we expect to see short-term variation of the footprint and will

be studying the medium-term trend from future reporting.

Our five-year Climate Action Plan, launched in 2022 outlines our

current plans for action on climate change with regard to our

overall portfolio. It sets out four key actions to aid us in achieving

our net zero targets and our ambition to align with the goals of

the Paris Agreement.

The following activities have contributed to the progress on our

Climate Action Plan since its launch:

• Develop climate-aware investment strategies and climate

solutions

1

investments

• Product development and strategic asset allocation actions

have seen Scottish Widows achieve its 2025 target early. See

progress table on the left.

• Integrate climate considerations into asset allocation

optimisation

• Our Responsible Investment and Stewardship Framework

and policies influence fund selection and asset allocation

decisions across our portfolio to ensure that material ESG

considerations are embedded

• Exclude high-carbon investments that we believe present a

high risk of becoming stranded assets

• In place since 2020 our exclusion policy helps to ensure that

our investment approach is aligned with the long-term

interests of our customers. As two of the most CO

2

-intensive

fossil fuels, companies involved in thermal coal and tar sands

are not aligned with our long-term investment strategy

• Focus our stewardship activity on companies failing to

address climate risk

Scottish Widows is currently in the process of revising its Climate

Action Plan, with a new plan expected to be released in 2025

covering the period from 2025 to 2030. Further details on this

activity is included in our sustainability report 2024

on

page117.

1  Climate-aware investment strategies: This refers to funds that have a focus on

investment in companies that are either adapting this business to reduce carbon

emissions or developing solutions to address climate change. We will invest in

climate solution investments either within these strategies or other funds. For more

information on our calculation methodology for these targets please see the

sustainability metrics basis of reporting 2024 which is available on our sustainability

downloads  .

2  From a 2019 baseline.

3  Carbon footprint is a measure of carbon intensity calculated as absolute value

ofemissions applicable to an investment divided by the value of investment.

Thecarbon footprint measured, where data is available, for year-end 2023 was

64.7 tCO

2

e/£m   against a 2019 baseline of 116.1 tCO

2

e/£m

Indicator is subject to limited assurance by Deloitte LLP for further details see

page54.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Supply chain

Our ambition

Reduce our supply chain emissions by

50 per cent by 2030, on a path to net

zero by 2050.

1

Our progress

tCO

2

e

Restated

baseline

2

year

2021/22 2022/23

Current

year

2023/24

Scope 3 emissions GHG

Protocol Categories 1,2,4   532,168   627,275    560,506

1 From a 2021/22 baseline.

2 Our supply chain emissions have been calculated using supplier emissions

disclosure data where possible which is supplemented with CEDA carbon factors

when we are unable to draw on supplier emissions. Our numbers were restated in

2024 to account for revised CEDA emission factors.

Indicator is subject to limited assurance by Deloitte LLP see page 54 for details.

We recognise the significant challenges we face in meeting our

ambition given the indirect nature of supply chain emissions, the

drive to grow our business, the need for new technologies

including the use of AI, and policies to support achievement of it.

We are committed to managing our demand for goods and

services sustainably and working collaboratively with suppliers on

our shared journey to net zero, notably through the Emerald

Standard.

In October 2024, the Comprehensive Environmental Data

Archive (CEDA), published updated carbon factors for the year

2022 and in line with the Green House Gas (GHG) Protocol, we

took the decision to apply these retrospectively to our prior

disclosures which includes our baseline year (October 2021 to

September 2022). We believe it is important to provide the most

accurate view of our emissions based on available data. As a

result, our restated emissions are lower compared to those

previously disclosed for our baseline year and baseline year +1. 

For the latest reporting period, October 2023 to September

2024, emissions are calculated from supplier spend totalling

£4.6billion (net of VAT). This represents a 15 per cent increase in

supplier spend compared to our baseline year. Emissions have

also risen but at a lower rate of 5 per cent over the same period,

illustrated by a reduction in our emissions intensity from 132

tCO

2

e/£M to 121 tCO

2

e/£M.

We continue to support our key suppliers on their

decarbonisation journey through the Emerald Standard engaging

with 162 suppliers in 2024. These suppliers represent more than

80 per cent of our supply chain spend and supply chain emissions

as disclosed in our sustainability report 2023

.

We assess our key suppliers across four areas:

• GHG emissions calculation and disclosure

• Net zero commitments

• Science-aligned emission reduction targets

• ESG scorecard

Additional details on our supply chain emissions and our Emerald

Standard are included within our sustainability report 2024

.

Our operations

Our ambition

Achieve net zero own operations by

2030, based on our 2018/19 baseline.

The delivery of our ambition is supported by five pledges:

• Reduce our direct carbon emissions by at least 90 per cent by

2030

1

• Reduce total energy consumption across our operations by 50 per

cent by 2030

1

• Maintain travel-related carbon emissions below 50 per cent

1,2

• Zero waste by 2030 (includes our legacy waste reduction pledge)

3

• Water neutrality by 2030

4

Our progress

Net zero ambition progress

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Progress

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2030 ambition

Net zero carbon operations by 2030

1 From a 2018/19 baseline.

2 From 2023/24 our travel related carbon emissions pledge considers domestic

travel only.

3 Reduce operation waste by 80 per cent by 2025 from a 2014/2015 baseline.

4 Water neutrality across our buildings, reducing our water consumption as much as

possible, and offsetting the residual volume. Includes water consumption across

our full operational estate.

Our actions

We continue to make strong progress against our ambition and

pledges. We recognise that achieving these will not be easy, and

we will need to keep investing in our buildings, as well as

supporting colleagues in the transition towards a greener future.

To reduce our direct emissions, we continue to commit to the

procurement of 100 per cent renewable electricity. We signed a

three-year corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) to

complement our longer-term PPA agreed in the previous year.

This short-term agreement will cover around 25 per cent of our

electricity requirement, providing a direct line of sight from the

electricity produced from two onshore wind farms to our

buildings. We will continue our drive to reduce the energy

consumption of our property portfolio and invest in upgrading

our properties with better and more efficient lighting.

Our operating model has evolved since originally setting our travel

pledge in 2021, with the Group drawing more select skills from the

global market; we have therefore had to re-assess our existing

travel pledge commitment. The operating model evolution has

impacted our carbon emissions through a need for increased

international travel by our colleagues. From reporting year

2023/24, we have revised the elements reported within our travel

pledge to focus on domestic travel only aligned with our action

plans. This includes domestic commuting, business travel and

company vehicles.

Moving forward, we will continue to actively promote

sustainable travel options and monitor international travel

emissions. We commit to putting controls in place to minimise

international emissions to a essential level.

Further details of progress against our operation pledges can be

found within the sustainability report 2024

.

Supporting the transition to net zero continued

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Streamlined energy carbon reporting

Methodology

The Group follows the principles of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG)

Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard to

calculate Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions from our worldwide operations.

Energy consumption is calculated according to guidance set out by

the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The reporting

period is 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024.

Emissions are reported based on the operational control approach.

• Reported Scope 1 emissions are from activities for which the

Group is responsible, including those generated from gas and oil

used in buildings, emissions from fuels used in UK company

owned vehicles used for business travel, and fugitive emissions

from the use of air conditioning and chiller/refrigerant plant

• Reported Scope 2 emissions are generated from the use and

purchase of electricity and imported heat through heat networks

which are calculated in line with GHG protocol using both the

location and market-based methodologies

• Reported Scope 3 emissions relate to business travel (category 6)

and commuting (category 7) undertaken by colleagues, emissions

from colleagues working from home (category 7), operational

waste (category 5) and the extraction and distribution of each of

our energy sources – electricity, imported heating, gas and oil

(category 3). Scope 3 emissions do not include purchased goods

and services, capital goods and upstream transportation and

distribution (category 1, 2 and 4) and investments (category 15),

these figures are included in our supply chain and financed

emissions reporting shown on pages 54 to 58

• The methodology to derive reported Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions is

provided in the sustainability metrics basis of reporting 2024

Exclusions

Emissions associated with our joint ventures and investments are

not currently calculated as they fall outside the scope of our

operational boundary. The Group does not have any emissions

associated with the purchase of steam or cooling for its own use

and is not aware of any other material sources of omissions from our

reporting.

Intensity ratio

October 2023 to

September 2024

October 2022 to

September 2023

1

October 2021 to

September 2022

1

GHG emissions (CO

2

e)

per£m of underlying

income (location based)

10.2 9.8 10.1

GHG emissions (CO

2

e)

per£m of underlying

income (market based)

7.2 6.8 6.7

1 Intensities have been restated for 2021/22 and 2022/23 emissions data to improve the

accuracy of reporting, using actual data to replace estimates and improvements to

fugitive gas calculations. Underlying income figures for those years have not changed.

Our overall location-based carbon emissions

2

were 174,661 tonnes

CO

2

e; a 0.9 per cent decrease year on year. While our overall

market-based

3

carbon emissions were 123,960 tonnes CO

2

e; a 1.1

per cent increase since 2022/23. Group energy consumption

(electricity and gas) has continued to reduce in line with extensive

investment in energy efficiency across our buildings and adaptations

to our established hybrid work style, this has been offset by an

increase in our emissions from business travel. The Group promotes

sustainable travel through our sustainable car scheme and refreshed

travel and expenses colleague guidance.

2 Includes Scope 1, 2 emissions and Scope 3 categories 3, 5, 6 and 7. Scope 3 categories 1,

2, 4 and 15 are excluded.

3 Since January 2019, our Scope 2 market-based emissions relating to electricity

consumption are zero tCO

2

e as we have procured renewable electricity mainly through

our Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and Green Tariff, and renewable certificates

equivalent to the remainder to make up the total electricity consumption in each of the

markets in which we operate.

Carbon emissions

(tonnes CO

2

e)

October 2023 to

September 2024

tonnes CO

2

e

October 2022 to

September 2023

tonnes CO

2

e

4

October 2021 to

September 2022

tonnesCO

2

e

4

Total tCO

2

e

(locationbased)

174,661 176,320 176,446

Total tCO

2

e

(marketbased)

123,960 122,564 117,671

Total Scope 1 and 2

(location based)

71,146 75,494 86,251

Of which: UK Scope 1

and2 (location based)

70,427 74,732 85,384

Total Scope 1 and 2

(market based)

20,445 21,738 27,475

Of which: UK Scope 1

and2 (market based)

20,262 21,528 27,208

Total Scope 1 20,441 21,727 27,473

Total Scope 2

(marketbased)

4 11 2

Of which: Electricity – – –

Total Scope 2

(locationbased)

50,704 53,767 58,777

Total Scope 3 103,515 100,826 90,196

Indicator is subject to limited assurance by Deloitte LLP see page 54 for details

4  Metrics have been restated for 2021/22 and 2022/23 emissions data to improve the

accuracy of reporting, using actual data to replace estimates and improvements to

fugitive gas calculations.

Further information covering our baseline year 2018/19 to 2023/24 is

available in our sustainability metrics datasheet 2024

.

Focusing

on reducing

our operational

carbon footprint

This year, we entered into two new

long-term power purchase agreements

to purchase renewable electricity

from specific wind and solar assets across

the UK. Not only does this provide valuable

focus and support for UK renewable energy

generation, it is also an essential component

of the Group’s ambition for our own

operations to be net zero by 2030,

locking in supply and price stability.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Global energy use (kWhs)

October 2023 to

September 2024

kWhs

October 2022 to

September 2023

kWhs

1

October 2021 to

September 2022

kWhs

1

Total global

energyuse

334,739,294 362,639,743 420,824,628

Of which:

UKenergy use

331,150,563 358,779,700 416,340,738

Total building

energy

320,967,285 347,966,736 409,209,957

Total Company

owned vehicle

energy

8,704,843 10,108,961 7,599,309

Total grey fleet

2

vehicle energy

5,067,165 4,564,047 4,015,361

1 Restated data since 2021/22 to improve the accuracy of reporting, using actual data to

replace estimates and updates to historical emissions. Scope 3 – Business Travel

(category 6) also restated to reflect improving data coverage for Air and Rail emissions.

2 Grey fleet refers to colleague and hired road vehicles being used for a business purpose.

Indicator is subject to limited assurance by Deloitte LLP see page 54 for details

Energy efficiency

Our ongoing optimisation programme continues to support energy

savings in 2024 across our own operations. This workstream

includes efficiency improvements such as energy efficient lighting,

fabric improvements and increased delivery of building

management systems. In addition to this work, we have undertaken

strategic alterations of building management and control systems to

match the businesses core operating hours and ensure temperature

settings are aligned with Group comfort guidelines.

During the year, we completed 60 LED installations across our

branch network bringing our total LED installations to over 350

branches. We completed either full or partial LED installations

across a total of 22 offices within our portfolio. In 2024, we have

added another 49 properties to our connected branches

programme. This provides a remote monitoring solution which

enables us to utilise the building management technology to ensure

our building heating, ventilation and air conditioning is performing

as required.

We have also optimised power usage, leveraged technology, and

implemented innovative solutions to reduce consumption in our

data centres. Alongside safely decommissioning our older, less

efficient data centres, we are building a new highly energy efficient

one.

Financial planning and controls

How sustainability is factored into our

internal reporting and planning process

Climate considerations form part of our planning and forecasting

activities. We consider climate effects in our base case economic

scenario and forecast financed emissions alongside climate risks and

opportunities within the Group’s four-year financial plan, primarily

across four key areas Bank financed emissions, Scottish Widows

investment carbon intensity, own operation and supply chain.

Our financial planning process acknowledges the dependencies on

external factors such as policies, technology developments and

customer behaviour. We continue to monitor the impact of these

external factors on our Group ambitions and targets alongside

working in partnership with our customers and other stakeholders

to achieve our common ambition of achieving net zero by 2050.

How finance is supporting the Bank’s reporting

ofsustainability-related matters

• Forecasting our Bank financed emissions to 2030 for our high-

carbon-intensive sectors, along with our supply chain and own

operations. In 2024 we enhanced this forecast to include

Scottish Widows carbon investment footprint to 2030, now

covering all our Group emissions ambitions

• We have established capability to report our sustainable lending

and investments progress on a quarterly basis as well as regularly

reporting our financed emissions, providing management with

insight on our progress against our ambitions and targets. This

process is used to support executive remuneration and Board risk

appetite metrics. In 2025 we will explore how this reporting can

be extended to consider wider social sustainability metrics

• We have implemented a number of controls in relation to the

calculation and reporting of financed emissions and in 2024

enhanced our controls in relation to sustainability-related

regulatory disclosures

• Finance track sustainability-related investment across key

climate, nature and social initiatives through direct engagement

with business unit teams ensuring alignment and prioritisation

with our strategic objectives. As part of this, the Group has

dedicated investment of c.£30 million to support our customers’

transition in 2024, in addition to the day-to-day activities

integrated into business-as-usual. Regular monitoring of our

sustainability-related investment across the Group aligns our

financial goals with our purpose, supporting the ability to

measure progress and delivery

Financial statement preparation includes consideration of the

impact of climate change on the Group’s financial position. While

the effects of climate change represent a source of uncertainty, the

Group does not consider there to be a material short-term impact,

see page 174 for further details.

Supporting the transition to net zero continued

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Results for the full year 62

Divisional results 72

Delivering

long-term,

sustainable

returns

We are Helping Britain Prosper in a way

that delivers sustainable profit and growth

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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2023

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Change

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Underlying net interest income   12,845    13,765   (7)

Underlying other income   5,597    5,123   9

Operating lease depreciation   (1,325)    (956)   (39)

Net income   17,117    17,932   (5)

Operating costs   (9,442)    (9,140)   (3)

Remediation   (899)    (675)   (33)

Total costs   (10,341)    (9,815)   (5)

Underlying profit before impairment   6,776    8,117   (17)

Underlying impairment charge   (433)    (308)   (41)

Underlying profit   6,343    7,809   (19)

Restructuring   (40)    (154)   74

Market volatility and asset sales   (144)    35

Amortisation of purchased intangibles   (81)    (80)   (1)

Fair value unwind   (107)    (107)

Volatility and other items   (332)    (152)

Statutory profit before tax   5,971    7,503   (20)

Tax expense   (1,494)    (1,985)   25

Statutory profit after tax   4,477    5,518   (19)

Earnings per share   6.3p    7.6p    (1.3) p

Dividends per share – ordinary   3.17p    2.76p   15

Share buyback value   £1.7bn    £2.0bn   (15)

Banking net interest margin

A

2.95%   3.11%  (16)bp

Average interest-earning banking assets

A

£451.2bn    £453.3bn

Cost:income ratio

A

60.4%   54.7%   5.7 pp

Asset quality ratio

A

0.10%   0.07 % 3bp

Return on tangible equity

A

12.3%   15.8%   (3.5) pp

A  See page 314.

Key balance sheet metrics

At 31 Dec

2024

At 31 Dec

2023

Change

%

Underlying loans and advances to customers

A

£459.1bn    £449.7bn   2

Customer deposits   £482.7bn    £471.4bn   2

Loan to deposit ratio

A

95%   95%

CET1 ratio  14.2%   14.6%   (0.4) pp

Pro forma CET1 ratio

A,1

13.5%   13.7%   (0.2) pp

UK leverage ratio  5.5%   5.8%   (0.3) pp

Risk-weighted assets   £224.6bn    £219.1bn   3

Wholesale funding

2

£92.5bn    £98.7bn   (6)

Wholesale funding <1 year maturity

2

£31.3bn    £35.1bn   (11)

of which: money market funding <1 year maturity

2

£16.9bn    £23.8bn   (29)

Liquidity coverage ratio – eligible assets

3

£134.4bn    £136.0bn   (1)

Liquidity coverage ratio

4

146%   142%   4 pp

Net stable funding ratio

5

129%   130%   (1) pp

Tangible net assets per share

A

52.4p   50.8p  1.6p

1 31 December 2023 and 31 December 2024 reflect both the full impact of the share buybacks announced in respect of 2023 and 2024 and the ordinary dividends received from the

Insurance business in February 2024 and February 2025.

2  Excludes balances relating to margins of £2.8 billion (31 December 2023: £2.4 billion).

3  Eligible assets are calculated as a monthly rolling simple average of month end observations over the previous 12 months post any liquidity haircuts.

4  The liquidity coverage ratio is calculated as a simple average of month-end observations over the previous 12 months.

5  The net stable funding ratio is calculated as a simple average of month-end observations over the previous four quarter-ends.

Income statement – underlying basis

A

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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UK Motor Finance

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15.3    15.6   (2)    16.2   (6)    15.3

Overdrafts   1.2    1.1   9    1.0   20    1.1   9

Retail other

1,4

17.9    17.3   3    17.2   4    16.6   8

Business and Commercial Banking

5

29.7    30.7   (3)    31.5   (6)    33.0   (10)

Corporate and Institutional Banking   57.9    57.2   1    56.6   2    55.6   4

Central Items

6

–    0.5    (0.8)    (0.1)

Underlying loans and advances to customers

A

459.1    457.0    452.4   1    449.7   2

Retail current accounts   101.3    100.6   1    101.7    102.7   (1)

Retail savings accounts

7

208.2    204.3   2    201.5   3    194.8   7

Wealth   10.2    10.1   1    10.1   1    10.9   (6)

Commercial Banking   162.6    160.7   1    161.2   1    162.8

Central Items   0.4    –    0.2    0.2

Customer deposits   482.7    475.7   1    474.7   2    471.4   2

Total assets   906.7    900.8   1    892.9   2    881.5   3

Total liabilities   860.8    854.4   1    847.8   2    834.1   3

Ordinary shareholders’ equity   39.5    40.3   (2)    39.0   1    40.3   (2)

Other equity instruments   6.2    5.9   5    5.9   5    6.9   (10)

Non-controlling interests   0.2    0.2    0.2    0.2

Total equity   45.9    46.4   (1)    45.1   2    47.4   (3)

Ordinary shares in issue, excluding own shares   60,491m   61,419m   (2)    62,458m   (3)    63,508m   (5)

1  From the first quarter of 2024, open mortgage book and closed mortgage book loans and advances, previously presented separately, are reported together as UK mortgages; Wealth

loans and advances, previously reported separately, are included within Retail other. The 31December 2023 comparative is presented on a consistent basis.

2  The increases between 31 December 2023 and 30 June 2024 and between 30 September 2024 and 31 December 2024 are net of the impact of the securitisations of primarily legacy

Retail mortgages of £0.9 billion and £1.0 billion respectively.

3  UK Motor Finance balances on an underlying basis

A

exclude a finance lease gross up. See page 314.

4  Within underlying loans and advances, Retail other includes the European and Wealth businesses.

5  Previously named Small and Medium Businesses.

6  Central Items includes central fair value hedge accounting adjustments.

7  From the first quarter of 2024, Retail relationship savings accounts and Retail tactical savings accounts, previously reported separately, are reported together as Retail savings

accounts. The 31 December 2023 comparative is presented on a consistent basis.

Balance sheet analysis

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Statutory results

The Group’s profit before tax for 2024 was £5,971 million, 20 per cent lower than in 2023. This was driven by lower total income, higher

operating expenses and a higher impairment charge. Profit after tax was £4,477 million and earnings per share was 6.3 pence (2023:

£5,518million and 7.6pence respectively).

Total income, after net finance expense in respect of insurance and investment contracts for 2024 was £18,003million, a decrease of 3per

cent on 2023. Within this, net interest income of £12,277million was down 8 per cent on the prior year, driven by a lower margin. The

margin performance over the year reflected anticipated headwinds due to deposit churn and asset margin compression, particularly in the

mortgage book as it refinances in a lower margin environment. These factors were partially offset by benefits from higher structural hedge

earnings as balances are reinvested in the higher rate environment.

Other income amounted to £22,004million in 2024, broadly in line with 2023. Within other income, net trading income was

£17,825million compared to £18,049 million in 2023. Within the Group’s insurance activities, net trading income was £16,013million in

2024 (2023: £16,742million), a decrease of £729 million largely reflecting less favourable market performance in 2024. Within the Group’s

banking activities, net trading income was £1,812 million (2023: £1,307 million) with growth in Commercial Banking driven by strong markets

performance and higher levels of client activity. Outside of net trading income within Retail, there was improved performance in UK Motor

Finance, with growth following the acquisition of Tusker in 2023 and higher average vehicle rental values. Net fee and commission income

was £1,759million compared to £1,831 million in 2023. The £729 million decrease in net trading income within the Group’s insurance

activities was largely offset by the £498 million decrease in net finance expense in respect of insurance and investment contracts.

Total operating expenses of £11,601 million were 7 per cent higher than in the prior year. This reflects higher operating lease

depreciation,asa result of fleet growth, thedepreciation of higher value vehicles and declines in used electric car prices, primarily in the

firsthalf,alongsideinflationary pressures, business growth costs and ongoing strategic investments including severance. It also includes c.

£0.1billion relating to the sector-wide change in the charging approach for the Bank of England Levy taken in the first quarter, largely offset

across the year in net interest income. The Group has maintained its cost discipline with cost efficiencies partly offsetting these items. In

2024, the Group recognised remediation costs of £899million (2023: £675million), including a £700 million provision in relation to the

potential impact of motor finance commission arrangements, alongside £199 million charges in relation to pre-existing programmes.

Asset quality remains strong with improved credit performance in the year. The impairment charge was £431 million compared to a

£303million charge in 2023 (which benefitted from a significant write-back following the full repayment of debt from a single name client).

The charge in 2024 includes a credit from an improved economic outlook, notably house price growth and changes in the first half of the

year to the severe downside scenario methodology. The charge also benefitted from strong portfolio performance and the release of

judgemental adjustments for inflation and interest rate risks in 2024, as well as a release in Commercial Banking from loss rates used in the

model in the first half of the year and a debt sale write back in Retail in the third quarter.

The Group saw good lending growth in 2024 with loans and advances to customers increasing by £10.2 billion to £459.9billion. This

included £6.1 billion growth in UK mortgages (net of the impact of the securitisation of £1.9billion of primarily legacy Retail mortgages in

the second and fourth quarters), £2.2billion growth in UK Retail unsecured loans driven by organic balance growth and lower repayments

following a securitisation in the fourth quarter of 2023, alongside a £0.6 billion increase in credit card balances and growth in other Retail

lending (principally in the European retail business). In Commercial Banking, Business and Commercial Banking lending decreased by

£3.3billion, including repayments of £1.6 billion of government-backed lending. Corporate and Institutional Banking balances increased

£2.3billion from strategic growth, notably higher infrastructure lending.

Customer deposits of £482.7billion significantly increased in the year by £11.3 billion. Retail deposits were up £11.3billion in the year driven

by inflows to limited withdrawal and fixed term deposits, partly offset by a £1.4 billion reduction in current account balances. Commercial

Banking deposits were stable in the year, reflecting growth in target sectors offset by an expected outflow in the third quarter.

Total equity of £45.9 billion at 31 December 2024 decreased from £47.4 billion at 31 December 2023. The movement reflected attributable

profit for the year and issuance of an AT1 capital instrument in October 2024, which was more than offset by the dividends paid in

May2024 and September 2024, the impact of redemption of AT1 capital instruments in June 2024 and December 2024 and the impact of

the share buyback programme in respect of 2023.

Summary of Group results

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Underlying results

A

The Group’s underlying profit was £6,343million in 2024, a reduction of 19 per cent compared to £7,809 million in the prior year with lower

net income, higher operating costs and higher remediation and underlying impairment charges. Underlying profit of £993 million in the

fourth quarter was down 46 per cent compared to the third quarter of 2024, with net income slightly up, more than offset by higher

operating costs, including the annual Bank Levy and a charge for the potential impacts of motor finance commission arrangements.

Net income

A

2024

£m

2023

£m

Change

%

Underlying net interest income   12,845    13,765   (7)

Underlying other income   5,597    5,123   9

Operating lease depreciation

1

(1,325)    (956)   (39)

Net income

A

17,117    17,932   (5)

Banking net interest margin

A

2.95%   3.11%  (16)bp

Average interest-earning banking assets

A

£451.2bn    £453.3bn

1  Net of profits on disposal of operating lease assets of £59 million (31 December 2023: £93 million).

Net income of £17,117 million was down 5 per cent on 2023, driven by lower underlying net interest income and an increased charge for

operating lease depreciation. This was partly offset by higher underlying other income. Net income in the fourth quarter of 2024 was

slightly up on the third quarter, building on the growth seen in the third quarter.

Underlying net interest income of £12,845 million was down 7 per cent on 2023, with a resilient banking net interest margin of 2.95percent

(2023: 3.11 per cent), compared to guidance of greater than 2.90 per cent, benefitting from fewer than expected UK Bank Rate cuts, the

change in charging approach for the Bank of England Levy, solid deposit volumes and the structural hedge contribution. The margin

performance over the year reflected anticipated headwinds due to deposit churn and asset margin compression, particularly in the

mortgage book as it refinances in a lower margin environment. These factors were partially offset by benefits from higher structural hedge

earnings as balances are reinvested in the higher rate environment. Average interest-earning banking assets in 2024 of £451.2billion were in

line with guidance and broadly stable versus 2023. This includes growth across Retail products partly offset by the impact of securitisations,

alongside a reduction in Commercial Banking assets, which included continued repayments of government-backed lending in Business and

Commercial Banking and lower lending to banks. Underlying net interest income in 2024 included a non-banking net interest expense of

£469million (2023: £311million), increasing as a result of higher funding costs and growth in the Group’s non-banking businesses.

Underlying net interest income of £3,276 million in the fourth quarter of 2024 was 1 per cent higher than in the third quarter (three months

to 30September 2024: £3,231 million), building on growth in the third quarter. Growth in structural hedge earnings more than offset the

impact from the expected continuation of headwinds in respect of deposit churn and asset margin compression, resulting in an increase in

banking net interest margin to 2.97per cent in the fourth quarter (three months to 30 September 2024: 2.95 per cent). Average interest-

earning banking assets were £455.1 billion, up on the third quarter from growth in UK mortgages, Retail unsecured loans and Corporate and

Institutional Banking. The non-banking net interest expense was in line with the third quarter. Looking forward, the Group expects the

underlying net interest income for 2025 to be c.£13.5 billion.

The Group manages the risk to earnings and capital from movements in interest rates by hedging the net liabilities which are stable or less

sensitive to movements in rates. At the end of the fourth quarter, the notional balance of the sterling structural hedge was maintained at

£242billion (31 December 2023: £247 billion) with a weighted average duration of approximately three-and-a-half years

(31December2023: approximately three-and-a-half years). This is consistent with the balance at the end of the second and third quarters

of 2024 (30September 2024: £242 billion, 30 June 2024: £242billion), given stability in deposit flows. The Group generated £4.2billion of

total income from sterling structural hedge balances in 2024, representing material growth over the prior year (2023:£3.4billion). The

Group expects sterling structural hedge earnings in 2025 to be £1.2billion higher than in 2024 and £1.5 billion higher in 2026 than in 2025.

Underlying other income in 2024 of £5,597 million grew by 9 per cent (2023: £5,123million). Retail was up 10 per cent versus 2023, primarily

due to UK Motor Finance, including growth following the acquisition of Tusker in 2023 and higher average vehicle rental values. Within

Commercial Banking growth of 8 percent was driven by strong markets performance as a result of strategic investment and higher levels of

client activity. Insurance, Pensions and Investments underlying other income grew by 7per cent compared to 2023 driven by strong trading

and higher general insurance income net of claims and after the disposal of the in-force bulk annuities portfolio. In Equity Investments and

Central Items, underlying other income was up 50 per cent on the prior year, driven by strong income growth from Lloyds Living. Underlying

other income in the fourth quarter was 11 per cent higher than the fourth quarter of 2023 with growth across divisions.

The Group delivered organic growth in assets under administration (AuA) in Insurance, Pensions and Investments and Wealth (reported

within Retail), with combined £5.7 billion net new money in open book AuA over 2024. In total, open book AuA stand at c.£201 billion at

31December2024.

Operating lease depreciation of £1,325 million increased compared to the prior year (2023:£956million), asa result of fleet growth,

thedepreciation of higher value vehicles and declines in used electric car prices, primarily in the firsthalf. The increase in 2024 includes the

c.£100 million additional charge taken in the second quarter to reflect revised future expected residual values. The charge in the fourth

quarter was £331 million, consistent with expectations, given used car prices have performed in line with assumptions.

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Total costs

A

2024

£m

2023

£m

Change

%

Operating costs

A

9,442    9,140   (3)

Remediation   899    675   (33)

Total costs

A

10,341    9,815   (5)

Cost:income ratio

A

60.4%   54.7%   5.7 pp

Total costs, including remediation, of £10,341 million were 5 per cent higher than the prior year, with operating costs of £9,442million up

3per cent. Operating costs include c.£0.1billion relating to the sector-wide change in the charging approach for the Bank of England Levy

taken in the first quarter. Excluding the Levy, operating costs were up 2 per cent. The Group has maintained its cost discipline with cost

efficiencies helping to partially offset inflationary pressures, business growth costs and ongoing strategic investments including severance.

Operating costs in 2025 are expected to bec.£9.7billion, including further increased severance and the impact from National Insurance

contributions changes (c.£0.1 billion).

The Group recognised remediation costs of £899 million in 2024 (2023: £675million), with £775 million in the fourth quarter, including an

additional £700 million in relation to the potential impact of motor finance commission arrangements in light of the Court of Appeal (CoA)

judgment in relation to Wrench, Johnson and Hopcraft (WJH) in October 2024, which goes beyond the scope of the original FCA motor

finance commissions review. The Supreme Court granted the relevant lenders permission to appeal the WJH judgment and the substantive

hearing is scheduled to be heard on 1 April to 3 April 2025. The total £1,150 million provision, including £450 million provided in 2023,

represents the Group’s best estimate of the potential impact, including both redress and operational costs, but notes that there is a

significant level of uncertainty in terms of the final outcome. As a result, the final financial impact could differ materially to the amount

provided.

The Group’s cost:income ratio for 2024 was 60.4per cent compared to 54.7per cent in the prior year, and 73.7 per cent in the fourth

quarter impacted by the provision charge for motor finance commission arrangements and the Bank Levy.

Underlying impairment

A

2024

£m

2023

£m

Change

%

Charges (credits) pre-updated MES

1

Retail 789 1,064  26

Commercial Banking 48 (487)

Other (10) (12)  (17)

827 565  (46)

Updated economic outlook

Retail (332) (233)  4 2

Commercial Banking (62) (24)

(394) (257)  5 3

Underlying impairment charge

A

433 308  (41)

Asset quality ratio

A

0.10%   0.07 % 3bp

Total expected credit loss allowance (at end of year)

A

3,651    4,337    16

1  Impairment charges excluding the impact from updated economic outlook (multiple economic scenarios, MES) taken each quarter.

Asset quality remains strong with improved credit performance in the year. Underlying impairment was a charge of £433million

(2023:£308million), resulting in an asset quality ratio of 10basis points. The charge reflects a £394 million multiple economic scenarios

(MES) credit (2023: £257 million credit) from an improved economic outlook, notably house price growth and changes in the first half of the

year to the severe downside scenario methodology. The charge in the fourth quarter of £160 million includes a £70 million MES credit.

The pre-updated MES charge of £827 million is equivalent to an asset quality ratio of 19 basis points. This is higher than the prior year pre-

updated MES charge of £565 million, which benefitted from a significant write-back following the full repayment of debt from a single

name client. The charge in 2024 benefitted from strong portfolio performance and the release of judgemental adjustments for inflation and

interest rate risks in 2024, as well as a one-off release in Commercial Banking from loss rates used in the model in the first half of the year

and a one-off debt sale write back in Retail in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the pre-updated MES charge was £230 million,

equating to 20 basis points. Looking forward, the Group expects the asset quality ratio to be c.25basis points in 2025.

Summary of Group results continued

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Restructuring, volatility and other items

Restructuring costs during 2024 were £40 million (2023: £154million) and include costs relating to the integration of Embark and Tusker as

well as those related to a contract termination. Volatility and other items were a net loss of £332million for the year (2023: net loss of

£152million). This included £81 million for the amortisation of purchased intangibles (2023: £80million) and £107million relating to fair

value unwind (2023: £107million). Negative market volatility of £144 million (2023: positive volatility of £35 million) was substantially driven

by longer-term rate rises in the period, driving negative insurance volatility, partly offset by positive impacts from banking volatility. The

fourth quarter volatility and other items charge of £150 million, was primarily driven by insurance volatility including from movements in

interest rates.

The return on tangible equity for 2024 was 12.3 per cent (2023:15.8per cent), with 7.1 per cent in the fourth quarter reflecting the provision

charge in relation to the potential impacts of motor finance commission arrangements. Excluding this impact, the return on tangible equity

was 14.0 per cent in 2024 and 13.9 per cent in the fourth quarter. The Group expects the return on tangible equity for 2025 to be c.13.5 per

cent.

Tangible net assets per share at 31 December 2024 was 52.4 pence, up 1.6 pence in the year (31December 2023: 50.8pence). The increase

resulted from attributable profit and a reduction in the number of shares following the share buyback programme announced in

February2024. This was offset by capital distributions, a lower pension surplus from negative market impacts and the foreign exchange

impact on the redemption of a US dollar denominated AT1 capital instrument. Tangible net assets per share was down 0.1 pence in the

fourth quarter. The decrease was due to increased long-term rates impacting the cash flow hedge reserve and pension surplus, partly offset

by attributable profit, impacted by the provision charge relating to motor finance commission arrangements.

In February 2024, the Board decided to return surplus capital in respect of 2023 through a share buyback programme of up to £2.0 billion.

This commenced on 23 February 2024 and completed on 13 November 2024 with c.3.7billion (c.6 per cent) ordinary shares repurchased.

Further information on the reconciliation of statutory to underlying results is included on page 314.

Tax

The Group recognised a tax expense of £1,494 million in the year (2023: £1,985million). This reflected lower profits than the prior year and

tax credits of £100 million on the finalisation of prior year returns within the fourth quarter charge of £124 million. The Group expects a

medium-term effective tax rate of around 27 per cent based on the banking surcharge rate of 3 per cent and the corporation tax rate of

25per cent. An explanation of the relationship between the tax expense and the Group’s accounting profit for the year is set out in note 15

to the consolidated financial statements on page 255.

Balance sheet

The Group saw good lending growth in 2024 with underlying loans and advances to customers increasing by £9.4 billion to £459.1 billion.

This included £6.1 billion growth in UK mortgages (net of the impact of the securitisation of £1.9billion of primarily legacy Retail mortgages

in the second and fourth quarters), £2.2billion growth in UK Retail unsecured loans driven by organic balance growth and lower

repayments following a securitisation in the fourth quarter of 2023, alongside a £0.6 billion increase in credit card balances and growth in

other Retail lending (principally in the European retail business). In Commercial Banking, Business and Commercial Banking lending

decreased by £3.3billion, including repayments of £1.6 billion of government-backed lending. Corporate and Institutional Banking balances

increased £2.3billion from strategic growth, notably higher infrastructure lending. Growth of £2.1billion in underlying loans and advances to

customers in the fourth quarter included £2.2 billion in UK mortgages (net of the £1.0billion impact from a securitisation) and stable

Commercial Banking balances.

Customer deposits of £482.7billion significantly increased in the year by £11.3 billion, including £7.0billion in the fourth quarter. Retail

deposits were up £11.3billion in the year driven by inflows to limited withdrawal and fixed term deposits, partly offset by a £1.4 billion

reduction in current account balances (significantly lower than the prior year, as expected). In the fourth quarter, Retail current account

balances increased by £0.7 billion in contrast to a £1.1 billion reduction in the third quarter helped by calendar timing impacts. Deposit

churn observed within savings and between savings and current accounts was lower in 2024 than in 2023 and lower in the second half of

2024 than in the first half. Commercial Banking deposits were stable in the year, reflecting growth in target sectors offset by an expected

outflow in the third quarter. The increase in Commercial Banking deposits in the fourth quarter of £1.9 billion reflected growth in target

sectors alongside foreign exchange impacts.

The Group has a large, high quality liquid asset portfolio held mainly in cash and government bonds, with all assets hedged for interest rate

risk. The Group’s liquid assets continue to significantly exceed regulatory requirements and internal risk appetite, with a strong, stable

liquidity coverage ratio of 146 per cent (31 December 2023: 142 per cent) and a strong net stable funding ratio of 129 per cent (31December

2023: 130 per cent). The loan to deposit ratio of 95per cent, broadly stable compared to 31 December 2023 and 30 September 2024,

continues to reflect a robust funding and liquidity position.

The underlying expected credit loss (ECL) allowance reduced to £3.7 billion (31 December 2023: £4.3 billion) in the period, reflecting

releases driven by improvements to the Group’s economic base case scenario. The uplift from the base case to probability-weighted ECL is

£0.4 billion (31December 2023: £0.7billion). The ECL allowance includes judgemental adjustments which reduce the ECL by £15million (31

December 2023: £67 million increase to ECL). The reduction in judgemental adjustments in the year was primarily from the release of those

held in respect of inflationary and interest rate risks, which are now stabilising, with a resilient credit performance being observed.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Capital

Capital generation

Pro forma CET1 ratio as at 31 December 2023

A,1

13.7%

Banking build (bps)

2

221

Insurance dividend (bps)   14

Risk-weighted assets (bps)   (14)

Other movements (bps)

3

(17)

Retail secured CRD IV increases and phased unwind of IFRS 9 transitional relief (bps)

4

(27)

Capital generation excluding provision charge for motor finance commission arrangements (bps)   177

Provision charge for motor finance commission arrangements (bps)   (29)

Capital generation (bps)   148

Ordinary dividend (bps)   (91)

Share buyback accrual (bps)   (80)

Pro forma CET1 ratio as at 31 December 2024

A,1

13.5%

1  31 December 2023 and 31 December 2024 reflect both the full impact of the share buybacks announced in respect of 2023 and 2024 and the ordinary dividends received from the

Insurance business in February 2024 and February 2025.

2  Includes impairment charge and excess regulatory expected losses, excludes a charge for motor finance commission arrangements.

3  Includes share-based payments and foreign exchange loss on a US dollar AT1 redemption.

4  Retail secured CRD IV increases with respect to performing exposures.

The Group’s pro forma CET1 capital ratio at 31 December 2024 was 13.5 per cent (31 December 2023: 13.7 per cent pro forma), in line with

guidance. Capital generation during the year was 148basis points. Excluding the provision for motor finance commission arrangements,

capital generation was 177 basis points, in line with guidance.

Capital generation reflects robust banking build and the interim half-year and full-year dividends received from the Insurance business in

June 2024 (£200 million) and February 2025 (£100 million) respectively, partially offset by risk-weighted asset increases and other

movements, including 15 basis points relating to the foreign exchange translation loss following the US dollar AT1 capital instrument

redemption in June. Regulatory headwinds of 27basis points in the year reflect an adjustment for part of the impact of the Retail secured

CRDIV increases and the reduction in the transitional factor applied to IFRS9 dynamic relief on 1 January 2024. There was a further

29basis points resulting from a provision relating to the potential impacts of motor finance commission arrangements. The impact of the

interim ordinary dividend paid in September 2024 and the accrual for the recommended final ordinary dividend equates to 91basis points,

with a further 80 basis points to cover the accrual for the announced ordinary share buyback programme of up to £1.7 billion.

The Group expects capital generation in 2025 to be c.175 basis points and reaffirms guidance for capital generation in 2026 of greater than

200 basis points.

Excluding the Insurance dividend received in February 2025 and the full impact of the announced ordinary share buyback programme, the

Group's CET1 capital ratio at 31 December 2024 was 14.2 per cent (31 December 2023: 14.6per cent).

Risk-weighted assets increased by £5.5 billion in the year to £224.6 billion at 31 December 2024 (31December 2023: £219.1 billion), in line

with guidance. This reflects the impact of lending growth, Retail secured CRD IV increases and other movements, partly offset by

optimisation including capital efficient, net present value positive securitisation activity. In the fourth quarter, risk-weighted assets

increased by £1.3 billion primarily driven by lending growth, operational risk and Retail secured CRD IV increases, again partly offset by

optimisation activity. In the context of the Retail secured CRDIV increases, a risk-weighted asset increase of £3.3 billion was recognised

against performing exposures in 2024. Including this increase, it is now envisaged that the overall uplift could be modestly higher than

£5billion, subject to finalisation with the PRA. The PRA published its second policy statement on implementing Basel 3.1 in the UK in

September 2024. The final regulations, which are now due to be implemented on 1 January 2027 following a PRA announcement in January

2025, will introduce substantial revisions to the approaches for calculating risk-weighted assets. The Group expects the initial impact of

Basel 3.1 implementation to be moderately positive.

The Group’s regulatory CET1 capital requirement remains at around 12per cent, including the Pillar 2A CET1 capital requirement remaining

at around 1.5 per cent of risk-weighted assets. The Board’s view of the ongoing level of total CET1 capital required to grow the business,

meet current and future regulatory requirements and cover economic and business uncertainties is c.13.0per cent. This includes a

management buffer of around 1per cent. In order to manage risks and distributions in an orderly way, the Board intends to progress

towards paying down to the current CET1 capital target of c.13.0 per cent by the end of 2026.

Pensions

Following completion of the triennial valuation of its main defined benefit pension schemes as at 31 December 2022, there will be no

further deficit contributions for this triennial period (to 31 December 2025).

Dividend and share buyback

The Group has a progressive and sustainable ordinary dividend policy whilst maintaining the flexibility to return further surplus capital

through share buybacks or special dividends. In February 2024, the Board decided to return surplus capital in respect of 2023 through a

share buyback programme of up to £2.0 billion. This commenced on 23 February 2024 and completed on 13 November 2024 with

c.3.7billion (c.6 per cent) ordinary shares repurchased.

In respect of 2024, the Board has recommended a final ordinary dividend of 2.11pence per share, which, together with the interim ordinary

dividend of 1.06pence per share totals 3.17 pence per share, an increase of 15 per cent compared to 2023, in line with the Board’s

commitment to a progressive and sustainable ordinary dividend. The Board has also announced its intention to implement an ordinary

share buyback of up to £1.7 billion, which will commence as soon as is practicable and is expected to be completed by 31 December 2025.

Based on the total ordinary dividend and the announced ordinary share buyback, the total capital return in respect of 2024 will be up to

£3.6 billion, equivalent to c.9 per cent (as at 14 February 2025) of the Group’s market capitalisation value. The Group intends to pay down

to its ongoing CET1 capital target of c.13.0 per cent by the end of 2026.

Summary of Group results continued

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Other financial information

Post-tax return on average assets

2024

%

2023

%

Post-tax return on average assets  0.50   0.63

Share buyback in respect of 2023 results

During 2024, the Group completed a £2.0 billion share buyback programme, in respect of 2023 results, with c.3.7 billion shares purchased

at an average price of 54.21pence per share. Through a reduction in the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue, share

buybacks have the effect of increasing earnings per share and, depending on the average price paid per share, can either increase or

decrease the tangible net assets per share. The share buyback in respect of 2023 results had the effect of increasing the earnings per share

by 0.2 pence and increasing the tangible net assets per share by 3.0 pence.

Insurance, Pensions and Investments performance summary

A

2024

£m

2023

£m

Change

%

Life and pensions sales (PVNBP)

A,1

18,249    17,449   5

New business value of insurance and participating investment contracts recognised in the year

A,2

of which: deferred to contractual service margin and risk adjustment   126    173   (27)

of which: losses recognised on initial recognition   (15)    (20)   25

111    153   (27)

Assets under administration (net flows)

3

£5.3bn £5.1bn  4

General insurance underwritten new gross written premiums

A

197    124   5 9

General insurance underwritten total gross written premiums

A

737    579   27

General insurance combined ratio  97%   106%  (9)pp

At 31 Dec

2024

At 31 Dec

2023

Change

%

Insurance Solvency II ratio (pre-dividend)

4

158%   186%   (28) pp

Total customer assets under administration £231.9bn £213.1bn  9

1  Present value of new business premiums.

2  New business value represents the value added to the contractual service margin and risk adjustment at the initial recognition of new contracts, net of acquisition expenses and any

loss component on onerous contracts (which is recognised directly in the income statement) but does not include existing business increments.

3  The movement in asset inflows and outflows driven by business activity (excluding market movements).

4  Equivalent estimated regulatory view of ratio (including With-Profits funds and post dividend where applicable) was 148 per cent (31December 2023: 166 per cent, post-February 2024

dividend).

Breakdown of net income

A

2024 2023

Deferred

profit release

1

£m

Other in-year

profit

£m

Total

£m

Deferred

profit release

1

£m

Other in-year

profit

£m

Total

£m

Life open book (pensions, individual annuities,

Wealth and protection)   350    318    668    267    290    557

Non-life (General insurance)   –    229    229    –    171    171

Other items

2

69    190    259    85    223    308

Bulk annuities

3

–    –    –    35    6    41

Net income

A

419    737    1,156    387    690    1,077

1 Total deferred profit release is represented by contractual service margin (CSM) and risk adjustment releases from holdings on the balance sheet. CSM is released as insurance contract

services are provided; risk adjustment is released as uncertainty within the calculation of the liabilities diminishes. Amounts are shown net of reinsurance.

2 Other items represents the income from longstanding business, return on shareholder assets and interest on subordinated debt.

3 2024 reflects the agreed sale (subject to High Court approval) of the in-force bulk annuity portfolio to Rothesay Life plc. Please see note 24 to the consolidated financial statements on

page 286.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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1

(contractual service margin (CSM) and risk adjustment)

Life open book

£m

Other

products

2

£m

Bulk annuities

3

£m

Total

1

£m

At 1 January 2024   4,025    702    578    5,305

New business written   126    –    –    126

Release to income statement   (350)    (69)    –    (419)

Other movements   415    53    (460)    8

At 31 December 2024   4,216    686    118    5,020

At 1 January 2023   3,661    909    538    5,108

New business written   120    –    53    173

Release to income statement   (267)    (85)    (35)    (387)

Other movements   511    (122)    22    411

At 31 December 2023   4,025    702    578    5,305

1  Total deferred profit is represented by CSM and risk adjustment, both held on the balance sheet. CSM is released as insurance contract services are provided; risk adjustment is

released as uncertainty within the calculation of the liabilities diminishes. Amounts are shown net of reinsurance.

2  Other products includes longstanding business and European business.

3  Bulk annuities for 2024 reflects the reinsurance agreement entered into as part of the agreed sale (subject to High Court approval) of the in-force bulk annuity portfolio to Rothesay

Life plc, with the impact of the reinsurance agreement included within Other movements.

Volatility arising in the Insurance business

2024

£m

2023

£m

Insurance volatility   (56)    198

Policyholder interests volatility   162    116

Total volatility   106    314

Insurance hedging arrangements   (442)    (422)

Total

1

(336)    (108)

1 Total insurance volatility is included within market volatility and asset sales, which in total resulted in a loss of £144 million in 2024 (2023: gain of £35 million). See page 314.

Insurance volatility impacts statutory profit before tax (through volatility and asset sales) but does not impact underlying profit, which is

based on an expected return. The impact of the actual return differing from the expected return is included within insurance volatility. This

is because movements in their value can have a significant impact on the profitability of the Group. Management believes that it is

appropriate to disclose the results on the basis of an expected return.

The Group manages its Insurance business exposures to equity, interest rate, foreign currency exchange rate and inflation movements

within the Insurance, Pensions and Investments division. It does so by balancing the importance of managing the impacts to both Solvency

capital and earnings volatility, as these factors can impact the dividend that the Insurance business can pay up to Lloyds Banking Group plc.

This approach can result in volatility in statutory profit before tax. Total insurance volatility resulted in losses of £336 million (2023:

£108million), driven by increases in interest rates and equity performance.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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2024

Retail

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Commercial

Banking

£m

Insurance,

Pensions and

Investments

£m

Equity

Investments

and Central

Items

£m

Group

£m

Underlying net interest income   8,930    3,434    (136)    617    12,845

Underlying other income   2,384    1,825    1,292    96    5,597

Operating lease depreciation   (1,319)    (6)    –    –    (1,325)

Net income   9,995    5,253    1,156    713    17,117

Operating costs   (5,596)    (2,762)    (924)    (160)    (9,442)

Remediation   (750)    (104)    (19)    (26)    (899)

Total costs   (6,346)    (2,866)    (943)    (186)    (10,341)

Underlying profit before impairment   3,649    2,387    213    527    6,776

Underlying impairment (charge) credit   (457)    14    7    3    (433)

Underlying profit   3,192    2,401    220    530    6,343

Banking net interest margin

A

2.49%   4.39%   2.95%

Average interest-earning banking assets

A

£370.1bn    £81.1bn    –    –    £451.2bn

Asset quality ratio

A

0.12%   0.00%   0.10%

Underlying loans and advances to customers

A,1

£371.5bn    £87.6bn    –    –    £459.1bn

Customer deposits   £319.7bn    £162.6bn    –    £0.4bn    £482.7bn

Risk-weighted assets   £125.1bn    £73.8bn    £0.4bn    £25.3bn    £224.6bn

2023

Retail

£m

Commercial

Banking

£m

Insurance,

Pensions and

Investments

£m

Equity

Investments

and Central

Items

£m

Group

£m

Underlying net interest income   9,647    3,799    (132)    451    13,765

Underlying other income   2,159    1,691    1,209    64    5,123

Operating lease depreciation   (948)    (8)    –    –    (956)

Net income   10,858    5,482    1,077    515    17,932

Operating costs   (5,469)    (2,647)    (880)    (144)    (9,140)

Remediation   (515)    (127)    (14)    (19)    (675)

Total costs   (5,984)    (2,774)    (894)    (163)    (9,815)

Underlying profit (loss) before impairment   4,874    2,708    183    352    8,117

Underlying impairment (charge) credit   (831)    511    7    5    (308)

Underlying profit (loss)   4,043    3,219    190    357    7,809

Banking net interest margin

A

2.73%   4.63%   3.11%

Average interest-earning banking assets

A

£365.6bn    £86.8bn    –    £0.9bn    £453.3bn

Asset quality ratio

A

0.23 %  (0.54) %  0 . 0 7  %

Underlying loans and advances to customers

A,1

£361.2bn    £88.6bn    –    (£0.1bn)    £449.7bn

Customer deposits   £308.4bn    £162.8bn    –    £0.2bn    £471.4bn

Risk-weighted assets   £119.3bn    £74.2bn    £0.2bn    £25.4bn    £219.1bn

1  Equity Investments and Central Items includes central fair value hedge accounting adjustments.

Number of employees (full-time equivalent)

At 31 Dec

2024

At 31 Dec

2023

1

Retail   29,734    32,217

Commercial Banking   8,850    9,399

Insurance, Pensions and Investments   5,882    5,903

Group functions and services   17,544    16,114

62,010    63,633

Agency staff   (782)    (1,064)

Total number of employees   61,228    62,569

1  During 2024, employees have been reallocated between Commercial Banking and Group functions and services. 2023 has been presented on a consistent basis.

The Group has reduced its non-permanent worker population by around 11 per cent in 2024. Overall, the Group has reduced its permanent

workforce and invested in growth within the Lloyds Technology Office to increase skills in technology and data.

Segmental analysis – underlying basis

A

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Retail offers a broad range of financial services products to personal customers, including current accounts, savings, mortgages, credit

cards, unsecured loans, motor finance and leasing solutions. Its aim is to build enduring relationships that meet more of its customers’

financial needs and improves their financial resilience throughout their lifetime. Retail operates the largest digital bank in the UK and

continues to improve digital experience through a mobile-first strategy, deliver market-leading products and meet consumer duty

expectations whilst working within a prudent risk appetite. Through strategic investment, alongside increased use of data, Retail aims to

deepen consumer relationships, deliver personalised propositions, broaden its intermediary offering, improve customer experience and

operational efficiency.

Strategic progress

• UK’s largest digital bank with 22.7 million digitally active users; 20.2 million actively using the Group’s mobile apps, up 8 per cent in 2024,

with over 6 billion logons this year. Mobile messaging interactions up over 60 per cent on 2023

• Enriched mobile offering, including a redesigned Lloyds Bank app with six new spaces allowing customers to manage their finances

alongside ‘Link Pay’, a safe and fast way to request payment. Enhanced personalisation of in-app journeys and messaging, through data

utilisation to better understand customer needs

• Mortgage gross lending share increased 3 percentage points since 2023 to 20 per cent, alongside £15.1 billion lending to first time buyers

in 2024 and a 6 percentage point increase in take-up of protection insurance in 2024

• Grown Mass Affluent customer base to over 3 million and exceeded target for growth in banking balances, up 15 per cent since 2021,

with a dedicated digital-first proposition providing product offers, digital tools and financial coaching

• Increased customers served per distribution FTE by 30 per cent since 2021 and utilised the expertise of branch colleagues to answer

personal banking calls, to support 725,000 customers in 2024

• 5 per cent growth in depth of relationship

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with customers, including growth across all life stages

• 11.2 million customers registered for ‘Your Credit Score’, including 2.4 million registrations in 2024, contributing c.7percent of direct

mortgages applications value. Over 780,000 customers have improved their score in 2024

• Introduced fee free overseas debit card usage on the majority of packaged bank accounts, supporting an increase in customers using

debit cards overseas and a stronger value proposition driving income diversification

• Launched ‘Black Horse FlexPay’, a flexible and easy way to pay for larger purchases in instalments

• Surpassed 2024 sustainability targets, lending £11.4 billion in mortgages on properties with an EPC rating of A or B

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and £9.4 billion for

financing and leasing of battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles

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Financial performance

• Underlying net interest income 7 per cent lower, reflecting expected mortgage and unsecured lending asset margin compression and

continued deposit churn headwinds, partly offset by higher structural hedge earnings

• Underlying other income up 10 per cent, driven by UK Motor Finance including growth following the acquisition of Tusker in 2023 and

higher average vehicle rental values

• Operating lease depreciation charge higher due to fleet growth, the depreciation of higher value vehicles and declines in used electric

car prices, primarily in the first half

• Operating costs up 2 per cent, with cost efficiencies helping to partially offset inflationary pressures, business growth costs, ongoing

strategic investment including increased severance charges and the sector-wide Bank of England Levy. Remediation costs of £750

million include a £700 million provision in relation to the potential impacts of motor finance commission arrangements

• Underlying impairment charge of £457 million, lower than prior year and includes a £332 million credit from an improved economic

outlook, notably house price growth, the release of judgemental adjustments for inflation and interest rate risks, a one-off debt sale

write back and strong portfolio performance in UK mortgages

• Loans and advances to customers up £10.3 billion, including £6.1 billion growth in UK mortgages (net of securitisations of £1.9billion), UK

Retail unsecured loans up £2.2 billion due to organic growth and lower repayments following a securitisation in 2023, alongside £1.9

billion growth across credit cards and other Retail (driven by European lending)

• Customer deposits up £11.3 billion, with inflows into limited withdrawal and fixed term products, partly offset by a £1.4 billion reduction

in current account balances (significantly lower than the prior year, as expected)

• Risk-weighted assets up 5 per cent in 2024, given higher lending and Retail secured CRD IV model increases, partly offset by capital

efficient securitisation activity

1  Customers retained from November 2021. Relates to product holdings, for franchise customers with active relationship.

2  Since 1 January 2022, new mortgage lending on residential property with an Energy Performance Certificate rating of A or B at 30September 2024; and new lending for Black Horse and

operating leases for Lex Autolease and Tusker at 31 December 2024.

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Commercial Banking serves small and medium businesses and corporate and institutional clients, providing lending, transactional banking,

working capital management, debt financing and risk management services whilst connecting the whole Group to clients. Through

investment in digital capability and product development, Commercial Banking will deliver an enhanced customer experience via a digital-

first model in Business and Commercial Banking and an expanded client proposition across Commercial Banking, generating diversified

capital efficient growth and supporting customers in their transition to net zero.

Strategic progress

• Maintained position as number 1 ranked

1

Infrastructure and Project Finance Bank in the UK, financing wind farms, solar, and investments

into newer low carbon technologies

• Increased euro and US dollar debt capital markets issuance volumes by 39 per cent, outperforming the market

2

• Awarded Best Bank for Digitalisation at the Global Trade Review Awards 2024. Completed the Group’s first electronic bill of lading

transaction, reducing transaction time, execution risk, costs and environmental impact

• Delivered £10.7 billion of sustainable financing

3

in 2024. Ranked first in ESG-labelled bond issuance for UK issuers

4

• Launched ‘Lloyds Bank Market Insights’ bringing together economics and markets expertise to provide topical and timely thought

leadership to clients; consistently recognised as one of the leading forecasters of the UK economy

• Awarded Best Bank Foreign Exchange Trading for Corporates in the UK

5

and delivered 42 per cent year on year increase in foreign

exchange volumes

• Achieved strategic objective of Top 5 sterling interest rate swap counterparty with number 2 ranking

• Expanded the mobile-first onboarding journey following initial launch in 2023 to include multiple party limited companies, clubs and

societies; around 9 in 10 Business Banking accounts now being originated digitally

• Threshold for automated credit decisioning increased to up to £100,000 for customers meeting criteria, with new mobile overdraft

journey enabling Business Banking customers to digitally apply for an overdraft facility

• Launched new mobile app journeys for instant access, term and notice accounts

• Enhanced Merchant Services proposition, including improved access to Clover offering and introduction of tailored terminal

integrations, helping customers to automate business management processes

• Delivered increased personalised content for customers in both mobile app and browser, resulting in over half a billion personalised

digital impressions and driving significant increase in engagement

• Hosted the Lilac Review following the publication of the Disability and Entrepreneur Report in partnership with Small Business Britain

and founding signatory to the Disability Finance Code for Entrepreneurship

Financial performance

• Underlying net interest income of £3,434 million, down 10 per cent on the prior year, driven by expected customer movements into

interest-bearing accounts, as well as lower average deposit balances

• Underlying other income increased 8 per cent to £1,825 million, reflecting client franchise growth due to strategic investment and higher

levels of client activity, driving a strong markets performance

• Operating costs 4 per cent higher with cost efficiencies helping to partially offset inflationary pressures, business growth costs, ongoing

strategic investment and the sector-wide Bank of England Levy. Remediation costs were £104 million

• Underlying impairment credit of £14 million, reduced from the prior year which included a significant one-off write-back. The credit in

2024 reflected strong asset quality, a one-off release from model loss rates and updated economic scenarios. The charge on new and

existing Stage 3 clients remains low

• Customer lending 1 per cent lower at £87.6 billion reflecting ongoing net repayments within Business and Commercial Banking, including

government-backed lending, partly offset by strategic growth in Corporate and Institutional Banking, notably higher infrastructure

lending

• Customer deposits stable at £162.6 billion, with growth in target sectors, offset by an expected outflow in the third quarter

• Risk-weighted assets 1 per cent lower at £73.8 billion, reflecting efficient allocation of capital and optimisation activity

1  Infralogic 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024, by deal volume and value.

2  Refinitiv Eikon; all international bonds in euro and US dollar, excluding Sovereign, supranational and agency issuance.

3 In line with the Group’s Sustainable Financing Framework.

4  Bondradar; excluding Sovereign, supranational and agency issuance.

5  Coalition Greenwich Voice of Clients - 2024 European Corporate Foreign Exchange Study.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Insurance, Pensions and Investments (IP&I) supports over 10 million customers, with a number one ranking in Home Insurance new policy

share, a number two ranking in UK defined contribution Workplace provision, and a top three position for Individual Annuities provision

with annualised annuity payments of over £0.9 billion. Total Assets under administration (AuA) are £232 billion (excluding Wealth). The

Group continues to invest significantly into IP&I to develop the business, including the investment propositions to support the Group’s Mass

Affluent strategy, digitisation, innovating intermediary propositions and accelerating the transition to a low carbon economy.

Strategic progress

• Scottish Widows now has more than 1 million digitally registered customers. Recently relaunched an app for workplace pension

customers which has over 400,000 users, 60 per cent of which are active users

• Increased the product offering with the introduction of Ready-Made Pensions, the Self Invested Personal Pension and Pet Insurance.

Alongside Ready-Made Investments launched in 2023, with c.45,000 accounts opened to date and c.40per cent of customers under

the age of 35, this creates a significant opportunity to grow the business and drive deeper customer relationships

• Continued to grow home insurance market share through the Group’s strong brands, transforming customer experiences through

digitisation, whilst also delivering productivity gains. New policies increased by over 24 per cent and market share grew by

0.9percentage points to 15.0 per cent compared to 2023

• Continued momentum in the protection insurance offering, utilising Retail channels with take-up rates (as a percentage of mortgage

completions) increasing from 9.1 per cent to 15.2 per cent in 2024

• Successful launch of refreshed independent financial advisor proposition on new architecture driving significant new business with

applications for protection cover up 50 per cent in the second half of the year following the launch

• Open book AuA of £185 billion (2023: £164 billion), with 13 per cent growth in the year. Net AuA flows of £5.3 billion, contributing to an

increased stock of deferred profit. This included a significant contribution from the workplace pensions business, with a 9 per cent

increase in regular contributions to pensions administered and £108 billion of AuA

• Market share of stocks and shares ISA new account openings at 19.8 per cent, second in the market

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(12 months to 30September2023:

20.2 per cent, second in the market)

• Grew individual annuities market share by 4 percentage points to 23.5 per cent

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, issuing c.£1.7 billion of policies(2023: c.£1.0billion).

Focused strategic presence following the sale (subject to High Court approval) of the bulk annuities business

• Completed the transfer of the longstanding life and pensions business to IP&I’s strategic platform with four migrations successfully

executed during 2024

• Climate-aware investments increased by £4.2 billion in 2024, bringing overall investment to £25.9 billion, currently exceeding the target

of £20 billion to £25 billion by the end of 2025

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• Ended the year with a Trustpilot score of 4.3 stars for Scottish Widows and 4.6 for Lloyds Insurance

Financial performance

• Underlying profit up 16 per cent after agreed sale (subject to High Court approval) of the in-force bulk annuity portfolio

• Underlying other income of £1,292 million, up 7 per cent from strong trading, with higher net general insurance income

• Operating costs up 5 per cent, with cost efficiencies helping to partially offset inflationary pressures, business growth costs and ongoing

strategic investment including increased severance charges

• Balance of deferred profits broadly stable in the year at £5.0 billion (after release to income of £419million) and after allowing for the

reinsurance agreement entered into for the in-force bulk annuity portfolio, including £126million from new business, reflecting value

generation in workplace pensions and individual annuities

• Life and pensions sales (PVNBP) up 5 per cent driven by strong performance in the individual annuities and workplace business partly

offset by the agreed sale (subject to High Court approval) of the in-force bulk annuity portfolio

• Payment of a £100 million final dividend to Lloyds Banking Group plc in February 2025, after the £200 million interim dividend,

supported by a strong capital position with an estimated Insurance Solvency II ratio of 158 per cent (154 per cent after proposed

dividend)

• Credit asset portfolio strong, rated ‘A-’ on average. Well diversified, with less than 2.5 per cent of assets backing annuities being sub-

investment grade or unrated. Strong liquidity position with c.£3 billion cash and cash equivalents

1  ISA information reflects opening through direct channels and is based on 12 months to30September 2024. Annuities information reflects nine months to 30 September 2024.

2  Includes a range of funds with a bias towards investing in companies that are reducing the carbon intensity of their businesses and/or are developing climate solutions.

Equity Investments and Central Items

Equity Investments and Central Items includes the Group’s equity investments businesses, including Lloyds Development Capital (LDC), the

Group’s share of the Business Growth Fund (BGF) and the Housing Growth Partnership (HGP), as well as Lloyds Living. Also included are

income and expenses not attributed to other divisions, including residual underlying net interest income after transfer pricing (which

includes the recharging to other divisions of the Group’s external AT1 distributions), and the unwind of hedging costs relating to historic gilt

sales.

Net income in 2024 was higher compared to 2023, with stronger underlying net interest income and higher underlying other income. This

included £393 million, after funding costs relating to the Group’s equity and direct investment businesses (2023: £344million). Underlying

net interest income was higher than in 2023, which was impacted by short-term central hedging costs in the first half of 2023. Underlying

other income includes £502 million (2023: £437 million) generated by the Group’s equity and direct investment businesses increasing as a

result of strong income growth from Lloyds Living, while income from LDC was flat in the year at £425 million (2023: £418 million).

Total costs of £186million in 2024 increased 14 per cent on the prior year, largely due to costs associated with the agreed sale (subject to

High Court approval) of the Group’s in-force bulk annuity portfolio. Underlying impairment was a £3 million credit compared to a £5 million

credit in 2023.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

Governance

with purpose

Governance

In this section

Directors’ report

UK Corporate Governance Code  75

Chair’s statement  76

Our Board at a glance  77

Our Board  78

Boards of the Ring-Fenced Banks  80

Group Executive Committee  81

Board leadership and company purpose  82

Division of responsibilities  91

Composition, succession and evaluation  92

Audit, risk and internal control  96

Committee reports

Nomination and Governance

Committee report  97

Audit Committee report  100

Board Risk Committee report  104

Responsible Business Committee report  109

Directors’ remuneration report  110

Other statutory and regulatory information  134

Compliance statement

The UK Corporate Governance Code 2018 (the Code) applied to

the financial year ended 31 December 2024. The Code is available

at www.frc.org.uk

.

This directors’ report is set out in a way that helps shareholders

and investors to evaluate how the Company has applied the

principles and complied with the provisions of the Code during

2024. The table to the right signposts parts of the annual report

and accounts which relate to the principles and provisions of the

Code, including where the relevant information is not in the

directors’ report.

The Company confirms that it applied the principles and

complied with all relevant provisions of the Code throughout

2024.

On 22 January 2024, the Financial Reporting Council published

an updated version of the Code which applies to the Company’s

financial year which began on 1 January 2025. The Board gave

detailed consideration to the changes and the Group’s

preparations in readiness for their implementation, with

dedicated sessions arranged for the Board and senior executives.

The Company will report against the updated version of the

Code in its annual report and accounts for the year ending

31 December 2025.

1. Board leadership and company purpose (pages 82 to 90)

Chair’s statement  76

Our Board  78 to 79

Purpose, values and strategy  2 to 25 and 84 to 85

Culture  3 and 90

Board stakeholder engagement and decision making  40 to 41 and 86 to 87

Key performance indicators and strategic performance  26 to 29

Risk assessment  33 to 38

Risk management  137 to 198

Rewarding our workforce  110 to 133

Whistleblowing arrangements  96 and 103

2. Division of responsibilities (page 91)

Our Board and governance structure  82

Independence and time commitments  91 and 98

Committee reports  97 to 114

Board and Committee meeting attendance  80

3. Composition, succession and evaluation (pages 92 to 95)

Our Board  78 to 79

Our Board and governance structure  82

Board and Committee meeting attendance  80

Nomination and Governance Committee report  97 to 99

4. Audit, risk and internal control (page 96)

Audit Committee report  100 to 103

Statement of directors’ responsibilities  136

Risk management  137 to 198

Principal risks and emerging risks  34 to 38 and 143 to 198

Board Risk Committee report  104 to 108

Going concern  39

Viability statement  39

5. Remuneration

Directors’ remuneration report  110 to 133

UK Corporate Governance Code Principles of the Code

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Chair’s statement

Strong governance

underpins the delivery

of our strategy

Last year I highlighted how governance provides the foundation for

all that we do at Lloyds Banking Group. It is one year on and I am

immensely proud of how the Group has continued to fulfil its

purpose of Helping Britain Prosper, achieve good outcomes for

customers and deliver higher, more sustainable returns.

2024 marked the completion of the first phase of the Group’s

strategy which is closely aligned with our purpose. Throughout the

year, the Board monitored the evolution and implementation of our

strategy providing support and challenge to the executive. I

continue to be impressed by the transparency of the executive and

by the engagement of the non-executive directors which together

have enhanced the quality of Board deliberations on strategy. The

customer is at the heart of our strategy and through various

channels as detailed on page 86, the Board ensures that the

‘voice of the customer’ is heard in the boardroom.

As the Group moves forward, the Board is keenly aware that the

external environment in which we operate continues to present not

only opportunities but also challenges and interconnecting risks.

Strong governance underpins how the Group manages risk, delivers

its strategy and drives long-term value for its stakeholders.

I am pleased to present this report on governance and key

governance activities in 2024. Going forward, the Board will build on

the progress made in 2024 and continue to focus on effective

governance for the benefit of stakeholders.

Board oversight of strategy

As mentioned above, in 2024 the Board monitored the tangible

progress made on delivering the 2024 commitments. Read more on

pages 84 to 85.

Consumer Duty

The Board and its Responsible Business Committee considered the

Group’s approach to implementation of the Financial Conduct

Authority’s Consumer Duty requirements. In June the Board

approved an assessment that the Group is delivering good outcomes

for its customers. Read more on page 109.

Sustainability

The Board, through its Responsible Business Committee, has

continued to oversee the Group’s sustainability strategy. In January

and July respectively, the Board approved new targets for heavily

carbonised sectors and a new interim statement on forestry and

agriculture commodities. Read more on pages 88 and 109.

Culture

Throughout 2024, the Board provided oversight of the Group’s

cultural transformation. The Board maintained its focus on diversity

and inclusion which is a cornerstone of a healthy culture. Read more

on pages 90, 99 and 109.

Board and Committee changes

Nathan Bostock was appointed as a non-executive director of

the Company, Chair of Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc and

a member of the Board Risk Committee on 1 August 2024. He

became a member of the Audit Committee on 1 October 2024.

Alan Dickinson and Lord Lupton both stepped down from the Board

at the Company’s annual general meeting held on 16 May 2024.

Amanda Mackenzie was appointed as a member of the Audit

Committee on 1 January 2024 and Cathy Turner was appointed

as a member of the Board Risk Committee on 1 February 2024.

Read more on page 97.

Ring-fencing governance

Although this is Lloyds Banking Group plc’s corporate governance

report, I would like to thank Nigel Hinshelwood, Sarah Bentley and

Brendan Gilligan for their contribution to the Group as non-

executive directors of Lloyds Bank plc and Bank of Scotland plc

(the Ring-Fenced Banks). Read more on pages 80 and 83.

Corporate Governance Code

The Company’s statement of compliance with the UK Corporate

Governance Code 2018 can be found on page 75.

Stakeholder engagement

Understanding and meeting the Group’s responsibilities and duties

to shareholders, customers and the communities we serve is central

to our purpose and remains paramount. Read more on pages 86

to 87.

Sir Robin Budenberg

Chair

Sir Robin

Budenberg

Chair

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

2024

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Our Board at a glance

Skills experience and knowledge of our Board

Collective view of the skills, experience and knowledge of the

non-executive directors

1

Deep experience – distinctive strength    Good experience and knowledge

1  Assessment by the Nomination and Governance Committee as at 16 January 2025.

2  As at 31 December 2024 and remains correct as at the date of publication of the

annual report.

3  Cathy Turner is the Senior Independent Director.

Gender balance

2

A.  Female – 5 (50%)

B.  Male – 5 (50%)

Ethnicity

2

A.  Black, Asian or Minority

Ethnic – 2 (20%)

B.  White – 8 (80%)

Age

2

A.  46-50 – 1 (10%)

B.  51-55 – 1 (10%)

C.  56-60 – 3 (30%)

D.  61-65 – 5 (50%)

Board gender

balance over

the years

2

Women (%)

Met the UK Listing Rules targets

2

of at least:

•  40 per cent of the board being

women

•  One of the senior board positions

being held by a woman

3

•  One member of the board being

from a minority ethnic background

Our Board in 2024

Retail/

commercialbanking

Major change

programmes

Financial markets/

wholesale banking industry

ESG: environment,

sustainability and

climate change

Insurance

ESG: social, inclusion and

diversity, and governance

Audit

and finance Government/

regulator interface

Risk – in financial

institutions Listed Board Governance,

including investor relations

and remuneration

Technology/

digital

Strategic thinking

Consumer/marketing/

distribution

B.

A.

B.

A.

C.

D.

B.

A.

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Appointed: October 2020 (Board),

January 2021 (Chair)

Skills, experience and contribution:

•  Extensive financial services and investment

banking experience

•  Strong governance and strategic advisory skills in

relation to companies and government

•  Regulatory, public policy and stakeholder

management experience

Robin spent 25 years advising UK companies and

the UK Government while working for S.G.

Warburg/UBS Investment Bank and was formerly

Chief Executive and Chairman of UK Financial

Investments (UKFI), managing the Government’s

investments in UK banks following the 2008

financial crisis. He is qualified as a Chartered

Accountant.

Key external appointments:

Chair of The Crown Estate.

Appointed: August 2021

Skills, experience and contribution:

•  Extensive financial services experience including

in chief executive and other leadership roles

•  Strategic planning and implementation

•  Extensive experience of digital transformation

Charlie has over 25 years’ experience in the financial

services sector. Prior to joining the Group, Charlie

held a range of leadership positions at HSBC,

including Global Chief Executive, Wealth and

Personal Banking, and Group Head of Wealth

Management and Digital, as well as Global Chief

Operating Officer of Retail Banking and Wealth

Management. Charlie began his career at

Accenture, where he worked for 13 years in the US,

France, Switzerland and the UK before being made

a Partner. He then moved to McKinsey & Co. as a

Senior Partner, leading on projects for five years.

Key external appointments:

None

Appointed: August 2019

Skills, experience and contribution:

•  Significant board level strategic and financial

leadership experience

•  Strategic planning and development, mergers

and acquisitions, equity and debt capital

structuring and risk management

William joined the Board in August 2019, when he

was appointed Chief Financial Officer and was

Interim Group Chief Executive from May 2021 to

August 2021. William has worked in financial

services for over 25 years and previously held a

number of senior roles at Morgan Stanley, including

Co-Head of the Global Financial Institutions Group

and Head of EMEA Financial Institutions Group.

Before joining Morgan Stanley, William worked for

J. P. Morgan, again in the Financial Institutions

Group.

Key external appointments:

None

Appointed: November 2022 (Board),

September 2023 (Senior Independent Director)

Skills, experience and contribution:

•  Significant executive and non-executive financial

services experience

•  Knowledge of complex remuneration matters

•  Communications expertise with a broad range of

stakeholders including investors, regulators,

government, media and unions

Cathy has significant financial services experience,

having worked in senior executive positions at

Barclays plc and at the Group. Cathy has previously

been a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the

Remuneration Committee of Aldermore Group plc,

Quilter plc and Countrywide plc.

Key external appointments:

Non-Executive Director of Rentokil Initial plc and

Senior Independent Director of Spectris plc.

Partner on a part-time basis at Manchester Square

Partners LLP.

Appointed: August 2024

Skills, experience and contribution:

•  A wealth of financial, risk and regulatory

expertise

•  Extensive experience in large-scale customer and

corporate facing businesses

•  Significant executive experience in the financial

services industry

Nathan was Chief Executive Officer of Santander

UK plc from 2014 until 2022 and then Head of

Investment Platforms at Banco Santander S.A. until

his retirement from Santander in 2023. Prior to

joining Santander in 2014, Nathan was an executive

director and Group Chief Financial Officer of RBS

and previously held the post of Chief Risk Officer at

RBS. Before joining RBS, Nathan held various senior

positions at Santander UK plc between 2004 and

2009, including Executive Director, Finance Director

and commercial Chief Executive Officer roles in

Financial Markets and Corporate Banking and in

Cards and Insurance. He is qualified as a Chartered

Accountant.

Key external appointments:

Non-Executive Director of Centrica plc.

Appointed: December 2019

Skills, experience and contribution:

•  Strong financial leadership and regulatory

reporting skills

•  Significant audit and risk experience in financial

leadership

•  Strong transformation programme experience

Sarah has spent her entire executive career in

financial services with almost 30 years at HSBC.

She was the Group Financial Controller, a Group

General Manager and CFO for HSBC’s Asia Pacific

region. She also spent eight years as a Non-

Executive Director of Hang Seng Bank Limited.

Key external appointments:

Non-Executive Director of Severn Trent plc,

Non-Executive Director of Man Group plc and a

Trustee of the Lloyds Bank Foundation for England

and Wales.

Our Board

Sir Robin

Budenberg CBE

Chair

Charlie Nunn

Executive director

and Group

Chief Executive

William Chalmers

Executive director

and Chief

Financial Officer

Cathy Turner

Senior Independent

Director

Nathan Bostock

Independent

non-executive director

and Chair of Lloyds

Bank Corporate

Markets plc

Sarah Legg

Independent

non-executive

director

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Appointed: October 2018

Skills, experience and contribution:

•  Extensive experience in ESG matters including

responsible business and sustainability

•  Strong customer engagement and digital

technology experience

•  Significant marketing and brand background

Amanda was Chief Executive of Business in the

Community, of which King Charles III is the Royal

Founding Patron and which promotes responsible

business and corporate responsibility. Prior to that

role, she was a member of Aviva’s Group

Executive for seven years as Chief Marketing and

Communications Officer and was seconded to

help launch the United Nations Sustainable

Development Goals. She is also a former Director

of British Airways AirMiles, BT, Hewlett Packard Inc

and British Gas.

Key external appointments:

Non-Executive Director of The British Land

Company plc, Chair of The Queen’s Reading Room

and Chair and partner of Otherwise Partners LLP.

Appointed: November 2021

Skills, experience and contribution:

•  Over 25 years’ experience leading digital and

complex transformation

•  Experience of building and running technology-

led businesses and creating new ventures

•  A wealth of international and financial services

knowledge having lived in 11 countries and

worked across 30 countries on six continents

Harmeen was appointed Chief Digital and

Innovation Officer at BT in April 2021. Prior to

that role, she spent seven years as Global Chief

Information Officer and Head of Cyber Security and

Cloud Business at Bharti Airtel, leading its cloud and

security businesses. Earlier in her career, Harmeen

held CIO positions at BBVA, HSBC and Bank of

America Merrill Lynch.

Key external appointments:

Chief Digital and Innovation Officer at BT.

Appointed: August 2022 (Board),

September 2022 (Chair of Scottish Widows Group)

Skills, experience and contribution:

•  Significant financial services board and chair

experience

•  Extensive knowledge and experience of

large-scale banking and insurance businesses

•  Track record as a non-executive and executive in

customer-centric companies

Scott was a Non-Executive Director of Centrica plc

between 2016 and 2020 and served as Chair of

Centrica plc between 2020 and 2024. He was

formerly Chair of AXA UK plc, Chair of Aviva

Insurance Limited, a Non-Executive Director of

Aviva plc and Senior Independent Director of

Santander UK plc. He worked as an executive in

the retail sector for over 25 years where he held

positions including chief executive officer of Best

Buy Europe, managing director of Boots the

Chemist plc and a number of senior executive

positions at Tesco plc.

Key external appointments:

None.

Appointed: March 2020

Skills, experience and contribution:

•  Extensive executive experience of international

financial institutions

•  Deep experience of risk and transformation

oversight

•  Strong focus on culture and corporate

governance

Catherine is a former Deputy Chair and Senior

Independent Director of AIB Group plc where she

also chaired the Board Audit Committee. In her

executive career with J.P. Morgan Securities, she

was Vice President, European Financial Institutions,

Mergers and Acquisitions, and Vice President

Equity Research Department, forming the European

Banks Team.

Key external appointments:

Deputy Chair of BlackRock Asset Management

Ireland Limited.

Appointed: July 2019 (Company Secretary)

Skills, experience and contribution:

•  Significant legal and governance leadership

experience within financial services

•  Strategic functional planning and development,

corporate, mergers and acquisitions, regulation

and risk management

Kate became Group General Counsel (now Chief

Legal Officer) in May 2015 and Company

Secretary in July 2019. Kate joined the Group in

2005 from Linklaters, where she was a corporate

lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions

transactions. Before her current roles, Kate held

a number of senior positions including Deputy

Group General Counsel and General Counsel for

Group Legal.

Amanda Mackenzie

LVO OBE

Independent non-

executive director

Harmeen Mehta

Independent

non-executive

director

Scott Wheway

Independent

non-executive

director and Chair

of Scottish Widows

Group

Catherine Woods

Independent

non-executive

director

Kate Cheetham

Chief Legal Officer

and Company

Secretary

Key

A

Audit Committee member

NG

Nomination and Governance Committee

member

RB

Responsible Business Committee member

Re

RB

NG

Re

NG

BR

BR

A

A

BR

Board Risk Committee member

Re

Remuneration Committee member

Committee Chair

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Our Board continued

C

Chair

Board

Nomination and

Governance

Committee

Audit

Committee

Board Risk

Committee

Remuneration

Committee

Responsible

Business

Committee

Sir Robin Budenberg 10/10

6/6

C

5/5 5/5

Charlie Nunn 10/10

William Chalmers 10/10

Cathy Turner 10/10 6/6 7/9

6

5/5

C

Nathan Bostock

2

3/3 1/1 4/4

Alan Dickinson

3

5/5 3/3 3/3 4/4 2/2

Sarah Legg 10/10

6/6

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10/10 5/5

Lord Lupton

3

5/5 2/2

Amanda Mackenzie 10/10 6/6 5/6

5

5/5

5/5

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Harmeen Mehta 10/10

Scott Wheway 10/10 6/6 9/10

7

Catherine Woods 9/10

4

5/6

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10/10

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4/5

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Board and Committee membership and attendance at meetings in 2024

1

1  Where a director is unable to attend a meeting he/she receives papers in advance and

has the opportunity to provide comments to the Chair of the Board or to the relevant

Committee Chair.

2  Nathan Bostock was appointed to the Board and became a member of the Board Risk

Committee on 1 August 2024 and became a member of the Audit Committee on

1 October 2024.

3  Alan Dickinson and Lord Lupton stepped down from the Board and relevant

Committees on 16 May 2024.

4  Catherine Woods was unable to attend one meeting of each of the Board, the Audit

Committee and the Remuneration Committee for personal reasons.

5  Amanda Mackenzie was unable to attend one meeting due to a commitment scheduled

before she joined the Audit Committee.

6  Cathy Turner became a member of the Board Risk Committee on 1 February 2024. Cathy

Turner was unable to attend two meetings due to commitments scheduled before she

joined the Board Risk Committee.

7  Scott Wheway was unable to attend one meeting due to the rescheduling of the January

meeting.

Boards of the Ring-Fenced Banks

Each of the directors of Lloyds Banking Group plc is also a director of Lloyds Bank plc and Bank of Scotland plc, which are the banks within

the Group which have been included within the ring-fence (together, the Ring-Fenced Banks). The boards of the Ring-Fenced Banks have

three additional independent non-executive directors: Nigel Hinshelwood (Senior Independent Director), Sarah Bentley and Brendan

Gilligan. Read their biographies below and read more about the role of the Ring-Fenced Bank-only directors and the Group’s structure on

page 83.

Appointed: January 2019

Skills, experience and contribution:

•  Extensive experience in the financial services

sector in the UK and worldwide

•  Significant experience of large-scale

transformation, operations and technology

Nigel was a partner at Ernst & Young, and also held

various roles at HSBC, including Deputy CEO of

HSBC Bank plc, Head of HSBC Insurance Holdings,

Chief Operating Officer for EMEA and Global Head

of Operations. Nigel was formerly a Non-Executive

Director of Lloyd’s of London, Nordea Bank and

Ikano Bank.

Key external appointments:

Chair of AXA XL Underwriting Agencies Limited and

AXA XL Insurance Company UK Limited,

International Advisory Council Member of Adobe

Systems Software Ireland Limited, Advisory Council

Member of International Association of Credit

Portfolio Managers and Member of the Finance and

Risk Committee of Business in the Community.

Appointed: January 2019

Skills, experience and contribution:

•  Extensive digital and digital transformation

experience

•  Strong customer and marketing skills

Sarah is Chair of the Gender Equality Leadership

Team at Business in the Community. She was

formerly Chief Executive Officer and Executive

Director of Thames Water Utilities Limited and

Director of Water UK, the trade association of the

water and wastewater industry. Prior to those roles,

Sarah was Chief Customer Officer at Severn Trent

plc and a member of its Executive Committee and

the Managing Partner for Accenture’s Digital

business unit in the UK & Ireland. She has worked

internationally in a number of roles including

Strategy, Marketing & Propositions for BT’s Global

Services division, CEO of Datapoint and Senior Vice

President of eLoyalty.

Key external appointments:

Director of Scanes Bentley & Associates Limited and

Chair of the Gender Equality Leadership Team at

Business in the Community.

Appointed: January 2019

Skills, experience and contribution:

•  Extensive experience in core strategic finance

and controllership roles in the financial services

industry

•  Significant experience of serving on the boards of

regulated financial services businesses in the UK,

France, Switzerland and Poland

Brendan’s career began in the Public Audit division

of KPMG in Ireland and Canada. He subsequently

worked in commercial and consumer banking

services and financing with Woodchester

Investments plc and, after its acquisition by General

Electric Company, with GE Capital until his

retirement in April 2018.

Key external appointments:

Non-Executive Director of Cabot Credit

Management Group Limited.

Nigel Hinshelwood

Senior Independent

Director

Lloyds Bank plc

and Bank of

Scotland plc

Sarah Bentley

Non-executive

director

Lloyds Bank plc

and Bank of

Scotland plc

Brendan Gilligan

Non-executive

director

Lloyds Bank plc

and Bank of

Scotland plc

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Group Executive Committee

Charlie Nunn

Executive director and

Group ChiefExecutive

William Chalmers

Executive director and

ChiefFinancial Officer

Chirantan Barua

Chief Executive Officer,

Scottish Widows and Insurance,

Pensions and Investments

Kate Cheetham

Chief Legal Officer and

Company Secretary

Appointed: August 2021 Appointed: June 2019 Appointed: May 2023 Appointed: July 2017

Elyn Corfield

Chief Executive Officer,

Business and Commercial

Banking

Sharon Doherty

Chief People and

Places Officer

Jo Harris

Chief Executive Officer,

Mass Affluent

Ron van Kemenade

Chief Operating Officer

Appointed: July 2022 Appointed: June 2022 Appointed: July 2022 Appointed: June 2023

Laura Needham

Chief Internal Auditor

Jayne Opperman

Chief Executive Officer,

Consumer Relationships

Stephen Shelley

Chief Risk Officer

Jasjyot Singh OBE

Chief Executive Officer,

Consumer Lending

Appointed: October 2022 Appointed: January 2023 Appointed: September 2017 Appointed: July 2022

Andrew Walton

Chief Sustainability Officer and

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

John Winter

Chief Executive Officer,

Corporate and Institutional

Banking

Appointed: September 2018 Appointed: September 2022

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Board leadership and company purpose

Lloyds Banking Group plc

Board

The terms of reference for the Board Committees and the matters

reserved for the Board can be found on our corporate governance page

Board

Committees

Role of the Board

The Board is responsible for ensuring the Group’s long-term

sustainable success, generating value for shareholders and

contributing to wider society. It sets the Group’s purpose,

values and strategy, with the aim of Helping Britain Prosper

– read more on pages 84 to 85.

The Board is also responsible for establishing and promoting a

culture of customer focus (including treating customers fairly),

risk awareness and ethical behaviours through the Group

values, and monitoring how that culture has been embedded

within the Company – read more about the Board’s customer

focus on pages 40, 84 and 86 and about its monitoring of

culture on page 90.

Sustainability and inclusivity are central to the Group’s

purpose. The Responsible Business Committee oversees

sustainability ambitions, with the Audit and Board Risk

Committees sharing reporting and risk management duties for

sustainability-related matters (including climate). Details on

our sustainability governance are on pages 88 to 89.

The Board is also responsible for ensuring that the Group’s

culture is aligned with its purpose, values and strategy – read

more on pages 85 and 90.

The Board retains ultimate responsibility for ensuring the

necessary resources are in place to meet agreed objectives.

Effective risk management is central to the Group’s strategy,

supported by the Group’s enterprise risk management

framework – read more on pages 137 to 198.

The Board believes that engaging with stakeholders is crucial

for achieving the Group’s strategy and long-term goals. Details

on stakeholder engagement are on pages 86 to 87 and the

directors’ section 172 statement is on pages 40 to 41.

Nomination and Governance Committee

Responsible for keeping the Board’s governance arrangements

under review, ensuring there is a formal, rigorous and transparent

procedure for the appointment of new directors, ensuring

succession plans are in place for leading the process for Board

appointments and assisting the Board in ensuring its composition

is regularly reviewed and refreshed.

See page   97

Audit Committee

Responsibilities include monitoring and reviewing the formal

arrangements established by the Board in respect of the integrity

of the financial reporting and narrative reporting of the Group and

the Company, the independence and effectiveness of the internal

and external audit functions, and the effectiveness of the internal

controls and the risk management framework.

See page   100

Board Risk Committee

Responsible for assisting the Board in fulfilling its risk governance

and oversight responsibilities.

See page   104

Remuneration Committee

Responsibilities include reviewing, overseeing the design and

making recommendations to the Board on the remuneration

policy and framework for the Company’s directors and the overall

remuneration policy and philosophy of the Group and overseeing

the implementation of those policies.

See page   126

Responsible Business Committee

Responsibilities include providing oversight of and support for the

Group’s strategy and plans for delivering the Company’s

aspirations to become a truly purpose-driven organisation and

considering and recommending to the Board for approval the

Group’s reporting relating to purpose and ESG matters.

See page   109

Our Board and governance structure

Corporate Governance Framework

Key decisions and matters reserved for the Board, including the

Group’s long-term strategy and priorities, are outlined in the

Corporate Governance Framework, which is reviewed periodically.

Committees support the Board by making decisions or

recommendations on delegated matters like Board appointments,

internal controls, risk management, financial reporting, governance,

and remuneration policies. This allows the Board to focus more on

strategic, forward-looking issues. More details on the Corporate

Governance Framework are on page 98.

Each Board Committee is composed solely of non-executive

directors and led by an experienced chair. Committees are

structured to encourage open discussion and thorough

consideration of proposals.

The executive directors make decisions within the parameters and

principles set out in the Corporate Governance Framework, which

aims to ensure that decisions are made by management under the

correct authority. Any activity can be escalated to the full Board if

needed. Executive committees, particularly the Group Executive

Committee, support the Group Chief Executive. Read about the

Group Chief Executive Committees on page 140 and see the Group

Executive Committee members and attendee on page 81.

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Board meetings in 2024

There are separate boards and board committees of Lloyds Banking

Group plc, Lloyds Bank plc, Bank of Scotland plc and HBOS plc, but

most meetings are held concurrently under the ‘Aligned Board

Model’. As most of the Group’s business sits within the Ring-Fenced

Banks, the interests of the Ring-Fenced Banks, Lloyds Banking

Group plc and HBOS plc are aligned in most circumstances. This

model is supported by a number of safeguards to enable us to

operate in this way including the appointment of three Ring-Fenced

Bank-only non-executive directors and a Ring-Fenced Bank Risk

Officer, all of whose primary focus is on protecting the interests of

the Ring-Fenced Banks. Read more about the Group’s governance

structure and ring-fencing governance arrangements below.

Updates are regularly provided at Board meetings by the Committee

Chairs, the Chair, the Group Chief Executive, the Chief Financial

Officer, the Chief Risk Officer, the Group Chief Operating Officer

and the Chairs of Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc and Scottish

Widows Group Limited. The non-executive directors also receive

offline updates from management to give context to current issues.

The Chair regularly meets with non-executive directors without

executive directors present.

Lloyds Banking Group plc has a continuous agenda-setting and

escalation process to ensure the Board receives timely and relevant

information for decision making. Led by the Chair, with support from

the Group Chief Executive and the Company Secretary, this ensures

that sufficient time is allocated for strategic discussions and

business critical items.

The process for escalating issues and setting agendas is regularly

reviewed and enhanced as needed.

The Chair and Committee Chairs structure meetings to encourage

open discussion, debate and challenge. Where directors have

concerns about the operation of the Board or the management of

the Company that cannot be resolved, their concerns would be

recorded in the board minutes. On resignation or retirement,

non-executive directors can provide a written statement of

concerns to the Chair for circulation to the Board. No such written

statement was provided to the Chair in 2024 or up to the date of

this report.

Group structure and ring-fencing governance

arrangements

Since 1 January 2019, UK legislation has required large UK banks to

separate personal banking services, such as current and savings

accounts, from riskier activities, such as investment banking, in

other parts of their business. This is called ring-fencing. The Group’s

structure and governance arrangements meet these regulatory

requirements.

As mentioned on page 80, Lloyds Bank plc and Bank of Scotland

plc are the banks within the Group which have been included

within the ring-fence (together, the Ring-Fenced Banks). The

governance structure focuses on ensuring:

•  Independent decision making by the Ring-Fenced Banks’

boards – on any matters where there might be a conflict

between the interests of the Ring-Fenced Banks and the

interests of another part of the Group and that any such

conflicts are identified and appropriately managed

•  Risks affecting the Ring-Fenced Banks are considered and

managed from the Ring-Fenced Banks’ perspective – including

maintenance of the capital adequacy and liquidity of the

Ring-Fenced Banks

•  Clear and effective governance at both Ring-Fenced Bank and

Lloyds Banking Group plc level – including second and third lines

of defence in respect of risk management

The subsidiaries in the Group are structured into the following

sub-groups under Lloyds Banking Group plc, providing effective

governance for the business undertaken in each sub-group:

•  Ring-Fenced Banks sub-group containing Lloyds Bank plc and

Bank of Scotland plc (including the Halifax and MBNA

businesses), serving both their UK personal and commercial

customers

•  Non-Ring-Fenced Bank sub-group – Lloyds Bank Corporate

Markets plc – which provides products and services to Group

customers that are not allowed within the ring-fence, as well as

serving financial institutions’ customers and holding certain of

the Group’s subsidiaries and branches outside the UK

•  Insurance sub-group under Scottish Widows Group Limited

(including Scottish Widows Limited)

•  Equity sub-group under LBG Equity Investments Limited

(including Lloyds Development Capital (Holdings) Limited)

The boards of the Ring-Fenced Banks comprise all of the Group

directors plus three additional independent non-executive

directors: Nigel Hinshelwood (Senior Independent Director), Sarah

Bentley and Brendan Gilligan – read their biographies on page 80.

These Ring-Fenced Bank-only directors are independent of the

management and the rest of the Group and their role is to act

exclusively in the best interests of the Ring-Fenced Banks. They

therefore play a crucial role in the governance structure, with an

enhanced role in managing any potential conflicts between the

Ring-Fenced Banks and the Group.

Lloyds Banking Group plc simplified sub-group structure

Lloyds Banking Group plc Board

Lloyds Bank

Corporate

Markets plc

Non-Ring-Fenced Bank

LBG Equity

Investments

Limited

Equity Investments

Aligned boards

Lloyds Bank plc

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HBOS plc

Bank of Scotland plc

1

Scottish

Widows Group

Limited

Insurance

1    Ring-Fenced Banks

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Board leadership and company purpose continued

Board activities, stakeholders and strategy

These pages set out some of the key activities of the Board during

the year, the stakeholder groups central to these activities and the

Board’s oversight of the Group’s strategy.

How the Board oversees the implementation

of the Group’s strategy

Board meetings

The Board regularly discusses strategy at Board meetings, both as

part of the updates from the Group Chief Executive, the Chief

Financial Officer and the Group Chief Operating Officer and as

dedicated agenda items. These included updates on the

implementation of the Group’s strategic transformation, business-

specific strategies and strategies related to customers, employees,

suppliers, sustainability, finance and risk.

Board Committees

The Board’s Committees oversee several aspects of the Group’s

strategy. For example, the Board Risk Committee considers updates

on the performance of the Group’s change programme being

undertaken as part of the strategy including the related execution

risks and the Audit Committee provides oversight of the strategic

development of the reporting environment and benefits from the

independent insight provided by internal and external audit,

supporting rigorous review of strategic change.

Strategy offsites

Strategy offsite meetings were held in June and November, providing

the Board opportunities to consider detailed updates on topics

relating to the Group’s strategic transformation and to provide

challenge and feedback to inform planning and implementation.

Key

Stakeholders

Board and Committees

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Focus

Change

Drive revenue growth

and diversification

Strengthen cost and

capital efficiency

Maximise the potential of

people, technology and data

Customers and clients

Shareholders

Colleagues

Communities and environment

SuppliersRegulators and government

Board and Committee meetings 2024

Key focus areas for 2024

This table shows some of the key focus areas for the Board during

2024, the stakeholder groups integral to those areas and the

strategic priorities to which those areas align.

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andclients

•  Updates on strategic

transformation including on

operational resilience

•  Updates on business unit

strategic and financial

performance

•  Strategy offsites to discuss

the delivery of the strategy

and cultural change and to

consider the external

environment

•  Senior management and

senior leadership

development and succession

planning – read more on

pages 97 and 98

•  Group’s approach to

environmental sustainability

– read more on pages 88

to 89

•  Market trends, investor

perspectives and

stakeholder engagement

•  Group’s location strategy

•

G

roup customer dashboard

targets for assessing

customer experience

outcomes – read more on

page 40

•

U

pdates on key trends

impacting customers and

how the Group is addressing

customers’ needs

•

T

he Group’s operational

resilience self-assessment as

the Group seeks to ensure

resilient services for its

customers – read more on

page 41

•

A

nnual Board report on

Consumer Duty and

assessment of good

outcomes for customers –

read more on page 41

•

C

onsumer products and

propositions

Strategic objectives

Stakeholders

Our Group strategic priorities

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

Other informationFinancial statementsRisk managementGovernanceFinancial resultsSustainability reviewStrategic report

Topics at the June offsite included business unit strategic progress,

the evolving external landscape, the strategy for generative artificial

intelligence and consideration of potential options for the next

phase of the Group’s strategy.

At the November offsite, the Board considered the potential

strategic vision beyond 2026, future growth ambitions and the

Group’s operating model.

These offsites allowed the Board to discuss strategy with the

executive team in an iterative manner and to test strategic

assumptions from a stakeholder perspective. The Board also used

these offsite events to engage with customers, colleagues and

clients, with activities including colleague recognition events, branch

visits, client dinners and meeting the UK mortgage business team

and the team working on the refresh of the mobile application.

One-to-one discussions with management

The non-executive directors have open access to senior

management including one-to-one meetings with the Group Chief

Executive, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Risk Officer, the

Group Chief Operating Officer and the CEOs of the different

businesses to discuss strategy. This provides the non-executive

directors with the opportunity to explore particular matters in

greater detail outside of Board meetings.

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culture and

values

Financial Risk

management

and regulatory

Governance

•  Updates on the Group’s

culture transformation

programme

•  The Group’s progress and

performance on diversity,

equity and inclusion – read

more on pages 31 and 32

•  Updates on the Group’s

environmental strategy,

including on its net zero

ambitions – read more on

pages 54 to 60 – and the

Group’s external

environmental statements

•  Reputation and geopolitical

updates, including impacts

from the external

environment

•  Approval of the overall

internal Group Remuneration

Policy and philosophy

•  Modern slavery and human

trafficking statement

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iscussion and approval of

the Group’s four-year

operating plan

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and half-year and quarterly

interim management

statements

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ayment of final dividend for

2023 and interim dividend for

2024

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are buyback programme

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conomic assumptions

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inancial updates from the

Chief Financial Officer

including key financial

highlights and performance

against budget and sub-

group business performance

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oard risk appetite metrics

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ing-Fenced Bank

governance modifications

renewal and modification

attestation

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roup Ring-Fencing Policy

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nterprise Risk Management

Framework

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isk reports and reports from

the Board Risk Committee

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P

RA Periodic Summary

Letter and actions

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F

CA Firm Evaluation Letter

and actions

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G

roup Speak Up Champions

report

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conomic crime prevention

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Framework

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irector and committee

appointments – read more

on

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ages 76 and 97 to 99

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suppliers

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Framework

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ecommendations from the

2023 Board and Committee

effectiveness review

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annual general meeting

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roup’s outsourcing strategy

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dates on workforce

engagement

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pdates on new regulations

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governance

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Board leadership and company purpose continued

Stakeholder engagement

The Board recognises the vital importance of engaging with all its

stakeholders. The Group’s Closer to Customers, Clients and

Colleagues Programme is a key method by which non-executive

directors hear directly from key stakeholders.

The programme was designed to help the directors better

understand the important issues for our customers, clients and

colleagues, the role the Group plays in supporting them and how the

Group is performing in this respect, helping to inform the directors’

decision making.

A number of activities took place under the programme, which

included meetings with customers and clients and conversations

with colleagues. The non-executive directors continue to find these

sessions beneficial, providing valuable insight which helps in their

consideration of the proposals reviewed by the Board during the

year.

Below is a description of how the Board engages with all its

stakeholders and examples of decision making by the Board which

had particular stakeholder relevance can be found on pages 40

to 41.

Customers and clients

The Group’s customer-centric approach means the Board has an

ongoing commitment to understanding and addressing customer

and client needs, which remains central to achieving the Group’s

strategic ambitions.

Examples of Board engagement included:

•  Non-executive directors attended events to provide deeper

insight into the issues which customers and clients have faced

during the year

•  In 2024, Board members actively participated in customer

sessions to gain a deeper understanding of the daily challenges

the Group’s customers encounter. These sessions covered a

wide range of important topics, including the financial resilience

of customers, family finances, the challenges of starting out in

life, managing home finances, planning for later life and the

challenges of running a small business in the current climate

Colleagues

Colleagues remain central to the delivery of the Group’s strategic

ambitions and the Board continues to recognise this in its

engagement with them. Engagement this year included a variety of

sessions across the Group to discuss topical issues relating to

challenges both at and outside of work.

As in 2023, the Board’s Responsible Business Committee has been

the designated body for workforce engagement, providing focus,

but with the Board retaining a commitment for individual Board

members to engage with colleagues directly throughout the year.

The Responsible Business Committee reports regularly to the

Board on all of its activities, including on its colleague engagement

agenda. The Board considers these arrangements to be effective

as involvement of all members of the Responsible Business

Committee enables a broader range of colleague engagement

activities, as described in this section.

In continuing to consider its arrangements for engaging with the

Group’s workforce, the Board approved in 2024 an evolved

approach to colleague engagement, to be implemented during

2025. This new approach builds on existing colleague listening

activity and will introduce three forums to better represent

colleagues particularly at grades where trade union membership

is low. The forums will include the People Forum, the People

Consultation Forum and the Management Advisory Forum.

•  The Board took the opportunity to meet with clients when

visiting Group sites in Leeds and Birmingham

•  Dedicated updates to the Board from across the organisation,

which identified areas of customer and client concern and

covered a range of internal and external performance

measures; in addition, concerns relevant to customers and

clients were identified for consideration in wider proposals put

to the Board

•  Regular updates to the Board giving insight into the Group’s

performance in delivering on its customer and client-related

objectives and commitments, which assisted in determining

where further action was required to meet these objectives.

Read about the Group Customer Dashboard on page 40

•  The Chair and the Group Chief Executive attended customer

and client engagement events across various regions of the UK,

providing an important opportunity for customers and clients

to raise their concerns directly with these Board members

Examples of Board engagement included:

•  Review by the Responsible Business Committee of the findings

of surveys of colleague sentiment, including annual and ad hoc

surveys. Regular review by the Responsible Business Committee

of other workforce engagement reports, covering key issues

raised, trends on people matters and updates on colleague

sentiment

•  Reports summarising colleague engagement activity, including

key themes and issues which colleagues have raised during the

year

•  Non-executive directors attended a number of colleague focus

groups, allowing colleagues to share their perspective on

matters on the Board’s agenda and discuss the Group’s progress

against its strategic objectives

•  Members of the Board visited a number of the Group’s sites,

including Leeds and Birmingham, where they met with

colleagues and visited a number of branches

•  Sessions were hosted by both the Chair and the Group Chief

Executive, complemented by engagement sessions led by other

senior leaders with feedback shared with the wider Board

•  Board members attended a range of other events held for the

Group’s senior leaders and other colleague network events

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Other informationFinancial statementsRisk managementGovernanceFinancial resultsSustainability reviewStrategic report

Shareholders

The Group has one of the largest shareholder bases in the UK,

which includes most of our colleagues. The Board is committed to

understanding the needs and expectations of our shareholders,

both private and institutional.

Examples of Board engagement included:

•  A number of directors engaged directly with institutional

shareholders, including the Chair, the Group Chief Executive

and the Chief Financial Officer. The Chair held meetings during

the year with a number of major shareholders of the Group

•  The Group Chief Executive and the Chief Financial Officer

undertook numerous meetings covering topics such as the

Group’s strategy, its purpose and its financial performance

Communities and

environment

The Group is present in almost every community and the Board

places great importance on engagement and action to help these

communities prosper, while helping to build a more sustainable

and inclusive future.

Regulators and

government

The Board continues to maintain strong and open relationships with

the Group’s regulators and with government authorities, including

key stakeholders such as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA),

the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), HM Treasury and HMRC.

Suppliers

The Group has a number of partners it relies on for important

aspects of our operations and customer service provision and the

Board recognises the importance of these supplier relationships in

achieving the Group’s wider ambitions.

•  The Group held during December 2024 a Board governance

event for both institutional equity and debt investors; further

detail of this event can be found on page 92

•  Regular updates from Investor Relations on market views and

shareholder sentiment/feedback, including an annual

presentation from the Group’s corporate brokers on market

dynamics and perception of the Group

•  The Board’s Nomination and Governance Committee

considered correspondence received from institutional

shareholders and non-governmental organisations, along with

market feedback

•  The Senior Independent Director and Chair of the

Remuneration Committee engaged with shareholders and

proxy agencies on matters relevant to remuneration and other

topics

•  Overall, the Group undertook approximately 355 meetings with

institutional investors, many of which were attended by

management and directors

Examples of Board engagement included:

•  Updates on climate, environmental and social matters, covering

aspects of the Group’s business, where the Board reviewed

progress made against its stated ambitions in these areas and

agreed any further action it considered was required

•  The Board continues to be supported in environmental matters

by its Responsible Business Committee. The Committee

considers stakeholder views on all matters relating to the

Group’s ambition to be a trusted, sustainable, inclusive and

responsible business. The report of the Committee on its work

during the year can be found on page 109

Examples of Board engagement included:

•  The Chair and individual directors, including the Chairs of the

Board’s Committees, held continuing discussions with the FCA

and PRA on a number of aspects relevant to the regulatory

agenda

•  The Board reviewed updates on wider Group regulatory

interaction, providing a view of key areas of focus and also

progress made in addressing key regulatory priorities

•  At a meeting of the July Board, the outcomes and progress of

actions relevant to the PRA’s Periodic Summary Meeting letter

and the FCA’s Firm Evaluation Letter were discussed with the

PRA and the FCA respectively

•  The Chair and individual directors had a number of meetings

with the regulators to discuss the Board’s oversight of the

Group, key risks and strategic priorities

Examples of Board engagement included:

•  The Board’s Audit Committee considered reports from the

Group’s Sourcing and Finance teams on the efficiency of

supplier payment practices, including those relating to the

Group’s key suppliers, ensuring our approach continued to meet

wider industry standards

•  The Board continued to oversee resilience in the supply chain,

ensuring our most important supplier relationships were not

impacted by potential material events

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

Board level

Lloyds Banking Group plc Board

1

Responsible

Business

Committee

2

Audit

Committee

Board Risk

Committee

Division and function/platform level

Divisional and functional-level

climate and sustainability

steering groups or committees

Executive level

Group Executive

Committee

1

Group Net Zero

Committee

3

Group Risk

Committee

Board leadership and company purpose continued

Sustainability governance

Given the strategic importance of our sustainability ambitions and

commitments in managing the impacts arising from climate change

and broader social issues, the Group’s governance structure provides

clear oversight and ownership of the Group’s sustainability strategy

and management of risks and opportunities.

Sustainability-related responsibilities at Board-level are overseen by

the Responsible Business Committee, with specific reporting and

risk management responsibility in relation to sustainability-related

matters (including climate) shared with the Audit Committee and

the Board Risk Committee. This ensures appropriate Board-level

coordination and cooperation on these matters.

Climate risks and opportunities are identified, assessed and managed

by business unit level teams governed via functional and divisional level

steering groups and committees. For further details on the control

environment operating at a business unit level for climate-related

controls, please see page 140 of the sustainability report 2024

.

The Responsible Business Committee oversees the Group’s delivery

of its purpose including the delivery of our sustainability strategy.

It conducts deep dives into current priority areas and escalates for

review and discussion to the Board as appropriate. Our purpose

pillars are outlined on page 48. The Committee also makes

recommendations to the Board for social strategies and

environmental sustainability activities.

Key areas of Board-level involvement in 2024 were the review of our

purpose priorities and approval of our updates to external sector

statements and carbon offsetting principles.

The Responsible Business Committee report provides an overview of

the role of the Responsible Business Committee – read more on

page109.

We engage proactively with investors and other key stakeholders

throughout the year on our sustainability priorities and plans. Given

net zero and sustainability are at the heart of our purpose-driven

strategy, with ambitious climate targets reflected in strategic

objectives, the progress already being made in this area and the

Group’s existing focus on enhanced disclosure, transparency and

engagement, the Board does not believe it is necessary to propose

a separate climate vote at the Company’s 2025 annual general

meeting at this time. We will continue to be transparent on our

sustainability strategy, targets, plans and progress. We will continue

to consider on a regular basis whether to propose a climate vote.

Executive-level governance

The accountable executive for the Group’s sustainability strategy is

the Chief Sustainability Officer and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer,

with relevant teams in place to drive this strategy forward. There are

three key committees that provide management oversight from an

executive level: the Group Net Zero Committee, the Group Risk

Committee and the Group Executive Committee. These are

supported by a number of divisional and function-level teams who

consider sustainability topics.

Group Executive Committee and Group Net Zero

Committee governance

Updates on the key areas of the Group’s sustainability strategy are

provided to the Responsible Business Committee by the Group

Executive Committee on a quarterly basis. The Group Net Zero

Committee provides direction and oversight of the Group

environmental sustainability strategy, as well as oversight of the

Group’s approach to meeting external environmental ambitions and

targets, including targets made as part of the Group’s membership

of the Net Zero Banking Alliance. Climate considerations form part

of our planning and forecasting activities. This includes forecasting

of our Bank financed emissions to 2030 for our high-carbon-

intensive sectors, along with our supply chain and own operations.

These emissions forecasts are included as part of our four-year

forecasting process, shared with the Group Executive Committee

and the Board. Through regular meetings the Group Net Zero

Committee reviews sustainability opportunities and makes

recommendations to the Group Executive Committee and the

Responsible Business Committee where appropriate.

The Group Net Zero Committee is supported by divisional and

functional-level teams; further details on their role can be found on

pages 140 and 141 of the sustainability report 2024

.

Group Risk Committee governance

Responsibility for overseeing the management of financial risks from

climate change rests with the relevant Chief Risk Officers across the

Group, who have Senior Management Function (SMF) responsibility

covering the Ring-Fenced Banks (Lloyds Bank plc and Bank of

Scotland plc), Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets and the Solvency UK

(Solvency II as modified by the PRA’s 2024 reforms) regulated entities

in Scottish Widows Group (under Scottish Widows Group, the

Finance Director has additional SMF responsibilities to manage the

risks while the Chief Risk Officer has oversight).

The Group Risk Committee oversees the Group’s management of

emerging and principal risks such as climate risk, operational risk,

conduct risk and economic crime. Climate risk is considered regularly

through the Group’s risk reporting to the Group Risk Committee, in

addition to standalone updates on a half-yearly basis which inform

discussions at the Board Risk Committee. Relevant updates are also

provided across the Group’s key legal entities, as required.

Additional engagement on relevant climate-related matters is

undertaken through the existing risk governance structure, for

example, sector risks and opportunities related to climate are

presented and discussed at senior credit forums.

Programme governance is also in place for oversight of plans to

develop the Group’s climate risk management and scenario analysis

capabilities.

Our sustainability governance structure

1  The Chair of the Scottish Widows Board sits on the Lloyds Banking Group plc Board. The

Scottish Widows CEO sits on the Group Executive Committee and updates the Group

Executive Committee on relevant insurance matters which can include papers for Group

Executive Committee consideration.

2  The Chair of the Responsible Business Committee, Amanda Mackenzie, is a non-

executive director on the Board, a member of the Remuneration Committee, the

Nomination and Governance Committee and the Audit Committee. Amanda helps

ensure that sustainability is discussed and considered by the Board. Amanda has

extensive experience in ESG matters, including helping launch the United Nations

Sustainable Development Goals.

3  The Group Net Zero Committee provide oversight from a climate and nature

perspective only.

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Other informationFinancial statementsRisk managementGovernanceFinancial resultsSustainability reviewStrategic report

Across the Group’s governance structure, key areas of discussion at Board Committee level are detailed below in relation to the Group’s

sustainability strategy, targets and approach to managing climate-related risk. These Committees meet at least quarterly with

sustainability matters, including climate, discussed at a number of these meetings. There were nine specific updates given to the Board in

2024 on climate-related matters.

Members of each of the Responsible Business, Audit and Board

Risk Committees must have the appropriate knowledge, skills and

expertise to respond to sustainability-related risks and

opportunities. They are provided with appropriate and timely

training, both in the form of an induction programme for new

members and on an ongoing basis for all members.

Members of each these Committees use their previous

sustainability knowledge and experience to perform their roles.

For example, the Chair of the Responsible Business Committee

Amanda Mackenzie brings extensive experience in ESG matters

including helping launch the United Nations Sustainability Goals.

We are upskilling the members of these Committees through

additional specific training such as training on double materiality

assessments, deep dives on climate risk and ESG training on

upcoming reporting developments.

We continue to educate our Board members, with this year’s focus

on upcoming sustainability regulation including the EU Corporate

Sustainability Reporting Directive. A specific training session was

delivered to the Board on some of the key concepts and terms on

the theme of double materiality in October 2024.

Responsible Business

Committee

Topics discussed

•  Review of purpose pillars, including

deep dives on regional development

and financial empowerment

•  Approval of Group carbon offsetting

principles and external sector

statement updates

•  Review plans for mobilising

environmental sustainability strategy

and our approach for nature

•  Monitoring progress against climate

ambitions, targets, pledges, strategic

levers and updates on these

throughout the year

•  Review and discussion of diversity and

inclusion performance against our

ambitions and new approach

•  Review, discussion and approval of our

Group Modern Slavery Statement

•  Review of Consumer Duty programme

and implementation progress

•  Review of colleague engagement

strategy, feedback and outcomes

See the Responsible Business Committee

report on page 109

See the Audit Committee report on

pages 100 to 103

See the Board Risk Committee report on

pages 104 to 108

Audit

Committee

Topics discussed

•  Review of new regulations including

International Sustainability Standards

Board, Corporate Sustainability

Reporting Directive and Climate-

related Financial Disclosures

•  Activity to assess impacts of climate-

related risks and opportunities on the

financial statements including

quantification of impacts of climate

risk on Expected Credit Loss

•  Updates on the control environment

embedded to support 2024

sustainability reporting

•  Review of sustainability reporting

approach and integrated

sustainability disclosures for the

Group in 2024

Board Risk

Committee

Topics discussed

•  Climate Risk Deep Dive presented in

July updating on the Group’s activity

to manage climate risk, noting current

regulatory expectations and evolving

requirements. Key areas of discussion

included:

–  Pace of technology with some

sectors more advanced than

others and challenges around the

absence of demand for new

technologies

–  Government policy and consumer

demand

–  Greenwashing risk and

development of the Group-wide

framework to mitigate

greenwashing risks

–  Review of Board risk appetite and

metrics for climate risk to be

presented in next deep dive

Key sustainability topics discussed at the Board’s Committee meetings in 2024

Focus on sustainability skills and training

Lloyds Banking Group plc Board

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Board leadership and company purpose continued

How the Board monitors and assesses culture The Group Culture Dashboard

Highlights Embedding of our values

Our culture

in action

Our non-executive directors continue to engage with colleagues to

deepen their understanding of how colleagues experience our

culture and use this insight to shape decision making in Board

sessions. We have adopted several engagement methods for

assessing and monitoring culture in 2024 as set out below, enabling

colleagues to share ideas and feedback with the Board:

•  Colleague surveys and listening activities

•  Closer to Colleagues, Customers and Clients sessions, where the

Chair and members of the Board meet with colleagues to listen

across a range of topics including safety, pace of change and agile

ways of working

•  Groups of colleagues met with in 2024 include our branch area

directors, platform leads, leaders and colleagues under the age of

25, to understand different perspectives

•  The Board also attended apprentice events, branch visits,

colleague networking lunches, events and training sessions. The

Chair and the Group Chief Executive have comprehensive

colleague engagement programmes throughout the year

We looked at data and insights from the following sources:

•  Colleague surveys: 81 per cent of colleagues responded to our

annual all-colleague survey in September

•  We conducted regular pulse surveys with 25 per cent of the

organisation each time to focus on key topics

•  We analysed sentiment from internal and external sources

including over 190,000 comments from our annual survey

•  We tapped into sentiment being expressed about the world of

work online to see external trends and influences

•  We refocused existing metrics to create a culture dashboard

focusing on the internal and external environment

•  We held dedicated listening sessions for colleagues during times

of civil unrest, fostering a sense of safety and inclusion

Our Group Culture Dashboard is now an embedded part of culture

reporting cadence, now in its third cycle. Introduced in November

2023, the dashboard aims to make connections between

performance, change and customer outcomes. The Culture

Dashboard tracks both quantitative and qualitative insights and

recommends actions to drive progress that will help the Group to

Grow, Focus and Change.

How the dashboard works

We combine Customer Experience and Colleague Experience

metrics, then correlate these data sets to:

•  Understand how colleague and customer outcomes are linked

•  Empower colleagues to deliver the right customer experience

•  Drive business outcomes

This gives us the opportunity to plot our progress against our culture

goals, linked to our strategic pillars of Grow, Focus and Change. Our

culture measurement activities drive outcomes by being a key input

to our culture plans at Group and business levels, driving action to

embed our cultural transformation. Through this activity, we are

able to track and predict change over time, as a continuation of

our commitment to creating a strong culture that drives good

customer outcomes.

81%

Colleague Survey Response Rate

190,000

survey comments analysed

Our values are

embedded into our

engagement, culture

andmeasurement

programmes

People-first

Bold

Inclusive

Sustainable

Trust

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

Other informationFinancial statementsRisk managementGovernanceFinancial resultsSustainability reviewStrategic report

Division of responsibilities

Board responsibilities

As Chair, Sir Robin Budenberg has overall responsibility for the

leadership of the Board and for ensuring its effectiveness in all

aspects of its operation.

The composition of the Board helps ensure that no one individual or

small group of individuals dominates the Board’s decision making.

The diversity of skills, experience and background on the Board

enables the Board to provide constructive challenge and strategic

guidance and to offer specialist advice.

There is a clear division of responsibilities between the leadership

of the Board and the executive leadership of the Group – please

refer to the role summaries below. The responsibilities of the Chair,

Group Chief Executive, Senior Independent Director, Board and

Committees are agreed by the Board and publicly available on the

Group’s website on our corporate governance page

. The Chair

periodically refreshes membership of the Committees.

Monitoring independence

The Nomination and Governance Committee monitors whether

there are any relationships or circumstances which may affect a

director’s independence. Nathan Bostock and Scott Wheway were

board members of both Centrica plc and Lloyds Banking Group plc

for a short period. This was considered as part of Nathan’s

appointment process and it was determined that it would not

compromise their ability to exercise objective and independent

judgement or act in the best interests of the Company.

Following the most recent review of independence, the Nomination

and Governance Committee concluded that all non-executive

directors are independent in character and judgement and are

independent directors for the purposes of the Code. Sir Robin

Budenberg was independent on appointment when assessed

against the circumstances set out in provision 10 of the Code.

The Chair and the independent non-

executive directors challenge management

constructively and help develop and set the

Group’s strategy. They actively participate in

Board decision making and scrutinise

management performance. They satisfy

themselves on the integrity of financial

information and review the Group’s risk

exposures and controls. The non-executive

directors, through the Remuneration

Committee, also determine the

remuneration of executive directors.

Sir Robin Budenberg leads the Board and

promotes high standards of corporate

governance. He leads in building an effective

and complementary Board and sets the Board’s

agenda. The Chair also leads Board succession

planning and seeks to ensure effective

communication with shareholders.

Under Charlie Nunn’s leadership, William

Chalmers makes and implements decisions in all

matters affecting the management of financial

resources. He provides specialist knowledge

and experience to the Board. Together with

Charlie Nunn, he designs, develops and seeks to

implement strategic plans and deals with the

day-to-day operations of the Group. William

regularly meets with major shareholders to

understand issues and concerns.

Charlie Nunn manages and leads the Group on

a day-to-day basis, making decisions on matters

affecting the operation and performance of the

Group’s business and the delivery of the Board’s

approved strategy. He delegates aspects of his

authority, as permitted under the Corporate

Governance Framework, to other members of

the Group Executive Committee. Charlie

regularly meets with major shareholders to

understand issues and concerns.

As Senior Independent Director, Cathy Turner is

a sounding board for the Chair and Group Chief

Executive. She acts as a conduit for the views of

non-executive directors and conducts the

Chair’s annual performance appraisal. She is

available to help resolve shareholders’ concerns

and attends meetings with major shareholders

to understand issues and concerns.

As Company Secretary, Kate Cheetham advises

the Board on governance matters, supports the

Chair and helps the Board and its Committees

function effectively. She is also responsible for

facilitating directors’ induction and training.

Both the appointment and removal of the

Company Secretary are matters for the Board

as a whole.

Monitoring time commitments

Non-executive directors are advised of time commitments for the

Board and relevant Committees prior to their appointment and are

required to devote such time as is necessary to discharge their

duties effectively. The time commitments of the directors are

considered by the Board on appointment and annually thereafter

and, following the most recent review, the Board is satisfied there

are no directors whose time commitments are considered to be a

matter for concern.

External appointments, which may affect existing time

commitments to the Board and its Committees, must be agreed

with the Chair and prior Board approval must be obtained. During

2024, Sarah Legg was appointed a non-executive director of Man

Group plc. The Board considered the time commitment and

potential conflicts involved prior to Sarah accepting the role and

was satisfied that she would continue to have sufficient time to

commit to her Board and Committee appointments. The executive

directors do not have any significant external appointments.

Information on directors’ attendance at meetings can be found on

page 80.

The right information and support

The Chair, supported by the Company Secretary, ensures that Board

members receive appropriate and timely information. All directors

have access to the advice of the Company Secretary and the Group

provides access, at its expense, to the services of independent

professional advisers in order to assist directors in their role. Board

Committees are also provided with sufficient resources to discharge

their duties.

Non-executive directors

Executive directors Company Secretary

Sir Robin

Budenberg CBE

Chair

Cathy Turner

Senior Independent

Director

Charlie Nunn

Group Chief

Executive

William Chalmers

Chief Financial

Officer

Kate Cheetham

Chief Legal Officer

and Company

Secretary

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2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Sir Robin Budenberg

Cathy Turner

Nathan Bostock

Sarah Legg

Amanda Mackenzie

Harmeen Mehta

Scott Wheway

Catherine Woods

Length of tenure in complete years as at 31 December 2024

4

2

0

5

6

3

2

4

Composition, succession and evaluation

Composition

The balance of skills, experience, independence and knowledge on

the Board is the responsibility of the Nomination and Governance

Committee and is reviewed annually or whenever appointments are

considered. The Nomination and Governance Committee assesses

the skills, experience and knowledge of the non-executive directors

on an individual basis and on a collective basis – please see page 77

for the results of the latest collective assessment, which was

approved on 16 January 2025. Having the right balance of skills and

experience helps to ensure directors discharge their duties

effectively.

The Nomination and Governance Committee leads the process for

Board appointments, which makes recommendations to the Board.

Open advertising and/or an external search consultancy is used for

the appointment of the Chair and non-executive directors.

Appointments are made on merit and due consideration is given to

diversity in its broadest sense, including gender, social, regional and

ethnic backgrounds and cognitive and personal strengths.

Succession planning

The Nomination and Governance Committee ensures plans are in

place for orderly succession to both Board and senior management

positions and oversees the development of a diverse pipeline for

succession. More information about the work of the Nomination and

Governance Committee on succession planning can be found on

pages 97 to 98.

All directors are subject to annual re-election. All directors intend to

seek re-election at the Company’s annual general meeting in 2025.

Tenure of non-executive directors

In December 2024 the Group held a Board governance event to

highlight our approach to governance and update the market on

key areas of interest. The event was hosted by the Chair and

involved all the Committee Chairs and the Senior Independent

Director of the Ring-Fenced Banks. It was attended by both

institutional equity and debt investors and other stakeholders

including proxy advisers and rating agencies.

The event took the form of three panel discussions, each of which

was followed by a question and answer session:

•  Robin Budenberg, Cathy Turner and Sarah Legg discussed

ensuring appropriate governance and diverse challenge across

the business

•  Catherine Woods, Sarah Legg and Nigel Hinshelwood discussed

overseeing risks in a dynamic environment

•  Robin Budenberg, Cathy Turner and Amanda Mackenzie

discussed balancing the needs of shareholders and other

stakeholders and the importance of sustainability

The event is an important element of our engagement programme

with c.80 attendees including representation from more than 30

per cent of the issued share capital of the Company. In addition,

there have been a number of people who have viewed the webcast

replay of the event, read the event transcript and/or read the

event slides.

Board governance event

The webcast replay, transcript and

presentation slides can be found on our

Event presentations and webcasts page

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Board evaluation

How the Board performs and is evaluated

The annual performance evaluation of the Board provides an

opportunity to identify improvements to its effectiveness,

maximise strengths and highlight areas of further development,

enabling the Board continuously to improve its own performance

and the performance of the Group. The Board is committed to the

independent evaluation of its own performance and that of its

Committees at least once every three years, as recommended by

the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024. An external evaluation

was carried out by Boardroom Review in 2022 and while thematic

topics will continue to be areas of focus, all specific findings from the

evaluation have been addressed. The next external evaluation will

take place in 2025.

The Chair of the Board, with the support of the Nomination and

Governance Committee, leads the Board in considering and

responding to the review of the Board’s effectiveness, which

includes a review of its Committees and individual directors.

Performance evaluation of the Chair is carried out by the non-

executive directors, led by the Senior Independent Director,

considering the views of the executive directors.

Progress against actions from the 2023 evaluation of the

Board’s performance

A summary of progress against the feedback from the 2023

evaluation is set out on page 94.

2024 evaluation of the Board’s performance

The 2024 evaluation was conducted internally by the Company

Secretary between November 2024 and February 2025 and was

overseen by the Nomination and Governance Committee. The

evaluation took into account the findings from the 2023 evaluation

as well as an externally facilitated Board Development session.

The 2024 evaluation sought the directors’ views on the thematic

areas of development identified in the most recent external

evaluation in 2022 and in the 2023 review, including: Board

contribution and challenge; customer and external environment

focus; risk and control updates; and cultural transformation. The

directors were also invited to provide feedback on any other areas

they felt would improve the Board’s performance. Key findings from

the 2024 evaluation are set out in the table below.

Process and timeline for 2024 evaluation

Key findings from the 2024 evaluation

Stage 1

November – December 2024

The Company Secretary invited all

directors to complete a questionnaire

relating to the Board and to the

Committees of which they are members.

During this stage, the Company Secretary

met with each of the directors to discuss

their responses.

Stage 2

January 2025

The findings, based on the questionnaire

results and discussions with individual

directors, were considered by the

Nomination and Governance Committee

in January 2025. Committee-specific

findings and actions were considered by

each Board Committee.

Stage 3

February 2025

The proposed actions based on these

discussions were discussed at the Board’s

meeting in February 2025.

The evaluation concluded that the performance of the Board, the Committees, the Chair and each of the directors continues to be

effective. All directors demonstrated commitment to their roles and contributed effectively.

Theme and link to strategy Strengths Areas for improvement/continued focus

Board leadership

and contribution

Grow

•  Board and Committee meetings are chaired effectively,

allowing all directors to contribute and inviting diverse

views and perspectives to be heard

•  The culture of the Board sets the tone for constructive

challenge and effective collaboration

•  Explore opportunities to increase external perspectives

and time for unstructured conversations, enhancing the

richness of content and views

•  Continue to consider Board composition and focus on

skills required for future Board recruitment

Strategy

Change

•  The Board maintains strong discipline and rigour in

iteratively reviewing both strategy and purpose

•  The Board dedicates time to understand the

perspectives of business units when considering

strategic priorities and execution

•  Continued focus on both the opportunities and threats

resulting from a fast evolving external environment

•  Ensure customer and colleague perspectives and

insights shared with the Board are presented in a

holistic way

Risk and control

Focus

•  The Board continues to provide effective oversight of

the system of risk management and internal controls

•   The Board has effective line of sight into business unit

financial performance with effective mechanisms for

the timely escalation of any issues

•  Continue to enhance the quality of materials to the

Board to ensure they highlight the key messages,

challenges and expected outcomes so as to optimise

the efficiency of meetings

•  Expand the extent to which presentations demonstrate

iterative thinking as well as lessons learned

People culture

and environment

Change

•  The Board provides effective oversight of the culture

and ethics of the Group, with actions and decisions

reflecting the Group’s purpose and values

•  The Board dedicates significant time to assessing the

impacts of the culture and risk transformation

•  The Board to further support and challenge

management in the implementation of cultural change

throughout the organisation to deliver the right

outcomes

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

Progress against the 2023 evaluation

The main focus in improvements to Board effectiveness in 2024 have centred around adapting the strategic focus to address rapidly

evolving areas such as technology, cyber and data, and the competitive landscape. The Board has also continued to cultivate a ‘sense of

team’, with a sustained emphasis on fostering an ‘open’ culture that encourages more constructive challenge during Board meetings.

Theme and link to strategy Feedback from the 2023 evaluation Actions taken in 2024

Board leadership

and contribution

Grow

•  Continuing to progress ‘sense of team’ by

encouraging and facilitating Board members to

spend constructive time together outside formal

meetings

•  Continue to consider Board composition and

focus on skills required for future in Board

recruitment

•  Opportunities for constructive time together included

informal Board dinners where the Board received

presentations on thematic topics, such as the evolving

external environment and economics

•  Meeting schedules were re-arranged to allow Board

members and senior management to spend more time

together to engage with customers, colleagues and

clients

•  Board composition and skills continue to be reviewed

by the Nomination and Governance Committee, with

priority skills for recruitment identified. The Board’s

breadth of skills was enhanced through the

appointment of Nathan Bostock in August 2024

Risk and control

Focus

•  Ensuring those who are not members of Board

Risk Committee or Audit Committee have

sufficient exposure to Internal Audit’s findings,

capabilities and its interactions with Group

Executive Committee members

•  Continue improving the quality of Board papers

•  Board papers included updates from Internal Audit

where appropriate, and the work of Internal Audit was

highlighted in the Chair reports from the Audit

Committee and the Board Risk Committee

•  There was continued focus on the quality of Board

papers ongoing guidance and training provided by the

Company Secretariat throughout the year

Strategy

Change

•  Consider increasing Board agenda time for

fast-changing topics e.g. technology, cyber and

data, competitors and disintermediation

•  Consider increasing Board agenda time to

discuss holistic customer lens

•  The Board has spent dedicated time on a range of

fast-changing topics both at Board meetings and at the

strategy offsite meetings in June and November. Topics

included business unit strategy and competitive

landscape, the fast evolving external environment and

its reputational, geopolitical and economic implications

and data, technology and use of artificial intelligence

•  The scope and cadence of updates to the Board from

the Chief Customer Officer were increased during the

year, including updates on Consumer Relationships,

Customer Insights and the Group Customer Dashboard.

The Annual Consumer Duty Report was approved by

the Board in June 2024

People, culture

and environment

Change

•  Ensuring the Board understands customer and

colleague views

•  Continuing focus on an ‘open’ culture and

constructive challenge at Board meetings

•  There were regular updates to the Board and Board

Committees from People and Places to understand

colleague views and progress of the cultural

transformation agenda

•  Led by the Chair, the Board continued to foster an open

and constructive environment through an iterative

approach, with early stage discussion of topics as they

developed

•  Board papers captured engagement between the Board

and senior management outside the meeting, to allow

for more focused and effective discussion

•  The Board had the opportunity to develop a deeper

understanding of customer and colleague views through

various activities, including engagement and events at

offsites and participation in the ‘Closer to Customers,

Clients and Colleagues’ programme

Composition, succession and evaluation continued

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Other informationFinancial statementsRisk managementGovernanceFinancial resultsSustainability reviewStrategic report

In 2024, Nathan Bostock

received a tailored and

comprehensive induction

that provided clarity on key

issues facing the Group as

a whole, together with

specific insight into Lloyds

Bank Corporate Markets’

business.

Board training

The Chair is responsible for leading the development, and

monitoring the effective implementation, of training policies and

procedures for the directors. On appointment, each director

receives a formal and tailored induction. There is also a programme

of ongoing training for directors.

The directors are committed to their own ongoing professional

development and the Chair discusses training with each non-

executive director at least annually. The Company Secretary

oversees a training plan for the non-executive directors, with the

plan for 2024 discussed at the Nomination and Governance

Committee at the start of the year with the non-executive directors

encouraged to suggest training topics of interest.

Induction

New non-executive directors like Nathan Bostock receive a tailored

induction that includes meetings with key internal stakeholders and

focuses on the Group’s culture and values, stakeholders, strategy,

structure, operations and governance with an emphasis on ensuring

that the induction brings the business and its issues alive, taking

account of the specific role the director has been appointed to fulfil

and their skills and experience to date.

An induction pack is provided containing key corporate documents

and information relating to the Group covering aspects such as the

role of a director (including relevant Group policies such as anti-

bribery, conflicts of interest, expenses, gifts and hospitality and share

dealing), the Board and its Committees, financials and strategy,

governance, risk management, culture, shareholders and training.

Non-executive directors are asked to complete training modules

each year. In 2024, these modules were on:

Committee specific training is agreed by Committee Chairs as

and when needed such as IFRS 9 training this year for members of

the Audit Committee, training on models, motor residual value

Directors who take on new roles or change roles during the year attend induction or handover meetings in respect of those new roles.

Training sessions have been offered across a range of topics of

particular interest that were chosen to complement the Board

agenda and facilitate advanced discussion. Where training was

offered online, the sessions have been recorded and made available

to all directors. The topics are produced based on the level of

knowledge and experience of Board members.

•  Conduct Rules

•  Speak Up (the Group’s whistleblowing programme)

Group training modules

Committee training

New role training

Other training

risk and the structural hedge for the members of the Board Risk

Committee, and training on Pensions for the members of the

Remuneration Committee.

Key topics during 2024 included:

•  Blockchain, cryptocurrencies and cloud services

•  Consumer Duty update

•  Corporate governance reforms

•  Environmental sustainability – introduction to double materiality

•  Culture

•  Financial crime

In addition to the above, a board incident management exercise

was undertaken. Members of the Board and its Responsible

Business Committee also continued to upskill in relation to

sustainability matters – read more on page 89.

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Audit, risk and internal control

Audit and risk

There are formal policies and procedures in place designed to ensure

the independence and effectiveness of the internal and external audit

functions. Group Audit is a single independent internal audit function,

reporting to the Audit Committee. Further detail can be found in the

sections headed ‘Group Audit’ and ‘Auditor independence and

remuneration’ on page 103.

The Board has delegated a number of responsibilities to the Audit

Committee, including monitoring and reviewing financial reporting, the

effectiveness of internal controls and the risk management framework,

whistleblowing, the internal audit process and the external auditor’s

process. The Audit Committee reports regularly to the Board on its

activities and its report for 2024 is on pages 100 to 103.

Requirements that the annual report is fair, balanced and

understandable are considered during the drafting and reviewing

process and the Board has concluded that the 2024 annual report

meets this requirement. The Board is supported in this by its Audit

Committee and a sign-off process involving different sections of the

annual report being approved for inclusion by senior management,

with additional review by the Group Disclosure Committee. The

statement of directors’ responsibilities can be found on page 136 and

the statement of the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the

financial statements can be found on page 210.

The Board is responsible for the Group’s risk management and internal

controls systems, including the determination of the nature and

extent of risk the Company is willing to take. Risk is further managed

through the Board-approved risk management framework, as

discussed in the risk management report on pages 137 to 198. The

Board Risk Committee helps the Board in fulfilling its risk governance

and oversight responsibilities, including by the provision of advice to

the Board on risk strategy and overseeing the development,

implementation and maintenance of the Group’s overall risk

management framework, strategy, principles and policies and its risk

appetite. The Board Risk Committee reports regularly to the Board

on its activities and its report for 2024 is on pages 104 to 108.

Internal control

Board responsibility

The Board is responsible for, and monitors, the Group’s risk

management and internal control systems. These are designed to

facilitate effective and efficient operations and to ensure the quality

and integrity of internal and external reporting and compliance with

applicable laws and regulations, and for the determination of the

nature and extent of the principal risks the Group is willing to take to

achieve its strategy. The directors and senior management are

committed to maintaining a robust control framework as the

foundation for the delivery of effective risk management. The directors

acknowledge their responsibilities in relation to the Group’s risk

management and internal control systems, and for reviewing their

effectiveness.

In establishing and reviewing the risk management and internal control

systems, the directors carried out a robust assessment of the emerging

and principal risks facing the Company, including those that would

threaten its business model, future performance, solvency or liquidity

and reputation, the likelihood of a risk event occurring and the costs of

control. The process for identification, evaluation and management of

the emerging and principal risks faced by the Group is integrated into

the Group’s overall enterprise framework for risk. The risk

identification, evaluation and management process is designed to also

identify whether the controls in place result in an acceptable level of

risk. At Group level, a Group Control and Risk Environment report and

risk appetite dashboard are reviewed and regularly debated by the

Group Risk Committee and the Board Risk Committee, with formal

updates provided to the Board to ensure that they are satisfied with

the overall risk profile, risk accountabilities and mitigating actions. The

report and dashboard provide a view of the Group’s overall risk profile,

key risks and management actions, together with performance against

risk appetite and an overview of emerging risks which could affect the

Group’s performance over the life of the operating plan. Information

regarding the main features of the internal control and risk

management systems in relation to the financial reporting process is

provided within the risk management report on pages 137 to 198.

The Lloyds Banking Group Risk Management Framework is being

refreshed and the design will cover the whole of the Group whilst

providing sufficient flexibility to allow for legal entity and local

jurisdiction requirements.

Control effectiveness review

All material controls are reviewed and assessed in response to material

triggers. Control assessments consider both the adequacy of their

design and operating effectiveness. In the event a control is not

effective, action plans are implemented to improve control design or

performance. Control effectiveness against all residual risks is

aggregated by risk category, reported and monitored regularly via the

Group Control and Risk Environment (GCRE) report. The GCRE report

is produced by the Enterprise-Wide Risk Management team and

reviewed and challenged by the Risk Function Executive Committee

and Group Risk Committee. On an annual basis, a point in time

assessment is made for control effectiveness against each risk

category and across the sub-groups. The Operational Risk System,

Key Risk Insights or GCRE are the sources used for this point in time

assessment and a year-on-year comparison on control effectiveness

is reported to the Board Risk Committee and the Board.

Reviews by the Board

The effectiveness of the risk management and internal control

systems is reviewed at least annually by the Board, the Board Risk

Committee and the Audit Committee, which also receive reports of

reviews undertaken by the Risk Division and Group Audit. The Audit

Committee receives reports from the Company’s auditor, Deloitte

LLP (which include details of significant internal control matters that

they have identified) and has a discussion with the auditor at least

once a year without executives present, to ensure that there are no

unresolved issues of concern. The Group’s risk management and

internal control systems are regularly reviewed by the Board Risk

Committee and the Board and are consistent with the Guidance on

Risk Management, Internal Control and Related Financial and

Business Reporting issued by the Financial Reporting Council. There

is also an annual independent Control Effectiveness review by

Group Audit which is reviewed by the Board Risk Committee and

Audit Committee. These reports have confirmed appropriate risk

and internal control systems have been in place for principal risks in

the year under review and up to the date of the approval of the

annual report. The Group, Ring-Fenced Bank sub-group and Lloyds

Bank Corporate Markets have achieved full compliance with BCBS

239 risk data aggregation and risk reporting requirements and

actively continue to maintain this status.

Conclusion

The 2024 Enterprise Risk Management Framework review provides

reasonable assurance that the Group’s risks and controls are

effective or that where control weaknesses are identified, they are

subject to management oversight and action plans.

The Board in conjunction with the Audit Committee and the Board

Risk Committee concluded that the Group’s risk management

arrangements throughout 2024 were adequate overall. The Board is

confident that the continuous improvements underway will ensure

that the Group’s risk management arrangements will remain

sufficiently robust to meet developing risk management best

practice for the future.

Speak Up is the Group’s whistleblowing framework, enabling

colleagues to raise concerns. Sarah Legg, Chair of the Audit

Committee, is the Group’s Whistleblowing Champion, overseeing

the integrity, independence and effectiveness of the Group’s

whistleblowing arrangements. She presents an annual

whistleblowing report to the Board. In addition, the Audit

Committee receives regular updates on the Speak Up framework,

including case volumes, emerging trends, investigation outcomes,

and actions taken.

Supporting colleagues – Speak Up and whistleblowing

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Nomination and Governance Committee report

Strong succession planning and Board member

development helps the Board maintain an effective

and diverse range of qualities and strengths.

Sir Robin

Budenberg

Chair, Nomination

and Governance

Committee

Introduction

As indicated in last year’s report both Alan Dickinson and Lord

Lupton retired from the Board at the Group’s annual general

meeting on 16 May 2024 and Nathan Bostock was formally

appointed as a non-executive director with effect from 1 August

2024. The Board benefits greatly from Nathan’s deep knowledge of

the UK banking market and his extensive capital markets and wider

financial services experience. I take this opportunity to express the

Board’s gratitude to both Alan and James for their contribution to

the Board and the tremendous insights they have provided on a

wide range of topics during their respective tenures.

During 2024, the Committee focused on Board training and

development and on succession planning for the Board, Board

Committees and at an executive level. Board effectiveness,

including implementation of actions arising from the 2023 Board

evaluation process, were also core to the Committee’s proceedings.

These areas are covered in more detail throughout this report.

Committee purpose and responsibilities

The Committee keeps the Board’s effectiveness, composition, skills,

experience, knowledge, independence and succession arrangements

under review and makes appropriate recommendations to the

Board to ensure the Company’s arrangements are consistent with

the highest corporate governance standards.

Committee composition, skills and experience

To ensure a broad representation of experienced and independent

directors, membership of the Committee currently comprises the

Chair, the Senior Independent Director (who is also the Chair of the

Remuneration Committee) and the Chair of the Responsible

Business Committee, together with a further independent non-

executive director (who is the Chair of Scottish Widows Group). The

Senior Independent Director of the Ring-Fenced Banks also attends

meetings as an observer in order to provide insights on matters

relevant to the Ring-Fenced Banks when required and as part of his

role in the Group’s overall governance structure. The Group Chief

Executive attends meetings as appropriate. Details of Committee

membership and meeting attendance during the year can be found

on page 80.

Board and Committee changes

As highlighted above, Alan Dickinson and Lord Lupton did not seek

re-election at the annual general meeting held on 16 May 2024 and

Nathan Bostock was formally appointed as a non-executive

director, and also as Chair of Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc,

with effect from 1 August 2024. Details of the selection process for

Nathan’s appointment can be found on page 99. As announced on

5 July 2024, Nathan was appointed as a member of the Board Risk

Committee, effective from 1 August 2024, and as a member of the

Audit Committee, effective from 1 October 2024. As detailed in last

year’s report and announced on 18 December 2023 and 25 January

2024 respectively, Amanda Mackenzie was appointed as a member

of the Audit Committee with effect from 1 January 2024 and Cathy

Turner was appointed as a member of the Board Risk Committee

with effect from 1 February 2024. As part of its wider

responsibilities, the Committee also considered and approved the

appointment of a number of individuals to the boards of the Group’s

material subsidiaries.

Succession planning

Consideration has been given to tenure of Board members,

potential future Board retirements and the impact of these on

membership of the Board and its Committees. The Committee’s

ongoing review of the structure, size and composition of the Board

and its Committees helps ensure that the appropriate mix of

knowledge, skills, experience and diversity is maintained. A summary

of Board and Board Committee composition and attendance can

be found on page 80. A number of non-executive directors sit across

multiple Board Committees, an approach which enhances

discussion on relevant matters. Further details on the Committee’s

approach to succession planning can be found on page 98.

Q

How has the Nomination and Governance Committee (the

Committee) ensured that membership of the Board and the senior

executive continues to reflect the needs of the Group and its

strategy?

A

The Committee is responsible for overseeing succession planning

at both Board and executive level, playing a key role in the ongoing

development of the Board and executive members. As we

continue to deliver on our strategy and transformation, the

current and future needs of the business are considered, providing

insights on the ongoing strength and alignment of succession

plans. This helps ensure focus on not only the overall composition

and diversity of the Board, but also the development needs of the

Board and senior executive. Succession planning is given regular

consideration throughout the year. More details can be found on

page 98.

Q

How does the Committee ensure that the Board continues to

remain effective in a constantly evolving environment?

A

The Committee oversees the Board evaluation process and

implementation of associated actions. The Committee also

discusses the training plan for non-executive directors,

encouraging their involvement in its development. The Chair

discusses effectiveness and training and development needs with

non-executive directors on at least an annual basis. Further details

can be found on page 98. During 2024, non-executive directors

participated in a number of additional teach-ins covering topical

matters and an externally facilitated Board Development session

was also undertaken, centred around behaviours. This session was

aimed at helping build even stronger connections and assisting

Board members in becoming even more conscious and intentional

about how they interact on both an individual and group level.

Feedback and reflections from the session will be used to inform

ongoing training and development discussions. This also aligns well

with the 2024 UK Corporate Governance Code’s change in

emphasis, from Board Effectiveness to Board Performance.

Q

What are the key areas of focus for the Committee in 2025?

A

The Committee will continue to focus on the core areas of Board

and executive succession planning, training and development of

Board members and overseeing implementation of actions arising

from the Board evaluation.

Q &A

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Key activities in 2024

•  Board and senior executive succession planning

•  Board and Committee composition, skills and training

•  Board evaluation outcomes

•  Diversity and inclusion

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Board effectiveness, training and development

The Board evaluation was again internally facilitated in 2024 and

overseen by the Committee. Full details of how the review was

undertaken, and its outcomes, are provided on page 93, together

with a summary of how the actions arising from the 2023 Board

evaluation process were addressed, on page 94. The Committee

considered the outcomes of the review and agreed, and

recommended to the Board for approval, the actions arising from

the review. The Committee will oversee implementation of the

outcomes from the 2024 review, which also incorporate ongoing

themes from the 2023 review. The Committee has also undertaken

an annual review of its effectiveness, the findings of which, together

with the outcomes of the Board evaluation process as relevant to

the Committee, were considered by the Committee at its January

2025 meeting. It was considered that the performance of the

Committee continues to be effective.

The Committee discusses the training plan undertaken by the

non-executive directors and encourages their involvement in the

development of those plans. The Chair also discusses training with

each non-executive director at least annually. As set out in the

summary of Board training on page 95, training sessions have been

offered across a range of topics which complement the Board

agenda, in addition to mandatory training requirements. Non-

executive directors were provided with a number of teach-ins

throughout the year covering topical matters and also participated

in an externally facilitated Board Development session. Learning and

engagement opportunities have been undertaken by all non-

executive directors in relation to material aspects of the Group’s

business.

Independence and time commitments

Based on its assessment for 2024, the Committee is satisfied that,

throughout the year, all non-executive directors remained

independent

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in character and judgement and are independent

directors for the purposes of the Code. Nathan Bostock’s

independence was considered as part of his appointment process

and it was determined that he would be independent for the

purposes of the Code – read more on page 91. As noted on page 91

of the corporate governance report, consideration is given to time

commitments when directors seek to take on any additional

external appointments.

In recommending directors for re-election at the annual general

meeting, the Committee has reviewed the performance of each

non-executive director and their ability to continue meeting the

time commitments required. This takes into consideration individual

capabilities, skills and experiences and any potential conflicts of

interest that have been disclosed. The external roles held by all

directors were considered to be appropriate. Fuller details of any

conflicts of interest can be found on page 134.

The Group’s Corporate Governance Framework

The most recently completed annual review of the Corporate

Governance Framework was finalised in March 2024, with the

current review nearing completion. In addition to updates reflecting

the 2024 UK Corporate Governance Code changes, the current

review will see a significant updating of the content aimed at

providing a more proportionate and user-friendly governance

approach to help facilitate more effective decision making

throughout the Group. Additional focus is also being given to the

enhancement of subsidiary entity governance.

As part of its broader governance responsibilities, the Committee

considered regular updates on developments in corporate

governance during the year. This included reviewing and considering

changes made in the 2024 version of the UK Corporate Governance

Code, updates to the UK Listing Rules and aspects of the Economic

Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. The Committee also

considered correspondence with shareholders on governance issues.

Nomination and Governance Committee report continued

Succession planning, at both Board level and across key senior

management roles, remained a core area of consideration for the

Committee during 2024.

Effective succession planning assists the Group in delivering on its

strategic objectives over the medium and longer term by ensuring

the desired mix of skills and experience of Board members and

executives.

Executive succession planning

The Board recognises the importance of the ongoing

development of a diverse pipeline of current and future leaders

across the Group’s executive and management levels. As the

Group’s strategic transformation continues to progress, this

ensures not only the provision of a range of development

opportunities for colleagues, but also facilitates the recognition

and promotion of diversity across senior management. This is

supported by a range of policies across the Group which promote

the engagement of under-represented groups within the business

in order to help continue to build a diverse talent pipeline.

Further details can be found on page 31.

At an executive level, the Chair is responsible for developing and

maintaining a succession plan for the Group Chief Executive who

is, in turn, primarily responsible for developing and maintaining

succession plans for key leadership positions in the senior

executive team. As part of its regular oversight and review of the

adequacy and effectiveness of succession arrangements for

executive directors and members of the senior executive team,

the Committee received and discussed regular updates from the

Group Chief Executive covering executive succession planning

arrangements. These demonstrated the continuing strength and

effectiveness of the Group’s approach, through the depth and

diversity of the succession plans covering key senior management

roles.

Board succession planning

The Committee also supports the Chair in keeping the

composition of the Board and its Committees under regular

review and in leading the appointment process for nominations

to the Board. This helps ensure continued focus on increasing the

overall diversity of the Board and capacity for future succession

planning, bearing in mind tenure of Board members and potential

future retirements from the Board. The appointment process set

out on the following page helps illustrate how this works in

practice. The Committee continues to give consideration to the

appointment of further non-executive representation to the

Board, keeping in view the current and future needs of the

business and the Board as we continue to deliver on the Group’s

strategy and transformation.

The Chair leads an ongoing assessment of the Board’s technical

and governance skill set, on both an individual and collective

basis. A Board skills matrix is used to track the Board’s strengths

and to identify any gaps in the desired collective skills profile of

the Board. Consideration is given to a range of factors such as the

Group’s future strategic direction and helping to ensure that due

weight is given to diversity in its broadest sense. The skills matrix

is considered in the appointment of all Board members. The

Group’s diversity commitments and outcomes of the Board

evaluation process are also taken into consideration.

Succession planning

1  The Chair was independent on appointment. Under the Code, thereafter the test of

independence is not appropriate in relation to the Chair.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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UK Corporate Governance Code

The Company applied the UK Corporate Governance Code 2018 for

the year ending 31 December 2024 and complied with all relevant

provisions. A table in relation to the Company’s compliance can be

found on page 75. The Committee reports to the Board on how it

discharges its responsibilities and makes recommendations to the

Board, all of which have been accepted during the year. The

Committee’s terms of reference can be found on the corporate

governance page

on our website.

Board Diversity Policy

The Board Diversity Policy (the Policy) sets out the Board’s approach

to diversity and provides a high-level indication of the Board’s

approach to diversity and inclusion in senior management roles

which is governed in greater detail through the Group’s policies.

A copy of the Policy is available on the social sustainability page

on our website.

The Board places great emphasis on ensuring that its membership

reflects diversity in its broadest sense. Consideration is given to the

combination of diversity demographics, skills, experience,

educational and professional background, and other relevant

personal attributes on the Board to provide the range of

perspectives, insights and challenge needed to support good

decision making.

New appointments and succession plans are made on merit, taking

account of the specific skills and experience, independence and

knowledge needed to ensure a rounded Board and the diverse

benefits each candidate can bring to the overall Board composition.

They should promote diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity.

Objectives for achieving Board diversity are reviewed on a regular

basis. On gender balance, the Board is committed to maintaining at

least four women Board members and aspires to maintain 45 per

cent to 55 per cent female representation on the Board, higher than

the FTSE Women Leaders recommendation of 40 per cent, while

recognising the limited numbers involved. The representation of

women on the Board is currently 50 per cent (based on five

directors being women and five directors being men). On ethnicity,

the Board is committed to meeting the Parker Review

recommendation of having at least one Black, Asian or Minority

Ethnic Board member, which the Board currently exceeds.

Currently, the Policy is not applied to Board Committees

individually, although we strive to apply similar representation

across the Committees. The Board is comfortable that the diversity

of the Board is reflected across Committee memberships and that

this remains an ongoing consideration. As at 31 December 2024, the

Group meets all three board diversity targets specified under UK

Listing Rule 6.6.6(9), namely that the Board comprises at least 40

per cent women, at least one of the chair, the chief executive, the

senior independent director or the chief financial officer is a woman

and at least one member of the Board is from a Minority Ethnic

background. Further information disclosed in accordance with UK

Listing Rule 6.6.6(9), (10) and (11) can be found on page 136.

The Board places high emphasis on not only its own diversity

composition but on the oversight of the Group’s Diversity, Equity

and Inclusion approach and ambitions and expects to be kept

updated on progress. Any material changes to the Group’s Diversity,

Equity and Inclusion approach are approved by the Executive

Committee, noted by the Responsible Business Committee and

approved at Board level. This includes material changes in our

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ambitions and supporting plans. The

Group’s policies are subject to local laws and regulations, and

aspirations identified above reflect targets set out in the UK Listing

Rules LR6.6.6(9).

Further information on the current approach to the Group’s

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ambitions, progress and performance

can be found on pages 31 to 32.

The Committee oversees the process for appointing non-

executive directors, providing recommendations to the Board for

the selection of a preferred candidate. During 2022, in

anticipation of Alan Dickinson’s expected retirement from the

Board following nine years of service, the Committee initiated a

search to recruit an additional non-executive director. The Chair

was delegated authority to lead this process, with the aim of

identifying a candidate with extensive retail and commercial

banking experience. Russell Reynolds Associates were engaged to

conduct search activities based on identified criteria and the

Committee was regularly updated throughout the process.

The search involved open advertising and resulted in a shortlist of

potential candidates, who were interviewed by the Chair and

other non-executive directors. Further interviews were then

conducted with preferred candidates. Following this, a

recommendation was made to the Committee which, in turn,

recommended to the Board Nathan Bostock’s appointment as a

non-executive director and as Chair of Lloyds Bank Corporate

Markets plc. This formal, rigorous and transparent appointment

process considered a broad range of factors, including merit,

objective criteria, gender balance, social and ethnic backgrounds,

cognitive and personal strengths and the Group’s future strategic

direction.

Russell Reynolds Associates, who were engaged in the

recruitment that led to Nathan Bostock’s appointment, have no

connection with the Group or individual directors other than

providing leadership search and succession planning services and

facilitating leadership performance services.

Appointment process – non-executive directors

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

Audit Committee report

End-to-end sustainable improvement in the internal

control environment remains a key priority.

Sarah Legg

Chair,

Audit Committee

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Q

How has the Audit Committee (the Committee) ensured that it

continues to provide challenge and add value to the Group’s

reporting?

A

The Committee has received an education session during the year

on IFRS 9 expected credit losses. It has also held both formal and

informal sessions with the Group’s internal and external auditors

and worked closely with the Board Risk Committee on matters

that impact both risk and accounting, especially from a reporting

perspective.

Q

How has the Committee continued to support the Group’s

sustainability reporting during the year?

A

The Committee continues to review and assess the developments

in sustainability reporting in line with emerging disclosure

standards and UK regulatory requirements, with a focus on the

translation to financial statement impact. Progress on disclosure

enhancements with improvements in dedicated sustainability

reporting processes and the control environment have been

monitored, alongside the external assurance activity on key

sustainability metrics and targets.

The Committee supports the commitment to continuous

improvement in sustainability reporting, which will remain a

priority in 2025 given the pace of change with external standards.

Q

What role has the Committee played in supporting transformation

within the Finance function?

A

The Committee has reviewed and challenged the plans and

progress made with Finance transformation and strategy, a

multi-year programme that is critical to the success of Finance and

the wider Group. This included three detailed reviews during 2024

from management and the views of Internal and External Audit.

The Committee has also had the opportunity to consider further

areas which are key to supporting the transformation, including

the next phase of the transformation plans and finance talent and

succession plans.

Q &A

Key activities in 2024

•  Reviewing the continuous improvement in financial and

regulatory reporting

•  Monitoring the end-to-end sustainable improvement in the

internal control environment

•  Continued oversight of matters relevant to sustainability

•  Assessing the effects and action required on matters

relevant to the remit of the Audit Committee resulting from

external factors

Introduction

I am pleased to report on the Committee’s activities over the past

year. I thank the Committee members for their contributions and

support. The participation of Ring-Fenced Bank-only directors as

observers has provided valuable insights. Additionally, I welcome

Amanda Mackenzie and Nathan Bostock, who joined the

Committee on 1 January 2024 and 1 October 2024 respectively.

I also extend the Committee’s thanks to Alan Dickinson, who retired

as a director and member of the Committee in May 2024.

In 2024, the Committee collaborated closely with other Board

Committees, especially on the Group’s sustainability goals and

climate-related disclosures. The joint Audit and Risk Forum

established in 2022 met again in 2024 to discuss topics of mutual

interest. Looking forward to 2025, in addition to our core

responsibilities, the Committee will continue to monitor areas of

continuous improvement, and the audit plan to deliver focus from

a risk perspective.

Committee purpose and responsibilities

The Committee’s purpose is to oversee the integrity of the Group’s

and Company’s financial and narrative reporting. It also reviews the

independence and effectiveness of internal and external audits,

internal controls, the risk management framework and

whistleblowing arrangements.

This includes the statutory audit of consolidated financial

statements and the independence of the external auditor.

The Committee reports to the Board on its responsibilities and

recommendations, all of which were accepted during the year.

Full responsibilities are in the Committee’s terms of reference

on the corporate governance page of the Group’s website

.

In satisfying its purpose, the Committee undertakes the functions

detailed within Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule 7.1.3R.

During the year the Committee considered a number of matters

relating to the Group’s financial reporting, which are summarised on

the following pages. In addition, the Committee considered a

number of other matters not related directly to financial reporting.

These matters are discussed in detail on the final page of the report.

Committee composition, skills, experience

and operation

The Committee operates independently of the executive to safeguard

shareholders’ interests in financial reporting and internal control.

All members of the Committee are independent non-executive

directors with competence in the financial sector, and their

biographies can be found on pages 78 to 79. Sarah Legg is a Fellow

of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and of the

Association of Corporate Treasurers, with extensive knowledge of

financial markets, treasury, risk management and international

accounting standards. She is a member having recent and relevant

financial experience for the purposes of the UK Corporate

Governance Code and is the Audit Committee financial expert for

SEC purposes.

During the course of the year, the Committee held separate sessions

with the internal and external audit teams, without members of the

executive management present. The Committee undertook an

annual review of its effectiveness, the findings of which, together

with the outcomes of the Board evaluation process as relevant to

the Committee (which, for 2024, was internally facilitated) were

considered by the Committee at its January 2025 meeting. It was

considered that the performance of the Committee continues to

be effective.

While the Committee’s membership comprises the non-executive

directors noted on page 80, all non-executive directors may attend

meetings as agreed with the Chair of the Committee.

The Group Financial Controller, the Chief Internal Auditor, the

external auditor, the Group Chief Executive, the Chief Financial

Officer and the Chief Risk Officer also attend meetings as

appropriate. Details of Committee membership and meeting

attendance can be found on page 80.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

Other informationFinancial statementsRisk managementGovernanceFinancial resultsSustainability reviewStrategic report

Financial reporting

During the year, and in relation to the year ended 31 December 2024, the Committee considered the following issues in relation to the

Group’s financial statements and disclosures, with input from management, the risk function and Group Audit.

Areas of focus

Key issues Committee review and conclusion

Allowance for

impairments on

loans and advances

31 December 2024:£3,481 million

31 December 2023:

£4,084 million

The Group’s impairment

provision is dependent on

management’s judgements

on matters such as future

interest rates, house prices

and unemployment rates,

as well as its assessment of

the current financial

position of its customers.

During the year, the Committee has reviewed the level of provision held for

expected credit losses (ECL) by the Group and the judgements and estimates

used to calculate the provision. The Committee has monitored underlying

credit performance trends and the evolution of the Group’s economic outlook

and Multiple Economic Scenario (MES) approach over a year where inflationary

pressures and interest rate risks evolved. This saw the gradual removal in

judgemental adjustments relating to inflationary risks as the position improved

and customer behaviour proved to be resilient. The Committee has also

overseen progress on ECL modelling and the corresponding reduction of

judgemental adjustments for model limitations where mitigated by model

development. Note 21 to the financial statements includes details of the

Group’s ECLs allowances, including those resulting from judgemental adjustments

(31 December 2024: £44 million debit; 31 December 2023: £28 million credit).

The Committee has reviewed management’s rationale for these provisions and

has challenged whether their inclusion and quantification are appropriate. It also

considered management’s assessment of climate risk impacts on ECL and the

conclusion that no adjustment was required.

Conclusion: The Committee was satisfied that the impairment provision and the

disclosures provided in the financial statements were appropriate.

Uncertain tax

provisions

The Group has open tax

matters which require it to

make judgements about

the most likely outcome for

the purposes of calculating

its tax position.

The Committee reviewed management’s assessment of the Group’s uncertain tax

positions, which took into account the views of the relevant tax authorities and

any external advice it received. In particular, it considered the Group’s claim for

group relief of losses incurred in its former Irish banking subsidiary.

Conclusion: The Committee was satisfied that the provisions and disclosures made

in respect of uncertain tax positions were appropriate.

Retirement benefit

obligations

31 December 2024:

£27,118 million

31 December 2023:

£30,201 million

The value of the Group’s

defined benefit pension

plan obligations is

determined using both

financial and demographic

assumptions.

The Committee reviewed the process used by management to determine

appropriate assumptions to calculate the Group’s defined benefit liabilities.

These included the discount rate, the future rate of inflation and expected

mortality rates.

Conclusion: The Committee was satisfied that management had used appropriate

assumptions that reflected the Group’s most recent experience and were

consistent with market data and other information.

Jan Feb Apr Jun Jul Oct

Reporting

Review of external reporting documents

Significant accounting judgements

Going concern assumption/viability

statement

Regulatory reporting

Sustainability-related reporting

Activities of subsidiary audit committees

Corporate governance reforms and the Audit

and Assurance Framework

Control environment

Control update (including Sarbanes-Oxley)

Annual review of risk management framework

and control effectiveness review summary

Jan Feb Apr Jun Jul Oct

Group Audit

Reports from Group Audit, including Speak

Up (whistleblowing)

External audit

Reports from the external auditor (including

external audit plan)

Reappointment, remuneration, non-audit

services and effectiveness

Other

Audit committee effectiveness review

Finance strategy and transformation

Matters considered during 2024

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

Key issues Committee review and conclusion

Insurance liabilities

and participating

investment

contracts

31 December 2024:

£127,332 million

31 December 2023:

£120,123 million

Determining the value of

the Group’s liabilities arising

from insurance and

participating investment

contracts requires

management to make

significant estimates for

both economic and

non-economic actuarial

assumptions.

The Committee considered updates from management and from the Group’s

Insurance Audit Committee summarising its activities, which included a review of

the economic and non-economic assumptions made by management to determine

the carrying value of Group’s liabilities arising from insurance and participating

investment contracts. The assumptions discussed were in respect of workplace

pension persistency, annuitant longevity and expenses as well as updates to the

risk adjustment confidence level and refinement of methodology for coverage units

and illiquidity premium.

Conclusion: The Committee was satisfied that the assumptions used to calculate

the Group’s liabilities arising from insurance and participating investment contracts

were appropriate.

Conduct risk

provisions

31 December 2024:

£1,600 million

31 December 2023: £1,105 million

Management judgement is

used to determine the

expected costs of

remediation and, where

appropriate, the related

administration costs.

The Committee has received regular updates on the Group’s conduct risk matters

and the progress it has made including updates in relation to the FCA review on

historical motor finance commission arrangements, the Court of Appeal’s recent

commission disclosure arrangements decision and on HBOS Reading.

Conclusion: The Committee has considered management’s assessment of the

Group’s provision for conduct-related matters and was satisfied that the provisions

held at 31 December 2024 were appropriate, noting a high level of uncertainty in

relation to these estimates.

Going concern

statement

The directors are required

to confirm whether they

have a reasonable

expectation that the

Company and the Group

will be able to continue to

operate and meet their

liabilities as they fall due for

a specified period.

The Committee assisted the Board in determining the appropriateness of adopting

the going concern basis of accounting. This assessment was based on the Group’s

operating, funding and capital plans which included consideration of climate-

related matters on the Group’s performance and its projected funding and capital

position. The Committee also took into account the results of the Group’s stress

testing activities (page 142), its principal risks (pages 144 to 198) and its emerging

and topical risks (page 143).

Conclusion: The Committee determined that the going concern basis of

accounting was appropriate.

Fair value of

financial assets

classified as level 3

31 December 2024:

£9,889 million

31 December 2023:

£11,681 million

Determining the fair value

of the Group’s financial

assets classified as level 3

requires management to

make significant estimates.

Financial assets held at fair value through profit or loss are classified into three

levels according to the quality and reliability of information used to determine their

fair values. Those classified as level 1 or level 2 are valued using observable market

data, either directly or within models. Assets classified as level 3 are those where at

least one input which could have a significant effect on the instrument’s valuation

is not based on observable market data and as such involves significant judgement.

During the year, the Committee reviewed the valuations of the Group’s level 3

financial assets, the valuation techniques and the Group’s governance processes.

Conclusion: The Committee was satisfied that the valuations and disclosures made

in respect of the Group’s level 3 financial assets classified at fair value through

profit or loss were appropriate.

Risk management and internal control systems

Full details of the internal control and risk management framework

in relation to the financial reporting process are given within the risk

management section on pages 137 to 198. Specific related matters

that the Committee considered for the year included:

•  The effectiveness of systems for internal control, financial

reporting and risk management

•  The extent of the work undertaken across the Group to ensure

that the control environment continued to operate effectively

•  The major findings of internal investigations into control

weaknesses, fraud or misconduct and management’s response,

along with any control deficiencies identified through the

assessment of the effectiveness of the internal controls over

financial reporting under the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX).

Specifically, the Committee continued to closely monitor the

deficiencies identified in respect of privileged and user access

across certain business applications and associated IT

infrastructure and the Group’s remediation activity to address

the control findings identified. The Committee was satisfied that

internal controls over financial reporting were appropriately

designed and operating effectively.

Other significant issues

The following matters were also considered by the Committee.

Viability statement

The viability statement must disclose the basis for the directors’

conclusions and explain why the period chosen is appropriate.

The Committee assisted the Board in performing the assessment of

the viability of the Company and the Group. This assessment was

based on the Group’s operating, funding and capital plans which

included consideration of climate-related matters on the Group’s

performance and its projected funding and capital position. The

Committee also took into account the results of the Group’s stress

testing activities (page 142), its principal risks (pages 144 to 198) and

its emerging and topical risks (page 143). The Committee advised

the Board that three years was a suitable period of review for the

viability statement and that the viability statement could be

provided. The viability statement is disclosed within the strategic

report on page 39.

Audit Committee report continued

Areas of focus continued

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Other informationFinancial statementsRisk managementGovernanceFinancial resultsSustainability reviewStrategic report

Finance strategy and transformation

Significant investment has been committed to transform the

Finance function, including 2025 delivery of a new Group General

Ledger in addition to the transformation of cost and investment

management processes. Further investment in the coming years

will continue to transform financial data to support improved

forecasting and commercial insights, in addition to further

enhancing the controls and reporting landscape. The Committee

received timely updates throughout the year with regard to the

proposed plans, progress with them and the associated financial

and non-financial benefits.

Auditor independence and remuneration

The Committee is responsible for establishing the Group’s policies

and procedures designed to protect the independence and

objectivity of the external auditor. In April 2024, the Committee

reviewed its non-audit services policy; no substantive changes were

made to the policy.

The policy details those services that the auditor is permitted to

carry out and pre-approves certain of these services provided the

fee is below a threshold; all other permitted services must be

specifically approved in advance by the Committee. Prior to the

engagement of the auditor for a permitted service, the policy

requires that senior management confirms whether the Committee

has pre-approved the service or specific approval is required.

The total amount of fees paid to the auditor for both audit and

non-audit related services in 2024 and further information on the

policy is disclosed in note 13 to the financial statements.

External auditor

Following an external audit tender in 2018, Deloitte LLP (Deloitte)

was appointed as auditor of the Company and the Group with

effect from the 2021 financial year. Mike Lloyd is the statutory audit

partner for the Group and attends all meetings of the Committee.

The Committee oversees the relationship with the external auditor

including its terms of engagement and remuneration and monitors

its independence and objectivity. During 2024, the Chair of the

Committee spent time meeting with the broader Deloitte team to

better understand their audit. Some of their team members across

all levels presented a more detailed overview of their work in areas

such as audit risk assessment, expected credit losses, regulatory and

litigation matters, technology audit and approach to auditing the

key assumptions in the Insurance business. The Chair fed back their

perspectives of those presentations to other members of the

Committee. The Committee also reviewed Deloitte’s audit plan,

including the underlying methodology and Deloitte’s risk

identification processes. In its assessment of Deloitte’s performance

and effectiveness, the Committee has considered: Deloitte’s

interactions with the Committee; the responses to a questionnaire

issued to the Group’s businesses, Finance, Risk, Internal Audit and

non-executive directors; and the FRC’s Audit Quality Inspection

Report published in July 2024. The Committee concluded that it

was satisfied with the auditor’s performance and recommended to

the Board a proposal for the reappointment of the auditor at the

Company’s annual general meeting.

Statutory Audit Services compliance

The Company and the Group confirm compliance with the provisions

of The Statutory Audit Services for Large Companies Market

Investigation (Mandatory Use of Competitive Tender Processes and

Audit Committee Responsibilities) Order 2014, which relates to the

frequency and governance of tenders for the appointment of the

external auditor and Audit Committee responsibilities including

negotiating and agreeing the statutory audit fee and the setting

of a policy on the provision of non-audit services, for the year to

31 December 2024. There are no plans as at the date of this report

to conduct a tender exercise for external audit services.

Audit Committees and the External Audit:

Minimum Standard

The Group is compliant with Audit Committees and the External

Audit: Minimum Standard published by the FRC in May 2023.

Risk-weighted assets and regulatory reporting

The focus on the quality of regulatory reporting continues to be high

on the PRA’s agenda. Across the first, second and third lines of

defence, management continues to focus on strengthening the

control environment in regulatory reporting with a link to longer-

term and strategic initiatives also being considered.

The ongoing programme of external assurance on regulatory

reporting commissioned by the Committee has to date focused on

risk-weighted assets. Management have provided regular updates to

the Committee over the year to highlight progress made in

improving the reporting control environment across a number of

regulatory reports.

IFRS 17

The Committee has continued to monitor the embedding of IFRS 17

processes and the improvements that have been made to the

Group’s IFRS 17 reporting.

Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance

As part of its proposed corporate governance reforms, the

government planned to introduce a statutory instrument (SI) that

would have required companies to disclose an Audit and Assurance

Policy setting out their plans for both the internal and external

assurance that they planned to obtain over their annual report and

accounts on a rolling three-year basis. Whilst the government

withdrew the SI in October 2023, the Group recognises the value of

documenting its assurance plans and continued its work in this area

by developing an internal Audit and Assurance Framework.

The Committee has received updates throughout the year on the

proposed Framework and reviewed and supported the final 2024

Audit and Assurance Framework.

Speak Up (the Group’s whistleblowing service)

The Committee reviewed management reports on the Group’s

whistleblowing arrangements, ensuring colleagues can report issues

confidentially and without fear of retaliation. These well-publicised

arrangements allow reporting of inappropriate practices, with

independent investigations or follow-ups. The Committee reported

on its consideration of whistleblowing arrangements to the Board.

Sustainability reporting

The Committee challenged the Group’s progress with sustainability

related reporting. Emerging sustainability reporting frameworks

alongside existing compliance with UK companies regulation

requirements for climate-related financial disclosure have been

considered, assessing the near term and future impacts on external

disclosures. The Committee has continued to monitor Group

capabilities and progress with the production of sustainability

reporting and linkage to financial statements, the enhanced control

environment and the developments with governance and assurance.

Further discussion can be found on pages 45 to 60.

Group Audit

In monitoring the activity, role and effectiveness of the internal

audit function and their audit programme the Committee:

•  Approved the updated Audit Charter which sets out the purpose,

role and mandate of internal audit

•  Approved the annual audit plan and budget, including resources

•  Reviewed progress against the plan through quarterly updates

•  Considered the major findings of significant internal audits,

management’s response and themes by major risk type

•  Assessed and concluded upon the quality of Group Audit’s work

through review of quality assurance reporting on a six-monthly

basis

Based on the above and through regular interactions by all Audit

Committee members with the Chief Internal Auditor, the

Committee is satisfied with the effectiveness and impact of the

internal audit function and the appropriateness of its resources.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

Board Risk Committee report

An enhanced risk taxonomy and continued

strengthening of the Group’s already robust three

lines of defence approach will help drive clarity and

pace of decision making.

Introduction

I am pleased to report on how the Committee has discharged its

responsibilities during 2024, a year which has seen significant

development in the Group’s approach to risk management, including

the implementation of changes to the Group’s three lines of defence

approach and enhancements to the risk taxonomy.

These were key focus areas for the Committee, together with

overseeing and providing challenge on associated risk reduction and

control improvement plans across key business areas. This work

further strengthens the Group’s robust risk culture, simplifies the

overall risk management framework and provides greater clarity and

ownership for colleagues in the management of risk.

Actions taken to mitigate the potential impacts of constantly

evolving risks such as economic crime, technology, supplier and

cyber risks remained high on the Committee’s agenda, with focus on

enhancement of controls.

The Committee continued to assess several other key risks, including

operational resilience, change execution, data and privacy, and

people risks, and how these risks could potentially impact delivery of

the Group’s strategic transformation objectives.

Catherine Woods

Chair, Board Risk

Committee

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Q

What has been the Board Risk Committee’s (the Committee) role

in the transformation of the Group’s risk and control environment?

A

A key focus for the Committee during 2024 has been to oversee

the development and implementation of significant changes to

the Group’s three lines of defence approach, initially focused on

non-financial risks. This included recommending to Board the

adoption of a new risk taxonomy which provides an enhanced

view on the Group’s principal risks, greater clarity and focus for risk

and control owners, together with the adoption of a consistent

approach across all areas of the business.

The Committee also provided oversight and challenge on key

business areas’ risk reduction and control improvement plans and

a number of deep dives, to ensure the Committee has good

visibility of the Group’s key risks.

Q

How does the Committee evaluate the potential impact of

emerging risks in a rapidly changing external environment, which

will continue to present evolving challenges for the Group and the

wider economy?

A

The Committee regularly evaluates topical risk issues and

emerging risks and regularly reviews and assesses its schedule of

planned deep dives. This structured, yet agile, approach ensures

that the Committee can adapt its focus to new topics throughout

the year and, if appropriate, give further consideration to specific

areas of interest. Other events such as the Audit and Risk Forum

and networking events with senior executives, also provide

opportunity for more informal discussion on topical matters.

Q

What are the key areas of focus for the Committee in 2025?

A

The Committee will remain focused on several key areas that have

been central to its discussions during 2024, while also considering

emerging risks, such as the impacts and opportunities of

Generative AI. The FCA’s review of motor finance commission

arrangements and sales, the Court of Appeal decisions which

determined that lenders will be liable for dealers’ non-disclosures

of motor commissions and the relevant lenders’ appeal against

these decisions, will also remain a key focus.

Maintaining an appropriate balance between forward agenda

planning and flexibility ensures that the Committee continues to

focus on the most material risks and issues for the Group. Areas of

strategic and regulatory importance will remain key areas of focus,

such as operational resilience, supplier risk, model risk

management, economic crime and climate risk, together with

credit reviews across a range of sectors to reflect the challenging

external environment.

Q &A

Key activities in 2024

•  Provided oversight on the implementation of changes to the

Group’s three lines of defence approach, and the adoption

of a new risk taxonomy

•  Oversight of the management of change and execution risks

arising from the Group’s strategic transformation, with an

emphasis on evolution of the platform based-operating

model

•  Reviewed enhancements to the Group’s economic crime

prevention strategy and vision and oversight of the

management of economic crime risks

•  Continued assessment of the management of operational

resilience risks, including cyber, supply chain management

and technology risks, data risks and artificial intelligence

•  Considered the complexities of climate risk, particularly

transition of technology, customer adoption, regulatory

expectations and greenwashing risks

•  Reviewed management of the Group’s funding and liquidity

risks, market risk including consideration of trading book risk,

structural hedge activity and ongoing oversight and

challenge of the design and execution of stress testing

•  Ongoing assessment of key emerging risks

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Credit risk was also a core topic, with the Committee receiving

various deep dives during the year covering the automotive sector,

where the continued evolution of the sector drives a range of

potential risks to be managed. The Committee and the Board will

continue to assess the outcomes and impacts of the FCA’s review of

motor finance commission arrangements and sales, the Court of

Appeal’s determination that lenders will be liable for dealers’

non-disclosure of motor commissions and the relevant lenders’

appeals against these decisions. The Chief Risk Officer also provides

insights on the overall credit environment during Committee

meetings when presenting his regular report. Oversight and

challenge of model risk management and capital, liquidity and

funding requirements, also continued to be provided on a frequent

basis. Each of these areas is covered in more detail throughout this

report.

As highlighted in my report last year, Cathy Turner joined the

Committee with effect from 1 February 2024. I would like to take

this opportunity to formally welcome Nathan Bostock, who was

appointed as a member of the Committee with effect from 1 August

2024 and to thank Alan Dickinson who retired from the Committee

and the Board on 16 May 2024. Alan’s contribution to the

Committee’s proceedings over the years has been highly valued.

Nathan’s deep knowledge of the UK banking market and his breadth

of experience will be of great benefit to the Committee going

forward.

Committee purpose and responsibilities

The Committee assists the Board in fulfilling its risk governance

and oversight roles and responsibilities. The Committee is also

responsible for ensuring the risk culture is fully embedded and

supports at all times the Group’s agreed risk appetite, including the

extent and categories of risk which the Board considers as

acceptable for the Group to bear. A review and update of the

Committee’s terms of reference was completed during the year,

with no material changes being made. Changes arising from the

update of the UK Corporate Governance Code will be incorporated

into the Committee’s terms of reference.

The Committee is responsible for reviewing and reporting its

conclusions to the Board on the Group’s risk management

framework, which captures risk principles, policies, methodologies,

systems, processes, procedures and people. This also includes the

review of new, or material, amendments to risk principles and

policies and overseeing any action resulting from material breaches

of such policy. As highlighted in my introduction, the Committee

has been heavily involved in overseeing the development and

implementation of changes to the Group’s overall risk management

framework and risk taxonomy. This clarifies the roles of risk and

control owners, second line risk specialists and chief control offices

across all parts of the business, to ensure consistency and enhance

focus on controls and expertise.

More details on the Group’s wider approach to risk management

can be found in the risk management section on pages 137 to 198.

Full details of the Committee’s responsibilities are set out in its

terms of reference, which can be found on the corporate

governance page

on our website.

Committee composition, skills, experience

and operation

As highlighted in my introduction, Nathan Bostock, independent

non-executive director, was appointed as a member of the

Committee in August 2024, following Alan Dickinson ceasing to be

a member of the Committee in May 2024, upon his retirement from

the Board. As a result of this appointment, membership of the

Committee now includes the chairs of both Lloyds Bank Corporate

Markets plc and Scottish Widows Group Limited. Two of the three

designated independent non-executive directors of the Ring-Fenced

Banks also attend meetings as observers in order to provide insights

on matters relevant to the Ring-Fenced Banks when required and

aspart of their role in the Group’s overall governance structure.

TheChief Risk Officer has full access to the Committee and attends

all meetings. The Chief Internal Auditor and members of the

executive also attend meetings as appropriate. Details of

Committee membership and meeting attendance can be found

on page 80.

The Committee undertook an annual review of its effectiveness, the

findings of which, together with the outcomes of the Board

evaluation process as relevant to the Committee (which, for 2024,

was again led by the Company Secretary), were considered by the

Committee at its January 2025 meeting; it was considered that the

performance of the Committee continues to be effective. Details of

the Board evaluation process can be found on page 93.

During the year, Committee members attended a number of

training sessions and briefings, helping deepen Committee

members’ knowledge on a range of specific topics and risks, further

enhancing the discussion and challenge which took place at

subsequent Committee meetings.

As the most senior risk committee in the Group, the Committee

interacts with other related risk committees, including the executive

Group Risk Committee. These interactions help ensure the

appropriate escalation of relevant matters to the Committee for

review and consideration. A networking event was also held with

senior Risk executives, providing opportunity for Committee

members and the Risk executive to discuss risk matters in a more

informal environment.

Matters considered by the Committee

During 2024, the Committee considered a wide range of risks facing

the Group and its Ring-Fenced Banks, both current and forward-

looking, across all key areas of risk management, in addition to risk

culture and risk appetite. The Committee continues to focus on key

risk topics through, for example, the use of deep dives to provide

greater analysis of particular topics and associated risks.

The following pages provide a summary of the risks considered by

the Committee, its role and an outline of the conclusions which

were ultimately reached. The Committee continues to be supported

by the IT and Cyber Advisory Forum, which dedicates additional

time and resource to reviewing and challenging risks associated with

IT infrastructure, IT strategy, IT resilience and cyber risks. The Chair

and other members of the Committee attend this Forum.

The Board Risk Committee Chair is a member of the Audit

Committee, in addition to the Audit Committee Chair being

a member of the Board Risk Committee; this close interaction

continues to help ensure that common issues of interest are

addressed appropriately.

Now a regular annual event, a Group-wide Audit and Risk Forum

was once again held during the year, providing an opportunity for

members of both Committees to discuss key areas of common

interest. This continues to strengthen the debate and challenge

of matters provided by these Committees. There continues to be

regular interaction with other Board Committees, with the Chair

of the Responsible Business Committee attending Committee

meetings for matters of specific interest. The Chair of the

Remuneration Committee is also now a member of the Committee,

further enhancing discussion on alignment of remuneration to risk

performance. Each of these connections helps ensure strong

relationships between the respective Board Committees.

The Committee also reviewed regular updates from the Non-Ring-

Fenced Bank and Insurance sub-groups, headed up by Lloyds Bank

Corporate Markets plc and Scottish Widows Group Limited

respectively, summarising key discussions and decisions taken at the

relevant entities’ risk committees. During the year, the Committee

also undertook reviews into aspects of the control environments

within each of these sub-group’s businesses.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

Area of focus Key role of Committee Key outcomes

Enterprise risk management framework

•  The Committee received regular updates

on the effectiveness of the enterprise risk

management framework to enable

oversight of its development and ensure it

is in line with emerging regulatory,

corporate governance and industry best

practice

•  In January, the Committee agreed to recommend to the Board a

proposal to adopt an events-based taxonomy, which provides

better alignment with Basel event categories. Simplification of the

enterprise risk management framework by reducing the number of

the Group’s principal risks was also supported

•  The Committee has overseen a significant change to the Group’s

three lines of defence approach. The new approach clarifies the

roles of risk owners and control owners and introduces a consistent

controls office structure across all parts of the business

•  The effectiveness of the enterprise risk management framework was

supported in November. It was highlighted that the Committee has

good visibility of the Group’s most important risk matters and has

appropriate coverage of the Group’s risk and control profile, with

deep dives having been undertaken throughout the year

Risk and control profile

•  Time was spent at every Committee

meeting reviewing the Group’s risk and

control profile

•  Control improvement has been a

significant focus area for the Committee in

2024 and will continue to receive

attention in 2025

•  The Group’s One Risk and Control Self-Assessment (One RCSA) has

been fully embedded and is providing an effective control

environment for all business activity. The Committee oversaw the

completion of One RCSA embedding in January

•  At the Committee’s request, risk and control reporting has evolved

during 2024, to improve the visibility of material risk and control

issues

•  Continued monitoring of business area risk reduction and control

improvement plans was undertaken throughout 2024, with the

Committee welcoming the progress on risk and control

improvements

•  The Committee continuously challenged management on progress

towards an improved control environment, with particular focus on

economic crime and supplier risk management

•  In November, the Committee reviewed and supported the Risk

Function and Group Internal Audit’s report on the effectiveness of

internal controls required to manage risk

Non-financial risks

Conduct and

compliance

•  The Committee is responsible for

overseeing that effective controls are in

place to ensure that good outcomes are

realised for customers and that the Group

complies with its existing regulatory

obligations

•  Complaints performance has been tracked by the Committee on a

half-yearly basis. The volume of customers awaiting an outcome

from their complaint has reduced compared to 2023 (excluding

those relating to motor finance commission arrangements)

•  A Group-wide emphasis on the effective application of Consumer

Duty and greater self-identification of historic issues requiring

rectification, as well as an increase in pace of strategic system

migrations, has resulted in an increased volume of remediation

cases. The Committee continues to closely monitor rectification

activity and operational capacity

•  Conduct risk will continue to be an area of focus for the Committee

in 2025, with more frequent updates requested

•  Detailed reports on legal developments and litigation risks were

considered on a half-yearly basis

•  The Committee reviewed the Group’s ring-fencing arrangements

and supported the Board in giving their confirmation of overall

compliance with ring-fencing governance requirements

Economic crime

•  Recognising the significant external threat

from economic crime to the Group and its

customers, the Committee received

frequent updates on its exposure, and

prevention, throughout the year

•  This included progress updates on the

Group’s economic crime prevention

strategy, consumer fraud and the Money

Laundering Reporting Officer’s annual

report

•  As part of changes to the risk taxonomy, the Committee agreed to

create a new economic crime principal risk, supported by secondary

risks for anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, fraud and sanctions

•  In April, the Committee reviewed and supported enhancements to

the economic crime prevention strategy and vision, with more

funding allocated to deliver enhanced systems and controls. The

strategy was launched in the second half of the year, with a progress

update shared with the Committee in November

•  The Committee oversaw the Group’s implementation of the

Payment Systems Regulator’s (PSR) Authorised Push Payment (APP)

fraud reimbursement rules

Key activities for the year

Board Risk Committee report c ontinued

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Area of focus Key role of Committee Key outcomes

Non-financial risks continued

Strategic

transformation

oversight

•  The Committee received quarterly updates

on the performance of the Group’s

extensive current and future strategic

change agenda. This enabled the

Committee to assess the impact of any

material change programmes on the Group

•  The Committee was pleased to note that there were no material

risk impacts from changes implemented as part of the strategic

transformation work

•  The Committee continued with its focus on the management of

change execution risk, with a strong emphasis on delivery from the

evolving platform-based operating model

Operational

resilience

•  Emphasising its importance to the Group

and the scale of regulatory attention,

oversight of operational resilience was one

of the most frequently discussed items at

the Committee and will continue to be a

key focus area in 2025

•  The Committee considered the

operational resilience self-assessment

prior to approval by the Board

•  Progress against compliance requirements from regulatory policy

statements on operational resilience, due in March 2025, have been

carefully tracked via a new dashboard and completion of an annual

self-assessment

•  Oversight of the Group’s important business services framework was

conducted

•  The Committee reviewed and supported revised operational

resilience Board-level risk appetite measures

•  Deep dives were undertaken in December on IT systems risk and

information, cyber and physical security risk

•  Readiness for the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) was

noted by the Committee

Supplier risk

management

•  Close attention has been paid to the

Group’s suppliers to ensure resilience of

service to the Group’s customers

•  The Committee oversaw improvements to

the Group’s supplier risk management

frameworks

•  The Group’s supplier risk framework has evolved during 2024, in

response to supplier incidents, regulatory developments and

internal assurance activity. Updates were shared with the

Committee

•  The Committee noted the reliance on suppliers for delivery of

certain key services. A watchlist of critical suppliers at risk of

financial distress was reviewed by the Committee

People and

health, safety

and premises

risks

•  The performance and safety of colleagues

is of utmost importance to the

Committee, which has provided advice,

oversight and challenge during the year

•  The Committee has considered an enhanced framework of activity

to mitigate people risk. Discussions focused on culture, capability

and capacity, the management and delivery of the Group’s strategic

workforce plan and ensuring communications with colleagues are

transparent and clear

•  Significant progress in increasing accountability and visibility of

safety issues in the Group’s branches and offices was presented to

the Committee in March, with a further update in October

Data and

privacy risk

•  Data and privacy risk is a continuing area

of focus for the Committee

•  The Committee received updates on the

data management risk profile and data

privacy breaches

•  A deep dive on the current data and privacy risk profile was

undertaken at the Committee in December. Discussion focused on

enhancements to its framework and strategy

•  The Committee noted that data integrity plays a critical role in

ensuring the Group’s resilience and is pleased that skills gaps across

the Group are being addressed

Financial risks

Credit risk

•  The Committee has frequently reviewed

and challenged the performance of the

Group’s commercial and consumer credit

portfolios, through regular credit

management information and deep dives

on portfolios requiring additional focus

•  The Committee was pleased to note that the Group’s credit

performance remains resilient despite broader macro-economic

risks persisting

•  A deep dive of the credit card portfolio was provided to the

Committee in February, which considered early warning indicators

and the impacts of increases in the cost-of-living. The Committee

acknowledged the resilient credit performance of the portfolio,

which has benefitted from low unemployment

•  The Committee undertook a deep dive on the Group’s exposure to

non-bank financial institutions, or shadow banking, in May.

Recognising its importance, further discussion took place in

October, in response to the Committee’s request to review the

securitisation portfolio and outputs from stress testing scenarios

•  In September, a deep dive of the commercial real estate portfolio

took place. The Committee commended the proactive management

of the portfolio despite falls seen in valuations across the sector.

While challenges remained, the Committee gained comfort that

lending origination remained disciplined

Key activities for the year continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

Area of focus Key role of Committee Key outcomes

Financial risks continued

Motor finance

•  With significant external factors impacting

the motor finance sector, the Committee

has carefully monitored the transport

portfolio’s performance and the evolving

situation in relation to motor finance

commission arrangements

•  The Committee received deep dives on the credit performance of

the automotive sector and motor residual value risk in September.

The Committee noted continuing volatility in residual value risk,

particularly in relation to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and

recommended new risk appetite metrics to manage residual value

risk to the Board

•  The Group will continue to assess the potential impacts of

October’s Court of Appeal decisions pending the outcome of the

relevant lenders’ appeals against these decisions and also awaits

findings from the FCA motor finance commission arrangements and

sales review. Systems have been built at pace to support customer

requests for information about their products and complaints

handled in line with FCA guidance

Capital,

liquidity and

funding

•  The Committee has closely monitored the

associated risks from capital, liquidity and

funding

•  After challenge and discussion from the Committee, the ICAAP was

approved in March. The Committee was satisfied that the Group’s

current and planned capital adequately covers the risk of financial

loss it was, or might be, exposed to. The Committee continues to

track actions following regulatory feedback on ICAAP

•  In April, the Committee scrutinised and approved the Group’s

ILAAP. This included compliance with the PRA’s Overall Liquidity

Adequacy Rules (OLAR) and updated Pillar 2 assessments

•  Updates on customer deposit trends and mix and the subsequent

impacts this has for structural hedge activity were provided to the

Committee in April and October

Other

Model risk

•  Model risk continued to be an area of

significant internal and external focus,

with the Committee overseeing the

Group’s current model risk landscape and

proposed improvements

•  During 2024, the Committee continued its oversight of model risk

management, with quarterly updates being provided

•  The Committee gave particular focus to the implementation of

Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) IV models, the conclusion of

market risk models within Interbank Offered Rate (IBOR) transition

activities and responding to the PRA’s Supervisory Statement 1/23

on Model Risk Management. The Committee challenged

management on progress and regulatory expectations while noting

the evolving regulatory landscape

•  The Committee was also interested in the validation process for

artificial intelligence-related models, which will remain a continuing

area of focus during 2025

Climate risk

•  The Committee oversaw the impact of

climate risk on the Group’s activities and

considered the Group’s climate risk

capabilities, frameworks and risk appetite

•  A deep dive on Climate Risk was completed in July. The Committee

considered the complexity of climate risk, including those related to

regulatory expectations, greenwashing, transition of technology and

its adoption by customers

Recovery plans

and resolution

•  Recovery planning and resolution has been

an important area of focus for the

Committee throughout 2024

•  The Committee has periodically reviewed

the Group’s recovery and resolution plans

and helped to embed the topics across the

Group

•  The biennial Recovery Plan was approved by the Committee, prior

to submission to the PRA in June 2024. The 2024 Recovery Plan

reflected four different stress scenarios, one of which was a fire drill

scenario overseen by the Committee in April, which concluded that

the Group was better prepared to take action

•  Enhancements to resolution have been addressed, following

feedback from the Bank of England. In October, the Committee

recognised the strong approach taken to resolution ahead of a

future Resolvability Assessment Framework cycle

•  The Committee considered plans to meet new Trading Activity

Wind Down (TWD) rules, which become effective from March 2025

Emerging risks

•  Emerging risk trends have been regularly

monitored by the Committee during 2024

•  The Group’s approach to emerging risks has been refined further

during 2024. In December, the Committee reviewed a streamlined

register of emerging risk themes

•  The Committee also approved a change in terminology from

emerging and horizon risks to emerging and topical risks. The

Committee was satisfied that topical more accurately reflects the

time horizon these risks may materialise within, while recognising

some future risks are ever-present

•  Deep dives on generative AI took place in May with a further update

in November, which involved a review of the Group’s evolving AI risk

and control environment

Board Risk Committee report c ontinued

Key activities for the year continued

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Responsible Business Committee report

By supporting the needs of our customers,

colleagues and communities, shaping finance as a

force for good, we bring our purpose to life every day.

Amanda Mackenzie

Chair, Responsible

Business Committee

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Q

What are the key priorities of the Responsible Business Committee

(Committee) in 2025?

A

The Group continues to make significant progress in embedding its

purpose across all its activities and this year we have seen more

examples of delivering significant societal benefits at the same

time as creating new business opportunities for the Group.

2025 will be crucial as we continue to support colleagues,

customers and communities transition to net zero, access quality

housing and unlock regional development. We want to empower

our customers to achieve a more prosperous future and be a

leader in diversity and inclusion.

Q &A

Key activities in 2024

•  Helping Britain Prosper in action

•  Diversity and inclusion

•  Engaging our employees to deliver cultural change

•  Delivering on our duty to customers and stakeholders

Introduction

I am pleased to report on the Committee’s work in 2024 and I would

like to thank members for their contributions. Over the course of

the year, we covered different aspects of how the Group helps build

a more sustainable and inclusive future for people and businesses

and we will continue to focus on the key topics of purpose and

environmental sustainability. This is how we will grow our business

profitably and provide long-term, sustainable value for shareholders

and all our stakeholders.

Committee purpose and responsibilities

The purpose of the Committee is to support the Board in overseeing

the Group’s policies, performance and priorities as a responsible

business. We will continue our oversight of the Group’s work in 2025

and engage on emerging topics like AI and their potential impact for

our industry. The Committee’s terms of reference can be found on

the corporate governance page

on our website.

Committee composition, skills, experience

and operation

The Committee met on five occasions in 2024 and is composed of

independent non-executive directors and is attended by the Group

Chief Executive. It benefits from a range of perspectives, insight and

experience, with representatives from Group Internal Audit

attending meetings as appropriate. Details of Committee

membership and meeting attendance can be found on page 80.

The findings of the internal annual review of effectiveness were

considered by the Committee at its January 2025 meeting. Based

on the evaluation, the feedback was that the performance of the

Committee continues to be effective.

Purpose in action

Helping Britain Prosper every day means making the biggest

difference through our core business. The Committee considered

how the Group delivers good customer outcomes and positive

impact for wider society, alongside achieving our commercial

objectives.

Specific topics covered environmental systems, our social housing

initiative, which builds on our position as a leading supporter of the

sector, with around £19.5 billion of new funding supported since

2018, our regional development programme (where we became the

first UK high street bank to support the Community Development

Finance Institutions (CDFI) sector acting as the lead investor in a

new £62 million fund) and our collaboration with UK universities to

help stimulate economic growth. As you should expect, we also

looked at how we can further empower our customers through our

products and services.

Environmental sustainability

A key focus for 2024 has been on embedding our environmental

strategy with detailed discussions and challenge on the plans across

our four key systems and in-depth updates on the Group’s progress

towards its sustainability ambitions. We looked at our augmented

commitment to provide £30 billion of sustainable financing to

commercial banking clients before the end of 2026. Special focus

was also given to the Group’s approach to nature and further

integrating nature into our targets, decision making and broader

environmental strategy.

Diversity and inclusion

The Committee is pleased with the continued progress in increased

representation of women and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic

colleagues in senior roles and to be the highest-ranked bank in

the FTSE 100 for ‘Women in Leadership’. Since launching our goal

in 2023 to double the representation of senior colleagues with

disabilities, we have also seen a significant increase in colleagues

sharing their disability data.

With a bold new approach to our representation ambitions, which

we are committed to achieving by the end of 2030, we look forward

to continued progress updates on how we are ensuring diversity and

inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. Our business will be

stronger for it.

Colleagues and culture

Our colleagues are central to the delivery of the Group’s strategic

ambitions. The Committee, as the designated body for workforce

engagement, supports the Group’s wider engagement strategy,

reporting at least annually to the Board on the key themes and

issues we are hearing from our colleagues. This year we discussed

change readiness, the pace of transformation and the future of the

organisation, as well as focusing on the safety of our colleagues.

Please refer to page 86 for more details on our colleague

engagement activities.

Consumer Duty

The Committee is the designated body that fulfils the Board’s

responsibility for Consumer Duty, and I am the Board Consumer

Duty Champion. During 2024, the Committee received progress

reports on the Consumer Duty Programme, reviewed both the

implementation plan to meet the FCA’s second deadline for closed

products in July 2024 and the first annual assessment report ahead

of submission to the Board.

As a Committee, we recognise how Consumer Duty underpins

everything we do and embedding the Duty into the Group’s culture

of delivering good outcomes for customers in line with our customer-

centric strategy is essential.

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Remuneration Committee

Chair’sstatement

Our two-year pay deal for 2024 and 2025 remains

industry leading; between April 2024 and April

2025, we will have provided a minimum £3,000

1

pay award, worth a total of between 8.2 to 13.6

per cent of salary, for our colleagues at lower

grades.

Remuneration content

Chair’s statement pages 110 to 112

Remuneration at a glance page 113

2023 Directors’ Remuneration Policy summary pages 115 to 116

2024 annual report on remuneration pages 118 to 133

Dear shareholder

On behalf of the Board, I am pleased to present the directors'

remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2024. We are

grateful for the strong support received at the 2024 annual general

meeting (AGM), with 96.4 per cent approval of our 2023 report.

Supporting our customers,

colleaguesandcommunities in 2024

We are proud of how we have continued to deliver on our purpose

of Helping Britain Prosper by supporting our customers, colleagues

and our communities throughout 2024.

In 2023 we announced our two-year pay deal for 2024 and 2025

which remains industry leading. In the context of improving

economic conditions and an easing of price increases, we will have

provided a real-term pay increase for almost 55,000 colleagues at

grades A to E in 2025. Our minimum award of £1,500

1

, means our

colleagues at lower grades received an average increase of between

4.4 and 6.3 per cent.

That means that between April 2024 and April 2025, we will have

provided a minimum £3,000

1

pay award, worth a total of between

8.2 to 13.6 per cent of salary, for our colleagues at lower grades.

From 1 April 2025 we will also be increasing our minimum salary

from £23,500

1

to £25,000

1

which will be 9 per cent above the

national Real Living Wage; our London rates will be 13.9 per cent

above the London Real Living Wage.

For 2024, we extended eligibility for significantly increased Group

Performance Share (GPS) annual bonus plan awards to those of our

more junior colleagues who have made an exceptional contribution

to our purpose of Helping Britain Prosper.

In addition to our core reward offering, we also have a range of

flexible options to provide colleagues with additional choice and to

allow them to tailor their reward package to their own or their

family’s individual circumstances. Colleagues can also access a range

of financial products at discounted rates from the Group portfolio;

these include current accounts, mortgages and rental deposit or

season ticket loans. For more information see page 117.

Incentivising our colleagues helps us to deliver on our strategy and

deliver for our customers by, for example, providing a range of

housing options for our communities; amongst a range of actions,

we have increased the number of people on the housing ladder by

lending more than £15 billion in 2024 to first time buyers and

expanding the availability of affordable homes by supporting over

£2 billion of new funding to the social housing sector in 2024.

We also aim to bring more of our products and services to existing

customers and broaden our product offerings. Our digitally active

users grew to 22.7 million in 2024, retaining our position as the UK’s

largest digital bank and we launched new interactive tools such as

Benefit Calculator, which empowers customers to identify support

they might be eligible for.

Group balanced scorecard

The Group balanced scorecard (BSC) is intended to provide insight

into performance for the full range of our stakeholders and informs

a range of key reward decisions, including for our executive

directors. 60 per cent of the scorecard is linked to financial metrics,

aligned to the interests of our shareholders, 20 per cent of the

scorecard assesses how effectively we are serving customers across

all our brands, products and services, 7.5 per cent relates to our

culture and colleague engagement and 12.5 per cent is weighted to

carbon reduction and inclusivity.

As discussed in more detail on page 5, our financial results for 2024

include an additional provision for the potential remediation costs

relating to motor finance commission arrangements; this has

negatively impacted the profit after tax and return on tangible

equity (RoTE) measures in the BSC resulting in a reduced outturn of

68.1

2

per cent of maximum, fully inclusive of the impact of the

provision. More information on our Group BSC outcome can be

found on page 119.

As a consequence of including the outcome above, the Committee

does not consider that the BSC outcome properly reflects the

strength of the underlying Group performance or the performance

of the executive directors whose variable reward is directly linked to

it.

After careful consideration of the importance of transparency and

to demonstrate the Group’s commitment to respecting the targets

it sets for itself, the Committee has decided not to exercise its

discretion this year to adjust the BSC outcome to a higher level

which it considers would better reflect the underlying performance.

The Committee considers it critical that it can set robust financial

targets which provide clear line of sight to delivery against its

ambitious strategy and align with the financial planning and

budgeting process. As such, for the financial measures within our

2025 BSC (and beyond if required) we will exclude the impact of

provisions related to the motor finance matter (as it is not a

budgeted item) and the Committee will instead consider any

impact on a discretionary case-by-case basis taking account of the

impact on the full range of the Group’s stakeholders including its

customers, colleagues, shareholders and communities. With the

exception of relative Total Shareholder Return (rTSR), the financial

measures used to determine the future vesting of our Long Term

Incentive Plan (LTIP) awards, including the remaining two years of

our 2024 award, will be treated in the same way.

Directors’ remuneration report

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Cathy Turner

Chair,

Remuneration

Committee

1 Pro-rated for reduced hours.

2 In line with our cost guidance, the BSC outcome includes a £0.1 billion adjustment to

the Operating Cost measure target relating to the sector-wide change in the charging

approach for the Bank of England Levy which was not included in the financial

objective this measure was set against.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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2024 variable reward outcomes

The Group delivered robust financial results in 2024 and successfully

completed the first phase of our five-year purpose-driven strategy.

With that in mind, one of the key principles for the Committee this

year has been the need to ensure colleague engagement and reward

colleagues fairly for their contribution; this is reflected in the

Committee’s decision making and the pay and variable reward

outcomes discussed below.

The Committee has considered a range of factors to determine the

2024 Group Performance Share (GPS) annual bonus pool outcome;

these include the Group’s underlying financial performance, its

performance for our customers and communities and its reward

market positioning.

The Committee has approved a 2024 GPS pool of £368 million,

representing a year on year reduction of 4 per cent when compared

to 2023. This acknowledges that, whilst our underlying results are

robust and in line with our published guidance, underlying profit is

down year on year, which the Committee considered is important

to recognise in its GPS decision.

In 2022, Long Term Share Plan (LTSP) awards were granted to

approximately 750 colleagues including our executive directors. To

ensure that subsequent performance has been sustained a ‘pre-vest

test’ consisting of three financial underpins and four key questions

has been considered by the Committee. Based on the outcome of

that test the Committee has determined that the awards should

fully vest. More detail is provided on page 121. The Committee also

considered whether there was a requirement to adjust for windfall

gains in respect of this award and determined that no adjustment is

necessary.

Executive director remuneration outcomes

Charlie Nunn, our Group Chief Executive (GCE), has overseen the

successful completion of the first phase of our strategy and

delivered robust financial results in 2024. The GCE has embodied

the Group’s values and has led through a year of substantial

transformation and external uncertainties whilst maintaining a

strong regulatory and risk environment.

Our Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has had a critical role in strategy

development, communication and execution. He has embedded

strong commercial and investment discipline across the Group.

The Committee determined that the GPS awards for the GCE and

CFO should be in line with the Group’s performance as assessed by

the Group BSC of 68.1 per cent of maximum, with resultant awards

of £1,126,633 and £812,014 respectively.

The 2024 Group BSC outcome also acts as part of a ‘pre-grant test’

for the 2025 LTIP awards. Given our robust 2024 performance, the

Committee has determined to grant LTIP awards to the GCE and

the CFO of 300 per cent of salary in line with the current Directors’

Remuneration Policy (the Policy). The vesting outcome of the LTIP

award will be subject to the achievement of stretching performance

targets measured over the period 2025 to 2027.

The Committee assessed the performance measures and weightings

used in the 2024 grant and concluded they remain strongly aligned

to the Group’s strategic transformation and public financial and

environmental commitments. Therefore, they remain appropriate

for the 2025 grant. For more details see page 132.

As set out on page 86, in continuing to consider its arrangements for

engaging with the Group’s workforce, the Board approved in 2024

an evolved approach to colleague engagement, to be implemented

during 2025. This new approach builds on existing colleague

listening activity and will introduce three forums to better represent

colleagues particularly at grades where trade union membership is

low. The forums will include the People Forum, the People

Consultation Forum, and the Management Advisory Forum. Where

appropriate, these forums will be engaged on matters of

remuneration, including executive remuneration.

Executive directors’ 2025 pay

Aligned with its principle of ensuring all colleagues are rewarded

fairly, an important area of focus for the Committee this year has

been reviewing the appropriateness of executive directors’ pay.

On appointment, the Committee set the base salary of the GCE

lower than his predecessor, by 13 per cent, to recognise that this

was his first lead executive role in a listed environment. This is in line

with good practice and investor preferences.

The GCE made an immediate impact and, over the last three and a

half years, has provided strong leadership of the Group, delivering

progress against our ambitious strategic objectives and a series of

robust financial results in a challenging and uncertain economic

climate. Externally, he has raised the profile of the Group, to aid us

in the delivery of our purpose of Helping Britain Prosper particularly

in respect of the UK’s housing crisis. Since 2018 we have supported

around £20 billion of funding to the social housing sector.

Given the GCE’s increased experience and strong track-record of

delivery, the Committee has determined that it is an appropriate

time to review his package. The most obvious inconsistency was his

fixed pay recognising that it has only increased modestly since he

was appointed – his fixed pay has risen by just 5 per cent over three

and a half years.

The Committee also reviewed the fixed pay of the CFO. The

Committee recognised the strong financial leadership throughout

our transformation and the breadth of the role which includes

responsibility for Lloyds Development Capital, Lloyds Living and

Housing Growth Partnership, all key enablers of our purpose of

Helping Britain Prosper.

After careful consideration, including consultation with shareholders

(see next section), the Committee decided, effective 1 January 2025,

toreverse the impact of the discount applied to the GCE’s salary on

appointment (13 per cent) and apply a 3 per cent annual increase

effective 1 April 2025 to the salary of both executive directors; the latter

is less than the 4.1 per cent pay budget which colleagues will benefit

from under our two-year pay deal. In line with our current Policy, the

Fixed Share Award (FSA) of the GCE and CFO will be increased by

£283,381 and £353,094 respectively to align with their salaries.

As part of its decision, the Committee considered that, excluding the

exceptional salary increase in January 2025, the GCE’s salary will

have increased by 8 per cent between his date of appointment and

April 2025; over the equivalent period, colleagues will have

benefitted from a total pay budget of 18.2 per cent.

In determining these changes, the Committee reviewed the relevant

benchmarking data. This included comparing the on-target total

reward opportunity of the Group’s executive directors with peers,

including the FTSE 30 and our main UK banking peers. Due to

significant pay practice differences compared to the UK, US and

European firms were not included in the analysis.

Changes in respect of the GCE improve the competitiveness of his

total reward opportunity, but the package remains below the

median of both our UK banking peer group and the FTSE 30.

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The changes for our CFO will align his fixed pay and on-target

opportunity with the market.

Shareholder consultation

In 2024, I consulted with a range of shareholders and proxy rating

agencies to discuss their views on executive pay and our thoughts

on Policy implementation for 2025 and beyond. During this process I

spoke with our largest shareholders, representing around 25 per

cent of the Group’s issued share capital, as well as representative

bodies whose members make up a significant portion of our register.

The feedback received was valuable and indicated broad

understanding amongst investors for both the 2025 modifications

and the longer-term trajectory for executive pay at the Group which

is considered to be managed responsibly. Our shareholders clearly

understood our rationale and need to pay the executive directors,

who are well respected amongst our investors, fairly for their roles in

the short term as well as over the long term.

One area of particular discussion was the timing of fixed pay

increases given the opportunity the Group now has to set its own

variable to fixed pay ratio.

The Committee considered the variable to fixed pay ratio feedback

carefully and determined to take a two-step approach. To ensure

the executive directors are paid fairly ahead of the 2026 Policy

review, the fixed pay changes set out above would be implemented.

Fixed pay will be reconsidered as part of the 2026 Policy review

where it is anticipated that, consistent with anticipated market

movements, the FSA element will be significantly reduced and a

higher, performance-related, variable reward opportunity will be

recommended to shareholders as part of the new Policy presented

to the 2026 AGM.

I would like to thank our shareholders and advisory bodies for their

engagement and the feedback received as part of our consultation;

your support is important and I look forward to engaging with

shareholders again as we develop our 2026 Policy over the coming

year.

Board Chair fee

The Committee has also considered how the fee paid to the Board

Chair compares with the market. This was reduced, at his request,

on appointment by 20 per cent versus his predecessor.

Recognising investor expectations that non-executive director fees

properly recognise the time commitment, skills and experience

necessary to perform the role, the Committee decided, in line with

the Policy and with Sir Robin Budenberg not participating in the

discussion, to increase the Chair fee to a more market comparable

level of £850,000 in two steps over 2025 and 2026. In January 2025,

the Chair fee increased from £654,500 to £750,000.

Variable to fixed pay ratio for material risk takers

(MRTs)

Following the approval by the Group’s shareholders of a resolution

to allow the Committee to set an appropriate variable to fixed pay

ratio for its MRTs, it has approved a maximum ratio of 8:1 for 2024

and later years. The Committee considers that this will provide it

with sufficient flexibility in terms of variable reward design without

creating an incentive for excessive risk taking.

The variable opportunity for the executive directors will remain

subject to the limits set out in the 2023 Policy and cannot be

increased as a consequence of the increase in the ratio.

Dilution limits

As our GPS, somewhat unusually, operates across such a broad base

of colleagues, (approximately 30,000 received shares in respect of

awards over £2,000 in 2024) it is more consistent with an all

employee, rather than an executive, share plan. Therefore the ‘inner’

dilution limit is a particular challenge for the Group. To aid the

operation of our share plans, we will be recommending a resolution

at the upcoming AGM to remove the 5 per cent ‘inner’ dilution limit

for our discretionary share schemes. We will maintain the ‘outer’

dilution limit of 10 per cent for all our share plans.

This change aligns with the recent updates to the Investment

Associations Principles of Remuneration and certain proxy rating

agencies guidance and will provide the Group with more flexibility in

terms of how it administers colleague share awards in its overall

capital management.

Together with my Committee members, I would like to thank our

shareholders for their ongoing support and our colleagues for their

continued commitment to our customers and our communities.

On behalf of the Board

Cathy Turner

Chair, Remuneration Committee

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2024 Remuneration at a glance

Detail of the 2024 Group balanced scorecard and 2022 Long Term

Share Plan can be found on pages 119 to 121.

Key financial highlights

12.3% 148bps £3.6bn

Return on tangible equity (14.0 per cent

excluding motor finance provision)

Capital generation (177 basis points

excluding motor finance provision)

Total capital return including an

ordinarydividend of 3.17 pence pershare,

up15per cent vs 2023

2024 Total remuneration (£000)

Group Chief Executive Group Chief Executive Charlie Nunn

The single total figure of remuneration for the Group Chief

Executive during 2024 was £5.6 million. This is an increase of 53

per cent compared to 2023 largely driven by the 2022 LTSP

vesting outcome, the first long-term incentive vesting for GCE

since he joined the Group in 2021. Excluding this, the year-on-year

figure would be down 2 per cent largely driven by the lower

annual GPS award recognising 2024 Group performance.

Chief Financial Officer Chief Financial Officer William Chalmers

The single total figure of remuneration for the Chief Financial

Officer during 2024 was £3.8 million. This is an increase of 20 per

cent compared to 2023 which was largely driven by a higher 2022

LTSP award than the previous 2021 award. The 2021 award was

reduced by 40 per cent upfront at the time of grant, showing

restraint based on 2020 Group performance. The figure also

includes a lower annual GPS award recognising 2024 Group

performance.

2024 Group balanced scorecard performance

68.1%

Our Group balanced scorecard reflects a robust business

performance. Further details can be found on pages 119 to 120.

2024 Group Performance Share (GPS) pool

£368m

The Committee determined a GPS pool for 2024 of £368

million, down 4 per cent from 2023. This recognises that, whilst

our underlying results are robust and in line with our published

guidance, underlying profit is down year over year.

2025 Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) award

The Committee has considered the Group’s performance in

2024 and other factors as part of the ‘pre-grant test’ as well as

the individual contribution of the executive directors and will

grant 2025 Long Term Incentive Plan awards of 300 per cent of

salary to the Group Chief Executive and the Chief Financial

Officer (see page 132).

2022 Long Term Share Plan (LTSP) outcome

The award level for the 2022 Long Term Share Plan was set at

grant in March 2022 by reference to the ‘pre-grant test’ which

considered the 2021 balanced scorecard, the share price and

four key questions. Vesting was subject to a ‘pre-vest test’ which

has been assessed as ‘met’. For full details on the ‘pre-vest test’

please see page 121.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Remuneration Committee

The Committee comprises of four non-executive directors. Sir Robin

Budenberg attends the Committee in his role as Group Chair. The

non-executive directors are from a wide background to provide a

balanced and independent view on remuneration matters. Two of

the three designated independent non-executive directors of the

Ring-Fenced Banks also attend meetings of the Committee as

observers in order to provide insights on matters relevant to the

Ring-Fenced Banks and as part of their role in the Group’s overall

governance structure. For further details of Committee membership

and attendance at meetings, please see page 80.

During the year, Charlie Nunn, as the GCE provided regular briefings

to the Committee. In addition, the Committee engaged with and

received updates from the Chief People and Places Officer, Total

Reward Director and the Chief Risk Officer.

The purpose of the Committee is to set the remuneration for all

executive directors and the Chair, including pensions rights and any

compensation payments. It recommends and monitors the level and

structure of remuneration for senior management and material risk

takers. It also considers, agrees and recommends an overall

remuneration policy and philosophy for the Group that is aligned

with its long-term business strategy, its business objectives,

its risk appetite, purpose and values and the long-term interests of

the Group and recognises the interests of the relevant stakeholders

including the wider workforce.

The Committee’s operation is designed to ensure that no conflicts

of interest arise and in particular, the Committee ensures that no

individual is present when matters relating to their own

remuneration are discussed.

Advisers

PwC was appointed by the Committee in May 2022 following a

competitive tender process and was retained for 2024. The

Committee is of the view that PwC provides independent

remuneration advice to the Committee and does not have any

connections with the Group or any director that may impair its

independence.

More broadly, PwC provides unrelated professional services to the

Group in the ordinary course of business including tax, advisory,

internal audit and non-audit assurance services. PwC attended

Committee meetings upon invitation and fees payable for the

provision of services in respect of directors’ remuneration in 2024

amounted to £113,092 excluding VAT. Fees paid to PwC for advising

the Committee are based partly on a fixed fee and partly on a time

and materials basis.

Committee activities in the year

Jan Feb May Sep Nov

Executive directors’ remuneration

Executive directors’ fixed pay proposals

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Statement of voting at annual general meeting

The table below sets out the voting outcome at the annual general meeting in May 2024 in relation to the annual report on remuneration.

The Remuneration Policy was subject to a binding vote at the annual general meeting in May 2023.

Votes

cast in favour

Votes

cast against

Votes

withheld

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shares

(millions)

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votes cast

Number of

shares

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Percentage of

votes cast

Number of

shares

(millions)

2023 annual report on remuneration (advisory vote)   39,404   96.36%    1,488   3.64%    34

Directors’ Remuneration Policy (binding vote in 2023)   39,002   96.00%    1,623   4.00%    68

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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2023 Directors’ Remuneration Policy summary

and 2024 implementation

The 2023 Directors’ Remuneration Policy was approved by

shareholders at the AGM on 18 May 2023 with 96 per cent of votes

cast and took effect from that date. The full policy is set out in the

2022 Annual Report and Accounts (pages 125 to 133)   which is

available on our website.

The Committee extensively consulted on the Policy proposals with

the Group’s institutional shareholders and proxy rating agencies.

The Committee regularly engages and consults with key

shareholders to take into account their feedback on the Policy and

its implementation.

A summary of the Policy for the executive directors and how it was

implemented during 2024 is shown below. For how we intend to

implement the Policy for 2025 please see pages 130 to 133.

Directors’ remuneration Wider workforce alignment

Base

Salary

• Base salaries are reviewed annually with increases typically

taking effect from 1 April

• Increases will normally be no more than the increase

awarded to the overall employee population

With effect from 1 April 2024 salaries for the executive directors

increased by 4 per cent, in line with the wider workforce, to

£1,181,700 for the GCE and £851,703 for the CFO.

The pay deal for the wider workforce in

2024 reflected a 4.2 per cent budget.

The approach focused on lower paid

colleagues with junior colleagues receiving a

minimum £1,500 award.

Fixed Share

Award

• Delivered entirely in Lloyds Banking Group shares, released

over three years with 33 per cent being released annually

following the year of the award

• The maximum award is 100 per cent of base salary

Fixed share awards were increased from 1 April 2024 as part of

the 4 per cent fixed pay increase to £1,092,000 for the GCE and

£524,160 for the CFO.

To maintain an appropriate balance

between fixed and variable remuneration,

and to further align the interests of executive

directors and shareholders, a portion of fixed

pay is delivered in the form of shares.

Fixed share awards are only granted to the

GCE and the CFO.

Pension

• The maximum allowance for executive directors is set at 15

per cent of base salary

• Any director may elect to receive some or all of their pension

allowance as cash in lieu of pension

Pension allowances for all executive directors were set at 15 per

cent of base salary.

The maximum allowance for all executive

directors is set at 15 per cent of base salary in

line with the majority of the workforce.

Benefits

Benefits may include those currently provided and disclosed in

the annual report on remuneration. Core benefits include a

company car or car allowance, private medical insurance, life

insurance and other benefits that may be selected through the

Group’s flexible benefits plan.

Benefits were unchanged from 2023. Executive directors

received a flexible benefit allowance of 4 per cent of base

salary. The Chief Financial Officer also received a car allowance.

Flexible benefit allowance of 4 per cent of

base salary was consolidated into base salary

in July 2023 for colleagues, simplifying their

reward package and incurring pension

contribution entitlement.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Directors’ remuneration Wider workforce alignment

Group

Performance

Share

(Short Term Variable)

• The normal ‘target’ level of the GPS is 50 per cent of

maximum opportunity

• The maximum GPS opportunity is 140 per cent of salary for

the executive directors

• The Group will apply deferral in line with minimum

regulatory requirements. See below section on deferral

• Awards may be subject to malus and clawback. See below

section on performance adjustment

The Group Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer received

2024 GPS awards of 68.1 per cent of maximum. Outcomes are

shown in detail on page 119.

All Group employees are eligible to receive

an award through the Group Performance

Share scheme.

The Committee determined a GPS pool of

£368 million for 2024.

Long Term

Incentive Plan

(Long Term Variable)

• Awards will be granted in the form of conditional rights to

shares in the Group

• The maximum LTIP opportunity is 300 per cent of salary for

the executive directors

• The Group will apply deferral in line with minimum

regulatory requirements. See below section on deferral

• Awards may be subject to malus and clawback. See below

section on performance adjustment

Awards were granted in March 2024 at 300 per cent of salary

for executive directors. The 2022 LTSP award vested in full as

show on page 121.

The wider workforce are not eligible for

LTIPawards, consistent with market

practice.

Deferral of variable remuneration and holding periods

The GPS and LTIP are both considered variable remuneration for the

purpose of regulatory and deferral requirements. Deferral levels are

determined at the time of award in compliance with regulatory

requirements which currently require that, for executive directors, at

least 60 per cent of the aggregate variable remuneration (GPS + LTIP)

is deferred up to seven years with pro rata vesting between the third

and seventh year, and at least 50 per cent of total variable

remuneration is delivered in shares or other equity-linked instruments

subject to a minimum one-year holding period.

Performance adjustment

• The Committee determines that the financial results for a given year

do not support the level of variable remuneration awarded

• Any other circumstances where the Committee considers relevant

Judgement on individual performance adjustment is informed by taking

into account the severity of the issue, the individual’s proximity to the

issue and the individual’s behaviour in relation to the issue. Individual

adjustment may be applied through adjustments to balanced scorecard

assessments and/or through reducing the variable remuneration outcome.

Awards are subject to clawback for a period of up to seven years after

the date of award which may be extended to 10 years where there is an

ongoing internal or regulatory investigation. The application of clawback

will generally be considered when:

• There is reasonable evidence of employee misbehaviour or material

error

• There is material failure of risk management at a Group, business

area, division and/or business unit level

Performance adjustment is determined by the Remuneration

Committee and/or Board Risk Committee and may result in a

reduction of up to 100 per cent variable remuneration opportunity for

the relevant period. It can be applied on a collective or individual basis.

When considering collective adjustment, a report is submitted to the

Remuneration Committee and Board Risk Committee regarding any

adjustments required to balanced scorecards or the overall GPS and/or

LTSP/LTIP outcome to reflect in-year or prior year risk matters. The

application of malus will generally be considered when:

• There is reasonable evidence of employee misbehaviour or material

error or that they participated in conduct which resulted in losses

for the Group or failed to meet appropriate standards of fitness and

propriety

• There is material failure of risk management

Directors’ Remuneration Policy and Group remuneration policy alignment

Executive

directors

Group Executive

Committee

Other material

risk takers

Other

employees

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Explore life at Lloyds Banking Group

In addition to our core reward offering, we also offer a range of

wider benefits.

Sharesave

Sharesave is a savings account combined with a share option plan, it

enables our colleagues to save for their future and then buy shares

in the Group at a discounted price.

52%

of colleagues participate in Sharesave

Sharematch

Sharematch allows our colleagues to invest in Lloyds Banking

Group shares in a tax-efficient way. For every two shares

bought, we give three matching shares completely free up to a

maximum colleague investment of £30 per month. This allows

our colleagues to share in the success of the Group through

share price growth as well as dividend income.

60%

of colleagues participate in Sharematch

Colleague Sustainable Cars

Colleague Sustainable Cars is a salary sacrifice scheme which allows

colleagues to drive a brand new Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (ULEV),

funded by a reduction in salary. Our scheme is one of the largest in

the private sector with some 3,000 ULEV vehicles provided.

These cars greatly reduce the environmental impact on climate

change and urban air quality supporting our Group sustainability

ambitions.

Taking leave

We understand colleagues may need time off for various reasons.

Some leave will be planned, such as holidays or taking time out to

care for family, while other times it may be needed to deal with

unexpected situations.

Whatever the reason, we’re committed to supporting colleagues by

providing the time they need.

Recognition

To create an environment of belonging, recognition is a key

component to boosting morale, increase productivity and foster

a positive workplace culture. It helps employees feel valued and

motivated, leading to higher job satisfaction and retention.

From Group-wide alignment to annual awards, celebrating

those who have had game changing outcomes for our

customers, to a platform refresh, enabling our colleagues to

have an updated experience of recognising each other.

20%

of our colleagues have been nominated

for an annual award since June 2024

Colleague wellbeing

At Lloyds Banking Group, the health and wellbeing of our colleagues

is at the heart of everything we do. We want our people to thrive

both at work and in life, no matter what their role is, or where they

work. We're dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and to

provide the support needed for physical and mental wellbeing. Our

diverse range of health and wellbeing resources is there to help for

in-the-moment support, and to help our colleagues to make

healthy, sustainable choices to maintain their wellbeing.

Financial products and colleague offers

Colleagues can access a wide range of financial products, some at

discounted rates, from the Lloyds Banking Group portfolio. These

include current accounts and mortgages. We also offer rental

deposit and season ticket loans which support colleagues with day

to day expenses and budgeting.

Colleague Offers is an online one-stop shop for hundreds of great

discounts from some of the high street’s leading brands. The

website is available for colleagues and up to 10 friends or family

members and can be accessed from home or work.

Flexible working

Through Flexibility Works we offer colleagues a range of flexible

working options. We’re focused on balancing the needs of our

customers as we transform our business, with creating a place people

love to work and feel supported in the moments that matter.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Executive director single total figure of remuneration

(audited)

Charlie Nunn William Chalmers Totals

£000 2024 2023 2024 2023 2024 2023

Base salary   1,170    1,136    844    819    2,014    1,955

Fixed Share Award

1

1,082    1,050    519    504    1,601    1,554

Benefits   52    48    63    62    115    110

Pension   176    170    127    123    303    293

Total fixed pay   2,480    2,404    1,553    1,508    4,033    3,912

Group Performance Share

2

1,127    1,277    812    921    1,939    2,198

Long-term Incentive

3,4,5

2,008    –    1,448    749    3,456    749

Total variable pay   3,135    1,277    2,260    1,670    5,395    2,947

Other remuneration

6

–    –    –    1    –    1

Total remuneration   5,615    3,681    3,813    3,179    9,428    6,860

Less: Performance adjustment   –    –    –    –    –    –

Total remuneration less performance adjustment   5,615    3,681    3,813    3,179    9,428    6,860

1  The Fixed Share Award is part of fixed remuneration and is not subject to any performance conditions (see page 115).

2  Awards for Charlie Nunn and William Chalmers will be made in March 2025 in a combination of cash and shares.

3  The 2022 Long Term Share Plan (LTSP) vesting (see page 121) at 100 per cent was confirmed by the Remuneration Committee at its meeting on 13 February 2025. The total number of

shares vesting will be 3,588,364 for Charlie Nunn and 2,586,292 for William Chalmers. The average share price between 1 October 2024 and 31 December 2024 of 55.969 pence has

been used to indicate the value. The shares were awarded in 2022 based on a share price of 47.027 pence and as such 19 per cent of the reported value is attributable to share price

appreciation.

4  The long-term incentive figures for 2023 have been adjusted to reflect the share price on the date of vesting (6 March 2024) of 48.4 pence instead of the average price of 43.564 pence

reported in the 2023 report.

5  The 2021 LTSP awards were granted prior to Charlie Nunn joining as Group Chief Executive from 16 August 2021.

6  Other remuneration payments comprise income from all employee share plans, which arises through employer matching or discounting of employee purchases.

2024 pension and benefits

(audited)

Charlie

Nunn

2024

William

Chalmers

2024

Pension/Benefits

Pension   175,551    126,527

Car or car allowance

1

4,141    12,000

Flexible benefits payments

2

46,814    49,490

Private medical insurance   1,130    1,130

Subtotal for Total Benefits less pension   52,085    62,620

1  For Charlie Nunn this includes the benefit associated with the Colleague Sustainable Car Scheme (salary sacrifice) and for William Chalmers this includes a car allowance.

2  Includes flexible benefits allowance and for William Chalmers, includes holidays sold through the Group's flexible benefits plan.

Defined benefits pension arrangements (audited)

There are no executive directors with defined benefit pension entitlements.

Payments for loss of office (audited)

No payments for loss of office were made in 2024.

Payments within the reporting year to past directors (audited)

There were no payments made to past directors in 2024.

External appointments

No executive director served as a non-executive director on the board of another company in 2024.

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2024 Group balanced scorecard

The balanced scorecard provides transparency on how our

executive directors’ remuneration outcomes for 2024 GPS directly

aligns with our performance.

Profit after tax and return on tangible equity measures have been

impacted by the additional provision for the potential remediation

costs relating to motor finance commission arrangements. However,

underlying performance remains robust. Strong cost discipline

combined with customer and sustainability performance has

resulted in an overall outcome of 68.1 per cent as set out in the

scorecard table below.

Our 2024 employee engagement index score has increased to 71 per

cent, up 5 percentage points from 2023, reflecting our colleagues’

positive outlook as we continue to serve our customers and

transform our business. Further commentary on non-financial

performance is described on page 120.

For 2024, sustainability measures aligned to our public commitments

on climate change, promoting inclusion and diversity and colleague

engagement accounted for 20 per cent of the scorecard.

As mentioned on pages 110 to 112, the Committee does not consider

that the BSC outcome properly reflects the strength of the

underlying Group performance or the performance of the executive

directors whose variable reward is directly linked to it.

After careful consideration of the importance of transparency and

to demonstrate the Group’s commitment to respecting the targets

it sets for itself, the Committee has decided not to exercise its

discretion to adjust the BSC outcome to a higher level which it

considers would better reflect the underlying performance.

Charlie Nunn

– Group Chief Executive

Maximum award   £1,654,380

Group balanced scorecard outcome  68.1%

Initial scorecard outcome   £1,126,633

Committee discretion   —

Annual GPS award/% of maximum  68.1%

• Delivered the first phase of the strategy, financial targets, and

investment priorities, which will set the Group up for success in

2025 and 2026

• Continued strong leadership throughout the year that included

some uncertainties for consumers, such as a change in government

• Group financials remain positive, driven by robust income

performance, strategic delivery and effective risk management

William Chalmers

– Chief Financial Officer

Maximum award   £1,192,384

Group balanced scorecard outcome  68.1%

Initial scorecard outcome   £812,014

Committee discretion   —

Annual GPS award/% of maximum  68.1%

• Played a critical role in the strategic execution of the Group and

maintained positive engagement with investors and regulators on

the Group performance and strategy, throughout 2024

• Strong financial management, delivering the plan throughout

2024, with a strong focus on cost management, net interest

income & other operating income growth

• Effective balance sheet management with a pro forma CET1 ratio

of 13.5 per cent, ahead of regulatory requirements

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Non-financial measures (40 per cent) commentary

The scorecard that the Committee used in determining the annual GPS awards for the executive directors, along with the assessment of

performance against the scorecard, is detailed on page 119. The table below outlines the Committee’s assessment of the non-financial

elements of the scorecard.

Measure Commentary

Group customer

dashboard

Our assessment of how effectively we are

serving customers across our brands,

products and services.

• The 2024 Group Customer Dashboard (GCD) contains 150 measures, of which 46 drive

the overall balanced scorecard (BSC) outcome. These 46 measures focus on customer

advocacy (NPS), customer satisfaction, complaints and digital growth

• In 2024, the total GCD BSC score is 83, on a 0-100 scale. Progress is evident across key

strategic areas; such as products experience, banking app enhancements and increased

digital engagement

• The overall positive result is supported by performance relative to peers, with Lloyds

Banking Group brands typically ranking between 1st-3rd amongst key competitors for

customer experience benchmark metrics

Reducing operational

carbon emissions

Reported vs 2018/2019 baseline. Includes

Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 carbon

emissions. Reporting Year is October to

September.

• A 30 per cent reduction has been achieved in 2024 from our 2018/19 baseline. The Group

continues to make good progress reducing direct emissions, although increases continue

to be seen in commuting and business travel emissions in line with the hybrid working

expectation of colleagues spending 40 per cent of their time in offices

• This metric supports our external commitments to achieve net zero carbon operations by

2030, reduce energy usage by 50 per cent by 2030, and the updated pledge to maintain

domestic travel emissions below 50 per cent of 2018/19 levels

Increasing our gender

andethnic representation

in senior roles

Senior roles include all colleagues at grade

F and above.

• We have seen an increase in women in senior roles to 40.4 per cent during 2024. This is

against an ambition we set ourselves in 2020 to achieve 50 per cent representation of

women in senior roles by 2025

• Throughout 2024, we have seen a continued increase in the representation of Black,

Asian and Minority Ethnic representation in senior roles. At the end of 2024, 12.6 per cent

of senior manager positions were held by Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic colleagues

Culture

andcolleague

engagement

Our employee engagement index score

• Our employee engagement index (EEI) encompasses pride and satisfaction working for

the Group, and also recommending the Group as a great place to work

• Our 2024 EEI score reflects our colleagues’ improving sentiment on change and change

communications, and the positive impact this has had on their trust in our leadership

Directors’ remuneration report continued

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2022 Long Term Share Plan

A Long Term Share Plan award was granted in relation to 2021

performance under the terms of the previous Policy.

It is an important feature of the LTSP that performance is assessed

and appropriately recognised upfront in the award size during the

‘pre-grant test’.

A final ‘pre-vest test’ of financial underpins and consideration of

four key questions takes place prior to vesting to ensure

performance over the period has been sustainable. The Committee

has completed the full assessment and there is nothing known now

which, had it been known at the time of grant, would have changed

the initial award levels.

The outcome of the ‘pre-vest test’ of both financial underpin

performance and consideration of the four key questions is shown

below.

Pre-vest test – additional consideration by the Committee

In conjunction with the assessment of performance against the

financial underpins above, the Committee considered the four

questions below to satisfy itself that there is nothing known now

which, had it been known at the time of grant, would have

changed the initial award levels:

The Group continues to make meaningful progress against our

environmental commitments including the delivery of current

sustainable finance and investment targets across Commercial

Banking, EPC A and B mortgage lending, Motor and Scottish

Widows. Our targets for EPCA and B mortgage lending and Motor

were achieved earlier than planned.

During the 2022 to 2024 performance period, there have been no

serious external conduct matters or severe reputational damage.

While there continues to be uncertainty around motor finance

commission arrangements, provisions relate to the potential

remediation costs. Significant uncertainty remains around the

ultimate financial impact therefore the Committee determined it

should not impact the 2022 LTSP vesting outcome.

The Committee concluded that performance considered in the

‘pre-grant test’ has been sustainable and therefore no discretion

has been applied. The 2022 LTSP awards will vest at 100 per cent,

as the outcome represents a fair reflection of performance during

the period.

Q

Has the bank lived up to its ambition to be the Best Bank for

Customers?

Q

Do the Group’s financial results and capital position

adequately reflect risk, conduct and any other non-financial

considerations, including ESG?

Q

Has the Group made meaningful progress in supporting the

UK’s transition to net zero?

Q

Has the Group suffered a serious conduct event or has severe

reputational damage arisen from the Group not living its

values?

A

The Group has maintained its strong capital position and

support for customers, clients and communities since making

awards in 2022. Risk management has remained a key

element in shaping our business model, with a focus on safely

progressing our strategic ambitions.

In determining the final vesting outcome of the 2022 Long Term

Share Plan, the Committee carefully considered alignment with

shareholder experience and whether adjustments were required for

windfall gains.

Awards were granted in March 2022 at 47.027 pence, around 20 per

cent higher than awards granted in March 2021.

The award price is considered a fair reflection of the share price in

the 12 months leading up to grant. The share price used to calculate

indicative value is 55.969 pence (page 118). While 19 per cent higher,

the Committee considers it reasonably represents performance over

the period.

The Committee concluded there was no windfall gain over the

period and as such no adjustment was required.

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Pre-vest test – underpins

1 Peers: Barclays Group, HSBC Holdings, NatWest Group, Santander UK and Virgin Money UK.

2 2024 peer bank average based on latest company published consensus as of 6 February 2025 where full-year results not available.

3 RoTE not restated for impact of IFRS 17.

4 Dividend shown includes both interim and final for the respective performance year.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Relative importance of spend on pay

The graphs below illustrate the total remuneration of all Group employees compared with returns of capital to shareholders in the form of

dividends and share buyback.

1  2024: Ordinary dividend in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2024,

partly paid in 2024 and partly to be paid in 2025 and intended share buyback. 2023:

Ordinary dividend in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2023, partly paid

in 2023 and partly paid in 2024 and share buyback.

2  Performance-based compensation includes expense for the following plans: Group

Performance Share (2024: £368 million, 2023: £410 million), Long Term Incentive Plan,

Long Term Share Plan and Executive Group Ownership Share (2024: £28 million, 2023:

£30 million), Executive Share Awards (2024: £0.03 million, 2023: £0.06 million). For the

2024 performance year, the value of awards was £368 million for Group Performance

Share and £26 million for Long Term Incentive Plan.

Comparison of returns to shareholders and Group Chief Executive total remuneration

The required chart below shows the historical total shareholder return (TSR) of Lloyds Banking Group plc compared with the FTSE 100. The

FTSE 100 Index has been chosen as it is a widely recognised equity index of which Lloyds Banking Group plc has been a constituent

throughout this period.

GCE

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

GCE single figure of

remuneration £000

Charlie Nunn

1

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a   5,523    3,767    3,681    5,615

William Chalmers

2

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a   819  n/a n/a n/a

Sir António Horta-Osório   8,704    5,791    6,434    6,544    4,424    3,604    2,444  n/a n/a n/a

Annual bonus/GPS payout

(% of maximum

opportunity)

Charlie Nunn n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a  57.8 %  84.1 %  80.3 %  6 8 . 1 %

William Chalmers

2

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a  78.2 % n/a n/a n/a

Sir António Horta-Osório

3

57 %  77 %  77 %  67.6 % n/a n/a  57.8 % n/a n/a n/a

Long-term incentive

vesting (% of maximum

opportunity)

Charlie Nunn n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a  100 %

William Chalmers

2

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Sir António Horta-Osório  94.18 %  55 %  66.3 %  68.7 %  49.7 %  33.75 %  41.8 % n/a n/a n/a

1  Charlie Nunn succeeded Sir António Horta-Osório as Group Chief Executive with effect from 16 August 2021 and the single figure total remuneration for 2021 includes a one-off buy-out

of £4.231 million.

2  William Chalmers was the Interim Group Chief Executive from 1 May 2021 until 15 August 2021, remuneration in the table above is for this period.

3  Sir António Horta-Osório independently requested that he be withdrawn from consideration for a Group Performance Share award in 2019 and 2020. There were no GPS awards for

2020 performance.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Single total figure of remuneration for Chair and non-executive directors

(audited)

Fees (£000) Benefits (£000)

4

Total (£000)

2024 2023 2024 2023 2024 2023

Chair and non–executive directors

Sir Robin Budenberg    655    629    1    2    656    631

Nathan Bostock

1

140    –    –    –    140    –

Alan Dickinson

2

112    402    4    3    116    405

Sarah Legg   232    228    13    5    245    233

Lord Lupton

3

112    286    2    6    114    292

Amanda Mackenzie    219    179    3    1    222    180

Harmeen Mehta   106    102    5    1    111    103

Cathy Turner   277    157    2    –    279    157

Scott Wheway   475    458    17    25    492    483

Catherine Woods

5

250    246    (9)   23    241    269

1  Nathan Bostock was appointed on 1 August 2024.

2  Alan Dickinson retired on 16 May 2024.

3  Lord Lupton retired on 16 May 2024.

4  Benefits for the non-executive directors relates to reimbursement for expenses incurred in the course of duties. The Chair’s benefits also include private medical insurance, including a

one-off settlement of tax in 2023 relating to the restatement in the 2022 annual report. Non-executive directors do not receive variable pay.

5  The value of benefits in respect of 2024 includes the correction of previous tax treatment from 2023. Excluding the correction, the benefits figure for 2024 is £7,047. The figure on a

revised basis for 2023 is £6,548.

Directors’ share interests and share awards

Directors’ interests (audited)

Number of shares Number of options Total shareholding

1

Owned outright

Unvested

subject to

continued

employment

Unvested

subject to

performance

Unvested

subject to

continued

employment

Vested

unexercised

Totals at

31 December

2024

2

Executive directors

Charlie Nunn   7,602,947    335,442    17,248,972    3,968,909    –    29,156,270

William Chalmers   9,113,285    2,662,483    12,432,089    56,878    –    24,264,735

Non-executive directors

Sir Robin Budenberg   2,500,000    –    –    –    –    2,500,000

Nathan Bostock   430    –    –    –    –    430

Alan Dickinson

3

200,000    –    –    –    –    200,000

Sarah Legg   200,000    –    –    –    –    200,000

Lord Lupton

3

2,250,000    –    –    –    –    2,250,000

Amanda Mackenzie   63,567    –    –    –    –    63,567

Harmeen Mehta   20,000    –    –    –    –    20,000

Cathy Turner   424,113    –    –    –    –    424,113

Scott Wheway   168,356    –    –    –    –    168,356

Catherine Woods   119,281    –    –    –    –    119,281

1  Includes holdings of any Person Closely Associated.

2  There has been no change in shareholdings from 31 December 2024 to 20 February 2025.

3  Alan Dickinson and Lord Lupton retired on 16 May 2024; the number of shares shown is as of 16 May 2024.

4  Directors are not permitted to enter into any hedging arrangements in relation to share awards. No director uses shareholding as collateral.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Outstanding share plan interests

(audited)

At 1 January

2024

Granted/

awarded

Vested/

released/

exercised Lapsed

At 31

December

2024

Exercise

price

Exercise periods

From To Notes

Charlie Nunn

LTSP 2022 – 2024   3,588,364    –    –    –    3,588,364  2

LTSP 2023 – 2025  3,283,896    –    –    –   3,283,896  2

LTIP 2024 – 2026   –   10,376,712    –    –    10,376,712  2,3,4

Deferred GPS awarded in 2022 (2021 GPS)   74,139    –    74,139    –    –  5

Deferred GPS awarded in 2023 (2022 GPS)   773,294    –    437,852    –    335,442  5

Deferred GPS awarded in 2024 (2023 GPS)   –    1,363,431   1,363,431    –    –  6,7

Share Buy-Out   1,368,990    –   1,368,990    –    –    –  12/03/2024 11/03/2029 1

1,368,990    –    –    –    1,368,990    –  11/03/2025 10/03/2030 1

1,369,012    –    –    –    1,369,012    –  11/03/2026 10/03/2031 1

891,217    –    –    –    891,217    –  11/03/2027 10/03/2032 1

339,690    –    –    –    339,690    –  11/03/2028 10/03/2033 1

William Chalmers

GOS 2020 – 2022   1,722,544    –    430,636    –    1,291,908  2

LTSP 2021 – 2023   1,547,340    –    309,468    –    1,237,872  2

LTSP 2022 – 2024   2,586,292    –    –    –    2,586,292  2

LTSP 2023 – 2025  2,366,848    –    –    –    2,366,848  2

LTIP 2024 – 2026   –   7,478,949    –    –    7,478,949  2,3,4

Deferred GPS awarded in 2022 (2021 GPS)   149,835    –    149,835    –    –  5

Deferred GPS awarded in 2023 (2022 GPS)   398,104    –    265,401    –    132,703  5

Deferred GPS awarded in 2024 (2023 GPS)   –    982,685    982,685    –    –  6,7

2020 Sharesave   46,317    –    46,317    –    –  24.25p 01/01/2024 30/06/2024

2021 Sharesave   17,177    –    –    –    17,177  39.40p 01/01/2025 30/06/2025

2023 Sharesave   20,171    –    –    –    20,171  38.55p 01/01/2027 30/06/2027

2024 Sharesave   –    19,530    –    –    19,530  52.35p 01/01/2028 30/06/2028

1  When Charlie Nunn joined the Group on 16 August 2021 as Group Chief Executive and executive director, he was granted deferred share awards and deferred cash to replace unvested

awards from his previous employer, HSBC. Options vested on 11 March 2024 and Charlie Nunn exercised the options on 25 March 2024, acquiring 711,874 shares, after the settlement of

income tax and national insurance contributions. The shares received are subject to holding periods that mirror those of the replaced HSBC shares, with 282,888 shares having no

holding period and 428,986 a 12-month holding period.

2  All GOS, LTSP and LTIP awards have a three-year performance/underpin period ending 31 December. Awards were made in the form of conditional rights to free shares.

3  In line with regulatory requirements, LTIPs awarded during 2024 were ineligible for dividend equivalents. In accordance with the Remuneration Policy, the LTIP award was determined

at 300 per cent of salary for Charlie Nunn and William Chalmers. The number of shares to be granted was determined by taking the average share price over the five days prior to grant

(27 February 2024 to 4 March 2024), which was 46.844 pence and applying a discount based on Lloyds Banking Group’s expected dividend yield for the vesting period (32.85 pence).

4  2024 LTIP vesting is subject to performance conditions applicable for the first three years from grant as detailed on page 124 of the 2023 directors’ remuneration report. Each year the

Remuneration Committee will monitor the Group’s progress in relation to the performance conditions.

5  The third tranche of the 2021 GPS deferred award and the second tranche of the 2022 GPS deferred award vested on 6 March 2024. The closing market price of Lloyds Banking Group

shares on that date was 48.4 pence. The awards were settled in shares net of tax, with the resulting shares subject to a one-year holding period.

6  The 2023 GPS is delivered half in an immediately vested share award with shares subject to a holding period until March 2025, and half paid in cash. The value of the shares awarded in

respect of the GPS granted in March 2024 was £638,686 (1,363,431 shares) for Charlie Nunn; and £460,329 (982,685 shares) for William Chalmers. The awards are not subject to

performance conditions. The number of shares granted was determined by taking the average Lloyds Banking Group share price over the five days prior to grant (27 February 2024 to

4March 2024), which was 46.844 pence.

7  The 2023 GPS share award vested on 6 March 2024. The closing market price of the Lloyds Banking Group shares on that date was 48.4 pence. The award was settled in shares net of

tax, with the resulting shares subject to a one-year holding period.

Outstanding cash awards

(audited)

At 1 January

2024

£

Granted/

awarded

£

Vested /

released /

exercised

£

At 31

December

2024

£ Notes

Charlie Nunn

Deferred GPS cash awarded in 2022 (2021 GPS)   34,865    –    34,865    –

Deferred GPS cash awarded in 2023 (2022 GPS)   401,346    –    227,250    174,096

William Chalmers

Deferred GPS cash awarded in 2022 (2021 GPS)   70,463    –    70,463    –  1

Deferred GPS cash awarded in 2023 (2022 GPS)   206,620    –    137,746    68,874  1

1  Half of the deferred portion of the 2021 and 2022 GPS awards are delivered in cash.

2  £2,000 of 2023 GPS was delivered in cash in March 2024 for both executive directors. Half of the remaining 2023 GPS was delivered in cash on 20 June 2024. Charlie Nunn received

£636,686 and William Chalmers received £458,329.

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Shareholding requirement

To further strengthen the alignment between executive directors’

interests and those of our shareholders, executives are expected to

build and maintain a significant shareholding in the Group in direct

proportion to their salary.

Increased shareholding requirements were approved by

shareholders as part of the 2023 Policy and came into effect from

1January 2024.

The minimum shareholding requirements applicable to executive

directors at 31 December 2024 are 400 per cent of salary for the

Group Chief Executive and 300 per cent of salary for the Chief

Financial Officer. Executive directors have five years from the date

of appointment to meet the requirement. In the event that

exceptional individual circumstances exist resulting in an executive

not being able to comply with the Policy, the Remuneration

Committee will consider whether an exception should apply.

Charlie Nunn has until 15 August 2026 to meet the requirement

and currently holds 344 per cent of salary in Group shares at

31December 2024. This is an increase from 196 per cent which

was published in the 2023 directors’ remuneration report.

William Chalmers met the requirement by 2 June 2024 and currently

holds 656 per cent of salary in Group shares at 31 December 2024,

more than double his shareholding requirement. This is an increase

from 467 per cent which was published in the 2023 directors’

remuneration report.

Unvested shares that remain subject to performance or continued

employment do not count towards the requirement but contribute

to aligning the interests of executive directors and shareholders

through share price exposure.

Post-employment shareholding requirement

Executive directors are contractually bound to a post-employment

shareholding requirement of two years at a level equal to the lower

of the shareholding requirements immediately prior to departure or

the actual shareholding on departure. The post-employment

requirement will be maintained through self-certification, with the

Committee keeping this approach under review.

None of those who were directors at the end of the year had any

other interest in the capital of Lloyds Banking Group plc or its

subsidiaries.

1  Calculated using the average share price for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024 (53.439 pence). Includes ordinary shares, net of tax where appropriate, acquired through

the vesting of the deferred Group Performance Share plan, Fixed Share Awards as the shares have no performance conditions, awards in the form of options which have vested but

have not been exercised, unvested performance tested Executive Group Ownership Share awards and Long Term Share Plan awards, shares held in the Share Incentive Plan (SIP) Trust,

i.e. Free, Partnership, Matching and Dividend shares which are no longer subject to forfeiture, as defined in the SIP Rules. Shares held by Persons Closely Associated, as defined by the

Companies Act, but broadly meaning spouse orpartner and children, are also included.

2  2023 shareholding has been recalculated using the average share price for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024 (53.439 pence).

3  Unvested shares subject to continued employment do not count towards the shareholding requirement and are shown after deduction of estimated income tax and national

insurance.

4  Unvested shares subject to performance are shown with an assumed 100 per cent vesting outcome and after deduction of estimated income tax and national insurance. The final

vesting outcome could range between 0-100 per cent. Shares subject to performance are also subject to continued employment.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Gender and ethnicity pay

We’re proud of the journey that the Group has been on since 2017

when our Gender Pay Gap reporting began, and from 2020, when as

part of our Race Action Plan we began voluntarily sharing our

Ethnicity Pay Gap report. Since then, we’ve achieved solid results

and made year-on-year progress against our Diversity, Equity and

Inclusion (DE&I) agenda.

Inclusion is a core value at Lloyds Banking Group, and for good

reason. A more inclusive society is a more prosperous society, and a

diverse business is a better business. Achieving this requires focus

and effort right through the business to make this happen.

Our Executive Ally Sponsors for Gender, Ethnicity and other diversity

strands are driving change from the top, alongside our volunteer

colleague networks, who work tirelessly to help our colleagues feel

seen, valued and included. These efforts are underpinned by centrally

led targeted initiatives and propositions.

The pay gap progress we have made in the last year is moving us in the

right direction albeit slower than we would like. However, as our

transformation continues at pace, we are confident that our choices

and actions are paving the way for a brighter and more equitable future.

Directors’ remuneration report continued

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Gender pay gap – April 2023 to April 2024

Progress has continued to close the mean Gender Pay Gap; this has

reduced 0.8 percentage points to 25.9 per cent. As of April 2024,

40.4per cent of senior leadership roles were held by women.

Overview

This is not about pay equality – a Gender Pay Gap exists because

women hold fewer senior positions within the Group than men.

What the data shows

Continued progress has been made in closing the Gender Pay Gap,

with the gap reducing by 0.8 percentage points to 25.9 per cent. This

improvement demonstrates that our actions are moving us in the right

direction, however, we remain committed to accelerating our progress.

Our commitments to gender inclusion

Integrating DE&I into the way we run our business has been core to our

success to date. Holding our Group executives to account is

paramount. We use business area goals and delivery against these

forms a core part of individual scorecards and performance

conversations.

Our data-led approach, which is grounded in key metrics and insight

gathered through colleague feedback, allows our business area

executives to identify opportunities to accelerate progress and to also

address any gaps.

We take active steps to improve equity through all stages of our

colleague lifecycle from recruitment, to progression and retention.

We will continue to focus on improving the representation of women

in senior roles. This is crucial to our ability to close our Gender Pay Gap.

We have committed to support the recommendations set out by the

FTSE Women Leaders review of 40 per cent women representation in

the Executive Committee and direct report population, and we have

met these recommendations ahead of the 2025 target date. We have

climbed from 73rd position in the 2017 FTSE 100 rankings to 5th in the

2024 rankings.

Ethnicity pay gap – April 2023 to April 2024

Continued progress has been made with the mean gap reducing by 2.7

percentage points from 5.7 per cent to 3.0 per cent from last year, the

largest improvement since we started reporting in 2020.

Overview

We remain committed to publishing our Ethnicity Pay Gap report on a

voluntary basis. We have chosen to publish for the past three years

because we recognise the importance of transparency in encouraging

focus and inspiring purposeful, action-led change. It helps to hold us

accountable to delivering on our commitment and we believe will lead

to sustainable positive change for our people.

What the data shows

90.4 per cent of our colleagues have chosen to disclose their ethnicity

with us, an encouraging increase from 88.2 per cent in April 2023.

Whilst we have more to do to close the gap, we have seen

improvements within the representation of our senior leadership

teams which has had a significant impact on gap closure to date.

Our commitments to ethnic diversity

As an organisation we stand against racism, and our Race Action Plan

created in 2020 outlines the steps we continue to take to drive

sustainable change for our people.

We are focused internally on driving change through our culture,

recruitment and progression to improve representation. For example,

our Race Education training programme, undertaken by all colleagues

within the Group, aims to equip everyone with the skills they need to

reflect on their own behaviours and the impact these can have on

those around them, ultimately helping us to create a more positive

working culture for everyone.

Having identified opportunities to improve the progression of our Black

heritage colleagues, we continue to invest in our bespoke Senior

Leadership and Career Acceleration programmes, with colleagues

promoted or making lateral moves to enhance their career progression

since inception.

We have seen steady growth in ethnicity representation across the

Group and specifically at senior levels, but to further accelerate our

progress we are looking closely at the colleague life cycle, increasing

representation in skills growth areas in technology and data,

continuing the upskilling of our colleagues and leaders and ensuring

equity in our people policies and processes.

Additionally, we have continued in our active support for Black

business communities through our partnerships with Foundervine and

the Black Business Network.

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Percentage change in remuneration levels

The table below sets out the change in the directors’ base salary/fees, taxable benefits and annual bonus compared with the change in our

UK-based colleagues’ pay. Lloyds Banking Group plc is not an employing entity, and therefore the disclosure below is made on a voluntary

basis to compare any change with all employees of the wider Group based in the UK. This population has been chosen as the majority of

our workforce are based in the UK and is considered to be the most appropriate group of employees. The same population is used for the

purposes of the Chief Executive Officer pay ratio disclosure on page 128 of the report.

% change in base salary/fees % change in GPS % change in benefits

2019 to

2020

2020 to

2021

2021 to

2022

2022 to

2023

2023 to

2024

2019 to

2020

4

2020 to

2021

2021 to

2022

2022 to

2023

2023 to

2024

2019 to

2020

2020 to

2021

2021 to

2022

2022 to

2023

2023 to

2024

All employees

1

4 4 6 13

9

10

9

(100) n/a 12 (14)

9

(4) (32) 1 5 (43)

9

(71)

9

Executive directors

Charlie Nunn

2

n/a n/a 1 – 3 n/a n/a 47 (5) (12) n/a n/a 4 (37) 8

William Chalmers

3

2 12 (9) – 3 (100) n/a (2) 34 (12) (1) 2 35 – 2

Non-executive directors

5,6

Sir Robin Budenberg  n/a 243 1 1 4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a – 100 (50)

Nathan Bostock

10

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Alan Dickinson

7

45 14 12 (10) (26) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Sarah Legg 131 28 6 2 2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Lord Lupton

8

– (8) (2) 1 4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Amanda Mackenzie  6 (1) 7 2 22 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Harmeen Mehta n/a n/a 2 4 4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Cathy Turner n/a n/a n/a 38 76 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Scott Wheway n/a n/a n/a 1 4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Catherine Woods n/a 43 4 2 2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

1  Lloyds Banking Group is not a contracting entity but considers all UK-based employees to be appropriate for purposes of an ‘All employees’ calculation.

2  Charlie Nunn became the Group Chief Executive in August 2021. Figures for 2021 have been annualised based on the single total figure table.

3  William Chalmers was the Interim Group Chief Executive from May to August 2021 and received a deputisation payment for this period.

4  No Group Performance Share (bonus) was paid for 2020 performance.

5  In some instances, non-executive directors may change membership or become the Chair of a Committee during the year, resulting in year-on-year percentage changes in fees. In

particular, during 2024 Cathy Turner and Amanda Mackenzie joined the Risk and Audit Committee’s respectively.

6  Some non-executive directors have received other benefits that relate to reimbursement for expenses incurred in the course of duties. Reimbursements of these expenses do not

provide an accurate comparison to benefits received by colleagues and are therefore not included.

7  Alan Dickinson retired on 16 May 2024. Figures for 2024 have been annualised based on the single total figure table.

8  Lord Lupton retired on 16 May 2024. Figures for 2024 have been annualised based on the single total figure table.

9  2022 to 2023 and 2023 to 2024 variance was impacted by the consolidation of variable pay and Flex cash allowance into base salary.

10  Nathan Bostock was appointed on 1 August 2024 and therefore no year-on-year comparison shown.

Service agreements

The service contracts of all current executive directors are terminable on 12 months’ notice from the Group and six months’ notice from the

individual. The Chair also has a letter of appointment. The Chair’s engagement may be terminated on six months’ notice by either party.

Letters of appointment

The non-executive directors all have letters of appointment and are appointed for an initial term of three years after which their

appointment may continue subject to an annual review. Non-executive directors may have their appointment terminated, in accordance

with statute, regulation and the articles of association, at any time with immediate effect and without compensation.

All directors are subject to annual re-election by shareholders.

The service contracts and letters of appointments are available for inspection at the Company’s registered office.

NED Date of letter of appointment Date of appointment

Sir Robin Budenberg

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4 July 2020 1 October 2020

Nathan Bostock 29 July 2024 1 August 2024

Sarah Legg 21 October 2019 1 December 2019

Amanda Mackenzie 17 April 2018 1 October 2018

Harmeen Mehta 5 October 2021 1 November 2021

Cathy Turner 11 October 2022 1 November 2022

Scott Wheway 26 July 2022 1 August 2022

Catherine Woods 22 October 2019 1 March 2020

1  Chair is subject to a six-month notice period.

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Chief Executive Officer pay ratio

The Remuneration Committee views pay ratios as a useful reference point to inform policy-setting, but also takes into consideration a

number of other factors. The table below shows the ratios of the GCE’s total remuneration to the remuneration of colleagues since 2017.

The change in the pay ratios for 2024 is explained in more detail below.

Total compensation Fixed pay

Year Methodology

P25 (Lower

Quartile)

P50

(Median)

P75 (Upper

Quartile)

P25 (Lower

Quartile)

P50

(Median)

P75 (Upper

Quartile)

2024 A 165:1 114:1 63:1 75:1 53:1 29:1

2023 A 112:1 80:1 45:1 76:1 54:1 31:1

2022 A 120:1 86:1 48:1 81:1 59:1 35:1

2021 A 316:1 225:1 120:1 93:1 66:1 38:1

2020 A 132:1 95:1 54:1 103:1 75:1 42:1

2019 A 179:1 128:1 71:1 114:1 82:1 47:1

2018 A 237:1 169:1 93:1 113:1 81:1 48:1

2017 A 245:1 177:1 97:1 113:1 82:1 48:1

Y-o-Y (2023 vs 2024)  43%   (2) %

Notes to the table:

• The 2024 total remuneration for the colleagues identified at P25, P50 and P75 are as follows: £34,122, £49,372, £88,790

• The 2024 base salary for the colleagues identified at P25, P50 and P75 are as follows: £29,853, £43,258, £74,212

• The P25, P50 and P75 colleagues were determined on 31 December 2024 based on calculating total remuneration for all UK employees

for the 2024 financial year. Payroll data from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024

• Colleague total remuneration has been calculated in line with the single total figure of remuneration. The single total figure of

remuneration has been calculated for 54,423 UK colleagues within the Group for a full year including full-time equivalent base pay, 2024

Group Performance Share awards, vesting Long Term Share Plan awards (for eligible colleagues), core benefits, pension, overtime and

shift payments, travel/relocation payments (for eligible colleagues) and private medical benefit

• The average share price between 1 October 2024 and 31 December 2024 of 55.969 pence has been used to indicate the value of vesting

Long Term Share Plan awards

• Due to operational constraints, the calculation of the colleague Pension Input Figure excludes inflationary adjustments for those on the

defined benefit scheme. The omission of this factor does not materially affect the outcome of the ratio and/or distort the validity of the

valuation

• All other data has been calculated in line with the methodology for the single total figure of remuneration for the GCE

Our ratios have been calculated using Methodology option A on the basis that it provided the most accurate means of identifying the

median, lower and upper quartile colleagues. The ratio has been calculated taking into account the pay and benefits of 54,423 UK

employees, other than the individual performing the role of GCE.

The change in total remuneration ratios since 2017 is largely driven by the more volatile nature of variable pay for the GCE.

In 2021 the median ratio was calculated for all three individuals undertaking the role of GCE and increased by 137 per cent year-on-year.

This increase can be attributed to the one-off buy-out awards granted to Charlie Nunn, an increase in the vesting of the LTIP and the

payment of Group Performance Share (annual bonus), which were not awarded for 2020.

The reduction in 2022 was due to two factors. Firstly, Charlie Nunn’s remuneration for 2022 did not include any value in respect of Long

Term Incentive plans, as no 2020 Executive Group Ownership Share (EGOS) award was granted to him given that he was not an executive

director at the time of grant. Secondly, the 2021 ratio included the one-off buy-out awards granted to Charlie Nunn. In addition the 2021

ratio was calculated for all three individuals undertaking the role of GCE. Over the same time period, employee total compensation

increased by 12 per cent at the lower quartile, 11 per cent at the median and 7 per cent at the upper quartile, also contributing to the

decrease in pay ratios.

The further reduction in 2023 was attributed to three key factors. Recognising the desire to focus on the remuneration of lower paid

colleagues, no annual pay award was proposed for the GCE for 2023 while the pay budget for the wider workforce was 6.3 per cent. Given

the approach focused on lower paid colleagues and colleagues lower in their pay range, this resulted in pay increases of between 8 per cent

and 13 per cent for around 43,000 colleagues. In addition, from July 2023 we consolidated a significant portion of our Group Performance

Share into base salary for around 32,000 colleagues, further increasing the fixed pay element. Finally, the GCE received a lower annual

short-term variable award for 2023 compared to 2022.

In 2024, the total compensation ratio increased by 43 per cent largely driven by the 2022 LTSP award vesting for Charlie Nunn, the first

vesting of a long-term incentive award for our Group Chief Executive since appointment. Excluding this, the year-on-year comparison

would be down 9 per cent on 2023. The fixed pay ratio has reduced by 2 per cent as colleagues realise a full-year impact of Group

Performance Share consolidation from July 2023.

For the majority of colleagues, year-on-year changes in remuneration are principally driven by pay increases and the impacts of Group

performance and collective adjustment. The Group has a commitment to pay progression and a continued focus on ensuring higher pay

awards for colleagues who are lower paid, or paid lower within their pay range. We are committed to ensuring all colleagues are rewarded

fairly.

The Committee is thoughtful of the volatility in pay ratios due to variable reward outcomes. Although the pay ratio is used as a useful

reference point to inform policy-setting, the Committee takes into account a number of other factors to assess colleague pay progression.

Directors’ remuneration report continued

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Policy alignment to Provision 40 of the Corporate Governance Code

A summary of how the Remuneration Policy addresses the principles set out in the UK Corporate Governance Code is detailed below.

Clarity

• The Committee regularly consults with key shareholders to ensure transparency on our policy and remuneration outcomes and

topics. Shareholder feedback is shared with Board members and considered in the Committee’s reward decisions and policy

considerations

• Targets are aligned to the Group’s strategy and purpose, providing clarity to shareholders and stakeholders on the relationship

between delivery of the strategy and remuneration outcomes

• During the year the Group communicated directly with colleagues detailing Group performance, changes in the economic and

financial environment, and updates on key strategic initiatives. Meetings were held throughout the year between the Group and our

recognised unions

• Non-executive directors attended a number of colleague focus groups, allowing colleagues to share their perspective on matters on

the Board’s agenda and discuss the Group’s progress against its strategic objectives

• We regularly engage with colleagues through engagement surveys and townhalls. The Group Chief Executive hosted two all

colleague townhall sessions in 2024. Colleagues were invited to submit questions with the most popular questions answered on the

day. Categories included ‘People and culture’ where colleagues can submit questions around remuneration

• As set out on page 86, in continuing to consider its arrangements for engaging with the Group’s workforce, the Board approved in

2024 an evolved approach to colleague engagement, to be implemented during 2025. This new approach builds on existing

colleague listening activity and will introduce three forums to better represent colleagues particularly at grades where trade union

membership is low. The forums will include the People Forum, the People Consultation Forum, and the Management Advisory

Forum. Where appropriate, these forums will be engaged on matters of remuneration, including how executive remuneration aligns

to the wider workforce

Proportionality

• There is clear alignment between the performance of the Group, the business strategy, and the reward paid to executive directors

• The Committee has the discretion to reduce the annual bonus, LTIP and LTSP awards, if it considers the payout does not

appropriately reflect the performance of the Group during the performance period

Simplicity

• The Remuneration Policy has been designed so that it is easy to understand and transparent, while complying with all regulatory

requirements and meeting the expectations of our shareholders

• The purpose of each remuneration element is explained in the Policy and the amount paid in respect of each element is clearly set

out

Risk

• The Remuneration Policy supports the Group’s risk management framework

• Risk and conduct considerations are taken into account in setting the annual bonus pool

• The annual bonus, deferred bonus, LTIP and LTSP incorporate malus and clawback provisions, and overarching Committee

discretion to adjust formulaic outcomes

Predictability

• The summarised Remuneration Policy on pages 115 to 116 describes the operation and maximum potential for each remuneration

element

• The full Policy set out on pages 125 to 133 of the 2022 annual report and accounts illustrates a range of potential outcomes for

executive directors

Alignment to culture

• Annual and long-term variable remuneration are designed to drive behaviours consistent with the Group’s strategy, purpose and

values

• When considering individual executive directors’ performance, the Committee takes account of the Group’s values

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Implementation of the Policy in 2025

The 2023 Directors’ Remuneration Policy was approved at the AGM in May 2023. The Policy is summarised on pages 115 and 116.

The Group proposes to operate the Policy in the following way for 2025.

Base Salary

As set out in the Chair statement on pages 110 to 112, on

appointment the GCE’s base salary was set lower than his

predecessor, by 13 per cent, to recognise that this was his first

lead executive role in a listed environment. This is in line with

good practice and investor preferences. Given the GCE’s

increased experience and strong track-record of delivery, the

Committee has determined that it is an appropriate time to

review his package. The most obvious inconsistency was his fixed

pay recognising that it has only increased modestly since he was

appointed – his fixed pay has risen by just 5 per cent over three

and a half years.

After careful consideration, including consultation with

shareholders, the Committee decided, effective 1 January 2025,

to reverse the impact of the discount applied to the GCE’s salary

on appointment and apply a 3 per cent annual increase effective

1 April 2025 to the salary of both executive directors; this is less

than the 4.1 per cent pay deal for wider workforce.

As part of its decision, the Committee considered that, excluding

the exceptional salary increase in January 2025, the GCE’s

salarywill have increased by 8 per cent between his date

ofappointment and April 2025; over the equivalent period,

colleagues will have benefitted from a total pay budget of

18.2per cent.

For further context and detail, including the benchmarking used

by the Committee to test its decision making, please refer to

pages 110 to 112.

Salaries from 1 January 2025 will therefore be as follows:

GCE: £1,335,321

Salaries from 1 April 2025 will therefore be as follows:

GCE: £1,375,381

CFO: £877,254

Fixed Share Award

As set out in the Chair statement on pages 110 to 112, in line with

our current Policy, the Fixed Share Award (FSA) of the GCE and

CFO will be increased by £283,381 and £353,094 respectively to

align with their salaries.

Shares will be released in equal tranches over three years.

Awards from 1 January 2025 will therefore be as follows:

GCE: £1,335,321

CFO: £851,703

Awards from 1 April 2025 will therefore be as follows:

GCE: £1,375,381

CFO: £877,254

Pension

Pension allowances for all executive directors are set at 15 per

cent of base salary. Any new executive director appointments in

2025 will also attract a maximum allowance of 15 per cent of

base salary.

Around 55,000 colleagues participate in the Group’s Defined

Contribution (DC) Pension scheme where the maximum

opportunity for the workforce is 15 per cent of base salary.

Executive directors’ employer pension contributions are

therefore aligned with those available to the majority of the

workforce.

Benefits

Benefits remain unchanged from 2024. Executive directors

receive a flexible benefit allowance of 4 per cent of base salary.

This can be used to select benefits including life assurance and

critical illness cover.

Other benefits include transportation and private medical cover.

The Chief Financial Officer also receives a car allowance.

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Group Performance Share (Short Term Variable)

Overview

Maximum opportunities for executive directors for 2025 are 140 per

cent of base salary. For the 2025 performance year, any GPS

opportunity will be awarded in March 2026 in a combination of cash (up

to 50 per cent) and shares.

Individual awards as a percentage of maximum will directly relate to

the overall Group balanced scorecard performance assessment

outcome in the first instance.

The Group will apply deferral in line with minimum regulatory

requirements as set out in the Policy. Under current rules, at least 60 per

cent of total variable remuneration awarded to our executive directors

will remain deferred over a period of up to seven years, maintaining strong

alignment to shareholders.

2025 Group balanced scorecard

The performance measures for determining any individual 2025 GPS

awards for executive directors are outlined in the table below.

The measures and targets are set annually by the Committee to reflect

the strategic priorities of the Group and take into account both the

annual financial plan and operating plan against the backdrop of the

rapidly evolving external economic and societal landscape.

Performance measures and weightings

The 2025 scorecard metrics have been reviewed alongside the 2025 LTIP

measures, shown on page 132, to ensure they are complementary and

there is minimal overlap which would risk duplication of outcomes.

Whilst a RoTE measure is also included in the LTIP performance metrics, it

is considered a fundamental indicator of Group performance and creation

of shareholder value. The RoTE within the annual scorecard focuses on

in-year performance while the LTIP assesses long-term performance.

Performance measures and weightings remain unchanged from 2024.

Targets and methodology

Setting stretching targets is a key component of our demanding

performance-driven culture. The Committee has undertaken a

thorough exercise to ensure targets are sufficiently stretching, taking

into consideration our operating plan and, where applicable, forward-

looking guidance.

The Committee agreed targets to evaluate performance in 2025 and

these will be disclosed retrospectively in the 2025 annual report

alongside the level of performance achieved, as the Committee

considers such targets to be commercially sensitive.

There are three changes to measure definitions from 2024. As discussed

in the Chair statement on

pages 110 to 112, profit after tax and return

on tangible equity measures will exclude any future potential impact of

motor finance provisions. Instead, items will be reviewed on a case-by-

case basis by the Committee to determine their inclusion.

The Group is now drawing more select skills from the global market and

we have therefore had to re-assess our existing travel pledge

commitment. From reporting year 2023/24, we have revised the

elements reported within our travel pledge to focus on domestic travel

only aligned with our action plans. To ensure consistency, the

operational carbon emissions measure in the 2025 Group BSC will be

adjusted to also exclude international travel emissions.

In 2025 we have refreshed the Groups gender and ethnicity strategic

plan and we’re setting new ranging ambitions for executive roles, to

achieve by 2030. The 2025 BSC will reflect the targets for this

population to align with the delivery of the new ambitions.

Discretion

When determining the final outcome, the Committee may consider any

personal or business area objectives and whether there has been

effective, consistent and proactive risk management and conduct

outcomes across all dimensions.

When assessing performance, the Committee can exercise its

judgement to determine the appropriate outcome. This helps to avoid

any potential unintended outcomes that might arise from the

application of formulaic performance criteria.

1  Profit after tax and return on tangible equity measures will exclude any future potential impact of motor finance provisions. Instead, items will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis

by the Remuneration Committee to determine their inclusion.

2  Operating costs will exclude remediation and in-year GPS expense.

3  Executive roles include grade X colleagues only.

4  Reducing our operational carbon emissions will exclude international travel.

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Directors’ remuneration

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Our 2025 balanced scorecard

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Long Term Incentive Plan (Long Term Variable)

Overview

The Group’s demanding, high performance culture is critical to delivering

our ambitious strategy. LTIP awards will be granted in relation to 2024

performance under the terms of the current Policy. The Committee

concluded that 2024 performance, including assessment of our 2024

Group scorecard and other factors, was at a level to make awards. This

is known as the ‘pre-grant test’.

To ensure strong alignment between variable reward outcomes and the

creation of shareholder value through the delivery of our strategy and

the deepening of our relationships with our customers, the Committee

has determined that LTIP awards will be granted with a value of

300per cent of salary to the GCE and CFO to reflect the Group’s

performance in 2024.

In accordance with regulatory requirements LTIP awards will not accrue

dividend equivalents over the vesting period; in line with the Policy, the

number of shares granted under the awards will be determined using a

share price adjusted to reflect the absence of dividends or equivalents

during the vesting period.

Performance measures and weightings

The Committee reviews the performance measures and weightings

ahead of each award grant. For 2025, the Committee has concluded

measures and weightings from 2024 remain aligned to the Group’s

strategic direction and public commitments. Three financial measures

make up a total weighting of 50 per cent of the scorecard. Return on

tangible equity (RoTE) emphasises the efficient use of capital and ensures

focus on long-term value creation, capital generation recognises the

importance of maintaining a strong financial foundation for the Group

and prioritises capital-accretive decision making for the long-term and

rTSR compares the value delivered to a shareholder in the Group over the

performance period with the value delivered to shareholders by our peers.

A dedicated 35 per cent weighting will focus on the Group’s delivery of

its strategy and success of our strategic initiatives in driving revenue

growth and diversification. The Committee will give consideration to an

assessment of performance against quantifiable Board metrics aligned

to each of our four strategic growth pillars.

Finally, 15 per cent weight is attributed to environmental measures,

reflecting that the transition to a low carbon economy is at the core of

our strategy and aligns with our purpose of Helping Britain Prosper.

As discussed in the Chair statement on pages 110 to 112, return on

tangible equity and capital generation measures will exclude any future

potential impacts of motor finance provisions. Instead, items will be

reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the Committee to determine their

inclusion.

Target setting

Setting targets is a critical focus area for the Committee and a rigorous

exercise has been undertaken to ensure our targets are sufficiently

stretching. We have taken into account our long-term strategic ambitions,

commitments to our ESG agenda and comparable industry returns.

Operation

The awards made in 2025 will vest based on the Group’s performance

between January 2025 to December 2027. The following table provides

a breakdown of the construct which the Committee considers aligns

management and shareholder interests appropriately.

1 Return on tangible equity and capital generation measures will exclude any future potential impacts of motor finance provisions. Instead, items will be reviewed on a case-by-

case basis by the Remuneration Committee to determine their inclusion.

2 If average RoTE reaches 13 per cent then 5 per cent of the award vests. If average RoTE reaches 16 per cent then 20 per cent of the award vests. If average RoTE is between the

threshold and maximum, vesting is calculated on a straight-line basis between these two points.

3 If average capital generation reaches 185 basis points then 2.5 per cent of the award vests. If average capital generation reaches 230 basis points then 10 per cent of the award

vests. If average capital generation is between the threshold and maximum, vesting is calculated on a straight-line basis between these two points. Target includes the

anticipated impact of Basel 3.1 implementation in 2027, expected to be moderately positive.

4 Peer group: HSBC, Barclays, NatWest, BNP Paribas, Santander, ING, Intesa Sanpaolo, BBVA, UniCredit, Nordea, Crédit Agricole, Caixa, KBC Group, Deutsche Bank, SocGen,

Danske, ABN AMRO, Bank of Ireland. Where performance falls between threshold and maximum levels, an intermediate percentage will vest.

5 See page 54 for an overview of our environmental metrics and targets.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Chair and non-executive director fees and benefits

Any increases normally take effect from 1 January of a given year.

The Committee is responsible for evaluating and making

recommendations to the Board with regard to the Chair’s fees.

The Chair does not participate in these discussions. The GCE and

the Chair are responsible for evaluating and making

recommendations to the Board in relation to the fees of the non-

executive directors (NEDs).

The Chair receives an all-inclusive fee, which is reviewed

periodically plus benefits including life insurance, medical

insurance and transportation. The Committee retains the right to

provide additional benefits depending on individual

circumstances.

NEDs are paid a basic fee plus additional fees for the Chair/

membership of Committees and for membership of Group

company Boards, non-Board level committees and/or other

specific responsibilities.

Additional fees are also paid to the Senior Independent Director

to reflect additional responsibilities.

The Chair and the NEDs are not entitled to receive any payment

for loss of office (other than in the case of the Chair’s fees for the

six-month notice period) and are not entitled to participate in

the Group’s variable remuneration arrangements, all employee

share plan or pension arrangements.

NEDs are reimbursed for expenses incurred in the course of their

duties, such as travel and accommodation expenses, on a

grossed-up basis (where applicable).

Non-executive directors may receive more than one of the above

fees.

Chair and non-executive director fees in 2025

As set out in the Chair statement on pages 110 to 112 there is a £95,500 increase to the annual fee for the Chair (£750,000). This is step

one of a two-stage increase. The second increase will take place from 1 January 2026 and will increase the fee to £850,000.

Following a detailed review of peer benchmarks and to ensure our non-executive directors are paid appropriately for the experience

and time requirements required, the basic Board fee, Chair fees for Audit, Remuneration and Risk Committees will increase by 3 per

cent for 2025. The Chair fees for the Responsible Business Committee and the IT and Cyber Advisory Forum will increase by 35 per

cent.

The Audit, Remuneration and Risk Committee member fees will increase by 2 per cent and the Nomination and Governance

Committee member fee will increase by 1 per cent for 2025. The Responsible Business Committee and IT and Cyber Advisory Forum

member fees will increase by 49 per cent.

There is no increase to the Senior Independent Director fee for 2025.

2025 2024

Basic non-executive director fee   92,200   89,500

Senior Independent Director   64,200   64,200

Audit Committee Chair   77,250   75,000

Remuneration Committee Chair   77,250   75,000

Risk Committee Chair   77,250   75,000

Responsible Business Committee Chair   60,000   44,500

IT and Cyber Advisory Forum Chair   60,000   44,500

Audit Committee member   35,000   34,300

Remuneration Committee member   35,000   34,300

Risk Committee member   35,000   34,300

Responsible Business Committee member   25,000   16,750

IT and Cyber Advisory Forum member   25,000   16,750

Nomination and Governance Committee member   16,550   16,375

Audited content

All narrative and quantitative tables within the directors’

remuneration report are unaudited unless otherwise stated. Where

disclosures have been audited, this has been carried out under

International Standards on Auditing (ISAs).

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Other statutory and regulatory information

This directors’ report on pages 75 to 136 is our

directors’ report for the purposes of the Companies

Act 2006 and fulfils the requirements of the

corporate governance statement for the purposes

of the Financial Conduct Authority’s Disclosure

Guidance and Transparency Rules (DTR).

Profit and dividends

The consolidated income statement shows a statutory profit before

tax for the year ended 31 December 2024 of £5,971 million (2023:

£7,503 million).

The directors have recommended a final dividend for 2024, which is

subject to approval by the shareholders at the annual general

meeting (AGM), of 2.11 pence per share, which together with the

interim dividend of 1.06 pence per share represents a total dividend

for the year of 3.17 pence per share, equivalent to £1.9 billion. If

approved by shareholders, the final dividend will be paid on 20 May

2025.

A final dividend of 1.84 pence per share totalling £1,169 million in

respect of 2023 was paid on 21 May 2024, and an interim dividend of

1.06 pence per share totalling £659 million was paid on

10 September 2024. Further information on dividends is shown in

note 36 on page 295 and is incorporated into this directors’ report

by reference.

The Board continues to give due consideration at each year end to

the return of any surplus capital to shareholders and for 2024, the

Board intends to return up to £1.7 billion through a share buyback

programme in respect of the Company’s ordinary shares. This

represents the return of capital over and above the Board’s view of

the current level of capital required to grow the business, meet

regulatory requirements and cover uncertainties.

The share buyback programme is intended to commence as soon as

is practicable and is expected to be completed, subject to

continued authority from the PRA, by 31 December 2025. Based on

the total ordinary dividend and the intended ordinary share

buyback the total capital return in respect of 2024 will be up to £3.6

billion.

The Company intends to use the authority for the repurchase of

ordinary shares granted to it at the 2024 AGM to implement the

proposed share buyback. Details of this existing authority are set

out under ‘Power of directors in relation to shares’. Shareholders will

be asked to renew the authority at the 2025 AGM, in line with

common practice.

Appointment and retirement of directors

The appointment and retirement of directors is governed by the

Company’s articles of association, the UK Corporate Governance

Code and the Companies Act 2006. The Company’s articles of

association may only be amended by a special resolution of the

shareholders in a general meeting.

In the interests of good governance and in accordance with the

provisions of the UK Corporate Governance Code, all directors will

retire at the 2025 AGM and those wishing to serve for the first time

or again will submit themselves for election or re-election (as

applicable). Biographies of the current directors are set out on pages

78 to 79. Details of the directors seeking election or re-election at

the AGM are set out in the Notice of Meeting.

Board composition changes

Changes to the composition of the Board since 1 January 2024 up to

the date of this report are shown in the table below:

Joined the Board Left the Board

Alan Dickinson 16 May 2024

Lord Lupton 16 May 2024

Nathan Bostock 1 August 2024

Directors’ and officers’ liability insurance

Throughout 2024 the Group had appropriate insurance cover in

place to protect directors, including the directors who retired during

the year, from liabilities that may arise against them personally in

connection with the performance of their role.

As well as insurance cover, the Group agrees to indemnify the

directors to the maximum extent permitted by law. Further

information on the Group’s indemnity arrangements is provided in

the directors’ indemnities section.

Directors’ indemnities

The directors of the Company have entered into individual deeds of

indemnity with the Company which constituted ‘qualifying

third-party indemnity provisions’ for the purposes of the Companies

Act 2006. The deeds indemnify the directors to the maximum

extent permitted by law and remain in force. The deeds were in

force during the whole of the financial year. Deeds for existing

directors are available for inspection at the Company’s registered

office.

The Company has also granted deeds of indemnity by deed poll and

by way of entering into individual deeds, which constitute ‘qualifying

third-party indemnity provisions’ to the directors of the Group’s

subsidiary companies, including to former directors who retired

during the year and since the year end, and to Group colleagues

subject to the provisions of the Senior Managers and Certification

Regime. Such deeds were in force during the financial year ended

31 December 2024 and remain in force as at the date of this report.

Qualifying pension scheme indemnities have also been granted to

the trustees of the Group’s pension schemes, which were in force for

the whole of the financial year and remain in force as at the date of

this report.

Conflicts of interest

The Board has a comprehensive procedure for reviewing, and as

permitted by the Companies Act 2006 and the Company’s articles

of association, approving actual and potential conflicts of interest.

Directors have a duty to notify the Chair and Company Secretary as

soon as they become aware of actual or potential conflict situations.

Any changes to the commitments of directors are reported to the

Nomination and Governance Committee and the Board and a

register of directors’ interests is regularly reviewed and authorised

by the Board to ensure the authorisation status remains

appropriate.

Share capital

Detail of the rights and obligations attaching to the Company’s

issued share capital may be found in notes 29 and 30 to the financial

statements on page 290 to 292.

Power of directors in relation to shares

The Board manages the business of the Company under the powers

set out in the articles of association, which include the directors’

ability to issue or buy back shares. The directors were granted

authorities to issue and allot shares and to buy back shares at the

2024 AGM. Shareholders will be asked to renew these authorities at

the 2025 AGM.

The authority in respect of purchase of the Company’s ordinary

shares, as granted at the 2023 AGM, was limited to 6,701,169,260

ordinary shares, equivalent to 10 per cent of the issued ordinary

share capital of the Company as at the latest practicable date prior

to publication of the 2023 AGM Notice of Meeting. Such authority

was used during the year under review in connection with the share

buyback programme described below and, as at 31 December 2024

and the date of this report, a total of 3,686,477,708 ordinary shares

had been repurchased.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

Other informationFinancial statementsRisk managementGovernanceFinancial resultsSustainability reviewStrategic report

The Company undertook an ordinary share buyback programme,

which was launched on 23 February 2024 and ended on

13 November 2024. The programme repurchased in aggregate

3,686,477,708 ordinary shares, each with a nominal value of 10

pence, for an aggregate consideration of c.£2.0 billion (aggregate

nominal value of the ordinary shares £368,647,770.80) as a means

by which to return surplus capital to shareholders.

All of the repurchased ordinary shares were cancelled and together

represented 6.07 per cent of the called up share capital of the

Company. Further information in relation to the 2024 ordinary share

buyback programme is provided on pages 68 and 69.

The authority in respect of purchase of the Company’s ordinary

shares, as granted at the 2024 AGM, was limited to 6,377,697,127

ordinary shares, none of which was utilised as at 31 December 2024.

Branches

The Group provides a wide range of banking and financial services

through branches and offices in the UK and overseas.

Research and development activities

During the ordinary course of business, the Group develops new

products and services within the business units.

Change of control

The Company is not party to any significant agreements which take

effect, alter or terminate upon a change of control of the Company

following a takeover bid. There are no agreements between the

Company and its directors or employees providing compensation for

loss of office or employment resulting from a takeover, except for

the Company’s employee share plans which contain provisions

relating to a change of control set out on page 292.

Capital Requirements

(Country-by-Country Reporting)

As required under the Capital Requirements (Country-by-Country

Reporting) Regulations 2013, the Group’s related disclosures may be

found online on the financial downloads page of our website.

Post balance sheet events

Details of events since the date of the balance sheet are provided in

note 43 on page 302.

Substantial shareholders

Major shareholders do not have different voting rights from other

holders of ordinary shares. Information provided to the Company by

substantial shareholders pursuant to the DTR is published via a

Regulatory Information Service. As at 31 December 2024, the

Company had been notified by its substantial shareholders under

Rule 5 of the DTR of the following interests in the Company’s shares:

Interest in shares

% of issued share capital

with rights to vote in all

circumstances at

general meetings

1

BlackRock Inc. ,,,



.

Harris Associates L.P. ,,,



.

Norges Bank ,,, .

1  Percentage provided was correct at the date of notification.

2  The most recent notification provided by BlackRock Inc. under Rule 5 of the DTR

identifies (i) an indirect holding of 3,599,451,380 shares in the Company representing

5.04 per cent of the voting rights in the Company, and (ii) a holding of 69,305,385 in

other financial instruments in respect of the Company representing 0.09 per cent of the

voting rights of the Company. BlackRock Inc.’s holding most recently notified to the

Company under Rule 5 of the DTR varies from the holding disclosed in BlackRock Inc.’s

Schedule 13-G filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission dated 8 February

2024, which identifies beneficial ownership of 5,352,886,800 shares in the Company

representing 8.4 per cent of the issued share capital in the Company. This variance is

attributable to different notification and disclosure requirements between these

regulatory regimes.

3  An indirect holding.

No further notifications have been received under Rule 5 of the DTR

as at the date of this report.

Information incorporated by reference

Content Pages

Group results Summary of Group results 64 to 70

Ordinary dividends Dividends on ordinary shares 295

Directors’ emoluments Directors’ remuneration report 110 to 133

Internal control and

financial risk management

Financial reporting risk 141

Risk management 33 to 38

137 to 198

Financial instruments 258 to 268

300

Information included in

the strategic report

Future developments 1 to 39

Post balance sheet events 3 and 5

Environmental disclosures 42 to 43

45 to 60

Supporting disability 31

Engagement with colleagues 30 and 86

Engagement with customers,

suppliers and others

86 to 87

Disclosures required

under UK Listing Rule

6.6.1R

Significant contracts 296 to 297

Dividend waivers 295

Principal risks and

uncertainties

Funding and liquidity 36

183 to 189

Capital position 34

144 to 150

Viability statement Risk overview 39

Going concern statement Risk overview 39

Share capital and control Share capital and restrictions

on the transfer of shares or

voting rights

291 to 292

Employee share schemes –

exercise voting rights

291 to 292

Rights and obligations

attaching to the Company’s

issued share capital

291 to 292

Environmental disclosures Carbon reporting 59 to 60

Independent auditor and audit information

Each person who is a director at the date of approval of this report

confirms that, so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant

audit information of which the Company’s auditor is unaware and

each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have

taken as a director to make himself or herself aware of any relevant

audit information and to establish that the Company’s auditor is

aware of that information.

This confirmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance

with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006.

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Board diversity (these disclosures are made in compliance with UK Listing Rules UKLR 6.6.6(9) and UKLR 6.6.6(10))

Reporting table on gender representation

Number of

Board members

Percentage of

the Board

Number of senior

positions on the

Board (CEO, CFO,

SID and Chair)

Number in

executive

management

(GEC)

Percentage in

executive

management

(GEC)

Men      .

Women     .

Other categories     .

Not specified/Prefer not to say     .

Reporting table on ethnicity representation

Number of

Board members

Percentage of

the Board

Number of senior

positions on the

Board (CEO, CFO,

SID and Chair)

Number in

executive

management

(GEC)

Percentage in

executive

management

(GEC)

White British or other white     .

Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups     

Asian/Asian British     .

Black/African/Caribbean/Black British     

Other ethnic group     

Not specified/prefer not to say     

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting

records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company’s

transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the

financial position of the Company and the Group and enable them

to ensure that the financial statements and the directors’

remuneration report comply with the Companies Act 2006. They

are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and

the Group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention

and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

A copy of the financial statements is placed on our website on the

financial downloads page. The directors are responsible for the

maintenance and integrity of the Company’s website. Legislation in

the UK governing the preparation and dissemination of financial

statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Each of the current directors who are in office as at the date of this

report, and whose names and functions are listed on pages 78 to 79

of this annual report, confirm that, to the best of his or her knowledge:

•  The Group and the Company financial statements, which have

been prepared in accordance with international accounting

standards in conformity with the requirements of the Companies

Act 2006, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial

position and profit or loss of the Group and the Company

•  The management report contained in the strategic report and

the directors’ report includes a fair review of the development

and performance of the business and the position of the Group

and the Company together with a description of the principal

risks and uncertainties they face

•  The annual report and accounts, taken as a whole, are fair,

balanced and understandable and provide the information

necessary for shareholders to assess the Company and the

Group’s position, performance, business model and strategy.

The directors have also separately reviewed and approved the

strategic report.

Kate Cheetham

Company Secretary

On behalf of the Board

19 February 2025

Lloyds Banking Group plc

Registered in Scotland, No. SC095000

Methodology and definitions

Data is sourced from the Group’s HR system (Workday) containing all

permanent colleague details. All data is disclosed as at 31 December

2024. The Group has 100 per cent completion of gender data and

ethnic background data for the Board and Group Executive

Committee (GEC). All diversity information for ethnicity is based on

voluntary self-declaration by colleagues. Our systems do not record

diversity data of colleagues who have not declared this information

and is for UK payroll only. Gender data includes international, those on

parental/maternity leave, absent without leave and long-term sick and

excludes contractors, Group non-executive directors and temporary

and agency staff. The GEC assists the Group Chief Executive in

strategic, cross-business or Group-wide matters and inputs to the

Board. GEC includes the Group Chief Executive. Diversity calculations

are based on headcount, not full-time employee value. Ethnicity data

excludes non-UK colleagues.

Statement of directors’ responsibilities

The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report,

including the directors’ remuneration report and the financial

statements, in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements

for each financial year. Under that law, the directors are required to

prepare the Group and parent Company financial statements in

accordance with international accounting standards in conformity

with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Under company law, the directors must not approve the financial

statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair

view of the state of affairs of the Group and the Company and of

the profit or loss of the Company and Group for that period. In

preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to

properly select and apply accounting policies; present information,

including accounting policies, in a manner that provides relevant,

reliable, comparable and understandable information; provide

additional disclosures when compliance with the specific

requirements in international accounting standards in conformity

with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 are insufficient

to enable users to understand the impact of particular transactions,

other events and conditions on the entity’s financial position and

financial performance; and make an assessment of the Company’s

ability to continue as a going concern.

Other statutory and regulatory information continued

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Risk management

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The Group’s approach to risk 138

Risk governance 138

Stress testing 142

Emerging and topical risks 143

Full analysis of principal risk categories 144

Protecting our

stakeholders

and the Group

Risk management is a key element in shaping our

business model and delivering the Group’s strategy

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Risk management is at the heart of

Helping Britain Prosper and creating a

more sustainable and inclusive future

for people and businesses.

Our mission is to protect our customers,

shareholders, colleagues and the Group, while

enabling sustainable growth. This is achieved through

informed risk decisions and robust risk management,

supported by a consistent risk-focused culture.

The Risk overview (pages 33 to 38) provides a summary of risk

management within the Group and the key focus areas for 2024.

This full risk management section provides a more in-depth view of

how risk is managed within the Group including key developments

in 2024, and the framework by which risks are identified, managed,

mitigated and monitored.

All narrative and quantitative tables within the risk management

section are unaudited unless otherwise stated. The audited

information is required to comply with the requirements of relevant

IFRS Accounting Standards.

The Group’s approach to risk

The Group operates a prudent approach to risk, with rigorous

management controls, supporting sustainable business growth

within the Group’s risk appetite and minimising losses. Through a

strong and independent risk function, a robust control framework is

maintained to identify and escalate current and emerging risks, and

drive and inform good risk-reward decision making.

To comply with UK-specific ring-fencing requirements, core banking

services are ring-fenced from other activities within the overall

Group. The Group’s enterprise risk management framework (ERMF)

and risk appetite apply across the Group. The Group’s Corporate

Governance Framework applies across Lloyds Banking Group plc,

Lloyds Bank plc, Bank of Scotland plc and HBOS plc. It is tailored

where needed to meet the entity-specific needs of Lloyds Bank plc

and Bank of Scotland plc, within the Ring-Fenced Bank sub-group

(RFB) and supplementary corporate governance frameworks are in

place to address the specific requirements of the other sub-groups

(Non-Ring-Fenced Bank, Insurance and Equity Investments).

The Group’s ERMF is structured to align with the industry-accepted

internal control framework standards and applies to every area of

the business, covering all types of risk. In 2024, the framework was

reviewed and updated to align more closely to the changing nature

of risks within the industry and the Group, along with evolving

regulatory expectations.

The ERMF provides the Group with an effective mechanism for

developing and embedding risk policies and risk management

strategies which are aligned with the risks faced by its businesses. It

also seeks to facilitate effective communication on these matters

across the Group.

Updates to the enterprise risk management framework

The Group has transformed its approach to risk management to

support its strategic ambition and purpose of Helping Britain

Prosper, and has conducted a comprehensive review of its ERMF.

This has resulted in a reduction in the number of principal risk types

(or level one risk categories) from 15 to 11, and the simplification of

level two risk categories.

• Compliance risk supersedes the previous regulatory and legal risk

• Economic crime is now a principal risk, recognising the increased

focus on topics such as fraud

• Previous change and execution, data and people risks are now

classified as level two risks within the principal operational risk

• Operational resilience and strategic risk are no longer individual

risks, but are addressed throughout the updated framework

• New definitions for conduct, model and operational risks

This change better aligns to the Basel Committee on Banking

Supervision’s event categories which will benefit the Group for

scenario activities and regulatory reporting. This review will continue

in 2025, with further focus on level three risks.

Further details of each principal risk, including level two risks, are

provided on pages 144 to 198.

Risk appetite

The Group’s approach to setting, and the ongoing management of

risk appetite is detailed in the risk appetite framework, which is an

integral component of the Group’s ERMF.

The Group defines risk appetite as the type and aggregate level of

risk the Group is willing to take or accept in pursuit of its strategic

objectives and business plans.

Risk appetite aligns to organisational objectives, defined through

consideration of how it enables the Group to achieve its strategic

aims. It reinforces our purpose, strategy and objectives by driving

behaviour and setting boundaries around risk taking, to monitor

changes in risk exposure, enabling the delivery of business plans.

The Board is responsible for approving the Group’s Board risk

appetite at least annually. Group Board-level risk appetite metrics

are augmented further by lower-level measures to facilitate the

management of Board risk appetite.

Risk culture

Guided by the Board, the senior management articulates and role

models the core risk values to which the Group aspires. Senior

management establishes a strong focus on building and sustaining

long-term relationships with customers, through the economic

cycle. The Group’s Code of Ethics and Responsibility reinforces

colleagues’ accountability for the risks they take and supports

better decision making to meet their customers’ needs.

Risk skills and capabilities

To support a strong risk culture across the Group, all colleagues

complete risk training as part of their annual mandatory training. A

library of risk management learning resources is available, which all

colleagues who have specific risk management roles can access to

build their skills and capabilities.

There is ongoing investment in risk systems and models alongside

the Group’s focus on customer and product systems and processes.

This drives improvements in risk data quality, aggregation and

reporting, enabling effective and efficient risk decisions.

Risk governance

Governance frameworks

The Group’s approach to risk is based on a robust control

framework and strong risk management culture, enabling the

delivery of effective risk management, guiding the way all

employees approach their work, behave and make decisions.

Authority is delegated from the Board to individuals through the

management hierarchy. Senior management are supported by a

committee-based structure, ensuring open challenge and effective

decision making.

The Group’s risk appetite, principles, policies, procedures, controls,

and reporting are regularly reviewed and updated as required, to

ensure they remain in line with evolving regulation, law, corporate

governance and industry good practice.

The Board and senior management encourage a culture of

transparency which supports the interaction of the executive and

non-executive governance structure.

Board-level engagement, combined with senior management in

Group-wide risk issues at Group Executive Committee level, ensure

that any escalated issues are addressed promptly and that

necessary remediation plans are initiated as required.

Line managers are accountable for identifying and managing risks in

their individual businesses, ensuring that business decisions balance

risk and reward, and are consistent with the Group’s risk appetite.

The risk committee governance framework is explained on page140.

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Risk governance structure

The risk governance structure below is integral to effective risk

management across the Group. To meet ring-fencing requirements,

the Boards and Board Committees of the Group and the Ring-

Fenced Banks, as well as relevant Committees of the Group and the

Ring-Fenced Banks, will sit concurrently and referred to as the

Aligned Board Model. Please see page 83 for further information on

the Group’s approach to ring-fencing.

Three lines of defence model

The Group’s ERMF is implemented through a 'three lines of defence'

model, which has been enhanced during 2024 to ensure more

clearly defined responsibilities and accountabilities across the

business, and drive further consistency across the Group's oversight

and assurance activities.

The Group’s three lines of defence model distinguishes between risk

management, risk oversight and risk assurance, with continued

focus on ensuring appropriate risk resource and capabilities is in

place within each area:

• Senior management within the business areas (first line of

defence) have primary responsibility for risk decisions within

Group risk appetite parameters set and approved by the Board.

They have end-to-end accountability for all risks within their

end-to-end business processes. They must ensure effective

controls are in place both within the business and at third parties

to manage risk appropriately within risk appetite. They are

responsible for managing the direct and consequential risk by

identifying, assessing, mitigating, monitoring and reporting risks.

They are also responsible for complying with relevant laws and

regulations

• The Risk function (second line of defence) is independent from

the first line of defence. It advises on, monitors, challenges,

approves, escalates where required, and reports on the risk-

taking activities undertaken by the first line, ensuring these are

within the constraints of the ERMF and risk appetite set by the

Board. It provides oversight of governance, risk management and

controls across the Group to ensure risks are identified and

reported appropriately to the Board and the Group Chief

Executive. The Risk function also provides regulatory advice,

supports interpretation of regulatory requirements and provides

oversight of first line compliance

• Group Audit (third line of defence) provide independent

assurance to the Group Audit Committee, Board Risk

Committee and the Board on the effectiveness of control and

governance processes in place across the first and second lines. It

exercises its role as a single independent internal audit function

through the delivery of reviews and insights, identifying the most

significant risks facing the Group. The function provides opinion

and challenge on the Group’s control environment to the Audit

Committee, Board and Board Audit Committees of the sub-

groups, subsidiaries and legal entities where applicable

• The Company Secretariat supports senior and Board level

committees and supports agenda planning. This gives a further

line of escalation outside the three lines of defence

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Risk governance structure

Board, Executive and Risk Committees

The Group’s risk governance structure strengthens risk evaluation and management, while also positioning the Group to manage the

changing regulatory environment in an efficient and effective manner.

Assisted by the Board Risk and Audit Committees, the Board approves the Group’s overall governance, risk and control frameworks and

risk appetite. Refer to the corporate governance section on pages 76 to 96, for further information on Board Committees.

The sub-group, business unit (where appropriate) and functional risk committees review and recommend relevant risk appetite and

monitor local risk profile and adherence to appetite.

Executive and Risk Committees

The Group Chief Executive is supported by the following:

Group Executive Committee (GEC) Assists the Group Chief Executive in exercising their authority in relation to material matters which have

strategic, cross-business unit, cross-function or Group-wide implications.

Group and Ring-Fenced Banks Risk

Committees (GRC)

Responsible for the development, implementation and effectiveness of the Group’s enterprise risk

management framework, the clear articulation of the Group’s risk appetite and monitoring and reviewing of

the Group’s aggregate risk exposures, control environment and concentrations of risk.

Group and Ring-Fenced Banks Asset

and Liability Committees (GALCO)

Responsible for the strategic direction of the Group’s assets and liabilities and the profit and loss implications

of balance sheet management actions. The Committee reviews and determines the appropriate allocation of

capital, liquidity and funding, and market risk resources and makes appropriate trade-offs between risk and

reward.

Group and Ring-Fenced Banks Cost

Management Committees

Leads and shapes the Group’s approach to cost management, ensuring appropriate governance and process

over Group-wide cost management activities and effective control of the Group’s cost base.

Group and Ring-Fenced Banks

Contentious Regulatory Committees

Provides senior management oversight, challenge and accountability in connection with the Group’s

engagement with contentious regulatory matters as agreed by the Group Chief Executive.

Group and Ring-Fenced Banks

Strategic Delivery Committees

Responsible for driving the execution of the Group’s investment portfolio and strategic transformation

agenda as agreed by the Group Chief Executive. Monitors execution performance and progress against

strategic objectives. Assists in resolving issues on individual project areas and prioritisation across the Group.

Seeks to resolve challenges that require cross-Group support, ensuring appropriate funding is available.

Ensures that project performance provides value for money for the Group, and that autonomy is maintained

alongside accountability for projects and platforms.

Group and Ring-Fenced Banks

Disclosure Committee

Provides oversight of the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of disclosures made to the market and/or

prospective investors.

Group and Ring-Fenced Banks Net

Zero Committees

Provides direction and oversight of the Group’s environmental sustainability strategy, with particular focus on

the net zero transition and nature strategy. Oversight of the Group’s approach to meeting external

environmental commitments and targets, including the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). Recommend all

external material commitments and targets in relation to environmental sustainability.

Group and Ring-Fenced Banks

Conduct Investigations Committee

Protects and promotes the Group’s conduct, values and behaviours by taking action to rectify the most

serious cases of misconduct within the Group. The Committee makes decisions and recommendations

(including sanctions) on investigations which have been referred from the triage process, and oversees regular

reviews to identify thematic outcomes and lessons learned, which are shared with the business.

The Group Risk Committee is supported by business unit risk committees, cross-business unit committees addressing specific matters of

Group-wide significance, and the following second line of defence Risk committees which ensure oversight of risk management:

Group Market Risk Committee Responsible for monitoring, oversight and challenge of market risk exposures across the Group. Reviews and

proposes changes to the market risk management framework, and reviews the adequacy of data quality

needed for managing market risks. Issues of Group-level significance are escalated to GALCO or GFRC as

required, including those held in the Group’s insurance companies.

Group Economic Crime Prevention

Committee

Ensures that the Group’s economic crime risk management complies with its strategic aims, corporate

responsibility, risk appetite and economic crime prevention policy. The Committee provides direction and

appropriate focus on priorities to enhance the Group’s economic crime risk management capabilities in line

with business and customer objectives, whilst aligning to the Group’s target operating model.

Group Financial Risk Committee

(GFRC)

Responsible for overseeing, reviewing, challenging and, where relevant, making recommendations to GALCO,

GEC and/or BRC for the following matters: internal capital stress tests; all PRA and any other regulatory stress

tests; reverse stress tests; ICAAP; Pillar 3; recovery plans and resolution; sign-off of level one models; annual

refresh of through the cycle loss rates; Resolvability Assessment Framework; and relevant ad-hoc stress tests

or other analysis as and when required by the Committee.

Group Capital Risk Committee Provides oversight and challenge over holistic capital risk matters, focusing on Group, Ring-Fenced Bank and

material subsidiaries. Reviews latest capital positions and plans, capital risk appetite proposals, early warning

indicators, Capital Contingency Framework assessment and regulatory developments specific to capital.

Issues of Ring-Fenced Bank and Group-level significance are escalated to GALCO or GFRC as required.

Group Model Governance Committee Provides debate, challenge and support of decisions relating to the Group’s model risk management policy.

Facilitating the approval of models, model changes and model-related items as required by model policy,

including items related to the governance framework as a whole and its application.

Group Liquidity Risk Committee Provides oversight, monitoring, challenge, and approval for liquidity and funding risks across the Ring-Fenced

Bank and Group. Reviews and proposes changes to the liquidity and funding risk management framework,

including the ILAAP, liquidity risk appetite and internal liquidity stress testing. Issues of Ring-Fenced Bank and

Group-level significance are escalated to GALCO or GFRC as required.

Committees Risk focus

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Risk decision making and reporting

Risk analysis and reporting enables better understanding of risks and

returns, supporting the identification of opportunities as well as

better management of risks.

An aggregate view of the Group’s overall risk profile, key risks and

management actions, and performance against risk appetite,

including the Group Control and Risk Environment report, is

reported to and discussed regularly at Group Risk Committee and

Board Risk Committee.

Risk and control cycle from identification to reporting

To allow senior management to make informed risk decisions, the

business follows a continuous risk management approach. This risk

and control cycle, from identification to reporting, ensures that

there is consistency in the approach to managing and mitigating

risks impacting the Group.

The risk and control self-assessment (RCSA) process is used to

identify, measure and manage operational risks across the Group.

Risks are identified and measured on an inherent basis, using a

consistent quantification methodology.

Financial reporting risk management systems and internal

controls

Following the updated enterprise risk management framework,

financial reporting (including tax) is now recognised as a level two

risk within the principal operational risk. Please see pages 196 to 198

for further detail.

The Group has a Disclosure Committee which assists the Group

Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer in fulfilling their

disclosure responsibilities under relevant listing and other regulatory

and legal requirements. In addition, the Audit Committee reviews

the quality and acceptability of the Group’s financial disclosures. For

further information on the Audit Committee’s responsibilities

relating to financial reporting see pages 100 to 103.

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Risk and control cycle

Identify

Risk identification is conducted on a continuous

basis through the use of scenario analysis which

considers the most material and emerging risks

the Group faces, and identifies andassesses

extreme, but plausible instances which may

occur.

Report Measure

Risks are reported via appropriate Group, sub-Group

and Divisional level risk reports and committees,

allowing independent challenge by the Risk function.

When thresholds for risk appetite are breached,

committee minutes are clear on the actions and time

frames required to address the risk and bring the

exposure back within tolerance.

Risks are measured against the impact and

likelihood of the risk occurring, using prescribed

matrices, and are determined as to whether they

satisfy the Group risk appetite.

Monitor Manage

Proactive monitoring or testing is established to

ensure that controls continue to be effective, and

that the Group remains within risk appetite.

Risks are then managed with appropriate

controls or mitigation plans put in place, which

are reviewed to ensure their effectiveness. Any

risks which cannot be mitigated will then require

risk acceptance via the appropriate risk

governance.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Exposure to risk arising from the business activities of the Group

The table below provides a high level guide to how the Group’s business activities are reflected through its risk-weighted assets (RWAs),

which are calculated in accordance with prudential capital requirements. There are a number of risks that are not captured in RWAs such

as pension obligation risk and interest rate risk in the banking book, which instead fall within the scope of the Group's Pillar 2A capital

requirements. Furthermore the risk relating to Insurance activities is not included in this table as Insurance is subject to a different set of

prudential rules (Solvency II regime). Business activities for each division are provided in the divisional results on pages 72 to 74.

At 31 December 2024

Retail

£bn

Commercial

Banking

£bn

Insurance, Pensions and

Investments

1

£bn

Equity Investments and

Central Items

2

£bn

Group

£bn

Risk-weighted assets (RWAs)

Credit risk   107.7    55.5    0.2    12.5    175.9

Counterparty credit risk

3

–    6.0    –    1.1    7.1

Market risk   –    3.7    –    –    3.7

Operational risk   17.4    8.6    0.2    1.0    27.2

Total (excluding threshold)   125.1    73.8    0.4    14.6    213.9

Threshold

4

–    –    –    10.7    10.7

Total   125.1    73.8    0.4    25.3    224.6

1 As a separate regulated business, the Insurance business maintains its own solvency requirements, including appropriate management buffers, and reports directly to the Insurance

Board. Insurance does not hold any RWAs as its assets are removed from the Group’s banking regulatory capital calculations. However, in accordance with banking capital rules part of

the Group’s equity investment in Insurance is included in the calculation of threshold RWAs, while the remainder is taken as a deduction from common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital.

2  Equity Investments and Central Items includes the risk-weighted assets of the Group’s equity investments businesses (including Lloyds Development Capital and Lloyds Living) and

Group Corporate Treasury, in addition to other central amounts.

3  Exposures relating to the default fund of a central counterparty and credit valuation adjustment risk are included in counterparty credit risk.

4  Threshold RWAs reflect the proportion of significant investments and deferred tax assets that are permitted to be risk-weighted instead of deducted from CET1 capital. Significant

investments primarily arise from the investment in the Group’s Insurance business.

Stress testing

Overview

Stress testing is recognised as an important risk management tool

by the Boards, senior management, the businesses and the Risk and

Finance functions of all parts of the Group and its legal entities. It is

fully embedded in the planning process of the Group and its key

legal entities as a key activity in medium-term planning, and senior

management is actively involved in stress testing activities.

Scenario stress testing is used to support:

Risk identification:

• Understanding key vulnerabilities of the Group and its key legal

entities under adverse economic conditions

Risk appetite:

• Assessing the results of the stress test against the risk appetite of

all parts of the Group to ensure the Group and its legal entities

are managed within their risk parameters

• Setting of risk appetite by assessing the underlying risks under

stress conditions

Strategic and capital planning:

• Senior management and the Boards of the Group and its key

legal entities to adjust strategies if the plan does not meet risk

appetite in a stressed scenario

• The ICAAP, by demonstrating capital adequacy and meeting the

requirements of regulatory stress tests that are used to inform

the setting of the PRA and management buffers (see capital risk

on pages 144 to 150) of the Group and its separately regulated

legal entities

• The capital allocation process which feeds into business unit

performance management

Risk mitigation:

• The development of potential actions and contingency plans to

mitigate the impact of adverse scenarios. Stress testing also links

directly to the recovery and resolution planning process of the

Group and its legal entities

Regulatory stress tests

Following the 2022/23 ACS stress test, the PRA completed a desk-

based stress test in 2024. The test evaluated the resilience of the UK

banking system to two hypothetical scenarios including severe but

plausible combinations of adverse shocks to the UK and global

economies. The results were published in November 2024 and the

report concluded the UK banking system is well capitalised,

maintains high levels of liquidity and asset quality remains strong.

The report did not publish individual bank results and the Group

was not required to take any capital actions. The Bank of England

has updated its approach to stress testing the UK banking system,

as part of that, in 2025 the Group will participate in the PRA Bank

Capital Stress Test. Scottish Widows will participate in the 2025 Life

Insurance Stress Test.

Internal stress tests

On at least an annual basis, the Group conducts macroeconomic

stress tests to highlight and understand the key vulnerabilities of the

Group’s and its legal entities’ business plans to adverse changes in the

economic environment, to evaluate mitigating actions and ensure that

there are adequate financial resources in the event of a downturn.

Reverse stress testing

Reverse stress testing is used to explore the vulnerabilities of the

Group’s and its key legal entities’ strategies and plans for extreme

adverse events that would cause the businesses to fail. Where this

identifies plausible scenarios with an unacceptably high risk, the

Group or its entities will adopt measures to prevent or mitigate that

and reflect these in strategic plans.

Other stress testing activity

The Group’s stress testing programme also involves undertaking

assessments of liquidity scenarios, market risk sensitivities and

scenarios, and business-specific scenarios. If required, ad hoc stress

testing exercises are also undertaken to assess emerging risks, as

well as in response to regulatory requests. This wide-ranging

programme provides a comprehensive view of the potential impacts

arising from the risks to which the Group is exposed and reflects the

nature, scale and complexity of the Group. In 2024, the Group also

participated in the Bank of England’s System-wide exploratory

scenario (SWES), to improve understanding of the behaviours of

banks and non-bank financial institutions during stressed financial

market conditions. The results were published at a sectorial level;

for the banking sector, this stress had minimal impact.

Risk management continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Detailed stress testing information can be found within each

relevant risk in the Risk management section (capital risk page 144,

insurance underwriting risk page 182, liquidity risk page 183 and

market risk page 190).

Methodology

The stress tests process must comply with all regulatory

requirements, which is achieved through comprehensive scenarios

and a rigorous divisional, functional, risk and executive review and

challenge process, supported by analysis and insight into impacts on

customers and business drivers.

All relevant business, Risk and Finance teams are involved in the

delivery of analysis, and ensure the sensitivity of the business plan to

each risk is well understood. The methodologies and modelling

approach used for stress testing embed direct links between the

macroeconomic scenarios and the drivers for each business area to

give appropriate stress sensitivities. All material assumptions used in

modelling are documented and justified, with a clearly

communicated review and sign-off process. Modelling is supported

by expert judgement and is subject to the Group model governance

policy.

Governance

Clear accountabilities and responsibilities for stress testing are

assigned to senior management and the Risk and Finance functions

throughout the Group and its key legal entities. This is formalised

through the Group business planning and stress testing policy and

procedure, which are reviewed at least annually.

The Group Financial Risk Committee (GFRC), chaired by the Chief

Risk Officer and attended by the Chief Financial Officer and other

senior Risk and Finance colleagues, has primary responsibility for

overseeing the development and execution of the Group’s and Ring-

Fenced Bank’s stress tests. A similar process is in place within Lloyds

Bank Corporate Markets (LBCM) and Scottish Widows for

governance of their specific results.

The review and challenge of the Group’s and Ring-Fenced Bank’s

detailed stress forecasts, the key assumptions behind these, and the

methodology used to translate the economic assumptions into

stressed outputs conclude with the appropriate Finance and Risk

sign-off. The outputs are then presented to the GFRC and the Board

Risk Committee for review and challenge. With regulatory exercises

being approved at Board Risk Committee and Board where

appropriate. There is a similar process within the LBCM for the

governance of the LBCM-specific results.

Emerging and topical risks

Background and framework

Recognising emerging risks is a crucial part of the Group’s risk

management strategy. It allows the Group to pinpoint key risks and

opportunities, enabling proactive responses through strategic

planning and effective risk mitigation. Although emerging risks are

not classified as principal risks, they require strong focus to prevent

potentially adverse impacts or missed opportunities.

Impacts from emerging risks on the Group’s principal risks can

materialise in two ways:

• Emerging risks can impact the Group’s principal risks directly in

the absence of an appropriate strategic response

• Emerging risks can be a source of new risks, dependent on the

chosen response and the underlying assumptions on how given

emerging risks may manifest

Risk identification

The basis for risk identification is underpinned by horizon scanning,

external research and insights, supported by collaboration between

functions across the Group. The Group works closely with regulatory

authorities and industry bodies to ensure that it can monitor

external developments and identify and respond to the evolving

landscape, particularly in relation to compliance risk. In addition,

the Group engages with external experts to gain external insight

and context. This activity complements and builds upon the annual

strategic planning cycle and is used to identify key external trends,

risks and opportunities for the Group.

The Group is continually enhancing its methods for identifying and

prioritising emerging and topical risks. Throughout 2024, the Group

enhanced its emerging risk methodology, further allowing greater

focus on the underlying risk drivers and enabling a more granular

level of assessment alongside targeted planning and mitigation

activity. These improvements reflect the Group’s strategic

transformation journey, and the planned investments outlined in its

business plans. The 2024 assessment has refined the emerging and

topical risk themes from eight to six.

The emerging risk themes detailed in the Risk overview section on

page 38 align to the current principal risks the Group is managing,

many of which are continuous areas of focus. The nature of

emerging risks is expected to evolve and may require different

solutions to mitigate from the measures used today. The risks also

correlate, for example consumer expectations and market dynamics

will be influenced by the UK economic and political environment.

Risk mitigation and monitoring

Emerging risk themes have been discussed at executive-level

committees throughout 2024, with key actions assigned to closely

monitor their manifestation and potential opportunities, and in

some cases, also forming part of the business planning process.

Deep dives on selected emerging risk themes are also planned for

2025.

The table below details how the Group is monitoring and mitigating

against each of its emerging risk themes:

Emerging and

topical risk theme Mitigating actions

Consumer

expectations

and market

dynamics

Regular reviews into:

• Impacts caused by cost-of-living challenges

• Customer proposition by business area

• The Group’s strategy, including performance, key

risks and external environment

Evolution of

operating

model

• Implementation of playbooks in the event

significant disruptive events occur, for example a

pandemic or system outages, which are refreshed

at least annually

• Strengthened measures to ensure that the Group is

prepared for significant disruption to supply chains

• Enhanced business continuity plans ahead of the

March 2025 operational resilience regulatory

deadline

• Review of the Group’s strategic workforce planning

to ensure the required skills composition

Evolution of

technology, AI

and cybercrime

• Continued transformation and modernisation of

our technology and infrastructure

• Deep dives completed on Generative AI, cyber risk,

IT systems risk and economic crime prevention at

Board-level committees

• Implementation of a data ethics and AI framework

within our Group data and model risk policies

Global

economic and

geopolitical

environment

• Evaluation of the Group’s economic assumptions in

response to the macroeconomic environment

• Intelligence scanning to detect and identify triggers

and events that may impact the Group and its

operations

Regulatory

agenda and

expectations

• Monitoring of regulatory developments through

horizon scanning activity

• Engagement with regulators on key areas of focus

• Oversight of the Group’s climate strategy and

external sector statements

UK economic

and political

environment

• Evaluation of the Group’s base case economic

assumptions in response to the macroeconomic

environment

• Undertake stress tests to assess the impact of

various economic scenarios on the Group’s

performance

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Full analysis of principal risk categories

The Group’s risk framework covers all types of risk which affect the Group and could impact on the achievement of its strategic objectives.

Detailed information relating to each principal risk is included over the following pages, 144 to 198.

Financial risk indicators

• CET1 ratio: 14.2 per cent (2023: 14.6 per cent)

• MREL ratio: 32.2 per cent (2023: 31.9 per cent)

• Total capital ratio: 19.0 per cent (2023: 19.8 per cent)

Exposures

A capital risk event arises when the Group has insufficient capital

resources to support its strategic objectives and plans, and to meet

both regulatory and external stakeholder requirements and

expectations. This could arise due to a depletion of the Group’s

capital resources as a result of the crystallisation of any of the risks

to which it is exposed, or through a significant increase in risk-

weighted assets as a result of rule changes or economic

deterioration. Alternatively a shortage of capital could arise from an

increase in the minimum requirements for capital or leverage or the

minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL)

either at Group, Ring-Fenced Bank (RFB) sub-group or regulated

entity level. The Group’s capital management approach is focused

on maintaining sufficient and appropriate capital resources across

all regulated levels of its structure in order to prevent such

exposures while optimising value for shareholders.

Measurement

The Group maintains capital levels across all regulated entities

commensurate with a prudent level of solvency to achieve

financial resilience and market confidence. To support this,

capital risk appetite is calibrated by taking into consideration

both an internal view of the amount of capital to hold as well as

external regulatory requirements.

The Group assesses both its regulatory capital requirements and

the quantity and quality of capital resources it holds to meet

those requirements in accordance with the relevant provisions of

the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD V) and Capital

Requirements Regulation (UK CRR). This is supplemented

through additional regulation set out under the PRA Rulebook

and through associated statements of policy, supervisory

statements and other regulatory guidance.

Further details of the regulatory capital and leverage frameworks to

which the Group is subject, including the means by which its capital

and leverage requirements and capital resources are calculated, are

provided in the Group’s Pillar 3 disclosures.

The minimum amount of total capital, under Pillar 1 of the

regulatory capital framework, is set at 8 per cent of total risk-

weighted assets. At least 4.5 per cent of risk-weighted assets are

required to be met with common equity tier 1 (CET1) capital and at

least 6 per cent of risk-weighted assets are required to be met with

tier 1 capital. Minimum Pillar 1 requirements are supplemented by

both additional minimum requirements under Pillar 2A of the

regulatory capital framework, the aggregate of which is referred to

as the Group’s Total Capital Requirement (TCR), and by a number

of regulatory capital buffers as described below.

Additional minimum capital requirements under Pillar 2A are set by

the PRA as a firm-specific Individual Capital Requirement (ICR)

reflecting a point in time estimate, which may change over time, of

the minimum amount of capital to cover risks that are not fully

covered by Pillar 1, such as concentration risk, residual value risk and

operational risk, and those risks not covered at all by Pillar 1, such as

pension obligation risk and interest rate risk in the banking book

(IRRBB). This is set as a variable amount for Pillar 2A (being a set

percentage of risk-weighted assets), with fixed add-ons for certain

risk types. The Group’s Pillar 2A capital requirement at 31 December

2024 is the equivalent of around 2.6 per cent of risk-weighted

assets, of which the minimum amount to be met by CET1 capital is

the equivalent of around 1.5 per cent of risk-weighted assets.

The Group is also required to hold a number of regulatory capital

buffers which must be met with CET1 capital.

Systemic buffers are designed to hold systemically important banks

to higher capital standards, so that they can withstand a greater

level of stress before requiring resolution.

• The Group is not classified as a global systemically important

institution (G-SII) but has been classified as an ‘other’

systemically important institution (O-SII) by the PRA

• The O-SII buffer applies to the Group’s RFB sub-group and is set

at 2.0 per cent of the RFB sub-group’s risk-weighted assets at

December 2024. This equates to 1.7per cent of risk-weighted

assets at Group level, with the difference reflecting the risk-

weighted assets of the Group that are not in the RFB sub-group

and for which the O-SII buffer does not therefore apply. It is the

PRA’s policy to include this in the Group’s PRA Buffer. The latest

review point under the Financial Policy Committee’s (FPC)

framework occurred during November 2024 (based upon the

average of the RFB sub-group’s quarter-end UK leverage

exposure measures over 2023) which resulted in no change to

the buffer

The capital conservation buffer (CCB) is a standard buffer of 2.5per

cent of risk-weighted assets designed to provide for losses in the

event of stress.

The countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) is time-varying and is

designed to require banks to hold additional capital to remove or

reduce the build-up of systemic risk in times of credit boom,

providing additional loss-absorbing capacity and acting as an

incentive for banks to constrain further credit growth. The amount

of the buffer is determined by reference to published buffer rates

for the individual countries where the Group has relevant credit

exposures. The FPC sets the UK CCyB rate, which as at 31 December

2024 is set at 2 per cent. The FPC judges that the neutral rate for

the UK CCyB is around 2 per cent.

Given the Group’s UK-focused business model, the Group’s CCyB at

31December 2024 was around 1.8 per cent of risk-weighted assets.

Risk management continued

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Capital risk

Definition

Capital risk is defined as the risk that an insufficient

quantity or quality of capital is held to meet

regulatory requirements or to support business

strategy, an inefficient level of capital is held or that

capital is inefficiently deployed across the Group.

The Risk overview, on page 34, contains a summary of capital risk

performance and key mitigating actions.

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As part of the Group’s capital planning process, forecast capital

positions are subjected to stress testing to determine the adequacy

of the Group’s capital resources against minimum requirements,

including the Pillar 2A requirement. The PRA considers outputs from

both the Group’s internal stress tests and Bank of England (BoE)

stress tests, in conjunction with other information, as part of the

process for informing the setting of a bank-specific capital buffer for

the Group, known as the PRA Buffer. The PRA requires this buffer to

remain confidential.

Under previous Bank of England stress tests, the BoE has taken

action to avoid an unwarranted de facto increase in capital

requirements that could result from the interaction with IFRS 9. The

stress hurdle rates for banks participating in the annual cyclical

scenario (ACS) stress test exercises were adjusted to recognise the

additional resilience provided by the earlier provisions taken under

IFRS 9. The BoE is continuing to work towards a more enduring

treatment of IFRS 9 for the purposes of future stress tests.

All buffers are required to be met with CET1 capital. Usage of the

PRA Buffer (which includes the Group’s share of the RFB sub-

group’s O-SII buffer) would trigger a dialogue between the Group

and the PRA to agree what action is required whereas a breach of

the combined buffer (all other regulatory buffers, as referenced

above) would give rise to mandatory restrictions upon any

discretionary capital distributions. The PRA has previously

communicated its expectation that banks’ capital and liquidity

buffers can be drawn down as necessary to support the real

economy through a shock and that sufficient time would be made

available to restore buffers in a gradual manner.

In addition to the risk-based capital framework outlined above, the

Group is also subject to minimum capital requirements under the

UK Leverage Ratio Framework. The leverage ratio is calculated by

dividing tier 1 capital resources by the leverage exposure which is a

defined measure of on-balance sheet assets and off-balance sheet

items.The minimum tier 1 leverage ratio requirement under the UK

Leverage Ratio Framework is 3.25 per cent. This is supplemented by

a time-varying countercyclical leverage buffer (CCLB) requirement

which is determined by multiplying the Group’s CCyB rate by 35 per

cent. As at 31 December 2024 the CCLB for the Group was 0.6 per

cent. An additional leverage ratio buffer (ALRB) requirement of 0.7

per cent applies to the RFB sub-group and is determined by

multiplying the RFB sub-group O-SII buffer by 35per cent. At Group

level an equivalent buffer of 0.6 per cent applies.

At least 75 per cent of the 3.25 per cent minimum leverage ratio

requirement as well as 100 per cent of regulatory leverage buffers

must be met by CET1 capital.

As at 31 December 2024 the leverage ratio framework did not give

rise to higher regulatory capital requirements for the Group than the

risk-based capital framework.

Mitigating actions

The Group has a capital management framework that includes the

setting of capital risk appetite and capital planning and stress

testing activities. Close monitoring of capital, leverage and MREL

ratios is undertaken to ensure the Group meets regulatory

requirements and risk appetite levels and deploys its capital

resources efficiently.

The Group regularly refreshes and monitors its suite of early warning

indicators and maintains a Capital Contingency Framework as part

of a Recovery Plan, which is designed to identify and escalate

emerging capital concerns at an early stage, so that mitigating

actions can be taken, if needed. For example, the Group is able to

accumulate additional capital through the retention of profits over

time, which can be enhanced through reducing or cancelling

proposed dividend payments and share buybacks, by raising new

equity via, for example, a rights issue or debt exchange and by

raising additional tier 1 or tier 2 capital securities. The cost and

availability of additional capital are dependent upon market

conditions and perceptions at the time.

The Group is also able to manage the demand for capital through

management actions including adjusting its lending strategy,

business disposals and through the efficient use of securitisations

and other optimisation activity.

Capital policies and procedures are well established and subject to

independent oversight.

Monitoring

The Group’s capital is actively managed and monitoring capital

ratios is a key factor in the Group’s planning processes, which

separately cover the RFB sub-group and key individual banking

entities. Multi-year base case forecasts of the Group’s capital

position, based upon the Group’s operating plan, are produced at

least annually to inform the Group’s capital plan whilst shorter-term

forecasts are more frequently undertaken to understand and

respond to variations of the Group’s actual performance against the

plan. The Group’s capital plan is tested for capital adequacy using

relevant stress scenarios and sensitivities covering adverse economic

conditions as well as other adverse factors that could impact the

Group.

Regular monitoring of the capital position is undertaken by a range

of committees, including Group Capital Risk Committee (GCRC),

Group Financial Risk Committee (GFRC), Group and Ring-Fenced

Banks Asset and Liability Committees (GALCO), Group and Ring-

Fenced Banks Risk Committees (GRC), Board Risk Committee

(BRC) and the Board. This includes reporting of actual ratios against

risk appetite, base case and stress scenario projected ratios, and

review of early warning indicators and assessment against the

Capital Contingency Framework.

The regulatory capital framework within which the Group operates

continues to evolve and further detail on this is provided in the

Group’s Pillar 3 disclosures. The Group continues to monitor

prudential developments very closely, analysing the potential

capital impacts to ensure that, through organic capital generation

and management actions, the Group continues to maintain a strong

capital position that exceeds both minimum regulatory

requirements and the Group’s risk appetite and is consistent with

market expectations.

Target capital ratios

The Board’s view of the ongoing level of CET1 capital required by the

Group to grow the business, meet current and future regulatory

requirements and cover economic and business uncertainties is

c.13.0 per cent which includes a management buffer of around 1 per

cent. This takes into account, amongst other considerations:

• The minimum Pillar 1 CET1 capital requirement of 4.5 per cent of

risk-weighted assets

• The Group’s Pillar 2A CET1 capital requirement, set by the PRA,

which is the equivalent of around 1.5 per cent of risk-weighted

assets

• The Group’s countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) requirement

which is around 1.8 per cent of risk-weighted assets

• The capital conservation buffer (CCB) requirement of 2.5 per

cent of risk-weighted assets

• The Ring-Fenced Bank (RFB) sub-group’s other systemically

important institution (O-SII) buffer of 2.0 per cent of risk-

weighted assets, which equates to 1.7 per cent of risk-weighted

assets at Group level

• The Group’s PRA Buffer, set after taking account of the results of

any PRA stress tests and other information, as well as outputs

from the Group’s own internal stress tests. The PRA requires this

buffer to remainconfidential

• The likely performance of the Group in various potential stress

scenarios and ensuring capital remains resilient in these

• The economic outlook for the UK and business outlook for the

Group

• The desire to maintain a progressive and sustainable ordinary

dividend policy in the context of year to year

earningsmovements

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Capital returns

The Group has in place a progressive and sustainable ordinary

dividend policy which allows for flexibility to return surplus capital

to shareholders through share buybacks or special dividends.

Surplus capital represents capital over and above the amount

management wish to retain to grow the business, meet current and

future regulatory requirements and cover uncertainties. The amount

of required capital may vary from time to time depending on

circumstances and by its nature there can be no guarantee that any

return of surplus capital will be made.

Given the Group’s robust financial performance and strong capital

position at the year end, the Board has recommended a final

ordinary dividend of 2.11 pence per share. This is in addition to the

interim ordinary dividend of 1.06 pence per share that was

announced as part of the 2024 half-year results and paid in

September 2024. The total ordinary dividend for the year is

therefore 3.17 pence per share. The Group also intends to

implement a share buyback programme of up to £1.7 billion which

will commence as soon as is practicable and is expected to be

completed by 31 December 2025.

The Board remains committed to future capital returns. Going

forward, the Board intends to maintain its progressive and

sustainable ordinary dividend policy alongside further returns of

surplus capital at the end of the year as appropriate. The Board will

continue to give due consideration at year end to the size of the

final dividend payment and to the return of any surplus capital

based upon the circumstances at the time.

The ability of the Group to pay a dividend is also subject to

constraints including the availability of distributable reserves, legal

and regulatory restrictions and the Group’s financial and operating

performance.

Distributable reserves are determined as required by the Companies

Act 2006 by reference to a company’s individual financial

statements. At 31 December 2024 Lloyds Banking Group plc (‘the

Company’) had accumulated distributable reserves of

approximately £13 billion. Substantially all of the Company’s merger

reserve is available for distribution under UK company law as a

result of transactions undertaken to recapitalise the Company in

2009.

Lloyds Banking Group plc acts as a holding company which also

issues capital and other securities to capitalise and fund the

activities of the Group. The profitability of the holding company,

and its ability to sustain dividend payments, is therefore dependent

upon the continued receipt of dividends and interest from its main

operating subsidiaries, including Lloyds Bank plc (the Ring-Fenced

Bank), Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc, LBG Equity Investments

Limited and Scottish Widows Group Limited (the Insurance

business). The principal operating subsidiary is Lloyds Bank plc

which, at 31 December 2024, had a consolidated CET1 capital ratio

that exceeded minimum regulatory requirements and internal risk

appetite levels. A number of Group subsidiaries, principally those

with banking and insurance activities, are subject to regulatory

capital requirements which require minimum amounts of capital to

be maintained relative to their size and risk. The Group actively

manages the capital of its subsidiaries, which includes monitoring

the regulatory capital ratios for its banking and insurance

subsidiaries and, on a consolidated basis, the RFB sub-group against

approved risk appetite levels. The Group operates a formal capital

management policy which requires all subsidiary entities, subject to

agreement by their governing bodies, to remit surplus capital to

their parent companies.

Minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities

(MREL)

Global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) are subject to an

international standard on total loss absorbing capacity (TLAC). The

standard is designed to enhance the resilience of the global financial

system by ensuring that failing G-SIBs have sufficient capital to

absorb losses and recapitalise under resolution, whilst continuing to

provide critical banking services.

In the UK, the Bank of England has implemented the requirements

of the international TLAC standard through the establishment of a

framework which sets out MREL. The purpose of MREL is to require

firms to maintain sufficient own funds and eligible liabilities that are

capable of credibly bearing losses or recapitalising a bank whilst in

resolution. MREL can be satisfied by a combination of regulatory

capital and certain unsecured liabilities (which must be subordinate

to a firm’s operating liabilities).

Although the Group is not classified as a G-SIB it is subject to the

Bank of England’s MREL framework, including the statement of

policy on MREL (the ‘MREL SoP’) which requires the Group to

maintain a minimum level of MREL resources.

Under the requirements of the framework, the Group operates a

single point of entry (SPE) resolution strategy, with Lloyds Banking

Group plc as the designated resolution entity.

Applying the MREL SoP to minimum capital requirements at

31December 2024, the Group’s MREL, excluding regulatory capital

and leverage buffers, is the higher of 2 times Pillar 1 plus 2 times

Pillar 2A, equivalent to 21.3 per cent of risk-weighted assets, or

6.5per cent of the UK leverage ratio exposure measure.

In addition, CET1 capital cannot be used to meet both MREL and

capital or leverage buffers.

Internal minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities

(Internal MREL) also apply to the Group’s material sub-groups and

entities, being the RFB sub-group, Lloyds Bank plc, Bank of Scotland

plc and Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc.

Analysis of pro forma CET1 capital position

The Group’s pro forma CET1 capital ratio at 31 December 2024 was

13.5 per cent (31 December 2023: 13.7 per cent pro forma), in line with

guidance. Capital generation during the year was 148basis points.

Excluding the provision for motor finance commission arrangements,

capital generation was 177 basis points, in line with guidance. Capital

generation reflects robust banking build and the interim half-year and

full-year dividends received from the Insurance business in June 2024

(£200 million) and February 2025 (£100 million) respectively, partially

offset by risk-weighted asset increases and other movements,

including 15 basis points relating to the foreign exchange translation

loss following the US dollar AT1 capital instrument redemption in

June. Regulatory headwinds of 27basis points in the year reflect an

adjustment for part of the impact of the Retail secured CRDIV

increases and the reduction in the transitional factor applied to

IFRS9 dynamic relief on 1 January 2024. There was a further 29basis

points resulting from a provision relating to the potential impacts of

motor finance commission arrangements. The impact of the interim

ordinary dividend paid in September 2024 and the accrual for the

recommended final ordinary dividend equates to 91 basis points, with

a further 80 basis points to cover the accrual for the announced

ordinary share buyback programme of up to £1.7 billion.

The full impact of the share buyback will be accrued for through the

Group’s actual capital position during the first quarter of 2025.

Excluding the Insurance dividend received in February 2025 and the

full impact of the announced ordinary share buyback programme,

the Group's CET1 capital ratio at 31 December 2024 was 14.2 per

cent (31 December 2023: 14.6per cent).

Risk management continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Capital resources (audited) and MREL resources (unaudited)

An analysis of the Group’s capital position and MREL resources as at 31December 2024 is presented in the following table. This reflects the

application of the transitional arrangements for IFRS 9. The Group’s Pillar 3 disclosures provide a comprehensive analysis of the own funds

of the Group.

At 31 Dec

2024

£m

At 31 Dec

2023

1

£m

Common equity tier 1: instruments and reserves

Share capital and share premium account   24,782    24,926

Banking retained earnings

2

19,582    19,000

Banking other reserves

2

2,786    3,136

Adjustment to retained earnings for foreseeable dividends   (1,276)   (1,169)

45,874    45,893

Common equity tier 1: regulatory adjustments

Cash flow hedging reserve   3,755    3,766

Goodwill and other intangible assets   (5,679)   (5,731)

Prudent valuation adjustment   (354)   (417)

Excess of expected losses over impairment provisions and value adjustments   (270)   –

Removal of defined benefit pension surplus   (2,215)   (2,653)

Significant investments

2

(5,024)   (4,975)

Deferred tax assets   (4,025)   (4,048)

Other regulatory adjustments   (83)   62

Common equity tier 1 capital   31,979    31,897

Additional tier 1: instruments

Other equity instruments   6,170    6,915

Additional tier 1: regulatory adjustments

Significant investments

2

(800)   (1,100)

Total tier 1 capital   37,349    37,712

Tier 2: instruments and provisions

Subordinated liabilities   6,366    6,320

Eligible provisions   –    371

Tier 2: regulatory adjustments

Significant investments

2

(964)   (964)

Total capital resources (audited)   42,751    43,439

Ineligible AT1 and tier 2 instruments

3

(94)   (139)

Amortised portion of eligible tier 2 instruments issued by Lloyds Banking Group plc   891    1,113

Other eligible liabilities issued by Lloyds Banking Group plc

4

28,675    25,492

Total MREL resources (unaudited)   72,223    69,905

Risk-weighted assets (unaudited)   224,632    219,130

Common equity tier 1 capital ratio (unaudited)  14.2%   14.6%

Tier 1 capital ratio (unaudited)  16.6%   17.2%

Total capital ratio (unaudited)  19.0%   19.8%

MREL ratio (unaudited)  32.2%   31.9%

1

Restated for presentational changes.

2  In accordance with banking capital regulations, the Group’s Insurance business is excluded from the scope of the Group’s capital position. The Group’s investment in the equity and

other capital instruments of the Insurance business are deducted from the relevant tier of capital (‘Significant investments’), subject to threshold regulations that allow a portion of the

equity investment to be risk-weighted rather than deducted from capital. The risk-weighted portion forms part of threshold risk-weighted assets.

3  Instruments not issued out of the holding company.

4  Includes senior unsecured debt.

Total capital requirement

The Group’s total capital requirement (TCR) as at 31 December 2024, being the aggregate of the Group’s Pillar 1 and Pillar2A capital

requirements, was £23,907 million (31 December 2023: £23,322 million).

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Movements in CET1 capital resources

The key movements are set out in the table below.

Common

equity

tier 1

£m

At 31 December 2023   31,897

Banking business profits

1

4,765

Movement in foreseeable dividend accrual

2

(107)

Dividends paid out on ordinary shares during the year   (1,828)

Adjustment to reflect full impact of share buyback   (2,011)

Dividends received from the Insurance business

3

450

IFRS 9 transitional adjustment to retained earnings   (159)

Excess regulatory expected losses   (270)

Redemption of other equity instruments   (316)

Distributions on other equity instruments   (498)

Other movements   56

At 31 December 2024   31,979

1  Under banking capital regulations, profits made by Insurance are removed from CET1 capital. However, when dividends are paid to the Group by Insurance these are recognised

through CET1 capital.

2  Reflects the reversal of the brought forward accrual for the final 2023 ordinary dividend, net of the accrual for the final 2024 ordinary dividend.

3  Received in February 2024 and June 2024.

The Group’s CET1 capital ratio reduced to 14.2 per cent at 31December 2024 from 14.6 per cent at 31 December 2023, with the increase in

CET1 capital resources more than offset by the increase in risk-weighted assets.

CET1 capital resources increased by £82 million, with banking business profits for the year and the receipt of dividends paid up by the

Insurance business offset by:

• The interim ordinary dividend paid in September 2024, the accrual for the final 2024 ordinary dividend of 2.11 pence per share and

distributions on other equity instruments

• The recognition of the full capital impact of the ordinary share buyback programme announced as part of the Group’s 2023 year end

results, which completed in November 2024

• The recognition of a foreign exchange translation loss upon the redemption of a US dollar denominated AT1 capital instrument in June

2024

The IFRS 9 transitional arrangements for dynamic relief amounted to £13 million (31December 2023: £196 million) through CET1 capital.

The transitional arrangements ended on 1 January 2025.

Movements in total capital and MREL

The Group’s total capital ratio reduced to 19.0 per cent at 31 December 2024 (31 December 2023: 19.8 per cent), reflecting reductions in

both Additional Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital and the increase in risk-weighted assets, partly offset by the increase in CET1 capital. The reduction

in Additional Tier 1 capital reflects redemptions, including the US dollar AT1 capital instrument redeemed in June 2024, offset in part by a

new issuance and a reduction in the Group’s significant investment in instruments issued by the Insurance business following a redemption

by the Insurance business as it sought to refine its capital structure. The reduction in Tier 2 capital primarily reflects the impact of regulatory

amortisation on instruments, interest rate movements and a reduction in eligible provisions recognised through Tier 2 capital, partially

offset by new issuances.

The MREL ratio increased to 32.2 per cent at 31 December 2024 (31 December 2023: 31.9 per cent) largely reflecting the increase in other

eligible liabilities driven by new issuances, net of calls and maturities. This was partly offset by the reduction in total capital resources and

the increase in risk-weighted assets.

Risk management continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Risk-weighted assets

At 31 Dec

2024

£m

At 31 Dec

2023

£m

Foundation Internal Ratings Based (IRB) Approach   43,366    44,504

Retail IRB Approach   90,567    85,459

Other IRB Approach

1

21,878    20,941

IRB Approach   155,811    150,904

Standardised (STA) Approach

1

22,532    22,074

Credit risk   178,343    172,978

Securitisation   8,346    8,958

Counterparty credit risk   6,561    5,847

Credit valuation adjustment risk   485    689

Operational risk   27,183    26,416

Market risk   3,714    4,242

Risk-weighted assets   224,632    219,130

of which: threshold risk-weighted assets

2

10,738    11,028

1  Threshold risk-weighted assets are included within Other IRB Approach and Standardised (STA) Approach.

2  Threshold risk-weighted assets reflect the element of significant investments and deferred tax assets that are permitted to be risk-weighted instead of being deducted from CET1

capital. Significant investments primarily arise from the investment in the Group’s Insurance business.

Risk-weighted assets increased by £5.5 billion in the year to £224.6 billion at 31 December 2024 (31December 2023: £219.1 billion), in line

with guidance. This reflects the impact of lending growth, Retail secured CRD IV increases and other movements, partly offset by

optimisation including capital efficient, net present value positive securitisation activity.

Leverage ratio

The table below summarises the component parts of the Group’s leverage ratio.

At 31 Dec

2024

£m

At 31 Dec

2023

£m

Total tier 1 capital   37,349    37,712

Exposure measure

Statutory balance sheet assets

Derivative financial instruments   24,065    22,356

Securities financing transactions   69,941    56,184

Loans and advances and other assets   812,691    802,913

Total assets   906,697    881,453

Qualifying central bank claims   (62,396)    (77,625)

Deconsolidation adjustments

1

Derivative financial instruments   563    585

Loans and advances and other assets   (191,551)    (178,552)

Total deconsolidation adjustments   (190,988)    (177,967)

Derivatives adjustments   (6,254)    (4,896)

Securities financing transactions adjustments   3,351    2,262

Off-balance sheet items   40,186    40,942

Amounts already deducted from tier 1 capital   (12,395)    (12,523)

Other regulatory adjustments

2

(4,127)    (4,012)

Total exposure measure   674,074    647,634

Average exposure measure

3

689,726

UK leverage ratio  5.5%   5.8%

Average UK leverage ratio

3

5.5%

Leverage exposure measure (including central bank claims)   736,470    725,259

Leverage ratio (including central bank claims)  5.1%   5.2%

Total MREL resources   72,223    69,905

MREL leverage ratio  10.7%   10.8%

1  Deconsolidation adjustments relate to the deconsolidation of certain Group entities that fall outside the scope of the Group’s regulatory capital consolidation, primarily the Group’s

Insurance business.

2  Includes adjustments to exclude lending under the Government’s Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS).

3  The average UK leverage ratio is based on the average of the month end tier 1 capital position and average exposure measure over the quarter (1 October 2024 to 31December 2024).

The average of 5.5 per cent compares to 5.5 per cent at the start and 5.5 per cent at the end of the quarter.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Analysis of leverage movements

The Group’s UK leverage ratio reduced to 5.5 per cent (31 December

2023: 5.8 per cent) reflecting the reduction in the total tier 1 capital

position and the increase in the leverage exposure measure

following lending growth and increases across securities financing

transactions and other assets (excluding central bank claims). The

average leverage exposure measure reflected higher levels of

securities financing transactions during the quarter.

Stress testing

The Group undertakes a wide-ranging programme of stress testing,

providing a comprehensive view of the potential impacts arising

from the risks to which the Group and its key legal entities are

exposed. One of the most important uses of stress testing is to

assess the resilience of the operational and strategic plans of the

Group and its legal entities to adverse economic conditions and

other key vulnerabilities. As part of this programme the Group

participated in the PRA desk-based stress test in 2024. The test

evaluated the resilience of the UK banking system to two

hypothetical scenarios including severe but plausible combinations

of adverse shocks to the UK and global economies. Both scenarios

had House Price Index (HPI) falls of 28 per cent, Commercial Real

Estate (CRE) falls of 35 per cent and an increase in unemployment

of 4.7 per cent. One scenario tested a Base Rate peak of 9 per cent

whilst the other explored a Base Rate reduction to 0.1 per cent. The

results were published in November 2024 and the report concluded

the UK banking system is well capitalised, maintains high levels of

liquidity and asset quality remains strong. The report did not publish

individual Bank results and the Group was not required to take any

capital actions. The Bank of England has updated its approach to

stress testing the UK banking system and, as part of that, in 2025

the Group will participate in the PRA Bank Capital Stress Test.

G-SIB indicators

Although the Group is not classified as a Global Systemically

Important Bank (G-SIB) at 31 December 2024, by virtue of the

Group’s leverage exposure measure exceeding €200 billion the

Group is required to report G-SIB indicator metrics to the PRA. The

Group’s indicator metrics used within the 2024 Basel G-SIBs annual

exercise will be disclosed at the end of April 2025 and the results are

expected to be made available by the Basel Committee later this

year.

Insurance business

The business transacted by the insurance companies within the

Group comprises both life insurance business and general insurance

business. Life insurance comprises unit-linked, non-profit and With-

Profits business.

Scottish Widows Limited (SW Ltd) holds the only With-Profits funds

managed by the Group. The UK insurance companies within the

Group are regulated by the PRA. SW Ltd’s European insurance

subsidiary is regulated by the CAA.

The Solvency II regime for insurers and insurance groups came

into force from 1 January 2016 and was most recently updated in

December 2024 as part of the Solvency UK reforms. Insurance is

required to calculate solvency capital requirements and available

capital on a risk-based approach. Insurance calculates regulatory

capital on the basis of an internal model, which has been

approved by the PRA.

The minimum required capital must be maintained at all times

throughout the year. These capital requirements and the capital

available to meet them are regularly estimated in order to ensure

that capital requirements are being met. The capital position of

the Group’s insurance businesses is reviewed on a regular basis by

the Insurance, Pensions and Investments Executive Committee.

All minimum regulatory requirements of the insurance companies

have been met during the year.

Embedding

Climate risk continues to be a principal risk, recognising the

importance of the topic as it progresses toward being fully

embedded. However, the approach is less mature compared to the

Group’s other principal risks and continues to evolve. Climate risk

also differs from other risks, as it can materialise through inbound

risk, outbound risk or potentially both:

• Inbound risk: impacts of a risk on the Group’s balance sheet,

which can lead to a financial loss. Managing inbound risks is

critical to mitigate this potential impact, including supporting

customers to be aware of potential risks. Examples include

property devaluation, relied on as collateral, from physical and

transition risks and extreme weather events increasing insurance

losses

• Outbound risk: impacts of the Group’s balance sheet or activity

on the environment driven by our strategy or purpose. Examples

include the insufficient consideration of climate risk in external

disclosure, or external perception of the Group’s actions, claims

and disclosures

Understanding the potential impacts from climate risk on the Group

and other stakeholders continues to develop through our evolving

approach to double materiality across a range of sustainability risks,

including climate risk. See page 49 for more information on how the

Group considers materiality.

The Group’s climate risk policy provides an overarching framework

for managing climate risks. This aims to ensure awareness of key

climate-related risks across the different areas of the Group, and

that appropriate processes and controls are in place to mitigate

these risks. The policy includes requirements for governance,

scenario analysis and management of climate risks, as well as

governance requirements for different aspects of the Group’s net

zero strategy. Activity across the Group to meet these requirements

is actively monitored, including through the development of the

Group’s climate risk profile.

The impacts from climate risk largely manifest through other

principal risks. Therefore, the Group aims to ensure that

consideration of climate risk is reflected within its approach for

managing other principal risks.

Exposures

Climate risks arise through two channels, physical and transition

risks, with various methods used to help identify and assess the

Group’s potential exposure.

Examples of how the Group seeks to understand physical risks

include identifying areas at high risk of flooding and assessing our

potential exposure to flood risk across our mortgage and insurance

portfolios. Flood risk and coastal erosion is discussed in more detail

in the Group’s sustainability report 2024 on page 133.

Risk management continued

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Climate risk

Definition

The Group defines climate risk as the risk from the

impacts of climate change and the transition to net

zero (‘inbound risk’), or a result of the Group’s

response to tackling climate change and supporting

the transition to net zero (‘outbound risk’).

The Risk overview, on page 34, contains a summary of climate risk

performance and key mitigating actions.

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Examples of how the Group seeks to understand transition risks

include:

• For Commercial Banking lending, the Group’s ESG tool assesses

exposure to the impact of climate risk for specific customers as

part of the credit decisioning process

• For Retail lending, energy efficiency is assessed for the Homes

portfolio via energy performance certificates (EPC)

• Scottish Widows analysis of impact of transition risk upon

equities is detailed within the sustainability report 2024 on

page134

Transition risks have been assessed to have more short to medium

term impacts, although are particularly dependent on the extent of

government policies to meet climate commitments on limiting

future global warming. However, current modelling approaches

suggest significant impacts relating to physical risks will be longer

term, although there are industry-wide weaknesses in determining

the economic impact of physical risk. Addressing these gaps might

increase the estimated impact of physical risk and potentially

reduce the estimated timeframe to manifest.

The Group has identified the sectors at increased risk from the

impacts of climate change and continues to monitor its loans and

advances to customers in these sectors, see page 80 in the Group’s

sustainability report 2024.

Taken together, these assessments, supported by consideration of

the risks relating to the Group’s response to managing these, inform

the key climate-related risks at Group level, with input from other

entities to capture any material risks not reflected. The table on

page 51 provides a high-level overview of the Group’s key climate

risks, alongside other wider sustainability risks and opportunities.

This considers the cross-cutting impacts across other principal risks

in the Group’s ERMF. A similar exercise has been carried out for

Scottish Widows, as outlined on page 136 in the Group’s

sustainability report 2024.

The materiality of the Group’s key climate risks reflects their

potential impact on the Group, as a key component of the ERMF, all

risks, including climate risk are assessed against a matrix with

impact and likelihood axes. Several factors are assessed to

determine the materiality of impacts.

These impacts are considered on an ongoing basis, with formal

assessment at least annually or driven more frequently by numerous

triggers. This assessment is supported by horizon scanning of

climate-related developments and additional quantitative and

qualitative analysis, such as scenario analysis results.

Measurement

The Group undertakes a number of different activities to measure

the impact of the key inbound and outbound risks relating to

climate change.

From an outbound perspective, the Group measures its emissions

relating to activities across Bank finance, Scottish Widows’

investments, supply chain and its own operations. This provides a

view on the impact of the Group’s activities, as well as identifying

areas where the Group can most effectively reduce emissions to

support the transition to net zero. Further detail on the approach

for each of these areas is provided on pages 4 to 40 in the Group’s

sustainability metrics basis of reporting 2024.

From an inbound perspective, the levels of climate risk impacting

different areas of the Group are measured through a variety of

metrics and approaches. In general, quantifying the impact of the

risks associated with climate change requires scenario analysis

particularly given the different potential outcomes and time

horizons over which the risks may manifest. This is explored further

in the following sub-section, however, there are some areas where

consideration of climate-related risks is already embedded,

reflecting the relative certainty of impacts resulting from these risks.

For example:

• Within the Home Insurance business there is a dedicated

weather modelling team

• For the UK Motor Finance portfolio, the transition from internal

combustion engines (ICE) to electric vehicles (EVs) is a key

consideration in measuring residual value risk (see page 164 for

credit performance of UK Motor Finance)

Scenario analysis

The Group continues to develop its climate scenario analysis

capabilities to inform analysis of climate risks, as well as to help

shape the Group’s strategy to reflect climate opportunities and

assess its resilience. Subsequent analysis has focused on

understanding the areas of the Group most impacted by climate

change, as well as assessing the impact from key climate-related

risks.

Separate assessments have been undertaken for the Group’s

Commercial Banking lending and Scottish Widows investments

portfolios to identify the sectors most exposed to climate transition

risks. Whilst climate modelling is still relatively immature, the Group

has deliberately trialled different approaches in order to understand

where modelled outputs provide consistent messages with each

other, or where they disagree and further exploration is needed.

For Scottish Widows’ investments, the analysis focused on the

impact of climate risk on broadly defined sectors. The conclusions

from this work on the overall ranking of sector sensitivities to

transition risk align with the Commercial Banking lending portfolio

summary below.

The following chart analyses climate risk for a benchmark of sectors

using data from Planetrics, a McKinsey & Company solution

1

. This

data focuses on listed companies and provides a European and

North American benchmark view of each sector and is not specific

to the Group’s portfolio.

The estimated financial impacts from transition risk are modelled

for each entity.

The relative difference between this climate estimate and a baseline

provides an indicative foresight view of discounted cashflow

reflecting transition risks to 2050 and physical risks to 2080. These

entity-level Net Present Value (NPV) differences are aggregated to

provide a view aligned to lending sectors with increased transition

risk in the NGFS Phase IV Net Zero 2050 scenario.

1 This chart represents the Group’s own selection of applicable scenarios that is applied

to a wide set of public companies (larger than the Group’s own portfolio). The Group is

responsible for all assumptions in its scenario selection, resulting findings, conclusions

and decisions. McKinsey & Company is not an investment adviser and has not provided

any investment advice.

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This is broadly comparable with the results obtained from previous

NGFS Phases, with two main comments:

• The 2nd quartiles have shifted slightly left, indicating a worsening

view – which is consistent with the increasing assumptions

required for later versions of the Net Zero 2050 scenario given

lack of transition developments in the meantime

• Automobile manufacturing sector outlook has improved

significantly as NGFS pathway updates reflect the switch from

ICE to EV production already witnessed

Results of scenario analysis undertaken continue to support the

conclusion that the Group has a relatively low Commercial Banking

lending exposure to sectors which experience the most significant

negative impacts when compared to exposure across those sectors

with lower expected impacts. See page 174 for further detail of the

Group’s lending by sector.

Climate risks also transmit via traded assets and the Group has

undertaken climate scenario analysis across three bespoke climate

scenarios, to understand the impact of very short-term market risk

factor shocks stemming from both physical and transition risks.

Resulting stressed valuations fell within existing stress test

framework outcomes demonstrating the resilience of existing risk

management approaches.

In 2024, the Group has explored the effects of policy tightening

leading to significant increases in expectations for managing

sustainability. A scenario exercise was undertaken to assess the

potential financial impacts of a regulatory enquiry, stemming from

observed market failings, on processes associated to green and

sustainable products and services relevant to the Group’s

Commercial Banking lending activities. The scenario analysis

identified actions to further enhance the robustness of internal

controls to mitigate the risks of greenwashing.

The use of scenario analysis in assessing the impact of climate

related change on credit quality in expected credit losses (ECL) saw

improvements in both quantification and granularity for the 2024

assessment. Retail and commercial loan portfolios were assessed for

both transition and physical risks.

For transition risk, the quantitative assessment was extended to the

entire residential real estate portfolio and now assessed at account

level for sensitivity to affordability stress arising from changes in

energy efficiency regulations. Physical risk assessments were

extended from flood risk to include coastal erosion risk for

residential real estate.

For Commercial Banking lending, a top-down sector level approach

used to estimate impacts, was updated to use the latest available

NGFS scenarios. The approach combines sector level NPV impact

estimates, NGFS Gross Domestic Product (GDP) pathways, historic

impairment data and other inputs, to assess the impact of physical

and transition risks.

All the individual portfolio assessments fell below materiality

thresholds and, hence, the overall impact continues to be

immaterial. The approach and outcomes are described in more

detail in note 21 to the consolidated financial statements on

page282.

Mitigating actions

The Group manages climate-related risk in different ways across the

four key areas of climate risk identified (net zero, disclosures,

greenwashing and physical and transition risks). The following

sections provide an overview of the Group’s mitigation approach,

including the relevant cross-cutting impacts across each of these

themes.

Net zero

The Group has continued to develop action plans across its systems-

led approach. The Group’s climate transition plan sets out the steps

it will take to reduce emissions to net zero for its own operations

and supply chain, as well as the emissions associated with its lending

and investments portfolios. Progress against these ambitions is

monitored through the Group Net Zero Committee on a quarterly

basis and the outputs from this have been used to measure the

Group’s risk appetite for climate risk. For further details, please see

the Group’s sustainability report 2024 on page 68.

Disclosures

The Group’s external disclosures are subject to a robust governance

process, including appropriate legal review. This includes an

assessment of the relevant regulatory requirements, particularly to

ensure alignment with Climate-related Financial Disclosures

requirements (CFD) and Task Force on Climate-related Financial

Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations. External disclosures will

continue to progress in line with the changing regulatory landscape,

and the Group will ensure suitable controls remain in place as these

develop. A number of topics are being introduced this year aiming

to support early compliance of the requirements of ISSB IFRS S1 and

S2 expected to be endorsed by the Government in 2025.

Greenwashing

The Group is enhancing its controls and processes in relation to

greenwashing, aiming to ensure communications are clear, fair and

not misleading. The Group is committed to investigating any

challenge or suggestion of greenwashing and feeding any learnings

into enhancing the control framework. Approaches the Group takes

to support transparency, accuracy and appropriateness of products,

communications and disclosures include:

• External legal review on the suitability of content within the

Group’s sustainability report and annual report and accounts,

endeavouring to support clear and accurate disclosures

• Scottish Widows ESG Claims Framework, requiring first line

teams to assess ESG claims prior to publication of

communications to ensure any claims are accurate, clear, not

misleading and can be substantiated

• Group product policy aligned to Consumer Duty and focus on

customer outcomes

• Dedicated ESG guidance to support product governance

processes

Risk management continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Physical and transition risks

Physical and transition risks can impact different areas of the Group

in different ways, some of the key areas are elaborated on below.

Commercial Banking and Retail lending

For the Group’s Commercial Banking and Retail lending this could

manifest in potential devaluation of property or collateral or a

reduction in clients creditworthiness or affordability. The Group

continues to integrate climate risk in its credit process, in addition

to wider ESG considerations, with continued progress in 2024. This

is through a credit risk integration strategy, which includes the

Group’s ESG credit risk framework and policies, development of an

ESG risk indicator framework at sector level helping to inform

lending decisions as well as portfolio and case management.

Key developments in 2024 for assessing climate-related credit risks

include:

• Transition risk assessments across Commercial Banking lending

have been enhanced, including updating of the assessment

criteria, incorporating methodology from our credible transition

plan work, expanding into key net zero sectors: SME agriculture

and commercial and residential real estate

• Retail credit decisioning has EPC controls for new and existing

lending for buy-to-let, and property specific transition costs

considered as part of the residential affordability assessment

• The mortgage origination stage requires a physical inspection for

all properties exposed to increased flood and coastal erosion risk

Further detail on management of climate-related and ESG credit

risks is provided on page 125 of the Group’s sustainability report

2024.

Home insurance

Provision of household insurance can be impacted by both physical

and transition risks, in particular, the potential for underwriting and

insurance risks arising from climate change, such as increased

frequency and severity of extreme weather events. Given the short-

term nature of home insurance policies, the Group is able to update

its view of risk regularly and change its approach as risks develop.

This helps mitigate the long-term exposure to climate risks. The

Group aims to support customers in improving the resilience of their

homes, including reaching out ahead of extreme weather events

providing elements of advice and guidance on how to protect

themselves and their homes.

Investments

To help manage possible impacts of physical and transition risk in

the value or availability of assets, the Group has various controls in

place including due diligence around the selection and oversight of

our external fund managers, including around ESG factors. The

investments team has dedicated fund investment leads who are

responsible for all aspects of oversight, including review of climate-

related risks and ESG factors and related data supplied by external

fund managers. The Group also utilises the ESG Tool as part of its

credit risk assessment process.

Own operations and supply chain

Climate risk is embedded in the Group’s approach for managing

operational resilience, as one of the key drivers within the Group

strategy, considering the impact on and from climate as part of

ensuring its operations remain resilient. Climate-related impacts

could affect operational resilience through properties, IT systems,

people and third party suppliers and create disruption to services.

The Group has processes in place to consider the resilience of its

property in relation to physical risks, particularly focused on its

offices, data centres and branch network, to minimise the risk of

service disruption. Insurers periodically highlight the Group’s

buildings that are subject to high flood risk. These sites are then

surveyed in detail to quantify that risk and determine appropriate

flood defence mitigation. The Group proactively monitors the

temperature and humidity in its data centres, with root cause

analysis undertaken for any incidents to identify any local climate

issues and remediate. Additionally, resilient tech rooms have been

created where power, temperature and humidity are robustly

controlled.

The Group expects its third party suppliers to review their business

continuity plans and recovery strategies, ensuring these are

appropriately updated to mitigate potential risks posed by climate

change, to ensure continued provision of service and appropriate

consideration of environmental sustainability related to their

activities.

Monitoring

The Group ensures visibility and awareness of climate risks wherever

they present themselves across its risk profile, with regular reporting

and tracking of any identified risks. Management information across

a range of themes is regularly assessed to provide insight into and

oversight of management of climate risk, together with tracking of

associated action plans and identification of triggers for

reassessment. This follows appropriate Risk governance, across the

relevant business units and is reported on a regular basis through

the Group Control and Risk Environment report. This provides

insight into any changes to risk profiles together with a rationale for

awareness and scrutiny by senior leaders.

The Group also closely monitors climate-related regulatory

developments to ensure our approach meets evolving expectations.

This includes understanding the current relevant requirements,

monitoring the Group’s activity and progress against expectations,

for example Dear CEO and CFO letters, as well as horizon scanning

for new developments, such as how the ISSB IFRS disclosure

standards are adopted in the UK. The Group also seeks to include

and map regulatory obligations within its risk and control profile in

support of compliance traceability.

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Exposures

The Group does not tolerate non-adherence to regulatory and legal

requirements, and all colleagues employed by the Group are

expected to comply with legal and regulatory obligations,

requirements, statutes, voluntary codes and permissions. Where

inadvertent instances of non-compliance occur, these are addressed

promptly with corrective action to minimise exposure and avoid

recurrence. The Group remains exposed to the evolving legal and

regulatory landscape, such as changes to the regulatory framework

and other standards.

Measurement

Compliance risk is measured against the defined risk appetite

metrics, which is an assessment of material regulatory breaches and

material legal incidents.

Mitigating actions

The Group undertakes a range of key mitigating actions to manage

compliance risk. These include the following:

• A Group-wide risk appetite and metrics for compliance risk

• Principles are reinforced by Group policies and standards and

apply across the business, aligning to the Group risk appetite

• Business units identify, assess and implement policy and

regulatory and legal requirements and establish controls,

processes, standards and resources to ensure appropriate

governance and compliance

• Business units have systems and controls to deliver against the

purpose and expectation of legal and regulatory requirements

• Business units regularly produce management information to

assist in the identification of issues and test management

controls are working effectively

• The Legal function provides legal advice and together, the Risk

and Legal functions provide oversight, proactive support and

constructive challenge to the wider business in identifying and

managing regulatory and legal issues

• The Risk function conducts reviews to provide oversight of

regulatory compliance

• Horizon scanning is conducted to identify and address changes in

regulatory and legal requirements

• The Group engages with regulatory authorities and industry

bodies on forthcoming regulatory changes, market reviews and

investigations, ensuring programmes are established to deliver

new regulation and legislation

Monitoring

Material risks are managed through the relevant business

committees, with review and escalation provided through Group-

level committees, including the escalation of any material regulatory

breaches or material legal incidents. For further detail of Group-level

committees, see page 140.

Exposures

The Group faces significant conduct risks, which affect all aspects of

the Group’s operations and all types of customers. The introduction

of the FCA’s Consumer Duty regulation has increased expectations

in relation to customer outcomes, including how the Group

demonstrates, monitors and measures them.

The Group continues to monitor and assess potential impacts to

customers following the Court of Appeal decision on motor finance

commission arrangements, liaising closely with regulatory bodies.

See note 28 to the consolidated financial statements on page 289.

The Group is exposed to the risk of engaging in activities which

could constitute market abuse, undermine the integrity of a market

in which it is active, distorting competition or creating conflicts of

interest.

There is a high level of scrutiny from regulatory bodies, the media,

politicians and consumer groups regarding financial institutions’

treatment of customers, with particular attention to those with

characteristics of vulnerability. The Group continues to apply

significant focus to its treatment of all customers, in particular those

in financial difficulties and those with characteristics of vulnerability,

to ensure good outcomes.

The Group continuously responds and adapts to market

developments that could pose heightened conduct risk, and actively

monitors for early signs of customer financial difficulty.

Other key areas of focus include transparency and fairness of pricing

communications; ensuring victims of Authorised Push Payment

Fraud receive good outcomes; and a continued mindset shift in line

with Consumer Duty requirements to improve customer outcomes

throughout the Group, with particular focus on improvements to

Group-wide reporting and monitoring.

Measurement

To articulate its conduct risk appetite, the Group has Conduct Risk

Appetite Metrics (CRAMs) throughout all business units, with

tolerances indicating where it may be operating outside its conduct

risk appetite. These contain a range of product design, sales and

process metrics (including outcome testing results) to provide a

more holistic view of conduct risks; some products also have a suite

of additional bespoke metrics.

Each of the tolerances for the metrics are agreed for the individual

product or service and are regularly tracked. At a consolidated level,

these metrics form part of the Board risk appetite. The Group has,

and continues to, evolve its approach to conduct risk measurements

to include emerging conduct themes.

Mitigating actions

The Group’s ongoing commitment to delivering a leading customer

experience is led by the Board, and supports the continued

development of our values-led culture, with customer outcomes as

a priority. There is a strong focus on strengthening the link between

actions to support conduct, culture and customer, enabling robust

control management.

Risk management continued

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Compliance risk

Definition

The risk of financial penalties, regulatory censure,

criminal or civil enforcement action or customer

detriment as a result of failure to identify, assess,

correctly interpret, comply with, or manage

regulatory and/or legal requirements.

Level two risks

Regulatory, Legal

The Risk overview, on page 35, contains a summary of compliancerisk

performance and key mitigating actions.

Conduct risk

Definition

The risk of the Group’s activities, behaviours,

strategy or business planning, having an adverse

impact on outcomes for customers, undermining the

integrity of the market or distort competition, which

could lead to regulatory censure, reputational

damage or financial loss.

Level two risks

Colleague, Customer, Market

The Risk overview, on page 35, contains a summary of conduct risk

performance and key mitigating actions.

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Actions to support good conduct include:

• Conduct risk appetite established at Group and divisional level,

with metrics included in the Group risk appetite to ensure

ongoing focus and escalation

• Conduct policies and procedures to ensure appropriate controls

and processes to deliver good customer outcomes, and support

market integrity and competition requirements

• Customer needs considered through divisional customer plans,

with an integral conduct lens

• Implementation of the vulnerability strategy continues, with

focus on the monitoring of vulnerable customer outcomes,

providing strategic direction and ensuring consistency of

outcomes across the Group

• Robust product governance framework to ensure products

continue to offer customers fair value, and consistently meet

their needs throughout their product lifecycle

• Complaints management through responding to, and learning

from, root causes of complaint volumes and Financial

Ombudsman Service (FOS) change rates

• Robust colleague recruitment and training, with a continued

focus on how the Group manages colleagues’ performance with

clear customer accountabilities

• Ongoing engagement with third parties involved in serving the

Group’s customers to ensure consistent delivery in line with the

Group’s own standards and expectations

• Enhancements made to monitoring and testing of customer

outcomes to ensure the Group delivers good outcomes for

customers throughout the product and service lifecycle, with

areas of improvement addressed via continuous improvements

to products, services and processes

• Continued focus on market conduct. The Group is a member of

the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities Markets

Standard Board and is committed to conducting its market

activities in line with the principles of the UK Money Markets

Code, the Global Precious Metals Code and the FX Global Code

• Adoption and investment in robust change delivery

methodology, to enable the prioritisation and delivery of

initiatives which address conduct challenges

• Continued focus on proactive identification and mitigation of

conduct risk in the Group’s strategy

• Active engagement with regulatory bodies and other

stakeholders to develop understanding of concerns related to

customer treatment, effective competition and market integrity,

to ensure that the Group’s strategic conduct focus continues to

meet evolving stakeholder expectations

• Ongoing investment in additional support for customers

impacted by the rising cost-of-living, including the ‘More Money

in Your Pocket’ and ‘MyExtras’ hub, in addition to the benefits

calculator and bill switcher tools

• Continued embedding of Consumer Duty to meet the increased

expectations relating to customer outcomes

Monitoring

Conduct risk is governed through divisional risk committees and

significant issues, including thematic conduct items are escalated to

the Group Risk Committee, in accordance with the Group’s ERMF,

as well as through regular risk reporting. The risk exposures are

reported, discussed and challenged at divisional risk committees.

Remedial action is recommended, if required. All material conduct

risk events are escalated in accordance with the Group’s

operational risk management toolkit.

A number of activities support the close ongoing monitoring of

conduct risk, including:

• The use of CRAMs across the Group, with an escalation route to

Board

• Oversight and assurance activities across the three lines of

defence

• Horizon scanning to highlight developments and trends, allowing

the Group to anticipate upcoming challenges and opportunities

Credit risk

Definition

Credit risk is defined as the risk that parties with

whom the Group has contracted fail to meet their

financial obligations (both on and off-balance sheet).

Level two risks

Retail credit (page 159), Commercial credit (page 160)

The Risk overview, on page 35, contains a summary of credit risk

performance and key mitigating actions.

Financial risk indicators (underlying basis

A

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• Impairment charge: £433 million (2023: £308 million)

• Expected credit loss: £3,651 million (2023: £4,337 million)

• Loans and advances in Stage 2: 10.4 per cent (2023: 12.5 per cent)

Exposures

The principal sources of credit risk within the Group arise from loans

and advances, contingent liabilities, commitments and debt

securities to customers, financial institutions and sovereigns.

Credit risk arises from;

• Loans and advances (for example mortgages, term loans and

overdrafts) and commitments or guarantees (for example credit

instruments): The Group can experience potential losses from

both amounts advanced and commitments to extend credit to a

customer or a bank

• Debt securities and derivatives. The potential financial loss to

the Group as a result of a counterparty defaulting on its

obligations

• Leasing arrangements where the Group is the lessor. Note 2(J) to

the consolidated financial statements on page 223 provides

details on the Group’s approach to the treatment of leases

Credit risk exposures in the Insurance, Pensions and Investments

division relate mostly to bond and loan assets which, together with

some related swaps, are used to fund annuity commitments within

shareholder funds; plus balances held in liquidity funds to manage

Insurance division’s liquidity requirements, and exposure to

reinsurers.

The investments held in the Group’s defined benefit pension

schemes also expose the Group to credit risk. Note 12 to the

consolidated financial statements on page 248 provides further

information on the defined benefit pension schemes’ assets and

liabilities.

Loans and advances, contingent liabilities, commitments, debt

securities and derivatives also expose the Group to refinance risk.

Refinance risk is the possibility that an outstanding exposure cannot

be repaid at its contractual maturity date. If the Group does not

wish to refinance the exposure then there is refinance risk if the

obligor is unable to repay by securing alternative finance.

The maximum credit risk exposure of the Group in the event of

other parties failing to perform their obligations is considered to

be the balance sheet carrying amount or, for non-derivative off-

balance sheet transactions and financial guarantees, their

contractual nominal amounts (not taking into account any

collateral held).

Further details can be seen in note 16 to the consolidated

financial statements on page 258 and note 38 to the

consolidated financial statements on page 297.

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Measurement

The process for credit risk identification, measurement and

control is integrated into the Board-approved framework for

credit risk appetite and governance.

Credit risk is measured from different perspectives using a range

of appropriate modelling and scoring techniques at a number of

levels of granularity, including total balance sheet, individual

portfolio, pertinent concentrations and individual customer – for

both new business and existing exposure. Key metrics, which

may include but are not limited to, total exposure, ECL, risk-

weighted assets, new business quality, concentration risk and

portfolio performance, are reported monthly to risk committees

and forums.

Measures such as ECL, risk-weighted assets, observed credit

performance, predicted credit quality (usually from predictive

credit scoring models), collateral cover and quality, and other

credit drivers (such as cash flow, affordability, leverage and

indebtedness) have been incorporated into the Group’s credit

risk management practices to enable effective risk measurement

across the Group.

The Group is strengthening its ability to manage climate-related

risks and opportunities recognising the impact of climate change on

credit risk. For more details refer to the sustainability report 2024.

Stress testing and scenario analysis are used to estimate impairment

losses and capital demand forecasts for both regulatory and internal

purposes and to assist in the formulation and calibration of credit

risk appetite, where appropriate.

The Risk function also tests the effectiveness of credit risk

management and internal credit risk controls. This includes ensuring

that the control and monitoring of higher risk and vulnerable

portfolios and sectors is appropriate and confirming that

appropriate loss allowances for impairment are in place. Output

from these reviews helps to inform credit risk appetite, credit policy

and portfolio mandates.

As the third line of defence, Group Internal Audit undertakes regular

risk-based reviews to assess the effectiveness of credit risk

management and controls.

Mitigating actions

The Group uses a range of approaches to mitigate credit risk.

Prudent credit principles, risk policies and appetite statements:

The independent Risk function sets out the credit principles, credit

risk policies and credit risk appetite statements.

Credit risk appetite is set at Board level and is described and

reported through a suite of metrics devised from a combination

of accounting and credit portfolio performance measures, which

include the use of various credit risk rating systems as inputs and

assess credit risk at a counterparty level using three components:

(i) the probability of default by the counterparty on its

contractual obligations; (ii) the current exposures to the

counterparty and their likely future development, from which

the Group derives the exposure at default; and (iii) the likely loss

ratio on the defaulted obligations, the loss given default.

Credit principles, risk policies and appetite statements are subject

to regular review and governance, with any changes subject to an

approval process. Risk teams monitor credit performance trends

and the outlook. Risk teams also test the adequacy of and

adherence to credit risk policies and processes throughout the

Group. This includes tracking portfolio performance against an

agreed set of credit risk appetite tolerances.

Robust models and controls: see model risk on page 195.

Limitations on concentration risk: there are portfolio controls

on certain industries, sectors and products to reflect risk appetite

as well as individual, customer and bank limit risk tolerances.

Credit policies, appetite statements and mandates are aligned to

the Group’s risk appetite and restrict exposure to higher risk

countries and potentially vulnerable sectors and asset classes.

Exposures are monitored to prevent both an excessive

concentration of risk and single name concentrations. These

concentration risk controls are not necessarily in the form of a

maximum limit on exposure, but may instead require new

business in concentrated sectors to fulfil additional minimum

policy and/or guideline requirements. The Group’s largest credit

limits are regularly monitored by the Board Risk Committee and

reported in accordance with regulatory requirements.

Defined country risk management framework: the Group sets a

broad maximum country risk appetite. Risk-based appetite for all

countries is set within the independent Risk function, taking into

account economic, financial, political and social factors as well as

the approved business and strategic plans of the Group.

Specialist expertise: credit quality is managed and controlled by a

number of specialist units within the business and Risk function,

which provide for example: intensive management and control;

security perfection; maintenance of customer and facility records;

expertise in documentation for lending and associated products;

sector-specific expertise; and legal services applicable to the

particular market segments and product ranges offered by the

Group.

Stress testing: the Group’s credit portfolios are subject to regular

stress testing, including Group-led PRA and other regulatory stress

tests focusing on individual divisions and portfolios. For further

information see pages 142 to 143.

Frequent and robust credit risk assurance: An independent

function within the Risk function provides oversight that credit risk

is effectively managed and to ensure appropriate controls are in

place and being adhered to. Group Audit conducts assurance on the

effectiveness of credit risk management.

Collateral

The principal types of acceptable collateral include: residential and

commercial properties; charges over business assets such as

inventory and accounts receivable; financial instruments such as

debt securities; vehicles; cash; and guarantees received from third

parties.

The Group maintains appetite parameters on the acceptability of

specific classes of collateral.

For non-mortgage retail lending to small businesses, collateral may

include second charges over residential property and the

assignment of life cover.

Collateral held as security for financial assets other than loans and

advances is determined by the nature of the underlying exposure.

Debt securities, including treasury and other bills, are generally

unsecured, with the exception of asset-backed securities and similar

instruments such as covered bonds, which are secured by portfolios

of financial assets. Collateral is generally not held against loans and

advances to financial institutions and debt securities. Debt

securities are classified as financial assets held at amortised cost.

Securities are held as part of reverse repurchase or securities

borrowing transactions or where a collateral agreement has been

entered into under a master netting agreement. Derivative

transactions with financial institutions are typically collateralised

under a Credit Support Annex (CSA) in conjunction with the

International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master

Agreement. Derivative transactions with non-financial customers

are not usually supported by a CSA.

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Collateral requirements at origination depend on the transaction’s

nature and the borrower’s credit quality, size and structure. For

non-retail exposures, the Group may seek:

• A first charge over land and buildings owned and occupied by the

business

• A debenture over the assets of a company or limited liability

partnerships

• Limited personal guarantees from directors of a company or

limited liability partnership

• Key man insurance

The Group has policies on acceptable collateral valuations,

maximum loan-to-value (LTV) ratios, and other criteria for

application reviews. The customer must demonstrate its ability to

generate funds from normal operations to repay a customer or

counterparty’s financial commitments, rather than relying on the

disposal of collateral.

Although lending decisions are primarily based on expected cash

flows, any collateral provided may impact the pricing and other

terms of a loan or facility granted. This will have a financial impact

on the amount of net interest income recognised and on internal

loss given default estimates that contribute to the determination of

asset quality and returns.

The Group requires collateral to be valued by a qualified,

independent source at the time of borrowing, where

appropriate. For retail residential mortgages, automated

valuation models may be used, subject to accuracy and LTV

limits. Third party valuations are regularly monitored and

reviewed. Collateral values are reviewed based on lending type,

collateral and account performance to ensure they remain

appropriate. If collateral value declines, the Group may seek

additional collateral or amend facility terms. The Group adjusts

estimated market values to take account of the costs of

realisation and any discount associated with the realisation of

the collateral when estimating credit losses.

In some circumstances, where the discounted value of the

estimated net proceeds from the liquidation of collateral (i.e. net

of costs, expected haircuts and anticipated changes in the value

of the collateral to the point of sale) is greater than the

estimated exposure at default, no credit losses are expected and

no ECL allowance is recognised.

The Group considers risk concentrations by collateral providers and

collateral type with a view to ensuring that any potential undue

concentrations of risk are identified and suitably managed by

changes to strategy, policy and/or business plans.

The Group seeks to avoid correlation or wrong-way risk where

possible. Under the Group’s repurchase (repo) policy, the issuer of

the collateral and the repo counterparty should be neither the same

nor connected. The same rule applies for derivatives. The Risk

function has the necessary discretion to extend this rule to other

cases where there is significant correlation. Countries with a rating

equivalent to AA- or better may be considered to have no adverse

correlation between the counterparty domiciled in that country and

the country of risk (issuer of securities).

The Group’s credit risk disclosures for unimpaired other retail

lending show assets gross of collateral and therefore disclose the

maximum loss exposure.

During the year, £285 million of collateral was repossessed

(2023:£229 million), consisting primarily of residential property.

Additional mitigation for Retail customers

The Group uses a variety of lending criteria when assessing

applications for mortgages and unsecured lending. The general

approval process uses credit acceptance scorecards and involves a

review of an applicant’s previous credit history using internal data

and information held by Credit Reference Agencies (CRA).

The Group also assesses the affordability and sustainability of

lending for each borrower. For secured lending this includes use of

an appropriate stressed interest rate scenario. Affordability

assessments for all lending are compliant with relevant regulatory

and conduct guidelines. The Group takes reasonable steps to

validate information used in the assessment of a customer’s income

and expenditure.

In addition, the Group has in place quantitative limits such as

maximum limits for individual customer products, the level of

borrowing to income and the ratio of borrowing to collateral. Some

of these limits relate to internal approval levels and others are policy

limits above which the Group will typically reject borrowing

applications. The Group also applies certain criteria that are

applicable to specific products, for example applications for buy-to-

let mortgages.

For UK mortgages, the Group’s policy permits owner occupier

applications with a maximum LTV of 95 per cent. This can increase

to 100 per cent for specific products where additional security is

provided by a supporter of the applicant and held on deposit by the

Group. Applications with an LTV above 90 per cent are subject to

enhanced underwriting criteria, including higher scorecard cut-offs

and loan size restrictions.

Buy-to-let mortgages within Retail are limited to a maximum loan

size of £2,000,000 and 80 per cent LTV for a single property. Buy-

to-let applications must pass a minimum rental cover ratio of 125

per cent under stressed interest rates, after applicable tax liabilities.

Portfolio landlords (customers with four or more mortgaged buy-to-

let properties) are subject to additional controls including

evaluation of overall portfolio resilience.

The Group’s policy is to reject any application for a lending product

where a customer is registered as bankrupt or insolvent, or has a

recent County Court Judgment or financial default registered at a

CRA used by the Group above de minimis thresholds. In addition,

the Group typically rejects applicants where total unsecured debt,

debt-to-income ratios, or other indicators of financial difficulty

exceed policy limits.

Where credit acceptance scorecards are used, new models, model

changes and monitoring of model effectiveness are independently

reviewed and approved in accordance with the governance

framework set by the Group Model Governance Committee.

The Group generally does not take physical possession of

properties or other assets held as collateral and uses external

agents to realise the value as soon as practicable, generally at

auction, to settle indebtedness. Any surplus funds are returned

to the borrower or are otherwise dealt with in accordance with

appropriate insolvency regulations. In certain circumstances the

Group takes physical possession of assets held as collateral

against commercial lending. In such cases, the assets are carried

on the Group’s balance sheet and are classified according to the

Group’s accounting policies.

Additional mitigation for Commercial Banking customers

Individual credit assessment and independent sanction of

customer and bank limits: with the exception of small exposures to

small to medium-sized enterprises (SME) customers where certain

relationship managers have limited delegated credit approval

authority, credit risk in commercial customer portfolios is subject to

approval by the independent Risk function, which considers the

strengths and weaknesses of individual transactions, the balance of

risk and reward, and how credit risk aligns to risk appetite.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Exposure to individual counterparties, groups of counterparties or

customer risk segments is controlled through a tiered hierarchy of

credit authority delegations and risk-based credit limit guidances

per client group for larger exposures. Approval requirements for

each decision are based on a number of factors including, but not

limited to, the transaction amount, the customer’s aggregate

facilities, any risk mitigation in place, credit policy, risk appetite,

credit risk ratings and the nature and term of the risk. The Group’s

credit risk appetite criteria for counterparty and customer loan

underwriting is generally the same as that for loans intended to be

held to maturity. All hard loan/bond underwriting must be approved

by the Risk function. A pre-approved credit matrix may be used for

‘best efforts’ underwriting.

Counterparty credit limits: limits are set against all types of

exposure in a counterparty name, in accordance with an agreed

methodology for each exposure type. This includes credit risk

exposure on individual derivatives and securities financing

transactions, which incorporates potential future exposures from

market movements against agreed confidence intervals. Aggregate

facility levels by counterparty are set and limit breaches are subject

to escalation procedures.

Daily settlement limits: settlement risk arises in any situation where

a payment in cash, securities or equities is made in the expectation

of a corresponding receipt in cash, securities or equities. Daily

settlement limits are established for each relevant counterparty to

cover the aggregate of all settlement risk arising from the Group’s

market transactions on any single day. Where possible, the Group

uses Continuous Linked Settlement in order to reduce foreign

exchange (FX) settlement risk.

Master netting agreements

It is credit policy that a Group-approved master netting agreement

must be used for all derivative and traded product transactions and

must be in place prior to trading, with separate documentation

required for each Group entity providing facilities. This requirement

extends to trades with clients and the counterparties used for the

Group’s own hedging activities, which may also include clearing

trades with Central Counterparties (CCPs).

Any exceptions must be approved by the appropriate credit

approver. Master netting agreements do not generally result in an

offset of balance sheet assets and liabilities for accounting purposes,

as transactions are usually settled on a gross basis. However, within

relevant jurisdictions and for appropriate counterparty types,

master netting agreements do reduce the credit risk to the extent

that, if an event of default occurs, all trades with the counterparty

may be terminated and settled on a net basis. The Group’s overall

exposure to credit risk on derivative instruments subject to master

netting agreements can change substantially within a short period,

since this is the net position of all trades under the master netting

agreement.

Other credit risk transfers

The Group also undertakes asset sales, credit derivative based

transactions, securitisations (including significant risk transfer

transactions), purchases of credit default swaps and purchase of

credit insurance as a means of mitigating or reducing credit risk and/

or risk concentration, taking into account the nature of assets and

the prevailing market conditions.

Monitoring

In conjunction with the Risk function, businesses identify and define

portfolios of credit and related risk exposures and the key

behaviours and characteristics by which those portfolios are

managed and monitored. This entails the production and analysis of

regular portfolio monitoring reports for review by senior

management. The Risk function in turn produces an aggregated

view of credit risk across the Group, including reports on material

credit exposures, concentrations, concerns and other management

information, which is presented to senior officers, divisional credit

risk forums, business unit committees and forums, Group Risk

Committee and the Board Risk Committee.

Models

The performance of all models used in credit risk is monitored in line

with the Group’s model governance framework – see model risk on

page 195.

Intensive care of customers in financial difficulty

The Group operates a number of solutions to assist borrowers who

are experiencing financial distress. The material elements of these

solutions through which the Group has granted a concession,

whether temporarily or permanently, are set out below.

Forbearance

The Group’s aim in offering forbearance and other assistance to

customers in financial distress is to benefit both the customer and

the Group by supporting its customers and acting in their best

interests by, where possible, bringing customer facilities back into a

sustainable position.

The Group offers a range of tools and assistance to support

customers who are encountering financial difficulties. Cases are

managed on an individual basis, with the circumstances of each

customer considered separately and the action taken judged as

being appropriate and sustainable for both the customer and the

Group.

Forbearance measures consist of concessions towards a debtor that

is experiencing or about to experience difficulties in meeting its

financial commitments. This can include modification of the

previous terms and conditions of a contract or a total or partial

refinancing of a troubled debt contract, either of which would not

have been required had the debtor not been experiencing financial

difficulties.

The provision and review of such assistance is controlled through

the application of an appropriate policy framework and associated

controls. Regular review of the assistance offered to customers is

undertaken to confirm that it remains appropriate, alongside

monitoring of customers’ performance and the level of payments

received.

The Group classifies accounts as forborne at the time a customer in

financial difficulty is granted a concession.

Balances in default or classified as Stage 3 are always considered to

be non-performing. Balances may be non-performing but not in

default or Stage 3, where for example they are within their non-

performing forbearance cure period.

Non-performing exposures can be reclassified as performing

forborne after a minimum 12-month cure period, providing there are

no past due amounts or concerns regarding the full repayment of

the exposure. A minimum of a further 24 months must pass from

the date the forborne exposure was reclassified as performing

forborne before the account can exit forbearance. If conditions to

exit forbearance are not met at the end of this probation period,

the exposure shall continue to be identified as forborne until all the

conditions are met.

The Group’s treatment of loan renegotiations is included in the

impairment policy in note 2(H) to the consolidated financial

statements on page 222.

Customers receiving support from Government sponsored

programmes

To assist customers in financial distress, the Group participates in

Government sponsored programmes for households, including the

Income Support for Mortgage Interest programme, under which the

government pays the Group all or part of the interest on the

mortgage on behalf of the customer. This is provided as a

government loan which the customer must repay.

Risk management continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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The Group credit risk portfolio in 2024

Overview

The Group’s portfolios are well positioned to benefit from an

improved, but still challenging macroeconomic environment. The

Group maintains a prudent approach to credit risk appetite and risk

management, with strong credit origination criteria including

evidence of affordability and robust LTVs in the secured portfolios.

Asset quality remains strong with improved credit performance in

the year. In UK mortgages and unsecured portfolios, reductions in

new to arrears and flows to default have been observed in 2024.

Securitisations of primarily legacy Retail mortgages, totalling

£2.0billion of gross loans and advances to customers, during the

second and fourth quarter will help mitigate credit risks in higher risk

assets. Credit quality remains broadly stable and resilient in

Commercial Banking. The Group continues to monitor the impacts

of the economic environment carefully through a suite of early

warning indicators and governance arrangements that ensure risk

mitigating action plans are in place to support customers and

protect the Group’s positions.

The underlying impairment charge in 2024 was £433 million,

increasing from a charge of £308 million in 2023 which benefitted

from a significant write-back following the full repayment of debt

from a single name client. The 2024 charge included a higher credit

from improvements in the Group’s macroeconomic outlook in the

year, resulting in a release of £394million (2023: a release of

£257million).

The Group’s underlying probability-weighted total ECL allowance

decreased in the year to £3,651million (31December 2023:

£4,337million).

Group Stage 2 underlying loans and advances to customers

decreased to £48,075 million (31 December 2023: £56,545million)

and as a percentage of total lending to 10.4 per cent (31 December

2023: 12.5per cent). The movement includes a redevelopment of

the IFRS9 staging approach and criteria for UK mortgages which

increased Stage 2 assets, introduced alongside the adoption of a

new ECL model, which together are more than offset by the

transfer of assets from Stage 2 to Stage 1 as a result of

improvements in the Group’s macroeconomic outlook. Of the total

Group Stage 2 loans and advances to customers, 92.3per cent are

up to date (31December 2023: 91.3per cent). Stage 2 coverage

reduced slightly to 2.8 per cent (31December 2023: 3.0 per cent).

Stage 3 underlying loans and advances to customers decreased to

£9,021million (31 December 2023: £10,110million), and as a

percentage of total lending to 2.0 per cent (31December 2023:

2.2per cent), as a result of improved credit performance in addition

to the securitisation of primarily legacy accounts within UK

mortgages. The lower proportion of UK mortgages in Stage 3 led to

an increase in Group Stage 3 coverage to 16.4 per cent

(31December 2023: 15.8 per cent).

Prudent risk appetite and risk management

• The Group continues to take a prudent and proactive approach

to credit risk management and credit risk appetite with robust

oversight, particularly in response to recent external events. Risk

appetite is in line with the Group’s strategy, and helps support

customers during continued economic uncertainties in both

global and domestic markets

• Sector, asset and product concentrations within the portfolios

are closely monitored and controlled, with mitigating actions

taken where appropriate. Sector and product risk appetite

parameters help manage exposure to higher risk and cyclical

sectors, segments and asset classes

• The Group’s effective risk management seeks to ensure early

identification and management of customers and counterparties

who may be showing signs of distress

• The Group will continue to work closely with its customers to

ensure that they receive the appropriate level of support,

including but not restricted to embracing the standards outlined

in the Mortgage Charter

Retail credit performance

• The Retail portfolio has remained resilient and well positioned.

Consumers have adjusted to a higher rate environment, leading

to a reduction in arrears over the year

• Robust risk management remains in place, with strong

affordability and indebtedness controls for both new and

existing lending and a prudent risk appetite approach

• In 2024, reductions in new to arrears and flow to default have

been observed across UK mortgages and the unsecured

portfolios

• In UK Motor Finance, new to arrears have slightly increased,

returning to pre-COVID-19 levels. Flows to default have also

increased, largely driven by a rise in Voluntary Terminations (VT)

as used car prices have fallen from their historic highs during the

pandemic

• Lending strategies are under continuous review and have been

proactively managed and calibrated to the latest

macroeconomic outlook, with actions taken to enhance both

living and housing cost assumptions in affordability assessments

• The Retail impairment charge in 2024 was £457 million, lower

than the charge of £831 million for 2023. This was due to a

combination of improvements in the Group’s macroeconomic

outlook, notably from improved house price growth, driving a

£332 million credit compared to a £233 million credit in 2023,

alongside improvements in UK mortgages credit performance,

one-off benefits from the release of judgemental adjustments for

inflation risk and debt sale write backs

• For UK mortgages, a redevelopment of the IFRS 9 staging

approach and criteria has been introduced alongside the

adoption of a new ECL model. At 31 December 2024, the

significant increase in credit risk (SICR) quantitative trigger to

transfer accounts from Stage 1 to Stage 2 is defined as a doubling

of an account’s PD since origination. IFRS 9 staging rules and

triggers for other Retail portfolios are the same as at

31December 2023. Retail customer related ECL allowance as a

percentage of drawn loans and advances (coverage) is lower at

0.7 per cent (31December 2023: 0.9 per cent)

• Improvements in the Group’s macroeconomic outlook primarily

in the first half of 2024, combined with improved credit

performance have reduced Stage 2 loans and advances to

11.5per cent of the Retail portfolio (31 December 2023:

13.3percent), of which 92.2per cent are up to date loans

(31December 2023: 91.0 per cent). Stage 2 ECL coverage also

reduced slightly to 2.4 per cent (31December 2023: 2.6 per cent)

• Reductions within UK mortgages, as a result of improved credit

performance in addition to securitisation activity resulted in a

decrease in Retail Stage 3 loans and advances to 1.9per cent of

total loans and advances (31 December 2023: 2.2per cent)

• Retail Stage 3 ECL coverage increased slightly to 14.1 per cent

(31December 2023: 13.9 per cent) as a result of a lower

proportion of UK mortgages, which typically require lower

coverage compared to other Retail products due to security, and

higher Stage 3 ECL coverage for unsecured products following

debt sale activity, which has reduced recoveries balances

reported at net realisable value

UK mortgages

• The UK mortgages portfolio increased to £313.3 billion

(31December 2023: £307.6 billion), net of the impact of the

securitisation of primarily legacy Retail mortgages, totalling

£2.0billion of gross loans and advances to customers, in the

second and fourth quarters. Growth was largely driven by strong

application volumes in the first half of the year

• The UK mortgages portfolio is well positioned with low arrears

and a strong loan to value (LTV) profile. The Group has actively

improved the quality of the portfolio in recent years using robust

affordability and credit controls, while the balances of higher risk

legacy vintages have continued to reduce

• New to arrears in the UK mortgages portfolio have reduced in

2024. The Group continues to proactively monitor existing

mortgage customers as they reach the end of fixed rate deals

with customers’ behaviour remaining stable

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• The impairment credit of £194 million in 2024 increased,

compared to a credit of £51 million for 2023, due to

improvements in the economic outlook and stronger credit

performance

• Stage 2 loans and advances have reduced following

improvements to both the Group’s macroeconomic outlook and

observed performance, which more than offset the

redevelopment of the IFRS 9 staging approach and criteria

following adoption of a new ECL model. At 31 December 2024,

the significant increase in credit risk (SICR) quantitative trigger to

transfer accounts from Stage 1 to Stage 2 is defined as a doubling

of an account’s PD since origination

• Stage 3 loans and advances have reduced due to improved credit

performance and securitisation activity over 2024, which also

reduces total ECL. Improvements to the macroeconomic outlook

result in a reduction in Stage 3 ECL coverage

Credit cards

• Credit card balances increased to £16.2 billion (2023:

£15.8billion), due to higher demand for new cards and increased

spend

• The credit card portfolio is a prime book. New to arrears have

reduced in 2024 and repayment rates remained strong

• The impairment charge of £270 million for 2024 is lower than the

charge of £457 million in 2023 due to improvements in the

Group’s macroeconomic outlook, in combination with the

release of ECL judgemental adjustments raised to cover the risk

of increased defaults from high inflation and cost-of-living

pressures, given continued resilient portfolio performance. Total

ECL coverage also reduced as a result

• Improvements in the macroeconomic outlook also result in a

reduction in Stage 2 loans and advances, and Stage 2 ECL

coverage

• Resilient observed arrears and default performance has also

resulted in lower Stage 3 loans and advances. Stage 3 ECL

coverage was higher at 50.2 per cent (2023: 45.8 per cent)

following debt sale activity

UK unsecured loans and overdrafts

• UK unsecured loans and overdraft balances increased to

£10.7billion (2023: £8.5 billion) driven by organic balance growth

and lower repayments following a securitisation in the fourth

quarter of 2023

• Impairment charge of £272 million for 2024 is slightly higher than

the charge of £251 million for 2023, largely in overdrafts where

one-off benefits in the prior year have not repeated

• Improvements in the macroeconomic outlook and release of

inflation judgements reduce total ECL and coverage. Stage 3 ECL

coverage increased following debt sale activity

UK Motor Finance

• The UK Motor Finance portfolio remained broadly flat at

£15.6billion (31December 2023: £15.7 billion)

• Updates to Residual Value (RV) and Voluntary Termination (VT)

provisions held against Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) and

Hire Purchase (HP) lending are included within ECL and the

impairment charge. A combination of more stable used car prices

in the second half of the year, as well as utilisation of existing

judgement within this item results in a small decrease t

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£178million as at 31 December 2024 (31December 2023:

£187million)

• The impairment charge of £116million for 2024 is lower than the

charge of £169million for 2023 as RV provisions decreased

slightly year on year

Other

• Other loans and advances increased to £18.0 billion

(31December 2023: £16.6 billion), largely driven by the European

business

• Stage 3 loans and advances remained broadly stable at

0.8percent of total loans and advances (31 December 2023:

0.9per cent)

• There was an impairment credit of £7 million in 2024, compared

to a £5 million charge in 2023

Commercial Banking credit performance

Portfolio overview

• The Commercial portfolio credit quality remains broadly stable

and resilient, benefitting from a focused approach to credit

underwriting and monitoring standards and proactively

managing exposures to higher risk and cyclical sectors

• Credit strategies and policy remains robust, and within our credit

risk appetite tolerances. The Group remains cognisant of the

continued relatively elevated interest rate environment

especially in, but not limited to, sectors reliant upon consumer

discretionary spend. Risks include reduced asset valuation and

refinancing risk, a reduction in market liquidity impacting credit

supply and pressure on both household discretionary spending

and business margins

• The Group continues to review segments of our portfolios as

appropriate, ensuring our credit strategies, appetite, sensitivities

and mitigation action plans are up-to-date and suitable for rapid

action in response to both risks and opportunities, whilst

supporting clients in the right way and ensuring the Group is

protected. Credit Playbooks are in place to cover a number of

potential credit downside scenarios and these are regularly

reassessed and updated. Early warning indicators and risk

appetite metrics are in place to ensure the Group tracks and

takes action, where appropriate, including credit risk mitigation

• The Group continues to provide early support to customers in

difficulty through focused risk management via its Watchlist and

Business Support framework. The Group also balances prudent

risk appetite with ensuring support for financially viable clients

Impairments

• Impairment credit of £14 million, reduced from the prior year

which included a significant one-off write-back. The credit in

2024 reflected strong asset quality, a one-off release from model

loss rates and updated economic scenarios. The charge on new

and existing Stage 3 clients remains low

• Customer related ECL allowances decreased in the year to

£985million at 31December 2024 (31 December 2023:

£1,165million), driven by the one-off release in Commercial

Banking from loss rates used in the impairment model in the first

half of the year

• Stage 2 loans and advances decreased to £5,168million

(31December 2023: £7,987 million), largely as a result of

improvements in the Group’s macroeconomic outlook, with

93.2per cent of Stage 2 balances up to date (31 December 2023:

92.8 per cent). Stage 2 as a proportion of total loans and

advances to customers decreased to 5.8 per cent (31December

2023: 8.9 per cent). Stage 2 ECL coverage was higher at 6.1 per

cent (31December 2023: 5.6 per cent), with the increase in

coverage largely as a result of a reduction in Stage 2 balances

• Stage 3 loans and advances decreased to £1,839 million

(31December 2023: £2,068 million) and as a proportion of total

loans and advances to customers, reduced to 2.1 per cent

(31December 2023: 2.3 per cent). Stage 3 ECL coverage

increased to 26.9 per cent (31 December 2023: 24.1 per cent)

Risk management continued

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Total Group assets

Impairment charge (credit) by division – statutory and underlying

A

basis

Loans and

advances to

customers

£m

Loans and

advances to

banks

£m

Debt

securities

£m

Financial

assets at

fair value

through other

comprehensive

income

£m

Other

£m

Undrawn

balances

£m

2024

£m

2023

£m

UK mortgages   (188)    –    –    –    –    (6)    (194)    (51)

Credit cards   286    –    –    –    –    (16)    270    457

UK unsecured loans and

overdrafts   264    –    –    –    –    8    272    251

UK Motor Finance   115    –    –    –    –    1    116    169

Other   (7)    –    –    –    –    –    (7)    5

Retail   470    –    –    –    –    (13)    457    831

Business and Commercial

Banking   47    –    –    –    –    –    47    114

Corporate and Institutional

Banking   (10)    (7)    (6)    –    –    (38)    (61)    (625)

Commercial Banking   37    (7)    (6)    –    –    (38)    (14)    (511)

Insurance, Pensions and

Investments   –    –    –    –    (9)    –    (9)    (12)

Equity Investments and

Central Items   –    –    –    (3)    –    –    (3)    (5)

Total impairment charge (credit)   507    (7)    (6)    (3)    (9)    (51)    431    303

Insurance, Pensions and

Investments (underlying basis)

A

–    –    –    –    (7)    –    (7)    (7)

Total impairment charge (credit)

(underlying basis)

A

507    (7)    (6)    (3)    (7)    (51)    433    308

Asset quality ratio

A

0.10%   0.07%

Credit risk balance sheet basis of presentation

The balance sheet analyses which follow have been presented on two bases; the statutory basis which is consistent with the presentation

in the Group’s accounts and the underlying basis which is used for internal management purposes. A reconciliation between the two bases

has been provided.

In the following statutory basis tables, purchased or originated credit-impaired (POCI) assets include a fixed pool of mortgages that were

purchased as part of the HBOS acquisition at a deep discount to face value reflecting credit losses incurred from the point of origination to

the date of acquisition. The residual expected credit loss (ECL) allowance and resulting low coverage ratio on POCI assets reflects further

deterioration in the creditworthiness from the date of acquisition. Over time, these POCI assets will run off as the loans redeem, pay down

or as loans are written off.

The Group uses the underlying basis to monitor the creditworthiness of the lending portfolio and related ECL allowances because it

provides a different perspective of the credit performance of the POCI assets purchased as part of the HBOS acquisition. The underlying

basis assumes that the lending assets acquired as part of a business combination were originated by the Group and are classified as either

Stage 1, 2 or 3 according to the change in credit risk over the period since origination. Underlying ECL allowances have been calculated

accordingly. Unless otherwise stated, the following credit risk commentary is provided on an underlying basis.

The statutory basis also includes an accounting adjustment within UK Motor Finance required under IFRS 9 to recognise a continuing

involvement asset following the partial derecognition of a component of the Group’s finance lease book via a securitisation in the third

quarter of 2024.

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Total expected credit loss allowance – statutory and underlying

A

basis

At 31 Dec

2024

£m

At 31 Dec

2023

£m

Customer related balances

Drawn   3,191    3,717

Undrawn   270    322

3,461    4,039

Loans and advances to banks   1    8

Debt securities   4    11

Other assets   15    26

Total expected credit loss allowance   3,481    4,084

Acquisition fair value adjustment   170    253

Total expected credit loss allowance (underlying basis)

A

3,651    4,337

Of which: Customer related balances (underlying basis)

A

3,631    4,292

Of which: Drawn (underlying basis)

A

3,361    3,970

Movements in total expected credit loss allowance – statutory and underlying

A

basis

Opening ECL at

31 Dec 2023

£m

Write-offs

and other

1

£m

Income

statement

charge (credit)

£m

Net ECL

increase

(decrease)

£m

Closing ECL at

31 Dec 2024

£m

UK mortgages

2

1,115    (69)    (194)    (263)    852

Credit cards   810    (406)    270    (136)    674

UK unsecured loans and overdrafts   515    (264)    272    8    523

UK Motor Finance   342    (98)    116    18    360

Other   88    (14)    (7)    (21)    67

Retail   2,870    (851)    457    (394)    2,476

Business and Commercial Banking   538    (100)    47    (53)    485

Corporate and Institutional Banking   644    (79)    (61)    (140)    504

Commercial Banking   1,182    (179)    (14)    (193)    989

Insurance, Pensions and Investments   26    (2)    (9)    (11)    15

Equity Investments and Central Items   6    (2)    (3)    (5)    1

Total

3

4,084    (1,034)    431    (603)    3,481

UK mortgages (underlying basis)

A,4

1,368    (152)    (194)    (346)    1,022

Retail (underlying basis)

A

3,123    (934)    457    (477)    2,646

Insurance, Pensions and Investments (underlying basis)

A

26    (4)    (7)    (11)    15

Total (underlying basis)

A

4,337    (1,119)    433    (686)    3,651

1  Contains adjustments in respect of purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets.

2  Includes £53 million within write-offs and other relating to the securitisation of primarily legacy Retail mortgages, totalling £2.0 billion of gross loans and advances to customers.

3  Total ECL includes £20 million relating to other non-customer-related assets (31 December 2023: £45 million).

4  Includes £81 million within write-offs and other relating to the securitisation of primarily legacy Retail mortgages, totalling £2.0 billion of gross loans and advances to customers.

Total expected credit loss allowance sensitivity to economic assumptions – statutory and underlying

A

basis

The measurement of ECL reflects an unbiased probability-weighted range of possible future economic outcomes. The Group achieves this

by generating four economic scenarios to reflect the range of outcomes; the central scenario reflects the Group’s base case assumptions

used for medium-term planning purposes, an upside and a downside scenario are also selected together with a severe downside scenario. If

the base case moves adversely, it generates a new, more adverse downside and severe downside which are then incorporated into the ECL.

Consistent with prior years, the base case, upside and downside scenarios carry a 30 per cent weighting; the severe downside is weighted

at 10 per cent.

The following table shows the Group’s ECL for the probability-weighted, upside, base case, downside and severe downside scenarios, with

the severe downside scenario incorporating adjustments made to CPI inflation and UK Bank Rate paths. The stage allocation for an asset is

based on the overall scenario probability-weighted probability of default and hence the staging of assets is constant across all the

scenarios. In each economic scenario the ECL for individual assessments is held constant reflecting the basis on which they are evaluated.

Judgemental adjustments applied through changes to model inputs or parameters, or more qualitative post model adjustments, are

apportioned across the scenarios in proportion to modelled ECL where this better reflects the sensitivity of these adjustments to each

scenario. The probability-weighted view shows the extent to which a higher ECL allowance has been recognised to take account of

multiple economic scenarios relative to the base case; the uplift on a statutory basis being £445 million compared to £678 million at

31December 2023.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Probability-

weighted

£m

Upside

£m

Base case

£m

Downside

£m

Severe

downside

£m

UK mortgages   852    345    567    1,064    2,596

Credit cards   674    518    641    773    945

Other Retail   950    843    923    1,010    1,172

Commercial Banking   989    745    889    1,125    1,608

Other   16    16    16    16    17

At 31 December 2024   3,481    2,467    3,036    3,988    6,338

UK mortgages (underlying basis)

A

1,022    512    735    1,235    2,773

At 31 December 2024 (underlying basis)

A

3,651    2,634    3,204    4,159    6,515

UK mortgages   1,115    395    670    1,155    4,485

Credit cards   810    600    771    918    1,235

Other Retail   945    850    920    981    1,200

Commercial Banking   1,182    793    1,013    1,383    2,250

Other   32    32    32    32    32

At 31 December 2023   4,084    2,670    3,406    4,469    9,202

UK mortgages (underlying basis)

A

1,368    650    930    1,400    4,738

At 31 December 2023 (underlying basis)

A

4,337    2,925    3,666    4,714    9,455

Group loans and advances to customers

The following pages contain analysis of the Group’s loans and advances to customers by sub-portfolio. Loans and advances to customers

are categorised into the following stages:

• Stage 1 assets comprise of newly originated assets (unless purchased or originated credit-impaired), as well as those which have not

experienced a significant increase in credit risk. These assets carry an expected credit loss allowance equivalent to the expected credit

losses that result from those default events that are possible within 12 months of the reporting date (12 month expected credit losses).

• Stage 2 assets are those which have experienced a significant increase in credit risk since origination. These assets carry an expected

credit loss allowance equivalent to the expected credit losses arising over the lifetime of the asset (lifetime expected credit losses).

• Stage 3 assets have either defaulted or are otherwise considered to be credit-impaired. These assets carry a lifetime expected credit

loss.

• Purchased or originated credit-impaired assets (POCI) are those that have been originated or acquired in a credit-impaired state. This

includes within the definition of credit-impaired the purchase of a financial asset at a deep discount that reflects impaired credit losses.

Reconciliation between statutory and underlying bases of gross loans and advances to customers and expected credit loss

allowance on drawn balances

Gross loans and advances to customers Expected credit loss allowance on drawn balances

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

POCI

£m

Total

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Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

POCI

£m

Total

£m

At 31 December 2024

Underlying basis

A

405,324    48,075    9,021    –    462,420    736    1,199    1,426    –    3,361

POCI assets   (762)    (3,310)    (2,305)    6,377    –    –    (39)    (318)    357    –

Acquisition fair

value adjustment   –    –    –    (170)    (170)    –    –    –    (170)    (170)

Continuing use asset   798    –    –    –    798    –    –    –    –    –

36    (3,310)    (2,305)    6,207    628    –    (39)    (318)    187    (170)

Statutory basis   405,360    44,765    6,716    6,207   463,048    736    1,160    1,108    187    3,191

At 31 December 2023

Underlying basis

A

387,060    56,545    10,110    –    453,715    901    1,532    1,537    –    3,970

POCI assets   (1,766)    (3,378)    (2,963)    8,107    –    (1)    (65)    (400)    466    –

Acquisition fair

value adjustment   –    –    –    (253)    (253)    –    –    –    (253)    (253)

(1,766)    (3,378)    (2,963)    7,854    (253)    (1)    (65)    (400)    213    (253)

Statutory basis   385,294    53,167    7,147    7,854    453,462    900    1,467    1,137    213    3,717

l

1

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Loans and advances to customers and expected credit loss allowance – statutory and underlying

A

basis

At 31 December 2024

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

POCI

£m

Total

£m

Stage 2 as % of

total

%

Stage 3 as % of

total

%

Loans and advances to customers

UK mortgages   269,760    32,995    4,166    6,207    313,128   10.5   1.3

Credit cards   13,534    2,441    265    –    16,240   15.0   1.6

UK unsecured loans and overdrafts   9,314    1,247    175    –    10,736   11.6   1.6

UK Motor Finance   13,897    2,398    124    –    16,419   14.6   0.8

Other   17,373    516    147    –    18,036   2.9   0.8

Retail   323,878    39,597    4,877    6,207    374,559   10.6   1.3

Business and Commercial Banking   25,785    3,172    1,197    –    30,154   10.5   4.0

Corporate and Institutional Banking   55,692    1,996    642    –    58,330   3.4   1.1

Commercial Banking   81,477    5,168    1,839    –    88,484   5.8   2.1

Equity Investments and Central Items

1

5    –    –    –    5   –   –

Total gross lending   405,360    44,765    6,716    6,207    463,048   9.7   1.5

UK mortgages (underlying basis)

A,2

270,522    36,305    6,471    313,298   11.6   2.1

UK Motor Finance (underlying basis)

A,3

13,099    2,398    124    15,621   15.4   0.8

Retail (underlying basis)

A

323,842    42,907    7,182    373,931   11.5   1.9

Total gross lending (underlying basis)

A

405,324    48,075    9,021    462,420   10.4   2.0

Customer related ECL allowance (drawn and undrawn)

UK mortgages   55    275    335    187    852

Credit cards   210    331    133    –    674

UK unsecured loans and overdrafts   170    235    118    –    523

UK Motor Finance

4

173    115    72    –    360

Other   16    14    37    –    67

Retail   624    970    695    187    2,476

Business and Commercial Banking   132    187    166    –    485

Corporate and Institutional Banking   122    129    249    –    500

Commercial Banking   254    316    415    –    985

Equity Investments and Central Items   –    –    –    –    –

Total   878    1,286    1,110    187    3,461

UK mortgages (underlying basis)

A,2

55    314    653    1,022

UK Motor Finance (underlying basis)

A,3

173    115    72    360

Retail (underlying basis)

A

624    1,009    1,013    2,646

Total (underlying basis)

A

878    1,325    1,428    3,631

Customer related ECL allowance (drawn and undrawn) as a percentage of loans and advances to customers

Stage 1

%

Stage 2

%

Stage 3

%

POCI

%

Total

%

Adjusted

Stage 3

5

%

Adjusted

Total

5

%

UK mortgages  –   0.8   8.0   3.0   0.3

Credit cards  1.6   13.6   50.2   –   4.2

UK unsecured loans and overdrafts  1.8   18.8   67.4   –   4.9

UK Motor Finance  1.2   4.8   58.1   –   2.2

Other  0.1   2.7   25.2   –   0.4

Retail  0.2   2.4   14.3   3.0   0.7

Business and Commercial Banking  0.5   5.9   13.9   –   1.6   18.4   1.6

Corporate and Institutional Banking  0.2   6.5   38.8   –   0.9   38.8   0.9

Commercial Banking  0.3   6.1   22.6   –   1.1   26.9   1.1

Equity Investments and Central Items  –   –   –   –   –

Total  0.2   2.9   16.5   3.0   0.7   17.3   0.7

UK mortgages (underlying basis)

A,2

–   0.9   10.1   0.3

UK Motor Finance (underlying basis)

A,3

1.3   4.8   58.1   2.3

Retail (underlying basis)

A

0.2   2.4   14.1   0.7

Total (underlying basis)

A

0.2   2.8   15.8   0.8   16.4   0.8

1  Contains central fair value hedge accounting adjustments.

2  UK mortgages balances on an underlying basis

A

exclude the impact of the HBOS acquisition-relatedadjustments.

3  UK Motor Finance balances on an underlying basis

A

at 31 December 2024 exclude a finance lease gross up.

4  UK Motor Finance includes £178 million relating to provisions against residual values of vehicles subject to finance leases.

5  Stage 3 and Total exclude loans in recoveries in Business and Commercial Banking of £296 million and Corporate and Institutional Banking of £1 million.

Risk management continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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£m

Total

£m

Stage 2 as % of

total

%

Stage 3 as % of

total

%

Loans and advances to customers

UK mortgages   256,596    38,533    4,337    7,854    307,320   12.5   1.4

Credit cards   12,625    2,908    284    –    15,817   18.4   1.8

UK unsecured loans and overdrafts   7,103    1,187    196    –    8,486   14.0   2.3

UK Motor Finance   13,541    2,027    112    –    15,680   12.9   0.7

Other   15,898    525    144    –    16,567   3.2   0.9

Retail   305,763    45,180    5,073    7,854    363,870   12.4   1.4

Business and Commercial Banking   27,525    4,458    1,530    –    33,513   13.3   4.6

Corporate and Institutional Banking   52,049    3,529    538    –    56,116   6.3   1.0

Commercial Banking   79,574    7,987    2,068    –    89,629   8.9   2.3

Equity Investments and Central Items

1

(43)    –    6    –    (37)

Total gross lending   385,294    53,167    7,147    7,854    453,462   11.7   1.6

UK mortgages (underlying basis)

A,2

258,362    41,911    7,300    307,573   13.6   2.4

Retail (underlying basis)

A

307,529    48,558    8,036    364,123   13.3   2.2

Total gross lending (underlying basis)

A

387,060    56,545    10,110    453,715   12.5   2.2

Customer related ECL allowance (drawn and undrawn)

UK mortgages   169    376    357    213    1,115

Credit cards   234    446    130    –    810

UK unsecured loans and overdrafts   153    244    118    –    515

UK Motor Finance

3

188    91    63    –    342

Other   20    21    47    –    88

Retail   764    1,178    715    213    2,870

Business and Commercial Banking   140    231    167    –    538

Corporate and Institutional Banking   156    218    253    –    627

Commercial Banking   296    449    420    –    1,165

Equity Investments and Central Items   –    –    4    –    4

Total   1,060    1,627    1,139    213    4,039

UK mortgages (underlying basis)

A,2

170    441    757    1,368

Retail (underlying basis)

A

765    1,243    1,115    3,123

Total (underlying basis)

A

1,061    1,692    1,539    4,292

Customer related ECL allowance (drawn and undrawn) as a percentage of loans and advances to customers

Stage 1

%

Stage 2

%

Stage 3

%

POCI

%

Total

%

Adjusted

Stage 3

4

%

Adjusted

Total

4

%

UK mortgages  0.1   1.0   8.2   2.7   0.4

Credit cards  1.9   15.3   45.8   –   5.1   49.4   5.1

UK unsecured loans and overdrafts  2.2   20.6   60.2   –   6.1   65.6   6.1

UK Motor Finance  1.4   4.5   56.3   –   2.2

Other  0.1   4.0   32.6   –   0.5

Retail  0.2   2.6   14.1   2.7   0.8   14.2   0.8

Business and Commercial Banking  0.5   5.2   10.9   –    1.6   13.9   1.6

Corporate and Institutional Banking  0.3   6.2   47.0   –   1.1

Commercial Banking  0.4   5.6   20.3   –   1.3   24.1   1.3

Equity Investments and Central Items  –   66.7   –

Total  0.3   3.1   15.9   2.7   0.9   16.8   0.9

UK mortgages (underlying basis)

A,2

0.1   1.1   10.4   0.4

Retail (underlying basis)

A

0.2   2.6   13.9   0.9   13.9   0.9

Total (underlying basis)

A

0.3   3.0   15.8   0.9   15.8   0.9

1  Contains central fair value hedge accounting adjustments.

2  UK mortgages balances on an underlying basis

A

exclude the impact of the HBOS acquisition-relatedadjustments.

3  UK Motor Finance includes £187 million relating to provisions against residual values of vehicles subject to finance leases.

4  Stage 3 and Total exclude loans in recoveries in credit cards of £21million, UK unsecured loans and overdrafts of £16 million and Business and Commercial Banking of £327 million.

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At 31 December 2024

UK mortgages   28,909    191  0.7   1,869    38  2.0   1,240    22  1.8   977    24  2.5

Credit cards   2,174    248  11.4   149    43  28.9   83    24  28.9   35    16  45.7

UK unsecured loans

and overdrafts   630    129  20.5   439    52  11.8   131    36  27.5   47    18  38.3

UK Motor Finance   1,192    49  4.1   1,029    30  2.9   141    25  17.7   36    11  30.6

Other   103    3  2.9   321    7  2.2   37    2  5.4   55    2  3.6

Retail   33,008    620  1.9   3,807    170  4.5   1,632    109  6.7   1,150    71  6.2

Business and

Commercial Banking   2,445    154  6.3   426    18  4.2   176    10  5.7   125    5  4.0

Corporate and

Institutional Banking   1,903    125  6.6   45    1  2.2   6    –  –   42    3  7.1

Commercial Banking   4,348    279  6.4   471    19  4.0   182    10  5.5   167    8  4.8

Total   37,356    899  2.4   4,278    189  4.4   1,814    119  6.6   1,317    79  6.0

UK mortgages

(underlying basis)

A

31,510    216  0.7   2,000    41  2.1   1,559    27  1.7   1,236    30  2.4

Retail (underlying

basis)

A

35,609    645  1.8   3,938    173  4.4   1,951    114  5.8   1,409    77  5.5

Total (underlying

basis)

A

39,957    924  2.3   4,409    192  4.4   2,133    124  5.8   1,576    85  5.4

At 31 December 2023

UK mortgages   26,665    146  0.5   9,024    133  1.5   1,771    52  2.9   1,073    45  4.2

Credit cards   2,612    345  13.2   145    49  33.8   115    34  29.6   36    18  50.0

UK unsecured loans

and overdrafts   756    148  19.6   279    46  16.5   112    34  30.4   40    16  40.0

UK Motor Finance  735  30  4.1  1,120  30  2.7   138  21  15.2   34  10  29.4

Other   125    5  4.0   295    7  2.4   52    5  9.6   53    4  7.5

Retail   30,893    674  2.2   10,863    265  2.4   2,188    146  6.7   1,236    93  7.5

Business and

Commercial Banking   3,455    202  5.8   590    17  2.9   253    8  3.2   160    4  2.5

Corporate and

Institutional Banking   3,356    214  6.4   14    –    –    28    3  10.7   131    1  0.8

Commercial Banking   6,811    416  6.1   604    17  2.8   281    11  3.9   291    5  1.7

Total   37,704    1,090  2.9   11,467    282  2.5   2,469    157  6.4   1,527    98  6.4

UK mortgages

(underlying basis)

A

28,126    157  0.6   9,990    156  1.6   2,297    64  2.8   1,498    64  4.3

Retail (underlying

basis)

A

32,354    685  2.1   11,829    288  2.4   2,714    158  5.8   1,661    112  6.7

Total (underlying

basis)

A

39,165    1,101  2.8   12,433    305  2.5   2,995    169  5.6   1,952    117  6.0

1  Includes forbearance, client and product-specific indicators not reflected within quantitative PD assessments.

2  Includes assets that have triggered PD movements, or other rules, given that being 1 to 29 days in arrears in and of itself is not a Stage2 trigger.

3  Expected credit loss allowance on loans and advances to customers (drawn and undrawn).

The Group’s assessment of a significant increase in credit risk, and resulting categorisation of Stage 2, includes customers moving into early

arrears as well as a broader assessment that an up to date customer has experienced a level of deterioration in credit risk since origination.

A more sophisticated assessment is required for up to date customers, which varies across divisions and product type. This assessment

incorporates specific triggers such as a significant proportionate increase in probability of default relative to that at origination, recent

arrears, forbearance activity, internal watch lists and external bureau flags. Up to date exposures in Stage 2 are likely to show lower levels

of expected credit loss (ECL) allowance relative to those that have already moved into arrears given that an arrears status typically reflects

a stronger indication of future default and greater likelihood of credit losses.

Risk management continued

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Movements in balances for the year ended 31 December 2024 (audited)

The movement tables below are compiled by comparing the position at the end of the period to that at the beginning of the year. Transfers

between stages are deemed to have taken place at the start of the reporting period, with all other movements shown in the stage in which

the asset is held at the end of the period. Purchased or originated credit-impaired are not transferable.

Additions and repayments comprise new loans originated and repayments of outstanding balances throughout the reporting period.

The Group’s impairment charge comprises impact of transfers between stages, other changes in credit quality and additions and

repayments.

Advances written off have first been transferred to Stage 3 and then acquired a full allowance through other changes in credit quality.

Recoveries of amounts previously written off are shown at the full recovered value, with a corresponding entry in repayments and release of

allowance through other changes in credit quality.

Movements in the gross carrying amount for loans and advances to customers and for allowance for expected credit losses were as follows:

Gross carrying amount Allowance for expected credit losses

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

POCI

£m

Total

£m

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

POCI

£m

Total

£m

At 1 January 2024  385,294    53,167    7,147    7,854   453,462    900    1,467    1,137    213    3,717

Exchange and other adjustments

1

(910)    (23)    (74)    12    (995)    (12)    (6)    21    53    56

Transfers to Stage 1   25,658    (25,607)    (51)    –    413    (404)    (9)    –

Transfers to Stage 2  (25,390)    25,967    (577)    –    (66)    126    (60)    –

Transfers to Stage 3   (1,104)    (2,119)    3,223    –    (21)    (178)    199    –

Net change in ECL

due to transfers   (293)    340    303    350

Impact of transfers between stages

2

(836)    (1,759)    2,595    –    33    (116)    433    350

Other changes in credit quality

2

(130)    (66)    709    66    579

Additions and repayments   22,529    (6,140)    (1,612)    (910)    13,867    (50)    (107)    (193)    (72)    (422)

Charge (credit) to the income

statement   (147)    (289)    949    (6)    507

Disposals and derecognition

3

(717)    (480)    (366)    (694)    (2,257)    (5)    (12)    (25)    (18)    (60)

Advances written off   (1,174)    (55)    (1,229)    (1,174)    (55)    (1,229)

Recoveries of amounts previously

written off   200    –    200    200    –    200

At 31 December 2024  405,360    44,765    6,716    6,207   463,048    736    1,160    1,108    187    3,191

Allowance for

expected credit losses   (736)    (1,160)    (1,108)    (187)    (3,191)

Net carrying amount  404,624    43,605    5,608    6,020   459,857

Drawn ECL coverage

4

(%)  0.2   2.6   16.5   3.0   0.7

1  Exchange and other adjustments includes the impact of movements in exchange rates, discount unwind, derecognising assets as a result of modifications and adjustments in respect of

purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets (POCI). Where a POCI asset’s expected credit loss is less than its expected credit loss on purchase or origination, the increase in

its carrying value is recognised within gross loans, rather than as a negative impairment allowance.

2  Includes a credit for methodology and model changes of £24 million, split by stage as £20 million credit for Stage 1, £2 million charge for Stage 2, £15 million charge for Stage 3 and £21

million credit for POCI.

3  Relates to the securitisations of primarily legacy Retail mortgages.

4  Allowance for expected credit losses on loans and advances to customers as a percentage of gross loans and advances to customers.

The total allowance for expected credit losses includes £178 million (2023: £187 million) in respect of residual value impairment and

voluntary terminations within the Group’s UK Motor Finance business.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Movements in Retail UK mortgage balances were as follows:

Gross carrying amount Allowance for expected credit losses

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

POCI

£m

Total

£m

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

POCI

£m

Total

£m

Retail – UK mortgages

At 1 January 2024  256,596    38,533    4,337    7,854   307,320    161    374    357    213    1,105

Exchange and other adjustments

1

–    –    –    12    12    1    –    50    53    104

Transfers to Stage 1   21,133    (21,105)    (28)    –    135    (132)    (3)    –

Transfers to Stage 2   (21,077)    21,473    (396)    –    (11)    32    (21)    –

Transfers to Stage 3   (299)    (1,341)    1,640    –    –    (39)    39    –

Net change in ECL due to transfers   (122)    114    56    48

Impact of transfers between stages

2

(243)    (973)    1,216    –    2    (25)    71    48

Other changes in credit quality

2

(94)    (19)    26    66    (21)

Additions and repayments   13,901    (4,143)    (956)    (910)    7,892    (16)    (48)    (79)    (72)    (215)

Charge (credit) to the income

statement   (108)    (92)    18    (6)    (188)

Disposals and derecognition

3

(494)    (422)    (366)    (694)    (1,976)    (1)    (9)    (25)    (18)    (53)

Advances written off   (70)    (55)    (125)    (70)    (55)    (125)

Recoveries of amounts previously

written off   5    –    5    5    –    5

At 31 December 2024  269,760    32,995    4,166    6,207    313,128    53    273    335    187    848

Allowance for expected credit losses   (53)    (273)    (335)    (187)    (848)

Net carrying amount  269,707    32,722    3,831    6,020   312,280

Drawn ECL coverage

4

(%)  –   0.8   8.0   3.0   0.3

1  Exchange and other adjustments includes the impact of movements in exchange rates, discount unwind, derecognising assets as a result of modifications and adjustments in respect of

purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets (POCI). Where a POCI asset’s expected credit loss is less than its expected credit loss on purchase or origination, the increase in

its carrying value is recognised within gross loans, rather than as a negative impairment allowance.

2  Includes a charge for methodology and model changes of £7 million, split by stage as £1 million charge for Stage 1, £9 million charge for Stage 2, £18 million charge for Stage 3 and £21

million credit for POCI.

3  Relates to the securitisations of primarily legacy Retail mortgages.

4  Allowance for expected credit losses on loans and advances to customers as a percentage of gross loans and advances to customers.

Movements in Retail credit cards were as follows:

Gross carrying amount Allowance for expected credit losses

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

Total

£m

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

Total

£m

Retail – credit cards

At 1 January 2024   12,625    2,908    284    15,817    168    401    130    699

Exchange and other adjustments   –    –    –    –    –    –    (18)    (18)

Transfers to Stage 1   1,162    (1,162)    –    –    128    (128)    –    –

Transfers to Stage 2   (642)    683    (41)    –    (13)    31    (18)    –

Transfers to Stage 3   (184)    (241)    425    –    (5)    (65)    70    –

Net change in ECL due to transfers   (71)    84    84    97

Impact of transfers between stages   336    (720)    384    –    39    (78)    136    97

Other changes in credit quality   (31)    (22)    284    231

Additions and repayments   573    253    (15)    811    (27)    (4)    (11)    (42)

Charge to the income statement   (19)    (104)    409    286

Advances written off   (506)    (506)    (506)    (506)

Recoveries of amounts previously written off   118    118    118    118

At 31 December 2024   13,534    2,441    265    16,240    149    297    133    579

Allowance for expected credit losses   (149)    (297)    (133)    (579)

Net carrying amount   13,385    2,144    132    15,661

Drawn ECL coverage

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(%)  1.1   12.2   50.2   3.6

1  Allowance for expected credit losses on loans and advances to customers as a percentage of gross loans and advances to customers.

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Movements in Commercial Banking lending were as follows:

Gross carrying amount Allowance for expected credit losses

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

Total

£m

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

Total

£m

Commercial Banking

At 1 January 2024   79,574    7,987    2,068    89,629    232    372    418    1,022

Exchange and other adjustments   (103)    (5)    (64)    (172)    (13)    (5)    1    (17)

Transfers to Stage 1   2,361    (2,347)    (14)    –    86    (85)    (1)    –

Transfers to Stage 2   (1,850)    1,951    (101)    –    (12)    13    (1)    –

Transfers to Stage 3   (301)    (258)    559    –    (4)    (19)    23    –

Net change in ECL due to transfers   (63)    70    62    69

Impact of transfers between stages

1

210    (654)    444    –    7    (21)    83    69

Other changes in credit quality

1

(11)    (20)    152    121

Additions and repayments   1,796    (2,160)    (449)    (813)    (10)    (62)    (81)    (153)

Charge to the income statement   (14)    (103)    154    37

Advances written off   (163)    (163)    (163)    (163)

Recoveries of amounts previously written off   3    3    3    3

At 31 December 2024   81,477    5,168    1,839    88,484    205    264    413    882

Allowance for expected credit losses   (205)    (264)    (413)    (882)

Net carrying amount   81,272    4,904    1,426    87,602

Drawn ECL coverage

2

(%)  0.3   5.1   22.5   1.0

1  Includes a credit for methodology and model changes of £25 million, split by stage as £17 million credit for Stage 1, £8 million credit for Stage 2 and £nil for Stage3.

2  Allowance for expected credit losses on loans and advances to customers as a percentage of gross loans and advances to customers.

Movements in balances for the year ended 31 December 2023 (audited)

Exchange and other adjustments

1

1,830    (24)    (6)    18    1,818    (7)    (1)    105    67    164

Transfers to Stage 1   18,991    (18,953)    (38)    –    401    (393)    (8)    –

Transfers to Stage 2   (18,010)    18,592    (582)    –    (53)    121    (68)    –

Transfers to Stage 3   (1,216)    (2,507)    3,723    –    (13)    (223)    236    –

Net change in ECL

due to transfers   (260)    402    312    454

Impact of transfers between stages   (235)    (2,868)    3,103    –    75    (93)    472    454

Other changes in credit quality

2

105    (103)    804    8    814

Additions and repayments   6,393    (4,213)    (2,353)    (1,043)    (1,216)    81    (85)    (862)    (81)    (947)

Charge (credit) to the income

statement   261    (281)    414    (73)    321

Disposals and derecognition

3

(3,685)    (892)    (122)    (743)    (5,442)    (54)    (59)    (24)    (34)    (171)

Advances written off   (1,231)    –    (1,231)    (1,231)    –    (1,231)

Recoveries of amounts previously

written off   116    –    116    116    –    116

At 31 December 2023  385,294    53,167    7,147    7,854   453,462    900    1,467    1,137    213    3,717

Allowance for

expected credit losses   (900)    (1,467)    (1,137)    (213)    (3,717)

Net carrying amount  384,394    51,700    6,010    7,641   449,745

Drawn ECL coverage

4

(%)  0.2   2.8   15.9   2.7   0.8

Gross carrying amount Allowance for expected credit losses

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

POCI

£m

Total

£m

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

POCI

£m

Total

£m

At 1 January 2023   380,991    61,164    7,640    9,622    459,417    700    1,808    1,757    253    4,518

1  Exchange and other adjustments includes the impact of movements in exchange rates, discount unwind, derecognising assets as a result of modifications and adjustments in respect of

purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets (POCI). Where a POCI asset’s expected credit loss is less than its expected credit loss on purchase or origination, the increase in

its carrying value is recognised within gross loans, rather than as a negative impairment allowance.

2  Includes a charge for methodology and model changes of £60 million, split by stage as £96 million charge for Stage 1, £33 million credit for Stage 2, £1 million credit for Stage 3 and

£2million credit for POCI.

3  Relates to the securitisations of primarily legacy Retail mortgages and Retail unsecured loans.

4  Allowance for expected credit losses on loans and advances to customers as a percentage of gross loans and advances to customers.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Movements in Retail UK mortgage balances were as follows:

Gross carrying amount Allowance for expected credit losses

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

POCI

£m

Total

£m

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

POCI

£m

Total

£m

Retail – UK mortgages

At 1 January 2023   257,517    41,783    3,416    9,622    312,338    91    552    311    253    1,207

Exchange and other adjustments

1

–    –    –    18    18    –    –    53    67    120

Transfers to Stage 1   12,202    (12,195)    (7)    –    66    (65)    (1)    –

Transfers to Stage 2   (12,673)    13,103    (430)    –    (7)    33    (26)    –

Transfers to Stage 3   (450)    (1,656)    2,106    –    –    (66)    66    –

Net change in ECL due to transfers   (50)    91    115    156

Impact of transfers between stages   (921)    (748)    1,669    –    9    (7)    154    156

Other changes in credit quality

2

43    (104)    14    8    (39)

Additions and repayments   1,202    (1,955)    (553)    (1,043)    (2,349)    19    (49)    (67)    (81)    (178)

Charge (credit) to the income

statement   71    (160)    101    (73)    (61)

Disposals and derecognition

3

(1,202)    (547)    (94)    (743)    (2,586)    (1)    (18)    (7)    (34)    (60)

Advances written off   (108)    –    (108)    (108)    –    (108)

Recoveries of amounts previously

written off   7    –    7    7    –    7

At 31 December 2023  256,596    38,533    4,337    7,854   307,320    161    374    357    213    1,105

Allowance for expected credit losses   (161)    (374)    (357)    (213)    (1,105)

Net carrying amount  256,435    38,159    3,980    7,641   306,215

Drawn ECL coverage

4

(%)  0.1   1.0   8.2   2.7   0.4

1  Exchange and other adjustments includes the impact of movements in exchange rates, discount unwind, derecognising assets as a result of modifications and adjustments in respect of

purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets (POCI). Where a POCI asset’s expected credit loss is less than its expected credit loss on purchase or origination, the increase in

its carrying value is recognised within gross loans, rather than as a negative impairment allowance.

2  Includes a charge for methodology and model changes of £74 million, split by stage as £91 million charge for Stage 1, £12 million credit for Stage 2, £3 million credit for Stage 3 and

£2million credit for POCI.

3  Relates to the securitisations of primarily legacy Retail mortgages.

4  Allowance for expected credit losses on loans and advances to customers as a percentage of gross loans and advances to customers.

Movements in Retail credit cards were as follows:

Gross carrying amount Allowance for expected credit losses

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

Total

£m

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

Total

£m

Retail – credit cards

At 1 January 2023   11,416    3,287    289    14,992    120    433    113    666

Exchange and other adjustments   –    –    –    –    –    –    (16)    (16)

Transfers to Stage 1   1,311    (1,308)    (3)    –    142    (141)    (1)    –

Transfers to Stage 2   (744)    782    (38)    –    (11)    28    (17)    –

Transfers to Stage 3   (172)    (266)    438    –    (4)    (69)    73    –

Net changes in ECL due to transfers   (80)    125    80    125

Impact of transfers between stages   395    (792)    397    –    47    (57)    135    125

Other changes in credit quality

1

15    9    298    322

Additions and repayments   814    413    (13)    1,214    (14)    16    (11)    (9)

Charge to the income statement   48    (32)    422    438

Advances written off   (449)    (449)    (449)    (449)

Recoveries of amounts previously written off   60    60    60    60

At 31 December 2023   12,625    2,908    284    15,817    168    401    130    699

Allowance for expected credit losses   (168)    (401)    (130)    (699)

Net carrying amount   12,457    2,507    154    15,118

Drawn ECL coverage

2

(%)  1.3   13.8   45.8   4.4

1  Includes a credit for methodology and model changes of £18 million, split by stage as £2 million charge for Stage 1, £20 million credit for Stage 2 and £nil for Stage 3.

2  Allowance for expected credit losses on loans and advances to customers as a percentage of gross loans and advances to customers.

Risk management continued

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Movements in Commercial Banking lending were as follows:

Gross carrying amount Allowance for expected credit losses

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

Total

£m

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

Total

£m

Commercial Banking

At 1 January 2023   80,509    11,493    3,371    95,373    214    414    1,070    1,698

Exchange and other adjustments   (968)    (14)    (6)    (988)    (6)    –    83    77

Transfers to Stage 1   4,026    (4,011)    (15)    –    101    (101)    –    –

Transfers to Stage 2   (3,074)    3,143    (69)    –    (16)    19    (3)    –

Transfers to Stage 3   (369)    (327)    696    –    (3)    (26)    29    –

Net changes in ECL due to transfers   (76)    117    32    73

Impact of transfers between stages   583    (1,195)    612    –    6    9    58    73

Other changes in credit quality   17    9    230    256

Additions and repayments   (550)    (2,297)    (1,657)    (4,504)    1    (60)    (771)    (830)

Charge to the income statement   24    (42)    (483)    (501)

Advances written off   (256)    (256)    (256)    (256)

Recoveries of amounts previously written off   4    4    4    4

At 31 December 2023   79,574    7,987    2,068    89,629    232    372    418    1,022

Allowance for expected credit losses   (232)    (372)    (418)    (1,022)

Net carrying amount   79,342    7,615    1,650    88,607

Drawn ECL coverage

1

(%)  0.3   4.7   20.2   1.1

1  Allowance for expected credit losses on loans and advances to customers as a percentage of gross loans and advances to customers.

Credit quality of loans and advances to customers (audited)

The analysis of lending has been prepared based on the division in which the asset is held, with the business segment in which the exposure

is recorded reflected in the ratings system applied. The internal credit ratings systems used by the Group differ between Retail and

Commercial, reflecting the characteristics of these exposures and the way that they are managed internally; these credit ratings are set out

below. All probabilities of default (PDs) include forward-looking information and are based on 12-month values, with the exception of

credit-impaired.

Retail Commercial

Quality classification IFRS 9 PD range Quality classification IFRS 9 PD range

RMS 1–3 0.00–0.80% CMS 1–5 0.000–0.100%

RMS 4–6 0.81–4.50% CMS 6–10 0.101–0.500%

RMS 7–9 4.51–14.00% CMS 11–14 0.501–3.000%

RMS 10 14.01–20.00% CMS 15–18 3.001–20.000%

RMS 11–13 20.01–99.99% CMS 19 20.001–99.999%

RMS 14 100.00% CMS 20–23 100.000%

Stage 3 assets include balances of £297 million (2023: £364 million) (with outstanding amounts due of £971 million (2023: £1,167million))

which have been subject to a partial write-off and where the Group continues to enforce recovery action.

There were no modifications of Stage 2 and Stage 3 assets during the year (2023: £180million). No material gain or loss was recognised by

the Group.

As at 31 December 2024 there were no (2023: £5million) significant assets that had been previously modified while classified as Stage 2 or

Stage 3 and were classified as Stage 1.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Drawn exposures Allowance for expected credit losses

Gross drawn exposures and expected credit

loss allowance (audited)

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

POCI

£m

Total

£m

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

POCI

£m

Total

£m

At 31 December 2024

Retail – UK mortgages

RMS 1–3   261,101    21,213    –    –    282,314    46    143    –    –    189

RMS 4–6   8,487    7,384    –    –    15,871    6    51    –    –    57

RMS 7–9   112    1,296    –    –    1,408    –    15    –    –    15

RMS 10   17    273    –    –    290    –    5    –    –    5

RMS 11–13   43    2,829    –    –    2,872    1    59    –    –    60

RMS 14   –    –    4,166    6,207    10,373    –    –    335    187    522

269,760    32,995    4,166    6,207    313,128    53    273    335    187    848

Retail – credit cards

RMS 1–3   5,058    10    –    –    5,068    11    1    –    –    12

RMS 4–6   7,231    1,129    –    –    8,360    87    52    –    –    139

RMS 7–9   1,242    859    –    –    2,101    51    107    –    –    158

RMS 10   3    149    –    –    152    –    31    –    –    31

RMS 11–13   –    294    –    –    294    –    106    –    –    106

RMS 14   –    –    265    –    265    –    –    133    –    133

13,534    2,441    265    –    16,240    149    297    133    –    579

Retail – UK unsecured loans and

overdrafts

RMS 1–3   1,207    2    –    –    1,209    3    –    –    –    3

RMS 4–6   7,020    484    –    –    7,504    98    27    –    –    125

RMS 7–9   1,047    307    –    –    1,354    40    36    –    –    76

RMS 10   31    111    –    –    142    3    22    –    –    25

RMS 11–13   9    343    –    –    352    1    112    –    –    113

RMS 14   –    –    175    –    175    –    –    118    –    118

9,314    1,247    175    –    10,736    145    197    118    –    460

Retail – UK Motor Finance

RMS 1–3   8,967    760    –    –    9,727    112    16    –    –    128

RMS 4–6   4,487    1,169    –    –    5,656    55    40    –    –    95

RMS 7–9   440    247    –    –    687    2    17    –    –    19

RMS 10   –    46    –    –    46    –    6    –    –    6

RMS 11–13   3    176    –    –    179    –    36    –    –    36

RMS 14   –    –    124    –    124    –    –    72    –    72

13,897    2,398    124    –    16,419    169    115    72    –    356

Retail – other

RMS 1–3   15,163    238    –    –    15,401    4    4    –    –    8

RMS 4–6   2,132    190    –    –    2,322    11    7    –    –    18

RMS 7–9   78    72    –    –    150    –    3    –    –    3

RMS 10   –    7    –    –    7    –    –    –    –    –

RMS 11–13   –    9    –    –    9    –    –    –    –    –

RMS 14   –    –    147    –    147    –    –    37    –    37

17,373    516    147    –    18,036    15    14    37    –    66

Total Retail  323,878    39,597    4,877    6,207   374,559    531    896    695    187    2,309

Commercial Banking

CMS 1–5   26,925    6    –    –    26,931    3    –    –    –    3

CMS 6–10   17,126    56    –    –    17,182    13    –    –    –    13

CMS 11–14   32,424    1,128    –    –    33,552    122    21    –    –    143

CMS 15–18   5,002    3,253    –    –    8,255    67    166    –    –    233

CMS 19   –    725    –    –    725    –    77    –    –    77

CMS 20–23   –    –    1,839    –    1,839    –    –    413    –    413

81,477    5,168    1,839    –    88,484    205    264    413    –    882

Other

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5    –    –    –    5    –    –    –    –    –

Total loans and advances to

customers  405,360    44,765    6,716    6,207   463,048    736    1,160    1,108    187    3,191

1  Drawn exposures include centralised fair value hedge accounting adjustments.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Drawn exposures Allowance for expected credit losses

Gross drawn exposures and expected credit loss

allowance (audited)

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

POCI

£m

Total

£m

Stage 1

£m

Stage 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

POCI

£m

Total

£m

At 31 December 2023

Retail – UK mortgages

RMS 1–3  226,740    4,137    –    –    230,877    123    37    –    –    160

RMS 4–6   29,637    27,037    –    –    56,674    38    151    –    –    189

RMS 7–9   219    2,713    –    –    2,932    –    37    –    –    37

RMS 10   –    590    –    –    590    –    13    –    –    13

RMS 11–13   –    4,056    –    –    4,056    –    136    –    –    136

RMS 14   –    –    4,337    7,854    12,191    –    –    357    213    570

256,596    38,533    4,337    7,854   307,320    161    374    357    213    1,105

Retail – credit cards

RMS 1–3   3,906    5    –    –    3,911    9    –    –    –    9

RMS 4–6   7,159    1,248    –    –    8,407    91    65    –    –    156

RMS 7–9   1,548    1,069    –    –    2,617    67    145    –    –    212

RMS 10   12    220    –    –    232    1    50    –    –    51

RMS 11–13   –    366    –    –    366    –    141    –    –    141

RMS 14   –    –    284    –    284    –    –    130    –    130

12,625    2,908    284    –    15,817    168    401    130    –    699

Retail – UK unsecured loans and

overdrafts

RMS 1–3   638    1    –    –    639    1    –    –    –    1

RMS 4–6   5,152    250    –    –    5,402    83    18    –    –    101

RMS 7–9   1,256    473    –    –    1,729    44    50    –    –    94

RMS 10   43    135    –    –    178    4    27    –    –    31

RMS 11–13   14    328    –    –    342    2    113    –    –    115

RMS 14   –    –    196    –    196    –    –    118    –    118

7,103    1,187    196    –    8,486    134    208    118    –    460

Retail – UK Motor Finance

RMS 1–3   9,979    569    –    –    10,548    142    12    –    –    154

RMS 4–6   2,791    998    –    –    3,789    41    29    –    –    70

RMS 7–9   769    228    –    –    997    3    13    –    –    16

RMS 10   –    63    –    –    63    –    7    –    –    7

RMS 11–13   2    169    –    –    171    –    30    –    –    30

RMS 14   –    –    112    –    112    –    –    63    –    63

13,541    2,027    112    –    15,680    186    91    63    –    340

Retail – other

RMS 1–3   13,613    240    –    –    13,853    3    4    –    –    7

RMS 4–6   2,197    186    –    –    2,383    16    13    –    –    29

RMS 7–9   –    86    –    –    86    –    4    –    –    4

RMS 10   –    6    –    –    6    –    –    –    –    –

RMS 11–13   88    7    –    –    95    –    –    –    –    –

RMS 14   –    –    144    –    144    –    –    47    –    47

15,898    525    144    –    16,567    19    21    47    –    87

Total Retail  305,763    45,180    5,073    7,854   363,870    668    1,095    715    213    2,691

Commercial Banking

CMS 1–5   14,100    7    –    –    14,107    2    –    –    –    2

CMS 6–10   30,534    124    –    –    30,658    32    –    –    –    32

CMS 11–14   31,210    2,927    –    –    34,137    133    59    –    –    192

CMS 15–18   3,719    4,115    –    –    7,834    65    232    –    –    297

CMS 19   11    814    –    –    825    –    81    –    –    81

CMS 20–23   –    –    2,068    –    2,068    –    –    418    –    418

79,574    7,987    2,068    –    89,629    232    372    418    –    1,022

Other

1

(43)    –    6    –    (37)    –    –    4    –    4

Total loans and advances to

customers  385,294    53,167    7,147    7,854   453,462    900    1,467    1,137    213    3,717

1  Drawn exposures include centralised fair value hedge accounting adjustments.

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Average PD grade (audited)

The table below shows the average PD for the major portfolios used in the calculation of ECL and therefore Stage 2 average PD reflects the

lifetime value. These reflect the forward-looking view under the Group’s base case scenario prior to the application of MES and post-model

adjustments which further impact ECL.

2024 2023

Stage 1

average PD

%

Stage 2

average PD

%

Stage 1

average PD

%

Stage 2

average PD

%

Retail

UK mortgages

1

0.29   26.13   0.57   17.60

Credit cards  1.80   22.21   2.14   23.02

UK unsecured loans and overdrafts  2.12   28.43   2.75   29.66

UK Motor Finance  0.65   10.62   0.61   10.00

Commercial Banking

Loans and advances to customers  0.93   22.95   0.92   22.55

1 2024 calculated using updated models.

Concentrations of exposure (audited)

The Group’s management of concentration risk includes portfolio controls on certain industries, sectors and products to reflect risk

appetite as well as individual, customer and bank limit risk tolerances. Credit policies and appetite statements are aligned to the Group’s

risk appetite and restrict exposure to higher risk countries and potentially vulnerable sectors and asset classes. Exposures are monitored to

prevent both an excessive concentration of risk and single name concentrations. The Group’s largest credit limits are regularly monitored by

the Board Risk Committee and reported in accordance with regulatory requirements. As part of its credit risk policy, the Group considers

sustainability risk (which incorporates environmental (including climate), social and governance) in the assessment of Commercial Banking

facilities.

At 31 December 2024 the most significant concentrations of exposure were in mortgages.

2024

£m

2023

£m

Agriculture, forestry and fishing   6,338    7,038

Construction

1

3,079    3,543

Energy and water supply   4,569    3,468

Financial, business and other services   36,924    35,112

Lease financing   17,144    17,374

Manufacturing   3,972    4,021

Mining and Quarrying

1

169    335

Personal:

Mortgages

2

330,840    323,627

Other   28,015    25,342

Postal and telecommunications   3,162    2,654

Property companies   19,252    20,904

Transport, distribution and hotels   9,584    10,044

Total loans and advances to customers before allowance for impairment losses   463,048    453,462

Allowance for impairment losses (note 21 to the consolidated financial statements, page 274)   (3,191)   (3,717)

Total loans and advances to customers   459,857    449,745

1  Mining and quarrying, previously included within construction, is now presented separately.

2  Includes both UK and overseas mortgage balances.

Risk management continued

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UK mortgages product analysis

At 31 December 2024 At 31 December 2023

Mainstream Buy-to-let Specialist Total Mainstream Buy-to-let Specialist Total

UK mortgages loans and advances to customers

(statutory basis)

1

Total UK mortgages (£m)   261,630    47,984    3,514    313,128    254,416    47,549    5,355    307,320

UK mortgages greater than 3 months in arrears

(excluding repossessions, underlying basis

A

)

Number of cases (cases) 20,112 4,511 2,818 27,441 23,123 5,037 4,726 32,886

Total mortgages accounts (%)  1.2   1.2   9.2   1.3   1.3   1.4   10.5   1.5

Value of loans

2

(£m)   2,910    651    531    4,092    3,094    692    806    4,592

Total mortgage balances (%)  1.1   1.4   14.7   1.3   1.2   1.5   14.7   1.5

Loan to value (underlying basis

A

)

Less than 60 per cent (%)   55.5    68.1    87.3    57.8    55.3    66.9    84.8    57.7

60 per cent to 70 per cent (%)   16.6    21.2    7.2    17.2    17.6    21.8    9.2    18.1

70 per cent to 80 per cent (%)   14.1    10.4    2.3    13.4    14.3    10.8    2.4    13.5

80 per cent to 90 per cent (%)   11.9    0.1    1.2    10.0    9.4    0.4    1.2    7.8

90 per cent to 100 per cent (%)   1.8    0.1    0.9    1.5    3.3    –    1.1    2.8

Greater than 100 per cent (%)   0.1    0.1    1.1    0.1    0.1    0.1    1.3    0.1

Total (%)   100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0

Average loan to value (underlying basis

A

)

3

Stock of residential mortgages (%)  43.2   47.4   33.2   43.7   43.1   48.1   35.0   43.6

New residential lending (%)  64.1   56.4  n/a  63.2   62.5   51.6  n/a  61.7

1  Balances include the impact of HBOS-related acquisition adjustments.

2  Value of loans represents total gross book value of mortgages more than three months in arrears; the balances exclude the impact of HBOS acquisition adjustments.

3  Average loan to value is calculated as total loans and advances as a percentage of the total indexed collateral of these loans and advances; the balances exclude the impact of HBOS

acquisition adjustments.

Interest-only UK mortgages

The Group provides interest-only mortgages to owner occupier mortgage customers whereby only payments of interest are made for the

term of the mortgage with the customer responsible for repaying the principal outstanding at the end of the loan term. At 31December

2024, owner occupier interest-only balances as a proportion of total owner occupier balances had reduced to 12.5per cent (31December

2023: 14.4 per cent). The average indexed loan to value remained low at 36.5 per cent (31December 2023: 36.9 per cent).

For existing interest-only mortgages, a contact strategy is in place during the term of the mortgage to ensure that customers are aware of

their obligations to repay the principal upon maturity of the loan. Treatment strategies are in place to help customers anticipate and plan

for repayment of capital at maturity and support those who may have difficulty in repaying the principal amount. A dedicated specialist

team supports customers who have passed their contractual maturity date and are unable to fully repay the principal. A range of

treatments are offered to customers based on their individual circumstances to create fair and sustainable outcomes.

Analysis of owner occupier interest-only UK mortgages (statutory basis)

At 31 Dec 2024 At 31 Dec 2023

Interest-only balances (£m)   33,023    37,278

Stage 1 (%)  39.4   54.7

Stage 2 (%)

1

44.5   27.6

Stage 3 (%)  5.5   5.6

Purchased or originated credit-impaired (%)  10.6   12.1

Average loan to value (%)  36.5   36.9

Maturity profile (£m)

Due   1,541    1,982

Within 1 year   1,012    1,129

2 to 5 years   8,209    8,803

6 to 10 years   10,772    13,918

Greater than 10 years   11,489    11,446

Past term interest-only balances (£m)

2

1,490    1,925

Stage 1 (%)  0.3   0.2

Stage 2 (%)  8.6   9.3

Stage 3 (%)  51.8   52.2

Purchased or originated credit-impaired (%)  39.3   38.4

Average loan to value (%)  35.2   35.2

Negative equity (%)  2.5   2.6

1  Includes adoption of a new ECL model, where the significant increase in credit risk (SICR) quantitative Stage 2 trigger is now defined as a doubling of an account’s PD since origination.

2  Balances where all interest-only elements have moved past term. Some may subsequently have had a term extension, so are no longer classed as due.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Collateral held as security for Retail loans and advances to customers (audited)

UK mortgages

An analysis by loan-to-value ratio of the Group’s UK residential mortgage lending is provided below. The value of collateral used in

determining the loan-to-value ratios has been estimated based upon the last actual valuation, adjusted to take into account subsequent

movements in house prices. The market takes into account many factors, including environmental considerations such as flood risk and

energy efficient additions, in arriving at the value of a home.

In some circumstances, where the discounted value of the estimated net proceeds from the liquidation of collateral (i.e. net of costs,

expected haircuts and anticipated changes in the value of the collateral to the point of sale) is greater than the estimated exposure at

default, no credit losses are expected and no ECL allowance is recognised.

At 31 December 2024 At 31 December 2023

Stage 1

(£m)

Stage 2

(£m)

Stage 3

(£m)

POCI

(£m)

Total

(£m)

Stage 1

(£m)

Stage 2

(£m)

Stage 3

(£m)

POCI

(£m)

Total

(£m)

Gross drawn exposures

Less than 60 per cent   145,055    27,851    3,014    5,066    180,986    145,285    22,739    3,209    6,209    177,442

60 per cent to 70 per cent   49,746    2,954    643    638    53,981    47,950    6,015    673    959    55,597

70 per cent to 80 per cent   40,292    1,168    307    232    41,999    36,413    4,506    290    333    41,542

80 per cent to 90 per cent   30,215    898    123    109    31,345    20,949    2,821    87    142    23,999

90 per cent to 100 per cent   4,420    109    36    63    4,628    5,981    2,389    30    91    8,491

Greater than 100 per cent   32    15    43    99    189    18    63    48    120    249

Total   269,760    32,995    4,166    6,207    313,128    256,596    38,533    4,337    7,854    307,320

Allowance for expected

credit losses

Less than 60 per cent   14    165    130    66    375    26    118    127    70    341

60 per cent to 70 per cent   11    51    77    36    175    31    90    99    48    268

70 per cent to 80 per cent   13    30    59    27    129    37    75    61    26    199

80 per cent to 90 per cent   13    23    32    17    85    48    53    27    20    148

90 per cent to 100 per cent   2    3    13    10    28    19    31    12    14    76

Greater than 100 per cent   –    1    24    31    56    –    7    31    35    73

Total   53    273    335    187    848    161    374    357    213    1,105

UK mortgages energy performance certificate analysis

The energy performance certificate (EPC) profile of the security associated with the Group’s UK mortgage portfolio is shown below:

EPC profile

A

£m

B

£m

C

£m

D

£m

E

£m

F

£m

G

£m

Unrated

properties

£m Total

At 31 December 2024   1,113    40,469    68,128    97,392    33,021    6,293    1,370    65,342    313,128

At 31 December 2023   971    41,250    64,466    95,958    34,327    6,663    1,465    62,220    307,320

The above data is sourced using the latest available government EPC information. The Group has no EPC data available for 20.9 per cent

(2023: 20.2 per cent) of the UK mortgage portfolio; this portion is classified as unrated properties.

EPC ratings are not considered to be a material credit risk factor, and do not form part of the Group’s credit risk calculations.

Other Retail lending

At 31 December 2024, Stage 1 and Stage 2 other retail gross lending amounted to £60,720 million (2023: £55,814 million). Stage 3 other

retail lending amounted to £351million, net of an impairment allowance of £360 million (2023: £378 million, net of an impairment

allowance of £358million).

Lending decisions are predominantly based on an obligor’s ability to repay rather than reliance on the disposal of any security provided.

Where the lending is secured, collateral values are rigorously assessed at the time of loan origination and are thereafter monitored in

accordance with business unit credit policy.

The Group’s credit risk disclosures for unimpaired other retail lending show assets gross of collateral and therefore disclose the maximum

loss exposure.

Risk management continued

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Retail forbearance

The basis of disclosure for forbearance is aligned to the FINREP reporting definitions. On a statutory basis forbearance for the major retail

portfolios reduced £

332 million to £3,550 million. This reduction was primarily driven by the impact of removing balances following UK

mortgage securitisations. The main customer treatments included are: repair, where arrears are added to the loan balance and the arrears

position cancelled; instances where there are suspensions of interest and/or capital repayments; and refinance.

Retail forborne loans and advances (statutory (audited) and underlying basis

A

)

Total

£m

Of which

Stage 2

£m

Of which

Stage 3

£m

Of which

POCI

£m

ECL as a % of

total loans and

advances

which are

forborne

1

%

At 31 December 2024

UK mortgages   2,984    618    1,161    1,146   4.8

Credit cards   271    87    149    –   33.0

UK unsecured loans and overdrafts   291    119    108    –   34.7

UK Motor Finance   4    3    1    –   18.8

Total   3,550    827    1,419    1,146   9.4

UK mortgages (underlying basis)

A

3,054    810    2,182   6.9

Total (underlying basis)

A

3,619    1,019    2,440   11.1

At 31 December 2023

UK mortgages   3,269    695    1,008    1,552   4.1

Credit cards   268    89    141    –   32.5

UK unsecured loans and overdrafts   275    107    108    –   35.5

UK Motor Finance   70    36    32    –   30.7

Total   3,882    927    1,289    1,552   8.8

UK mortgages (underlying basis)

A

3,374    1,012    2,343   7.1

Total (underlying basis)

A

3,987    1,244    2,624   11.2

1  Expected credit losses as a percentage of total loans and advances which are forborne are calculated excluding loans in recoveries for credit cards and loans and overdrafts (31

December 2024: £33 million; 31 December 2023: £55 million).

Commercial Banking forbearance

Commercial Banking forborne loans and advances reduced by £170 million to £2,219 million in 2024 (2023: £2,389 million), of which £1,784

million were in Stage 3 (2023: £1,946 million).

Collateral held as security for Commercial Banking loans and advances to customers (audited)

Stage 1 and Stage 2 secured lending

For Stage 1 and Stage 2 secured commercial lending, the Group reports assets gross of collateral and therefore discloses the maximum loss

exposure.

Stage 1 and Stage 2 secured commercial lending is predominantly managed on a cash flow basis. On occasion, it may include an assessment

of underlying collateral, although, for Stage 3 lending, this will not always involve assessing it on a fair value basis. No aggregated collateral

information for the entire unimpaired secured commercial lending portfolio is provided to key management personnel.

Stage 3 secured lending

The value of collateral is re-evaluated and its legal soundness reassessed if there is observable evidence of distress of the borrower; this

evaluation is used to determine potential loss allowances and management’s strategy to try to either repair the business or recover the

debt.

At 31 December 2024, Stage 3 secured commercial lending amounted to £450 million, net of an impairment allowance of £150 million

(2023: £507million, net of an impairment allowance of £133 million). The fair value of the collateral held in respect of impaired secured

commercial lending was £575 million (2023: £608million). In determining the fair value of collateral, no specific amounts have been

attributed to the costs of realisation. For the purposes of determining the total collateral held by the Group in respect of impaired secured

commercial lending, the value of collateral for each loan has been limited to the principal amount of the outstanding advance in order to

eliminate the effects of any over-collateralisation and to provide a clearer representation of the Group’s exposure.

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Commercial Banking UK Real Estate

• Commercial Banking UK Real Estate, including Business Banking, committed drawn lending stood at £9.3 billion at 31 December 2024

(net of £3.1billion exposures subject to protection through Significant Risk Transfer (SRT) securitisations). In addition there are undrawn

lending facilities of £2.8 billion to predominantly investment grade rated corporate customers

• The Group classifies Direct Real Estate as exposure which is directly supported by cash flows from property activities (as opposed to

trading activities, such as hotels, care homes and housebuilders). Exposures of £7.2 billion to social housing providers are also excluded

• Despite some headwinds, the portfolio continues to remain well positioned and proactively managed with conservative LTVs, good

levels of interest cover and appropriate risk mitigants in place

• Overall performance of the portfolio has remained resilient. The Group has seen improvement within this sector, with a decrease in

cases in its more closely monitored Watchlist category and limited flow into Business Support

• Lending continues to be heavily weighted towards investment real estate (c.91 per cent) rather than development. Of these investment

exposures, c.91 per cent have an LTV of less than 70per cent, with an average LTV of 45 per cent. The average interest cover ratio was

3.1 times, with 71 per cent having interest cover of above 2 times. In SME, LTV at origination has been typically limited to c.55 per cent,

given prudent repayment cover criteria (including notional base rate stress)

• The portfolio is well diversified with limited speculative commercial development lending (defined as property not pre-sold or pre-let at

a level to fully repay the debt or generate sufficient income to meet the minimum interest cover requirements). Approximately 47 per

cent of exposures relate to commercial real estate, including c.13 per cent secured by office assets, c.10 per cent by retail assets and c.12

per cent by industrial assets. Approximately 51 per cent of the portfolio relates to residential

• Recognising this is a cyclical sector, total (gross and net) and asset type quantum caps are in place to control origination and exposure.

Focus remains on the UK market and new business has been written in line with a prudent risk appetite criteria including conservative

LTVs, strong quality of income and proven management teams. Development lending criteria also includes maximum loan to gross

development value and maximum loan to cost, with funding typically only released against completed work, as confirmed by the

Group’s monitoring quantity surveyor

• Use of SRT securitisations also act as a risk mitigant in this portfolio, with run-off of these carefully managed andsequenced

LTV – UK Real Estate

At 31 December 2024

1,2

At 31 December 2023

1,2

Stage 1 and 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

Total

£m

Total

%

Stage 1 and 2

£m

Stage 3

£m

Total

£m

Total

%

Investment exposures

Less than 60 per cent   5,726    25    5,751   80.5    6,161    39    6,200   77.2

60 per cent to 70 per cent   700    46    746   10.5    986    9    995   12.4

70 per cent to 80 per cent   140    4    144   2.0    191    13    204   2.5

80 per cent to 100 per cent   26    67    93   1.3    96    45    141   1.8

100 per cent to 120 per cent   4    6    10   0.1    19    64    83   1.0

120 per cent to 140 per cent   4    –    4   0.1    11    38    49   0.6

Greater than 140 per cent   10    81    91   1.3    20    20    40   0.5

Unsecured

3

303    –    303   4.2    318    –    318   4.0

Subtotal   6,913    229    7,142   100.0    7,802    228    8,030   100.0

Other

4

512    67    579    369    19    388

Total investment   7,425    296    7,721    8,171    247    8,418

Development   731    8    739    776    71    847

Government Supported Lending

5

87    2    89    158    3    161

Total   8,243    306    8,549    9,105    321    9,426

1  Excludes Commercial Banking UK Real Estate exposures subject to protection through Significant Risk Transfer transactions.

2  Excludes £0.7 billion in Business Banking (31 December 2023: £0.5 billion).

3  Predominantly Investment grade corporate CRE lending where the Group is relying on the corporate covenant.

4  Mainly lower value transactions where LTV not recorded on Commercial Banking UK Real Estate monitoring system.

5  Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) and Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) lending to real estate clients, where government guarantees are in place at 100 per cent

and 80 per cent, respectively.

Risk management continued

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Credit quality of other financial assets (audited)

Cash and balances at central banks

Significantly all of the Group’s cash and balances at central banks are due from the Bank of England, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

or the Deutsche Bundesbank.

Debt securities, treasury and other bills, and contracts held with reinsurers at fair value through profit or loss

Substantially all of the Group’s trading assets and other loans and advances to customers, loans and advances to banks and reverse

repurchase agreements held at fair value through profit or loss have an investment grade rating. The credit quality of the Group’s other

debt securities, treasury and other bills, and contracts held with reinsurers held at fair value through profit or loss is set out below:

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Other financial assets mandatorily at fair value through profit or

loss:

Debt securities:

Government securities   7,093    –    7,093    8,009    –    8,009

Other public sector securities   2,286    2    2,288    2,303    7    2,310

Bank and building society certificates of deposit   8,667    –    8,667    7,504    –    7,504

Asset-backed securities   641    11    652    506    7    513

Corporate and other debt securities   13,984    2,899    16,883    17,076    3,049    20,125

32,671    2,912    35,583    35,398    3,063    38,461

Treasury and other bills   32    –    32    51    –    51

Contracts held with reinsurers   10,527    –    10,527    11,336    88    11,424

Total other financial assets mandatorily held at fair value

through profit or loss (excluding loans and advances and equity

shares)   43,230    2,912    46,142    46,785    3,151    49,936

1  Credit ratings equal to or better than ‘BBB’.

Credit risk in respect of trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss held within the Group’s unit-linked funds is

borne by the policyholders and credit risk in respect of With-Profits funds is largely borne by the policyholders. Consequently, the Group

has no significant exposure to credit risk for such assets which back those contract liabilities.

Loans and advances to banks

Significantly all of the Group’s loans and advances to banks are assessed as Stage 1.

Reverse repurchase agreement held at amortised cost

All of the Group’s reverse repurchase agreements held at amortised cost are assessed as Stage 1.

Debt securities held at amortised cost

At 31 December 2024 significantly all of the Group’s debt securities held at amortised cost are investment grade.

Debt securities at fair value through other comprehensive income (excluding equity shares)

At 31 December 2024 significantly all of the Group’s debt securities at fair value through other comprehensive income are investment

grade.

Derivative assets

The Group reduces exposure to credit risk by using master netting agreements and by obtaining collateral in the form of cash or highly

liquid securities.

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1

£m

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£m

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£m

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Other

£m

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£m

Trading and other   22,684    1,333    24,017    21,297    956    22,253

Hedging   39    9    48    99    4    103

Total derivative financial instruments   22,723    1,342    24,065    21,396    960    22,356

1  Credit ratings equal to or better than ‘BBB’.

Financial guarantees and loan commitments

The level of expected credit loss allowance associated with the Group’s financial guarantees and loan commitments is not significant.

At 31 December 2024, £143,914 million were Stage 1 (2023: £137,109 million), £4,565 million were Stage 2 (2023: £6,002 million), £101

million were Stage 3 (2023: £150 million) and £39 million was POCI (2023: £58 million). Against these exposures the Group held an

allowance for expected credit losses of £270 million (2023: £322 million).

Further details can be seen in note 21 to the consolidated financial statements on page 274.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Collateral held as security for other financial assets

The Group does not hold collateral against debt securities which are classified as financial assets held at amortised cost.

Reverse repurchase agreements

The Group enters into reverse repurchase agreements which are accounted for as collateralised loans (see note 16 to the consolidated

financial statements on page 258).

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (excluding equity shares)

Included in financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are reverse repurchase agreements, against which the Group holds collateral,

all of which the Group is able to repledge (see note 16 to the consolidated financial statements on page 258). At 31 December 2024,

£10,676 million had been repledged (2023: £9,926million).

These transactions were generally conducted under terms that are usual and customary for standard secured lending activities.

Derivative assets, after offsetting of amounts under master netting arrangements

The Group reduces exposure to credit risk by using master netting agreements and by obtaining collateral in the form of cash or highly

liquid securities (see note 16 to the consolidated financial statements on page 258).

Irrevocable loan commitments and other credit-related contingencies

The Group holds irrevocable loan commitments and other credit-related contingencies (see note 38 to the consolidated financial

statements on page 297). Collateral is held as security, in the event that lending is drawn down, on £17,181 million (2023: £13,036 million) of

these balances.

Collateral pledged as security

The Group pledges assets primarily for repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions which are generally conducted under

terms that are usual and customary for standard secured borrowing contracts.

Repurchase agreements

The Group enters into repurchase agreements which include amounts due under the Bank of England’s Term Funding Scheme with

additional incentives for SMEs (TFSME) (see note 16 to the consolidated financial statements on page 258).

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

Included in financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are repurchase agreements, against which the Group pledges collateral (see

note 16 to the consolidated financial statements on page 258). The secured party is permitted by contract or custom to repledge this

collateral.

Securities lending transactions

The following on-balance sheet financial assets have been lent to counterparties under securities lending transactions:

2024

£m

2023

£m

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss   889    633

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income   6,124    5,245

Total   7,013    5,878

In addition, securities held as collateral in the form of stock borrowed amounted to £20,887 million (2023: £17,280 million). Of this amount,

£11,781 million (2023: £9,363million) had been resold or repledged as collateral for the Group’s own transactions.

These transactions were generally conducted under terms that are usual and customary for standard secured lending activities.

Securitisations and covered bonds

In addition to the assets detailed above, the Group also holds assets that are encumbered through the Group’s asset-backed conduits and

its securitisation and covered bond programmes. Further details of these assets are provided in note 26 to the consolidated financial

statements on page 287.

Risk management continued

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Economic crime risk

Definition

Economic crime risk is defined as the risk that the

Group implements ineffective policies, systems,

processes and controls to prevent, detect and

respond to the risk of fraud and/or financial crime

resulting in increased losses, regulatory censure, fines

and/or adverse publicity in the UK or other

jurisdictions in which the Group operates.

Level two risks

Anti-bribery, Anti-money laundering, Fraud, Sanctions

The Risk overview, on page 36, contains a summary of economic crime

risk performance and key mitigating actions.

Exposures

The principal economic crime risks to the Group are:

• Bribery, including corruption

• Money laundering, including terrorist financing, proliferation

financing and the facilitation of tax evasion

• Sanctions

• Fraud, including intentional acts of deception or omission by

external or internal parties

All of the above could result in customer detriment, financial loss,

regulatory censure and/or reputational damage.

Measurement

Economic crime risk is measured using a suite of indicators reported

to the business unit and the Group economic crime risk

management committees. These indicators cover a variety of areas

such as the effectiveness of key controls, breaches and suspicious

activity report (SAR) disclosure rates. All are subject to ongoing

monitoring, including a periodic review of metrics and thresholds to

ensure they remain appropriate.

Mitigating actions

The Group adopts a risk-based approach to mitigate the economic

crime risks it faces, reflecting the current and emerging economic

crime risks within the market, and industry best practice.

Group-wide economic crime prevention policies and standards are

maintained to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory

requirements. The completion of a Group-wide risk assessment and

implementation of a comprehensive suite of systems, processes and

controls support the Group to detect and prevent the use of its

banking network for money laundering, bribery, fraud and activities

prohibited by legal and regulatory sanctions.

The Group’s economic crime prevention policy requires all

colleagues to complete mandatory economic crime training on at

least an annual basis. The Group’s fraud awareness programme

remains a key component of the fraud control environment.

In addition to its efforts internally, the Group also plays an active

role with other financial institutions, industry bodies and law

enforcement agencies in identifying and combatting economic

crime, including:

• Being an active member of UK Finance, where the Group sits as a

member of the Economic Crime Product and Service Board and

has representation on key economic crime committees and

panels. This includes attending the sanctions and fraud

committees, which are the industries’ primary forums for

considering and responding to issues of mutual interest

• Collaborating with peer banks and the National Crime Agency

(NCA) to further develop ‘Data Fusion’, a ground-breaking,

public-private partnership, which brings together targeted bank

transaction data from seven banks and overlays it with NCA

criminal intelligence as a key strategic capability in the UK’s

efforts to disrupt serious and organised crime

• Continuing a strategic partnership with City of London Police

and helping fund the Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit to

investigate fraud cases, target and where appropriate arrest and

gain prosecution of offenders

• Being a member of Cifas, the largest cross-sector fraud sharing

organisation

• Chairing the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce senior

management team and providing expert resource to the

National Economic Crime Centre’s operational threat cells

Monitoring

Monitoring and reporting of economic crime risk is undertaken at

Board, Group, legal entity and business unit and functional

committees. Each committee monitors key risks, control

effectiveness, indicators, events, risk appetite metrics and the

results of independent testing conducted by the Risk function and

Group Audit. Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) reports

are also presented annually to the relevant legal entity and Group-

level risk committees.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Financial risk indicators

• Life and Pensions sales (present value of new business premiums):

£18,249 million (2023: £17,449million)

• General Insurance total gross written premium: £737 million

(2023:£579 million)

Exposures

The major source of insurance underwriting risk within the Group

arises from the Insurance business.

Poor persistency is a major risk in the Life and Pensions business,

stemming from customer behaviour that leads to increased

cancellations or stopped contributions. Following the agreed sale of

the bulk annuity business (subject to High Court approval), longevity

risk has reduced but still exists in the individual annuity business and

the Group’s defined benefit pension scheme.

Page 248 provides

further information on the defined benefit scheme.

Property insurance risk is a key risk within the General Insurance

business, arising from home insurance. Exposures can arise, for

example, from extreme weather conditions such as flooding, when

property damage claims are higher than expected.

Expenses are incurred in writing all insurance business, with the risk

of costs being higher than expected managed through regular cost

initiatives and operating model reviews.

Measurement

Insurance underwriting risks are measured using a variety of

techniques including stress, reverse stress and scenario testing, as

well as stochastic modelling. Current and potential future insurance

underwriting risk exposures are assessed and aggregated across a

range of stresses with risk measures based on 1-in-200 year stresses

for the Insurance business’ regulatory capital assessments and other

supporting measures where appropriate, including those set out in

note 8 to the consolidated financial statements on page 236.

The Group's critical accounting judgements and key sources of

estimation uncertainty for its Insurance business are set out in

note 8 to the consolidated financial statements on page 236.

Mitigating actions

Insurance underwriting risk is mitigated in a number of ways:

• Risks are identified, measured, managed, monitored and

reported using the RCSA process

• Embedded insurance processes for underwriting, claims and

expense management, pricing, product design and use of

reinsurance

• Review and setting of demographic and expense best estimate

assumptions

• Exposure by risk type is assessed through the business planning

process and used as a control mechanism to ensure the profile is

within risk appetite

• Life Insurance exposure to demographic risks is mitigated

through the use of reinsurance, where there is a clear benefit

that outweighs the value of retaining the risks, or where there are

risks which are less well understood

• General Insurance exposure to accumulations of risk and possible

catastrophes is mitigated by reinsurance arrangements spread

over a range of reinsurers. Detailed modelling, including that of

the potential losses under various catastrophe scenarios,

supports the choice of reinsurance arrangements

Monitoring

Insurance underwriting risks are monitored by Insurance senior

executive committees and ultimately the Insurance Board.

Significant risks from the Insurance business and the defined benefit

pension schemes are reviewed by the Group Executive and Group

Risk Committees and Board.

Insurance underwriting risk exposures are monitored against risk

appetite with persistency, expenses and GI claims analysed

monthly. The Insurance business compares actual experience to

expectations, for example business volumes and mix, claims,

expenses and persistency experience. The effectiveness of controls

that manage insurance underwriting risk is evaluated and significant

divergences from experience or movements in risk exposures are

investigated and remedial action taken.

Risk management continued

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Insurance underwriting risk

Definition

Insurance underwriting risk is defined as the risk of

adverse developments in liabilities due to timing,

frequency and severity of claims for insured/

underwritten events, customer behaviour and

expense costs.

The Risk overview, on page 36, contains a summary of insurance

underwriting risk performance and key mitigating actions.

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Liquidity risk

Definition

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group does not have

sufficient financial resources to meet its

commitments when they fall due or can only secure

them at excessive cost.

Level two risks

Funding, Liquidity.

The Risk overview, on page 36, contains a summary of liquidity risk

performance and key mitigating actions.

Financial risk indicators

• Liquidity coverage ratio: 146 per cent (2023: 142 per cent)

• Net stable funding ratio: 129 per cent (2023: 130 per cent)

• Loan to deposit ratio: 95 per cent (2023: 95 per cent)

Exposure

Liquidity exposure represents the potential stressed outflows in any

future period less expected inflows. The Group considers liquidity

exposure from both an internal and a regulatory perspective.

Measurement

Liquidity risk is managed through a series of measures, tests and

reports that are primarily based on contractual maturities with

behavioural overlays as appropriate. The Group undertakes

quantitative and qualitative analysis of the behavioural aspects

of its assets and liabilities in order to reflect their expected

behaviour.

Mitigating actions

The Group manages and monitors liquidity risks and ensures that

liquidity risk management systems and arrangements are

adequate with regard to the internal risk appetite, Group

strategy and regulatory requirements. Liquidity policies and

procedures are subject to independent internal oversight by Risk.

Overseas branches and subsidiaries of the Group may also be

required to meet the liquidity requirements of the entity’s

domestic country. Management of liquidity requirements is

performed by the overseas branch or subsidiary in line with

Group policy. Liquidity risk of the Insurance business is actively

managed and monitored within the Insurance business. The

Group plans funding requirements over its planning period,

combining business as usual and stressed conditions. The Group

manages its liquidity position paying regard to its internal risk

appetite, Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and Net Stable Funding

Ratio (NSFR) as required by the PRA, the Capital Requirements

Directive (CRD V) and the Capital Requirements Regulation (UK

CRR) liquidity requirements.

The Group’s liquidity and funding position is underpinned by its

significant customer deposit base and is supported by strong

relationships across customer segments. The Group has consistently

observed that, in aggregate, the retail deposit base provides a stable

source of funding. Funding concentration by counterparty, currency

and tenor is monitored on an ongoing basis and, where

concentrations do exist, these are managed as part of the planning

process and limited by the internal liquidity and funding risk

monitoring framework, with analysis regularly provided to senior

management.

To assist in managing the balance sheet, the Group operates a

Liquidity Transfer Pricing (LTP) process which: allocates relevant

interest expenses from the centre to the Group’s banking businesses

within the internal management accounts; helps drive the correct

inputs to customer pricing; and is consistent with regulatory

requirements. LTP makes extensive use of behavioural maturity

profiles, taking account of expected customer loan prepayments

and stability of customer deposits, modelled on historic data.

The Group can monetise liquid assets quickly, either through the

repurchase agreements (repo) market or through outright sale. In

addition, the Group has pre-positioned a substantial amount of

assets at the Bank of England’s Discount Window Facility which can

be used to access additional liquidity in a time of stress. The Group

considers diversification across geography, currency, markets and

tenor when assessing appropriate holdings of liquid assets. The

Group’s liquid asset buffer is available for deployment at immediate

notice, subject to complying with regulatory requirements.

Liquidity risk within the Insurance business may result from: the

inability to sell financial assets quickly at fair value; an insurance

liability falling due for payment earlier than expected; the inability

to generate cash inflows as anticipated; an unexpected large

operational event; or from a general insurance catastrophe, for

example, a significant weather event. Liquidity risk is actively

managed and monitored within the Insurance business to ensure

that it remains within approved risk appetite, so that even under

stress conditions, there is sufficient liquidity to meet obligations.

Monitoring

Daily monitoring and control processes are in place to address

internal and regulatory liquidity requirements. The Group monitors a

range of market and internal early warning indicators on a daily

basis for early signs of liquidity risk in the market or specific to the

Group. This captures regulatory metrics as well as metrics the Group

considers relevant for its liquidity profile. These are a mixture of

quantitative and qualitative measures, including: daily variation of

customer balances; changes in maturity profiles; funding

concentrations; changes in LCR outflows; credit default swap (CDS)

spreads; and basis risks.

The Group carries out internal stress testing of its liquidity and

potential cash flow mismatch position over both short (up to one

month) and longer-term horizons against a range of scenarios

forming an important part of the internal risk appetite. The

scenarios and assumptions are reviewed at least annually to ensure

that they continue to be relevant to the nature of the business,

including reflecting emerging horizon risks to the Group. For further

information on the Group’s 2024 liquidity stress testing results refer

to page 186.

The Group maintains a Liquidity Contingency Framework as part of

the wider Recovery Plan which is reviewed and tested regularly and

is designed to identify emerging liquidity concerns at an early stage,

so that mitigating actions can be taken to avoid a more serious crisis

developing. The Liquidity Contingency Framework has a foundation

of robust and regular monitoring and reporting of key performance

indicators, early warning indicators and risk appetite by both Group

Corporate Treasury (GCT) and Risk up to and including Board level.

Where movements in any of these metrics and indicator suites point

to a potential issue, SME teams and their directors will escalate this

information as appropriate.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Liquidity and Funding management in 2024

The Group has maintained its strong funding and liquidity position

with a loan to deposit ratio of 95 per cent as at 31December 2024

(31 December 2023: 95 per cent). Total wholesale funding

decreased to £92.5billion as at 31December 2024 (31December

2023: £98.7 billion) driven by a reduction in Money Market funding.

The Group maintains access to diverse sources and tenors of

funding.

The Group’s liquid assets continue to exceed the regulatory

minimum and internal risk appetite, with a liquidity coverage ratio

(LCR) of 146 per cent (based on a monthly simple average over the

previous 12 months) as at 31 December 2024 (31 December 2023:

142 per cent) calculated on a Group consolidated basis based on the

PRA rulebook. The increase in the LCR resulted from a reduction in

net cash outflows, primarily from a reduction in wholesale funding.

All assets within the liquid asset portfolio are hedged for interest

rate risk. Following the implementation of structural reform,

liquidity risk is managed at a legal entity level with the Group

consolidated LCR representing the composite of the Ring-Fenced

Bank and Non-Ring-Fenced Bank entities.

LCR eligible assets have reduced to £134.4 billion (31 December

2023: £136.0 billion), driven by a reduction in wholesale funding. In

addition to the Group’s reported LCR eligible assets, the Group

maintains borrowing capacity at central banks which averaged

£72billion in the 12 months to 31 December 2024. The net stable

funding ratio remains strong at 129 per cent (based on a quarterly

simple average over the previous four quarters) as at 31December

2024 (31December 2023: 130 per cent).

During 2024, the Group accessed wholesale funding across a range

of currencies and markets with term issuance volumes totalling

£13.9 billion. The Group expects full-year wholesale issuance

requirements of less than £10.0 billion for 2025. The total

outstanding amount of drawings from the Bank of England’s Term

Funding Scheme with additional incentives for SMEs (TFSME) has

reduced to £21.9billion at 31December 2024 (31December 2023:

£30.0billion), with maturities in 2025, 2027 and beyond. The

repayment of TFSME has been factored into the Group’s funding

plans.

The Group’s credit ratings are well positioned and continue to

reflect the strength of the Group’s management and franchise,

along with its robust financial performance, capital and funding

position. In November 2024, Fitch upgraded the Group’s ratings by

one notch.

Group funding requirements and sources

At 31 Dec

2024

£bn

At 31 Dec

2023

£bn

Change

%

Group funding position

Cash and balances at central banks   62.7    78.1   (20)

Loans and advances to banks

1

7.9    10.7   (26)

Loans and advances to customers   459.9    449.7   2

Reverse repurchase agreements – non-trading   49.5    38.8   28

Debt securities at amortised cost   14.5    15.4   (6)

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income   30.7    27.6   11

Other assets

2

281.5    261.2   8

Total Group assets   906.7    881.5   3

Less other liabilities

2

(247.8)    (226.3)   10

Funding requirements   658.9    655.2   1

Wholesale funding

3

92.5    98.7   (6)

Customer deposits   482.7    471.4   2

Repurchase agreements – non-trading   15.9    7.7

Term Funding Scheme with additional incentives for SMEs (TFSME)   21.9    30.0   (27)

Total equity   45.9    47.4   (3)

Funding sources   658.9    655.2   1

1 Loans and advances to banks at 31 December 2023 excludes £0.1 billion within the Insurance business (31 December 2024: £nil).

2  Other assets and other liabilities primarily include balances in the Group’s Insurance business and the fair value of derivative assets and liabilities.

3  The Group’s definition of wholesale funding aligns with that used by other international market participants; including bank deposits, debt securities in issue and subordinated

liabilities. Excludes balances relating to margins of £2.8 billion (31 December 2023: £2.4 billion).

Risk management continued

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Reconciliation of Group funding to the balance sheet (audited)

At 31 December 2024 At 31 December 2023

Included in

funding

analysis

£bn

Cash

collateral

received

1

£bn

Fair value

and other

accounting

methods

2

£bn

Balance

sheet

£bn

Included in

funding

analysis

£bn

Cash

collateral

received

1

£bn

Fair value

and other

accounting

methods

2

£bn

Balance

sheet

£bn

At 31 December 2024

Deposits from banks   3.1    3.2    (0.1)    6.2    3.7    2.9    (0.4)    6.2

Debt securities in issue   77.2    –    (6.4)    70.8    82.9    –    (7.3)    75.6

Subordinated liabilities   12.2    –    (2.1)    10.1    12.1    –    (1.8)    10.3

Total wholesale funding   92.5    3.2    98.7    2.9

Customer deposits   482.7    –    –    482.7    471.4    –    –    471.4

Total   575.2    3.2    570.1    2.9

1  Repurchase agreements, previously reported within deposits from banks and customer deposits, are excluded

2  Includes the unamortised HBOS acquisition adjustments on subordinated liabilities, the fair value movements on liabilities held at fair value through profit or loss, and hedge

accounting adjustments that impact the accounting carrying value of the liabilities.

Analysis of 2024 total wholesale funding by residual maturity

Up to 1

month

£bn

1 to 3

months

£bn

3 to 6

months

£bn

6 to 9

months

£bn

9 to 12

months

£bn

1 to 2

years

£bn

2 to 5

years

£bn

Over

five years

£bn

Total

at 31 Dec

2024

£bn

Total

at 31 Dec

2023

£bn

Deposits from banks   1.5    0.7    0.5    0.2    0.2    –    –    –    3.1    3.7

Debt securities in issue:

Certificates of deposit

issued   0.7    1.3    1.7    1.0    0.8    –    –    –    5.5    7.8

Commercial paper   0.4    2.9    2.2    1.7    1.1    –    –    –    8.3    12.3

Senior unsecured notes

issued   2.4    4.1    1.8    1.7    0.3    5.2    18.8    12.2    46.5    44.5

Covered bonds   –    2.0    0.1    –    –    2.7    6.5    0.3    11.6    14.1

Securitisation notes   –    –    –    –    –    0.7    4.0    0.6    5.3    4.2

3.5    10.3    5.8    4.4    2.2    8.6    29.3    13.1    77.2    82.9

Subordinated liabilities   –    0.6    0.3    –    1.1    1.7    2.2    6.3    12.2    12.1

Total wholesale funding

1

5.0    11.6    6.6    4.6    3.5    10.3    31.5    19.4    92.5    98.7

1  The Group’s definition of wholesale funding aligns with that used by other international market participants; including bank deposits, debt securities in issue and subordinated

liabilities. Excludes balances relating to margins of £2.8 billion (31 December 2023: £2.4 billion).

Total wholesale funding by currency (audited)

Sterling

£bn

US dollar

£bn

Euro

£bn

Other

currencies

£bn

Total

£bn

At 31 December 2024   21.0    41.5    22.6    7.4    92.5

At 31 December 2023   26.0    39.7    25.1    7.9    98.7

Analysis of 2024 term issuance (audited)

Sterling

£bn

US dollar

£bn

Euro

£bn

Other

currencies

£bn

Total

£bn

Securitisation

1

1.3    –    0.4    –    1.7

Covered bonds   –    –    0.4    –    0.4

Senior unsecured notes   0.5    6.7    2.4    0.6    10.2

Subordinated liabilities   –    –    0.4    0.4    0.8

Additional tier 1   –    0.8    –    –    0.8

Total issuance   1.8    7.5    3.6    1.0    13.9

1  Includes significant risk transfer securitisations.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Liquidity portfolio

At 31 December 2024, the Group had £134.4 billion of highly liquid unencumbered LCR eligible assets, based on a monthly simple average

over the previous 12 months post any liquidity haircuts (31 December 2023: £136.0 billion), of which £128.5 billion was LCR level 1 eligible

(31December 2023: £131.3 billion) and £5.9 billion was LCR level 2 eligible (31 December 2023: £4.7 billion). These assets are available to

meet cash and collateral outflows and regulatory requirements. The Insurance business manages a separate liquidity portfolio to mitigate

insurance liquidity risk.

LCR eligible assets

Average

1

Change

%

2024

£bn

2023

£bn

Cash and central bank reserves   62.0    83.9   (26)

High quality government/MDB/agency bonds

2

63.6    44.7   4 2

High quality covered bonds   2.9    2.7   7

Level 1   128.5    131.3   (2)

Level 2

3

5.9    4.7   26

Total LCR eligible assets   134.4    136.0   (1)

1  Eligible assets are calculated as an average of month-end observations over the previous 12 months post any liquidity haircuts.

2  Designated multilateral development banks (MDB).

3  Includes Level 2A and Level 2B.

LCR eligible assets by currency

Sterling

£bn

US dollar

£bn

Euro

£bn

Other

currencies

£bn

Total

£bn

At 31 December 2024

Level 1   89.8    21.0    17.7    –    128.5

Level 2   2.6    1.7    1.1    0.5    5.9

Total

1

92.4    22.7    18.8    0.5    134.4

At 31 December 2023

Level 1   87.9    18.7    24.7    –    131.3

Level 2   2.0    1.9    0.5    0.3    4.7

Total

1

89.9    20.6    25.2    0.3    136.0

1  Eligible assets are calculated as an average of month-end observations over the previous 12 months post any liquidity haircuts.

The Group also has a significant amount of non-LCR eligible liquid assets which are eligible for use in a range of central bank or similar

facilities. Future use of such facilities will be based on prudent liquidity management and economic considerations, having regard to

external market conditions.

Stress testing results

Internal liquidity stress testing results at 31 December 2024 (based on a monthly simple average over the previous 12 months) showed that

the Group had liquidity resources representing 136 per cent of modelled outflows under the Group’s most severe liquidity stress scenario

(31December 2023: 136 per cent).

This scenario includes a two notch downgrade of the Group’s current long-term debt rating and accompanying one notch short-term

downgrade implemented instantaneously by all major rating agencies.

Encumbered assets

This disclosure provides further detail on the availability of assets that could be used to support potential future funding requirements of

the Group.

The disclosure is not designed to identify assets that would be available in the event of a resolution or bankruptcy.

The Group Asset and Liability Committee (GALCO) monitors and manages total balance sheet encumbrance, including via a defined risk

appetite. At 31 December 2024, the Group had £35.1 billion (31 December 2023: £38.0 billion) of externally encumbered on-balance sheet

assets with counterparties other than central banks. The decrease in encumbered assets was primarily driven by redemptions across

securitisations and covered bonds. The Group also had £747.2 billion (31 December 2023: £704.5 billion) of unencumbered on-balance

sheet assets, and £124.4 billion (31December 2023: £139.0 billion) of pre-positioned and encumbered assets held with central banks; the

decrease in the latter was primarily driven by amortisation to the underlying loan pools already pre-positioned at the Bank of England.

Primarily, the Group encumbers mortgages, unsecured lending, credit card receivables and car loans through the issuance programmes and

tradable securities through securities financing activity. The Group mainly pre-positions mortgage assets at central banks.

Risk management continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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counterparties other

than central banks

Pre-

positioned

and

encumbered

assets

held with

central banks

£m

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not pre-positioned

with central banks

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and covered

bonds

£m

Other

£m

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£m

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1

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2

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be used

3

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Total

£m

Total

£m

At 31 December 2024

Cash and balances at central banks   –    –    –    –    58,346    –    4,359    62,705    62,705

Financial assets at fair value through

profit or loss

4

32    2,091    2,123    813    2,949    –   210,040    212,989    215,925

Derivative financial instruments   –    –    –    –    –    24,065    24,065    24,065

Loans and advances to banks   –    1    1    –    1,170    4,483    2,246    7,899    7,900

Loans and advances to customers   16,852    5,420    22,272    122,426    14,910    244,310    55,939    315,159    459,857

Reverse repurchase agreements   –    –    –    –    –    –    49,476    49,476    49,476

Debt securities   –    1,541    1,541    –    7,494    –    5,509    13,003    14,544

Financial assets at amortised cost   16,852    6,962    23,814    122,426    23,574   248,793    113,170    385,537    531,777

Financial assets at fair value through

other comprehensive income   –    9,161    9,161    1,112    19,838    –    579    20,417    30,690

Other

5

–    –    –    –    –    442    41,093    41,535    41,535

Total assets   16,884    18,214    35,098    124,351    104,707   249,235    393,306    747,248   906,697

At 31 December 2023

6

Cash and balances at central banks   –    –    –    –    71,717    –    6,393    78,110    78,110

Financial assets at fair value through

profit or loss

4

35    2,818    2,853    –    1,321    –    199,144    200,465    203,318

Derivative financial instruments   –    –    –    –    –    –    22,356    22,356    22,356

Loans and advances to banks   –    –    –    –    1,612    7,423    1,729    10,764    10,764

Loans and advances to customers   18,354    3,857    22,211    139,004    14,651    215,145    58,734    288,530    449,745

Reverse repurchase agreements   –    –    –    –    –    –    38,771    38,771    38,771

Debt securities   –    1,635    1,635    –    5,756    –    7,964    13,720    15,355

Financial assets at amortised cost   18,354    5,492    23,846    139,004    22,019    222,568    107,198    351,785    514,635

Financial assets at fair value through

other comprehensive income   –    11,268    11,268    –    15,888    –    436    16,324    27,592

Other

5

–    –    –    –    –    419    35,023    35,442    35,442

Total assets   18,389    19,578    37,967    139,004    110,945    222,987    370,550   704,482    881,453

1  Assets regarded by the Group to be readily realisable in the normal course of business, to secure funding, meet collateral needs, or be sold to reduce potential future funding

requirements, and are not subject to any restrictions on their use for these purposes.

2  Assets where there are no restrictions on their use to secure funding, meet collateral needs, or be sold to reduce potential future funding requirements, but are not readily realisable in

the normal course of business in their current form.

3  The following assets are classified as unencumbered – cannot be used: assets held within the Group’s Insurance businesses which are generally held to either back liabilities to

policyholders or to support the solvency of the Insurance subsidiaries; assets held within consolidated limited liability partnerships which provide security for the Group’s obligations to

its pension schemes; assets segregated in order to meet the Financial Resilience requirements of the PRA’s Supervisory Statement 9/6 ‘Operational Continuity in Resolution’; assets

pledged to facilitate the use of intra-day payment and settlement systems; Bank of England Sterling Monetary Framework non-eligible collateral; reverse repos and derivatives balance

sheet ledger items.

4  Contains assets measured at fair value through profit or loss arising from contracts held with reinsurers, previously included within other assets; comparatives have been restated.

5  Other comprises: items in the course of collection from banks; investment properties; goodwill; value of in-force business; other intangible assets; tangible fixed assets; current tax

recoverable; deferred tax assets; retirement benefit assets; investments in joint ventures and associates and other assets; comparatives have been restated.

The above table sets out the carrying value of the Group’s encumbered and unencumbered assets, separately identifying those that are

available to support the Group’s funding needs. The table does not include collateral received by the Group that is not recognised on its

balance sheet, the vast majority of which the Group is permitted to repledge.

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Maturities of financial instrument liabilities (audited)

The table below analyses financial instrument liabilities of the Group, excluding those arising from insurance and participating investment

contracts, on an undiscounted future cash flow basis according to contractual maturity, into relevant maturity groupings based on the

remaining period at the balance sheet date; balances with no fixed maturity are included in the over 5 years category.

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At 31 December 2024

Deposits from banks   1,809    673    904    2,775    105    6,266

Customer deposits   437,693    14,873    24,811    6,127    256    483,760

Repurchase agreements at amortised cost   8,974    5,169    15,300    9,416    –    38,859

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss   15,208    3,965    1,803    2,102    7,078    30,156

Debt securities in issue at amortised cost   3,704    10,367    13,624    38,973    8,519    75,187

Liabilities arising from non-participating investment contracts   51,228    –    –    –    –    51,228

Lease liabilities   28    65    241    574    461    1,369

Subordinated liabilities   26    698    1,676    4,207    6,705    13,312

Total non-derivative financial liabilities   518,670    35,810    58,359    64,174    23,124    700,137

Derivative financial liabilities

Gross settled derivatives – outflows   100,432    61,356    43,231    34,795    22,505    262,319

Gross settled derivatives – inflows   (97,653)    (59,238)    (41,319)    (32,333)    (18,950)    (249,493)

Gross settled derivatives – net flows   2,779    2,118    1,912    2,462    3,555    12,826

Net settled derivative liabilities   10,432    92    109    404    1,557    12,594

Total derivative financial liabilities   13,211    2,210    2,021    2,866    5,112    25,420

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Deposits from banks   2,093    1,073    623    2,394    –    6,183

Customer deposits   427,695    11,133    22,572    10,767    325    472,492

Repurchase agreements at amortised cost   3,627    4,092    1,085    31,399    –    40,203

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss   8,801    4,157    5,694    1,808    5,845    26,305

Debt securities in issue at amortised cost   2,334    8,492    21,111    40,741    8,085    80,763

Liabilities arising from non-participating investment contracts   44,978    –    –    –    –    44,978

Lease liabilities   18    70    247    779    666    1,780

Subordinated liabilities   32    80    1,274    6,627    7,822    15,835

Total non-derivative financial liabilities   489,578    29,097    52,606    94,515    22,743    688,539

Derivative financial liabilities

Gross settled derivatives – outflows   80,148    46,874    47,777    35,807    20,302    230,908

Gross settled derivatives – inflows   (78,031)    (45,249)    (46,575)    (35,753)    (20,327)    (225,935)

Gross settled derivatives – net flows   2,117    1,625    1,202    54    (25)    4,973

Net settled derivative liabilities   12,095    138    161    402    1,501    14,297

Total derivative financial liabilities   14,212    1,763    1,363    456    1,476    19,270

The majority of the Group’s non-participating investment contract liabilities are unit-linked. These unit-linked products are invested in

accordance with unit fund mandates. Clauses are included in policyholder contracts to permit the deferral of sales, where necessary, so

that linked assets can be realised without being a forced seller.

The principal amount for undated subordinated liabilities with no redemption option is included within the over 5 years column; interest of

£16million (2023: £16 million) per annum which is payable in respect of those instruments for as long as they remain in issue is not included

beyond 5 years.

An analysis of the Group’s total wholesale funding by residual maturity and by currency is set out on page 183.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Cash flows arising from insurance liabilities (audited)

The following table presents the estimated amount and timing of the remaining contractual discounted cash flows arising from insurance

liabilities. The amounts presented do not include those relating to the liability for remaining coverage of contracts that are measured under

the premium allocation approach.

Less than 1

year

£m

1 to 2

years

£m

2 to 3

years

£m

3 to 4

years

£m

4 to 5

years

£m

Over 5

years

£m

Total

£m

At 31 December 2024

Liabilities arising from insurance and participating

investment contracts   (1,038)  (1,292)  (1,951)  (2,453)  (2,992)  (112,055)  (121,781)

Reinsurance contract liabilities   3    3    3    3    2    13    27

Total   (1,035)  (1,289)  (1,948)  (2,450)  (2,990)    (112,042)  (121,754)

At 31 December 2023

Liabilities arising from insurance and participating

investment contracts   (843)    (2,112)  (3,035)  (3,537)    (3,667)    (101,354)    (114,548)

Reinsurance contract liabilities   –    –    –    –    –    (13)  (13)

Total   (843)    (2,112)    (3,035)  (3,537)    (3,667)    (101,367)  (114,561)

For insurance contracts which are neither unit-linked nor in the Group’s with-profit funds, in particular annuity liabilities, the aim is to invest

in assets such that the cash flows on investments match those on the projected future liabilities.

Insurance and participating investment contract liabilities payable on demand (audited)

Some of the Group’s insurance and participating investment contract liabilities are payable on demand as shown in the table below:

2024 2023

Amounts

payable on

demand

£m

Carrying

amount

£m

Amounts

payable on

demand

£m

Carrying

amount

£m

Life   110,402    107,909    102,396    99,799

Non-life   –    –    –    –

Total   110,402    107,909    102,396    99,799

The amounts payable on demand represent contract surrender values and incurred claims.

Maturities of contingent liabilities, commitments and guarantees (audited)

The table below shows the contractual maturity of the Group’s contingents, commitments and guarantees. Commitments are shown in the

time band containing the earliest date the commitment can be drawn down. For financial guarantee contracts, the maximum amount of

the guarantee is allocated to the earliest period in which the guarantee could be called.

Up to 1

month

£m

1 to 3

months

£m

3 to 6

months

£m

6 to 9

months

£m

9 to 12

months

£m

1 to 3

years

£m

3 to 5

years

£m

Over 5

years

£m

Total

£m

At 31 December 2024

Acceptances and endorsements   24    11    3    1    –    –    –    –    39

Other contingent liabilities   208    357    225    115    370    547    211    533    2,566

Total contingent liabilities   232    368    228    116    370    547    211    533    2,605

Lending commitments and guarantees  134,283    1,416    1,729    1,562    3,367    2,755    3,140    256   148,508

Other commitments   94    6    11    –    –    –    –    –    111

Total commitments and guarantees   134,377    1,422    1,740    1,562    3,367    2,755    3,140    256    148,619

Total contingents, commitments and guarantees  134,609    1,790    1,968    1,678    3,737    3,302    3,351    789    151,224

At 31 December 2023

Acceptances and endorsements   7    10    166    –    8    –    –    –    191

Other contingent liabilities   214    558    157    148    200    598    190    593    2,658

Total contingent liabilities   221    568    323    148    208    598    190    593    2,849

Lending commitments and guarantees   69,932    4,767    17,384    4,212    6,528    23,269    14,142    2,983    143,217

Other commitments   –    –    –    –    –    38    41    23    102

Total commitments and guarantees   69,932    4,767    17,384    4,212    6,528    23,307    14,183    3,006    143,319

Total contingents, commitments and guarantees   70,153    5,335    17,707    4,360    6,736    23,905    14,373    3,599   146,168

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Financial risk indicators

• Structural hedge: £242 billion (2023: £247 billion)

• Average 95 per cent 1-day trading VaR: £2.4 million (2023:

£2.3million)

Balance sheet linkages

The information provided in the table below aims to facilitate the

understanding of linkages between banking, trading and insurance

balance sheet items and the positions disclosed in the Group’s

market risk disclosures.

Market risk linkage to the balance sheet

Banking

2024

Total

£m

Trading book

1

£m

Non-

trading

£m

Insurance

£m Primary market risk factor

Assets

Cash and balances at central banks   62,705    –    62,705    –  Interest rate

Financial assets at fair value through profit

or loss   215,925    25,450    5,274    185,201

Interest rate, foreign exchange, credit spread,

equity

Derivative financial instruments   24,065    20,182    3,172    711  Interest rate, foreign exchange, credit spread

Financial assets at amortised cost

Loans and advances to banks   7,900    –    7,799    101  Interest rate

Loans and advances to customers   459,857    –    459,857    –  Interest rate

Reverse repurchase agreements   49,476    –    49,476    –  Interest rate

Debt securities   14,544    –    14,544    –  Interest rate, credit spread

Financial assets at amortised cost   531,777    –    531,676    101

Financial assets at fair value through other

comprehensive income   30,690    –    30,690    –  Interest rate, foreign exchange, credit spread

Other assets   41,535    –    30,413    11,122  Interest rate, credit spread

Total assets   906,697    45,632    663,930    197,135

Liabilities

Deposit from banks   6,158    –    6,158    –  Interest rate

Customer deposits   482,745    –    482,745    –  Interest rate

Repurchase agreements at amortised cost   37,760    –    37,760    –  Interest rate

Financial liabilities at fair value through

profit or loss   27,611    22,981    4,630    –  Interest rate, foreign exchange

Derivative financial instruments   21,676    15,205    5,132    1,339  Interest rate, foreign exchange, credit spread

Debt securities in issue at amortised cost   70,834    –    70,034    800  Interest rate, credit spread

Liabilities arising from insurance and

investment contracts   173,292    –    –    173,292  Interest rate, credit spread, equity

Subordinated liabilities   10,089    –    9,581    508  Interest rate, foreign exchange

Other liabilities   30,644    –    12,727    17,917  Interest rate, credit spread

Total liabilities   860,809    38,186    628,767    193,856

1  Assets and liabilities are classified as trading book if they meet the requirements as set out in the Capital Requirements Regulation, article 104.

The defined benefit pension schemes’ assets and liabilities are

included under other assets and other liabilities in this table and

note 12 to the consolidated financial statements on page 248

provides further information.

The Group’s trading book assets and liabilities are originated

within the Commercial Banking business units. Within the

Group’s balance sheet these fall under the trading assets and

liabilities and derivative financial instruments. The assets and

liabilities are classified as trading book if they meet the

requirements as set out in the Capital Requirements Regulation,

article 104. Further information on these activities can be found

under the Trading portfolios section on page 194.

Derivative assets and liabilities are held by the Group for three main

purposes: to provide risk management solutions for clients, to

manage portfolio risks arising from client business and to manage

and hedge the Group’s own risks.

Insurance business assets and liabilities relate to policyholder funds,

as well as shareholder invested assets, including annuity funds.

The Group ensures that it has adequate cash and balances at

central banks and stocks of high quality liquid assets (for example,

gilts or US Treasury securities) that can be converted easily into cash

to meet liquidity requirements. The majority of these assets are

asset swapped and held at fair value through other comprehensive

income. For further information see Liquidity risk page 183.

Risk management continued

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Market risk

Definition

Market risk is defined as the risk that the Group’s

capital or earnings profile are adversely affected by

changes in market rates or prices, including, but not

limited to, interest rates, foreign exchange, equity

prices and credit spreads.

Level two risks

Banking book (page 191), Pension (page 193), Insurance (page 194),

Trading book (page 194)

The Risk overview, on page 37, contains a summary of market risk

performance and key mitigating actions.

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The majority of debt issuance originates from the Group’s capital

and funding activities and the interest rate risk of the debt issued is

hedged by swapping them into a floating rate.

The non-trading book primarily consists of customer on-balance

sheet activities and the Group’s capital and funding activities, which

expose it to the risk of adverse movements in market rates or prices,

predominantly interest rates, credit spreads, exchange rates and

equity prices, as described in further detail within the Banking

activities section on page 191.

Measurement

Group risk appetite is calibrated primarily to a number of multi-risk

Group economic scenarios, and is supplemented with sensitivity-

based measures. The scenarios assess the impact of unlikely, but

plausible, adverse stresses on income with the worst case for

banking activities, defined benefit pensions, insurance and trading

portfolios reported against independently, and across the Group as

a whole.

The Group risk appetite is cascaded first to the Group Asset and

Liability Committee (GALCO), chaired by the Chief Financial

Officer, where risk appetite is approved and monitored by risk type,

and then to the Group Market Risk Committee (GMRC) where risk

appetite is sub-allocated by business unit. These metrics are

reviewed regularly by senior management to inform effective

decision making.

Mitigating actions

GALCO is responsible for approving and monitoring market risk

management techniques, market risk measures, behavioural

assumptions, and the market risk policy. Various mitigation activities

are assessed and undertaken across the Group to manage portfolios

and seek to ensure they remain within approved limits. The

mitigation actions will vary dependent on exposure but will, in

general, look to reduce risk in a cost effective manner by offsetting

balance sheet exposures and externalising to the financial markets

dependent on market liquidity. The market risk policy is owned by

Group Corporate Treasury (GCT) and refreshed annually. The policy

is underpinned by supplementary market risk procedures, which

define specific market risk management and oversight

requirements.

Monitoring

GALCO and GMRC regularly review high level market risk exposures

as part of the wider risk management framework. They also make

recommendations to the Board concerning overall market risk

appetite and market risk policy. Exposures at lower levels of

delegation are monitored at various intervals according to their

volatility, from daily in the case of trading portfolios to monthly or

quarterly in the case of less volatile portfolios. Levels of exposures

compared to approved limits and triggers are monitored by Risk and

appropriate escalation procedures are in place.

How market risks arise and are managed across the Group’s

activities is considered in more detail below.

Banking activities

Exposures

The Group’s banking activities expose it to the risk of adverse

movements in market rates or prices, predominantly interest rates,

credit spreads, exchange rates and equity prices. The volatility of

market rates or prices can be affected by both the transparency of

prices and the amount of liquidity in the market for the relevant

asset, liability or instrument.

Interest rate risk

Yield curve risk in the Group’s divisional portfolios, and in the

Group’s capital and funding activities, arises from the different

repricing characteristics of the Group’s non-trading assets, liabilities

and off-balance sheet positions.

Basis risk arises from the potential changes in spreads between

indices, for example where the bank lends with reference to a

central bank rate but funds with reference to a market rate, for

example, SONIA, and the spread between these two rates widens

or tightens.

Optionality risk arises predominantly from embedded optionality

within assets, liabilities or off-balance sheet items where either the

Group or the customer can affect the size or timing of cash flows.

One example of this is mortgage prepayment risk where the

customer owns an option allowing them to prepay when it is

economical to do so. This can result in customer balances

amortising more quickly or slowly than anticipated due to

customers’ response to changes in economic conditions.

Foreign exchange risk

Economic foreign exchange exposure arises from the Group’s

investment in its overseas operations. In addition, the Group incurs

foreign exchange risk through non-functional currency flows from

services provided by customer-facing divisions, the Group’s debt

and capital management programmes and is exposed to volatility in

its CET1 ratio, due to the impact of changes in foreign exchange

rates on the retranslation of non-sterling-denominated risk-

weighted assets.

Equity risk

Equity risk arises primarily from three different sources:

• The Group’s private equity exposure from investments held by

Lloyds Development Capital and its stake in BGF, both within

the Equities sub-group

• A small number of legacy strategic equity holdings and recently

acquired minority fintech stakes, all held in the Equities sub-

group

• A small exposure to Lloyds Banking Group share price through

deferred shares and deferred options granted to employees as

part of their benefits package

Credit spread risk

Credit spread risk arises largely from: (i) the liquid asset portfolio

held in the management of Group liquidity, comprising government,

supranational and other eligible assets; (ii) the Credit Valuation

Adjustment (CVA) and Debit Valuation Adjustment (DVA)

sensitivity to credit spreads; (iii) a number of the Group’s structured

medium-term notes where the Group has elected to fair value the

notes through the profit and loss account; and (iv) banking book

assets in Commercial Banking held at fair value under IFRS 9.

Measurement

Interest rate risk exposure is monitored monthly using, primarily:

Market value sensitivity: this methodology considers all repricing

mismatches (behaviourally adjusted where appropriate) in the

current balance sheet and calculates the change in market value

that would result from an instantaneous 25, 100 and 200 basis

points parallel rise or fall in the yield curve. The market value

sensitivities are calculated on a static balance sheet using principal

cash flows excluding interest, commercial margins and other spread

components and are discounted at the risk-free rate.

Interest income sensitivity: this measures the impact on future net

interest income arising from various economic scenarios. These

include instantaneous 25, 100 and 200 basis point parallel shifts in

all yield curves and the Group economic scenarios. These scenarios

are reviewed every year and are designed to replicate severe but

plausible economic events, capturing risks that would not be

evident through the use of parallel shocks alone such as basis risk

and steepening or flattening of the yield curve.

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Unlike the market value sensitivities, the interest income sensitivities incorporate additional behavioural assumptions as to how and when

individual products would reprice in response to changing rates.

Reported sensitivities are not necessarily predictive of future performance as they do not capture additional management actions that

would likely be taken in response to an immediate, large, movement in interest rates. These actions could reduce the net interest income

sensitivity, help mitigate any adverse impacts or they may result in changes to total income that are not captured in the net interest

income.

Structural hedge: the structural hedging programme managing interest rate risk in the banking book relies on assumptions made around

customer behaviour. A number of metrics are in place to monitor the risks within the portfolio. The Group has an integrated Asset and

Liability Management (ALM) system which supports non-traded asset and liability management of the Group. This provides a single

consolidated tool to measure and manage interest rate repricing profiles (including behavioural assumptions), perform stress testing and

produce forecast outputs. The Group is aware that any assumptions-based model is open to challenge.

A full behavioural review is performed annually, or in response to changing market conditions, to ensure the assumptions remain

appropriate and the model itself is subject to annual re-validation, as required under the Group model governance policy. The key

behavioural assumptions are:

• Embedded optionality within products

• The duration of balances that are contractually repayable on demand, such as current accounts and overdrafts, together with net free

reserves of the Group

• The re-pricing behaviour of managed rate liabilities, such as variable rate savings

The table below shows, split by material currency, the Group’s market value sensitivities to an instantaneous parallel up and down 25 and

100 basis points change to all interest rates.

Group Banking activities: market value sensitivity (audited)

2024 2023

Up

25bps

£m

Down

25bps

£m

Up

100bps

£m

Down

100bps

£m

Up

25bps

£m

Down

25bps

£m

Up

100bps

£m

Down

100bps

£m

Sterling   4.7    (4.7)  17.9    (19.5)    9.4    (9.9)    35.3    (42.2)

US dollar   (1.4)  1.4    (5.4)  5.7    (1.7)    1.8    (6.9)    7.4

Euro   (1.4)  (2.3)  (5.1)  (9.4)    (2.7)    0.6    (10.1)    2.6

Other   (1.0)  1.0    (3.6)  4.3    (0.2)    0.2    (0.6)    0.6

Total   0.9    (4.6)  3.8    (18.9)    4.8    (7.3)    17.7    (31.6)

This is a risk-based disclosure and the amounts shown would be amortised in the income statement over the duration of the portfolio.

The market value sensitivity has decreased year-on-year as a result of small changes in the hedging profile of fixed mortgages.

The table below shows supplementary value sensitivity to a steepening and flattening (c.100 basis points around the three-year point) in

the yield curve. This ensures there are no unintended consequences to managing risk to parallel shifts in rates.

Group Banking activities: market value sensitivity to a steepening and flattening of the yieldcurve (audited)

2024 2023

Steepener

£m

Flattener

£m

Steepener

£m

Flattener

£m

Sterling   (1.4)  0.3    23.1    (27.2)

US dollar   (0.6)  0.5    (3.0)    3.0

Euro   (12.8)  3.2    (4.2)    (0.7)

Other   (2.4)  3.1    0.6    (0.6)

Total   (17.2)  7.1    16.5    (25.5)

The table below shows the banking book net interest income sensitivity on a one to three year forward-looking basis to an instantaneous

parallel up 25, down 25, up 50 and down 50 basis points change to all interest rates.

Group Banking activities: three year net interest income sensitivity (audited)

2024 2023

Year 1

£m

Year 2

£m

Year 3

£m

Year 1

£m

Year 2

£m

Year 3

£m

Up 50bps   234    357    591    250    421    614

Up 25 bps   117    179    296    125    211    307

Down 25bps   (150)  (181)  (297)    (155)    (209)    (303)

Down 50bps   (302)  (364)  (595)    (311)    (417)    (606)

Year 1 net interest income sensitivity, to both up and down shocks, has decreased slightly year-on-year mostly as a result of changing

customer deposit behaviour and structural hedge activity.

The overall three year net interest income sensitivity to up and down 25 basis points and 50 basis points shocks is largely due to

reinvestment of structural hedge maturities in years two and three.

The sensitivities are illustrative and do not reflect new business margin implications and/or pricing actions, other than as outlined.

The following assumptions have been applied:

• Instantaneous parallel shift in interest rate curve, including bank base rate

• Balance sheet remains constant

• Illustrative 50 per cent pass-through on deposits and 100 per cent pass-through on assets, which could be different in practice

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Basis risk, foreign exchange, equity and credit spread risks are

measured primarily through scenario analysis by assessing the

impact on profit before tax over a 12-month horizon arising from a

change in market rates, and reported within the Board risk appetite

on a monthly basis. Supplementary measures such as sensitivity and

exposure limits are applied where they provide greater insight into

risk positions. Frequency of reporting supplementary measures

varies from daily to quarterly appropriate to each risk type.

Mitigating actions

The Group’s policy is to optimise reward while managing its

market risk exposures within the risk appetite defined by the

Board. The Group market risk policy and procedures outlines the

hedging process, and the centralisation of risk from divisions into

Group Corporate Treasury (GCT), for example via the transfer

pricing framework. GCT is responsible for managing the

centralised risk and does this through natural offsets of matching

assets and liabilities, and appropriate hedging activity of the

residual exposures, subject to the authorisation and mandate of

GALCO within the Board risk appetite. The hedges are

externalised to the market by derivative desks within GCT and

the Commercial Bank. The Group mitigates income statement

volatility through hedge accounting. This reduces the accounting

volatility arising from the Group’s economic hedging activities

and any hedge accounting ineffectiveness is continuously

monitored.

The Group establishes hedge accounting relationships for

interest rate risk components using cash flow hedges and fair

value hedges. The Group is exposed to cash flow interest rate risk

on its variable rate loans and deposits together with its floating

rate subordinated debt. The derivatives used to manage the

structural hedge may be designated into cash flow hedges to

manage income statement volatility. The economic items related

to the structural hedge, for example current accounts, are not

eligible hedged items under IAS 39 for inclusion into accounting

hedge relationships. The Group is exposed to fair value interest

rate risk on its fixed rate customer loans, its fixed rate customer

deposits and the majority of its subordinated debt.

Hedge ineffectiveness arises during the management of interest

rate risk due to residual unhedged risk. Sources of

ineffectiveness, which the Group may decide to not fully

mitigate, can include basis differences, timing differences and

notional amount differences. The effectiveness of accounting

hedge relationships is assessed between the hedging derivatives

and the documented hedged item, which can differ to the

underlying economically hedged item.

The largest residual risk exposure arises from balances that are

deemed to be insensitive to changes in market rates (including

current accounts, a portion of variable rate deposits and investable

equity), and is managed through the Group structural hedge.

Consistent with the Group’s strategy to deliver stable returns,

GALCO seeks to minimise large reinvestment risk, and to smooth

earnings over a range of investment tenors. The structural hedge

consists of longer-term fixed rate assets or interest rate swaps and

the amount and duration of the hedging activity is reviewed

regularly by GALCO.

While the Group faces uncertainty in customer behaviour due to an

elevated rate environment, its exposure to increased pipeline and

prepayment risks are managed through hedging in line with

expected customer behaviour. These are appropriately monitored

and controlled through divisional Asset and Liability Committees

(ALCOs).

Economic foreign exchange exposures arising from non-functional

currency flows are identified by divisions and transferred and

managed centrally. The Group also has a policy of forward hedging

its forecasted currency profit and loss to year end.

The Group’s structural foreign currency exposure is represented

by its investments in overseas subsidiaries and branches which

create capital resources denominated in foreign currencies,

principally USD and EUR. Gains or losses on structural foreign

currency exposures are taken to reserves, resulting in a

movement in CET1 capital. The Group’s main overseas operations

are in America and Europe and do not represent a significant

proportion on its overall portfolio.

The Group makes use of both accounting and economic foreign

exchange exposures, as an offset against the impact of changes in

foreign exchange rates on the value of non-sterling-denominated

risk-weighted assets. This involves the holding of a structurally open

currency position; sensitivity is minimised where, for a given

currency, the ratio of the structural open position to risk-weighted

assets equals the CET1 ratio. Continually evaluating this structural

open currency position against evolving non-sterling-denominated

risk-weighted assets mitigates volatility in the Group’s CET1 ratio.

The Group manages foreign currency accounting exposure via

cash flow hedge accounting, utilising currency swaps and

forward foreign exchange trades. All non-structural foreign

exchange exposures in the non-trading book are managed

centrally within allocated exposure limits.

Monitoring

The appropriate limits and triggers are monitored by senior

executive committees within the Banking divisions. Banking assets,

liabilities and associated hedging are actively monitored and if

necessary rebalanced to be within agreed tolerances.

Defined benefit pension schemes

Exposures

The Group’s defined benefit pension schemes are exposed to risks

that impact their assets and liabilities, that could adversely impact

the Group.

• The liability discount rate exposes the Group to interest rate risk

and credit spread risk, which is partially offset by fixed interest

assets, such as government and corporate bonds and swaps

• Increases to pensions in deferment and in payment expose the

Group to inflation risk, which is partially offset by real assets,

such as index-linked gilts and swaps

• The schemes’ asset holdings expose the Group to investment

risk. Assets are invested in a diversified portfolio of debt

securities, equities and other return-seeking assets

• The schemes’ membership exposes the Group to longevity risk

For further information on defined benefit pension scheme assets

and liabilities please refer to note 12 to the consolidated financial

statements on page 248.

Measurement

The schemes are assessed on a number of different measures for

differing purposes, including but not limited to, the IAS 19

accounting basis for annual reporting and accounts, and the

Trustees’ Technical Provisions funding basis for agreeing

contributions into the schemes.

Management of the schemes’ assets is primarily the responsibility of

the Trustees of the schemes, who are responsible for setting the

investment strategy in consultation with the Group, and, for

agreeing funding requirements with the Group as part of the

triennial valuation process.

Pension scheme risks are measured and monitored using a number

of different metrics and use a range of techniques including scenario

analysis and stress testing.

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Mitigating actions

The Group takes an active involvement in agreeing risk mitigation

strategies with the schemes’ Trustees. An interest rate and inflation

hedging programme is in place to reduce liability risk. The schemes

have also reduced equity allocations and invested the proceeds in

credit assets. The Trustees have put in place longevity swaps to

mitigate longevity risk. The merits of longevity risk transfer and

hedging solutions are reviewed regularly.

Monitoring

In addition to the wider risk management framework, governance

of the schemes includes a specialist Group Pension Committee.

The surplus, or deficit, in the schemes is tracked monthly along with

various single factor and scenario stresses which consider the risks

to the assets and liabilities holistically. Key metrics are monitored

monthly including the Group’s capital resources of the schemes, the

performance against risk appetite metrics and triggers, and the

performance of the hedged asset and liability matching positions.

Insurance business

Exposures

The main elements of market risk to which the Group is exposed

through the Insurance business are equity, credit default spread,

interest rate and inflation.

• Equity risk arises indirectly through the value of future

management charges on policyholder funds

• Credit default spread risk mainly arises from annuities where

policyholders’ future cash flows are guaranteed at retirement.

Exposure arises if the market value of the assets moves

differently to the liabilities they back. This exposure arises from

credit downgrades and defaults

• Interest rate risk arises through credit and interest assets which

are mainly held to cover the annuity and general insurance

liabilities

• Inflation exposure arises from inflation-linked policyholder

benefits and future expenses

Measurement

Current and potential future market risk exposures within Insurance

are assessed using a range of techniques including stress, reverse

stress and scenario testing, as well as stochastic modelling.

Risk measures include 1-in-200 year stresses for the Insurance

business’ regulatory capital assessments and other supporting

measures where appropriate, including those set out in note 8(I) of

the consolidated financial statements on page 242.

Mitigating actions

Equity and credit spread risks are closely monitored. Asset liability

matching, hedging and unit matching are all used to reduce the

sensitivity of equity movements.

Interest rate risk in the annuity book is monitored and mitigated by

investing in assets whose cash flows closely match those on the

projected future liabilities. It is not possible to eliminate the risk

completely as the timing of insured events is uncertain and bonds

are not available for all required maturities. Other market risks (e.g.

interest rate exposure outside the annuity book and inflation) are

also closely monitored and where considered appropriate, hedges

are put in place to reduce exposure.

The costs and benefits of market risk mitigation are considered in

strategy and business planning decisions, with consideration given

to the impacts to various metrics.

Monitoring

Market risks in the Insurance business are monitored by Insurance

senior executive committees and ultimately the Insurance Board.

Monitoring includes the progression of market risk capital against

risk appetite limits, as well as the sensitivity of profit before tax to

combined market risk stress scenarios and in-year market

movements. Asset and liability matching positions and hedges in

place are actively monitored and if necessary rebalanced to be

within agreed tolerances. In addition, market risk is controlled via

approved investment policies and mandates.

Trading portfolios

Exposures

The Group’s trading activity is small relative to its peers. The Group’s

trading activity is undertaken primarily to meet the financial

requirements of commercial and retail customers for foreign

exchange, credit, interest rate and inflation products. These

activities support customer flow and market making activities.

All trading activities are performed within the Commercial Banking

division. While the trading positions taken are generally small, any

extreme moves in the main risk factors and other related risk factors

could cause significant losses in the trading book depending on the

positions at the time. The average 95 per cent 1-day trading VaR

(Value at Risk; diversified across risk factors) was stable in 2024 at

£2.4 million (31 December 2023: £2.3million).

Trading market risk measures are applied to all of the Group’s

regulatory trading books and they include daily VaR (see trading

portfolios: VaR table), sensitivity-based measures, and stress testing

calculations.

Measurement

The Group internally uses VaR as the primary risk measure for all

trading book positions.

The trading portfolios: VaR table shows some relevant statistics for

the Group’s 1-day 95 per cent confidence level VaR that are based

on 300 historical consecutive business days to year-end 2024 and

year-end 2023.

The risk of loss measured by the VaR model is the loss in earnings

which is not expected to be exceeded with 95 per cent confidence.

The total and average trading VaR numbers reported below have

been obtained after the application of the diversification benefits

across the five risk types, but do not reflect any diversification

between Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc and any other entities.

The maximum and minimum VaR reported for each risk category

did not necessarily occur on the same day as the maximum and

minimum VaR reported at Group level.

The market risk for the trading book continues to be low relative to

the size of the Group and in comparison to peers. This reflects the

fact that the Group’s trading operations are customer-centric and

focused on hedging and recycling client risks.

Trading portfolios: VaR (1-day 95 per cent confidence level) (audited)

At 31 December 2024 At 31 December 2023

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Interest rate risk   4.0    2.4    5.5    1.2    1.7    2.0    3.8    1.0

Foreign exchange risk   0.1    0.2    0.7    0.1    0.1    0.3    0.9    0.1

Equity risk   –    –    –    –    –    –    –    –

Credit spread risk   0.2    0.3    0.4    0.2    0.2    0.3    0.5    0.1

Inflation risk   0.1    0.3    0.7    0.1    0.5    0.5    1.0    0.2

All risk factors before diversification   4.4    3.2    6.2    2.0    2.5    3.1    5.1    1.9

Portfolio diversification   (0.6)  (0.8)    (0.9)    (0.8)

Total VaR   3.8    2.4    5.1    1.3    1.6    2.3    4.1    1.2

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Although it is an important market standard measure of risk, VaR

has limitations. One of them is the use of a limited historical data

sample which influences the output by the implicit assumption that

future market behaviour will not differ greatly from the historically

observed period. Another known limitation is the use of defined

holding periods which assumes that the risk can be liquidated or

hedged within that holding period. Also calculating the VaR at the

chosen confidence interval does not give enough information about

potential losses which may occur if this level is exceeded. The Group

fully recognises these limitations and supplements the use of VaR

with a variety of other measurements which reflect the nature of

the business activity. These include detailed sensitivity analysis,

position reporting and a stress testing programme.

Trading book VaR (1-day 99 per cent) is compared daily against

both hypothetical and actual profit and loss. The 1-day 99 per cent

VaR chart can be found in the Group’s Pillar 3 disclosures →

.

Mitigating actions

The level of exposure is controlled by establishing and

communicating the approved risk limits and controls through

policies and procedures that define the responsibility and authority

for risk taking. Market risk limits are clearly and consistently

communicated to the business. Any new or emerging risks are

brought within risk reporting and defined limits.

Monitoring

Trading risk is monitored daily against 1-day 95 per cent VaR and

stress testing limits. These limits are complemented with position

level action triggers and profit and loss referrals. Risk and position

limits are set and managed at both desk and overall trading book

levels. They are reviewed at least annually and can be changed as

required within the overall Group risk appetite framework.

Exposures

The Group uses models to support a broad range of activity,

including:

• Capital adequacy calculation

• Formulating business strategies

• Informing business decisions

• Identifying and measuring risks

• Credit decisioning, including fraud

• Pricing models

• Impairment calculation

• Stress testing and forecasting

• Market risk measurement

These models use quantitative methods to process input data into

quantitative or qualitative outputs which have a quantitative

measure associated with them. They use simplifications of complex

real-world systems and processes, the use of models therefore

creates model risk.

As a result of the wide scope and breadth of coverage, there is

exposure to model risk across a number of the Group’s principal

activities.

Significant events such as global conflicts and pandemics can

weaken the relationship between model inputs and subsequent

outputs due to the uncertainty these events cause. A stable

economy allows models to operate in a much steadier environment,

more typical to those used to build the models.

The evolution of GenAI will support the Group in increasing

productivity and reimagining the customer experience through

innovative solutions. However, these advancements introduce

unique risks. To address these risks, additional controls are being

developed to support the safe and controlled use of the Group’s

GenAI aspirations.

The control environment for model risk continues to be

strengthened to meet revised internal and regulatory requirements.

In addition, in common with the rest of the industry, changes

required to capital models following new regulations have created a

temporary increase in the risk relating to these models during the

period of transition. Further information on capital impacts are

detailed in the capital risk section on pages 144 to 150.

Measurement

The Board risk appetite metrics are the key components for

measuring the Group’s most material models; model performance

and compliance is reported regularly to the Group and Board Risk

Committees.

Mitigating actions

The model risk management framework, established by and with

continued oversight from an independent team in the Risk function,

provides the foundation for managing and mitigating model risk

within the Group. Accountability is cascaded from the Board and

senior management via the Group enterprise risk management

framework.

This provides the basis for the Group’s model risk management

policy, which defines the mandatory requirements for models across

the Group, including:

• The scope of quantitative methods covered by the policy

• Classification of risk of models using materiality and complexity

• Roles and responsibilities, including ownership, independent

oversight and approval

• Key principles and controls regarding model development,

implementation, model use, ongoing monitoring and periodic

revalidation, independent validation, model risk mitigants, and

the process for non-compliance

All models have an owner who takes responsibility for the fitness for

purpose of the model and, where appropriate, are supported and

challenged by the independent specialist Group function.

As a result of the above, all models in scope of policy, including

those involved in regulatory capital calculation, are developed

consistently and are of sufficient quality to support business

decisions and meet regulatory requirements.

Monitoring

The Group Model Governance Committee is the primary body for

overseeing model risk. Policy requires that key performance

indicators are monitored for every model such that all issues are

escalated appropriately. Material model issues are reported to the

Group and Board Risk Committees regularly, with focus on any key

issues.

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Model risk

Definition

Model risk is the potential for adverse consequences

from model errors or the inappropriate use of

modelled outputs to inform business decisions.

Adverse consequences could lead to a deterioration

in the prudential position, non-compliance with

applicable laws and/or regulations, or damage to the

Group’s reputation. Model risk can also lead to

financial loss, as well as qualitative limitations such

as the imposition of restrictions on business

activities.

The Risk overview, on page 37, contains a summary of model risk

performance and key mitigating actions.

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Operational risk

Definition

Operational risk is defined as the risk of actual or

potential impact to the Group (financial and/or non-

financial) resulting from inadequate or failed internal

processes, people and systems or from external events.

Resilience is core to the management of operational

risk within Lloyds Banking Group to ensure that

business processes (including those that are

outsourced) can withstand operational risks and can

respond to and meet customer and stakeholder needs

when continuity of operations is compromised.

Level two risks

Business continuity, Change execution, Cyber and physical security,

Data and privacy, Financial reporting (including Tax), Health and

safety and premises, Information, Internal and external supplier risk, IT

systems, People, Transaction processing.

The Risk overview, on page 37, contains a summary of operational risk

performance and key mitigating actions.

Exposures

The principal operational risk to the Group covers a number of level

two operational risks, which could result in customer harm, unfair

outcomes, colleague detriment, financial loss, regulatory censure

and/or reputational damage.

A number of these risks could increase where there is a reliance on

third party suppliers to provide services to the Group or its

customers.

Measurement

Operational risk is managed across the Group through an

operational risk framework and policies. This framework includes a

risk and control self-assessment process, risk impact likelihood

matrix, risk and control indicators, risk appetite setting, a robust

operational loss event management and escalation process, and a

scenario analysis and operational loss forecasting process that feed

into capital planning. This is supplemented by Group level and local

management information and reporting across a suite of governed

metrics.

The operational risk events by risk category table below shows high

level loss and event trends for the Group using Basel II categories.

Based on data captured on the Group’s RCSA, in 2024 the highest

frequency of events occurred in external fraud with 85 per cent of

the total volume. External fraud also accounted for the highest

losses by value at 41 per cent.

Operational risk losses and scenario analysis is used to inform the

Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP). The Group

calculates its minimum (Pillar I) operational risk capital

requirements using The Standardised Approach (TSA). Pillar II is

calculated using internal and external loss data and severe but

plausible scenarios that may occur in the next 12 months.

Mitigating actions

The Group continues to focus on risk management requirements

and developing the processes, systems and people skills and

capabilities needed to mitigate risks. Risks are reported and

discussed at local governance forums and escalated to executive

management and the Board as appropriate to ensure the correct

level of visibility and engagement. The Group employs a range of risk

management strategies, including: avoidance, mitigation, transfer

(including insurance) and acceptance within appetite or tolerance.

Where there is a reliance on third party suppliers to provide services,

including the areas of IT systems and information security, the

Group’s sourcing policy ensures that outsourcing initiatives follow a

defined process including due diligence, risk evaluation and ongoing

assurance. Business management uses issues and action-tracking

management to address identified risk exposure weaknesses in the

control environment in a consistent manner.

Specific mitigating actions for level two operational level risks are:

Business continuity

The Group remains committed to managing operational resilience

risks and ensuring lessons are learned from internal and external

events of disruption, which may have an impact on the Group’s

ability to continue operations. The Group’s priority is centred on

minimising any potential impacts to the Group and its customers, as

well as the wider financial sector and UK economy, such as through

scenario analysis and testing, business continuity, supplier exit

planning and implementation of ‘resilience by design’.

Change execution

The Group takes a range of mitigating actions with respect to

change execution risk. These include the following:

• Ensuring there are sufficient, appropriately skilled colleagues to

support the safe delivery of the Group’s current and future

change portfolio

• Businesses assess the potential impacts of undertaking any

change activity on their ability to execute effectively, on

customers and colleagues and on the potential consequences for

existing business risk profiles

• Ensuring compliance with the change policy and associated

policies and procedures, which set out the principles and key

controls that apply across the business and are aligned to the

Group’s risk appetite

• The implementation of effective governance and control

frameworks to ensure adequate controls are in place to manage

change activity and act to mitigate the change execution risks

identified. These controls, such as testing, are monitored in line

with the change policy and ERMF

• Events and incidents related to change activities are escalated

and managed appropriately in line with risk framework guidance

Operational risk events by risk category (losses greater than or equal to £10,000)

1

% of total volume % of total losses

2024 2023 2024 2023

Business disruption and system failures 1.14 0.64 3.40 0.90

Clients, products and business practices 1.89 2.15 25.49 74.61

Damage to physical assets 0.14 0.06 0.05 0.03

Employee practices and workplace safety 0.39 0.32 0.55 0.16

Execution, delivery and process management 10.87 9.56 28.99 14.08

External fraud

2

85.32 86.85 41.50 10.14

Internal fraud

2

0.25 0.42 0.02 0.08

Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

1 Excludes losses related to Insurance. 2023 breakdowns have been updated to reflect the reinstatement of PPI and provisions, and due to the nature of the risk events which can evolve

over time, such as the lag in operational losses.

2  Fraud level two risk is explained in further detail within the economic crime risk, as per the updated enterprise risk management framework.

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Data and privacy

The Group continues to invest to reduce data risk exposure, by:

• Delivering a strategy focused on data management and culture,

data-driven insights, platforms, tooling and AI-enablement

• Enhancing data quality and capability, such as standardised

controls implemented across critical data elements

• Embedding data privacy impact assessments in the processing of

high-risk data

Financial reporting (including tax)

The Group maintains risk management systems and internal

controls relating to the financial reporting process ensuring:

• The consistent and appropriate application of accounting

policies, the accurate recording of transactions, which are

undertaken in accordance with delegated authorities, and

safeguarding of assets with liabilities properly stated

• The calculation, preparation and reporting of financial,

prudential regulatory and tax outcomes in accordance with

applicable International Financial Reporting Standards, statutory

and regulatory requirements, such as the UK Finance Code for

Financial Reporting Disclosure and the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act

• Ongoing monitoring to assess the impact of emerging regulation

and legislation on financial, prudential regulatory and tax

reporting

• An accurate view of the Group’s performance to allow the Board

and senior management to appropriately manage the affairs and

strategy of the business and each of its entities and sub-groups

Health and safety and premises

The Group strives to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory

requirements, embedding compliant and appropriate colleague

behaviours in line with its policies, values and people risk priorities.

The Group continues to monitor horizon scanning, risk assessments

and any incident information to continually improve its health,

safety and premises risk management. Colleagues also regularly

complete health and safety training to ensure that policies,

standards, procedures, processes and practices are understood and

implemented effectively.

Information, cyber and physical security

The Group adopts a risk-based approach to mitigate cyber threats it

faces. Specifically, the Group continues to undertake remediation

activity to address deficiencies in its access controls across certain

business applications and associated IT infrastructure. The effective

operation of the Group’s estate is supported by an IT and Cyber

Security Governance framework, guided by a threat-based strategy

which underpins investment decisions. The ongoing protection of

the estate and confidentiality of material information is ensured

through adherence to the Group Security Policy which has been

aligned to industry good practice including the NIST Cyber Security

Framework; and material laws and regulations. The Group engages a

specialist third party consultancy on a periodic basis, to assess the

maturity of its cyber security programme, in assessing, identifying

and managing material risks from cyber security threats. Thresholds

have been set that, once triggered, will bring the information

security risk owning business representatives, legal and compliance

teams together as a subcommittee. The sub-committee will own

the invocation of crisis management, Board and/or regulatory

notification and the drafting of any wider stakeholder

communications.

Internal and external supplier

The threat landscape associated with third party suppliers and the

critical services they provide continues to receive a significant

amount of attention. The Group acknowledges the importance of

control and responsibility for critical business services and processes,

which could cause significant harm to the Group’s customers.

The Group segments its suppliers by criticality and has processes in

place to support ongoing supplier management, including:

• Policy expectations are underpinned by standards, notably the

sourcing and supply chain management framework

• All material arrangements are set out in written agreements and

based on Group standard terms, which comply with regulations,

including the expectation that all sub-outsourcing is managed in

line with the supplier’s contractual obligations to the Group

• A risk-proportionate process exists for onboarding and managing

third party arrangements through the life cycle

• Pre-outsourcing and ongoing risk assessments to identify key

operational and financial risks, including on-site or virtual

assurance for suppliers with a higher criticality assessment

• Assessments drive the level of ongoing supplier governance,

assurance and monitoring. For example, the Group provides

training and other resources to its suppliers to support IT systems

and information security resilience in its supply chain

IT systems

The Group continues its journey to simplify its technology estate, in

line with its strategy, through the targeted simplification of legacy

applications, infrastructure platforms and on-premise data centres.

The Group has controls in place to manage legacy technology, IT

change and monitoring, incident management and recovery. IT

disaster recovery is a key capability to recover from multiple

scenarios, ranging from likely and medium impact (such as

infrastructure failure for a single application), to low likelihood with

severe or material impact scenarios, such as the loss of a data centre

or cloud region.

People

The Group takes many mitigating actions with respect to people

risk. Key areas of focus include:

• Focusing on leadership and colleague engagement, through

delivery of strategies to attract, retain and develop high calibre

people together with a focus on creating a strong and resilient

talent pipeline

• Continued focus on the Group’s culture and inclusivity strategy

by developing and delivering initiatives that reinforce the

appropriate behaviours which generate the best possible long-

term outcomes for customers and colleagues

• Managing organisational capability and capacity through

divisional people strategies to ensure there are the right skills and

resources to meet customers’ needs and deliver the Group’s

strategic plan

• Ensuring colleague wellbeing strategies and support are in place

to meet colleague needs, alongside skills and capability growth

required to maximise the potential of our people

• Ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements,

embedding compliant and appropriate colleague behaviours in

line with Group policies, values and its people risk priorities

• Reviewing and enhancing people processes to ensure they are fit

for purpose and operationally resilient

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Transaction processing

The Group adopts a robust approach to minimising transaction

processing risks. This includes processing and execution failures

relating to clients and products, such as errors in payment

processing or management of payments and claims, including those

where a third party is operating on the Group’s behalf.

Monitoring

Monitoring and reporting of operational risk is undertaken at Board,

Group, legal entity and business unit and functional committees.

Each committee monitors key risks, control effectiveness,

indicators, events, operational losses, risk appetite metrics and the

results of independent review conducted by the Risk function and/

or Group Audit. Additionally, the Group’s IT and information

security processes are validated and audited by internal experts

within the Risk function and Group Audit.

The Group maintains a formal approach to operational risk event

escalation, whereby events are identified, captured and escalated,

where appropriate based on materiality. Root causes of events are

determined, and action plans put in place to ensure an optimum

level of control to keep customers and the business safe and

improve efficiency.

The insurance policies are monitored and reviewed regularly, with

recommendations being made to the Group’s senior management

annually prior to each renewal. Insurers are monitored on an

ongoing basis, to ensure counterparty risk is minimised. A process is

in place to manage any insurer rating changes or insolvencies.

Risk management continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Financial

statements

In this section

Independent auditors’ report 200

Consolidated income statement 212

Consolidated statement of

comprehensive income 213

Consolidated balance sheet 214

Consolidated statement of changes in equity 215

Consolidated cash flow statement 218

Notes to the consolidated

financial statements

1. Basis of preparation 219

2. Accounting policies 219

3. Critical accounting judgements and

key sources of estimation

uncertainty 228

4. Segmental analysis 229

5. Net interest income 234

6. Net fee and commission income 234

7. Net trading income (losses) 235

8. Insurance business 236

9. Other operating income 244

10. Operating expenses 244

11. Share-based payments 245

12. Retirement benefit obligations 248

13. Auditors’ remuneration 253

14. Impairment 254

15. Tax 255

16.

Measurement basis of financial

assets and liabilities 258

17.

Fair values of financial assets and

liabilities 260

18. Maturities of assets and liabilities 269

19. Derivative financial instruments 271

20. Loans and advances to customers 274

21.

Allowance for expected credit

losses 274

22. Finance lease receivables 284

23.

Goodwill and other intangible

assets 284

24. Other assets 286

25. Lessee disclosures 287

26. Debt securities in issue 287

27. Other liabilities 288

28. Provisions 288

29. Subordinated liabilities 290

30. Share capital 291

31. Earnings per share 292

32. Share premium account 293

33. Other reserves 293

34. Retained profits 294

35. Other equity instruments 295

36. Dividends on ordinary shares 295

37. Related party transactions 296

38.

Contingent liabilities, commitments

and guarantees 297

39. Structured entities 298

40. Transfers of financial assets 299

41. Financial risk management 300

42. Cash flow statement 301

43.

Events since the balance sheet date 302

Parent company balance sheet  303

Parent company statement of changes in

equity  304

Parent company cash flow statement  305

Notes to the parent company financial

statements

1.

Basis of preparation and accounting

policies 306

2.

Measurement basis of financial

assets and liabilities 306

3.

Fair values of financial assets and

liabilities 307

4. Deferred tax 307

5.

Debt securities in issue at

amortised cost 307

6. Subordinated liabilities 308

7. Share capital, share premium

account and other equity

instruments 308

8.

Merger reserve and capital

redemption reserve 308

9. Retained profits 309

10. Related party transactions 309

11. Financial risk management 310

12. Other information 310

The Group has adopted the UK Finance Code

for Financial Reporting Disclosure and these

2024 financial statements have been prepared

in compliance with its principles.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Independent auditors’ report to the members of Lloyds Banking Group plc

Report on the audit of the financial statements

1.  Opinion

In our opinion:

• the financial statements of Lloyds Banking Group plc (the ‘Parent company’) and its subsidiaries (the ‘Group’ or ‘LBG’) give a true and

fair view of the state of the Group’s and of the Parent company’s affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of the Group’s profit for the year

then ended;

• the Group financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom adopted international accounting

standards and IFRS® Accounting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB);

• the Parent company financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom adopted international

accounting standards and as applied in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006; and

• the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

We have audited the financial statements which comprise the:

Group Parent company

• Consolidated balance sheet as at 31 December 2024;

• Consolidated income statement for the year then ended;

• Consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the year

then ended;

• Consolidated statement of changes in equity for the year then

ended;

• Consolidated cash flow statement for the year then ended;

• Notes 1 to 43 to the financial statements, which include the

accounting principles and policies;

• Directors’ remuneration report identified as ‘audited’; and

• Risk management section identified as ‘audited’.

• Balance sheet as at 31 December 2024;

• Statement of changes in equity for the year then ended;

• Cash flow statement for the year then ended; and

• Notes 1 to 12 to the financial statements, which include the

accounting principles and policies.

The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom adopted international

accounting standards, and as regards the Parent company financial statements, as applied in accordance with the provisions of the

Companies Act 2006.

2.  Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities

under those standards are further described in the auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report.

We are independent of the Group and the Parent company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of

the financial statements in the UK, including the Financial Reporting Council’s (the ‘FRC’s’) Ethical Standard as applied to listed public

interest entities, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. The non-audit services

provided to the Group and Parent company for the year are disclosed in note 13 to the financial statements. We confirm that we have not

provided any non-audit services prohibited by the FRC’s Ethical Standard to the Group or the Parent company.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

3.  Summary of our Audit approach

Key audit matters The key audit matters that we identified in the current year were:

• Expected credit losses (‘ECL’) (Group)

• Regulatory and litigation matters (Group)

• IT systems that impact financial reporting (Group and Parent company)

• Defined benefit obligations (Group)

• Valuation of certain complex and illiquid financial instruments held at fair value (Group)

In 2023, we identified the first time adoption of IFRS 17 ‘Insurance contracts’ as a key matter. Post implementation

we no longer consider this a key audit matter.

Our assessment of the level of risk for all other areas has remained consistent with the prior year.

Materiality Overall materiality used for the Group consolidated financial statements was £320 million, which was determined

on the basis of pre-tax profits, normalised for non-recurring items.

Overall materiality used for the Parent company financial statements was £320 million, which was determined on

the basis of net assets and capped at Group materiality.

Scoping Our audit scope covers 95 per cent of the Group’s total assets, 94 per cent of the Group’s total liabilities, 89 per

cent of the Group’s income and 95 per cent of the Group’s expenses.

Our audit approach

We structured our approach to the audit to reflect how the Group is organised as well as ensuring it was both effective and risk focused. It

can be summarised into the following key activities through which we obtained sufficient audit evidence required to form our opinion on

the Group and Parent company financial statements:

• Audit planning and risk assessment

Our audit team has been structured in line with the Group’s three main operating divisions: Retail, Commercial Banking and Insurance,

Pensions and Investments. Our audit planning procedures considered the impact of internal and external factors affecting the Group’s

profitability and operations, key audit matters most relevant to the users of the financial statements, the appropriate scope of audit work

performed as well as the expectations and requirements of the Group’s investors and regulators.

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In performing our audit risk assessments, we considered the impact of macroeconomic factors on the Group’s key accounting judgements

and sources of estimation uncertainty. The key factors considered in our risk assessments were:

– the impact of uncertainty in the current economic climate and ongoing geopolitical tensions on the Group’s ECL and valuation of

certain illiquid and complex financial instruments; and

– changes to the regulatory and litigation environment affecting the Group’s financial reporting.

We obtained the knowledge and information required to inform our audit planning and risk assessment decision making through regular

meetings with Group and Divisional Finance and the extensive use of data and technology;

• Execution of audit work

Our audit is comprised of two distinct component audit teams covering the Group’s three operating segments, which are:

– the UK Banking component auditing the Group’s Retail and Commercial Banking operating segments; and

– the Insurance component auditing the Group’s Insurance, Pensions and Investments operations.

The component performance materiality allocated across both components ranged between £210 million and £120 million (2023: £228

million and £132 million).

The group audit team met regularly and was in active dialogue with each component audit team throughout the audit to ensure

appropriate oversight over audit activities performed within each audit component. Oversight activities included determining whether the

planned work was performed in accordance with the overall Group audit strategy and in line with the Group audit instructions provided to

the components. We were able to satisfy ourselves that our oversight and supervision was appropriate through in-person meetings,

videoconferencing, direct reviews of work as well as through attending planning and clearance meetings with divisional management;

• Audit procedures undertaken at both Group and Parent company level

We performed audit procedures over the Group and Parent company financial statements including the consolidation of the Group’s

results, the preparation of the financial statements, certain disclosures within the Directors’ Remuneration report, litigation provisions and

exposures, as well as the Group’s entity level and oversight controls relevant to financial reporting. Entities not covered by our audit scope

are subject to analytical procedures to confirm our conclusion that there were no significant risks of material misstatement in the

aggregated financial information;

• Internal controls testing approach

Our internal controls testing approach was informed by our scoping and risk assessment activities. We have assessed the Group’s end-to-

end financial reporting processes supporting all in-scope financial statement balances and identified relevant controls to test for these

balances. This included the testing of general IT controls, process level controls and entity level controls at the Group level; and

• The impact of climate change on our audit

In planning our audit, we have considered the impact of climate change on the Group’s operations and any subsequent impact on its

financial statements. The Group sets out its assessment of the potential impact on page 150 of the Risk Management section of the Annual

Report.

In conjunction with our climate risk specialists, we have held discussions with the Group to understand their:

– process for identifying affected operations including the governance and controls over this process, and the subsequent effect on the

financial reporting for the Group; and

– long-term strategy to respond to climate change risks and how this is factored into the Group’s forecasts, considering publicly

announced climate change commitments and any costs associated with the Group’s net zero targets.

Our audit work has involved:

– evaluating climate as a factor in risk assessments for potentially affected balances;

– challenging the completeness of the physical and transition risks identified and considered in the Group’s climate risk assessment and

the conclusion that there continues to be no material impact of climate change risk on financial reporting;

– reviewing the Group’s qualitative loan portfolio analysis, and challenging the key assumptions used by the Group with reference to

our own understanding of the portfolios and publicly available documentation; and

– assessing disclosures in the Annual Report and challenging the consistency between the financial statements and the remainder of

the Annual Report.

We have not identified any material inconsistencies or issues as a result of these procedures.

The Group’s progress on their Environmental, Social and Governance (‘ESG’) targets is not included within the scope of this audit.

We were engaged separately to provide independent limited assurance under International Standard on Assurance Engagements (‘ISAE’)

3000 (Revised) and ISAE 3410 to the directors regarding the following ESG metrics and targets:

• LBG’s own operations’ Scope 1, 2 and 3 energy consumption and GHG emissions data for the 12 months ended 30 September 2024

(pages 59 to 60);

• Supply chain GHG emissions for the 12 months ended 30 September 2022 and 30 September 2024 (page 58);

• On-balance sheet financed emissions for 9 sectors for the year ended 31 December 2023 and for the defined baseline year for selected

sectors (page 55);

• On and off-balance sheet financed emissions for Scottish Widows’ investment portfolio for the year ended 31 December 2024 (page 55);

• Off-balance sheet facilitated emissions, excluding green bonds, for a subset of capital markets activities for the year ended 31 December

2023 (page 84 of the Sustainability Report)

• Diversity and Inclusion metrics disclosing the proportion of women, Minority Ethnic and Black Heritage colleagues in senior roles (page

55);

• Selected requirements from the Group’s Principles of Responsible Banking Reporting and Self-Assessment Template (pages 3 to 24 of

the Sustainability Reporting Framework Index); and

• The Group’s progress against five specific Sustainable Lending and Investment targets (page 57).

The procedures performed for a limited assurance engagement is substantially less than the work performed for a financial audit, which

provides reasonable assurance. The Sustainability Report and our independent assurance report can be found at

www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/who-we-are/sustainability.html

where we explain the scope of work and procedures performed.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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4.  Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation

of the financial statements is appropriate.

Our evaluation of the directors’ assessment of the Group’s and Parent company’s ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of

accounting included:

• using our knowledge of the Group and Parent company, the financial services industry, the financial services regulatory environment and

the general economic environment including, macroeconomic pressures affecting the Group’s operations, to identify inherent risks in the

business model and how such risks might affect the financial resources or ability to continue operations over the going concern period;

• making enquiries of Group management about the assumptions, including climate risk considerations, used in their going concern

models, and assessing the reasonableness of those assumptions and historical forecasting accuracy;

• evaluating the Group’s strategic plans in light of the changing macroeconomic environment, short and longer term financial budgets,

funding, liquidity and capital adequacy plans including internal stress tests;

• considering the Group’s operational resilience;

• reading analyst reports, industry data, Bank of England reports and other external information to determine if it provided corroborative

or contradictory evidence in relation to the Group’s assumptions;

• reviewing correspondence and meeting with prudential and conduct regulators to assess whether there are any matters that may

impact the going concern assessment;

• testing the underlying data generated to prepare the forecast scenarios and determining whether there was adequate support for the

assumptions underlying the forecasts; and

• evaluating the Group’s disclosures on going concern against the requirements of IAS 1.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually

or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group’s and Parent company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at

least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

In relation to the reporting on how the Group has applied the UK Corporate Governance Code, we have nothing material to add or draw

attention to in relation to the directors’ statement in the financial statements about whether the directors considered it appropriate to

adopt the going concern basis of accounting.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this

report.

5.  Key audit matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements

of the current period and include the most significant assessed risks of material misstatement (whether or not due to fraud) that we

identified. These matters included those which had the greatest effect on: the overall audit strategy, the allocation of resources in the

audit, and directing the efforts of the engagement team.

These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and

we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

Independent auditors’ report continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Expected credit losses (Group)

Key audit matter description How the scope of our audit responded to the key audit matter

Refer to notes 2, 14, 20, 21 and 41 in the financial statements

The Group has recognised £3.5 billion of expected credit

losses (‘ECL’) as at 31 December 2024. The valuation and

allocation of ECL consists of a number of assumptions that

are inherently uncertain and require a high degree of complex

and subjective auditor judgement, specialised skills and

knowledge, and complex impairment modelling. The

increasing economic uncertainty resulting from geopolitical

risks and recent changes in government policy in the United

Kingdom (‘UK’) has further heightened the levels of

judgement required, especially in the development of the

base case economic scenario and alternative economic

scenarios. As a consequence, we have determined ECL as a

key audit matter.

The key areas we identified as having the most significant

level of management judgement were in respect of:

• Multiple economic scenarios;

• Collectively assessed ECL;

• Individually assessed ECL; and

• ECL model adjustments.

Multiple economic scenarios

The Group’s economics team develops the future economic

scenarios by developing a base case forecast based on a set of

conditioning assumptions, with the three outer economic

scenarios (upside, downside and severe downside) derived

using a Monte Carlo simulation around the base case. The

modelled severe downside scenario is then adjusted to

capture supply-side risks not contemplated by the Monte

Carlo model. The upside, the base case and the downside

scenarios are weighted at a 30 per cent probability and the

severe downside at a 10 per cent probability. The

development of the base case scenario, including the

conditioning assumptions, is inherently highly complex and

requires significant judgement.

This key audit matter is discussed in the Audit Committee’s

report on page 101.

We performed the following procedures:

• tested the controls over the generation of the multiple economic

scenarios including those over the Group’s governance processes to

approve the base case, different scenarios and the weightings applied

to each scenario;

• Working with our internal economic specialists:

– challenged and evaluated economic forecasts in the base scenario

such as the unemployment rate, House Price Index, Commercial

Real Estate prices, inflation and forecasted interest rates, and

Gross Domestic Product through comparison to independent

economic outlooks, other external analyses and market data;

– challenged and evaluated the appropriateness of changes in

assumptions and/or the model, including changes to the non-

modelled severe downside approach;

– challenged and evaluated the appropriateness of the methodology

applied to generate alternative macroeconomic scenarios,

including associated weightings and assumptions within the

model; and

– independently replicated the multiple economic scenario model

and compared the outputs of our independent model to the

Group’s output to test scenario generation;

• tested the completeness and accuracy of the data used by the model;

• performed a stand back assessment of the appropriateness of the

weightings applied to each of the scenarios based on publicly

available data; and

• evaluated the appropriateness of disclosures in respect of significant

judgements and sources of estimation uncertainty including

macroeconomic scenarios.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Key audit matter description How the scope of our audit responded to the key audit matter

Collectively assessed ECL

The ECL for the Retail and Commercial Banking divisions,

except for individually assessed stage 3 commercial loans, is

determined on a collective basis using impairment models.

These models use a number of significant judgements to

calculate a probability-weighted estimate by applying a

probability of default, exposure at default and a loss given

default, taking account of collateral held or other loss

mitigants, discounted using the effective interest rate.

The key judgements and estimates in determining the ECL

include:

• modelling approach, modelling simplifications and

judgements, and selection of modelling data;

• behavioural lives of products in the Retail division;

• credit risk ratings for the Commercial Banking division,

which are performed on a counterparty basis for larger

exposures by a credit officer; and

• the appropriate allocation of assets into the correct

staging taking into account any significant deterioration in

credit risk since inception of the loan.

This key audit matter is discussed in the Audit Committee’s

report on page 101.

We tested controls across the process to estimate the ECL provisions

including:

• model governance including model validation and monitoring;

• model assumptions;

• allocation of assets into stages, including those to determine the

credit risk rating in the Commercial Banking division; and

• completeness and accuracy of the data used by the model.

Working with our internal modelling specialists, our audit procedures

over the key areas of estimation in the valuation and allocation of the

ECL covered the following:

• Model estimations, where we:

– evaluated the appropriateness of the modelling approach and

assumptions used;

– independently replicated a sample of the models for all in-scope

portfolios and compared the outputs of our independent models

to the Group’s outputs;

– assessed model performance by evaluating variations between

observed data and model predictions;

– developed an understanding of model limitations and assessed

these and remedial actions; and

– tested the completeness and accuracy of the data used in model

execution and calibration.

• Allocation of assets into stages, where we:

– evaluated the appropriateness of quantitative and qualitative

criteria used for allocation into IFRS 9 stages, including

independently assessing the credit rating of a sample of loans in

the Commercial Banking division;

– tested the appropriateness of the stage allocation for a sample of

exposures; and

– tested the data used by models in assigning IFRS 9 stages and

evaluated the appropriateness of the model logic used.

Individually assessed ECL

For individual provision assessments of larger exposures in

stage 3 in the Commercial Banking division, complex and

subjective auditor judgement including specialised knowledge

is required in evaluating the methodology, models and inputs

that are inherently uncertain in determining the ECL. The

significant judgements in estimating provisions are the:

• completeness and appropriateness of the potential

workout scenarios identified;

• probability of default assigned to each identified potential

workout scenario; and

• valuation assumptions used in determining the expected

recovery strategies.

This key audit matter is discussed in the Audit Committee’s

report on page 101.

• For expected credit losses assessed individually we have:

– selected senior team members with extensive IFRS 9 knowledge

and expertise to design and lead the execution of the audit of ECL;

– tested the controls over individually assessed provisions including

assumptions and inputs into workout and recovery scenarios, as

well as valuation assumptions used; and

– evaluated the appropriateness of workout and recovery scenarios

identified, including the judgements to determine the timing and

value of associated cash flows as well as consideration of climate

risk.

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Key audit matter description How the scope of our audit responded to the key audit matter

ECL model adjustments

Where impairment models do not incorporate all factors

relevant to estimating the ECL, adjustments are made to

address known model limitations and data limitations,

emerging or non-modelled risks and the impact of economic

uncertainty on different industry sectors. The identification of

model limitations is highly judgemental and inherently

uncertain. The adjustments made to address these limitations

require specialist auditor judgement when evaluating the:

• completeness of adjustments; and

• methodology, assumptions, models and inputs.

This key audit matter is discussed in the Audit Committee’s

report on page 101.

In respect of the adjustments to models, we performed the following

procedures in conjunction with our specialists:

• tested the controls over the valuation of in-model and post-model

adjustments;

• evaluated the methodology, approach and assumptions in developing

the adjustments, and evaluated the Group’s selection of approach;

• tested the completeness and accuracy of the data used in

formulating the judgements;

• performed a recalculation of adjustments;

• evaluated the completeness of adjustments based on our

understanding of both model and data limitations, including those

related to cost of living and high inflation pressures; and

• assessed the appropriateness of the disclosures and whether the

disclosures appropriately address the uncertainty which exists in

determining the ECL.

Key observations communicated to the Audit Committee

We are satisfied that the ECL provisions are reasonable and recognised in accordance with the requirements of IFRS 9. Calculations of the

multiple economic scenarios, in-model adjustments and post-model adjustments are made using appropriate methodologies and

reasonable modelled assumptions. Overall ECL levels are reasonable compared to peer benchmarking information.

Regulatory and litigation matters (Group)

Key audit matter description How the scope of our audit responded to the key audit matter

Refer to notes 2 and 28 in the financial statements.

The Group operates in an environment where it is subject to

regulatory investigations, litigation and customer

remediation, including allegations of fraud and misconduct.

The Group is currently exposed to a number of regulatory and

litigation matters. The Group’s provision for these matters is

£1.6 billion as at 31December 2024. In the current year, the

Group recognised a further provision of £700 million relating

to motor finance commission arrangements.

Significant judgement is required by the Group in determining

whether, under IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and

Contingent Assets:

• the amount recorded is representative of the Group’s best

estimate to settle the obligation based on the information

available to the Group, including in respect of motor

finance commission arrangements where there is

significant uncertainty around the final outcome as a result

of the recent Court of Appeal decisions, appeal to the

Supreme Court and the impact of the on-going review by

the Financial Conduct Authority (‘FCA’); and

• any contingent liabilities and underlying significant

estimation uncertainties are adequately disclosed.

This key audit matter is discussed in the Audit Committee’s

report on page 102.

We performed the following audit procedures:

• tested the Group’s controls over the completeness of provisions, the

review of the assessment of the provision against the requirements of

IAS 37, the review of the appropriateness of judgements used to

determine a best estimate and the completeness and accuracy of

data used in the process;

• evaluated the assessment of the provisions, associated probabilities,

and potential outcomes in accordance with IAS 37;

• verified and evaluated whether the methodology, data and

significant judgements and assumptions used in the valuation of the

provisions are appropriate in the context of the applicable financial

reporting framework;

• inspected correspondence and, where appropriate, made direct

inquiry with the Group’s regulators and internal and external legal

counsel;

• critically evaluated the Group’s conclusion in the context of the

requirements of IAS 37 where no provision was made;

• evaluated whether the disclosures made in the financial statements

appropriately reflect the facts and key sources of estimation

uncertainty, including in respect of motor finance commission

arrangements;

• specifically in respect of motor finance commission arrangements,

we:

– tested the governance control operating over the choice of

assumptions used, including agreement to previous redress

experience where applicable;

– engaged with our internal modelling specialists to review relevant

aspects of the code used to extract commission data used within

the model;

– tested the mathematical accuracy of the model including the

completeness and accuracy of data used in the model;

– inspected information available for the historical complaints, both

supportive and contradictory, the view of independent analysts

and the decisions made by the courts;

– reviewed correspondence with external legal counsel to support

the probability weighting applied;

– inspected correspondence and made direct inquiry with the

Group’s regulators; and

– tested the methodology and assumptions applied to determine

the provision.

Key observations communicated to the Audit Committee

While there is significant judgement required in estimating the timing and value of future settlements, we are satisfied that the approach

to the recognition, estimation and disclosures of these provisions and contingent liabilities is consistent with the requirements of IFRS

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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IT systems that impact financial reporting (Group and Parent company)

Key audit matter description How the scope of our audit responded to the key audit matter

The Group’s IT environment is inherently complex due to the

number of systems it operates and its reliance on automated

and IT dependent manual controls. Together, these support a

broad range of banking and insurance products as well as the

processing of the Group’s significant volume of transactions,

which impact all account balances.

As such, IT systems within the Group form a critical

component of the Group’s financial reporting activities. Due

to the significant reliance on IT systems, effective General IT

Controls (‘GITCs’) are critical to allow reliance to be placed

on the completeness and accuracy of financial data and the

integrity of automated system functionality, such as system

calculations.

We identified the IT systems that impact financial reporting

as a key audit matter because of the:

• Pervasive reliance on complex technology that is integral

to the operation of key business processes and financial

reporting;

• Reliance on technology which continues to develop in line

with the business strategy, such as the increase in the use

of automation across the Group and increasing reliance on

third parties; and

• Importance of the IT controls in maintaining an effective

control environment. A key interdependency exists

between the ability to rely on IT controls and the ability to

rely on financial data, system configured automated

controls and system reports.

IT controls, in the context of our audit scope, primarily relate

to privileged access at the infrastructure level, user access

security at the application level and change control.

IT systems which impact financial reporting are discussed in

the Audit Committee report on page 102.

Our IT audit scope covered the Group’s IT controls over information

systems deemed relevant to the audit based on the financial data,

system configured automated controls and/or key financial reports that

reside within it.

We used IT specialists to support our evaluation of the risks associated

with IT in the following areas:

• General IT Controls, including user access and change management

controls;

• Key financial reports and system configured automated controls; and

• Cyber security risk assessment.

Where deficiencies in the IT control environment were identified, our risk

assessment procedures included an assessment of those deficiencies to

determine the impact on our audit plan. Where relevant, the audit plan

was adjusted to mitigate the unaddressed IT risk.

Where we were able to identify and test appropriate mitigating controls

over affected financial statement line items, our testing approach

remained unchanged.

In a limited number of areas, we adopted a non-controls reliance

approach and we therefore performed additional substantive

procedures.

Key observations communicated to the Audit Committee

We are satisfied that the Group’s overall IT control environment appropriately supports the financial reporting process and control

deficiencies identified in respect of privileged user access to IT infrastructure and in application user access management were mitigated

by compensating business controls.

Defined benefit obligations (Group)

Key audit matter description How the scope of our audit responded to the key audit matter

Refer to notes 2 and 12 in the financial statements

The Group operates a number of defined benefit retirement

schemes, the obligations for which totalled £27.1 billion as at

31December 2024. Their valuation is determined with

reference to key actuarial assumptions including mortality

assumptions, discount rates and inflation rates. Due to the

size of these schemes, small changes in these assumptions can

have a material impact on the value of the defined benefit

obligation and therefore, the determination of these

assumptions requires significant auditor judgement.

This key audit matter is discussed in the Audit Committee’s

report on page 101.

We performed the following audit procedures:

• tested the Group’s controls over the valuation of the defined benefit

obligations, including controls over the assumptions setting process;

and

• challenged and evaluated the key actuarial assumptions against the

compiled expected ranges, determined by our internal actuarial

experts, based on observable market indices and market experience.

Key observations communicated to the Audit Committee

We are satisfied that the Group's judgements in relation to the defined benefit obligations are reasonable.

Independent auditors’ report continued

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Valuation of certain complex and illiquid financial instruments held at fair value (Group)

Key audit matter description How the scope of our audit responded to the key audit matter

Refer to notes 2, 16, 17 and 41 in the financial statements

Financial instruments are classified as level 1, 2 or 3 in

accordance with IFRS 13 Fair value measurement.

The fair value of complex and illiquid financial instruments

involves significant judgement. The extent of judgement

applied by the Group in valuing the Group’s financial

investments varies with the nature of assets held, the markets

in which they are traded, and the valuation methodology

applied.

The Group holds several portfolios of level 3 illiquid

investments totalling £6.0 billion, the largest of which is held

within the Insurance, Pensions and Investments division, and

includes loans in the commercial real estate, social housing,

infrastructure, and education sectors. The valuation of these

loans uses complex valuation models as they are without

readily determinable market values and were valued using

significant unobservable inputs, such as loan-to-bond

premium and calibration spread that involved considerable

judgement by management.

This key audit matter is discussed in the Audit Committee’s

report on page 102.

We tested the controls over the valuation of financial instruments

including controls over significant assumptions used in the valuation of

these financial assets, and model review controls.

We involved our valuation specialists in our audit of the valuation

of the level 3 portfolio loans and we performed the following

procedures:

• evaluated the appropriateness of loan valuation methodologies;

• calculated a range of comparable values for a sample of modelled

illiquid financial instruments using an independent valuation model

and considered reasonable alternative key assumptions based on

comparable securities and compared results;

• evaluated the appropriateness of the internal credit ratings

methodology and tested the appropriateness of the ratings for a

sample of loan counterparties;

• evaluated the consistency and appropriateness of inputs and

assumptions over time, challenging both significant movements and

non-movements where we expected change; and

• assessed the appropriateness of disclosures and sensitivity analysis.

Key observations communicated to the Audit Committee

We are satisfied that the valuation of these certain complex and illiquid financial instruments is reasonable and in accordance with IFRS 13.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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6.  Our application of materiality

6.1 Materiality

We define materiality as the magnitude of misstatement in the financial statements that makes it probable that the economic decisions of

a reasonably knowledgeable person would be changed or influenced. We use materiality both in planning the scope of our audit work and

in evaluating the results of our work.

Based on our professional judgement, we determined materiality for the financial statements as a whole as follows:

Group financial statements Parent company financial statements

Materiality £320 million (2023: £344 million) £320 million (2023: £344 million)

Basis for determining

materiality

In determining our benchmark for materiality, we

have considered the metrics used by investors

and other users of the financial statements. We

have determined pre-tax profits, normalised for

non-recurring items to be the most relevant to

users of the financial statements. This approach is

broadly consistent with the prior year.

The determined materiality represents 5 per cent

of normalised pre-tax profit and 0.7 per cent of

net assets.

Parent company materiality represents 0.6 per cent of net

assets and is capped at Group materiality.

Rationale for the

benchmark applied

Given the importance of these measures to

investors and users of the financial statements,

we have used pre-tax profits, normalised for non-

recurring items as the primary benchmark for our

determination of materiality.

The Parent company holds the Group’s investments and is

not profit driven. The balance sheet is the key measure of

financial health that is important to shareholders since the

primary concern for the Parent company is the receipt and

payment of dividends. However, given the size of the

entity’s balance sheet, we have capped materiality at

Group’s materiality.

6.2 Performance materiality

We set performance materiality at a level lower than materiality to reduce the probability that, in aggregate, uncorrected and undetected

misstatements exceed the materiality for the financial statements as a whole.

Group financial statements Parent company financial statements

Performance

materiality

70 per cent of Group materiality at £220 million

(2023: 70 per cent at £240 million)

70 per cent of Parent company materiality at £220 million

(2023: 70 per cent at £240 million)

Basis and rationale for

determining

performance

materiality

In determining performance materiality, we considered the following factors:

a. The quality of the control environment and whether we were able to rely on controls;

b. The degree of centralisation and commonality of controls and processes;

c. The uncertain economic environment;

d. The nature, volume and size of uncorrected misstatements arising in the previous audit; and

e. The nature, volume and size of uncorrected misstatements that remain uncorrected in the current period.

6.3 Error reporting threshold

We agreed with the Audit Committee that we would report to the Committee all audit differences in excess of £16 million (2023:

£17million), as well as any differences below this threshold, which in our view, warranted reporting on qualitative grounds. We also report

to the Audit Committee on disclosure matters that we identified when assessing the overall presentation of the financial statements.

7.  Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial

statements and our auditors’ report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information

contained within the Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other

information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form

of assurance conclusion thereon.

Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is

materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit or

otherwise appears to be materially misstated.

If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to

determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based

on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other

information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to

report in this regard.

Independent auditors’ report continued

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We summarise below our work in relation to areas of the other information including those areas upon which we are specifically required to

report:

Our responsibility Our report

Matters we are specifically required to report

Principal risks and

viability statement

Review the confirmation and description in the light

of the knowledge gathered during the audit, such as

through considering the directors’ processes to

support the statements made, challenging the

Group’s key judgements and estimates, consideration

of historical forecasting accuracy and evaluating

macro-economic assumptions.

Consider if the statements are aligned with the

relevant provisions of the Code.

As set out in the section ‘Corporate governance

statement’, we have nothing material to report, add

or draw attention to in respect of these matters.

Directors’

Remuneration report

Report whether the part of the directors’

remuneration report to be audited is properly

prepared and the disclosures specified by the

Companies Act have been made.

As set out in the section ‘Opinions on other matters

prescribed by the Companies Act 2006’, in our

opinion, the part of the directors’ remuneration report

to be audited has been prepared in accordance with

the Companies Act 2006.

Strategic report and

directors’ report

Report whether they are consistent with the audited

financial statements and are prepared in accordance

with applicable legal requirements.

Report if we have identified any material

misstatements in either report in the light of the

knowledge and understanding of the Group and of

the Parent company and their environment obtained

in the course of the audit.

As set out in the section ‘Opinions on other matters

prescribed by the Companies Act 2006’, in our

opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course

of the audit, the information in these reports is

consistent with the audited financial statements and

has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal

requirements.

As referenced on page 201, we have provided limited

assurance in accordance with ISAE 3000 (Revised)

and ISAE 3410 over selected metrics.

Other reporting on other information

Alternative

Performance

Measures (‘APMs’)

APMs are measures that are not defined by generally

accepted accounting practice (‘GAAP’) and therefore

are not typically included in the financial statement

part of the Annual Report. The Group use APMs, such

as adjusted profit, and banking net interest margin in

its quarterly and annual reporting of financial

performance.

We have reviewed and assessed the Group’s

calculation and reporting of these metrics to assess

consistency with the Group’s published definitions

and policies for these items.

We have also considered and assessed whether the

use of APMs in the Group’s reporting results is

consistent with the guidelines produced by regulators

such as the European Securities and Markets

Authority (‘ESMA’) guidelines on the use of APMs and

the FRC Alternative Performance Measures Thematic

Review.

We also considered whether there was an appropriate

balance between the use of statutory metrics and

APMs, in addition to whether clear definitions and

reconciliation for APMs used in financial reporting

have been provided.

In our opinion:

• the use, calculation and disclosure of APMs is

consistent with the Group’s published definitions

and policies;

• the use of APMs in the Group’s reporting results is

consistent with the guidelines produced by ESMA

and FRC; and

• there is an appropriate balance between the use of

statutory metrics and APMs, together with clear

definitions and reconciliation for APMs used in

financial reporting.

Dividends and

distribution policy

Consider whether the disclosures in the strategic

report are consistent with the dividends policy and

that the dividends paid are in line with the policy.

In our opinion the disclosures in the strategic report

and dividends paid are consistent with the policy.

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8.  Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the directors’ responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial

statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to

enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the Group’s and the Parent company’s ability to continue

as a going concern, disclosing as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the

directors either intend to liquidate the Group or the Parent company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

9.  Auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement,

whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors’ report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,

but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.

Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be

expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the FRC’s website at:

www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities

. This description forms part of our auditors’ report.

10. Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our

responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our

procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below.

Identifying and assessing potential risks related to irregularities

In identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and

regulations, we considered the following:

• the nature of the industry and sector, control environment and business performance including the design of the Group’s remuneration

policies, key drivers for directors’ remuneration, bonus levels and performance targets;

• the Group’s own assessment of the risks that irregularities may occur either as a result of fraud or error that was discussed by the Audit

Committee including on 18 February 2025;

• results of our inquiries of management, in-house legal counsel, internal audit and the Audit Committee about their own identification

and assessment of the risk of irregularities, including those that are specific to the financial services sector, and review of supporting

documentation, concerning the Group’s policies and procedures relating to:

– identifying, evaluating and complying with laws and regulations and whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance;

– detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud; and

– the internal controls established to mitigate risks related to fraud or non compliance with laws and regulations;

• the discussion among the audit engagement team including significant component audit teams and relevant internal specialists,

including tax, valuations, pensions, credit modelling, actuarial, IT and industry specialists regarding how and where fraud might occur in

the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud; and

• obtaining an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that the Group operates in, focusing on those laws and regulations

that had a direct effect on the financial statements, such as provisions of the UK Companies Act, pensions legislation and tax legislation

or that had a fundamental effect on the operations of the Group, including regulation and supervisory requirements of the Prudential

Regulation Authority, Financial Reporting Council and Financial Conduct Authority.

Audit response to risks identified

As a result of performing the above, we identified the Group’s determination of ‘Expected credit losses’ as a key audit matter related to the

potential risk of fraud. The key audit matters section of our report explains the matter in more detail and also describes the specific

procedures in response to the key audit matter. In common with all audits under ISAs (UK), we are also required to perform specific

procedures to respond to the risk of management override.

In addition to the above, our procedures to respond to risks identified included the following:

• reviewing the financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with provisions of relevant

laws and regulations described as having a direct effect on the financial statements;

• enquiring of management, the Audit Committee and in-house and external legal counsel concerning actual and potential litigation and

claims;

• performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatement

due to fraud;

• reading minutes of meetings of those charged with governance, reviewing internal audit reports and correspondence with regulators;

• in addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, testing the appropriateness of journal entries and other

adjustments;

• assessing whether the judgements made in making accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias; and

• evaluating the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.

We also communicated relevant identified laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all engagement team members including

specialists, and component audit teams, and remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations

throughout the audit.

Independent auditors’ report continued

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Report on other legal and regulatory requirements

11.  Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, the part of the Directors’ Remuneration report to be audited has been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies

Act 2006.

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

• The information given in the strategic report and the directors’ report for the financial year for which the financial statements are

prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

• The strategic report and the directors’ report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Group and of the Parent company and their environment obtained in the course of

the audit, we have not identified any material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors’ report.

12.  Corporate Governance Statement

The Listing Rules require us to review the directors’ statement in relation to going concern, longer-term viability and that part of the

corporate governance statement relating to the Group’s compliance with the provisions of the UK corporate governance code specified for

our review.

Based on the work undertaken as part of our audit, we have concluded that each of the following elements of the Corporate Governance

Statement is materially consistent with the financial statements and our knowledge obtained during the audit:

• the directors’ statement with regards to the appropriateness of adopting the going concern basis of accounting and any material

uncertainties identified set out on page 39;

• the directors’ explanation as to its assessment of the Group’s prospects, the period this assessment covers and why the period is

appropriate is set out on page 39;

• the directors’ statement on fair, balanced and understandable set out on page 136;

• the Board’s confirmation that it has carried out a robust assessment of the emerging and principal risks set out on page 136;

• the section of the Annual Report that describes the review of effectiveness of risk management and internal control systems set out on

page 102; and

• the section describing the work of the Audit Committee set out on pages 100 to 103.

13.  Matters on which we are required to report by exception

Adequacy of explanations received and accounting records

Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion:

• We have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or

• Adequate accounting records have not been kept by the Parent company, or returns adequate for

our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

• The Parent company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and

returns.

We have nothing to report in

respect of these matters.

Directors’ remuneration

Under the Companies Act 2006 we are also required to report if in our opinion certain disclosures of

directors’ remuneration have not been made or the part of the Directors’ Remuneration report to be

audited is not in agreement with the accounting records and returns.

We have nothing to report in

respect of this matter.

14. Other matters which we are required to address

Auditor tenure

Following the recommendation of the Audit Committee, we were appointed by shareholders at its annual general meeting on 16May2024

to audit the financial statements of Lloyds Banking Group plc for the year ended 31 December 2024 and subsequent financial periods. The

period of total uninterrupted engagement of the firm is four years.

Consistency of the audit report with the additional report to the Audit Committee

Our audit opinion is consistent with the additional report to the Audit Committee we are required to provide in accordance with ISAs (UK).

15.  Use of our report

This report is made solely to the Parent company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act

2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Parent company’s members those matters we are required to

state to them in an auditors’ report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume

responsibility to anyone other than the Parent company and the Parent company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report,

or for the opinions we have formed.

As required by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule (DTR) 4.1.15R – DTR 4.1.18R, these

financial statements will form part of the Electronic Format Annual Financial Report filed on the National Storage Mechanism of the FCA in

accordance with DTR 4.1.15R – DTR 4.1.18R. This auditors’ report provides no assurance over whether the Electronic Format Annual

Financial Report has been prepared in compliance with DTR 4.1.15R – DTR 4.1.18R.

Michael Lloyd (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of Deloitte LLP

Statutory Auditor

London, United Kingdom

19February 2025

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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|  |  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | Note | £m | £m | £m |
| Interest income |  | 31,288 | 28,051 | 17,645 |
| Interest expense |  | (19,011) | (14,753) | (4,723) |
| Net interest income | 5 | 12,277 | 13,298 | 12,922 |
| Fee and commission income |  | 2,943 | 2,926 | 2,790 |
| Fee and commission expense |  | (1,184) | (1,095) | (1,070) |
| Net fee and commission income | 6 | 1,759 | 1,831 | 1,720 |
| Net trading income (losses) | 7 | 17,825 | 18,049 | (19,987) |
| Insurance revenue |  | 3,291 | 3,008 | 2,461 |
| Insurance service expense |  | (2,733) | (2,414) | (3,863) |
| Net (expense) income from reinsurance contracts held |  | (72) | 2 | 62 |
| Insurance service result | 8 | 486 | 596 | (1,340) |
| Other operating income | 9 | 1,934 | 1,631 | 1,339 |
| Other income |  | 22,004 | 22,107 | (18,268) |
| Total income |  | 34,281 | 35,405 | (5,346) |
| Net finance (expense) income from insurance, participating investment and reinsurance |  |  |  |  |
| contracts |  | (10,341) | (11,684) | 15,893 |
| Movement in third party interests in consolidated funds |  | (1,059) | (1,109) | 1,035 |
| Change in non-participating investment contracts |  | (4,878) | (3,983) | 3,959 |
| Net finance (expense) income in respect of insurance and investment contracts | 8 | (16,278) | (16,776) | 20,887 |
| Total income, after net finance expense in respect of insurance and investment contracts |  | 18,003 | 18,629 | 15,541 |
| Operating expenses | 10 | (11,601) | (10,823) | (9,237) |
| Impairment | 14 | (431) | (303) | (1,522) |
| Profit before tax |  | 5,971 | 7,503 | 4,782 |
| Tax expense | 15 | (1,494) | (1,985) | (859) |
| Profit for the year |  | 4,477 | 5,518 | 3,923 |
| Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders |  | 3,923 | 4,933 | 3,389 |
| Profit attributable to other equity holders |  | 4 98 | 527 | 438 |
| Profit attributable to equity holders |  | 4,421 | 5,460 | 3,827 |
| Profit attributable to non-controlling interests |  | 56 | 58 | 96 |
| Profit for the year |  | 4,477 | 5,518 | 3,923 |
| Basic earnings per share | 31 | 6.3p | 7.6p | 4.9p |
| Diluted earnings per share | 31 | 6.2p | 7.5p | 4.9p |

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

Consolidated income statement

for the year ended 31 December

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Profit for the year | 4,477 | 5,518 | 3,923 |
| Other comprehensive income |  |  |  |
| Items that will not subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss: |  |  |  |
| Post-retirement defined benefit scheme remeasurements: |  |  |  |
| Remeasurements before tax | (768) | (1,633) | (3,012) |
| Current tax | 50 | 376 | 577 |
| Deferred tax | 154 | 52 | 283 |
|  | (564) | (1,205) | (2,152) |
| Movements in revaluation reserve in respect of equity shares held at fair value through other comprehensive  income: |  |  |  |
| Change in fair value | 93 | (54) | 44 |
| Deferred tax | – | (3) | 3 |
|  | 93 | (57) | 47 |
| Gains and losses attributable to own credit risk: |  |  |  |
| (Losses) gains before tax | (78) | (234) | 519 |
| Deferred tax | 22 | 66 | (155) |
|  | (56) | (168) | 364 |
| Items that may subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss: |  |  |  |
| Movements in revaluation reserve in respect of debt securities held at fair value through other  comprehensive income: |  |  |  |
| Change in fair value | (53) | (40) | (133) |
| Income statement transfers in respect of disposals | (7) | (122) | (92) |
| Income statement transfers in respect of impairment | (3) | (2) | 6 |
| Current tax | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Deferred tax | 1 6 | 46 | 54 |
|  | (46) | (117) | (157) |
| Movements in cash flow hedging reserve: |  |  |  |
| Effective portion of changes in fair value taken to other comprehensive income | (2,577) | 545 | (6,990) |
| Net income statement transfers | 2,597 | 1,838 | 43 |
| Deferred tax | (9) | (673) | 1,928 |
|  | 11 | 1, 710 | (5,019) |
| Movements in foreign currency translation reserve: |  |  |  |
| Currency translation differences (tax: £nil) | (73) | (53) | 116 |
| Transfers to income statement (tax: £nil) | – | – | (31) |
|  | (73) | (53) | 85 |
| Total other comprehensive (loss) income for the year, net of tax | (635) | 110 | (6,832) |
| Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year | 3,842 | 5,628 | (2,909) |
| Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders | 3,288 | 5,043 | (3,443) |
| Total comprehensive income attributable to other equity holders | 498 | 527 | 438 |
| Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to equity holders | 3,786 | 5,570 | (3,005) |
| Total comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests | 56 | 58 | 96 |
| Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year | 3,842 | 5,628 | (2,909) |

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | Note | £m | £m |
| Assets |  |  |  |
| Cash and balances at central banks |  | 62,705 | 78,110 |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 17 | 215,925 | 203,318 |
| Derivative financial instruments | 19 | 24,065 | 22,356 |
| Loans and advances to banks |  | 7,900 | 10,764 |
| Loans and advances to customers | 20 | 459,857 | 449,745 |
| Reverse repurchase agreements |  | 49,476 | 38,771 |
| Debt securities |  | 14,544 | 15,355 |
| Financial assets at amortised cost |  | 531,777 | 514,635 |
| Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income | 17 | 30,690 | 27,592 |
| Goodwill and other intangible assets | 23 | 8,188 | 8,306 |
| Current tax recoverable |  | 526 | 1,183 |
| Deferred tax assets | 15 | 5,005 | 5,185 |
| Retirement benefit assets | 12 | 3,028 | 3,624 |
| Other assets | 24 | 24,788 | 17,144 |
| Total assets |  | 906,697 | 881,453 |
| Liabilities |  |  |  |
| Deposits from banks |  | 6,158 | 6,153 |
| Customer deposits |  | 482,745 | 471,396 |
| Repurchase agreements at amortised cost |  | 37,760 | 37,703 |
| Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss | 17 | 27,611 | 24,914 |
| Derivative financial instruments | 19 | 21,676 | 20,149 |
| Notes in circulation |  | 2,121 | 1,392 |
| Debt securities in issue at amortised cost | 26 | 70,834 | 75,592 |
| Liabilities arising from insurance and participating investment contracts | 8 | 122,064 | 120,123 |
| Liabilities arising from non-participating investment contracts |  | 51,228 | 44,978 |
| Other liabilities | 27 | 25,918 | 19,026 |
| Retirement benefit obligations | 12 | 122 | 136 |
| Current tax liabilities |  | 45 | 39 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 15 | 125 | 157 |
| Provisions | 28 | 2,313 | 2,077 |
| Subordinated liabilities | 29 | 10,089 | 10,253 |
| Total liabilities |  | 860,809 | 834,088 |
| Equity |  |  |  |
| Share capital | 30 | 6,062 | 6,358 |
| Share premium account | 32 | 18,720 | 18,568 |
| Other reserves | 33 | 8,827 | 8,508 |
| Retained profits | 34 | 5,912 | 6,790 |
| Ordinary shareholders’ equity |  | 39,521 | 40,224 |
| Other equity instruments | 35 | 6,195 | 6,940 |
| Total equity excluding non-controlling interests |  | 45,716 | 47,164 |
| Non-controlling interests |  | 172 | 2 01 |
| Total equity |  | 4 5,888 | 47,365 |
| Total equity and liabilities |  | 906,697 | 881,453 |

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

The directors approved the consolidated financial statements on 19 February 2025.

Sir Robin Budenberg

Chair

Charlie Nunn

Group Chief Executive

William Chalmers

Chief Financial Officer

Consolidated balance sheet

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  | Attributable to ordinary shareholders |  |  |  |  |
|  | Share |  |  |  | Other | Non- |  |
|  | capital and | Other | Retained |  | equity | controlling |  |
|  | premium | reserves | profits | Total | instruments | interests | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January 2024 | 24,926 | 8,508 | 6,790 | 40,224 | 6,940 | 201 | 47,365 |
| Comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Profit for the year | – | – | 3,923 | 3,923 | 498 | 56 | 4,477 |
| Other comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Post-retirement defined benefit scheme |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| remeasurements, net of tax | – | – | (564) | (564) | – | – | (564) |
| Movements in revaluation reserve in respect of  financial assets held at fair value through other  comprehensive income, net of tax: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Debt securities | – | (46) | – | (46) | – | – | (46) |
| Equity shares | – | 93 | – | 93 | – | – | 93 |
| Gains and losses attributable to own credit risk,  net of tax | – | – | (56) | (56) | – | – | (56) |
| Movements in cash flow hedging reserve, net of  tax | – | 11 | – | 11 | – | – | 11 |
| Movements in foreign currency translation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| reserve, net of tax | – | (73) | – | (73) | – | – | (73) |
| Total other comprehensive loss | – | (15) | (620) | (635) | – | – | (635) |
| Total comprehensive (loss) income  1 | – | (15) | 3,303 | 3,288 | 498 | 56 | 3,842 |
| Transactions with owners |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Dividends (note 36) | – | – | (1,828) | (1,828) | – | (83) | (1,911) |
| Distributions on other equity instruments | – | – | – | – | (498) | – | (498) |
| Issue of ordinary shares | 190 | – | – | 190 | – | – | 190 |
| Share buyback (note 33) | (369) | 369 | (2,011) | (2,011) | – | – | (2,011) |
| Redemption of preference shares | 35 | (35) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Issue of other equity instruments (note 35) | – | – | (6) | (6) | 763 | – | 757 |
| Repurchases and redemptions of other equity  instruments (note 35) | – | – | (316) | (316) | (1,508) | – | (1,824) |
| Movement in treasury shares | – | – | (173) | (173) | – | – | (173) |
| Value of employee services | – | – | 153 | 153 | – | – | 153 |
| Changes in non-controlling interests | – | – | – | – | – | (2) | (2) |
| Total transactions with owners | (144) | 334 | (4,181) | (3,991) | (1,243) | (85) | (5,319) |
| Realised gains and losses on equity shares held at  fair value through other comprehensive income | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| At 31 December 2024 | 24,782 | 8,827 | 5,912 | 39,521 | 6,195 | 172 | 45,888 |

1  Total comprehensive income attributable to owners of the parent was a surplus of £3,786million (2023: surplus of £5,570 million; 2022: loss of £3,005 million).

Further details of movements in the Group’s share capital, reserves and other equity instruments are provided in notes 30 and 32 to 35.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

Consolidated statement of changes in equity

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|  |  |  | Attributable to ordinary shareholders |  |  |  |  |
|  | Share |  |  |  | Other | Non- |  |
|  | capital and | Other | Retained |  | equity | controlling |  |
|  | premium | reserves | profits | Total | instruments | interests | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January 2023 | 25,233 | 6,587 | 6,550 | 38,370 | 5,297 | 244 | 43,911 |
| Comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Profit for the year | – | – | 4,933 | 4,933 | 527 | 58 | 5,518 |
| Other comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Post-retirement defined benefit scheme |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| remeasurements, net of tax | – | – | (1,205) | (1,205) | – | – | (1,205) |
| Movements in revaluation reserve in respect of  financial assets held at fair value through other  comprehensive income, net of tax: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Debt securities | – | (117) | – | (117) | – | – | (117) |
| Equity shares | – | (57) | – | (57) | – | – | (57) |
| Gains and losses attributable to own credit risk,  net of tax | – | – | (168) | (168) | – | – | (168) |
| Movements in cash flow hedging reserve, net of  tax | – | 1,710 | – | 1,710 | – | – | 1,710 |
| Movements in foreign currency translation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| reserve, net of tax | – | (53) | – | (53) | – | – | (53) |
| Total other comprehensive income (loss) | – | 1,483 | (1,373) | 110 | – | – | 110 |
| Total comprehensive income | – | 1,483 | 3,560 | 5,043 | 527 | 58 | 5,628 |
| Transactions with owners |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Dividends (note 36) | – | – | (1,651) | (1,651) | – | (101) | (1,752) |
| Distributions on other equity instruments | – | – | – | – | (527) | – | (527) |
| Issue of ordinary shares | 131 | – | – | 131 | – | – | 131 |
| Share buyback | (438) | 438 | (1,993) | (1,993) | – | – | (1,993) |
| Issue of other equity instruments (note 35) | – | – | (6) | (6) | 1,778 | – | 1,772 |
| Repurchases and redemptions of other equity  instruments (note 35) | – | – | – | – | (135) | – | (135) |
| Movement in treasury shares | – | – | 103 | 103 | – | – | 103 |
| Value of employee services | – | – | 227 | 227 | – | – | 227 |
| Changes in non-controlling interests | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total transactions with owners | (307) | 438 | (3,320) | (3,189) | 1,116 | (101) | (2,174) |
| Realised gains and losses on equity shares held at  fair value through other comprehensive income | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| At 31 December 2023 | 24,926 | 8,508 | 6,790 | 40,224 | 6,940 | 201 | 47,365 |

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

Consolidated statement of changes in equity continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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|  |  |  | Attributable to ordinary shareholders |  |  |  |  |
|  | Share |  |  |  | Other | Non- |  |
|  | capital and | Other | Retained |  | equity | controlling |  |
|  | premium | reserves | profits | Total | instruments | interests | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January 2022 | 25,581 | 11,177 | 8,318 | 45,076 | 5,906 | 235 | 51,217 |
| Comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Profit for the year | – | – | 3,389 | 3,389 | 438 | 96 | 3,923 |
| Other comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Post-retirement defined benefit scheme |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| remeasurements, net of tax | – | – | (2,152) | (2,152) | – | – | (2,152) |
| Movements in revaluation reserve in respect of  financial assets held at fair value through other  comprehensive income, net of tax: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Debt securities | – | (157) | – | (157) | – | – | (157) |
| Equity shares | – | 47 | – | 47 | – | – | 47 |
| Gains and losses attributable to own credit risk,  net of tax | – | – | 364 | 364 | – | – | 364 |
| Movements in cash flow hedging reserve, net of  tax | – | (5,019) | – | (5,019) | – | – | (5,019) |
| Movements in foreign currency translation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| reserve, net of tax | – | 85 | – | 85 | – | – | 85 |
| Total other comprehensive (loss) income | – | (5,044) | (1,788) | (6,832) | – | – | (6,832) |
| Total comprehensive (loss) income | – | (5,044) | 1,601 | (3,443) | 438 | 96 | (2,909) |
| Transactions with owners |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Dividends (note 36) | – | – | (1,475) | (1,475) | – | (92) | (1,567) |
| Distributions on other equity instruments | – | – | – | – | (438) | – | (438) |
| Issue of ordinary shares | 105 | – | – | 105 | – | – | 105 |
| Share buyback | (453) | 453 | (2,013) | (2,013) | – | – | (2,013) |
| Issue of other equity instruments (note 35) | – | – | (5) | (5) | 750 | – | 745 |
| Repurchases and redemptions of other equity  instruments (note 35) | – | – | (36) | (36) | (1,359) | – | (1,395) |
| Movement in treasury shares | – | – | (60) | (60) | – | – | (60) |
| Value of employee services | – | – | 224 | 224 | – | – | 224 |
| Changes in non-controlling interests | – | – | (3) | (3) | – | 5 | 2 |
| Total transactions with owners | (348) | 453 | (3,368) | (3,263) | (1,047) | (87) | (4,397) |
| Realised gains and losses on equity shares held at  fair value through other comprehensive income | – | 1 | (1) | – | – | – | – |
| At 31 December 2022 | 25,233 | 6,587 | 6,550 | 38,370 | 5,297 | 244 | 43,911 |

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  |  | £m | £m | £m |
| Cash flows (used in) provided by operating activities |  |  |  |  |
| Profit before tax |  | 5,971 | 7,503 | 4,782 |
| Adjustments for: |  |  |  |  |
| Change in operating assets | 42(A) | (39,622) | (9,110) | 16,735 |
| Change in operating liabilities | 42(B) | 23,603 | 4,232 | 1,481 |
| Non-cash and other items | 42(C) | 5,990 | 5,622 | (244) |
| Tax paid  1 | 15 | (1,305) | (1,437) | (764) |
| Tax refunded  1 | 15 | 970 | – | 21 |
| Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities |  | (4,393) | 6,810 | 22,011 |
| Cash flows (used in) provided by investing activities |  |  |  |  |
| Purchase of financial assets |  | (10,518) | (10,311) | (7,984) |
| Proceeds from sale and maturity of financial assets |  | 7,062 | 5,298 | 11,172 |
| Purchase of fixed assets  1 |  | (4,364) | (3,961) | (2,432) |
| Purchase of other intangible assets  1 |  | (1,259) | (1,494) | (1,423) |
| Proceeds from sale of fixed assets  1 |  | 1,505 | 1,027 | 1,550 |
| Proceeds from sale of goodwill and other intangible assets  1 |  | 62 | – | – |
| Repayment of capital by joint ventures and associates |  | – | – | 36 |
| Acquisition of businesses and joint ventures, net of cash acquired | 42(D) | (179) | (380) | (409) |
| Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities |  | (7,691) | (9,821) | 510 |
| Cash flows used in financing activities |  |  |  |  |
| Dividends paid to ordinary shareholders | 36 | (1,828) | (1,651) | (1,475) |
| Distributions in respect of other equity instruments |  | (498) | (527) | (438) |
| Distributions in respect of non-controlling interests |  | (83) | (101) | (92) |
| Interest paid on subordinated liabilities |  | (622) | (623) | (603) |
| Proceeds from issue of subordinated liabilities |  | 812 | 1,417 | 838 |
| Proceeds from issue of other equity instruments |  | 757 | 1,772 | 745 |
| Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares |  | 187 | 86 | 31 |
| Share buyback |  | (2,011) | (1,993) | (2,013) |
| Repayment of subordinated liabilities |  | (819) | (1,745) | (2,216) |
| Repurchases and redemptions of other equity instruments |  | (1,824) | (135) | (1,395) |
| Change in stake of non-controlling interests |  | (2) | – | 5 |
| Net cash used in financing activities |  | (5,931) | (3,500) | (6,613) |
| Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |  | (7) | (480) | 727 |
| Change in cash and cash equivalents |  | (18,022) | (6,991) | 16,635 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |  | 88,838 | 95,829 | 79,194 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of year | 42(E) | 70,816 | 88,838 | 95,829 |

1  Previously presented in aggregate.

Interest received was £29,721 million (2023: £26,461 million; 2022: £16,074 million) and interest paid was £17,840 million (2023: £11,100

million; 2022: £3,320 million).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

Consolidated cash flow statement

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 1: Basis of preparation

The consolidated financial statements of Lloyds Banking Group plc and its subsidiary undertakings (the Group) have been prepared in

accordance with international accounting standards in conformity with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. The financial

statements have also been prepared in accordance with IFRS

®

Accounting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards

Board (IASB).

The financial information has been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the revaluation of investment properties,

insurance and reinsurance contract assets and liabilities measured at their fulfilment values in accordance with IFRS 17, financial assets

measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, trading securities and certain other financial assets and liabilities at fair value

through profit or loss and all derivative contracts. The directors consider that it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis

in preparing the financial statements. In reaching this assessment, the directors have considered the Group’s capital and funding position,

the impact of climate change upon the Group’s future performance and the results from stress testing scenarios.

The Group’s accounting policies are consistent with those applied by the Group in its financial statements for the year ended 31 December

2023 and there have been no changes in the Group’s methods of computation.

The IASB has issued a number of minor amendments to the IFRS Accounting Standards effective 1 January 2024, including IFRS 16 Lease

Liability in a Sale and Leaseback, IAS 1 Non-current Liabilities with Covenants, and IAS 1 Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-

current. These amendments do not have a significant impact on the Group.

Future accounting developments

There are a number of new accounting pronouncements issued by the IASB with an effective date of 1 January 2027. This includes IFRS 18

Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements which replaces IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements and IFRS 19 Subsidiaries

without Public Accountability: Disclosures. The impact of these standards is being assessed and they have not yet been endorsed for use in

the UK.

The IASB has issued its annual improvements and a number of amendments to the IFRS Accounting Standards effective on or after 1

January 2025, including Amendments to IFRS 9 Financial Instruments (effective 1 January 2026) and Amendments to IFRS 7 Financial

Instruments Disclosure (effective 1 January 2026) and IAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates (effective 1 January 2025).

These improvements and amendments are not expected to have a significant impact on the Group.

Note 2: Accounting policies

The Group’s accounting policies are set out below. These accounting policies have been applied consistently.

(A) Consolidation

The assets, liabilities and results of Group undertakings (including structured entities) are included in the financial statements on the basis

of accounts made up to the reporting date. Group undertakings include subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures. Details of the Group’s

subsidiaries and related undertakings are given on pages 318 to 331.

Subsidiaries are entities controlled by the Group. The Group controls an entity when it has power over the entity, is exposed to, or has

rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity, and has the ability to affect those returns through the exercise of its power.

This generally accompanies a shareholding of more than one half of the voting rights although in certain circumstances a holding of less

than one half of the voting rights may still result in the ability of the Group to exercise control. The existence and effect of potential voting

rights that are currently exercisable or convertible are considered when assessing whether the Group controls another entity. The Group

reassesses whether or not it controls an entity if facts and circumstances indicate that there have been changes to any of the above

elements. Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which control is transferred to the Group; they are deconsolidated from the

date that control ceases.

The Group consolidates collective investment vehicles if its beneficial ownership interests give it substantive rights to remove the external

fund manager of the investment activities of the fund. Where a subsidiary of the Group is the fund manager of a collective investment

vehicle, the Group considers a number of factors in determining whether it acts as principal, and therefore controls the collective

investment vehicle, including: an assessment of the scope of the Group’s decision-making authority over the investment vehicle; the rights

held by other parties including substantive removal rights without cause over the Group acting as fund manager; the remuneration to

which the Group is entitled in its capacity as decision-maker; and the Group’s exposure to variable returns from the beneficial interest that

it holds in the investment vehicle. Consolidation may be appropriate in circumstances where the Group has less than a majority beneficial

interest. Where a collective investment vehicle is consolidated the interests of parties other than the Group are reported in other liabilities

and the movement in those interests in movement in third party interests in consolidated funds.

Structured entities are entities that are designed so that their activities are not governed by way of voting rights. In assessing whether the

Group has power over such entities in which it has an interest, the Group considers factors such as the purpose and design of the entity; its

practical ability to direct the relevant activities of the entity; the nature of the relationship with the entity; and the size of its exposure to

the variability of returns of the entity.

The treatment of transactions with non-controlling interests depends on whether, as a result of the transaction, the Group loses control of

the subsidiary. Changes in the parent’s ownership interest in a subsidiary that do not result in a loss of control are accounted for as equity

transactions; any difference between the amount by which the non-controlling interests are adjusted and the fair value of the

consideration paid or received is recognised directly in equity and attributed to the owners of the parent entity. Where the Group loses

control of the subsidiary, at the date when control is lost the amount of any non-controlling interest in that former subsidiary is

derecognised and any investment retained in the former subsidiary is remeasured to its fair value; the gain or loss that is recognised in profit

or loss on the partial disposal of the subsidiary includes the gain or loss on the remeasurement of the retained interest.

Intercompany transactions, balances and unrealised gains and losses on transactions between Group companies are eliminated.

The acquisition method of accounting is used to account for business combinations by the Group. The consideration for the acquisition of a

subsidiary is the fair value of the assets transferred, the liabilities incurred and the equity interests issued by the Group. The consideration

includes the fair value of any asset or liability resulting from a contingent consideration arrangement. Acquisition-related costs are

expensed as incurred except those relating to the issuance of debt instruments (see (E)(4) below) or share capital (see (P) below).

Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair value at the acquisition

date.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

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Note 2: Accounting policies continued

(B) Goodwill

Goodwill arises on business combinations and represents the excess of the cost of an acquisition over the fair value of the Group’s share of

the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities acquired. Where the fair value of the Group’s share of the identifiable assets,

liabilities and contingent liabilities of the acquired entity is greater than the cost of acquisition, the excess is recognised immediately in the

income statement.

Goodwill is recognised as an asset at cost and is tested at least annually for impairment. For impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to the

cash-generating unit (CGU) or groups of CGUs that are expected to benefit from the business combination. The Group’s CGUs are largely

product based for its Retail and Insurance businesses and client based for its Commercial Banking business. An impairment loss is

recognised if the carrying amount of a CGU is determined to be greater than its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount of a CGU is

the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. If an impairment is identified the carrying value of the goodwill is written

down immediately through the income statement and this is not subsequently reversed. At the date of disposal of a subsidiary, the carrying

value of attributable goodwill is included in the calculation of the profit or loss on disposal.

(C) Other intangible assets

Intangible assets which have been determined to have a finite useful life are amortised on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful

life as follows: up to seven years for capitalised software; 10 to 15 years for brands and other intangible assets.

Intangible assets with finite useful lives are reviewed at each reporting date to assess whether there is any indication that they are

impaired. If any such indication exists the recoverable amount of the asset is determined and in the event that the asset’s carrying amount

is greater than its recoverable amount, it is written down immediately. Certain brands have been determined to have an indefinite useful

life and are not amortised. Such intangible assets are assessed annually to determine whether the asset is impaired and to reconfirm that

an indefinite useful life remains appropriate. In the event that an indefinite life is inappropriate, a finite life is determined and a further

impairment review is performed on the asset.

(D) Revenue recognition

(1)  Net interest income

Interest income and expense are recognised in the income statement using the effective interest method for all interest-bearing financial

instruments, except for those classified at fair value through profit or loss. The effective interest method is a method of calculating the

amortised cost of a financial asset or liability and of allocating the interest income or interest expense over the expected life of the financial

instrument. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts the estimated future cash payments or receipts over the expected

life of the financial instrument to the gross carrying amount of the financial asset (before adjusting for expected credit losses) or to the

amortised cost of the financial liability, including early redemption fees, other fees, and premiums and discounts that are an integral part of

the overall return. In the case of financial assets that are purchased or originated credit-impaired, the effective interest rate is the rate that

discounts the estimated future cash flows to the amortised cost of the instrument. Direct incremental transaction costs related to the

acquisition, issue or disposal of a financial instrument are also taken into account. Interest income from non-credit-impaired financial assets

is recognised by applying the effective interest rate to the gross carrying amount of the asset; for credit-impaired financial assets, the

effective interest rate is applied to the net carrying amount after deducting the allowance for expected credit losses. Impairment policies

are set out in (H) below.

(2)  Fee and commission income and expense

Fees and commissions receivable which are not an integral part of the effective interest rate are recognised as income as the Group fulfils

its performance obligations. The Group’s principal performance obligations arising from contracts with customers are in respect of value

added current accounts, credit cards and debit cards. These fees are received, and the Group provides the service, monthly; the fees are

recognised in income on this basis. The Group also receives certain fees in respect of its asset finance business where the performance

obligations are typically fulfilled towards the end of the customer contract; these fees are recognised in income on this basis. Where it is

unlikely that the loan commitments will be drawn, loan commitment fees are recognised in fee and commission income over the life of the

facility, rather than as an adjustment to the effective interest rate for the lending expected to be drawn. Incremental costs incurred to

generate fee and commission income are charged to fee and commission expense as they are incurred.

(3)  Other

Dividend income is recognised when the right to receive payment is established.

Revenue recognition policies specific to trading income are set out in (E)(3) below, those relating to leases are set out in (J)(1) below and

those relating to life insurance and general insurance business are set out in (M) below.

(E)  Financial assets and liabilities

On initial recognition, financial assets are classified as measured at amortised cost, fair value through other comprehensive income or fair

value through profit or loss, depending on the Group’s business model for managing those financial assets and whether the resultant cash

flows represent solely payments of principal and interest on principal outstanding. The Group assesses its business models at a portfolio

level based on its objectives for the relevant portfolio, how the performance of the portfolio is managed and reported, and the frequency

of asset sales. Financial assets with embedded derivatives are considered in their entirety when considering their cash flow characteristics.

The Group reclassifies financial assets only when its business model for managing those assets changes. A reclassification will only take

place when the change is significant to the Group’s operations and will occur at a portfolio level and not for individual instruments;

reclassifications are expected to be rare. Equity investments are measured at fair value through profit or loss unless the Group elects at

initial recognition to account for the instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income. For these instruments, principally

strategic investments, dividends are recognised in profit or loss but fair value gains and losses are not subsequently reclassified to profit or

loss following derecognition of the investment.

The Group initially recognises loans and advances, deposits, debt securities in issue and subordinated liabilities when the Group becomes a

party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Regular way purchases and sales of securities and other financial assets and trading

liabilities are recognised on trade date, being the date that the Group is committed to purchase or sell an asset.

Financial assets are derecognised when the contractual right to receive cash flows from those assets has expired or when the Group has

transferred its contractual right to receive the cash flows from the assets and either: substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership

have been transferred; or the Group has neither retained nor transferred substantially all of the risks and rewards, but has transferred

control. Financial liabilities are derecognised when the obligation is discharged, cancelled or expires.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 2: Accounting policies continued

(1)  Financial instruments measured at amortised cost

Financial assets that are held to collect contractual cash flows where those cash flows represent solely payments of principal and interest

are measured at amortised cost. A basic lending arrangement results in contractual cash flows that are solely payments of principal and

interest on the principal amount outstanding. Where the contractual cash flows introduce exposure to risks or volatility unrelated to a basic

lending arrangement such as changes in equity prices or commodity prices, the payments do not comprise solely principal and interest.

Financial assets measured at amortised cost are predominantly loans and advances to customers and banks, reverse repurchase

agreements and certain debt securities used by the Group to manage its liquidity. Loans and advances and reverse repurchase agreements

are initially recognised when cash is advanced to the borrower at fair value inclusive of transaction costs. Interest income is accounted for

using the effective interest method (see (D) above).

Financial liabilities are measured at amortised cost, except for trading liabilities and other financial liabilities designated at fair value

through profit or loss on initial recognition which are held at fair value.

(2) Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

Financial assets that are held to collect contractual cash flows and for subsequent sale where those cash flows represent solely payments of

principal and interest are recognised in the balance sheet at their fair value, inclusive of transaction costs. Interest calculated using the

effective interest method and foreign exchange gains and losses on assets denominated in foreign currencies are recognised in the income

statement. All other gains and losses arising from changes in fair value are recognised directly in other comprehensive income, until the

financial asset is either sold or matures, at which time, other than in respect of equity shares, the cumulative gain or loss previously

recognised in other comprehensive income is recognised in the income statement. The cumulative revaluation amount in respect of equity

shares is transferred directly to retained profits. The Group recognises a charge for expected credit losses in the income statement (see (H)

below). As the asset is measured at fair value, the charge does not adjust the carrying value of the asset, and this is reflected in other

comprehensive income.

(3)  Financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss

Financial assets are classified at fair value through profit or loss where they do not meet the criteria to be measured at amortised cost or

fair value through other comprehensive income or where they are designated at fair value through profit or loss to reduce an accounting

mismatch. All derivatives are carried at fair value through profit or loss, other than those in effective cash flow hedging relationships.

Derivatives are carried on the balance sheet as assets when their fair value is positive and as liabilities when their fair value is negative. Refer

to note 17 (Fair values of financial assets and liabilities) for details of valuation techniques and significant inputs to valuation models.

Derivatives embedded in a financial asset are not considered separately; the financial asset is considered in its entirety when determining

whether its cash flows are solely payments of principal and interest. Derivatives embedded in financial liabilities and insurance contracts

(unless the embedded derivative is itself an insurance contract) are treated as separate derivatives when their economic characteristics and

risks are not closely related to those of the host contract and the host contract is not carried at fair value through profit or loss. These

embedded derivatives are measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in the income statement.

The assets backing the insurance and investment contracts issued by the Group do not meet the criteria to be measured at amortised cost

or fair value through other comprehensive income as they are managed on a fair value basis and accordingly are measured at fair value

through profit or loss. Similarly, trading securities, which are debt securities and equity shares acquired principally for the purpose of selling

in the short term or which are part of a portfolio which is managed for short-term gains, do not meet these criteria and are also measured

at fair value through profit or loss. Financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss are recognised in the balance sheet at their

fair value. Fair value gains and losses together with interest coupons and dividend income are recognised in the income statement within

net trading income.

Financial liabilities are measured at fair value through profit or loss where they are trading liabilities or where they are designated at fair

value through profit or loss in order to reduce an accounting mismatch; where the liabilities are part of a group of liabilities (or assets and

liabilities) which is managed, and its performance evaluated, on a fair value basis; or where the liabilities contain one or more embedded

derivatives that significantly modify the cash flows arising under the contract and would otherwise need to be separately accounted for.

Financial liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss are recognised in the balance sheet at their fair value. Fair value gains and

losses are recognised in the income statement within net trading income in the period in which they occur, except in the case of financial

liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss where gains and losses attributable to changes in own credit risk are recognised in

other comprehensive income.

The fair values of assets and liabilities traded in active markets are based on current bid and offer prices, respectively, which include the

expected effects of potential changes to laws and regulations, risks associated with climate change and other factors. If the market is not

active the Group establishes a fair value by using valuation techniques. The fair values of derivative financial instruments are adjusted

where appropriate to reflect credit risk (via credit valuation adjustments (CVAs), debit valuation adjustments (DVAs) and funding valuation

adjustments (FVAs)), market liquidity and other risks.

(4) Borrowings

Borrowings (which include deposits from banks, customer deposits, repurchase agreements, debt securities in issue and subordinated

liabilities) are recognised initially at fair value, being their issue proceeds net of transaction costs incurred. These instruments are

subsequently stated at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Preference shares and other instruments which carry a mandatory coupon or are redeemable on a specific date are classified as financial

liabilities. The coupon on these instruments is recognised in the income statement as interest expense. Securities which carry a

discretionary coupon and have no fixed maturity or redemption date are classified as other equity instruments. Interest payments on these

securities are recognised as distributions from equity in the period in which they are paid.

An exchange of financial liabilities on substantially different terms is accounted for as an extinguishment of the original financial liability

and the recognition of a new financial liability. The difference between the carrying amount of a financial liability extinguished and the new

financial liability is recognised in profit or loss together with any related costs or fees incurred. When a financial liability is exchanged for an

equity instrument, the new equity instrument is recognised at fair value and any difference between the carrying value of the liability and

the fair value of the new equity instrument is recognised in profit or loss.

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Note 2: Accounting policies continued

(5)  Sale and repurchase agreements (including securities lending and borrowing)

Securities sold subject to repurchase agreements (repos) continue to be recognised on the balance sheet where substantially all of the risks

and rewards are retained. Funds received for repos carried at fair value are included within trading liabilities.

Securities purchased under agreements to resell (reverse repos), where the Group does not acquire substantially all of the risks and rewards

of ownership, are measured at amortised cost or at fair value. Those measured at fair value are recognised within trading securities. The

difference between sale and repurchase price is treated as interest and accrued over the life of the agreements using the effective interest

method.

Securities borrowing and lending transactions are typically secured; collateral takes the form of securities or cash advanced or received.

Securities lent to counterparties are retained on the balance sheet. Securities borrowed are not recognised on the balance sheet, unless

these are sold to third parties, in which case the obligation to return them is recorded at fair value as a trading liability. Cash collateral given

or received is treated as a loan and advance measured at amortised cost or customer deposit.

(F)  Hedge accounting

As permitted by IFRS 9, the Group continues to apply the requirements of IAS 39 to its hedging relationships.

Changes in the fair value of all derivative instruments, other than those in effective cash flow hedging relationships, are recognised

immediately in the income statement. As noted in (2) below, the change in fair value of a derivative in an effective cash flow hedging

relationship is allocated between the income statement and other comprehensive income.

Hedge accounting allows one financial instrument, generally a derivative such as a swap, to be designated as a hedge of another financial

instrument such as a loan or deposit or a portfolio of such instruments. At the inception of the hedge relationship, formal documentation is

drawn up specifying the hedging strategy, the hedged item, the hedging instrument and the methodology that will be used to measure the

effectiveness of the hedge relationship in offsetting changes in the fair value or cash flow of the hedged risk. The effectiveness of the

hedging relationship is tested both at inception and throughout its life and if at any point it is concluded that it is no longer highly effective

in achieving its documented objective, hedge accounting is discontinued. Note 19 provides details of the types of derivatives held by the

Group and presents separately those designated in hedge relationships.

(1)  Fair value hedges

Changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges are recorded in the income statement, together

with the changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk; this also applies if the hedged

asset is classified as a financial asset at fair value through other comprehensive income. If the hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge

accounting, changes in the fair value of the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk are no longer recognised in the income statement.

The cumulative adjustment that has been made to the carrying amount of the hedged item is amortised to the income statement using the

effective interest method over the period to maturity.

(2) Cash flow hedges

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges is recognised in other

comprehensive income in the cash flow hedging reserve. The gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion is recognised immediately in the

income statement. Amounts accumulated in equity are reclassified to the income statement in the periods in which the hedged item

affects profit or loss. When a hedging instrument expires or is sold, or when a hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting, any

cumulative gain or loss existing in equity at that time remains in equity and is recognised in the income statement when the forecast

transaction is ultimately recognised in the income statement. When a forecast transaction is no longer expected to occur, the cumulative

gain or loss that was reported in equity is immediately transferred to the income statement.

(G) Offset

Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount reported in the balance sheet when there is a legally enforceable right of offset

and there is an intention to settle on a net basis, or realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. Cash collateral on exchange

traded derivative transactions is presented gross unless the collateral cash flows are always settled net with the derivative cash flows. In

certain situations, even though master netting agreements exist, the lack of management intention to settle on a net basis results in the

financial assets and liabilities being reported gross on the balance sheet.

(H) Impairment of financial assets

The impairment charge in the income statement reflects the change in expected credit losses, including those arising from fraud. Expected

credit losses are recognised for loans and advances to customers and banks, other financial assets held at amortised cost, financial assets

(other than equity investments) measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, and certain loan commitments and financial

guarantee contracts. Expected credit losses are calculated as an unbiased and probability-weighted estimate using an appropriate

probability of default, adjusted to take into account a range of possible future economic scenarios, and applying this to the estimated

exposure of the Group at the point of default after taking into account the value of any collateral held, repayments, or other mitigants of

loss and including the impact of discounting using the effective interest rate.

At initial recognition, allowance (or provision in the case of some loan commitments and financial guarantees) is made for expected credit

losses resulting from default events that are possible within the next 12 months (12-month expected credit losses). In the event of a

significant increase in credit risk since origination, allowance (or provision) is made for expected credit losses resulting from all possible

default events over the expected life of the financial instrument (lifetime expected credit losses). Financial assets where 12-month

expected credit losses are recognised are considered to be Stage 1; financial assets which are considered to have experienced a significant

increase in credit risk since initial recognition are in Stage 2; and financial assets which have defaulted or are otherwise considered to be

credit-impaired are allocated to Stage 3. Some Stage 3 assets, mainly in Commercial Banking, are subject to individual rather than

collective assessment. Such cases are subject to a risk-based impairment sanctioning process, and these are reviewed and updated at least

quarterly, or more frequently if there is a significant change in the credit profile. The collective assessment of impairment aggregates

financial instruments with similar risk characteristics, such as whether the facility is revolving in nature or secured and the type of security

held against financial assets.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 2: Accounting policies continued

An assessment of whether credit risk has increased significantly since initial recognition considers the change in the risk of default occurring

over the remaining expected life of the financial instrument. In determining whether there has been a significant increase in credit risk, the

Group uses quantitative tests based on relative and absolute probability of default (PD) movements linked to internal credit ratings

together with qualitative indicators such as watchlists and other indicators of historical delinquency, credit weakness or financial difficulty.

The use of internal credit ratings and qualitative indicators ensures alignment between the assessment of staging and the Group’s

management of credit risk which utilises these internal metrics within distinct retail and commercial portfolio risk management practices.

However, unless identified at an earlier stage, the credit risk of financial assets is deemed to have increased significantly when more than 30

days past due. The use of a payment holiday in and of itself has not been judged to indicate a significant increase in credit risk, with the

underlying long-term credit risk deemed to be driven by economic conditions and captured through the use of forward-looking models.

These portfolio-level models are capturing the anticipated volume of increased defaults and therefore an appropriate assessment of staging

and expected credit loss. Where the credit risk subsequently improves such that it no longer represents a significant increase in credit risk

since initial recognition, the asset is transferred back to Stage 1.

Assets are transferred to Stage 3 when they have defaulted or are otherwise considered to be credit-impaired. Default is considered to

have occurred when there is evidence that the customer is experiencing financial difficulty which is likely to affect significantly the ability to

repay the amount due. IFRS 9 contains a rebuttable presumption that default occurs no later than when a payment is 90 days past due

which the Group uses for all its products. In addition, other indicators of mortgage default are added including end-of-term payments on

past due interest-only accounts and loans considered non-performing due to recent arrears or forbearance. The use of payment holidays is

not considered to be an automatic trigger of regulatory default and therefore does not automatically trigger Stage 3. Days past due will also

not accumulate on any accounts that have taken a payment holiday including those already past due.

In certain circumstances, the Group will renegotiate the original terms of a customer’s loan, either as part of an ongoing customer

relationship or in response to adverse changes in the circumstances of the borrower. In the latter circumstances, the loan will remain

classified as either Stage 2 or Stage 3 until the credit risk has improved such that it no longer represents a significant increase since

origination (for a return to Stage 1), or the loan is no longer credit-impaired (for a return to Stage 2). On renegotiation the gross carrying

amount of the loan is recalculated as the present value of the renegotiated or modified contractual cash flows, which are discounted at the

original effective interest rate. Renegotiation may also lead to the loan and associated allowance being derecognised and a new loan being

recognised initially at fair value.

Purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets (POCI) include financial assets that are purchased or originated at a deep discount

that reflects incurred credit losses. At initial recognition, POCI assets do not carry an impairment allowance; instead, lifetime expected

credit losses are incorporated into the calculation of the effective interest rate. All changes in lifetime expected credit losses subsequent to

the assets’ initial recognition are recognised as an impairment charge.

A loan or advance is normally written off, either partially or in full, against the related allowance when the proceeds from realising any

available security have been received or there is no realistic prospect of recovery and the amount of the loss has been determined.

Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off decrease the amount of impairment losses recorded in the income statement. For

both secured and unsecured retail balances, the write-off takes place only once an extensive set of collections processes has been

completed, or the status of the account reaches a point where policy dictates that continuing attempts to recover are no longer

appropriate. For commercial lending, a write-off occurs if the loan facility with the customer is restructured, the asset is under

administration and the only monies that can be received are the amounts estimated by the administrator, the underlying assets are

disposed and a decision is made that no further settlement monies will be received, or external evidence (for example, third party

valuations) is available that there has been an irreversible decline in expected cash flows.

(I)  Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment (other than investment property) is included at cost less accumulated depreciation. The value of land

(included in premises) is not depreciated. Depreciation on other assets is calculated using the straight-line method to allocate the

difference between the cost and the residual value over their estimated useful lives, as follows: the shorter of 50 years and the remaining

period of the lease for freehold/long and short leasehold premises; the shorter of 10 years and, if lease renewal is not likely, the remaining

period of the lease for leasehold improvements; 10 to 20 years for fixtures and furnishings; and 2 to 8 years for other equipment and motor

vehicles.

The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed and, if appropriate, revised at each balance sheet date.

Assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be

recoverable. In assessing the recoverable amount of assets the Group considers the effects of potential or actual changes in legislation,

customer behaviour, climate-related risks and other factors on the asset’s cash-generating unit (CGU). In the event that an asset’s CGU

carrying amount is determined to be greater than its recoverable amount the asset is written down immediately.

Investment property comprises freehold and long leasehold land and buildings that are held either to earn rental income or for capital

accretion or both, primarily within the life insurance funds. Investment property is carried at fair value based on current prices for similar

properties, adjusted for the specific characteristics of the property (such as location or condition). If this information is not available, the

Group uses alternative valuation methods such as discounted cash flow projections or recent prices in less active markets. These valuations

are reviewed at least annually by independent professionally qualified valuers. Investment property being redeveloped for continuing use as

investment property, or for which the market has become less active, continues to be valued at fair value.

(J)  Leases

Under IFRS 16, a lessor is required to determine if a lease is a finance or operating lease. A lessee is not required to make this determination.

(1)  As lessor

Assets leased to customers are classified as finance leases if the lease agreements transfer substantially all of the risks and rewards of

ownership to the lessee but not necessarily legal title. All other leases are classified as operating leases. When assets are subject to finance

leases, the present value of the lease payments, together with any unguaranteed residual value, is recognised as a receivable, net of

allowances for expected credit losses and residual value impairment, within loans and advances to banks and customers. The difference

between the gross receivable and the present value of the receivable is recognised as unearned finance lease income. Finance lease income

is recognised in interest income over the term of the lease using the net investment method (before tax) so as to give a constant rate of

return on the net investment in the lease. Unguaranteed residual values are reviewed regularly to identify any impairment.

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Note 2: Accounting policies continued

Operating lease assets are included within other assets at cost and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. The depreciation charge is

based on the asset’s residual value and the life of the lease. Operating lease rental income is recognised on a straight-line basis over the life

of the lease.

The Group evaluates non-lease arrangements such as outsourcing and similar contracts to determine if they contain a lease which is then

accounted for separately.

(2)  As lessee

Leases are recognised as a right-of-use asset and a corresponding liability at the date at which the leased asset is available for use by the

Group. Assets and liabilities arising from a lease are initially measured on a present value basis. The lease payments are discounted using the

interest rate implicit in the lease, if that rate can be determined, or the Group’s incremental borrowing rate appropriate for the right-of-use

asset arising from the lease, and the liability recognised within other liabilities.

Lease payments are allocated between the liability and finance cost. The finance cost is charged to profit or loss over the lease period so as

to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability for each period. The right-of-use asset is

depreciated over the shorter of the asset’s useful life and the lease term on a straight-line basis.

Payments associated with short-term leases and leases of low-value assets are recognised on a straight-line basis as an expense in profit or

loss. Short-term leases are leases with a lease term of 12 months or less. Low-value assets comprise IT equipment and small items of office

furniture.

(K) Employee benefits

Short-term employee benefits, such as salaries, paid absences, performance-based cash awards and social security costs, are recognised

over the period in which the employees provide the related services.

(1)  Pension schemes

The Group operates a number of post-retirement benefit schemes for its employees including both defined benefit and defined

contribution pension plans. A defined benefit scheme is a pension plan that defines an amount of pension benefit that an employee will

receive on retirement, dependent on one or more factors such as age, years of pensionable service and pensionable salary. A defined

contribution plan is a pension plan into which the Group pays fixed contributions; there is no legal or constructive obligation to pay further

contributions.

(i)  Defined benefit schemes

Scheme assets are included at their fair value and scheme liabilities are measured on an actuarial basis using the projected unit credit

method. The defined benefit scheme liabilities are discounted using rates equivalent to the market yields at the balance sheet date on high

quality corporate bonds that are denominated in the currency in which the benefits will be paid, and that have terms to maturity

approximating to the terms of the related pension liability. The Group’s income statement charge includes the current service cost of

providing pension benefits, past service costs, net interest expense (income), and plan administration costs that are not deducted from the

return on plan assets. Past service costs, which represents the change in the present value of the defined benefit obligation resulting from a

plan amendment or curtailment, are recognised when the plan amendment or curtailment occurs. Net interest expense (income) is

calculated by applying the discount rate at the beginning of the period to the net defined benefit liability or asset.

Remeasurements, comprising actuarial gains and losses, the return on plan assets (excluding amounts included in net interest expense

(income) and net of the cost of managing the plan assets), and the effect of changes to the asset ceiling (if applicable) are reflected

immediately in the balance sheet with a charge or credit recognised in other comprehensive income in the period in which they occur.

Remeasurements recognised in other comprehensive income are reflected immediately in retained profits and will not subsequently be

reclassified to profit or loss.

The Group’s balance sheet includes the net surplus or deficit, being the difference between the fair value of scheme assets and the

discounted value of scheme liabilities at the balance sheet date. Surpluses are only recognised to the extent that they are recoverable

through reduced contributions in the future or through refunds from the schemes. In assessing whether a surplus is recoverable, the Group

considers (i) its current right to obtain a refund or a reduction in future contributions and (ii) the rights of other parties existing at the

balance sheet date. In determining the rights of third parties existing at the balance sheet date, the Group does not anticipate any future

acts by other parties.

(ii) Defined contribution schemes

The costs of the Group’s defined contribution plans are charged to the income statement in the period in which they fall due.

(2)  Share-based compensation

The Group operates a number of equity-settled, share-based compensation plans in respect of services received from certain of its

employees. The value of the employee services received in exchange for equity instruments granted under these plans is recognised as an

expense over the vesting period of the instruments, with a corresponding increase in equity. This expense is determined by reference to the

fair value of the number of equity instruments that are expected to vest. The fair value of equity instruments granted is based on market

prices, if available, at the date of grant. In the absence of market prices, the fair value of the instruments at the date of grant is estimated

using an appropriate valuation technique, such as a Black-Scholes option pricing model or a Monte Carlo simulation. The determination of

fair values excludes the impact of any non-market vesting conditions, which are included in the assumptions used to estimate the number

of options that are expected to vest. At each balance sheet date, this estimate is reassessed and if necessary revised. Any revision of the

original estimate is recognised in the income statement, together with a corresponding adjustment to equity. Cancellations by employees

of contributions to the Group’s Save As You Earn plans are treated as non-vesting conditions and the Group recognises, in the year of

cancellation, the amount of the expense that would have otherwise been recognised over the remainder of the vesting period.

Modifications are assessed at the date of modification and any incremental charges are charged to the income statement.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 2: Accounting policies continued

(L) Taxation

Tax expense comprises current and deferred tax. Current and deferred tax are charged or credited in the income statement except to the

extent that the tax arises from a transaction or event which is recognised, in the same or a different period, outside the income statement

(either in other comprehensive income, directly in equity, or through a business combination), in which case the tax appears in the same

statement as the transaction that gave rise to it. The tax consequences of the Group’s dividend payments (including distributions on other

equity instruments), if any, are charged or credited to the statement in which the profit distributed originally arose.

Current tax is the amount of corporate income taxes expected to be payable or recoverable based on the profit for the period as adjusted

for items that are not taxable or not deductible, and is calculated using tax rates and laws that were enacted or substantively enacted at

the balance sheet date.

Current tax includes amounts provided in respect of uncertain tax positions when management expects that, upon examination of the

uncertainty by His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) or other relevant tax authority, it is more likely than not that an economic

outflow will occur. Provisions reflect management’s best estimate of the ultimate liability based on their interpretation of tax law,

precedent and guidance, informed by external tax advice as necessary. Changes in facts and circumstances underlying these provisions are

reassessed at each balance sheet date, and the provisions are remeasured as required to reflect current information.

For the Group’s long-term insurance businesses, the tax expense is analysed between tax that is payable in respect of policyholders’ returns

and tax that is payable on the shareholders’ returns. This allocation is based on an assessment of the rates of tax which will be applied to

the returns under the current UK tax rules.

Deferred tax is recognised on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the

balance sheet. Deferred tax is calculated using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet

date, and which are expected to apply when the related deferred tax asset is realised or the deferred tax liability is settled.

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all taxable temporary differences but not recognised for taxable temporary differences

arising on investments in subsidiaries where the reversal of the temporary difference can be controlled and it is probable that the difference

will not reverse in the foreseeable future. Deferred tax liabilities are not recognised on temporary differences that arise from goodwill which

is not deductible for tax purposes.

Deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which the deductible temporary

differences can be utilised, and are reviewed at each balance sheet date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that

sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not recognised in respect of temporary differences that arise on initial recognition of assets and

liabilities acquired other than in a business combination, or where at the time of the transaction they give rise to equal taxable and

deductible temporary differences. Deferred tax is not discounted.

The Group has applied the exception to recognising and disclosing information about deferred tax assets and liabilities related to Pillar 2

income taxes currently required by IAS 12 Income Taxes.

(M) Insurance

The Group undertakes both life insurance and general insurance business. Insurance and participating investment contracts, and

reinsurance contracts issued and held, are accounted for under IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts.

Products sold by the life insurance business are classified into three categories:

• Insurance contracts are contracts that transfer significant insurance risk and may also transfer financial risk. The Group defines

significant insurance risk as the possibility of having to pay benefits on the occurrence of an insured event which are significantly higher

than the benefits payable if the insured event were not to occur. Once a contract has been classified as an insurance contract, it remains

an insurance contract until all obligations are extinguished unless that contract is derecognised due to a contract modification. These

contracts are classified as either direct participating contracts or contracts without direct participation features. Contracts without

direct participation features are accounted for using the general measurement model (GMM) for life contracts or the premium

allocation approach (PAA) for general insurance contracts. Direct participating contracts are contracts for which, at inception, the

contractual terms specify the policyholders participate in a clearly identified pool of underlying items. Under the terms of these

contracts the policyholders are entitled to a substantial share of the returns and change in fair value of the underlying items. These

contracts are accounted for under the variable fee approach (VFA)

• Participating investment contracts are investment contracts that contain a discretionary participation feature (DPF). They do not

transfer significant insurance risk, but contain a contractual right to receive, as a supplement to an amount not subject to the discretion

of the Group, additional amounts that are expected to be a significant portion of the total contractual benefits. The timing or amount

of these additional amounts are at the discretion of the Group and are contractually based on the returns on a specified pool of

contracts or type of contract, returns on a specified pool of assets held by the Group or profit or loss of a fund

• For certain insurance and investment contracts, the contract can be partly invested in units which contain a DPF and partly in units

without. In these circumstances, where the contract also contains features that transfer significant insurance risk, they are classified as

insurance contracts. Where this is not the case, and the discretionary cash flows are expected to be a significant portion of the total

contractual benefits, they are classified as participating investment contracts. Where the discretionary cash flows are not expected to

be a significant portion of the total contractual benefits, they are classified as financial instruments. An investment component is

defined as the amount that an insurance contract requires the entity to repay to a policyholder in all circumstances, regardless of

whether an insured event occurs. The investment component of the insurance and participating investment contract is non-distinct and

is not separated. The Group applies judgement to determine the investment component for each contract considering the extent to

which insurance and investment components are highly interrelated or not applying factors such as: whether the policyholder is able to

benefit from one component unless the other component is present; and whether the value of the investment component is dependent

on the timing of the insured event. The value of the non-distinct investment component is determined on the following bases: for

immediate annuities, full claim amount when within the guaranteed period; for unit-linked and With-Profits contracts, policyholder’s

account value

The general insurance business issues only insurance contracts.

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Note 2: Accounting policies continued

(1)  Life insurance business

(i)  Accounting for insurance and participating investment contracts

Recognition

The Group aggregates insurance and participating investment contracts into portfolios of contracts subject to similar risks and managed

together. Each portfolio of insurance contracts is divided into annual cohorts (by year of issue). Annual cohorts are divided into groups of

insurance and participating investment contracts based on profitability expectations at initial recognition. The directly attributable costs of

selling, underwriting and starting a group of insurance and participating investment contracts are allocated to the group of insurance and

participating investment contracts using a systematic and rational method.

On initial recognition, a group of insurance and participating investment contracts is measured as the total of the fulfilment cash flows and

the contractual service margin (CSM). The measurement includes all future cash flows that are within the contract boundary of each

contract in the group. The fulfilment cash flows comprise unbiased and probability-weighted estimates of future cash flows, discounted to

present value to reflect the time value of money and financial risks, plus an explicit risk adjustment for non-financial risk. The discount rate

applied reflects the time value of money, the characteristics of the cash flows, the liquidity characteristics of the insurance and

participating investment contracts and, where appropriate, is consistent with observable current market prices. The risk adjustment for

non-financial risk for a group of insurance and participating investment contracts is the compensation required for bearing the uncertainty

about the amount and timing of the cash flows that arises from non-financial risk. Diversification benefit is calculated based on Group level

diversification of risks. To determine the risk adjustments for non-financial risk for reinsurance contracts, the Group applies these

techniques both gross and net of excess of loss reinsurance and derives the amount of risk being transferred to the reinsurer as the

difference between the two results. The CSM of a group of insurance and participating investment contracts represents the unearned profit

that the Group expects to recognise as it provides insurance contract services under those contracts in the future.

Contract boundaries

The measurement of a group of contracts includes all future cash flows within the boundary of each contract in the group.

Cash flows are within the contract boundary:

• For an insurance contract, if arising from substantive rights and obligations that exist during the reporting period in which the Group can

compel the policyholder to pay premiums or has a substantive obligation to provide insurance contract services

• For a participating investment contract, if resulting from a substantive obligation of the Group to deliver cash at a present or future date

A substantive obligation to provide insurance contract services ends when the Group has the practical ability to reassess the risks of the

particular policyholder, and can set a price or level of benefits that fully reflects those reassessed risks; or the Group has the practical ability

to reassess the risks of the portfolio that contains the contract and can set a price or level of benefits that fully reflects the risks of that

portfolio, and the pricing of the premiums up to the reassessment date does not take into account risks that relate to periods after the

reassessment date.

For certain unitised With-Profits and unit-linked policies, a guaranteed minimum pension is payable at a vesting date. For certain

conventional With-Profits pensions, policyholders have the option to convert to an annuity on guaranteed terms. There is no contract

boundary at the vesting date of these policies; the pre and post vesting date phases are treated as a single insurance contract.

The contract boundary of each group is reassessed at the end of each reporting period.

Measurement

The carrying amount of a group of insurance and participating investment contracts at each reporting date is the sum of the liability for

remaining coverage (LRC) and the liability for incurred claims (LIC). The LRC comprises the fulfilment cash flows that relate to services that

will be provided under the contracts in future periods and any remaining CSM at that date. The LIC includes the fulfilment cash flows for

incurred claims and expenses that have not yet been paid, including claims that have been incurred but not yet reported. The fulfilment

cash flows of groups of insurance and participating investment contracts are measured at the reporting date using current estimates of

future cash flows, current discount rates and current estimates of the risk adjustment for non-financial risk. Changes in fulfilment cash flows

are recognised as follows:

• Changes related to future service are adjusted against the CSM unless the group is onerous in which case such changes are recognised in

the insurance service result in profit or loss

• Changes related to past or current service are recognised in the insurance service result in profit or loss

• The effects of the time value of money and financial risk are recognised as net finance income or expense from insurance, participating

investment and reinsurance contracts in profit or loss

The carrying amount of the CSM is remeasured at the end of each reporting period. For contracts measured under the GMM, interest is

accreted on the carrying amount of the CSM using the discount rate curve determined at the date of initial recognition of the group of

contracts. The CSM is also adjusted for the changes in fulfilment cash flows relating to future service at the locked-in discount rates

determined at initial recognition, unless the increases in fulfilment cash flows cause a group of contracts to become onerous or decreases in

fulfilment cash flows are allocated to the loss component of the liability for remaining coverage.

The majority of the Group’s With-Profits and unit-linked insurance and participating investment contracts are direct participating contracts

under which the Group’s obligation to the policyholder is the payment of an amount equal to the fair value of the underlying items, less a

variable fee. On subsequent remeasurement of a group of direct participating contracts (measured under VFA), changes to the fulfilment

cash flows, discounted at current rates, reflecting changes in the obligation to pay the policyholder an amount equal to the fair value of the

underlying items are recognised in the income statement, within net finance income or expense from insurance, participating investment

and reinsurance contracts. The CSM is adjusted for changes in the amount of the Group’s share of the fair value of the underlying items,

which relate to future services, except where such changes result in recognition or reversal of the loss component for onerous groups, or

where the Group applies the risk mitigation option. For certain contracts with direct participation features, the Group mitigates financial

risks using equity and currency hedges. The Group does not adjust the CSM for changes in the fulfilment cash flows and/or entity’s share of

the underlying items that reflect some of the changes in the effect of time value of money and financial risk. These amounts are instead

reflected in profit or loss. The CSM is also adjusted for those fulfilment cash flows that do not vary based on the returns on underlying items

that relate to future service (including the effect of time value of money and financial risks not arising from underlying items, such as the

impact of minimum return guarantees), except where such changes result in recognition or reversal of the loss component for onerous

groups. Changes in fulfilment cash flows relating to future service adjust the CSM using current discount rates.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 2: Accounting policies continued

For contracts measured under the GMM or VFA at the end of each reporting period the appropriate proportion of the CSM is recognised in

the income statement to reflect the amount of profit related to the insurance contract services provided in the period. This is calculated

using coverage units, a measure used to determine the allocation of the CSM over the remaining coverage periods. The number of coverage

units in a group is the quantity of insurance contract services provided by the contracts in the group, determined by considering for each

contract the quantity of the benefits provided and its expected coverage period.

Derecognition

The Group derecognises an insurance and participating investment contract when it is extinguished (that is, when the obligation specified

in the contract expires or is discharged or cancelled) or if its terms are modified in a way that would have changed the accounting for the

contract significantly had the new terms always existed.

If a contract is derecognised, then the fulfilment cash flows of the group are adjusted to eliminate the present value of the future cash flows

and risk adjustment of the contract derecognised from the group, and the CSM of the group is adjusted for the change in fulfilment cash

flows, except where such changes are allocated to the loss component.

If a contract is derecognised because its terms are modified, then the CSM of the existing group is also adjusted for the premium that

would have been charged had the Group entered into a contract with the new contract’s terms at the date of modification, less any

additional premium charged for the modification. A new modified contract is recognised assuming the Group received the premium that

would have been charged had the Group entered into a contract with the new contract’s terms at the date of the modification.

Where the adjustments to CSM result in the CSM being reduced to nil, any further adjustments are recognised in the income statement in

insurance service expense.

(2)  General insurance contracts

General insurance contracts issued by the Group are presented on the balance sheet within liabilities arising from insurance and

participating investment contracts. The Group applies the PAA to the measurement of general insurance contracts, which either have a

coverage period of each contract in the group of one year or less or have an annual re-pricing option.

For a group of general insurance contracts that is not onerous at initial recognition, the Group measures the LRC as any premium received

at initial recognition, less any insurance acquisition cash flows at that date, plus any other asset or liability previously recognised for cash

flows related to the group of contracts that the Group pays or receives before the group of insurance contracts is recognised.

The Group estimates the LIC using the methodology described in the Measurement section for life insurance contracts above.

Where, during the coverage period, facts and circumstances indicate that a group of insurance contracts is onerous, the Group recognises a

loss in the income statement for the net outflow, resulting in the carrying amount of the liability for the group being equal to the fulfilment

cash flows. A loss component is established by the Group within the LRC for such onerous group.

On subsequent measurement, the Group measures the carrying amount of the LRC at the end of each reporting period as the LRC at the

beginning of the period plus premiums received in the period, less insurance acquisition cash flows, plus any amounts relating to the

amortisation of the insurance acquisition cash flows recognised as an expense in the reporting period for the group, less the amount

recognised as insurance revenue for the services provided in the period. For onerous groups, the LRC is also adjusted for the remeasurement

of the loss component.

(3)  Reinsurance

(i)  Reinsurance contracts issued

Reinsurance contracts issued by the Group (where insurance risk is transferred to the Group) are accounted for under the GMM as

insurance contracts. These contracts are presented within other assets or liabilities arising from insurance and participating investment

contracts.

(ii) Reinsurance contracts held

The classification of contracts entered into by the Group with reinsurers under which the Group is compensated for amounts payable on

one or more other contracts issued by the Group is dependent on whether the contract with the reinsurer transfers significant insurance

risk to the reinsurer. Where the reinsurance contract transfers significant insurance risk (reinsurance contracts held), it is accounted for

under the GMM, as modified for reinsurance contracts held. The Group adjusts the CSM of the group to which a reinsurance contract held

belongs and as a result recognises income, when it recognises a loss on initial recognition of onerous underlying contracts.

Contracts that do not transfer significant insurance risk to the reinsurer are recognised within financial assets at fair value through profit or

loss as they are within a portfolio of financial assets that is managed, and whose performance is evaluated, on a fair value basis. These

contracts, while legally reinsurance contracts, do not meet the definition of a reinsurance contract under IFRS Accounting Standards.

Investment returns (including movements in fair value and investment income) allocated to these contracts are recognised on the face of

the income statement within net trading income.

(4) Non-participating investment contracts

The Group’s non-participating investment contracts are primarily unit-linked. These contracts are accounted for under IFRS 9 as financial

liabilities whose value is contractually linked to the fair values of financial assets within the Group’s unitised investment funds. The value of

the unit-linked financial liabilities is determined using current unit prices multiplied by the number of units attributed to the contract

holders at the balance sheet date. Their value is never less than the amount payable on surrender, discounted for the required notice period

where applicable. Investment returns (including movements in fair value and investment income) allocated to those contracts are

recognised in the income statement through change in non-participating investment contracts.

Deposits and withdrawals are not accounted for through the income statement but are accounted for directly in the balance sheet as

adjustments to the non-participating investment contract liability.

The Group receives investment management fees in the form of an initial adjustment or charge to the amount invested. These fees are in

respect of services rendered in conjunction with the issue and management of investment contracts where the Group actively manages the

consideration received from its customers to fund a return that is based on the investment profile that the customer selected on

origination of the contract. These services comprise an indeterminate number of acts over the lives of the individual contracts and,

therefore, the Group defers these fees and recognises them over the estimated lives of the contracts, in line with the provision of

investment management services.

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Note 2: Accounting policies continued

Costs which are directly attributable and incremental to securing new non-participating investment contracts are deferred. This asset is

subsequently amortised over the period of the provision of investment management services and its recoverability is reviewed in

circumstances where its carrying amount may not be recoverable. If the asset is greater than its recoverable amount it is written down

immediately through fee and commission expense in the income statement. All other costs are recognised as expenses when incurred.

(N) Foreign currency translation

Items included in the financial statements of each of the Group’s entities are measured using the currency of the primary economic

environment in which the entity operates (the functional currency). Foreign currency transactions are translated into the appropriate

functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from

the settlement of such transactions and from the translation at year end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in

foreign currencies are recognised in the income statement, except when recognised in other comprehensive income as qualifying cash flow

hedges. Non-monetary assets that are measured at fair value are translated using the exchange rate at the date that the fair value was

determined. Translation differences on equities and similar non-monetary items held at fair value through profit and loss are recognised in

profit or loss as part of the fair value gain or loss. Translation differences on non-monetary financial assets measured at fair value through

other comprehensive income, such as equity shares, are included in the fair value reserve in equity unless the asset is a hedged item in a fair

value hedge.

The results and financial position of all Group entities that have a functional currency different from the presentation currency are

translated into the presentation currency as follows: the assets and liabilities of foreign operations, including goodwill and fair value

adjustments arising on the acquisition of a foreign entity, are translated into sterling at foreign exchange rates ruling at the balance sheet

date; and the income and expenses of foreign operations are translated into sterling at average exchange rates unless these do not

approximate to the foreign exchange rates ruling at the dates of the transactions, in which case income and expenses are translated at the

dates of the transactions.

Foreign exchange differences arising on the translation of a foreign operation are recognised in other comprehensive income and

accumulated in a separate component of equity together with exchange differences arising from the translation of borrowings and other

currency instruments designated as hedges of such investments. On disposal or liquidation of a foreign operation, the cumulative amount

of exchange differences relating to that foreign operation is reclassified from equity and included in determining the profit or loss arising on

disposal or liquidation.

(O) Provisions and contingent liabilities

Provisions are recognised in respect of present obligations arising from past events where it is probable that outflows of resources will be

required to settle the obligations and they can be reliably estimated.

Contingent liabilities are possible obligations whose existence depends on the outcome of uncertain future events or those present

obligations where the outflows of resources are uncertain or cannot be measured reliably. Contingent liabilities are not recognised in the

financial statements but are disclosed unless they are remote.

Provision is made for expected credit losses in respect of irrevocable undrawn loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts (see (H)

above).

(P)  Share capital

Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares or options or to the acquisition of a business are shown in equity as a

deduction, net of tax, from the proceeds. Dividends paid on the Group’s ordinary shares are recognised as a reduction in equity in the

period in which they are paid.

Where the Company or any member of the Group purchases the Company’s share capital, the consideration paid is deducted from

shareholders’ equity as treasury shares until they are cancelled; if these shares are subsequently sold or reissued, any consideration received

is included in shareholders’ equity.

(Q) Cash and cash equivalents

For the purposes of the cash flow statement, cash and cash equivalents comprise cash and non-mandatory deposits held with central

banks, mandatory deposits held with central banks in demand accounts and amounts due from banks with an original maturity of less than

three months that are available to finance the Group’s day-to-day operations.

Note 3: Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the Group’s financial statements in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards requires management to make

judgements, estimates and assumptions in applying the accounting policies that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income

and expenses. Due to the inherent uncertainty in making estimates, actual results reported in future periods may be based upon amounts

which differ from those estimates. Estimates, judgements and assumptions are continually evaluated and are based on historical

experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. In

preparing the financial statements, the Group has considered the impact of climate-related risks on its financial position and performance.

While the effects of climate change represent a source of uncertainty, the Group does not consider there to be a material impact on its

judgements and estimates from the physical, transition and other climate-related risks in the short term.

The significant judgements, apart from those involving estimation, made by management in applying the Group’s accounting policies in

these financial statements (critical judgements) and the key sources of estimation uncertainty that may have a significant risk of causing a

material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities within the next financial year (key sources of estimation uncertainty),

which together are considered critical to the Group’s results and financial position, are as follows:

• Valuation of liabilities arising from insurance business (note 8(I))

• Retirement benefit obligations (note 12)

• Uncertain tax positions (note 15)

• Fair value of financial instruments (note 17(D))

• Allowance for expected credit losses (note 21)

• Regulatory and legal provisions (note 28)

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 3: Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty continued

Consideration of climate change

Financial statement preparation includes the consideration of the impact of climate change on the Group’s financial statements. There has

been no material impact identified on the financial reporting judgements and estimates. In particular, the directors considered the impact

of climate change in respect of the:

• Going concern of the Group for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements

• Assessment of impairment of non-financial assets including goodwill

• Carrying value and useful economic lives of property, plant and equipment

• Fair value of financial assets and liabilities. These are generally based on market indicators which include the market’s assessment of

climate risk

• Assessments on expected credit loss, focusing on specific climate-related macroeconomic, physical and transition risk impacts on credit

quality at a sector and segment level

• Forecasting of the Group’s future UK taxable profits, which impacts deferred tax recognition

Whilst there is currently no material short-term impact of climate change expected, the Group acknowledges the long-term nature of

climate risk and continues to monitor and assess climate risks highlighted in the risk management section on pages 150 to 153.

Note 4: Segmental analysis

Lloyds Banking Group provides a wide range of banking and financial services in the UK and in certain locations overseas.

The Group Executive Committee (GEC) has been determined to be the chief operating decision-maker, as defined by IFRS 8 Operating

Segments, for the Group. The Group’s operating segments reflect its organisational and management structures. The GEC reviews the

Group’s internal reporting based around these segments in order to assess performance and allocate resources. It considers interest income

and expense on a net basis and consequently the total interest income and expense for all reportable segments is presented net. The

segments are differentiated by the type of products provided and by whether the customers are individuals or corporate entities.

The segmental results and comparatives are presented on an underlying basis (pre-tax), the basis reviewed by the chief operating decision-

maker. The underlying basis is derived from the recognition and measurement principles of the IFRS Accounting Standards with the effects

of the following excluded in arriving at underlying profit:

• Restructuring costs relating to merger, acquisition, integration and disposal activities

• Volatility and other items, which includes the effects of certain asset sales, the volatility relating to the Group’s hedging arrangements

and that arising in the insurance businesses, the unwind of acquisition-related fair value adjustments and the amortisation of purchased

intangible assets

• Losses from insurance and participating investment contract modifications relating to the enhancement to the Group’s longstanding

and workplace pension business through the addition of a drawdown feature

For the purposes of the underlying income statement, operating lease depreciation (net of gains on disposal of operating lease assets) is

shown as an adjustment to total income.

The Group has three operating and reportable segments: Retail; Commercial Banking; and Insurance, Pensions and Investments:

• Retail offers a broad range of financial services products to personal customers, including current accounts, savings, mortgages, credit

cards, unsecured loans, motor finance and leasing solutions. Its aim is to build enduring relationships that meet more of its customers’

financial needs and improves their financial resilience throughout their lifetime

• Commercial Banking serves small and medium businesses and corporate and institutional clients, providing lending, transactional

banking, working capital management, debt financing and risk management services whilst connecting the whole Group to clients

• Insurance, Pensions and Investments offers insurance, investment and pension management products and services

Other comprises income and expenditure not attributed to the Group’s operating segments. These amounts include those arising from the

Group’s equities business, residual net interest income after transfer pricing (which includes the central recovery of the Group’s

distributions on other equity instruments), in period gains from gilt sales and the unwind of associated hedging costs.

Inter-segment services are generally recharged at cost, although some attract a margin. Inter-segment lending and deposits are generally

entered into at market rates, except that non-interest bearing balances are priced at a rate that reflects the external yield that could be

earned on such funds.

For the majority of those derivative contracts entered into by business units for risk management purposes, the business unit recognises the

net interest income or expense on an accrual accounting basis and transfers the remainder of the movement in the fair value of the

derivative to the central function where the resulting accounting volatility is managed where possible through the establishment of hedge

accounting relationships. Any change in fair value of the hedged instrument attributable to the hedged risk is also recorded within the

central function. This allocation of the fair value of the derivative and change in fair value of the hedged instrument attributable to the

hedged risk avoids accounting asymmetry in segmental results and leads to accounting volatility, which is managed centrally and reported

within Other.

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|  |  |  | Insurance, |  |  |
|  |  | Commercial | Pensions and |  |  |
|  | Retail | Banking | Investments | Other | Total |
| Year ended 31 December 2024 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Underlying net interest income | 8,930 | 3,434 | (136) | 617 | 12,845 |
| Underlying other income | 2,384 | 1,825 | 1,292 | 96 | 5,597 |
| Total underlying income, net of net finance income in respect of insurance |  |  |  |  |  |
| and investment contracts | 11,314 | 5,259 | 1,156 | 713 | 18,442 |
| Operating lease depreciation  1 | (1,319) | (6) | – | – | (1,325) |
| Net income | 9,995 | 5,253 | 1,156 | 713 | 17,117 |
| Operating costs | (5,596) | (2,762) | (924) | (160) | (9,442) |
| Remediation | (750) | (104) | (19) | (26) | (899) |
| Total costs | (6,346) | (2,866) | (943) | (186) | (10,341) |
| Underlying impairment (charge) credit | (457) | 14 | 7 | 3 | (433) |
| Underlying profit before tax | 3,192 | 2,401 | 220 | 530 | 6,343 |
| External income | 13,596 | 3,991 | 1,292 | (437) | 18,442 |
| External operating lease depreciation  1 | (1,319) | (6) | – | – | (1,325) |
| Inter-segment (expense) income | (2,282) | 1,268 | (136) | 1,150 | – |
| Net income | 9,995 | 5,253 | 1,156 | 713 | 17,117 |
| Loans and advances to customers  2 | 372,250 | 87,602 | – | 5 | 459,857 |
| External assets  3 | 387,322 | 148,548 | 197,309 | 173,518 | 906,697 |
| Customer deposits | 319,726 | 162,645 | – | 374 | 482,745 |
| External liabilities  3 | 324,730 | 207,066 | 193,519 | 135,494 | 860,809 |
| Analysis of underlying other income: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Consumer lending | 1,810 |  |  |  | 1,810 |
| Consumer relationships | 574 |  |  |  | 574 |
| Business and Commercial Banking |  | 539 |  |  | 539 |
| Corporate and Institutional Banking |  | 1,286 |  |  | 1,286 |
| Life, Pensions and Investments |  |  | 979 |  | 979 |
| General insurance |  |  | 229 |  | 229 |
| Venture capital |  |  |  | 457 | 457 |
| Other |  |  | 84 | (361) | (277) |
| Underlying other income | 2,384 | 1,825 | 1,292 | 96 | 5,597 |
| Other items reflected in income statement above: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 2,303 | 338 | 229 | 556 | 3,426 |
| Defined benefit scheme charge (credit) | 7 | 2 | 3 | (23) | (11) |
| Non-income statement items: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Additions to fixed assets | 3,485 | 107 | 75 | 1,956 | 5,623 |
| Investments in joint ventures and associates at end of year | – | – | – | 542 | 542 |

1  Net of profits on disposal of operating lease assets of £59 million.

2  Other includes centralised fair value hedge accounting adjustments.

3  The Insurance, Pensions and Investments operating segment external assets includes £5,122 million included in disposal group assets and external liabilities includes £5,268 million in

disposal group liabilities. Further details are provided in note 24 and note 27.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

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Note 4: Segmental analysis continued

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|  |  |  | Insurance, |  |  |
|  |  | Commercial | Pensions and |  |  |
|  | Retail | Banking | Investments | Other | Total |
| Year ended 31 December 2023 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Underlying net interest income | 9,647 | 3,799 | (132) | 451 | 13,765 |
| Underlying other income | 2,159 | 1,691 | 1,209 | 64 | 5,123 |
| Total underlying income, net of net finance income in respect of insurance |  |  |  |  |  |
| and investment contracts | 11,806 | 5,490 | 1,077 | 515 | 18,888 |
| Operating lease depreciation  1 | (948) | (8) | – | – | (956) |
| Net income | 10,858 | 5,482 | 1,077 | 515 | 17,932 |
| Operating costs | (5,469) | (2,647) | (880) | (144) | (9,140) |
| Remediation | (515) | (127) | (14) | (19) | (675) |
| Total costs | (5,984) | (2,774) | (894) | (163) | (9,815) |
| Underlying impairment (charge) credit | (831) | 511 | 7 | 5 | (308) |
| Underlying profit before tax | 4,043 | 3,219 | 190 | 357 | 7,809 |
| External income | 12,803 | 4,570 | 1,221 | 294 | 18,888 |
| External operating lease depreciation  1 | (948) | (8) | – | – | (956) |
| Inter-segment (expense) income | (997) | 920 | (144) | 221 | – |
| Net income | 10,858 | 5,482 | 1,077 | 515 | 17,932 |
| Loans and advances to customers  2 | 361,181 | 88,606 | – | (42) | 449,745 |
| External assets | 376,789 | 150,834 | 184,267 | 169,563 | 881,453 |
| Customer deposits | 308,441 | 162,752 | – | 203 | 471,396 |
| External liabilities | 313,244 | 204,815 | 179,962 | 136,067 | 834,088 |
| Analysis of underlying other income:  3 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Consumer lending | 1,553 |  |  |  | 1,553 |
| Consumer relationships | 606 |  |  |  | 606 |
| Business and Commercial Banking |  | 514 |  |  | 514 |
| Corporate and Institutional Banking |  | 1,177 |  |  | 1,177 |
| Life, Pensions and Investments |  |  | 966 |  | 966 |
| General insurance |  |  | 171 |  | 171 |
| Venture capital |  |  |  | 448 | 448 |
| Other |  |  | 72 | (384) | (312) |
| Underlying other income | 2,159 | 1,691 | 1,209 | 64 | 5,123 |
| Other items reflected in income statement above: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 1,927 | 410 | 201 | 367 | 2,905 |
| Defined benefit scheme charge (credit) | 53 | 21 | 6 | (159) | (79) |
| Non-income statement items: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Additions to fixed assets | 3,294 | 88 | 80 | 1,993 | 5,455 |
| Investments in joint ventures and associates at end of year | – | – | – | 401 | 401 |

1  Net of profits on disposal of operating lease assets of £93 million.

2  Other includes centralised fair value hedge accounting adjustments.

3  Categories of analysis have been updated for 2024. Comparatives have been updated accordingly.

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|  |  |  | Insurance, |  |  |
|  |  | Commercial | Pensions and |  |  |
|  | Retail | Banking | Investments | Other | Total |
| Year ended 31 December 2022 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Underlying net interest income | 9,774 | 3,447 | (101) | 52 | 13,172 |
| Underlying other income | 1,731 | 1,565 | 960 | 410 | 4,666 |
| Total underlying income, net of net finance income in respect of insurance |  |  |  |  |  |
| and investment contracts | 11,505 | 5,012 | 859 | 462 | 17,838 |
| Operating lease depreciation  1 | (368) | (5) | – | – | (373) |
| Net income | 11,137 | 5,007 | 859 | 462 | 17,465 |
| Operating costs | (5,175) | (2,496) | (879) | (122) | (8,672) |
| Remediation | (92) | (133) | (30) | – | (255) |
| Total costs | (5,267) | (2,629) | (909) | (122) | (8,927) |
| Underlying impairment (charge) credit | (1,373) | (517) | (12) | 392 | (1,510) |
| Underlying profit (loss) before tax | 4,497 | 1,861 | (62) | 732 | 7,028 |
| External income | 12,055 | 4,330 | 910 | 543 | 17,838 |
| External operating lease depreciation  1 | (368) | (5) | – | – | (373) |
| Inter-segment (expense) income | (550) | 682 | (51) | (81) | – |
| Net income | 11,137 | 5,007 | 859 | 462 | 17,465 |
| Loans and advances to customers  2 | 364,194 | 93,675 | – | (2,970) | 454,899 |
| External assets | 372,485 | 147,477 | 170,777 | 182,655 | 873,394 |
| Customer deposits | 310,765 | 163,828 | – | 738 | 475,331 |
| External liabilities | 314,091 | 202,070 | 168,357 | 144,965 | 829,483 |
| Analysis of underlying other income:  3 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Consumer lending | 1,176 |  |  |  | 1,176 |
| Consumer relationships | 555 |  |  |  | 555 |
| Business and Commercial Banking |  | 555 |  |  | 555 |
| Corporate and Institutional Banking |  | 1,010 |  |  | 1,010 |
| Life, Pensions and Investments |  |  | 773 |  | 773 |
| General insurance |  |  | 114 |  | 114 |
| Venture capital |  |  |  | 469 | 469 |
| Other |  |  | 73 | (59) | 14 |
| Underlying other income | 1,731 | 1,565 | 960 | 410 | 4,666 |
| Other items reflected in income statement above: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 1,216 | 207 | 142 | 831 | 2,396 |
| Defined benefit scheme charge | 72 | 28 | 7 | 18 | 125 |
| Non-income statement items: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Additions to fixed assets | 2,146 | 101 | 151 | 1,457 | 3,855 |
| Investments in joint ventures and associates at end of year | 4 | – | – | 381 | 385 |

1  Net of profits on disposal of operating lease assets of £197 million.

2  Other includes centralised fair value hedge accounting adjustments.

3  Categories of analysis have been updated for 2024. Comparatives have been updated accordingly.

Geographical areas

The Group’s operations are predominantly UK-based and as a result an analysis between UK and non-UK activities is not provided.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

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Note 4: Segmental analysis continued

Reconciliation of underlying basis to statutory basis

The underlying basis is the basis on which financial information is presented to the chief operating decision-maker which excludes certain

items included in the statutory results. The table below reconciles the statutory results to the underlying basis.

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | Removal of: |  |  |  |
|  | Lloyds | Volatility, |  |  |  |
|  | Banking Group | and other | Insurance | Underlying |  |
|  | statutory basis | items  1 | gross up  2 | basis |  |
| Year ended 31 December 2024 | £m | £m | £m | £m |  |
| Net interest income | 12,277 | 578 | (10) | 12,845 | Underlying net interest income |
| Other income, net of net finance income in respect |  |  |  |  |  |
| of insurance and investment contracts | 5,726 | (375) | 246 | 5,597 | Underlying other income |
| Total income, net of net finance income in respect |  |  |  |  |  |
| of insurance and investment contracts | 18,003 |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | (1,325) | – | (1,325) | Operating lease depreciation  3 |
| Total income, net of net finance income in respect |  |  |  |  |  |
| of insurance and investment contracts | 18,003 | (1,122) | 236 | 17,117 | Net income |
| Operating expenses | (11,601) | 1,496 | (236) | (10,341) | Total costs |
| Impairment charge | (431) | (2) | – | (433) | Underlying impairment charge |
| Profit before tax | 5,971 | 372 | – | 6,343 | Underlying profit |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | Removal of: |  |  |  |
|  | Lloyds | Volatility, |  |  |  |
|  | Banking Group | and other | Insurance | Underlying |  |
|  | statutory basis | items  4 | gross up  2 | basis |  |
| Year ended 31 December 2023 | £m | £m | £m | £m |  |
| Net interest income | 13,298 | 479 | (12) | 13,765 | Underlying net interest income |
| Other income, net of net finance income in respect |  |  |  |  |  |
| of insurance and investment contracts | 5,331 | (447) | 239 | 5,123 | Underlying other income |
| Total income, net of net finance income in respect |  |  |  |  |  |
| of insurance and investment contracts | 18,629 |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | (956) | – | (956) | Operating lease depreciation  3 |
| Total income, net of net finance income in respect |  |  |  |  |  |
| of insurance and investment contracts | 18,629 | (924) | 227 | 17,932 | Net income |
| Operating expenses | (10,823) | 1,235 | (227) | (9,815) | Total costs |
| Impairment charge | (303) | (5) | – | (308) | Underlying impairment charge |
| Profit before tax | 7,503 | 306 | – | 7,809 | Underlying profit |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | Removal of: |  |  |  |
|  | Lloyds | Volatility, |  |  |  |
|  | Banking Group | and other | Insurance | Underlying |  |
|  | statutory basis | items  5 | gross up  2 | basis |  |
| Year ended 31 December 2022 | £m | £m | £m | £m |  |
| Net interest income | 12,922 | 226 | 24 | 13,172 | Underlying net interest income |
| Other income, net of net finance income in respect |  |  |  |  |  |
| of insurance and investment contracts | 2,619 | 1,846 | 201 | 4,666 | Underlying other income |
| Total income, net of net finance income in respect |  |  |  |  |  |
| of insurance and investment contracts | 15,541 |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | (373) | – | (373) | Operating lease depreciation  3 |
| Total income, net of net finance income in respect |  |  |  |  |  |
| of insurance and investment contracts | 15,541 | 1,699 | 225 | 17,465 | Net income |
| Operating expenses | (9,237) | 535 | (225) | (8,927) | Total costs |
| Impairment charge | (1,522) | 12 | – | (1,510) | Underlying impairment charge |
| Profit before tax | 4,782 | 2,246 | – | 7,028 | Underlying profit |

1  In the year ended 31 December 2024 this comprises the effects of market volatility and asset sales (losses of £144 million); the amortisation of purchased intangibles (£81 million);

restructuring (£40 million of merger, acquisition and integration costs); and the fair value unwind (losses of £107 million).

2  The Group’s Insurance business statutory income statement includes income and expenses attributable to the policyholders of the Group’s long-term assurance funds, investors in the

Group's non-participating investment contracts and third party interests in consolidated funds. These items have no impact in total upon the profit attributable to equity shareholders

and, in order to provide an alternative representation of the underlying trends within the business, these items are shown net within the underlying results.

3  Net of profits on disposal of operating lease assets of £59 million (2023: £93 million; 2022: £197 million). Statutory operating expenses includes operating lease depreciation. On an

underlying basis operating lease depreciation is included in net income.

4  Comprises the effects of market volatility and asset sales (gain of £35 million); the amortisation of purchased intangibles (£80 million); restructuring (£154 million of merger, acquisition

and integration costs); and the fair value unwind (losses of £107 million).

5  Comprises the effects of market volatility and asset sales (losses of £1,978 million); the amortisation of purchased intangibles (£70 million); restructuring (£80 million of merger,

acquisition and integration costs); and the fair value unwind (losses of £118 million).

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 5: Net interest income

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Interest income: |  |  |  |
| Loans and advances to banks | 3,508 | 4,172 | 1,208 |
| Loans and advances to customers | 23,242 | 20,419 | 14,465 |
| Reverse repurchase agreements | 2,685 | 2,044 | 857 |
| Debt securities | 779 | 559 | 168 |
| Financial assets held at amortised cost | 30,214 | 27,194 | 16,698 |
| Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income | 1,074 | 857 | 947 |
| Total interest income  1 | 31,288 | 28,051 | 17,645 |
| Interest expense: |  |  |  |
| Deposits from banks | (225) | (213) | (148) |
| Customer deposits | (10,132) | (7,148) | (1,387) |
| Repurchase agreements at amortised cost | (2,392) | (2,397) | (842) |
| Debt securities in issue at amortised cost  2 | (5,493) | (4,253) | (1,636) |
| Lease liabilities | (31) | (30) | (29) |
| Subordinated liabilities | (738) | (712) | (681) |
| Total interest expense | (19,011) | (14,753) | (4,723) |
| Net interest income | 12,277 | 13,298 | 12,922 |

1  Includes £1,104 million (2023: £923 million; 2022: £724 million) in respect of finance lease receivables.

2  The impact of the Group’s hedging arrangements is included on this line.

Net interest income includes a debit of £2,597 million (2023: debit of £1,838 million; 2022: debit of £43 million) transferred from the cash

flow hedging reserve (see note 33).

Note 6: Net fee and commission income

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  | Insurance, |  |  |
|  |  | Commercial | Pensions and |  |  |
|  | Retail | Banking | Investments | Other | Total |
| Year ended 31 December 2024 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Fee and commission income: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Current accounts | 423 | 221 | – | – | 644 |
| Credit and debit card fees | 829 | 457 | – | – | 1,286 |
| Commercial banking and treasury fees | – | 372 | – | 1 | 373 |
| Unit trust and insurance broking | – | – | 71 | – | 71 |
| Factoring | – | 69 | – | – | 69 |
| Other fees and commissions | 74 | 148 | 261 | 17 | 500 |
| Total fee and commission income | 1,326 | 1,267 | 332 | 18 | 2,943 |
| Fee and commission expense | (745) | (334) | (89) | (16) | (1,184) |
| Net fee and commission income | 581 | 933 | 243 | 2 | 1,759 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  | Insurance, |  |  |
|  |  | Commercial | Pensions and |  |  |
|  | Retail | Banking | Investments | Other | Total |
| Year ended 31 December 2023 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Fee and commission income: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Current accounts | 406 | 218 | – | – | 624 |
| Credit and debit card fees | 800 | 464 | – | – | 1,264 |
| Commercial banking and treasury fees | – | 334 | – | – | 334 |
| Unit trust and insurance broking | – | – | 69 | – | 69 |
| Factoring | – | 75 | – | – | 75 |
| Other fees and commissions | 85 | 186 | 264 | 25 | 560 |
| Total fee and commission income | 1,291 | 1,277 | 333 | 25 | 2,926 |
| Fee and commission expense | (673) | (322) | (84) | (16) | (1,095) |
| Net fee and commission income | 618 | 955 | 249 | 9 | 1,831 |

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 6: Net fee and commission income continued

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  | Insurance, |  |  |
|  |  | Commercial | Pensions and |  |  |
|  | Retail | Banking | Investments | Other | Total |
| Year ended 31 December 2022 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Fee and commission income: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Current accounts | 421 | 225 | – | – | 646 |
| Credit and debit card fees | 735 | 460 | – | – | 1,195 |
| Commercial banking and treasury fees | – | 310 | – | 1 | 311 |
| Unit trust and insurance broking | – | – | 78 | – | 78 |
| Factoring | – | 79 | – | – | 79 |
| Other fees and commissions | 64 | 169 | 233 | 15 | 481 |
| Total fee and commission income | 1,220 | 1,243 | 311 | 16 | 2,790 |
| Fee and commission expense | (665) | (315) | (72) | (18) | (1,070) |
| Net fee and commission income | 555 | 928 | 239 | (2) | 1,720 |

Fees and commissions which are an integral part of the effective interest rate form part of net interest income shown in note 5. Fees and

commissions relating to instruments that are held at fair value through profit or loss are included within net trading income shown in

note 7.

In determining the disaggregation of fees and commissions the Group has considered how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of

revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors, including those that are impacted by climate-related factors. It has determined

that the above disaggregation by product type provides useful information that does not aggregate items that have substantially different

characteristics.

At 31 December 2024, the Group held on its balance sheet £163 million (31 December 2023: £163 million) in respect of services provided to

customers and £75 million (31 December 2023: £69 million) in respect of amounts received from customers for services to be provided after

the balance sheet date. Current unsatisfied performance obligations amount to £195 million (31 December 2023: £172 million); the Group

expects to receive substantially all of this revenue by the end of 2026.

Income recognised during the year included £28 million (2023: £32 million) in respect of amounts included in the contract liability balance

at the start of the year and £nil (2023: £2 million) in respect of amounts from performance obligations satisfied in previous years.

The most significant performance obligations undertaken by the Group are in respect of current accounts, the provision of other banking

services for commercial customers and credit and debit card services.

In respect of current accounts, the Group receives fees for the provision of bank account and transaction services such as ATM services,

fund transfers, overdraft facilities and other value-added offerings.

For commercial customers, alongside its provision of current accounts, the Group provides other corporate banking services including

factoring and commitments to provide loan financing. Loan commitment fees are included in fees and commissions where the loan is not

expected to be drawn down by the customer.

The Group receives interchange and merchant fees, together with fees for overseas use and cash advances, for provision of card services to

cardholders and merchants.

Note 7: Net trading income (losses)

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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Net gains (losses) on financial assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss: |  |  |  |
| Net (losses) gain on financial instruments held for trading  1 | (5) | 406 | (1,049) |
| Net gains (losses) on other financial instruments mandatorily held at fair value through profit or loss | 17,096 | 16,653 | (17,210) |
| Net losses on financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss  2 | (336) | (341) | (154) |
|  | 16,755 | 16,718 | (18,413) |
| Foreign exchange | 1,003 | 1,418 | (1,063) |
| Investment property gains (losses) (note 24) | 67 | (87) | (511) |
| Net trading income (losses)  3 | 17,825 | 18,049 | (19,987) |

1 Includes hedge ineffectiveness in respect of fair value hedges (2024: loss of £81 million; 2023: loss of £267 million; 2022: loss of £41 million) and cash flow hedges (2024: loss of

£60 million; 2023: gain of £19 million; 2022: loss of £10 million).

2  Excludes gains and losses arising from non-participating investment contracts, which are presented separately on the face of the income statement.

3  Includes income from the net investment return on assets held to back insurance and investment contracts of £16,013 million (2023: income of £16,742 million; 2022: losses of £20,899

million). See note 8.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 8: Insurance business

(A) Insurance service result

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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Insurance revenue |  |  |  |
| Amounts relating to the changes in liabilities for remaining coverage: |  |  |  |
| CSM recognised for services provided | 449 | 329 | 245 |
| Change in risk adjustments for non-financial risk for risk expired | 58 | 84 | 103 |
| Expected claims and other insurance service expenses | 1,916 | 1,907 | 1,696 |
| Charges (credits) to funds in respect of policyholder tax and other | 108 | 87 | (228) |
|  | 2,531 | 2,407 | 1,816 |
| Recovery of insurance acquisition cash flows | 105 | 87 | 86 |
| Total life | 2,636 | 2,494 | 1,902 |
| Total non-life | 655 | 514 | 559 |
| Total insurance revenue | 3,291 | 3,008 | 2,461 |
| Insurance service expense |  |  |  |
| Incurred claims and other insurance service expenses | (1,978) | (1,897) | (1,751) |
| Changes that relate to past service: adjustment to liabilities for incurred claims | (4) | – | – |
| Changes that relate to future service: (losses) reversal of losses on onerous contracts | (72) | 58 | (1,486) |
| Amortisation of insurance acquisition cash flows | (105) | (88) | (85) |
| Total life excluding net impairment loss on insurance acquisition assets | (2,159) | (1,927) | (3,322) |
| Net impairment loss on insurance acquisition assets | (9) | (7) | (14) |
| Total life | (2,168) | (1,934) | (3,336) |
| Total non-life  1 | (565) | (480) | (527) |
| Total insurance service expense | (2,733) | (2,414) | (3,863) |
| Net (expense) income from reinsurance contracts held | (72) | 2 | 62 |
| Insurance service result | 486 | 596 | (1,340) |

1  Includes weather-related claims of £82 million (2023: £57 million; 2022: £116 million), of which £64 million (2023: £51 million; 2022: £108 million) was related to severe weather events.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 8: Insurance business continued

(B)  Net investment return on assets held to back insurance and investment contracts and net insurance finance (expense)

income arising from insurance and investment contracts

The following table shows the net investment return on assets held to back insurance and participating investment contracts and the net

finance expense arising from insurance, participating investment and reinsurance contracts, as required by IFRS 17. For completeness, the

net investment return on assets held to back third party interests in consolidated funds and non-participating investment contracts and

the related finance expense is also shown. These contracts are accounted for under IFRS 9.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | 2024 |  |
|  | Life | Non-life | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Net gains on financial assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss | 10,247 | 38 | 10,285 |
| Foreign exchange | 196 | – | 196 |
| Investment property losses | (4) | – | (4) |
| Net investment return on assets held to back insurance and participating investment contracts |  |  |  |
| (memorandum item) | 10,439 | 38 | 10,477 |
| Net investment return on assets held to back third party interests in consolidated funds |  |  | 1,105 |
| Net investment return on assets held to back non-participating investment contracts |  |  | 4,431 |
| Net investment return on assets held to back insurance and investment contracts  1 |  |  | 16,013 |
| Changes in fair value of underlying items of direct participating contracts | (10,844) | – | (10,844) |
| Effects of risk mitigation option | 161 | – | 161 |
| Interest accreted | (839) | (7) | (846) |
| Effect of changes in interest rates and other financial assumptions | 1,001 | – | 1,001 |
| Effect of changes in fulfilment cash flows at current rates when CSM is unlocked at locked-in rates | 140 | – | 140 |
| Net finance expense from insurance and participating investment contracts | (10,381) | (7) | (10,388) |
| Net finance income from reinsurance contracts held | 47 | – | 47 |
| Net finance expense from insurance, participating investment and reinsurance contracts | (10,334) | (7) | (10,341) |
| Movement in third party interests in consolidated funds |  |  | (1,059) |
| Change in non-participating investment contracts |  |  | (4,878) |
| Net finance expense arising from insurance and investment contracts |  |  | (16,278) |

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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | 2023 |  |
|  | Life | Non-life | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Net gains on financial assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss | 11,218 | 35 | 11,253 |
| Foreign exchange | 542 | – | 542 |
| Investment property losses | (4) | – | (4) |
| Net investment return on assets held to back insurance and participating investment contracts |  |  |  |
| (memorandum item) | 11,756 | 35 | 11,791 |
| Net investment return on assets held to back third party interests in consolidated funds |  |  | 1,179 |
| Net investment return on assets held to back non-participating investment contracts |  |  | 3,772 |
| Net investment return on assets held to back insurance and investment contracts  1 |  |  | 16,742 |
| Changes in fair value of underlying items of direct participating contracts | (10,293) | – | (10,293) |
| Effects of risk mitigation option | 172 | – | 172 |
| Interest accreted | (874) | (6) | (880) |
| Effect of changes in interest rates and other financial assumptions | (654) | – | (654) |
| Effect of changes in fulfilment cash flows at current rates when CSM is unlocked at locked-in rates | (80) | – | (80) |
| Net finance expense from insurance and participating investment contracts | (11,729) | (6) | (11,735) |
| Net finance income from reinsurance contracts held | 51 | – | 51 |
| Net finance expense from insurance, participating investment and reinsurance contracts | (11,678) | (6) | (11,684) |
| Movement in third party interests in consolidated funds |  |  | (1,109) |
| Change in non-participating investment contracts |  |  | (3,983) |
| Net finance expense arising from insurance and investment contracts |  |  | (16,776) |

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Note 8: Insurance business continued

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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | 2022 |  |
|  | Life | Non-life | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Net (losses) gains on financial assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss | (14,876) | 9 | (14,867) |
| Foreign exchange | (1,039) | – | (1,039) |
| Investment property losses | (3) | – | (3) |
| Net investment return on assets held to back insurance and participating investment contracts |  |  |  |
| (memorandum item) | (15,918) | 9 | (15,909) |
| Net investment return on assets held to back third party interests in consolidated funds |  |  | (968) |
| Net investment return on assets held to back non-participating investment contracts |  |  | (4,022) |
| Net investment return on assets held to back insurance and investment contracts  1 |  |  | (20,899) |
| Changes in fair value of underlying items of direct participating contracts | 11,212 | – | 11,212 |
| Effects of risk mitigation option | (118) | – | (118) |
| Interest accreted | (350) | (2) | (352) |
| Effect of changes in interest rates and other financial assumptions | 5,226 | – | 5,226 |
| Effect of changes in fulfilment cash flows at current rates when CSM is unlocked at locked-in rates | (20) | – | (20) |
| Net finance income (expense) from insurance and participating investment contracts | 15,950 | (2) | 15,948 |
| Net finance expense from reinsurance contracts held | (55) | – | (55) |
| Net finance income (expense) from insurance, participating investment and reinsurance contracts | 15,895 | (2) | 15,893 |
| Movement in third party interests in consolidated funds |  |  | 1,035 |
| Change in non-participating investment contracts |  |  | 3,959 |
| Net finance income arising from insurance and investment contracts |  |  | 20,887 |

1  Net investment return on assets held to back insurance and investment contracts is reported within net trading income (losses) on the face of the Group’s income statement; includes

income of £10,688 million (2023: income of £10,200 million; 2022: loss of £11,081 million) in respect of unit-linked and with-profit contracts measured applying the variable fee

approach. The assets generating the investment return held to back insurance and investment contracts are carried at fair value on the Group’s balance sheet.

(C) Insurance and participating investment contracts assets and liabilities

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |  |
|  | Life | Non-life | Total | Life | Non-life | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Insurance contract assets | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Liabilities arising from insurance and participating investment |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| contracts  1 | (121,700) | (387) | (122,087) | (119,784) | (364) | (120,148) |
| Other liabilities  2 | (5,268) | – | (5,268) | – | – | – |
| Net liability | (126,968) | (387) | (127,355) | (119,783) | (364) | (120,147) |
| Insurance acquisition assets | – | 23 | 23 | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| Insurance and participating investment contacts net liability | (126,968) | (364) | (127,332) | (119,775) | (348) | (120,123) |

1  Excluding insurance acquisition assets.

2  Liabilities arising from insurance contracts relating to the disposal of the Group's bulk annuity business have been classified as disposal group liabilities and presented in Other liabilities

in note 27. Further information on the disposal group is provided in note 24.

Of the fair value of underlying items in respect of direct participating contracts of £110,045 million (2023: £101,425 million), £111,435 million

(2023: £103,022 million) were financial assets at fair value through profit or loss and £1,125 million (2023: £1,337 million) were derivative

financial liabilities.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 8: Insurance business continued

(D) Reconciliation of insurance balances for liability for remaining coverage and liability for incurred claims

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|  |  | 2024 |  |  |  | 2023 |  |  |
|  | Liabilities for |  |  |  | Liabilities for |  |  |  |
|  | remaining coverage |  | Liability for |  | remaining coverage |  | Liability for |  |
|  | Excluding loss | Loss | incurred |  | Excluding loss | Loss | incurred |  |
|  | component | component | claims | Total | component | component | claims | Total |
| Life | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Net liability at 1 January  1 | (118,724) | (466) | (593) | (119,783) | (108,846) | (471) | (603) | (109,920) |
| Contracts under the modified |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| retrospective approach | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Contracts under the fair value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| transition approach | 1,498 | – | – | 1,498 | 1,467 | – | – | 1,467 |
| Other contracts | 1,138 | – | – | 1,138 | 1,027 | – | – | 1,027 |
| Insurance revenue | 2,636 | – | – | 2,636 | 2,494 | – | – | 2,494 |
| Insurance service expenses  2 | (105) | (44) | (2,010) | (2,159) | (88) | 110 | (1,949) | (1,927) |
| Insurance service result | 2,531 | (44) | (2,010) | 477 | 2,406 | 110 | (1,949) | 567 |
| Net finance income (expense) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| from insurance and participating |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| investment contracts | (10,371) | (5) | (5) | (10,381) | (11,576) | (105) | (3) | (11,684) |
| Exchange differences | 80 | – | – | 80 | 32 | – | – | 32 |
| Total change in profit or loss | (7,760) | (49) | (2,015) | (9,824) | (9,138) | 5 | (1,952) | (11,085) |
| Investment components | 10,205 | – | (10,205) | – | 8,793 | – | (8,793) | – |
| Premiums received | (10,679) | – | – | (10,679) | (9,768) | – | – | (9,768) |
| Claims and other insurance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| service expenses paid | 849 | – | 12,214 | 13,063 | – | – | 10,721 | 10,721 |
| Insurance acquisition cash flows | 265 | – | – | 265 | 203 | – | – | 203 |
| Cash flows | (9,565) | – | 12,214 | 2,649 | (9,565) | – | 10,721 | 1,156 |
| Transfer to other items in the  balance sheet | (10) | – | – | (10) | 32 | – | 34 | 66 |
| Net liability at 31 December  1 | (125,854) | (515) | (599) | (126,968) | (118,724) | (466) | (593) | (119,783) |

1  Excluding insurance acquisition assets.

2  Losses and reversal of losses on onerous contracts amounted to a net loss of £72 million (2023: net reversal of losses of £58 million). Amortisation of insurance acquisition cashflows

amounted to £105 million (2023: £88 million).

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|  |  | 2024 |  |  |  | 2023 |  |  |
|  | Liabilities for |  |  |  | Liabilities for |  |  |  |
|  | remaining coverage |  | Liability for |  | remaining coverage |  | Liability for |  |
|  | Excluding loss | Loss | incurred |  | Excluding loss | Loss | incurred |  |
|  | component | component | claims | Total | component | component | claims | Total |
| Non-life | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Net liability at 1 January  1 | (25) | – | (339) | (364) | (22) | (1) | (357) | (380) |
| Contracts under the modified |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| retrospective approach | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Contracts under the fair value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| transition approach | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other contracts | 655 | – | – | 655 | 514 | – | – | 514 |
| Insurance revenue | 655 | – | – | 655 | 514 | – | – | 514 |
| Insurance service expenses  2 | (32) | – | (533) | (565) | (30) | 1 | (451) | (480) |
| Insurance service result | 623 | – | (533) | 90 | 484 | 1 | (451) | 34 |
| Net finance income (expense) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| from insurance and participating |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| investment contracts | – | – | (7) | (7) | – | – | (6) | (6) |
| Total change in profit or loss | 623 | – | (540) | 83 | 484 | 1 | (457) | 28 |
| Premiums received | (659) | – | – | (659) | (525) | – | – | (525) |
| Claims and other insurance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| service expenses paid | – | – | 524 | 524 | – | – | 475 | 475 |
| Insurance acquisition cash flows | 29 | – | – | 29 | 38 | – | – | 38 |
| Cash flows | (630) | – | 524 | (106) | (487) | – | 475 | (12) |
| Net liability at 31 December  1 | (32) | – | (355) | (387) | (25) | – | (339) | (364) |

1  Excluding insurance acquisition assets.

2 Losses and reversal of losses on onerous contracts amounted to £nil (2023: net reversal of losses of £1 million). Amortisation of insurance acquisition cashflows amounted to £32 million

(2023: £30 million).

(E) Summary of contractual service margin and risk adjustment

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|  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |  |
|  | Life | Non-life | Total | Life | Non-life | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| CSM on insurance and participating investment contracts  1 | 4,646 | – | 4,646 | 4,415 | – | 4,415 |
| CSM on reinsurance contracts  2 | (467) | – | (467) | (220) | – | (220) |
| Total CSM | 4,179 | – | 4,179 | 4,195 | – | 4,195 |
| Risk adjustment on insurance and participating investment contracts  1 | 891 | 19 | 910 | 1,159 | 17 | 1,176 |
| Risk adjustment on reinsurance contracts  2 | (68) | (1) | (69) | (65) | (1) | (66) |
| Total risk adjustment | 823 | 18 | 841 | 1,094 | 16 | 1,110 |
| Total | 5,002 | 18 | 5,020 | 5,289 | 16 | 5,305 |

1  Includes CSM of £544 million (2023: £nil) and risk adjustment of £36 million (2023: £nil) arising from insurance contracts classified as disposal group liabilities and presented in other

liabilities. Further information on the disposal group is provided in note 24.

2  Includes CSM of £(426) million (2023: £nil) and risk adjustment of £(36) million (2023: £nil) on reinsurance contracts classified as disposal group assets and presented in other assets.

Further information on the disposal group is provided in note 24.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 8: Insurance business continued

(F) Reconciliation of measurement components of insurance contract balances

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  | 2024 |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Contractual service margin (CSM) |  |  |
|  | Present | Risk | Contracts |  |  |  |
|  | value of | adjustment | measured |  |  |  |
|  | future | for non- | under the |  |  |  |
|  | cash | financial | fair value | Other |  |  |
|  | flows | risk | approach | contracts | Total CSM | Total |
| Life | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Net liability at 1 January  1 | (114,209) | (1,159) | (1,473) | (2,942) | (4,415) | (119,783) |
| Relating to current services | 46 | 58 | 155 | 294 | 449 | 553 |
| Contracts initially recognised in the year | 33 | (65) | – | (61) | (61) | (93) |
| Changes in estimates that adjust the CSM | 334 | 252 | (95) | (491) | (586) | – |
| Changes in estimates that result in losses and reversal |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| of losses on onerous contracts | (2) | 23 | – | – | – | 21 |
| Relating to future services | 365 | 210 | (95) | (552) | (647) | (72) |
| Relating to past services | (3) | (1) | – | – | – | (4) |
| Insurance service result | 408 | 267 | 60 | (258) | (198) | 477 |
| Net finance expense from insurance and participating |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| investment contracts | (10,341) | – | (9) | (31) | (40) | (10,381) |
| Exchange differences | 72 | 1 | 7 | – | 7 | 80 |
| Total change in profit or loss | (9,861) | 268 | 58 | (289) | (231) | (9,824) |
| Premiums received | (10,679) | – | – | – | – | (10,679) |
| Claims and other insurance service expenses paid | 13,063 | – | – | – | – | 13,063 |
| Insurance acquisition cash flows | 265 | – | – | – | – | 265 |
| Cash flows | 2,649 | – | – | – | – | 2,649 |
| Transfer to other items in the balance sheet | (10) | – | – | – | – | (10) |
| Net liability at 31 December  1 | (121,431) | (891) | (1,415) | (3,231) | (4,646) | (126,968) |

1  Excluding insurance acquisition assets.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  | 2023 |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Contractual service margin (CSM) |  |  |
|  | Present | Risk | Contracts |  |  |  |
|  | value of | adjustment | measured |  |  |  |
|  | future | for non- | under the |  |  |  |
|  | cash | financial | fair value | Other |  |  |
|  | flows | risk | approach | contracts | Total CSM | Total |
| Life | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Net liability at 1 January  1 | (104,545) | (1,165) | (1,441) | (2,769) | (4,210) | (109,920) |
| Relating to current services | 99 | 84 | 129 | 197 | 326 | 509 |
| Contracts initially recognised in the year | 107 | (86) | – | (92) | (92) | (71) |
| Changes in estimates that adjust the CSM | 390 | (12) | (170) | (208) | (378) | – |
| Changes in estimates that result in losses and reversal |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| of losses on onerous contracts | 109 | 20 | – | – | – | 129 |
| Relating to future services | 606 | (78) | (170) | (300) | (470) | 58 |
| Insurance service result | 705 | 6 | (41) | (103) | (144) | 567 |
| Net finance (expense) income from insurance and  participating investment contracts | (11,621) | – | 7 | (70) | (63) | (11,684) |
| Exchange differences | 30 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 32 |
| Total change in profit or loss | (10,886) | 6 | (32) | (173) | (205) | (11,085) |
| Premiums received | (9,768) | – | – | – | – | (9,768) |
| Claims and other insurance service expenses paid | 10,721 | – | – | – | – | 10,721 |
| Insurance acquisition cash flows | 203 | – | – | – | – | 203 |
| Cash flows | 1,156 | – | – | – | – | 1,156 |
| Transfer to other items in the balance sheet | 66 | – | – | – | – | 66 |
| Net liability at 31 December  1 | (114,209) | (1,159) | (1,473) | (2,942) | (4,415) | (119,783) |

1  Excluding insurance acquisition assets.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 8: Insurance business continued

The Group estimates the Risk adjustment separately from other components of the fulfilment cashflows using an explicit margins

approach. A confidence level scenario, allowing for diversification of risks across the insurance business, is used to determine the margins to

be applied to the best estimate assumptions which are then used to calculate the risk adjustment at a policy level. The risk adjustment

represents the difference in the value of the best estimate cash flows with and without these margins.

The confidence level corresponding to the risk adjustment is 85 per cent (2023: 90 per cent). The risk adjustment is calibrated to the value

at risk over a one-year time horizon at this confidence level for non-financial risks. This is translated, using statistical approximations, into

an equivalent confidence level on a value at risk basis over the expected lifetime of in-force policies of approximately 68 per cent (2023: 70

per cent) at end of the reporting period.

(G) Impacts of insurance and participating investment contracts recognised in the year

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |  |
|  | Profitable | Onerous |  | Profitable | Onerous |  |
|  | contracts | contracts |  | contracts | contracts |  |
|  | issued | issued | Total | issued | issued | Total |
| Life | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Insurance and participating investment contracts |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Insurance acquisition cash flows | 56 | 203 | 259 | 87 | 142 | 229 |
| Claims and other directly attributable expenses | 1,446 | 4,498 | 5,944 | 5,450 | 447 | 5,897 |
| Estimates of the present value of future cash outflows | 1,502 | 4,701 | 6,203 | 5,537 | 589 | 6,126 |
| Estimates of the present value of future cash inflows | (1,577) | (4,659) | (6,236) | (5,708) | (525) | (6,233) |
| Risk adjustment for non-financial risk | 14 | 51 | 65 | 79 | 7 | 86 |
| Contractual service margin | 61 | – | 61 | 92 | – | 92 |
| Losses recognised on initial recognition | – | 93 | 93 | – | 71 | 71 |

(H) Life business contractual service margin run-off

The following table analyses the expected recognition of the contractual service margin (CSM) in profit or loss.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Less than 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | Over 10 |  |
|  | year | years | years | years | years | years | years | Total |
| At 31 December 2024 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Pensions and investments | (240) | (218) | (199) | (164) | (152) | (591) | (1,169) | (2,733) |
| Annuities, protection and other  1 | (660) | (106) | (98) | (90) | (83) | (331) | (545) | (1,913) |
| investment contracts | (900) | (324) | (297) | (254) | (235) | (922) | (1,714) | (4,646) |
| Reinsurance contracts held  2 | 433 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 467 |
| Total | (467) | (319) | (293) | (251) | (232) | (914) | (1,703) | (4,179) |

Insurance and participating

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Less than 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | Over 10 |  |
|  | year | years | years | years | years | years | years | Total |
| At 31 December 2023 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Pensions and investments | (186) | (176) | (168) | (157) | (133) | (535) | (1,088) | (2,443) |
| Annuities, protection and other  Insurance and participating | (147) | (136) | (125) | (117) | (109) | (444) | (894) | (1,972) |
| investment contracts | (333) | (312) | (293) | (274) | (242) | (979) | (1,982) | (4,415) |
| Reinsurance contracts held | 20 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 48 | 94 | 221 |
| Total | (313) | (295) | (278) | (260) | (229) | (931) | (1,888) | (4,194) |

1 CSM of £(544) million arising from insurance contracts classified as disposal group liabilities has been included in less than one year. The Group expects the CSM to be derecognised in

2025 upon disposal of the insurance contract liabilities. Further information on the disposal group is provided in note 24.

2  CSM of £426 million arising from reinsurance contracts held classified as disposal group assets has been included in less than one year. The Group expects the CSM to be derecognised

in 2025 upon disposal of the reinsurance contract assets. Further information on the disposal group is provided in note 24.

(I)  Life insurance sensitivity analysis

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

Critical judgements: Determining the characteristics which make a product illiquid, the level of illiquidity premium to apply to

the discount rate of different products and how the illiquidity premium is determined

Key sources of estimation uncertainty: Increase in illiquidity premia and widening of credit default spreads

The following table demonstrates the effect of reasonably possible changes in key assumptions on profit before tax and equity disclosed in

these financial statements assuming that the other assumptions remain unchanged. In practice this is unlikely to occur, and changes in

some assumptions may be correlated. With the exception of the 31 December 2024 risk free rate, the sensitivities below are on a gross of

reinsurance basis, which do not differ materially from the sensitivities on a net of reinsurance basis. The 31 December 2024 risk free rate

sensitivity is shown net of reinsurance and reflects the impact of the reinsurance of the Group's bulk annuity business to Rothesay Life plc.

These amounts include movements in liabilities relating to insurance and participating investment contracts and related assets in order to

demonstrate the impacts on shareholder profit and equity. Therefore, these sensitivities have not been applied to the proportion of assets

and liabilities where the risks are borne by the policyholder and where assets and liabilities are well matched so as not to have a significant

impact on shareholder profit.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

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Note 8: Insurance business continued

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  |
|  |  | Increase |  | Increase |  |
|  |  | (reduction) | Increase | (reduction) | Increase |
|  |  | in profit | (reduction) | in profit | (reduction) |
|  |  | before tax | in equity | before tax | in equity |
|  | Change in variable | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Key sources of estimation uncertainty |  |  |  |  |  |
| Risk free rate, including illiquidity premia - gross | 1% reduction | (245) | (184) | 393 | 294 |
|  | 1% increase | 211 | 158 | (333) | (250) |
| Risk free rate, including illiquidity premia - net | 1% reduction | 243 | 183 |  |  |
|  | 1% increase | (203) | (153) |  |  |
| Widening of credit default spreads on corporate bonds | 0.25% addition | (174) | (131) | (316) | (237) |
| Other accounting estimates |  |  |  |  |  |
| Annuitant mortality | 5% reduction | 49 | 37 | 70 | 52 |
|  | 5% increase | (46) | (34) | (75) | (56) |
| Future maintenance and investment expenses | 10% reduction | 33 | 25 | 29 | 21 |
|  | 10% increase | (33) | (25) | (29) | (21) |
| Non-annuitant mortality and morbidity | 5% reduction | 61 | 46 | 63 | 47 |
|  | 5% increase | (62) | (46) | (63) | (47) |
| Lapse rates | 10% reduction | (6) | (4) | (11) | (8) |
|  | 10% increase | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 |

At each measurement date, the Group estimates, based on information about past events, current conditions and forecasts of future

conditions, the expected value of future cash flows. The calculation uses a range of scenarios that reflect the full range of possible

outcomes. The assumptions used to develop the estimates of future cash flows are reassessed at each reported date to reflect conditions

existing at the measurement date.

Risk free rate, including illiquidity premia

The Group has applied judgement in determining the characteristics which make a product illiquid, the level of illiquidity premium to apply

to the discount rate of different products and how the illiquidity premium is determined, where material.

Due to the illiquid nature of their cash flows, an illiquidity premium has been applied to the discount rate of the Group’s annuity contracts.

At initial recognition, the illiquidity premium is calculated with reference to a strategic portfolio of assets, and subsequently measured to

reflect the mix of actual assets backing annuity contracts. To reflect differences between the characteristics of insurance contracts and a

reference portfolio, adjustments for credit risk are required when determining appropriate discount rates. The Group uses the fundamental

spread to maintain consistency with its Solvency II approach. For protection contracts, the illiquidity premium is based on the spread on a

covered bond index.

The average sterling yield curves that were used to discount the estimates of future cash flows that do not vary based on the returns of the

underlying items are as follows:

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 1 year | 5 year | 10 year | 20 year | 30 year |
| 2024 | 5.58 | 5.17 | 5.66 | 5.71 | 5.06 |
| 2023 | 5.37 | 4.15 | 4.79 | 4.72 | 4.19 |

The Group determines the quantity of benefits provided under each contract using different bases, depending on the product. For with-

profits and unit linked products, the policyholder account value (or the guaranteed benefits, if higher) is used. For annuities, pre-vesting

date the defined amount payable is used (immediate annuities have no pre-vesting date period) and post-vesting date the annuity payout

is used.

Widening of credit default spreads on corporate bonds

The Group applies a sensitivity showing the impact of an increase in credit default spreads on corporate bonds and the corresponding

reduction in market values. Swap curves, the risk-free rate and illiquidity premia are all assumed to be unchanged and therefore this

sensitivity impacts the related assets. There is no impact in 2024 on the Bulk annuity business as this is now backed by the reinsurance with

Rothesay Life plc.

Mortality

The mortality assumptions for the main classes of business are set with regard to recent Group experience and general industry trends, all

of which are adjusted for smoker status and age/gender specific factors. The base mortality tables used for the annuities business for the

year ended 31 December 2024 and the prior period were selected from the bespoke mortality tables. The mortality improvements adopt

the 100per cent Bespoke tables and CMI 2023\_{M/F}\_(7.25)\_{2.0/1.8}%\_{0.5/0.5}A\_2013 for the year ended 31 December 2024; and the

100 per cent Bespoke tables and CMI 2022\_{M/F}\_(7.25)\_{2.0/1.8}%\_{0.5/0.5}A\_2013 for the prior period.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 8: Insurance business continued

Lapse rates

Lapse rates refer to the rate of policy termination or the rate at which policyholders stop paying regular premiums due under the contract.

Historical persistency experience is analysed using statistical techniques. As experience can vary considerably between different product

types and for contracts that have been in force for different periods, the data is broken down into broadly homogeneous groups for the

purposes of determining the Group’s lapse rate in determining the assumptions, which are set on a best estimates basis, based on

investigations of historical experience with some expert judgement overlays reflecting expectations of future trends and other external

data. The lapse rates for workplace pensions range from 0.8 per cent to 13.8 per cent (2023: 0.8 per cent to 14.6 per cent) and for

longstanding business range from 0.5 per cent to 74.1 per cent (2023: 0.5 per cent to 74.1 per cent), the wide range being a result of the age

and variety of products.

Note 9: Other operating income

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|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Operating lease rental income | 1,681 | 1,383 | 1,077 |
| Rental income from investment properties (note 24) | 172 | 146 | 145 |
| Net gains on disposal of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (note 33) | 7 | 122 | 92 |
| Other | 74 | (20) | 25 |
| Total other operating income | 1,934 | 1,631 | 1,339 |

Note 10: Operating expenses

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Staff costs: |  |  |  |
| Salaries and social security costs  1 | 3,819 | 3,651 | 3,310 |
| Pensions and other retirement benefit schemes (note 12) | 526 | 355 | 455 |
| Restructuring and other staff costs | 327 | 487 | 307 |
|  | 4,672 | 4,493 | 4,072 |
| Premises and equipment costs  2 | 454 | 449 | 332 |
| Depreciation and amortisation  3 | 3,426 | 2,905 | 2,396 |
| UK bank levy | 147 | 150 | 148 |
| Regulatory and legal provisions (note 28) | 899 | 675 | 255 |
| Other | 2,594 | 2,720 | 2,556 |
| Operating expenses before adjustment for: | 12,192 | 11,392 | 9,759 |
| Amounts attributable to the acquisition of insurance and participating investment contracts | (182) | (183) | (168) |
| Amounts reported within insurance service expenses | (409) | (386) | (354) |
| Total operating expenses | 11,601 | 10,823 | 9,237 |

1  Including social security costs of £428 million (2023: £371 million; 2022: £341 million).

2  Net of profits on disposal of operating lease assets of £59 million (2023: £93 million; 2022: £197 million).

3  Including depreciation in respect of premises £96 million (2023: £110 million; 2022: £114 million), equipment £400 million (2023: £388 million; 2022: £561 million), operating lease assets

£1,410 million (2023: £1,070 million; 2022: £570 million) and right-of-use assets £198 million (2023: £209 million; 2022: £226 million).

Average headcount

The average number of persons on a headcount basis employed by the Group during the year was as follows:

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| UK | 64,334 | 65,390 | 62,587 |
| Overseas | 1,895 | 807 | 785 |
| Total | 66,229 | 66,197 | 63,372 |

Performance-based compensation

The tables below analyse the Group’s performance-based compensation costs between those relating to the current performance year and

those relating to earlier years.

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | Performance-based |  |  | Performance-based compensation expense |  |
|  | compensation expense | |  |  | deferred until later years |  |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Awards made in respect of the year ended 31 December | 300 | 316 | 349 | 90 | 108 | 128 |
| Awards made in respect of earlier years | 96 | 124 | 109 | 34 | 22 | 20 |
|  | 396 | 440 | 458 | 124 | 130 | 148 |

Performance-based awards expensed in 2024 include cash awards amounting to £162 million (2023: £169 million; 2022: £144 million).

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 11: Share-based payments

Charge to the income statement

The charge to the income statement is set out below:

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Deferred bonus plan | 206 | 241 | 289 |
| Options and shares granted in the year | 15 | 20 | 19 |
| Options and shares granted in prior years | 60 | 67 | 68 |
|  | 75 | 87 | 87 |
| Total charge to the income statement | 281 | 328 | 376 |

During the year ended 31 December 2024 the Group operated the following share-based payment schemes, all of which are mainly equity

settled.

Group Performance Share plan

The Group operates a Group Performance Share plan that is part equity settled. Bonuses in respect of employee service in 2024 have been

recognised in the charge in line with the proportion of the deferral period completed.

Save-As-You-Earn schemes

Eligible employees may enter into contracts through the Save-As-You-Earn (SAYE) schemes to save up to £500 per month and, at the

expiry of a fixed term of three years, have the option to use these savings within six months of the expiry of the fixed term to acquire shares

in the Group at a discounted price of no less than 90 per cent of the market price at the start of the invitation period.

Movements in the number of share options outstanding under the SAYE schemes are set out below:

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  |
|  |  | Weighted |  | Weighted |
|  |  | average |  | average |
|  | Number | exercise price | Number | exercise price |
|  | of options | (pence) | of options | (pence) |
| Outstanding at 1 January | 1,311,205,148 | 31.70 | 1,256,918,075 | 31.30 |
| Granted | 200,820,157 | 52.35 | 287,984,574 | 38.55 |
| Exercised | (663,187,372) | 24.60 | (164,709,399) | 38.55 |
| Forfeited | (17,375,716) | 39.01 | (12,862,726) | 31.78 |
| Cancelled | (27,852,684) | 40.70 | (45,807,000) | 37.65 |
| Expired | (5,984,747) | 35.40 | (10,318,376) | 38.25 |
| Outstanding at 31 December | 797,624,786 | 42.30 | 1,311,205,148 | 31.70 |
| Exercisable at 31 December | 955,281 | 24.25 | 410,368 | 39.87 |

The weighted average share price at the time that the options were exercised during 2024 was £0.47 (2023: £0.48). The weighted average

remaining contractual life of options outstanding at the end of the year was 1.85 years (2023: 1.58 years).

The weighted average fair value of SAYE options granted during 2024 was £0.09 (2023: £0.09). The fair values of the SAYE options have

been determined using a standard Black-Scholes model.

Other share option plans

Executive Share Plans – buyout and retention awards

Share options may be granted to senior employees under the Lloyds Banking Group Executive Share Plan 2003, Lloyds Banking Group

Executive Group Ownership Share Plan and Deferred Bonus Scheme 2021 specifically to facilitate recruitment (to compensate new recruits

for any lost share awards), and also to make grants to key individuals for retention purposes. In some instances, grants may be made

subject to individual performance conditions.

Participants are not entitled to any dividends paid during the vesting period.

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Note 11: Share-based payments continued

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  |
|  |  | Weighted |  | Weighted |
|  |  | average |  | average |
|  | Number | exercise price | Number | exercise price |
|  | of Options | (pence) | of Options | (pence) |
| Outstanding at 1 January | 26,131,255 | Nil | 20,466,471 | Nil |
| Granted | 768,170 | Nil | 15,198,717 | Nil |
| Exercised | (10,815,436) | Nil | (8,739,497) | Nil |
| Vested | – | Nil | (765,247) | Nil |
| Forfeited | (488,091) | Nil | (8,216) | Nil |
| Lapsed | (16,901) | Nil | (20,973) | Nil |
| Outstanding at 31 December | 15,578,997 | Nil | 26,131,255 | Nil |
| Exercisable at 31 December | 988,243 | Nil | 1,148,770 | Nil |

The weighted average fair value of options granted in the year was £0.46 (2023: £0.41). The fair values of options granted have been

determined using a standard Black-Scholes model. The weighted average share price at the time that the options were exercised during

2024 was £0.53 (2023: £0.46). The weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding at the end of the year was 6.2 years

(2023: 6.3 years).

Included in the above are awards to the Group Chief Executive.

Charlie Nunn joined the Group on 16 August 2021 as Group Chief Executive. He was granted deferred share awards over 8,301,708 shares to

replace unvested awards from his former employer, HSBC, that were forfeited as a result of him joining the Group.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | Number | Number |
|  | of options | of options |
| Outstanding at 1 January | 5,337,899 | 6,585,447 |
| Exercised | (1,368,990) | (1,247,548) |
| Outstanding at 31 December | 3,968,909 | 5,337,899 |

Other share plans

Lloyds Banking Group Executive Group Ownership Share Plan

The plan, introduced in 2006, is aimed at delivering shareholder value by linking the receipt of shares to an improvement in the

performance of the Group over a three-year period. Awards are made within limits set by the rules of the plan, with the limits determining

the maximum number of shares that can be awarded equating to three times annual salary. In exceptional circumstances this may increase

to four times annual salary.

The Executive Group Ownership awards were replaced by Long Term Share Plan awards in 2021.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | Number | Number |
|  | of shares | of shares |
| Outstanding at 1 January | 39,804,293 | 202,394,509 |
| Vested | (18,490,246) | (66,555,435) |
| Forfeited | (33,055) | (96,034,781) |
| Dividend award | 842,202 | – |
| Outstanding at 31 December | 22,123,194 | 39,804,293 |

Lloyds Banking Group Long Term Share Plan

The plan, approved at the 2020 AGM and introduced in 2021, replaced the Executive Group Ownership Share Plan and is intended to

provide alignment to the Group’s aim of delivering sustainable returns to shareholders, supported by its values and behaviours.

The awards in respect of the 2022 grant are due to vest in 2025 at a rate of 100 per cent. Details in relation to the plan are provided in the

directors’ remuneration report.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | Number | Number |
|  | of shares | of shares |
| Outstanding at 1 January | 262,409,389 | 171,947,743 |
| Granted | – | 108,551,439 |
| Vested | (53,608,504) | – |
| Forfeited | (12,921,590) | (18,089,793) |
| Outstanding at 31 December | 195,879,295 | 262,409,389 |

The weighted average fair value of awards granted in the year was £nil (2023: £0.42).

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 11: Share-based payments continued

Lloyds Banking Group Long Term Incentive Plan

The plan, approved at the 2023 AGM and introduced in 2024, replaced the Long Term Share Plan and is intended to deliver stronger

alignment between variable reward outcomes and the creation of shareholder value through the delivery of our strategy and the deepening

of our relationships with our customers.

The awards in respect of the 2024 grant are due to vest in 2027. Details in relation to the plan are provided in the directors’ remuneration

report.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | Number | Number |
|  | of shares | of shares |
| Outstanding at 1 January | — | — |
| Granted | 75,063,395 | — |
| Outstanding at 31 December | 75,063,395 | — |

The weighted average fair value of awards granted in the year was £0.30 (2023: £nil).

Executive Share Plans – buyout and retention awards

Share awards in the form of conditional shares may be granted to senior employees under the Lloyds Banking Group Executive Group

Ownership Share Plan and Deferred Bonus Scheme 2021 specifically to facilitate recruitment (to compensate new recruits for any lost share

awards), and also to make grants to key individuals for retention purposes. In some instances, grants may be made subject to individual

performance conditions.

Participants are not entitled to any dividends paid during the vesting period.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | Number | Number |
|  | of Shares | of Shares |
| Outstanding at 1 January | — | — |
| Granted | 3,593,397 | — |
| Vested | (728,370) | — |
| Forfeited | — | — |
| Outstanding at 31 December | 2,865,027 | — |

The weighted average fair value of awards granted in the year was £0.51 (2023: £nil).

Assumptions at 31 December 2024

The fair value calculations at 31 December 2024 for grants made in the year, using Black-Scholes models and Monte Carlo simulation, are

based on the following assumptions:

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | Executive | Executive | Long Term |
|  | SAYE | Option Plans | Share Plans | Share Plan |
| Weighted average risk-free interest rate | 3.58% | 4.43% | 4.35% | 4.07% |
| Weighted average expected life | 3.3 years | 1.6 years | 1.3 years | 4.4 years |
| Weighted average expected volatility | 25% | 24% | 23% | 29% |
| Weighted average expected dividend yield | 6.0% | 7.0% | 7.0% | 7.0% |
| Weighted average share price | £0.58 | £0.52 | £0.56 | £0.48 |
| Weighted average exercise price | £0.52 | Nil | Nil | Nil |

Expected volatility is a measure of the amount by which the Group’s shares are expected to fluctuate during the life of an option. The

expected volatility is estimated based on the historical volatility of the closing daily share price over the most recent period that is

commensurate with the expected life of the option. The historical volatility is compared to the implied volatility generated from market

traded options in the Group’s shares to assess the reasonableness of the historical volatility and adjustments made where appropriate.

Share Incentive Plans

Matching shares

The Group undertakes to match shares purchased by employees up to the value of £45 per month; these matching shares are held in trust

for a mandatory period of three years on the employee’s behalf, during which period the employee is entitled to any dividends paid on such

shares. The award is subject to a non-market based condition: if an employee leaves within this three-year period for other than a ‘good’

reason, all of the matching shares are forfeited. Similarly, if the employees sell their purchased shares within three years, their matching

shares are forfeited.

The number of shares awarded relating to matching shares in 2024 was 38,464,042 (2023: 43,945,238), with an average fair value of £0.53

(2023: £0.46), based on market prices at the date of award.

Fixed share awards

Fixed share awards were introduced in 2014 in order to ensure that total fixed remuneration is commensurate with role and to provide a

competitive reward package for certain Lloyds Banking Group employees, with an appropriate balance of fixed and variable remuneration,

in line with regulatory requirements. The fixed share awards are delivered in Lloyds Banking Group plc shares, and are released over three

years with one third being released each year following the year of award. The number of shares purchased in relation to fixed share awards

in 2024 was 1,541,751 (2023: 1,790,243) with an average fair value of £0.55 (2023: £0.46) based on market prices at the date of the award.

The fixed share award is not subject to any performance conditions, performance adjustment or clawback. On an employee leaving the

Group, there is no change to the timeline for which shares will become unrestricted.

Since the beginning of 2023 the number of recipients of these awards has been reduced to the executive directors only.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 11: Share-based payments continued

Free shares

An award of shares may be made annually to employees up to a maximum of £3,600. The shares awarded are held in trust for a mandatory

period of three years on the employee’s behalf, during which period the employee is entitled to any dividends paid on such shares. The

award is subject to a non-market based condition. If an employee leaves the Group within this three-year period for other than a ‘good’

reason, all of the shares awarded will be forfeited.

There have not been any awards made since 2021.

Note 12: Retirement benefit obligations

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

Key sources of estimation uncertainty: Discount rate applied to future cash flows

Expected lifetime of the schemes’ members

Expected rate of future inflationary increases

The net asset recognised in the balance sheet at 31 December 2024 in respect of the Group’s defined benefit pension scheme obligations

was £2,945 million, comprising an asset of £3,028 million and a liability of £83 million (2023: a net asset of £3,532 million comprising an

asset of £3,624 million and a liability of £92 million). The Group’s accounting policy for its defined benefit pension scheme obligations is set

out in note 2(K).

Income statement and balance sheet sensitivities to changes in the key sources of estimation uncertainty and other actuarial assumptions

are provided in part (v).

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Charge (credit) to the income statement |  |  |  |
| Defined benefit pension schemes | (13) | (80) | 123 |
| Other retirement benefit schemes | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Total defined benefit schemes | (11) | (79) | 125 |
| Defined contribution pension schemes | 537 | 434 | 330 |
| Total charge to the income statement (note 10) | 526 | 355 | 455 |

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| Amounts recognised in the balance sheet |  |  |
| Retirement benefit assets | 3,028 | 3,624 |
| Retirement benefit obligations | (122) | (136) |
| Total amounts recognised in the balance sheet | 2,906 | 3,488 |

The total amounts recognised in the balance sheet relate to:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| Defined benefit pension schemes | 2,945 | 3,532 |
| Other retirement benefit schemes | (39) | (44) |
| Total amounts recognised in the balance sheet | 2,906 | 3,488 |

Pension schemes

Defined benefit schemes

(i)  Characteristics of and risks associated with the Group’s schemes

The Group has established a number of defined benefit pension schemes in the UK and overseas, both funded and unfunded. All significant

schemes are funded and based in the UK, with the three most significant being the main sections of the Lloyds Bank Pension Scheme No. 1,

the Lloyds Bank Pension Scheme No. 2 and the HBOS Final Salary Pension Scheme. At 31 December 2024, these schemes represented 94

per cent of the Group’s total gross defined benefit pension assets (2023: 94 per cent). These schemes provide retirement benefits

calculated as a proportion of final pensionable salary depending upon the length of pensionable service.

All of the UK funded schemes are operated as separate legal entities under trust law, are in compliance with the Pensions Act 2004 and are

managed by a Trustee Board (the Trustee) whose role is to ensure that the schemes are administered in accordance with the scheme rules

and relevant legislation, and to safeguard the assets in the best interests of all members and beneficiaries.

A valuation to determine the funding status of each scheme is carried out at least every three years, whereby scheme assets are measured

at market value and liabilities (technical provisions) are measured using prudent assumptions. If a deficit is identified a recovery plan is

agreed between the employer and the scheme Trustee and sent to the Pensions Regulator for review. The Group does not provide for these

deficit contributions as the future economic benefits arising from these contributions are expected to be available to the Group. The

Group’s overseas defined benefit pension schemes are subject to local regulatory arrangements.

The 31 December 2022 triennial valuation for the main defined benefit schemes was completed in 2023, and following the contributions

paid in 2023, there will be no further deficit contributions for this triennial period (to 31 December 2025).

The Group pays regular contributions to meet benefits accruing over the year, and to cover the expenses of running the schemes. The

Group expects to pay contributions of at least £0.1 billion to its defined benefit schemes in 2025.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

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Note 12: Retirement benefit obligations continued

The Group provides additional security arrangements to a number of the UK schemes for the Group’s obligations to the schemes. At 31

December 2024 the security arrangements held assets of £4.1 billion. The security arrangements are fully consolidated in the Group’s

balance sheet.

The last funding valuations of other Group schemes were carried out on a number of different dates. In order to report the position under

IAS 19 as at 31 December 2024, the most recent valuation results for all schemes have been updated by qualified independent actuaries.

The funding valuations use a more prudent approach to setting the discount rate and more conservative longevity and inflation

assumptions than the IAS 19 valuations.

In June 2023, the High Court handed down a decision (Virgin Media Limited v NTL Pension Trustees II Limited and others) which potentially

has implications for the validity of amendments made by pension schemes, which were contracted-out on a salary-related basis between 6

April 1997 and the abolition of contracting-out in 2016. The High Court ruled that any amendments made to these pension schemes during

the relevant period would be void unless the scheme actuary had confirmed that the pension scheme would continue to satisfy the

statutory standard for contracted-out schemes. On 25 July 2024, the Court of Appeal upheld the original decision. The Group is carrying

out a review of scheme amendments to decide whether any subsequent actions or amendments to IAS 19 liabilities are required. The

Group has not made any allowance for the possible impact of the ruling as it is currently unclear whether any additional liabilities might

arise, and if they were to arise, how they would be reliably measured. The Group will continue to monitor developments.

(ii) Amounts in the financial statements

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| Amount included in the balance sheet |  |  |
| Present value of funded obligations | (27,118) | (30,201) |
| Fair value of scheme assets | 30,063 | 33,733 |
| Net amount recognised in the balance sheet | 2,945 | 3,532 |

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| Net amount recognised in the balance sheet |  |  |
| At 1 January | 3,532 | 3,732 |
| Net defined benefit pension (charge) credit | 13 | 80 |
| Actuarial (losses) gains on defined benefit obligation | 2,940 | (1,304) |
| Return on plan assets | (3,712) | (318) |
| Employer contributions | 172 | 1,342 |
| At 31 December | 2,945 | 3,532 |

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| Movements in the defined benefit obligation |  |  |
| At 1 January | (30,201) | (28,965) |
| Current service cost | (85) | (88) |
| Interest expense | (1,385) | (1,394) |
| Remeasurements: |  |  |
| Actuarial gains – demographic assumptions | 109 | 153 |
| Actuarial losses – experience | 94 | (1,067) |
| Actuarial (losses) gains – financial assumptions | 2,737 | (390) |
| Benefits paid | 1,638 | 1,544 |
| Past service cost | (35) | (5) |
| Settlements | 1 | – |
| Exchange and other adjustments | 9 | 11 |
| At 31 December | (27,118) | (30,201) |

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| Analysis of the defined benefit obligation |  |  |
| Active members | (2,463) | (2,955) |
| Deferred members | (7,080) | (8,438) |
| Dependants | (1,429) | (1,572) |
| Pensioners | (16,146) | (17,236) |
| At 31 December | (27,118) | (30,201) |

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 12: Retirement benefit obligations continued

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| Changes in the fair value of scheme assets |  |  |
| At 1 January | 33,733 | 32,697 |
| Return on plan assets excluding amounts included in interest income | (3,712) | (318) |
| Interest income | 1,551 | 1,602 |
| Employer contributions | 172 | 1,342 |
| Benefits paid | (1,638) | (1,544) |
| Settlements | (1) | – |
| Administrative costs paid | (33) | (35) |
| Exchange and other adjustments | (9) | (11) |
| At 31 December | 30,063 | 33,733 |

The (credit) expense recognised in the income statement for the year ended 31 December comprises:

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Current service cost | 85 | 88 | 180 |
| Net interest amount | (166) | (208) | (95) |
| Past service cost – plan amendments | 35 | 5 | 4 |
| Plan administration costs incurred during the year | 33 | 35 | 34 |
| Total defined benefit pension (credit) expense | (13) | (80) | 123 |

(iii) Composition of scheme assets

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |  |
|  | Quoted | Unquoted | Total | Quoted | Unquoted | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Debt instruments  1  : |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fixed interest government bonds | 6,985 | – | 6,985 | 5,657 | – | 5,657 |
| Index-linked government bonds | 15,550 | – | 15,550 | 16,105 | – | 16,105 |
| Corporate and other debt securities | 7,396 | – | 7,396 | 7,305 | – | 7,305 |
| Asset-backed securities | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 |
|  | 29,931 | – | 29,931 | 29,071 | – | 29,071 |
| Pooled investment vehicles | 686 | 7,342 | 8,028 | 613 | 8,361 | 8,974 |
| Property | – | 130 | 130 | – | 97 | 97 |
| Equity instruments | 23 | 66 | 89 | 23 | 62 | 85 |
| Money market instruments, cash, derivatives and other assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| and liabilities | 55 | (8,170) | (8,115) | 466 | (4,960) | (4,494) |
| At 31 December | 30,695 | (632) | 30,063 | 30,173 | 3,560 | 33,733 |

1  Of the total debt instruments, £27,551 million (2023: £26,777 million) were investment grade (credit ratings equal to or better than ‘BBB’).

The assets of all of the funded plans are held independently of the Group’s assets in separate trustee-administered funds.

The pension schemes’ pooled investment vehicles comprise:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| Alternative credit funds | 1,793 | 1,962 |
| Bond and debt funds | 449 | 571 |
| Equity funds | 1,553 | 1,674 |
| Hedge and mutual funds | 709 | 808 |
| Infrastructure funds | 1,059 | 1,147 |
| Liquidity funds | 1,449 | 1,585 |
| Property funds | 992 | 1,227 |
| Other | 24 | – |
| At 31 December | 8,028 | 8,974 |

The Trustee’s approach to investment is focused on acting in the members’ best financial interests, with the integration of ESG

(environmental, social and governance) considerations into investment management processes and practices. This policy is reviewed

annually (or more frequently as required) and has been shared with the schemes’ investment managers for implementation.

Climate change is one of the risks the schemes manage given its potential financial impact on valuation of assets.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 12: Retirement benefit obligations continued

(iv) Assumptions

The principal actuarial and financial assumptions used in valuations of the defined benefit pension schemes were as follows:

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|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | % | % |
| Discount rate | 5.55 | 4.70 |
| Rate of inflation: |  |  |
| Retail Price Index (RPI) | 2.97 | 2.96 |
| Consumer Price Index (CPI) | 2.52 | 2.47 |
| Rate of salary increases | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Weighted average rate of increase for pensions in payment | 2.69 | 2.73 |

To determine the RPI assumption a term-dependent inflation curve has been used adjusting for an assumed inflation risk premium. A gap of

100 basis points has been assumed between RPI and CPI from 2025 to 2030; thereafter a 20 basis point gap has been assumed.

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Men |  | Women |  |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | Years | Years | Years | Years |
| Life expectancy for average member aged 60, on the valuation date | 26.4 | 26.7 | 28.5 | 28.7 |
| Life expectancy for average member aged 60, 15 years after the valuation date | 27.3 | 27.8 | 29.4 | 29.8 |

The mortality assumptions used in the UK scheme valuations are based on standard tables published by the Institute and Faculty of

Actuaries which were adjusted in line with the actual experience of the relevant schemes. The Group uses the CMI mortality projections

model to project future mortality improvements. In line with actuarial industry recommendations no weight is placed on 2020 and 2021

mortality experience and 15 per cent weight on 2022 and 2023 mortality experience.

(v) Amount, timing and uncertainty of future cash flows

Risk exposure of the defined benefit schemes

While the Group is not exposed to any unusual, entity-specific or scheme-specific risks in its defined benefit pension schemes, it is exposed

to a number of significant risks, detailed below:

Inflation rate risk:

The majority of the schemes’ benefit obligations are linked to inflation both in deferment and once in payment. Higher

inflation will lead to higher liabilities although this will be materially offset by holdings of inflation-linked gilts and, in most cases, caps on

the level of inflationary increases are in place to protect against extreme inflation.

Interest rate risk:

The defined benefit obligation is determined using a discount rate derived from yields on AA-rated corporate bonds. A

decrease in corporate bond yields will increase plan liabilities although this will be materially offset by an increase in the value of bond

holdings and through the use of derivatives.

Longevity risk: The majority of the schemes’ obligations are to provide benefits for the life of the members so increases in life expectancy

will result in an increase in the schemes’ liabilities.

Investment risk:

Scheme assets are invested in a diversified portfolio of debt securities, equities and other return-seeking assets. If the

assets underperform the discount rate used to calculate the defined benefit obligation, it will reduce the surplus or increase the deficit.

Volatility in asset values and the discount rate will lead to volatility in the net pension asset on the Group’s balance sheet and in other

comprehensive income. To a lesser extent this will also lead to volatility in the pension expense in the Group’s income statement.

In addition, the schemes themselves are exposed to liquidity risk with the need to ensure that liquid assets held are sufficient to meet

benefit payments as they fall due and there is sufficient collateral available to support their hedging activity.

The ultimate cost of the defined benefit obligations to the Group will depend upon actual future events rather than the assumptions made.

The assumptions made are unlikely to be borne out in practice and as such the cost may be higher or lower than expected.

Sensitivity analysis

The effect of reasonably possible changes in key assumptions on the Group’s income statement and on the net defined benefit pension

scheme asset from the change in value of scheme liabilities is set out below. The sensitivities provided assume that all other assumptions

and the value of the schemes’ assets remain unchanged. The calculations are approximate in nature and full detailed calculations could

lead to a different result. It is unlikely that isolated changes to individual assumptions will be experienced in practice. Due to the correlation

of assumptions, aggregating the effects of these isolated changes may not be a reasonable estimate of the actual effect of simultaneous

changes in multiple assumptions.

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Note 12: Retirement benefit obligations continued

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | Effect of reasonably possible alternative assumptions |  |  |
|  |  | (Increase) decrease in the |  |  |
|  | Increase (decrease) in the income | net defined benefit |  |  |
|  | statement charge | pension scheme surplus |  |  |
|  | 2023 | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Inflation (including pension increases)  1  : |  |  |  |  |
| Increase of 0.25 per cent |  | 28 | 484 |  |
| Decrease of 0.25 per cent |  | (27) | (467) |  |
| Increase of 0.1 per cent | 11 |  |  | 224 |
| Decrease of 0.1 per cent | (12) |  |  | (235) |
| Discount rate  2  : |  |  |  |  |
| Increase of 0.25 per cent |  | (51) | (718) |  |
| Decrease of 0.25 per cent |  | 49 | 757 |  |
| Increase of 0.1 per cent | (22) |  |  | (355) |
| Decrease of 0.1 per cent | 21 |  |  | 363 |
| Expected life expectancy of members: |  |  |  |  |
| Increase of one year | 45 | 46 | 806 | 927 |
| Decrease of one year | (46) | (47) | (830) | (946) |

1  At 31 December 2024, the assumed rate of RPI inflation is 2.97 per cent and CPI inflation 2.52 per cent (2023: RPI 2.96 per cent and CPI 2.47 per cent).

2  At 31 December 2024, the assumed discount rate is 5.55 per cent (2023: 4.70 per cent).

Sensitivity analysis method and assumptions

The sensitivity analysis above reflects the impact on the liabilities of the Group’s three most significant schemes which account for over 90

per cent of the Group’s defined benefit obligations. While differences in the underlying liability profiles for the remainder of the Group’s

pension arrangements mean that they may exhibit slightly different sensitivities to variations in these assumptions, the sensitivities

provided above are indicative of the impact across the Group as a whole.

The inflation assumption sensitivity applies to the assumed rate of increase in both the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Retail Price

Index (RPI), and includes the impact on the rate of increases to pensions, both before and after retirement. These pension increases are

linked to inflation (either CPI or RPI) subject to certain minimum and maximum limits.

The sensitivity analysis (including the inflation sensitivity) does not include the impact of any change in the rate of salary increases as

pensionable salaries have been frozen since 2 April 2014.

The life expectancy assumption has been applied by allowing for an increase/decrease in life expectation from age 60 of one year, based

upon the approximate weighted average age for each scheme. While this is an approximate approach and will not give the same result as a

one year increase in life expectancy at every age, it provides an appropriate indication of the potential impact on the schemes from

changes in life expectancy.

There was no change in the methods and assumptions used in preparing the sensitivity analysis from the prior year.

Asset-liability matching strategies

The main schemes’ assets are invested in a diversified portfolio which are independently determined by the responsible governance body

for each scheme and in consultation with the employer.

A significant goal of the asset strategies adopted by the schemes is to reduce volatility caused by changes in market expectations of

interest rates and inflation. In the main schemes this is achieved by investing in liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies. The assets in

these LDI strategies represented c.47 per cent of scheme assets at 31 December 2024.

The LDI strategies are actively managed to reflect both changing market conditions and changes to the liability profile. At 31 December

2024 the asset-liability matching strategy mitigated c.116 per cent of the liability sensitivity to interest rate movements and c.131 per cent of

the liability sensitivity to inflation movements. In addition, a small amount of interest rate sensitivity arises through holdings of corporate

and other debt securities. The higher level of hedging provides greater protection to the funding position of the schemes.

The main schemes hold a number of longevity insurance contracts, hedging c.30 per cent of their longevity risk exposure at 31 December

2024. These arrangements form part of the schemes’ investment portfolio and provide income to the schemes in the event that pensions

are paid out for longer than expected. As of 1 January 2025 an additional longevity insurance arrangement was entered into, taking the

total the main schemes have now hedged to c.35 per cent of their longevity risk exposure.

At 31 December 2024 the value of scheme assets included longevity swaps valued at £(175) million (after allowing for the impact of the

revisions to the base mortality assumptions).

Maturity profile of defined benefit obligation

The following table provides information on the weighted average duration of the defined benefit pension obligation and the distribution

and timing of benefit payments:

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| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | Years | Years |
| Duration of the defined benefit obligation | 12 | 13 |

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

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Note 12: Retirement benefit obligations continued

Maturity analysis of benefits expected to be paid:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| Within 12 months | 1,800 | 1,697 |
| Between 1 and 2 years | 1,595 | 1,513 |
| Between 2 and 5 years | 5,134 | 4,886 |
| Between 5 and 10 years | 9,318 | 9,159 |
| Between 10 and 15 years | 9,150 | 9,176 |
| Between 15 and 25 years | 16,316 | 16,882 |
| Between 25 and 35 years | 11,294 | 12,343 |
| Between 35 and 45 years | 5,171 | 6,121 |
| In more than 45 years | 1,201 | 1,595 |

Maturity analysis method and assumptions

The projected benefit payments are based on the assumptions underlying the assessment of the obligations, including allowance for

expected future inflation. They are shown in their undiscounted form and therefore appear large relative to the discounted assessment of

the defined benefit obligations recognised in the Group’s balance sheet. They are in respect of benefits that have been accrued prior to the

respective year end date only and make no allowance for any benefits that may have been accrued subsequently.

Defined contribution schemes

The Group operates a number of defined contribution pension schemes in the UK and overseas, principally Your Tomorrow and the defined

contribution sections of the Lloyds Bank Pension Scheme No. 1.

During the year ended 31 December 2024 the charge to the income statement in respect of defined contribution schemes was £537 million

(2023: £434 million; 2022: £330 million), representing the contributions payable by the employer in accordance with each scheme’s rules.

Other retirement benefit schemes

The Group operates a number of schemes which provide post-retirement healthcare benefits to certain employees, retired employees and

their dependants. The principal scheme relates to former Lloyds Bank staff and under this scheme the Group has undertaken to meet the

cost of post-retirement healthcare for all eligible former employees (and their dependants) who retired prior to 1 January 1996. The Group

has entered into an insurance contract to provide these benefits and a provision has been made for the estimated cost of future insurance

premiums payable.

For the principal post-retirement healthcare scheme, the latest actuarial valuation of the liability was carried out at 31 December 2024 by

qualified independent actuaries. The principal assumptions used were as set out above in section (iv), except that the rate of increase in

healthcare premiums has been assumed at 10.00 per cent (2023: 10.00 per cent).

Movements in the other retirement benefits obligation:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | (44) | (35) |
| Actuarial (losses) gains | 4 | (11) |
| Insurance premiums paid | 3 | 3 |
| Charge for the year | (2) | (1) |
| At 31 December | (39) | (44) |

Note 13: Auditors’ remuneration

Fees payable to the Company’s auditors

by the Group are included within other operating expenses and are as follows:

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Fees payable for the: |  |  |  |
| – audit of the Company’s current year annual report | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| – audits of the Company’s subsidiaries | 31.9 | 32.3 | 29.5 |
| – total audit fees in respect of the statutory audit of Group entities  1 | 33.9 | 34.3 | 31.4 |
| – services normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| Total audit fees  2 | 40.6 | 40.9 | 37.7 |
| Other audit-related fees  2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| All other fees  2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 5.0 |
| Total non-audit services  3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 6.5 |
| Total fees payable to the Company’s auditors by the Group | 43.1 | 43.4 | 44.2 |

1  As defined by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).

2  As defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

3  As defined by the SEC. Total non-audit services as defined by the FRC include all fees other than audit fees in respect of the statutory audit of Group entities. These fees totalled £9.2

million in 2024 (2023: £9.1 million; 2022: £12.8 million).

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Note 13: Auditors’ remuneration continued

The following types of services are included in the categories listed above:

Audit fees: This category includes fees in respect of the audit of the Group’s annual financial statements (including work related to the

adoption of new accounting standards) and other services in connection with regulatory filings. Other services supplied pursuant to

legislation relate primarily to costs incurred in connection with client asset assurance and with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requirements

associated with the audit of the Group’s financial statements filed on its Form 20-F.

Other audit-related fees: This category includes fees in respect of services for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to

the performance of the audit or review of the financial statements, for example acting as reporting accountants in respect of debt

prospectuses required by the Listing Rules.

All other fees: This category includes other assurance services not related to the performance of the audit or review of the financial

statements, for example, the review of controls operated by the Group on behalf of a third party. The auditors are not engaged to provide

tax services.

It is the Group’s policy to use the auditors only on non-audit assignments in cases where their knowledge of the Group means that it is

neither efficient nor cost effective to employ another firm of accountants.

The Group has procedures that are designed to ensure auditor independence, including prohibiting certain non-audit services. All audit and

non-audit assignments must be pre-approved by the Audit Committee on an individual engagement basis; for certain types of non-audit

engagements where the fee is ‘de minimis’ the Audit Committee has pre-approved all assignments subject to confirmation by

management. On a quarterly basis, the Audit Committee receives and reviews a report detailing all pre-approved services and amounts

paid to the auditors for such pre-approved services.

During the year, the auditors also earned fees payable by entities outside the consolidated Lloyds Banking Group in respect of:

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Audits of Group pension schemes | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Audits of the unconsolidated Open-Ended Investment Companies managed by the Group | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |

Note 14: Impairment

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | POCI | Total |
| Year ended 31 December 2024 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Loans and advances to banks | (7) | – | – | – | (7) |
| Loans and advances to customers | (147) | (289) | 949 | (6) | 507 |
| Debt securities | (4) | (2) | – | – | (6) |
| Financial assets at amortised cost | (158) | (291) | 949 | (6) | 494 |
| Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income | (3) | – | – | – | (3) |
| Other assets | (9) | – | – | – | (9) |
| Loan commitments and financial guarantees | (18) | (33) | – | – | (51) |
| Total impairment charge (credit) | (188) | (324) | 949 | (6) | 431 |

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Stage 1 |  | Stage 2 |  | Stage 3 |  | POCI |  | Total |  |
| Year ended 31 December 2023 | £m |  | £m |  | £m |  | £m |  | £m |  |
| Loans and advances to banks | (5) |  | (2) |  | – |  | – |  | (7) |  |
| Loans and advances to customers | 261 |  | (281) |  | 414 |  | (73) |  | 321 |  |
| Debt securities |  | – |  | 1 |  | – |  | – |  | 1 |
| Financial assets at amortised cost | 256 |  | (282) |  | 414 |  | (73) |  | 315 |  |
| Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income | (2) |  | – |  | – |  | – |  | (2) |  |
| Other assets | – |  | – |  | (10) |  | – |  | (10) |  |
| Loan commitments and financial guarantees | 27 |  | (25) |  | (2) |  | – |  | – |  |
| Total impairment charge (credit) | 281 |  | (307) |  | 402 |  | (73) |  | 303 |  |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | POCI | Total |
| Year ended 31 December 2022 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Loans and advances to banks | 12 | 2 | – | – | 14 |
| Loans and advances to customers | (217) | 694 | 883 | (9) | 1,351 |
| Debt securities | 7 | – | – | – | 7 |
| Financial assets at amortised cost | (198) | 696 | 883 | (9) | 1,372 |
| Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income | 6 | – | – | – | 6 |
| Other assets | – | – | 22 | – | 22 |
| Loan commitments and financial guarantees | 24 | 99 | (1) | – | 122 |
| Total impairment (credit) charge | (168) | 795 | 904 | (9) | 1,522 |

The impairment charge includes a £24 million charge (2023: £73 million charge; 2022: £nil) in respect of residual value impairment and

voluntary terminations within the Group’s UK Motor Finance business.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 15: Tax

Analysis of tax expense for the year

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| UK corporation tax: |  |  |  |
| Current tax on profit for the year | (1,159) | (1,301) | (1,152) |
| Adjustments in respect of prior years | 89 | 51 | 31 |
|  | (1,070) | (1,250) | (1,121) |
| Foreign tax: |  |  |  |
| Current tax on profit for the year | (122) | (101) | (74) |
| Adjustments in respect of prior years | 3 | 3 | (9) |
|  | (119) | (98) | (83) |
| Current tax expense | (1,189) | (1,348) | (1,204) |
| Deferred tax: |  |  |  |
| Current year | (307) | (583) | 124 |
| Adjustments in respect of prior years | 2 | (54) | 221 |
| Deferred tax (expense) credit | (305) | (637) | 345 |
| Tax expense | (1,494) | (1,985) | (859) |
| The tax expense is made up as follows: |  |  |  |
| Tax (expense) credit attributable to policyholders | (137) | 30 | (54) |
| Shareholder tax expense | (1,357) | (2,015) | (805) |
| Tax expense | (1,494) | (1,985) | (859) |

Factors affecting the tax expense for the year

The UK corporation tax rate for the year was 25.0 per cent (2023: 23.5 per cent; 2022: 19.0 per cent). The increase in applicable tax rate

from 2023 relates to the change in statutory tax rate effective from 1 April 2023. An explanation of the relationship between tax expense

and accounting profit is set out below.

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Profit before tax | 5,971 | 7,503 | 4,782 |
| UK corporation tax thereon | (1,493) | (1,763) | (909) |
| Impact of surcharge on banking profits | (157) | (305) | (339) |
| Non-deductible costs: conduct charges | (27) | (29) | (5) |
| Non-deductible costs: bank levy | (37) | (35) | (28) |
| Other non-deductible costs | (73) | (106) | (70) |
| Non-taxable income | 78 | 80 | 138 |
| Tax relief on coupons on other equity instruments | 125 | 124 | 83 |
| Tax-exempt gains on disposals | 98 | 35 | 67 |
| Tax losses where no deferred tax recognised | (7) | (2) | 11 |
| Remeasurement of deferred tax due to rate changes | – | (14) | 60 |
| Differences in overseas tax rates | (9) | 6 | (63) |
| Policyholder tax | (75) | (61) | (65) |
| Deferred tax asset in respect of life assurance expenses | (5) | 84 | 21 |
| Adjustments in respect of prior years | 94 | – | 243 |
| Tax effect of share of results of joint ventures | (1) | 1 | (3) |
| Provision for Pillar 2 current income taxes | (5) | – | – |
| Tax expense | (1,494) | (1,985) | (859) |

On 11 July 2023, the Government enacted its legislation implementing the G20-OECD Inclusive Framework Pillar 2 rules in the UK, including

a Qualified Domestic Minimum Top-Up Tax rule. This legislation seeks to ensure that UK-headquartered multinational enterprises pay a

minimum tax rate of 15 per cent on UK and overseas profits arising after 31 December 2023. As a result, tax expense for 2024 includes a

current tax charge of £5 million in respect of the Group’s Channel Islands businesses.

The Group paid tax of £1,305 million in the period in respect of current year profits, and received refunds of £970 million relating to tax

overpaid in respect of previous periods. These overpayments had been reflected in the balance sheet as current tax assets pending

finalisation of arrangements for repayment.

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Note 15: Tax continued

Deferred tax

The Group’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |  | 2024 | 2023 |
| Statutory position | £m | £m | Tax disclosure | £m | £m |
| Deferred tax assets | 5,005 | 5,185 | Deferred tax assets | 6,900 | 7,409 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | (125) | (157) | Deferred tax liabilities | (2,020) | (2,381) |
| Net deferred tax asset at 31 December | 4,880 | 5,028 | Net deferred tax asset at 31 December | 4,880 | 5,028 |

The statutory position reflects the deferred tax assets and liabilities as disclosed in the consolidated balance sheet and takes into account

the ability of the Group to net assets and liabilities where there is a legally enforceable right of offset. The tax disclosure of deferred tax

assets and liabilities ties to the amounts outlined in the tables below which splits the deferred tax assets and liabilities by type, before such

netting.

Movements in deferred tax assets and liabilities (before taking into consideration the offsetting of balances within the same taxing

jurisdiction) can be summarised as follows:

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | Property, |  | Long-term | Share- |  |  |  | Other |  |
|  | Tax | plant and |  | assurance | based | Pension |  | Asset | temporary |  |
|  | losses | equipment | Provisions | business | payments | liabilities | Derivatives | revaluations  1 | differences | Total |
| Deferred tax assets | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January 2023 | 5,066 | 506 | 260 | 114 | 36 | 47 | 2,423 | 8 | 281 | 8,741 |
| (Charge) credit to the  income statement | (283) | (258) | (39) | 119 | 10 | – | (84) | – | (179) | (714) |
| (Charge) credit to other  comprehensive income | – | – | – | – | – | – | (672) | 42 | – | (630) |
| Other credit to equity | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | 12 |
| At 31 December 2023 | 4,783 | 248 | 221 | 233 | 58 | 47 | 1,667 | 50 | 102 | 7,409 |
| Charge to the income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| statement | (133) | (75) | (22) | (167) | (1) | (9) | (63) | – | (10) | (480) |
| (Charge) credit to other  comprehensive income | – | – | – | – | – | – | (9) | 16 | – | 7 |
| Transfer to disposal group | – | – | – | (13) | – | – | – | – | – | (13) |
| Other charge to equity | – | – | – | – | (23) | – | – | – | – | (23) |
| At 31 December 2024 | 4,650 | 173 | 199 | 53 | 34 | 38 | 1,595 | 66 | 92 | 6,900 |

Deferred tax assets of £13 million have been reclassified as disposal group assets and presented within other assets (see note 24).

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Capitalised |  |  |  | Other |  |
|  | software | Acquisition | Pension |  | temporary |  |
|  | enhancements | fair value | assets | Derivatives | differences | Total |
| Deferred tax liabilities | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January 2023 | (162) | (332) | (1,019) | (541) | (474) | (2,528) |
| Credit (charge) to the income statement | 70 | 38 | (5) | (167) | 141 | 77 |
| Credit to other comprehensive income | – | – | 53 | – | 66 | 119 |
| Acquisitions | – | (58) | – | – | – | (58) |
| Exchange and other adjustments | – | – | – | – | 9 | 9 |
| At 31 December 2023 | (92) | (352) | (971) | (708) | (258) | (2,381) |
| (Charge) credit to the income statement | (31) | 124 | 3 | 164 | (85) | 175 |
| Credit to other comprehensive income | – | – | 154 | – | 22 | 176 |
| Exchange and other adjustments | – | – | – | – | 10 | 10 |
| At 31 December 2024 | (123) | (228) | (814) | (544) | (311) | (2,020) |

1 Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

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Note 15: Tax continued

At 31 December 2024 the Group carried deferred tax assets on its balance sheet of £5,005 million (2023: £5,185 million) principally relating

to tax losses carried forward.

Estimation of income taxes includes the assessment of recoverability of deferred tax assets. Deferred tax assets are only recognised to the

extent that they are considered more likely than not to be recoverable based on existing tax laws and forecasts of future taxable profits

against which the underlying tax deductions can be utilised. The Group has recognised a deferred tax asset of £4,650 million (2023:

£4,783 million) in respect of trading losses carried forward. Substantially all of these losses have arisen in Bank of Scotland plc and Lloyds

Bank plc, and they will be utilised as taxable profits arise in those legal entities in future periods.

The Group’s expectations of future UK taxable profits require management judgement, and take into account the Group’s long-term

financial and strategic plans and anticipated future tax-adjusting items. In making this assessment, account is taken of business plans, the

Board-approved operating plan and the expected future economic outlook as set out in the strategic report, as well as the risks associated

with future regulatory, climate-related and other change, in order to produce a base case forecast of future UK taxable profits. Under

current law there is no expiry date for UK trading losses not yet utilised, and given the forecast of future profitability and the Group’s

commitment to the UK market, in management’s judgement it is more likely than not that the value of the losses will be recovered by the

Group while still operating as a going concern. Banking tax losses that arose before 1 April 2015 can only be used against 25 per cent of

taxable profits arising after 1 April 2016, and they cannot be used to reduce the surcharge on banking profits. These restrictions in utilisation

mean that the value of the deferred tax asset in respect of tax losses is only expected to be fully recovered by 2037 (2023: 2036) in the

base case forecast. The rate of recovery of the Group’s tax loss asset is not a straight line, being affected by the relative profitability of the

different legal entities in future periods, and the relative size of their tax losses carried forward. It is expected in the base case that 85 per

cent of the value will be recovered by 2033, when Bank of Scotland plc will have utilised all of its available tax losses. It is possible that

future tax law changes could materially affect the timing of recovery and the value of these losses ultimately realised by the Group.

A deferred tax asset of £104 million (2023: £118 million) has been recognised in respect of the future tax benefit of certain expenses of the

life assurance business. The decrease is driven by the utilisation of expenses in the year, reducing the maximum deferred tax asset that can

be recognised. The forecast investment returns in the long-term projections for the life insurance business continue to be strong due to high

interest rates which results in utilisation of all expenses in the long term. Therefore, there is no unrecognised deferred tax asset in 2024

(2023: £88 million).

Deferred tax not recognised

Deferred tax assets of £143 million (2023: £160 million) have not been recognised in respect of £570 million of UK tax losses and other

temporary differences which can only be used to offset future capital gains. UK capital losses can be carried forward indefinitely.

No deferred tax has been recognised in respect of foreign trade losses where it is not more likely than not that we will be able to utilise

them in future periods. Of the asset not recognised, £58 million (2023: £51 million) relates to losses that will expire if not used within

20 years, and £8 million (2023: £9 million) relates to losses with no expiry date.

As a result of parent company exemptions on dividends from subsidiaries and on capital gains on disposal there are no significant taxable

temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, branches, associates and joint arrangements.

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

Critical judgement: The Group believes that its interpretation of the tax rules on group relief are correct

The Group has an open matter in relation to a claim for group relief of losses incurred in its former Irish banking subsidiary, which ceased

trading on 31 December 2010. In 2020, HMRC concluded its enquiry into the matter and issued a closure notice denying the group relief

claim. The Group appealed to the First Tier Tax Tribunal. The hearing took place in May 2023. In January 2025, the First Tier Tribunal

concluded in favour of HMRC. The Group believes it has applied the rules correctly and that the claim for group relief is correct. Having

reviewed the Tribunal’s conclusions and having taken appropriate advice, the Group intends to appeal the decision and does not consider

this to be a case where an additional tax liability will ultimately fall due. If the final determination of the matter by the judicial process is

that HMRC’s position is correct, management believes that this would result in an increase in current tax liabilities of approximately

£975 million (including interest) and a reduction in the Group’s deferred tax asset of approximately £275 million. Following the First Tier Tax

Tribunal outcome, the tax will be paid and recognised as a current tax asset, given the Group’s view that the tax liability will not ultimately

fall due. It is unlikely that any appeal hearing will be held before 2026, and final conclusion of the judicial process may not be for several

years.

There are a number of other open matters on which the Group is in discussions with HMRC (including the tax treatment of certain costs

arising from the divestment of TSB Banking Group plc and the tax treatment of costs relating to HBOS Reading), none of which is expected

to have a material impact on the financial position of the Group.

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Note 16: Measurement basis of financial assets and liabilities

The accounting policies in note 2 describe how different classes of financial instruments are measured, and how income and expenses,

including fair value gains and losses, are recognised. The following table analyses the carrying amounts of the financial assets and liabilities

by category and by balance sheet heading.

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | Mandatorily held at |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Derivatives | fair value through |  | Designated | | At fair value |  |  |  |
|  | designated | profit or loss |  | at fair value  through other | | Held at | Insurance- |  |
|  | as hedging | Held for |  | through | comprehensive | amortised | related |  |
|  | instruments | trading | Other | profit or loss | income | cost | contracts | Total |
| At 31 December 2024 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Financial assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Cash and balances at central banks | – | – | – | – | – | 62,705 | – | 62,705 |
| Financial assets at fair value through  profit or loss | – | 25,450 | 190,475 | – | – | – | – | 215,925 |
| Derivative financial instruments | 48 | 24,017 | – | – | – | – | – | 24,065 |
| Loans and advances to banks | – | – | – | – | – | 7,900 | – | 7,900 |
| Loans and advances to customers | – | – | – | – | – | 459,857 | – | 459,857 |
| Reverse repurchase agreements | – | – | – | – | – | 49,476 | – | 49,476 |
| Debt securities | – | – | – | – | – | 14,544 | – | 14,544 |
| Financial assets at amortised cost | – | – | – | – | – | 531,777 | – | 531,777 |
| Financial assets at fair value through other  comprehensive income | – | – | – | – | 30,690 | – | – | 30,690 |
| Other | – | – | – | – | – | 173 | 5,481 | 5,654 |
| Total financial assets | 48 | 49,467 | 190,475 | – | 30,690 | 594,655 | 5,481 | 870,816 |
| Financial liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Deposits from banks | – | – | – | – | – | 6,158 | – | 6,158 |
| Customer deposits | – | – | – | – | – | 482,745 | – | 482,745 |
| Repurchase agreements at amortised cost | – | – | – | – | – | 37,760 | – | 37,760 |
| Financial liabilities at fair value through  profit or loss | – | 22,981 | – | 4,630 | – | – | – | 27,611 |
| Derivative financial instruments | 355 | 21,321 | – | – | – | – | – | 21,676 |
| Notes in circulation | – | – | – | – | – | 2,121 | – | 2,121 |
| Debt securities in issue at amortised cost | – | – | – | – | – | 70,834 | – | 70,834 |
| Liabilities arising from insurance and  participating investment contracts | – | – | – | – | – | – | 122,064 | 122,064 |
| Liabilities arising from non-participating |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| investment contracts | – | – | – | 51,228 | – | – | – | 51,228 |
| Other | – | – | – | – | – | 1,708 | 5,278 | 6,986 |
| Subordinated liabilities | – | – | – | – | – | 10,089 | – | 10,089 |
| Total financial liabilities | 355 | 44,302 | – | 55,858 | – | 611,415 | 127,342 | 839,272 |

Offsetting of financial assets and liabilities

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Related amounts where set off in the balance | Potential |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | sheet not permitted  1 | net amounts |
|  | Gross | Amount | Net amounts | Cash | Non-cash | Master | if offset |
|  | amounts of | offset in | presented in | collateral | collateral | netting and | of related |
|  | assets and | the balance | the balance | (received)/ | (received)/ | similar | amounts |
|  | liabilities | sheet  2 | sheet | pledged | pledged | agreements | permitted |
| At 31 December 2024 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Derivative assets | 60,118 | (36,053) | 24,065 | (4,071) | (4,139) | (10,522) | 5,333 |
| Derivative liabilities | (60,150) | 38,474 | (21,676) | 3,853 | 1,514 | 10,522 | (5,787) |
| Net position | (32) | 2,421 | 2,389 | (218) | (2,625) | – | (454) |
| Reverse repurchase agreements held at fair value | 35,463 | (14,997) | 20,466 | 362 | (20,389) | – | 439 |
| Repurchase agreements held at fair value | (35,561) | 14,997 | (20,564) | 31 | 19,991 | – | (542) |
| Net position | (98) | – | (98) | 393 | (398) | – | (103) |
| Reverse repurchase agreements held at amortised cost | 60,282 | (10,806) | 49,476 | 257 | (49,341) | – | 392 |
| Repurchase agreements held at amortised cost | (48,566) | 10,806 | (37,760) | 8 | 37,427 | – | (325) |
| Net position | 11,716 | – | 11,716 | 265 | (11,914) | – | 67 |

1  The Group enters into derivatives and repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements with various counterparties which are governed by industry standard master netting agreements.

The Group holds and provides cash and securities collateral in respect of derivative transactions covered by these agreements. The right to set off balances under these master netting

agreements or to set off cash and securities collateral only arises in the event of non-payment or default and, as a result, these arrangements do not qualify for offsetting under IAS 32.

2  The amounts offset in the balance sheet as shown above meet the criteria for offsetting under IAS 32.

The format of the table above has been updated to give a clearer view of the net exposures of the Group.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

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Note 16: Measurement basis of financial assets and liabilities continued

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | Mandatorily held at |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Derivatives | fair value through |  | Designated | | At fair value |  |  |  |
|  | designated | profit or loss |  | at fair value  through other | | Held at | Insurance- |  |
|  | as hedging | Held for |  | through | comprehensive | amortised | related |  |
|  | instruments | trading | Other | profit or loss | income | cost | contracts | Total |
| At 31 December 2023 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Financial assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Cash and balances at central banks | – | – | – | – | – | 78,110 | – | 78,110 |
| Financial assets at fair value through  profit or loss | – | 21,638 | 181,680 | – | – | – | – | 203,318 |
| Derivative financial instruments | 103 | 22,253 | – | – | – | – | – | 22,356 |
| Loans and advances to banks | – | – | – | – | – | 10,764 | – | 10,764 |
| Loans and advances to customers | – | – | – | – | – | 449,745 | – | 449,745 |
| Reverse repurchase agreements | – | – | – | – | – | 38,771 | – | 38,771 |
| Debt securities | – | – | – | – | – | 15,355 | – | 15,355 |
| Financial assets at amortised cost | – | – | – | – | – | 514,635 | – | 514,635 |
| Financial assets at fair value through other  comprehensive income | – | – | – | – | 27,592 | – | – | 27,592 |
| Other | – | – | – | – | – | 299 | 443 | 742 |
| Total financial assets | 103 | 43,891 | 181,680 | – | 27,592 | 593,044 | 443 | 846,753 |
| Financial liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Deposits from banks | – | – | – | – | – | 6,153 | – | 6,153 |
| Customer deposits | – | – | – | – | – | 471,396 | – | 471,396 |
| Repurchase agreements at amortised cost | – | – | – | – | – | 37,703 | – | 37,703 |
| Financial liabilities at fair value through  profit or loss | – | 19,631 | – | 5,283 | – | – | – | 24,914 |
| Derivative financial instruments | 505 | 19,644 | – | – | – | – | – | 20,149 |
| Notes in circulation | – | – | – | – | – | 1,392 | – | 1,392 |
| Debt securities in issue at amortised cost | – | – | – | – | – | 75,592 | – | 75,592 |
| Liabilities arising from insurance and  participating investment contracts | – | – | – | – | – | – | 120,123 | 120,123 |
| Liabilities arising from non-participating |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| investment contracts | – | – | – | 44,978 | – | – | – | 44,978 |
| Other | – | – | – | – | – | 1,960 | 8 | 1,968 |
| Subordinated liabilities | – | – | – | – | – | 10,253 | – | 10,253 |
| Total financial liabilities | 505 | 39,275 | – | 50,261 | – | 604,449 | 120,131 | 814,621 |

Offsetting of financial assets and liabilities

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Related amounts where set off in the balance | Potential |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | sheet not permitted  1 | net amounts |
|  | Gross | Amount | Net amounts | Cash | Non-cash |  | if offset |
|  | amounts of | offset in the | presented in | collateral | collateral | Master netting | of related |
|  | assets and | balance | the balance | (received)/ | (received)/ | and similar | amounts |
|  | liabilities | sheet  2 | sheet | pledged | pledged | agreements | permitted |
| At 31 December 2023 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Derivative assets | 61,820 | (39,464) | 22,356 | (3,361) | (2,869) | (9,862) | 6,264 |
| Derivative liabilities | (62,273) | 42,124 | (20,149) | 4,146 | 2,905 | 9,862 | (3,236) |
| Net position | (453) | 2,660 | 2,207 | 785 | 36 | – | 3,028 |
| Reverse repurchase agreements held at fair value | 29,778 | (12,365) | 17,413 | (75) | (17,226) | – | 112 |
| Repurchase agreements held at fair value | (30,422) | 12,365 | (18,057) | (102) | 18,043 | – | (116) |
| Net position | (644) | – | (644) | (177) | 817 | – | (4) |
| Reverse repurchase agreements held at amortised cost | 46,157 | (7,386) | 38,771 | 71 | (38,581) | – | 261 |
| Repurchase agreements held at amortised cost | (45,089) | 7,386 | (37,703) | (60) | 37,715 | – | (48) |
| Net position | 1,068 | – | 1,068 | 11 | (866) | – | 213 |

1  The Group enters into derivatives and repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements with various counterparties which are governed by industry standard master netting agreements.

The Group holds and provides cash and securities collateral in respect of derivative transactions covered by these agreements. The right to set off balances under these master netting

agreements or to set off cash and securities collateral only arises in the event of non-payment or default and, as a result, these arrangements do not qualify for offsetting under IAS 32.

2  The amounts offset in the balance sheet as shown above meet the criteria for offsetting under IAS 32.

The format of the table above has been updated to give a clearer view of the net exposures of the Group.

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Note 17: Fair values of financial assets and liabilities

At 31 December 2024, the carrying value of the Group’s financial instrument assets held at fair value was £270,680 million (2023:

£253,266 million), and its financial instrument liabilities held at fair value was £100,515 million (2023: £90,041 million).

(1)  Fair value measurement

Fair value is the price that would be received on sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market

participants at the measurement date. It is a measure as at a specific date and may be significantly different from the amount which will

actually be paid or received on maturity or settlement date.

Wherever possible, fair values have been calculated using unadjusted quoted market prices in active markets for identical instruments to

those held by the Group. Where quoted market prices are not available, or are unreliable because of poor liquidity, fair values have been

determined using valuation techniques which, to the extent possible, use market observable inputs, but in some cases use non-market

observable inputs. Valuation techniques used include discounted cash flow analysis and pricing models and, where appropriate,

comparison to instruments with characteristics similar to those of the instruments held by the Group. The Group measures valuation

adjustments for its derivative exposures on the same basis as the derivatives are managed.

The carrying amount of the following financial instruments is a reasonable approximation of fair value: cash and balances at central banks,

items in the course of collection from banks, items in course of transmission to banks and notes in circulation. Liabilities arising from non-

participating investment contracts are carried at fair value.

Because a variety of estimation techniques are employed and significant estimates made, comparisons of fair values between financial

institutions may not be meaningful. Readers of these financial statements are thus advised to use caution when using this data to evaluate

the Group’s financial position.

Fair value information is not provided for items that are not financial instruments or for other assets and liabilities which are not carried at

fair value in the Group’s consolidated balance sheet. These items include intangible assets, property, plant and equipment, and

shareholders’ equity. These items are material and accordingly the Group believes that any fair value information presented would not

represent the underlying value of the Group.

Valuation control framework

The key elements of the control framework for the valuation of financial instruments include model validation, product implementation

review and independent price verification. These functions are carried out by appropriately skilled risk and finance teams, independent of

the business area responsible for the products.

Model validation covers both qualitative and quantitative elements relating to new models. In respect of new products, a product

implementation review is conducted pre and post-trading. Pre-trade testing ensures that the new model is integrated into the Group’s

systems and that the profit and loss and risk reporting are consistent throughout the trade lifecycle. Post-trade testing examines the

explanatory power of the implemented model, actively monitoring model parameters and comparing in-house pricing to external sources.

Independent price verification procedures cover financial instruments carried at fair value and are performed at a minimum on a monthly

basis. Valuation differences in breach of established thresholds are escalated to senior management. The results from independent pricing

and valuation reserves are reviewed monthly by senior management.

Formal committees, consisting of senior risk, finance and business management, meet at least quarterly to discuss and approve valuations

in more judgemental areas, in particular for unquoted equities, structured credit, derivatives and the credit valuation adjustment (CVA),

funding valuation adjustment (FVA) and other valuation adjustments.

Valuation of financial assets and liabilities

Assets and liabilities carried at fair value or for which fair values are disclosed have been classified into three levels according to the quality

and reliability of information used to determine the fair values.

Level 1

Level 1 fair value measurements are those derived from unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Products classified as level 1 predominantly comprise listed equity shares, treasury bills and other government securities.

Level 2

Level 2 valuations are those where quoted market prices are not available, for example where the instrument is traded in a market that is

not considered to be active or valuation techniques are used to determine fair value and where these techniques use inputs that are based

significantly on observable market data. Examples of such financial instruments include most over-the-counter derivatives, financial

institution issued securities, certificates of deposit and certain asset-backed securities.

Level 3

Level 3 portfolios are those where at least one input which could have a significant effect on the instrument’s valuation is not based on

observable market data. Such instruments would include the Group’s venture capital and unlisted equity investments which are valued

using various valuation techniques that require significant management judgement in determining appropriate assumptions, including

earnings multiples and estimated future cash flows. Certain of the Group’s asset-backed securities, loans and advances recognised at fair

value and derivatives are also classified as level 3.

Transfers in or out of the level 3 portfolio arise when inputs that could have a significant impact on the instrument’s valuation become

unobservable or observable, or where an unobservable input becomes significant or insignificant to an instrument’s value.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 17: Fair values of financial assets and liabilities continued

(2) Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value

(A) Financial assets (excluding derivatives)

Valuation hierarchy

At 31 December 2024, the Group’s financial assets (excluding derivatives) carried at fair value totalled £246,615 million (2023:

£230,910 million). The table below analyses these financial assets by balance sheet classification, asset type and valuation methodology

(level 1, 2 or 3, as described above). The fair value measurement approach is recurring in nature. There were no significant transfers between

level 1 and 2 during the year. For amounts included below which are subject to repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements see

page 180.

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 31 December 2024 |  |  |  |  |
| Trading assets |  |  |  |  |
| Loans and advances to customers | – | 621 | – | 621 |
| Reverse repurchase agreements | – | 20,466 | – | 20,466 |
| Debt securities: |  |  |  |  |
| Government securities | 3,473 | – | – | 3,473 |
| Asset-backed securities | – | 149 | – | 149 |
| Corporate and other debt securities | – | 741 | – | 741 |
|  | 3,473 | 890 | – | 4,363 |
| Total trading assets | 3,473 | 21,977 | – | 25,450 |
| Other financial assets mandatorily held at fair value through profit or loss |  |  |  |  |
| Loans and advances to banks | – | 2,787 | – | 2,787 |
| Loans and advances to customers | – | 2,418 | 6,010 | 8,428 |
| Debt securities: |  |  |  |  |
| Government securities | 7,091 | 2 | – | 7,093 |
| Other public sector securities | – | 2,288 | – | 2,288 |
| Bank and building society certificates of deposit | – | 8,667 | – | 8,667 |
| Asset-backed securities | – | 285 | 367 | 652 |
| Corporate and other debt securities | – | 14,722 | 2,161 | 16,883 |
|  | 7,091 | 25,964 | 2,528 | 35,583 |
| Treasury and other bills | 32 | – | – | 32 |
| Equity shares | 131,767 | – | 1,351 | 133,118 |
| Contracts held with reinsurers | – | 10,527 | – | 10,527 |
| Total other financial assets mandatorily held at fair value through profit or loss  1 | 138,890 | 41,696 | 9,889 | 190,475 |
| Total financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 142,363 | 63,673 | 9,889 | 215,925 |
| Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |
| Debt securities: |  |  |  |  |
| Government securities | 15,146 | 115 | – | 15,261 |
| Asset-backed securities | – | 149 | 48 | 197 |
| Corporate and other debt securities | 1,152 | 13,755 | – | 14,907 |
|  | 16,298 | 14,019 | 48 | 30,365 |
| Equity shares | – | – | 325 | 325 |
| Total financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income | 16,298 | 14,019 | 373 | 30,690 |
| Total financial assets (excluding derivatives) at fair value | 158,661 | 77,692 | 10,262 | 246,615 |

1  Other financial assets mandatorily at fair value through profit or loss include assets backing insurance contracts and investment contracts of £185,201 million. Included within these

assets are investments in unconsolidated structured entities of £86,630 million; see note 39.

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Note 17: Fair values of financial assets and liabilities continued

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 31 December 2023 |  |  |  |  |
| Trading assets |  |  |  |  |
| Loans and advances to customers | – | 23 | – | 23 |
| Reverse repurchase agreements | – | 17,413 | – | 17,413 |
| Debt securities: |  |  |  |  |
| Government securities | 3,596 | – | – | 3,596 |
| Asset-backed securities | – | 77 | – | 77 |
| Corporate and other debt securities | – | 529 | – | 529 |
|  | 3,596 | 606 | – | 4,202 |
| Total trading assets | 3,596 | 18,042 | – | 21,638 |
| Other financial assets mandatorily held at fair value through profit or loss |  |  |  |  |
| Loans and advances to banks | – | 3,127 | – | 3,127 |
| Loans and advances to customers | – | 1,992 | 7,890 | 9,882 |
| Debt securities: |  |  |  |  |
| Government securities | 8,005 | 4 | – | 8,009 |
| Other public sector securities | 10 | 2,300 | – | 2,310 |
| Bank and building society certificates of deposit | – | 7,504 | – | 7,504 |
| Asset-backed securities | – | 327 | 186 | 513 |
| Corporate and other debt securities | – | 18,061 | 2,064 | 20,125 |
|  | 8,015 | 28,196 | 2,250 | 38,461 |
| Treasury and other bills | 51 | – | – | 51 |
| Equity shares | 117,194 | – | 1,541 | 118,735 |
| Contracts held with reinsurers | – | 11,424 | – | 11,424 |
| Total other financial assets mandatorily held at fair value through profit or loss  1 | 125,260 | 44,739 | 11,681 | 181,680 |
| Total financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 128,856 | 62,781 | 11,681 | 203,318 |
| Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |
| Debt securities: |  |  |  |  |
| Government securities | 14,093 | 48 | – | 14,141 |
| Asset-backed securities | – | 121 | 52 | 173 |
| Corporate and other debt securities | 956 | 12,090 | – | 13,046 |
|  | 15,049 | 12,259 | 52 | 27,360 |
| Equity shares | – | – | 232 | 232 |
| Total financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income | 15,049 | 12,259 | 284 | 27,592 |
| Total financial assets (excluding derivatives) at fair value | 143,905 | 75,040 | 11,965 | 230,910 |

1  Other financial assets mandatorily at fair value through profit or loss include assets backing insurance contracts and investment contracts of £176,475 million. Included within these

assets are investments in unconsolidated structured entities of £76,426 million; see note 39.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

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Note 17: Fair values of financial assets and liabilities continued

Movements in level 3 portfolio

The table below analyses movements in level 3 financial assets (excluding derivatives) at fair value, recurring basis.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |  |
|  |  | Financial | Total level 3 |  | Financial | Total level 3 |
|  | Financial | assets at | financial assets | Financial | assets at | financial assets |
|  | assets at | fair value | (excluding | assets at | fair value | (excluding |
|  | fair value  through other | | derivatives) | fair value  through other | | derivatives) |
|  | through | comprehensive | at fair value, | through | comprehensive | at fair value, |
|  | profit or loss | income | recurring basis | profit or loss | income | recurring basis |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | 11,681 | 284 | 11,965 | 11,304 | 342 | 11,646 |
| Exchange and other adjustments | 1 | (3) | (2) | (4) | (1) | (5) |
| Gains (losses) recognised in the income statement |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| within other income | 352 | 3 | 355 | 723 | 6 | 729 |
| Gains (losses) recognised in other comprehensive  income within the revaluation reserve in respect of  financial assets at fair value through other  comprehensive income | – | 92 | 92 | – | (54) | (54) |
| Purchases/increases to customer loans | 1,080 | – | 1,080 | 744 | 3 | 747 |
| Sales/repayments of customer loans | (3,266) | (3) | (3,269) | (1,140) | (12) | (1,152) |
| Transfers into the level 3 portfolio | 84 | – | 84 | 136 | – | 136 |
| Transfers out of the level 3 portfolio | (43) | – | (43) | (82) | – | (82) |
| At 31 December | 9,889 | 373 | 10,262 | 11,681 | 284 | 11,965 |
| Gains (losses) recognised in the income statement,  within other income, relating to the change in fair  value of those assets held at 31 December | 186 | (1) | 185 | 654 | – | 654 |

Valuation methodology for financial assets (excluding derivatives)

Loans and advances to banks and customers

The fair value of these assets is determined using discounted cash flow techniques. The discount rates are derived from market observable

interest rates, a risk margin that reflects loan credit ratings and an incremental illiquidity premium based on historical spreads at origination

on similar loans.

Reverse repurchase agreements

The fair value of these assets is determined using discounted cash flow techniques. The discount rates are derived from observable

repurchase agreement rate curves specific to the type of security sold under the reverse repurchase agreement.

Debt securities

Debt securities measured at fair value and classified as level 2 are valued by discounting expected cash flows using an observable credit

spread applicable to the particular instrument.

Where there is limited trading activity in debt securities, the Group uses valuation models, consensus pricing information from third party

pricing services and broker or lead manager quotes to determine an appropriate valuation. Debt securities are classified as level 3 if there is

a significant valuation input that cannot be corroborated through market sources or where there are materially inconsistent values for an

input. Asset classes classified as level 3 mainly comprise venture capital investments.

Equity investments

Unlisted equity and fund investments are valued using different techniques in accordance with the Group’s valuation policy and

International Private Equity and Venture Capital Guidelines.

Depending on the business sector and the circumstances of the investment, unlisted equity valuations are based on earnings multiples, net

asset values or discounted cash flows.

• A number of earnings multiples are used in valuing the portfolio including price earnings, earnings before interest and tax and earnings

before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation. The particular multiple selected is appropriate for the size and type of business

being valued and is derived by reference to the current market-based multiple. Consideration is given to the risk attributes, growth

prospects and financial gearing of comparable businesses when selecting the appropriate multiple

• Discounted cash flow valuations use estimated future cash flows, usually based on management forecasts, with the application of

appropriate exit yields or terminal multiples and discounted using rates appropriate to the specific investment, business sector or recent

economic rates of return. Recent transactions involving the sale of similar businesses may sometimes be used as a frame of reference in

deriving an appropriate multiple

• For fund investments the most recent capital account value calculated by the fund manager is used as the basis for the valuation and

adjusted, if necessary, to align valuation techniques with the Group’s valuation policy

Unlisted equity investments and investments in property partnerships held in the life assurance funds are valued using third party

valuations. Management take account of any pertinent information, such as recent transactions and information received on particular

investments, to adjust the third party valuations where necessary.

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Note 17: Fair values of financial assets and liabilities continued

(B) Financial liabilities (excluding derivatives)

Valuation hierarchy

At 31 December 2024, the Group’s financial liabilities (excluding derivatives) carried at fair value, comprised its financial liabilities at fair

value through profit or loss and totalled £27,611 million (2023: £24,914 million). The table below analyses these financial liabilities by

balance sheet classification and valuation methodology (level 1, 2 or 3, as described on page 260). The fair value measurement approach is

recurring in nature. There were no significant transfers between level 1 and 2 during the year.

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 31 December 2024 |  |  |  |  |
| Trading liabilities |  |  |  |  |
| Liabilities in respect of securities sold under repurchase agreements | – | 20,564 | – | 20,564 |
| Short positions in securities | 2,400 | 17 | – | 2,417 |
| Total trading liabilities | 2,400 | 20,581 | – | 22,981 |
| Liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss |  |  |  |  |
| Debt securities in issue | – | 4,608 | 22 | 4,630 |
| Other | – | – | – | – |
| Total liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss | – | 4,608 | 22 | 4,630 |
| Total financial liabilities (excluding derivatives) at fair value | 2,400 | 25,189 | 22 | 27,611 |
| At 31 December 2023 |  |  |  |  |
| Trading liabilities |  |  |  |  |
| Liabilities in respect of securities sold under repurchase agreements | – | 18,057 | – | 18,057 |
| Short positions in securities | 1,569 | 5 | – | 1,574 |
| Total trading liabilities | 1,569 | 18,062 | – | 19,631 |
| Liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss |  |  |  |  |
| Debt securities in issue | – | 5,223 | 42 | 5,265 |
| Other | – | 18 | – | 18 |
| Total liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss | – | 5,241 | 42 | 5,283 |
| Total financial liabilities (excluding derivatives) at fair value | 1,569 | 23,303 | 42 | 24,914 |

Liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss primarily represent debt securities in issue which either contain substantive

embedded derivatives which would otherwise need to be recognised and measured at fair value separately from the related debt

securities, or which are accounted for at fair value to significantly reduce an accounting mismatch.

The amount contractually payable on maturity of the debt securities held at fair value through profit or loss at 31 December 2024 was

£9,863 million, which was £5,233 million higher than the balance sheet carrying value (2023: £10,433 million, which was £5,167 million

higher than the balance sheet carrying value). At 31 December 2024 there was a cumulative £12 million decrease in the fair value of these

liabilities attributable to changes in credit spread risk; this is determined by reference to the quoted credit spreads of Lloyds Bank plc, the

issuing entity within the Group. Of the cumulative amount, an increase of £78 million arose in 2024 and an increase of £234 million arose in

2023.

For the fair value of collateral pledged in respect of repurchase agreements see page 180.

In addition to the liabilities above, the Group’s non-participating investment contracts are held at fair value through profit or loss and were

all categorised as level 2.

Movements in level 3 portfolio

The table below analyses movements in the level 3 financial liabilities (excluding derivatives) at fair value portfolio.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | 42 | 45 |
| Gains recognised in the income statement within other income | 2 | (1) |
| Redemptions | (3) | (1) |
| Transfers out of the level 3 portfolio | (19) | (1) |
| At 31 December | 22 | 42 |
| Gains recognised in the income statement, within other income, relating to the change in fair value of those liabilities held |  |  |
| at 31 December | 3 | (1) |

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

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Note 17: Fair values of financial assets and liabilities continued

Valuation methodology for financial liabilities (excluding derivatives)

Liabilities held at fair value through profit or loss

These principally comprise debt securities in issue which are classified as level 2 and their fair value is determined using techniques whose

inputs are based on observable market data. The carrying amount of the securities is adjusted to reflect the effect of changes in own credit

spreads and the resulting gain or loss is recognised in other comprehensive income.

In the year ended 31 December 2024, the own credit adjustment arising from the fair valuation of £4,630 million (2023: £5,265 million) of

the Group’s debt securities in issue designated at fair value through profit or loss resulted in a loss of £78 million (2023: loss of £234 million),

before tax, recognised in other comprehensive income.

Trading liabilities in respect of securities sold under repurchase agreements

The fair value of these liabilities is determined using discounted cash flow techniques. The discount rates are derived from observable

repurchase agreement rate curves specific to the type of security sold under the repurchase agreement.

(C) Derivatives

Valuation hierarchy

All of the Group’s derivative assets and liabilities are carried at fair value. At 31 December 2024, such assets totalled £24,065 million (2023:

£22,356 million) and liabilities totalled £21,676 million (2023: £20,149 million). The table below analyses these derivative balances by

valuation methodology (level 1, 2 or 3, as described on page 260). The fair value measurement approach is recurring in nature. There were

no significant transfers between level 1 and level 2 during the year.

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | 2024 |  |  |  | 2023 |  |  |
|  | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Derivative assets | 103 | 23,221 | 741 | 24,065 | 77 | 21,857 | 422 | 22,356 |
| Derivative liabilities | (79) | (21,175) | (422) | (21,676) | (116) | (19,589) | (444) | (20,149) |

Movements in level 3 portfolio

The table below analyses movements in level 3 derivative assets and liabilities carried at fair value.

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  |
|  | Derivative | Derivative | Derivative | Derivative |
|  | assets | liabilities | assets | liabilities |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | 422 | (444) | 553 | (608) |
| Exchange and other adjustments | (15) | 7 | (8) | 5 |
| Gains (losses) recognised in the income statement within other income | 11 | (7) | (104) | 111 |
| Purchases (additions) | 5 | (4) | 19 | (15) |
| (Sales) redemptions | (29) | 53 | (38) | 63 |
| Transfers into the level 3 portfolio | 347 | (27) | – | – |
| At 31 December | 741 | (422) | 422 | (444) |
| Gains (losses) recognised in the income statement, within other income, relating to the  change in fair value of those assets or liabilities held at 31 December | 12 | (7) | (72) | 76 |

Valuation methodology for derivatives

The Group’s derivatives are valued using techniques including discounted cash flow and options pricing models, as appropriate. The types

of derivatives classified as level 2 and the valuation techniques used include:

• Interest rate swaps which are valued using discounted cash flow models; the most significant inputs into those models are interest rate

yield curves which are developed from publicly quoted rates

• Foreign exchange derivatives that do not contain options which are priced using rates available from publicly quoted sources

• Credit derivatives are valued using standard models with observable inputs, including publicly available yield and credit default swap

(CDS) curves

• Less complex interest rate and foreign exchange option products which are valued using volatility surfaces developed from publicly

available interest rate cap, interest rate swaption and other option volatilities; option volatility skew information is derived from a

market standard consensus pricing service

Complex interest rate products where inputs to the valuation are significant and unobservable are classified as level 3.

Derivatives where the counterparty becomes distressed from a credit perspective are generally reclassified to level 3 given limited

observability in all traded levels.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 17: Fair values of financial assets and liabilities continued

(D) Sensitivity of level 3 valuations

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

Key sources of estimation uncertainty:

Interest rate spreads, credit spreads, earnings multiples, interest rate volatility and recovery rates

The Group’s valuation control framework and a description of level 1, 2 and 3 financial assets and liabilities is set out in section (1) above.

The valuation techniques for level 3 financial instruments involve management judgement and estimates, the extent of which depends on

the complexity of the instrument and the availability of market observable information. In addition, in line with market practice, the Group

applies credit, debit and funding valuation adjustments in determining the fair value of its uncollateralised derivative positions. A

description of these adjustments is set out in section (C) above. A quantitative analysis of the sensitivities to market risk arising from the

Group’s trading portfolios is set out in the tables marked audited on page 194.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |  |
|  |  |  |  | Effect of reasonably possible | |  | Effect of reasonably possible | |
|  |  |  |  | alternative assumptions  1 | |  | alternative assumptions  1 | |
|  |  |  | Carrying | Favourable | Unfavourable | Carrying | Favourable | Unfavourable |
|  |  | Significant | value | changes | changes | value | changes | changes |
|  | Valuation techniques | unobservable inputs  2 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Loans and | Discounted cash flows | Interest rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| advances to |  | spreads |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| customers |  | (-241bps/ |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | +131bps)  4 | 6,022 | 245 | (231) | 7,890 | 369 | (351) |
| Debt securities | Discounted cash flows | Credit spreads |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | (+/- 17%)  5 | 621 | 35 | (55) | 445 | 39 | (41) |
| Equity and | Market approach | Earnings multiple |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| venture capital |  | (3.5/15.0)  6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| investments |  |  | 2,267 | 150 | (150) | 2,228 | 131 | (131) |
|  | Underlying asset/net | n/a |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | asset value (incl. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | property prices)  3 |  | 773 | 80 | (84) | 809 | 77 | (99) |
| Unlisted equities, | Underlying asset/net | n/a |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| debt securities | asset value (incl. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| and property | property prices), |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| partnerships in | broker quotes or |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| the life funds | discounted cash |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | flows  3 |  | 206 | – | (7) | 309 | 7 | (6) |
|  |  |  | 9,889 |  |  | 11,681 |  |  |
| Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Asset-backed | Lead manager or | n/a |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| securities | broker quote/ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | consensus pricing |  | 48 | 2 | (2) | 52 | 2 | (2) |
| Equity and | Underlying asset/net | n/a |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| venture capital | asset value (incl. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| investments | property prices)  3 |  | 325 | 33 | (33) | 232 | 22 | (22) |
|  |  |  | 373 |  |  | 284 |  |  |
| Derivative financial assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Interest rate | Option pricing | Interest rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| options | model | volatility |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | (11%/183%)  7 | 394 | 4 | (6) | 422 | 6 | (3) |
| Interest rate | Discounted cash flows | (+/- 8%) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| derivatives |  | uncertainty of |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | recovery rates | 347 | 21 | (21) | – | – | – |
|  |  |  | 741 |  |  | 422 |  |  |
| Level 3 financial assets carried at fair value | |  | 11,003 |  |  | 12,387 |  |  |
| Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Securitisation | Discounted cash flows | Interest rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| notes and other |  | spreads |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | (+/– 50bps)  8 | 22 | 1 | (1) | 42 | 1 | (1) |
| Derivative financial liabilities | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Interest rate | Option pricing model | Interest rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| derivatives |  | volatility |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | (11%/183%)  7 | 422 | 17 | (15) | 444 | 10 | (7) |
| Level 3 financial liabilities carried at fair value |  |  | 444 |  |  | 486 |  |  |

1  Where the exposure to an unobservable input is managed on a net basis, only the net impact is shown in the table.

2  Ranges are shown where appropriate and represent the highest and lowest inputs used in the level 3 valuations.

3  Underlying asset/net asset values represent fair value.

4  2023: -50bps/+272bps.

5  2023: +/- 6%.

6  2023: 1.6/17.8.

7  2023: 13%/200%.

8  2023: +/- 50bps.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 17: Fair values of financial assets and liabilities continued

Unobservable inputs

Significant unobservable inputs affecting the valuation of debt securities, unlisted equity investments and derivatives are as follows:

• Credit spreads represent the premium above the benchmark reference instrument required to compensate for lower credit quality;

higher spreads lead to a lower fair value

• Volatility parameters represent key attributes of option behaviour; higher volatilities typically denote a wider range of possible

outcomes

• Earnings multiples are used to value certain unlisted equity investments. The earnings multiples used are derived from those of listed

entities operating in the same sector with adjustments made for factors such as the size of the company and the quality of its earnings.

The majority of the Group’s venture capital investments are valued using an estimate of the company’s maintainable earnings before

interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation and in accordance with the International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation

Guidelines. A higher earnings multiple will result in a higher fair value

Reasonably possible alternative assumptions

Valuation techniques applied to many of the Group’s level 3 instruments often involve the use of two or more inputs whose relationship is

interdependent. The calculation of the effect of reasonably possible alternative assumptions included in the table above reflects such

relationships.

Debt securities

Reasonably possible alternative assumptions have been determined in respect of the Group’s structured credit investments by flexing

credit spreads.

Derivatives

Reasonably possible alternative assumptions have been determined in respect of swaptions in the Group’s derivative portfolios which are

priced using industry standard option pricing models. Such models require interest rate volatilities which may be unobservable at longer

maturities. To derive reasonably possible alternative valuations these volatility parameters have been flexed within a range of 11 per cent to

183 per cent (2023: 13 per cent to 200 per cent).

Further reasonably possible alternative assumptions have been determined in respect of the recovery rate on distressed derivatives, with

recovery rates flexed by 8 per cent in order to determine possible alternative valuations.

Unlisted equity, venture capital investments and investments in property partnerships

The valuation techniques used for unlisted equity and venture capital investments vary depending on the nature of the investment.

Reasonably possible alternative valuations for these investments have been calculated by reference to the approach taken, as appropriate

to the business sector and investment circumstances and as such the following inputs have been considered:

• For valuations derived from earnings multiples, consideration is given to the risk attributes, growth prospects and financial gearing of

comparable businesses when selecting an appropriate multiple

• The discount rates used in discounted cash flow valuations

• In line with International Private Equity and Venture Capital Guidelines, the values of underlying investments in fund investment

portfolios

(3)  Financial assets and liabilities carried at amortised cost

(A) Financial assets

Valuation hierarchy

The table below analyses the fair values of those financial assets of the Group which are carried at amortised cost by valuation

methodology (level 1, 2 or 3, as described on page 260). Financial assets carried at amortised cost are mainly classified as level 3 due to

significant unobservable inputs used in the valuation models. Where inputs are observable, debt securities are classified as level 1 or 2.

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Carrying | Fair |  | Valuation hierarchy |  |
|  | value | value | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 31 December 2024 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Loans and advances to banks | 7,900 | 7,892 | – | – | 7,892 |
| Loans and advances to customers | 459,857 | 455,846 | – | – | 455,846 |
| Reverse repurchase agreements | 49,476 | 49,476 | – | 49,476 | – |
| Debt securities | 14,544 | 14,380 | – | 11,980 | 2,400 |
| At 31 December 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Loans and advances to banks | 10,764 | 10,764 | – | – | 10,764 |
| Loans and advances to customers | 449,745 | 439,449 | – | – | 439,449 |
| Reverse repurchase agreements | 38,771 | 38,771 | – | 38,771 | – |
| Debt securities | 15,355 | 15,139 | – | 10,939 | 4,200 |

The carrying amount of the following financial instruments is a reasonable approximation of fair value: cash and balances at central banks,

items in the course of collection from banks, items in course of transmission to banks and notes in circulation.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 17: Fair values of financial assets and liabilities continued

Valuation methodology

Loans and advances to banks

The carrying value of short-dated loans and advances to banks is assumed to be their fair value. The fair value of other loans and advances

to banks is estimated by discounting the anticipated cash flows at a market discount rate adjusted for the credit spread of the obligor or,

where not observable, the credit spread of borrowers of similar credit quality.

Loans and advances to customers

The Group provides loans and advances to commercial, corporate and personal customers at both fixed and variable rates.

To determine the fair value of loans and advances to customers, loans are segregated into portfolios of similar characteristics. A number of

techniques are used to estimate the fair value of fixed rate lending; these take account of expected credit losses based on historic trends,

prevailing market interest rates and expected future cash flows. For retail exposures, fair value is usually estimated by discounting

anticipated cash flows (including interest at contractual rates) at market rates for similar loans offered by the Group and other financial

institutions. Certain loans secured on residential properties are made at a fixed rate for a limited period, typically two to five years, after

which the loans revert to the relevant variable rate. The fair value of such loans is estimated by reference to market rates for similar loans of

maturity equal to the remaining fixed interest rate period. The fair value of commercial loans is estimated by discounting anticipated cash

flows at a rate which reflects the effects of interest rate changes, adjusted for changes in credit risk.

Reverse repurchase agreements

The carrying amount is deemed a reasonable approximation of fair value given the short-term nature of these instruments.

Debt securities

The fair values of debt securities are determined predominantly from lead manager quotes and, where these are not available, by

alternative techniques including reference to credit spreads on similar assets with the same obligor, market standard consensus pricing

services, broker quotes and other research data.

(B) Financial liabilities

Valuation hierarchy

The table below analyses the fair values of those financial liabilities of the Group which are carried at amortised cost by valuation

methodology (level 1, 2 or 3, as described on page 260).

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Carrying | Fair |  | Valuation hierarchy |  |
|  | value | value | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 31 December 2024 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Deposits from banks | 6,158 | 6,158 | – | 6,158 | – |
| Customer deposits | 482,745 | 483,568 | – | 483,568 | – |
| Repurchase agreements at amortised cost | 37,760 | 37,760 | – | 37,760 | – |
| Debt securities in issue at amortised cost | 70,834 | 70,894 | – | 70,894 | – |
| Subordinated liabilities | 10,089 | 10,419 | – | 10,419 | – |
| At 31 December 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Deposits from banks | 6,153 | 6,153 | – | 6,153 | – |
| Customer deposits | 471,396 | 471,857 | – | 471,857 | – |
| Repurchase agreements at amortised cost | 37,703 | 37,703 | – | 37,703 | – |
| Debt securities in issue at amortised cost | 75,592 | 75,021 | – | 75,021 | – |
| Subordinated liabilities | 10,253 | 10,345 | – | 10,345 | – |

Valuation methodology

Deposits from banks and customer deposits

The fair value of bank and customer deposits repayable on demand is assumed to be equal to their carrying value.

The fair value for all other deposits is estimated using discounted cash flows applying either market rates, where applicable, or current rates

for deposits of similar remaining maturities.

Repurchase agreements at amortised cost

The carrying amount is deemed a reasonable approximation of fair value given the short-term nature of these instruments.

Debt securities in issue at amortised cost

The fair value of short-term debt securities in issue is approximately equal to their carrying value. Fair value for other debt securities in issue

is calculated based on quoted market prices where available. Where quoted market prices are not available, fair value is estimated using

discounted cash flow techniques at a rate which reflects market rates of interest and the Group’s own credit spread.

Subordinated liabilities

The fair value of subordinated liabilities is determined by reference to quoted market prices where available or by reference to quoted

market prices of similar instruments. Subordinated liabilities are classified as level 2, since the inputs used to determine their fair value are

largely observable.

(4)  Reclassifications of financial assets

There have been no reclassifications of financial assets in 2023 or 2024.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 18: Maturities of assets and liabilities

The table below analyses assets and liabilities of the Group, other than liabilities arising from insurance and investment contracts (including

those classified as disposal group liabilities), into relevant maturity groupings based on the remaining contractual period at the balance

sheet date; balances with no fixed maturity such as goodwill, other intangible assets and property, plant and equipment are included in the

over 5 years category. Liabilities arising from insurance and investment contracts are analysed on a behavioural basis. Certain deposit

balances, included in the table below on the basis of their residual maturity, are repayable on demand upon payment of a penalty.

The table is provided on a contractual basis. The Group’s assets and liabilities may be repaid or otherwise mature earlier or later than

implied by their contractual terms and readers are, therefore, advised to use caution when using this data to evaluate the Group’s liquidity

position. In particular, amounts in respect of customer deposits are usually contractually payable on demand or at short notice. However, in

practice, these deposits are not usually withdrawn on their contractual maturity.

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Up to 1 | 1 to 3 | 3 to 6 | 6 to 9 | 9 to 12 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | Over 5 |  |
|  | month | months | months | months | months | years | years | years | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 31 December 2024 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Cash and balances at central banks | 62,705 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 62,705 |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 13,096 | 6,843 | 6,680 | 3,675 | 2,837 | 4,244 | 11,030 | 167,520 | 215,925 |
| Derivative financial instruments | 2,405 | 2,302 | 1,079 | 774 | 659 | 1,237 | 3,062 | 12,547 | 24,065 |
| Loans and advances to banks | 2,842 | 1,350 | 903 | 452 | 187 | 583 | 1,579 | 4 | 7,900 |
| Loans and advances to customers | 18,748 | 12,747 | 15,375 | 12,271 | 11,010 | 34,790 | 67,901 | 287,015 | 459,857 |
| Reverse repurchase agreements | 22,793 | 13,356 | 6,945 | 2,764 | 1,524 | 1,355 | 739 | – | 49,476 |
| Debt securities | 40 | 1,439 | 232 | 358 | 273 | 4,128 | 2,183 | 5,891 | 14,544 |
| Financial assets at amortised cost | 44,423 | 28,892 | 23,455 | 15,845 | 12,994 | 40,856 | 72,402 | 292,910 | 531,777 |
| Financial assets at fair value through other  comprehensive income | 8 | 178 | 39 | 140 | 728 | 3,908 | 11,746 | 13,943 | 30,690 |
| Other assets | 3,231 | 1,015 | 157 | 1,030 | 106 | 295 | 643 | 35,058 | 41,535 |
| Total assets | 125,868 | 39,230 | 31,410 | 21,464 | 17,324 | 50,540 | 98,883 | 521,978 | 906,697 |
| Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Deposits from banks | 1,783 | 669 | 540 | 171 | 171 | 350 | 2,413 | 61 | 6,158 |
| Customer deposits | 392,403 | 27,489 | 18,009 | 18,650 | 18,327 | 4,153 | 3,456 | 258 | 482,745 |
| Repurchase agreements at amortised cost | 8,698 | 5,140 | 1,660 | – | 13,227 | 93 | 8,942 | – | 37,760 |
| Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or  loss | 15,443 | 3,677 | 774 | 131 | 1,048 | 402 | 1,466 | 4,670 | 27,611 |
| Derivative financial instruments | 2,409 | 2,218 | 1,054 | 781 | 588 | 1,207 | 3,407 | 10,012 | 21,676 |
| Debt securities in issue at amortised cost | 3,222 | 10,190 | 6,074 | 4,265 | 2,089 | 8,190 | 26,525 | 10,279 | 70,834 |
| Liabilities arising from insurance and participating |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| investment contracts | 478 | 436 | 51 | 102 | 224 | 1,510 | 7,992 | 111,271 | 122,064 |
| Liabilities arising from non-participating |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| investment contracts | 419 | 646 | 1,058 | 1,211 | 1,165 | 4,362 | 9,807 | 32,560 | 51,228 |
| Other liabilities | 7,519 | 1,711 | 351 | 684 | 446 | 1,548 | 2,237 | 16,148 | 30,644 |
| Subordinated liabilities | – | 638 | 277 | – | 1,070 | 1,706 | 2,219 | 4,179 | 10,089 |
| Total liabilities | 432,374 | 52,814 | 29,848 | 25,995 | 38,355 | 23,521 | 68,464 | 189,438 | 860,809 |

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 18: Maturities of assets and liabilities continued

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Up to 1 | 1 to 3 | 3 to 6 | 6 to 9 | 9 to 12 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | Over 5 |  |
|  | month | months | months | months | months | years | years | years | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 31 December 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Cash and balances at central banks | 78,110 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 78,110 |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 13,286 | 8,279 | 6,192 | 1,999 | 1,499 | 3,403 | 9,420 | 159,240 | 203,318 |
| Derivative financial instruments | 2,747 | 1,380 | 907 | 693 | 448 | 1,094 | 2,448 | 12,639 | 22,356 |
| Loans and advances to banks | 5,768 | 1,213 | 873 | 413 | 228 | 579 | 1,686 | 4 | 10,764 |
| Loans and advances to customers | 19,148 | 11,274 | 13,310 | 11,555 | 10,326 | 32,667 | 72,029 | 279,436 | 449,745 |
| Reverse repurchase agreements | 19,475 | 10,242 | 5,002 | 1,969 | 620 | 754 | 709 | – | 38,771 |
| Debt securities | 427 | 185 | 7 | 93 | 297 | 2,588 | 5,742 | 6,016 | 15,355 |
| Financial assets at amortised cost | 44,818 | 22,914 | 19,192 | 14,030 | 11,471 | 36,588 | 80,166 | 285,456 | 514,635 |
| Financial assets at fair value through other  comprehensive income | 276 | 428 | 221 | 272 | 617 | 1,663 | 11,587 | 12,528 | 27,592 |
| Other assets | 1,901 | 1,024 | 71 | 777 | 65 | 137 | 160 | 31,307 | 35,442 |
| Total assets | 141,138 | 34,025 | 26,583 | 17,771 | 14,100 | 42,885 | 103,781 | 501,170 | 881,453 |
| Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Deposits from banks | 2,092 | 1,065 | 201 | 218 | 184 | 349 | 2,044 | – | 6,153 |
| Customer deposits | 427,657 | 11,052 | 9,138 | 6,925 | 6,093 | 7,685 | 2,520 | 326 | 471,396 |
| Repurchase agreements at amortised cost | 3,222 | 4,057 | 23 | 2 | – | 21,448 | 8,951 | – | 37,703 |
| Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or  loss | 8,971 | 4,115 | 4,883 | 479 | 169 | 658 | 926 | 4,713 | 24,914 |
| Derivative financial instruments | 2,821 | 1,381 | 814 | 660 | 526 | 1,420 | 2,829 | 9,698 | 20,149 |
| Debt securities in issue at amortised cost | 1,954 | 8,057 | 9,260 | 5,873 | 4,554 | 12,489 | 24,418 | 8,987 | 75,592 |
| Liabilities arising from insurance and participating |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| investment contracts | 456 | 324 | 12 | 178 | 287 | 2,485 | 11,235 | 105,146 | 120,123 |
| Liabilities arising from non-participating |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| investment contracts | 348 | 527 | 789 | 787 | 776 | 4,280 | 9,517 | 27,954 | 44,978 |
| Other liabilities | 5,846 | 1,169 | 372 | 1,532 | 469 | 639 | 876 | 11,924 | 22,827 |
| Subordinated liabilities | – | – | 15 | 47 | 789 | 1,943 | 3,130 | 4,329 | 10,253 |
| Total liabilities | 453,367 | 31,747 | 25,507 | 16,701 | 13,847 | 53,396 | 66,446 | 173,077 | 834,088 |

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 19: Derivative financial instruments

The fair values and notional amounts of derivative instruments are set out in the following table:

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | 2024 |  |  |  | 2023 |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Changes in fair |  |  |  | Changes in fair |
|  |  |  |  | value used for |  |  |  | value used for |
|  | Contract/ | Fair value |  | calculating | Contract/ | Fair value |  | calculating |
|  | notional |  |  | hedge | notional |  |  | hedge |
|  | amount | Assets | Liabilities | ineffectiveness | amount | Assets | Liabilities | ineffectiveness |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Trading and other  Exchange rate contracts | 707,329 | 10,247 | 9,172 |  | 572,858 | 6,631 | 6,222 |  |
| Interest rate contracts | 12,864,265 | 13,436 | 11,644 |  | 7,654,512 | 15,116 | 12,724 |  |
| Credit derivatives | 6,103 | 87 | 172 |  | 5,349 | 51 | 118 |  |
| Equity, commodity and other contracts | 8,678 | 247 | 333 |  | 9,463 | 455 | 580 |  |
| Total derivative assets/liabilities – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| trading and other  Hedging | 13,586,375 | 24,017 | 21,321 |  | 8,242,182 | 22,253 | 19,644 |  |
| Interest rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Currency swaps | 43 | 2 | – | – | 35 | 3 | – | 2 |
| Interest rate swaps | 231,064 | 6 | 337 | 1,336 | 153,639 | 80 | 425 | (2,665) |
| Designated as fair value hedges | 231,107 | 8 | 337 | 1,336 | 153,674 | 83 | 425 | (2,663) |
| Foreign exchange |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Currency swaps | 1,963 | 30 | 14 | 61 | 2,684 | 11 | 72 | (138) |
| Interest rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Interest rate swaps | 484,996 | 10 | 4 | (600) | 463,660 | 9 | 8 | 2,541 |
| Designated as cash flow hedges | 486,959 | 40 | 18 | (539) | 466,344 | 20 | 80 | 2,403 |
| Total derivative assets/liabilities – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| hedging | 718,066 | 48 | 355 | 797 | 620,018 | 103 | 505 | (260) |
| Total recognised derivative assets/ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| liabilities | 14,304,441 | 24,065 | 21,676 |  | 8,862,200 | 22,356 | 20,149 |  |

The notional amount of the contract does not represent the Group’s exposure to credit risk, which is limited to the current cost of replacing

contracts with a positive value to the Group should the counterparty default. To reduce credit risk the Group uses a variety of credit

enhancement techniques such as netting and collateralisation, where security is provided against the exposure; a large proportion of the

Group’s derivatives are held through exchanges such as London Clearing House and are collateralised through those exchanges.

The Group holds derivatives as part of the following strategies:

• Customer driven, where derivatives are held as part of the provision of risk management products to Group customers

• To manage and hedge the Group’s interest rate and foreign exchange risk arising from normal banking business. The hedge accounting

strategy adopted by the Group is to utilise a combination of fair value and cash flow hedge approaches

• Derivatives held in policyholder funds as permitted by the investment strategies of those funds

The principal derivatives used by the Group are as follows:

• Interest rate related contracts include interest rate swaps, forward rate agreements and options. An interest rate swap is an agreement

between two parties to exchange fixed and floating interest payments, based upon interest rates defined in the contract, without the

exchange of the underlying principal amounts. Forward rate agreements are contracts for the payment of the difference between a

specified rate of interest and a reference rate, applied to a notional principal amount at a specific date in the future. An interest rate

option gives the buyer, on payment of a premium, the right, but not the obligation, to fix the rate of interest on a future loan or deposit,

for a specified period and commencing on a specified future date

• Exchange rate related contracts include forward foreign exchange contracts, currency swaps and options. A forward foreign exchange

contract is an agreement to buy or sell a specified amount of foreign currency on a specified future date at an agreed rate. Currency

swaps generally involve the exchange of interest payment obligations denominated in different currencies; the exchange of principal can

be notional or actual. A currency option gives the buyer, on payment of a premium, the right, but not the obligation, to sell specified

amounts of currency at agreed rates of exchange on or before a specified future date

• Credit derivatives, principally credit default swaps, are used by the Group as part of its trading activity and to manage its own exposure

to credit risk. A credit default swap is a swap in which one counterparty receives a premium at pre-set intervals in consideration for

guaranteeing to make a specific payment should a negative credit event take place

• Equity, commodity and other contracts include commodity swaps and options

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 19: Derivative financial instruments continued

Details of the Group’s hedging instruments are set out below:

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  | Maturity |  |  |  |
|  | Up to 1 month | 1 to 3 months | 3 to 12 months | 1 to 5 years | Over 5 years | Total |
| Fair value hedges | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 31 December 2024 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Interest rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Cross currency swap |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Notional | – | – | – | – | 43 | 43 |
| Average fixed interest rate | – | – | – | – | 1.28% |  |
| Average EUR/GBP exchange rate | – | – | – | – | 1.38 |  |
| Interest rate swap |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Notional | 5,236 | 13,781 | 55,607 | 111,300 | 45,140 | 231,064 |
| Average fixed interest rate | 3.04% | 3.68% | 4.04% | 3.36% | 2.27% |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | 231,107 |
| At 31 December 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Interest rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Cross currency swap |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Notional | – | – | – | – | 35 | 35 |
| Average fixed interest rate | – | – | – | – | 1.28% |  |
| Average EUR/GBP exchange rate | – | – | – | – | 1.38 |  |
| Interest rate swap |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Notional | 1,908 | 5,778 | 19,353 | 87,119 | 39,481 | 153,639 |
| Average fixed interest rate | 0.95% | 1.72% | 2.03% | 2.90% | 2.00% |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | 153,674 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  | Maturity |  |  |  |
|  | Up to 1 month | 1 to 3 months | 3 to 12 months | 1 to 5 years | Over 5 years | Total |
| Cash flow hedges | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 31 December 2024 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Foreign exchange |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Currency swap |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Notional | 107 | 441 | 646 | 763 | 6 | 1,963 |
| Average EUR/GBP exchange rate | 1.17 | 1.16 | 1.15 | 1.10 | 1.06 |  |
| Average USD/GBP exchange rate | 1.30 | 1.27 | 1.27 | 1.27 | 1.30 |  |
| Interest rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Interest rate swap |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Notional | 9,195 | 21,010 | 129,436 | 262,387 | 62,968 | 484,996 |
| Average fixed interest rate | 4.32% | 4.36% | 3.84% | 3.34% | 3.01% |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | 486,959 |
| At 31 December 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Foreign exchange |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Currency swap |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Notional | 18 | 470 | 1,648 | 541 | 7 | 2,684 |
| Average EUR/GBP exchange rate | 1.15 | 1.14 | 1.14 | 1.08 | 1.07 |  |
| Average USD/GBP exchange rate | 1.25 | 1.23 | 1.25 | 1.24 | – |  |
| Interest rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Interest rate swap |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Notional | 9,501 | 23,015 | 76,439 | 284,969 | 69,736 | 463,660 |
| Average fixed interest rate | 4.13% | 4.14% | 3.82% | 3.35% | 2.58% |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | 466,344 |

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 19: Derivative financial instruments continued

The Group’s hedged items are as follows:

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  | Change in fair |
|  |  |  |  | Accumulated amount of | value of hedged |
|  |  | Carrying amount of |  | fair value adjustment on | item for |
|  | the hedged item | | the hedged item | | ineffectiveness |
|  | Assets | Liabilities | Assets | Liabilities | assessment |
| Fair value hedges | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 31 December 2024 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Interest rate |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fixed rate mortgages  1 | 124,013 | – | (890) | – | (184) |
| Fixed rate issuance  2 | – | 51,499 | – | 1,340 | (75) |
| Fixed rate bonds  3 | 29,264 | – | (1,070) | – | (1,158) |
| At 31 December 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Interest rate |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fixed rate mortgages  1 | 75,871 | – | 25 | – | 2,544 |
| Fixed rate issuance  2 | – | 50,466 | – | 1,365 | (1,110) |
| Fixed rate bonds  3 | 24,146 | – | (331) | – | 962 |

1  Included within loans and advances to customers.

2  Included within debt securities in issue at amortised cost and subordinated liabilities.

3  Included within financial assets at amortised cost and financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income.

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | At 31 December 2024 |  |  | At 31 December 2023 |  |
|  | Change in fair |  |  | Change in fair |  |  |
|  | value of hedged |  |  | value of hedged |  |  |
|  | item for | Cash flow hedging reserve |  | item for | Cash flow hedging reserve |  |
|  | ineffectiveness | Continuing | Discontinued | ineffectiveness | Continuing | Discontinued |
|  | assessment | hedges | hedges | assessment | hedges | hedges |
| Cash flow hedges | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Foreign exchange |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Foreign currency issuance  1 | (60) | 75 | 59 | 138 | 8 | 69 |
| Customer deposits  2 | – | – | 5 | – | – | 3 |
| Interest rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Customer loans  3 | 982 | (3,470) | (1,590) | (1,796) | (2,934) | (1,885) |
| Central bank balances  4 | 384 | (1,012) | (917) | (648) | (624) | (1,462) |
| Customer deposits  2 | (51) | 1,592 | 42 | 262 | 1,591 | (3) |

1  Included within debt securities in issue at amortised cost and subordinated liabilities.

2  Included within customer deposits.

3  Included within loans and advances to customers.

4  Included within cash and balances at central banks.

The accumulated amount of fair value hedge adjustments remaining on the balance sheet for hedged items that have ceased to be

adjusted for hedging gains and losses is a liability of £980 million relating to fixed rate issuances of £582 million and mortgages of

£398 million (2023: liability of £1,446 million relating to fixed rate issuances of £656 million and mortgages of £790 million).

Gains and losses arising from hedge accounting are summarised as follows:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Hedge ineffectiveness |  |
|  | recognised in the |  |
|  | income statement  1 |  |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
| Fair value hedges | £m | £m |
| Interest rate |  |  |
| Fixed rate mortgages | (52) | (264) |
| Fixed rate issuance | (11) | (17) |
| Fixed rate bonds | (18) | 14 |

1  Hedge ineffectiveness is included in the income statement within net trading income.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 19: Derivative financial instruments continued

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Gain (loss) | Hedge | reserves to net interest income as: | Amounts reclassified from |
|  | recognised | ineffectiveness |  |  |
|  | in other | recognised in | Hedged cash | Hedged item |
|  | comprehensive | the income | flows will no | affected income |
|  | income | statement  1 | longer occur | statement |
| Cash flow hedges | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 31 December 2024 |  |  |  |  |
| Foreign exchange |  |  |  |  |
| Foreign currency issuance | 61 | – | – | (4) |
| Interest rate |  |  |  |  |
| Customer loans | (2,700) | (61) | – | 2,458 |
| Central bank balances | (780) | (7) | – | 937 |
| Customer deposits | 842 | 8 | – | (794) |
| At 31 December 2023 |  |  |  |  |
| Foreign exchange |  |  |  |  |
| Foreign currency issuance | (138) | – | – | (9) |
| Interest rate |  |  |  |  |
| Customer loans | (37) | 20 | – | 1,674 |
| Central bank balances | 284 | 2 | – | 725 |
| Customer deposits | 436 | (3) | – | (552) |

1  Hedge ineffectiveness is included in the income statement within net trading income.

There was no gain or loss in either 2024 or 2023 reclassified from the cash flow hedging reserve for which hedge accounting had previously

been used but for which the hedged future cash flows are no longer expected to occur.

Note 20: Loans and advances to customers

Tables showing the movement of loans advances to customers, compiled by comparing the position at the end of the year to that at the

beginning of the year, are shown in the Credit Risk section.

Note 21: Allowance for expected credit losses

The Group recognises an allowance for expected credit losses (ECLs) for loans and advances to customers and banks, other financial assets

held at amortised cost, financial assets (other than equity investments) measured at fair value through other comprehensive income and

certain loan commitment and financial guarantee contracts. At 31 December 2024, the Group’s expected credit loss allowance was

£3,481 million (2023: £4,084 million), of which £3,211 million (2023: £3,762 million) was in respect of drawn balances.

The Group’s total expected credit loss allowances were as follows:

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | At 31 December 2024 |  |  |  |  |  | At 31 December 2023 |  |  |
|  | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | POCI | Total | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | POCI | Total |
| Allowance for expected credit losses | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| In respect of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Loans and advances to banks | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | – | – | – | 8 |
| UK mortgages | 53 | 273 | 335 | 187 | 848 | 161 | 374 | 357 | 213 | 1,105 |
| Credit cards | 149 | 297 | 133 | – | 579 | 168 | 401 | 130 | – | 699 |
| Other | 329 | 326 | 227 | – | 882 | 339 | 320 | 228 | – | 887 |
| Retail | 531 | 896 | 695 | 187 | 2,309 | 668 | 1,095 | 715 | 213 | 2,691 |
| Commercial Banking | 205 | 264 | 413 | – | 882 | 232 | 372 | 418 | – | 1,022 |
| Other | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 |
| Loans and advances to customers | 736 | 1,160 | 1,108 | 187 | 3,191 | 900 | 1,467 | 1,137 | 213 | 3,717 |
| Debt securities | 3 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | – | 11 |
| Financial assets at amortised cost | 740 | 1,160 | 1,109 | 187 | 3,196 | 915 | 1,469 | 1,139 | 213 | 3,736 |
| Other assets | 7 | – | 8 | – | 15 | 16 | – | 10 | – | 26 |
| Provisions in relation to loan |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| commitments and financial guarantees | 142 | 126 | 2 | – | 270 | 160 | 160 | 2 | – | 322 |
| Total | 889 | 1,286 | 1,119 | 187 | 3,481 | 1,091 | 1,629 | 1,151 | 213 | 4,084 |
| Expected credit loss in respect of financial |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| assets at fair value through other  comprehensive income (memorandum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| item) | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | 7 | – | – | – | 7 |

The calculation of the Group’s expected credit loss allowances and provisions against loan commitments and guarantees, which are set out

above, requires the Group to make a number of judgements, assumptions and estimates. The most significant are set out below:

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 21: Allowance for expected credit losses continued

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

Critical judgements: Determining an appropriate definition of default against which a probability of default, exposure at

default and loss given default parameter can be evaluated

Establishing the criteria for a significant increase in credit risk (SICR)

The individual assessment of material cases and the use of judgemental adjustments made to impairment

modelling processes that adjust inputs, parameters and outputs to reflect risks not captured by models

Key source of estimation uncertainty: Base case and multiple economic scenarios (MES) assumptions, including the rate of unemployment and

the rate of change of house prices, required for creation of MES scenarios and forward-looking credit

parameters

Definition of default

The probability of default (PD) of an exposure, both over a 12-month period and over its lifetime, is a key input to the measurement of the

ECL allowance. Default has occurred when there is evidence that the customer is experiencing significant financial difficulty which is likely

to affect the ability to repay amounts due. The definition of default adopted by the Group is described in note 2(H) Impairment of financial

assets. A Stage 3 asset that is no longer credit-impaired is transferred back to Stage 2 as no general probation period is applied to assets in

Stage 3. UK mortgages is an exception to this rule where a probation period is enforced for non-performing forborne and defaulted

exposures in accordance with prudential regulation.

Significant increase in credit risk

An ECL allowance equivalent to 12 months’ expected losses is established against assets in Stage 1; assets classified as Stage 2 carry an ECL

allowance equivalent to lifetime expected losses. Assets are transferred from Stage 1 to Stage 2 when there has been a significant increase

in credit risk (SICR) since initial recognition. Credit-impaired assets are transferred to Stage 3 with a lifetime expected losses allowance. If

an exposure that is classified as Stage 2 no longer meets the SICR criteria, which in some cases capture customer behaviour in previous

periods, it is moved back to Stage 1.

The Group uses both quantitative and qualitative indicators to determine whether there has been a SICR for an asset. The setting of

precise trigger points combined with risk indicators requires judgement and the use of different trigger points may have a material impact

upon the ECL allowance. The Group monitors the effectiveness of SICR criteria on an ongoing basis.

For UK mortgages a reassessment of the SICR criteria was performed following redevelopment of the ECL model in the period, in order to

maintain SICR effectiveness. At 31 December 2024 a doubling of PD since origination was set as a quantitative SICR trigger. All originations

post IFRS 9 adoption incorporate forward looking information, and for recent Interest Only accounts the likelihood of default occurring at

the end of term. This is supplemented by qualitative triggers including where customers have surpassed their original contractual term

through use of term extensions, where fraud is evident, or where an account is in arrears.

For credit cards, loans and overdrafts an increase of three PD grades since origination on the retail master scale (RMS) shown below is set

as a quantitative SICR trigger. Assets are also assumed to have suffered a SICR if they have either been in arrears on three occasions, or in

default once, in the past 12 months.

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RMS grade | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| PD boundary  1  (%) | 0.10 | 0.40 | 0.80 | 1.20 | 2.50 | 4.50 | 7.50 | 10.00 | 14.00 | 20.00 | 30.00 | 45.00 | 99.99 | 100.00 |

1  Probability-weighted annualised lifetime probability of default.

For Commercial Banking a doubling of PD with a minimum increase in PD of 1 per cent since origination is treated as a SICR. This is

complemented with the use of internal credit risk classifications and ratings as qualitative indicators to identify a SICR.

The Group does not use the low credit risk exemption in its staging assessments, though more simplistic SICR criteria are applied for

portfolios not listed above. All financial assets are assumed to have suffered a SICR if they are more than 30 days past due.

Individual assessments and application of judgement in adjustments to modelled ECL

The table below analyses total ECL allowances by portfolio, separately identifying the amounts that have been modelled, those that have

been individually assessed and those arising through the application of judgemental adjustments.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | At 31 December 2024 |  |  |  |  | At 31 December 2023 |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Judgements due to: |  |  |  |  | Judgements due to: |  |
|  |  |  | Inflationary | |  |  |  | Inflationary | |  |
|  | Modelled | Individually | and interest | |  | Modelled | Individually | and interest | |  |
|  | ECL | assessed | rate risk | Other | Total | ECL | assessed | rate risk | Other | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| UK mortgages | 720 | – | – | 132 | 852 | 991 | – | 61 | 63 | 1,115 |
| Credit cards | 681 | – | – | (7) | 674 | 703 | – | 92 | 15 | 810 |
| Other Retail | 860 | – | – | 90 | 950 | 866 | – | 33 | 46 | 945 |
| Commercial Banking | 894 | 354 | – | (259) | 989 | 1,124 | 340 | – | (282) | 1,182 |
| Other | 16 | – | – | – | 16 | 32 | – | – | – | 32 |
| Total | 3,171 | 354 | – | (44) | 3,481 | 3,716 | 340 | 186 | (158) | 4,084 |

Individually assessed ECL

Stage 3 ECL in Commercial Banking is largely assessed on an individual basis by the Business Support Unit using bespoke assessment of loss

for each specific client based on potential recovery strategies. While these assessments are based on the Group’s latest economic view, the

use of Group-wide multiple economic scenarios and weightings is not considered appropriate for these cases due to their individual

characteristics. In place of this, a range of case-specific outcomes are considered with any alternative better or worse outcomes that carry

a 25 per cent likelihood taken into account in establishing a probability-weighted ECL. At 31 December 2024, individually assessed

provisions for Commercial Banking were £354 million (2023: £340 million) which reflected a range of £309 million to £437 million (2023:

£291 million to £413 million), based on the range of alternative outcomes considered.

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Note 21: Allowance for expected credit losses continued

Application of judgement in adjustments to modelled ECL

Impairment models fall within the Group’s model risk framework with model monitoring, periodic validation and back testing performed on

model components, such as probability of default. Limitations in the models or data inputs may be identified through these assessments

and review of model outputs, which may require appropriate judgemental adjustments to the ECL. These adjustments are determined by

considering the particular attributes of exposures which have not been adequately captured by the impairment models and range from

changes to model inputs and parameters, at account level (in-model adjustments), through to more qualitative post-model adjustments.

Judgements due to inflationary and interest rate risk

During 2022 and 2023 the intensifying inflationary pressures, alongside rising interest rates created further risks not deemed to be fully

captured by ECL models which meant judgemental adjustments were required. Throughout 2024 these risks subsided with inflation back

at around 2 per cent, base rates reducing and credit performance proving resilient. As a result, the judgements held in respect of

inflationary and interest rate risks have been removed (2023: £186 million). Other judgements continue to be applied for broader data and

model limitations, both increasing and decreasing ECL where deemed necessary.

Other judgements

UK mortgages: £132 million (2023: £63 million)

These adjustments principally comprise:

Repossession risk

1

: £110 million (2023: £106 million)

The Group’s repossession activity and respective data associated with the UK mortgage portfolio has been distorted for a number of years

following pauses in litigation activity both before and during COVID-19. This has seen a larger number of customers in default for a longer

period than would typically be expected resulting in a risk that ECL calculated on these accounts is understated. Judgemental adjustments

to mitigate this risk have been in place for several years, although the approach has been revisited in 2024. An assessment of recent cure

trends indicated that the overall possession rates used in the model appeared adequate; however, the assessment identified a potential

recovery risk on specific subsets of long-term defaulted cases (greater than five years), as well as a continued risk from a longer duration

between default and repossession than model assumptions used on existing and future defaults.

1 Previously reported as Increase in time to repossession.

Adjustment for specific segments: £13 million (2023: £23 million)

The Group monitors risks across specific segments of its portfolios which may not be fully captured through collective models. The

judgement for fire safety and cladding uncertainty reduced in the period following methodology refinement. Though experience remains

limited the risk is considered sufficiently material to address, given evidence of cases having defective cladding, or other fire safety issues.

Credit cards: £(7) million (2023: £15 million) and Other Retail: £90 million (2023: £46 million)

These adjustments principally comprise:

Lifetime extension: Credit cards: £55 million (2023: £67 million) and Other Retail: £10 million (2023: £10 million)

An adjustment is required to extend the lifetime used for Stage 2 exposures on Retail revolving products from a three-year modelled

lifetime, which reflected the outcome data available when the ECL models were developed. Incremental defaults beyond year three are

calculated through the extrapolation of the default trajectory observed throughout the three years and beyond. The Credit cards

judgement has reduced slightly in the period reflecting portfolio movement.

Adjustments to loss rates: Credit cards: £(57) million (2023: £(50) million) and Other Retail: £47 million (2023: £37 million)

A number of adjustments have been made to the loss given default (LGD) assumptions used within unsecured and motor credit models. For

unsecured portfolios, the adjustments reflect the impact of changes in collection debt sale strategy on the Group’s LGD models,

incorporating up to date customer performance and forward flow debt sale pricing. For UK Motor Finance, within Other Retail, the

adjustment is used to incorporate the latest outlook on used car prices.

Commercial Banking: £(259) million (2023: £(282) million)

These adjustments principally comprise:

Corporate insolvency rates: £(253) million (2023: £(292) million)

The volume of UK corporate insolvencies continues to exhibit an elevated trend beyond December 2019 levels, revealing a marked

misalignment between observed UK corporate insolvencies and the Group’s equivalent credit performance. This dislocation gives rise to

uncertainty over the drivers of the observed trends in the metric and the appropriateness of the Group’s Commercial Banking model

response which uses observed UK corporate insolvencies data to anchor future loss estimates to. Given the Group’s asset quality remains

strong with low defaults, a negative adjustment is applied by reverting judgementally to the long-term average of the insolvency rate.

Adjustments to loss given defaults (LGDs): £(80) million (2023: £(105) million)

Following a review of the loss given default approach for commercial exposures, management continues to judge that ECL should be

adjusted to mitigate limitations identified in the approach which are causing loss given defaults to be inflated. These include the benefit

from amortisation of exposures relative to collateral values at default and a move to an exposure-weighted approach being adopted. These

temporary adjustments will be addressed through future model development.

Corporate income gearing (CIG) adjustment: £37 million (2023: £nil)

An adjustment was raised, based upon the assessment of Corporate Income Gearing (CIG), a model parameter for affordability used in

Commercial Banking. The modelled ECL release resulting from updating CIG drivers (interest rates) was judgmentally reversed, with interest

rates having reached a plateau which has translated into a slower year-on-year increase in CIG. This slowdown gave a release in modelled

ECL which is not judged representative of the continued pressure on borrowers and business margins.

Commercial Real Estate (CRE) price reduction: £35 million (2023: £67 million)

The material fall in CRE prices observed in late 2022, previously required a judgemental reinstatement within ECL model assumptions at 31

December 2023, given the materially reduced level in CRE prices could still trigger additional losses. At 31 December 2024 the adjustment

remains in place only for loss rates on a small proportion of accounts still to be reassessed following this fall. This is alongside a more

material adjustment for the potential impact on loss rates from valuations on specific CRE sectors where evidence suggests valuations may

lag achievable levels, notably in cases of stressed sale.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 21: Allowance for expected credit losses continued

Generation of multiple economic scenarios

The estimate of expected credit losses is required to be based on an unbiased expectation of future economic scenarios. The approach

used to generate the range of future economic scenarios depends on the methodology and judgements adopted. The Group’s approach is

to start from a defined base case scenario, used for planning purposes, and to generate alternative economic scenarios around this base

case. The base case scenario is a conditional forecast underpinned by a number of conditioning assumptions that reflect the Group’s best

view of key future developments. If circumstances appear likely to materially deviate from the conditioning assumptions, then the base

case scenario is updated.

The base case scenario is central to a range of future economic scenarios generated by simulation of an economic model, for which the

same conditioning assumptions apply as in the base case scenario. These scenarios are ranked by using estimated relationships with

industry-wide historical loss data. With the base case already pre-defined, three other scenarios are identified as averages of constituent

scenarios located around the 15th, 75th and 95th percentiles of the distribution. The full distribution is therefore summarised by a practical

number of scenarios to run through ECL models representing an upside, the base case, and a downside scenario weighted at 30 per cent

each, together with a severe downside scenario weighted at 10 per cent. The scenario weights represent the distribution of economic

scenarios and not subjective views on likelihood. The inclusion of a severe downside scenario with a smaller weighting ensures that the non-

linearity of losses in the tail of the distribution is adequately captured. Macroeconomic projections may employ reversionary techniques to

adjust the paths of economic drivers towards long-run equilibria after a reasonable forecast horizon. The Group does not use such

techniques to force the MES scenarios to revert to the base case planning view. Utilising such techniques would be expected to be

immaterial for expected credit losses since loss sensitivity is minimal after the initial five years of the projections.

A forum under the chairmanship of the Chief Economist meets at least quarterly to review and, if appropriate, recommend changes to the

method by which economic scenarios are generated, for approval by the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer. The Group

continues to judge it appropriate to include a non-modelled severe downside scenario for Group ECL calculations. The scenario is

generated as a simple average of a fully modelled severe scenario, better representing shocks to demand, and a scenario with higher paths

for UK Bank Rate and CPI inflation, as a representation of shocks to supply. The combined ‘adjusted’ scenario used in ECL modelling is

considered to better reflect the risks around the Group’s base case view in an economic environment where demand and supply shocks are

more balanced.

Base case and MES economic assumptions

The Group’s base case economic scenario has been updated to reflect ongoing geopolitical developments and changes in domestic

economic policy. The Group’s updated base case scenario has three conditioning assumptions. First, cross-border conflicts do not lead to

major disruptions in commodity prices or global trade. Second, the US pursues a more isolationist economic agenda, with policies including

trade tariffs; immigration cuts; and unfunded tax cuts. China, EU and UK are assumed to retaliate to US tariffs imposed on them. Third, UK

Budget public investment plans are assumed to have a small but positive impact on trend productivity growth, subject to further review as

more specific policy detail emerges.

Based on these assumptions and incorporating the economic data published in the fourth quarter, the Group’s base case scenario is for a

slow expansion in GDP and a rise in the unemployment rate alongside modest changes in residential and commercial property prices.

Against a backdrop of some persistence in inflationary pressures, UK Bank Rate is expected to be lowered gradually during 2025. Risks

around this base case economic view lie in both directions and are largely captured by the generation of alternative economic scenarios.

The Group has accommodated the latest available information at the reporting date in defining its base case scenario and generating

alternative economic scenarios. The scenarios include forecasts for key variables in the fourth quarter of 2024, for which actuals may have

since emerged prior to publication.

Scenarios by year

The key UK economic assumptions made by the Group are shown in the following tables across a number of measures explained below.

Annual assumptions

Gross domestic product (GDP) growth and Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation are presented as an annual change, house price growth

and commercial real estate price growth are presented as the growth in the respective indices over each year. Unemployment rate and

UK Bank Rate are averages over the year.

Five-year average

The five-year average reflects the average annual growth rate, or level, over the five-year period. It includes movements within the current

reporting year, such that the position as at 31 December 2024 covers the five years 2024 to 2028. The inclusion of the reporting year within

the five-year period reflects the need to predict variables which remain unpublished at the reporting date and recognises that credit

models utilise both level and annual changes. The use of calendar years maintains a comparability between the annual assumptions

presented.

Five-year start to peak and trough

The peak or trough for any metric may occur intra year and therefore not be identifiable from the annual assumptions, so they are also

disclosed. For GDP, house price growth and commercial real estate price growth, the peak, or trough, reflects the highest, or lowest

cumulative quarterly position reached relative to the start of the five-year period, which as at 31 December 2024 is 1 January 2024. Given

these metrics may exhibit increases followed by greater falls, the start to trough movements quoted may be smaller than the equivalent

‘peak to trough’ movement (and vice versa for start to peak). Unemployment, UK Bank Rate and CPI inflation reflect the highest, or lowest,

quarterly level reached in the five-year period.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | 2024 to 2028 | Start to | Start to |
|  | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | average | peak | trough |
| At 31 December 2024 | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
| Upside |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Gross domestic product growth | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 8.9 | 0.7 |
| Unemployment rate | 4.3 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 2.7 |
| House price growth | 3.4 | 3.7 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 28.2 | 0.4 |
| Commercial real estate price growth | 0.7 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 20.0 | (0.8) |
| UK Bank Rate | 5.06 | 4.71 | 5.02 | 5.19 | 5.42 | 5.08 | 5.50 | 4.50 |
| CPI inflation | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.0 |
| Base case |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Gross domestic product growth | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 7.0 | 0.7 |
| Unemployment rate | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| House price growth | 3.4 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 10.5 | 0.4 |
| Commercial real estate price growth | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 5.4 | (0.8) |
| UK Bank Rate | 5.06 | 4.19 | 3.63 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.98 | 5.25 | 3.50 |
| CPI inflation | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.0 |
| Downside |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Gross domestic product growth | 0.8 | (0.5) | (0.4) | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| Unemployment rate | 4.3 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 4.2 |
| House price growth | 3.4 | 0.6 | (5.5) | (6.6) | (3.4) | (2.4) | 4.0 | (11.4) |
| Commercial real estate price growth | 0.7 | (7.8) | (3.1) | (0.9) | (2.3) | (2.7) | 0.7 | (12.9) |
| UK Bank Rate | 5.06 | 3.53 | 1.56 | 0.96 | 0.68 | 2.36 | 5.25 | 0.59 |
| CPI inflation | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 0.9 |
| Severe downside |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Gross domestic product growth | 0.8 | (1.9) | (1.5) | 0.7 | 1.3 | (0.1) | 1.2 | (2.4) |
| Unemployment rate | 4.3 | 7.7 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 10.2 | 4.2 |
| House price growth | 3.4 | (0.8) | (12.4) | (13.6) | (8.8) | (6.7) | 3.4 | (29.2) |
| Commercial real estate price growth | 0.7 | (17.4) | (8.5) | (5.5) | (5.7) | (7.5) | 0.7 | (32.3) |
| UK Bank Rate – modelled | 5.06 | 2.68 | 0.28 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 1.62 | 5.25 | 0.02 |
| UK Bank Rate – adjusted  1 | 5.06 | 4.03 | 2.70 | 2.23 | 1.95 | 3.19 | 5.25 | 1.88 |
| CPI inflation – modelled | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 3.5 | (0.2) |
| CPI inflation – adjusted  1 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 0.7 |
| Probability-weighted |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Gross domestic product growth | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
| Unemployment rate | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
| House price growth | 3.4 | 1.8 | (0.7) | (1.0) | 0.4 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 0.4 |
| Commercial real estate price growth | 0.7 | (1.7) | 1.0 | 0.7 | (1.1) | (0.1) | 0.7 | (1.3) |
| UK Bank Rate – modelled | 5.06 | 4.00 | 3.09 | 2.90 | 2.88 | 3.59 | 5.25 | 2.88 |
| UK Bank Rate – adjusted  1 | 5.06 | 4.13 | 3.33 | 3.12 | 3.08 | 3.74 | 5.25 | 3.06 |
| CPI inflation – modelled | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 1.8 |
| CPI inflation – adjusted  1 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 1.9 |

1  The adjustment to UK Bank Rate and CPI inflation in the severe downside is considered to better reflect the risks around the Group’s base case view in an economic environment

where the risks of supply and demand shocks are more balanced.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | First | Second | Third | Fourth | First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|  | quarter | quarter | quarter | quarter | quarter | quarter | quarter | quarter |
| Base case scenario by quarter  1 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 |
| At 31 December 2024 | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
| Gross domestic product growth | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Unemployment rate | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| House price growth | 0.4 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| Commercial real estate price growth | (5.3) | (4.7) | (2.8) | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| UK Bank Rate | 5.25 | 5.25 | 5.00 | 4.75 | 4.50 | 4.25 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| CPI inflation | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 |

1  Gross domestic product growth is presented quarter-on-quarter. House price growth, commercial real estate growth and CPI inflation are presented year-on-year, i.e. from the

equivalent quarter in the previous year. Unemployment rate and UK Bank Rate are presented as at the end of each quarter.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | 2023 to 2027 | Start to | Start to |
|  | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | average | peak | trough |
| At 31 December 2023 | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
| Upside |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Gross domestic product | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 8.1 | 0.2 |
| Unemployment rate | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.0 |
| House price growth | 1.9 | 0.8 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 25.7 | (1.2) |
| Commercial real estate price growth | (3.9) | 9.0 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 11.5 | (3.9) |
| UK Bank Rate | 4.94 | 5.72 | 5.61 | 5.38 | 5.18 | 5.37 | 5.79 | 4.25 |
| CPI inflation | 7.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 10.2 | 2.1 |
| Base case |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Gross domestic product | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 0.2 |
| Unemployment rate | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 3.9 |
| House price growth | 1.4 | (2.2) | 0.5 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 4.8 | (1.2) |
| Commercial real estate price growth | (5.1) | (0.2) | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | (0.9) | (1.2) | (5.3) |
| UK Bank Rate | 4.94 | 4.88 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 3.06 | 4.08 | 5.25 | 3.00 |
| CPI inflation | 7.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 10.2 | 2.1 |
| Downside |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Gross domestic product | 0.2 | (1.0) | (0.1) | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 3.4 | (1.2) |
| Unemployment rate | 4.3 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 3.9 |
| House price growth | 1.3 | (4.5) | (6.0) | (5.6) | (1.7) | (3.4) | 2.0 | (15.7) |
| Commercial real estate price growth | (6.0) | (8.7) | (4.0) | (2.1) | (1.2) | (4.4) | (1.2) | (20.4) |
| UK Bank Rate | 4.94 | 3.95 | 1.96 | 1.13 | 0.55 | 2.51 | 5.25 | 0.43 |
| CPI inflation | 7.3 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 10.2 | 1.0 |
| Severe downside |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Gross domestic product | 0.1 | (2.3) | (0.5) | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.0 | (2.9) |
| Unemployment rate | 4.5 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 8.8 | 10.5 | 3.9 |
| House price growth | 0.6 | (7.6) | (13.3) | (12.7) | (7.5) | (8.2) | 2.0 | (35.0) |
| Commercial real estate price growth | (7.7) | (19.5) | (10.6) | (7.7) | (5.2) | (10.3) | (1.2) | (41.8) |
| UK Bank Rate – modelled | 4.94 | 2.75 | 0.49 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 1.67 | 5.25 | 0.02 |
| UK Bank Rate – adjusted  1 | 4.94 | 6.56 | 4.56 | 3.63 | 3.13 | 4.56 | 6.75 | 3.00 |
| CPI inflation – modelled | 7.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 0.9 | (0.2) | 2.6 | 10.2 | (0.3) |
| CPI inflation – adjusted  1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 10.2 | 0.9 |
| Probability-weighted |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Gross domestic product | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 5.4 | 0.1 |
| Unemployment rate | 4.2 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 3.9 |
| House price growth | 1.4 | (2.5) | (0.9) | (0.3) | 1.8 | (0.1) | 2.0 | (2.8) |
| Commercial real estate price growth | (5.3) | (1.9) | (1.1) | (1.0) | (0.2) | (1.9) | (1.2) | (9.9) |
| UK Bank Rate – modelled | 4.94 | 4.64 | 3.52 | 3.02 | 2.64 | 3.75 | 5.25 | 2.59 |
| UK Bank Rate – adjusted  1 | 4.94 | 5.02 | 3.93 | 3.37 | 2.95 | 4.04 | 5.42 | 2.89 |
| CPI inflation – modelled | 7.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 10.2 | 1.9 |
| CPI inflation – adjusted  1 | 7.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 10.2 | 2.0 |

1  The adjustment to UK Bank Rate and CPI inflation in the severe downside is considered to better reflect the risks around the Group’s base case view in an economic environment

where supply shocks are the principal concern.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | First | Second | Third | Fourth | First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|  | quarter | quarter | quarter | quarter | quarter | quarter | quarter | quarter |
| Base case scenario by quarter  1 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| At 31 December 2023 | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
| Gross domestic product growth | 0.3 | 0.0 | (0.1) | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Unemployment rate | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| House price growth | 1.6 | (2.6) | (4.5) | 1.4 | (1.1) | (1.5) | 0.5 | (2.2) |
| Commercial real estate price growth | (18.8) | (21.2) | (18.2) | (5.1) | (4.1) | (3.8) | (2.2) | (0.2) |
| UK Bank Rate | 4.25 | 5.00 | 5.25 | 5.25 | 5.25 | 5.00 | 4.75 | 4.50 |
| CPI inflation | 10.2 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.8 |

1  Gross domestic product growth is presented quarter-on-quarter. House price growth, commercial real estate growth and CPI inflation are presented year-on-year, i.e. from the

equivalent quarter in the previous year. Unemployment rate and UK Bank Rate are presented as at the end of each quarter.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 21: Allowance for expected credit losses continued

ECL sensitivity to economic assumptions

The following table shows the Group’s ECL for the probability-weighted, upside, base case, downside and severe downside scenarios, with

the severe downside scenario incorporating adjustments made to CPI inflation and UK Bank Rate paths. The stage allocation for an asset is

based on the overall scenario probability-weighted probability of default and hence the staging of assets is constant across all the

scenarios. In each economic scenario the ECL for individual assessments is held constant reflecting the basis on which they are evaluated.

Judgemental adjustments applied through changes to model inputs or parameters, or more qualitative post model adjustments, are

apportioned across the scenarios in proportion to modelled ECL where this better reflects the sensitivity of these adjustments to each

scenario. The probability-weighted view shows the extent to which a higher ECL allowance has been recognised to take account of

multiple economic scenarios relative to the base case; the uplift on a statutory basis being £445 million compared to £678 million at

31 December 2023.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | At 31 December 2024 |  |  |  |  | At 31 December 2023 |  |  |  |
|  | Probability- |  |  |  | Severe | Probability- |  |  |  | Severe |
|  | weighted | Upside | Base case | Downside | downside | weighted | Upside | Base case | Downside | downside |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| UK mortgages | 852 | 345 | 567 | 1,064 | 2,596 | 1,115 | 395 | 670 | 1,155 | 4,485 |
| Credit cards | 674 | 518 | 641 | 773 | 945 | 810 | 600 | 771 | 918 | 1,235 |
| Other Retail | 950 | 843 | 923 | 1,010 | 1,172 | 945 | 850 | 920 | 981 | 1,200 |
| Commercial Banking | 989 | 745 | 889 | 1,125 | 1,608 | 1,182 | 793 | 1,013 | 1,383 | 2,250 |
| Other | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| ECL allowance | 3,481 | 2,467 | 3,036 | 3,988 | 6,338 | 4,084 | 2,670 | 3,406 | 4,469 | 9,202 |

The impact of isolated changes in the UK unemployment rate and House Price Index (HPI) has been assessed on a univariate basis.

Although such changes would not be observed in isolation, as economic indicators tend to be correlated in a coherent scenario, this gives

insight into the sensitivity of the Group’s ECL to gradual changes in these two critical economic factors.

The impacts are assessed as changes to base case modelled ECL only (at 100 per cent weighting) with staging held flat to the reported

view. The probability weighted ECL impact of applying the changes to all four scenarios, including the impact on staging and post model

adjustments, would be greater.

The table below shows the impact on the Group’s ECL resulting from a 1 percentage point increase or decrease in the UK unemployment

rate. The increase or decrease is presented based on the adjustment phased evenly over the first 10 quarters of the base case scenario. A

more immediate increase or decrease would drive a more material ECL impact as it would be fully reflected in both 12-month and lifetime

probability of defaults.

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | At 31 December 2024 |  | At 31 December 2023 |
|  | 1pp increase in | 1pp decrease in | 1pp increase in | 1pp decrease in |
|  | unemployment | unemployment | unemployment | unemployment |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| UK mortgages  1 | 4 | (3) | 33 | (32) |
| Credit cards | 40 | (41) | 38 | (38) |
| Other Retail | 18 | (20) | 19 | (19) |
| Commercial Banking | 71 | (67) | 88 | (83) |
| ECL impact | 133 | (131) | 178 | (172) |

1 2024 calculated using updated models.

The table below shows the impact on the Group’s ECL in respect of UK mortgages of an increase or decrease in loss given default for a 10

percentage point increase or decrease in HPI. The increase or decrease is presented based on the adjustment phased evenly over the first 10

quarters of the base case scenario.

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | At 31 December 2024 |  | At 31 December 2023 |
|  | 10pp increase | 10pp decrease | 10pp increase | 10pp decrease |
|  | in HPI | in HPI | in HPI | in HPI |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| ECL impact  1 | (127) | 182 | (201) | 305 |

1 2024 calculated using updated models.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 21: Allowance for expected credit losses continued

The table below shows the Group’s ECL and drawn balances for the upside, base case, downside and severe downside scenarios, with

staging of assets based on each specific scenario probability of default. In each economic scenario the ECL for individual assessments is held

constant reflecting the basis on which they are evaluated. Judgemental adjustments applied through changes to model inputs or

parameters, or more qualitative post-model adjustments, are apportioned across the scenarios in proportion to modelled ECL where this

better reflects the sensitivity of these adjustments to each scenario. A probability-weighted scenario is not shown as this view does not

reflect the basis on which ECL is calculated. Comparing the probability-weighted ECL in the table above to the base case ECL with base

case scenario specific staging, as shown in the table below, results in an uplift of £468 million compared to £596 million at 31 December

2023.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  | Drawn balances  1 |  |  |  | ECL allowance |  |  |  | Coverage ratio  2 |  |
|  |  |  |  | Severe |  |  |  | Severe |  |  |  | Severe |
|  | Upside | Base case | Downside | downside | Upside | Base case | Downside | downside | Upside | Base case | Downside | downside |
| At 31 December 2024 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | % | % | % | % |
| Stage 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UK mortgages  3 | 271,370 | 271,903 | 271,391 | 253,639 | 13 | 29 | 66 | 203 | – | – | – | 0.1 |
| Credit cards | 14,261 | 13,714 | 13,065 | 12,226 | 152 | 196 | 238 | 290 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| Other Retail | 43,746 | 43,435 | 42,955 | 42,046 | 333 | 356 | 374 | 408 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| Commercial Banking | 95,068 | 94,800 | 92,924 | 84,598 | 139 | 209 | 294 | 334 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Other | 11,252 | 11,252 | 11,252 | 11,252 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Total | 435,697 | 435,104 | 431,587 | 403,761 | 644 | 797 | 979 | 1,242 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Stage 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UK mortgages  3 | 31,385 | 30,852 | 31,364 | 49,116 | 86 | 144 | 321 | 1,272 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
| Credit cards | 1,714 | 2,261 | 2,910 | 3,749 | 207 | 304 | 431 | 613 | 12.1 | 13.5 | 14.8 | 16.3 |
| Other Retail | 4,038 | 4,349 | 4,829 | 5,738 | 293 | 350 | 420 | 547 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 9.5 |
| Commercial Banking | 3,391 | 3,659 | 5,535 | 13,861 | 174 | 246 | 444 | 1,449 | 5.1 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 10.5 |
| Other | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 40,528 | 41,121 | 44,638 | 72,464 | 760 | 1,044 | 1,616 | 3,881 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 5.4 |
| Stage 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UK mortgages  3 | 4,166 | 4,166 | 4,166 | 4,166 | 201 | 274 | 410 | 691 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 9.8 | 16.6 |
| Credit cards | 265 | 265 | 265 | 265 | 133 | 133 | 133 | 133 | 50.2 | 50.2 | 50.2 | 50.2 |
| Other Retail | 446 | 446 | 446 | 446 | 217 | 222 | 233 | 257 | 48.7 | 49.8 | 52.3 | 57.7 |
| Commercial Banking | 1,839 | 1,839 | 1,839 | 1,839 | 415 | 415 | 415 | 415 | 22.6 | 22.6 | 22.6 | 22.6 |
| Other | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 |
| Total | 6,752 | 6,752 | 6,752 | 6,752 | 975 | 1,053 | 1,200 | 1,505 | 14.4 | 15.6 | 17.8 | 22.3 |
| POCI |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UK mortgages  3 | 6,207 | 6,207 | 6,207 | 6,207 | 45 | 119 | 264 | 575 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 9.3 |
| Total |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UK mortgages | 313,128 | 313,128 | 313,128 | 313,128 | 345 | 566 | 1,061 | 2,741 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| Credit cards | 16,240 | 16,240 | 16,240 | 16,240 | 492 | 633 | 802 | 1,036 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 6.4 |
| Other Retail | 48,230 | 48,230 | 48,230 | 48,230 | 843 | 928 | 1,027 | 1,212 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Commercial Banking | 100,298 | 100,298 | 100,298 | 100,298 | 728 | 870 | 1,153 | 2,198 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| Other | 11,288 | 11,288 | 11,288 | 11,288 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Total | 489,184 | 489,184 | 489,184 | 489,184 | 2,424 | 3,013 | 4,059 | 7,203 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.5 |

1  Includes loans and advances to banks, loans and advances to customers, debt securities and items identified as other assets in note 24.

2  Coverage ratio is ECL allowance shown as a percentage of drawn balances.

3  Calculated using updated models.

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Note 21: Allowance for expected credit losses continued

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  | Drawn balances  1 |  |  |  | ECL allowance |  |  |  | Coverage ratio  2 |  |
|  |  |  |  | Severe |  |  |  | Severe |  |  |  | Severe |
|  | Upside | Base case | Downside | downside | Upside | Base case | Downside | downside | Upside | Base case | Downside | downside |
| At 31 December 2023 | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | % | % | % | % |
| Stage 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UK mortgages | 270,131 | 269,581 | 266,388 | 129,736 | 20 | 40 | 84 | 153 | – | – | – | 0.1 |
| Credit cards | 13,338 | 12,668 | 12,109 | 10,966 | 169 | 211 | 242 | 298 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 |
| Other Retail | 39,260 | 38,939 | 38,373 | 30,202 | 360 | 384 | 404 | 448 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Commercial Banking | 98,202 | 97,394 | 92,919 | 78,781 | 165 | 260 | 376 | 431 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Other | 7,632 | 7,632 | 7,632 | 7,632 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Total | 428,563 | 426,214 | 417,421 | 257,317 | 728 | 911 | 1,123 | 1,350 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Stage 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UK mortgages | 24,998 | 25,548 | 28,741 | 165,393 | 73 | 139 | 316 | 4,074 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.5 |
| Credit cards | 2,195 | 2,865 | 3,424 | 4,567 | 302 | 437 | 567 | 859 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.6 | 18.8 |
| Other Retail | 5,711 | 6,032 | 6,598 | 14,769 | 325 | 378 | 424 | 619 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 4.2 |
| Commercial Banking | 4,487 | 5,295 | 9,770 | 23,908 | 259 | 379 | 722 | 2,466 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 10.3 |
| Other | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 37,391 | 39,740 | 48,533 | 208,637 | 959 | 1,333 | 2,029 | 8,018 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| Stage 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UK mortgages | 4,337 | 4,337 | 4,337 | 4,337 | 78 | 225 | 457 | 963 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 10.5 | 22.2 |
| Credit cards | 284 | 284 | 284 | 284 | 122 | 122 | 122 | 122 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 |
| Other Retail | 452 | 452 | 452 | 452 | 238 | 242 | 248 | 261 | 52.7 | 53.5 | 54.9 | 57.7 |
| Commercial Banking | 2,068 | 2,068 | 2,068 | 2,068 | 426 | 426 | 426 | 426 | 20.6 | 20.6 | 20.6 | 20.6 |
| Other | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 |
| Total | 7,180 | 7,180 | 7,180 | 7,180 | 880 | 1,031 | 1,269 | 1,788 | 12.3 | 14.4 | 17.7 | 24.9 |
| POCI |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UK mortgages  3 | 7,854 | 7,854 | 7,854 | 7,854 | 213 | 213 | 213 | 213 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Total |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UK mortgages | 307,320 | 307,320 | 307,320 | 307,320 | 384 | 617 | 1,070 | 5,403 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| Credit cards | 15,817 | 15,817 | 15,817 | 15,817 | 593 | 770 | 931 | 1,279 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 8.1 |
| Other Retail | 45,423 | 45,423 | 45,423 | 45,423 | 923 | 1,004 | 1,076 | 1,328 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| Commercial Banking | 104,757 | 104,757 | 104,757 | 104,757 | 850 | 1,065 | 1,524 | 3,323 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
| Other | 7,671 | 7,671 | 7,671 | 7,671 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 36 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Total | 480,988 | 480,988 | 480,988 | 480,988 | 2,780 | 3,488 | 4,634 | 11,369 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.4 |

1  Includes loans and advances to banks, loans and advances to customers, debt securities and items identified as other assets in note 24.

2  Coverage ratio is ECL allowance shown as a percentage of drawn balances.

3  POCI ECL has been presented on a probability-weighted basis. The sensitivity is captured within the UK mortgages total.

Assessment of climate risk impacts on ECL

The Group continues to develop capabilities to quantify the potential impact of climate risks on ECL. This includes identifying the climate-

related risk drivers that could influence future credit losses for loan portfolios that have the highest sensitivity to climate risks and

commencing the use of more quantitative analysis on the impact of these risk drivers on ECL. The approach leverages the Group’s climate

scenario analysis, to identify the potential physical and transition risk impacts on credit quality. UK mortgages and Commercial Banking

portfolios are judged to have the highest sensitivity to climate risk, with both physical and transition risk drivers assessed.

UK mortgages physical and transition risks – additional costs arising from regulatory obligations of increased energy efficiency standards to

reduce carbon emissions and increased flood risk and coastal erosion, through property repair or rebuild and/or increased insurance premia.

This can result in affordability pressure, as well as decrease in property valuation, for borrowers owning low EPC rated properties or those in

areas prone to flooding or coastal erosion.

Commercial Banking physical and transition risks – increased costs or revenue disruption, or both, arising from chronic and acute physical

hazards from rising temperatures. Companies adapting to a sudden transition scenario could potentially lead to increased transition costs

in operations, direct carbon costs, and deteriorating financial performance due to changing consumer perspectives.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 21: Allowance for expected credit losses continued

Macroeconomic and sector scenario risk assessments

Assessments were performed on the Group’s internally generated economic scenarios used in the measurement of expected credit losses

against external scenarios published by the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS).

The potential incremental impact of climate factors on key economic drivers was isolated from the Phase V NGFS Delayed Transition

scenario, which management judged the most plausible. The incremental risk to ECL was then quantified by overlaying the specific climate

impact of this scenario onto macroeconomic drivers within the Group’s base case and MES scenarios. The results from the most material

Retail portfolios, UK mortgages and consumer lending allowed management to conclude on an immaterial ECL impact for Retail of below

£5 million (31 December 2023: below £5 million), and in Commercial Banking a separate climate assessment performed at sector level,

resulted in an ECL impact of below £15 million (31 December 2023: below £15 million).

The Group’s MES downside and severe downside scenarios, together comprising a 40 per cent weighting in ECL calculations, are generally

more severe than the most adverse NGFS scenario (‘Net Zero 2050’). MES downsides were also comparable in severity to the most adverse

part of the ‘Late Action’ scenario of the 2021 Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario (CBES). The assessment suggests that no material

changes are required to the Group’s existing suite of economic scenarios used within the ECL calculation.

In Commercial Banking, an exploratory top-down analysis using sectoral modelling was adopted to estimate the specific ECL impact of

climate risk on commercial credit conditions. This assessment specifically targets agriculture, automotive, transport, oil and gas, real estate

and utilities sectors where climate impacts were judged to be more significant. Resulting sector-specific, climate-adjusted credit cycle

indices (CCI) were used to calculate probability of default and resulting ECL. These adjusted CCI model inputs combined external NGFS

phase IV scenarios with client level valuation impacts where available, alongside historic impairment data. Considering methodological

limitations, the additional ECL required was shown to be immaterial.

Physical and transition risk assessments

The Group has enhanced its assessment of transition risk on the UK mortgage portfolio by extending the scope from buy-to-let (BTL) to

also include Mainstream and Specialist Residential property portfolios. The assessment is now also performed with an account level

assessment of affordability and valuation impacts, with a more nuanced view of the potential of government to legislate a minimum EPC

requirement. Finally, the time period observed extends to 2050 with multiple transition points across multiple economic scenarios.

An affordability stress for customers was applied by considering multiple scenarios for home retrofitting taking place when changes in

regulation lead to higher minimum EPC rating requirements. The provision impact was assessed by transforming the account level

assessment of affordability and valuation impacts of each climate scenario to adjust inputs used in existing Probability of Default (PD)

parameters. As at 31 December 2024, the impact on ECL has been estimated to be less than £5 million (31 December 2023: less than £5

million) in BTL properties and less than £5 million (31 December 2023: not assessed) in Mainstream and Specialist portfolios.

The physical risk assessment on the UK mortgage portfolio in 2024 included both flooding and coastal erosion risk. The impacts were based

on a internally defined delayed transition outlook, out to 2050, aligned with the Group’s transition methodology. The assessment showed

that over 80 per cent of the book was not exposed to flood risk damage and over 99 per cent had no risk to coastal erosion damage. The

impact on ECL to customers exposed to the affordability risk from flood and coastal erosion damage has been estimated to be immaterial.

Whilst this supports no judgemental adjustment to ECL being required, where a top-down approach has been used it may not fully capture

the impact on loss rates emanating from being located in a high-risk area. Similarly the current assessment excludes the potential

affordability shocks or reduced insurance coverage that could occur due to possible changes to insurance policy initiatives in this area.

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  | ECL impact | ECL impact |
| Assessment | Nature of risk assessed | Portfolios assessed | At 31 December 2024 | At 31 December 2023 |
| Macroeconomic impact from climate scenario | Scenario risk – macro level | Retail | < £5 million | < £5 million |
| Sector level impacts from climate scenario | Scenario risk – sector level | Commercial Banking | < £15 million | < £15 million |
|  |  | (excluding Business Banking) |  |  |
| Retrofitting cost to meet EPC regulation | Transition risk | UK mortgages | < £10 million (BTL, | < £5 million (BTL) |
|  |  |  | Mainstream and |  |
|  |  |  | Specialist) |  |
| Flood and coastal erosion risk | Physical risk | UK mortgages | < £5 million (Flood | < £5 million (Flood) |
|  |  |  | and coastal erosion) |  |

The climate risk assessments above remain limited due to the degree of uncertainty underpinning key assumptions used, as well as the

continuing developmental nature of the data, approach and models used in the quantification. These include, but are not limited to, the

analyses being restricted to PD impacts only; considering only the most material hazards for UK mortgages (flood and coastal erosion);

client valuation impacts not incorporating climate transition plans; the physical risk modelling for corporates currently excluding broader

components such as supply chain impacts, and more broadly the political landscape; future climate data enhancements and further model

development.

The ECL impacts resulting from these climate risk assessments remain immaterial. This continues to support management’s view that there

is a low residual risk of material error or omission in the Group’s financial statements due to climate-related risks and as a result no

adjustments have been made to ECL measured as at 31 December 2024. The current behavioural lives of the Group’s lending reduces the

potential exposure to the later emergence of potential physical climate impacts, with the incorporation of climate risk, in credit policy, as a

qualitative underwriting assessment within the Commercial Banking credit process and the origination process for mortgages providing

further mitigation on more recent originations.

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Note 22: Finance lease receivables

The Group’s finance lease receivables are classified as loans and advances to customers and accounted for at amortised cost. These

balances are analysed as follows:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| Not later than 1 year | 6,202 | 5,950 |
| Later than 1 year and not later than 2 years | 5,251 | 4,851 |
| Later than 2 years and not later than 3 years | 4,297 | 4,609 |
| Later than 3 years and not later than 4 years | 2,868 | 3,074 |
| Later than 4 years and not later than 5 years | 516 | 631 |
| Later than 5 years | 475 | 545 |
| Gross investment | 19,609 | 19,660 |
| Unearned future finance income | (2,447) | (2,272) |
| Rentals received in advance | (18) | (14) |
| Net investment | 17,144 | 17,374 |

Equipment leased to customers under finance lease receivables relates to financing transactions to fund the purchase of aircraft, ships,

motor vehicles and other items. There was an allowance for uncollectable finance lease receivables included in the allowance for

impairment losses of £368 million (2023: £360 million).

The Group’s finance lease assets are comprised as follows:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| Electric vehicles | 1,001 | 1,339 |
| Internal combustion engine vehicles | 11,557 | 11,465 |
| Self-charging hybrid vehicles | 347 | 238 |
| Plug-in hybrid vehicles | 1,306 | 908 |
| Other | 2,933 | 3,424 |
| Net investment | 17,144 | 17,374 |

Note 23: Goodwill and other intangible assets

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  | Acquired |  |  |
|  |  |  | Purchased | Customer- | value of | Capitalised |  |
|  |  |  | credit card | related | in-force | software |  |
|  | Goodwill | Brands | relationships | intangibles | business | enhancements | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Cost  1  : |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| At 1 January 2023 | 2,999 | 589 | 1,002 | 572 | 834 | 7,716 | 13,712 |
| Exchange and other adjustments | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Additions and acquisitions | 143 | 2 | – | 180 | – | 1,494 | 1,819 |
| Disposals and write-offs | – | – | – | (70) | – | (292) | (362) |
| At 31 December 2023 | 3,142 | 591 | 1,002 | 682 | 834 | 8,918 | 15,169 |
| Exchange and other adjustments | – | – | – | 3 | – | (5) | (2) |
| Additions and acquisitions | – | – | – | – | – | 1,259 | 1,259 |
| Disposals and write-offs  2 | (50) | – | – | (423) | – | (216) | (689) |
| At 31 December 2024 | 3,092 | 591 | 1,002 | 262 | 834 | 9,956 | 15,737 |
| Accumulated amortisation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| At 1 January 2023 | 344 | 204 | 692 | 541 | 660 | 3,656 | 6,097 |
| Exchange and other adjustments | – | – | – | 3 | – | (3) | – |
| Charge for the year  3 | – | 1 | 70 | 9 | 20 | 1,028 | 1,128 |
| Disposals and write-offs | – | – | – | (70) | – | (292) | (362) |
| At 31 December 2023 | 344 | 205 | 762 | 483 | 680 | 4,389 | 6,863 |
| Exchange and other adjustments | – | – | – | 3 | – | (12) | (9) |
| Charge for the year  3 | – | 1 | 70 | 13 | 17 | 1,221 | 1,322 |
| Disposals and write-offs | – | – | – | (422) | – | (205) | (627) |
| At 31 December 2024 | 344 | 206 | 832 | 77 | 697 | 5,393 | 7,549 |
| Balance sheet amount at 31 December 2024 | 2,748 | 385 | 170 | 185 | 137 | 4,563 | 8,188 |
| Balance sheet amount at 31 December 2023 | 2,798 | 386 | 240 | 199 | 154 | 4,529 | 8,306 |

1  For acquisitions made prior to 1 January 2004, the date of transition to IFRS Accounting Standards, cost is included net of amounts amortised up to 31 December 2003.

2  Disposals and write-offs includes goodwill of £50 million that has been classified as disposal group assets and presented within other assets in note 24. Further information on the

disposal group is provided in note 24.

3 The charge for the year is recognised in operating expenses (note 10).

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

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Note 23: Goodwill and other intangible assets continued

Goodwill

The goodwill held in the Group’s balance sheet is tested at least annually for impairment. For the purposes of impairment testing the

goodwill is allocated to the appropriate cash-generating unit; of the total balance of £2,748 million (2023: £2,798 million), £2,121 million, or

77 per cent (2023: £2,171 million, 78 per cent) has been allocated to the Life and pensions cash-generating unit; £302 million, or 11 per cent

(2023: £302 million, 11 per cent) has been allocated to the Credit card cash-generating unit in the Group’s Retail division; and £310 million,

or 11 per cent (2023: £309 million, 11 per cent) to the Motor business cash-generating units, both in the Group’s Retail division.

The recoverable amount of the goodwill relating to Scottish Widows, in the Life and pensions business, is based on a value-in-use

calculation. The calculation uses pre-tax projections of future cash flows based upon budgets and plans approved by management covering

a four-year period, the related run-off of existing business in-force and a discount rate (pre-tax) of 11.0 per cent. The budgets and plans are

based upon past experience adjusted to take into account anticipated changes in sales volumes, product mix and margins having regard to

expected market conditions (which will reflect current and future risks, such as climate and expected economic activity conditions) and

competitor activity. The discount rate is determined with reference to internal measures and available industry information. New business

cash flows beyond the four-year period have been extrapolated using a reducing balance growth rate that falls from 3.5 per cent to 2.0 per

cent after 20 years, which does not exceed the long-term average growth rate for the life assurance market. Management believes that any

reasonably possible change in the key assumptions above would not cause the recoverable amount of the goodwill relating to Scottish

Widows to fall below its balance sheet carrying value.

The recoverable amount of the goodwill relating to the Motor business is based on a value-in-use calculation using post-tax cash flow

projections based on financial budgets and plans approved by management covering a four-year period and a discount rate (post-tax) of

10.5 per cent, based on the Group’s cost of equity. This is equivalent to a pre-tax rate of 14.0 per cent. The budgets and plans are based

upon past experience adjusted to take into account anticipated changes in sales volumes having regard to expected market conditions and

competitor activity. The cash flows beyond the four-year period are extrapolated using a growth rate of 3.5 per cent which does not

exceed the long-term average growth rates for the markets in which the Motor business participates. Management believes that any

reasonably possible change in the key assumptions, including from the impacts of climate change or climate-related legislation, would not

cause the recoverable amount of the goodwill relating to the Motor business to fall below the balance sheet carrying value.

The recoverable amount of the goodwill relating to Credit cards has been based on a value-in-use calculation using post-tax cash flow

projections based on financial budgets and plans approved by management covering a four-year period and a discount rate (post-tax) of

10.5 per cent, based on the Group’s cost of equity. This is equivalent to a pre-tax rate of 14.0 per cent. The budgets and plans are based

upon past experience adjusted to take into account anticipated changes in credit card volumes having regard to expected market

conditions and competitor activity. The cash flows beyond the four-year period assume 3.5 per cent growth, which does not exceed the

long-term average growth rates for the markets in which the Cards business participates. Management believes that any reasonably

possible change in the key assumptions above would not cause the recoverable amount of the goodwill relating to Credit cards to fall

below the balance sheet carrying value.

Other intangible assets

The brand arising from the acquisition of Bank of Scotland in 2009 is recognised on the Group’s balance sheet and has been determined to

have an indefinite useful life. The carrying value at 31 December 2024 was £380 million (2023: £380 million). The Bank of Scotland name

has been in existence for over 300 years and there are no indications that the brand should not have an indefinite useful life. The

recoverable amount has been based on a value-in-use calculation. The calculation uses post-tax projections for a four-year period of the

income generated by the Bank of Scotland cash-generating unit, a discount rate of 10.5 per cent and a future growth rate of 3.5 per cent.

Management believes that any reasonably possible change in the key assumptions would not cause the recoverable amount of the Bank of

Scotland brand to fall below its balance sheet carrying value.

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Note 24: Other assets

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| Insurance contract assets | – | 1 |
| Reinsurance contract assets  2 | 422 | 442 |
| Investment in joint ventures and associates | 542 | 401 |
| Property, plant and equipment: |  |  |
| Investment properties (see below) | 3,281 | 2,862 |
| Premises | 1,100 | 920 |
| Equipment | 879 | 1,170 |
| Operating lease assets (see below) | 7,265 | 6,523 |
| Right-of-use assets (note 25) | 872 | 1,055 |
|  | 13,397 | 12,530 |
| Prepayments | 1,634 | 1,455 |
| Disposal group assets  1  : |  |  |
| Deferred tax assets | 13 | – |
| Goodwill | 50 | – |
| Reinsurance contract assets  2 | 5,059 | – |
|  | 5,122 | – |
| Other assets | 3,671 | 2,315 |
| Total other assets | 24,788 | 17,144 |

1  On 13 March 2024, the Group entered into a business transfer agreement with Rothesay Life plc for the sale of the Group’s bulk annuity business and to pursue the transfer of

associated business assets and assumed liabilities under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. A reinsurance agreement between the Group and Rothesay Life plc

was signed on 30 April 2024 to materially de-risk the Group’s bulk annuity portfolio. The Part VII process is subject to approval by the High Court, through a process in which regulators

and policyholders are given the opportunity to object. The Group expects the Part VII to take place in June 2025. During the year the assets and liabilities the Group expects to

derecognise as a result of the Part VII transfer were reclassified to disposal group assets and disposal group liabilities. Disposal group assets are presented within other assets, and

disposal group liabilities are presented within other liabilities in note 27. Disposal group assets and disposal group liabilities are included in the Insurance, Pensions and Investments

operating segment.

2  The Group’s reinsurance contract assets have increased by £5,039 million from £442 million to £5,481 million predominantly as a result of entering into the reinsurance agreement with

Rothesay Life plc in relation to the Group’s bulk annuity business. At 30 April 2024 the Group recognised a reinsurance contract asset of £5,418 million (comprised of present value of

future cash flows of £5,087 million, risk adjustment for non-financial risk of £35 million and contractual service margin of £296 million). The balance of all reinsurance contract assets at

31 December 2024 of £5,481 million (2023: £442 million) held comprises the following: asset for remaining coverage (excluding loss-recovery component) of £5,060 million (2023:

£57 million), asset for remaining coverage loss-recovery component of £278 million (2023: £271 million) and asset for incurred claims of £143 million (2023: £114 million); the

measurement components insurance contract assets being present value of future cash flows of £4,910 million (2023: £162 million), risk adjustment for non-financial risk of £71 million

(2023: £70 million) and contractual service margin of £500 million (2023: £210 million).

Investment properties

The Group’s investment properties are predominantly held by the Insurance, Pensions and Investments business where they back

policyholder liabilities. They are valued by external Chartered Surveyors using industry standard techniques based on guidance from the

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. The valuation methodology includes an assessment of general market conditions and sector level

transactions and takes account of expectations of occupancy rates, rental income and growth. Property valuations undergo individual

scrutiny using cash flow analysis to factor in the timing of rental reviews, capital expenditure, lease incentives, dilapidation and operating

expenses; these reviews utilise both observable and unobservable inputs. Within the fair value hierarchy, all of the Group’s investment

properties are categorised as level 3 (see note 17 for details of levels in the fair value hierarchy). The table below analyses movements in

level 3 investment properties, which are carried at fair value.

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | 2,862 | 2,532 |
| Acquisition of new properties | 640 | 450 |
| Additional expenditure on existing properties | 26 | 19 |
| Change in fair value (note 7) | 67 | (87) |
| Disposals | (314) | (52) |
| At 31 December | 3,281 | 2,862 |

Rental income of £172 million (2023: £146 million) and direct operating expenses of £44 million (2023: £16 million) arising from investment

properties that generate rental income have been recognised in the income statement.

Capital expenditure in respect of investment properties which had been contracted for but not recognised in the financial statements was

£236 million (2023: £488 million).

Operating lease assets where the Group is lessor

Equipment leased to customers under operating leases primarily relates to vehicle contract hire arrangements. At 31 December the future

minimum rentals receivable under non-cancellable operating leases were as follows:

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Within 1 year | 1 to 2 years | 2 to 3 years | 3 to 4 years | 4 to 5 years | Over 5 years | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 31 December 2024 | 1,577 | 956 | 821 | 365 | 85 | 6 | 3,810 |
| At 31 December 2023 | 1,336 | 857 | 680 | 309 | 70 | 4 | 3,256 |

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

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Note 24: Other assets continued

Equipment leased to customers under operating leases primarily relates to vehicle contract hire arrangements. Operating lease assets are

comprised as follows:

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| Electric vehicles | 3,894 | 3,259 |
| Internal combustion engine vehicles | 1,630 | 1,815 |
| Self-charging hybrid vehicles | 166 | 186 |
| Plug-in hybrid vehicles | 1,575 | 1,258 |
| Other | – | 5 |
| Total operating lease assets | 7,265 | 6,523 |

Note 25: Lessee disclosures

The table below sets out the movement in the Group’s right-of-use assets, which are primarily in respect of premises, and are recognised

within other assets (note 24).

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | 1,055 | 1,156 |
| Exchange and other adjustments | 2 | 3 |
| Additions | 128 | 136 |
| Disposals | (115) | (31) |
| Depreciation charge for the year | (198) | (209) |
| At 31 December | 872 | 1,055 |

The Group’s lease liabilities are recognised within other liabilities (note 27). The maturity analysis of the Group’s lease liabilities on an

undiscounted basis is set out in the liquidity risk section.

The total cash outflow for leases in the year ended 31 December 2024 was £202 million (2023: £215 million). The amount recognised within

interest expense in respect of lease liabilities is disclosed in note 5.

Note 26: Debt securities in issue

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |  |
|  | At fair value | At |  | At fair value | At |  |
|  | through profit | amortised |  | through profit | amortised |  |
|  | or loss | cost | Total | or loss | cost | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Senior unsecured notes issued | 4,608 | 40,019 | 44,627 | 5,242 | 37,038 | 42,280 |
| Covered bonds | – | 11,764 | 11,764 | – | 14,243 | 14,243 |
| Certificates of deposit issued | – | 5,776 | 5,776 | – | 8,059 | 8,059 |
| Securitisation notes | 22 | 5,185 | 5,207 | 23 | 4,211 | 4,234 |
| Commercial paper | – | 8,090 | 8,090 | – | 12,041 | 12,041 |
| Total debt securities in issue | 4,630 | 70,834 | 75,464 | 5,265 | 75,592 | 80,857 |

Covered bonds and securitisation programmes

At 31 December 2024, the covered bonds held by external parties and those held internally, were secured on certain loans and advances to

customers amounting to £26,202 million (2023: £27,019 million) which have been assigned to bankruptcy remote limited liability

partnerships to provide security for issues of covered bonds by the Group. The Group retains all of the risks and rewards associated with

these loans and the partnerships are consolidated fully with the loans retained on the Group’s balance sheet.

The Group has two covered bond programmes, which have ring-fence asset pools and guarantee the covered bonds issued by the Group.

At the reporting date the Group had over-collateralised these programmes to meet the terms of the programmes, to secure the rating of

the covered bonds and to provide operational flexibility. From time to time, the obligations of the Group to provide collateral may increase

due to the formal requirements of the programmes. The Group may also voluntarily contribute collateral to support the ratings of the

covered bonds.

Covered bonds includes Pfandbriefe, which the Group issued for the first time in 2024.

The Group’s securitisation vehicles issue notes that are held both externally and internally, and are secured on loans and advances to

customers amounting to £27,657 million at 31 December 2024 (2023: £30,716 million), the majority of which have been sold by subsidiary

companies to bankruptcy remote structured entities. As the structured entities are funded by the issue of debt on terms whereby the

majority of the risks and rewards of the portfolio are retained by the subsidiary, the structured entities are consolidated fully and all of

these loans are retained on the Group’s balance sheet.

Certain loans and advances to customers have been assigned to bankruptcy remote limited liability partnerships.

Cash deposits of £3,256 million (2023: £3,794 million) which support the debt securities issued by the structured entities, the term

advances related to covered bonds and other legal obligations, are held by the Group. Additionally, the Group has certain contractual

arrangements to provide liquidity facilities to some of these structured entities. At 31 December 2024 these obligations had not been

triggered; the maximum exposure under these facilities was £11 million (2023: £29 million).

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 26: Debt securities in issue continued

The Group recognises the full liabilities associated with its securitisation and covered bond programmes within debt securities in issue,

although the obligations of the Group in respect of its securitisation issuances are limited to the cash flows generated from the underlying

assets. The Group could be required to provide additional support to a number of the securitisation programmes to support the credit

ratings of the debt securities issued, in the form of increased cash reserves and the holding of subordinated notes. Further, certain

programmes contain contractual obligations that require the Group to repurchase assets should they become credit-impaired or as

otherwise required by the transaction documents. The Group has not provided financial or other support by voluntarily offering to

repurchase assets from any of its public securitisation programmes during 2024 (2023: none).

Note 27: Other liabilities

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 |
|  | £m | £m |
| Third party interests in consolidated funds  1 | 10,706 | 10,518 |
| Lease liabilities | 1,261 | 1,632 |
| Disposal group liabilities  2  : |  |  |
| Liabilities arising from insurance contracts | 5,268 | – |
| Other creditors and accruals | 8,683 | 6,876 |
| Total other liabilities | 25,918 | 19,026 |

1  Where a collective investment vehicle is consolidated, the interests of parties other than the Group are reported at fair value in other liabilities.

2  Further information on the disposal group is provided in note 24.

The maturity analysis of the Group’s lease liabilities on an undiscounted basis is set out in the liquidity risk section on page 188.

Note 28: Provisions

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

Critical judgement: Determining whether a present obligation exists and whether it is more likely than not that an outflow of

resources will be required to settle that obligation

Key sources of estimation uncertainty: Populations impacted, level of remediation and response rates

Determining the amount of the provisions, which represent management’s best estimate of the cost of settling these issues, requires the

exercise of significant judgement and estimation. It will often be necessary to form a view on matters which are inherently uncertain, such

as the scope of reviews required by regulators, and to estimate the number of future complaints, the extent to which they will be upheld,

the average cost of redress and the impact of decisions reached by legal and other review processes that may be relevant to claims

received. Consequently, the continued appropriateness of the underlying assumptions is reviewed on a regular basis against actual

experience and other relevant evidence and adjustments made to the provisions where appropriate.

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Provisions |  |  |  |
|  | for financial | Regulatory |  |  |
|  | commitments | and legal |  |  |
|  | and guarantees | provisions | Other | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January 2024 | 322 | 1,105 | 650 | 2,077 |
| Exchange and other adjustments | (1) | (3) | (1) | (5) |
| Provisions applied | – | (401) | (488) | (889) |
| Charge (release) for the year | (51) | 899 | 282 | 1,130 |
| At 31 December 2024 | 270 | 1,600 | 443 | 2,313 |

Provisions for financial commitments and guarantees

Provisions are recognised for expected credit losses on undrawn loan commitments and financial guarantees.

Regulatory and legal provisions

In the course of its business, the Group is engaged on a regular basis in discussions with UK and overseas regulators and other governmental

authorities on a range of matters, including legal and regulatory reviews and, from time to time, enforcement investigations (including in

relation to compliance with applicable laws and regulations, such as those relating to prudential regulation, consumer protection,

investment advice, employment, business conduct, systems and controls, environmental, sustainability, competition/anti-trust, tax, anti-

bribery, anti-money laundering and sanctions). Any matters discussed or identified during such discussions and inquiries may result in,

among other things, further inquiry or investigation, other action being taken by governmental and/or regulatory authorities, increased

costs being incurred by the Group, remediation of systems and controls, public or private censure, restriction of the Group’s business

activities and/or fines. The Group also receives complaints in connection with its past conduct and claims brought by or on behalf of

current and former employees, customers (including their appointed representatives), investors and other third parties and is subject to

legal proceedings and other legal actions from time to time. Any events or circumstances disclosed could have a material adverse effect on

the Group’s financial position, operations or cash flows. Provisions are held where the Group can reliably estimate a probable outflow of

economic resources. The ultimate liability of the Group may be significantly more, or less, than the amount of any provision recognised. If

the Group is unable to determine a reliable estimate, a contingent liability is disclosed. The recognition of a provision does not amount to

an admission of liability or wrongdoing on the part of the Group. During the year ended 31 December 2024 the Group charged a further

£899 million in respect of legal actions and other regulatory matters and the unutilised balance at 31 December 2024 was £1,600 million

(31 December 2023: £1,105 million). The most significant items are outlined below.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 28: Provisions continued

Motor commission review

The Group recognised a £450 million provision in 2023 for the potential impact of the FCA review into historical motor finance commission

arrangements and sales announced in January 2024. In the fourth quarter of 2024, a further £700 million provision has been recognised in

relation to motor finance commission arrangements, in light of the Court of Appeal (CoA) decisions handed down in their judgment in

Wrench, Johnson and Hopcraft (WJH) in October 2024, which goes beyond the scope of the original FCA motor finance commissions

review.

The CoA judgment in WJH, determined that motor dealers acting as credit brokers owe certain duties to disclose to their customers

commission payable to them by lenders, and that lenders will be liable for dealers’ non-disclosures. This sets a higher bar for the disclosure

of and consent to the existence, nature, and quantum of any commission paid than had been understood to be required or applied across

the motor finance industry prior to the decision. The Group’s understanding of compliant disclosure was built on FCA and other regulatory

guidance and previous legal authorities. These CoA decisions relate to commission disclosure and consent obligations which go beyond the

scope of the current FCA motor finance commissions review. The Supreme Court granted the relevant lenders permission to appeal the

WJH judgment and the substantive hearing is scheduled to be heard on 1 April to 3 April 2025.

Following the WJH decision, the FCA extended their temporary complaint handling rules in relation to discretionary commission

arrangements (DCA) complaints to include non-DCA commission complaints until December 2025. The FCA has also announced that it

intends to set out next steps in its review into DCAs in May 2025 and hopes to provide an update on motor finance non-DCA complaints at

the same time, but its next steps in relation to both types of complaint will depend on the progress of the appeal to the Supreme Court of

WJH and the timing and nature of any decision. In addition, there are a number of other relevant judicial proceedings which may influence

the eventual outcome, including a judicial review (which is now subject to appeal) of a final decision by the Financial Ombudsman Service

(FOS) against another lender that was heard in October 2024.

The Group continues to receive complaints as well as claims in the County Courts in respect of motor finance commissions. A large number

of those claims have been stayed, as has a claim in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

In establishing the provision estimate, the Group has created a number of scenarios to address uncertainties around a number of key

assumptions. These include the potential outcomes of the Supreme Court appeal, any steps that the FCA may take and outcomes in

relation to the extent of harm and remedies. Other key assumptions include applicable commission models, commission rates, time

periods, response rates, uphold rates, levels of redress / interest applied and costs to deliver. The Group will continue to assess

developments and potential impacts, including the outcome of the appeals, any announcement by the FCA of their next steps, and any

action by other regulators or government bodies. Given that there is a significant level of uncertainty in terms of the eventual outcome, the

ultimate financial impact could materially differ from the amount provided.

HBOS Reading – review

The Group continues to apply the recommendations from Sir Ross Cranston’s review, issued in December 2019, including a reassessment of

direct and consequential losses by an independent panel (the Foskett Panel), an extension of debt relief and a wider definition of de facto

directors. The Foskett Panel’s full scope and methodology was published on 7 July 2020. The Foskett Panel’s stated objective is to consider

cases via a non-legalistic and fair process and to make its decisions in a generous, fair and common sense manner, assessing claims against

an expanded definition of the fraud and on a lower evidential basis.

In June 2022, the Foskett Panel announced an alternative option, in the form of a fixed sum award which could be accepted as an

alternative to participation in the full re-review process, to support earlier resolution of claims for those deemed by the Foskett Panel to be

victims of the fraud.

Virtually all of the population have now had decisions via the Fixed Sum Award process, with operational costs, redress and tax costs

associated with the re-reviews recognised within the amount provided.

Notwithstanding the settled claims and the increase in outcomes which builds confidence in the full estimated cost, uncertainties remain

and the final outcome could be different. There is no confirmed timeline for the completion of the re-review process nor the review by

Dame Linda Dobbs. The Group remains committed to implementing the recommendations in full.

Payment protection insurance (PPI)

The Group continues to challenge PPI litigation cases, with mainly operational costs and legal fees associated with litigation activity

recognised within regulatory and legal provisions.

Customer claims in relation to insurance branch business in Germany

The Group continues to receive claims from customers in Germany relating to policies issued by Clerical Medical Investment Group Limited

(subsequently renamed Scottish Widows Limited), with smaller numbers of claims received from customers in Austria and Italy.

Operational costs, redress and legal fees associated with the claims are recognised within regulatory and legal provisions.

Other

The Group carries provisions of £154 million (31 December 2023: £137 million) in respect of dilapidations, rent reviews and other property-

related matters.

Provisions are also made for staff and other costs related to Group restructuring initiatives at the point at which the Group becomes

committed to the expenditure; at 31 December 2024 provisions of £135 million (31 December 2023: £245 million) were held.

The Group carries provisions of £35 million (31 December 2023: £46 million) for indemnities and other matters relating to legacy business

disposals in prior years. Whilst there remains significant uncertainty as to the timing of the utilisation of the provisions, the Group expects

the majority of the remaining provisions to have been utilised by 31 December 2026.

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Note 29: Subordinated liabilities

The movement in subordinated liabilities during the year was as follows:

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Preference |  |  |  |
|  | shares | Undated | Dated | Total |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January 2023 | 470 | 150 | 10,110 | 10,730 |
| Issued during the year  1  : |  |  |  |  |
| 6.625% Fixed Rate Reset Dated Subordinated Notes 2033 (£750 million) | – | – | 747 | 747 |
| 5.25% Fixed Rate Reset Dated Subordinated Notes 2033 (S$500 million) | – | – | 288 | 288 |
| Fixed-to-Floating Rate Dated Subordinated Notes 2033 (A$750 million) | – | – | 382 | 382 |
|  | – | – | 1,417 | 1,417 |
| Repurchases and redemptions during the year  1  : |  |  |  |  |
| 9.625% Subordinated Bonds 2023 (£300 million) | – | – | (92) | (92) |
| 7.07% Subordinated Fixed Rate Notes 2023 (€175 million) | – | – | (155) | (155) |
| 5.5% Dated Subordinated Notes 2023 (£850 million) | – | – | (850) | (850) |
| Dated Subordinated Fixed Rate Reset Notes 2028 (€750 million) | – | – | (643) | (643) |
| 8.75% Perpetual Subordinated Bonds (£100 million) | – | (5) | – | (5) |
| 7.375% Subordinated Undated Instruments (£150 million) | – | – | – | – |
| 8% Undated Subordinated Step-up Notes 2023 (£200 million) | – | – | – | – |
|  | – | (5) | (1,740) | (1,745) |
| Foreign exchange movements | (2) | – | (379) | (381) |
| Other movements (cash and non-cash)  2 | (2) | (1) | 235 | 232 |
| At 31 December 2023 | 466 | 144 | 9,643 | 10,253 |
| Issued during the year  1  : |  |  |  |  |
| 4.375% Fixed Rate Reset Dated Subordinated Notes 2034 (€500 million) | – | – | 427 | 427 |
| 5.788% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Dated Subordinated Notes 2034 (A$250 million) | – | – | 128 | 128 |
| Floating Rate Dated Subordinated Notes 2034 (A$500 million) | – | – | 257 | 257 |
|  | – | – | 812 | 812 |
| Repurchases and redemptions during the year  1  : |  |  |  |  |
| 6.475% Non-cumulative Preference Shares callable 2024 (£186 million) | (47) | – | – | (47) |
| 4.5% Dated Subordinated Notes 2024 ($1,000 million) | – | – | (772) | (772) |
|  | (47) | – | (772) | (819) |
| Foreign exchange movements | (1) | – | (24) | (25) |
| Other movements (cash and non-cash)  2 | (5) | 1 | (128) | (132) |
| At 31 December 2024 | 413 | 145 | 9,531 | 10,089 |

1  Issuances in the year generated cash inflows of £812 million (2023: £1,417 million); the repurchases and redemptions resulted in cash outflows of £819 million (2023: £1,745 million).

2  Other movements include hedge accounting movements and cash payments in respect of interest on subordinated liabilities in the year amounting to £622 million (2023: £623 million)

offset by the interest expense in respect of subordinated liabilities of £738 million (2023: £712 million).

These securities will, in the event of the winding-up of the issuer, be subordinated to the claims of depositors and all other creditors of the

issuer, other than creditors whose claims rank equally with, or are junior to, the claims of the holders of the subordinated liabilities. The

subordination of specific subordinated liabilities is determined in respect of the issuer and any guarantors of that liability. The claims of

holders of preference shares and preferred securities are generally junior to those of the holders of undated subordinated liabilities, which in

turn are junior to the claims of holders of the dated subordinated liabilities.

Preference shares

The Company has in issue various classes of preference shares, with a nominal value of £74 million (296,227,449 shares), which are all

classified as liabilities under IFRS accounting standards and are shown below. This represents 0.49 per cent of the total issued share capital

(60,913,240,420 shares) of the Group.

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | Number of shares |  |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| 6% Non-cumulative Redeemable Preference shares of GBP0.25 | 400 | 400 | 400 |
| 6.475% Non-cumulative Preference shares of GBP0.25 | – | 47,273,816 | 47,273,816 |
| 9.25% Non-cumulative Irredeemable Preference shares of GBP0.25 | 252,510,147 | 252,510,147 | 252,510,147 |
| 9.75% Non-cumulative Irredeemable Preference shares of GBP0.25 | 43,630,285 | 43,630,285 | 43,630,285 |
| 6.413% Non-cumulative Fixed/Floating Rate Callable Preference shares of USD0.25 | 48,990 | 48,990 | 48,990 |
| 6.657% Non-cumulative Fixed/Floating Rate Callable Preference shares of USD0.25 | 37,627 | 37,627 | 37,627 |
| Total | 296,227,449 | 343,501,265 | 343,501,265 |

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 29: Subordinated liabilities continued

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  |  | 2022 |
|  |  | % of |  | % of |  | % of |
|  |  | share |  | share |  | share |
|  | £m | capital | £m | capital | £m | capital |
| 6% Non-cumulative Redeemable Preference shares of GBP0.25 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6.475% Non-cumulative Preference shares of GBP0.25 | – | – | 12 | 0.07 | 12 | 0.07 |
| 9.25% Non-cumulative Irredeemable Preference shares of  GBP0.25 | 63 | 0.42 | 63 | 0.40 | 63 | 0.37 |
| 9.75% Non-cumulative Irredeemable Preference shares of  GBP0.25 | 11 | 0.07 | 11 | 0.07 | 11 | 0.06 |
| 6.413% Non-cumulative Fixed/Floating Rate Callable Preference |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| shares of USD0.25 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6.657% Non-cumulative Fixed/Floating Rate Callable Preference |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| shares of USD0.25 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 74 | 0.49 | 86 | 0.54 | 86 | 0.50 |

In any general meeting of the Company which is held as a physical general meeting, a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be

decided by a poll unless the chair of the meeting determines that such resolution shall be decided on a show of hands, although in certain

circumstances such decision may be overridden by a sufficient number of shareholders demanding a poll. At a general meeting of the

Company, every holder of shares (whether ordinary or preference shares) who is present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote, shall

have one vote per share in relation to the resolutions on which they are entitled, respectively, to vote, whether such vote is held on a poll or

a show of hands.

100 per cent of preference shares have voting rights. The preference shares represent 0.49 per cent of the total voting rights of the

Company, the remainder being represented by the ordinary shares.

The rights and obligations attaching to the preference shares are set out in:

i. the Company’s articles of association, a copy of which can be obtained from Companies House or from our website

(www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/who-we-are/group-overview/corporate-governance.html

);

ii. in respect of the 6 per cent Non-cumulative Redeemable Preference shares, in Companies House form 128(1) filed at Companies

House on 12 January 2005, a copy of which is available from Companies House (www.companieshouse.gov.uk

); and

iii. in respect of the other classes of preference shares, in the prospectus dated 20 November 2008 and published on the

National Storage Mechanism on that date, a copy of which prospectus is available on the National Storage Mechanism

(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

).

None of the preference shares have any multiple or unequal voting rights.

As at 31 December 2024, the free float percentage of all of the Company’s ordinary and preference listed shares in issue was over 99.99 per

cent, by both number of shares and nominal value. The balance was comprised of the 400 unlisted 6 per cent Non-cumulative Redeemable

Preference shares of GBP0.25 each referred to above (£100 in total).

Note 30: Share capital

Issued and fully paid ordinary share capital

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | Number of shares |  |
| Ordinary shares of 10p (formerly 25p) each | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| At 1 January | 63,569,225,662 | 67,287,852,204 | 71,022,593,135 |
| Issued under employee share schemes | 734,265,017 | 667,636,165 | 793,990,660 |
| Share buyback programme (note 33) | (3,686,477,708) | (4,386,262,707) | (4,528,731,591) |
| At 31 December | 60,617,012,971 | 63,569,225,662 | 67,287,852,204 |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  |
|  |  | % of |  | % of |  | % of |
|  |  | share |  | share |  | share |
| Ordinary shares of 10p (formerly 25p) each | £m | capital | £m | capital | £m | capital |
| At 1 January | 6,358 |  | 6,729 |  | 7,102 |  |
| Issued under employee share schemes | 73 |  | 67 |  | 80 |  |
| Share buyback programme (note 33) | (369) |  | (438) |  | (453) |  |
| At 31 December | 6,062 | 99.52 | 6,358 | 99.46 | 6,729 | 99.50 |

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 30: Share capital continued

Ordinary shares

As permitted by the Companies Act 2006, the Company removed references to authorised share capital from its articles of association at

the annual general meeting on 5 June 2009. This change took effect from 1 October 2009. There are no restrictions on the transfer of shares

in the Company other than as set out in the articles of association and:

• Certain restrictions which may from time to time be imposed by law and regulations (for example, insider trading laws)

• Where directors and certain employees of the Company require the approval of the Company to deal in the Company’s shares

• Pursuant to the rules of some of the Company’s employee share plans where certain restrictions may apply while the shares are subject

to the plans

Where, under an employee share plan operated by the Company, participants are the beneficial owners of shares but not the registered

owners, the voting rights are normally exercised by the registered owner at the direction of the participant. Outstanding awards and

options would normally vest and become exercisable on a change of control, subject to the satisfaction of any performance conditions at

that time.

All of the Company’s issued ordinary share capital is listed (i.e. the free float percentage of the ordinary shares is 100 per cent) and none of

the shares have any multiple or unequal voting rights; each share carries one vote. In addition, the Company is not aware of any agreements

between shareholders that may result in restrictions on the transfer of securities and/or voting rights.

The directors have authority to allot and issue ordinary and preference shares and to make market purchases of ordinary and preference

shares as granted at the annual general meeting on 16 May 2024. The authority to issue shares and the authority to make market purchases

of shares will expire at the next annual general meeting. Shareholders will be asked, at the annual general meeting, to give similar

authorities.

Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares, on a show of hands at a general meeting of the Company every holder of shares

present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote has one vote and on a poll every member present and entitled to vote has one vote for

every share held. The special rights attached to any class of shares (including preference shares) in the Company may, subject to the

statutory provisions, be varied or abrogated either with the consent in writing of the holders of three-quarters in nominal value of the

issued shares of the class or with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of the class

(but not otherwise).

The holders of ordinary shares, who held 100 per cent of the total ordinary share capital at 31 December 2024, are entitled to receive the

Company’s report and accounts, attend, speak and vote at general meetings and appoint proxies to exercise voting rights. Holders of

ordinary shares may also receive a dividend (subject to the provisions of the Company’s articles of association) and in the event of a

winding-up, may share in the assets of the Company.

The rights and obligations attached to the Company’s ordinary shares are set out in the Company’s articles of association, a copy of which

can be found at www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/who-we-are/group-overview/corporate-governance.html

→.

Preference shares

The Company has in issue various classes of preference shares which are all classified as liabilities under IFRS accounting standards and

which are included in note 29. The statement above (under the heading ‘Ordinary shares’) in relation to the variation of special rights

attaching to any shares is also applicable to preference shares.

Note 31: Earnings per share

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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders – basic and diluted | 3,923 | 4,933 | 3,389 |

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | million | million | million |
| Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue – basic | 62,413 | 64,953 | 68,847 |
| Adjustment for share options and awards | 661 | 807 | 835 |
| Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue – diluted | 63,074 | 65,760 | 69,682 |
| Basic earnings per share | 6.3p | 7.6p | 4.9p |
| Diluted earnings per share | 6.2p | 7.5p | 4.9p |

Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing the net profit attributable to equity shareholders by the weighted average number of

ordinary shares in issue during the year, which has been calculated after deducting 71 million (2023: 180 million; 2022: 198 million) ordinary

shares representing the Group’s holdings of own shares in respect of employee share schemes.

For the calculation of diluted earnings per share the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue is adjusted to assume conversion

of all dilutive potential ordinary shares that arise in respect of share options and awards granted to employees. The number of shares that

could have been acquired at the annual average price of the Company’s shares based on the monetary value of the subscription rights

attached to outstanding share options and awards is determined. This is deducted from the number of shares issuable under such options

and awards to leave a residual bonus amount of shares which are added to the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue, but no

adjustment is made to the profit attributable to equity shareholders.

There were 16 million anti-dilutive share options and awards excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share (2023: 41 million;

2022: 63 million).

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 32: Share premium account

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | 18,568 | 18,504 | 18,479 |
| Issued under employee share schemes | 117 | 64 | 25 |
| Redemption of preference shares  1 | 35 | – | – |
| At 31 December | 18,720 | 18,568 | 18,504 |

1 During the year ended 31 December 2024, the Group redeemed all of its outstanding 6.475% Non-cumulative Preference Shares at their combined sterling value of £47 million. These

preference shares had been accounted for as subordinated liabilities. On redemption an amount of £35 million was transferred from the distributable merger reserve to the share

premium account.

Note 33: Other reserves

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Merger reserve | 7,102 | 7,149 | 7,149 |
| Capital redemption reserve | 5,751 | 5,370 | 4,932 |
| Revaluation reserve in respect of debt securities held at fair value through other comprehensive income | (113) | (67) | 50 |
| Revaluation reserve in respect of equity shares held at fair value through other comprehensive income | 93 | – | 57 |
| Cash flow hedging reserve | (3,755) | (3,766) | (5,476) |
| Foreign currency translation reserve | (251) | (178) | (125) |
| At 31 December | 8,827 | 8,508 | 6,587 |

The merger reserve primarily comprises the premium on shares issued in January 2009 as part of the recapitalisation of the Group and the

acquisition of HBOS plc.

The capital redemption reserve represents transfers from distributable reserves in accordance with companies’ legislation upon the

redemption of ordinary and preference share capital.

The revaluation reserves in respect of debt securities and equity shares held at fair value through other comprehensive income represent

the cumulative after-tax unrealised change in the fair value of financial assets so classified since initial recognition; or in the case of financial

assets obtained on acquisitions of businesses, since the date of acquisition.

The cash flow hedging reserve represents the cumulative after-tax gains and losses on effective cash flow hedging instruments that will be

reclassified to the income statement in the periods in which the hedged item affects profit or loss.

The foreign currency translation reserve represents the cumulative after-tax gains and losses on the translation of foreign operations and

exchange differences arising on financial instruments designated as hedges of the Group’s net investment in foreign operations.

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| Merger reserve | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | 7,149 | 7,149 | 7,149 |
| Redemption of preference shares (note 29) | (47) | – | – |
| At 31 December | 7,102 | 7,149 | 7,149 |

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| Capital redemption reserve | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | 5,370 | 4,932 | 4,479 |
| Redemption of preference shares (note 29) | 12 | – | – |
| Shares cancelled under share buyback programme (see below) | 369 | 438 | 453 |
| At 31 December | 5,751 | 5,370 | 4,932 |

In 2024, 2023 and 2022 the Group commenced and completed share buyback programmes to repurchase outstanding ordinary shares. In

2024 the Group bought back and cancelled 3,686 million shares under the programme (2023: 4,386 million shares; 2022: 4,529 million

shares), for a total consideration, including expenses, of £2,011 million (2023: £1,993 million; 2022: £2,013 million). Upon cancellation,

£369 million (2023: £438 million; 2022: £453 million), being the nominal value of the shares repurchased, was transferred to the capital

redemption reserve.

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| Revaluation reserve in respect of debt securities held at fair value through other comprehensive income | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | (67) | 50 | 207 |
| Change in fair value | (53) | (40) | (133) |
| Deferred tax | 14 | 11 | 31 |
| Current tax | 1 | 1 | 8 |
|  | (38) | (28) | (94) |
| Income statement transfers in respect of disposals (note 9) | (7) | (122) | (92) |
| Deferred tax | 2 | 35 | 23 |
|  | (5) | (87) | (69) |
| Impairment recognised in the income statement | (3) | (2) | 6 |
| At 31 December | (113) | (67) | 50 |

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 33: Other reserves continued

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| Revaluation reserve in respect of equity shares held at fair value through other comprehensive income | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | – | 57 | 9 |
| Change in fair value | 93 | (54) | 44 |
| Deferred tax | – | (3) | 3 |
|  | 93 | (57) | 47 |
| Realised gains and losses transferred to retained profits | – | – | – |
| Deferred tax | – | – | 1 |
|  | – | – | 1 |
| At 31 December | 93 | – | 57 |

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| Cash flow hedging reserve | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | (3,766) | (5,476) | (457) |
| Change in fair value of hedging derivatives | (2,577) | 545 | (6,990) |
| Deferred tax | 719 | (160) | 1,940 |
|  | (1,858) | 385 | (5,050) |
| Net income statement transfers | 2,597 | 1,838 | 43 |
| Deferred tax | (728) | (513) | (12) |
|  | 1,869 | 1,325 | 31 |
| At 31 December | (3,755) | (3,766) | (5,476) |

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| Foreign currency translation reserve | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | (178) | (125) | (210) |
| Currency translation differences arising in the year | (73) | (53) | 116 |
| Income statement transfers | – | – | (31) |
| At 31 December | (251) | (178) | (125) |

Note 34: Retained profits

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | 6,790 | 6,550 | 8,318 |
| Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders | 3,923 | 4,933 | 3,389 |
| Post-retirement defined benefit scheme remeasurements (net of tax) | (564) | (1,205) | (2,152) |
| Gains and losses attributable to own credit risk (net of tax) | (56) | (168) | 364 |
| Dividends paid (note 36) | (1,828) | (1,651) | (1,475) |
| Share buyback programme (note 33) | (2,011) | (1,993) | (2,013) |
| Issue costs of other equity instruments (net of tax) | (6) | (6) | (5) |
| Repurchase and redemption costs of other equity instruments | (316) | – | (36) |
| Movement in treasury shares | (173) | 103 | (60) |
| Value of employee services | 153 | 227 | 224 |
| Change in non-controlling interests | – | – | (3) |
| Realised gains and losses on equity shares held at fair value through other comprehensive income | – | – | (1) |
| At 31 December | 5,912 | 6,790 | 6,550 |

Retained profits are stated after deducting £47 million (2023: £10 million; 2022: £196 million) representing 126 million (2023: 61 million;

2022: 688 million) treasury shares held.

The payment of dividends by subsidiaries and the ability of members of the Group to lend money to other members of the Group may be

subject to regulatory or legal restrictions, the availability of reserves and the financial and operating performance of the entity. A number of

Group subsidiaries, principally those with banking and insurance activities, are subject to regulatory capital requirements which require

minimum amounts of capital to be maintained relative to their size and risk. The Group actively manages the capital of its subsidiaries,

which includes monitoring the regulatory capital ratios for its banking and insurance subsidiaries and, on a consolidated basis, the Ring-

Fenced Bank sub-group, against approved risk appetite levels.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 35: Other equity instruments

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | 6,940 | 5,297 | 5,906 |
| Issued during the year: |  |  |  |
| $1,000 million 6.75% Fixed Rate Reset Additional Tier 1 Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible |  |  |  |
| Securities Callable 2031 | 763 | – | – |
| $1,250 million 8% Fixed Rate Reset Additional Tier 1 Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible |  |  |  |
| Securities Callable 2029 | – | 1,028 | – |
| £750 million 8.5% Fixed Rate Reset Additional Tier 1 Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible |  |  |  |
| Securities Callable 2028 | – | 750 | – |
| £750 million 8.5% Fixed Rate Reset Additional Tier 1 Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible |  |  |  |
| Securities Callable 2027 | – | – | 750 |
|  | 763 | 1,778 | 750 |
| Repurchases and redemptions during the year: |  |  |  |
| $1,675 million 7.5% Fixed Rate Reset Additional Tier 1 Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible |  |  |  |
| Securities | (1,008) | – | – |
| £500 million 5.125% Fixed Rate Reset Additional Tier 1 Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible |  |  |  |
| Securities Callable 2024 | (500) | – | – |
| £1,494 million 7.625% Fixed Rate Reset Additional Tier 1 Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible |  |  |  |
| Securities Callable 2023 | – | (135) | (1,359) |
|  | (1,508) | (135) | (1,359) |
| Profit for the year attributable to other equity holders | 498 | 527 | 438 |
| Distributions on other equity instruments | (498) | (527) | (438) |
| At 31 December | 6,195 | 6,940 | 5,297 |

The AT1 securities are Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Securities with no fixed maturity or

redemption date. The principal terms of the AT1 securities are described below:

• The securities rank behind the claims against Lloyds Banking Group plc of (a) unsubordinated creditors, (b) claims which are, or are

expressed to be, subordinated to the claims of unsubordinated creditors of Lloyds Banking Group plc but not further or otherwise, or (c)

whose claims are, or are expressed to be, junior to the claims of other creditors of Lloyds Banking Group, whether subordinated or

unsubordinated, other than those whose claims rank, or are expressed to rank, pari passu with, or junior to, the claims of the holders of

the AT1 securities in a winding-up occurring prior to a conversion event being triggered

• The securities bear a fixed rate of interest until the first reset date. After the first reset date or any reset date thereafter, in the event

that they are not redeemed, the AT1 securities will bear interest at rates fixed periodically in advance for five-year periods based on

market rates

• Interest on the securities will be due and payable only at the sole discretion of Lloyds Banking Group plc, and Lloyds Banking Group plc

may at any time elect to cancel any interest payment (or any part thereof) which would otherwise be payable on any interest payment

date. There are also certain restrictions on the payment of interest as specified in the terms

• The securities are undated and are repayable, at the option of Lloyds Banking Group plc, in whole at the first call date or period, or on

any fifth anniversary after the first call date or period. In addition, the AT1 securities are repayable, at the option of Lloyds Banking

Group plc, in whole for certain regulatory or tax reasons. Any repayments require the prior consent of the PRA

• The securities convert into ordinary shares of Lloyds Banking Group plc, at a pre-determined price, should the CET1 ratio of the Group

fall below 7.0 per cent

Note 36: Dividends on ordinary shares

The directors have recommended a final dividend, which is subject to approval by the shareholders at the annual general meeting on

15 May 2025, of 2.11 pence per ordinary share (2023: 1.84 pence per ordinary share), equivalent to £1,276 million, before the impact of any

cancellations of shares under the Company’s buyback programme (2023: £1,169 million, following cancellations of shares under the

Company’s 2024 buyback programme up to the record date), which will be paid on 20 May 2025. These financial statements do not reflect

the recommended dividend.

Dividends paid during the year were as follows:

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |  |  |  |
|  | pence per | pence per | pence per | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | share | share | share | £m | £m | £m |
| Final dividend recommended by directors at previous year end | 1.84 | 1.60 | 1.33 | 1,169 | 1,059 | 930 |
| Interim dividend paid in the year | 1.06 | 0.92 | 0.80 | 659 | 592 | 545 |
|  | 2.90 | 2.52 | 2.13 | 1,828 | 1,651 | 1,475 |

The trustees of the following holdings of Lloyds Banking Group plc shares in relation to employee share schemes retain the right to receive

dividends but have chosen to waive their entitlement to the dividends on those shares as indicated: the Lloyds Banking Group Share

Incentive Plan (holding at 31 December 2024: 590,670 shares, 31 December 2023: 3,280,207 shares, waived rights to all dividends) and the

Lloyds Banking Group Employee Share Ownership Trust (holding at 31 December 2024: 125,361,633 shares, 31 December 2023:

57,736,111 shares, waived rights to all dividends).

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 37: Related party transactions

Key management personnel

Key management personnel are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of an

entity; the Group’s key management personnel are the members of the Lloyds Banking Group plc Group Executive Committee together

with its non-executive directors.

The table below details, on an aggregated basis, key management personnel compensation:

Compensation

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Salaries and other short-term benefits | 14 | 16 | 12 |
| Post-employment benefits | – | – | – |
| Share-based payments | 20 | 22 | 16 |
| Total compensation | 34 | 38 | 28 |

There were no aggregate contributions in respect of key management personnel to defined contribution pension schemes (2023 and 2022:

none).

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | Share plans |  |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | million | million | million |
| At 1 January | 55 | 72 | 74 |
| Granted, including certain adjustments (includes entitlements of appointed key management personnel) | 78 | 27 | 29 |
| Exercised/lapsed (includes entitlements of former key management personnel) | (10) | (44) | (31) |
| At 31 December | 123 | 55 | 72 |

The  tables  below  detail,  on  an  aggregated  basis, balances  outstanding  at  the  year  end  and  related  income  and  expense, together  with

information relating to other transactions between the Group and its key management personnel:

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| Loans | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Advanced (includes loans to appointed key management personnel) | 1 | – | 1 |
| Repayments (includes loans to former key management personnel) | (1) | (1) | (2) |
| At 31 December | 1 | 1 | 2 |

The loans are on both a secured and unsecured basis and are expected to be settled in cash. The loans attracted interest rates of between

2.03 per cent and 32.40 per cent in 2024 (2023: 1.09 per cent and 32.40 per cent; 2022: 1.01 per cent and 30.15 per cent).

No provisions have been recognised in respect of loans given to key management personnel (2023 and 2022: £nil).

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| Deposits | £m | £m | £m |
| At 1 January | 14 | 10 | 11 |
| Placed (includes deposits of appointed key management personnel) | 31 | 44 | 37 |
| Withdrawn (includes deposits of former key management personnel) | (37) | (40) | (38) |
| At 31 December | 8 | 14 | 10 |

Deposits placed by key management personnel attracted interest rates of up to 6.25 per cent (2023: 6.25 per cent; 2022: 5.0 per cent).

At 31 December 2024, the Group did not provide any guarantees in respect of key management personnel (2023 and 2022: none).

At 31 December 2024, transactions, arrangements and agreements entered into by the Group’s banking subsidiaries with directors and

connected persons included amounts outstanding in respect of loans and credit card transactions of £29.0 thousand with five directors and

one connected persons (2023: £23.4 thousand with five directors and no connected persons; 2022: £2.0 thousand with two directors and

no connected persons).

Subsidiaries

Details of the Group’s subsidiaries and related undertakings are given on pages 318 to 331. In accordance with IFRS 10 Consolidated

Financial Statements, transactions and balances with subsidiaries have been eliminated on consolidation.

Pension funds

The Group provides banking and some investment management services to certain of its pension funds. At 31 December 2024, customer

deposits of £113 million (2023: £133 million) related to the Group’s pension funds. As disclosed in note 12, the Group’s main pension funds

have entered into a longevity insurance arrangement that was structured as a pass-through involving Scottish Widows.

Collective investment vehicles

The Group manages 88 (2023: 129) collective investment vehicles, such as Open-Ended Investment Companies (OEICs) and of these

50 (2023: 68) are consolidated. The Group invested £142 million (2023: £55 million) and redeemed £513 million (2023: £210 million) in the

unconsolidated collective investment vehicles during the year and had investments, at fair value, of £1,461 million (2023: £1,448 million) at

31 December. The Group earned fees of £82 million from the unconsolidated collective investment vehicles during 2024 (2023: £72 million).

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 37: Related party transactions continued

Joint ventures and associates

At 31 December 2024 there were loans and advances to customers of £45 million (2023: £47 million) outstanding and balances within

customer deposits of £13 million (2023: £6 million) relating to joint ventures and associates.

During the year the Group paid fees of £4 million (2023: £4 million) to its Schroders Personal Wealth joint venture.

In addition to the above balances, the Group has a number of other associates held by its venture capital business that it accounts for at

fair value through profit or loss. At 31 December 2024, these companies had total assets of £7,635 million (2023: £7,519 million), total

liabilities of £6,436 million (2023: £5,927 million) and for the year ended 31 December 2024 had turnover of £3,630 million (2023:

£3,381 million) and made a net loss of £328 million (2023: net loss of £293 million). In addition, the Group has provided £1,651 million (2023:

£1,574 million) of financing to these companies on which it received £116 million (2023: £120 million) of interest income in the year.

Note 38: Contingent liabilities, commitments and guarantees

Contingent liabilities, commitments and guarantees arising from the banking business

At 31 December 2024 contingent liabilities, such as performance bonds and letters of credit, arising from the banking business were

£2,605 million (31 December 2023: £2,849 million).

The contingent liabilities of the Group arise in the normal course of its banking business and it is not practicable to quantify their future

financial effect. Total commitments and guarantees were £148,619 million (31 December 2023: £143,319 million), of which in respect of

undrawn formal standby facilities, credit lines and other commitments to lend, £79,518 million (31 December 2023: £75,080 million) was

irrevocable.

Capital commitments

Excluding commitments in respect of investment property (note 24), capital expenditure contracted but not provided for at 31 December

2024 amounted to £640 million (2023: £1,240 million) and related to assets to be leased to customers under operating leases. The Group’s

management is confident that future net revenues and funding will be sufficient to cover these commitments.

Interchange fees

With respect to multi-lateral interchange fees (MIFs), the Group is not a party in the ongoing or threatened litigation which involves the

card schemes Visa and Mastercard or any settlements of such litigation. However, the Group is a member/licensee of Visa and Mastercard

and other card schemes. The litigation in question is as follows:

• Litigation brought by or on behalf of retailers against both Visa and Mastercard in the English Courts, in which retailers are seeking

damages on grounds that Visa and Mastercard’s MIFs breached competition law (this includes a judgment of the Supreme Court in June

2020 upholding the Court of Appeal’s finding in 2018 that certain historic interchange arrangements of Mastercard and Visa infringed

competition law)

• Litigation brought on behalf of UK consumers in the English Courts against Mastercard

Any impact on the Group of the litigation against Visa and Mastercard remains uncertain at this time, such that it is not practicable for the

Group to provide an estimate of any potential financial effect. Insofar as Visa is required to pay damages to retailers for interchange fees set

prior to June 2016, contractual arrangements to allocate liability have been agreed between various UK banks (including the Group) and

Visa Inc, as part of Visa Inc’s acquisition of Visa Europe in 2016. These arrangements cap the maximum amount of liability to which the

Group may be subject and this cap is set at the cash consideration received by the Group for the sale of its stake in Visa Europe to Visa Inc

in 2016. In 2016, the Group received Visa preference shares as part of the consideration for the sale of its shares in Visa Europe. A release

assessment is carried out by Visa on certain anniversaries of the sale (in line with the Visa Europe sale documentation) and as a result, some

Visa preference shares may be converted into Visa Inc Class A common stock from time to time. Any such release and any subsequent sale

of Visa common stock does not impact the contingent liability.

LIBOR and other trading rates

Certain Group companies, together with other panel banks, have been named as defendants in ongoing private lawsuits, including

purported class action suits, in the US in connection with their roles as panel banks contributing to the setting of US dollar, Japanese yen

and Sterling London Interbank Offered Rate.

Certain Group companies are also named as defendants in (i) UK-based claims, and (ii) two Dutch class actions, raising LIBOR manipulation

allegations. A number of claims against the Group in the UK relating to the alleged mis-sale of interest rate hedging products also include

allegations of LIBOR manipulation.

It is currently not possible to predict the scope and ultimate outcome on the Group of any private lawsuits or ongoing related challenges to

the interpretation or validity of any of the Group’s contractual arrangements, including their timing and scale. As such, it is not practicable

to provide an estimate of any potential financial effect.

Tax authorities

The Group has an open matter in relation to a claim for group relief of losses incurred in its former Irish banking subsidiary, which ceased

trading on 31 December 2010. In 2020, HMRC concluded its enquiry into the matter and issued a closure notice denying the group relief

claim. The Group appealed to the First Tier Tax Tribunal. The hearing took place in May 2023. In January 2025, the First Tier Tribunal

concluded in favour of HMRC. The Group believes it has applied the rules correctly and that the claim for group relief is correct. Having

reviewed the Tribunal’s conclusions and having taken appropriate advice, the Group intends to appeal the decision and does not consider

this to be a case where an additional tax liability will ultimately fall due. If the final determination of the matter by the judicial process is

that HMRC’s position is correct, management believes that this would result in an increase in current tax liabilities of approximately

£975 million (including interest) and a reduction in the Group’s deferred tax asset of approximately £275 million. Following the First Tier Tax

Tribunal outcome, the tax will be paid and recognised as a current tax asset, given the Group’s view that the tax liability will not ultimately

fall due. It is unlikely that any appeal hearing will be held before 2026, and final conclusion of the judicial process may not be for several

years.

There are a number of other open matters on which the Group is in discussions with HMRC (including the tax treatment of certain costs

arising from the divestment of TSB Banking Group plc and the tax treatment of costs relating to HBOS Reading), none of which is expected

to have a material impact on the financial position of the Group.

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Note 38: Contingent liabilities, commitments and guarantees continued

Arena and Sentinel litigation claims

The Group is facing claims alleging breach of duty and/or mandate in the context of an underlying external fraud matter involving Arena

Television. The Group i

s defending the claims, which are at an early stage. As such, it is not practicable to estimate the final outcome of the

matter and its financial impact (if any) to the Group.

FCA investigation into the Group’s anti-money laundering control framework

As previously disclosed, the FCA had opened an investigation into the Group’s compliance with domestic UK money laundering regulations

and the FCA’s rules and Principles for Businesses, with a focus on aspects of its anti-money laundering control framework. This investigation

has now been closed by the FCA without any enforcement action taken.

Other legal actions and regulatory matters

In addition, in the course of its business the Group is subject to other complaints and threatened or actual legal proceedings (including class

or group action claims) brought by or on behalf of current or former employees, customers (including their appointed representatives),

investors or other third parties, as well as legal and regulatory reviews, enquiries and examinations, requests for information, audits,

challenges, investigations and enforcement actions, which could relate to a number of issues. This includes matters in relation to

compliance with applicable laws and regulations, such as those relating to prudential regulation, employment, consumer protection,

investment advice, business conduct, systems and controls, environmental, sustainability, competition/anti-trust, tax, anti-bribery, anti-

money laundering and sanctions, some of which may be beyond the Group’s control, both in the UK and overseas. Where material, such

matters are periodically reassessed, with the assistance of external professional advisers where appropriate, to determine the likelihood of

the Group incurring a liability. The Group does not currently expect the final outcome of any such case to have a material adverse effect on

its financial position, operations or cash flows. Where there is a contingent liability related to an existing provision the relevant disclosures

are included within note 28.

Note 39: Structured entities

The Group’s interests in structured entities are both consolidated and unconsolidated. Details of the Group’s interests in consolidated

structured entities are set out in note 26 for securitisations and covered bond vehicles, note 12 for structured entities associated with the

Group’s pension schemes, and below in part (A) and (B). Details of the Group’s interests in unconsolidated structured entities are included

below in part (C).

(A) Asset-backed conduits

In addition to the structured entities discussed in note 26, which are used for securitisation and covered bond programmes, the Group

sponsors an active asset-backed conduit, Cancara, which invests in client receivables and debt securities. The total consolidated exposure

of Cancara at 31 December 2024 was £2,272 million (2023: £2,808 million), comprising £1,155 million of loans and advances (2023:

£1,521 million), £559 million of debt securities (2023: £698 million) and £558 million of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

(2023: £589 million).

All lending assets and debt securities held by the Group in Cancara are restricted in use, as they are held by the collateral agent for the

benefit of the commercial paper investors and the liquidity providers only. The Group provides liquidity facilities to Cancara under terms

that are usual and customary for standard lending activities in the normal course of the Group’s banking activities. During 2024 there have

continued to be planned drawdowns on certain liquidity facilities for balance sheet management purposes, supporting the programme to

provide funding alongside the proceeds of the asset-backed commercial paper issuance. The Group could be asked to provide support

under the contractual terms of these arrangements including, for example, if Cancara experienced a shortfall in external funding, which

may occur in the event of market disruption. The external assets in Cancara are consolidated in the Group’s financial statements.

(B) Consolidated collective investment vehicles and limited partnerships

The assets of the Insurance business held in consolidated collective investment vehicles, such as Open-Ended Investment Companies and

limited partnerships, are not directly available for use by the Group. However, the Group’s investment in the majority of these collective

investment vehicles is readily realisable. As at 31 December 2024, the total carrying value of these consolidated collective investment

vehicle assets and liabilities held by the Group was £59,999 million (2023: £58,351 million).

The Group has no contractual arrangements (such as liquidity facilities) that would require it to provide financial or other support to the

consolidated collective investment vehicles; the Group has not previously provided such support and has no current intentions to provide

such support.

(C) Unconsolidated structured entities

The Group considers itself the sponsor of a structured entity where it is primarily involved in the design and establishment of the structured

entity and further where the Group transfers assets to the structured entity, markets products associated with the structured entity in its

own name and/or provides guarantees regarding the structured entity’s performance.

The Group sponsors a range of diverse investment funds and limited partnerships where it acts as the fund manager or equivalent decision-

maker and markets the funds under one of the Group’s brands. The following table describes the types of structured entities that the

Group does not consolidate but in which it holds an interest.

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  | Total assets of |  |
|  |  |  | structured entities |  |
|  |  |  | 2024 | 2023 |
| Type of entity | Nature and purpose of structured entities | Interest held by the Group | £bn | £bn |
| Collective investment | These vehicles are primarily financed by | • Interests in units issued by the vehicles | 2,434 | 2,184 |
| vehicles and limited | investments from investors in the vehicles and | • Fees from management of vehicles |  |  |
| partnerships | are matched by policyholder liabilities in the |  |  |  |
|  | Insurance division. |  |  |  |
| Securitisation vehicles | These vehicles issue asset-backed notes to | • Interest in notes issued by the vehicles | 5 | 5 |
|  | investors and facilitate the management of | • Fees for loan servicing |  |  |
|  | the Group’s balance sheet. |  |  |  |

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 39: Structured entities continued

The following table sets out an analysis of the carrying amount of interest held by the Group in the unconsolidated structured entities. The

maximum exposure to loss is the carrying amounts of the assets held.

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  | 2024 | 2023 |
| Carrying amount | Recognised within; | £m | £m |
| Collective investment vehicles and limited partnerships | Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 86,630 | 76,426 |
|  | Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss; and |  |  |
| Notes held in securitisation vehicles | Financial assets at amortised cost | 2,403 | 4,127 |
|  | Derivative financial instruments (assets); and |  |  |
| Interest rate derivatives provided to securitisation vehicles | Derivative financial instruments (liabilities) | 22 | (17) |

During the year the Group has not provided any non-contractual financial or other support to these entities and has no current intention of

providing any non-contractual financial or other support in the future.

The fee income earned from unconsolidated structured entities that the Group sponsors but does not have an interest in was £82 million

(2023: £72 million) for collective investment vehicles and £1 million (2023: £nil) for securitisation vehicles. The carrying amount of assets

transferred to securitisation vehicles at the time of transfer was £2,004 million (2023: £5,625 million) and the Group recognised a gain of

£11 million on transfer (2023: gain of £31 million).

Continuing involvement in financial assets that have been derecognised

The Group has derecognised financial assets in their entirety following transactions with securitisation vehicles, as noted above. The

continuing involvement largely arises from funding provided to the vehicles through the purchase of issued notes. The majority of these

notes are recognised as debt securities held at amortised cost. The remaining notes held by the Group, together with interest rate

derivatives transacted with the vehicles, are recognised at fair value through profit or loss. The carrying amount of these interests and the

maximum exposure to loss is included in the table above. At 31 December 2024 the fair value of the retained notes was £2,401 million

(2023: £4,142 million). The income from the Group’s interest in these structures for the year ended 31 December 2024 was £226 million and

cumulatively for the lifetime was £359 million.

Note 40: Transfers of financial assets

Transferred financial assets derecognised in their entirety with ongoing exposure

Through asset securitisations, the Group has transferred financial assets which were derecognised in their entirety, with some continuing

involvement. Further details are available in note 39.

Transferred financial assets that continue to be recognised

Details of transferred financial assets that continue to be recognised in full are as follows.

The Group enters into repurchase and securities lending transactions in the normal course of business that do not result in derecognition of

the financial assets as substantially all of the risks and rewards, including credit, interest rate, prepayment and other price risks are retained

by the Group. In all cases, the transferee has the right to sell or repledge the assets concerned.

As set out in note 26, included within financial assets measured at amortised cost are loans transferred under the Group’s securitisation and

covered bond programmes. As the Group retains all or a majority of the risks and rewards associated with these loans, including credit,

interest rate, prepayment and liquidity risk, they remain on the Group’s balance sheet. Assets transferred into the Group’s securitisation

and covered bond programmes are not available to be used by the Group while the assets are within the programmes. However, the Group

retains the right to remove loans from the covered bond programmes where they are in excess of the programme’s requirements. In

addition, where the Group has retained some of the notes issued by securitisation and covered bond programmes, the Group has the

ability to sell or pledge these retained notes.

In 2024, the Group securitised a portfolio of £1.25 billion of finance lease receivables. This transaction resulted in a partial derecognition of

the leases, as the Group neither retained nor transferred substantially all risks and rewards. As of 31 December 2024, the Group continues

to recognise £798 million of these lease receivables with a gross up of the same amount in finance lease receivables and other liabilities for

the continuing involvement asset and liability required to be recognised under IFRS 9.

The table below sets out the carrying values of the transferred assets and the associated liabilities. For repurchase and securities lending

transactions, the associated liabilities represent the Group’s obligation to repurchase the transferred assets. For securitisation programmes,

the associated liabilities represent the external notes in issue (note 26). The liabilities shown in the table below have recourse to the

transferred assets.

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  |
|  | Assets | Liabilities | Assets | Liabilities |
|  | £m | £m | £m | £m |
| Repurchase and securities lending transactions |  |  |  |  |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 2,340 | 1,089 | 2,716 | 1,990 |
| Debt securities held at amortised cost | 1,210 | – | 1,189 | – |
| Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income | 12,483 | 4,465 | 10,928 | 5,526 |
| Securitisation programmes |  |  |  |  |
| Financial assets at amortised cost: |  |  |  |  |
| Loans and advances to customers  1 | 27,657 | 5,207 | 30,716 | 4,234 |

1  The carrying value of associated liabilities excludes securitisation notes held by the Group of £17,079 million (31 December 2023: £20,150 million).

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Note 41: Financial risk management

Financial instruments are fundamental to the Group’s activities and the associated risks represent a significant component of the overall

risks faced by the Group.

The primary risks affecting the Group through its use of financial instruments are: market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, capital risk and

insurance underwriting risk.

Market risk

The Group’s largest residual interest rate risk exposure arises from balances that are deemed to be insensitive to changes in market rates

(including current accounts, a portion of variable rate deposits and investable equity). The risk is managed through the Group’s structural

hedge which consists of longer-term fixed rate assets and interest rate swaps. The notional balance and duration of the structural hedge is

reviewed regularly by the Group Asset and Liability Committee. More information is set out on pages 190 to 195.

Credit risk

The Group’s credit risk exposure arises in respect of the instruments below and predominantly in the United Kingdom. Credit risk appetite

is set at Board level and is described and reported through a suite of metrics devised from a combination of accounting and credit portfolio

performance measures, which include the use of various credit risk rating systems as inputs and assess credit risk at a counterparty level

using three components: (i) the probability of default by the counterparty on its contractual obligations; (ii) the current exposures to the

counterparty and their likely future development, from which the Group derives the exposure at default; and (iii) the likely loss ratio on the

defaulted obligations, the loss given default. The Group uses a range of approaches to mitigate credit risk, including internal control policies,

obtaining collateral, using master netting agreements and other credit risk transfers, such as asset sales and credit derivatives based

transactions. More information is set out on pages 155 to 180.

Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is defined as the risk that the Group has insufficient financial resources to meet its commitments as they fall due, or can only

secure them at excessive cost. Liquidity risk is managed through a series of measures, tests and reports that are primarily based on

contractual maturity. The Group carries out monthly stress testing of its liquidity position against a range of scenarios, including those

prescribed by the PRA. The Group’s liquidity risk appetite is also calibrated against a number of stressed liquidity metrics. More information

is set out on

pages 183 to 189.

Capital risk

Capital is actively managed on an ongoing basis for both the Group and its regulated banking subsidiaries, with associated capital policies

and procedures subjected to regular review. The Group assesses both its regulatory capital requirements and the quantity and quality of

capital resources it holds to meet those requirements in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Capital Requirements Directive

(CRD V) and Capital Requirements Regulation (UK CRR). This is supplemented through additional regulation set out under the PRA

Rulebook and through associated statements of policy, supervisory statements and other regulatory guidance. Regulatory capital ratios are

considered a key part of the budgeting and planning processes. Target capital levels take account of current and future regulatory

requirements, capacity for growth and to cover uncertainties. At 31 December 2024, the Group’s common equity tier 1 capital was

£31,979 million (31 December 2023: £31,897 million). Further details of the Group’s capital resources are provided in the table marked

audited on page 147.

The insurance business (the Scottish Widows Group) and each of the constituent UK insurance companies within it are regulated by the

PRA. The insurance businesses are required to calculate solvency capital requirements and available capital in accordance with Solvency II.

The Group complied with these requirements in 2024 and 2023. The Insurance business of the Group calculates regulatory capital on the

basis of an internal model, which was approved by the PRA on 5 December 2015, with the latest major change to the model approved in

November 2024. The capital position of the Group’s insurance businesses is reviewed on a regular basis by the Insurance, Pensions and

Investments Executive Committee. More information is set out on page 150.

Insurance underwriting risk

Insurance underwriting risk is the risk of adverse developments in the timing, frequency and severity of claims for insured/underwritten

events and in customer behaviour, leading to reductions in earnings and/or value and arises within the Group’s Insurance business.

Insurance underwriting risk is measured using a variety of techniques including stress, reverse stress and scenario testing, as well as

stochastic modelling. Current and potential future insurance underwriting risk exposures are assessed and aggregated on a range of stresses

including risk measures based on 1-in-200 year stresses for the Insurance business’s regulatory capital assessments and other supporting

measures where appropriate. The Group also mitigates insurance underwriting risk via the use of reinsurance arrangements. More

information is set out on page 182. The Group's critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty for its Insurance

business are set out in note 8.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 42: Cash flow statement

(A) Change in operating assets

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Change in financial assets held at amortised cost | (21,106) | 12,311 | (1,639) |
| Change in financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | (9,872) | (22,539) | 26,219 |
| Change in derivative financial instruments | (4,082) | 1,805 | (7,704) |
| Change in other operating assets | (4,562) | (687) | (141) |
| Change in operating assets | (39,622) | (9,110) | 16,735 |

(B) Change in operating liabilities

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Change in deposits from banks | 4 | (1,110) | (388) |
| Change in customer deposits | 11,324 | (3,850) | (1,207) |
| Change in repurchase agreements | 57 | (10,893) | 17,471 |
| Change in financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss | 2,619 | 6,925 | (4,849) |
| Change in derivative financial instruments | 1,524 | (3,893) | 5,982 |
| Change in debt securities in issue at amortised cost | (4,824) | 2,094 | 1,651 |
| Change in insurance contracts  1 | 1,941 | 9,845 | (14,901) |
| Change in investment contract liabilities | 6,250 | 5,502 | (1,414) |
| Change in other operating liabilities  2 | 4,708 | (388) | (864) |
| Change in operating liabilities | 23,603 | 4,232 | 1,481 |

1  Includes insurance contracts presented within disposal group liabilities.

2  Includes a decrease of £371 million (2023: increase of £315 million; 2022: decrease of £158 million) in respect of lease liabilities.

(C) Non-cash and other items

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Interest expense on subordinated liabilities | 742 | 720 | 697 |
| Hedging valuation adjustments on subordinated debt | (271) | 141 | (1,871) |
| Accretion of discounts and amortisation of premiums and issue costs | 195 | 1,259 | 462 |
| Revaluation of investment properties | (67) | 87 | 511 |
| Net gain on sale of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income | (7) | (122) | (92) |
| Share of post-tax results of associates and joint ventures | 13 | 16 | (10) |
| Profit on disposal of tangible fixed assets | (36) | (61) | (121) |
| Net (credit) charge in respect of defined benefit schemes | (11) | (79) | 125 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 3,426 | 2,905 | 2,396 |
| Regulatory and legal provisions | 899 | 675 | 255 |
| Other provision movements | (206) | (30) | (74) |
| Allowance for loan losses | 494 | 315 | 1,372 |
| Write-off of allowance for loan losses, net of recoveries | (1,029) | (1,115) | (759) |
| Impairment (credit) charge on undrawn balances | (51) | – | 122 |
| Impairment (credit) charge on financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income | (3) | (2) | 6 |
| Transactions in own shares | (173) | 103 | (60) |
| Transfers to income statement from reserves | 2,597 | 1,838 | 43 |
| Foreign exchange impact on balance sheet  1 | 1 | 502 | (286) |
| Other non-cash items | 42 | 176 | 185 |
| Total non-cash items | 6,555 | 7,328 | 2,901 |
| Contributions to defined benefit schemes | (175) | (1,345) | (2,533) |
| Payments in respect of regulatory and legal provisions | (401) | (378) | (625) |
| Other | 11 | 17 | 13 |
| Total other items | (565) | (1,706) | (3,145) |
| Non-cash and other items | 5,990 | 5,622 | (244) |

1  When considering the movement on each line of the balance sheet, the impact of foreign exchange rate movements is removed in order to show the underlying cash impact.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 42: Cash flow statement continued

(D) Acquisition of Group undertakings, businesses and joint ventures

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Net assets acquired: |  |  |  |
| Cash and cash equivalents | – | 38 | – |
| Intangible assets | – | 182 | 68 |
| Other assets | – | 672 | 131 |
| Deferred tax | – | (58) | – |
| Other liabilities | – | (646) | (146) |
| Goodwill arising on acquisition | – | 143 | 335 |
| Cash consideration | – | 331 | 388 |
| Less cash and cash equivalents acquired | – | (38) | (74) |
| Net cash outflow arising from acquisition of subsidiaries and businesses | – | 293 | 314 |
| Acquisition of and additional investment in joint ventures | 179 | 87 | 95 |
| Net cash outflow from acquisitions in the year | 179 | 380 | 409 |

(E) Analysis of cash and cash equivalents as shown in the balance sheet

|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|  | £m | £m | £m |
| Cash and balances at central banks | 62,705 | 78,110 | 91,388 |
| Less mandatory reserve deposits  1 | (21) | (1,930) | (2,111) |
|  | 62,684 | 76,180 | 89,277 |
| Loans and advances to banks and reverse repurchase agreements | 15,175 | 19,048 | 14,418 |
| Less amounts with a maturity of three months or more | (7,043) | (6,390) | (7,866) |
|  | 8,132 | 12,658 | 6,552 |
| Total cash and cash equivalents | 70,816 | 88,838 | 95,829 |

1  Mandatory reserve deposits are held with local central banks in accordance with statutory requirements. Where these deposits are not held in demand accounts and are not available

to finance the Group’s day-to-day operations they are excluded from cash and cash equivalents.

Included within cash and cash equivalents at 31 December 2024 is £23 million (2023: £31 million; 2022: £37 million) of restricted cash and

cash equivalents held within the Group’s long-term insurance and investments operations, which is not immediately available for use in the

business.

Note 43: Events since the balance sheet date

Share buyback

The Board has announced its intention to implement an ordinary share buyback of up to £1.7 billion. This represents the return to

shareholders of capital, surplus to that required to provide capacity to grow the business, meet current and future regulatory requirements

and cover uncertainties. The share buyback programme will commence as soon as is practicable and is expected to be completed, subject

to continued authority from the PRA, by 31 December 2025.

Notes to the consolidated financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note

2024

£m

2023

£m

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents   22    17

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 3   23,370    21,453

Derivative financial instruments 3   519    552

Debt securities   2,354    2,429

Loans to subsidiaries 10   17,068    14,742

Investment in subsidiaries 10   51,334    50,826

Current tax recoverable   75    114

Deferred tax assets 4   23    74

Other assets   14    6

Total assets   94,779    90,213

Liabilities

Due to subsidiaries   3    3

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss 3   24,896    18,473

Derivative financial instruments 3   939    1,129

Debt securities in issue at amortised cost 5   8,310    10,211

Other liabilities   142    141

Subordinated liabilities 6   9,720    9,707

Total liabilities   44,010    39,664

Equity

Share capital 7   6,062    6,358

Share premium account 7   18,720    18,568

Merger reserve 8   6,759    6,806

Capital redemption reserve 8   5,751    5,370

Retained profits

1

9   7,282    6,507

Shareholders’ equity   44,574    43,609

Other equity instruments 7   6,195    6,940

Total equity   50,769    50,549

Total equity and liabilities   94,779    90,213

1  The parent company recorded a profit after tax for the year of £5,488 million (2023: £5,139 million).

No income statement or statement of comprehensive income has been shown for the parent company, as permitted by section 408 of the

Companies Act 2006.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the parent company financial statements.

The directors approved the parent company financial statements on 19February 2025.

Sir Robin Budenberg

Chair

Charlie Nunn

Group Chief Executive

William Chalmers

Chief Financial Officer

Parent company balance sheet

at 31 December

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Attributable to ordinary shareholders

Share

capital and

premium

£m

Merger

reserve

£m

Capital

redemption

reserve

£m

Retained

profits

£m

Total

£m

Other

equity

instruments

£m

Total

£m

At 1 January 2022   25,581    6,806    4,479    7,626    44,492    5,906    50,398

Total comprehensive income

1

–    –    –    961    961    438    1,399

Transactions with owners

Dividends   –    –    –    (1,475)    (1,475)    –    (1,475)

Distributions on other equity instruments   –    –    –    –    –    (438)    (438)

Issue of ordinary shares   105    –    –    –    105    –    105

Share buyback   (453)    –    453    (2,013)    (2,013)    –    (2,013)

Issue of other equity instruments   –    –    –    (5)    (5)    750    745

Repurchase and redemptions of other equity

instruments   –    –    –    (37)    (37)    (1,359)    (1,396)

Movement in treasury shares   –    –    –    (59)    (59)    –    (59)

Value of employee services   –    –    –    224    224    –    224

Total transactions with owners   (348)    –    453    (3,365)    (3,260)    (1,047)    (4,307)

At 31 December 2022   25,233    6,806    4,932    5,222    42,193    5,297    47,490

Total comprehensive income

1

–    –    –    4,612    4,612    527    5,139

Transactions with owners

Dividends   –    –    –    (1,651)    (1,651)    –    (1,651)

Distributions on other equity instruments   –    –    –    –    –    (527)    (527)

Issue of ordinary shares   131    –    –    –    131    –    131

Share buyback   (438)    –    438    (1,993)    (1,993)    –    (1,993)

Issue of other equity instruments   –    –    –    (13)    (13)    1,778    1,765

Repurchase and redemptions of other equity

instruments   –    –    –    –    –    (135)    (135)

Movement in treasury shares   –    –    –    103    103    –    103

Value of employee services   –    –    –    227    227    –    227

Total transactions with owners   (307)    –    438    (3,327)    (3,196)    1,116    (2,080)

At 31 December 2023   24,926    6,806    5,370    6,507    43,609    6,940    50,549

Total comprehensive income

1

–    –    –    4,990    4,990    498    5,488

Transactions with owners

Dividends   –    –    –    (1,828)    (1,828)    –    (1,828)

Distributions on other equity instruments   –    –    –    –    –    (498)    (498)

Issue of ordinary shares   190    –    –    –    190    –    190

Share buyback   (369)    –    369    (2,011)    (2,011)    –    (2,011)

Redemption of preference shares   35    (47)    12    –    –    –    –

Issue of other equity instruments   –    –    –    (6)    (6)    763    757

Repurchase and redemptions of other equity

instruments   –    –    –    (316)    (316)    (1,508)    (1,824)

Movement in treasury shares   –    –    –    (173)    (173)    –    (173)

Value of employee services   –    –    –    119    119    –    119

Total transactions with owners   (144)    (47)    381    (4,215)    (4,025)    (1,243)    (5,268)

At 31 December 2024   24,782    6,759    5,751    7,282    44,574    6,195    50,769

1  No income statement or statement of comprehensive income has been shown for the parent company, as permitted by section 408 of the Companies Act 2006. Total comprehensive

income comprises only the profit for the year.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the parent company financial statements.

Parent company statement of changes in equity

for the year ended 31 December

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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2024

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2023

£m

2022

£m

Cash flows from operating activities

Profit before tax   5,440    5,055    1,331

Adjustments for:

Fair value and exchange adjustments and other non-cash items   (83)    744    21

Change in other assets   (1,850)   (1,317)    (177)

Change in other liabilities and other items   4,523    (555)    1,626

Dividends received   (5,187)   (5,024)    (1,120)

Distributions on other equity instruments received   (541)   (505)    (338)

Tax refunded   115    4    27

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   2,417    (1,598)    1,370

Cash flows from investing activities

Return of capital contribution   1    1    4

Dividends received   5,187    5,024    1,120

Distributions on other equity instruments received   541    505    338

Acquisitions of and capital injections to subsidiaries   (1,309)   (1,496)    (250)

Return of capital by subsidiaries   800    278    –

Amounts advanced to subsidiaries   (4,340)   (4,563)    (3,148)

Repayment of loans to subsidiaries   2,055    3,556    4,234

Interest received on loans to subsidiaries   386    410    408

Net cash provided by investing activities   3,321    3,715    2,706

Cash flows from financing activities

Dividends paid to ordinary shareholders   (1,828)   (1,651)    (1,475)

Distributions on other equity instruments   (498)   (527)    (438)

Interest paid on subordinated liabilities   (509)   (466)    (370)

Proceeds from issue of subordinated liabilities   812    1,416    838

Proceeds from issue of other equity instruments   757    1,765    745

Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares   187    86    31

Share buyback   (2,011)   (1,993)    (2,013)

Repayment of subordinated liabilities   (819)   (643)    –

Repurchase and redemptions of other equity instruments   (1,824)   (135)    (1,396)

Net cash used in financing activities   (5,733)   (2,148)    (4,078)

Change in cash and cash equivalents   5    (31)    (2)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year   17    48    50

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year   22    17    48

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the parent company financial statements.

Parent company cash flow statement

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 1: Basis of preparation and accounting policies

The financial statements of Lloyds Banking Group plc have been prepared in accordance with international accounting standards in

conformity with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have also been prepared in accordance with IFRS

®

Accounting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).

The financial information has been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets

and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss and all derivative contracts. The accounting policies of the Company are the same as those

of the Group, which are set out in note 2 to the consolidated financial statements. Investments in subsidiaries are carried at historical cost,

less any provisions for impairment. Fees payable to the Company’s auditors by the Group are set out in note 13 to the consolidated financial

statements.

Note 2: Measurement basis of financial assets and liabilities

The accounting policies in note 2 to the consolidated financial statements describe how different classes of financial instruments are

measured, and how income and expenses, including fair value gains and losses, are recognised. The following table analyses the carrying

amounts of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities by category and by balance sheet heading.

Derivatives

designated

as hedging

instruments

£m

Mandatorily held at fair value

through profit or loss

Designated

at fair value

through profit

or loss

£m

Held at

amortised

cost

£m

Held for

trading

£m

Other

£m

Total

£m

At 31 December 2024

Financial assets

Cash and cash equivalents   –    –    –    –    22    22

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss   –    –    23,370    –    –    23,370

Derivative financial instruments   38    481    –    –    –    519

Debt securities   –    –    –    –    2,354    2,354

Loans to subsidiaries   –    –    –    –    17,068    17,068

Total financial assets   38    481    23,370    –    19,444    43,333

Financial liabilities

Due to subsidiaries   –    –    –    –    3    3

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss   –    –    –    24,896    –    24,896

Derivative financial instruments   442    497    –    –    –    939

Debt securities in issue at amortised cost   –    –    –    –    8,310    8,310

Subordinated liabilities   –    –    –    –    9,720    9,720

Total financial liabilities   442    497    –    24,896    18,033    43,868

At 31 December 2023

Financial assets

Cash and cash equivalents   –    –    –    –    17    17

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss   –    –    21,453    –    –    21,453

Derivative financial instruments   38    514    –    –    –    552

Debt securities   –    –    –    –    2,429    2,429

Loans to subsidiaries   –    –    –    –    14,742    14,742

Total financial assets   38    514    21,453    –    17,188    39,193

Financial liabilities

Due to subsidiaries   –    –    –    –    3    3

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss   –    –    –    18,473    –    18,473

Derivative financial instruments   542    587    –    –    –    1,129

Debt securities in issue at amortised cost   –    –    –    –    10,211    10,211

Subordinated liabilities   –    –    –    –    9,707    9,707

Total financial liabilities   542    587    –    18,473    19,921    39,523

Note 17 to the consolidated financial statements outlines the valuation hierarchy into which financial instruments measured at fair value

are categorised.

The assets held at fair value through profit or loss represent holdings of debt securities issued by subsidiaries. The contractual terms of such

instruments contain certain write-down and conversion features and so are not considered to satisfy the solely payments of principal and

interest test.

Financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss represent debt securities in issue which are accounted for at fair value to

significantly reduce an accounting mismatch. The changes in the credit risk of these liabilities are linked to the changes in credit risk on

corresponding assets that the Company holds at fair value through profit or loss, representing debt securities issued by subsidiaries. Given

the economic relationship between these assets and liabilities, the Company presents changes in the credit risk of its liabilities in profit or

loss in order to avoid creating or enlarging an accounting mismatch.

Notes to the parent company financial statements

for the year ended 31 December

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Note 2: Measurement basis of financial assets and liabilities continued

The amount contractually payable on maturity of the debt securities held at fair value through profit or loss at 31 December 2024 was

£24,488million, which was £408 million lower than the balance sheet carrying value (2023: £18,397 million, which was £76 million lower

than the balance sheet carrying value). At 31 December 2024 there was a cumulative £845 million increase in the fair value of these

liabilities attributable to changes in credit risk (2023: increase of £756 million), of which a £89 million increase arose in 2024 and a

£331million increase arose in 2023; this is determined by reference to the quoted credit spreads of the Company.

Note 3: Fair values of financial assets and liabilities

The valuation techniques for the Company’s financial instruments are as discussed in note 17 to the consolidated financial statements.

Valuation hierarchy

The table below analyses the assets and liabilities of the Company. With the exception of derivatives and those financial assets and

liabilities carried at fair value through profit or loss, all assets and liabilities are held at amortised cost. They are categorised into levels 1to 3

based on the degree to which their fair value is observable. No assets or liabilities were categorised as level 1 (2023: none).

2024 2023

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Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss   23,370    23,370    23,370    –    21,453    21,453    21,453    –

Derivative financial instruments   519    519    519    –    552    552    552    –

Debt securities   2,354    2,240    2,240    –    2,429    2,259    2,259    –

Loans to subsidiaries   17,068    17,068    17,068    –    14,742    14,742    14,742    –

Total financial assets   43,311    43,197    43,197    –    39,176    39,006    39,006    –

Due to subsidiaries   3    3    3    –    3    3    3    –

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss   24,896    24,896    24,896    –    18,473    18,473    18,473    –

Derivative financial instruments   939    939    939    –    1,129    1,129    1,129    –

Debt securities in issue at amortised cost   8,310    8,140    8,140    –    10,211    9,948    9,948    –

Subordinated liabilities   9,720    10,038    10,038    –    9,707    9,515    9,515    –

Total financial liabilities   43,868    44,016    44,016    –    39,523    39,068    39,068    –

The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents (2024: £22 million; 2023: £17 million) is a reasonable approximation of fair value.

At 31 December 2024 £18,915million of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, £287million of derivative financial assets,

£1,736million of debt securities and £11,876million of loans to subsidiaries included in total financial assets had maturities greater than one

year (2023: £16,281million, £370million, £1,736million and £11,827million). Of the balances included in total financial liabilities,

£20,237million of financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, £633million of derivative financial liabilities, £6,082million of debt

securities in issue at amortised cost and £8,371million of subordinated liabilities had maturities greater than one year at 31 December 2024

(2023: £15,134million, £855million, £8,584million and £8,871million).

Note 4: Deferred tax

As at 31 December 2024 the Company carried a deferred tax asset of £23 million (2023: £74 million). There was no deferred tax liability at

31December 2024 or 31 December 2023. The movement in the deferred tax asset during 2024 primarily related to financial liabilities at fair

value through profit and loss (giving rise to a £20million charge to the income statement) and shared-based payments (giving rise to a

£23million charge in equity).

Note 5: Debt securities in issue at amortised cost

These comprise notes issued by the Company in a number of currencies, although predominantly US dollars and euros, with maturity dates

ranging up to 2049.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 6: Subordinated liabilities

These liabilities will, in the event of the winding-up of the issuer, be subordinated to the claims of depositors and all other creditors of the

issuer. Any repayments of subordinated liabilities require the consent of the Prudential Regulation Authority.

Preference

shares

£m

Undated

£m

Dated

£m

Total

£m

At 1 January 2023   325    10    8,883    9,218

Issued in the year

1

:

6.625% Fixed Rate Reset Dated Subordinated Notes 2033 (£750 million)   –    –    746    746

5.25% Fixed Rate Reset Dated Subordinated Notes 2033 (S$500 million)   –    –    288    288

Fixed-to-Floating Rate Dated Subordinated Notes 2033 (A$750 million)   –    –    382    382

–    –    1,416    1,416

Repurchases and redemptions during the year

1

:

Dated Subordinated Fixed Rate Reset Notes 2028 (€750 million)   –    –    (643)    (643)

Foreign exchange and other movements (cash and non-cash)   4    –    (288)    (284)

At 31 December 2023   329    10    9,368    9,707

Issued in the year

1

:

4.375% Fixed Rate Reset Dated Subordinated Notes 2034 (€500 million)   –    –    427    427

5.788% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Dated Subordinated Notes 2034 (A$250 million)   –    –    128    128

Floating Rate Dated Subordinated Notes 2034 (A$500 million)   –    –    257    257

–    –    812    812

Repurchases and redemptions during the year

1

:

6.475% Non-cumulative Preference Shares callable 2024 (£186 million)   (47)    –    –    (47)

4.5% Dated Subordinated Notes 2024 ($1,000 million)   –    –    (772)    (772)

(47)    –    (772)    (819)

Foreign exchange and other movements (cash and non-cash)   1    –    19    20

At 31 December 2024   283    10    9,427    9,720

1  Issuances in the year generated cash inflows of £812 million (2023: £1,416 million); the repurchases and redemptions resulted in cash outflows of £819 million (2023: £643million). Cash

payments in respect of interest on subordinated liabilities in the year amounted to £509 million (2023: £466 million).

Note 7: Share capital, share premium account and other equity instruments

Details of the Company’s share capital, share premium account and other equity instruments are as set out in notes 30, 32 and 35 to the

consolidated financial statements.

Note 8: Merger reserve and capital redemption reserve

The merger reserve comprises the premium on shares issued on 13 January 2009 under the placing and open offer and shares issued on 16

January 2009 on the acquisition of HBOS plc, offset by adjustments on the redemption of preference shares. Substantially all of the

Company’s merger reserve is available for distribution.

The movements in merger reserve were as follows:

2024

£m

2023

£m

2022

£m

At 1 January   6,806    6,806    6,806

Redemption of preference shares   (47)   –    –

At 31 December   6,759    6,806    6,806

The capital redemption reserve represents transfers from the merger reserve in accordance with companies’ legislation and amounts

transferred from share capital following the cancellation of shares.

Movements in the capital redemption reserve were as follows:

2024

£m

2023

£m

2022

£m

At 1 January   5,370    4,932    4,479

Redemption of preference shares   12    –    –

Shares cancelled under share buyback programme

1

369    438    453

At 31 December   5,751    5,370    4,932

1  See note 33 to the consolidated financial statements.

Notes to the parent company financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Note 9: Retained profits

2024

£m

2023

£m

2022

£m

At 1 January   6,507    5,222    7,626

Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders   4,990    4,612    961

Dividends paid

1

(1,828)   (1,651)    (1,475)

Issue costs of other equity instruments (net of tax)   (6)   (13)    (5)

Repurchase and redemption costs of other equity instruments   (316)   –    (37)

Share buyback programme   (2,011)   (1,993)    (2,013)

Movement in treasury shares   (173)   103    (59)

Value of employee services   119    227    224

At 31 December   7,282    6,507    5,222

1  Details of the Company’s dividends are as set out in note 36 to the consolidated financial statements.

Note 10: Related party transactions

Key management personnel

The key management personnel of the Group and the Company are the same. The relevant disclosures are given in note 37 to the

consolidated financial statements.

The Company has no employees (2023: nil).

As discussed in note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Group provides share-based compensation to employees through a

number of schemes; these are all in relation to shares in the Company and the costs of providing those benefits are treated as capital

contributions to the employing companies in the Group.

Investment in subsidiaries

2024

£m

2023

£m

At 1 January   50,826    49,609

Additions and capital injections   1,167    1,280

Capital contributions   142    216

Return of capital contributions   (1)   (1)

Capital repayments and redemptions   (800)   (278)

At 31 December   51,334    50,826

Details of the subsidiaries and related undertakings are given on pages 318 to 331 and are incorporated by reference.

Certain subsidiary companies currently have insufficient distributable reserves to make dividend payments; however, there were no further

significant restrictions on any of the Company’s subsidiaries in paying dividends or repaying loans and advances. All regulated banking and

insurance subsidiaries are required to maintain capital at levels agreed with the regulators; this may impact the ability of those subsidiaries

to make distributions.

Loans to subsidiaries

2024

£m

2023

£m

At 1 January   14,742    14,119

Exchange and other adjustments   41    (384)

New advances   4,340    4,563

Repayments   (2,055)   (3,556)

At 31 December   17,068    14,742

At 31 December 2024 the Company had £3 million (2023: £3 million) which was due to subsidiaries. In addition, at 31December 2024 the

Company had interest rate and currency swaps with Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc with an aggregate notional principal amount of

£47,895 million and a net negative fair value of £420 million (2023: notional principal amount of £50,809million and a net negative fair

value of £577 million). Of this amount an aggregate notional principal amount of £12,862million and a net negative fair value of

£404million (2023: notional principal amount of £11,773 million and a net negative fair value of £504million) were designated as fair value

hedges to predominantly manage the Company’s issuance of subordinated liabilities.

Guarantees

As part of the Group’s participation in the Bank of England’s Sterling Monetary Framework, the Company guarantees certain of its

subsidiaries’ liabilities to the Bank of England. These guarantees have no fixed term.

Other related party transactions

Related party information in respect of other related party transactions is given in note 37 to the consolidated financial statements.

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Note 11: Financial risk management

Market risk

The Company is exposed to interest rate risk and currency risk on its debt securities in issue and its subordinated debt.

As discussed in note 10, the Company has entered into interest rate and currency swaps with its subsidiary, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets

plc, to manage these risks.

Credit risk

The majority of the Company’s credit risk arises from amounts due from its wholly owned subsidiaries, principally Lloyds Bank plc.

Liquidity risk

The table below analyses financial instrument liabilities of the Company on an undiscounted future cash flow basis according to

contractual maturity, into relevant maturity groupings based on the remaining period at the balance sheet date; balances with no fixed

maturity are included in the over 5 years category.

Up to 1

month

£m

1 to 3

months

£m

3 to 12

months

£m

1 to 5

years

£m

Over

5 years

£m

Total

£m

At 31 December 2024

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss   874    1,786    2,958    17,090    6,149    28,857

Debt securities in issue at amortised cost   22    1,076    1,369    6,375    75    8,917

Subordinated liabilities   25    324    1,344    3,990    6,070    11,753

Total non-derivative financial liabilities   921    3,186    5,671    27,455    12,294    49,527

Derivative financial liabilities

Gross settled derivatives – outflows   2,213    2,675    5,543    2,194    267    12,892

Gross settled derivatives – inflows   (2,164)    (2,530)    (5,302)    (1,950)    –    (11,946)

Gross settled derivatives – net flows   49    145    241    244    267    946

Net settled derivative liabilities   175    –    –    –    –    175

Total derivative financial liabilities   224    145    241    244    267    1,121

Up to 1

month

£m

1 to 3

months

£m

3 to 12

months

£m

1 to 5

years

£m

Over

5 years

£m

Total

£m

At 31 December 2023

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss   66    971    2,950    13,513    3,262    20,762

Debt securities in issue at amortised cost   21    74    2,086    8,879    92    11,152

Subordinated liabilities   26    63    1,190    5,781    6,991    14,051

Total non-derivative financial liabilities   113    1,108    6,226    28,173    10,345    45,965

Derivative financial liabilities

Gross settled derivatives – outflows   29    3,441    7,411    2,695    203    13,779

Gross settled derivatives – inflows   (14)    (3,305)    (7,091)    (2,491)    –    (12,901)

Gross settled derivatives – net flows   15    136    320    204    203    878

Net settled derivative liabilities   307    –    –    –    –    307

Total derivative financial liabilities   322    136    320    204    203    1,185

The principal amount for undated subordinated liabilities with no redemption option is included within the over 5 years column; interest of

£1million (2023: £1 million) per annum which is payable in respect of those instruments for as long as they remain in issue is not included

beyond 5 years.

Note 12: Other information

Lloyds Banking Group plc was incorporated as a public limited company and registered in Scotland under the UK Companies Act 1985 on

21October 1985 with the registered number SC095000. Lloyds Banking Group plc’s registered office is Lloyds Banking Group plc, The

Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ, Scotland, and its principal executive offices in the UK are located at Lloyds Banking Group plc, 25 Gresham

Street, London EC2V 7HN.

Notes to the parent company financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December

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Annual general meeting (AGM)

The annual general meeting will be held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, The Exchange, Edinburgh EH3 8EE on Thursday

15 May 2025 at 11am. Further details about the meeting, including the proposed resolutions and where shareholders can stream the meeting

live, can be found in our Notice of AGM which will be available shortly on our website

.

Reports and communications

The Group issues regulatory announcements through the Regulatory News Service (RNS); shareholders can subscribe for free via the

Investors section of our website

, where our statutory reports and shareholder communications are available. Asummary of the

scheduled reports and communications to be issued in 2025 is set out below:

Available format

Report/Communication Month Online Email RNS Paper

Preliminary results and publication of annual report and accounts

Feb

üü

ü

Pillar 3 report Mar/Aug

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Group Chief Executive update to shareholders Mar

üü ü

Mailing of annual report and accounts, annual review or performance

summary

Mar

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Notice of AGM and voting materials Mar

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Q1 interim management statement Apr

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Country analysis

1

May

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Half-year results Jul

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Q3 interim management statement Oct

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1  To be published on the Group’s website by 31 May 2025 in accordance with the Capital Requirements (Country-by-Country Reporting) Regulations 2013.

Share dealing facilities

We offer a choice of four share dealing services for our UK shareholders and customers. Please search for ‘share dealing’ within the website

links provided below, where you can also view the full range of services available. Alternatively, please use the additional contact details

below.

Service Provider Telephone Dealing Internet Dealing

Bank of Scotland Share Dealing

0345 606 1188 www.bankofscotland.co.uk/sharedealing

Halifax Share Dealing 03457 22 55 25

www.halifax.co.uk/sharedealing

Lloyds Bank Direct Investments 0345 60 60 560

www.lloydsbank.com/share-dealing.asp

IWeb Share Dealing 03450 707 129

www.iweb-sharedealing.co.uk/

Note:

All internet services are available 24/7. Telephone dealing services are available between 8am and 9pm, Monday to Friday, excluding English and Welsh public holidays. To open a share

dealing account with any of these services, you must be 18 years of age or over and be resident in the UK, Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man.

Share dealing for the Lloyds Banking Group shareholder account

Share dealing services for the Lloyds Banking Group shareholder account are provided by Equiniti Shareview Dealing, operated by Equiniti

Financial Services Limited. Details of the services provided can be found either on the shareholder information page of our website

or by

contacting Equiniti using the contact details provided on the next page.

Share price information

Shareholders can access both the latest and historical share prices via our website   as well as listings in most national newspapers. For a

real time buying or selling price, you will need to contact a stockbroker, or you can contact the share dealing providers detailed above.

Individual Saving Accounts (ISAs)

There are a number of options for investing in Lloyds Banking Group shares through an ISA. For details of services and products provided by

the Group please contact Bank of Scotland Share Dealing, Halifax Share Dealing or Lloyds Bank Direct Investments using the contact

details above.

Key dates

10 April 2025

Shares quoted ex-dividend

11 April 2025 Record date

29 April 2025 Final date for joining or leaving the dividend reinvestment plan

1 May 2025 Q1 interim management statement

15 May 2025 Annual general meeting

20 May 2025 Dividend paid

24 July 2025 Half-year results

23 October 2025 Q3 interim management statement

Shareholder information

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Analysis of shareholders

Balance ranges

Total number of

holdings

Percentage of

holders

Total number of

shares

Percentage issued

capital

1–999 1,721,373  81.76%  504,984,826  0.83%

1,000–9,999 329,113  15.63%  879,859,025  1.45%

10,000–99,999 51,770  2.46%  1,333,135,906  2.19%

100,000–999,999 2,264  0.11%  518,038,748  0.85%

1,000,000–4,999,999 415  0.02%  1,049,892,973  1.73%

5,000,000–9,999,999 136  0.01%  964,880,040  1.59%

10,000,000–49,999,999 249  0.01%  5,822,770,615  9.58%

50,000,000–99,999,999 69  0.00%  4,707,856,272  7.75%

100,000,000–499,999,999 65  0.00%  13,397,009,925  22.05%

500,000,000–999,999,999 11  0.00%  7,760,601,531  12.77%

1,000,000,000–99,999,999,999 12  0.00%  23,814,472,933  39.20%

Totals 2,105,477  100.00%  60,753,502,794  100.00%

American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)

Our shares are traded in the USA through a New York Stock Exchange-listed sponsored ADR facility with The Bank of New York Mellon as

the depositary. The ADRs are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LYG. The CUSIP number is 539439109 and the

ratio of ADRs to ordinary shares is 1:4.

For details contact:

BNY Shareowner Services, 150 Royall St., Suite 101 Canton, MA 02021. Telephone: 1-866-259-0336 (US toll free),

international callers: +1 201-680-6825. Alternatively visit www.adrbny.com

or email shrrelations@cpushareownerservices.com.

Security – share fraud and scams

Shareholders should exercise caution when unsolicited callers offer the chance to buy or sell shares with promises of huge returns. If it

sounds too good to be true, it usually is and we would ask that shareholders take steps to protect themselves. We strongly recommend

seeking advice from an independent financial adviser authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Shareholders can verify

whether a firm is authorised via the Financial Services Register which is available at www.fca.org.uk

.

If a shareholder is concerned that they may have been targeted by such a scheme, please contact the FCA Consumer Helpline on

0800 111 6768 or use the online ‘Share Fraud Reporting Form’ available from their website (see above). We would also recommend

contacting the Police through Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or visiting www.actionfraud.org.uk

for further information.

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Important shareholder and registrar information

Company website

www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

Shareholder information

help.shareview.co.uk

(from here you will be able to email your query securely)

Registrar

Equiniti Limited, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing,

West Sussex BN99 6DA

Shareholder helpline

+44 (0) 371 384 2990\* (please use the country code when

contacting Equiniti Limited from outside the UK)

\* Lines are open 8:30am to 5:30pm (UK time), Monday to

Friday (excluding public holidays in England and Wales).

For deaf and speech impaired customers, we welcome calls

via Relay UK. See www.relayuk.bt.com   for more

information.

The company registrar is Equiniti Limited. They provide a

shareholder service, including a telephone helpline and

shareview which is a free secure portfolio service.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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The statutory results are supplemented with those presented on an underlying basis and also with other alternative performance measures.

This is to enable a comprehensive understanding of the Group and facilitate comparison with peers. The Group Executive Committee,

which is the ‘chief operating decision maker’ (as defined by IFRS 8 Operating Segments) for the Group, reviews the Group’s results on an

underlying basis in order to assess performance and allocate resources. Management uses underlying profit before tax, an alternative

performance measure, as a measure of performance and believes that it provides important information for investors. This is because it

allows for a comparable representation of the Group’s performance by removing the impact of items such as volatility caused by market

movements outside the control of management.

In arriving at underlying profit, statutory profit before tax is adjusted for the items below, to allow a comparison of the Group’s underlying

performance:

• Restructuring costs relating to merger, acquisition, integration and disposal activities

• Volatility and other items, which includes the effects of certain asset sales, the volatility relating to the Group’s hedging arrangements

and that arising in the Insurance business, the unwind of acquisition-related fair value adjustments and the amortisation of purchased

intangible assets

The analysis of lending and expected credit loss (ECL) allowances is presented on both a statutory and an underlying basis and a

reconciliation between the two is shown on page 163. On a statutory basis, purchased or originated credit-impaired (POCI) assets include a

fixed pool of mortgages that were purchased as part of the HBOS acquisition at a deep discount to face value reflecting credit losses

incurred from the point of origination to the date of acquisition. Over time, these POCI assets will run off as the loans redeem, pay down or

losses crystallise. The underlying basis assumes that the lending assets acquired as part of a business combination were originated by the

Group and are classified as either Stage 1, 2 or 3 according to the change in credit risk over the period since origination. Underlying ECL

allowances have been calculated accordingly. The Group uses the underlying basis to monitor the creditworthiness of the lending portfolio

and related ECL allowances. The statutory basis also includes an accounting adjustment within UK Motor Finance required under IFRS 9 to

recognise a continuing involvement asset following the partial derecognition of a component of the Group's finance lease book via a

securitisation in the third quarter of 2024.

The Group calculates a number of metrics that are used throughout the banking and insurance industries on an underlying basis. These

metrics are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies and are not any more authoritative than

measures presented in the financial statements, however management believes that they are useful in assessing the performance of the

Group and in drawing comparisons between years. A description of these measures and their calculation, is given below. Alternative

performance measures are used internally in the Group’s Monthly Management Report.

Asset quality ratio The underlying impairment charge or credit for the period in respect of loans and advances to customers, both drawn and

undrawn, expressed as a percentage of average gross loans and advances to customers for the period. This measure is useful in

assessing the credit quality of the loan book.

Banking net interest

margin

Banking net interest income on customer and product balances in the banking businesses as a percentage of average gross

interest-earning banking assets for the period. This measure is useful in assessing the profitability of the banking business.

Cost:income ratio Total costs as a percentage of net income calculated on an underlying basis. This measure is useful in assessing the profitability

of the Group’s operations before the effects of the underlying impairment credit or charge.

Gross written premiums Gross written premiums is a measure of the volume of General Insurance business written during the period. This measure is

useful for assessing the growth of the General Insurance business.

Life and pensions sales

(present value of new

business premiums)

Present value of regular premiums plus single premiums from new business written in the current period. This measure is

useful for assessing sales in the Group’s life, pensions and investments insurance business.

Loan to deposit ratio Underlying loans and advances to customers divided by customer deposits.

Operating costs Operating expenses adjusted to remove the impact of operating lease depreciation, remediation, restructuring costs, the

amortisation of purchased intangibles, the insurance gross up and other statutory items.

New business value This represents the value added to the contractual service margin and risk adjustment at the initial recognition of new

contracts, net of acquisition expenses (derived from the statutory balance sheet movements) and any loss component on

onerous contracts (which is recognised directly in the income statement) but does not include existing business increments.

Pro forma CET1 ratio CET1 ratio adjusted for the effects of the dividend paid up by the Insurance business in the subsequent quarter and the full

impact of the announced ordinary share buyback programme.

Return on tangible

equity

Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders, divided by average tangible net assets. This measure is useful in providing a

consistent basis with which to measure the Group’s performance.

Tangible net assets per

share

Net assets excluding intangible assets such as goodwill and acquisition-related intangibles divided by the number of ordinary

shares in issue. This measure is useful in assessing shareholder value.

Underlying profit before

impairment

Underlying profit adjusted to remove the underlying impairment credit or charge. This measure is useful in allowing for a

comparable representation of the Group’s performance before the effects of the forward-looking underlying impairment

credit or charge.

Underlying profit Statutory profit before tax adjusted for certain items as detailed above. This measure allows for a comparable representation

of the Group’s performance by removing the impact of certain items including volatility caused by market movements outside

the control of management.

Alternative performance measures

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Reconciliation between statutory and underlying basis financial information

Statutory basis Removal of: Underlying basis

A

2024 £m

Volatility and

other items

1,2

£m

Insurance

gross up

3

£m £m

Net interest income   12,277    578    (10)    12,845  Underlying net interest income

Other income, net of net finance income

(expense) in respect of insurance

and investment contracts   5,726    (375)  246    5,597  Underlying other income

(1,325)  –    (1,325)  Operating lease depreciation

Total income, after net finance income

(expense) in respect of insurance and

investment contracts   18,003    (1,122)  236    17,117  Net income

Operating expenses

4

(11,601)    1,496    (236)    (10,341)  Total costs

Impairment charge   (431)    (2)  –    (433)  Underlying impairment charge

Profit before tax   5,971    372    –    6,343  Underlying profit

2023

Net interest income   13,298    479    (12)    13,765  Underlying net interest income

Other income, net of net finance

income in respect of insurance

and investment contracts   5,331    (447)  239    5,123  Underlying other income

(956)  –    (956)  Operating lease depreciation

Total income, after net finance income in

respect of insurance and investment

contracts   18,629    (924)    227    17,932  Net income

Operating expenses

4

(10,823)    1,235    (227)    (9,815)  Total costs

Impairment (charge) credit   (303)    (5)  –    (308)  Underlying impairment charge

Profit before tax   7,503    306    –    7,809  Underlying profit

1  In the year ended 31 December 2024 this comprised the effects of market volatility and asset sales (losses of £144 million); the amortisation of purchased intangibles (£81 million);

restructuring costs (£40 million); and fair value unwind (losses of £107million).

2  In the year ended 31 December 2023 this comprised the effects of market volatility and asset sales (gains of £35 million); the amortisation of purchased intangibles (£80 million);

restructuring costs (£154 million); and fair value unwind (losses of £107million).

3  Under IFRS 17, expenses which are directly associated with the fulfilment of insurance contracts are reported as part of the insurance service result within statutory other income. On

an underlying basis these expenses remain within costs.

4 Statutory operating expenses includes operating lease depreciation. On an underlying basis operating lease depreciation is included in net income.

Asset quality ratio

A

2024 2023

Underlying impairment charge (£m)   (433)   (308)

Remove non-customer underlying impairment (£m)   (23)   (13)

Underlying customer related impairment charge (£m) (a)   (456)   (321)

Loans and advances to customers (£bn)   459.9    449.7

Remove finance lease gross-up

1

(£bn)   (0.8)    –

Underlying loans and advances to customers (£bn)   459.1    449.7

Expected credit loss allowance (drawn) (£bn)   3.2    3.7

Acquisition related fair value adjustments (£bn)   0.1    0.3

Underlying gross loans and advances to customers (£bn)   462.4    453.7

Averaging (£bn)   (3.5)   3.1

Average underlying gross loans and advances to customers (£bn) (b)   458.9    456.8

Asset quality ratio

A

= (a) / (b)  0.10 %  0 . 0 7 %

1  The finance lease gross up represents a statutory accounting adjustment required under IFRS 9 to recognise a continuing involvement asset following the partial derecognition of a

component of the Group's finance lease book via a securitisation in the third quarter of 2024.

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Banking net interest margin

A

2024 2023

Underlying net interest income (£m)   12,845    13,765

Remove non-banking underlying net interest expense (£m)   469    311

Banking underlying net interest income (£m) (a)   13,314    14,076

Underlying gross loans and advances to customers (£bn)   462.4    453.7

Adjustment for non-banking and other items:

Fee-based loans and advances (£bn)   (10.0)   (8.9)

Other (£bn)   2.0    4.2

Interest-earning banking assets (£bn)   454.4    449.0

Averaging (£bn)   (3.2)   4.3

Average interest-earning banking assets

A

(£bn) (b)   451.2    453.3

Banking net interest margin

A

(%) = (a) / (b) 2.95% 3.11%

Cost:income ratio

A

2024

£m

2023

£m

Operating costs

A

9,442    9,140

Remediation   899    675

Total costs (a)   10,341    9,815

Net income (b)   17,117    17,932

Cost:income ratio

A

= (a) / (b)   60.4 %   54.7 %

Loan to deposit ratio

A

At 31 Dec

2024

£bn

At 31 Dec

2023

£bn

Loans and advances to customers (a)   459.1    449.7

Customer deposits (b)   482.7    471.4

Loan to deposit ratio

A

= (a) / (b)   9 5 %   9 5 %

Life and pension sales (present value of new business premiums)

A

2024

£m

2023

£m

Premiums received   10,679    9,768

Investment sales   10,986    10,615

Effect of capitalisation factor   3,609    3,426

Effect of annualisation   401    455

Gross premiums from existing long-term business   (7,426)   (6,815)

Life and pensions sales (present value of new business premiums)

A

18,249    17,449

New business value of insurance and participating investment contracts recognised in the year

A

2024

£m

2023

£m

Contractual service margin   61    92

Risk adjustment for non-financial risk   65    86

Losses recognised on initial recognition   (93)    (71)

33    107

Impacts of reinsurance contracts recognised in the year   39    29

Increments, single premiums and transfers received on workplace pension contracts initially recognised in the year   35    17

Amounts relating to contracts modified to add a drawdown feature and recognised as new contracts   4    –

New business value of insurance and participating investment contracts recognised in the year

A

111    153

Alternative performance measures continued

l

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Operating costs

A

2024

£m

2023

£m

Operating expenses   11,601    10,823

Adjustment for:

Operating lease depreciation   (1,325)   (956)

Remediation   (899)   (675)

Restructuring   (40)   (154)

Amortisation of purchased intangibles   (81)   (80)

Insurance gross up   236    227

Other statutory items   (50)   (45)

Operating costs

A

9,442    9,140

Pro forma CET1 ratio

A

At 31 Dec

2024

%

At 31 Dec

2023

%

CET1 ratio 14.2% 14.6%

Insurance dividend and share buyback accrual

1

(0.7)% (0.9)%

Pro forma CET1 ratio

A

13.5% 13.7%

1  Dividend paid up by the Insurance business in the subsequent quarter (added) and the impact of the announced ordinary share buyback programme (deducted).

Return on tangible equity

A

2024 2023

Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders (£m) (a) 3,923 4,933

Average shareholders’ equity (£bn) 40.0 38.9

Average goodwill and other intangible assets (£bn) (8.0) (7.7)

Average tangible equity (£bn) (b) 32.0 31.2

Return on tangible equity (%)

A

= (a) / (b) 12.3% 15.8%

Tangible net assets per share

A

At 31 Dec

2024

£m

At 31 Dec

2023

£m

Ordinary shareholders’ equity   39,521    40,224

Remove goodwill and other intangible assets   (8,188)   (8,306)

Deferred tax and other adjustments   350    352

Tangible net assets (a)   31,683    32,270

Ordinary shares in issue, excluding own shares (b)   60,491 m   63,508 m

Tangible net assets per share

A

= (a) / (b)   52.4 p   50.8 p

Underlying profit before impairment

A

2024

£m

2023

£m

Statutory profit before tax   5,971    7,503

Remove impairment charge   431    303

Remove volatility and other items including restructuring   374    311

Underlying profit before impairment

A

6,776    8,117

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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In compliance with section 409 of the Companies Act 2006, the

following comprises a list of all related undertakings of the Group, as

at 31 December 2024. The list includes each undertaking’s registered

office and the percentage of the class(es) of shares held by the

Group. All shares held are ordinary shares unless indicated otherwise

in the notes.

Subsidiary undertakings

The Group directly or indirectly holds 100 per cent of the share class

or a majority of voting rights (including where the undertaking does

not have share capital as indicated) in the following undertakings.

All material subsidiary undertakings are consolidated by Lloyds

Banking Group.

A G Finance Ltd 20 ii iii

A.C.L. Ltd 1 i

ACL Autolease Holdings Ltd 1 i

ADF No.1 Pty Ltd 8 i §

Alex Lawrie Factors Ltd 9 i

Alex. Lawrie Receivables Financing Ltd 9 i

Alpha Trustees Ltd 20 i

Amberdate Ltd 1 i v

Anglo Scottish Utilities Partnership 1 + \*

Aquilus Ltd 13 i ‡

Automobile Association Personal Finance Ltd 4 i

Avalon Investment Services (Nominees) Ltd 20 i

Avalon SIPP Trustees Ltd 20 i

Bank of Scotland (B G S) Nominees Ltd 5 \*

Bank of Scotland Branch Nominees Ltd 5 i

Bank of Scotland Central Nominees Ltd 5 \*

Bank of Scotland Edinburgh Nominees Ltd 5 \*

Bank of Scotland Equipment Finance Ltd 13 i ‡

Bank of Scotland plc 5 i v

Bank of Scotland Structured Asset Finance Ltd 1 i

Bank of Scotland Transport Finance 1 Ltd 13 i ‡

Bank of Wales Ltd 47 i

Barents Leasing Ltd 1 i

Birchcrown Finance Ltd 1 v xiii

Black Horse (TRF) Ltd 1 i

Black Horse Finance Holdings Ltd 1 ii iii

Black Horse Finance Management Ltd 13 i ‡

Black Horse Group Ltd 1 i v

Black Horse Ltd 1 i

Black Horse Offshore Ltd 7 i

Boltro Nominees Ltd 1 i

BOS (Ireland) Property Services 2 Ltd  16 i ‡

BOS (Shared Appreciation Mortgages (Scotland)) Ltd 4 i

BOS (Shared Appreciation Mortgages (Scotland) No. 2) Ltd 4 i

BOS (Shared Appreciation Mortgages (Scotland) No. 3) Ltd 4 i

BOS (Shared Appreciation Mortgages) No. 1 plc  4 # i

BOS (Shared Appreciation Mortgages) No. 2 plc 4 # i

BOS (Shared Appreciation Mortgages) No. 3 plc 4 # i

BOS (Shared Appreciation Mortgages) No. 4 plc  4 # i

BOS (Shared Appreciation Mortgages) No. 5 plc  4 i

BOS (Shared Appreciation Mortgages) No. 6 plc  4 i

BOS (USA) Fund Investments Inc. 11 xiv

BOS (USA) Inc. 11 i

BOS Personal Lending Ltd 4 ii iii

BOSSAF Rail Ltd 1 i

British Linen Leasing (London) Ltd  5 i

British Linen Leasing Ltd 5 i

British Linen Shipping Ltd 5 i

Name of undertaking Notes

Capital 1945 Ltd 13 i ‡

Capital Bank Leasing 12 Ltd 5 i

Capital Bank Leasing 3 Ltd 13 i ‡

Capital Bank Leasing 5 Ltd 47 i

Capital Bank Property Investments (3) Ltd 47 i

Capital Personal Finance Ltd 4 i

Cardnet Merchant Services Ltd 1 # ^ iii iv

Cashfriday Ltd 9 i

Caveminster Ltd 13 i ‡

Cavendish Online Ltd  21 ii iii viii xxii

xxiii xxiv xxv

xxvi xxvii

xxviii

Cawley (Chester) Ltd 47 ii iii viii

CF Asset Finance Ltd 13 i ‡

Charterhall Nominees Ltd 20 i

Cheltenham & Gloucester plc 12 i

Citra Development Company (No. 1) Ltd 1 i

Citra Development Company (No. 2) Ltd 1 i

Citra Living Broadside Limited 50 i

Citra Living Investments Ltd 1 i

Citra Living Ltd 1 i

Citra Living Nexus Ltd 1 i

Citra Living Oldham Road Ltd 50 i

Citra Living Operating Company (No. 1) Ltd 1 i

Citra Living Properties (No. 1) Ltd 1 i

Citra Living Properties (No. 2) Ltd 1 i

Citra Living The Rise Cardiff Ltd 1 i

Citra Pathways Ltd 1 i

Clerical Medical Finance plc 20 i

Clerical Medical Financial Services Ltd  13 i ‡

Clerical Medical Investment Fund Managers Ltd 4 i

Clerical Medical Non Sterling Property Company Sàrl 22 i

Cloak Lane Funding Sàrl 23 i

Cloak Lane Investments Sàrl 23 i

Conquest Securities Ltd 1 v xiii

Corbiere Asset Investments Ltd 1 ii iii

Dalkeith Corporation 24 i ‡

Dunstan Investments (UK) Ltd 1 i

E.B.S. Pensioneer Trustees Ltd 20 i

EBS Pensions Ltd 20 i

EBS Self-Administered Personal Pension Plan Trustees Ltd 20 i

Embark Corporate Services Ltd 20 ii

Embark Group Ltd 20 ii iii

Embark Investment Services Ltd 20 i

Embark Investment Services Nominees Ltd 20 i

Embark Investments Ltd 20 i

Embark Pensions Trustees Ltd 20 i

Embark Services Ltd 20 i

Embark Trustees Ltd 20 i

Eurolead Services Holdings Ltd 9 i

First Retail Finance (Chester) Ltd 4 i

Forthright Finance Ltd 47 i

France Industrial Premises Holding Company 28 i

General Leasing (No. 12) Ltd 13 i ‡

General Reversionary and Investment Company 20 i #

Gresham Nominee 1 Ltd 1 i

Gresham Nominee 2 Ltd 1 i

Halifax Financial Brokers Ltd 4 i

Halifax Financial Services (Holdings) Ltd 4 i

Name of undertaking Notes

Subsidiaries and related undertakings

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Halifax Ltd 13 i ‡

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Halifax Pension Nominees Ltd 1 i

Halifax Share Dealing Ltd 4 i

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Hamsard 3353 Ltd 14 i

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HBOS Financial Services Ltd 20 i

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HBOS plc 5 i v vi

HBOS Social Housing Covered Bonds LLP 47 \*

HBOS UK Ltd  5 i

Heidi Finance Holdings (UK) Ltd 1 i

HGP III Ltd 1 i

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Hill Samuel Finance Ltd 1 v xx

Hill Samuel Leasing Co. Ltd 1 i

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Horizon Capital 2000 Ltd 5 i

Hornbuckle Mitchell Trustees Ltd 20 i

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LBG Equity Investments Ltd 1 i ^

LBI Leasing Ltd 1 i

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LDC (Managers) Ltd 40 i

LDC (Nominees) Ltd 40 i

LDC GP LLP 41 \*

LDC I LP 41 \*

LDC II LP 41 \*

LDC III LP 41 \*

LDC IV LP 41 \*

LDC V LP 41 \*

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LDC VII LP 41 \*

LDC VIII LP 40 \*

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LDC XI LP 40 \*

LDC XII LP 40 \*

LDC XIII LP 41 \*

LDC XIV LP 41 \*

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LEIL Virgo Holdco Ltd 1 i

Lex Autolease (CH) Ltd 1 i

Lex Autolease (VC) Ltd 1 i

Lex Autolease Carselect Ltd 1 i

Lex Autolease Ltd 1 i

Lex Vehicle Leasing (Holdings) Ltd 13 ii iii xi ‡

Lex Vehicle Leasing Ltd 13 i ‡

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Lloyds (Gresham) Ltd 13 i xi ‡

Lloyds (Nimrod) Specialist Finance Ltd  1 i

Lloyds America Securities Corporation 11 i

Lloyds Asset Leasing Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank (Colonial & Foreign) Nominees Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank (I.D.) Nominees Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank Asset Finance Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Ltd 9 i

Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Scotland Ltd 43 i

Lloyds Bank Corporate Asset Finance (HP) Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank Corporate Asset Finance (No.1) Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank Corporate Asset Finance (No.2) Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank Corporate Asset Finance (No.3) Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank Corporate Asset Finance (No.4) Ltd 1 i

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Lloyds Bank Equipment Leasing (No. 7) Ltd 13 i ‡

Lloyds Bank Equipment Leasing (No. 9) Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank Financial Services (Holdings) Ltd  1 i v

Lloyds Bank General Insurance Holdings Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank General Insurance Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank General Leasing (No. 3) Ltd 13 i ‡

Lloyds Bank General Leasing (No. 5) Ltd  13 i ‡

Lloyds Bank General Leasing (No. 11) Ltd 13 i ‡

Lloyds Bank GmbH  29 i

Lloyds Bank Insurance Services Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank Leasing (No. 6) Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank Leasing Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank Maritime Leasing (No. 10) Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank MTCH Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank Nominees Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank Offshore Pension Trust Ltd 33 i

Lloyds Bank Pension ABCS (No. 1) LLP 1 \*

Lloyds Bank Pension ABCS (No. 2) LLP 1 \*

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Lloyds Bank plc 1 ^ i vii

Lloyds Bank Property Company Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank S.F. Nominees Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Bank Subsidiaries Ltd 1 i

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Lloyds Investment Securities No.5 Ltd 13 i ‡

Lloyds Leasing (North Sea Transport) Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Leasing Developments Ltd 13 i ‡

Lloyds Offshore Global Services Private Ltd 48 i

Lloyds Plant Leasing Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Portfolio Leasing Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Project Leasing Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Property Investment Company No. 4 Ltd 13 i ‡

Lloyds Secretaries Ltd 1 i

Lloyds Securities Inc. 11 i

Lloyds TSB Pacific Ltd 51 i

Lloyds UDT Asset Rentals Ltd 13 i ‡

Lloyds UDT Leasing Ltd 1 i

Lloyds UDT Ltd 13 i ‡

Loans.co.uk Ltd 47 i

London Taxi Finance Ltd 1 ii iii

Lotus Finance Ltd  20 ii iii

LTGP Limited Partnership Incorporated 34 \*

Maritime Leasing (No. 19) Ltd 13 i ‡

MBNA Europe Finance Ltd 46 i

MBNA Europe Holdings Ltd 47 i

MBNA Ltd 47 i

MBNA R & L Sàrl 49 i

MBNA Receivables Ltd 32 i

Membership Services Finance Ltd 4 i

Mitre Street Funding Sàrl 23 i

NWS Trust Ltd 5 i

Pacific Leasing Ltd 13 i ‡

Pensions Management (S.W.F.) Ltd 5 \*

Perry Nominees Ltd 1 i

PIPS Asset Investments Ltd  1 ii iii

Prestonfield Investments Ltd 5 i

Proton Finance Ltd  20 ii iii

R.F. Spencer and Company Ltd 9 i

Raleigh Street (Walsall) Management Company Ltd 1 \*

Ranelagh Nominees Ltd 1 i

Retail Revival (Burgess Hill) Investments Ltd 1 i

Saint Michel Holding Company No1 28 i

Saint Michel Investment Property 28 i

Saint Witz 2 Holding Company No1 28 i

Saint Witz 2 Investment Property 28 i

Savban Leasing Ltd 1 i

Scotland International Finance B.V. 35 i

Scottish Widows Administration Services (Nominees) Ltd 5 i

Scottish Widows Administration Services Ltd 1 i

Scottish Widows Auto Enrolment Services Ltd 1 i

Name of undertaking Notes

Scottish Widows Europe 27 i

Scottish Widows Financial Services Holdings 5 i

Scottish Widows’ Fund and Life Assurance Society 5 \*

Scottish Widows Group Ltd 5 ii ^

Scottish Widows Industrial Properties Europe B.V. 18 i

Scottish Widows Ltd 1 i

Scottish Widows Services Ltd 5 i

Scottish Widows Trustees Ltd 5 i

Scottish Widows Unit Funds Ltd  5 i

Scottish Widows Unit Trust Managers Ltd 1 i

Seabreeze Leasing Ltd 13 i ‡

Seaspirit Leasing Ltd 1 i

Share Dealing Nominees Ltd 4 i

Shogun Finance Ltd 20 i

St Andrew’s Group Ltd 20 i

St Andrew’s Insurance plc  20 i

St Andrew’s Life Assurance plc  20 i

St. Mary’s Court Investments  13 i ‡

Standard Property Investment (1987) Ltd 5 ii #

Sterling ISA Managers (Nominees) Ltd 20 i

Sterling ISA Managers Ltd 20 i

Sussex County Homes Ltd 4 i

Suzuki Financial Services Ltd 20 ii #

SW Funding plc 5 i #

SW No.1 Ltd 31 i ‡

The Adviser Centre Ltd 20 i

The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation plc  45 i

The British Linen Company Ltd 5 i

The Mortgage Business plc 4 i

Thistle Leasing + \*

Tower Hill Property Investments (7) Ltd 13 i # ‡

Tower Hill Property Investments (10) Ltd 13 i # ‡

Tranquility Leasing Ltd 1 i

TuskerDirect Ltd 14 i

Uberior (Glasgow) Limited 5 ii iii

Uberior (Moorfield) Ltd 5 i

Uberior (West) Limited 5 ii iii

Uberior Co-Investments Ltd 31 i ‡

Uberior ENA Ltd 5 i

Uberior Equity Ltd 5 i

Uberior Europe Ltd 5 i

Uberior Fund Investments Ltd 5 i

Uberior Infrastructure Investments Ltd 31 i ‡

Uberior Infrastructure Investments (No 2) Ltd 1 i

Uberior Investments Ltd 5 i

Uberior Trading Ltd  5 i

Uberior Ventures Australia Pty Ltd 8 i §

Uberior Ventures Ltd 31 i ‡

UDT Budget Leasing Ltd 13 i ‡

UK Prime Student LP 53 \*

UK PRS (Jersey) Properties I Ltd 36 i

UK PRS Lettings I LLP 1 \*

UK PRS Member Limited 1 i

United Dominions Leasing Ltd 1 i

United Dominions Trust Ltd 1 i

Name of undertaking Notes

Subsidiaries and related undertakings continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Vine Street XIV LLP 41 \*

Ward Nominees (Abingdon) Ltd 1 i

Waymark Asset Investments Ltd 1 ii iii

West Craigs Ltd 5 i

Wood Street Leasing Ltd 1 i

Name of undertaking Notes

Subsidiary undertakings continued

The Group has determined that it has the power to exercise control

over the following entities without having the majority of the voting

rights of the undertakings. Unless otherwise stated, the

undertakings do not have share capital or the Group does not hold

any shares.

Addison Social Housing Holdings Ltd 36

Cancara Asset Securitisation Ltd  32

Candide Financing 2021-1 B.V. 19

Candide Financing 2024-1 B.V 19

Cardiff Auto Receivables Securitisation 2022-1 plc 26

Cardiff Auto Receivables Securitisation 2024-1 plc 6

Cardiff Auto Receivables Securitisation Holdings Ltd 26

Cardiff Auto Receivables Securitisation Holdings No. 2 Ltd 6

Celsius European Lux 2 Sàrl 30

Elland RMBS 2018 plc 26

Elland RMBS Holdings Ltd 26

Fontwell II Securities 2020 DAC 42

Fontwell Securities 2016 Ltd 36

Gresham Receivables (No. 3) Ltd 32

Gresham Receivables (No. 10) Ltd 32

Gresham Receivables (No. 13) UK Ltd 25

Gresham Receivables (No. 15) UK Ltd  10 ‡

Gresham Receivables (No. 16) UK Ltd  10 ‡

Gresham Receivables (No. 20) Ltd 32

Gresham Receivables (No. 24) Ltd 32

Gresham Receivables (No.27) UK Ltd 25

Gresham Receivables (No. 32) UK Ltd 25

Gresham Receivables (No. 34) UK Ltd 25

Gresham Receivables (No.35) Ltd 32

Gresham Receivables (No.36) UK Ltd 25

Gresham Receivables (No.37) UK Ltd 25

Gresham Receivables (No.38) UK Ltd 25

Gresham Receivables (No.39) UK Ltd 25

Gresham Receivables (No.40) UK Ltd 25

Gresham Receivables (No.41) UK Ltd 25

Gresham Receivables (No.44) UK Ltd 25

Gresham Receivables (No.45) UK Ltd 25

Gresham Receivables (No.46) UK Ltd 25

Gresham Receivables (No.47) UK Ltd 25

Gresham Receivables (No.48) UK Ltd 25

Guildhall Asset Purchasing Company (No.11) UK Ltd  25

Housing Association Risk Transfer 2019 DAC 42

Lloyds Bank Covered Bonds (Holdings) Ltd 26

Molineux RMBS 2016-1 plc 26

Molineux RMBS Holdings Ltd 26

Otium Lifetime Funding (No. 1) Ltd 26

Penarth Asset Securitisation Holdings Ltd 26

Penarth Funding 1 Ltd 26

Penarth Funding 2 Ltd 26

Penarth Master Issuer plc 26

Penarth Receivables Trustee Ltd 26

Name of undertaking Notes

Permanent Funding (No. 1) Ltd 26

Permanent Funding (No. 2) Ltd 26

Permanent Holdings Ltd 26

Permanent Master Issuer plc 26

Permanent Mortgages Trustee Ltd 26

Permanent PECOH Holdings Ltd 26

Permanent PECOH Ltd 26

Salisbury Securities 2015 Ltd 36

Salisbury II Securities 2016 Ltd 36

Salisbury II-A Securities 2017 Ltd 36

Salisbury III Securities 2019 DAC 42

Sàrl Hiram 44

Stichting Holding Candide Financing 19

Stichting Holding Candide Financing 2024-1 19

Stichting Security Trustee Candide Financing 2021-1 B.V. 19

Stichting Security Trustee Candide Financing 2024-1 19

Syon Securities 2019 DAC 42

Syon Securities 2020 DAC 42

Syon Securities 2020-2 DAC 42

Thistle Investments (AMC) Ltd 26

Wetherby II Securities 2018 DAC 3 ‡

Wetherby III Securities 2019 DAC 42

Wilmington Cards 2021-1 plc 26

Wilmington Cards Holdings Ltd 26

Wilmington Receivables Trustee Ltd 26

Bank of Scotland Foundation • 5

Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales • 2

Lloyds Bank Foundation for the Channel Islands • 2

MBNA General Foundation • 47

The Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland • 15

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Associated undertakings

The Group has a participating interest in the following undertakings.

00SC Ltd 50% Kingsnorth House, Blenheim Way, Birmingham, West Midlands,

UnitedKingdom, B44 8LS

ii

239 Kingsway Hove Ltd 50% Cayuga House, 2a Addison Road, Hove, East Sussex,

UnitedKingdom,BN31TN

ii

4755AS Ltd 50% Kingsnorth House, Blenheim Way, Birmingham, West Midlands,

England,B44 8LS

ii

Addison Social Housing Ltd 20% 1 Bartholomew Lane, London, EC2N 2AX i

Airline Services And Components Group Ltd 94.45% Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP (Ref: Csu), Rutland House,

148EdmundStreet, Birmingham, B3 2JR

ii &

Albany Bidco Ltd 75.32% Acora House, Albert Drive, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, United Kingdom,

RH15 9TN

ii

Aldreth Developments Ltd 50% No 1 Railshead Road, St Margarets, Isleworth, Middlesex, United Kingdom,

TW7 7EP

ii ∞

Alfred Homes Properties LLP n/a 64 Parchment Street, Winchester, England, SO23 8AT \*

Alfred Investment Properties Ltd 50% 64 Parchment Street, Winchester, England, SO23 8AT i

Alfred Investments LLP n/a 64 Parchment Street, Winchester, England, SO23 8AT \*

Alfreton Road JV Ltd 100% 85 Buckingham Gate, London, England, SW1E 6PD ii

Allan Water Homes (Chryston) Ltd 50% 24B Kenilworth Road, Bridge Of Allan, Stirling, Scotland, FK9 4DU ii

Alphabet Bidco Ltd 99.25% Phoenix House, Smeaton Close, Rabans Lane, Industrial Area, Aylesbury,

Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, HP19 8UW

ii &

Angus International Safety Group Ltd  88.93%

88.93%

Station Road, High Bentham, Near Lancaster, LA2 7NA xvii

xviii &

Aquavista Watersides Topco Ltd 92.69% Sawley Marina, Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, NG10 3AE ii &

Artisan Blythswood Quarter Ltd  53% 7 Cliffe Park Way, Bruntcliffe Road, Morley, Leeds, England, LS27 0RY ii

Ashtons Group Holdings Ltd 99% Unit 4, 74 Dyke Road Mews, Brighton, BN1 3JD ii &

Aspire Technology Enterprise Ltd 99.25% Pipewell Quay, Pipewellgate, Gateshead, Tyne And Wear,

UnitedKingdom, NE8 2BJ

ii &

Avantis Education Group Ltd 99.25% Unit 2 And 3, Jessop Court, Waterwells Business Park, Quedgeley,

Gloucester, United Kingdom, GL2 2AP

xviii &

Azul Holdco Ltd 99.25% Cannon Green, 1 Suffolk Lane, London, United Kingdom, EC4R 0AX xviii &

Bacchus Newco Ltd 89.25% Teneo Financial Advisory Limited, The Colmore Building,

20ColmoreCircus, Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6AT

ii & ∞

Backhouse (Castle Cary) JV Ltd 50% c/o DAC Beachcroft LLP, Portwall Place, Portwall Lane, Bristol, United

Kingdom, BS1 9HS

ii

Backhouse (Westbury) JV Ltd 50% c/o DAC Beachcroft LLP, Portwall Place, Portwall Lane, Bristol, United

Kingdom, BS1 9HS

ii

Balia Ltd 50% 85 Buckingham Gate, London, England, SW1E 6PD i

Bar Bidco Ltd 99.25% Equity House, Blackbrook Park Avenue, Taunton, England, TA1 2PX ii &

BCIS Holdings Ltd 99.25% Royal House 110 Station Parade, Harrogate, HG1 1EP  ii &

Beckstones (Rheda Park) Ltd 50% Agricola House, Cowper Road, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith, CA11 9BN ii

Bergamot Ventures Ltd 100% C/O Milsted Langdon Llp Winchester House, Deane Gate Avenue,

Taunton, United Kingdom, TA1 2UH

iii ~

BH Stoke Golding Property LLP n/a Grovelands Business Park, West Haddon Road, East Haddon,

Northampton, NN6 8FB

\*

BH Sutton Ltd 50% Grovelands Business Park, West Haddon Road, East Haddon,

Northampton, NN6 8FB

ii

BH Woodville Ltd 50% Grovelands Business Park, West Haddon Road, East Haddon,

Northampton, NN6 8FB

ii

Biozone Scientific Group Ltd 99.25% Unit 5a, Compass Business Park, Pacific Road, Cardiff, CF24 5HL  ii &

BLIS Holdco Ltd 81.15% 85 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 7LT ii &

Blue Bay Travel Group Ltd 99.17% A4 Bellringer Road, Trentham Business Quarter, Stoke-On-Trent, ST4 8GB xviii &

BoS Mezzanine Partners Fund LP n/a Fourth Floor, 7 Castle Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3AH \*

Bowbridge Homes (Frisby) Ltd 50% Unit 4, Shieling Court, Corby, England, NN18 9QD ii

Name of undertaking

% of share class

held by immediate

parent company

(or by the Group

where this varies) Registered office address  Notes

Subsidiaries and related undertakings continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Bowland Fold (Halton) Ltd 25% Agricola House, Cowper Road, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith,

England,CA11 9BN

i

Bramble Foods Group Ltd 99.25%

99.25%

Crosby Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, LE16 9EE ii &

xxii

Briar Homes (Barrhead) Ltd 50% Radleigh House, 1 Golf Road, Clarkston, Glasgow, G76 7HU i

Briar Homes (Gladsmuir) Ltd 50% Radleigh House, 1 Golf Road, Clarkston, Glasgow, G76 7HU i

Briar Homes (Howwood) Ltd 50% Radleigh House, 1 Golf Road, Clarkston, Glasgow, G76 7HU ii

Briar Homes (Investments) Ltd 100% Radleigh House, 1 Golf Road, Clarkston, Glasgow, G76 7HU ii

Briar Homes (Kennoway ) Ltd 50% Radleigh House, 1 Golf Road, Clarkston, Glasgow, G76 7HU i

Briar Homes (Newmains) Ltd 50% Radleigh House, 1 Golf Road, Clarkston, Glasgow, G76 7HU ii

Briar Homes (Tillycairn) Ltd 50% Radleigh House, 1 Golf Road, Clarkston, Glasgow, G76 7HU i

Bunnyhomes Church Lane at Cheriton Bishop Ltd 25% 22 Chancery Lane, London, England, WC2A 1LS i

Bunnyhomes Primrose Fields At Appledore Ltd 25% 22 Chancery Lane, London, England, WC2A 1LS i

Burnham SPV Ltd 50% Weir House, Hurst Road, East Molesey, Surrey, KT8 9AY ii

BRICS (Earnley) LLP n/a 3rd Floor 22 Old Bond Street, London, W1S 4PY \*

Caedmon Homes (St Johns Mews) Ltd 50% 1st Floor, 34 Falcon Court, Preston Farm Business Park,

Stockton-on-Tees,TS18 3TX

ii ‡

Caedmon Homes Kirby Hill Ltd 50% 1st Floor, 34 Falcon Court, Preston Farm Business Park,

Stockton-on-Tees,TS18 3TX

ii ‡

Caedmon Homes Ltd 50% 1st Floor, 34 Falcon Court, Preston Farm Business Park,

Stockton-on-Tees,TS18 3TX

ii ‡

Cayuga 013 LLP n/a Cayuga House, 2a Addison Road, Hove, England, BN3 1TN \*

Cayuga 018 LLP n/a Cayuga House, 2a Addison Road, Hove, England, BN3 1TN \*

Cheriton Bishop Holding Ltd 50% 22 Chancery Lane, London, England, WC2A 1LS ii

City & General Securities Ltd 100% 10 Upper Berkeley Street, London, W1H 7PE iii &

Columbus UK Holdings Ltd 99% 1 Fore Street Avenue, Moorgate, London, UK, EC2Y 9DT ii &

Connect Health Group Ltd 99%

99%

The Light Box, Quorum Business Park, Benton Lane,

NewcastleUponTyne, United Kingdom, NE12 8EU

ii &

xvii

Crossco (1462) Ltd 99.25%

99.25%

23a Falcon Court, Preston Farm Industrial Estate, Stockton-On-Tees,

United Kingdom, TS18 3TX

ii &

xviii

Crossco (1468) Ltd 99.25% The Light Box, Quorum Business Park, Benton Lane,

NewcastleUponTyne, United Kingdom, NE12 8EU

ii &

Cruden Homes (Aberlady) Ltd 50% 16 Walker Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7LP ii

Cruden Homes (Barnton Avenue) Ltd 50% 16 Walker Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7LP i

Cruden Homes (Longniddry South) Ltd 50% 16 Walker Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7LP i

Cruden Homes (West Craigs) Ltd 50% 16 Walker Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7LP i

Cruden Ventures Ltd 100% 16 Walker Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7LP ii

D.U.K.E. Real Estate Ltd 100% Cromwell Property Group Spaces, Lochrin Square, 1 Lochrin Square,

92-98Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH3 9QA

iii ~

Derwent Rise (Seaton) Ltd 25% Agricola House, Cowper Road, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith,

England,CA11 9BN

i

Devonshire Homes (Halwill) Ltd 25% Gotham House, Hammett Square, Phoenix Lane, Tiverton,

Devon,EX166LT

ii

Devonshire Homes (Ilfracombe) Ltd 100% Gotham House, Hammett Square, Phoenix Lane, Tiverton,

Devon,EX166LT

ii

Devonshire Homes (RGI) Ltd 50% Gotham House, Hammett Square, Phoenix Lane, Tiverton,

Devon,EX166LT

ii

Devonshire Homes (St Austell) Ltd 50% Gotham House, Hammett Square, Phoenix Lane, Tiverton,

Devon,EX166LT

ii

Devonshire Homes (Wincanton) Ltd 25% Gotham House, Hammett Square, Phoenix Lane, Tiverton,

Devon,EX166LT

ii

Downtown Manchester BTR Ltd 100% 1 St. Georges Court, Altrincham Business Park, Altrincham,

England,WA145UA

ii

Downtown Manchester Opco Ltd 50% 1 St. Georges Court, Altrincham Business Park, Altrincham,

England,WA145UA

i

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Associated undertakings continued

Downtown Manchester Propco Ltd 50% 1 St. Georges Court, Altrincham Business Park, Altrincham,

England,WA145UA

i

Duchy Homes (Chapelgarth) Ltd 50% 3125 Century Way, Thorpe Park, Leeds, LS15 8ZB ii

Duchy Homes (Elwick) Ltd 50% Middleton House, Westland Road, Leeds, United Kingdom, LS11 5UH ii

Duncan and Todd Holdings Ltd 89.25% Unit 4 Kirkhill Commercial Park, Dyce Avenue, Dyce, Aberdeen, AB21 0LQ ii &

Dundashill 4A Ltd 50% 305 Gray’s Inn Road, London, United Kingdom, WC1X 8QR i

Durkan (Onslow) Ltd 25% Unit 4, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, England, WD6 1JD i

Durkan Growth Ltd 50% Unit 4, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, England, WD6 1JD ii

Eamont Chase (Penrith) Ltd 25% Agricola House, Cowper Road, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith,

England,CA11 9BN

i

Eden Gardens (Etterby) Ltd 25% Agricola House, Cowper Road, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith,

England,CA11 9BN

i

Edwards Homes (Hollybrook Park) Ltd 50% Edwards House Lakeside Business Village, St. Davids Park, Ewloe,

UnitedKingdom, CH5 3XA

ii

EFG Holdco (CW) Ltd 50% 9th Floor, 80 Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3FX ii

Eiger Bidco Ltd 99.25% 4 Webster Court, Carina Park, Westbrook, Warrington,

UnitedKingdom,WA5 8WD

ii &

Elovate Group Ltd 100% York House, Wetherby Road, Long Marston, YO26 7NH xviii &

Ensco 1322 Ltd 99% Newbury House, 20 Kings Road West, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5XR ii &

Ensco 1327 Ltd 99% First Floor, 65 Gresham Street, London, England, EC2V 7NQ ii &

Ensco 1337 Ltd 99% 41 Churchill Way, Lomeshaye Industrial Estate, Nelson,

Lancashire,BB96RT

ii &

Ensco 1506 Ltd 73.08% 2 Leman Street, London, United Kingdom, E1W 9US ii &

Ettrickhaugh Development Company Ltd 100% Priorwood House, High Road, Melrose, Scottish Borders,

Scotland,TD69EF

ii

Eudoros Bidco Ltd 99.25% 5 Soho Street, London, England, W1D 3DG xviii &

Europa Property Company (Northern) Ltd  100% Europa House, 20 Esplanade, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 2AQ viii

Eutopia Exeter 4 Ltd 50% The Stables, Little Coldharbour Farm, Tong Lane, Lamberhurst,

TunbridgeWells, Kent, England, TN3 8AD

ii

Eutopia Exeter Gateway Ltd 50% The Stables, Little Coldharbour Farm, Tong Lane, Lamberhurst,

TunbridgeWells, Kent, England, TN3 8AD

ii

Express Engineering (Group) Ltd 99%

99%

99%

99.35%

Kingsway North, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, NE11 0EG ii

xvii

xviii &

xxi

Farries Field (Stainburn) Ltd 50% Agricola House, Cowper Road, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith,

Cumbria,CA11 9BN

ii

FDL Salterns Ltd 50% 2 Poole Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5QY ii

Generate Topco Ltd 99.25% Boxpark 3rd Floor, 60 Worship Street, London,

UnitedKingdom,EC2A2EZ

xviii &

Global Autocare Holding Ltd 99% The Hub, Gelderd Lane, Leeds, England, LS12 6AL ii &

GPSEC LLP n/a Cayuga House, 2a Addison Road, Hove, England, BN3 1TN \*

Grove Crescent Stratford Ltd 50% 3 Llys Y Bont, Parc Menai, Bangor, United Kingdom, LL57 4BN i

Hamsard 3667 Ltd 99.25% Park House, Clifton Park, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 5PB ii &

Hamsard 3731 Ltd 85.21% 55 Whitefriargate, Hull, HU1 2HU ii &

Hamsard 3751 Ltd 99.25% Unit 17-20 Glacier Buildings, Harrington Road, Brunswick Business Park,

Liverpool, England, L3 4BH

ii &

Hamsard 3796 Ltd 99.25% The Harley Building, 77-79 New Cavendish Street,

London, England, W1W 6XB

ii &

Hartfell Developments (Harker) Ltd 100% 3 Lowgate, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, Lancashire,

UnitedKingdom,LA62FY

ii

Hazel Newco Ltd 99.25% Bradwood Court, St Crispin Way, Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancashire,

United Kingdom, BB4 4PW

xviii &

HB Developments (NW) Ltd 50% 116 Duke Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, L1 5JW ii

Name of undertaking

% of share class

held by immediate

parent company

(or by the Group

where this varies) Registered office address Notes

Subsidiaries and related undertakings continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Hercules Topco Ltd 99.25% 5th Floor, The Grange, 100 High Street, Southgate, London, N14 6BN ii &

HG Developments (NW) Ltd 45% 116 Duke Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, L1 5JW ii &

HGP II Ltd  50% 25 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HN i

HGP Torsion Holdco Ltd 50% 1280 Century Way, Thorpe Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United

Kingdom,LS15 8ZB

ii

HH (AG) Ltd 100% 17 Mann Island, Liverpool, England, L3 1BP ii

Highcross Street Holdings Ltd 50% Pinnacle House, 1 Pinnacle Way, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8ZS ii

Highlands Bidco Ltd 99% Commsworld House, Queen Anne Drive, Newbridge, EH28 8LH  ii &

Hollins Homes (Bartle) Ltd 25% Suite 4, 1 King Street, Manchester, United Kingdom, M2 6AW i ‡

Hollins Homes (Galgates) Ltd 25% Riverside House, Irwell Street, Manchester, M3 5EN i Δ

Hollins Homes (Loveclough) Ltd 50% C/O Grant Thornton Uk Llp 11th Floor, Landmark St Peter's Square,

1Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 4PB

ii Δ

Hollins Homes (Utopia) Ltd 50% Riverside House, Irwell Street, Manchester, M3 5EN ii Δ

Homes By Carlton (MSTG1) Ltd 50% Carlton House, 15 Parsons Court, Welbury Way, Newton Aycliffe,

CountyDurham, DL5 6ZE

ii

Horse Health Wessex Holdings Ltd 99.25% Copied Hall Farm Winsor Road, Winsor, Southampton, Hampshire,

UnitedKingdom, SO40 2HE

ii &

Housing Growth Partnership II LP n/a 25 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HN \*

Housing Growth Partnership Ltd 50%

50%

25 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HN ii

iii

Housing Growth Partnership LP  n/a 25 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HN \*

HPD (Conwy) Ltd 100% 20 George Street, Alderley Edge, England, SK9 7EJ ii

HSL Compliance Group Ltd  99%

31.24%

Alton House, Alton Business Park, Alton Road, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 5BP ii &

iii

Hylyfe Leicester Ltd 50% 2 Pemberton Street, Nottingham, England, NG1 1GS i

IEG Group Ltd 99.25% Queens Court, Wilmslow Road, Alderley Edge, England, SK9 7QD ii &

Iglufastnet Ltd 89.25%

55.49%

2nd Floor, 165 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London,

UnitedKingdom,SW19 1NE

ii

xxiii &

IPE Roundway Ltd 100% 22 Gilbert Street, London, England, W1K 5HD ii

Indigo 123 Ltd 99.25% 1 Caspian Way, Cardiff, Wales, CF10 4DQ ii &

James Taylor Homes (Brighton) Ltd 25% James Taylor House, St. Albans Road East, Hatfield, UnitedKingdom, AL10

0HE

i

James Taylor Homes (Investment) Ltd 50% James Taylor House, St. Albans Road East, Hatfield, UnitedKingdom, AL10

0HE

ii

James Taylor Homes (Newton Longville) Ltd 50% James Taylor House, St. Albans Road East, Hatfield, UnitedKingdom, AL10

0HE

ii

James Taylor Homes (Verulamium) Ltd 25% James Taylor House, St. Albans Road East, Hatfield, UnitedKingdom, AL10

0HE

i

Kenmore Capital 3 Ltd 100% Grant Thornton UK LLP, 110 Queen Street, Glasgow, G1 3BX iii ~ ∞

Kier HGP Devco 2 LLP n/a 2nd Floor, Optimum House, Clippers Quay, Salford, England, M50 3XP \*

Kier HGP Holdings LLP  n/a 2nd Floor, Optimum House, Clippers Quay, Salford, England, M50 3XP \*

Kier HGP Holdings 2 Ltd 50% 2nd Floor, Optimum House, Clippers Quay, Salford, England, M50 3XP i

Kier HGP Tunbridge Wells LLP n/a 2nd Floor, Optimum House, Clippers Quay, Salford, England, M50 3XP \*

Kingmead Homes (Warwick) Ltd 50%

50%

50%

50%

168 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN3 2DL ii

iii

viii

xxii

Kingmead Homes Housing Growth LLP n/a 168 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN3 2DL \*

Kingswood Mobility Group Ltd 99.25% Browne Jacobson Llp (Cs) Mowbray House, Castle Meadow Road,

Nottingham, England, NG2 1BJ

xviii &

Kite Topco Ltd 89.25%

22.13%

Floor 7, The Future Works, Brunel Way, Slough, Berkshire, England, SL1 1FQ xvii &

xxii

Name of undertaking

% of share class

held by immediate

parent company

(or by the Group

where this varies) Registered office address Notes

l

325

Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Associated undertakings continued

Kruger Topco Ltd 99.25% Rhino House, Deans Road, Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom, CH65 4DR ii &

L-L-O Orpington Ltd 50% 1st Floor, Arthur Stanley House, 40-50 Tottenham Street, London, W1T

4RN

ii

LMX Holdco Ltd 99.25% 1650 Parkway, Whiteley, Fareham, England, PO15 7AH xviii

Loyalty Angels Ltd 49.9%

21.34%

Frp Advisory Trading Limited, 4 Beaconsfield Road, St. Albans,

Hertfordshire,AL1 3RD

ii

iii ‡

Lucida Broking Holdings Ltd  89.25%

89.25%

St James House, 27-43 Eastern Road, Romford, Essex,

UnitedKingdom,RM1 3NH

ii &

ix

Lunesdale Rise (Kirkby Lonsdale) Ltd 25% Agricola House, Cowper Road, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith,

England,CA11 9BN

i

M&GP (No. 2) Ltd 50% 6 Lancaster Way, Ermine Business Park, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire,

United Kingdom, PE29 6XU

ii

Mableford Ltd 50% Lindum Business Park, Station Road, North Hykeham, Lincoln, United

Kingdom, LN6 3QX

ii

MADE Partnership LLP n/a Barratt House, Cartwright Way, Forest Business Park, Bardon Hill,

Coalville, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, LE67 1UF

\*

Meadow Rigg (Burneside Road) Ltd 25% Agricola House, Cowper Road, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith,

CumbriaCA11 9BN

i

Measured Identity Hub Ltd 97.92% 3 Long Acre Willow Farm Business Park, Castle Donington, Derbyshire,

England, DE74 2UG

ii &

Montague Centre (GPSEC) Ltd 50% Cayuga House, 2a Addison Road, Hove, England, BN3 1TN i

Mortgage Brain Holdings Ltd 16.67%

20%

6 The Courtyard, Buntsford Gate, Buntsford Drive, Bromsgrove,

Worcestershire, B60 3DJ

ii

iii

Motability Operations Group plc  39.98%

40%

22 Bishopsgate, Level 6, 22 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ i

v

Neilson Active Holidays Group Ltd 89.25% Locksview, Brighton Marina, Brighton, BN2 5HA ii &

Newday JVCO Ltd 100% 27 Esplanade, St. Helier, Jersey, JE1 1SG x

North Kensington Gate HGP Ltd 100% Regina House, 124 Finchley Road, London, United Kingdom, NW3 5JS ii

North Kensington Gate Ltd 50% Regina House, 124 Finchley Road, London, United Kingdom, NW3 5JS i

Northern Edge Ltd  39.4% Titanium, 1 King's Inch Place, Renfrew, Glasgow, PA4 8WF iii &

Octagon (Watling Street) Ltd 50% Weir House, Hurst Road, East Molesey, Surrey, KT8 9AY ii

Omniplex Learning Group Ltd 100% Omniplex Learning, 45 Grosvenor Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire,

UnitedKingdom,AL13AW

xviii &

Onapp (Topco) II Ltd  82.5%

100%

3MC Middlemarch Business Park, Siskin Drive, Coventry,

UnitedKingdom,CV34FJ

ii &

v

Onapp (Topco) Ltd 82.5%

82.5%

3MC Middlemarch Business Park, Siskin Drive, Coventry,

UnitedKingdom,CV3 4FJ

xvii &

xviii

Origin (Topco) Ltd 50% Agricola House, 5 Cowper Road, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith,

Cumbria, CA11 9BN

ii

Orwell (Basildon) JV Ltd 50% 1st Floor, 73-81 Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 0NQ ii

Orwell (Basildon) Ltd 50% 1st Floor, 73-81 Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 0NQ i

Osprey Aviation Services (UK) Ltd 89.25%

89.25%

Blackwood House, Union Grove Lane, Aberdeen, AB10 6XU xvii &

xviii &

PACE Group Holding Ltd 97.19% Building 29 Pensnett Trading Estate, Dandy Bank Road, Kingswinford,

United Kingdom, DY6 7TU

ii &

PAM Healthcare Ltd 99.25% Holly House, 73-75 Sankey Street, Warrington, WA1 1SL ii &

Park Bidco Ltd 99% Rhosili Road, Brackmills Industrial Estate, Northampton, England, NN4 7JE ii &

Pennine View (Calthwaite) Ltd 25% 5 Cowper Road, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 9BN i

PFP-Igloo Developments Ltd 100% 305 Gray’s Inn Road, London, United Kingdom, WC1X 8QR ii

PIHL Equity Administration Ltd 100% C/O Interpath Limited, 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB iii ‡

PL & HGP Ltd 50% 3rd Floor, Tower House, 10 Southampton Street, London,

UnitedKingdom, WC2E 7HA

ii

Platform Leeds BTR1 OPCO Ltd 50% Marble Arch House, 66 Seymour Street, London,

UnitedKingdom,W1H5BT

i

Name of undertaking

% of share class

held by immediate

parent company

(or by the Group

where this varies) Registered office address Notes

Subsidiaries and related undertakings continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Platform Leeds BTR1 PROPCO Ltd 50% Marble Arch House, 66 Seymour Street, London,

UnitedKingdom,W1H5BT

i

Platform Leeds Commercial Inn PROPCO Ltd 50% Marble Arch House, 66 Seymour Street, London,

UnitedKingdom,W1H5BT

i

Platform Leeds P1 DEVCO Ltd 50% Marble Arch House, 66 Seymour Street, London,

UnitedKingdom,W1H5BT

i

Platform Leeds P1 JVCO Ltd 50% Marble Arch House, 66 Seymour Street, London,

UnitedKingdom,W1H5BT

ii

Primrose Fields Holding Ltd 50% 22 Chancery Lane, London, England, WC2A 1LS ii

Project Airscope Bidco Ltd 99.25% Express Networks 2, 3 George Leigh Street, Manchester,

UnitedKingdom,M45DL

xviii &

Project Bridgerton Bidco Ltd 99.25% 33 Charlotte Street, London, England, W1T 1RR ii &

Project Bridgetown Ltd 99.25% Xyz Building, 3 Hardman Boulevard, Spinningfields, Manchester, United

Kingdom, M3 3AQ

ii &

Project Drive Topco Ltd 99.25% Unit 1, Chalfont House Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead Industrial

Estate, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, HP2 7SJ

xviii &

Project Fusion Bidco Ltd 99.25% 46 – 48 Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol, BS1 4HX xviii &

Project Galaxy UK Topco Ltd 99.25% 3rd Floor, Q5 Quorum Business Park, Benton Lane, Newcastle Upon Tyne,

United Kingdom, NE12 8BS

ii &

Project Penny Ltd 99.25% 115 Victoria Road, Ferndown, United Kingdom, BH22 9HU ii &

Project Sketch Ltd 88.3% 11 Vantage Way, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 9GZ ii &

Project Stratos Topco Ltd 99.25% Birchin Court, 20 Birchin Lane, London, United Kingdom, EC3V 9DU xviii &

Project Sutton Bidco Ltd 99.25% Chawston House, Chawston Lane, Chawston, Bedford, Bedfordshire,

United Kingdom, MK44 3BH

ii &

Project Vale Bidco Ltd 99.25% Magma House, 16 Davy Court, Castle Mound Way, Rugby, Warwickshire,

United Kingdom, CV23 0UZ

ii &

Project Venus Ltd 99.25% Lyndean House, 43-46 Queens Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3XB ii &

Project Volta Topco Ltd 99.25%

99.25%

Units 1 – 7 Dukeries Court, Medenside, Meden Vale, Mansfield,

Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, NG20 9QU

xviii

xxxi

Ramco Acquisition Ltd  88.74%

88.74%

0.17%

c/o Alvarez & Marsal Europe Llp, Sutherland House, 149 St Vincent Street,

Glasgow, Scotland, G2 5NW

xii

xvi &

xix Δ

Ramco Pipetech Holdings Ltd 99.35% Brodies House, 31-33 Union Grove, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB10 6SD ii &

RDIL 2021 Ltd 99.25% Old Printers Yard, 156 South Street, Dorking, Surrey,

UnitedKingdom,RH42HF

xviii &

ROK Group (Exeter) Ltd 100% 26a Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN ii

Rocket Science Holdings Ltd 99.17% 20 St. Andrew Street, London, EC4A 3AG xviii & ‡

Safari Bidco Ltd 99.25% Upper Floor, The Granary, Stanley Grange, Ormskirk Road, Knowsley,

Prescot, Merseyside, England, L34 4AT

ii &

Satago Financial Solutions Ltd 24.15% 88 Kingsway, London, England, WC2B 6AA i

ScarlettAbbott (Topco) Ltd 99.25% The Old Chapel, 27a Main Street, Fulford, York, North Yorkshire,

UnitedKingdom,YO104PJ

ii &

Scenic Topco Ltd 89.25% Unit 1B, Pentwyn Business Centre, Wharfedale Road, Cardiff,

Wales,CF237HB

ii &

Scotia (Brechin) Ltd 100% Ca’D’Oro Building, 45 Gordon Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 3PE ii

Scottish Widows Schroder Personal Wealth

(ACD) Ltd

100% 25 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HN

i

Scottish Widows Schroder Personal Wealth Ltd

100% 25 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HN

i

Scottish Widows Schroder Wealth Holdings Ltd

50.10% 25 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HN

ii

Seahawk Bidco Ltd 89.25% Unit 2, Springfield Court, Summerfield Road, Bolton, UnitedKingdom, BL3

2NT

xviii &

Sedex Information Exchange Ltd 99.25%

99.25%

5 Old Bailey, London, England, EC4M 7BA iii &

xv

Shaken Udder Group Ltd 99.25% Heathwell Farm, Simpsons Lane, Tiptree, Colchester,

UnitedKingdom,CO5 0PP

ii &

Name of undertaking

% of share class

held by immediate

parent company

(or by the Group

where this varies) Registered office address Notes

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Associated undertakings continued

Name of undertaking

% of share class

held by immediate

parent company

(or by the Group

where this varies) Registered office address Notes

Snowdon Homes (Melton Mowbray) Ltd 50% Artemis House, 4a Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT ii

Solais Topco Ltd 99.25% Solais House, 19 Phoenix Crescent, Strathclyde Business Park, Bellshill,

U i  Ki  ML4 3NJ

ii &

SOLO Topco Ltd 99% Onecom House, 4400 Parkway, Whiteley, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 7FJ ii &

Southwark Estates (One) Ltd 100% Brock House, 19 Langham Street, London, W1W 6BP ii

SSP Topco Ltd 89.25% 12 Wellington Place, Leeds, LS1 4AP ii & ‡

Stancliffe Homes (Bentley) Ltd 50% Office 3, Markham Lane, Markham Vale, Chesterfield, England, S44 5HY ii

Star Live TopCo Ltd 99.25% Star Live Milton Road, Thurleigh, Bedford, United Kingdom, MK44 2DF xviii &

Stratus (Holdings) Ltd 82.5%

82.5%

3MC Middlemarch Business Park, Siskin Drive, Coventry, West Midlands,

England, CV3 4FJ

xvii

xviii &

The EMS Group Ltd 99.25% The Refinery, South Road, Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom, CH65 4LE xviii &

The Exceed Partnership LP n/a C/O DWF Company Secretarial Services Limited, 1 Scott Place, 2 Hardman

Street, Manchester, United Kingdom, M3 3AA

\*

The Woodlands (Carlisle) Ltd 25% Agricola House, Cowper Road, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith,

Cumbria,CA11 9BN

i

Tolia Bidco Ltd 99.25% First Floor, 6 Dowgate Hill, London, England, EC4R 2SU ii &

Topco Coffee Ltd 99.25% Lodge Farm Barn, Elvetham Park Estate, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire,

United Kingdom, RG27 8AS

xviii &

Torsion Developments Ltd 50% 1280 Century Way Thorpe Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire,

UnitedKingdom,LS158ZB

ii

Two (PBSA) Holding LLP n/a 22b Court Street, Haddington, EH41 3JA \*

Unihomes Group Ltd 99.25% Floor 6, 1 New Era Square, Sheffield, England, S2 4RB ii &

United House Group Holdings Ltd 81.5% 26 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4AE ii &

Urban Centric (KC) Ltd 50% 35 Southernhay East, Exeter, England, EX1 1NX i

Urban Centric (Knox Court) Holdings Ltd 100% 35 Southernhay East, Exeter, England, EX1 1NX ii

Villafont (Herne Bay) Ltd 100% 1 St. Georges Court, Altrincham Business Park, Altrincham,

UnitedKingdom,WA145UA

ii

Wakefield Gardens (Lazonby) Ltd 25% Agricola House, Cowper Road, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith,

Cumbria,CA119BN

i

Walker Warwick Land Ltd 50% 168 Church Road, Hove, England, BN3 2DL i

Walker Warwick Ltd 50% 168 Church Road, Hove, England, BN3 2DL i

Walnut Newco Ltd 99.25% c/o Roxburgh Milkins Limited, Merchants House North, Wapping Road,

Bristol, United Kingdom, BS1 4RW

ii &

Water Sustainability Ltd 99.25% Dominican House, St John's Street, Chichester, United Kingdom, PO19 1TU ii &

Watford Way Developments Ltd 100% Lynton House, 7-12 Tavistock Square, London, United Kingdom, WC1H 9LT ii

Watkin Jones (Grove Crescent) Holdings Ltd 100% 3 Llys Y Bont, Parc Menai, Bangor, Wales, LL57 4BN ii

WCCTV Group Ltd 99.25% Charles Babbage House, Kingsway Business Park, Rochdale,

UnitedKingdom, OL16 4NW

ii &

Whiteburn March Street Ltd 50% 1 Jackson's Entry, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8PJ i

Whiteburn Residential (March Street) Ltd 50% 1 Jackson's Entry, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8PJ i

Whiteburn Residential Ltd 100% 1 Jackson's Entry, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8PJ ii

Whiteburn Viewforth Development Ltd 100% 1 Jackson's Entry, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8PJ ii

Whittington Facilities Ltd  100% c/o Teneo Financial Advisory Limited, The Colmore Building,

20ColmoreCircus Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6AT

xv Δ

Wind Bidco Ltd 99.25% Westcott House, Hesslewood Office Park, Ferriby Road, Hessle East,

Yorkshire, HU13 0LH

ii &

ZWPV Ltd 89.25% Zip World Base Camp, Denbigh Street, Llanrwst, LL26 0LL ii &

Subsidiaries and related undertakings continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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Collective investment vehicles

The following comprises a list of the Group’s and other external

collective investment vehicles (CIV’s), where the shareholding is

greater than or equal to 20 per cent of the nominal value of any

class of shares, or a book value greater than 20 per cent of the CIV’s

assets.

ABRDN OEIC I 1

abrdn European Real Estate Share Fund 41.14%

ABRDN OEIC IV 1

abrdn Global Corporate Bond Tracker

Fund

89.76%

ABRDN OEIC VI 1

abrdn Emerging Markets Equity

Enhanced Index Fund

66.03%

ABSOLUTE INSIGHT FUNDS PLC 2

Insight Broad Opportunities Fund 27.28%

ACS POOLED PROPERTY 3

Scottish Widows Pooled Property ACS

Fund 1

100%

Scottish Widows Pooled Property ACS

Fund 2

100%

BAILLIE GIFFORD INVESTMENT FUNDS

ICVC

4

Baillie Gifford Diversified Growth Fund 26.37%

BLACKROCK AUTHORISED

CONTRACTUAL SCHEME I

5

ACS Climate Transition World Equity

Fund

96.18%

ACS Japan Equity Tracker Fund 81.41%

ACS UK Equity Tracker Fund 64.76%

ACS World Multifactor Equity Tracker

Fund

59.62%

ACS 60:40 Global Equity Tracker Fund 36.05%

ACS 30:70 Global Equity Tracker Fund 22.89%

BlackRock ACS US Equity Tracker Fund 82.53%

BLACKROCK COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT

FUNDS

5

BlackRock Global Corporate ESG Insights

Bond Fund

50.44%

iShares Global Property Securities Equity

Index Fund

36.28%

BLACKROCK FIXED INCOME DUBLIN

FUNDS

5

iShares Emerging Markets Government

Bond Index Fund (IE)

99.51%

iShares Emerging Markets Local

Government Bond Index Fund (IE)

75.41%

BNY MELLON GLOBAL FUNDS 6

BNY Mellon Global Leaders Fund 68.12%

BNY MELLON INVESTMENT FUNDS 7

BNY Mellon Global Absolute Return Fund 73.62%

BNY Mellon Global Dynamic Bond Fund 29.01%

BNY Mellon Global Equity Fund 27.54%

BNY Mellon Global Multi-Strategy Fund 42.97%

Name of undertaking

% of fund held by

immediate parent

(orby the Group

where this varies) Notes

BNY Mellon Responsible Horizons

Strategic Bond Fund

40.66%

BNY Mellon Sustainable UK

Opportunities Fund

68.9%

BNY Mellon UK Income Fund 21.65%

HBOS INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT

FUNDS ICVC

8

International Growth Fund 64.62%

HBOS PROPERTY INVESTMENT FUNDS

ICVC

8

UK Property Fund 48.35%

HBOS SPECIALISED INVESTMENT FUNDS

ICVC

8

Cautious Managed Fund 49.17%

HBOS UK INVESTMENT FUNDS ICVC 8

UK Equity Tracker Fund 54.81%

HLE ACTIVE MANAGED PORTFOLIO

AUSGEWOGEN

9

HLE Active Managed Portfolio

Ausgewogen

49.68%

HLE ACTIVE MANAGED PORTFOLIO

DYNAMISCH

9

HLE Active Managed Portfolio

Dynamisch

37.79%

HLE ACTIVE MANAGED PORTFOLIO

KONSERVATIV

9

HLE Active Managed Portfolio

Konservativ

36.71%

INVESCO AMERICAN INVESTMENT SERIES 10

Invesco US Equity Fund 33.21%

INVESCO FUND MANAGERS LIMITED 10

Invesco Global Bond Fund 23.78%

LAZARD INVESTMENT FUNDS 11

Lazard Developing Markets Fund 96.66%

LEGG MASON GLOBAL FUNDS 12

Legg Mason Western Asset Multi-Asset

Credit Fund

38.09%

MGI FUNDS PLC 13

Mercer Diversified Retirement Fund 71.03%

Mercer Multi Asset Defensive Fund 30.22%

Mercer Multi Asset Growth Fund 59.2%

Mercer Multi Asset High Growth Fund 33.27%

Mercer Multi Asset Moderate Growth

Fund

51.23%

Mercer Passive Sustainable Global Equity

Feeder Fund

64.22%

Mercer Long Term Growth Fund 30.17%

MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT FUNDS 14

Global Credit Fund 37.94%

NORDEA 1, SICAV 15

Nordea 1 – GBP Diversified Return Fund 29.48%

Name of undertaking

% of fund held by

immediate parent

(orby the Group

where this varies) Notes

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RETAIL AUTHORISED UNIT TRUSTS 5

BlackRock Balanced Growth Portfolio

Fund

39.66%

ROYAL LONDON EQUITY FUNDS ICVC 16

Royal London UK Equity Income Fund 20.42%

SCHRODER FUNDS ICAV 17

Schroder Sterling Liquidity Fund 96.13%

Schroder Sterling Short Duration Bond

Fund

98.29%

SCHRODER INTERNATIONAL SELECTION

FUND

18

Emerging Market Bond 71.06%

Multi Asset Total Return 76.92%

SCOTTISH WIDOWS INCOME AND

GROWTH FUNDS ICVC

3

Balanced Growth Fund 29.4%

Corporate Bond PPF Fund 100%

Corporate Bond 1 Fund 83.12%

ESG Sterling Corporate Bond Tracker

Fund

100%

Global Tactical Asset Allocation 1 Fund 85.11%

Progressive Growth Fund 42.95%

UK Index Linked Gilt Fund 100%

SCOTTISH WIDOWS INVESTMENT

SOLUTIONS FUNDS ICVC

3

Corporate Bond Fund 68.12%

Developed Asia Pacific (ex Japan ex

Korea) Equity Tracker Fund

98.45%

Developed Europe (ex UK) Equity

Tracker Fund

95.04%

Developed World Paris-Aligned Index

Equity Tracker Fund

97.61%

Emerging Markets Paris-Aligned Index

Equity Tracker Fund

95.99%

Fundamental Index Emerging Markets

Equity Fund

90.62%

Fundamental Index Global Equity Fund 93.31%

Global Environmental Solutions Fund 94.59%

Gilt Fund 95.93%

UK Climate Transition Index Equity

Tracker Fund

91.28%

High Income Bond Fund 65.18%

International Bond Fund 76.22%

Japan Equity Fund 93.16%

Managed Growth Fund 3 100%

Managed Growth Fund 5 100%

Strategic Income Fund 66.73%

US Equity Fund 93.27%

SCOTTISH WIDOWS MANAGED

INVESTMENT FUNDS ICVC

3

Balanced Growth Portfolio 25.49%

Name of undertaking

% of fund held by

immediate parent (or

by the Group where

this varies) Notes

Cash Fund 99.55%

International Equity Tracker Fund 84.07%

Progressive Growth Portfolio 1 44.81%

SCOTTISH WIDOWS OVERSEAS

GROWTH INVESTMENT FUNDS ICVC

3

Global Select Growth Fund 51.84%

SCOTTISH WIDOWS TRACKER AND

SPECIALIST INVESTMENT FUNDS ICVC

3

Emerging Markets Fund 80.35%

UK Equity Tracker Fund 68.98%

UK Fixed Interest Tracker Fund 93.73%

UK Index-Linked Tracker Fund 99.21%

UK Tracker Fund 43.52%

SCOTTISH WIDOWS UK AND INCOME

INVESTMENT FUNDS ICVC

3

Environmental Investor Fund 76.01%

SEI GLOBAL ASSETS FUND PLC 19

The SEI Core Fund 44.15%

The SEI Defensive Fund 26.21%

The SEI Moderate Fund 54.32%

SEI GLOBAL MASTER FUND PLC 19

The SEI Factor Allocation Global Equity

Fund

94.34%

SPW INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO ICVC 20

Schroders Personal Wealth IPS Growth

Portfolio

48.74%

Schroders Personal Wealth IPS Income

Portfolio

54.02%

SSGA 21

State Street AUT Asia Pacific Ex-Japan

Screened Index Equity Fund

97.96%

State Street AUT Emerging Market

Screened Index Equity Fund

100%

State Street AUT Europe ex UK Screened

Index Equity Fund

97.41%

THE SVS LEVITAS FUNDS 22

SVS Levitas A Fund 85.06%

SVS Levitas B Fund 79.59%

UNIVERSE, THE CMI GLOBAL NETWORK

FUND

23

CMIG Access 80% 100%

CMIG Focus Euro Bond 100%

CMIG Access 70% Flexible 100%

CMIG Access 80% Flexible 100%

CMIG Access 90% Flexible 100%

CMI Continental European Equity 97.69%

CMI Pacific Basin Enhanced Equity 79.15%

CMI UK Equity 74.42%

CMI US Enhanced Equity 90.62%

CMI US Equity Index Tracking 44.18%

Name of undertaking

% of fund held by

immediate parent (or

by the Group where

this varies) Notes

Subsidiaries and related undertakings continued

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Lloyds Banking Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2024

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WS RUFFER MANAGED FUNDS 24

WS Ruffer Diversified Return Fund 22.38%

Name of undertaking

% of fund held by

immediate parent (or

by the Group where

this varies) Notes

Principal place of business for Collective Investment Vehicles

(1)  abrdn Fund Managers Limited, 280 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4AG

(2)  Absolute Insight Funds Plc, Riverside Two, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, D02

KV60, Ireland

(3)  69 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH3 8BW

(4)  Carlton Square, 1 Greenside Row, Edinburgh, EH1 3AN

(5)  BlackRock Fund Managers Limited, 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL

(6)  1 Dockland Central, Guild Street, IFS Dublin 1

(7)  BNY Mellon Investment Funds, BNY Mellon Centre, 160 Queen Victoria Street,

London, EC4V 4LA

(8)  Trinity Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 2RG

(9)  Oppenheim Asset Management Services Sàrl. 2, Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-1115

Luxembourg

(10)  Invesco Fund Managers Limited, Perpetual Park, Perpetual Park Drive, Henley-on-

Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 1HH

(11)  50 Stratton Street, London, W1J 8LL

(12)  Riverside Two, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, Ireland

(13)  70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland

(14)  MSIM Fund Management (Ireland) Limited, The Observatory, 7-11 Sir John

Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, D02 VC42, Ireland

(15)  Nordea 1, SICAV, 562, Rue de Neudorf, L-2220 Luxembourg

(16)  80 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 4BY

(17)  Schroder Investment Management (Ireland) Limited, Georges Court, 54-62

Townsend Street, Dublin 2, D02 R156

(18)  5, Rue Höhenhof, L-1736, Senningerberg, Luxembourg

(19)  SEI Investments Global Limited, Styne House, Upper Hatch Street, Dublin 2, Ireland

(20)  Schroders Personal Wealth (ACD) Limited, Floor 6, 1 London Wall Place, London,

EX2Y 5AU

(21)  20 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HJ

(22)  St Vincent St Fund Administration, 45 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7BG

(23) LEMANIK ASSET MANAGEMENT S.A. 106, route d’Arlon, L-8210 Mamer, Grand

Duchy of Luxembourg

(24)  3rd Floor Central Square, 29 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL

Notes

\*  The undertaking does not have share capital

+  The undertaking does not have a registered office

#  In relation to Subsidiary Undertakings, an undertaking external to the Group holds

shares

^  Shares held directly by Lloyds Banking Group plc

&  The Group holds voting rights of between 20% and 49.9%

~  The Group holds voting rights of 50%

‡  The undertaking is in Liquidation

∞  The undertaking is in Administrative Receivership

Δ  The undertaking is in Administration

§  The undertaking has applied for Strike Off

(i)  Ordinary Shares

(ii)  A Ordinary Shares

(iii)  B Ordinary Shares

(iv)  Deferred Shares

(v)  Preference Shares

(vi)  Non-Voting Deferred Shares

(vii)  6% Non-Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares

(viii)  C Ordinary Shares

(ix)  Growth 2 Shares

(x)  L Ordinary Shares

(xi)  Redeemable Preference Shares

(xii)  A4 Ordinary Shares

(xiii)  Ordinary Non-Voting Shares

(xiv)  Common Stock

(xv)  Preferred B Ordinary Shares

(xvi)  A3 Ordinary Shares

(xvii)  A2 Ordinary Shares

(xviii)  A1 Ordinary Shares

(xix)  Z Ordinary Shares

(xx)  Ordinary Limited Voting Shares

(xxi)  LN Deferred Shares

(xxii)  D Ordinary Shares

(xxiii)  E Ordinary Shares

(xxiv)  F Ordinary Shares

(xxv)  G Ordinary Shares

(xxvi)  H Ordinary Shares

(xxvii)  I Ordinary Shares

(xxviii) J Ordinary Shares

(xxix)  C1 Ordinary Shares

(xxx)  C2 Ordinary Shares

(xxxi)  A1 Preferred Ordinary Shares

Registered office addresses

(1)  25 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HN

(2)  Society Building, 8 All Saints Street, London, England, N1 9RL

(3)  13-18 City Quay, Dublin 2, DO2 ED70

(4)  Trinity Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 2RG

(5)  The Mound, Edinburgh, EH1 1YZ

(6)  10th Floor, 5 Churchill Place, London, United Kingdom, E14 5HU

(7)  9 Broad Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 3RR

(8)  Minter Ellison, Governor Macquarie Tower, Level 40, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney, NSW

2000, Australia

(9)  1 Brookhill Way, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 3EL

(10)  7th Floor, 21 Lombard Street, London, EC3V 9AH

(11)  The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street,

Wilmington, Delaware 19801, USA

(12)  Barnett Way, Gloucester, GL4 3RL

(13)  1 More London Place, London, SE1 2AF

(14)  Building 4 Hatters Lane, Croxley Green Business Park, Watford, Hertfordshire,

WD18 8YF

(15)  2 North Queen Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT15 1ES

(16)  McStay Luby, Dargan House, 21-23 Fenian Street, Dublin 2, DO2 HC63, Ireland.

(17)  Thurn-Und-Taxis-Platz 6, 60313, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

(18)  Hoogoorddreef, 151101BA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

(19)  Basisweg 10, Amsterdam, 1043AP, Netherlands

(20)  33 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1HZ

(21)  234 High Street, Exeter, EX4 3NL

(22)  Citco REIF Services (Luxembourg) S.A., Carré Bonn, 20 Rue de la Poste, L-2346

Luxembourg

(23)  17 Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen, L-2411 Luxembourg

(24)  Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE 19808, USA

(25)  Wilmington Trust SP Services (London) Limited, Third Floor, 1 King’s Arms Yard,

London, EC2R 7AF

(26)  1 Bartholomew Lane, London, EC2N 2AX, United Kingdom

(27)  1, Avenue du Bois, L-1251 Luxembourg

(28)  SAB Formalities, 23 Rue de Roule 75001, Paris, France

(29)  Karl-Liebknecht-STR. 5, D-10178 Berlin, Germany

(30)  20 Rue de la Poste, L-2346 Luxembourg

(31)  Atria One, 144 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8EX

(32)  26 New Street, St. Helier, Jersey, JE2 3RA

(33)  3rd Floor, IFC5, Castle Street, St Helier, JE2 3BY, Jersey

(34)  P O Box 186, Royal Chambers, St Julian’s Avenue, St. Peter Port, GY1 4HP, Guernsey

(35)  De Entrée 254, 1101 EE, Amsterdam, Netherlands

(36)  44 Esplanade, St. Helier, Jersey, JE4 9WG

(37)  Fascinatio Boulevard 1302, 2909VA Capelle aan den IJssel, Netherlands

(38)  Avenida Dr. Chucri Zaidan, n° 296, cj 231, Bairro Vila Cordeiro, Cidade de São Paulo,

Estado de São Paulo, Cep 04583-110 Brazil

(39)  2nd Floor, Liberation House, Castle Street, St. Helier, JE1 1EY, Jersey

(40)  One Vine Street, London, W1J 0AH

(41)  50 Lothian Road, Festival Square, Edinburgh, EH3 9WJ

(42)  5th Floor, The Exchange, George’s Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1, Ireland

(43)  110 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 4QR

(44)   8 Avenue Hoche, 75008, Paris, France

(45)   Keens House, Anton Mill Road, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 2NQ

(46)  Glategny Court, Glategny Esplanade, St. Peter Port, GY1 1WR, Guernsey

(47)  Cawley House, Chester Business Park, Chester, CH4 9FB, United Kingdom

(48)  6/12, Primrose Road, Bangalore, 560025, India

(49)  1A Heienhaff, Senningerberg, L-1736 Luxembourg

(50)  28 Esplande, St. Helier, Jersey, JE2 3QA

(51)  43/F, One Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong

(52)  Building 4 Hatters Lane, Croxley Green Business Park, Watford, Hertfordshire,

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(53)  1st Floor Unit 16, Manor Court Business Park, Scarborough, YO11 3TU

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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.

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 (including in relation to

tariffs); 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;

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

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Head office

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Registered office

The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ

Registered in Scotland no. SC095000

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