Lloyds Regulatory News (LLOY)

11 May 2009 07:00



Regulatory Announcement

Lloyds Banking Group plc Listing of Shares pursuant to a Capitalisation Issue

Application has been made to admit  407,943,501 ordinary shares of 25p each in Lloyds Banking Group plc to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to admit such shares to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange. It is expected that these shares will be admitted to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange upon allotment pursuant to a capitalisation issue by the Company, the terms of which were announced on 27 February 2009. Such allotment is expected to take place today. These shares, when issued, will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of the Company, including in respect of the right to receive dividends or distributions made, paid or declared after such shares are admitted to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange.

Following the completion of the capitalisation issue, the Company will have a total of 16,753,147,366 ordinary shares of 25p each in issue.

11 May, 2009

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