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Lloyds TSB Group PLC01 February 2008 07/08 1 February 2008 LLOYDS TSB GROUP APPOINTS NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The board is pleased to announce the appointment of Sir David Manning, GCMG, CVOas a non-executive director of both Lloyds TSB Group plc and Lloyds TSB Bank plcfrom 1st May 2008. Sir Victor Blank, Chairman of Lloyds TSB Group, said: "We are delighted that SirDavid has accepted our invitation to join the board in May. His wise counseland particular knowledge, skills and experience, gained during a distinguishedcareer in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, will be invaluable to our group.We are pleased to have secured his services following his retirement as HerMajesty's Ambassador to the United States of America." - ends - 1. Biographical details are attached. 2. To comply with paragraph LR 9.6.13R of the UK Listing Authority listing rules, the company confirms that: (i) Sir David has not held any directorship in any publicly quoted company at any time in the past five years; (ii) there are no matters required by paragraphs LR 9.6.13R (2) to (6) of the listing rules to be disclosed in relation to Sir David Manning; and (iii)under the rules on the acceptance of outside appointments by Crown servants, Sir David applied for permission to accept this appointment. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on the advice of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, approved the application subject to the 3 month waiting period from Sir David's last day of Crown service normally applied to Crown servants at Sir David's level, and the condition that, for 12 months from that same date, he should not become personally involved in lobbying UK Government Ministers or officials on behalf of Lloyds TSB Group plc. Sir David Manning Biographical details: 2003 - 2007: Washington, USA (Ambassador)2001 - 2003: Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister2001: UK Delegation NATO Brussels (Ambassador)1998 - 2000: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Deputy Under-Secretary)1995 - 1998: Tel Aviv, Israel (Ambassador)1994 - 1995: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Head of Policy Planning Staff)1994: UK member of Contact Group on Bosnia (International Conference on Former Yugoslavia)1993 - 1994: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Head of Eastern Department)1990 - 1993: Moscow, Russia (Counsellor, Head of Chancery)1988 - 1990: Counsellor on loan to Cabinet Office1984 - 1988: Paris, France (1st Secretary)1982 - 1984: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Deputy Head of Policy Planning Staff)1980 - 1982: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Soviet Department)1977 - 1980: New Delhi, India (2nd later 1st Secretary)1974 - 1977: Warsaw, Poland (3rd later 2nd Secretary)1972 - 1974: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mexico/Central America Department)1972: Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office For further information:- Investor RelationsMichael Oliver +44 (0) 20 7356 2167Director of Investor RelationsEmail: [email protected] MediaMary Walsh +44 (0) 20 7356 2121Director of Corporate RelationsEmail: [email protected] FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS This announcement contains forward looking statements with respect to thebusiness, strategy and plans of the Lloyds TSB Group, its current goals andexpectations relating to its future financial condition and performance. Bytheir nature, forward looking statements involve risk and uncertainty becausethey relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. The Group's actual future results may differ materially from the resultsexpressed or implied in these forward looking statements as a result of avariety of factors, including UK domestic and global economic and businessconditions, risks concerning borrower credit quality, market related risks suchas interest rate risk and exchange rate risk in its banking business and equityrisk in its insurance businesses, changing demographic trends, unexpectedchanges to regulation, the policies and actions of governmental and regulatoryauthorities in the UK or jurisdictions outside the UK, including other Europeancountries and the US, changes in customer preferences, competition and otherfactors. Please refer to the latest Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with theUS Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of such factors. Theforward looking statements contained in this announcement are made as at thedate of this announcement, and the Group undertakes no obligation to update anyof its forward looking statements. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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