27th Feb 2009 07:00
31/09 27 February 2009
Asset protection Scheme
Following its announcement yesterday, Lloyds Banking Group confirms that its discussions with HM Treasury about participating in the Asset Protection Scheme are progressing and are well advanced. Whilst there can be no certainty about the outcome, the Group will provide a further market update in due course.
For further information:
Investor Relations
Michael Oliver +44 (0) 20 7356 2167
Director of Investor Relations
Email: [email protected]
Douglas Radcliffe +44 (0) 20 7356 1571
Senior Manager, Investor Relations
Email: [email protected]
Media Relations
Shane O'Riordain +44 (0) 20 7356 1849
Group Communications Director
E-mail: shane.o'[email protected]
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This announcement contains forward looking statements with respect to the business, strategy and plans of the Lloyds Banking Group, its current goals and expectations relating to its future financial condition and performance. By their nature, forward looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. The Group's actual future results may differ materially from the results expressed or implied in these forward looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including UK domestic and global economic and business conditions, the ability to derive cost savings and other benefits as well as to mitigate exposures from the acquisition and integration of HBOS, risks concerning borrower quality, market related trends and developments, changing demographic trends, changes in customer preferences, changes to regulation, the policies and actions of governmental and regulatory authorities in the UK or jurisdictions outside the UK, including other European countries and the US, exposure to regulatory scrutiny, legal proceedings or complaints, competition and other factors. Please refer to the latest Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of such factors. The forward looking statements contained in this announcement are made as at the date of this announcement, and the Group undertakes no obligation to update any of its forward looking statements.
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