Lloyds Sells EUR235M Of Triple-A Bonds Backed By UK SME Loans

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, part of Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LLOY.LN) of the U.K., has priced a collateralized loan obligation, or CLO, issue, backed by loans to U.K. small and medium-sized enterprises, a Lloyds spokeswoman said Tuesday. EUR235 million of triple-A rated bonds were privately-placed with a small group of investors from the U.K. and Europe, the spokeswoman said. A EUR60 million triple-A tranche, a GBP110 million double-A tranche, and two unrated tranches totalling GBP154.2 million, were retained by the issuer. The notes were issued by a vehicle called Sandown Gold PLC. CLOs issue bonds serviced with the payments made on corporate loans. The bonds are divided into slices with varying credit risk. -by Mark Brown, Dow Jones Newswires; + 44 (0)207 842 9485, mark.brown@dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 13, 2010 11:36 ET (15:36 GMT)