Quarterlytics / Financial Services / Banks - Diversified / Lloyds Banking Group PLC

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

lloy · LSE Financial Services
Claim this profile
Ticker lloy
Exchange LSE
Sector Financial Services
Industry Banks - Diversified
Employees 10,000+
← All annual reports
FY2012 Annual Report · Lloyds Banking Group PLC
Sign in to download
Loading PDF…
AnnuAl REPORT And AccOunTs 2012

becoming 
the best 
bank for 
customers

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

inTROducTiOn

Lloyds Banking Group is a leading UK based financial services 
group providing a wide range of banking and financial services, 
primarily in the UK, to personal and corporate customers.

The Group’s main business activities are retail, commercial and corporate 
banking, general insurance, and life, pensions and investment provision. 
The Group operates the uK’s largest retail bank and has a large and 
diversified customer base. 

services are offered through a number of well recognised brands 
including lloyds TsB, Halifax, Bank of scotland, and scottish Widows, 
and a range of distribution channels. This includes the largest branch 
network in the uK and a comprehensive digital, telephony and mobile 
proposition. 

lloyds Banking Group is quoted on both the london stock Exchange 
and the new York stock Exchange and is one of the largest companies 
within the FTsE 100.

View our report  
OnlinE 

Our annual report and accounts  
and information relating to  
lloyds Banking Group is also available at:
www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

Overview

introduction 

Group performance 

Group key performance indicators (KPis) 

divisional overview and KPis 

chairman’s statement 

Group chief Executive’s review 

Business review

Marketplace trends 

Business model and strategy 

delivering our action plan 

Relationships and responsibility 

customers 
colleagues 
communities 

Risk overview 

summary of Group results 

divisional results 

Retail 
commercial Banking 
Wealth, Asset Finance and international 
insurance 
Group Operations & central items 

Other financial information 

Five year financial summary 

Governance

Board of directors 

Group Executive committee 

directors’ report 

corporate governance report 

directors’ remuneration report 

Risk management 

Financial statements

Report of the independent auditors  
on the consolidated financial statements  

consolidated financial statements 

notes to the consolidated  
financial statements 

Report of the independent auditors on  
the parent company financial statements 

Parent company financial statements  

notes to the parent company  
financial statements  

Other information

shareholder information 

Forward looking statements 

Glossary 

Abbreviations 

index to annual report 

ifc

2

4

6

10

14

19

22

24

28 
30 
34 
38

42

44

52 
55 
59 
63 
67

68

76

78

80

82

86

98

115

204

206

214

344

345

348

356 

358 

359

364

365

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

1

inTROducTiOn

WE ARE cREATinG A siMPlER, MORE 
AGilE And REsPOnsiVE ORGAnisATiOn 
And ARE MAKinG A BiG inVEsTMEnT 
in PROducTs And sERVicEs.
BY BEcOMinG THE BEsT BAnK FOR 
cusTOMERs WE BEliEVE WE cAn HElP 
BRiTAin PROsPER And dEliVER sTROnG, 
sTABlE And susTAinABlE RETuRns  
FOR OuR sHAREHOldERs.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information1877115203355Introduction 1Group performance 2Group key performance indicators 4Divisional overview and KPIs 6Chairman’s statement 10Group Chief Executive’s review 14Lloyds Banking Group  Annual Report and Accounts 20122

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

3

GROuP PERFORMAncE

The substantial progress we made in 2012 means  
that we are now ahead of our plan to transform  
the Group, and this was reflected in our stronger 
underlying financial performance in the year.

António Horta-Osório
Group chief Executive

Significantly improved Group performance; continue to work through legacy issues
q  substantial increase in Group underlying profit from £638 million to £2,607 million
q  Full year Group net interest margin of 1.93 per cent, in line with our guidance at the 2011 full year results
q  costs further reduced by 5 per cent to £10.1 billion, in line with strategic review target two years ahead of plan; simplification run rate savings 

increased to £847 million

q  credit quality continues to improve; 42 per cent impairment reduction to £5.7 billion, significantly ahead of original guidance of £7.2 billion; 

impairment charge as a percentage of average advances improved to 1.02 per cent (2011: 1.62 per cent)

q  statutory loss of £570 million primarily due to PPi provisions of £3,575 million (including £1,500 million in the fourth quarter of 2012), and including 

£3,207 million of gains from sales of government securities

Confident in capital position; balance sheet further de-risked; funding position transformed
q  strong underlying capital generation with core tier 1 capital ratio increased to 12.0 per cent; on a pro forma fully loaded cRd iV basis  

the ratio is estimated at 8.1 per cent, including 0.3 per cent from expected cRd iV resolutions

q  continued capital-accretive non-core asset reduction of £42.3 billion, benefiting capital ratios, and exceeding initial 2012 guidance by £17 billion. 

non-core portfolio now less than £100 billion, at £98.4 billion

q  deposit growth of 4 per cent; core loan to deposit ratio of 101 per cent, in line with long-term target of 100 per cent; Group loan to deposit ratio  

of 121 per cent, achieving target two years in advance

q  Total wholesale funding reduced by £81.6 billion to £169.6 billion; maturity profile further improved with less than 30 per cent (2011: 45 per cent)  

of total wholesale funding with a maturity of less than one year

Core business increasingly well positioned for growth and delivering strong returns above cost of equity
q  core return on risk-weighted assets increased from 2.46 per cent to 2.56 per cent
q  underlying profit broadly stable at £6,154 million (2011: £6,196 million)
q  core net interest margin of 2.32 per cent; stable throughout 2012
q  5 per cent reduction in core costs to £9,212 million; 34 per cent reduction in core impairments to £1,919 million

Further improving products and services to support customers and the UK economic recovery
q  uK’s largest lender to first time buyers, helping over 55,000 customers, and exceeding £5 billion lending target for 2012
q  sME net lending growth of 4 per cent, against a shrinking market; exceeded 2012 sME net lending commitment of £13 billion and three year target  

of assisting 300,000 new start-ups by the end of 2012 

q  First participant in Funding for lending scheme, further enabling us to support the uK economy; £11 billion committed
q  increased net Promoter score in all three brands and a further reduction in FsA reportable banking complaints (excluding PPi) to 1.1 per 1,000,  

more than halving complaints in two years

Further progress expected in 2013 and beyond; confident in meeting medium term guidance
q  Expect Group net interest margin of around 1.98 per cent for full year 2013
q  Targeting further reduction in total costs to around £9.8 billion in 2013
q   Expect further improvement in portfolio quality, and a substantial reduction in the 2013 impairment charge, with a consequential increase in underlying  

profit before tax

q  Targeting core loan growth in the second half of 2013 
q  Expect a further reduction of non-core assets of at least £20 billion in 2013; on track to achieve target of a non-core asset portfolio  

of £70 billion or less by the end of 2014, with more than 50 per cent in non-core retail assets

2

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

3

Consolidated income statement

net interest income 

Other income 

insurance claims 

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims 

Total costs

impairment

Underlying profit

Effects of asset sales, volatile items and liability management

Fair value unwind

Management profit

simplification, Ec mandated retail business disposal costs and integration costs

Payment protection insurance provision

Other regulatory provisions

Past service pensions credit

Amortisation of purchased intangibles

Volatility arising in insurance businesses

Loss before tax – statutory

Taxation

Loss for the year

loss per share

Presentation of information

2012  
£m

10,335 

8,416 

(365)

18,386

(10,082)

(5,697)

2,607

1,570

650 

4,827

(1,246)

(3,575)

(650)

250 

(482)

306

(570)

(773)

(1,343)

(2.0)p

2011  
£m

12,210

9,179

(343) 

21,046

(10,621)

(9,787)

638

841

1,206

2,685

(1,452)

(3,200)

(175)

–

(562)

(838)

(3,542)

828

(2,714)

(4.1)p

in order to provide a more meaningful view of underlying business pursuance, the results of the Group and divisions are presented on a management 
basis. The key principles adopted in the preparation of the management basis of reporting are described below.

in order to reflect the impact of the acquisition of HBOs, the amortisation of purchased intangible assets has been excluded; and the unwind of 
acquisition-related fair value adjustments is shown as one line in the management basis income statement, other than unwind related to asset sales 
which is included within the effects of asset sales, volatile items and liability management.

in order to better present business performance the effects of liability management, volatile items and asset sales are shown on a separate lines in the 
management basis income statement and ‘underlying profit’ is profit before taking into account these items and fair value unwind. comparatives have 
been restated accordingly. The following items, not related to acquisition accounting, have also been excluded:

 – simplification, Ec mandated retail business disposal costs and integration costs;

 – payment protection insurance provision;

 – other regulatory provisions;

 – certain past service pension credits in respect of the Group’s defined benefit pension schemes;

 – amortisation of purchased intangibles;

 – volatility arising in insurance businesses; and

 – insurance gross up. 

To enable a better understanding of the Group’s core business trends and outlook, certain income statement, balance sheet and regulatory capital 
information is analysed between core and non-core portfolios. The non-core portfolios consist of businesses which deliver below-hurdle returns, 
which are outside the Group’s risk appetite or may be distressed, are subscale or have an unclear value proposition, or have a poor fit with the Group’s 
customer strategy. The Ec mandated retail business disposal (Project Verde) is included in core portfolios. A full reconciliation of the management to the 
statutory basis is given in note 4 on pages 229 to 234. unless otherwise stated, the commentaries on pages 44 to 75 are on a management  basis.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information1877115203355Introduction 1Group performance 2Group key performance indicators 4Divisional overview and KPIs 6Chairman’s statement 10Group Chief Executive’s review 144

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

5

GROuP KEY PERFORMAncE indicATORs

MEAsuRinG sTRATEGic  
PERFORMAncE

Our strategy
lloyds Banking Group operates a simple, lower risk, customer focused uK 
retail and commercial banking business model. Our strategy is built around 
becoming the best bank for customers and creating value by investing in 
areas that make a real difference to these customers. customer leadership 
driven by superior customer insight, tailored products, better service and 
relationship focus is the overriding priority. By leveraging these capabilities 
and our strategic assets we believe we can help Britain prosper and deliver 
strong, stable and sustainable returns for shareholders.

We have over 30 million customers, iconic brands, including lloyds TsB, 
Halifax, Bank of scotland and scottish Widows, and high-quality, 
committed people. We are creating a simpler, more agile, efficient and 
responsive organisation with a real focus on operating sustainably and 
responsibly. We will focus on core markets which offer strong returns and 
attractive growth, while maintaining a prudent approach to risk and further 
strengthening the Group’s balance sheet.

How we measure performance
We track our progress against our strategy to become the best bank  
for customers using a range of performance measures. Our progress in 
these areas is measured against a number of key financial indicators which 
are shown here.

PeRFORMAnCe  
MeASUReS

unlocking the  
Group’s potential

Building customer  
relationships

OUTPUT  
MeASUReS

Alignment of remuneration with performance
To help ensure individuals are acting in the best interest of customers 
and shareholders, remuneration at all levels of the organisation across 
the business is aligned to the strategic development and financial 
performance of the business. All staff, including Executive directors,  
have a balanced scorecard which measures performance across five areas 
(customer, building the business, risk, people and finance) which is aligned  
to the Group’s strategic priorities and reviewed on a regular basis. 
Executive remuneration, in particular bonuses and incentive plans, is also 
assessed against balanced scorecard measures which incorporate Group 
financial performance measures, notably profit before tax, economic 
profit, earnings per share and total shareholder return.

PeRFORMAnCe MeASUReS
Unlocking the Group’s potential
We are reshaping our business portfolio to fit our assets, capabilities  
and risk appetite, strengthening the Group’s balance sheet and liquidity 
position, simplifying the Group to improve agility and efficiency and 
investing to be the best bank for customers. A comprehensive set of Key 
Performance indicators (KPis) has been developed to track progress in 
each of these areas and is outlined in the strategy section. 

22

More on our  
strategy and KPis

Building customer relationships
customer relationships are key to our strategy and critical for all our 
businesses. The significant differences across the divisions means financial 
and non-financial strategic indicators for the development of customer 
relationships are generally tracked at a divisional level and commentary is 
included in the specific divisional commentaries.

To assess progress in our aim of becoming the best bank for customers  
we measure customer satisfaction and are publicly committed to  
reducing complaints. Our colleagues are a key differentiator and we  
use an engagement survey to assess individual motivation and 
organisational processes.

30

34

More on  
customer  
satisfaction 
and customer 
complaints

More on  
our staff 
engagement 
score

OUTPUT MeASUReS

significant progress has been made against our strategic priorities during 
2012 which has been reflected in improved underlying profits and a 
stronger capital position. This was also reflected in an improved statutory 
performance despite a number of one off items including the £3.6 billion 
provision for PPi. Further detail on these measures is contained within the 
business review.

44

More on our  
Group results

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

5

Balance sheet reduction            £bn
(non-core assets)

Loan to deposit ratio

%

Simplification cost savings 
(run-rate)

£m

Investment 

£m

194

154

847

337

141

98

135

121

2010

2011

2012

2010

2011

2012

167

242

2011

2012

2011

2012

Excellent progress continues to be made in 
reshaping the business through the reduction 
of our non-core assets which now stand at 
£98 billion.

We have made good progress in reducing our 
loan to deposit ratio with the core loan to 
deposit ratio now at 101 per cent, very close 
to our core long-term target of 100 per cent, 
thereby strengthening our balance sheet.

The Simplification programme has been 
running for 18 months and has maintained 
strong progress throughout the year, with over 
200 initiatives underway across the Group. 

As Simplification benefits materialise we are 
looking to increase the investment in the 
business and have committed to invest 
£500 million pa by 2014 in addition to our 
business as usual investment programme.

Customer satisfaction
(net promoter score)

%

Customer complaints (FSA banking
complaints* per 1,000 a/c)

Staff engagement score

%

UK industry average

44

38

49

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.1

52

61

60

48

69

68

63

63

2010

2011

2012

H1 2011

H2 2011

H1 2012

H2 2012

EEI 2011

EEI 2012

PEI 2011

PEI 2012

We have developed a comprehensive 
customer experience programme measuring 
customer service at key touch points and their 
likelihood to recommend us. This is measured 
through the cross industry net promoter score 
metric where we have seen continued progress.

Through our Simplification programme and 
continued focus on becoming the best bank 
for customers, our FSA reportable banking 
complaints continued to fall.

*Excluding PPI

The Employee Engagement Index (EEI) 
measures the individual motiviation of 
colleagues whilst the Performance Excellence 
Index (PEI) measures how strongly colleagues 
believe the Group is committed to improving 
customer service.

Underlying profit (loss)               £m
before tax

Statutory profit (loss)                            £m
before tax

Earnings per share                         p

Core tier 1 capital ratio                          %

2,607

281

2010

2011

2012

(570)

2010

(0.5)

2011

2012

12.0

10.2

10.8

(2.0)

638

2011

2012

2010

(901)

(3,542)

(4.1)

2010

2011

2012

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information1877115203355Introduction 1Group performance 2Group key performance indicators 4Divisional overview and KPIs 6Chairman’s statement 10Group Chief Executive’s review 14 
 
 
 
 
  
      
 
 
 
6
6

Lloyds Banking Group  
Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

7

diVisiOnAl OVERViEW And KPis
diVisiOnAl OVERViEW And KPi

 RETAil

The Retail division operates the largest retail bank in 
the UK and is a leading provider of current accounts,  
savings, personal loans, credit cards and mortgages.

The division is focused on improving customer service and advocacy 
and becoming the best bank for customers. With its strong stable of 
brands including lloyds TsB, Halifax, Bank of scotland and cheltenham & 
Gloucester, it serves over 30 million customers through one of the largest 
branch and fee free ATM networks in the uK and a comprehensive digital, 
telephony and mobile proposition. 

in meeting the financial needs of its customers the division provides a 
comprehensive product range to ensure differing customer requirements 
can be effectively met. This includes a range of current accounts including 
packaged accounts and basic banking accounts. it is also the largest 
provider of personal loans in the uK, as well as being the uK’s leading 
credit card issuer. Retail provides one in five new residential mortgages 
and provided over 55,000 mortgages to help first time buyers in 2012, 
making it one of the leading uK mortgage lenders. Retail is the largest 
private sector savings provider in the uK. it is also a major general insurance 
and bancassurance distributor, offering a wide range of long-term savings, 
investment and general insurance products.

Key brands include:

2012 highlights

q  in 2012, Retail further increased its profits and returns, and made 
substantial progress towards its goal of being the best bank 
for customers.

q  underlying profit increased by 16 per cent, and core underlying profit 
by 21 per cent, driven by strong cost control and a significant reduction 
in impairment.

q  Return on risk-weighted assets increased to 3.21 per cent from 
2.56 per cent in 2011, driven primarily by the increase in profits.

q   Retail has made continued progress in improving its customer service 
scores and saw a reduction in customer complaints (excluding PPi)  
of 28 per cent during 2012, both key indicators of customer advocacy. 
This has supported the strengthening of brand consideration to 
market leading levels.

q   The simplification programme has delivered significant improvements 
in customer experience, process efficiencies and reduced sourcing 
costs. This contributed to the strong cost performance delivered 
by Retail.

q  We continued to support the first time buyer mortgage market, 
lending to one in four first time buyers. We also increased our 
commitment for lending to first time buyers during 2013. in addition, 
we continue to deliver strong growth in customer deposit balances 
attracting funds from almost one in every four savers. 

q   Retail continues to support local communities through its contribution 

to Group programmes and through direct commitments by  
Retail colleagues. in 2012 over 8,500 colleagues in Retail used their  
‘day to Make a difference’ in local communities, including supporting 
national school sports Week.

Contribution towards total Group income1

Performance indicators

46%

£8,657m

52

More on our  
Retail division results

Underlying profit before tax

                £m

Impairment as a percentage
of average advances

                 %

2,881

2,749

3,188

0.74

0.54

0.36

2010

2011

2012

2010

2011

2012

Customer deposits
(excluding repos)

               £bn

Active online
customers

            million

236

247

261

7.6 

8.3 

9.5  

1Excludes Group Operations, central items and insurance claims.

2010

2011

2012

2010

2011

2012

 
 
 
 
6

6

Lloyds Banking Group  

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

7

 cOMMERciAl  
 BAnKinG

The Commercial Banking division supports  
our business clients from small businesses  
to large corporates. 

The division operates a client-centric approach, primarily focused  
on uK businesses and businesses with strong links to the uK, with 
coverage comprising sMEs, Mid Markets, Global corporates and 
Financial institutions. strong local knowledge, a real client focus and  
a comprehensive product range enables us to quickly provide clients  
with tailored solutions and an effective service.

commercial Banking provides support to corporate clients through  
the provision of core banking products, such as lending, deposits  
and transaction banking services whilst also offering clients expertise  
in capital markets (private placements, bonds and syndicated loans), 
financial markets (foreign exchange, interest rate management, money 
market and credit) and private equity. This enables us to meet the  
varying and sometimes complex needs of corporate clients whilst 
ensuring capital efficiency.

Key brands include: 

2012 highlights

q  commercial Banking was created in the fourth quarter of 2012 bringing 

small and Medium-sized Enterprises (sME) together with larger 
corporate uK and global clients to ensure consistent and effective 
client coverage. The former Wholesale division has been combined 
with the Australian and European corporate businesses previously 
reported in the international segment of Wealth, international and 
Asset Finance.

q  We continued to deepen our relationships with core clients through 
our investment in new products and capabilities to drive capital 
efficiency and through our lending commitments to support  
the uK economy and sMEs, including our involvement in the 
uK Government’s national loan Guarantee and the Funding for 
lending scheme (Fls).

q  underlying loss reduced by 60 per cent due to a 30 per cent reduction  

in impairments, which more than offset the reduction in total 
underlying income.

q  core underlying profit increased by 1 per cent to £1,748 million, driven 
by reduced impairments and improved other income from resilient 
performances in capital Markets, Financial Markets and ldc. This was 
offset by lower net interest income. Return on risk-weighted assets 
increased to 1.36 per cent from 1.32 per cent.

q  underlying loss in the former Wholesale business reduced by 
36 per cent due to a 31 per cent reduction in impairments and 
improved other income. This more than offset lower net interest 
income, resulting from our strategic non-core asset reduction and 
increased wholesale funding costs.

q  underlying profit in the former commercial business increased  

by 10 per cent, driven by reduced impairments and costs partly offset 
by lower underlying income. core net lending grew by 4 per cent 
against market contraction of 4 per cent and we assisted in excess  
of 120,000 sMEs to start up in 2012.

Contribution towards total Group income1

Performance indicators

27%

£5,138m

55

More on our commercial 
Banking division results

Underlying loss before tax

                £m

Impairment as a percentage
of average advances

                 %

2010

2011

2012

(324)

(812)

2.62

2.32

1.85

(1,782)

2010

2011

2012

Non-core assets

               £bn

Commercial net
lending growth 2012 (core)

%

115

76

4.0

Lloyds
Banking
Group

43

Market

1Excludes Group Operations, central items and insurance claims.

2010

2011

2012

(4.0)

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information1877115203355Introduction 1Group performance 2Group key performance indicators 4Divisional overview and KPIs 6Chairman’s statement 10Group Chief Executive’s review 14 
 
  
8

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

9

diVisiOnAl OVERViEW And KPis

WEAlTH, AssET 
 FinAncE And 
 inTERnATiOnAl

Wealth, Asset Finance and International comprises our 
UK and international wealth businesses, our UK and 
international asset finance and online deposit businesses 
along with our international retail businesses. 

The Wealth business comprises private banking and asset management. 
Wealth’s private banking operations cater to the full range of wealth 
clients from affluent to ultra High net Worth within the uK, channel 
islands and isle of Man, and internationally. scottish Widows investment 
Partnership (sWiP) provides asset management services to both internal 
and external clients.

Asset Finance consists of a number of leasing and speciality lending 
businesses in the uK including lex Autolease and Black Horse Motor and 
Personal Finance along with our leasing and speciality lending businesses  
in Australia and our European online deposit business.

The international business comprises the Group’s non-core banking 
business outside the uK, with the exception of corporate business written 
through the commercial Banking division. This primarily comprises 
ireland, Retail Europe and Asia.

Key brands include:

2012 highlights

q	 in 2012 we achieved strong profitable growth in our Wealth and  
Asset Finance businesses while simultaneously making progress  
in strengthening our balance sheet, simplifying our international 
operating model and investing in building capability for the future.

q	 divisional performance improved in 2012 with losses reducing by 
67 per cent to £929 million primarily driven by lower impairments, 
mainly in ireland. Profits in the core business increased by 27 per cent, 
to £459 million driven by strong performance in the Wealth and  
Asset Finance businesses. 

q  core return on risk-weighted assets increased from 3.62 per cent  

to 5.07 per cent.

q  The balance sheet has been further strengthened through 24 per cent 
growth in customer deposits and a reduction in non-core assets  
of a further 20 per cent, including a £3.7 billion reduction in our 
irish portfolio.

q  We achieved cost savings of 5 per cent through further progress on 
simplification initiatives which in turn enabled further investment in  
the core businesses to improve the customer experience.

q  We continue to reshape our operations by further streamlining our 

international footprint through the announced exits from five countries 
(following seven exits last year) and a significantly reduced presence  
in a further four.

Contribution towards total Group income1

Performance indicators

15%

£2,842m

59

More on our Wealth, Asset 
Finance and international 
division results

Underlying loss before tax

                £m

Impairment as a percentage
of average advances

                 %

2010

2011

2012

(929)

(2,785)

7.81

6.48

3.12

(3,652)

2010

2011

2012

Customer deposits
(excluding repos)

               £bn

UK wealth
relationships

Clients

52

166,064 

179,331 

186,012

42

32

1Excludes Group Operations, central items and insurance claims.

2010

2011

2012

2010

2011

2012

   
   
8

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

9

 insuRAncE

The Insurance division provides long-term savings, 
protection and investment products and general 
insurance products to customers in the UK 
and Europe.

The uK life, Pensions and investments business provides long-term 
savings, protection and investment products distributed through the 
bancassurance, intermediary and direct channels of the lloyds TsB, 
Halifax, Bank of scotland and scottish Widows brands. The European 
life, Pensions and investments business distributes products primarily 
in the German market under the Heidelberger leben and clerical 
Medical brands.

The General insurance business is a leading distributor of home insurance 
in the uK, with products sold through the branch network, direct channels 
and strategic corporate partners. it operates primarily under the lloyds TsB, 
Halifax and Bank of scotland brands.

Key brands include:

2012 highlights

q  in 2012 we combined our uK life Pensions and investments and 
General insurance businesses and restructured our operation  
to enable greater customer and market focus which contributed  
to an 8 per cent decrease in costs and leaves us well placed  
to realise benefits from risk diversification. 

q  Total underlying profit reduced by 24 per cent and core underlying 
profit by 21 per cent, primarily reflecting a reduction in total  
underlying income, largely due to the subdued economic climate  
and increased weather related claims, partly offset by an 8 per cent 
decrease in costs. 

q  We have invested in extending our life insurance proposition  

with a new earnings protection offer which has simpler application  
and claims processes.

q  We have further enhanced our corporate Pensions proposition,  
with the addition of AssistMe, an auto-enrolment tool that 
complements our MyMoneyWorks corporate pension platform.  
The strength of our proposition, combined with strong activity in  
the run up to implementation of the Retail distribution Review (RdR), 
has driven 23 per cent growth in corporate pensions. 

q  Our recent enhanced annuities pilot has been an important step 

towards further strengthening our overall retirement savings business.

q  Our focus on putting customers first has led us to improve our home 
insurance claims management processes which has enabled us to  
get our customers back into their homes more quickly following the 
extreme weather events throughout 2012, helping improve customer 
satisfaction and contain claims costs. 

q  We have delivered balance sheet initiatives that have strengthened  
the Group’s balance sheet, providing £1.4 billion liquidity and have  
now mitigated £5.3 billion of the potential impact of cRd iV, whilst 
improving insurance returns.

Contribution towards total Group income1

Performance indicators

12%

£2,216m

63

More on our insurance 
division results

Underlying profit before tax

                £m

LP&I
new business profit

                £m

1,369

1,465

331

318

1,107

266

2010

2011

2012

2010

2011

2012

Ota vendantion pero quae nianduc imintia vellis 
doluptio essi bea dolorection et estionsentur 
                 %
LP&I
rerum quiae nam unt, quid et, at volorecte num 
new business margin (EEV)
elictur aturerunti nusa poritatibus di utemporent, 
temporum nis et eum fuga. Nam volecat.

4.0

3.8

3.5

Ota vendantion pero quae nianduc imintia vellis 
doluptio essi bea dolorection et estionsentur 
                £m
LP&I
rerum quiae nam unt, quid et, at volorecte num 
(PVNBP) sales
elictur aturerunti nusa poritatibus di utemporent, 
temporum nis et eum fuga. Nam volecat.
10,662

10,828

10,364

1Excludes Group Operations, central items and insurance claims.

2010

2011

2012

2010

2011

2012

Ota vendantion pero quae nianduc imintia vellis 
doluptio essi bea dolorection et estionsentur 
rerum quiae nam unt, quid et, at volorecte num 

Ota vendantion pero quae nianduc imintia vellis 
doluptio essi bea dolorection et estionsentur 
rerum quiae nam unt, quid et, at volorecte num 

elictur aturerunti nusa poritatibus di utemporent, 

elictur aturerunti nusa poritatibus di utemporent, 

temporum nis et eum fuga. Nam volecat.

temporum nis et eum fuga. Nam volecat.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information1877115203355Introduction 1Group performance 2Group key performance indicators 4Divisional overview and KPIs 6Chairman’s statement 10Group Chief Executive’s review 14 
 
    
 
 
 
10

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

11

cHAiRMAn’s sTATEMEnT

sir Winfried Bischoff

“ Another year of progress  
for the Group against  
a still challenging economic 
and regulatory backdrop.”

Overview 
2012 was a momentous year for the united Kingdom. We celebrated 
the diamond Jubilee and the london 2012 Olympic and Paralympic 
Games. lloyds Banking Group was appointed a national Partner to the 
Games in 2007, and in this role we helped fund emerging athletes, supply 
volunteers and, crucially, support local businesses to enable them to take 
full advantage of the available commercial opportunities. We are proud 
of the significant role the Group played and of our part in creating a 
lasting legacy. 

it was also a year of progress for the Group against a still challenging 
economic and regulatory backdrop. We continued to implement our 
strategy and are now ahead of our plan to transform the Group and create 
an efficient, lower-risk retail and commercial bank, focused on being the 
best bank for customers. This was reflected in our share price, which rose 
85 per cent in 2012, substantially outperforming the FTsE 350 banks index, 
which rose by 34 per cent, and making our shares the best performer  
in the FTsE 100 over the year. However, we need to continue to manage 
a number of legacy issues which have had an adverse impact on our 
financial performance. 

To put this into figures: Even though the operating environment in the uK 
remained challenging, we delivered consistent underlying performance 
in our core business, demonstrating the strength of our strategy and 
management team. This resulted in an increase of our underlying profit 
before tax over that of 2011 from £638 million to £2,607 million. The 
statutory results, however, were impacted by a number of items including 
payment protection insurance, for which we took provisions totalling  
an additional £3,575 million in 2012, bringing the total amount provided  
to £6,775 million since 2011. Additionally we made a further provision  
in respect of possible claims arising from sME derivatives amounting  
to £400 million.

Supporting the UK economic Recovery 
We play an active part in supporting the uK economy, to which our 
success is inextricably linked, and in 2012 we confirmed our commitment 
to helping Britain prosper through a number of initiatives. These included 
leading the way in participating in the Government’s Funding for lending  
scheme and growing our lending to small and medium-sized businesses 
against the backdrop of a contracting market. We made strong 
commitments to supporting sectors, such as manufacturing, that play  
a key role in economic recovery. We also underlined our support  
to the uK housing market by continuing to be the uK’s largest mortgage 
provider to first time buyers, helping over 55,000 customers take their 
first steps onto the property ladder. 

Regulation 
The regulatory framework governing the uK banking industry continued 
to evolve in 2012, and whilst there was greater clarity, a considerable 
degree of uncertainty remains about the final outcome of the shape of 
our industry. We continue to implement regulatory changes alongside 
the current Basel 3 draft legislation and await its finalisation when we 
will be able fully to assess the changes required and their effect on the 
Group. The largest challenge for regulators remains to devise a regulatory 
framework that strikes the right balance between enhancing financial 
stability, and encouraging innovation, competition and growth. 

We have been a consistent supporter of the proposals to ring-fence 
systemically important banking operations outlined by the independent 
commission on Banking (icB), given their close alignment to our simple 
uK focused retail and commercial banking model. it is our intention, 
subject to discussions with the regulator and the interests of our 
shareholders, to become a ring-fenced bank ahead of the 2019 deadline. 
This will be a step-change for the uK banking industry that should reduce 
risk and ensure clear distinction between retail and commercial banks  
on the one hand, and investment banks on the other. 

during 2012 we have made good progress regarding the Ec mandated 
disposal, Project Verde. We have created Verde as a stand-alone bank, 
which from the summer 2013, will be operating as a separate business within 
the Group. We are well-positioned to divest the business either through 
a sale or an initial Public Offering. Our discussions with The co-operative 
Group plc continue towards signing a binding sale and purchase 
agreement. The formation of a new banking business, when completed, 
will be an effective challenger in the uK’s retail banking market. 

10

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

11

Dividends 
We strengthened our capital position during 2012 despite provisions and 
charges for regulatory issues. As we stated in 2011, we remain committed 
to restarting dividend payments as soon as we are able, and fully 
understand the difficulties that their absence is causing our shareholders. 
Once regulatory requirements have been clearly defined and we have 
prudently met them, and the financial position of the Group and market 
conditions permits, it is our intention to recommence dividend payments. 

Management and Staff 
The Board is committed to achieving long-term success for the Group 
and generating strong, stable and sustainable returns for shareholders, 
and this is underpinned by our high standards of corporate governance. 
We have a strong executive management team, with deep experience 
and broad understanding of our business challenges. The team’s aim is to 
be the best bank for customers, while acting as ambassadors in leading 
cultural change in the organisation. in this way i feel confident we will 
deliver the value which our shareholders expect and deserve.

it is vital to ensure our colleagues are fully engaged in meeting our 
business objectives and in making further progress. i thank all of them 
for their commitment. delivering excellent service and simple customer 
focused products is at the heart of our strategy and we know we have 
to demonstrate this in all our actions. By acting in our customers’ best 
interests in every contact we have with them, we will become the great 
business we aspire to be and a source of pride for our employees. This in 
turn will enable us to build sustainable returns for our shareholders.

Directors
We have strengthened and further diversified the knowledge and 
experience on our Board. On 31 May 2012, two new non-Executive 
directors were appointed, carolyn Fairbairn and lord Blackwell.  
carolyn’s background in strategy, public policy and regulation 
complements the experience of lord Blackwell in banking, consulting  
and life insurance. These appointments add to the existing combination  
of skills, and banking and life insurance perspectives, already present  
on our Board and will contribute to the quality of decision making.

On 22 november 2012 we announced that Martin scicluna, Audit 
committee chairman, will step down from the Board and leave the 
Group at the end of March 2013 following his appointment as chairman 
of RsA plc. i thank him for the substantial contribution he has made as 
Audit committee chairman and for his constructive views on all aspects 
of our business. i am pleased nicholas luff has joined us and will be taking 
over as Audit committee chairman on 1 April 2013. He brings substantial 
financial and audit committee experience to that role and we look forward 
to working with him.

We also announced Timothy Ryan will retire from the Board in April 2013. 
Tim, too has made a substantial contribution to the Board over the last 
three years with his deep knowledge and understanding of the global 
financial services sector and the wider regulatory impact on our business. 

i want to express my thanks to our non-Executive directors for their 
judgement, wisdom and commitment. They have spent substantial 
amounts of time – far more than expected – on our business over the 
last four years and have done so without any increase in their fees since 
January 2008. These fees are now significantly below those of every other 
major banking institution. We review fees annually and directors have 
decided once again to forego any increase in light of the fact that the 
Group in 2012 was still loss making at the statutory level.

i am pleased that we achieved our commitment of 25 per cent female 
representation on the Board three years ahead of the 2015 timeline 
mandated by the lord davies report. We believe that diversity in 
background and experience helps to enhance the quality of deliberations 
and decision making, and we will continue to promote it within the Board 
as an example to our entire organisation. 

Community 
We believe that businesses should support the communities where they 
operate. For lloyds Banking Group, this not only strengthens and grows 
our business, but also helps to rebuild trust and confidence in the banking 
sector and the positive role banks should play in society as a whole. 

Making a difference in communities by supporting education, 
employability and enterprise is central to the vision of the type of bank 
we want to be, a uK focused retail and commercial bank that exists to 
serve the needs of its customers. if we continue to focus on our Group 
values: putting customers first, keeping it simple and making a difference 
together we will build a strong and profitable Group, with a culture which 
reinforces these behavioural standards. 

Following our strategic Review in 2011 we are committed to keeping our 
charitable and community investment at £85 million for the period of the 
strategic plan. This has meant thousands of colleagues have been able 
to volunteer in local community activities through our staff giving days. 
i am pleased that we raised over £3.6 million in charitable donations over 
the two years duration of our partnership with save the children as our 
‘charity of the Year’. We are already actively supporting our new charity 
of the Year: the Alzheimer’s society and Alzheimer scotland, who have 
launched the Live Well Campaign, the first uK-wide dementia carers’ 
programme. We also continue to run a number of charitable programmes 
using our business capabilities to support local communities, including 
our recognised Lloyds Scholars programme, Money for Life our financial 
capability programme, and Business in the Community of which we have 
been a supporter of for over 20 years. 

This year we saw the culmination of our partnership with london 2012.  
The success of the Olympic and Paralympic Games reflected the 
dedication of so many of our colleagues who had supported the run-up  
to the Games over the past five years. The Games themselves continued 
the positive impact on our local communities, which is why we are 
delighted to be building on their legacy by developing our national 
school sport Week and local Heroes programmes. 

£3.6 million

Charity of the year
during the two years of our partnership  
with save the children this sum was raised  
to support the work of the charity.

25%

Board representation
Three years ahead of the mandated timeline 
we have 25 per cent female representation.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information1877115203355Introduction 1Group performance 2Group key performance indicators 4Divisional overview and KPIs 6Chairman’s statement 10Group Chief Executive’s review 14 
12

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

13

cHAiRMAn’s sTATEMEnT

“We remain committed 
to operating as a 
privately owned Group, 
which is profitable,  
self supporting and 
dividend paying.” 

Culture 
We believe culture is values brought to life and is the consequential 
outgrowth of the strategy of a bank. Ours is to place the customer first. 
Just as with strategy, the Board has a major role in shaping culture and 
in setting out principles and values that will drive long-term success. 
in addition we believe it is the duty of the Board to ensure that these 
common objectives of management and Board are implemented 
throughout the institution. in banking there is a place for re-balancing the 
priorities between shareholders and customers. When customers come 
first, shareholders will naturally be rewarded.

Within lloyds Banking Group we recognise the value of diversity in our 
colleagues from a broad and representative mix of backgrounds and 
experiences: different perspectives allow us to see and develop new 
opportunities. We promote internal initiatives to support diversity and 
inclusion within the Group and i was pleased to see our achievements also 
being recognised at the Business disability Forum. We can only achieve 
our customer-focused strategy by building a sound reputation founded on 
the highest standards of responsible behaviour. in 2012 we launched the 
codes of Responsibility to guide our decision making and help us put into 
practice our commitment to strive always to do the right thing. 

Remuneration 
The Remuneration committee undertook a further review of 
remuneration and executive remuneration in 2011. Anthony Watson,  
the chairman of the Remuneration committee, provides his usual review 
of our approach elsewhere in the report but due to the importance of 
remuneration to our stakeholders and the Group, as chairman, i also want 
to provide some context to the decisions we have taken.

We continue to believe that the remuneration policy at all levels, 
including for senior executives, needs to incentivise staff to deliver strong, 
sustainable growth whilst reflecting the work required to reshape and 
transform the Group. We have a strong conviction to align reward to the 
longer term, sustainable success of our business and through this the 
return of value to shareholders. We are also mindful however both of the 
economic outlook and the views of our stakeholders.

We have therefore focused on the need to manage aggregate variable 
pay and the overall size of the bonus pool. The total bonus pool has been 
reduced by approximately 3 per cent to £365 million with the greater 
impact being applied to more senior staff and managed in the context 
of business and individual performance. As we are primarily a retail and 
commercial bank the awards under our Group bonus scheme remain 
a very small percentage of revenues at approximately 2 per cent, and 
represent approximately 7 per cent of pre-bonus management profit 
before tax, compared to 12.5 per cent in 2011. cash bonuses are capped 
at £2,000 with additional amounts paid in shares and subject to deferral 
and performance adjustment. The average value of bonuses paid per 
employee, will remain similar to 2011 at less than £3,900.

With regard to executive remuneration we feel it is appropriate that the 
fixed elements of directors’ pay should remain unchanged for a further 
year, recognising the continued economic climate and the need to 
evidence sustained returns for shareholders. Our 2012 bonus awards have 
been determined conservatively against robust financial performance 
measures, and these awards will continue to be deferred into shares, until 
at least 2015.

in recognition of the Group’s performance in 2012, the Remuneration 
committee has decided to make an annual performance award to 
António Horta-Osório of £1,485,000 deferred in shares. The deferral 
period for this award will be extended to five years, and so will not be 
released until 2018, and will be subject to additional conditions related to 
the share price at which the uK Government invested. António has led the 
Group through a strong year that has put us ahead in the implementation 
of our strategic plan. i believe this, in part, is a reason for the Group being 
the best performing stock in the FTsE 100 in 2012. 

With respect to the long-Term incentive Plan (lTiP), as key targets for the 
2010 lTiP were not met awards made under this plan will not be paid. This 
means that lTiP awards have not been made for Executive directors in any 
of the last four years. The lTiP however remains a core part of our reward 
strategy and we hope that the performance conditions attached to the 
plan which ensure alignment with the Group’s strategic objectives and 
timeline of our medium term plan, will be met in 2013.

Outlook 
We have a strong foundation on which to build our strategy to be the 
best bank for customers to the benefit of our shareholders. As i have 
indicated in the past, the first task of the Board was to strengthen the 
Balance sheet and to have a robust funding profile. now that the Balance 
sheet has been substantially strengthened and all of the liquidity support 
received from the uK Government has been repaid, our focus is on 
increasing profitability and returns to shareholders. Over time, this should 
in turn allow the government the opportunity to commence the sale of its 
shareholding, which currently stands at approximately 39.2 per cent. We 
remain committed to operating as a wholly privately owned Group, which 
is profitable, self supporting and dividend paying. 2012 has been a year 
in which that possibility has been enhanced. As for the immediate future 
i believe that, with a reasonably positive development of the uK economy, 
we are well positioned for growth. 

i am encouraged by and grateful for the ongoing support of all of our 
shareholders as we implement our strategy. We have many strengths, 
including iconic brands, strong heritages and great people. consequently, 
we are well positioned to realise the Group’s full potential for growth, help 
Britain prosper and deliver sustainable returns for our shareholders.

Sir Winfried Bischoff
chairman

12

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

13

A COMMiTMenT TO GOOD GOveRnAnCe

Governance
The Board is committed to achieving long-term success for the Group, 
and governance plays an integral part in ensuring consistency and rigour 
in decision making to allow us to maximise shareholder value over time. 
This remains uppermost in our minds when applying the principles 
described in relevant provisions relating to the combined code on 
corporate governance published by the Financial Reporting council. 
The Board aims to exceed these requirements as we believe that good 
governance is a key contributor to the Group’s long term success. 

Our Board
The Board has seen a number of changes this year, and in line with  
the provisions of the uK corporate Governance code and the interests 
of good corporate governance, all directors are required to submit 
themselves for re-election on an annual basis. We are committed to 
ensuring we have the right balance of skills and experience within the 
Board, and we annually review its composition, and the diversity of 
backgrounds of its members. 

executive Remuneration 
As a Group we are aware of the views of our various stakeholders on 
executive remuneration. We seek to motivate, incentivise and retain  
our talent whilst remaining mindful of the current economic outlook.  
As examples of the justified restraint in the current circumstances we  
have made no changes for 2013 in senior executives’ pay (with one 
exception) and our incentive compensation for 2012 in absolute amount 
and as a percentage of revenues (less than 2 per cent) is lower than that  
of any other major banking institution in the united Kingdom.

Additionally the Board is committed to maintaining alignment between 
our senior executives and shareholders and we continue to operate a 
stringent deferral policy to ensure individual reward is aligned with the 
Group’s performance, the interests of its shareholders, and a prudent 
approach to risk management allowing where necessary for appropriate 
adjustment of incentive compensation to reflect malus. in March 2012, the 
Group announced that it had applied a performance adjustment to the 
deferred bonuses of certain directors and senior managers in relation to 
PPi. The long Term incentive Plan remains a core element of our reward 
package, although this did not pay out for four years to 2012.

86

98

More on  
corporate  
Governance

More on  
directors’  
Remuneration

Board oversight – key topics
Throughout 2012 the Board has continued to review the corporate 
strategy, the operation of the business and our results within a 
framework of prudent and effective controls, including the assessment 
and management of risks. This framework has allowed us to deal with 
key issues arising throughout the year, including:

q		the Group chief Executive’s return to work in January 2012 following  
a short leave of absence. Having ensured that he was medically fit  
to return, the Board has assisted Antonio in making appropriate 
adjustments to his reporting line and corporate support. it is clear  
from his energy and commitment to the role that he has made a 
full recovery

q		ongoing review of board composition including a number of new 

appointments which are explained on page 90

q		oversight and challenge of the strategy and five year operating plan. 
This included a two day strategy offsite for the Board and executive 
team. insurance and commercial Banking have been a particular  
focus for the year. Performance against plan is reported on pages 4 to 9 

q		following the appointment of lord Blackwell, changes have been 
made to the governance and oversight of the insurance board to 
ensure closer alignment with the Group Board

q		monitoring of the progress of Project Verde, the Eu mandated 

divestment of branches

q		oversight of conduct issues with emphasis on embedding a culture  

of ‘doing the right thing’

q		an ongoing review of the adequacy of provisions, most recently in 
relation to legacy conduct issues such as PPi and sME derivatives

q		establishment of a board committee chaired by david Roberts, the 
chairman of our Risk committee, to oversee the Group’s handling  
of the process and issues arising from the industry investigation into 
liBOR setting. This also included implementation of the Wheatley 
Review to ensure robust processes going forward

q		close scrutiny and control over executive remuneration arrangements 
including open and effective engagement with shareholders on a 
range of remuneration matters. The Board through the Risk and 
Remuneration committees has been particularly anxious to ensure 
appropriate risk adjustment. At the Annual General Meeting in May 
2012 the Group achieved over 97 per cent votes in favour of its 
directors’ Remuneration Report

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information1877115203355Introduction 1Group performance 2Group key performance indicators 4Divisional overview and KPIs 6Chairman’s statement 10Group Chief Executive’s review 1414

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

15

GROuP cHiEF EXEcuTiVE’s REViEW

António Horta-Osório

“Significantlyimproved 
Group performance with core 
business increasingly  
well positioned for growth.” 

Summary
in 2012, we accelerated the delivery of our strategic initiatives and are 
now ahead of our plan to transform the Group, despite the challenging 
economic environment and continued regulatory uncertainty. As a result 
of our actions, the Group is now in a far stronger position, with capital 
ratios further improved, our funding position transformed, a significant 
and capital-accretive reduction in non-core assets achieved, costs 
reduced in absolute terms and asset quality further improved. While 
legacy issues, notably payment protection insurance (PPi), resulted in 
the Group still reporting a loss at the statutory level, our achievements 
resulted in a significant improvement in both Group underlying and 
statutory performance, and continued strong returns, above our cost of 
equity, being delivered in our core business. 

We are a uK focused retail and commercial bank, and our aim, as defined 
in our strategic Review in June 2011 is to build a strong competitive 
advantage in terms of operational efficiency and risk premium, that will 
allow us to become the best bank for customers.

Our drive to enhance operational efficiency and improve service 
continued at a pace in 2012, notably through the successful execution of 
our simplification programme. due to the progress made, we are now 
very close to achieving our original target of around £10 billion of total 
costs, two years ahead of plan. We are now targeting a further reduction in 
Group total costs to around £9.8 billion in 2013.

At the same time as achieving this further absolute reduction in costs, we 
have re-invested a third of our simplification savings and we are continuing 
to strengthen our core business by directing this investment to products 
and channels which better meet the needs of our customers. The provision 
of simpler and more transparent products and services to our customers, 
built around their needs and delivered efficiently, is a key part of regaining 
their trust. The speed of our progression towards becoming the best bank 
for customers is clearly demonstrated by increasing customer advocacy 
and steadily falling levels of banking complaints (excluding PPi).

in addition to investing for sustainable growth and returns in our core 
business, we are reducing risk through substantial reductions in our non-core 
asset portfolios and a sustainable approach to risk in our core business, which 
together have resulted in a significant reduction in the impairment charge. 
We are also continuing to reduce risk and strengthen the balance sheet by 
reducing wholesale funding, lowering operational leverage and building 
higher capital ratios. We expect these initiatives, together with our focus on 
lower-volatility retail and commercial banking, to lower our risk premium over 
time, and give us a significant competitive advantage.

2012 results overview
We delivered Group underlying profit before tax of £2,607 million in 2012, 
a substantial increase of approximately £2 billion when compared to 
2011 reflecting a significant reduction in losses in our non-core business 
and stable profitability in the core business. income fell by 13 per cent to 
£18,386 million as a result of customer deleveraging and lower margins 
in the core business, and the substantial £42.3 billion reduction in the 
non-core portfolio. However, this was more than offset by our actions 
to significantly reduce costs, which fell 5 per cent to £10,082 million, and 
by further improvements in asset quality, which resulted in a 42 per cent 
reduction in the impairment charge to £5,697 million. 

On a statutory basis, the Group reported a loss before tax of £570 million, 
with the principal reconciling items with underlying profit being provisions 
taken during the year in relation to the legacy issues of payment protection 
insurance and interest rate hedging products (iRHP) sold to small and 
medium-sized businesses (sMEs) of £3,575 million and £400 million 
respectively, a profit from asset sales of £2,547 million, and simplification 
and Ec mandated retail business disposal costs together amounting to 
£1,246 million. Other reconciling items, which are detailed on pages 47 
and 48 of this annual report in the Group Finance director’s Review, 
resulted in a net charge of £503 million. The statutory loss before tax of 
£570 million represented a significant improvement on last year’s statutory 
loss of £3,542 million.

The core business continues to deliver strong and stable returns above 
our cost of equity, with a return on risk-weighted assets of 2.56 per cent 
achieved in 2012, an increase of 10 basis points when compared to 2011 
despite the challenging environment, with a small reduction in underlying 
profit of £42 million to £6,154 million being more than offset by a reduction 
of £6.1 billion in core risk-weighted assets. We continued to reduce costs 
in the core business, where they fell 5 per cent to £9,212 million, while the 
continued application of our conservative risk appetite meant that asset 
quality remained good, and the core impairment charge reduced by 
£968 million to £1,919 million.

14

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

15

We made substantial progress in reshaping the Group and strengthening 
the balance sheet. We have proactively managed the run-down of our 
non-core assets, reducing the portfolio by almost a third in 12 months 
to £98.4 billion, ahead of plan, and we have continued to do so in a 
capital-accretive way. We have transformed our funding structure with 
our use of wholesale funding reduced by £81.6 billion in the year, and 
the average maturity profile of the remaining wholesale funding further 
improved, with less than 30 per cent now having a maturity of under 
one year. The non-core reduction, together with above market deposit 
growth of 4 per cent, resulted in the Group’s loan to deposit ratio reducing 
to 121 per cent, with the core loan to deposit ratio at 101 per cent, in line 
with our core long-term target of 100 per cent.

We further strengthened our capital ratios in 2012, with the Group core 
tier 1 capital ratio increasing by 1.2 per cent to 12.0 per cent and our 
total capital ratio increasing by 1.7 per cent to 17.3 per cent, which is 
already in excess of the icB’s primary loss-absorbing capacity (PlAc) 
recommendations. On an estimated pro forma cRd iV fully loaded 
basis the Group’s common equity tier 1 capital ratio would have been 
8.1 per cent, including the successful resolution of two cRd iV items now 
likely to happen. Given our strongly capital generative core business and 
continued progress in simultaneously releasing capital and reducing risk 
through non-core asset disposals, we continue to be confident in our 
capital position.

The substantial progress we are delivering in reducing risk and delivering 
on our strategic initiatives was reflected in the outcome of Moody’s 
investor service rating review of 114 financial institutions, where we 
received only a single notch downgrade on lloyds TsB Bank plc’s 
longer-term senior debt and deposit ratings, and retained our short-term 
Prime-1 rating in June 2012.

Accelerated delivery of strategic initiatives
in addition to further strengthening our balance sheet, we have made 
substantial progress in the execution of the other elements of our strategic 
plan to be the best bank for our customers, through reshaping and 
simplifying our business and investing in our core franchise.

As we reshaped our business portfolio, we delivered improving credit 
quality trends in all divisions thanks to the rigorous application of risk 
controls on all new business and the further de-risking of existing 
portfolios. As a result, we achieved a further reduction in the Group 
impairment charge of 42 per cent to £5,697 million, significantly ahead 
of our expectation at the beginning of 2012. The improving quality 
of our portfolios and their decreasing risk profile was also reflected 
in a 12 per cent decrease in risk-weighted assets when compared to 
december 2011, principally driven by the reduction in non-core assets.

in line with our uK-focused strategy, we have made further progress 
in reducing our international presence, and have now completed or 
announced our exit from twelve countries or overseas branches, as well as 
announcing a reduced presence in a further four locations. 

Our Simplification programme is central to the successful delivery of our 
strategy and we continue to make significant progress in driving further 
cost savings and efficiencies throughout the business. We have reviewed 
our organisational structures, increasing average spans of control and 
reducing the average number of management layers, while our cost 
Board continued to drive a focus on cost efficiency by business line and 
by functional category. The success of this approach is evidenced by our 
achievement of run rate cost savings from the programme of £847 million 
at the end of 2012, ahead of plan, an achievement which gives us 
confidence in reaching our run rate cost savings target of £1.9 billion by the 
end of 2014.

5%

£98.4 billion

Total costs
Total costs reduced to £10.1 billion, in 
line with strategic review target two years 
ahead of plan.

non-core assets
We have proactively managed the 
run-down of our non-core assets by almost 
a third in the year.

The benefits of the simplification programme extend far beyond cost 
reductions. customers and staff are already benefiting from faster, more 
automated and less complex processes: for example, in commercial 
Banking we improved the lending process allowing businesses to receive 
their funds in almost half the time, while mobile and voice recognition 
technologies and simpler, faster processes in Retail and a quicker 
claims process in insurance are further examples of how our actions are 
contributing to increased customer advocacy.

Reinvesting a proportion of the savings from the simplification 
programme into our core franchise allows us to provide even greater levels 
of support and service to our  customers.

in Retail, investment in our digital distribution capabilities continues to 
be rewarded with the number of active internet customers increasing by 
1.2 million in 2012 to 9.5 million, whilst our mobile banking apps, which were 
launched in October 2011, now have 3.3 million users. We also achieved a 
major milestone of over a billion customer logons for the year. Alongside 
our digital services we are committed to investing in our branch network 
and refurbished 421 branches in 2012 and extended our opening hours. 
in recognition of our ongoing commitment to customers we received a 
number of external awards including ‘Best Overall lender’ at the Your 
Mortgage Awards for the eleventh consecutive year and a three star mark 
from the Fairbanking Foundation for the lloyds TsB classic Account.

As part of being the best bank for customers, and reflecting the fact 
that the re-focusing of our sME business on delivery for customers is 
well under way, we announced the creation of our ‘commercial Banking’ 
division which brings together the Group’s sME clients together with 
larger corporate uK and global clients under the leadership of Andrew 
Bester who joined us in June 2012. The changes will allow us to transfer 
best practices from sMEs into mid-sized corporates and to deliver 
operational synergies between the different segments in order to become 
the best bank for our corporate and sME customers.

Across commercial Banking, as part of our programme to enhance our 
capabilities in capital efficient products, we have continued to invest in 
the Transaction Banking platform, delivering new product propositions 
in card Payments & Acceptance, currencies and international cash 
Management. We also continued to invest in enhancing our online 
capabilities, with the number of clients migrating to our foreign exchange 
and money market e-portal ‘Arena’ tripling in 2012. We also launched 
specialised products, including a deposit account tailored to the needs of 
businesses in the agricultural sector. We were voted ‘Business Bank of the 
Year’ for the eighth consecutive year at the Real Fd/cBi Excellence awards, 
a testament to our support for British businesses.

Within the Wealth business we have continued to leverage our expertise 
to deepen customer insight and to invest in products and services 
that are tailored to meet the needs of our clients. in preparation for the 
implementation of the Retail distribution Review (RdR) we invested 
in training our advisers to ensure that they are fully-qualified and 
best-positioned to continue to advise clients, and ensured that our 
systems and processes comply with new standards. in 2012, we also 
launched our private banking client centre which improved the ‘on-
boarding’ experience for our uK Wealth clients, whilst making the referral 
process simpler for colleagues. We have a strong market position in Asset 
Finance and have continued to invest in our technology platform in 2012 to 
provide an improved, cost-effective customer experience. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information1877115203355Introduction 1Group performance 2Group key performance indicators 4Divisional overview and KPIs 6Chairman’s statement 10Group Chief Executive’s review 1416

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

17

GROuP cHiEF EXEcuTiVE’s REViEW

lloyds Banking Group is an important institution for the prosperity 
and growth of the uK and we are committed to nurturing uK business. 
The lloyds TsB Enterprise Awards, now in their second year, celebrate 
innovation, drive and dedication within uK businesses and provided a 
number of winners with business support and a cash prize to invest in their 
business in 2012. 

For our uK Retail customers, we provided £26.2 billion of gross new 
mortgage lending in 2012. This included supporting over 55,000 customers 
in buying their first home, equivalent to one in every four first time buyers. We 
also launched a number of innovative shared equity and shared ownership 
mortgage offers as well as supporting the local lend a Hand scheme which 
has helped over 900 first time buyers to become homeowners. 

Our customers must be the focus of everything we do, and getting 
customer service right is at the heart of our strategy. The further substantial 
improvement in our net Promoter scores in 2012 shows the progress we 
have made in rebuilding trust with our customers. We also delivered a 
substantial reduction in FsA reportable banking complaints, excluding 
PPi, ending 2012 with one of the best performances of uK banks with just 
1.1 complaints per 1,000 accounts. We have now brought forward the 2014 
complaint reduction target of 1.0 complaint per 1,000 accounts to 2013. 

in 2012, and over the past five years, we have supported many of our 
customers in their involvement in, and initiatives relating to, london 2012. 
Through our partnership with the Olympic and Paralympic Games, we 
supported 1 in 3 of the 2,000 companies that won london 2012 contracts, 
and played our role in the unprecedented success of the Games for the uK.

Greater clarity emerging on  
UK regulatory framework 
in October the Government published the draft Financial services Bill, 
the first step in implementing the recommendations of the independent 
commission on Banking. We support the recommendation to 
ring-fence retail banking operations, and recent proposals to ensure its 
implementation, as we believe that it will result in a safer, more stable uK 
banking sector and economy, and will therefore require lower capital and 
liquidity requirements than would otherwise be necessary.

We agree with the Financial Policy committee that banks need to focus on 
strengthening their balance sheets in order to become increasingly resilient 
and to support the economy, and this is entirely consistent with the Group’s 
strategy and the progress we continue to deliver. Greater clarification 
from both the uK regulator and the European union on rules surrounding 
capital, funding and liquidity is expected to be received in 2013.

Dividends
We remain committed to recommencing dividend payments when the 
financial position of the Group and market conditions permit and after 
regulatory capital requirements are clearly defined and prudently met. 
Although we made considerable progress in 2012, given regulatory 
uncertainty and the statutory loss in the year, a dividend payment has not 
been recommended this year. 

eC mandated business disposal (Project verde)
We continue to make good progress in the creation of Verde as a 
stand-alone bank which, as contemplated from the start of the process, 
will allow the Group to divest the business either through a sale or an 
initial Public Offering. From the summer 2013, Verde will be operating as a 
separate business within the lloyds Banking Group under the TsB brand. 
We reached an agreement on non-binding Heads of Terms with The 
co-operative Group plc in July 2012 and continue to make progress with 
these discussions towards signing a binding sales purchase agreement. 
Our aim remains to obtain best value for our shareholders as well as 
certainty, also for our customers and colleagues, while complying with the 
Ec requirement to divest the business by the end of november 2013.

Mortgages
We provided £26.2 billion of gross new mortgage 
lending in 2012. This included supporting  
over 55,000 customers in buying their first home, 
equivalent to one in every four first time buyers.

in insurance, we continued to invest in our core systems, products and 
processes in advance of RdR and the launch of pension auto-enrolment, 
to enable us to support both retail and commercial customers through 
this period of change. We have taken the first steps towards launching an 
enhanced annuities proposition, with full implementation into this growing 
market expected in mid-2013. We are pleased with the further progress 
in enhancing our proposition, with scottish Widows being recognised 
for its products, service and quality, receiving a number of industry 
awards including ‘Best Group Pension Provider’ in the corporate Adviser 
Awards 2012.

Further supporting our customers and the 
UK economy
Our future and that of the uK economy are inextricably linked, and as the 
largest uK retail and commercial bank we are aware of the importance 
of our role in helping Britain prosper and the mutual benefit of doing so. 
Our utilisation of the uK Government’s Funding for lending scheme (Fls)
underlined our support in 2012 for the uK economic recovery. We were 
the first bank to participate in the scheme and have committed in excess 
of £11 billion in gross funds to customers through the scheme since its 
launch in september, having only drawn £3 billion from the scheme so far. 
We are committed to passing the financial benefit of this low-cost funding 
on to our customers and to the areas that can be of the most economic 
benefit to the uK, including sMEs and first time home buyers.

sMEs play a key part in uK economic growth and we continued to 
actively support them in 2012. We exceeded our sME charter lending 
commitment of £13 billion, having increased the original £12 billion target 
during the year, while also committing to lend an extra £1 billion to uK 
manufacturing businesses. in addition, we beat our three year target of 
assisting 300,000 new start-ups by the end of 2012, helping to stimulate 
economic output and improve business confidence. This support for uK 
sME customers is underlined by our net sME lending growth of 4 per cent 
in the year, for the second year running, compared to the market which 
saw a reduction in net lending to sMEs of 4 per cent. 

16

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

17

Addressing legacy issues including payment 
protection insurance
The Group continues to address legacy issues, and remains committed 
to resolving them and treating our customers fairly. The Group has 
had further experience of PPi complaint volumes, uphold rates and 
operational and redress costs since our third quarter 2012 interim 
Management statement. As a consequence, we have made a further 
provision of £1,500 million in the fourth quarter, which brings the amount 
provided for PPi in 2012 to £3,575 million, and the total amount provided to 
£6,775 million. Total costs incurred to the end of 2012 were £4,344 million, 
including approximately £700 million of related administration costs.

Given the agreement with the FsA reached on 30 January 2013 following 
the outcome of a pilot review of iRHP sales to small and medium-sized 
businesses, the Group now believes it is appropriate to increase its 
provision for iRHP by £310 million in the fourth quarter, based on the 
revised estimates of redress and related administration costs. The 
provision in relation to iRHP redress is now £300 million, and we have also 
provided for £100 million of related administration costs, all of which was 
accounted for in 2012.

Our commitment to colleagues 
The progress we continue to deliver and our achievements in 2012 are a 
product of the commitment, drive and performance of our colleagues, 
and we see a real opportunity to improve engagement across all parts of 
the Group. 

The results of our colleague survey shows strong levels of engagement 
in some areas, such as using customer feedback to improve processes. 
However work still remains to ensure that lloyds Banking Group is a great 
place to work. The current economic climate, and the constant focus 
on the financial services sector has undoubtedly affected colleague 
engagement, but we now have a real opportunity, through visible action, 
to improve engagement across the Group which in turn will continue to 
support the delivery of our strategy. 

SMe lending
We exceeded our 2012 sME charter lending 
commitment of £13 billion, while also committing to lend 
an extra £1 billion to uK manufacturing businesses.

We aim to ensure that all of our colleagues uphold the highest ethical 
standards and have the right tools to do their jobs, and in part this will be 
achieved by creating a positive working environment. As part of this, we 
have continued to develop our internal programmes supporting diversity, 
enhancing our ability to retain and attract talent across the Group. in 
september 2012 we launched our codes of Responsibility which define 
how we aspire to do business and which provide all our stakeholders 
– colleagues, customers, communities and suppliers – with clarity and 
transparency about what we stand for, helping us to rebuild our culture 
and reinforce our values.

Remuneration continues to be an important topic for the Group and for 
our stakeholders. We are actively working to ensure continued alignment 
between performance and reward, and that colleagues are appropriately 
incentivised, with variable pay reflecting effective risk controls and the 
best outcome for customers. Bonus awards are subject to deferral and 
adjustment, and in 2012 total discretionary awards were approximately 
3 per cent lower than last year. salary rewards have been limited, and 
frozen at more senior levels for the second year running, to reflect the 
continuing challenging economic environment.

Outlook
After a year of challenging economic conditions in 2012, we expect to 
see some economic growth in 2013, although this is expected to be 
below-trend, with the Bank of England base rate remaining at current 
levels. However, house prices are expected to rise slowly and the Fls 
should progressively have a further impact on lending. some stabilisation 
in the Eurozone, combined with lower borrowing costs, should see 
investment start to contribute to the improving environment. Future 
economic developments do, however, remain dependent on progress in 
the Eurozone, and the impact of new banking regulation on the supply of 
credit to the economy. 

in this context, and with continuing successful delivery against our 
strategic initiatives, we are targeting core loan growth in the second 
half of 2013 and an increase in the Group net interest margin to around 
1.98 per cent for the full year. We anticipate a further improvement in asset 
quality, driving an expected substantial reduction in the 2013 impairment 
charge, with the correspondent increase in underlying profit before tax, 
while we also expect costs will continue to decrease with Group total 
costs reduced to around £9.8 billion in 2013. We also remain confident in 
meeting our medium-term guidance.

We expect to reduce the non-core asset portfolio at least by a further 
£20 billion in 2013, and we therefore remain on track to achieve a non-core 
asset portfolio of £70 billion or less by the end of 2014, with more than half 
of this amount in retail assets.

Conclusion
We have delivered a substantial transformation of lloyds Banking Group 
in the first 18 months of delivery on our strategy, despite a challenging 
environment and the need to address legacy issues. We are now ahead of 
plan in creating a competitive advantage through a reduced risk premium 
and best-in-class efficiency. We are making significant investments in our 
simple, lower-risk, customer-focused uK retail and commercial banking 
model, thereby continuing to support our customers and helping Britain 
to prosper. We expect this to enable us to return to profitability and to 
grow our core business, to realise our full potential to deliver strong, 
stable and sustainable returns to shareholders, and to allow uK taxpayers’ 
investment in the Group to be repaid.

António Horta-Osório
Group chief Executive

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information1877115203355Introduction 1Group performance 2Group key performance indicators 4Divisional overview and KPIs 6Chairman’s statement 10Group Chief Executive’s review 1418

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

19

Marketplace trends 

Business model and strategy 

delivering our action plan 

Relationships and responsibility 

customers 
colleagues 
communities 

Risk overview 

summary of Group results 

divisional results 

19

22

24

28
30
34
38

42

44

52
Retail 
commercial Banking 
55
Wealth, Asset Finance and international  59
63
insurance 
67
Group Operations & central items 

Other financial information 

core and non-core business analysis 
68
Volatility arising in insurance businesses  74
Banking net interest margin 
75

Five year financial summary 

76

     business review18

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

19

MARKETPLACE TRENDS

The external macro economic and regulatory environment in which we 
operate remains uncertain. We have outlined below some of the key 
regulatory, economic and social factors impacting our markets.

The economy 
2012 turned out to be a year of two very different halves. The aftermath 
of the financial crisis continued to influence the global economy during 
the first half of the year, with worsening conditions in Eurozone sovereign 
and bank credit markets a particular drag on growth. But an improvement 
in crisis response in the second half of the year reduced financial market 
stresses and economic prospects have brightened as a result. 

Chart 1: UK GDP, real terms

Early ‘70s

Late ‘70s

Early ‘90s

Current

Quarters from peak  

-12

-10

-8

-6

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

24

115

110

105

100

95

90

0
0
1
=
p
d
g
n

i

k
a
e
p

,
x
e
d
n

I

Source: ONS

The weakness of developed economies since the end of the initial financial 
crisis-driven recession in 2009 is due to the high levels of indebtedness 
that many countries accumulated prior to 2008. These have been holding 
back economic growth through deleveraging of, initially, the private 
sector, but now governments too. Private sector deleveraging now looks 
largely complete in the US and significant progress has been made in the 
UK. But some Eurozone countries still appear to have significantly further 
to go. Across the UK, Eurozone and the US governments also need to rein 
in borrowing significantly. Thus, with many countries trying to reduce debt 
all at the same time, there has been no external offset to weak demand 
at home in each country. The weakness of growth in some Eurozone 
countries has not been fully anticipated and this has led to slippage against 
fiscal targets, which in turn has often triggered further cuts in government 
spending or higher taxes, feeding back to even weaker growth. As the 
market lost confidence in countries with particularly high government debt 
or deficit levels through 2011 and the first half of 2012, a further feedback 
loop developed between rising sovereign bond yields and a deteriorating 
outlook for government finances, raising the prospect of Eurozone  
break-up. Naturally this impacted consumer and business confidence, 
further damaging economic growth through 2012.

The response to the sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone has improved 
since the middle of 2012. Decisive support from the European Central Bank 
to struggling sovereigns, a slightly softer stance on further austerity and 
agreement on steps towards a banking union have together reversed the 
trend of spiralling sovereign yields. At the same time banks’ funding costs 
have been reduced and the outlook for their capital positions improved 
by stronger liquidity and the declining risk of Eurozone break-up, helping 
to limit the need for more bank recapitalisations which would be a further 
burden on governments. Some concerns remain over continued pressure 
for further austerity in weak countries, and over the detail of banking union 
which at this stage doesn’t appear to sever the link between banks and 
sovereigns. But the sign of increased willingness and ability of Eurozone 
authorities to deal with crisis development has already raised financial 
market confidence and is key to the future improvements in consumer and 
business confidence necessary to secure sustained economic recovery. 

The weakness of the Eurozone was a significant drag on the UK economy 
in 2012, with net exports down from the previous year. With inflation 
squeezing consumer spending power, and government spending 
growing well below its normal rate, the economy was broadly flat through 
2012, excluding the volatility caused by the Olympics and an additional 
Bank holiday for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. As a result, the path of  
this UK economic recovery has fallen even further behind that seen in 
previous recoveries.

Early estimates suggest output of the UK economy grew only marginally 
by 0.2 per cent in 2012 from 2011. The unemployment rate, however, is 
estimated to have fallen from 8.4 per cent in the last quarter of 2011 to 
7.8 per cent in the three months to December 2012, a direction and scale 
of change that would normally only be associated with healthy economic 
growth. Some of the rise in employment is likely to have been a temporary 
boost from the Olympics but it also appears that productivity has fallen 
since pre-crisis, boosting growth in companies’ unit wage costs and 
being a likely contributor to inflation remaining higher than expected. 
Company failures have also continued to decline, down from 4,294 in 
England and Wales in the final quarter of 2011 to 3,834 by the final quarter 
of 2012, and the failure rate has improved from 0.8 per cent to 0.7 per cent 
of companies, close to its pre-recession trough. House prices appear to 
have turned upwards during the final two months of the year, ending the 
year 2.3 per cent up on end 2011, but commercial property prices fell on 
average by 4.2 per cent.

Based on data for the first three quarters of 2012, the Irish economy appears 
to have grown weakly after having expanded in 2011 for the first time 
since 2007. The unemployment rate is estimated to have started to fall 
around mid-year, and at 14.6 per cent at the end of 2012 was lower than 
14.8 per cent at the end of 2011. Strict austerity measures in recent years, 
targeted at improving international competitiveness, are beginning to pay 
off – falling domestic demand is now being more than offset by increasing 
net exports. The huge correction in property markets also appears to be 
nearing completion. CRE prices fell by 6.5 per cent in 2012, the smallest fall 
since the decline started in 2008 and house prices ended 2012 4.5 per cent 
lower than at the end of 2011, but with a trend of monthly increases 
since May.

Future economic developments in the UK and Ireland continue to be 
highly contingent on (i) how successful political leaders are at maintaining 
progress against the Eurozone crisis and enacting a tough but gradual 
fiscal tightening in the US, (ii) the extent to which the UK private sector 
can offset the effect of a shrinking public sector, and (iii) how the 
implementation of new regulation on banks impacts their ability to supply 
credit. With consensus forecasts for 2013 having stabilised in recent 
months, the most likely outlook for the Eurozone is another broadly flat 
year (Chart 2).

Chart 2: Consensus forecasts for 2013 GDP growth %

UK

Eurozone

Date of forecast 

2012

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

J

2013

2.0

1.5

1.0

0.5

0

Source: Consensus Economics Inc.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 76 
 
 
 
 
20

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

21

MARKETPlAcE TREnds

The current consensus view for 2013 uK GdP growth is better at 
1.0 per cent. The low level of imbalances in the economy relative to the 
2008 position suggests that recent weakness should not deteriorate into 
significant recession provided the Eurozone continues to move towards 
a solution to the sovereign debt crisis. indeed, the recent abatement 
of the inflation squeeze on consumers should help growth improve. 
But with growth expected to pick up only gradually, held back by fiscal 
tightening and weak export markets, the Bank Rate is expected to stay at 
current low levels through 2013 and most probably longer, and property 
prices are expected to be broadly stable. The recent improvement in 
unemployment is expected to moderate. The recent loss of the uK’s AAA 
rating is not assumed to have a material impact on the outlook since it had 
been largely expected by financial markets.

The current consensus view for 2013 irish GdP growth is 0.9 per cent, and 
the unemployment rate there is expected to improve only very gradually. 
House prices are expected to continue their recent rise, but the overall 
pace of increase is likely to be very slow.

However, whilst a definitive agreed and fully-implemented solution to 
the Eurozone crisis remains lacking, there continues to be some risk that 
ongoing uncertainty around the Eurozone economic outlook, the survival 
of the Euro currency and the availability of credit could cause return to a 
recession in the uK and ireland, albeit that risk has declined over the past 
six months. such a scenario would likely result in higher uK corporate 
failures, a second leg of falling property prices, albeit by less than during 
the 2008-9 recession, and rising commercial tenant defaults. irish property 
prices would also fall further. in turn, this would have a negative impact on 
the Group’s income, funding costs and impairment charges. The Group 
has made significant progress in reducing its non-core assets, although 
our secondary and tertiary commercial real estate portfolios in Business 
support and leverage finance portfolios do remain vulnerable.

The impact on our markets 
The weak economic recovery has kept growth in our markets subdued. 
With the economy expected to grow slowly in 2013, our central 
expectation is that growth in our markets will also remain weak.

For the market as a whole, net new mortgage lending has amounted to just 
0.6 per cent of outstanding balances during 2012, very similar to the previous 
two years. consumers’ use of unsecured credit has begun to improve slightly 
– consumers made net borrowings of 0.9 per cent of outstanding balances 
in 2012 after 3 years of making net repayments. Household deposits rose by 
5.7 per cent in 2012, however, well above the 2-3 per cent growth rates of the 
previous 3 years, although still a third below the pre-crisis rate.

companies have continued to hold back investment spending and 
prioritise cashflow, feeding both into lower borrowing and higher 
deposits. non-financial companies made net repayments of 2.6 per cent 
of sterling lending from banks and building societies in 2012, after 
repayments of 2.9 per cent in 2011, 3.5 per cent in 2010 and 2.4 per cent 
in 2009. These aggregates reflect a significant amount of refinancing in 
capital markets by large companies. company deposits with uK banks 
rose by 4.9 per cent in 2012, the greatest rate of increase for 5 years.

Our central expectation of a year of only gradual recovery for the uK 
economy in 2013, is likely to be accompanied by a slight fallback in 
customer deposit growth with demand for borrowing improving but  
only slowly.

Regulation
Greater clarity is now emerging over the shape of the regulatory 
landscape but significant uncertainty remains and a number of key 
regulatory changes will impact our markets:

Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill 
On 12 October 2012 the Government published the draft Financial 
services (Banking Reform) Bill to implement the recommendations of the 
independent commission on Banking. The draft Bill would require banks 
to ring-fence some retail and sME activities from investment banking 
activities, conform to additional capital requirements beyond those 
required by Basel iii and implement a 7-day current account switching 
service. importantly for the Group, given we are primarily a  
uK-focused retail and commercial bank, the vast majority of our 
operations are likely to be within the ring-fence.

The Bill is being scrutinised by the commission on Banking standards 
prior to its introduction into Parliament. The commission released an 
interim report in december 2012 that called for the Bill to be amended to 
give the regulator powers to force a bank to implement full separation if 
there is thought to be ‘significant risk’ to the ring-fence. The commission 
will continue to take evidence on the Bill throughout the first quarter of 
2013 on questions that remain open such as which services banks can 
place within the ring-fence. it is expected to produce its final report in 
the second quarter of 2013. uncertainty therefore remains over what the 
commission will ultimately recommend and whether the Government will 
accept the amendments that it proposes.

Capital Requirements Directive iv (CRD iv) 
in november 2010 the G20 endorsed the recommendations of the 
Basel committee for Banking supervision to strengthen global capital 
and liquidity rules. The recommendations are being implemented 
in the Eu through cRd iV. The new rules will strengthen capital and 
liquidity standards, change the definition of capital, introduce new 
definitions for the calculation of counterparty credit risk and leverage 
ratios, introduce additional capital buffers and develop a global liquidity 
standard. negotiations on the final text for cRd iV continue in Europe. 
An implementation date has not yet been confirmed, although current 
consensus is that it will be 1 January 2014 at the earliest.

Once cRd iV is fully implemented it will make banks more resilient in the 
face of financial and economic shocks.

Recovery & Resolution Mechanisms 
The European commission published the Recovery & Resolution 
directive on 6 June 2012. it requires all firms to develop a recovery plan, 
proposes new early intervention powers for supervisors and introduces 
new powers for regulators at resolution stage. This was in line with the 
recommendations of the Financial stability Board. The uK has pre-empted 
the European legislative process, with firms already required to prepare 
recovery plans.

it is not yet clear how the new resolution powers such as ‘bail-in’ will work 
in practice. Further uncertainty surrounds how the Recovery & Resolution 
directive interacts with other European legislative proposals such as the 
deposit Guarantee scheme and the work on Banking union. 

 
20

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

21

UK Supervisory Structure 
The Financial services Bill that will reform the uK financial supervisory 
system received Royal Assent on 19 december 2012. The legislation will 
formalise the responsibilities of the Financial Policy committee for  
‘macro-prudential regulation’ and replace the FsA with the Prudential 
Regulation Authority and the Financial conduct Authority. The new 
institutions will assume their regulatory responsibilities on 1 April 2013.

The Verde business will have the capability to be a strong and effective 
challenger in what is already a highly competitive sector. We are seeing 
a number of new or expanding players including Virgin Money and 
Metro Bank looking to make inroads into the sector and an enhanced 
industry-wide switching service will be launched in september 2013, giving 
customers increased confidence to change provider when dissatisfied or 
offered a better deal elsewhere. 

Technological developments are already reshaping the banking industry 
and we expect this change to accelerate exponentially in the coming 
years. We anticipate influx of new entrants, with business models that do 
not rely on expensive branch networks, offering innovative digital banking 
services. These new entrants are likely to have expertise and experience in 
digital product offerings, with strong funding positions, credible brands, 
and pre-existing customer bases.

Alongside these market developments the regulatory environment 
will also change this year, with new bodies for prudential and conduct 
regulation. The new conduct regulator, the Financial conduct Authority, 
will have a competition duty giving it a strong and explicit mandate to 
tackle competition issues, such as hurdles to switching or barriers to entry, 
swiftly and effectively.

Our strategy, as outlined on the next few pages, reflects the market 
conditions and the changing needs of customers. Above all it recognises 
that we operate in a competitive market where additional challengers 
continue to emerge and the only way of ensuring success is by focusing 
on the ever-changing needs of our customers.

We are supportive of the new ‘twin peaks’ model of regulation and believe 
it will help enhance stability in the sector.

Other regulatory reforms 
The amount of regulatory change continues to rise. Other examples that 
could have significant impact on the Group include changes to accounting 
standards, the dodd-Frank Act, Eu Market infrastructure Regulation, 
FATcA, the Markets in Financial instruments directive Review, the OFT 
Personal current Account Market Review and solvency ii. 

Customer drivers, including competition

q Want simplicity and transparency
q demand a quality, multi-channel customer service experience
q increasingly demand better value for their money
in the competitive open markets in which we operate, customers benefit 
from an increasing range of products and services from a growing choice  
of providers. The expectations and demands of customers continue to rise.

Access to convenient branches remains important for many customers, 
but demand for a quality multi-channel banking proposition is now 
more prevalent. More customers expect to be able to manage their 
finances whenever and wherever is most convenient for them, whether by 
telephone, online, or using smartphones. service remains one of the key 
drivers of customer satisfaction and customers are less accepting of poor 
service given the competitive nature of the market.

in the current low interest rate environment, many customers are 
motivated by their desire to achieve better value for money, but security 
and reputation remain important factors. customers want clear and 
transparent products delivered with good service and access to helpful, 
relevant, expert advice when they need it. Product innovation is also 
important for some, whereas long-standing relationships remain 
important for others.

There are some clear customer trends emerging, but we recognize that 
every customer, whether an individual or an organisation, has particular 
needs and must be treated accordingly. Every customer has a choice  
and will select the provider that can most effectively service their 
personal needs.

Marketplace trends

Key opportunities

Key challenges

q		economic environment: significant progress in reducing the Group’s 
risk profile and strengthening the balance sheet in recent years along 
with strategic actions taken in the last couple of years means we are 
better positioned to benefit as the economy recovers.

q  Customer requirements: Our strategic assets, including a 

comprehensive multi-channel distribution network, strong customer 
relationships, well recognised brands and high quality people mean 
we are well positioned to address the customer trends.

q		economic environment: a weak, outlook for the uK economy,  
along with continuing economic uncertainty in the Eurozone .

q  Regulatory environment: uncertainty remains over key elements 
of the independent commission on Banking reforms, particularly 
recovery and resolution mechanisms and retail ring fencing, and future 
capital and liquidity requirements arising from cRd iV remain unclear.

q		Competition: increasingly competitive market for lending and 

deposits creates margin pressure.

q		Regulatory environment: Greater clarity emerging on  

regulatory requirements.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7622

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

23

BusinEss MOdEl And sTRATEGY

unlOcKinG THE  
GROuP’s POTEnTiAl

customers are at the heart of the organisation and 
by leveraging our strategic assets and capabilities 
effectively in all of our divisions we believe we can 
help Britain prosper and deliver strong, stable and 
sustainable returns for shareholders. 

Our business model
lloyds Banking Group is a leading financial services group with a simple, 
lower risk, customer focused, uK retail and commercial banking  
business model. 

We provide a range of banking and financial services, primarily in the uK, 
to personal, commercial and corporate customers and have designed our 
business model around our distinctive assets and capabilities in serving 
customers effectively. By really focusing on the needs of customers, and 
operating sustainably and responsibly, we believe we will help Britain 
prosper and create value for shareholders. 

Our iconic and distinct brands, our broad multi channel distribution 
network, our financial strength, conservative approach to risk management 
and our high quality, committed colleagues are the foundation for 
providing customers with effective service. Through distinctive strengths, 
in particular superior customer insight, simpler tailored products and 
relationship focus we want to meet the financial needs of our customers, 
whether that be through banking, insurance, investment, debt financing 
or risk management products, and help them succeed financially. 

We also deliver value through a focus on increasing the efficiency  
of operations and processes across the value chain, simplifying the 
organisation and reducing costs. creating a lower risk, more agile, efficient 
organisation enables us to more effectively address customer needs  
whilst reducing the cost base.

The uK financial services market remains one of the largest in the world 
and although our business model and strategy have been formulated 
in the context of a cautious outlook for the uK economy it remains 
appropriate for all stages of the economic cycle. Whilst providing real 
differentiation and positioning us well for future regulatory reform.

ultimately as a simple, lower risk, customer focused uK retail and 
commercial bank, we can rebuild the trust of our customers and other 
stakeholders, help Britain prosper and deliver strong, stable and 
sustainable returns for shareholders. 

                 Retail     

g  

strong 
customer 
relationships

superior 
customer 
insight

mercial B a n kin

m
o
c

High-quality 
committed 
people

Multi-channel 
distribution

BeCOMinG 
THe BeST 
BAnK FOR 
CUSTOMeRS

Financial 
strength 

conservative 
risk 
management

W

e

a

l

t

h

,

A

s

s
e
t

i

F
n
a
n
c
e
 a
n

iconic  
and distinct 
brands

e

c

n

a

r

u

s

n

  i

Key ASSeTS AnD 
CAPABiLiTieS

DiviSiOnS

simple, tailored 
products  
and services

d international 

G   B R iTAin PR

O

S

P

e

R

eLPi n

H

STROnG, STABLe  
ReTURnS FOR  
SHAReHOLDeRS

 
   
 
 
            
   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

23

Our strategy
The Group’s strategy is built on being the best bank for customers, and 
creating value by investing where we can make a real difference for them. 
customer leadership driven by superior customer insight, simple tailored 
products, better service and relationship focus is the overriding priority. 
The customer is at the heart of everything we do, whether that be in our 
branches, our brands or our people. This commitment is supported by the 
Group values of putting customers first, keeping it simple and making a 
difference together.

We are creating a simpler, more agile, efficient and responsive customer 
focused organisation with a real focus on operating sustainably and 
responsibly and helping Britain prosper. We are reshaping and simplifying 
the business and investing a portion of the savings realised from our 
simplification programme in customer related growth initiatives. Whilst 
focusing on core markets which offer strong returns and attractive growth 
we are maintaining a prudent approach to risk and further strengthening 
the Group’s balance sheet and liquidity position.

We are reshaping our business portfolio to fit our assets, capabilities 
and risk appetite. We are strengthening the balance sheet through the 
continued reduction of our non-core assets and reducing the risk in the 
business through the application of a conservative approach to, and 
prudent appetite for risk. We are also reducing our international presence 
in order to focus on our core uK customers.

We believe we can unlock the potential in our franchise and deliver 
value to customers and shareholders by creating a simpler organisation. 
Opportunities exist to increase the efficiency of operations and processes 
and reduce costs whilst addressing changing customer needs and the 
external environment more effectively.

Our customer focus remains the key driver for strategy and business 
decision making and substantial customer related investment is planned. 
Our strategy reflects our customers’ needs for product simplicity and 
transparency, access to credit, demands for access through multiple 
channels, value for money products and services and the importance of 
our staff in managing customer relationships.

Our strategy is being delivered though a clear action plan focused on 
reshaping our business portfolio to fit our assets capabilities and risk 
appetite, strengthening the Group’s balance sheet and liquidity position, 
simplifying the Group to improve agility and efficiency and investing to be 
the best bank for customers. Our progress against this plan and the key 
priorities for 2013, is described on the next few pages.

Our action plan for success
The four key elements of our action plan to deliver our strategy  
are outlined in more detail on the next few pages:

REsHAPE

our business portfolio  
to fit our assets, capabilities  
and risk appetite.

sTREnGTHEn

the Group’s balance sheet  
and liquidity position.

siMPliFY

the Group to improve agility  
and efficiency.

inVEsT

to be the best bank  
for customers.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 76 
   
24

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

25

dEliVERinG OuR AcTiOn PlAn

REsHAPE

our business portfolio to fit our assets,  
capabilities and risk appetite.

Aim
We continue to focus on attractive uK customer segments and their 
product needs to target a sustainable statutory return on equity of 
between 12.5 and 14.5 per cent. We will invest behind core areas which 
offer strong returns and attractive growth: these are businesses which are 
capital and liquidity efficient, with sustainable competitive advantage, and 
which are central to our core customer strategy. in reshaping our business, 
our focus will be on reducing non-core assets, improving our asset quality 
and reducing our international presence.

Priorities for 2013

q  continue to reduce our non-core assets in a capital accretive manner 
q continue to improve our asset quality ratio
q continue to reduce our international presence

Key initiatives and progress in 2012
We continued to make significant progress in reshaping our business to 
become a simpler, customer focused organisation supported by better 
quality assets. 

Continued reduction in non-core assets
in 2012 we delivered a further substantial reduction in non-core assets  
of £42 billion exceeding initial 2012 guidance by £17 billion. The amount 
of non-core assets now stands at £98 billion with nearly 90 per cent of our 
original target for non-core reduction already achieved. As a result we 
have now increased the target and are looking to reduce non-core assets 
to less than £70 billion by the end of 2014. 

We have continued to take a disciplined approach to the management 
and reduction of our non-core assets and the 2012 reductions have been 
capital accretive. 

A prudent appetite for risk
Across the business we have embedded a conservative approach to, 
and prudent appetite for, risk, and have in place disciplined controls over 
the risk profile of all new business. We are comfortable that our existing 
portfolios are adequately provisioned. 

The continued reduction of non-core assets and the prudent 
management of risk should result in an improvement in the Group’s 
asset quality ratio to 50-60 basis points by the end of 2014, with the core 
business expected to be at the bottom end of this range. in 2012 we  
have made excellent progress, with our asset quality ratio dropping from 
162 to 107 basis points.

Reshaping our international presence
The strategic reshaping of our international footprint supports our 
ambition to help Britain prosper, as we focus on countries where we can 
service customers in the uK and with ties to the uK.

We are streamlining our international presence from around 30 countries 
to less than half that number by 2014 and have already made good 
progress having completed or announced our exit from 12 countries 
to date. 

Performance against our targets

Return on equity

Non-core assets

Asset quality ratio

International presence

Target

12.5-14.5%

2010

(0.7)

2012

(3.1)

2011

(6.2)

2014 target

<£70bn

194

141

98

Target

2014 target

50-60 basis points

201

162

107

2014 target

<15 countries

30

23

18

2010

2011

2012

2010

2011

2012

2010

2011

2012

Target

Target

Target

As a result of the repositioning we
continue to believe the strategy will deliver
a statutory return on equity of between
12.5 and 14.5 per cent. 

Excellent progress continues to be made in 
reshaping the business through the reduction 
of our non-core assets which now stand at 
£98 billion.

Asset quality ratio continues to improve
towards our 50-60 basis points target.

We will further streamline our international 
presence and expect to exit or announce exit
from at least 15 countries by 2014.

 
24

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

25

Key initiatives and progress in 2012
We continued to make good progress in strengthening the Group’s 
balance sheet in 2012. in addition to further improving our core tier 1 
capital ratio, we have further improved our funding profile and position. 
We have been continuing to ensure we maintain strong liquidity, funding 
and capital positions and an appropriate loan to deposit ratio. 

Strong capital position 
in 2012 our core tier 1 capital ratio increased to 12.0 per cent providing  
us with a strong capital position prudently in excess of our 10 per cent 
target and substantially above that currently required by regulation.  
On an estimated fully loaded cRd iV basis our core tier 1 capital ratio  
was 8.1 per cent.

The Group continues to deliver on its strategy to strengthen the balance 
sheet and given our strongly capital generative core business and the 
ongoing capital accretive non-core asset reduction, we remain confident 
in the capital position. 

Continue to exceed regulatory liquidity requirements
The Group continues to maintain a strong liquidity position. Our primary 
liquid asset portfolio at the year end was £88 billion, which represents 
approximately three times our money market funding and approximately 
one and half times our aggregate wholesale funding with a maturity of 
less than a year, thus providing a substantial buffer in the event of market 
dislocation. in addition the Group has secondary liquidity holdings of 
more than £117 billion. 

We expect to meet the requirements for our liquidity coverage Ratio  
and our net stable Funding Ratio to be in advance of regulatory time 
table which has yet to be confirmed. 

Maintaining a stable funding base
The Group has completed the transformation of its funding profile, with 
customer deposit growth and non-core reduction driving a reduction in 
our wholesale funding requirement to £170 billion, a 32 per cent reduction 
in the year. At the same time the maturity profile of our wholesale funding 
further improved with only 30 per cent of total wholesale funding now 
having a maturity of less than one year. 

in the last quarter of 2012 we also repaid the remaining liquidity support 
received from the uK Government. 

improved Group’s loan to deposit ratios
With a substantial reduction in our non-core assets, and further growth  
in our relationship customer deposits, we have already achieved our initial 
Group loan to deposit ratio target of 130 per cent or below, reaching 
121 per cent in 2012, two years ahead of our original target. Our core loan 
to deposit ratio of 101 per cent is already in line with our long term target 
of 100 per cent. 

sTREnGTHEn

the Group’s balance sheet 
and liquidity position.

Aim
We continue to strengthen the Group’s balance sheet ensuring the 
financial strength and security of the Group. We are enhancing our capital 
ratios and ensuring we exceed regulatory liquidity requirements, whilst 
maintaining a stable funding base and ensuring loan to deposit ratios 
remain close to our long term target. 

Priorities for 2013

q  continue to build on our strong capital position with further 

improvements to our capital ratios

q  Maintaining the Group’s core loan to deposit ratio close to our long 

term target of 100 per cent

q  continued reduction in wholesale funding requirements

Performance against our targets 

Loan to deposit ratio

Core tier 1 ratio

2014 target

120%

154

135

121

2013 target

>10%

10.2

10.8

12.0

Target

Target

2010

2011

2012

2010

2011

2012

We have made good progress in reducing our
loan to deposit ratio and though we initially
targeted a loan to deposit ratio of less than
130 per cent by the end of 2014, we are now 
targeting 120 per cent.

We have continued to improve our core tier 1
ratio, which now stands at 12.0 per cent on a
Basel II basis. We continue to target a core tier 1
ratio prudently in excess of 10 per cent on a
transitional basis.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 76 
 
 
 
26

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

27

dEliVERinG OuR AcTiOn PlAn

siMPliFY

the Group to improve agility  
and efficiency.

Aim
Our simplification programme continues to focus on creating a more 
efficient, agile organisation, reducing costs in the business whilst 
improving the customer and colleague experience. As announced last 
year, we are now targeting £1.9 billion of run rate cost savings by the end  
of 2014 through a series of simplification initiatives. savings will be realised 
by focusing on: operations and processes, channels and products, 
sourcing and creating a more agile organisation.

Priorities for 2013

q  Maintained focus on sourcing and further reducing the number  

of supplier relationships

q	Further improving and streamlining our key operations and processes
q	increased utilisation and development of digital distribution channels 

Performance against our targets 

Cost savings (Simplification 
run rate savings)

2014 target

£1.9bn

Cost:income ratio

Target

42-44%

Target

50.5

46.6

54.8

0.8

2012

0.2

2011

Target

2010

2011

2012

We are targeting £1.9 billion of run rate cost 
savings by the end of 2014 through a series 
of Simplification initiatives and are well on track  
having already delivered £0.8 billion of run rate 
cost savings by the end of 2012.

Although the cost:income ratio increased again 
in 2012 we continue to believe the cost savings 
we are already delivering and investment 
initiatives will deliver a cost:income ratio 
of 42- 44 per cent over time.

Key initiatives and progress in 2012
The simplification programme is central to the successful delivery of our 
strategy and we continue to make significant progress in driving further 
cost savings and efficiencies throughout the business whilst improving 
the customer experience. The success of this approach is evidenced by 
our achievement of run rate cost savings of £847 million at the end of 2012, 
which gives us confidence in reaching our run rate cost savings target of 
£1.9 billion by the end of 2014. 

The benefits of the simplification programme extend far beyond cost 
reductions. customers and staff are already benefiting from faster, more 
automated and less complex processes, for example: in commercial 
Banking we improved the lending process allowing businesses to 
receive their funds in half the time; while mobile and voice recognition 
technologies combined with simpler, faster processes in Retail; and a 
quicker claims process in insurance are further examples of how our 
actions are contributing to increased customer advocacy. 

The Group continues to be in a strong position to deliver further 
simplification initiatives and, given previous integration and simplification 
experience, we are confident our £1.9 billion target can be completed  
as planned.

The main initiatives now being progressed are:

Operations and processes
We continue to make significant progress re-engineering our end to 
end processes. We have implemented process automation across the 
business including isA and account transfers, account closures, and 
mortgage surveyor and valuation services. We are also materially reducing 
the number of iT applications and modernising our iT infrastructure estate. 
This will improve the customer experience, increase productivity and 
reduce risk, errors, complexity and costs.

Channels and products
We continue to streamline our product suite and migrate products 
to digital distribution channels, encompassing the internet, mobile 
applications and telephony. in 2012 we have seen continued growth of 
our internet and mobile channels. We intend to create a highly efficient 
distribution platform whilst providing customers with greater choice 
and convenience. 

Sourcing
We continue to optimise our demand management and are further 
strengthening our supplier relationships. By reducing the number of 
suppliers to the Group to under 10,000, and further focusing on a core 
group of lead suppliers, we will achieve approximately a 15 per cent saving 
in addressable spend. in 2012 we made progress towards this goal by 
reducing supplier numbers by 4,700 to around 10,500 and have further 
concentrated our expenditure within our top tier of suppliers. 

More agile organisation
We have already made good progress in creating a more agile 
organisation through delayering our management structure and 
centralising control functions. Our focus will continue to be on reduction in 
middle management, bringing our top team closer to the customers and 
front-line staff.

 
26

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

27

siMPliFY

the Group to improve agility  

and efficiency.

inVEsT

to be the best bank 
for customers.

Aim

Our simplification programme continues to focus on creating a more 

efficient, agile organisation, reducing costs in the business whilst 

improving the customer and colleague experience. As announced last 

year, we are now targeting £1.9 billion of run rate cost savings by the end  

of 2014 through a series of simplification initiatives. savings will be realised 

by focusing on: operations and processes, channels and products, 

sourcing and creating a more agile organisation.

Priorities for 2013

q  Maintained focus on sourcing and further reducing the number  

of supplier relationships

q	Further improving and streamlining our key operations and processes

q	increased utilisation and development of digital distribution channels 

Aim
We intend to invest approximately £500 million annually by 2014, 
equivalent to approximately one-third of the savings from our 
simplification initiatives, to grow our core income. This will result in 
an incremental investment of approximately £2 billion between 2011 
and 2014. Our investment is subject to disciplined tests, including 
financial returns, fit to our risk appetite and alignment with our strategy 
to be the best bank for customers. The investment will primarily be 
focused on becoming the best bank for personal customers, becoming 
the best partner for our business customers and enhancing our 
insurance proposition.

Priorities for 2013

q  Further investment across our branch network including  

revitalisation of the lloyds Bank brand

q  continued support of the sME sector and commercial  

banking customers

q  Targeted investment transforming our Wealth offering and  

improving our insurance proposition

Performance against our targets 

Investment

NII:OOI split

2014 Target

c.£500m per annum

Target

50:50

337

59
NII

62
NII

56
NII

Target

Key initiatives and progress in 2012
Much of the additional investment we intend to make in the business 
will be delivered from the cost savings delivered from our simplification 
initiatives and we were able to invest an additional £337 million in 2012 due 
to the simplification savings already made. This investment in the core 
franchise is allowing us to provide greater levels of service and support 
to customers. 

investing to be the best bank for personal customers
in 2012 Retail made a real investment in customer initiatives, in particular 
our product proposition and distribution channels. We refurbished 421 
branches and extended our opening hours which have had a significant 
effect on the service provided, as demonstrated through substantial 
increases in our net Promoter scores.

We have also continued to revitalise the Halifax brand to be a challenger 
to the uK’s retail banks focusing on delivering a simple, efficient and fair 
customer experience, alongside innovative products and services such  
as our savers Prize draw and switching incentives. 

significant investment has also been made in our digital proposition 
including the expansion of services available on smart phones. These have 
supported continued growth in active internet customers of 1.2 million 
in 2012 to 9.5 million whilst our mobile banking apps now have 3.3 million 
users representing substantial growth since their launch in October 2011. 
We also reached a significant milestone of over one billion customer 
logons during the year.

invest to be the best partner for our business customers 
As part of being the best bank for customers we announced the creation 
of our commercial Banking division which brings together the Group’s uK 
corporate and sME focused businesses into one division. The changes  
will allow us to transfer best practices from sMEs into mid-sized corporates 
and to deliver operational synergies between the different segments in 
order to become the best bank for our corporate and sME clients.

Across commercial Banking, as part of our programme to enhance our 
capabilities in capital efficient products, we have continued to invest in the 
Transaction Banking platform delivering product enhancements in card 
Payments & Acceptance, currencies and international cash Management. 
We also continued to invest in enhancing our online capabilities, with the 
number of customers using our foreign exchange and money market 
e-portal ‘Arena’ tripling in 2012. We also launched a number of specialised 
products, including a deposit account tailored to the needs of businesses 
in the agricultural sector. 

investing in the insurance proposition 
significant progress has been made in repositioning insurance as a 
core part of our proposition. We combined our uK life Pensions and 
investments and General insurance businesses in 2012, helping us optimise 
the opportunities arising from the industry wide regulatory changes. 

The life and Pensions business is being transformed and during the year, 
we continued to invest in our core systems, products and processes in 
advance of RdR and the launch of pension auto-enrolment, to enable us 
to support both retail and commercial customers through this period of 
change. We have taken the first steps towards launching an enhanced 
annuities proposition, with full implementation into this growing market 
expected in mid-2013. 

167

2011

2012

As Simplification benefits materialise we are 
looking to increase the investment in the 
business and have committed to invest 
£500 million per annum by 2014.

50

50

in general insurance we have further enhanced our processes including 
our claims management process helping improve customer satisfaction 
and contain claims costs.

41
OOI

2010

38
OOI

2011

44
OOI

2012

We expect other operating income (net of 
insurance claims) to increase to approximately 
50 per cent of total income built on deepening
customer relationships and our focus on less
capital intensive products.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 76 
 
 
 
 
28

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

29

RElATiOnsHiPs And REsPOnsiBiliTY

BuildinG VAluABlE 
RElATiOnsHiPs
THE succEssFul dEliVERY OF OuR  
sTRATEGY And FOcus On HElPinG  
BRiTAin PROsPER Will BE dRiVEn  
BY THE RElATiOnsHiPs WE dEVElOP

With over 30 million personal and business customers 
and a presence in communities across the country,  
we are very well placed to help unlock the potential  
of families, businesses and communities we serve, and 
make a significant contribution to the future strength 
and prosperity of the uK. Being the best bank for 
customers, alongside a focus on operating sustainably 
and responsibly, underpins our approach to business.

in order to meet our ambitions to be the best bank for customers and 
to help Britain prosper we need strong relationships with our customers 
as well as our colleagues and communities. This section of our report 
explains why and how we nurture these relationships.

At lloyds Banking Group, we see ourselves as having a clear role to play 
in helping Britain prosper. As the uK’s largest retail and commercial 
bank, we are already doing more than our peers to help people manage 
their finances. 

lloyds Banking Group brands offer essential services to our customers – 
helping people to buy their first homes, offering sMEs support, and using 
our people’s skills to give uK communities access to appropriate financial 
products. But with faith in the sector at a low level, we recognise the need 
to rebuild trust with our customers.

Rebuilding trust 
Recent external research undertaken by ipsos MORi1 on behalf of lloyds 
Banking Group showed that, through the eyes of our customers and 
potential customers, relationships and responsibility are inseparable.

When it comes to responsible banking, our customers don’t just think of 
the areas covered by a traditional ‘corporate responsibility’ programme. 
For them, taking responsibility more seriously means being a bank that:

q is offering better service
q looks after the financial interests of customers
q  responds to customer needs, e.g. offering longer opening  

hours in branches, enhancing access through a range of channels 
including the internet

q provides clear communication
q has policies in place on environmental protection
q has policies in place on human rights and ethics
q invests in communities

Alongside these findings, ipsos MORi’s issues index shows that the state 
of the uK economy remained the primary concern of the British public 
throughout 2012.

Operating responsibly whist improving customer service and helping 
Britain prosper are fundamental components of our group strategy.  
We can only achieve our customer focused strategy by building a sound 
reputation founded on the highest standards of corporate behaviour. 

Relationships and responsibility 
The Group considers the three stakeholder groups of customers, 
colleagues and communities as key – crucially recognising their 
interdependence as we realise our vision of being the best bank for 
customers.

Meeting customers needs by developing appropriate products can only 
be achieved through the commitment and applied skills of our colleagues. 
Equally, we recognise the role our people play in helping communities 
to thrive through the services and advice we give to uK business, and 
through the programmes that promote financial capability and inclusion. 

1

The full research findings for the ipsos MORi research are available at www.ipsos-mori.com

 
28

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

29

Corporate Responsibility 
Ensuring the business is run sustainably and responsibly is a priority for 
the Group. Our responsible business strategy, focused around working 
with households, businesses and communities, is aligned to our overall 
business strategy and our aim to help Britain prosper. 

Our approach to Corporate Responsibility, along with current priorities 
is developed by our Responsible Business Steering Group (RBSG), which 
reports directly to the Group Board. The RBSG develops principles and 
priorities from a top-level perspective and ensures they are embedded 
throughout our operations. The RBSG is chaired by Anita Frew, Non-
executive Director of Lloyds Banking Group, and includes senior 
representation from across Lloyds Banking Group.

The RBSG also guides and focuses the areas that are most material to 
our business. The top priorities at present are: customer care; supporting 
financial inclusion; and helping UK business and households. The Steering 
Group will continue to review areas of focus in 2013, with a particular view 
to integrating stakeholder interests on material issues.

In addition to this internal committee we have also established a high-level 
experts group, an external stakeholder panel and have created a colleague 
focus group to ensure the views of our stakeholders are considered and 
effectively addressed in our reporting and communications. 

To ensure the highest standards of corporate behaviour in 2012 we  
launched the new Codes of Responsibility to guide our decision  
making. These Codes, governed by the RBSG, specifically outline the 
way we aspire to do business as individuals and as a corporation, and are 
based on five pillars of responsible business which include customers, 
colleagues and communities.

Lloyds Banking Group has retained our position in the FTSE4Good socially 
responsible investment index and our overall scores remained broadly 
stable in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In addition we maintained  
our position in the Carbon Disclosure Project and retained Platinum  
status in the Business in the Community CR Index. We are looking to  
build a leadership position in responsible business and developing a  
roadmap which will help us improve our performance and related  
rankings going forward.

We aspire to conduct business in a way that values and respects the 
human rights of our colleagues, customers and those of the communities 
in which we operate. We adhere to the principles of the United Nations 
Declaration of Human Rights, International Labour Organisation 
Fundamental Conventions and are signatories to the Equator Principles 
(see page 167). Our Codes of Responsibility set standards of ethical 
behaviour for our colleagues. We also take into account social, ethical and 
environmental issues in our investment, lending and service operations.

The day-to-day implementation of our responsible business strategy  
is managed by the Group Community & Sustainable Business team.  
During 2012 we continued to develop our Community Strategy around  
the themes of Education, Employability and Enterprise. More detail 
on our approach to corporate responsibility and future plans will be  
described in our 2012 Responsible Business report which will be  
published in May 2013. Our 2011 report along with further information on 
our approach to corporate responsibility and our codes of responsibility 
can be found on our website at www.lloydsbankinggroup-cr.com.

In line with the Group’s values of putting customers first, keeping it simple, 
and making a difference together we are looking to build a strong and 
profitable Group, with a culture which reinforces stringent behavioural 
standards and ensures we are operating sustainably and responsibly, both 
inside and outside of the organisation.

CUSTOMERS

30

COLLEAGUES

34

COMMUNITIES  

38

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7630

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

31

RElATiOnsHiPs And REsPOnsiBiliTY

BE THE BEsT 
FOR OuR 
cusTOMERs…

SMEs and fast growing enterprises play a vital role  
in creating jobs and generating growth in the UK.  
We demonstrated our support for SME customers  
with gross lending of £13.2 billion in 2012, delivering 
year on year net lending growth of 4 per cent in  
this business area. This was in contrast to a decline  
in the stock of lending of 4 per cent across the industry.

 
 
30

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

31

 CUSTOMERS 

Only by focusing on customers’ needs and  
addressing those needs can we expect to deliver 
benefit to our stakeholders.

Aim
Our aim is to be the best bank for customers. Becoming the best bank  
for customers means being the best bank for families, for businesses and 
for our communities. We will achieve this by focusing on:

q UK customers and those connected to the UK
q Simplifying processes, policies and systems
q Investment in growth initiatives
q An appropriate risk appetite
q  Ensuring the business has the strength in funding and capital  

to meet the most challenging of headwinds.

Customer focus
The Group’s strategy is built on being the best bank for customers, and 
creating value by investing where we can make a real difference for 
customers. The customer is at the heart of everything we do, whether 
that be in our branches, our brands or our people. This commitment is 
supported by the Group values of putting customers first, keeping it 
simple and making a difference together.

During 2012 we underlined our commitment to SME and Mid Markets 
lending by successfully participating in both the National Loans Guarantee 
Scheme (NLGS), and the government’s Funding for Lending (FLS) initiative. 
We issued our full funding allocation of £1.4 billion under NLGS, as well as 
becoming the first bank to participate in the Funding for Lending scheme 
and have committed in excess of £11 billion in gross funds to customers 
through the scheme since its launch in September. 

We have continued to support our SME and Mid Market customers 
throughout the economic cycle in order to ensure their financial health, 
viability and growth. In cases where businesses have experienced financial 
difficulties, our Business Support Unit (BSU) is specifically tasked with 
providing help. Since 2009 the BSU has restructured facilities for around 
10,000 businesses and has protected more than 250,000 UK jobs. 

Performance in 2012

Customer complaints (FSA banking
complaints* per 1,000 a/c)

Customer satisfaction
(Net Promoter Score)

1.7

1.5

1.4

38

1.1

49

44

H1 2011

H2 2011

H1 2012

H2 2012

2010

2011

2012

Through our Simplification programme and 
continued focus on becoming the best bank 
for customers, our FSA reportable banking 
complaints continued to fall.

*Excluding PPI

We have developed a comprehensive 
customer experience programme measuring 
customer service at key touch points and their 
likelihood to recommend us. This is measured 
through the cross industry Net Promoter Score 
metric where we have seen continued progress.

Priorities for 2013

q  Continue to simplify systems, processes and products by making it 
easier and more convenient for customers to do business with us, 
thereby improving the overall experience

q  Continue to improve our complaint handling performance reducing 
FSA reportable banking complaints per 1,000 accounts to 1.0 by the 
end of 2013

q  Maximise the use of our customer relationships and insight to enable 
us to engage more effectively with our customers and become more 
responsive to customer needs. This will enable us to deliver against 
their expectations at key customer touch points to improve our 
customers’ current and future experience

%

As further evidence of the long-term assistance that we offer to enterprise, 
at the start of 2010 we launched our SME Charter. Within this we pledged 
to support 300,000 new businesses set up by the end of 2012. We 
are delighted to say that this target was exceeded with 350,000 such 
businesses being helped across the three year period.

We are committed to supporting the UK housing market and first time 
buyers in particular, writing 1 in 4 of all first time buyer mortgage loans 
completed in the UK. We advanced more than £6 billion of new lending 
to first time buyers in 2012, helping over 55,000 customers own their own 
homes. We have committed publicly to lending £6.5 billion to 60,000 
first time buyers in 2013, an increase of 30 per cent on our £5.0 billion 
commitment in 2012, and the UK’s biggest-ever commitment to support 
first time buyers. Our gross new residential mortgage lending totalled 
£26.2 billion in the UK in 2012 across all customer segments.

London 2012 
This year saw the culmination of our partnership with the London 2012 
Olympic and Paralympic Games, following five years of activity aimed at 
bringing the Games closer to customers, communities and colleagues 
across the UK. Some of the highlights of the community benefits include; 
£1 billion of lending to help businesses benefit from London 2012 
opportunities, 1,000 local heroes supported in communities across the 
UK, 24,000 schools taking part in National School Sport Week, inspiring 
over 9 million children to try sporting activities, 1,497 Olympic and 
Paralympic torchbearers selected by Lloyds Banking Group, and  
3,000 customers were taken to the Games. The Games were just the 
beginning, highlighting and reinforcing the positive impact we can have 
on our communities. This is why we are delighted to be building on the 
legacy of the Games by developing both National School Sport Week 
and Local Heroes. These two programmes underpinned our partnership 
and had significant impact, opening doors to millions of children and 
communities up and down the country, encouraging them to play 
more sport.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7632

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

33

RElATiOnsHiPs And REsPOnsiBiliTY

Complaint handling
As part of our strategy to become the best bank for customers we publicly 
committed to reduce the level of FsA reportable banking complaints, 
excluding PPi, we receive by 20 per cent year on year. We achieved a 
reduction from 1.5 complaints per 1,000 accounts in the second half 
of 2011, to 1.1 in the second half of 2012. We aim to reduce this further 
in 2013 to 1.0 complaint per 1,000 accounts. The progress to date has 
been accomplished through the ongoing success of our phone-a-friend 
service, a dedicated team which branch and call centre staff can refer to 
for specialist support with complaint handling, and the training we provide 
to our c. 40,000 front line colleagues. We are the first financial services 
organisation to roll out an externally accredited complaint handling 
qualification to all our complaint handling staff. As a result of these and 
other initiatives, we are now resolving over 90 per cent of complaints at 
first touch. in addition, we offer a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week service, 
helping colleagues to resolve complaints around the clock, ensuring 
customers get the right outcome faster. We have also made a significant 
improvement to our online complaint handling form, meaning we are now 
able to respond to these complaints within 6 hours. 

Our Group wide Root cause Analysis team, who conduct detailed analysis 
and research into the source of customer complaints, reduced complaints 
further this year. They achieved a reduction of approximately 39,000 per 
month by continuing to listen to customers to understand the cause 
of their complaints, and by making improvements to fix these issues to 
prevent repeat occurrences. For example, changes to customers’ pending 
funds information has enabled telephone banking advisors to provide  
a much clearer breakdown of current account transactions to customers, 
resulting in a reduction of approximately 2,500 complaints per month. 
These improvements have been driven by listening to our customers and 
acting directly on their feedback.

Listening to our customers
We have made some great improvements to our isA 
processes. We have simplified the isA account opening 
process and made it easier to transfer funds in, enhanced  
our systems and removed administration hurdles, instated 
‘savings champions’ in branch to deal with isA customer 
queries and improved interest rate visibility. 

Simple, tailored products and services 
Our strategy recognises our customers’ needs for product simplicity and 
transparency, access through multiple channels and value for money 
products and services. We have worked hard to ensure we are offering 
products and services that respond to customers evolving needs, and as 
a result, a number of new and innovative products have been launched 
in 2012. We also built on our disability principles for product and process 
design; these involve adhering to our legal duty to make reasonable 
adjustments to anticipate the needs of customers with disabilities and 
prevent discrimination and also to make reasonable adjustments to stop 
less favourable treatment if it is occurring. 

We have enhanced our internet banking offering to enable our retail 
customers to do more online. This has helped to drive large increases in 
the number of customers who use both traditional online services and 
mobile banking with customers increasing to 9.5 million and 3.3 million 
respectively. in addition we have become one of the founding partners 
of Go On, a nationwide campaign which aims to help improve digital 
capability for all, with a particular focus on sMEs. 

We have extended the innovative lloyds TsB lend a Hand Mortgage  
to help customers purchase a home with the help of their local authority. 
We also launched our Best for Business campaign and reaffirmed our 
continued support for the sME charter to respond to 90 per cent of 
lending appeals within 15 working days which will exceed the industry 
standard of 30 days. in addition we have made significant investments 
in the Business Growth Fund, scottish investment Bank and Big 
society capital.

Our Retail division continued to develop their savings product offering.  
The Halifax savers Prize draw has been very popular, with over 1 million 
customers subscribing, supporting strong increases in customer advocacy. 
They also continued to develop the isA Promise that resonated with 
customers and helped to support a record new isA performance in 2012. 
in addition, they developed new ways to support our customer’s savings 
requirements including the recently launched Junior isA that allows young 
people to start to build a tax free savings pot.

We continue to be recognised with external awards. Our corporate and 
commercial businesses won the Best Bank of the Year award for the 
eighth consecutive year at the Real Fd/cBi excellence awards, and in 
our insurance division we were named as Britain’s Most Popular Home 
insurance Provider by the independent market researchers GFK nOP for 
the eleventh year in a row.

in meeting the needs of our customers, we also made strong progress 
this year on improving the products and services we offer customers 
with disabilities. The progress to date has been accomplished through 
many initiatives including the launch of the disability services support 
Team, a specialised team set up to help front line colleagues with queries 
or complaints, our ongoing work under the Prime Ministers’ challenge 
on dementia, the introduction of a comprehensive colleague guide, 
working with disability Rights uK to hold customer focus groups to 
understand how we capture and action customers’ appropriate service 
needs and the introduction of an online accessibility feedback form 
so we get greater understanding of our customers’ requirements. The 
Business disability Forum ranked lloyds Banking Group joint second in 
the disability standard 2011/12 and this activity will continue into 2013 
with the introduction of additional services to improve our accessibility to 
customers with a wide range of disabilities. 

 
32

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

33

Online sign language service
The Group was the first financial services provider in the uK 
to introduce sign Video – a sign language communication 
service for deaf customers. This technology enables 
customers to communicate in their first or preferred 
language of British sign language.

Customer service and Simplification
in line with our strategy to become the best bank for customers, customer 
needs remain at the heart of how we reshape our businesses. Through 
our simplification programme we have continued to enhance and 
streamline customer processes, with a number of significant 
improvements having been made during the year. These include the 
re-design of our account switching and closure processes, improvements 
to our cash isA transfer process, enhancements to our end-to-end 
bereavement process and the streamlining of our commercial lending 
process. We have also introduced advanced interactive Voice Response 
technology, bringing a new and more flexible approach to the way 
customers undertake their telephone banking.

customer satisfaction is assessed through the net Promoter score (nPs), 
which measures the likelihood of customers recommending us to others. 
Our high street brands made significant headway in 2012, achieving their 
highest ever nPs scores, with the Group wide score rising from 44 in 2011 
to 49 at the end of 2012. 

Treating customers fairly
central to our aim of building deep and lasting customer relationships is 
our determination to treat customers fairly and ensure we are transparent 
in dealings with them. We conduct regular monitoring to check that we are 
complying with our robust customer treatment policies and are achieving 
fair outcomes for customers. customer outcomes are an important 
component in colleague reward and remuneration. Our approach to fair 
customer treatment takes into consideration product, sales and after sales:

 – Products: we have strengthened our framework for developing and 

managing our product range, including the introduction of new product 
governance processes and a comprehensive risk assessment tool that 
centres on fair customer treatment.

 – sales: our sales processes consider affordability and are designed  

to minimise the risk of customers buying products they do not need 
or cannot afford. We review these processes continuously and update 
them as necessary.

 – After sales: we listen carefully to customer feedback, and take  

a proactive stance to after sales.

Financial inclusion
We aim to lead the banking sector in reaching those who are financially 
excluded and equip them with the confidence and capability to manage 
their money effectively.

Retail division also provides current accounts to one in three people in 
the uK and are the uK’s biggest provider of basic bank accounts, making 
a significant investment in helping to bring people into the financial 
system. We currently provide over 3 million such accounts and in 2012 
opened around 225,000 new accounts. in conjunction with the national 
Offender Management service, we offer more basic banking facilities to 
prisoners than any other bank. Almost as importantly, we can help our 
customers move to a full facility current account. in 2012 over 100,000 
customers who previously had a basic bank account either upgraded to 
or opened a mainstream bank account. We have recently made a number 
of improvements to make it easier for basic bank account customers 
to upgrade. 

Supplier relationships
Having strong relationships with our suppliers is key to the delivery  
of our strategy and ensuring both the bank’s and our customers’ needs 
are effectively met. The Group looks to build and develop strong 
collaborative relationships and engage in regular dialogue, meaning we 
can better understand the environment in which we operate and help 
access and drive the continuous improvement and innovation in our value 
chain. Through working with our suppliers, we also get the opportunity 
to leverage their unique specialist knowledge in order to drive increased 
value and proactively optimise our supply chain. We consider our 
suppliers’ social, ethical and environmental performance as a standard 
part of our procurement process. We are also a signatory to the Prompt 
Payment code which requires us to provide clear guidance on payment 
procedures and encourage similar good practice amongst our suppliers 
and other businesses.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7634

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

35

RElATiOnsHiPs And REsPOnsiBiliTY

 cOllEAGuEs  
 WHO PuT  
 cusTOMERs  
 FiRsT…

With colleagues who put customers first, keep  
it simple and make a difference together,  
we will deliver the service that makes us the best  
bank for customers.

 
34

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

35

 cOllEAGuEs 

Our colleagues will deliver the service that makes us 
the best bank for customers.

Aim
Our ambition is to be a bank where our colleagues give their best and 
want to build their career. Our people are at the heart of our business  
and are critical in ensuring that we deliver our strategy to be the best bank 
for customers and through this, help Britain prosper.

Each colleague should have access to the training and development 
opportunities that enable them to do their role well. This should also 
ensure that we are able to grow talent internally, to drive our business  
in a sustainable way.

Having a diverse workforce is also a priority for us. At lloyds Banking 
Group, we want the diversity of our employee base to reflect the 
population of the uK and who our customers are: the better we reflect  
our marketplace, the better we can serve it.

We also encourage our colleagues to work closely with the community  
to build lasting relationships that are the foundation for our business  
in the future.

Performance in 2012

Staff engagement score

%

Staff training days

UK industry average

69

68

6.9

6.9

52

61

60

48

63

63

5.4

EEI 2011

EEI 2012

PEI 2011

PEI 2012

2010

2011

2012

Colleagues received an average of 6.9 days 
formal learning in 2012 reflecting ongoing 
commitment to learning and development.

The Employee Engagement Index (EEI) 
measures the individual motiviation of 
colleagues whilst the Performance Excellence 
Index (PEI) measures how strongly colleagues 
believe the Group is committed to improving 
customer service.

Priorities for 2013

q  Ensuring colleagues live our values
q Building colleague pride and trust in the Group and our future
q  Helping colleagues fulfil their potential through learning  

and development

q Managing all aspects of performance
q  Building a diverse and inclusive workforce

Living through our values
To unlock the great potential in our business, we ask all colleagues to focus 
on our three values: putting customers first, keeping it simple and making 
a difference together.

Putting customers first means thinking about what’s best for customers in 
everything we do. That means understanding and anticipating customers’ 
needs, delivering on our promises to customers and each other and taking 
ownership to get things right for every customer. We need to ensure 
that what we are doing enables our customers to get the most from their 
money; living this value will enable colleagues to deliver our strategy to be 
the best bank for customers. 

Keeping it simple means being easy to do business with and 
communicating clearly and openly. Our colleagues are continually 
identifying opportunities to simplify the things we do and work hard to  
get things right first time every time. 

Making a difference together means working together to deliver for 
customers, listening to how we can improve what we do; treating all 
people fairly and acting responsibly at all times; and contributing to the 
communities we serve. We see our involvement in the work we do in 
fundraising for charity as an important part of our contribution. colleagues 
have raised £3.6 million for save the children since the beginning of 2011. 
As part of our involvement with the national school sport Week initiative, 
over 5,000 colleagues have volunteered their support over the last four 
years. Overall 32,000 colleagues have volunteered their time this year 
to communities.

Colleague engagement
Our annual colleague Engagement survey is an important way for us to 
find out how we are working together and how well we are building a high 
performance culture. More than 77,000 colleagues took part in this year’s 
colleague survey, giving us the clearest insight yet into how colleagues 
feel about working for lloyds Banking Group. The survey also gives 
each colleague an opportunity to add their own individual comments 
and around 40,000 colleagues took time to do this.

The outputs provide two separate and measurable scores, the Employee 
Engagement index (EEi), which measures the individual motivation of 
colleagues, and the Performance Excellence index (PEi), measuring 
how strongly colleagues believe the Group is committed to improving 
customer service. These inform Group wide and local action plans that will 
prioritise the things that will make the Group a better place to work. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7636

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

37

RElATiOnsHiPs And REsPOnsiBiliTY

The Group significantly increased its focus on its Emerging Talent 
programmes in 2012. We launched two new Group wide programmes. 
in its inaugural year our Apprenticeship scheme made 500 places 
available offering a range of career opportunities across the Group.  
We are building on the success of the scheme by offering more places 
in 2013. At the more senior level we launched our Future Executives 
Programme giving 23 MBA graduates the chance to fast track their careers 
through a structured leadership programme. in addition, the Group 
maintained its focus on hiring significant numbers of uK graduates, with  
a 20 per cent increase on 2011 hires across its six core schemes.

significant progress has been made on improving both the efficiency 
and effectiveness of the learning offered to colleagues. We moved more 
classroom training to e-learning, and increased the average amount of 
training received to a level above industry benchmarks. 

The Group wide Academies have now been fully implemented,  
providing a clear learning standard and a clear way to plan their careers  
for all colleagues.

Performance and Reward
Managing performance plays a critical role in helping us to develop our 
colleagues to build long term partnerships supporting customers and 
strong relationships with each other. 

Reflecting the regulatory environment, continued good progress has 
been made in the strengthening of reward governance, particularly 
incentives, and the alignment of long term incentives with our strategic 
goals. The performance management process ensures we calibrate 
between colleagues and take full account of risk at all levels to assess risk 
stewardship by all our senior executives.

Encouraging colleague share ownership in lloyds Banking Group is 
important. The first save-As-You-Earn plan in 3 years has been announced, 
commencing in 2013, as well as the continued promotion of our 
sharematch scheme. Our Flex programme, which offers a range of benefit 
choices, continues to be popular with colleagues. We also began Pensions 
Auto-Enrolment from 1 January 2013 for those colleagues who do not 
participate in one of our existing Pension plans.  

The results highlight strong levels of engagement in some areas including 
using customer feedback to improve processes and providing colleagues 
with appropriate training to keep up with customer demands. Our PEi 
score is again well above the uK industry average, showing that colleagues 
believe in the Group’s commitment to delivering and continuously 
improving the products and services we provide to our customers. These 
scores indicate that our colleagues are committed to the Group’s strategy 
of becoming the best bank for customers. 

Our EEi score shows that we have more to do to engender trust in 
the organisation and in its future. The current economic climate and 
the constant external focus on the financial services sector and banks 
have undoubtedly contributed to a lack of confidence and trust in the 
organisation. Building colleagues’ pride and trust in the Group and  
our future is something the senior leadership team is fully committed  
to and an area that we will continue to focus on throughout 2013.

Thanks to colleague feedback and the strategic input from the Group’s 
leaders, in 2013 we are focusing on three key areas:

 – fostering authentic and credible leaders who, through their actions, 
engender trust and understanding and personify the Group Values;

 – demonstrating that there is a promising future for colleagues with 

attractive opportunities for learning and development and a compelling 
reward offering; and

 – creating a solid platform to share and reinforce our strategic vision and 

help colleagues understand the role they play in helping us to be  
Best Bank for customers.

We have four recognised unions who we have consulted about these 
actions and have been involved in discussions on a series of changes 
that we have made this year. We value the partnerships we have with 
these organisations. 

Learning and Development
learning and development supports our colleagues to be the best they 
can be to help us be the best bank for customers.

An important sign that we are doing the right thing, is the proportion 
of appointments that we can fill internally. during 2012 we have been 
successful in filling 78 per cent of executive roles with internal talent.  
We also focused on building rounded general management experience 
by moving some of our highest potential executives across our different 
businesses and in 2013 we will continue our work to validate and improve 
internal succession.

We have continued to deliver Group wide leadership programmes 
to accelerate the development of the most effective leaders and to 
strengthen our leadership capability overall. Embedded in these 
programmes is a focus on building a high-performance culture and 
putting customers at the heart of everything we do. This year, we have 
worked with the Open university to launch our new core curriculum 
of leadership training to equip a wider range of colleagues with the 
knowledge and skills required to improve performance in their roles. 
Overall, 3,000 of our leaders have experienced leadership training  
in 2012.

Growing great leaders
The Group has continued to provide leadership 
programmes with success; highlighted by the fact that 78% 
of our executive roles in 2012 were filled with internal talent. 
The Group has also increased focus on our Emerging 
Talent shown through the launch of the Apprenticeship 
scheme and the Future Executives Programme. 

 
36

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

37

Diversity networks
The Group has four diversity networks, which were formed 
by groups of colleagues to help focus on the specific 
challenges and barriers that they face at work. They do this 
through connecting their members (virtually and face to 
face), focusing on development and playing an active role 
in supporting the development of the diversity strategy. 

Diversity and inclusion
A key element of achieving our vision is having a diverse and inclusive 
workforce; and we have made progress during 2012. With a footprint that 
touches nearly every community and household in the uK, understanding 
and meeting those diverse needs, as well as our workforce reflecting  
the communities we serve, will support our goal of being the best bank  
for customers.

Our gender programme has made strong progress throughout the year. 
in 2011 lord davies’ Review recommended that organisations have a 
target of 25 per cent female representation on the board by 2015. The 
Group committed to meet this goal and we are proud to have exceeded 
this during 2012 – two years ahead of target with 27 per cent female 
representation. We also launched a role model programme across the 
Group. Footprints in the snow showcases the career paths of the Group’s 
most senior women, providing footprints and stepping stones for other 
women to follow, be inspired by and succeed. This has proved to be one 
of our most successful programmes to date with positive feedback from 
the women who have attended sessions. Role model programmes  
for ethnic minority, disabled, and lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual 
colleagues are now being developed to launch during 2013.

Our sexual orientation programme continues to be recognised as 
amongst the best. in the stonewall 2012 Top 100 Employers index the 
Group was placed in the top 20 organisations and was named Top Welsh 
Private sector Employer and 2nd best scottish Employer. Our Rainbow 
network was also given ‘star performer’ status. We are also leading the 
way for customers with both lloyds TsB and Halifax featuring gay couples 
in product advertising.

in 2012 our disability programme was ranked joint 2nd, achieving ‘Gold 
standard’ and named ‘Best Private sector Employer’ by the Business 
disability Forum, the world’s leading employers’ organisation on disability 
and business. Our end-to-end Workplace adjustment programme is 
industry leading and, to date, almost 10,000 cases have been managed 
through this process.

We continued to focus on developing our talented ethnic minority 
colleagues throughout 2012. Ten career development Programme 
courses were delivered to over 120 colleagues. The programme is aimed 
at colleagues who are looking to achieve their first management or senior 
management position and supports participants in achieving their full 
potential. The course receives outstanding feedback from delegates and 
has produced excellent results with improved promotion rates, improved 
performance ratings and increased engagement. 

To ensure that we continue to provide one of the best packages for 
working parents in the uK we introduced a number of improvements, 
which included, better advice and guidance for colleagues and line 
managers, e-learning modules to support new parents, and a Parents 
forum where colleagues can connect and share experiences around 
working parent issues.

These activities are showing positive outcomes, with higher engagement 
scores for female and ethnic minority colleagues, and some steady 
progress in closing the gap for lesbian, gay and bisexual colleagues. We 
will continue to build upon our progress during 2013 to ensure we reflect 
the diverse needs of our customers, colleagues and communities.

London 2012 Partnership
colleagues were an integral part of the successful delivery of the 
london 2012 Partnership. A key objective for the Partnership was to 
ensure that all colleagues within the Group were proud of the Partnership. 
We also wanted to provide a platform for colleague participation and 
community engagement and give colleagues the opportunity to build 
customer relationships. 

As part of our objective to ensure that colleagues were engaged in the 
Games we launched a Group wide Reward and Recognition programme, 
Go for Gold, in July 2010. colleagues were recognised for supporting 
and living our Group Values. 500 colleagues were rewarded with a pair 
of tickets to the Olympic or Paralympic Games. in addition we provided 
250 colleagues with the unique opportunity to be an Olympic Torchbearer 
for making a difference in their community. Beyond these Group wide 
recognition programmes we awarded around 2,500 colleagues with 
tickets to the Olympic or Paralympic Games for exceptional performance 
through other divisional Recognition Programmes. Also 500 colleagues 
were given places in the lOcOG Volunteer Programme, giving a once 
in a lifetime opportunity to support the Games by being a Gamesmaker. 
Further to this approximately 145 of our best customer service colleagues 
were given the unique opportunity to work in the Athlete Village and 
Media centre branches at the Olympic Park during the Games.

The Torch Relay was a key event for us as part of the london 2012 build-up 
and over 350 colleague volunteers supported the colleague Advance 
Tour and the Evening celebration Events as part of our Olympic Torch 
Relay campaign. Many more branch staff and other colleagues lined the 
streets to support the Relay as it passed through their communities and  
at sponsor stops. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7638

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

39

RELATIONSHIPS AND RESPONSIBILITY

Our 2013/14 Charity of the 
Year is supporting Alzheimer’s 
Society and Alzheimer 
Scotland’s Live Well Campaign. 

HOW WE 
ARE DOING 
MORE…

We recognise that if we are to be the best bank  
for our customers, we must also aim to be the  
best bank for communities. By doing more to be  
a responsible business we are able to make  
a sustainable contribution to help Britain prosper.

 
38

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

39

 cOMMuniTiEs 

One of the ways Lloyds Banking Group helps Britain 
prosper is by contributing positively to the communities 
we serve. Our scale and reach through our brands  
and branches means we are doing more to help 
communities across the UK.

Aim
The aim of our community strategy is to help the uK’s most disadvantaged 
communities prosper as a result of our financial and colleagues’ 
commitment. during 2012 we continued to develop our community 
strategy around the themes of Education, Employability and Enterprise. 

last year the Group invested £85 million in a range of flagship 
programmes and initiatives. despite the challenging economic 
environment the Group committed to keep our investment at this level  
for the period of its strategic plan.

Performance in 2012

Colleague volunteers

Total community 
investment

£m

32,000

76

85

85

16,000

7,300

2010

2011

2012

2010

2011

2012

In 2012, the Group supported over 32,000 
colleagues’ volunteering for charities and 
community groups. The Foundations also 
provided Matched Giving to some of these 
organisations for colleagues’ time spent 
volunteering outside of working hours.

Priorities for 2013

Our Community Investment total includes 
support for financial inclusion, community 
initiatives, leveraged colleague fundraising, 
sponsorship and support for grass roots charities.

q  continuing our level of investment in uK communities aligned with  

our strategy themed around Education, Employability and Enterprise 
and support of the uK charity sector through our Foundations

q  continuation of our plan to strengthen our responsible business 

governance, including our reporting assurance and verification process

q  develop a set of measures that will help us to understand the extent  
to which we help Britain prosper. From the outputs of the measures  
we will look to create associated robust KPis and targets

q  launch a Financial inclusion steering Group and set priorities in 2013

Money for Life Challenge
The Money for life challenge is a national competition that 
provides £500 grants to empower teams of 16-24 year olds 
to develop innovative money management projects that 
impact their communities. We awarded 110 grants in 2012.

Community Programmes
We want to build thriving communities in the uK, both with direct 
investment and by encouraging our colleagues to support communities 
with their skills and knowledge. This aim is supported by our community 
programmes themed around Education, Employability and Enterprise. 

education
Personal money management is a fundamental life skill. in recent years 
there has been a huge groundswell of support to introduce compulsory 
financial education in schools, but there remains a lost generation of  
adults who have passed through the education system without acquiring 
these skills.

Our response to this is Money for Life, an award-winning personal money 
management programme, targeted at young people and adults in the 
wider Further Education, work-based learning and community learning 
sectors. lloyds Banking Group has invested £4 million in the programme 
since 2009 and has committed a further £4 million over the next two years. 

The Money for life Qualifications programme provides accredited training 
to enable organisations ranging from citizens Advice Bureaus to Housing 
Associations, charities and colleges to embed money management skills 
at a local level. We trained 1,400 people to run money management 
sessions in communities in 2012.

The Money for life challenge is a national competition that provides 
£500 grants to empower teams of 16-24 year olds to develop innovative 
money management projects that impact their communities. We awarded 
110 grants in 2012.

in september 2012 we announced a partnership with Family Action 
to train our employees to deliver money management workshops to 
1,500 vulnerable families by August 2013.

Money for life was awarded a Big Tick and was highly commended in 
Business in the community’s Awards for Excellence 2012. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7640

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

41

RElATiOnsHiPs And REsPOnsiBiliTY

employability 
Lloyds Scholars, our social mobility programme aimed at uK students, was 
established in 2011. in partnership with six leading universities across the 
uK, we offer students from lower income households a complete support 
package, helping them manage the financial strain of university whilst 
improving their employability. 

scholars receive a unique combination of financial support, a 
lloyds Banking Group mentor, sessions to develop their skills and the 
opportunity to gain valuable work experience through paid internships. 
in return we ask that they volunteer for local causes, enabling them 
to enhance their cV whilst giving back to the community. We accept 
students from nearly all disciplines and all have the opportunity, but no 
obligation, to join our Graduate leadership Programme after university.

lloyds scholars was named corporate Responsibility Project of the year  
at the 2012 charity Times Award.

enterprise
in January 2012 the School of Social Entrepreneurs and the bank launched 
the lloyds Banking Group social Entrepreneurs programme. supporting 
this programme demonstrates lloyds Banking Group’s commitment 
to aiding the uK’s economic recovery by enabling social entrepreneurs 
to realise their ambitions and thereby supporting enterprise and 
strengthening communities.

The aim over the next five years is to help over 1,300 social entrepreneurs  
to start up or scale up their social enterprise, creating jobs across the uK 
and helping local communities to help themselves. The programme  
offers grants of between £4,000 - £25,000 as well as a lloyds Banking 
Group mentor to help them be sustainable and successful in their ideas. 
Additional funding for this project is provided by the Big lottery.

We are a major sponsor of the Business Connectors programme in 
partnership with Business in the community, a Prince of Wales charity. 
in 2012 we made a commitment to second up to 20 senior managers per 
year to become Business connectors, working in their local communities 
to help broker relationships between charities, community groups and 
local business, with the goal of helping to build thriving communities 
across the uK. 

Lloyds Scholars
lloyds scholars, our social mobility programme aimed  
at uK students, was established in 2011. in partnership  
with six leading universities across the uK we offer students 
from lower income households a complete support 
package, helping them manage the financial strain of 
university whilst improving their employability. 

Business connectors was developed in the wake of the uK riots in 2011, 
and in particular the devastating effect these events had on the sense  
of community in some of the uK’s most disadvantaged neighbourhoods. 
The programme was therefore designed to tackle these issues head on  
by harnessing expertise from business to tackle local needs.

Community volunteering 
Our Day to Make a Difference volunteering programme enables 
colleagues to spend one day a year volunteering for a charity or 
community project of their choice. Over 32,000 of our colleagues 
registered to use their day to volunteer in 2012. This compares with  
7,300 colleagues in 2010 and 16,000 colleagues in 2011.

Empowering our people to participate in activities, during work time, that 
benefit their local communities, helps to build pride in the bank. As well 
as the benefits that our people’s skills bring to communities, which equate 
to millions of pounds of in-kind support for organisations, it also gives 
them the opportunity to develop skills which are valuable to our business. 
community activity also helps us to work alongside our customers, visibly 
demonstrating that we are committed to the same things as they are. 

Give & Gain Day 
We are the largest participant in Business in the community’s Give & 
Gain day – the uK’s single biggest day of volunteering. in 2012 more than 
4,500 colleagues took part, doubling the engagement seen in 2011.  
We have committed to sponsor Give & Gain day until 2014. 

national School Sport Week 
Our vision for london 2012 was to inspire and support young people, 
communities and business all over Britain on their journey to the Games 
and beyond. Part of this vision was running national school sport Week, 
a week long sporting celebration for schools. Over 2,500 volunteered, 
helping to bring the excitement of london 2012 to their local communities.

Funding grassroots charities 
Much of the our charitable giving is through the Lloyds TSB and Bank 
of Scotland Foundations. during 2012 the Group donated more than 
£29 million to the Foundations enabling them to make grants to local, 
regional and national charities across the uK. Many charities working 
in the uK’s most deprived areas have received support, making a 
significant difference to the communities that need it most. in addition 
to making grants, the Foundations encourage our colleagues to 
become active in their community by providing Matched Giving for 
charities they support.  Each colleague can claim up to £1,000 per year 
for their charitable fundraising efforts and time given to charities.

Funding local organisations
The 2012 community Fund provided grants to local community 
organisations supporting young people. nominated by our colleagues 
and voted on by members of the public, 132 organisations across the 
uK each won a community Fund award worth £5,000. The Group’s 
sponsorship of london 2012 allowed us to promote nominated 
organisations at Olympic Torch Relay events. This raised their profile 
and encouraged communities to support them by voting. We estimate 
100,000 young people across the uK will be positively impacted as a 
result of the awards.

 
40

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

41

Colleague volunteering
We are the largest participant in Business in the 
community’s Give & Gain day – the uK’s single biggest day 
of volunteering. in 2012 more than 4,500 colleagues took 
part, doubling the engagement seen in 2011 

Fundraising 
Through a range of engaging fundraising initiatives and personal 
commitment, colleagues from across the Group have raised over 
£3.6 million, including Matched Funding, for our 2011/12 charity of the Year 
save the children. This has by far exceeded our fundraising target  
of £2.5 million. 

The funds raised will help over 12,000 children in our local communities 
through the Families & schools Together (FAsT) programme. FAsT 
provides support to parents by engaging them in their children’s 
education. The programme aims to reinforce family bonds and create a 
supportive network between parents, children, schools and communities. 
Teachers have reported a 5 per cent improvement in reading, writing and 
maths amongst children enrolled in FAsT after just eight weeks. 

Our 2013/14 charity of the Year, chosen by colleagues, is supporting 
Alzheimer’s society and Alzheimer scotland’s live Well campaign, the first 
uK-wide dementia carers programme. 

Measuring our performance 
in order to measure and manage our overall community investment in 
a systematic way, we use the industry standard london Benchmarking 
Group model. The model records cash, colleague time, in-kind donations 
and management time, as well as the outputs and longer-term community 
and business impacts of our projects.

Reducing our environmental impact 
As a responsible business, we are working to reduce our own 
environmental footprint and support the uK Governments targets to 
move towards a low-carbon economy. 

Our Environmental Action Plan incorporates programmes to reduce our 
impacts in the areas of energy, paper, business travel, waste and water. 
specific initiatives include ‘no travel’ weeks, embedding an enhanced  
dry mixed recycling process and optimisation of our building controls  
to reduce the energy we use.

All programmes are on track to meet their 2020 targets with some 
delivering early. More detail on the progress of our initiatives will be 
described in our 2012 Responsible Business Report, which will be 
published in May 2013. 

As an example our ‘no Travel Week’ policy has changed the Group’s 
business travel culture since its introduction in June 2011. By promoting 
viable technology alternatives travel bookings have decreased by 130,000 
during this period. We have also met the World Wildlife Fund 1 in 5 
challenge and made significant progress against our target to reduce 
business travel by 20 per cent by 2020.  

As well as benefitting the environment, making fewer journeys means  
our colleagues are away from home less, improving their health and  
well being. 

These programmes have contributed to the Group’s reportable cO2 
emissions reducing by around 9 per cent from the previous period. 

CO2 emissions (tonnes)

Total uK cO2 emissions
scope 1 emissions

scope 2 emissions

scope 3 emissions

2012

374,361

49,414

290,726

34,221 

2011

410,237

58,572

308,844

42,821

The Group reports those energy emissions arising from its own direct business activities where it 
holds the title to the energy supply contract directly with the energy supplier.

We have improved the accuracy of energy data for the 2011 reporting period, replacing estimates 
with actual data. We have also applied the latest dEFRA conversion factors to both reporting 
periods. Our reporting periods are from the 1 October to the 30 september each year.

Supporting the Green economy
in supporting the Green Economy, we need to create ‘real’ opportunities 
for the provision of finance for low carbon products, services and green 
technologies in a socially inclusive way. To achieve this we recognise the 
need to work with governments and other stakeholders to address the 
global sustainability mega trends that will impact our future. 

As one of the most active participants in the Project Finance market, 
lloyds Banking Group is playing a key role in finding solutions to current 
and future funding requirements. We currently have commitments to 
renewable energy projects in the uK with capacity totalling over 1800MW. 
More detail will be available in our 2012 Responsible Business Report. 

www.lloydsbankinggroup-cr.com

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 76 
42

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

43

RisK OVERViEW

 EFFEcTiVE RisK MAnAGEMEnT  
And cOnTROl 

Aim 

Managing risk effectively is important for any bank and fundamental  
to our strategy. We are looking to create a more efficient, lower risk,  
uK focused retail and commercial bank. in doing this we maintain  
a conservative business model embodied by a risk culture founded on  
a prudent appetite for risk.

The Group’s approach to risk is founded on an effective control framework 
and a strong risk management culture which guides the way all employees 
approach their work, the way they behave and the decisions they make. 
The amount and type of risk that the organisation is prepared to seek, 
accept or tolerate, otherwise known as risk appetite, is driven by our 
strategy and approved by the Board. This risk appetite is then embedded 
within policies, authorities and limits across the Group.

Risk as a strategic differentiator

The Group strategy and risk appetite were developed together to ensure 
one informed the other in creating a strategy that delivers on becoming 
the best bank for our customers whilst helping Britain prosper and 
creating sustainable growth over time. 

We believe effective risk management can be a strategic differentiator, 
in particular:

q  Conservative approach to risk: The Group has a fully embedded 
conservative approach to, and prudent appetite for risk with risk 
culture and appetite driven from the top.

q  Strong control framework: The Group has a strong risk control 
framework which is the foundation for the delivery of effective risk 
management. This framework ensures appropriate engagement in 
developing risk appetite whilst also ensuring business units operate 
within approved parameters.

q  effective risk analysis, management and reporting: Effective risk 
analysis ensures the identification of opportunities as well as risks and 
ensures risks are managed appropriately and consistently with 
strategy. The Group’s key risks and performance against risk appetite 
are monitored and reported regularly to senior management using 
quantitative and qualitative analysis and are subject to relevant stress 
testing. This ensures we fully understand the risk in the business at 
both an individual risk type and aggregate portfolio level. The key risks 
to the Group are outlined on the next page.

q  Business focus and accountability: Managing risk effectively is a key 
focus for the Group and is one of the five principal criteria within the 
Group Balanced scorecard on which business areas and individual 
performance are judged. The Group’s approach to risk means that 
businesses remain accountable for risk but a strong and independent 
risk function also helps ensure adherence to the Group’s risk and 
control frameworks. continued investment in risk systems and 
processes will also help differentiate our risk management approach.

115

The full risk management report

Risk achievements in 2012
significant progress has been made in reducing the risk in the business 
in 2012 through the consistent application of our prudent approach to 
risk. Key deliverables have been aligned to the delivery of our customer 
focused strategy and the four pillars of our action plan. 

We have made good progress in reshaping the business portfolio to fit 
our resources, capabilities and risk appetite. A conservative approach to, 
and prudent appetite for risk is fully embedded across the organisation 
and effective controls over the risk profile of all new business are in place. 
We have continued to take a disciplined approach to the management 
and reduction of our non-core assets, which reduced by £42.3 billion in 
the year, ahead of plan, whilst also being capital generative. Asset sales 
in total were within impairment provisions demonstrating the prudence 
of our approach to credit risk management and the adequacy of our 
provisioning. The reduction of non-core assets and prudent management 
of risk have led to significantly lower impairment, down 42 per cent, and 
the core Asset Quality Ratio, (impairment as a percentage of average 
advances), at 0.44 per cent is already in line with target.

We have continued to strengthen and de-risk the Group’s balance sheet 
by improving our capital ratios and funding and liquidity position. The 
Group’s funding position has now been transformed with wholesale 
funding of £170 billion reduced by £81 billion in the year. At the same 
time we have reduced the level of short term wholesale funding which 
at £51 billion now accounts for less than 30 per cent of total wholesale 
funding. Our liquidity position also continued to improve and our liquidity 
is now greater than wholesale funding and covers short term funding by 
more than four times. Our core tier 1 capital ratio further increased to 
12.0 per cent in the year and we remain confident in our capital position.

The complaints process has been simplified and as a result we have seen 
a further reduction in FsA reportable banking complaints to 1.1 per 1,000 
accounts, the lowest level of any major uK bank. This is aligned to our 
customer focused strategy and reduced conduct risk.

We have also continued to invest, with our Risk Transformation  
having delivered improved analytics and enhanced customer support  
for our retail customers as well as simplified processes for rating the risk  
of commercial customers. This investment has also driven reductions 
in the Group’s impairments and risk-weighted assets. Further investment 
during 2012 has allowed us to keep pace with the growing range  
of regulatory demands, and prepare for future changes required  
under the Banking Reform Bill including Ring Fencing and Recovery  
and Resolution planning.

Priorities for 2013

q  continue to support delivery of the Group’s customer focused 

strategic plan within risk appetite

q  continue programme of investment in the Group’s risk systems
q  Maintain and strengthen the Group’s strong risk culture by managing 

performance to ensure risk based behaviours

q  deliver against new regulatory requirements
q  continue to attract, retain and develop high quality people

42

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

43

 PRinCiPAL RiSKS AnD UnCeRTAinTieS

The most significant risks faced by the Group are detailed below.

Credit risk 
Arising in the Retail, commercial Banking, and Wealth, Asset Finance and 
international divisions, reflecting the risks inherent in the Group’s lending 
activities and, to a lesser extent in the insurance division in respect of 
investment holdings and exposures to reinsurers. Adverse changes in 
the credit quality of the Group’s uK and/or international borrowers and 
counterparties, or in their behaviour, would be expected to reduce the 
value of the Group’s assets and materially increase the Group’s allowances 
for impairment losses.

Conduct risk
conduct risk and how the Group manages its customer relationships 
affect all aspects of the Group’s operations and our management of this 
risk is closely aligned with achievement of the Group’s strategic vision to 
be the best bank for customers. As a provider of a wide range of financial 
services products across different brands and distribution channels to an 
extremely broad and varied customer base, and as a participant in market 
activities, the Group faces significant conduct risks, which could result in 
selling products to customers which do not meet their needs; failure to 
deal with a customer’s complaint effectively where the Group has got it 
wrong and not met customer expectations; and behaviours which do not 
meet market standards.

Market risk
Market risk comprises of three principal risks. interest rate risk – This risk 
to the Group’s banking income arises from competitive pressures on 
product terms in existing loans and deposits, which can restrict the Group 
in its ability to change interest rates applying to customers in response to 
changes in interbank and central bank rates. Equity risk – This risk arises 
from movements in equity market prices. The main equity market risks 
arise in the insurance business companies and defined benefit pension 
schemes; credit spread risk – This risk arises when the market perception 
of the creditworthiness of a particular counterparty changes. The main 
credit spread exposure arises in the insurance business, defined benefit 
pension schemes and banking businesses.

Operational risk
The principal operational risks currently facing the Group are: information 
security – The risk of information leakage, loss or theft. The threat profile 
related to this is rapidly changing; with increasingly sophisticated attacks by 
cybercrime groups; iT systems – The risk of loss resulting from the failure to 
develop, deliver or maintain effective iT solutions; and customer Process – 
The risk of process weaknesses and control deficiencies within the Group’s 
customer facing processes as the business continues to evolve.

People risk
The Group has a strategic aim to be the best bank for customers. it is 
committed to addressing issues within the business that could contribute 
to customers receiving unfair outcomes. The Group believes the quality, 
values and engagement of its people are fundamental to successful 
delivery of this strategy. This belief coincides with our regulators‘ increasing 
focus on the culture which underpins the performance and behaviour of 
employees in the development and delivery of fair outcomes to customers.

Liquidity and funding risk
liquidity and funding continue to remain a key area of focus for the Group 
and the industry as a whole. like all major banks, the Group is dependent 
on confidence in the short and long term wholesale funding markets and 
deposit markets. should the Group, due to exceptional circumstances, 
be unable to continue to source sustainable funding, its ability to fund 
its financial obligations and meet its commitments as they fall due could 
be impacted. 

insurance risk
The major sources of insurance risk are within the insurance business and 
the Group’s defined benefit pension schemes. insurance risk is inherent in 
the insurance business and can be affected by demographic trends and 
customer behaviour. insurance risks accepted relate primarily to mortality, 
longevity, morbidity, persistency, property and unemployment. The primary 
insurance risk of the Group’s defined benefit pension schemes is related to 
longevity. insurance risk has the potential to significantly impact the earnings 
and capital position of the insurance business of the Group. For the Group’s 
defined benefit pension schemes, insurance risk could significantly increase 
the cost of pension provision and impact the balance sheet of the Group.

State Funding and State Aid
On behalf of HM Treasury the Treasury solicitor holds 39.2 per cent of 
the Group’s share capital. HM Treasury’s shareholding continues to be 
managed without interference in day to day management decisions 
however there is a risk that a change in Government priorities could result 
in the framework agreement  currently in place being replaced leading 
to interference in the operations of the Group. The Group also continues 
to make good progress in meeting its Eu state Aid commitments arising 
from the original provision of Government support although failure to 
meet Eu state Aid commitments could lead to sanctions.

118

More on the Group’s principal  
risks and uncertainties,  
including mitigating actions

A further reduction in FsA 
reportable banking complaints 
(excluding PPi) to 1.1 per 1,000 
accounts, a strong performance 
relative to our peers.

Prudent risk appetite and 
strong risk management  
resulted in a reduction  
of 42 per cent in the Group’s 
impairment charge.

non-core assets reduced  
by £42.3 billion and our 
international presence was 
reduced in line with the  
Group’s strategy to focus  
on uK customers.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7644

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

45

suMMARY OF GROuP REsulTs

Overview 
The Group delivered a significantly improved performance in 2012, in a continued challenging economic and regulatory environment. We 
have substantially increased Group underlying profit and delivered strong returns in excess of the cost of equity in the core business, while 
further strengthening our balance sheet and delivering significant reductions in costs and risk. Our statutory results for the year were however 
affected by further provisions for contact and redress costs in relation to legacy PPi business and iRHP sales to small and medium-sized 
businesses, and also included £3,207 million of gains from sales of government securities.

Significantly improved Group underlying profitability
We reported a Group underlying profit before tax of £2,607 million, an increase of £1,969 million, with another strong performance from  
the core business at £6,154 million (2011: £6,196 million) and a reduction of £2,011 million in non-core losses to £3,547 million. This was  
driven by continued improvement in asset quality and further progress on our simplification programme, which resulted in, respectively,  
a substantial improvement in the impairment charge, down 42 per cent to £5,697 million, and a further reduction in total costs of 5 per cent 
to £10,082 million. These improvements more than offset an expected reduction in underlying income, down 13 per cent to £18,386 million, 
due mainly to a decline in net interest margin, further non-core asset reductions and continued subdued demand for lending and 
customer deleveraging.

Returns increased in the core business
in our core business, the return on risk-weighted assets improved 10 basis points to 2.56 per cent, and underlying profit was broadly stable 
at £6,154 million (2011: £6,196 million). core total costs reduced 5 per cent to £9,212 million as a result of further simplification savings, and 
the impairment charge decreased 34 per cent to £1,919 million driven primarily by continued improvement in the quality of our portfolios. 
These effects broadly offset a reduction of 8 per cent in underlying income which reflected expected continued subdued lending demand 
and customer deleveraging, as well as a decline in core net interest margin of 10 basis points year-on-year. This decline was mainly a result 
of higher wholesale funding costs, but was mitigated throughout the year by the benefit of repricing certain lending portfolios and further 
improvements to the funding mix.

Further substantial non-core asset reduction and lower non-core losses
We delivered a further substantial reduction in non-core assets of £42.3 billion (30 per cent) in 2012, significantly ahead of our original  
guidance for the year, resulting in a remaining non-core asset portfolio of £98.4 billion. The percentage reduction in risk weighted assets on 
the portfolio was in line with that of non-core assets. continued high wholesale funding costs were the main driver behind a reduction in the 
non-core margin of 46 basis points to 0.55 per cent. Given a substantial improvement in the impairment charge, which reduced by 45 per cent 
to £3,778 million, and a further 7 per cent cost reduction, the non-core business delivered a reduced underlying loss of £3,547 million  
(2011: £5,558 million).

Management and statutory results
Management profit, which includes the effects of asset sales, liability management, volatile items and fair value unwind was £4,827 million,  
an increase of £2,142 million or 80 per cent compared to 2011. This included a profit on government bond sales of £3,207 million  
(2011: £196 million) as a result of our active management of our balance sheet in response to the low interest rate environment, and a positive 
fair value unwind of £650 million, partly offset by a loss on asset sales of £660 million, charges for own debt volatility of £270 million, and other 
volatility of £478 million.

The statutory loss before tax of £570 million included provisions of £3,575 million in relation to legacy PPi business and £400 million in relation 
to iRHP sales to small and medium sized business. charges relating to simplification amounted to £676 million, while costs relating to the Ec 
mandated retail business disposal (Verde) totalled £570 million. The loss after tax was £1,343 million, with a tax charge of £773 million. This tax  
charge reflects a policyholder tax charge arising from the revaluation of policyholder tax credits in the light of current economic forecasts and  
recent changes to the taxation of life insurance companies and the impact of the announced reduction in uK corporation tax rate to 23 per cent 
on the net deferred tax asset.

charges relating to simplification amounted to £676 million, while costs relating to the Ec mandated retail business disposal (Verde) totalled 
£570 million.

Balance sheet further strengthened; remain confident in our capital position
We continue to make good progress in strengthening our balance sheet, further improving our core tier 1 capital ratio by 1.2 per cent to 
12.0 per cent by the end of 2012. The total capital ratio improved from 15.6 per cent at the end of 2011 to 17.3 per cent, which already exceeds 
the independent commission on Banking’s (icB) primary loss-absorbing capacity (PlAc) recommendations. Our fully loaded core tier 1 ratio 
increased by 1 per cent to 8.1 per cent. We continued to reduce risk in the balance sheet, achieving a significant non-core asset reduction and 
completing the transformation of our funding position. We remain confident in our capital position given our strongly capital generative core 
business and the capital accretive non-core asset reduction achieved in the year. 

The non-core asset reduction and further deposit growth of 4 per cent (excluding repos) also allowed us to further transform our funding 
position in 2012, with the core loan to deposit ratio of 101 per cent at the end of 2012 now very close to our long-term target of 100 per cent. 
The total amount of Group wholesale funding reduced by 32 per cent to £169.6 billion at the end of 2012 from £251.2 billion at the end of 2011, 
and its maturity profile was further improved, with wholesale funding with a maturity of less than one year reduced to less than 30 per cent of 
total wholesale funding at the end of 2012, down from 45 per cent at the end of 2011.

Our liquidity position remains strong, with a primary liquid asset portfolio of £87.6 billion. The total liquid asset portfolio of £205 billion 
represents approximately four times our wholesale funding with a maturity of less than one year at the end of 2012, providing a substantial 
buffer in the event of market dislocation. 

44

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

45

Organisational and reporting changes
A number of alterations were made to the management and organisation of the Group during the year.

in the first half of 2012 the Asset Finance business, previously reported within Wholesale, was transferred to the Wealth, Asset Finance 
and international division. in the fourth quarter of 2012, the Group’s Wholesale and commercial divisions were combined to form the new 
commercial Banking division. The Group’s European and Australian wholesale business has also been transferred from Wealth, Asset Finance 
and international to commercial Banking.

comparative figures have been restated accordingly.

We continue to simplify our reporting and this is the last time we will report management profit as a separate item. Going forward our 
reporting will focus on underlying and statutory profit. in addition, impairment charges directly related to asset sales are now included in the 
asset sales line.

Total underlying income

net interest income 

Other income

insurance claims

Total underlying income

Banking net interest margin

2012  
£m 

10,335 

8,416 

(365)

18,386 

1.93% 

Group

2011  
£m 

12,210 

9,179 

(343)

21,046 

2.07% 

change  
% 

(15)

(8)

(6)

(13)

(14)bp 

2012  
£m 

9,868 

7,782 

(365)

17,285 

2.32% 

Core

2011  
£m 

10,893 

8,215 

(343)

18,765 

2.42% 

Average interest-earning banking assets

£543.3bn 

£585.4bn 

(7)

£423.7bn 

£438.7bn 

loan to deposit ratio

121% 

135% 

(14)pp 

101% 

109% 

change  
% 

(9)

(5)

(6)

(8)

(10)bp 

(3)

(8)pp

Total underlying income for the year decreased 13 per cent to £18,386 million, principally reflecting the effects on the core business of 
continued subdued lending and customer deleveraging, and further asset reductions in the non-core business.

Trends in total underlying income were more stable in the second half of the year, as the effect on non-core income from the reduction of 
non-core assets was broadly offset by core income growth which, having reduced by 5 per cent in the first half of 2012, increased by 2 per cent 
in the second half.

Group income
Group net interest income for the year fell by 15 per cent to £10,335 million due to lower asset balances and a decline in margin. Average 
interest-earning banking assets fell 7 per cent, mainly due to further non-core asset reductions, while the banking net interest margin reduced 
14 basis points to 1.93 per cent, due to competitive deposit markets and higher wholesale funding costs continuing into 2012, with the average 
cost of new funding continuing to be higher than the average cost of maturing funds. These effects were partly mitigated by the benefits of 
re-pricing certain lending portfolios, an improving funding mix, and the reduction in lower margin non-core banking assets.

A reduction in other income of 8 per cent to £8,416 million was mainly driven by lower expected returns in the insurance business and low 
customer confidence affecting sales of insurance products. in addition, fee income in Asset Finance and international was lower, while 
managed reduction in the balance sheet also reduced fees and commissions.

Core income
The reduction in core net interest income of 9 per cent to £9,868 million reflected the 3 per cent decrease in core average interest-earning 
banking assets, and a 10 basis point decline in banking net interest margin which was a result of continued elevated funding costs. The decline 
in core assets slowed in the second half, with customer loans and advances down by £3.2 billion compared with a reduction of £8.5 billion in 
the first half. The core net interest margin was stable throughout the year. core other income reduced by 5 per cent, reflecting lower expected 
returns in the insurance business, and reduced sales of insurance products.

Total costs

core

non-core

Total costs

simplification savings annual run rate

2012  
£m 

9,212 

870 

10,082 

847 

2011  
£m 

9,682 

939 

10,621 

242 

change  
% 

5 

7 

5 

Total costs decreased by 5 per cent compared to 2011, and are now close to our £10 billion target. This is two years ahead of the plan we set 
out in our 2011 strategic Review and an absolute reduction in the cost base of around £1 billion since 2010, despite inflation and increased 
investment in the core business.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7646

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

47

suMMARY OF GROuP REsulTs

core total costs reduced by 5 per cent driven by the benefits of our simplification programme, partly offset by inflationary pressures  
and increased investment in the business, while in the non-core business, the reduction of 7 per cent was mainly a result of a smaller  
non-core portfolio.

The charge to the Group in respect of the Financial services compensation scheme costs was £175 million (2011: £179 million). The Bank levy 
was £179 million (2011: £189 million), in spite of an increase in the rate of the levy, as a consequence of the lower levels of wholesale funding  
a reduction in the Group’s balance sheet and an increase in the proportion of funding with a maturity of greater than one year.

As at 31 december 2012, we had realised annual run rate savings of £847 million from our initiatives to simplify the Group, an increase of 
£605 million since 31 december 2011, with the simplification programme contributing in year cost savings of £774 million in 2012.

since the start of the programme 18 months ago, we have made strong progress in our simplification programme, with over 200 
improvements delivered. We continue to simplify our business operations through streamlining and improving customer processes, reducing 
management layers and increasing spans of control as well as restructuring business units. The latter includes consolidation of back office 
operations sites, optimisation of our model for delivery of iT and outsourcing of our property facilities and asset management services. These 
improvements are also contributing to improved customer service and significant reductions in customer complaints (excluding PPi).

Given the good progress we have made in the delivery of the simplification programme in restructuring, simplifying and improving processes, 
we remain on track to meet our increased run rate target of £1.9 billion by the end of 2014. This compares with the original target of £1.7 billion 
announced in June 2011 as part of our strategic Review. We are now also targeting a reduction in Group total costs to around £9.8 billion 
in 2013.

impairment

core

non-core

Total impairment

impairment charge

impairment charge 
as a % of average advances

2012  
£m 

1,919 

3,778 

5,697 

2011  
£m 

2,887 

6,900 

9,787 

change  
% 

34 

45 

42 

2012  
% 

0.44 

3.08 

1.02 

2011  
% 

0.64 

4.60 

1.62 

We continue to improve asset quality through the ongoing application of our conservative credit risk appetite, strong risk management 
controls and de-risking of our portfolios. This resulted in a reduction in the Group impairment charge of 42 per cent to £5,697 million. The 
overall performance of the portfolio continues to improve and benefits from low interest rates and broadly stable uK residential property 
prices, partly offset by the subdued uK economy, the weak commercial real estate market, and high, although reducing, unemployment.

Core impairment
The core impairment charge of £1,919 million was 34 per cent lower than the charge in 2011, primarily driven by better performance in Retail, 
which reduced by 34 per cent to £1,192 million, and commercial Banking, which reduced by 33 per cent to £704 million. The reduction in Retail 
was mainly driven by a reduction in the unsecured charge driven by our sustainable approach to risk, reduced balances and effective portfolio 
management, while the secured portfolio also saw a lower charge as a result of a fall in impaired loans. Within commercial Banking the fall in 
core impairment charge was primarily attributable to lower impairments in some core portfolios, including Mid Markets, corporate and sME. 
in Mid Markets and corporate, there were specific large impairments in these portfolios in 2011, which were not repeated in 2012. The core 
impairment charge as a percentage of average advances improved to 0.44 per cent, remaining better than our long-term target for the Group 
as a whole.

non-core impairment
The non-core impairment charge of £3,778 million was 45 per cent lower than the charge in 2011, driven by material reductions of 29 per cent 
to £2,242 million in the commercial Banking charge, and of 60 per cent to £1,321 million in the international charge. in commercial Banking, 
non-core impairments decreased, particularly in the Australasian and Acquisition Finance portfolios, partly offset by further deterioration in 
the shipping portfolio as a result of a weak market. in international, the impairment charge reduction was largely as a result of lower charges  
in the irish business.

non-core loans and advances to customers accounted for 72 per cent of the Group’s impaired loans and had a coverage ratio of 51 per cent  
at 31 december 2012 (31 december 2011: 48 per cent).

46

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

47

Management profit
Management profit was £4,827 million in 2012, an increase of £2,142 million when compared to 2011. This incorporates the effects of asset sales, 
liability management, volatile items and fair value unwind.

Underlying profit

Asset sales1

liability management

Own debt volatility

Other volatile items

Fair value unwind

Management profit

2012  
£m 

2,607 

2,547 

(229)

(270)

(478)

650 

4,827 

2011  
£m 

638 

284 

1,295 

248 

(986)

1,206 

2,685 

1

net of associated fair value unwind of £689 million (2011: £737 million).

The Group’s management profit has been affected by our active management of the balance sheet position in response to the low interest 
rate environment and the reduction in wholesale funding spreads seen in 2012.

The profit from asset sales of £2,547 million primarily relates to £3,207 million gains from sales of Government securities, as the Group has 
taken the opportunity afforded by the continuing low yields on these securities to rebalance and reduce the level of these holdings. Also 
included are losses from asset disposals of £1,349 million, principally relating to the run-down of the non-core portfolios, partially offset by  
a related fair value unwind of £689 million.

liability management losses of £229 million arose on transactions undertaken as part of the Group’s management of wholesale funding and 
capital, including a loss of £397 million in the second half resulting from debt repurchases and a gain of £168 million relating to the exchange  
of certain capital securities for other subordinated debt instruments in the first half.

Own debt volatility of £270 million is primarily driven by a charge relating to the change in fair value of the small proportion of the Group’s 
wholesale funding which was designated at fair value at inception, and which reflects the tightening in credit spreads in the second half of 2012. 
This was partly offset by a positive impact relating to the change in fair value of the equity conversion feature of the Enhanced capital notes.

Other volatile items include the change in fair value of interest rate derivatives and foreign exchange hedges in the banking book not 
mitigated through hedge accounting, reflecting the volatile market conditions in the period, and a positive net derivative valuation 
adjustment.

Management profit also includes a gain of £650 million relating to an unwind of acquisition-related fair value adjustments. The unwind of fair 
value relating to assets disposed of in the period is included in the asset sales line. 

Statutory loss
statutory loss before tax was £570 million in 2012. Management profit was offset by provisions relating to legacy PPi business totalling 
£3,575 million, other regulatory provisions of £650 million, and other charges totalling £1,172 million. Further detail on the reconciliation  
to management and statutory results is included in note 4 on page 233.

Management profit 

simplification, Ec mandated retail business disposal and integration costs

Payment protection insurance provision

Other regulatory provisions

Past service pensions credit

Amortisation of purchased intangibles

Volatility arising in insurance businesses

Loss before tax – statutory

Taxation

Loss for the period

loss per share

2012  
£m 

4,827 

(1,246)

(3,575)

(650)

250 

(482)

306 

(570)

(773)

(1,343)

(2.0)p

2011  
£m 

2,685 

(1,452)

(3,200)

(175)

– 

(562)

(838)

(3,542)

828 

(2,714)

(4.1)p 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7648

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

49

suMMARY OF GROuP REsulTs

Simplification and eC mandated retail business disposal costs
The costs of the simplification programme were £676 million in 2012, with a total of £861 million spent to date. These costs related to 
severance, iT and business costs of implementation. FTE role reductions of 4,892 were announced in 2012 taking the total to 6,990 since the 
start of the programme. simplification of our business operations continues through reduction in management layers and increasing spans of 
control as well as restructuring business units. The latter includes consolidation of back office operations sites, optimisation of our iT delivery 
model and outsourcing of our property facilities and asset management services. costs relating to the Ec mandated business disposal in 2012 
were £570 million and from inception to date total £782 million (costs in the year ended 31 december 2011: £170 million).

Payment protection insurance provision
The Group has had further experience of PPi complaint volumes, uphold rates and operational and redress costs since the announcement 
of our third quarter 2012 interim Management statement. As a consequence, we have made a further provision of £1,500 million in the fourth 
quarter, which brings the amount provided for PPi in 2012 to £3,575 million, and the total amount provided to £6,775 million. Total costs 
incurred to the end of 2012 were £4,344 million, including approximately £700 million of related administration costs.

The net volume of PPi complaints and costs of contact and redress continue to trend downwards. complaints received in the fourth quarter 
of 2012 were approximately 20 per cent lower than the preceding quarter, and around 30 per cent lower than the second quarter of 2012. The 
average monthly spend for the fourth quarter of 2012 was approximately £200 million, a reduction of approximately 25 per cent on the third 
quarter. While uncertainty remains, we expect the average monthly spend to reduce further in the first half of 2013, by broadly 20 per cent 
when compared to the fourth quarter of 2012, before further reducing in the second half of the year.

Other regulatory matters
in June 2012, a number of banks, including lloyds Banking Group, reached agreement with the Financial services Authority (FsA) to carry out  
a thorough assessment of iRHP sales made since 1 december 2001 to certain small and medium sized businesses. The Group agreed that,  
on conclusion of this review, it would provide redress to any of these customers where appropriate. At that time the total cost was not expected  
to be material.

Given the agreement with the FsA reached on 30 January 2013 following the outcome of a pilot review of iRHP sales to small and medium-sized 
businesses, the Group now believes it is appropriate to increase its provision for iRHP by £310 million, based on revised estimates of redress 
and related administration costs. The provision in relation to iRHP now totals £300 million for the cost of redress and £100 million for related 
administration costs, all of which was accounted for in 2012. At the end of 2012, only £20 million of the original provision had been utilised.

We have received a number of claims in the German courts relating to policies issued by clerical Medical investment Group limited, 
principally during the late 1990s and early 2000s, and recognised an additional provision of £150 million in respect of this litigation in the  
third quarter of 2012, taking the total provision to £325 million.

The Group has also taken a provision of £100 million for potential redress and other costs relating to uK Retail and other legacy conduct  
of business issues.

Further detail on these matters is contained in note 44 on page 278 of this annual report.

interbank offered rate setting investigations
We continue to co-operate with investigations by government agencies in the uK, us and overseas into submissions made to the bodies 
that set various interbank offered rates. in addition the Group, together with other panel banks, has been named in private lawsuits in the 
us including with regard to the setting of BBA london interbank offered rates. it is currently not possible to predict the scope and ultimate 
outcome of the various regulatory investigations or private lawsuits, including the timing and scale of the potential impact of any investigations 
and private lawsuits on the Group.

Past service pensions credit 
As previously disclosed at the 2012 Half-Year Results, following a review of policy in respect of discretionary pension increases in relation  
to the Group’s defined benefit pension schemes, increases in certain schemes are now linked to the consumer Price index rather than the 
Retail Price index. The effect of this change is a reduction in the Group’s defined benefit obligation of £250 million, the benefit of which has 
been recognised in the Group’s income statement in 2012.

volatility arising in insurance businesses 
The Group’s statutory result before tax is affected by insurance volatility, caused by movements in financial markets, and policyholder interests 
volatility, which primarily reflects the gross up of policyholder tax included in the Group tax charge. in 2012 the Group’s statutory result before 
tax included positive insurance and policyholder interests volatility totalling £306 million compared to negative volatility of £838 million in 2011. 
Further detail is given on pages 74 and 75.

Taxation
The tax charge for 2012 was £773 million. This represents a greater tax burden than that implied by the uK statutory rate. This is primarily due 
to a policyholder tax charge of £583 million arising from the revaluation of policyholder tax credits in the light of current economic forecasts 
and recent changes to the taxation of life insurance companies. An additional £308 million of the tax charge results from the impact of the 
announced reduction in uK corporation tax rate to 23 per cent on the net deferred tax asset.

48

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

49

Balance sheet

Confident in Group’s capital position: capital ratios further improved and substantial further progress on balance sheet reduction 
We have a strong capital position, and increased our core tier 1 capital ratio to 12.0 per cent at the end of december 2012 
(31 december 2011: 10.8 per cent). This increase was principally driven by a reduction in risk-weighted assets of £42.0 billion, mainly driven by 
the non-core reduction, and the contribution from management profit, partly offset by statutory items and tax costs. The total capital ratio at 
31 december 2012 improved to 17.3 per cent (31 december 2011: 15.6 per cent), which is already in excess of the independent commission 
Banking’s (icB) primary loss-absorbing capacity (PlAc) recommendations. 

When applying the draft July 2011 cRd iV rules on both transitional and fully loaded bases, the Group’s pro forma common equity tier 1 (cET1) 
capital ratios would have been 11.6 per cent and 8.1 per cent respectively as at 31 december 2012. The pro forma capital resources are based 
on our interpretation of the draft July 2011 cRd iV rules with risk-weighted assets estimates updated to reflect the Group’s best expectation 
of how these rules will be amended for subsequent Basel announcements and Eu discussions. Our calculation now includes a benefit of 
approximately 30 basis points from the expected favourable resolution of the definition of corporate exceptions from derivative valuation 
adjustments and of changes to the definition of default for retail mortgages. in addition, if the alternative treatment was allowed under cRd iV 
in relation to insurance holdings, we believe this would increase the fully loaded pro forma cRd iV cET1 ratio by approximately 1.0 per cent 
assuming application of the July 2011 text. 

Funded assets

Risk-weighted assets

non-core assets

non-core risk-weighted assets

core tier 1 capital ratio

Tier 1 capital ratio

Total capital ratio

Pro forma fully loaded cRd iV core tier 1 capital ratio

At 
 31 Dec 
2012

£535.3bn 

£310.3bn 

£98.4bn 

£72.9bn 

12.0% 

13.8% 

17.3% 

8.1% 

At 
 31 dec 
2011

£587.7bn 

£352.3bn 

£140.7bn 

£108.8bn 

10.8% 

12.5% 

15.6% 

7.1% 

change 
%

(9)

(12)

(30)

(33)

1.2pp 

1.3pp 

1.7pp 

 1.0pp

We are pleased with the progress made on our balance sheet reduction plans, given challenging market conditions. in 2012, we achieved  
a substantial reduction of £42.3 billion in the non-core portfolio, resulting in the portfolio at 31 december 2012 amounting to £98.4 billion. The 
reduction continues to be managed in a capital efficient manner, and was capital accretive in 2012. it included reductions of £14 billion in treasury 
assets, £6 billion in uK commercial real estate and £9 billion in international assets of which £4 billion was in ireland and £2 billion in Australasia.

The 33 per cent fall in non-core risk-weighted assets over the last year is in line with the 30 per cent of asset reductions achieved and reflects the 
substantial decrease in risk we have achieved over this period. We continue to expect our non-core assets to reduce to £70 billion or less by the 
end of 2014, at which point we expect more than 50 per cent to be retail assets.

The substantial reduction we have achieved in our non-core portfolio means we have now met our Ec asset reduction commitment of 
£181 billion and we will now seek formal release from this commitment, substantially ahead of the deadline of 31 december 2014.

The Financial Policy committee (FPc) published its Financial stability Report on 29 november 2012 recommending that the Financial 
services Authority (FsA) takes action to ensure that the capital of uK banks and building societies reflects a proper valuation of their 
assets, a realistic assessment of future conduct costs and prudent calculation of risk weights. The Group has made significant progress and 
continues to deliver on its strategy of strengthening the balance sheet, including its capital position, to improve the resilience of the Group.

The Group has strong governance, processes and controls which, combined with the Group’s proactive management of risk, result in an 
appropriate level of capital. This includes:

 – Rigorous stress testing exercises where the results are shared with the FsA; and

 – Prudent internal models, based on empirical data, that meet regulatory and stringent internal requirements

in the context of on-going macro prudential policy discussions the Board has decided to issue new lloyds Banking Group ordinary shares  
to fund discretionary payments on tier 1 hybrid capital securities to be made during 2013. such discretionary payments are estimated to amount  
to approximately £350 million and will be made subject to the terms and conditions of the tier 1 hybrid capital securities. Further detail is included  
on page 184.

Overall, given our strongly capital generative core business and the ongoing capital accretive non-core asset reduction, we remain confident 
in the Group’s capital position.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7650

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

51

suMMARY OF GROuP REsulTs

Funding position transformed; liquidity coverage further increased
The Group has transformed its funding profile and by the end of 2012, the Group loan to deposit ratio had improved from 135 per cent  
at 31 december 2011 to 121 per cent. The core loan to deposit ratio also improved to 101 per cent from 109 per cent at 31 december 2011.

customer deposits1

Wholesale funding

Wholesale funding <1 year maturity

Of which money market funding <1 year maturity

Wholesale funding <1 year maturity as a % of total wholesale funding

loan to deposit ratio2

core business loan to deposit ratio2

Government facilities

Primary liquid assets

secondary liquidity

At  
31 Dec  
2012

£422.5bn 

£169.6bn 

£50.6bn 

£31.0bn 

29.8%

121% 

101% 

– 

£87.6bn 

£117.1bn 

At 
31 dec 
2011

£405.9bn 

£251.2bn 

£113.3bn 

£69.1bn 

45.1%

135% 

109% 

£23.5bn 

£94.8bn 

£107.4bn 

change 
%

4 

(32)

(55)

(55)

(15.3)pp

(14)pp 

(8)pp 

(8)

9 

1

2

Excluding repos of £4.4 billion (31 december 2011: £8.0 billion).

loans and advances to customers excluding reverse repos divided by customer deposits excluding repos.

We delivered customer deposit growth of 4 per cent, with good growth in both our Retail and Wealth, Asset Finance and international 
divisions. 

Wholesale funding has reduced by 32 per cent since 31 december 2011 to £169.6 billion. Our short-term money-market funding reduced 
further by 55 per cent to £31.0 billion (2011: £69.1 billion). We have also improved the maturity profile of wholesale funding, with less than 
30 per cent of wholesale funding having a maturity of less than one year at 31 december 2012, compared to 45 per cent at 31 december 2011. 

We have also fully repaid all debt issued under the uK Government’s credit Guarantee scheme, achieving a reduction of £23.5 billion  
in 2012.
in the first quarter of 2012, we drew €13.5 billion (the sterling equivalent at the date of drawdown was £11.2 billion) under the European central 
Bank’s long-Term Refinancing Operation for an initial term of three years, to part fund a pool of non-core euro denominated assets. since the 
year-end, the Group has repaid over £8 billion of these, a decision which demonstrates the Group’s balance sheet strength and strong liquidity 
position. We will retain the remaining funds as a currency hedge against our European portfolio.

in August 2012, we announced our support for the uK Government’s Funding for lending scheme. We were the first bank to draw on the 
scheme in september 2012, drawing down £1 billion, with a further £2 billion during the last quarter of 2012.

We continue to maintain a strong liquidity position. Our primary liquid asset portfolio at the year-end reduced to £87.6 billion  
(2011: £94.8 billion), reflecting a reduction in total assets, wholesale funding and regulatory liquidity requirements. This represents 
approximately three times our money market funding and is approximately one and half times our aggregate wholesale funding with  
a maturity of less than a year, providing a substantial buffer in the event of market dislocation. in addition to primary liquidity assets, we  
have significant secondary liquidity holdings of £117.1 billion. Our total liquid assets represent approximately four times our short-term 
wholesale funding.

Given the improvements we have made to the strength of our balance sheet, we have significantly greater balance sheet flexibility with  
a strong liquidity position and reduced funding requirements. We re-purchased over £15 billion of term wholesale funding in 2012, including 
£8.5 billion through two public tenders for senior funding. These tenders were undertaken to more effectively manage our overall wholesale 
funding profile and optimise our future interest expense, whilst maintaining a prudent approach to liquidity.

in January 2013, to promote short-term resilience of bank liquidity risk profiles, the Basel committee amended the calculation of the liquidity 
coverage Ratio. This requirement has been relaxed to allow a wider pool of asset classes to be deemed to be liquid, and to lengthen the 
implementation timeframe and assumed cash outflows have been reduced. We await the FsA’s interpretation as it applies to uK banks before 
we can assess the impact to our liquidity position.

Conclusion
in 2012 we delivered a significantly improved underlying performance with key metrics in line with or ahead of expectations and guidance. The 
core business continues to deliver strong and stable returns, above the cost of equity. in a challenging economic and regulatory environment 
we have further derisked the balance sheet, strengthened the capital position and transformed our funding profile, and as a result, we are now 
increasingly well positioned for growth.

George Culmer
Group Finance director

50

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

51

Management basis segmental analysis

2012

net interest income

Other income

insurance claims

Total underlying income, net of  
insurance claims

Total costs

impairment 

Underlying profit (loss)

Asset sales

Volatile items

liability management

Fair value unwind

Management profit (loss)

Banking net interest margin

impairment charge as a percentage  
of average advances

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items at 31 December 2012

loans and advances to customers excluding 
reverse repos

customer deposits excluding repos

Total customer balances

Risk-weighted assets

2011

net interest income

Other income

insurance claims

Total underlying income, net of  
insurance claims

Total costs

impairment 

underlying profit (loss)

Asset sales

Volatile items

liability management

Fair value unwind

Management profit (loss)

Banking net interest margin 

impairment charge as a percentage  
of average advances

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items at 31 december 2011

loans and advances to customers excluding 
reverse repos

customer deposits excluding repos

Total customer balances

Risk-weighted assets

Retail
£m

7,195 

1,462 

– 

8,657 

(4,199) 

(1,270) 

3,188 

– 

– 

– 

482 

3,670 

2.08%

0.36%

3.21%

£bn

343.3 

260.8 

604.1 

 95.5

£m

7,497

1,660

–

9,157

(4,438)

(1,970)

2,749

48

–

–

839

3,636

2.09%

0.54%

2.56%

£bn 

352.8

247.1

599.9

103.2

Commercial 
Banking
£m

Wealth, Asset 
Finance and  
international
£m

Group  
Operations and 
Central items 
£m

insurance 
£m

2,206 

2,932 

– 

5,138 

(2,516) 

(2,946) 

(324) 

(464) 

138 

– 

888 

238 

1.58%

1.85%

(0.18)%

£bn

134.7 

109.7 

244.4 

165.2 

£m

3,192 

2,806 

– 

5,998 

(2,600) 

(4,210) 

(812) 

61 

(736) 

– 

1,562 

75 

1.86%

799 

2,043 

– 

2,842 

(2,291) 

(1,480) 

(929) 

(196) 

– 

– 

(51) 

(1,176) 

1.65%

3.12%

(2.31)%

£bn

 33.4

 51.9

 85.3

36.2 

£m

1,003 

2,230 

– 

3,233 

(2,414) 

(3,604) 

(2,785) 

(21) 

– 

– 

122 

(2,684) 

1.72%

(78) 

2,294 

(365) 

1,851 

(744) 

– 

1,107 

– 

– 

– 

(42) 

1,065 

£bn

£m

(67)

2,687

(343)

2,277

(812)

–

1,465

–

–

–

(43)

1,422

213 

(315) 

– 

(102)   

(332) 

(1) 

(435) 

3,207 

(886) 

(229) 

(627) 

1,030 

£bn

0.7 

0.1 

0.8 

13.4 

£m

585

(204)

–

381

(357)

(3)

21

196

(2)

1,295

(1,274)

236

2.32%

(0.39)%

6.48%

(5.82)%

£bn

£bn 

£bn

£bn 

155.7 

116.7 

272.4 

192.9 

40.2 

41.7 

81.9 

43.6 

0.1

0.4

0.5

12.6

Group 
£m

10,335 

8,416 

(365) 

18,386 

(10,082) 

(5,697) 

2,607 

2,547 

(748) 

(229) 

650 

4,827 

1.93%

1.02%

0.78%

£bn

512.1 

422.5 

934.6 

310.3 

£m

12,210

9,179

(343)

21,046

(10,621)

(9,787)

638

284

(738)

1,295

1,206

2,685

2.07%

1.62%

0.17%

£bn 

548.8

405.9

954.7

352.3

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7652

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

53

diVisiOnAl REsulTs

 RETAil

2012 highlights

q  in 2012, Retail further increased its profits and returns, and made substantial progress towards its goal of being the best bank for customers.
q  underlying profit increased by 16 per cent, and core underlying profit by 21 per cent, driven by strong cost control and a significant reduction  

in impairment.

q  Return on risk-weighted assets increased to 3.21 per cent from 2.56 per cent in 2011, driven primarily by the increase in profits.
q   Retail has made continued progress in improving its customer service scores and saw a reduction in customer complaints (excluding PPi)  

of 28 per cent during 2012, both key indicators of customer advocacy. This has supported the strengthening of brand consideration to market 
leading levels.

q   The simplification programme has delivered significant improvements in customer experience, process efficiencies and reduced sourcing costs.  

This contributed to the strong cost performance delivered by Retail.

q  We continued to support the first time buyer mortgage market, lending to one in four first time buyers. We also increased our commitment  

for lending to first time buyers during 2013. in addition, we continue to deliver strong growth in customer deposit balances attracting funds from 
almost one in every four savers. 

q   Retail continues to support local communities through its contribution to Group programmes and through direct commitments by Retail colleagues. 
in 2012 over 8,500 colleagues in Retail used their ‘day to Make a difference’ in local communities, including supporting national school sports Week.

Performance summary

net interest income 

Other income 

Total underlying income 

Total costs

impairment 

Underlying profit

Banking net interest margin

impairment charge as a % of average advances 

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items

loans and advances to customers excluding reverse repos

customer deposits excluding repos 

Total customer balances

Risk-weighted assets

2012  
£m

7,195

1,462

8,657

(4,199)

(1,270)

3,188

2.08%

0.36%

3.21%

At 
31 Dec 
2012  
£bn

343.3

260.8

604.1

95.5

2011  
£m

7,497

1,660

9,157

(4,438)

(1,970)

2,749

2.09%

0.54%

2.56%

At 
31 dec 
2011  
£bn

352.8 

247.1

599.9

103.2

change  
%

(4)

(12)

(5)

5

36

16

(1)bp

(18)bp

65bp

change  
%

(3)

6

1

(7)

52

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

53

Strategic focus
Retail’s goal is to be the best bank for customers in the uK. We are working towards this by building deep and enduring relationships with our customers 
that deliver real value to them, and by continuing to support the uK economy. We are increasing engagement with our customers by delivering greater 
choice and flexibility through our multiple brands and channels. At the same time we are simplifying the business to increase our agility and enable us to 
respond more quickly to customers’ needs, and improve customer experience. We are particularly focused on continuing to improve customer service 
and actively reduce customer complaints. in addition, by further developing our customer insight and gaining a deeper understanding of our customers, 
we are better aligning our products and services to our customers’ requirements. This is increasing customer advocacy which ultimately delivers lower 
customer acquisition costs, greater share of their business and improved customer retention.

Progress against strategic initiatives
Retail has continued to make excellent progress towards being the best bank for customers during 2012. This progress is demonstrated by an increase 
in customer advocacy, reflected in our customer service scores which have risen by 13 per cent during 2012. This improvement is being supported by 
the strong focus within Retail on reducing customer complaints, which have decreased by 28 per cent (excluding PPi). Over 2012, based on performance 
across Branch, Telephone and internet Banking, lloyds TsB has been the leading High street bank for customer service1.

By investing in customers and growth, we are positioning ourselves for an improvement in market conditions. We have maintained our position as 
the uK’s largest lender to first time buyers and in 2012 helped one in every four buy their first home. This achievement has been supported by the 
development of new propositions for first time and new-build property buyers. We have continued to deliver net inflows from switching current accounts 
as well as attracting deposits from almost one in every four savers. This has supported strong growth in customer deposit balances and contributed to 
our strengthened balance sheet. in addition, we have supported over half a million customers to buy their cars, improve their homes and manage their 
finances through unsecured consumer loans.

We are also investing in the channels our customers use to interact with the Group. in particular we have made significant developments to our digital 
proposition and branches. This includes the expansion of services available on smart phones and mobile devices, which has contributed to the 
continued growth of our online customer base to 9.5 million and our mobile banking services which are now used by 3.3 million customers.

Earlier in 2012 we concluded a review of the implications of the Retail distribution Review. We will now offer investment advice to customers with over 
£100,000 of investible assets through our private banking services. it will allow us to focus on providing market leading savings and protection services to 
mainstream customers.

We are continuing to successfully simplify the bank. We have implemented further automation, and improved the functionality of current account and 
isA savings switching services to improve customer experience. These processes also require significantly fewer manual interventions, contributing to 
reduced costs and customer complaints. We have also continued to develop our telephony services for customers and have introduced ‘say Anything’ 
interactive Voice Response technology, which guides customer calls accurately and promptly to the right service.

Finally, Retail has continued to support the uK economy and local communities through its contribution to Group programmes, and through 
commitments made by Retail colleagues. in 2012 over 8,500 colleagues volunteered using the Bank’s ‘day to Make a difference’ programme. in addition, 
Retail played a key role in the Group’s Partnership with the london 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games as official sponsors. Our colleagues were 
involved in many community activities, including the Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relays, and national school sport Week.

Financial performance
in 2012, Retail’s return on risk weighted assets increased to 3.21 per cent, a significant improvement on 2.56 per cent in 2011. This improvement was 
supported by a 16 per cent increase in underlying profit, and a 21 per cent increase in core underlying profit. The increase in profit in both core and total 
Retail was the result of strong cost control and continued significant improvements to credit performance. The core performance was very similar to the 
total performance given that non-core in Retail covers only 4 per cent of customer balances and 1 per cent of income.

net interest income decreased by 4 per cent in 2012, driven by muted demand for lending, previous de-risking of the balance sheet and increased 
funding costs. While the prior de-risking of the lending portfolio has suppressed income growth, it also supported an offsetting reduction in impairment 
charges. Retail has taken a number of actions to offset the pressure on income which includes making strategic investments and re-pricing selected 
lending portfolios to reflect current funding costs.

net interest margin was stable at 2.08 per cent in 2012. The net interest margin in the second half of the year particularly benefited from rate changes  
we made to the lending portfolio, but continues to be affected by higher funding costs and the impact of portfolio de-risking.

Other income decreased by 12 per cent largely as a result of lower bancassurance income that reflected the subdued investment and protection  
market environment. 

 compared to the other major High street Banks (defined as Barclays, Halifax, HsBc, natWest and santander), using a composite weighted score of main current account holder’s satisfaction with 
1
branch, telephone and internet services (among those using those channels in the last month). © GfK nOP Financial Research survey (FRs), 12 months ended december 2012 approximately 45,000 
adults surveyed.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7654

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

55

diVisiOnAl REsulTs
Retail

Total costs fell by 5 per cent, largely as a result of the simplification programme. As part of this programme we have delivered end-to-end process 
enhancements, migration of customers to self-service channels, and implemented further improvements in purchasing arrangements across Retail. We 
have also delivered other day-to-day cost benefits, which, when combined with our work on simplification, more than offset on-going cost inflation and 
increased investment spend.

credit performance across the business continued to be strong considering the subdued economic environment. This was supported by our sustainable 
approach to risk, a continued focus on lending to existing customers and low interest rates. The unsecured impairment charge reduced to £893 million 
from £1,507 million in 2011, reflecting the impact of our sustainable approach to risk (resulting in improved new business quality), effective portfolio 
management and a reduction in unsecured balances. The secured impairment charge decreased to £377 million from £463 million in 2011, reflecting 
further reductions in impaired loans in the secured portfolio.

Balance sheet progress
loans and advances to customers decreased by 3 per cent. This was driven by a number of factors, including reduced customer demand for new credit, 
existing customers continuing to reduce their personal indebtedness, non-core lending run-off and Retail maintaining a sustainable approach to risk. 
The reduction in lending to customers was in part due to the repayment of unsecured debt where balances reduced by £1.7 billion to £22.0 billion,  
or 7 per cent. secured balances reduced by £7.8 billion, to £321.3 billion, of which £1.4 billion was a reduction in non-core mortgage balances.

customer deposits increased by 6 per cent in 2012. This reflects the success of our multi-brand customer propositions and the agile pricing strategy  
that Retail has developed. Retail continued to deliver sustained growth in the savings market despite the high levels of competition. Our strong stable  
of savings brands continues to provide customers with a market leading range of products to meet their savings needs. 

Risk-weighted assets decreased by £7.7 billion during 2012. This was the result of lower lending balances, effective portfolio management and prior  
de-risking of the balance sheet.

54

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

55

 cOMMERciAl BAnKinG

2012 highlights 

q  commercial Banking was created in the fourth quarter of 2012 bringing small and Medium-sized Enterprises (sME) together with larger corporate uK 
and global clients to ensure consistent and effective client coverage. The former Wholesale division has been combined with the Australian and 
European corporate businesses previously reported in the international segment of Wealth, international and Asset Finance.

q  We continued to deepen our relationships with core clients through our investment in new products and capabilities to drive capital efficiency  

and through our lending commitments to support the uK economy and sMEs, including our involvement in the uK Government’s national loan 
Guarantee and the Funding for lending scheme (Fls).

q  underlying loss reduced by 60 per cent due to a 30 per cent reduction in impairments, which more than offset the reduction in total 

underlying income.

q  core underlying profit increased by 1 per cent to £1,748 million, driven by reduced impairments and improved other income from resilient 

performances in capital Markets, Financial Markets and ldc. This was offset by lower net interest income. Return on risk-weighted assets increased 
to 1.36 per cent from 1.32 per cent.

q  underlying loss in the former Wholesale business reduced by 36 per cent due to a 31 per cent reduction in impairments and improved other income. 

This more than offset lower net interest income, resulting from our strategic non-core asset reduction and increased wholesale funding costs.

q  underlying profit in the former commercial business increased by 10 per cent, driven by reduced impairments and costs partly offset by lower 

underlying income. core net lending grew by 4 per cent against market contraction of 4 per cent and we assisted in excess of 120,000 sMEs to start 
up in 2012.

Performance summary

net interest income 

Other income 

Total underlying income 

Total costs

impairment 

Underlying loss

Wholesale

commercial

Total Commercial Banking

Banking net interest margin

impairment charge as a % of average advances 

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items

loans and advances to customers excluding reverse repos

Wholesale

commercial

customer deposits excluding repos

Risk-weighted assets 

2012 
£m 

2,206

2,932

5,138

(2,516)

(2,946)

(324)

(792) 

468

(324)

1.58%

1.85%

(0.18)%

At 
31 Dec 
2012 
£bn 

105.1

29.6

134.7

109.7

165.2

20111
£m 

3,192

2,806

5,998

(2,600)

(4,210)

(812)

(1,238) 

426

(812)

1.86%

2.32%

(0.39)%

At 
31 dec
20111
£bn 

126.9

28.8

155.7

116.7

192.9

change 
%

(31)

4

(14)

3

30

60

36

10

60

(28)bp

(47)bp

21bp

change 
%

(17)

3

(13)

(6)

(14)

1

 Restated to reflect transfers from Wealth, Asset Finance and international and transfer of Asset Finance to Wealth, Asset Finance and international.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 76 
56

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

57

diVisiOnAl REsulTs
Commercial Banking

Strategic focus
commercial Banking’s strategy is to be the best bank for our clients. We have put clients at the centre of our business model and will lead our business 
through four coverage segments: small and Medium-sized Enterprises (sME), Mid Markets, Global corporates and Financial institutions. We will meet 
our clients’ needs with a suite of core banking products from lending and Transaction Banking to Financial Markets and capital Markets, delivering the 
full capability of the bank to our clients and serving their needs as they move up the value chain. Our strategy is driven by three guiding principles; to 
be client centric, uK focused and capital efficient with a rigorous focus on executing our plans according to these core principles. Our business will be 
delivered through the formation of a simpler leaner organisation, sharper prioritisation of resources to support our core clients and focused investment  
in product capability to better serve our clients’ needs. All of this will contribute to the delivery of strong and sustainable commercial Banking returns 
over time.

Progress against strategic initiatives
in the fourth quarter of 2012, commercial Banking reshaped the business, bringing sME clients together with larger corporate uK and global clients to 
ensure consistent and effective client coverage. We continue our exercise to re-segment our client coverage, driven by evolving client behaviours. For 
sME and Mid Markets clients we are strengthening our face-to-face banking proposition as well as working to improve the delivery of simple products  
to meet simple needs through enhanced digital capability. For larger corporate clients we are strengthening our product capability through investment 
in Transaction Banking at the same time as enriching the core proposition in Financial Markets and capital Markets to improve fee generating solutions.

in 2012, we made good progress in simplifying the business through a series of initiatives to streamline operational processes and improve client 
experience and service. We have already delivered benefits through de-layering the organisation and removing inefficiencies and will continue to benefit 
as we deliver synergies from bringing the legacy divisions together. Within sME, significant progress has been made in simplifying the lending process 
and the time taken to complete lending transactions to clients has almost halved from the end of 2011 compared to the end of 2012. The reshaping and 
simplifying of the business is leading to a more effective and agile organisation.

We have sharpened our focus on strengthening the balance sheet and improving capital efficiency through the development of more considered 
client participation and controlled reduction of the non-core portfolio. Within our core business, we have further refined our client participation and will 
rationalise exposure to capital-intensive businesses. in 2012, for example we discontinued our origination of new Project Finance business in the us and 
restricted new origination in Australia to key clients with strong uK linkage only, and reduced our exposure to parts of the corporate real estate portfolio 
that do not deliver acceptable returns. We have continued to reduce our exposure to non-core assets, achieving a substantial reduction of £33.2 billion  
in 2012, a decrease of 44 per cent.

We continued to invest in product capability in 2012 and are positioning ourselves to benefit from eventual economic recovery. As part of our 
programme to enhance our capabilities in capital efficient products, we have continued to invest in the Transaction Banking platform delivering product 
capabilities in card Payments & Acceptance, currencies and international cash Management. Meanwhile, we processed all ticket payments and 
provided merchant support at all of the principal london 2012 Olympic sites. in Foreign Exchange, client volumes increased by 19 per cent compared  
to 2011 through investments in electronic channels and improved pricing and risk management capabilities. More specifically on client connectivity we 
are making good progress in Foreign Exchange service to provide our clients with a seamless 24 hour service globally in 2013.

Additionally, in 2012 we continued our focus to support the uK economy through financing uK sMEs and developing discounted funding propositions 
for our clients through the uK Government’s national loan Guarantee scheme and the Funding for lending scheme (Fls). in sME we grew our core  
net lending by 4 per cent in a market which contracted by 4 per cent and we helped in excess of 120,000 sMEs to start up in 2012. External recognition  
of our support for sMEs includes being voted as the Winner of the innovation in sME Finance award from Business Moneyfacts, as well as ‘Most 
supportive lender of the Year’ from the national Association of commercial Finance Brokers.

in Mid Markets we grew share of lending in a declining market and will invest in additional capacity to support our clients in 2013. in social Housing, 
within Mid Markets, we topped the Housing Association Bond league table in 2012 with 10 Bookrunner mandates for 10 separate housing associations, 
highlighting our support for clients and contributing to the availability of housing stock in the uK.

in 2012, we supported our Global corporate clients in raising £12.8 billion of financing through the debt capital Markets, enabling them to finance and 
grow their businesses. We have made good progress in creating solutions for our clients, attaining a top five position in investment Grade corporate 
sterling debt issuance, and were awarded the 2012 Greenwich Quality leader award for large corporate Banking in the uK, recognising our strong 
client experience.

in Project Finance, we provided in excess of £750 million of lending to uK infrastructure initiatives and achieved the top uK Bookrunner position in 2012. 
We received the PPP deal of the Year award in 2012 from Project Finance international, highlighting our commitment and the key role we are playing in 
supporting uK infrastructure projects that are vital for stimulating economic growth.

in ldc, our private equity arm, we continued to invest equity through the cycle in support of clients across sME and Mid Markets. during 2012, 
96 per cent of our investment was focused on the uK with over £300 million invested in new portfolio companies.

As a testament to our client-centric approach, commercial Banking was awarded for the eighth year in a row the Business Bank of the Year at the Fd’s 
Excellence Awards (in association with the institute of chartered Accountants in England and Wales, supported by the cBi).

We have grown our capabilities in Transaction Banking and capital Markets and increased fee based income. This is in line with broader market trends 
as clients’ needs have become less lending-reliant and more focused on liability and risk management solutions. As we execute our strategy to be client 
centric, uK focused and capital efficient this increase in fee based income from client solutions will be an important driver of our income over time.

56

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

57

Financial performance
divisional underlying loss reduced by £488 million due to the significant reduction in impairments as a result of lower charges in most of the businesses, 
increased other income, and lower total costs partially offset by reduced net interest income. core underlying profit increased by £14 million with core 
return on risk-weighted assets increasing by 4 basis points.

net interest income decreased by £986 million. core net interest income decreased by £604 million as a result of average lending volumes decreasing 
by £5.4 billion and margin compression. despite lending growth in the former commercial division, corporate client demand in the former Wholesale 
division was subdued continuing the current market trend of deleveraging, and compressed margins reflecting higher wholesale funding costs and 
improved recognition of the cost and value of funds across the Group. non-core net interest income decreased by £382 million due to average lending 
volumes decreasing by £16.9 billion and compressed margins.

Banking net interest margin decreased by 28 basis points to 1.58 per cent, primarily reflecting margin compression from increased wholesale funding 
costs and competition for customer deposits. core net interest margin decreased by 32 basis points to 2.22 per cent as there was limited opportunity 
for asset repricing to offset higher funding costs. non-core net interest margin decreased by 48 basis points to 0.35 per cent, reflecting higher wholesale 
funding costs.

Other income increased by £126 million, reflecting higher client activity in Financial Markets and debt capital Markets despite difficult market conditions, 
and a resilient performance in ldc benefiting from a strong vintage.

commercial Banking costs decreased by 3 per cent, with continued focus on cost management, savings attributable to the simplification programme 
and the savings arising from the reduction in non-core assets. The benefits of these cost savings initiatives enabled further investment in Wholesale 
product capabilities in Financial Markets, capital Markets and Transaction Banking. 

impairment charges decreased by £1,264 million, due to a 29 per cent reduction in non-core impairments driven by the Australasian and the Acquisition 
Finance portfolio, partly offset by further deterioration in the shipping portfolio. core impairments decreased by 33 per cent including in Mid Markets, 
corporate and sME. in Mid Markets and corporate there were specific large impairments in 2011 which were not repeated in 2012.

Balance sheet progress
commercial Banking continues to focus on de-risking the balance sheet by reducing non-core assets whilst strengthening its relationships with core 
customers. net lending in the former commercial division increased by £0.8 billion, whilst core client deleveraging, and the non-core asset reduction  
in the former Wholesale division, more than offset this increase. non-core assets decreased £33.2 billion mainly driven by a reduction of treasury assets  
of £14.5 billion and loans and advances to customers, excluding reverse repos.

loans and advances to customers, excluding reverse repos, decreased by £21.0 billion, of which £16.3 billion was driven by the non-core asset reduction. 
core lending decreased by £4.7 billion as demand for new corporate lending and refinancing of existing facilities was more than offset by the level  
of maturities, reflecting a continued trend of subdued corporate lending demand and client deleveraging as credit facilities matured and were not 
renewed by clients. 

Risk-weighted assets decreased by £27.7 billion primarily reflecting repayments, the impact of subdued corporate lending and balance sheet disposals; 
core risk-weighted assets remained broadly flat due to the impact of regulatory treatments and rule changes. non-core risk-weighted assets represented 
£27.0 billion of this reduction and was driven by non-core disposals.

Wholesale sub-segment – financial performance

net interest income

Other income

Total underlying income

Total costs

impairment

Underlying (loss) profit

Banking net interest margin

impairment charge as a % of average advances

2012 
£m 

1,027 

2,513 

3,540 

(1,628)

(2,704)

(792)

0.96% 

2.10% 

Total

20111
£m 

1,941 

2,380 

4,321 

(1,652)

(3,907)

(1,238)

1.35% 

2.56% 

Return on risk-weighted assets

(0.51)% 

(0.69)% 

Key balance sheet items at 31 December

loans and advances to customers excluding 
reverse repos

debt securities

Available-for-sale financial assets

customer deposits excluding repos

Risk-weighted assets

2012 
£bn 

105.1 

5.2 

4.3 

114.6 

75.6 

140.1 

20111
£bn 

126.9 

12.5 

12.5

151.9 

84.6 

167.5 

change 
% 

(47)

6 

(18)

1 

31 

36 

(39)bp

(46)bp

18bp 

change 
% 

(17)

(58)

(66)

(25)

(11)

(16)

2012 
£m 

1,072 

2,024 

3,096 

(1,348)

(452)

1,296 

1.40% 

0.59% 

1.24% 

2012 
£bn

73.5 

0.5 

1.8 

75.8 

73.2 

Core

20111
£m 

1,617 

1,810 

3,427 

(1,350)

(759)

1,318 

1.83% 

0.90% 

1.23% 

20111
£bn  

79.3 

0.2 

3.1 

82.6 

81.8 

103.7 

104.7 

change 
% 

(34)

12 

(10)

40 

(2)

(43)bp 

(31)bp 

1bp 

change 
% 

(7)

(42)

(8)

(11)

(1)

Restated to reflect transfers from Wealth, Asset Finance and international and transfers of Asset Finance to Wealth, Asset Finance and international.
1

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7658

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

59

diVisiOnAl REsulTs
Commercial Banking

Total underlying loss decreased by £446 million with core underlying profit decreasing by £22 million mainly due to the significant reduction in 
impairments and increased other income, partially offset by reduced net interest income.

net interest income decreased by £914 million. core net interest income decreased by £545 million due to average lending volumes decreasing  
by £6.1 billion as a result of subdued global corporate client demand, continuing the current market trend of deleveraging, and lower margins. 

Banking net interest margin decreased by 39 basis points to 0.96 per cent, primarily reflecting margin compression from increased wholesale funding 
costs and competition for customer deposits. core net interest margin decreased by 43 basis points to 1.40 per cent following limited opportunity for 
asset repricing to offset higher funding costs. 

Other income increased by £133 million, with core other income increasing by £214 million, reflecting higher client activity in Financial Markets and  
debt capital Markets despite difficult market conditions, and a resilient performance in ldc benefiting from strong vintage.

Commercial sub-segment – financial performance

Total

Core

net interest income

Other income

Total underlying income

Total costs

impairment

Underlying profit

Banking net interest margin

impairment charge as a % of average advances

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items at 31 December

loans and advances to customers excluding 
reverse repos

customer deposits excluding repos

Total customer balances

Risk-weighted assets

2012 
£m

1,179 

419 

1,598 

(888)

(242)

468 

3.96% 

0.81% 

1.86% 

2012  
£bn

29.6

34.1

63.7 

25.1 

2011 
 £m

1,251 

426 

1,677 

(948)

(303)

426 

4.21% 

1.06% 

1.62% 

2011 
£bn 

28.8 

32.1

60.9 

25.4 

change 
 %

(6)

(2)

(5)

6 

20 

10 

(25)bp 

(25)bp 

24bp 

change 
% 

3 

6

5 

(1)

2012 
£m

1,170 

418 

1,588 

(884)

(252)

452 

4.11% 

0.89% 

1.90% 

2012  
£bn

28.5 

34.0

62.5 

24.1 

2011 
 £m

1,229 

425 

1,654 

(942)

(296)

416 

4.37% 

1.09% 

1.69% 

2011 
£bn 

27.4 

31.8

59.2 

23.8 

change 
% 

(5)

(2)

(4)

6 

15 

9 

(26)bp 

(20)bp 

21bp

change 
% 

4 

7

6 

1 

Total underlying profit increased £42 million, with core underlying profit increasing by £36 million due to the significant reduction in impairments and 
costs, partially offset by reduced underlying income.

core net lending increased £1.1 billion despite the sME market contracting 4 per cent. core net interest income decreased £59 million primarily due  
to compressed margins from higher wholesale funding costs and increased competition for customer deposits. This is reflected in the core net interest 
margin reduction of 26 basis points.

Total impairments decreased £61 million reflecting the continued benefits from the application of a prudent risk appetite and the low interest rate 
environment, helping to maintain defaults at a lower level.

Total customer deposits excluding repos increased £2.0 billion reflecting the ongoing success in attracting new customers. 

58

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

59

WEAlTH, AssET FinAncE  
And inTERnATiOnAl

2012 highlights

q	 in 2012 we achieved strong profitable growth in our Wealth and Asset Finance businesses while simultaneously making progress in strengthening  

our balance sheet, simplifying our international operating model and investing in building capability for the future.

q	 divisional performance improved in 2012 with losses reducing by 67 per cent to £929 million primarily driven by lower impairments, mainly in ireland. 
Profits in the core business increased by 27 per cent to £459 million, driven by strong performance in the Wealth and Asset Finance businesses. 

q  core return on risk-weighted assets increased from 3.62 per cent to 5.07 per cent.
q  The balance sheet has been further strengthened through a 24 per cent growth in customer deposits and a reduction in non-core assets of a further 

20 per cent, including a £3.7 billion reduction in our irish portfolio.

q  We achieved cost savings of 5 per cent through further progress on simplification initiatives, which in turn enabled further investment in the core 

businesses to improve the customer experience.

q  We continue to reshape our operations by further streamlining our international footprint through the announced exits from five countries  

(following seven exits last year) and a significantly reduced presence in a further four.

Performance summary

net interest income 

Other income 

Total underlying income 

Total costs:

impairment 

Underlying loss

Banking net interest margin 

impairment charge as a % of average advances 

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items

loans and advances to customers excluding reverse repos

customer deposits excluding repos

Total customer balances

Operating lease assets

Funds under management

Risk-weighted assets 

Restated to reflect transfers to commercial Banking and transfer of Asset Finance to Wealth, Asset Finance and international.
1

2012  
£m

799

2,043

2,842

(2,291)

(1,480)

(929)

1.65%

3.12%

20111
£m 

1,003

2,230

3,233

(2,414)

(3,604)

(2,785)

1.72%

6.48%

(2.31)%

(5.82)%

At 
31 Dec 
2012  
£bn

33.4

51.9

85.3

2.8

189.1

36.2

At 
31 dec 
2011 
£bn 

40.2

41.7

81.9

2.7

182.0

43.6

change 
%

(20)

(8)

(12)

5

59

67

(7)bp

(3.36)pp

3.51pp

change 
%

(17)

24

4

4

(17)

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7660

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

61

diVisiOnAl REsulTs
Wealth, Asset Finance and international

Strategic focus
The business segments of the division have been aligned this year to reflect the operating model:

 –  Wealth – our uK and international Wealth businesses, scottish Widows investment Partnership and st James’s Place.

 –  Asset Finance – our uK and international Asset Finance and on-line deposit businesses.

 –  international – our non-core businesses in ireland, Europe, Asia and the rest of the world (excluding businesses transferred to the commercial Banking 

division in the year).

Wealth provides strong growth opportunities for the Group. its goal is to be recognised as the Wealth advisor of choice to appropriate Retail and 
commercial Banking customers alongside targeted customer acquisition. We aim to grow the amount of customer deposits and funds under 
management that we manage on behalf of franchise customers, whilst improving margins and operating efficiency.

in Asset Finance, we have been refocusing the business into sectors which fit our risk appetite and profitability and are looking to deliver focused, 
profitable growth while completing the run-down or disposal of portfolios which are closed to new business.

in the international businesses, the priority is to maximise value in the medium-term. The immediate focus is on close management of the balance sheet 
where we are contributing to a strengthening of the Group’s balance sheet through a significant and managed run-down of non-core assets. At the same 
time, we continue progress on rationalising our international footprint delivering operational efficiencies and reducing the cost base to fit the reshaped 
business models.

Progress against strategic initiatives
The significant progress we have made in strengthening the balance sheet positions us for focused, profitable growth in our core business. Alongside 
this we will continue to grow total customer balances (including deposits and funds under management) in the Wealth businesses where over time we 
expect customer appetite to shift from deposits to investment products. 

We continue to focus on simplifying operations and processes, delayering management structures, consolidating supplier relationships and increasing 
the efficiency of distribution channels.

We are in the process of reshaping the business, realising additional efficiencies and cost savings through initiatives to consolidate the Wealth 
businesses and create a shared support infrastructure, develop a single customer platform and to automate core systems and processes for efficiency 
and improved customer experience in both Wealth and Asset Finance. The division has also made good progress towards reducing its international 
presence with a further five exits announced in the year bringing the total to twelve, representing over a one third reduction in our international presence 
over the last two years.

We are investing in our Wealth business to grow market share in what is viewed as a key growth opportunity for the Group. The investment is geared 
towards developing compelling propositions for mass affluent and affluent customers within the uK and channel islands and also those with uK 
connections in anglophile territories. during 2012, we created one single Wealth business with the aim of generating synergies across the international 
and uK businesses. 

We are focused on ways to leverage the strength of our core banking franchise which holds a number of significant customers who are ‘wealth eligible’. 
investment has already been made in customer experience and plans are underway for significant technology and product development. during 2012 
there have been approximately 115,000 referrals into the Wealth business from other areas of the Group.

We remain confident that by delivering our strategy to be a simple, customer-focused uK and international business we can increase the trust of both 
customers and stakeholders. in Wealth this has resulted in an improvement of client service accessibility. This is demonstrated by the faster access to 
advice and support that customers are now receiving as a result of a new Private Banking client centre. The new centre is making the referral process 
from Retail to our Wealth business simpler and swifter, and will be fully rolled out across the lloyds TsB and the Halifax networks by the end of 2013.

in Asset Finance we have strong market positions in the uK and Australia and a strong funding base through our online deposit business. We have 
refocused the businesses and have made substantial progress in exiting portfolios which do not fit our risk appetite while positioning the motor leasing 
and finance businesses for growth.

in the uK, lex Autolease delivered strong new business performance with a year on year increase in deliveries of 11 per cent. lex Autolease is a market 
leader in the uK and already in the top five car leasing firms in Europe, with a strong customer proposition and deep insights and capabilities in the 
contract hire market.

The Blackhorse Motor Finance business grew new business by 11 per cent reflecting its return to a growth strategy. The business has a strong established 
market position and a broad customer franchise. Our focus is on further upgrading our market leading technology platform and using it to launch new 
customer propositions.

in line with our strategy to grow the motor and direct business, the Australian asset finance business achieved new business growth of 16 per cent in 2012. 
The business also began a strategic investment to automate and simplify end to end systems with the objective of delivering an improved, cost effective 
customer experience.

We have further reduced non-core loans by £7.0 billion in 2012 through a mixture of repayments and selected asset disposals. This includes the impact  
of a £2.6 billion (gross) asset reduction in ireland in respect of a successful disposal of a portfolio of wholesale assets. Within Asset Finance, the  
non-strategic portfolio in run-off now represents only 10 per cent of the total business.

60

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

61

Financial performance
underlying loss reduced by 67 per cent to £929 million primarily due to a £2,124 million reduction in impairments and lower costs, partially offset by a fall 
in non-core income as a result of the balance sheet reduction.

core underlying profit increased by 27 per cent to £459 million, largely driven by the strong performance in our Wealth and Asset Finance motor and 
contract hire businesses where core underlying profit increased by 25 and 13 per cent, respectively, together with improved profitability in our on-line 
deposit businesses. core income was flat mainly as a result of lower income from funds under management as investment markets in 2012 remained 
subdued. core costs reduced by 5 per cent to £1,795 million reflecting the progress we have made in simplifying and consolidating our Wealth business 
as part of the simplification programme. This enabled us to make significant investment within the Wealth business in the year.

underlying non-core loss reduced by 56 per cent to £1,388 million driven by a continued reduction in impairments in ireland.

net interest income decreased by 20 per cent. core net interest income grew by 6 per cent due to strong deposit inflows within the Wealth and on-line 
deposit businesses. non-core net interest income reduced by 31 per cent driven by a 20 per cent fall in non-core assets, higher funding costs and the 
increased level of impaired assets in ireland.

net interest margin fell to 1.65 per cent from 1.72 per cent in 2011 despite margins in our core business increasing to 5.90 per cent in 2012, up from 
5.04 per cent in 2011. The year on year reduction in divisional margin was driven by our non-core business where margins fell from 1.35 per cent in 2011  
to 1.13 per cent in 2012 as a result of significant non-core asset run-off in the year together with increased levels of impaired assets, mainly in ireland.

Other income decreased by 8 per cent. core other income decreased by 1 per cent with modest growth in Wealth against a background of subdued 
investment markets and customer appetite off-set by reduced non-core income in Asset Finance and international driven by business sales in the year 
and continued non-core asset run-off.

Total costs decreased by 5 per cent despite a 4 per cent increase in total customer balances and funds under management. This reflected our continued 
focus on simplifying our business model and reducing our international footprint. 

The impairment charge reduced by 59 per cent to £1,480 million, largely as a result of lower charges in the irish business where the charge amounted  
to £1,245 million (2011: £3,187 million). The rate of increase in newly impaired loans in ireland has slowed through 2012 from £4.1 billion to £1.6 billion.

Wealth

Asset Finance

international

Total

net interest income

Other income

2012  
£m 

328 

940 

2011  
£m 

321 

934 

Total underlying income

1,268

1,255 

Total costs

impairment

Underlying profit (loss)

(887)

(23)

358

(935)

(33)

287 

2012  
£m 

414 

1,087 

1,501 

(1,029)

(136)

336 

2011  
£m 

496 

1,163 

1,659 

(1,122)

(232)

305 

2012  
£m 

57 

16 

73 

(375)

(1,321)

(1,623)

2011  
£m 

186 

133 

319 

(357)

(3,339)

(3,377)

2012  
£m 

799 

2,043 

2,842

(2,291)

(1,480)

(929)

2011  
£m 

1,003 

2,230 

3,233

(2,414)

(3,604)

(2,785)

Return on risk-weighted assets

6.38% 

4.15% 

2.71% 

2.03% 

(7.32)% 

(13.04)% 

(2.31)% 

(5.82)% 

The focus in Wealth has been to grow market share in uK and international Wealth through increasing deposits and funds managed on behalf  
of franchise customers, whilst improving margins and operating efficiency. customer deposits increased by £4.6 billion or 18 per cent to £30.8 billion 
reflecting continued growth in our core Wealth businesses whilst funds under management grew by 4 per cent reflecting a shift of customer appetite 
away from investment products towards deposits.

underlying profit increased by 25 per cent to £358 million driven by increased income, reflecting strong deposit and margin growth and lower costs, 
driven by cost saving initiatives across the business.

in Asset Finance, underlying profit increased by 10 per cent, despite an 8 per cent reduction in loans and operating lease assets as we completed  
the refocusing of the business to fit our risk appetite. This resulted in improving margins in our motor finance and lending business, together with  
a 46 per cent growth in on-line deposits. 

in international, underlying loss reduced by £1,754 million to £1,623 million largely driven by ireland where there was a decrease in the impairment  
charge from £3,187 million in 2011 to £1,245 million in 2012.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7662

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

63

diVisiOnAl REsulTs
Wealth, Asset Finance and international

Balance sheet progress
net loans and advances to customers decreased by £6.8 billion to £33.4 billion with continued management focus continued on de-risking  
the balance sheet. This reflects net repayments and asset sales of £7.5 billion, additional impairment provisions of £1.4 billion mainly within the 
international businesses, and foreign exchange movements of £0.7 billion.

Our Wealth and on-line deposit businesses continued to grow strongly with balances as at december 2012 of £51 billion, an increase of £11 billion in 2012. 
Overall, the Wealth, Asset Finance and international businesses have become a significant contributor to the Group’s funding with an £18 billion excess  
of deposits over customer advances. 

Risk-weighted assets fell by 17 per cent from £43.6 billion to £36.2 billion reflecting continued focus in the year on non-core asset run-off and balance 
sheet de-risking.

At 31 December

Key balance sheet items

loans and advances to customers excluding 
reverse repos

customer deposits excluding repos

Total customer balances

Risk-weighted assets

Funds under management

scottish Widows investment Partnership (sWiP)

internal

External

Other Wealth:

st James’s Place

invista Real Estate

Private and international Banking

Closing funds under management

Opening funds under management

inflows:

sWiP – internal

– external

Other

Outflows:

sWiP – internal

– external

Other

investment return, expenses and commission

net operating increase (decrease) in funds

Closing funds under management

Wealth

Asset Finance

international

Total

2012  
£bn 

2011  
£bn 

2012  
£bn 

2011  
£bn 

2012  
£bn 

2011  
£bn 

2012  
£bn 

2011  
£bn 

4.2 

30.8 

35.0 

5.7 

4.8 

26.2 

31.0 

5.8 

9.3 

20.2 

29.5 

10.9 

10.4 

13.8 

24.2 

13.8 

19.9 

0.9 

20.8 

19.6 

25.0 

1.7 

26.7 

24.0 

33.4 

51.9 

85.3 

36.2 

40.2 

41.7 

81.9 

43.6 

At 
31 December 
2012 
£bn

At 
31 december 
2011 
£bn

118.5 

  23.2 

141.7 

34.8 

– 

12.6 

189.1 

2012 
£bn 

182.0 

0.8 

1.6 

  10.5 

12.9 

(7.7)

(2.5)

(9.3)

(19.5)

13.7 

7.1 

189.1 

116.8 

  23.1 

139.9 

28.5 

0.8 

12.8 

182.0 

2011 
£bn 

192.0

2.7 

1.5 

  8.5 

12.7 

(4.5)

(5.3)

(10.1)

(19.9)

(2.8)

(10.0)

182.0 

Funds under management increased by £7.1 billion to £189.1 billion primarily driven by improved investment markets. inflows have increased in the year 
primarily in st James’s Place. However this was largely offset by a reduced level of inflows in sWiP, where we have also seen an increase in the level  
of outflows in the year, in part reflecting a lack of consumer confidence in investment products across the industry. Outflows in sWiP also consist  
of attrition within the insurance funds and strategic asset allocation decisions. 

 
 
62

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

63

 insuRAncE

2012 highlights

q  in 2012 we combined our uK life Pensions and investments and General insurance businesses and restructured our operation to enable greater 

customer and market focus which contributed to an 8 per cent decrease in costs and leaves us well placed to realise benefits from risk diversification. 

q  Total underlying profit reduced by 24 per cent and core underlying profit by 21 per cent, primarily reflecting a reduction in total underlying income, 

largely due to the subdued economic climate and increased weather related claims, partly offset by an 8 per cent decrease in costs. 

q  We have invested in extending our life insurance proposition with a new earnings protection offer which has simpler application and claims processes.
q  We have further enhanced our corporate Pensions proposition, with the addition of AssistMe, an auto-enrolment tool that complements our 

MyMoneyWorks corporate pension platform. The strength of our proposition, combined with strong activity in the run up to implementation of the 
Retail distribution Review (RdR), has driven 23 per cent growth in corporate pensions. 

q  Our recent enhanced annuities pilot has been an important step towards further strengthening our overall retirement savings business.
q  Our focus on putting customers first has led us to improve our home insurance claims management processes which has enabled us to get our 

customers back into their homes more quickly following the extreme weather events throughout 2012, helping improve customer satisfaction and 
contain claims costs. 

q  We have delivered balance sheet initiatives that have strengthened the Group’s balance sheet, providing £1.4 billion liquidity and have now mitigated 

£5.3 billion of the potential impact of cRd iV, whilst improving insurance returns.

Performance summary

net interest income 

Other income 

insurance claims

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Total costs

Underlying profit

EEV new business margin

life, Pensions and investments sales (PVnBP)

General insurance combined ratio

2012 
£m 

(78)

2,294

(365)

1,851

(744)

1,107

3.8%

10,364

72%

2011
£m

(67)

2,687

(343)

2,277

(812)

1,465

4.0%

10,662

69%

change 
%

(16)

(15)

(6)

(19)

8

(24)

(0.2)pp

(3)

3pp

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7664

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

65

diVisiOnAl REsulTs
insurance

Strategic focus

insurance is focused on helping our customers to protect themselves today whilst preparing for a secure financial future. Our objective is to be the best 
insurance and retirement savings business for customers; providing simple, trusted, value for money propositions accessible through multiple channels.

Progress against strategic initiatives
2012 has been characterised by huge changes in the insurance industry which has been reflected in our insurance business. Our strategy of 
Simplification is in line with the direction of regulation, which has removed complex commission structures, gender discrimination and tax cross 
subsidies. By combining our uK life Pensions and investment (lP&i uK) business with our General insurance business, we have a single leadership team, 
a simpler, flatter structure and a lower cost base. We have also transferred most of our operations to the Group Operations functions, where we expect 
scale economies and depth of expertise to yield further cost savings and improvements to customer service. This simplified business model has already 
strengthened our position as a cost leader in the industry.

Our focus is on investing to build profit streams in areas where we have market scale and competitive advantage, leveraging Group synergies. Roughly 
one third of new business income and the majority of our General insurance income comes from insurance sales (home and life protection) to retail bank 
customers, building on strong linkages to our banking and mortgage businesses under the lloyds TsB, Halifax and Bank of scotland brands. The rest 
of our business is focused on retirement savings, both the provision of annuities and pensions sold externally through intermediary and direct channels 
under the iconic scottish Widows brand. in 2012 we were the market leaders in corporate pensions. Whilst we also have a strong stream of ongoing 
profits from our legacy back book, including £24 billion invested in our With Profits funds, we are streamlining and reshaping the business including 
exiting the offshore bonds market.

We see strong potential in the bancassurance channel. Whilst we withdrew investment advisors following a review of the implications of RdR, we 
continue to maintain a strong advisor force within branches to service insurance needs of customers. We have expanded our life insurance proposition 
with a new earnings protection product with simple application and claims processes. We are investing to improve customer experience in our market 
leading home insurance business: for example, improving our claims function to settle claims faster and get customers back in their homes more quickly. 
This will enable us to protect and grow the business, leverage sales opportunities linked to online banking services and make more effective use  
of the deep understanding we have of our customers. We will use this experience to expand in other core customer insurance needs such as  
commercial insurance. 

We are committed to strengthening our position in the growing retirement savings market. in corporate pensions, strong activity in the run up to RdR 
resulted in 23 per cent growth, with auto-enrolment expected to drive further growth over the next 3 to 5 years. in partnership with the People’s Pension, 
we launched AssistMe, a technology tool that supports our customers in meeting their auto-enrolment obligations, complementing our existing 
corporate platform MyMoneyWorks. in annuities, we are developing our propositions to compete more effectively in an increasingly open market.  
We launched our enhanced annuities pilot in the last quarter of the year and expect this to be fully rolled out by mid 2013. This is the first step in 
expanding our participation in the annuity market, supported by our investment strategy that saw us purchase over £1 billion of attractive, high yielding, 
long-dated assets to match long duration insurance liabilities. looking forwards we see enormous potential to serve the retirement needs of our retail 
bank customers, many of whom may no longer be able to get independent financial advice at retirement.

We continue to focus on retention of customers within our legacy lP&i books, including opportunities to migrate customers with maturing products into 
new investment propositions. These customers provide 34 per cent of our total underlying profit. Whilst we have invested in the systems and processes 
to help independent Financial Advisers through RdR, we anticipate exits from the market and the direct channel will be increasingly important for the 
‘orphan’ customers created.

We are strengthening our balance sheet and achieving capital efficiencies, realising synergies between insurance and the rest of the Group. Our 
business model positions us to maximise the capital benefits from risk diversification available under the proposed individual capital Assessment Plus 
regime and ultimately solvency ii. Activities within insurance during 2012 contributed further to a total £5.3 billion mitigation of the potential impact  
of cRd iV within the Group since 2010 and enabled £1.4 billion of excess liquidity within insurance to be provided to the Group.

We have developed a deep understanding of the protection and savings needs of our customers through our annual Protection, Pension and savings 
reports. The centre for the Modern Family, which aims to improve understanding of families’ needs in the uK, was launched in december 2011  
as part of our commitment to better understanding our customers’ needs and Helping Britain Prosper. The benefits of this insight are reflected in the 
strength of our customer propositions which have won several industry awards including; ‘Best stakeholder Pension provider’ for the third year running 
at the Moneywise 2012 Pension Awards, ‘Best Group Pension Provider’ in the corporate Adviser awards and ‘Best Personal Pensions Provider’ in the 
Professional Adviser awards.

64

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

65

Financial performance and balance sheet progress

LP&i

General insurance

Total

Existing business income

new business income:

new intermediary and direct income

new bancassurance income

General insurance income

Total income

insurance claims

2012  
£m 

760 

357 

  162 

519 

–

1,279 

– 

Total underlying income net of insurance claims

1,279 

Total costs

Underlying profit

lP&i existing business profit

lP&i new business profit

Underlying profit

(581)

698 

380 

318 

698 

2011  
£m 

1,031 

321 

  233 

554 

–

1,585 

– 

1,585 

(617)

968 

637 

331 

968 

2012  
£m 

– 

– 

  – 

– 

937

937 

(365)

572 

(163)

409 

2011  
£m 

– 

– 

  – 

– 

1,035

1,035 

(343)

692 

(195)

497 

2012  
£m 

760 

357 

  162 

519 

937

2,216 

(365)

1,851 

(744)

1,107 

2011  
£m 

1,031 

321 

  233 

554 

1,035

2,620 

(343)

2,277 

(812)

1,465 

underlying profit reduced by £358 million to £1,107 million in 2012, with a 19 per cent reduction in total underlying income, largely due to the subdued 
economic climate and increased property claims, being partially offset by an 8 per cent decrease in costs. 

lP&i existing business profit reduced by £257 million to £380 million in 2012. More than £200 million of this reduction is attributable to the subdued 
economic environment. For lP&i insurance contracts, returns on existing business reflect long-term economic assumptions for these policies. The 
subdued economic environment has resulted in the rate of return used in calculating the 2012 results being significantly lower than the comparable  
rate in the prior year and this was the main driver of the reduction in existing business profit. Existing business profits in our European business were 
impacted by the non-recurrence of net positive prior year assumption changes. 

lP&i total new business profit also decreased by 4 per cent to £318 million, primarily reflecting a 3 per cent reduction in PVnBP driven by lower 
bancassurance volumes, reflecting the impact of the economic environment on customers’ desire to invest and the decision to only offer investment 
advice for customers with savings above £100,000 ahead of RdR. High volumes of corporate pension sales through the intermediary channel have 
partially offset this; however, this change in business mix has resulted in a slight decrease in EEV new business margin which remains strong at 
3.8 per cent. 

General insurance other income reduced by £98 million primarily reflecting the run-off of the PPi book and lower investment returns. Home insurance 
income was broadly in line with last year and reflects the maturity and competitiveness of the market. increased claims of £22 million, 6 per cent higher 
than the prior year, were mainly driven by adverse property claims following weather events that have impacted during the year, with 2012 being the 
second wettest year on record. Weather related claims totalled £110 million which is £95 million higher than such claims in 2011. This was partly offset 
by lower underlying home claims reflecting our improved claims management processes which improved customer experience and reduced average 
claims costs as well as lower claims as a result of the reduction in the size of the PPi book. despite the impact of weather related claims our combined 
ratio remains strong at 72 per cent.

costs reduced by 8 per cent reflecting a continued strong focus on cost management across the business and the ongoing delivery of simplification cost 
saving initiatives.

The capital position of the insurance group remains robust. The estimated insurance Groups directive (iGd) capital surplus was £3.7 billion (£3.7 billion  
at 31 december 2011). A dividend of £0.6 billion was paid to the Group further mitigating the potential impact of cRd iV on the Group.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7666

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

67

diVisiOnAl REsulTs
insurance

Present value of new Business Premiums (PvnBP)
An analysis of the present value of new life business premiums for business written by the insurance division, split between the uK and European life, 
Pensions and investments Businesses is given below:

Analysis by product

corporate pensions

individual pensions

Retirement income

Protection

investments (inc OEics)

Total

Analysis by channel

intermediary

Bancassurance

direct

Total

UK  
£m 

2012

europe  
£m 

Total  
£m 

uK  
£m 

2011

Europe 
£m 

Total 
£m 

change  
%

5,427 

1,580 

729 

554

1,715 

10,005 

7,053 

2,325 

627 

10,005 

– 

97 

– 

53 

209 

359 

359 

– 

– 

5,427 

1,677 

729 

607 

1,924 

10,364 

7,412 

2,325 

627 

359 

10,364 

4,423 

1,480 

747 

729 

2,840 

10,219 

6,415 

3,216 

588 

10,219 

– 

144 

– 

53 

246 

443 

443 

– 

– 

4,423 

1,624 

747 

782 

3,086 

10,662 

6,858 

3,216 

588 

443 

10,662 

23 

3 

(2)

(22)

(38)

(3)

8 

(28)

7 

(3)

Total sales (PVnBP) have decreased by 3 per cent to £10,364 million primarily reflecting lower investments and protection volumes partially offset by 
strong sales of corporate and individual pensions in lP&i uK.

sales of investment products and protection through the bancassurance channel have reduced due to subdued customer demand (reflecting the 
economic environment) and the withdrawal in the second half of 2012 from investment advice within the Retail business for customers with savings  
below £100,000.

There has been strong growth in the intermediary channel, particularly in corporate pensions where sales were 23 per cent higher than 2011 ahead  
of to the introduction of RdR. This reflects the underlying strength of our proposition and the quality of service provided to customers. initiatives such  
as MyMoneyWorks and our market leading auto enrolment engine, combined with a continuing focus on our strong relationships, ensure that we are 
well placed to take advantage of the changing market-place as a result of RdR. individual pensions sales have increased by 3 per cent, driven by sales  
of our flagship Retirement Account product.

The direct channel continues to perform well and is being developed for future growth. This channel will become even more important to our business 
with the introduction of RdR.

The reduction in European sales reflects an expected reduction in new business due to the strategy of focusing on the relationship with our key 
distributors and securing value in the existing book of business.

2012  

£m  

30

(1,150)

(670)

(884)

    (100)

(2,804)

(2,774)

2,723

(51)

2011

1

£m 

42  

(1,177)

(739)

(909)

    (109)

(2,934)

(2,892)

2,836 

(56)

change 

% 

(29)

2

9

3

8

4

4

4

9

Total underlying income

direct costs:

information technology

Operations

Property

support functions

Result before recharges to divisions

Total net recharges to divisions

Underlying loss

cEnTRAl iTEMs 

Total underlying (expense) income

Total costs

impairment

Underlying (loss) profit

1

2011 comparative figures have also been amended to reflect the effect of the continuing consolidation of operations across the Group. To ensure a fair comparison of 2012 performance, 

2011 direct costs have been restated with an equivalent offsetting increase in recharges to divisions.

during 2012, direct costs have fallen by £130 million (4 per cent) driven by simplification savings and the continued focus on cost management which 

more than offset inflationary rises and incremental costs from Group investment projects. Group Operations continues to play a major part in leading  

the delivery of the programme as well as through initiatives to improve sourcing, re-engineer end-to-end process, and consolidate and rationalise 

property and iT. 

We are continuing to optimise our demand management, simplify specifications and strengthen our supplier relationships. We have reduced the 

number of suppliers to the Group from just over 18,000 at the start of the programme to around 10,500; while further concentrating our expenditure 

within our top tier of suppliers. We have also introduced a number of efficiencies across our iT estate including the rationalisation of servers and storage 

devices and the optimisation of licence arrangements, with iT costs falling by 2 per cent after absorbing increased costs from delivering Group strategic 

initiatives which deliver income and cost benefits in other divisions. Operations costs decreased by 9 per cent through the continuing rationalisation  

of our major Operations functions.

We have delivered a number of significant improvements to our core processes and are seeing the benefits come through in terms of improved 

customer experience and reduced complaints. These include re-engineering our account switching and closure processes; streamlining our  

commercial lending process; and a quicker General insurance claims experience with dedicated advisers managing claims end-to-end.

Group Property costs decreased by 3 per cent as we continued to consolidate the Group’s property portfolio; as well as having set up a number  

of specialist operations centres of excellence and successfully outsourced our property facilities and asset management services. 

Total underlying income largely reflects the net impact of items not recharged by the Group’s corporate Treasury to the divisions. The reduction in 

income in 2012 is partly due to the retention in the centre of expense items relating to certain risk and balance sheet management actions, including the 

run-off of prior year actions. Total costs include the costs of certain central and head office functions and corporate costs such as the Financial services 

compensation scheme charge and the Bank levy.

2012  

£m  

(132)

(251)

(1)

(384)

2011 

£m  

339

(259) 

(3)  

77

 
 
 
 
 
 
66

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

67

GROuP OPERATiOns

Total underlying income

direct costs:

information technology

Operations

Property

support functions

Result before recharges to divisions

Total net recharges to divisions

Underlying loss

2012  
£m  

30

(1,150)

(670)

(884)

    (100)

(2,804)

(2,774)

2,723

(51)

1
2011
£m 

42  

(1,177)

(739)

(909)

    (109)

(2,934)

(2,892)

2,836 

(56)

change 
% 

(29)

2

9

3

8

4

4

4

9

2011 comparative figures have also been amended to reflect the effect of the continuing consolidation of operations across the Group. To ensure a fair comparison of 2012 performance, 
1
2011 direct costs have been restated with an equivalent offsetting increase in recharges to divisions.

during 2012, direct costs have fallen by £130 million (4 per cent) driven by simplification savings and the continued focus on cost management which 
more than offset inflationary rises and incremental costs from Group investment projects. Group Operations continues to play a major part in leading  
the delivery of the programme as well as through initiatives to improve sourcing, re-engineer end-to-end process, and consolidate and rationalise 
property and iT. 

We are continuing to optimise our demand management, simplify specifications and strengthen our supplier relationships. We have reduced the 
number of suppliers to the Group from just over 18,000 at the start of the programme to around 10,500; while further concentrating our expenditure 
within our top tier of suppliers. We have also introduced a number of efficiencies across our iT estate including the rationalisation of servers and storage 
devices and the optimisation of licence arrangements, with iT costs falling by 2 per cent after absorbing increased costs from delivering Group strategic 
initiatives which deliver income and cost benefits in other divisions. Operations costs decreased by 9 per cent through the continuing rationalisation  
of our major Operations functions.

We have delivered a number of significant improvements to our core processes and are seeing the benefits come through in terms of improved 
customer experience and reduced complaints. These include re-engineering our account switching and closure processes; streamlining our  
commercial lending process; and a quicker General insurance claims experience with dedicated advisers managing claims end-to-end.

Group Property costs decreased by 3 per cent as we continued to consolidate the Group’s property portfolio; as well as having set up a number  
of specialist operations centres of excellence and successfully outsourced our property facilities and asset management services. 

cEnTRAl iTEMs 

Total underlying (expense) income

Total costs

impairment

Underlying (loss) profit

2012  
£m  

(132)

(251)

(1)

(384)

2011 
£m  

339

(259) 

(3)  

77

Total underlying income largely reflects the net impact of items not recharged by the Group’s corporate Treasury to the divisions. The reduction in 
income in 2012 is partly due to the retention in the centre of expense items relating to certain risk and balance sheet management actions, including the 
run-off of prior year actions. Total costs include the costs of certain central and head office functions and corporate costs such as the Financial services 
compensation scheme charge and the Bank levy.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 76 
 
 
 
 
68

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

69

OTHER FinAnciAl inFORMATiOn

Core and non-core business analysis

Core and non-core management basis consolidated income statements

Core

net interest income

Other income

insurance claims

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Total costs

impairment

Underlying profit

Effects of asset sales, volatile items and liability management

Fair value unwind

Management profit

Banking net interest margin

impairment charge as a % of average advances

Return on risk-weighted assets

non-core

net interest income

Other income

insurance claims

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Total costs

impairment

Underlying loss

Effects of asset sales, volatile items and liability management

Fair value unwind

Management loss

Banking net interest margin

impairment as a % of average advances

2012 
£ million 

9,868 

7,782 

(365) 

17,285 

(9,212) 

(1,919) 

6,154 

2,217 

(229) 

8,142 

2.32%

0.44%

2.56%

2012 
£ million 

467 

634 

– 

1,101 

(870) 

(3,778) 

(3,547) 

(647) 

879 

(3,315) 

0.55%

3.08% 

2011 
£ million 

 10,893

 8,215

(343)

18,765

(9,682)

(2,887)

 6,196

781

(628)

 6,349

2.42%

0.64%

2.46%

2011 
£ million 

1,317

 964

–

2,281

(939)

(6,900)

(5,558)

60

1,834

(3,664)

1.01%

4.60% 

The basis of preparation of the core and non-core income statements is set out on the inside front cover.

non-core portfolios consist of non-relationship assets and liabilities together with assets and liabilities which are outside the Group’s current 
risk appetite. 

 
68

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

69

Core and non-core business analysis

Core and non-core management basis consolidated income statements

Core

net interest income

Other income

insurance claims

Total costs

impairment

Underlying profit

non-core

net interest income

Other income

insurance claims

Total costs

impairment

Underlying loss

Fair value unwind

Management loss

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Effects of asset sales, volatile items and liability management

Fair value unwind

Management profit

Banking net interest margin

impairment charge as a % of average advances

Return on risk-weighted assets

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Effects of asset sales, volatile items and liability management

Banking net interest margin

impairment as a % of average advances

2012 

£ million 

9,868 

7,782 

(365) 

17,285 

(9,212) 

(1,919) 

6,154 

2,217 

(229) 

8,142 

2.32%

0.44%

2.56%

2012 

£ million 

467 

634 

– 

1,101 

(870) 

(3,778) 

(3,547) 

(647) 

879 

(3,315) 

0.55%

3.08% 

2011 

£ million 

 10,893

 8,215

(343)

18,765

(9,682)

(2,887)

 6,196

781

(628)

 6,349

2.42%

0.64%

2.46%

2011 

£ million 

1,317

 964

–

2,281

(939)

(6,900)

(5,558)

60

1,834

(3,664)

1.01%

4.60% 

The basis of preparation of the core and non-core income statements is set out on the inside front cover.

non-core portfolios consist of non-relationship assets and liabilities together with assets and liabilities which are outside the Group’s current 

risk appetite. 

Core and non-core business analysis (continued)

Core and non-core business

2012

Core portfolios

Retail

commercial Banking

Wealth, Asset Finance and international

insurance

Group Operations & central items

non-core portfolios

Retail

commercial Banking

Wealth, Asset Finance and international

insurance

Group Operations and central items

Total Group

core portfolios

non-core portfolios

2011

core portfolios

Retail

commercial Banking2

Wealth, Asset Finance and international2

insurance

Group Operations & central items

non-core portfolios

Retail

commercial Banking

Wealth, Asset Finance and international

insurance

Total Group

core portfolios

non-core portfolios

1

includes reverse repos and repos.

17,285 

(1,919) 

430.4 

Underlying 
income, net  
of insurance  
claims 
£m

8,609 

4,684 

2,276 

1,793 

(77) 

48 

454 

566 

 58

 (25)

1,101 

18,386 

%

94.0 

6.0 

underlying  
income, net  
of insurance  
claims 
£m

8,884

5,081 

2,278 

2,141

  381

18,765

273

917 

955 

  136

2,281

21,046

%

89.2

10.8

impairment  
charge 
£m

Loans and
advances to
 customers1
£bn

Risk-weighted 
assets 
£bn

Customer
deposits1
£bn

(1,192) 

(704) 

(22) 

– 

(1) 

317.3 

107.1 

5.3 

– 

  – 

(78) 

 (2,242)

 (1,458)

  – 

 –

(3,778) 

(5,697) 

%

33.7 

66.3 

26.0 

32.7 

28.1 

 –

  – 

86.8 

517.2 

%

83.2 

16.8 

86.6 

127.8 

9.6 

– 

  13.4 

237.4 

8.9 

37.4 

26.6 

  – 

 –

72.9 

310.3 

%

76.5 

23.5 

260.8 

111.6 

51.0 

– 

  0.1 

423.5 

– 

2.5 

0.9 

  – 

 –

3.4 

426.9 

%

99.2 

0.8 

impairment  
charge 
£m

loans and 
advances to 
 customers1
£bn

Risk-weighted 
assets 
£bn

customer
deposits1
£bn

(1,796)

(1,055) 

(33) 

–

(3)

(2,887)

(174)

(3,155) 

(3,571) 

  –

(6,900)

(9,787)

%

29.5

70.5

325.1

123.5 

5.1 

–

  0.1

453.8

27.7

49.0 

35.1 

  –

111.8

565.6

%

80.2

19.8

92.6

128.5 

9.8 

–

  12.6

243.5

10.6

64.4 

33.8 

  –

108.8

352.3

%

69.1

30.9

247.1

121.6 

40.4 

–

  0.4

409.5

–

3.1 

1.3 

  –

4.4

413.9

%

98.9

1.1

2

Restated for transfers between Wealth, Asset Finance and international, and commercial Banking.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 76 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
70

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

71

OTHER FinAnciAl inFORMATiOn

Core and non-core business analysis (continued)

Core business

net interest income

Other income

insurance claims

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Total costs

impairment

Underlying profit

Effects of asset sales, volatile items and liability management

Fair value unwind

Management profit

Banking net interest margin

impairment charge as a % of average advances

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items

loans and advances to customers (excluding reverse repos)

Reverse repos with customers

loans and advances to banks

debt securities held as loans and receivables

Available-for-sale financial assets

Other assets:

derivative financial instruments

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit and loss

Other

Total core assets

customer deposits (excluding repos)

Repos with customers

Risk-weighted assets

2012  
£ million 

9,868 

7,782 

(365) 

17,285 

(9,212) 

(1,919) 

6,154

2,217

(229) 

8,142

2.32%

0.44% 

2.56%

2011  
£ million 

 10,893

 8,215

(343)

18,765

(9,682)

(2,887)

 6,196

781

(628)

 6,349

2.42%

0.64% 

2.46%

At 
31 December 
2012 
£bn

At 
31 december 
2011 
£bn

425.3 

5.1 

29.0 

0.5 

28.8 

56.6 

154.0 

437.0 

16.8

32.0 

0.2 

27.9 

66.0 

138.8 

  126.8 

  111.1 

337.4 

826.1

419.0 

 4.4

237.4 

315.9 

829.8 

401.5

 8.0

243.5

change  
%

(9) 

(5) 

(6) 

(8) 

5 

34 

(1) 

64 

29 

(10)bp 

(20)bp

10bp

change 
%

 (3)

 (70)

(9) 

3 

(14) 

11 

14 

7 

4 

 (45)

(3) 

 
 
 
 
 
 
70

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

71

Core and non-core business analysis (continued)

Management basis consolidated income statement – core

2012

net interest income

Other income

insurance claims

Total underlying income,  
net of insurance claims

Total costs

impairment

Underlying profit (loss)

Asset sales

Volatile items

liability management

Fair value unwind

Management profit

Banking net interest margin

impairment charge as a % of  
average advances

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items at 31 December 2012

loans and advances to  
customers excluding reverse repos

customer deposits excluding repos

Total customer balances

Risk-weighted assets

2011

net interest income

Other income

insurance claims

Total underlying income,  
net of insurance claims

Total costs

impairment

underlying profit 

Asset sales

Volatile items

liability management

Fair value unwind

Management profit (loss)

Banking net interest margin

impairment charge as a %  
of average advances

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items at 31 december 2011

loans and advances to  
customers excl reverse repos

customer deposits excluding repos

Total customer balances

Risk-weighted assets

Restated in 2011.
1

Retail 
£m

7,163 

1,446 

– 

8,609 

(4,197) 

(1,192) 

3,224 

– 

– 

– 

394  

3,618 

2.25%

0.37%

3.60%

£bn

317.3 

260.8 

578.1 

86.6 

£m

7,246

1,638

–

8,884

(4,432)

(1,796)

2,656

48

–

–

657

3,361

2.20%

0.54%

2.75%

£bn

325.1

247.1

572.2

92.6

Commercial 
Banking 
£m

Wealth, Asset 
Finance and
international1
£m

Group  
Operations and  
Central items 
£m

insurance 
£m

2,242 

2,442 

– 

4,684 

(2,315) 

(704) 

1,665 

–

138 

– 

80 

1,966 

2.22%

0.67%

1.36%

£bn

102.0 

107.2 

209.2 

127.8 

£m

2,846

2,235

–

5,081

(2,292)

(1,055)

1,734

(20)

(736)

– 

24 

1,002 

2.54%

0.95%

1.32%

£bn

106.7

113.6

220.3

128.5

312 

1,964 

– 

2,276 

(1,795) 

(22) 

459 

(13) 

– 

– 

(34) 

412 

5.90%

0.45%

5.07%

£bn

5.3 

51.0 

56.3 

9.6 

£m

293

1,985

–

2,278

(1,884)

(33)

361

 – 

– 

– 

8 

369 

5.04%

0.60%

3.62%

£bn

5.1

40.3

455

9.8

(87) 

2,245 

(365) 

1,793 

(715) 

– 

1,083 

– 

– 

– 

(42) 

1,041 

238 

(315) 

– 

(76) 

(282) 

(1) 

(360) 

3,207 

(886) 

(229) 

(627) 

1,105 

£bn

£bn

£m

(77)

2,561

(343)

2,141

(772)

–

1,369

–

–

–

(43)

1,326

£bn

0.7 

0.1 

0.8 

13.4 

£m

585

(204)

–

381

(302)

(3)

76

196

1

1,295

(1,274)

291

£bn

0.1

0.4

0.5

12.6

Group 
£m 

9,868 

7,782 

(365) 

17,285 

(9,212) 

(1,919) 

6,154

3,194 

(481) 

(229) 

(229) 

8,142

2.32%

0.44%

2.56%

£bn

425.3 

419.0 

844.4 

237.4 

£m 

10,893

8,215

(343)

18,765

(9,682)

(2,889)

6,196

224

(753)

1,295

(628)

6,349

2.42%

0.64%

2.46%

£bn

437.0

401.5

838.5

243.5

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 7672

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

73

OTHER FinAnciAl inFORMATiOn

Core and non-core business analysis (continued)

non-core business

net interest income

Other income

insurance claims

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Total costs

impairment

Underlying loss

Effects of asset sales, volatile and liability management

Fair value unwind

Management loss

Banking net interest margin

impairment charge as a % of average advances

Key balance sheet items

loans and advances to customers

loans and advances to banks

debt securities held as loans and receivables

Available-for-sale financial assets

Other

Total non-core assets

Risk-weighted assets

2012  

£ million

2011  
£ million

change 
%

467 

634 

– 

1,101 

(870) 

(3,778) 

(3,547) 

(647) 

879 

(3,315) 

0.55%

3.08% 

1,317

964

–

2,281

(939)

(6,900)

(5,558)

60

1,834

(3,664)

1.01%

4.60% 

At  
31 December 
2012 
£bn

At  
31 december 
2011 
£bn

86.8 

0.4 

4.7 

2.6 

3.9 

98.4 

72.9 

111.8

0.6

12.3

9.5

6.5

140.7

108.8

(65) 

(34) 

(52) 

7 

45

36 

(52) 

10 

(46)bp

(1.52)pp 

change 
%

(22) 

(33) 

(62) 

(73) 

(40) 

(30) 

(33) 

 
 
72

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

73

Core and non-core business analysis (continued)

Management basis consolidated income statement – non-core

2012

net interest income

Other income

insurance claims

Total underlying income,  
net of insurance claims

Total costs

impairment

Underlying (loss) profit

Asset sales

Volatile items

liability management

Fair value unwind1

Management profit (loss)

Banking net interest margin

impairment charge as a %  
of average advances

Key balance sheet items at 31 December 2012

Total non-core assets

Risk-weighted assets

2011

net interest income

Other income

insurance claims

Total underlying income,  
net of insurance claims

Total costs

impairment

underlying profit (loss)

Asset sales

Volatile items

liability management

Fair value unwind

Management profit (loss)

Banking net interest margin

impairment charge as a %  
of average advances

Key balance sheet items at 31 december 2011

Total non-core assets

Risk-weighted assets

Restated in 2011.
1

Retail 
£m

Commercial 
Banking 
£m

Wealth, Asset 
Finance and
international1
£m

Group 
Operations and 
Central items 
£m

insurance 
£m

32 

16 

 – 

48 

(6) 

(78) 

(36) 

– 

– 

– 

88 

52 

0.12%

(36) 

490 

 – 

454 

(284) 

(2,242) 

(2,072) 

(464) 

– 

– 

808 

(1,728) 

0.35%

487 

79 

 – 

566 

(496) 

(1,458) 

(1,388) 

(183) 

– 

– 

(17) 

(1,588) 

1.13%

0.29%

4.28% 

3.42%

£bn

26.0 

8.9 

£m

251

22

–

273

(6)

(174)

93

–

–

–

182

275

0.83%

£bn

43.0 

37.4 

£m

346

571

–

917

(308)

(3,155)

(2,546)

81 

– 

– 

1,538 

(927) 

0.83%

0.58%

4.60% 

£bn

27.7 

10.6

£bn

76.2

64.4

£bn

28.9 

26.6 

£m

710

245

–

955

(530)

(3,571)

(3,146)

(21) 

– 

– 

114 

(3,053) 

1.35%

7.11%

£bn

36.2

33.8

9 

49 

 – 

58 

(34) 

– 

24 

– 

– 

– 

– 

24 

£bn

0.5 

£m

10

126

–

136

(40)

–

96

–

–

–

–

96

£bn

0.6 

(25) 

– 

 – 

(25) 

(50) 

– 

(75) 

– 

– 

– 

– 

(75) 

£bn

£m

–

–

–

–

(55)

–

(55)

–

–

–

–

(55) 

£bn

– 

Group 
£m

467 

634 

– 

1,101 

(870) 

(3,778) 

(3,547) 

(647) 

– 

– 

879 

(3,315) 

0.55%

3.08% 

£bn

98.4 

72.9 

£m

1,317

964

–

2,281

(939)

(6,900)

5,558

60

–

–

1,834

(3,664)

1.01%

4.60% 

£bn

140.7 

108.8

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 76 
74

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

75

OTHER FinAnciAl inFORMATiOn

volatility arising in insurance businesses

The Group’s statutory result before tax is affected by insurance volatility, caused by movements in financial markets, and policyholder interests volatility, 
which primarily reflects the gross up of policyholder tax included in the Group tax charge.

in 2012 the Group’s statutory result before tax included positive insurance and policyholder interests volatility totalling £306 million compared to negative 
volatility of £838 million in 2011.

Volatility comprises the following:

insurance volatility

Policyholder interests volatility1

Total volatility

insurance hedging arrangements

Total

1

includes volatility relating to the Group’s interest in st James’s Place.

2012 
£m 

183

    143

326

(20)

306

2011 
£m 

(557)

(283)   

(840)

2

(838)

insurance volatility 
The Group’s insurance business has liability products that are supported by substantial holdings of investments, including equities, property and fixed 
interest investments, all of which are subject to variations in their value. The value of the liabilities does not move exactly in line with changes in the value 
of the investments, yet iFRs requires that the changes in both the value of the liabilities and investments be reflected within the income statement. As 
these investments are substantial and movements in their value can have a significant impact on the profitability of the Group, management believes  
that it is appropriate to disclose the division’s results on the basis of an expected return in addition to results based on the actual return.

The expected sterling investment returns used to determine the normalised profit of the business, which are based on prevailing market rates and 
published research into historical investment return differentials, are set out below:

United Kingdom (Sterling) 

Gilt yields (gross)

Equity returns (gross)

dividend yield

Property return (gross)

corporate bonds in unit-linked and With Profit Funds (gross)

Fixed interest investments backing annuity liabilities (gross)

2012
%

2.48

5.48

3.00

5.48

3.08

3.89

2011 
% 

3.99 

6.99 

3.00 

6.99 

4.59 

4.78 

The impact on the results due to the actual return on these investments differing from the expected return (based upon economic assumptions made 
at the beginning of the year) is included within insurance volatility. changes in market variables also affect the realistic valuation of the guarantees and 
options embedded within the With Profits Funds, the value of the in-force business and the value of shareholders’ funds.

The positive insurance volatility during 2012 in the insurance division was £183 million, primarily reflecting the benefits of an increase in equity market 
values relative to the expected return and a reduction in gilt yields and a narrowing of corporate bond spreads. This has been partially offset by lower 
cash returns compared to the long-term expectation.

Group hedging arrangements 
To protect against further deterioration in equity market conditions, and the consequent negative impact on the value of in-force business on the Group 
balance sheet, the Group purchased put option contracts in 2011, financed by selling some upside potential from equity market movements. These 
expired in 2012 and the charge booked in 2012 on these contracts was £3 million. new protection was acquired in 2012 to replace the expired contracts. 
There was no initial cost associated with these hedging arrangements. On a mark-to-market valuation basis a loss of £17 million was recognised in 
relation to the new contracts in 2012.

Policyholder interests volatility 

The application of accounting standards results in the introduction of other sources of significant volatility into the pre-tax profits of the life, pensions  

and investments business. in order to provide a clearer representation of the performance of the business, and consistent with the way in which it is 

managed, adjustments are made to remove this volatility from underlying profits. The effect of these adjustments is separately disclosed as policyholder 

interests volatility.

The most significant of these additional sources of volatility is policyholder tax. Accounting standards require that tax on policyholder investment returns 

should be included in the Group’s tax charge rather than being offset against the related income. The result is, therefore, to either increase or decrease 

profit before tax with a related change in the tax charge. Timing and measurement differences exist between provisions for tax and charges made to 

policyholders. consistent with the normalised approach taken in respect of insurance volatility, differences in the expected levels of the policyholder  

tax provision and policyholder charges are adjusted through policyholder interests volatility.

in 2012, the statutory results before tax included a credit to other income which relates to policyholder interests volatility totalling £143 million  

(2011: £283 million charge).

Banking net interest margin

Banking net interest income

Average interest-earning banking assets

Average interest-bearing banking liabilities

Banking net interest margin 

Banking asset margin

Banking liability margin

Core

Banking net interest margin

Banking net interest income

non-core

Banking net interest margin

Banking net interest income

Average interest-earning banking assets

Average interest-earning banking assets

Banking net interest income – management basis

insurance division

Other net interest income (including trading activity)

Group net interest income – management basis

Fair value unwind

insurance gross up

Banking volatility and liability management gains

Volatility arising in insurance businesses

Group net interest income – statutory

Banking net interest income is analysed for asset and liability margins based on interest earned and paid on average assets and average liabilities 

respectively, adjusted for Funds Transfer Pricing, which prices intra-group funding and liquidity. centrally held wholesale funding costs and related items 

are included in the Group banking asset margin.

Average interest-earning banking assets, which are calculated gross of related impairment allowances, and average interest-bearing banking liabilities 

relate solely to customer and product balances in the banking businesses on which interest is earned or paid. Funding and capital balances including 

debt securities in issue, subordinated debt, repos and shareholders’ equity are excluded from the calculation of average interest-bearing banking 

liabilities. However, the cost of funding these balances allocated to the banking businesses is included in banking net interest income. 

A reconciliation of banking net interest income to Group net interest income showing the items that are excluded in determining banking net interest 

income follows: 

2012 

2011 

£10,480m 

£12,094m 

£543.3bn 

£585.4bn 

£391.3bn 

£364.0bn

1.93%  

1.09%

1.16%  

2.07%  

1.46% 

0.98%  

2.32%  

2.42%  

£9,818m 

£10,612m  

£423.7bn

£438.7bn

0.55%  

£662m 

£119.6bn

1.01%  

£1,482m 

£146.7bn

10,335

 12,210

2012 

£m 

10,480

(78)

(67)

(237)

199

(1,230)

8

9,075

2011 

£m 

12,094 

(67) 

183  

(710) 

843 

336 

19 

12,698 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
74

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

75

volatility arising in insurance businesses (continued)

Policyholder interests volatility 
The application of accounting standards results in the introduction of other sources of significant volatility into the pre-tax profits of the life, pensions  
and investments business. in order to provide a clearer representation of the performance of the business, and consistent with the way in which it is 
managed, adjustments are made to remove this volatility from underlying profits. The effect of these adjustments is separately disclosed as policyholder 
interests volatility.

The most significant of these additional sources of volatility is policyholder tax. Accounting standards require that tax on policyholder investment returns 
should be included in the Group’s tax charge rather than being offset against the related income. The result is, therefore, to either increase or decrease 
profit before tax with a related change in the tax charge. Timing and measurement differences exist between provisions for tax and charges made to 
policyholders. consistent with the normalised approach taken in respect of insurance volatility, differences in the expected levels of the policyholder  
tax provision and policyholder charges are adjusted through policyholder interests volatility.

in 2012, the statutory results before tax included a credit to other income which relates to policyholder interests volatility totalling £143 million  
(2011: £283 million charge).

Banking net interest margin

Banking net interest income

Average interest-earning banking assets

Average interest-bearing banking liabilities

Banking net interest margin 

Banking asset margin

Banking liability margin

Core

Banking net interest margin

Banking net interest income

Average interest-earning banking assets

non-core

Banking net interest margin

Banking net interest income

Average interest-earning banking assets

2012 

2011 

£10,480m 

£12,094m 

£543.3bn 

£585.4bn 

£391.3bn 

£364.0bn

1.93%  

1.09%

1.16%  

2.07%  

1.46% 

0.98%  

2.32%  

2.42%  

£9,818m 

£10,612m  

£423.7bn

£438.7bn

0.55%  

£662m 

£119.6bn

1.01%  

£1,482m 

£146.7bn

Banking net interest income is analysed for asset and liability margins based on interest earned and paid on average assets and average liabilities 
respectively, adjusted for Funds Transfer Pricing, which prices intra-group funding and liquidity. centrally held wholesale funding costs and related items 
are included in the Group banking asset margin.

Average interest-earning banking assets, which are calculated gross of related impairment allowances, and average interest-bearing banking liabilities 
relate solely to customer and product balances in the banking businesses on which interest is earned or paid. Funding and capital balances including 
debt securities in issue, subordinated debt, repos and shareholders’ equity are excluded from the calculation of average interest-bearing banking 
liabilities. However, the cost of funding these balances allocated to the banking businesses is included in banking net interest income. 

A reconciliation of banking net interest income to Group net interest income showing the items that are excluded in determining banking net interest 
income follows: 

Banking net interest income – management basis

insurance division

Other net interest income (including trading activity)

Group net interest income – management basis

Fair value unwind

Banking volatility and liability management gains

insurance gross up

Volatility arising in insurance businesses

Group net interest income – statutory

2012 
£m 

10,480

(78)

(67)

2011 
£m 

12,094 

(67) 

183  

10,335

 12,210

(237)

199

(1,230)

8

9,075

(710) 

843 

336 

19 

12,698 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information177115203355Marketplace trends 19Business model and strategy 22Delivering our action plan 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 42Summary of Group results 44Divisional results 52Group Operations and Central items 67Other financial information 68Five year financial summary 76 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
76

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

FiVE YEAR FinAnciAl suMMARY

The statutory financial information set out in the table below has been derived from the annual report and accounts of lloyds Banking  
Group plc for each of the past five years. 

The financial statements for each of the years presented have been audited by Pricewaterhousecoopers llP, independent auditors.

income statement data for the year ended 31 December (£m)

Total income, net of insurance claims1

Operating expenses

Trading surplus1

impairment 

Gain on acquisition

(loss) profit before tax

(loss) profit for the year

(loss) profit for the year attributable to equity shareholders

Total dividend for the year2

Balance sheet data (£m)

share capital

shareholders’ equity

net asset value per ordinary share

customer deposits

subordinated liabilities

loans and advances to customers

Total assets

Share information

Basic earnings per ordinary share

diluted earnings per ordinary share

Total dividend per ordinary share2

Market price (year end)

number of shareholders (thousands)

number of ordinary shares in issue (millions)3

Financial ratios (%)4

dividend payout ratio

Post-tax return on average shareholders’ equity

cost:income ratio1,5

Capital ratios (%)6

Total capital

Tier 1 capital

core tier 1 capital

2012

2011

2010

20097

2008

20,510

(15,931)

4,579

(5,149)

–

(570)

(1,343)

(1,427)

–

20,802 

 (16,250)

4,552 

(8,094) 

– 

 (3,542)

 (2,714)

 (2,787)

– 

24,868

(13,270)

11,598

(10,952)

–

281

(258)

(320)

–

22,526

(15,984)

6,542

(16,673)

11,173

1,042

2,953

2,827

–

9,872

(6,100)

3,772

(3,012)

–

760

798

772

648

31 December
2012

31 december
2011

31 december
2010

31 december
2009

31 december
2008

7,042

43,999

62p

426,912

34,092

517,225

924,552

2012

(2.0)p

(2.0)p

–

47.9p

2,733

70,343

2012

–

(3.1)

77.7

6,881 

 45,920

67p 

413,906 

35,089 

565,638 

 970,546 

2011

(4.1) p 

(4.1) p 

– 

25.9p 

2,770 

68,727 

2011

– 

(6.2) 

78.1 

6,815

46,061

68p

393,633

36,232

592,597

991,574

2010

(0.5)p 

(0.5)p 

–

65.7p

2,798

68,074

2010

–

(0.7)

53.4

10,472

43,278

68p

406,741

34,727

626,969

1,027,255

2009

7.5p

7.5p

–

50.7p

2,834

63,775

2009

–

8.8

71.0

1,513

9,393

155p

170,938

17,256

240,344

436,033

2008

6.7p

6.6p

11.4p

126.0p

824

5,973

2008

83.9

7.0

61.8

31 December
2012

31 december
2011

31 december
2010

31 december
20098

31 december
20088

17.3

13.8

12.0

15.6 

12.5 

10.8 

15.2

11.6

10.2

12.4

9.6

8.1

11.1

7.9

5.5

1

Restated in 2012 to reflect the share of results of joint ventures and associates within total income.

2

Annual dividends comprise both interim and estimated final dividend payments. under iFRs, the total dividend for the year represents the interim dividend paid during the year and the 
final dividend which will be paid and accounted for during the following year. 

3

This figure excludes 81 million (2008: 79 million) limited voting ordinary shares.

4

Averages are calculated on a monthly basis from the consolidated financial data of lloyds Banking Group.

5

The cost:income ratio is calculated as total operating expenses as a percentage of total income (net of insurance claims).

6

capital ratios are in accordance with Basel ii requirements.

7

Restated in 2009 for iFRs 2 (Revised) and to separate the share of results of joint ventures and associates from total income.

8

Restated in 2010 to reflect a prior year adjustment to available-for-sale revaluation reserves.

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

77

     GOVERnAncEBoard of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 11478

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

79

BOARd OF diREcTORs

 nOn-EXEcuTiVE diREcTORs 

Sir Winfried Bischoff
chairman

chairman of the nomination & Governance 
committee. Member of the Remuneration 
committee and the Risk committee

Joined the Board in september 2009

Age: 71

David Roberts
deputy chairman 
independent director
chairman of the Risk committee. Member 
of the Audit committee, the Remuneration 
committee and the nomination  
& Governance committee
Joined the Board in March 2010

Age: 50

Skills and experience: sir Winfried has substantial experience of leading complex 
international boards in the uK, Asia and the us. His background spans a range of sectors, 
including banking and capital markets, finance and government regulation and public 
policy. sir Winfried is a highly respected leader with the proven experience and  
judgement to lead the Board of lloyds Banking Group. 

external appointments: sir Winfried is a non-Executive director of Eli lilly and  
company and The McGraw Hill companies inc. He is chairman of the Advisory  
council of ThecityuK and a Member of the Akbank international Advisory Board. 

Former appointments: sir Winfried was appointed chairman of citigroup Europe in 
2000. He became the acting chief Executive Officer of citigroup inc. in 2007 and was 
subsequently appointed as chairman in the same year until his retirement in February 
2009. Prior to this, he was the Group chief Executive and then chairman of schroders.

Skills and experience: david has many years experience at board and executive 
management level in retail and commercial banking in the uK and internationally. As chair 
of the Risk committee, he has a deep understanding of risk management, underpinned 
by recent, in-depth knowledge of all aspects of banking operations. david’s valuable 
contributions to the deliberations of the Board and committee meetings, combined with 
natural leadership qualities, make david an effective deputy chairman.

external appointments: david is the non-executive chairman of The Mind Gym.

Former appointments: david joined Barclays in 1983 and held various senior 
management positions culminating in Executive director, member of the Group 
Executive committee and chief Executive, international Retail and commercial Banking, 
a position which he held until december 2006. He is a former non-Executive director  
of BAA and Absa Group and was chairman and chief Executive of BAWAG P.s.K. AG.

Lord Blackwell 
independent director

Member of the Audit committee  
and the Risk committee  
chairman of scottish Widows Group

Joined the Board on 1 June 2012

Age: 60

Carolyn Fairbairn
independent director

Member of the Audit committee  
and the Remuneration committee

Joined the Board on 1 June 2012 

Age: 52

Skills and experience: lord Blackwell has in-depth insurance, banking, regulatory and public 
policy experience gained from senior positions in a wide range of industries. He has the 
knowledge and experience to contribute effectively as a non-Executive director and lead the 
Board of scottish Widows Group.

Skills and experience: carolyn has extensive digital and on-line, Government and regulatory 
experience gained across a range of sectors including media and financial services. With her 
broad experience and strong analytical mind, carolyn plays an active part in reviewing the 
strategy of the Board and contributing to the debate at Board and committee meetings.

external appointments: lord Blackwell is the chairman of interserve plc. He is a non-Executive 
director of Ofcom and Halma plc and a member of the Board of the centre for Policy studies.

Former appointments: lord Blackwell is a former senior independent director of standard 
life and chaired their uK life and Pensions Board. He was a non-Executive director of 
dixons Group and sEGRO and a non-Executive Member of the Office of Fair Trading. He was 
a partner of McKinsey & co. and a director of Group development at natWest Group. From 
1995 to 1997, lord Blackwell was Head of the Prime Minister’s Policy unit and was appointed  
a life Peer in 1997.

external appointments: carolyn is a non-Executive director of The Vitec Group and  
a member of its Audit, nominations and Remuneration committees. in January 2012,  
she was appointed a trustee of Marie curie cancer care.

Former appointments: carolyn was a non-Executive director of the Financial services 
Authority and chaired their Risk committee, a director of Group development and 
strategy at iTV plc and director of strategy and a member of the Executive Board at  
the BBc. she is a former partner of McKinsey & co. and was a policy adviser in the 
Prime Minister’s Policy unit. carolyn began her career as an Economist at the World Bank.

Anita Frew
independent director

Member of the Audit committee  
and the Risk committee

Joined the Board in december 2010  

Age: 55

nicholas Luff 
independent director

Member of the Audit committee and  
Risk committee (with effect from 5 March 
2013). chairman of the Audit committee 
(with effect from 1 April 2013)

Joining the Board on 5 March 2013

Age: 45

Skills and experience: Anita has extensive board, financial and general management 
experience across a range of sectors, including banking, asset management, 
manufacturing and utilities. Her breadth of experience and strong leadership qualities 
make her an effective non-Executive director.

Skills and experience: nick has significant financial experience in the uK listed 
environment having served in a number of senior finance positions within a range of 
sectors. His background and experience enables him to fulfil the role of Audit committee 
chair and for sEc purposes the role of Audit committee Financial Expert.

external appointments: Anita is the chairman of Victrex plc, having previously been  
its senior independent director, and is the senior independent director of Aberdeen  
Asset Management. she is a non-Executive director of iMi. 

Former appointments: Anita was an Executive director of Abbott Mead Vickers, 
director of corporate development at WPP Group and a non-Executive director of 
northumbrian Water. she has held various investment and marketing roles at scottish 
Provident and the Royal Bank of scotland.

external appointments: nick is the Group Finance director of centrica.

Former appointments: nick was previously the Finance director of The Peninsular  
& Oriental steam navigation company and chief Financial Officer of P&O Princess 
cruises plc. until december 2010, he served as a non-Executive director and was the 
Audit committee chair of QinetiQ Group. nick started his career with KPMG where  
he qualified as a chartered accountant in 1991.

 
78

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

79

 nOn-EXEcuTiVE diREcTORs 

T Timothy Ryan, Jr
independent director 
(until 18 April 2013)

Member of the Remuneration committee 
and the Risk committee

Joined the Board in March 2009 

Age: 67

Martin Scicluna 
independent director 
(until 31 March 2013)

chairman of the Audit committee. 
Member of the Risk committee and 
nomination & Governance committee

Joined the Board in september 2008 

Age: 62

Skills and experience: Tim is a senior investment banker with international board and 
management experience and a strong background in the us government sector. Tim 
brings an international perspective to the Board with a strong focus on financial markets 
and securities, government relations and international emerging best practice.

external appointments: Tim is the Global Head of Regulatory strategy and Policy  
at JP Morgan. He is a director of the Great-West life insurance co., Power corporation  
of canada and Power Financial corp. 

Skills and experience: Martin has significant finance experience. He was with  
deloitte for 34 years including 26 years as an Audit Partner serving a number of  
FTsE100 companies. His background and experience enables him to fulfil the role  
of Audit committee chair and for sEc purposes the role of Audit committee  
Financial Expert.

external appointments: Martin is the chairman of RsA insurance Group and  
Great Portland Estates and a Governor of Berkhamsted school.

Former appointments: Tim was the President and chief Executive of the securities industry 
and Financial Markets Association and a director in the Office of Thrift supervision, us 
department of the Treasury. He is a former director of Koram Bank, the international Foundation 
of Election systems and the us-Japan Foundation. He held a number of senior appointments in 
JP Morgan chase including Vice chairman, Financial institutions and Governments. Tim was also 
a member of the Global Markets Advisory committee for the national intelligence council.

Former appointments: Martin was a member of the Board of Partners of deloitte uK 
from 1991 to 2007 and served as its chairman from 1995. He joined the firm in 1973  
and was a partner from 1982 until he retired in 2008. Martin was a member of the Board  
of directors of deloitte Touche Tohmatsu from 1999 to 2007.

Anthony Watson, CBe 
senior independent director

chairman of the Remuneration committee. 
Member of the Audit committee,  
the Risk committee and the nomination  
& Governance committee

Joined the Board in April 2009

Age: 67

Sara Weller 
independent director

Member of the Remuneration committee  
and the Risk committee

Joined the Board on 1 February 2012

Age: 51

Skills and experience: Tony has over 40 years’ experience in the investment management 
industry and related sectors. As senior independent director and chair of the Remuneration 
committee, he ensures close and regular dialogue with shareholders with the aim of better 
aligning executive reward with shareholder interests. His former experience as chief Executive 
of Hermes Pensions Management places him in an ideal position to carry out these roles.

Skills and experience: With a background in retail and associated sectors, including 
financial services, sara brings a broad perspective to the Board. she is a strong  
advocate of customers and of the application of new technology, both of which  
directly support lloyds Banking Group’s strategy. sara has considerable experience  
of boards at both executive and non-executive level.

external appointments: Tony is a non-Executive director of Vodafone Group. He is the 
senior independent director of Hammerson and Witan investment Trust and chairman  
of the lincoln’s inn investment committee and Marks & spencer Trustees.

Former appointments: Tony is the former chief Executive of Hermes Pensions 
Management. He was also formerly chairman of the Asian infrastructure Fund,  
MEPc and of the strategic investment Board (northern ireland). He was a member  
of the Financial Reporting council and a member of the norges Bank investment 
Management Advisory Board.

external appointments: sara is a non-Executive director of united utilities Group  
and chair of their Remuneration committee.

Former appointments: sara is the former Managing director of Argos. she held  
various senior positions at J sainsbury including deputy Managing director and  
served on its Board between January 2002 and May 2004. she was a non-Executive 
director of Mitchells & Butler and also held senior management roles for Abbey  
national and Mars confectionery.

 EXEcuTiVE diREcTORs

António Horta-Osório 
Group chief Executive 

Appointed Group chief Executive  
in March 2011

Joined the Board in January 2011

Age: 49

George Culmer 
Group Finance director

Joined the Board on 16 May 2012

Age: 50

Skills and experience: António brings extensive experience in, and understanding  
of, both retail and commercial banking. This has been built over a period of more  
than 25 years, working both internationally as well as in the uK. António’s drive,  
enthusiasm and commitment to customers, along with his proven ability to build  
and lead strong management teams, brings significant value to all stakeholders  
of lloyds Banking Group.

external appointments: António is a non-Executive director of Fundação  
champalimaud and sociedade Francisco Manuel dos santos in Portugal and a Governor 
of the london Business school.

Former appointments: António joined Grupo santander in 1993 and held various  
senior management positions culminating in Executive Vice President of Grupo  
santander and a member of its Management committee. in november 2004 he  
was appointed as a non-Executive director of santander uK and from August 2006  
until november 2010, served as its chief Executive. António is also a former  
non-Executive director of the court of the Bank of England.

Skills and experience: George has deep operational and financial expertise  
including strategic and financial planning and control. He has worked in financial services 
in the uK and overseas for over 20 years. With a strong background in insurance and 
shareholder advocacy, his skills and experience enhance the Board and strengthen  
further the senior management team.

external appointments: none.

Former appointments: George was an Executive director and chief Financial  
Officer of RsA insurance Group. He is also the former Head of capital Management  
of Zurich Financial services and chief Financial Officer of its uK operations. George 
previously held various senior management positions at Prudential.

Claire A Davies
company secretary 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 114 
80

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

81

GROuP EXEcuTiVE cOMMiTTEE

dEliVERinG 
OuR VisiOn
MAnAGinG  
A MORE AGilE 
ORGAnisATiOn

The Group benefits from the depth and diversity 
of experience within the management team. The 
complementary skill sets across the team strengthens 
the Group’s ability to effectively adjust to changing 
market environments, deliver on our strategic plan and 
become the best bank for customers. Brief biographies 
of the management team are outlined below:

António Horta-Osório
Group chief Executive

George Culmer
Group Finance director

António joined the Board in January 2011 as an Executive director and became  
Group chief Executive in March 2011. 

George joined the Board as Finance director on 16 May 2012.  

Further details can be found on page 79. 

Further details can be found on page 79.

Andrew Bester
chief Executive,  
commercial Banking

Alison Brittain
Group director, Retail

Andrew , cEO commercial Banking, was appointed as a Group director on 1 July 2012.  
He is also the chairman of lloyds development capital. Prior to joining lloyds Banking 
Group, Andrew worked at standard chartered Bank in a variety of senior roles including 
Global cOO of consumer Banking, chief Financial Officer of consumer Banking and 
co-Head of Wholesale Banking for Greater china and before that the same role for the 
Africa region. Before joining standard chartered, Andrew was the Group Finance  
director for Xchanging, a leading European outsourcing firm. Prior to this, he worked  
at deutsche Bank in Europe. 

Andrew qualified as a chartered Accountant with deloitte & Touche. He is a member  
of the south African institute of chartered Accountants, the chartered institute of 
Management Accountants and is a chartered Global Management Accountant. He is also 
a member of the Association of corporate Treasurers, Association of Financial Markets  
in Europe and Global Financial Markets Association. 

Alison joined lloyds Banking Group in september 2011 as Group director for the  
Retail division. The Retail division consists of lloyds TsB, Bank of scotland and Halifax 
community banks as well as Retail Products and intermediaries, Marketing, Telephony  
and digital banking.

Her last role was as Executive director for Retail distribution and a Board director  
at santander uK. she previously worked at Barclays for 19 years in various roles including 
director of Barclays and Woolwich Retail networks, and as Managing director of  
Barclays Business Banking. 

Alison attended university in scotland and the usA and has an MBA from cambridge 
university’s Judge institute.

 
 
 
80

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

81

Juan Colombás
chief Risk Officer

Mark Fisher
director, Group Operations

Juan was appointed as the Group’s chief Risk Officer on 24 January 2011. A member  
of the Group Executive committee, he is responsible for effective risk management  
across the bank. His team is represented across all the divisions and the extended  
Risk community includes some 7,000 colleagues.

Mark joined lloyds Banking Group as the director of Group Operations in March 2009. 
in september 2009 his responsibilities expanded to include Group integration director. 
Mark became the chairman of lloyds TsB scotland in december 2009 and is also the 
Group’s Executive sponsor for disability.

Juan has over 25 years of experience in banking having completed a range of Risk,  
control and Business Management roles across the corporate, investment, Retail and  
Risk divisions of the santander Group. He has lived in the uK since 2006 when he joined 
the santander uK business as the chief Risk Officer.

Prior to joining Mark was chief Executive Officer of ABn AMRO and was appointed  
as chairman of the Managing Board in november 2007. Mark was a director of The Royal 
Bank of scotland Group from March 2006, and chief Executive of the Manufacturing 
division at RBs since 2000. Other achievements have included: chairman of the 
Association for Payment clearing services (2003 – 2007).

Mark is a career banker having joined natWest in 1981. He was Retail Finance director  
and later chief Operating Officer before natWest was bought by RBs.

Antonio Lorenzo
Group director, Wealth,  
Asset Finance & international and  
Group corporate development

David nicholson
Group director,  
Halifax community Bank

Antonio joined lloyds Banking Group in March 2011. He is a Group director with 
responsibility for Wealth, Asset Finance, international & Group corporate development. 
since joining the Group, Antonio’s highlight has been leading the Group strategic Review. 
His division has since been fundamental in supporting the Group’s agenda to both 
reshape its international presence and strengthen the balance sheet through significant 
non-core reduction and double-digit deposit growth.

Antonio has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. He worked  
for Arthur Andersen for over nine years before joining santander in 1998. during his time  
at santander, he was working in a number of different finance and business roles. Antonio 
was part of the management team in 2004 that took over Abbey national whilst also 
becoming chief Financial Officer of santander uK. 

david is Group director of the Halifax community Bank. He has specific responsibility  
for the Halifax branch network and its 10,500 colleagues. Halifax is playing a key role in  
the Group’s strategy as a challenger brand, with a focus on making customers better off.

david has over 25 years experience in retail financial services. He is chairman of  
the ‘Your Tomorrow’ pension fund trustees and is a member of the institute of Financial 
services school of Finance Board of Governors. He is also community ambassador  
for Yorkshire and Humberside.

Toby Strauss
Group director, insurance

Matthew young
Group corporate Affairs director

Toby joined lloyds Banking Group in October 2011 as Group director for insurance  
and cEO of scottish Widows. Before joining the Group, Toby was uK life cEO at Aviva  
and prior to this he was chief Operating Officer for uK life, having joined Aviva in 2008.  
He previously worked at charcol, becoming Managing director, before moving to Js & P 
(now Towry) as chief Executive. Before that, Toby spent a number of years at McKinsey, 
specialising in the financial services and technology sectors.

Matt joined lloyds Banking Group in February 2011 as Group corporate Affairs director. 
He has responsibility for internal and External communications, Public Affairs, Regulatory 
developments, competition, community investment including the Group’s Archives  
and Museums. Prior to joining the Group, he was the communications director at 
santander uK and has also held senior positions with Abbey national and natWest.

Matt is a member of the Board of Trustees at in Kind direct, one of the Prince’s charities, 
and founded by HRH Prince of Wales in 1996. He is a member of the city uK’s strategic 
Advisory committee and of the chartered institute of Public Relations.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 11482

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

83

diREcTORs’ REPORT

Results 
The consolidated income statement shows a loss for the year ended 31 december 2012 of £1,343 million.

Principal activities
The company is a holding company and its subsidiary undertakings provide a wide range of banking and financial services through branches 
and offices in the uK and overseas.

Business review, future developments and financial risk management objectives and policies
The information that fulfils the requirements of the business review, future developments and financial risk management objectives and 
policies can be found in the following sections of the annual report, which are incorporated into this report by reference:

Business review and future developments

Key performance indicators

Financial risk management objectives and internal control policies

Principal risks and uncertainties

Pages

10 to 76 and 115 to 202

4 to 9

115 to 202 and page 92

118 to 124

Financial risk management objectives and internal control policies in relation to the use  
of financial instruments

115 to 202 (and in note 55 on pages 318 to 338)

Post balance sheet events
There have been no material post balance sheet events.

Going concern
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 considered a number of key dependencies which are set out in the risk management section 
under principal risks and uncertainties: liquidity and funding on page 123 and pages 177 to 184 and capital position on pages 187 to 200 and 
additionally have considered projections for the Group’s capital and funding position. Having considered these, the directors consider that  
it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.

Directors
Biographical details of directors are shown on pages 78 and 79. Particulars of their emoluments and interests in shares in the company 
are given on pages 98 to 114. changes to the composition of the Board since 1 January 2012 up to the date of this report are shown in the 
table below:

s V Weller

G T Tate

T J W Tookey

lord leitch

M G culmer

sir Julian Horn-smith

G R Moreno

lord Blackwell

c J Fairbairn

Joined the Board 

Retired from the Board 

1 February 2012 

6 February 2012 

24 February 2012 

29 February 2012 

17 May 2012 

17 May 2012

16 May 2012 

1 June 2012

1 June 2012

M A scicluna and T T Ryan, Jr will retire from the Board on 31 March 2013 and 18 April 2013, respectively.

n l luff will be appointed to the Board on 5 March 2013.

lord Blackwell, c J Fairbairn and n l luff were, or will be, appointed to the Board since the annual general meeting held in 2012 and will 
therefore stand for election at the forthcoming annual general meeting.

in the interests of good corporate governance and in accordance with the provisions of the uK corporate Governance code, all of the other 
directors will retire and those willing to serve again will submit themselves for re-election at the forthcoming annual general meeting. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
82

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

83

Directors’ conflicts of interest
The Board, as permitted by the company’s articles of association, has authorised all potential conflicts of interest that have been declared 
by individual directors. decisions regarding these conflicts of interest could be and were only taken by directors who had no interest in the 
matter. in taking the decision, the directors acted in a way they considered, in good faith, would be most likely to promote the company’s 
success. The directors have the ability to impose conditions, if thought appropriate, when granting authorisation. Any authorities given are 
reviewed periodically, and as considered appropriate, and at least every 15 months. no director is permitted to vote on any resolution or 
matter where he or she has an actual or potential conflict of interest. The Board confirms that no material conflicts were reported to it during 
the year. 

Directors’ indemnities
The directors of the company, including the former directors who retired during the year and since the year end, have entered into individual 
deeds of indemnity with the company which constituted ‘qualifying third party indemnity provisions’ and ‘qualifying pension scheme 
indemnity provisions’ for the purposes of the companies Act 2006. in addition, the company has granted a deed of indemnity through 
deed poll which constituted ‘third party indemnity provisions’ and ‘qualifying pension scheme 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. The deeds were in force 
during the whole of the financial year or from the date of appointment in respect of the directors who joined the Boards in 2012 and 2013. 
The indemnities remain in force for the duration of a director’s period of office. The deeds indemnify the directors to the maximum extent 
permitted by law. deeds for existing directors are available for inspection at the company’s registered office. in addition, the Group has in 
place appropriate directors and Officers liability insurance cover which was in place throughout 2012.

Corporate governance report
The corporate governance report can be found on pages 86 to 97 and, together with this directors’ report of which it forms part, fulfils  
the requirements of the corporate Governance statement for the purpose of the Financial service Authority’s disclosure and Transparency 
Rules (dTR).

Share capital
information about share capital is shown in note 46 on pages 285 and 286 and is incorporated into this report by reference. 

The powers of the directors are determined by the companies Act 2006 and the company’s articles of association. The directors were 
granted authority at the 2012 annual general meeting to issue and allot shares and to repurchase its own shares. Renewal authorities will  
be sought at the 2013 annual general meeting.

The company did not repurchase any of its shares during the year (2011: none).

Substantial shareholders
information provided to the company by substantial shareholders pursuant to the dTR is published via a Regulatory information service  
and is available on the company’s website.

As at the date of this report, the company had been notified under Rule 5 of the dTR that The solicitor for the Affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury  
had a direct interest of 39.76 per cent in the issued share capital with rights to vote in all circumstances at general meetings. no other notification  
has been received that anyone has an interest of 3 per cent or more in the issued ordinary share capital. The actual direct interest in the issued 
share capital of the company held by The solicitor for the Affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury as at the date of this report is 39.25 per cent.

Dividends
The directors do not propose to pay a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 december 2012. Further information on ordinary 
dividends is shown in note 50 on page 290 and is incorporated into this report by reference.

Change of control
The company is not party to any significant contracts that are subject to change of control provisions in the event of a takeover bid.

The company is party to a deed of covenant with each of the four lloyds TsB Foundations (the Foundations) which hold limited voting shares in 
the company (the limited voting shares are further described in note 46 on page 286). under the terms of the deeds of covenant, the company 
makes an annual payment to each of the Foundations. in the event of a successful offer for more than 50 per cent of the issued ordinary share 
capital of the company, each limited voting share would convert to an ordinary share under the terms of the company’s articles of association. 
The payment obligation under the deeds of covenant would come to an end one year following the conversion of the limited voting shares. 

Donations
The income statement includes a charge for charitable donations totalling £33,657,000 in 2012 (2011: £32,972,000), including £28,228,000 
(2011: £28,228,000) which will be paid under the deeds of covenant to the four lloyds TsB Foundations during 2013 and £1,000,000 paid  
to the Bank of scotland Foundation during 2012.

Research and development activities
during the ordinary course of business the Group develops new products and services within the business units.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 11484

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

85

diREcTORs’ REPORT

employees
lloyds Banking Group is committed to providing employment practices and policies which recognise the diversity of our workforce. We will not 
unfairly discriminate in our recruitment or employment practices on the basis of any factor which is not relevant to individuals’ performance including 
sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation or religious belief. We work hard to ensure lloyds Banking Group is inclusive for all our colleagues.

To support us in this aim, lloyds Banking Group belongs to a number of major uK employment equality campaign groups, including the 
Business disability Forum, The Age and Employment network, stonewall and Race for Opportunity. Our involvement with these organisations 
enables us to identify and implement best practice for our staff. lloyds Banking Group has a range of programmes to support colleagues who 
become disabled or acquire a long-term health condition. These include a workplace adjustment programme to provide physical equipment 
or changes to the way a job is done. The Group also runs residential Personal and career development Programmes to help colleagues deal 
positively with the impact of a disability and the colleague disability network, Access, provides peer support.

Employees are kept closely involved in major changes affecting them through such measures as team meetings, briefings, internal 
communications and opinion surveys. There are well established procedures, including regular meetings with recognised unions, to ensure 
that the views of employees are taken into account in reaching decisions. 

schemes offering share options or the acquisition of shares are available for most staff, to encourage their financial involvement in 
lloyds Banking Group.

lloyds Banking Group is committed to providing employees with comprehensive coverage of the economic and financial issues affecting the 
Group. We have established a full suite of communication channels, including an extensive face-to-face briefing programme, which allows us  
to update our employees on our performance and any financial issues throughout the year. 

Further information on employees can be found on pages 34 to 37.

Policy and practice on payment of creditors
The company has signed up to the ‘Prompt Payment code’ published by the department for Business innovation and skills, regarding the 
making of payments to suppliers. information about the ‘Prompt Payment code’ may be obtained by visiting www.promptpaymentcode.org.uk.

The company’s policy is to agree terms of payment with suppliers and these normally provide for settlement within 30 days after the date of 
the invoice, except where other arrangements have been negotiated. it is the policy of the company to abide by the agreed terms of payment, 
provided the supplier performs according to the terms of the contract.

The number of days required to be shown in this report, to comply with the provisions of the companies Act 2006, is 25 (2011: 23 days). This 
bears the same proportion to the number of days in the year as the aggregate of the amounts owed to trade creditors at 31 december 2012 
bears to the aggregate of the amounts invoiced by suppliers during the year.

essential business contracts
There are no persons with whom the Group has contractual or other arrangements that are considered essential to the business of the Group.

Significant contracts
details of related party transactions are set out in note 52 on pages 298 to 301.

Statement of directors’ responsibilities 
The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report, 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 have prepared the Group and parent company financial statements in accordance with international Financial Reporting 
standards (iFRss) as adopted by the European union. 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: select suitable accounting policies and then 
apply them consistently; make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and state whether applicable iFRss  
as adopted by the European union have been followed.

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 and, as regards the Group financial 
statements, Article 4 of the iAs Regulation. 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 www.lloydsbankinggroup.com. 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 and whose names and functions are listed on pages 78 and 79 of this annual report, confirm 
that, to the best of his or her knowledge:

 –   the Group financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with iFRss as adopted by the European union, give a true and fair 

view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the company and Group; and

 –   the management report contained in the business review includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and 

the position of the company and Group, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face.

84

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

85

independent auditors 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 auditors are 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 auditors are aware  
of that information. This confirmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of the companies Act 2006.

Resolutions concerning the re-appointment of Pricewaterhousecoopers llP as auditors and authorising the Audit committee to set their 
remuneration will be proposed at the annual general meeting.

On behalf of the Board

Claire A Davies
company secretary 
1 March 2013

company number sc95000

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 11486

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

87

cORPORATE GOVERnAncE REPORT

The Board is committed to achieving long term success for the company by being the best bank for customers and generating stable and 
sustainable returns for shareholders. Fundamental to the Board’s strategy are high standards of corporate governance designed to ensure 
rigour in the Board’s discussions and decision making. This report explains how our corporate governance standards, in particular, those laid 
down in the 2010 edition of the Financial Reporting council (FRc)’s uK corporate Governance code (the code), apply in practice to ensure 
that the Board and management work together for the long term benefit of the company and its shareholders. The code can be accessed at 
www.frc.org.uk. in 2012, the code was reviewed by the FRc and amendments were introduced that will apply to financial periods commencing 
after 1 October 2012 (the new code). Wherever appropriate, the Board has sought in 2012 to apply the provisions of the new code.

Leadership       

Role of the Board
The Board is collectively responsible for the long term success of the company. it achieves this by: 

 – setting the strategy and overseeing delivery against it;

 – establishing the culture, values and standards of the Group;

 – ensuring that the Group manages risk effectively through the approval and monitoring of the Group’s risk appetite and a robust risk 

management framework;

 – monitoring financial performance and reporting, including the approval of the Group’s annual report and accounts; and

 – oversight of resources including people and other key resources e.g. iT, and by ensuring that appropriate and effective remuneration policies 

and succession planning arrangements are in place. 

To assist the Board in carrying out its functions and to provide independent oversight of the internal control and risk management 
framework, a substantial part of the Board’s responsibilities are delegated to the Board’s committees. Each of the committees is chaired 
by an experienced chairman and comprises independent non-Executive Members only. All non-Executive directors serve on at least two 
committees. The Board is kept up to date on the activities of the committees through reports from the committee chairmen at each board 
meeting. Terms of Reference for each of the committees can be found on our website at www.lloydsbankinggroup.com and information on 
the membership, role and activities of each of the committees can be found on pages 94 to 97. 

delegation of specialist matters to the committees allows a degree of rigour and scrutiny that would not be possible by the Board acting 
alone. Matters of particular importance such as funding and liquidity, the internal capital Adequacy Assessment Process, provisioning and risk 
appetite are debated thoroughly by the relevant committee but need to be approved by the Board as a whole. 

The Board believes that the committees are operating effectively. The 2012 Board Effectiveness Review carried out by independent Audit 
summarised the performance of the committees as follows: 

“A distinctive characteristic of the Board governance at Lloyds Banking Group is that much of the Board’s work is done in the Committees ...The  
Committees themselves are very highly regarded by management and Non-Executive Directors alike, we think entirely justifiably. Their high 
performance contributes a very large element of the overall positive picture.” 

in addition to the standing committees, the Board also established ad hoc committees during the year to oversee management’s response 
to the industry investigation into liBOR and the FsA investigation into HBOs. Both committees were set up as sub-committees of the 
Risk committee and are chaired by david Roberts, chair of the Risk committee. 

Authority and delegation 
The Board operates through a Governance Framework which is reviewed at least annually to ensure that it remains fit for purpose. The 
Governance Framework comprises the Board Governance Framework, the Executive Governance Framework and the Group subsidiaries 
Manual, each of which are explained below.

The Board Governance Framework is, in effect, the Board’s operating manual and sets out:

 – the matters that the Board has reserved to itself, including: the development and setting of strategy and long term objectives; approval  

of the medium term plan and financial budgets; capital and structure of capital; significant contracts; and various statutory and  
regulatory approvals;

 – delegation of the responsibility for day to day management of the business to the Group chief Executive; 

 – terms of reference of, and delegations to, the Board committees to ensure an appropriate level of independent oversight by  

non-Executive directors; and

 – the respective roles and responsibilities of each of the chairman, Group chief Executive, senior independent director and  

non-Executive directors.

A summary of the Board Governance Framework is available in the Governance section of our website at www.lloydsbanking.com.

The Executive Governance Framework is the means by which the Group chief Executive delegates responsibilities at executive level to 
assist him in carrying out his duties. The Group chief Executive reserves certain matters to himself and, subject to financial limits, delegates 
responsibilities to the Executive directors, his direct reports and other senior executives who collectively make up the Group Executive 
committee. The Executive Governance Framework provides for delegation to individuals and not to committees. 

Through the adoption of consistent and proportionate standards, the Group subsidiaries Manual helps the Group to manage the legal, 
regulatory and reputational risks associated with its subsidiary entities by providing guidance on the required governance structures and 
controls having regard to the nature and risk profile of the entity. 

86

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

87

Roles of the Chairman and Chief executive
There is a clear division of responsibilities at the head of the company. The chairman has overall responsibility for the leadership of the Board 
while the Group chief Executive manages and leads the business. 

The responsibilities of the chairman are set out in the Board Governance Framework and include: 

 – leadership of the Board; 

 – promoting the highest standards of corporate governance;

 – oversight of the content of the Board meeting agendas to ensure that the Board devotes its time and attention to the right matters. Agendas 

are finalised at Board Agenda Review meetings involving the chairman, Group chief Executive and company secretary. The deputy 
chairman and senior independent director also attend;

 – effective communication with shareholders and development of understanding of the views of shareholders;

 – leading and, with the assistance of the company secretary, attending to the identification and provision of induction, training and 

development needs for directors and the Board generally;

 – ensuring, with the support of the company secretary, that directors receive timely and relevant information and are kept advised of key 

developments, both during and between formal meetings;

 – encouraging open dialogue between directors and to this end, he meets regularly with the non-Executive directors in the absence of 

Executive directors in private sessions; and

 – building an effective and complementary Board and, in conjunction with the nomination & Governance committee, planning succession  

in Board appointments.

The 2012 Board Effectiveness Review summarised the chairman’s contribution as follows: 

“The Chairman has brought the Board through an exceptionally difficult time. He is much respected for his wisdom and experience, and for 
rebuilding the Board to its present high quality. He has been instrumental in the Group establishing good relationships with external stakeholders 
and is widely trusted.”

in addition to the Board Effectiveness Review (the process for which is described on page 89), a separate review of the chairman’s 
performance is undertaken annually by the non-Executive directors. For 2012, the review was led by Anthony Watson, senior independent 
director, who also provided feedback to the chairman on the findings. The review focused on three key areas: leadership of the Board; 
effectiveness; and relations with shareholders. The review was carried out through a questionnaire sent to all directors, follow up meetings 
with individual directors and a detailed discussion with the non-Executive directors in the absence of the chairman. 

The Group chief Executive is responsible for: 

 – managing the business of the Group in accordance with the strategy and long term objectives approved by the Board; 

 – incurring capital and revenue expenditure, as appropriate, to meet the objectives set by the Board; and

 – making decisions in all matters affecting the operations, performance and strategy of the Group’s businesses, with the exception of those 

matters reserved to the Board. 

Following a period of absence in 2011, the details of which were explained in last year’s report, the Group chief Executive, António Horta-Osório,  
returned to work in January 2012. The Board has been impressed with his energy and commitment to the role as evidenced by the 
demonstrable progress made in delivering the strategy. The Board through the chairman continues to monitor his progress and is confident 
that he has fully recovered. 

Board effectiveness and governance 
The chairman of the Board leads the rolling review of the Board’s effectiveness through, and with the support of, the nomination & 
Governance committee, which he also chairs. To ensure a broad representation of independent views, including perspectives from each 
of the committees, membership of the nomination & Governance committee comprises the chairman, the deputy chairman, the senior 
independent director and the chairmen of the Audit, Risk and Remuneration committees. Prior to his retirement from the Board in May 2012, 
sir Julian Horn-smith (independent non-Executive director) was also a member. The Group chief Executive attends meetings as appropriate. 
Key activities of the nomination & Governance committee are summarised in the committees’ section on page 96. Given the importance  
of its role in ensuring effective governance of the Board, further detail of the essential aspects of the nomination & Governance committee 
are provided here.

Board composition
The nomination & Governance committee is responsible for assisting the chairman in reviewing the overall composition of the Board, 
including its size, structure, independence and diversity. To ensure transparency and consistency, the Board has established principles that 
underpin its approach to Board composition. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 11488

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

89

cORPORATE GOVERnAncE REPORT

Board size
The Board should be of sufficient size to reflect a broad range of views and perspectives whilst allowing all directors to participate effectively 
in meetings. At year end, the Board comprised 11 directors, down from 12 in 2011. The size of the Board is within the optimal range set by the 
nomination & Governance committee. 

Skills and experience
The primary consideration when determining effectiveness is to ensure that the Board represents a mix of backgrounds and experience that 
will enhance the quality of its deliberations and decisions. 

As part of the ongoing review of composition, specific skills required by the Board are identified with reference to the overall skills of the  
Board at the time, the need to address longer term succession and current business priorities. All directors are required to have good – and  
in most cases have deep – experience and understanding of the banking and financial services sector. The complexity of the Group means 
that broader skills are also required. Maintaining the right balance is an ongoing priority. More information on the background and experience 
of our directors is set out on pages 78 and 79.

The 2012 Board Effectiveness Review concluded that: 

“The Chairman is credited with having assembled a very high calibre and committed Board. Recent appointments have brought a wide range  
of experience, going beyond the core areas of retail banking and insurance to bring additional understanding of, in particular, consumer needs.” 

independence
The Board’s preference is to ensure a strong majority of independent directors. At year end, the Board comprised two Executive directors, 
eight independent non-Executive directors and the chairman who was independent on appointment. 

The nomination & Governance committee is responsible for the ongoing assessment of the independence of non-Executive directors.  
in assessing independence, the committee does not rely solely on the code criteria but considers whether, in fact, the non-Executive 
director is demonstrably independent and free of relationships and other circumstances that could affect their judgement. it does this with 
reference to the individual performance and conduct in reaching decisions. it also takes account of any relationships that have been disclosed 
and authorised by the Board. Based on its assessment for 2012, the nomination & Governance committee is satisfied that, throughout the 
year, all non-Executive directors remained independent as to both character and judgement.

Diversity
The Board places great emphasis on ensuring that its membership reflects diversity in the broadest sense including diversity of gender, 
ethnicity and background. The combination of personalities on the Board provides a good range of perspectives and challenge. 

The Board continues to focus on improving gender diversity. With the appointments of sara Weller and carolyn Fairbairn as non-Executive 
directors in 2012, the Board has shown demonstrable progress, raising the percentage of female representation on the Board from 8 per cent 
to 27 per cent, exceeding the 2015 target of 25 per cent recommended by the davies Review. 

To assist in its search for non-Executive directors, the nomination & Governance committee engaged the services of JcA Group and 
Egon Zehnder, who are both signatories to the 30% club’s voluntary code of conduct and which promotes best practice for related search 
processes. neither JcA Group nor Egon Zehnder are connected with the Group in any other capacity.

The 2012 Board Effectiveness review remarked that: 

“The Board scores particularly well on diversity … through having a very good combination of different backgrounds and personalities. The mix 
seems to provide a good range of perspectives with at least one of the group usually ready to challenge from an unexpected angle.” 

Whilst gender diversity is improving at the Board level, the Board recognises that more needs to done to improve the representation  
of women in senior management roles. The following table details the percentage of women employed at various levels of seniority within  
the Group at 31 december 2012 compared with statistics at the same date in 2011.

Workforce Gender Representation

Female Board Members

Female Senior Managers

Female Managers

All Female Staff

2012

2011

27%

8%

28%

26%

45%

43%

60%

60%

The Board recognises that senior management is the feeder group from which future directors may eventually be selected. To improve 
the representation of women in these roles, the Group has implemented a variety of initiatives. These include: the Breakthrough Women’s 
network, which boasts a talent pool in excess of 4,000 members; and Footprints in the snow, a female role model programme that showcases 
the career paths of the Group’s most senior women, providing footprints and stepping stones for other women to follow, be inspired by and 
succeed. in addition, the Group has a leading suite of policies to support working parents to achieve a sustainable work life balance. These 
efforts have been recognised by our positive placing in the Times Top 50 Employers for Women and through the Breaking the Mould awards. 
More information on the Group’s commitment to diversity can be found on page 37.

88

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

89

Succession planning
The nomination & Governance committee oversees the Board’s arrangements for the longer term succession of Board and committee members.

non-Executive director succession planning is addressed as part of the ongoing review of Board composition. The policy takes account 
of the need regularly to refresh the intake of non-Executives to bring new, diverse perspectives to the Board and its deliberations, to 
ensure appropriate representation on each of the Board’s committees and to plan for longer term succession. The average tenure of the 
non-Executive directors is approximately two and a half years. Following the move to annual re-election of directors, non-Executive directors 
are appointed on a rolling 12 month basis.

The chairman is responsible for developing and maintaining a succession plan in relation to the Group chief Executive and for reviewing the 
plan with the nomination & Governance committee at least annually. A detailed exercise was undertaken in 2012 to identify potential internal 
and external successors to the Group chief Executive both for contingency purposes and on a longer term development basis. 

The nomination & Governance committee and the Board are responsible for oversight of the process for succession, management 
development of the most senior executives both at and below Board level, including Executive directors and members of the Group Executive 
committee. The primary responsibility for developing and maintaining a succession plan for key leadership positions in the senior executive 
team rests with the Group chief Executive. Arrangements are reviewed with the nomination & Governance committee at least annually with 
the latest review taking place in september 2012. 

Board effectiveness review 
The annual evaluation of the Board’s effectiveness provides an opportunity to consider ways of identifying greater efficiencies, maximising 
strengths and highlighting areas for further development. 

After conducting external reviews in 2009 and 2010, we conducted an internal review in 2011. Key actions arising from that review included 
the need for increased focus on executive succession and improving the quality and timeliness of board papers. Both of these have been 
addressed in 2012 to the Board’s satisfaction. As explained below, further improving the information provided to the Board to reflect the 
refocusing of the agenda will remain a priority for 2013. 

in 2012, the Board engaged independent Audit to conduct a review. independent Audit, which has no other connection with the Group, 
considered the Board’s performance principally by reference to the balance of skills, experience, independence and knowledge of the Group, 
its diversity, including gender, and how the Board works together as a unit. The evaluation was conducted between October and december 
2012 and consisted of:

 – one to one interviews with the directors, the company secretary, members of the Group Executive committee and other senior 

management; 

 – observation of Board and committee meetings held in november 2012; and

 – a review of the 2012 Board and committee minutes and a selection of papers.

The findings of the 2012 review stressed the progress made under the chairman’s leadership with strong support from experienced 
committee chairmen. it identified a number of key strengths including: a high calibre and committed Board with a wide range of skills; a high 
degree of trust between Executive and non-Executive directors; extensive contact between the non-Executive directors and management 
at various levels; and a clear programme to strengthen the Board’s governance and oversight of the insurance business. inevitably, it also 
identified areas for further efficiencies and effectiveness.

The 2012 review was conducted following a period of significant transformation of the Board, with a substantial change in its membership. 
The period was marked by a discernible shift from crisis management towards building a sustainable business. This move towards recovery 
provides an opportunity to refocus the Board’s attention. The 2013 action plan centres around the following key themes:

 – Refocusing of the Board Agenda. As the business continues to stabilise, the Board will look to spend an increasing proportion of its time 

on forward looking matters, reducing the time it spends on operational and business critical matters. A refocusing of the agenda is planned 
to allow more time for strategic discussion and debate. The content of board packs will also be reviewed to ensure that directors receive the 
information they need including more routine reporting of strategic matters centred around customers, competitors, colleagues and culture.

 – Working together. Given the relative ‘newness’ of the Board, further opportunities will be sought for directors, particularly non-Executive 
directors, to meet outside formal meetings to assist them in coming together as a team. The cycle of Board meetings and events will be 
reviewed to allow greater opportunity for directors to spend time together outside the boardroom.

 – Continuing development. After the induction period, ongoing training is primarily provided at Board meetings or via ‘deep dive’ sessions. 
A more structured approach to continuing development will be introduced along similar lines to the induction programme which includes  
a series of half day workshops and focused training sessions.

The company will report on the progress of the above action plan in the 2013 annual report.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 11490

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

91

cORPORATE GOVERnAncE REPORT

Appointments
in 2012, as part of its longer term succession planning, the Board identified the need for a number of new directors. The nomination & 
Governance committee, supported by executive search firms JcA Group and Egon Zehnder respectively, conducted the search for the 
following appointments which were made during 2012:

 – sara Weller, non-Executive director, who was nominated for her strong customer advocacy and technology experience in February 2012; 

 – George culmer, Executive director, who was appointed Group Finance director in May 2012; 

 – lord Blackwell, non-Executive director and chair of the insurance Board, who was appointed for his insurance, banking and consulting 

expertise in June 2012; and

 – carolyn Fairbairn, non Executive director, who was appointed for her digital and on-line, strategy, public policy and regulatory knowledge  

in June 2012.

On 28 February 2013, the Group announced that nick luff would join the Board on 5 March 2013 as a non-Executive director and, in due 
course, successor to Martin scicluna as chair of the Audit committee. nick, who has over 10 years experience as a finance director, has recent 
and relevant financial expertise and a sound understanding of internal reporting and controls. 

The nomination & Governance committee is currently conducting the search for Tim Ryan’s successor. 

in August 2012, claire davies succeeded Harry Baines as company secretary. Harry is thanked for his dedication and wise counsel.

election and re-election
All directors appointed to the Board since the annual general meeting in 2012 will stand for election at the 2013 annual general meeting.  
All other directors will retire and those willing to serve again will submit themselves for re-election at the annual general meeting. Biographies  
of all current directors are set out on pages 78 and 79. details of the directors seeking election or re-election at the annual general meeting  
are set out in the notice of Meeting.

Time commitment
As in recent years, the time commitment demanded of non-Executive directors in 2012 remained substantially in excess of the time envisaged 
within the terms of their appointment. However, the Board timetable returned to largely scheduled meetings as the need for ad hoc meetings 
declined. The average expected time commitment for non-Executive directors (including attendance at committee meetings) is between 
30 – 35 days. For committee chairs, this increases to 40 – 50 days with the senior independent director and deputy chairman spending 
considerably more than 50 days on the company’s business. All of these expected time commitments were significantly exceeded in 2012.

There has been no increase to non-Executive director fees since January 2008.

90

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

91

Attendance at meetings 
in 2012, a total of 10 Board meetings were held of which eight were scheduled at the start of the year. in addition, Board members attended 
the annual general meeting held in Edinburgh and a two day off-site strategy session. The attendance of directors at Board meetings and  
at meetings of the Audit, nomination & Governance, Remuneration and Risk committees is shown in the table below. Whilst all directors  
are invited to, and regularly attend other committee meetings, only their attendance at committees of which they are members is recorded  
in the table below.

Lloyds Banking Group Board

Scheduled 
Meetings

Ad hoc 
Meetings

Audit Committee

nomination &  
Governance  
Committee

Remuneration 
Committee

Risk Committee

Attended

Held1 Attended

Held1 Attended

Held1,2 Attended

Held1 Attended

Held1 Attended

Held1

Current Directors who  
served during 2012

sir Winfried Bischoff

António Horta-Osório

lord Blackwell

M G culmer

c J Fairbairn

A M Frew

d l Roberts

T T Ryan

M A scicluna

Anthony Watson

s V Weller

Former Directors who  
served during 2012

sir Julian Horn-smith

lord leitch

G R Moreno

G T Tate

T J W Tookey

8 

8 

4 

5 

4 

8 

8 

8 

7 

7 

7 

3 

1 

3 

– 

2 

8 

8 

4 

5 

4 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

7 

4 

2 

4 

1 

2 

2 

1 

– 

– 

– 

2 

2 

2 

2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

2 

2 

– 

– 

– 

2 

2 

2 

2 

2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

1 

– 

– 

11 

– 

 10

 15

 15

 6

 14

 14

– 

– 

1 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

11 

– 

11 

15 

15 

7 

15 

15 

– 

– 

2 

– 

– 

– 

3 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

3 

– 

3 

3 

– 

1 

1 

1 

– 

– 

3 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

3 

– 

3 

3 

– 

1 

1 

1 

– 

– 

10 

10 

– 

– 

– 

4 

– 

10 

10 

– 

10 

8 

3 

2 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

4 

– 

10 

10 

– 

10 

8 

6 

4 

– 

– 

– 

6 

– 

3 

– 

– 

6 

6 

5 

5 

– 

5 

2 

– 

– 

– 

– 

6 

– 

3 

– 

– 

6 

6 

6 

6 

– 

5 

3 

– 

– 

– 

– 

1

2

number of meetings held during the period that the director held office. 

includes four special purpose ‘deep dive’ meetings.

Directors’ induction
All directors are expected to make an informed contribution based on an understanding of the Group’s business model and the key 
challenges facing the Group and its businesses. All directors undergo an extensive induction programme comprising:

 – a corporate induction, including an introduction to the Board and the business. This includes a detailed overview of the Group, its strategy, 

operational structures and main business activities; 

 – the roles and responsibilities of a director, including statutory duties and responsibilities of an FsA approved person; and

 – a bespoke induction programme tailored by the chairman to the individual needs of the director having regard to their specific role on  

the Board and their skills and experience to date. 

Board training
The Board receives regular refresher training and information sessions to address current business or emerging issues. in the course of 2012, 
non-Executives directors undertook approximately 16 to 18 hours of training. This was delivered through a variety of means, including: 
sessions on matters such as capital and liquidity (including stress testing requirements); regulatory updates for approved persons; accounting 
development updates; and updates on credit rating agency developments. in addition, the Audit committee hosted a series of ‘deep dives’ 
to which all Board members were invited, and which provided an in-depth review of the operations of each of the business divisions and of  
the latest accounting standards and operating methodologies.

All directors, including non-Executive directors, have access to the services of the company secretary in relation to discharging their duties 
as a director, or as a member of any Board committee.  The appointment, and removal, of the company secretary is a matter reserved for  
the Board as a whole.  in addition, the Group provides access, at its expense, to the services of external advisers in order to assist directors  
in their role, wherever this is deemed necessary. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 114 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
92

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

93

cORPORATE GOVERnAncE REPORT

Accountability

internal control 
The Board is responsible for the establishment and review of the Group’s system of internal control, which is designed to ensure effective and 
efficient operations; quality of internal and external reporting; internal control; and compliance with laws and regulations. it should be noted, 
however, that such a system is designed to manage, rather than eliminate, the risk of failure to achieve business objectives. in establishing 
and reviewing the system of internal control, the directors have regard to the nature and extent of relevant risks, the likelihood of a loss 
being incurred and the costs of control. it follows, therefore, that the system of internal control can only provide reasonable but not absolute 
assurance against the risk of material loss.

The directors and senior management are committed to maintaining a control-conscious culture across all areas of operation. This is 
communicated to all employees by way of published policies and procedures and regular management briefings. A requirement to comply 
with internal control risk policies is a key component of individual staff objectives expressed in the balanced scorecard. Key business risks 
are identified, and these are controlled by means of procedures such as physical controls, credit, trading and other authorisation limits and 
segregation of duties. in addition, there is an annual evaluation review exercise whereby the key businesses and head office functions review 
specific controls and attest to the accuracy of their assessments. The review covers all enterprise-wide risk management categories and is 
in accordance with the principles of the code. As in previous years, this exercise was completed for the year ended 31 december 2012. All 
returns have been satisfactorily completed and appropriately certified.

The effectiveness of the internal control system is reviewed regularly by the Board and the Audit committee, which also receives reports  
of reviews undertaken by Risk division and internal audit. The Audit committee receives reports from the company’s auditors, 
Pricewaterhousecoopers llP (which include details of significant internal control matters that they have identified), and has a discussion  
with the auditors at least once a year without executives present, to ensure that there are no unresolved issues of concern.

There is an ongoing process for identifying, evaluating and managing the significant risks faced by the company. This process has been  
in place for the year under review and up to the date of the approval of the annual report and is regularly reviewed by the Board. information 
regarding the main features of the internal control and risk management systems in relation to the financial reporting process is given within 
the Risk Management Report on pages 115 to 202.

Auditor independence and remuneration
Both the Board and the external auditors have safeguards in place to protect the independence and objectivity of the external auditors.  
The Audit committee has a comprehensive policy to regulate the use of auditors for non-audit services. This policy sets out the nature of work 
the external auditors may not undertake, which includes work which will ultimately be subject to external audit, internal audit services and 
secondments to senior management positions in the Group that involve decision-making. it also includes the Group’s policy on hiring former 
external audit staff. For those services that are deemed appropriate for the auditors to carry out, the policy sets out the approval process that 
must be followed for each type of assignment. The chairman of the Audit committee must be consulted regarding potential instructions  
in respect of allowable non-audit services with a value above defined fee limits.

Each year the Audit committee establishes a limit on the fees that can be paid to the external auditors in respect of non-audit services and 
monitors quarterly the amounts paid to the auditors in this regard. The external auditors also report regularly to the Audit committee on 
the actions that they have taken to comply with professional and regulatory requirements and current best practice in order to maintain their 
independence. This includes the rotation of key members of the audit team. Total auditor remuneration analysed between audit and other 
services is shown in note 11 to the financial statements on pages 241 and 242.

The Audit committee evaluated the performance of the external auditors during the year and will continue to do so periodically. The Audit 
committee did not consider it necessary to require an independent tender process this year. The lead audit partner is rotated every five years, 
the current audit partner having joined the audit team in 2011. The need for a further audit tender will be kept under consideration by the 
committee and any recommendation to re-appoint the current auditors will be based on their continued satisfactory performance.

Remuneration
The Remuneration committee, chaired by Anthony Watson, is responsible for overseeing the Group’s remuneration arrangements  
and compliance with the FsA’s Remuneration code. The Remuneration committee’s terms of reference are available on the website at  
www.lloydsbankinggroup.com.

An overview of the Remuneration committee is set out on page 96. The work of the Remuneration committee is explained in the directors’ 
Remuneration Report on pages 98 to 114. 

92

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

93

Shareholder engagement 
The Board recognises the importance of promoting mutual understanding between the company and its shareholders through greater 
engagement. in 2012, there was regular dialogue with institutional shareholders with more than 400 equity investor meetings undertaken  
in the year. Many of these meetings were undertaken by senior management (primarily the Group chief Executive and Group Finance director) 
or other Board members. The chairman has also attended a number of meetings with shareholders to discuss governance and the Group's 
strategic direction. Anthony Watson, the chairman of the Remuneration committee and the senior independent director, regularly meets  
the larger shareholders to listen to their views and discuss executive remuneration issues.

The 2011 Remuneration Report received overwhelming support from shareholders at the 2011 annual general meeting with over 97 per cent  
of the shareholders approving the Report. This was achieved through tough action by the Remuneration committee in exercising constraint 
over remuneration and through effective engagement with major shareholders. 

The Board is kept advised of the views of major shareholders by means of regular updates at Board and committee meetings. it also receives 
monthly reports on market and investor sentiment and shareholder analysis.

investor Relations has primary responsibility for managing day-to-day communications with institutional shareholders. supported by  
the Group chief Executive and Group Finance director, they achieve this through a combination of briefings to analysts and institutional 
shareholders (both at results briefings and throughout the year), as well as site visits and individual discussions with institutional shareholders.

The company secretary oversees communications with private shareholders. The Group’s annual general meeting provides an opportunity 
to meet the Group’s directors and to hear more about the strategy of the Group. shareholders are encouraged to attend the annual general 
meeting and to raise any questions at the meeting or in advance, using the email address shown in the pack which will be sent to shareholders 
in March 2013.

Scottish Widows investment Partnership
scottish Widows investment Partnership, one of Europe’s largest asset managers and a Group company, complies with the principles of  
the Financial Reporting council’s stewardship code. details of scottish Widows investment Partnership’s approach to stewardship and 
corporate governance can be found on its website, www.swip.com.

Compliance with the British Bankers’ Association Code for Financial Reporting Disclosure 
in september 2010, the British Bankers’ Association published a code for Financial Reporting disclosure (the ‘disclosure code’). The 
disclosure code sets out five disclosure principles together with supporting guidance. The principles are that uK banks: commit to providing 
high quality, meaningful and decision-useful disclosures; commit to ongoing review of, and enhancement to, their financial instrument 
disclosures for key areas of interest; will assess the applicability and relevance of good practice recommendations to their disclosures 
acknowledging the importance of such guidance; will seek to enhance the comparability of financial statement disclosures across the 
uK banking sector; and will clearly differentiate in their annual reports between information that is audited and information that is unaudited.

The Group has adopted the disclosure code and its 2012 financial statements have been prepared in compliance with the disclosure 
code’s principles.

Conclusion
in conclusion, the Group confirms its compliance with all provisions of the code throughout the year ending 31 december 2012. in addition, 
the Group has voluntarily applied certain new code provisions, in particular the board diversity and evaluation provisions.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 11494

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

95

cORPORATE GOVERnAncE REPORT

Board committees
set out below is a summary of the membership and role of each of the Board committees, along with the activities they performed 
during 2012. There is a standing invitation for all non-Executive directors to attend committee meetings of which they are not members. 
non-Executive directors routinely attend committees of which they are not members. All committee terms of reference are available on the 
website, www.lloydsbankinggroup.com or from the company secretary.

Committee

AUDiT 
Chairman

Martin scicluna

Members

lord Blackwell  
(from 1 June 2012)

carolyn Fairbairn  
(from 1 June 2012)

Anita Frew

lord leitch  
(until 29 February 2012)

david Roberts

Tim Ryan  
(until 1 september 2012) 

Anthony Watson

Purpose 

To monitor, review and report to the Board on the formal arrangements established by the Board 
in respect of the financial and narrative reporting of the Group, the internal controls and the risk 
management framework, the internal audit and the external audit process.

Responsibilities

Financial Statements and Reporting of the Group
 – monitors the integrity of the financial statements of the Group relating to the Group’s financial 

performance, reviewing significant financial reporting issues and the judgements which they contain;

 – provides advice to the Board on whether the annual report and accounts, taken as a whole, is fair, 
balanced and understandable and provides the information necessary for shareholders to assess  
the company’s performance, business model and strategy;

 – reviews and challenges where necessary, the actions, estimates and judgements of management  

in relation to the financial statements;

 – reviews any significant adjustments to financial reporting resulting from the audit and resolves any 
disagreements between management and the external auditors regarding financial reporting; and

 – reviews the quality and acceptability of the related accounting policies, practices and financial  

reporting disclosures.

internal Controls and the Risk Management Framework
 – reviews the effectiveness of the systems for internal control, risk management and compliance with 

financial services legislation and regulations;

 – reviews the Group’s procedures for detecting financial reporting fraud;

 – reviews the Group’s procedures for handling of complaints or concerns regarding accounting  

or auditing matters; and

 – reviews the Group’s arrangements by which staff of the company may, in confidence, raise concerns 

about possible improprieties in matters of financial reporting or other matters.

internal Audit
 – reviews and monitors the effectiveness of the Group’s internal audit function and activities, in the 

context of the Group’s overall risk management system;

 – approve the appointment or removal of the Group Audit director as head of the internal audit function;

 – review the internal audit programme and ensure that the internal audit function is adequately resourced 

and has appropriate access to information; and

 – consider the major findings of any significant internal audit escalated to the committee by the Group 

Audit director and consider managements responses.

external Auditors
 – recommends the external auditors’ appointment, re-appointment and removal;

 – approves the external auditors’ terms of engagement and remuneration;

 – assesses the external auditors’ effectiveness, independence and objectivity;

 – approves the provision of non audit services by the external auditor and related remuneration;

 – agree with the Board a policy on the employment of former employees of the Group’s auditors and 

monitoring the implementation of this policy;

 – reviews reports from the auditors on audit planning and their findings, significant issues and judgements 

on accounting and internal control systems; and

 – reviews the results of the external audit and its cost effectiveness.

Other Matters
 – undertake similar duties for all subsidiary companies where a legal or regulatory provision requires  

audit committee involvement except where the subsidiary company’s board has appointed a separate 
audit committee.

 
 
 
94

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

95

Committee

AudiT

Purpose 

2012 Activities

 – reviewed, challenged and recommended to the Board the Group annual and interim reports and 

accounts;

 – reviewed significant accounting issues, matters and judgements as discussed with the auditors (see 

table below);

 – reviewed the Group’s position as a going concern;

 – reviewed the effectiveness of the external auditor, recommended their re-appointment and determined 

their remuneration;

 – attended four half day ‘deep dive’ sessions with each of the divisions;

 – reviewed litigation and regulatory risks;

 – received reports from the divisional Financial control committees and the Group Risk committee;

 – received a report from the Group secretariat on corporate Governance changes relevant to the Audit 

committee;

 – reviewed internal controls across the Group, including through participating in ‘deep dive’ meetings on 
each of the main divisions within the Group and receiving reports from the internal audit department on 
items such as sOX reporting;

 – reviewed the Group’s key finance programmes;

 – considered the appointment of the Group Audit director;

 – reviewed details of the Group’s whistle blowing procedures and incidents; and

 – discussed the level of impairments.

Significant Accounting Matters

during the year, the committee considered the following significant accounting issues, matters and 
judgements in relation to the Group’s financial statements and disclosures:

issue

Approach

Allowance for impairment losses 
on loans and receivables

Reviewed and challenged the impairment methodologies and 
assumptions and were satisfied that they were appropriate.

Fair value of financial instruments

Reviewed the appropriateness of the judgements made by 
management in valuing certain portfolios of assets and liabilities and 
were satisfied that these judgements were appropriate.

Recoverability of deferred 
tax assets

considered the recognition of deferred tax assets and agreed 
with management’s judgement that the deferred tax assets were 
appropriately supported by forecast taxable profits.

Retirement benefit obligations

considered the assumptions underlying the calculation of defined 
benefit liabilities and were satisfied that they were appropriate.

Valuation of assets and liabilities 
arising from life insurance 
business

considered and challenged the assumptions underlying the 
calculation of assets and liabilities arising from the life insurance 
business and were satisfied that they were appropriate.

Payment protection insurance 
(PPi)

considered the assumptions made by management in determining 
the provision for PPi redress, and were content that the assumptions 
were appropriate, although they will be considered periodically 
against actual claims experience.

Other regulatory provisions

considered the assumptions made by management to redress 
provision for several regulatory matters. These matters included 
litigation in relation to our insurance branch business in Germany 
and sales of interest rate hedging products to certain small and 
medium-sized businesses.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 114 
 
96

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

97

cORPORATE GOVERnAncE REPORT

Committee

Purpose 

nOMinATiOn & 
GOveRnAnCe
Chairman

To keep the Board’s governance arrangements under review and make appropriate recommendations 
to the Board to ensure that the company’s arrangements are consistent with best practice corporate 
governance standards; and to assist the chairman in keeping the composition of the Board under review 
and to lead the appointments process for nominations to the Board.

sir Winfried Bischoff

Responsibilities

 – oversees the Board’s governance arrangements;

Members

sir Julian Horn-smith  
(until 17 May 2012)

lord leitch  
(until 29 February 2012)

Glen Moreno  
(until 17 May 2012)

david Roberts

Martin scicluna 

Anthony Watson

 – oversees the Group’s implementation of governance requirements in particular reviewing the 

Governance Frameworks;

 – reviews the overall composition of the Board including its size, diversity, independence and structure;

 – considers Board succession;

 – oversees the selection process for prospective directors;

 – makes recommendations to the Board on potential appointments and reappointments of directors  

at the end of their specified term, including the ongoing review of independence;

 – review of membership of Board committees;

 – oversees the annual evaluation of the performance of the Board; and

 – oversees the process for appointments of new non-Executive directors and makes recommendations 

to the Board.

2012 Activities

 – reviewed Board composition including the Group’s continued response to the davies Review and 

diversity targets;

 – oversaw the search and selection process for new non-Executive directors;

 – oversaw the Board Evaluation process including formulation of the actions arising from the outcomes  

of the evaluation;

 – reviewed the Governance Framework to ensure consistency with organisational changes and emerging 

developments;

 – regularly reviewed developments in the regulatory environment around corporate governance; and

 – reviewed the adequacy of the Group’s succession plan.

Committee

Purpose 

ReMUneRATiOn

To set the principles and parameters of remuneration policy for the Group, and to oversee remuneration 
policy and outcomes for those colleagues specified in the terms of reference

Chairman

Anthony Watson

Members

Responsibilities

 – information about the Remuneration committee’s responsibilities is given in the directors’ 

remuneration report on pages 98 to 114.

2012 Activities

sir Winfried Bischoff

 – information about the Remuneration committee’s activities during 2012 is given in the directors’ 

remuneration report on pages 98 to 114.

carolyn Fairbairn  
(from 1 June 2012)

sir Julian Horn-smith  
(until 17 May 2012)

lord leitch  
(until 29 February 2012)

david Roberts

Tim Ryan

sara Weller  
(from 1 February 2012)

 
 
 
 
96

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

97

Committee

RiSK

Chairman

david Roberts

Members

sir Winfried Bischoff 
lord Blackwell  
(from 1 June 2012)

Anita Frew 
sir Julian Horn-smith  
(until 17 May 2012)

Tim Ryan

Martin scicluna

Anthony Watson  
(from 1 december 2012) 

sara Weller  
(from 1 February 2012) 

Purpose 

To review and report its conclusions to the Board on the Group’s risk appetite (the extent and categories 
of risk which the Board regards as acceptable for the company to bear) and the Group’s risk management 
framework (embracing principles, policies, methodologies, systems, processes, procedures and people), 
taking a forward looking perspective and anticipating changes in business conditions.

Responsibilities

 – oversees the development, implementation and maintenance of the Group’s overall risk management 

framework and its risk appetite, strategy, principles and policies to ensure that they are in line with 
emerging regulatory, corporate governance and industry best practice;

 – oversees the Group’s risk exposure, risk/return and proposed improvements to the Group’s risk 

management framework and its risk appetite;

 – facilitates the involvement of non-Executive directors in risk issues and aids their understanding  

of these issues;

 – provides input to the Remuneration committee on the alignment of remuneration to risk performance;

 – reviews the appointment or dismissal of the chief Risk Officer; 

 – reviews coordination between the Group Risk division and the external auditors;

 – oversees adherence to Group risk policies and standards and considers any material amendments  

to them; and

 – reviews the work and resources of the Group Risk division.

2012 Activities

 – reviewed and enhanced the Group’s risk appetite framework, policies and principles;

 – at each meeting, reviewed the Group’s consolidated risk profile, key risks and management actions, 
together with performance against risk appetite.  details of the Group’s principal risks are set out in  
the risk management section on pages 118 to 124;

 – reviewed conduct risk at each meeting, including product governance and conduct strategy, 

complaints, outcome testing and mitigating actions;

 – reviewed the Group’s capital and funding plan under the Group and FsA stress testing scenarios, 

including scenarios developed by the Risk committee;

 – reviewed the internal capital Adequacy Assessment Process report;

 – received reports on the economic outlook, international regulatory relationships, pension and hedging 

risks, longevity risk within insurance, anti-money laundering and financial crime and iT resilience  
and cyber security; and

 – four deep dives (in conjunction with the Audit committee) on risk arising from each of the divisions  

and including the critical iT infrastructure and systems operated by the Group.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 114 
 
 
98

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

99

diREcTORs’ REMunERATiOn REPORT

Statement by the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee 
As chairman of the Group’s Remuneration committee, i am pleased to introduce the directors’ Remuneration Report for 2012 and to provide 
context around the key reward decisions taken in respect of the past year and our future plans.

The ongoing economic challenges currently encountered in our industry and across all aspects of life naturally lead to continuing attention 
being placed on executive remuneration. As a committee we have a strong belief in aligning the pay delivered to our executives with the 
successful performance of the business and, through this, the return of value to our shareholders as set out in our 2011 strategic Review. 
To this end, we have continued to develop our performance management process, with the close participation of our Risk team, to embed 
meaningful challenging but responsible performance measures across our reward structure, which reflect Group and divisional achievement  
in addition to personal contribution. in order to further align reward to the longer-term, sustainable success of the business we plan  
to introduce changes to our annual incentive scheme from 2014 to better connect the interests of colleagues with shareholders and to ensure 
a fair distribution between all stakeholders of the benefits which result from the Group meeting its performance targets. 

in setting our reward policy we endeavour to keep the structure as simple as possible and to clearly communicate the aims of the policy  
to our colleagues and our shareholders. We believe that transparency around our policy and the basis for our performance measures is critical 
to rebuilding trust with our employees and our numerous stakeholders. This has been evident in the annual disclosures we make to explain our 
policy approach to remuneration and the actions we undertake to implement this. We support the new proposals made by the department 
for Business, innovation and skills (Bis) to codify and standardise additional reporting expectations in this area. We are also heartened to note 
that many elements of the draft regulations published to date are already incorporated in our annual reporting.

central to the Bis proposals is the active engagement of shareholders to approve the remuneration policy applied by the company.  
We maintain an open and transparent exchange of information and feedback with our shareholders and acknowledge the weight of their 
judgment in setting our policies.  in line with the Bis proposals, we have therefore included dedicated commentary on these interactions  
and the outcome of the shareholder vote on our reward policy in the body of the Report.

The introduction of a binding shareholder vote on policy will promote consistency by requiring strict adherence to policy for a three-year 
period from approval, permitting exception only by agreement through a further shareholder vote. Whilst, in certain individual circumstances 
this may require us to revert directly to shareholders within the three year period, the commitment to an approved policy will promote upfront 
transparency with shareholders and will ensure rigour is embedded into policy design and adherence, firmly underpinning the responsibility 
and accountability that we as a committee have to fulfil.

With respect to the proposed reporting of supplementary data – including comparative tables to show  the movement of Group chief 
Executive pay against TsR, or the relative growth in the total cost of pay against Group profit and dividend performance – we have taken the 
decision not to incorporate the proposals of these draft regulations in advance of enactment. Whilst the inclusion of illustrative examples of 
these tables may add value by enabling a year-on-year comparison to be drawn in next year’s report, as consultations on the nature and scope 
of these new disclosures and graphs are still ongoing, there remains a possibility that these may change significantly over the course  
of the year.

The package delivered to our Executive directors and our Group Executive committee remains broadly consistent with that provided in 
previous years. The composition of the package is approximately as follows:

Long-term incentive

Short-term incentive

Salary

Pension and benefits

24%

33%

33%

10%

Based on a combination of performance targets comprising 
economic profit, absolute total shareholder return and strategic 
financial objectives (shown on an expected value basis)

Paid in shares after  
three years

Based on financial measures and on a balanced scorecard  of 
non-financial measures (based on actual award value)

Deferred into shares  
until  at least March 2015, 
subject  to malus

Based on role, market competitiveness, and performance 
(based on actual value)

Paid in cash

Based on role and market competitiveness (based on actual 
value)

Paid into pension  
or taken  as cash

comparable numbers for the Group chief Executive are: long-term incentive 23 per cent, short-term incentive 30 per cent, salary 30 per cent 
and pension and benefits 17 per cent.

98

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

99

The committee firmly believes that fixed pay should be positioned competitively but conservatively against the market and that the variable 
pay offered to our executives should be directly aligned to the delivery of value to our shareholders. Although shareholder return and 
operational effectiveness have been very positive over the course of the year, we feel it is appropriate that the fixed pay elements for our 
directors should remain unchanged for a further 12 months in recognition of the continuing economic climate and the need to deliver further, 
sustained economic growth to our shareholders. in addition, bonus awards in respect of the 2012 year have been determined conservatively 
against the robust performance measures set. The bonus awards will be deferred into shares for varying periods according to the seniority 
or role of the individual (see page 103 for further information) with attached malus provisions to enable the adjustment of awards where such 
awards are subsequently considered by the committee not to reflect appropriately the performance in the period to which they relate. We 
have demonstrated through the adjustment of bonus payments made in respect of previous years that we are comfortable executing the 
malus provisions for these awards in situations where it is appropriate to do so. 

Across the business as a whole, the Remuneration committee feels it is important to recognise the contribution of our colleagues in achieving 
success against our strategic goals and to enable them to share in that success through the payment of bonuses. The assessment of the value 
of bonus pool to be made available has been undertaken in consideration of our relative, risk-adjusted performance for the year and with  
a focus on ensuring that the reward is weighted towards our more junior staff.  The total bonus pool of £365 million in 2012, which reflects the 
final statutory results for the Group, is down 3 per cent on 2011 and represents 7 per cent of the pre-bonus management profit before tax 
compared to 12.5 per cent in the prior year. The average value of bonus per employee is similar to the prior year at £3,900.

in my previous statements i have highlighted the importance of our long-Term incentive Plan in aligning our reward strategy to the 
performance of the business.  Through the application of carefully considered, stretching target measures, we are able to ensure that awards 
are forfeited or restricted where performance does not meet the desired level.  We also require executives to retain the net shares (ie.after the 
deduction of tax) awarded under the lTiP for a minimum period following receipt. This directly connects the financial reward for the executive 
and senior management team with the growth and prosperity of the company and motivates them to demonstrate appropriate behaviours 
across all areas of the business.

shareholders will also note that revised shareholding guidelines have been introduced from 2012 (as detailed on page 103) which we are 
considering extending to a broader population in the future.

Our commitment to managing executive reward through the strict application of challenging lTiP performance measures is demonstrated 
through the confirmation that, as key targets for the 2010 lTiP have not been met, awards made under this plan will not vest. Moreover, for the 
anticipated 2013 lTiP awards we have once again set challenging targets for delivery of core financial measures (Economic Profit and Absolute 
Total shareholder Return) alongside operational measures aligned to the strategic business plan, all underpinned by a clear  consideration  
of the risk impact of our activities.

in general, the committee retains discretion over all remuneration plans and consideration is given to the exercise of such discretion both at 
the point of award and subsequently when assessing performance under the lTiP. 

As a committee we are keen to continually review our policy approach and to explore ways in which we may strengthen and simplify the 
alignment of the Group’s remuneration package with the company’s business performance and relative value to shareholders. Over recent 
years we have introduced to our bonus scheme a mandatory deferral into shares for awards made to our Executive directors and for any 
awards in excess of a specific threshold made to other staff. As noted above, our aim is that from 2014 we will implement a restructure of  
our package which will more effectively recognise the connection between the impact of short-term and long-term goals in driving forward 
our business and will also further facilitate the adjustment of awards for malus.

The committee has striven to ensure that the remuneration policies and practices detailed in this Report are appropriate to supporting the 
delivery of the company’s current and future strategy. This Report will be tabled for shareholder approval at the AGM, which i hope you 
will support.

Anthony Watson CBe 
chairman, Remuneration committee

This is a report made by the Board of lloyds Banking Group plc, on the recommendation of the Remuneration committee. it covers the 
current and proposed components of the remuneration policy and details the remuneration for directors during 2012.

The Group has complied throughout the period with the requirements of the uK corporate Governance code (previously known as the 
combined code) in relation to directors’ remuneration. in addition, the report has been prepared in accordance with the large and Medium 
sized companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008.

The committee recognises the attention which Bank remuneration receives and is very aware both of the importance of getting the right 
balance between the linkage of rewards to performance and the competitive process; recruiting, retaining and motivating staff as well  
as a more widely perceived concept of fairness for all involved.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 114100

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

101

diREcTORs’ REMunERATiOn REPORT

Policy Report

Directors’ remuneration policy
The Group’s remuneration policy continues to support our business values and strategy, based on building long-term relationships with our 
customers and employees and managing the financial consequences of our business decisions across the entire economic cycle.

Our policy is intended to ensure that our remuneration proposition is both cost effective and enables us to attract and retain Executive 
directors and senior management of the highest calibre, motivating them to perform to the highest standards.

Our objective is to align individual reward with the Group’s performance, the interests of its shareholders, and a prudent approach to risk 
management. in this way we balance the requirements of our various stakeholders: our customers, shareholders, employees, and regulators. 
This approach is in line with the Association of British insurers best practice code on remuneration and the FsA Remuneration code of 
Practice, as the policy seeks to reward long-term value creation whilst not encouraging excessive risk taking.

Our overall policy objective is met by a focus on the particular aspects detailed below.

Policy objective

How achieved

Building long-term 
relationships

We build relationships with our customers and people. Working for lloyds Banking Group is about more than pay. 
Our relationship with our people means that we want to pay them fairly and competitively, but our pay is positioned 
conservatively against the market and we do not seek to align with the highest payers in the sector. in setting pay for 
Executive directors and senior managers, we take account of relative pay positioning and target levels of variable 
remuneration opportunity for all levels of employees in the Group.

Our incentive measures are not just financial. Our Balanced scorecards, which are incorporated into the 
performance objectives of all of our senior executives for the year, include objectives that cover effective risk 
management, lending to corporates including sMEs and retail customers, performance against targets that 
measure how satisfied our customers are with our service and the extent to which our employees feel engaged with 
and committed to working for lloyds Banking Group.

Managing the financial 
consequences of our 
business through the 
economic cycle

Economic profit is a key measure by which we manage our business. This measure takes into account the level of 
capital required to generate profits as well as the risks taken. The same level of profit generated at lower risk results 
in higher economic profit. Economic profit also measures risk based on an assessment of how the business will 
perform through the economic cycle and is a key measure for short term incentives.

Aligning individual 
rewards with Group 
performance and 
shareholders

For example, in good times, when default rates on loans are low, we adjust the economic profit measure downwards 
based on a higher average expected default experience over the economic cycle. This encourages us to avoid 
business and funding strategies that are only profitable during boom times but turn bad in a recession. Economic 
profit plays a prominent role in our incentive plans for executives, with its inclusion in both the annual and lTiP 
performance measures.

Our executives’ annual incentives are based on stretching performance objectives and targets in the Group 
Balanced scorecard. This Balanced scorecard is derived from the Medium Term Plan which defines the financial and 
non-financial targets within our agreed risk appetite over a three year period.

Any annual bonus for Executive directors is deferred into shares and released over time, helping to increase 
alignment with shareholders. These deferrals are subject to malus in the event of unsustainable performance.

Executives are also aligned with shareholders through the lTiP, which pays out in shares based on performance 
against Group financial targets over a three year period. in addition to purely financial metrics of Economic Profit 
and Total shareholder Return, the performance conditions for the 2013 lTiP will comprise measures linked to the 
strategic Review that reflect the wider Group objectives. These measures are sME lending, customer satisfaction, 
total costs at the end of 2015 and non-core assets (excluding uK Retail) at the end of 2015.

We operate tough contract provisions relative to market practice, whereby no executive has an entitlement to more 
than 12 months’ notice (not taking into account recruitment provisions), pay in lieu of notice is limited to basic salary, 
is paid monthly over 12 months and is mitigated if the executive gets another job. This approach avoids the risk of 
payment for failure.

A prudent approach  
to risk management

We also have non-financial measures of performance against risk objectives in both the annual and long-term 
incentive plans for executives.

For the 2012 annual incentive plan we continue to align the award to long-term prudent risk management by 
deferring 100 per cent of the award for Executive directors, which is subject to malus. Executive directors are also 
required to retain any shares vesting from lTiP awards from 2010 onwards for a further 2 years, after allowing for tax 
and national insurance requirements. For other employees, the immediate cash bonus award is limited to £2,000 
with a percentage of larger bonuses being subject to deferral and malus. if the performance is unsustainable during 
the deferral period some or all of the award may be forfeited.

We have a robust governance framework with an independent Remuneration committee reviewing all 
compensation decisions for senior executives. This approach to governance and review is cascaded through the 
organisation. We also ensure that all control function employees are assessed and their remuneration determined 
jointly by the relevant business director and the control function director. The remuneration of senior risk and 
compliance officers is also reviewed by the Remuneration committee.

100

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

101

Policy objective

How achieved

cost effective packages 
to attract and retain 
executives

We aim to ensure that the totality of remuneration for Executive directors is competitive against our benchmark 
groups. These groups are other major uK banks and the top 20 companies in the FTsE 100, reflecting practices in 
large uK companies across all sectors. We aim to be competitively but conservatively positioned against the market.

We select incentive plan targets that are directly linked to the business strategy and priorities, ensuring alignment 
with company performance, targets that are meaningful to executives and incentive packages that are both valued 
by executives and cost effective.

The remuneration package offered to our Executive directors and other senior managers within the business is fundamentally based on the 
same components as are provided to other employees, including the eligibility to participate in all-employee share plans. However, the ratio  
of fixed to variable income is adjusted such that more than half of total reward for this group is put at risk by linking earnings (through delivery 
of the annual incentive plan and lTiP) to challenging company, individual and share price performance. This weighting towards variable pay  
is intended to promote behaviours focused on the success of the business.

Moreover, the assessment of performance against target measures is moderated by the Group Risk function to ensure that the performance  
is sustainable in the long term and does not merely produce a positive short-term result. The committee places great weight on this 
assessment and holds the Executive directors to a more stringent standard in this regard. 

When setting the policy for directors’ remuneration, the committee seeks confirmation from the company’s shareholders that its approach is 
acceptable and over the course of 2012 we have entered into frequent consultation with shareholders and representative bodies who control a 
significant majority of the Group's share base and all views are taken into consideration in relation to remuneration policy and implementation. 
We do not directly consult with employees as part of the process of reviewing executive pay, however we are kept informed on general 
remuneration feedback across the Group in addition to receiving updates on employee engagement surveys and take these into account. 

in all executive remuneration discussions the committee considers the approach towards establishing pay levels elsewhere in the Group. 
When setting remuneration levels for Executive directors, the committee refers to benchmark data from comparable organisations across  
the FTsE and industry sector to ensure that remuneration is positioned competitively but conservatively against the market.

Summary
Following extensive consultation with shareholders, the Remuneration committee is proposing a package for Executive directors for 2013 that 
is closely based on the structure and principles applied in previous years as follows:

element

Base salary

Pension

Level/design for 2013

Key purpose

Base pay should be set relative to FTsE 20 and banking 
sector competitors

There were again no increases to base salaries for Executive 
directors

defined contribution pension provision for new entrants

Annual incentive

200 per cent of salary maximum (225 per cent for the  
Group chief Executive)

Based on Group financial targets relating to Profit Before Tax 
and Economic Profit as well as Balanced scorecard measures 
covering divisional financial targets, customers (e.g. sME 
lending), people, risk and building the business

subject to deferral and malus in line with FsA requirements

Annual awards of up to 300 per cent of salary for the Group 
chief Executive and Executive directors. Vesting based on 
financial measures comprising Absolute Total shareholder 
Return, Economic Profit and strategic financial objectives. 
details of the performance conditions are provided below.

long-term  
incentive plan

To provide the basis for a competitive package

To enable executives to build long-term 
retirement savings 
Retention

Alignment with Group performance 
Motivation of executives 
Pay for performance 
Alignment with sound risk management

Motivation and retention of executives 
Alignment with sound risk management 
Alignment with long-term shareholder interests

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 114102

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

103

diREcTORs’ REMunERATiOn REPORT

Base salary
Base salaries are reviewed annually, taking into account individual performance and market information (which is provided by Towers 
Watson and supplemented with information from deloitte llP) and normally adjusted from 1 January of the relevant year. The remuneration 
committee confirmed during the 2012 review that the FTsE remains the most appropriate comparator group to use to benchmark overall 
competitiveness of the remuneration package whilst taking particular account of the remuneration practice of our direct competitors, namely 
the major uK banks.

no increase to salaries will be made in 2013.

name

At 1 January 2013

At 1 January 2012

1

With effect from 16 May 2012.

A Horta-Osório

M G Culmer

£1,061,000 

£1,061,000

£720,000 

£720,0001

Annual incentive plan
The annual incentive scheme for Executive directors is designed to reflect specific goals linked to the successful performance of the business.

incentive awards for Executive directors are based upon individual contribution and overall corporate results. incentive opportunity is driven 
equally by i) corporate performance based on profit before tax and economic profit, and ii) divisional achievement and individual performance. 
individual targets relevant to improving overall business performance are contained in a Balanced scorecard and are grouped under the 
following headings:

 – Financial

 – Building the Business

 – customer service

 – Risk

 – People development

These targets apply differently for the Executive directors, reflecting differing strategic priorities. The non-financial measures include key 
performance indicators relating to risk management, sME lending, process efficiency, service quality and employee engagement.

The remuneration committee believes that the structure of the incentive – in particular the use of risk-adjusted and non-financial measures – 
has been highly successful in promoting a long-term focus within the senior management team.

The maximum annual incentive opportunity is 200 per cent (225 per cent for the Group chief Executive) of base salary for the achievement  
of exceptional performance targets.

Deferral
consistent with the aim of ensuring that short-term financial results are only rewarded if they promote sustainable growth, the 2012 annual 
incentive is subject to deferral in shares until at least 2015. This deferred amount is subject to malus if the performance that generated the 
incentive is found to be unsustainable. in 2012 the FsA has reviewed the Group’s Risk-adjusted Performance assessment process and advised 
that it is considered a sound framework.

The committee reserves the right to exercise its discretion in reducing any payment that otherwise would have been earned, if they deem this 
appropriate. in this respect, the committee has recommended to the Board that it should exercise its discretion to adjust the value of certain 
2010 bonus awards, on a basis equivalent to that applied in the previous year.

The key achievements of the Group are set out in the Group chief Executive’s review on pages 14 to 17 of this annual report.

The calculation of the annual incentive plan outcomes for Executive directors, based on the achievement of performance against targets in 
respect of 2012, has been vigorously discussed by the Remuneration committee. The bonuses awarded are shown in the table below:

name

Maximum Opportunity

% awarded for 2012

Bonus awarded for 2012

A Horta-Osório

M G Culmer

225%

140% 

200%

97%  

1,485,000  

700,000 

The award for Mr A Horta-Osório will be delivered in the form of a conditional share award. This will be subject to the normal performance 
adjustment policy and will only vest if a share price of 73.6p has been reached for a given period of time or the Government has sold at least 
33 per cent of its shareholding at prices above 61p. This award will not be released before the fifth anniversary of award and will be forfeited 
if neither of the conditions has been met by that date. The Board believes that these conditions are in the interests of all shareholders and 
support our common aim of repaying the taxpayer. The award for Mr M G culmer reflects his contribution for 2012 as a whole and is not based 
on strict time apportionment.

Long-term incentive award
The current lTiP rules allow for awards to be made of up to 400 per cent of base salary. under normal circumstances, awards can be made 
of up to 300 per cent of salary with the additional 100 per cent available for circumstances that the Remuneration committee deems to 
be exceptional. Awards in 2013 have been set at 300 per cent for the Group chief Executive and 275 per cent for Executive directors and the 
Group Executive committee.

102

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

103

during 2012, the committee has consulted widely with shareholders on the topic of performance measures and sharing the growth in the 
company appropriately between shareholders and management. The committee believes that the performance measures for the 2013 lTiP 
award for the Executive committee should be Economic Profit, Absolute Total shareholder Return and strategic non-financial measures. These 
measures capture risk management, profit growth and shareholder experience and align shareholder experience and management reward.

Measure

Economic Profit

Basis

Metric

Weighting

Payout range set relative to 2015 targets

Absolute TsR

Growth in share price including dividends

customer satisfaction (FsA reportable  
complaints per 1,000 customers over 3 years)

Payout range set relative to 2015 targets

Total costs

Payout range set relative to 2015 targets

non-core assets at end of 2015  
(excluding uK Retail)

sME lending

Payout range set relative to 2015 targets

Payout range set relative to performance 
against market lending to sMEs over 3 year 
period to 2015

Threshold: £1,254 million 
Maximum: £1,881 million

Threshold: 8% per annum 
Maximum: 16% per annum

Threshold: 1.05 
Maximum: 0.95

Threshold: <= £9,323 million 
Maximum: <= £8,973 million

Threshold: £37 billion  
Maximum: £28 billion

Threshold: at market 
Maximum: 4%

35%

30%

10%

10%

10%

5%

Pension
Executive directors may participate in the Group’s defined contribution scheme (under which their pension entitlement will be based upon 
both employer and employee contributions). company contributions are 25 per cent of salary, with the exception of António Horta-Osório 
who is eligible for 50 per cent of reference salary, including his flexible benefit allowance. These can be taken as cash or pension contributions, 
or a mixture of each.

Other share plans
The Executive directors are also eligible to participate in the Group’s ‘sharesave’ and ‘share incentive’ plans. These are ‘all-employee’ share plans.

Shareholding guidelines
Executive directors are required to build up a holding in lloyds Banking Group shares of value equal to 1.5 times gross salary (2 times gross 
salary for the Group chief Executive) and are expected to achieve these targets within 3 years from the later of 1 January 2012 and their date  
of joining the Board. They are required to retain any shares vesting from lTiP awards from 2010 onwards for a further two years post vesting. 
The Group chief Executive is making significant progress in reaching this target. The Group shareholding requirements policy in respect  
of Executive directors was restated in May 2012 and was extended to cover all members of the Group Executive committee at 1 times  
gross salary. 

Chairman’s remuneration
The chairman’s remuneration comprises salary and benefits. He does not participate in the annual bonus and long-term incentive 
arrangements, nor is he entitled to pension benefits. The chairman’s fee was last reviewed in 2012 and is currently £700,000 per annum.

independent non-executive Directors’ fees
The fees of the independent non-Executive directors are agreed by the Board within a total amount determined by the shareholders. 
non-Executive directors may also receive fees, agreed by the Board, for membership of Board committees. The fees are designed to 
recognise the various responsibilities of a non-Executive director’s role and to attract individuals with relevant skills, knowledge and 
experience. The fees are neither performance related nor pensionable and are comparable with those paid by other companies. 

The annual fees were reviewed in 2012 and remain unchanged as listed below.

non-Executive director – base fee 

deputy chairman

senior independent director

Audit committee chairmanship 

Audit committee Membership 

Remuneration committee chairmanship 

Remuneration committee Membership 

Risk committee chairmanship

Risk committee Membership 

nomination & Governance committee Membership 

£65,000

£100,000

£60,000

£50,000

£20,000

£30,000

£15,000 

£40,000

£15,000 

 £5,000

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 114104

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

105

diREcTORs’ REMunERATiOn REPORT

in the case of the nomination & Governance committee, membership currently comprises the deputy chairman, senior independent 
director and chairs of the Board committees (the fees for which include membership of the nomination & Governance committee) and  
one other independent non-Executive director. Only this director receives an attendance fee, which is £5,000 per annum.

independent non-Executive directors who serve on the Boards of subsidiary companies may also receive fees from the subsidiaries.

Service agreements
The Group’s policy is for Executive directors to have service agreements with notice periods of no more than one year. All current Executive 
directors are entitled to receive 12 months’ notice from the Group, but would be required to give at least six months’ notice.

Any entitlements under the pension scheme or equity plans will be in accordance with the scheme rules on leaving.

sir Winfried Bischoff

António Horta-Osório

M G culmer

notice to be given by the Company

Date of service agreement/letter of appointment

6 months

12 months

12 months

27 July 2009

3 november 2010

16 May 2012

independent non-Executive directors do not have service agreements and their appointment may be terminated, in accordance with the 
articles of association, at any time without compensation.

Termination
it is the Group’s policy that where compensation on early termination is due, it should be paid on a phased basis, mitigated in the event 
that alternative employment is secured. Where it is appropriate to make a bonus payment to the individual, this should relate to the period 
of actual service, rather than the full notice period, will be determined on the basis of performance as for all continuing employees and will 
remain subject to malus. in the event of redundancy, the individual may receive a payment in line with statutory entitlements at that time.

Helen Weir left the company in March 2012 under a redundancy agreement entered into on 7 April 2011. in addition to the contractual salary 
payments made during the 12-month notice period, she received a payment of £4,200 in respect of her statutory redundancy entitlement. no 
further non-contractual payments were made in respect of the cessation of employment, in keeping with our policy for handling terminations.

external appointments
The Group recognises that Executive directors may be invited to become non-Executive directors of other companies and that these 
appointments may broaden their knowledge and experience, to the benefit of the Group. Fees are normally retained by the individual 
directors as the post entails personal responsibility.

Executive directors are generally allowed to accept one non-Executive directorship.

104

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

105

implementation Report

Governance and Risk Management
An essential component of our approach to remuneration is the governance process that underpins it. This ensures that our policy is robustly 
applied and risk is managed appropriately.

The overarching purpose of the Remuneration committee is to consider, agree and recommend to the board an overall remuneration policy 
and philosophy for the Group that is defined by, supports and is closely aligned to its long-term business strategy, business objectives, risk 
appetite and values and recognises the interests of relevant stakeholders. The Group has a conservative business model characterised by  
a risk culture founded on prudence and accountability. The remuneration policy and philosophy covers the whole Group, but the committee 
pays particular attention to the top management population, including the highest paid employees in each division, those colleagues who 
perform significant influence functions for the Group and those who could have a material impact on the Group’s risk profile. The committee’s 
role is to ensure that these colleagues are provided with appropriate incentives and reward to encourage them to enhance the performance 
of the Group and that they are recognised for their individual contribution to the success of the organisation, whilst ensuring that there is no 
reward for excessive risk taking.

The committee works closely with the Risk committee in ensuring the bonus pool is moderated. The two committees meet together every 
year to determine whether the proposed bonus pool and performance assessments adequately reflected the risk appetite and framework 
of the Group; whether it took account of current and future risks; and whether any further adjustment is required or merited. We are also 
determined to ensure that the aggregate of the variable remuneration for all our colleagues is appropriate and balanced with the interests of 
shareholders and all other stakeholders.

The committee determines the pensions policy for the Group and advises on other major changes to employee benefits schemes. it also 
agrees the policy for authorising claims for expenses from the Group chief Executive and the chairman. it has delegated power for settling 
remuneration for the chairman, the Group Executive directors, the company secretary and any group employee whose salary and annual 
bonus exceeds a specified amount, currently £750,000. To ensure compliance with the FsA code of Practice, the committee approves 
remuneration for code staff and that of senior risk and compliance officers.

The committee monitors the application of the authority delegated to the Group chief Executive who in turn delegates to the Group 
Executive committee, the Executive compensation committee and the divisional Remuneration committees, to ensure that policies and 
principles are being fairly and consistently applied. The committee liaises closely with the Risk committee and the Group’s risk function  
in relation to risk-adjusted performance measures, including consideration of both current and future risk. Together the management  
of remuneration and risk form an integral part of the Board’s determination of Group corporate strategy.

All the independent non-Executive directors are invited to attend meetings and have the opportunity to comment on proposals and have 
their views taken into account before the committee’s decisions are implemented.

The committee’s terms of reference are available from the company secretary and are displayed on the Group’s website, 
www.lloydsbankinggroup.com. These terms were last updated in April 2012 to ensure continued compliance with the FsA code.

The members of the committee during 2012 were as follows:

 – Anthony Watson (chairman)

 – sir Winfried Bischoff

 – carolyn Fairbairn (from 1 June 2012)

 – sir Julian Horn-smith (until 17 May 2012)

 – lord leitch (until 29 February 2012)

 – david Roberts (also chairman of the Risk committee)

 – Tim Ryan

 – sara Weller (from 1 February 2012)

during 2012, the committee met 10 times and considered the following principal matters:

 – Review of remuneration arrangements for senior executives

 – determination of the appropriate remuneration packages for a number of senior new hires

 – determination of bonus pools based on Group performance and adjustment for risk

 – Performance conditions for the long-Term incentive Plan

 – Bonus and salary awards for Executive directors and key senior managers

 – Approval of remuneration and terms of service that fall within the committee’s terms of reference, including new appointments

 – Feedback from the Remuneration committee chairman on his meetings with the FsA and shareholders

We thank all committee members for their commitment during the last year and attendance at meetings.

The committee appoints independent consultants to provide advice on specific matters according to their particular expertise. during  
the year, deloitte llP advised the committee. deloitte has voluntarily signed up to the Remuneration consultants’ code of conduct and  
are judged by the committee to be independent. deloitte’s fees for 2012 for advising the committee amounted to £336,000.

during 2012, deloitte provided information on behalf of the committee for the testing of TsR performance conditions for the Group’s  
long-term incentive plans (calculated by reference to both dividends and growth in share price).

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 114106

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

107

diREcTORs’ REMunERATiOn REPORT

deloitte also provided other consulting, tax and advisory services to lloyds Banking Group during the year, but did not provide advice  
on executive remuneration matters other than for the committee.

António Horta-Osório, cathy Turner (as chief Administrative Officer from 1 June 2012), Angie Risley (Group HR director until 31 August 2012), 
Rupert Mcneil (Group HR director from 1 september 2012), liz Jackson (HR director, Reward until 31 March 2012) and Paul Hucknall 
(HR director, Reward from 1 April 2012) provided guidance to the committee (other than for their own remuneration). Juan colombás 
(chief Risk Officer), Tim Tookey (Group Finance director until 24 February 2012) and George culmer (Group Finance director from 
16 May 2012) also attended the committee to advise as and when necessary on risk and financial matters.

The proposals for the package to be offered to our Executive directors in 2012 were detailed within the directors’ Remuneration Report for 
2011 and were voted upon within the 2012 Annual General Meeting. The shareholder votes submitted at the meeting, either directly, by mail  
or by proxy, were as follows:

Votes in favour

Votes against

Abstentions

votes cast  
(number of  

shares – millions)

Percentage  

of votes cast

Percentage of  
total issued  

share capital

48,784

1,170

1,353

97.66%

2.34%

–

70.26%

1.69%

1.95%

Dilution limits
The following charts illustrate the shares available for the Group’s share plans.

All plans (10% of the issued ordinary 
share capital of the Group in any consecutive 10 years)

Executive plans (5% of the issued ordinary 
share capital of the Group in any consecutive 10 years)

Shares used (million)

Shares available (million)

Shares used (million)

Shares available (million)

1,252.6

2011

2012

3,184.7

4,620.0

3,849.5

2011

2012

1,622.5

2,661.1

1,813.8

855.9

Performance graph
The graph below illustrates the performance of the Group measured by TsR against a ‘broad equity market index’ over the past five years.  
The Group has been a constituent of the FTsE 100 index throughout this five year period. 

Total shareholder return – FTSE 100 index

Lloyds Banking Group plc

FTSE 100 index

Rebased to 100 on 31 December 2007. Source: Deloitte

Dec 2007

Dec 2008 

Dec 2009 

Dec 2010

Dec 2011

Dec 2012

150

125

100

75

50

25

0

106

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

107

Directors’ emoluments for 2012 (audited) 

Other benefits

Salaries/ 
fees
£000

Pension
allowance1
£000

One-off
payments2
£000

Other cash
benefits3
 £000

non-cash
benefits4
£000

Performance- 
related
payments
£000

5,6

2012 
Total
£000

2011
Total
£000

Current Directors who served during 2012

executive Directors

António Horta-Osório

M G culmer (from 16 May 2012)

non-executive Directors

sir Winfried Bischoff

lord Blackwell (from 1 June 2012)

c J Fairbairn (from 1 June 2012)

A M Frew

d l Roberts

T T Ryan

M A scicluna

Anthony Watson

s V Weller (from 1 February 2012)

Former Directors who served during 2012

sir Julian Horn-smith (until 17 May 2012)

lord leitch (until 29 February 2012)

G R Moreno (until 17 May 2012)

G T Tate (until 6 February 2012)

T J W Tookey (until 24 February 2012)

1,061

451

700

101

58

100

202

115

130

152

87

40

53

69

492

104

3,915

549

171

54

17

12

59

3

82

19

650

38

209

21

8

112

32

7

101

1,485

700

3,379

1,168

1,765

–

715

101

58

100

202

115

130

152

87

40

53

69

627

176

2,185

7,172

713

–

–

100

140

115

130

115

–

100

320

125

1,218

939

5,780

11

2

3

4

5

6

Following changes to the amount of tax relief available on pension contributions in each year, directors may elect to receive some or all of their allowances as cash. contributions into  
the pension scheme shown on page 108 are commensurately reduced.

One-off payments comprise a contractual cash payment to António Horta-Osório as part of the buyout of his benefits from his previous employer and an allowance to Tim Tookey  
to reflect his additional responsibilities as interim Group chief Executive.

Other cash benefits include flexible benefits payments (4 per cent of basic salary) and payments to certain directors who elect to take cash rather than a company car under the car 
scheme.

The non-cash benefits column includes amounts relating to the use of a company car, use of a company driver and private medical insurance. it also includes a spouse’s travel allowance  
for Truett Tate and the value of any matching shares which are received under the terms of sharematch, through which employees have the opportunity to purchase shares up to  
a maximum of £125 per month and receive matching shares on a one for one basis up to a maximum value of £30 per month, rounded down to the nearest whole share.

The award for Mr A Horta-Osório will be delivered in the form of a conditional share award. This will be subject to the normal performance adjustment policy and will only vest if a share 
price of 73.6p has been reached for a given period of time or the Government has sold at least 33 per cent of its shareholding at prices above 61p. This award will not be released before  
the fifth anniversary of award and will be forfeited if neither of the conditions has been met by that date. The Board believes that these conditions are in the interests of all shareholders  
and support our common aim of repaying the taxpayer. 

The award for Mr M G culmer will be subject to 100 per cent deferral into shares until at least 2015.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 114108

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

109

diREcTORs’ REMunERATiOn REPORT

independent non-executive Directors’ fees (2012)

Deputy 
Chairman
£000

Senior 
independent 
Director
£000

Board
£000

Audit 
Committee
£000

Remuneration 
Committee
£000

nomination 
& 
Governance 
Committee
£000

Risk 
Committee
£000

SWG Board1 
fees1
£000

38

38

65

26

11

25

65

65

65

65

59

43

20

11

11

20

3

20

20

50

20

9

6

2

15

15

30

14

2

9

15

6

40

15

15

14

17

21

62

23

37

2012 
Total
£000

101

58

100

40

53

69

202

115

130

152

87

lord Blackwell

c J Fairbairn

A M Frew

sir Julian Horn-smith

lord leitch

G R Moreno

d l Roberts

T T Ryan

M A scicluna

Anthony Watson

s V Weller

1

scottish Widows Group ltd.

Directors’ pensions (audited)
The Executive directors are members of the lloyds Banking Group defined contribution pension scheme. in previous years the Group 
also operated a defined benefit pension scheme, however there are now no directors accruing further pensionable service on a defined 
benefit basis.

Benefits from a registered pension scheme are subject to the lifetime Allowance, currently £1.5 million, which is equivalent to an annual 
pension of £75,000. Any benefit in excess of this amount will incur a tax charge for the individual. The Group has agreed that if an Executive 
director has benefits in excess of the lifetime Allowance he may cease to accrue benefits in the scheme and receive a salary supplement as  
an alternative. This will not cost the Group more than the current arrangements. The Group will not compensate any individual in respect  
of any tax liability arising from the provision of pension.

Defined contribution scheme members
during the year to 31 december 2012 the Group has made the following contributions to the defined contribution scheme:

António Horta-Osório

T J W Tookey1

1

contributions were made for two months only.

£000

18

5

108

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

109

interests in share options (audited)

At 
1 January 
2012

Granted 
during 
the year

exercised 
during 
the year

Lapsed 
during 
the year

At 31 
December 
2012

Exercise 
price

Exercise periods

From

To

notes

António Horta-Osório

M G culmer

1,452,401

662,116

1,452,401

438,846

1,707,763

–

–

–

–

–

– 2,216,187

– 2,243,816

Former Directors who served during 2012

G T Tate

T W Tookey

129,820

55,147

499,709

19,399

19,399

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

– 1,452,401

–

662,116

– 1,452,401

–

438,846

– 1,707,763

– 2,216,187

– 2,243,816

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

15/6/2011 30/3/2021

31/1/2012 30/3/2021

15/6/2012 30/3/2021

31/1/2013 30/3/2021

15/6/2013 30/3/2021

1/4/2013

31/3/2018

1/4/2014

31/3/2019

–

–

–

–

129,820

207.97p 18/3/2007

31/1/2014

55,147

199.91p 12/8/2007

31/1/2014

499,709

235.26p 17/3/2008

31/1/2014

19,399

46.78p

1/2/2013

31/7/2013

19,399

–

46.78p

a

a

a

a

a, b

b, c

b, c

d, f, i 

d, f, i 

e, f, i 

b, g, j

g, h

a   share buy out award granted on 30 March 2011 for the loss of deferred share awards forfeited on leaving the santander Group. Awards are consistent with those forfeited and have  

a nil option price.

b not exercisable as the option has not been held for the period required by the relevant scheme.

c  Executive share award granted on 6 August 2012 for the loss of deferred share awards forfeited on leaving RsA insurance Group plc.

d Executive option granted between March 2004 and August 2004.

e  Executive option granted between March 2005 and August 2005.

f  Exercisable to the extent that the performance condition vested.

g sharesave.

h  Option lapsed on date of leaving.

i  Exercisable for a period of one year from date of leaving.

j  Exercisable for a period of six months from date of leaving.

none of the other directors at 31 december 2012 had options to acquire shares in lloyds Banking Group plc or its subsidiaries.

The market price for a share in the company at 1 January 2012 and 31 december 2012 was 25.91p and 47.92p, respectively. The range of  
prices between 1 January 2012 and 31 december 2012 was 25.295p to 49.25p.

The following table contains information on the performance conditions for executive options granted since 2004. The Remuneration 
committee chose the relevant performance conditions because they were felt to be challenging, aligned to shareholders’ interests and 
appropriate at the time.

Options granted

Performance conditions

March 2004 – August 2004

March 2005 – August 2005

March 2011
(Applicable only to award made 
to António Horta-Osório on 
30 March 2011 over  
1,707,763 shares)

That the company’s ranking based on TsR over the relevant period against a comparator group (17 uK and 
international financial services companies including lloyds Banking Group) must be at least ninth, when  
14 per cent of the option would be exercisable. if the company was ranked first in the group, then  
100 per cent of the option would be exercisable and if ranked tenth or below the performance condition 
would not be met.

Options granted in 2004 became exercisable as the performance condition was met on the re-test. The 
performance condition vested at 24 per cent for Truett Tate’s March option and at 14 per cent for all other 
options granted to Executive directors during 2004.

That the company’s ranking based on TsR over the relevant period against a comparator group (15 
companies including lloyds Banking Group) must be at least eighth, when 30 per cent of the option would  
be exercisable. if the company was ranked first to fourth position in the group, then 100 per cent of the option 
would be exercisable and if ranked ninth or below, the performance condition would not be met.

Options granted in 2005 became exercisable as the performance condition was met when tested. Grants 
vested at 82.5 per cent for all options granted to Executive directors.

That the company’s ranking based on TsR over the relevant period against a comparator group (18 
companies including lloyds Banking Group) must be at least ninth, when 30 per cent of the option will be 
exercisable. if the company is ranked first to fifth position in the group, then 100 per cent of the option will  
be exercisable and if ranked tenth or below, the performance condition is not met.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 114110

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

111

diREcTORs’ REMunERATiOn REPORT

Lloyds Banking Group long-term incentive plan (audited)
The following table shows conditional shares awarded under the plan.

António Horta-Osório

M G culmer

At 
1 January 
2012

7,154,187

Awarded 
during 
the year

–

–

–

9,644,684

4,657,045

Former Directors who served during 2012

G T Tate

T J W Tookey

1,424,778

2,137,169

3,175,748

3,159,517 

1,335,730

2,003,597

2,977,264

2,962,047 

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

vested 
during 
the year

Lapsed 
during 
the year

–

–

–

–

–

–

– 

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2,137,169

–

– 

1,335,730

2,003,597

2,977,264

– 

2,962,047 

a  Award price 34.786p. 

b The Absolute share Price element of this award has an end of performance period date of 26 March 2013.

c   Mr Tookey’s unvested awards all lapsed upon his departure from the Group on 24 February 2012.

d  Mr Tate’s award will be pro-rated to reflect the number of months employed during the performance period.

At 
31 December 
2012

End of  
performance 
period

7,154,187

31/12/2013

9,644,684

31/12/2014

4,657,045

31/12/2014

1,424,778

31/12/2011

–

31/12/2011

3,175,748

31/12/2012

3,159,517

31/12/2013

–

–

–

–

31/12/2011

31/12/2011

31/12/2012

31/12/2013

notes

a

a

b

d

c

c

b, c

c

The following table contains information on the performance conditions for awards made under the long-term incentive plan. The 
Remuneration committee chose the relevant performance conditions because they were felt to be challenging, aligned to shareholders’ 
interests and appropriate at the time.

LTiP awarded

April 2009

Performance conditions

ePS: The release of 50 per cent of the shares was dependent on the extent to which growth in EPs achieved 
cumulative EPs targets over the three year period from January 2009 to december 2011.

economic profit: The release of the remaining 50 per cent of shares was dependent on the extent to which 
the Group achieved cumulative Economic Profit targets over the three year period from January 2009 to 
december 2011.

At the end of the relevant period, neither of the performance conditions had been met and the Awards 
lapsed.

April 2009 
integration award

ePS

Threshold 

Maximum

economic profit

Threshold 

Maximum

vesting %

25%

100%

Growth in ePS

26%

36%

vesting %

Absolute improvement in adjusted eP 

25%

100%

100%

202%

Synergy Savings: The release of 50 per cent of the shares was dependent on the achievement of target run 
rate synergy savings in 2009 and 2010 as well as the achievement of sustainable synergy savings of at least 
£1.5 billion by the end of 2011. The award was broken down into three equally weighted annual tranches. 
Performance was assessed at the end of each year against annual performance targets based on a trajectory 
to meet the 2011 target. The extent to which targets were achieved determined the proportion of shares to 
be banked each year. Any release of shares was subject to the Remuneration committee judging the overall 
success of the delivery of the integration programme.

integration Balanced Scorecard: The release of the remaining 50 per cent of the shares was dependent on 
the outcome of a Balanced scorecard of non-financial measures of the success of the integration in each of 
2009, 2010 and 2011. The Balanced scorecard element was broken down into three equally weighted tranches. 
The tranches were crystallised and banked for each year of the performance cycle subject to separate annual 
performance targets across the four measurement categories of Building the Business, customer, Risk and 
People and Organisation development.

The performance conditions were met and the awards vested to participants in full. On 14 March 2012 it was 
determined that the Award would not be transferred or issued to the current and former Executive directors.

110

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

111

LTiP awarded

March 2010

Performance conditions

ePS: Relevant to 36 per cent of the award. Performance to be measured based on absolute improvement in 
adjusted EPs over the three financial years starting on 1 January 2010 relative to an adjusted fully diluted 2009 
EPs base.

economic Profit: Relevant to 36 per cent of the award. Performance to be measured based on the compound 
annual growth rate of adjusted Economic Profit over the three financial years starting on 1 January 2010 
relative to 2009 adjusted Economic Profit base.

Absolute Share Price: Relevant to 28 per cent of the award. Performance to be measured based on the 
Absolute share Price on 26 March 2013, being the third anniversary of the award date.

At the end of the performance period, it has been assessed that none of the performance conditions has 
been met and therefore the Awards will not vest.

The targets are:
ePS

Threshold 

Maximum

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

economic profit

Threshold 

Maximum

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

Absolute Share Price

Threshold 

Maximum

vesting %

Absolute improvement in adjusted ePS

25%

100%

158%

180%

vesting % Compound annual growth rate of adjusted eP 

25%

100%

vesting %

0%

100%

57% per annum

77% per annum

Absolute Share Price 

75p

114p

March 2011

ePS: Relevant to 331/3 per cent of the award. Performance will be based on 2013 EPs outcome.

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis, provided that shares comprised in the Absolute share Price element of 
the award may only be released if both the EPs and Economic Profit performance measures have been satisfied at the threshold level or above.

economic Profit: Relevant to 331/3 per cent of the award. The performance target is based on 2013 adjusted 
Economic Profit.

Absolute Total Shareholder Return: Relevant to 331/3 per cent of the award. Performance will be measured 
against the annualised return over the three year period ending 31 december 2013.

The targets are:
ePS

Threshold 

Maximum

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

economic profit

Threshold 

Maximum

vesting %

25%

100%

vesting %

25%

100%

Target

6.4p

7.4p

Target

£567m

£1,234m

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

Absolute Total Shareholder Return

vesting %

 Annualised Absolute Shareholder Return 

Threshold 

Maximum

25%

100%

8%

14%

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 114112

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

113

diREcTORs’ REMunERATiOn REPORT

March 2012 and  
september 2012

economic Profit: Relevant to 30 per cent of the award. The performance target is based on 2014 adjusted 
Economic Profit.

Absolute Total Shareholder Return: Relevant to 30 per cent of the award. Performance will be measured 
against the annualised return over the three year period ending 31 december 2014.

Short-term funding as a percentage of total funding: Relevant to 10 per cent of the award. Performance 
will be measured relative to 2014 targets.

non-core assets at the end of 2014: Relevant to 10 per cent of the award. Performance will be measured  
by reference to balance sheet core assets at 31 december 2014.

net Simplification benefits: Relevant to 10 per cent of the award. Performance will be measured by 
reference to the run rate achieved by end of 2014.

Customer satisfaction: Relevant to 10 per cent of the award. Performance will be measured by reference 
to the total number of FsA reportable complaints per 1,000 customers over the three year period to 
31 december 2014.

The targets are:
economic profit

Threshold 

Maximum

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

Absolute Total Shareholder Return

Threshold 

Maximum
Short-term funding as a percentage of total funding

Threshold 

Maximum

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

non-core assets at end of 2014

Threshold 

Maximum

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

net Simplification benefits

Threshold 

Maximum

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

Customer satisfaction

Threshold 

Maximum

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

vesting %

25%

100%

vesting %

25%

100%

vesting %

25%

100%

vesting %

25%

100%

vesting %

25%

100%

vesting %

25%

100%

Target

£160m

£1,653m

Target

12% per annum

30% per annum

Target

20%

15%

Target

<=£95bn

<=£80bn

Target

£1.5bn

£1.8bn

Target

1.5

1.3

deloitte provided information for the testing of the TsR performance conditions for the company’s long-term incentive plan. EPs is the 
Group’s normalised earnings per share as shown in the Group’s report and accounts, subject to such adjustments as the Remuneration 
committee regards to be necessary for consistency.

112

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

113

Directors’ interests (audited)
The beneficial interests of those who were directors at 31 december 2012 in ordinary shares of lloyds Banking Group were:

number of shares

executive Directors

António Horta-Osório1

M G culmer

non-executive Directors

sir Winfried Bischoff

lord Blackwell

c J Fairbairn

A M Frew

d l Roberts

T T Ryan1

M A scicluna

Anthony Watson

s V Weller

At 1 January 2012 
(or later date of 
appointment)

At 31 December 
2012

At 1 March 
2013

1,067,099

1,407,780

1,408,3592

872,475

874,966

875,5462

1,100,000

1,300,000

–

–

300,000

968,641

400,877

92,572

376,357

100,000

50,000

–

300,000

968,641

400,877

92,572

476,357

150,000

1

2

shareholdings held by Mr A Horta-Osório and Mr T T Ryan are either wholly or partially in the form of AdRs.

The changes in beneficial interests for Mr A Horta-Osório and Mr M G culmer relate to 'partnership' and 'matching' shares acquired under the lloyds Banking Group share incentive Plan 
between 31 december 2012 and 1 March  2013.

A summary of transactions undertaken in the year, including share plan awards vested plus open market purchases and sales made by 
directors is shown on page 114.

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.

The register of directors’ interests, which is open to inspection, contains full particulars of directors’ shareholdings and options to acquire 
shares in lloyds Banking Group.

On behalf of the Board

Claire A Davies
company secretary

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information118115203355Board of Directors 78Group Executive Committee 80Directors’ report 82Corporate governance report 86Directors’ remuneration report 98Other remuneration disclosures 114114

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

OTHER REMunERATiOn disclOsuREs

emoluments of the eight highest paid senior executives (unaudited)       
Emoluments of the eight highest paid senior executives can be found on the Group’s website at www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

Directors’ interests – summary of awards vested, purchases and sales made by directors in 2012 (unaudited)

At 1 January 2012 
(or later date of 
appointment)

Transactions during year

Date

Shares

notes

31 December 2012

executive Directors

António Horta-Osório

1,067,099

M G culmer

872,475

non-executive Directors

sir Winfried Bischoff

1,100,000

lord Blackwell

c J Fairbairn

A M Frew

d l Roberts

T T Ryan

M A scicluna

Anthony Watson

s V Weller

–

–

300,000

968,641

400,877

92,572

376,357

100,000

14/5/12

monthly

16/5/12

monthly

 340,000 Purchase (85,000 AdRs)

681 2012 share incentive Plan purchase and matching 

1,407,780

shares

872,169 872,169 shares purchased on appointment

2,491 2012 share incentive Plan purchase and matching 

874,966

shares

2/8/12

12/6/12

200,000 Purchase

50,000 Purchase

21/5/12

4/5/12

100,000 Purchase

50,000 Purchase

1,300,000

50,000

–

300,000

968,641

400,877

92,572

476,357

150,000

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

115

     RisK MAnAGEMEnTThis section highlights the Principal Risks and Uncertainties as well as the Emerging Risks faced  by the Group and explains how all risk types are managed. Principal risks and uncertainties have been identified through the Group’s risk management processes. A brief overview of the Group’s principal risks and how these are mitigated can be found on page 118.The Risk Governance section describes the controls in place to ensure the Group has strong, effective Risk Management.The analysis of Risk drivers details how all risks are managed across the Group. Each risk driver section includes a definition; a risk appetite statement; exposures associated with the risk that  the Group faces; and how the risk is measured, mitigated and monitored.Further information can be found under note 2(H) (Accounting Policies) on page 219 and note 55 (Financial Risk Management) on page 318.All narrative is unaudited unless otherwise stated. Tables are both audited and unaudited as stated. The audited information is required to comply with the requirements of relevant International Financial Reporting Standards.The Group’s approach to risk 116Risk as a strategic differentiator 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124 Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131116

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

117

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Risk Management is at the heart of lloyds Banking Group’s  
strategy to become the best bank for customers, investors, 
shareholders and its people.
The mission for Risk is to support the business in delivering  
sustainable growth. This is achieved through informed risk decision 
making and superior risk and capital management, supported  
by a consistent risk-focused culture across the Group.

Achievements in 2012

Priorities for 2013

q  Robust risk governance framework and conservative risk appetite 

further embedded across the Group.

q  strategy: continue to support delivery of the Group’s customer 

focused strategic plan within risk appetite.

q  non-core asset reduction ahead of target and capital generative.
q  sustained improvements in credit quality.
q  Prudent approach to underwriting and provisioning has made 

portfolios resilient to future stresses.

q  implementation of conduct strategy to ensure legacy issues  

of the past are not repeated.

q  Risk infrastructure: continue programme of investment  

in the Group’s risk systems.

q  Risk culture: Maintain and strengthen the Group’s strong risk culture  

by managing performance to ensure risk based behaviours.

q  Regulatory change: deliver against new regulatory requirements.
q  People agenda: continue to attract, retain and develop high 

quality people.

The Group’s approach to risk 
The Group operates a strong and independent Risk division with rigorous management controls to keep the Group safe, support sustainable 
business growth and minimise losses within risk appetite.

The mission of Risk division is to maintain a robust control framework, identify and escalate emerging risks and support sustainable business 
growth within risk appetite through good risk reward decisioning. 

Risk culture
The Board ensures that senior management implements risk policies and risk appetites that either limit or, where appropriate, prohibit 
activities, relationships and situations that could be detrimental to the Group’s risk profile.

The Group has a conservative business model embodied by a risk culture founded on a prudent approach to managing risk. The Group 
refreshed its codes of Business and Personal Responsibility in 2012 reinforcing its approach; colleagues are accountable for the risks they take 
and the needs of customers are paramount. 

The focus remains on building and sustaining long-term relationships with customers whatever the economic climate. 

Risk as a strategic differentiator

The Group strategy and risk appetite were developed together  
to ensure one informed the other in creating a strategy that delivers  
on becoming the best bank for our customers whilst helping Britain 
prosper and creating sustainable growth over time. 

We believe effective risk management can be a strategic 
differentiator, in particular:

 – Conservative approach to risk: The Group has a fully embedded 
conservative approach to, and prudent appetite for risk with risk 
culture and appetite driven top down.

 – Strong control framework: The Group has a strong risk control  

framework which is the foundation for the delivery of effective risk 
management. This framework ensures appropriate engagement  
in developing risk appetite whilst also ensuring business units 
operate within approved parameters.

 – Effective risk analysis, management and reporting: Effective risk 
analysis ensures the identification of opportunities as well as 
risks and ensures risks are managed appropriately and consistent 
with strategy. The Groups key risks and performance against 
risk appetite are monitored and reported regularly to senior 
management using quantitative and qualitative analysis and are 
subject to relevant stress testing. This ensures we fully understand 
the risk in the business at both an individual risk type and aggregate 
portfolio level. The key risks to the Group are outlined  
on pages 118 to 124.

 – Business focus and accountability: Managing risk effectively is a key  
focus for the Group and is one of the five principal criteria within 
its Balanced scorecard on which business areas and individual 
performance are judged. The Group’s approach to risk means that 
businesses remain accountable for risk but a strong and independent 
risk function also helps ensure adherence to the Group’s risk and 
control frameworks. The continued investment in risk systems and 
processes will also help differentiate our risk management approach.

116

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

117

The Group has zero appetite for systemic unfair customer outcomes arising from product design, sales or after-sales processes.

The Group expects its leaders to have the highest integrity and values, thinking and acting for the long-term.

The Group’s risk culture is embedded within the Group’s risk appetites, policies, procedures, controls and reporting. For example:

 – The Group’s risk culture is embedded within its approach to conduct risk, and is supported by frameworks to help it deliver the right 

outcomes for customers, and implemented through policies and standards in key areas such as product governance, responsible lending, 
claims and complaints handling.

 – The Group’s risk culture is embedded within its approach to managing credit risk: Board level credit risk appetite is supported by more 
detailed metrics at divisional and business level; measurement of credit risk for loans and advances to customers at counterparty level; 
internal systems of control such as credit policies, assurance and review, controls over rating systems, stress testing and scenario analysis; 
collateral; master netting agreements and support for customers in difficulty.

Risk appetite 
 – The Group defines risk appetite as ‘the amount and type of risk that our organisation is prepared to seek, accept or tolerate.’ 

 – The Group’s strategy operates in tandem with the Group’s high level risk appetite which is supported by more detailed metrics and limits. 
An updated Risk Appetite statement was approved by the Board in 2012 which incorporated recommendations from the non-executive 
directors and is fully aligned with Group strategy.

 – Risk appetite is embedded within policies, authorities and limits across the Group.

 – Risk appetite will continue to evolve in tandem with Group strategy.

Governance and control
 – Governance is maintained through delegation of authority from the Board, Board Risk committee and Audit committee, down through the 
management hierarchy supported by a committee-based structure designed to ensure that the Group’s risk appetite, policies, procedures, 
controls and reporting are fully in line with regulations, law, corporate governance and industry good-practice.

 – The Group’s approach to risk is founded on a robust control framework and a strong risk management culture which ensures that business 

units remain accountable for risk and therefore guides the way all employees approach their work, behave and make decisions.

 – Board-level engagement, coupled with the direct involvement of senior management in Group wide risk issues at Group Executive 

committee level, ensures that issues are promptly escalated and remediation plans are initiated where required.

 – The interaction of the executive and non-executive governance structures relies upon a culture of transparency and openness that is 

encouraged by both the Board and senior management.

 – A strong control framework remains a priority for the Group and is the foundation for the delivery of effective risk management.

 – The Group optimises performance by allowing business units to operate within approved parameters.

Risk decision making and reporting
 – Taking risks which are well understood, consistent with strategy with appropriate margin is a key driver of shareholder value.

 – Risk analysis and reporting supports the identification of opportunities as well as risks.

 – An aggregate view of the Group’s overall risk profile, key risks and management actions, together with performance against risk appetite 

are reported to and discussed monthly at the Group Risk committee and Group Asset and liability committee with regular reporting to the 
Board Risk committee and the Board.

 – Rigorous stress testing exercises are carried out to assess the impact of a range of adverse scenarios with different probabilities and 

severities to inform strategic planning.

 – The chief Risk Officer regularly informs the Board Risk committee of the aggregate risk profile and has direct access to the chairman and 

members of the Board Risk committee.

A further reduction in FsA 
reportable banking complaints 
(excluding PPi) to 1.1 per 1,000 
accounts, a strong performance 
relative to our peers.

Prudent risk appetite and 
strong risk management  
resulted in a reduction of 
42 per cent in the Group’s 
impairment charge.

non-core assets reduced  
by £42.3 billion and international 
presence was reduced in  
line with the Group’s strategy  
to focus on the uK.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131118

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

119

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Principal risks and uncertainties

At present the most significant risks faced by the Group are detailed below. These risks could impact on the success of delivering against the 
Group’s long-term strategic objectives and are aligned to the Group’s Risk drivers. 

Further detail on the Group’s Risk drivers and how the Group manages risk can be found on page 131. 

For further information on the economy see pages 19 and 20.

CReDiT RiSK
Definition

credit risk is defined as the  
risk that parties with whom the  
Group has contracted fail to  
meet their obligations (both on  
or off balance sheet).

Principal risks

Arising mainly in the Retail, commercial Banking, and Wealth, Asset Finance and international divisions, 
reflecting the risks inherent in the Group’s lending activities and, to a lesser extent in the insurance 
business in respect of investment holdings and exposures to reinsurers. Adverse changes in the credit 
quality of the Group’s uK and/or international borrowers and counterparties, or in their behaviour, 
would be expected to reduce the value of the Group’s assets and increase the Group’s write-downs and 
allowances for impairment losses. credit risk can be affected by a range of macroeconomic environment 
and other factors, including, inter alia, increased unemployment, reduced asset values, lower consumer 
spending, increased personal or corporate insolvency levels, reduced corporate profits, increased interest 
rates and/or higher tenant defaults. 

Over the last five years, the global banking crisis and economic downturn has driven cyclically high bad 
debt charges, especially in the Group’s legacy HBOs portfolios, arising from the Group’s lending to both 
retail (including those in Wealth, Asset Finance and international division) and commercial customers 
(including those in Wealth, Asset Finance and international division). Group portfolios will remain strongly 
linked to the economic environment, with inter alia house price falls, unemployment increases, consumer 
over-indebtedness and rising interest rates being possible impacts to the Group’s exposures. The Group 
has exposure to commercial customers in both the uK and internationally, including Europe and ireland, 
particularly related to commercial real estate lending, where the Group has a high level of lending 
secured on secondary and tertiary assets. The possibility of further economic downside risk remains.

Mitigating actions

The Group takes many mitigating actions with respect to this principal risk. The Group manages its credit 
risk in a variety of ways such as:

 – through prudent and through the cycle credit risk appetite and policies;

 – clearly defined levels of authority (including, independently sanctioned and controlled credit limits 
for commercial customers and counterparties, sound credit scoring models and credit policies for 
retail customers);

 – robust credit processes and controls; and 

132

 – well-established Group and divisional committees that ensure distressed and impaired loans are 
identified, considered, controlled and appropriately escalated and appropriately impaired (taking 
account of the Group’s latest view of current and expected market conditions, as well as refinancing risk).

Further information on credit Risk

Reviews are undertaken at least quarterly and incorporate internal and external audit review and challenge. 

118

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

119

COnDUCT RiSK
Definition

conduct risk is defined as the  
risk of customer detriment or 
censure and/or a reduction in 
earnings/value, through financial  
or reputational loss, from  
inappropriate or poor customer 
treatment or business conduct.

169

Further information on conduct Risk

Principal risks

conduct risk and how the Group manages its customer relationships affect all aspects of the Group’s 
operations and are closely aligned with achievement of the Group’s strategic vision to be the best bank 
for customers. As a provider of a wide range of financial services products across different brands and 
numerous distribution channels to an extremely broad and varied customer base, and as a participant in 
market activities the Group faces significant conduct risks, such as: products or services not meeting the 
needs of its customers; sales processes which could result in selling products to customers which do not 
meet their needs; failure to deal with a customer’s complaint effectively where the Group has got it wrong 
and not met customer expectations; behaviours which do not meet market standards.

There remains a high level of scrutiny regarding financial institutions’ treatment of customers and business 
conduct from regulatory bodies, the media and politicians. The FsA in particular continues to drive focus 
on conduct of business activities through its supervision activity.

There is a risk that certain aspects of the Group’s business may be determined by the FsA, other 
regulatory bodies or the courts as not being conducted in accordance with applicable laws or regulations, 
or fair and reasonable treatment in their opinion. The Group may also be liable for damages to third 
parties harmed by the conduct of its business.

Mitigating actions

The Group takes many mitigating actions with respect to this principal risk; key examples include:

 – The Group’s conduct strategy and supporting framework have been designed to support its vision 
and strategic aim to put the customer at the heart of everything it does. The Group has developed 
and implemented a framework to enable it to deliver the right outcomes for its customers, which is 
supported by policies and standards in key areas, including product governance, customer treatment, 
sales, responsible lending, customers in financial difficulties, claims and complaints handling.

 – The Group actively engages with regulatory bodies and other stakeholders in developing its 

understanding of current customer treatment concerns. The Group develops colleagues’ awareness 
of these and other expected standards of conduct through these and other policies and standards 
and codes of responsibility. it also undertakes root cause analysis of complaints and makes use of 
technology and metrics to facilitate earlier detection and mitigation of conduct issues.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131120

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

121

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

MARKeT RiSK
Definition

Market risk is defined as the risk 
that unfavourable market moves 
(including changes in and  
increased volatility of interest rates, 
market-implied inflation rates, 
credit spreads and prices for bonds, 
foreign exchange rates, equity, 
property and commodity prices 
and other instruments), lead to 
reductions in earnings and/or value.

170

Principal risks

The Group has a number of market risks, the principal ones being:

 – interest rate risk: This risk to the Group’s banking income arises from competitive pressures on product 
terms in existing loans and deposits, which sometimes restrict the Group in its ability to change interest 
rates applying to customers in response to changes in interbank and central bank rates. A further related 
risk arises from the level of interest rates and the margin of interbank rates over central bank rates.

 – Equity risk: This risk arises from movements in equity market prices. The main equity market risks arise in 

the insurance business and defined benefit pension schemes.

 – credit spread risk: This risk arises when the market perception of the creditworthiness of a particular 
counterparty changes. The main credit spread exposure arises in the insurance business, defined 
benefit pension schemes and banking businesses.

Mitigating actions

Market risk is managed within a Board approved framework using a range of metrics to monitor the 
Group’s profile against its stated appetite and potential market conditions.

High level market risk exposure is reported regularly to appropriate committees for monitoring and 
oversight by senior management. 

A variety of risk measures are used such as:

 – sensitivity based measures (e.g. sensitivity to 1 basis point move in interest rates)

 – Percentile based measures (e.g. Value at Risk)

 – scenario/stress based measures (e.g. single factor stresses, macroeconomic scenarios)

in addition, profit and loss triggers are used in the Trading Books in order to ensure that mitigating action 
is discussed if profit and loss becomes volatile.

 – interest rate risk: Exposure arising from the different repricing characteristics of the Group’s non-trading 
assets and liabilities, and from the mismatch between interest rate insensitive assets and interest rate 
sensitive liabilities, is managed centrally. Matching assets and liabilities are offset against each other and 
interest rate swaps are also used to manage the residual exposure to within the non-traded market risk 
appetite. Exposure arising from the margin of interbank rates over central bank rates is monitored and 
managed within the non-traded market risk appetite through appropriate hedging activity. 

 – Equity and credit spread risk: The Group continues to liaise with defined benefit pension scheme 

Further information on Market Risk

Trustees with regard to appropriately de-risking the pension scheme portfolio.

120

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

121

OPeRATiOnAL 
RiSK
Definition

Operational risk is defined as the  
risk of loss resulting from  
inadequate or failed internal 
processes, people and systems  
or from external events.

Principal risks

The principal operational risks currently facing the Group are:

 – iT systems and resilience: The risk of loss resulting from the failure to develop, deliver or maintain 

effective iT solutions. The resilience of iT in terms of its availability to customers and colleagues is of 
paramount importance to the Group.

 – information security: The risk of information leakage, loss or theft. The threat profile is rapidly changing; 

in particular increasingly sophisticated attacks by cybercrime groups.

 – External fraud: The risk of loss to the Group and/or its customers resulting from an act of deception 

or omission.

 – customer process: The risk of new issues, process weaknesses and control deficiencies within the 

Group’s customer facing processes as the business continues to evolve.

Mitigating actions

The Group operates a robust control environment with regular review and enhancement. contingency 
plans are maintained for a range of potential scenarios with a regime of disaster recovery exercises, both 
Group specific and industry wide. significant investment has been made in iT infrastructure and systems 
to ensure their resilience and to enhance the services they support, in recognition of the importance 
of the ongoing availability of the Group’s services both to its customers and to the wider uK financial 
infrastructure. The Group continues to invest in iT and information security control environments 
including user access management and records management to address evolving threats. 

The Group adopts a risk based approach to external fraud management, reflecting the current and  
emerging external fraud risks within the market. This approach drives an annual programme of 
enhancements to the Group’s technology, process and people related controls; with emphasis on 
preventative controls, supported by real time detective controls – wherever feasible. The Group has 
developed a mature and robust fraud operating model with centralised accountability established, 
discharged via Group wide policies and operational control frameworks. The Group’s fraud awareness 
programme is a key component of its fraud control environment; in 2012 a Group wide awareness 
campaign was launched specifically addressing the emerging ‘cyber’ threats and the role that the  
Group’s colleagues play in helping to keep its customers safe and secure.

174

Further information on Operational Risk

Material operational risks are reported regularly to appropriate committees, attracting senior 
management visibility, and are managed via a range of strategies – avoidance, mitigation, transfer 
(including insurance), and acceptance. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131122

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

123

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

PeOPLe RiSK
Definition

People risk is defined as the risk  
that the Group fails to lead, manage 
and enable colleagues to deliver 
to customers, shareholders and 
regulators leading to reductions in  
earnings and/or value.

176

Further information on People Risk

Principal risks

The Group has a strategic aim to be the best bank for customers; it is committed to addressing issues 
within the business that could contribute to customers receiving unfair outcomes. The Group believes 
the quality, effectiveness and engagement of its people are fundamental to its successful delivery of 
this strategy. This belief coincides with the increasing external focus on the culture which underpins 
the performance and behaviour of employees in the development and delivery of fair outcomes 
to customers. 

consequently, the Group’s management of material people risks is critical to its capacity to deliver 
against its strategic objectives. Over the coming twelve months the Group’s ability to manage people 
risks successfully is likely to be affected by the following factors:

 – The Group’s continuing structural consolidation and the sale of part of its branch network under Project 

Verde may disrupt its ability to lead and manage its people effectively in some areas;

 – The developing and increasingly rigorous and intrusive regulatory environment may challenge the 

Group’s people strategy, remuneration practices and retention; and

 – negative political and media attention on banking sector culture, sales practices and ethical conduct 

may impact colleague engagement, investor sentiment and the Group’s cost base.

Mitigating actions

The Group takes many mitigating actions with respect to people risk. Key examples include:

 – Focusing on strengthening the risk-based culture amongst colleagues by developing and delivering a 
number of initiatives that reinforce risk-based behaviours to generate the best possible outcomes for 
customers and colleagues; 

 – continuing to ensure strong management of the impact of organisational change and consolidation 

on colleagues; 

 – Embedding our codes of Personal and Business Responsibility across the Group;

 – Reviewing and developing incentives continually to ensure they promote colleagues’ behaviours that 

meet customer needs and regulatory expectations;

 – Focusing on leadership and colleague engagement, through delivery of strategies to attract, retain and 

develop high calibre people together with implementation of rigorous succession planning;

 – Maintaining focus on people risk management across the Group; and

 – Ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements related to Approved Persons and the 
Remuneration code, and embedding compliant and appropriate colleague behaviours in line with 
Group policies, values and its people risk priorities.

122

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

123

LiqUiDiTy AnD 
FUnDinG RiSK
Definition

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.

Funding risk is defined as the risk 
that the Group does not have 
sufficiently stable and diverse 
sources of funding or the funding 
structure is inefficient.

177

Further information on liquidity  
and Funding Risk

Principal risks

liquidity and funding continues to remain a key area of focus for the Group and the industry as a whole. 
like all major banks, the Group is dependent on confidence in the short and long-term wholesale 
funding markets. should the Group, due to exceptional circumstances, be unable to continue to source 
sustainable funding, its ability to fund its financial obligations could be impacted. The key dependencies 
on successfully funding the Group’s balance sheet include:

 – continued functioning of the money and capital markets.

 – The continuation of the Group’s strategy of right-sizing the balance sheet and development of the retail 

deposit base which has led to a significant reduction in the wholesale funding requirement over the 
past year. 

 – limited further deterioration in the uK’s and the Group’s credit rating. in June 2012 the Group 

experienced a one notch downgrade in its long-term rating from Moody’s, following the agency’s 
review of 114 European banks. The impact that the Group experienced following the downgrade was 
not material and was consistent with the modelled outcomes based on the stress testing framework. 
similarly, the internal stress testing framework indicates that Moody’s one notch downgrade of the uK’s 
credit rating, announced on 22 February 2013, will not have a material impact on the Group’s liquidity 
and funding positions; and

 – no significant or sudden withdrawal of customer deposits.

Mitigating actions

liquidity and funding risk appetite for the banking businesses is set by the Board and this statement of 
the Group’s overall appetite for liquidity risk is reviewed and approved annually by the Board.

 – The Group’s liquidity and funding position is underpinned by its significant customer deposit base, 

and has been supported by stable funding from the wholesale markets with a reduced dependence on 
short-term wholesale funding;

 – At 31 december 2012, the Group had £205 billion of highly liquid unencumbered assets in its liquidity 

portfolio which are available to meet cash and collateral outflows; 

 – daily monitoring and control processes are in place to address 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;

 – The Group carries out stress testing of its liquidity position against a range of scenarios, including those 
prescribed by the FsA, on an ongoing basis. The Group’s liquidity risk appetite is also calibrated against 
a number of stressed liquidity metrics; and

 – The Group has a contingency funding plan embedded within the Group liquidity Policy which has been 

designed to identify emerging liquidity concerns at an early stage, so that mitigating actions can be 
taken to avoid a more serious crisis developing. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131124

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

125

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

inSURAnCe RiSK
Definition

insurance risk is defined as 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.

Principal risks

The major sources of insurance risk are within the insurance business and the Group’s defined benefit 
pension schemes. insurance risk is inherent in the insurance business and can be affected by customer 
behaviour. insurance risks accepted relate primarily to mortality, longevity, morbidity, persistency, 
expenses, property and unemployment. The primary insurance risk of the Group’s defined benefit 
pension schemes is related to longevity.

insurance risk has the potential to significantly impact the earnings and capital position of the insurance 
business of the Group. For the Group’s defined benefit pension schemes, insurance risk could 
significantly increase the cost of pension provision and impact the balance sheet of the Group.

Mitigating actions

The Group takes many mitigating actions with respect to this principal risk, key examples include:

 – Actuarial assumptions are reviewed in line with experience and in-depth reviews are conducted 
regularly. longevity assumptions for the Group’s defined benefit pension schemes are reviewed 
annually together with other iFRs assumptions. Expert judgement is required; and

 – insurance risk is controlled by robust processes including underwriting, pricing-to-risk, claims 

management, reinsurance and other risk mitigation techniques.

185

Further information on insurance Risk

insurance risk is reported regularly to appropriate committees and boards.

state Funding and state Aid is not considered as one of the Group’s Risk drivers; however the Group does consider state Funding  
and state Aid to be a Principal Risk. 

STATe FUnDinG 
AnD STATe AiD

Principal risks

HM Treasury currently holds 39.2 per cent of the Group’s ordinary share capital. united Kingdom Financial 
investments limited (uKFi), as manager of HM Treasury’s shareholding, continues to operate in line with 
the framework document between uKFi and HM Treasury, managing the investment in the Group on a 
commercial basis without interference in day-to-day management decisions. There is a risk that a change 
in Government priorities could result in the framework agreement currently in place being replaced 
leading to interference in the operations of the Group.

in addition, the Group is subject to European union state Aid obligations in line with the Restructuring 
Plan agreed with HM Treasury and the Eu college of commissioners in november 2009, which is 
designed to support the long-term viability of the Group and remedy any distortion of competition and 
trade in the European union (Eu) arising from the state Aid given to the Group. This has placed a number 
of requirements on the Group including an asset reduction target from a defined pool of assets by the 
end of 2014, known as Project Atlantic, and the divestment of certain portions of its Retail business by 
the end of november 2013, known as Project Verde. There is a risk that if the Group does not deliver its 
divestment commitments by november 2013, a divesture Trustee would be appointed to dispose of the 
divestment, which could be sold at a negative price.

Mitigating actions

The Group has received no indications that the Government intends to change the existing operating 
arrangements with regard to the role of uKFi and engagement with the Group.

The Group continues to make good progress in respect to its state Aid commitments. in line with the strengthening 
of the balance sheet, the Group has made excellent progress against its asset reduction commitment and reached 
the reduction total required in december 2012, two years ahead of the mandated completion date. The Group is 
currently working with the European commission to achieve formal release from this commitment.

On 19 July 2012 the Group announced that it had agreed non-binding heads of terms with The co-operative Group 
(the co-operative) for the disposal of the Verde business. The Group continues to work with the co-operative to 
agree a sale and purchase agreement, with completion of the divestment expected by the end of november 2013. 
The Group has also undertaken planning for an initial Public Offering (iPO) of the Verde business, should this be 
required as a fallback option. The Verde business will be rebranded and operating on a standalone basis within 
lloyds Banking Group during 2013 and available for sale to another third party as a further fallback option.

The Group continues to work closely with the FsA, Eu commission, HM Treasury and the Monitoring Trustee 
appointed by the Eu commission to ensure the successful implementation of the restructuring plan and mitigate 
customer impact.

124

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

125

emerging risks

The Group considers the following to be risks that have the potential to increase in significance and affect the performance of the Group. 
These risks are considered alongside the Group’s five year operating plan. 

Macroeconomic environment 
The operating plan is challenging, with a focus on improving earnings while achieving the required regulatory improvements on capital and 
liquidity. Any adverse movement in interest rates or deterioration in macroeconomic environment beyond the Group’s assumptions would 
delay improvement of the earnings and return profile.

Mitigating actions
The Group is actively supporting sustainable growth in the uK economy through the focused range of products and services provided 
to business and personal customers, as well as through partnerships with industry and Government. capital, liquidity and credit risk 
are managed conservatively and non-core asset reductions remain ahead of schedule ensuring the Group is better placed to address 
macroeconomic shocks.

Capital risk
The Group has a strong capital position but remains exposed to the risks of lower than expected profitability, significant losses in a number of 
stress scenarios or volatility through accounting standards and regulatory changes. 

One such area of potential regulatory change relates to the Bank of England’s interim Financial Policy committee (FPc) which published its 
Financial stability Report on 29 november 2012. The report recommended that the Financial services Authority takes action to ensure that the 
capital of uK banks and building societies reflects a proper valuation of their assets, a realistic assessment of future conduct costs and prudent 
calculation of risk weights. The FsA is expected to respond prior to the March FPc meeting.

Mitigating actions 
The Group has made significant progress and continues to deliver on its strategy of strengthening the balance sheet, including its capital 
position, to improve the resilience of the Group.

The Group has strong governance, processes and controls which, combined with the Group’s proactive management of risk, result in an 
appropriate level of capital. This includes:

 – Rigorous stress testing exercises where the results are shared with the FsA; and 

 – Prudent internal models, based on empirical data, that meet regulatory and stringent internal requirements. 

Regulatory change 
The Parliamentary commission on Banking standards (PcBs) was asked to conduct pre-legislative scrutiny on the draft Banking Reform Bill. 
The PcBs published its initial report on 21 december 2012. The report contains the commission’s consideration of the Government’s draft 
legislation which gives effect to the recommendations of the independent commission on Banking. The PcBs looked at ‘Ring fencing’, one of 
the uK Government’s main proposals for increasing financial stability.

Mitigating actions
Actions to respond to the proposals on ring fencing are being taken forward alongside planning for recovery and resolution as part of a 
programme of work with senior executive sponsorship and robust governance arrangements. 

Compliance and conduct 
significant legacy costs beyond current provisioning could have significant impact on capital ratios and credit ratings with consequent impact 
on liquidity risk. There is inherent uncertainty in making estimates of provisions required.

Mitigating actions 
Prudent provisioning policy – provisions for legacy conduct issues represent management’s best estimate of the anticipated costs of related 
customer contact and/or redress, including administration expenses.

Group product governance controls – potential risks are monitored through product management information, new product approvals and 
annual product reviews leading to identification and mitigation of risks at an early stage. 

Accounting standards 
A number of potential changes to accounting standards are under consultation. These standards are currently scheduled for implementation 
between 2015 and 2018 and have the potential to add substantial volatility to the Group’s reported results and capital. 

Mitigating actions 
The Group continues to monitor potential changes and where appropriate provide feedback.

Further information can be found under note 57 on page 342: Future accounting developments.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131126

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

127

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Risk governance

lloyds Banking Group Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework provides a robust and consistent approach to risk management 
across the Group and is a core component of the Group’s internal Governance framework. Throughout 2012 the integrated governance, 
risk and control frameworks were further embedded continuing the use of a consistent approach to risk appetite, delegated authorities and 
governance committee structures.

The Risk Governance structure below is integral to implementing ERM across the Group and by ensuring Risk is appropriately represented 
on key committees ensures that risk management is discussed in these meetings. This structure outlines the flow and escalation of risk 
information and reporting from business areas and the Risk division to the Group Executive committee (GEc) and Board. conversely, 
strategic direction and guidance is cascaded down from the Board and GEc.

Table 1.1: Risk governance structures

Reporting

Audit 
Committee

Board

Board Risk 
Committee

Reporting

Risk Division  
Committees/Governance

Group Chief 
executive

Aggregation, 
escalation

independent 
challenge

GeC members’ Committees

Group Asset 
and liability 
committee

Group incident 
Executive 

Group stress 
Testing 
committee

Group Executive 
committee

Group Product 
Governance 
committee

Group Risk 
committee

independent 
challenge

Aggregation, 
escalation

Group  
Audit

Primary escalation

Business areas’ enterprise Risk Committees

Retail Risk 
committee

WAFi Risk 
committee

sWiP Risk 
committee

e
c
n
e
f
e
d
f
o
e
n

i
l

d
r
i
h
T

commercial  
Banking credit 
Risk committees

commercial  
credit Risk  
Governance

Retail and Wealth 
credit Risk  
Management 
committees

Retail and   
Wealth credit  
Risk Governance

Group Market 
Risk committee

Market and 
liquidity Risk 
Governance

Group 
Operational Risk 
committee

Operational  
Risk  
Governance

Group 
Financial crime 
committee

Financial  
crime Risk 
Governance

Group 
compliance 
and conduct 
committee

conduct, 
compliance and 
People Risk  
Governance

e
c
n
e
f
e
d
f
o
e
n

i
l

d
n
o
c
e
S

independent 
challenge

Asset Finance Risk 
committee

international 
Business Risk 
committee

commercial 
Banking Risk 
committee

independent 
challenge

capital and stress  
Testing Risk Governance

insurance Risk 
committee

Group Functions 
Executive 
committees

Group Operations 
Risk committee

Group Model 
Governance 
committee

Model Risk 
Governance

Reporting

First line of defence

Reporting

insurance Risk 
committee

insurance Risk 
Governance

independent challenge

Risk division Executive  
committee

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
126

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

127

Board, executive and Risk Committees
The Group’s risk governance structure (see table 1.1) strengthens risk evaluation and management, while also positioning the Group to 
manage the changing regulatory environment in an efficient and effective manner.

The Board, assisted by the Board Risk and Audit committees, approves the Group’s overall governance, risk and control frameworks and risk 
appetite. The risk focus of these committees, together with other committees are described below: The roles of the Board, Board Risk and 
Audit committees are further described in the corporate Governance section on pages 86 to 97.

Table 1.2: Board, executive and Risk Committees

Committees

Risk focus

Board Committees

Board

Board Risk committee

Assisted by Board Risk committee and Audit committee approves the Group’s overall governance, risk 
and control frameworks and risk appetite. The Board also reviews the Group’s aggregate risk exposures 
and concentrations of risk to ensure that these are consistent with the Board’s agreed appetite for risk.

Oversees and challenges the development, implementation and maintenance of the Group’s risk 
management framework, ensuring that its strategy, principles, policies and resources are aligned 
internally to its risk appetite as well as externally to regulation, corporate governance and industry  
best practice. The Board Risk committee regularly reviews the Group’s risk exposures across the risk 
drivers and the detailed risk types.

Audit committee

To monitor and review the formal arrangements established by the Board in respect of internal controls 
and the risk management framework. The committee also reviews the effectiveness of the systems for 
internal control, risk management and compliance with financial services legislation and regulations.

Group executive Committees

Group Executive committee

supports the Group chief Executive in ensuring the effectiveness of the Group’s risk management 
framework and the clear articulation of the Group’s risk policies, while also reviewing the Group’s 
aggregate risk exposures and concentrations of risk. 

The Group executive is supported by the:

Group Risk committee

Reviews and recommends the Group’s risk appetite and governance, risk and control frameworks, high-level 
Group policies and the allocation of risk appetite. The committee also regularly reviews risk exposures and risk/
reward returns.

Group Asset and  
liability committee

Responsible for the strategic management of the Group’s assets and liabilities and the profit and loss implications 
of balance sheet management actions. it is also responsible for the risk management framework for market risk, 
liquidity risk, capital risk and earnings volatility.

Group executive Committee Members’ Committees

Group Product  
Governance committee

Provides strategic and senior oversight over design, launch and management of products, including new product 
approval, annual product reviews and management of risk in the back book.

Group stress  
Testing committee

Responsible for reviewing, challenging and recommending to Group Executive committee the annual stress 
testing of the Group’s operating plan based on internal and FsA recommended scenarios, annual European 
Banking Authority stress tests, and other Group wide macroeconomic stress tests.

Group incident Executive

sets the strategic direction for the Group’s response to significant incidents which could affect its ability to 
continue to operate, and instigates any tactical initiatives required.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131128

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

129

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

The Group Risk Committee is supported by the following committees to ensure more effective risk 
management, clearer accountabilities and more efficient and simplified processes.

credit Risk committees

Responsible for the development and effectiveness of the relevant credit risk management framework, 
clear description of the Group’s credit risk appetite, setting of credit policy, and compliance with 
regulatory credit requirements. 

Group Market Risk committee

Monitors and reviews the Group’s aggregate market risk exposures and concentrations and provides a 
proactive and robust challenge around business activities giving rise to market risks.

insurance Risk committee

Monitors, reviews and makes recommendations on the risk management framework, risk strategy and 
appetite for the insurance business, ensuring that the policy and oversight framework for insurance risk 
management is appropriate. The committee reviews and challenges relevant insurance reporting and 
issues arising, including: the Group’s aggregate portfolio of insurance risk against approved plans and  
risk appetite and the need and opportunity for effecting insurance risk mitigation.

Group Operational  
Risk committee

Responsible for identifying significant current and emerging operational risks or accumulation of risks and 
control deficiencies across the Group and reviewing associated oversight plans to ensure pre-emptive 
risk management action. The committee also seeks to ensure that adequate business area engagement 
occurs to develop, implement and maintain the Group’s operational risk management framework.

Group compliance and conduct 
Risk committee

Responsible for monitoring and challenging the Group’s compliance and conduct risk management 
framework, aggregated compliance and conduct risk profile, and its alignment with agreed risk appetite.

Group Financial  
crime committee

Group Model  
Governance committee

Reviews and challenges the management of financial crime risk including the overall strategy and 
performance and engagement with financial crime authorities. The committee is accountable for ensuring 
that, at Group level, financial crime risks are effectively identified and managed within risk appetite and that 
strategies for financial crime prevention are effectively co-ordinated and implemented across the Group.

Responsible for setting the framework and standards for model governance across the Group, including 
establishing appropriate levels of delegated authority and principles underlying the Group’s risk 
modelling framework, specifically regarding consistency of approach across business units and risk 
types. it approves risk models other than a small number defined as highly material to the Group, which 
are approved by the Group Risk committee. This also meets FsA BiPRu requirements regarding the 
governance and approval for internal Ratings Based models, including internal Assessment models, 
Market Risk VaR and Advanced Measurement approach models.

How risk is managed in Lloyds Banking Group
The Enterprise Risk Management framework is implemented through a ‘Three lines of defence’ model which defines clear responsibilities and 
accountabilities and ensures effective independent assurance activities take place covering key decisions.

 – Business unit Managing directors/Executives (the first line of defence) have primary responsibility for identifying, measuring, monitoring 

and controlling risks within their areas of accountability and are required to establish control frameworks for their businesses that are 
consistent with the Group’s policies and are within the parameters set by the Board, Group Executive committee and Risk division. 

 – compliance with policies and parameters is overseen by the Board Risk committee, the Group Risk committee, the Group Asset and 

liability committee, and Risk division. Risk division (the second line of defence) provides oversight and independent challenge to the 
effectiveness of risk decisions taken at a Group level by the Group chief Executive and Group Executive committee and at a local level by 
business unit management and their management committees. 

 – Group Audit (the third line of defence) provides independent, objective assurance across all areas of the Group focusing on the 

effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes in line with ERM principles.

Risk management in the business
line management is directly accountable for the management of risks arising in their individual businesses. A key objective is to ensure that 
business decisions strike an appropriate balance between risk and reward, consistent with the Group’s risk appetite.

All business areas complete a control effectiveness review annually (see page 130), reviewing the effectiveness of their internal controls and 
putting in place a programme of enhancements where appropriate. Executives of each business area and each Group Executive committee 
member certify the accuracy of their assessment. 

This approach 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.

128

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

129

Risk management oversight
Risk division, headed by the chief Risk Officer, consists of thirteen Risk directors and their specialist teams. These teams provide oversight and 
independent challenge to business management and support senior management and the Board with independent reporting on risks and 
opportunities. Risk directors, responsible for each risk type, meet on a regular basis under the chairmanship of the chief Risk Officer to review 
and challenge the risk profile of the Group and to ensure that mitigating actions are appropriate.

The Chief Risk Officer 
 – oversees and promotes the development and implementation of consistent Group wide governance risk and control frameworks; 

 – provides objective challenge to the Group’s senior management with the support of the Risk directors;

 – provides regular briefings and guidance to the Group Executive committee and the Board ensuring awareness of the Group’s risk profile 

and the overarching risk management framework with a clear understanding of their accountabilities for risk and internal control.

Risk directors
 – report directly to the chief Risk Officer;

 – have allocated responsibility for specific risk types; 

 – are responsible for ensuring the adequacy of the framework for their risk types as well as the oversight of the associated risk profile across 

the Group; and

 – support specific business areas to provide an enterprise-wide risk management perspective.

independent Challenge
Group Audit provides independent assurance to the Audit committee and the Board that risks within the Group are recognised, monitored 
and managed within acceptable parameters. Group Audit is fully independent of Risk, seeking to ensure objective challenge to the 
effectiveness of the risk governance framework.

Risk management framework
Risk management strategy and risk appetite are developed and reviewed in tandem with Group strategy. The Group uses an Enterprise Risk 
Management (ERM) framework to ensure a robust and consistent approach to risk management is applied across all business areas and all risk 
types in order to drive improvements in its risk profile in line with risk appetite. 

The framework is designed to ensure that policies and controls can be adapted to reflect adjustments to business strategy and risk appetite 
which are made in response to changing market conditions. By providing a structured approach to identify and assess the impact of emerging 
risks, agree tolerances and develop mitigating strategies the framework also supports the Group’s aim of maximising shareholder value 
over time.

A key component of the ERM Framework is the common risk language, which categorises the risks to which the Group is exposed into eleven 
categories which are used consistently to support risk aggregation and standardised reporting. The Framework (table 1.3) outlines the key risk 
management activities undertaken consistently across the Group for all types of risk. These activities map to the components of the internal 
control framework issued by the committee of sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway commission.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131130

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

131

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Table 1.3: Risk management framework

Objective setting

internal environment

Risk assessment and measurement

Risk response

event 
identification

1
k
s
i
r
t
i
d
e
r
c

1
k
s
i
r
t
c
u
d
n
o
c

1
k
s
i
r
t
e
k
r
a
M

1
k
s
i
r
l

a
n
o
i
t
a
r
e
p
O

1
k
s
i
r
e
p
o
e
P

l

i

1
k
s
i
r
g
n
d
n
u
F
d
n
a
y
t
i
d
u
q
l

i

i

1
k
s
i
r
e
c
n
a
r
u
s
n

i

k
s
i
r
y
r
o
t
a
u
g
e
R

l

k
s
i
r
l

a
t
i
p
a
c

k
s
i
r
g
n
i
t
r
o
p
e
R

l

i

a
c
n
a
n
F

i

k
s
i
r
e
c
n
a
n
r
e
v
o
G

information  
and 
communication

Control activities

Monitoring and oversight

1
The Group considers these to be principal risks. see pages 118 to 124 for further details.

Objective setting – the Group’s high level risk appetite is derived from its business strategy of achieving strong, stable and sustainable 
growth. The risk management strategy and objectives are set to support the business in operating in line with the agreed risk appetite. 

The risk appetite is proposed by the Group chief Executive following review by the Group Risk committee and Group Asset and liability 
committee, and is approved by the Board. The approved high level appetite and limits are delegated to the Group chief Executive and then 
cascaded in consultation with the Group Risk committee and Group Asset and liability committee to members of the Group Executive 
committee and the business.

internal environment – the Group’s risk culture ensures that colleague capability is developed, individual accountabilities and limits are 
understood, and policies and procedures are adhered to. colleagues are expected to be aware of, and to comply with, the policies and 
procedures which apply to them and their work. line management in each business area has primary responsibility for ensuring that  
they do so.

event identification – incidents occurring internally or externally that could affect achievement of the Group’s objectives are identified, 
differentiating between risks and opportunities. Group wide risk tools and methodologies are used to help identify risks across the different 
risk types including external horizon scanning by Risk division.

Risk assessment and measurement – risks are defined and categorised using a common risk language (see page 131). The impact of risks 
and issues is determined through effective risk measurement; including modelling, stress testing and scenario analysis to assess financial, 
reputational and regulatory capital implications (both qualitative and quantitative).

Risk response – actions to mitigate each risk are aligned to the Group’s risk appetite and tolerances, managing future uncertainty and 
responding in a manner which reduces the likelihood of downside outcomes and increases the upside. 

information and communication – risk reporting consolidates and escalates key risks and management information internally through the 
Group’s committee structure and reports these externally to regulators. Risk reporting is reviewed by the business executive sitting as a risk 
committee, to ensure that senior management is satisfied with the overall risk profile, risk accountabilities and progress on any necessary 
action plans and tracking. information is provided to Risk division for review and aggregation to feed into regular reporting on risk exposures 
and material issues.

At Group level a consolidated risk report and risk appetite dashboard are produced, which are reviewed and debated by the Group Risk 
committee, Board Risk committee and the Board to ensure that they are satisfied with the overall risk profile, risk accountabilities and 
mitigating actions. The report and dashboard provide a monthly assessment of the aggregate residual risk for the risk drivers, comparing the 
assessment with the previous periods and providing a forecast for the next twelve months, including an assessment of emerging risks, which 
could impact the Group over the next five years.

Control activities – robust frameworks are established across the Group covering policies, accountabilities and governance. Proportionate 
control activities mitigate or transfer risk where appropriate. The outcomes of independent reviews (including internal and external audit and 
regulatory reviews) are reflected in risk management activities and action plans. Risk and control assessments including the annual control 
effectiveness review assess the effectiveness of mitigating actions and whether risk exposures are consistent with the Group’s risk appetite.

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
130

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

131

Monitoring and oversight – regular checks are carried out to ensure the Group’s risk management approach and controls are effective with 
sufficient oversight in place. Risk division oversees the effective implementation of policy, and Group Audit provides independent assurance 
to the Board about the effectiveness of the Group’s internal control framework and adherence to policy. Monitoring processes are in place 
supporting the reporting and escalation of significant issues or losses to appropriate levels of management. Business areas monitor and report 
on their risk levels against risk appetite and their performance against relevant limits or policies.

The overall effectiveness of the risk management framework depends on the people undertaking these activities and the quality of the 
supporting systems and tools. The risk transformation programme is progressing significant investment in risk infrastructure to strengthen the 
Group’s risk management capability of which the Group policy framework is a key element.

The Group policy framework has four component parts:

 – Group Principles – statements aligned to the Group’s risk drivers which set the foundation for the Group’s behaviours and decision making; 

 – Group Policies – documents which translate a specific component of risk appetite into mandatory requirements, key measures and controls;

 – Group Procedures – operational standards required to implement Policy across the Group; and 

 – Business Processes –  activity, or set of activities, which detail how local businesses will comply with Group Policies and Procedures.

All Policy Framework documents are actively managed and maintained to ensure that they remain effective and aligned to the Group’s risk 
appetite and changing business needs. Management of the Policy life cycle includes:

 – Policy setting – development and formal approval of Policy documents to address the Group’s material risk areas;

 – Policy embedding – ensuring all colleagues are aware of the Policies which impact them, and the required processes are in place in business 

units to implement the Policy requirements;

 – Policy assurance – monitoring and oversight activity to confirm adherence to Policy requirements and ensure any non-compliance is 

identified and managed; and

 – Policy review – review of each Policy at least once a year in light of any changes to the internal or external environment in order to identify any 

amendments needed to ensure effective management of the risk within the Group’s appetite.

Full analysis of risk drivers

The Group’s risk framework covers all types of risk which affect the Group and could impact on the achievement of its strategic objectives. 
Following a review in 2012 the Group has moved from six to eleven risk categories to provide greater focus over significant areas of risk. 
A detailed description of each category is included below.

Primary Risk Drivers

Credit  
risk1

Conduct 
risk1

Market 
risk1

Operational 
risk1

People 
risk1

Liquidity and 
Funding 
risk1

insurance 
risk1

Regulatory 
risk

Capital 
risk

Financial 
Reporting 
risk

Governance 
risk

Page 132

Page 169

Page 170

Page 174

Page 176

Page 177

Page 185

Page 186

Page 187

Page 201

Page 202

1
The Group considers these to be principal risks. see pages 118 to 124 for further details.

Regulatory 
People Risk

Funding 
Risk

liquidity  
Risk

Mortality

longevity

Morbidity

Persistency

Property

Expenses

unemployment

Prudential  
Risk

compliance  
Risk

Regulatory 
development  
Risk

Governance

capital 
sufficiency

capital 
Efficiency

Financial and 
Prudential 
Regulatory 
Reporting

Tax

disclosure

Secondary Risk Drivers

concentration 
Risk

customer 
Risk

counterparty 
Risk

Product 
Risk

Product 
distribution/ 
Advice

Business 
standards

Equity 
Risk

Foreign 
Exchange 
Risk

interest  
Rate Risk

credit spread

Regulatory

customer 
Treatment

People

supplier 
Management

customer 
Processes

Financial crime

Anti-Money 
laundering 
and sanctions

security

iT systems

change

Organisational 
infrastructure

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131132

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

133

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Credit risk            

Definition
credit risk is defined as the risk that parties with whom the Group has contracted fail to meet 
their obligations (both on and off balance sheet).

Risk appetite
credit risk appetite is set at Board level and is described and reported through a suite of metrics 
derived from a combination of accounting and credit portfolio performance measures, which 
may include the use of various credit risk rating systems as inputs. These metrics are supported 
by more detailed appetite metrics at divisional and business level and by a comprehensive suite 
of policies, sector caps, product and country limits to manage concentration risk and exposures 
within the Group’s approved risk appetite.

This statement of the Group’s overall appetite for credit risk is reviewed and approved annually. 
With the support of the Group Risk committee, the Group chief Executive allocates this risk 
appetite across the Group.

Our prudent credit risk 
appetite and strong risk 
management controls have 
supported a lower impairment 
charge in 2012, and the continued 
improvement in the credit 
quality of our portfolios.

exposures
The principal sources of credit risk within the Group arise from loans and advances to retail customers, financial institutions, sovereigns and 
corporate clients. The credit risk exposures of the Group are set out in note 55 on page 319. credit risk exposures are categorised as ‘retail’, 
arising primarily in the Retail and Wealth, Asset Finance and international divisions, ‘commercial’ and ‘corporate’, ‘financial institutions’ or 
‘sovereigns’ arising in the commercial Banking and Wealth, Asset Finance and international divisions.

in terms of loans and advances, credit risk arises both from amounts lent and commitments to extend credit to a customer as required. These 
commitments can take the form of loans and overdrafts, or credit instruments such as guarantees and standby, documentary and commercial 
letters of credit. With respect to commitments to extend credit, the Group is potentially also exposed to loss in an amount equal to the total 
unused commitments. However, the likely amount of loss is less than the total unused commitments, as most retail term commitments to 
extend credit can be cancelled without notice and the creditworthiness of customers is monitored frequently. in addition, most corporate 
commitments to extend credit are contingent upon customers maintaining specific credit standards, which are monitored regularly.

credit risk can also arise from debt securities, private equity investments, derivatives and foreign exchange activities. note 18 on page 247 
shows the total notional principal amount of interest rate, exchange rate, credit derivative and equity and other contracts outstanding at 
31 december 2012. The notional principal amount does not, however, represent the Group’s credit risk exposure, which is limited to the 
current cost of replacing contracts with a positive value to the Group. such amounts are reflected in note 55 on page 319.

credit risk exposures in the insurance business arise primarily from holding investments and from exposure to reinsurers. A significant 
proportion of the investments are held in unit-linked and with-profits funds where the shareholder risk is limited, subject to any guarantees given. 

note 2(H) on page 219 provides details of the Group’s approach to the impairment of financial assets.

Measurement
in measuring the credit risk of loans and advances to customers and to banks at a counterparty level, the Group reflects three components: 
(i) the ‘probability of default’ by the counterparty on its contractual obligations; (ii) 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’).

For regulatory capital purposes the Group’s rating systems assess probability of default and if permitted, exposure at default and loss given 
default, in order to derive an expected loss. if not permitted, regulatory prescribed exposure at default and loss given default values are used 
in order to derive an expected loss. in contrast, impairment allowances are recognised for financial reporting purposes only for loss events 
that have occurred at the balance sheet date, based on objective evidence of impairment. due to the different methodologies applied, the 
amount of incurred credit losses provided for in the financial statements differs from the amount determined from the expected loss models 
that are used for internal operational management and banking regulation purposes.

The Group assesses the probability of default of individual counterparties using internal rating models tailored to the various categories of 
counterparty. in its principal retail portfolios exposure at default and loss given default models are also in use. They have been developed  
internally and use statistical analysis, combined, where appropriate, with external data and subject matter expert judgement. Each rating model  
is subject to a validation process, undertaken by independent risk teams, which includes benchmarking to externally available data, where  
possible. The most material rating models are approved by the Group Risk committee. Responsibility for the approval of the remaining material  
rating models, and the governance framework in place around all Group models, is delegated to the Group Model Governance committee.

Each probability of default model segments counterparties into a number of rating grades, each representing a defined range of default 
probabilities (details of these rating scales are published in the Group’s Pillar iii disclosure). Exposures migrate between rating grades if the 
assessment of the counterparty probability of default changes. Each rating system is required to map to a master scale, which supports the 
consolidation of credit risk information across portfolios through the adoption of a common rating scale. Given the differing risk profiles and 
credit rating considerations, the underlying risk reporting has been split into two distinct master scales, a retail master scale and a wholesale 
master scale (note 55 on page 320 provides an analysis of the portfolio and page 137 provides details of our credit risk portfolio).

132

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

133

The quality definition of both retail and non-retail counterparties/exposures is largely based on the outcomes of credit risk (probability of 
default – Pd) models. The Group operates a significant number of different rating models, typically developed internally using statistical 
analysis and may use management judgement – retail models rely more on the former; non-retail models include more of the latter, especially 
in the larger corporate and more specialised lending portfolios. internal data is supplemented with external data in model development, 
where appropriate.

The models vary, inter alia, in the extent to which they are point in time versus through the cycle. The models are subject to rigorous validation 
and oversight/governance, including where appropriate, benchmarking to external information.

in non-retail portfolios the Pd models segment counterparties into a number of rating grades, with each grade representing a defined range 
of default probabilities, and there are a number of different model rating scales. counterparties/exposures migrate between rating grades 
if the assessment of the Pd changes. The modelled Pds ‘map’ to a (non-retail) master scale which enables the consolidation of credit risk 
information, and it is this that forms the basis for the iFRs credit quality characterisation.

in retail, for reporting purposes, counterparties are also segmented into a number of rating grades, each representing a defined range of 
default probabilities and exposures migrate between rating grades if the assessment of the counterparty probability of default changes.

The nature, construction and calibration of retail and non-retail models are very different and so too are their respective master scales (not 
least in their graduality). The distribution of probabilities of default is also different, which precludes reporting on a single consolidated basis.

Mitigation 
The Group uses a range of approaches to mitigate credit risk.

internal control
credit principles and policy: Risk division sets out the credit principles and policy according to which credit risk is managed. Principles and 
policies are reviewed at least annually, and any changes are subject to a review and approval process. Policies, where appropriate, include 
lending guidelines, which define the responsibilities of lending officers and provide a disciplined and focused benchmark for credit decisions. 
These policies and procedures define chosen target market and risk acceptance criteria. These have been and will continue to be fine-tuned as 
appropriate and include the use of early warning indicators to help anticipate future areas of concern and allow us to take early and proactive 
mitigating actions. Risk oversight teams monitor credit performance trends, review and challenge exceptions to planned outcomes, and test 
the adequacy of credit risk infrastructure and governance processes throughout the Group. This includes tracking portfolio performance 
against an agreed set of key risk indicators.

controls over rating systems: The Group has established an independent team in the Risk division that sets common minimum standards, 
designed to ensure risk models and associated rating systems are developed consistently, and are of sufficient quality to support business 
decisions and meet regulatory requirements. internal rating systems are developed and owned by the Risk division. line management takes 
responsibility for ensuring the validation of the rating systems, supported and challenged by an independent specialist group function.

concentration risk: credit risk management includes portfolio controls on certain industries, sectors and product lines to reflect risk appetite 
as well as individual limit guidelines. credit policy is aligned to the Group’s risk appetite and restricts exposure to certain high risk countries 
and more vulnerable sectors and segments. note 20 on page 251, provides an analysis of loans and advances to customers by industry (for 
wholesale customers) and product (for retail customers). Exposures are monitored to prevent an excessive concentration of risk and single 
name concentrations. in addition correlated concentration risks to sectors and movements in such concentrations are monitored regularly to 
guide risk appetite and limit setting, identify unwanted concentrations, and provide an early warning indicator for potential excesses. These 
concentration risk controls are not necessarily in the form of a maximum limit on lending, but may instead require new business in concentrated 
sectors to fulfil additional hurdle requirements. The Group’s large exposures are reported in accordance with regulatory reporting requirements.

cross-border and cross-currency exposures: The Board sets country risk appetite. Within these, country limits are authorised by the country 
limits committee, taking into account economic, financial, political and social factors. Group policies stipulate that these limits must be 
consistent with, and support the approved business and strategic plans of the Group.

specialist expertise: credit quality is maintained by specialist units providing, for example: intensive management and control (see intensive 
care of customers in financial difficulty); security perfection, maintenance and retention; expertise in documentation for lending and associated 
products; sector specific expertise; and legal services applicable to the particular market place and product range offered by the business.

stress testing and scenario analysis: The credit portfolio is also subjected to stress testing and scenario analysis. Events are modelled at a 
Group wide level, at divisional and business unit level and by rating model and portfolio.

credit risk assurance and review: Group credit Risk Assurance, a team within Group Audit comprising experienced credit professionals, is 
also in place. in conjunction with Risk senior management, this team carries out independent risk based credit reviews, providing individual 
business unit assessment of the effectiveness of risk management practices and adherence to risk controls across the diverse range of the 
Group’s wholesale businesses and activities, facilitating a wide range of audit, assurance and review work. These include cyclical (‘standard’) 
credit reviews, non-standard reviews, and bespoke assignments, including impairment adequacy reviews as required. The work of Group 
credit Risk Assurance continues to provide executive and senior management (and Audit committee) with assurance and guidance on credit 
quality, effectiveness of credit risk controls and Business support unit work out strategies as well as accuracy of impairments.

Retail Assets (lending to individuals in Retail and Wealth, Asset Finance and international divisions)
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 information held by credit reference 
agencies (cRA). The Group also assesses the affordability of the borrowings to the borrower under stressed scenarios including increased 
interest rates. in addition, the Group has in place quantitative limits such as product maximum limits, 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 hard limits above which the Group will 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131134

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

135

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

reject the application. The Group also has certain criteria that are applicable to specific products such as for applications for a mortgage on a 
property that is to be let by the applicant.

The Group’s lending practices within Retail have changed since 2009 in several ways: the Group has lowered its maximum loan-to-value 
thresholds, which have been reduced across all mortgage product types; the Group has withdrawn from ‘specialist’ secured lending since 
early 2009 (self-certificated and sub-prime lending) and increased credit scorecard cut-offs for both secured and unsecured lending; the 
Group has tightened its assessments and the maximum limit for affordability of borrowings for both secured and unsecured lending. in 
addition, the number of properties permitted in buy-to-let portfolios has been reduced.

For uK mortgages, the Group’s policy is to reject all standard applications with a loan-to-value (lTV) greater than 90 per cent. For mainstream 
mortgages the Group has maximum per cent lTV limits which depend upon the loan size. These limits are currently:

Table 1.4: Loan to value analysis (unaudited)

Loan size
From

£1

£750,001

£1,000,001

£2,000,001

To

£750,000

£1,000,000

£2,000,000

£5,000,000

Maximum LTv

90% lTV

85% lTV

80% lTV

70% lTV

For mainstream mortgages greater than £5,000,000 the maximum lTV is 50 per cent. Buy-to-let mortgages are limited to a  maximum of 
£1,000,000 and 75 per cent lTV. All mortgage applications above £500,000 are subject to manual underwriting.

The Group’s approach to underwriting applications for unsecured products in Retail takes into account the total unsecured debt held by a 
customer and their affordability. The Group rejects any application for an unsecured product where a customer is registered as bankrupt 
or insolvent, or has a county court Judgment registered at a cRA used by the Group. in addition, for credit cards the Group rejects any 
applicant with total unsecured debt greater than £50,000 registered at the cRA; or revolving debt-to-income ratio greater than 75 per cent; 
or total unsecured debt-to-income ratio greater than 100 per cent. For unsecured personal loan applications, we reject any applicant with 
total unsecured debt greater than £50,000 registered at the cRA. Rules around refinancing of debt have also been made more stringent since 
2009 as a result of the application of rules relating to the total unsecured debt held by a customer and the Group’s approach in assessing 
affordability. This has resulted in fewer customers being eligible to refinance unsecured debt.

credit scoring: in its principal retail portfolios, the Group uses statistically based decisioning techniques (primarily credit scoring models). The 
Risk division reviews model effectiveness, while new models and model changes are referred by them to the appropriate Model Governance 
committees for approval. The most material changes are approved in accordance with the governance framework set by the Group Model 
Governance committee.

commercial customers
individual credit assessment and sanction with the exception of smaller sME names: credit risk in commercial customers portfolios is 
subject to individual credit assessments, which consider the strengths and weaknesses of individual transactions and the balance of risk and 
reward. Exposure to individual counterparties, groups of counterparties or customer risk segments is controlled through a tiered hierarchy 
of delegated sanctioning authorities and limit guidelines. Approval requirements for each decision are based on the transaction amount, the 
customer’s aggregate facilities, credit risk ratings and the nature and term of the risk. The Group’s credit risk appetite criteria for counterparty 
underwriting is generally the same as that for assets intended to be held over the period to maturity.

counterparty 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 derivative transactions, which incorporates potential future exposures from 
market movements. 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 counterparty to cover the aggregate of all 
settlement risk arising from the Group’s market transactions on any single day.

collateral
The principal collateral types for loans and advances are:

 – mortgages over residential and commercial real estate;

 – charges over business assets such as premises, inventory and accounts receivables;

 – charges over financial instruments such as debt securities and equities; and

 – guarantees received from third parties.

The Group maintains guidelines on the acceptability of specific classes of collateral.

collateral held as security for financial assets other than loans and advances is determined by the nature of the instrument. debt securities, 
treasury and other eligible bills are generally unsecured, with the exception of asset-backed securities and similar instruments, which are 
secured by portfolios of financial assets. collateral is generally not held against loans and advances to financial institutions, except where 
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 wholesale counterparties are typically collateralised under a credit support 
Annex in conjunction with the isdA Master Agreement.

134

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

135

it is the Group’s policy that collateral should always be realistically valued by an appropriately qualified source, independent of both the credit 
decision process and the customer, at the time of borrowing. collateral is reviewed on a regular basis in accordance with business unit credit 
policy, which will vary according to the type of lending and collateral involved. For residential mortgages, the Group adjusts open market 
property values to take account of the costs of realisation and any discount associated with the realisation of the collateral. in order to minimise 
the credit loss, the Group may seek additional collateral from the counterparty as soon as impairment indicators are identified for the relevant 
individual loans and advances.

The Group considers risk concentrations by collateral providers and collateral type, as appropriate, 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.

Master netting agreements
Where it is appropriate and likely to be effective, the Group seeks to enter into master netting agreements. Although master netting 
agreements do not generally result in an offset of balance sheet assets and liabilities, as transactions are usually settled on a gross basis, they 
do reduce the credit risk to the extent that, if an event of default occurs, all amounts with the counterparty are 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 it is affected by each transaction subject to the agreement.

Other credit risk transfers
The Group also undertakes asset sales and credit derivative based transactions as a means of mitigating or reducing credit risk, taking into 
account the nature of assets and the prevailing market conditions.

Monitoring
in conjunction with Risk, businesses identify and define portfolios of credit and related risk exposures and the key benchmarks, behaviours and 
characteristics by which those portfolios are managed in terms of credit risk exposure. This entails the production and analysis of regular portfolio 
monitoring reports for review by senior management. Risk division in turn produces an aggregated review of credit risk throughout the Group, 
including reports on significant credit exposures, which are presented to the Group Risk committee and the Board Risk committee.

The performance of all rating models is monitored on a regular basis, in order to seek to ensure that models provide appropriate risk 
differentiation capability, the generated ratings remain as accurate and robust as practical, and the models assign appropriate risk estimates 
to grades/pools. All models are monitored against a series of agreed key performance indicators. in the event that the monitoring identifies 
material exceptions or deviations from expected outcomes, these will be escalated in accordance with the governance framework set by the 
Group Model Governance committee.

intensive care of customers in financial difficulty
The Group operates a number of schemes to assist borrowers who are experiencing financial stress. The material elements of these schemes 
through which the Group has granted a concession, whether temporarily or permanently, are set out below and in note 55 on page 329. 

Retail Customers
The Group’s aim in offering forbearance and other assistance to retail customers in financial distress is to benefit both the customer and the 
Group by: discharging the Group’s regulatory and social responsibilities to support its customers and act in their best long-term interests; and 
bringing customer facilities back into a sustainable position which, for residential mortgages, also means keeping customers in their homes.

The Group offers a range of tools and assistance to support retail 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 affordable and 
sustainable for the customer. Operationally, the provision and review of such assistance is controlled through the application of an appropriate 
policy framework; controls around the execution of policy; regular review of the different treatments to confirm that they remain appropriate; 
monitoring of customers’ performance and the level of payments received; and management visibility of the nature and extent of assistance 
provided and the associated risk.

Assistance is provided through trained colleagues in branches and dedicated telephony units, and via online guidance material. For those 
customers requiring more intensive help, assistance is provided through dedicated support units where tailored repayment programmes can 
be agreed. customers are actively supported and referred to free money advice agencies when they have multiple credit facilities, including 
those at other lenders, that require restructuring. Within the collections and Recoveries functions, the sharing of best practice and alignment 
of policies across the Group has helped to drive more effective customer outcomes and achieve operational efficiencies.

One component of our relationship management approach is to contact customers showing signs of financial difficulty, discussing with them 
their circumstances and offering solutions to prevent their accounts falling into arrears.

The specific tools available to assist customers vary by territory and product and the customer’s status. in defining the treatments offered to 
customers who have experienced financial distress, the Group distinguishes between the following three categories:

 – Reduced contractual monthly payment – a temporary account change to assist customers through periods of financial difficulty where 

arrears do not accrue at the original contractual payments, for example capital payment breaks and payment assistance breaks. Any arrears 
existing at the commencement of the arrangement are retained;

 – Financial distress assistance – an arrangement for customers in financial distress where arrears accrue at the contractual payment, for 

example short-term arrangements to pay and term extensions; and

 – Repair – an account change used to repair a customer’s position when they have emerged from financial difficulty, for example capitalisation 

of arrears.

To assist customers in financial distress, the Group also participates in, or benefits from, the following uK Government sponsored programmes 
for households:

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131136

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

137

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

 – income support for Mortgage interest – This is a Government medium-term initiative that provides certain defined categories of customers, 
principally those who are unemployed, access to a benefit scheme, paid for by the Government, which covers all or part of the interest on 
the mortgage. Qualifying customers are able to claim for mortgage interest on up to £200,000 of the mortgage. All decisions regarding an 
individual’s eligibility and any amounts payable under the scheme rest solely with the Government. Payments are made directly to the Group 
by the appropriate Government department.

 – Homeowner Mortgage support scheme – This is a Government medium-term initiative that enables borrowers affected by temporary 

reductions in income to access reduced payments for a period of up to two years. The Government provides a partial guarantee to the Group 
whilst a customer participates in the plan. decisions on eligibility, principally whether the Group expects the borrower’s earnings to recover fully, 
initially rest with the Group and must be made on the basis of detailed information received from an independent fee-free advisor. After a year, 
the customer must undergo a further full assessment made by the advice agency. The customer must pay at least 30 per cent of the interest 
due. Any shortfall in payments made during the period covered by the scheme is collected through increased payments over the remaining 
term. The scheme was closed to new customer applications in April 2011 by the department of communities and local Government.

 – Mortgage Rescue scheme – This is a Government short-term initiative for borrowers in difficulty and facing repossession, who would have 
priority for re-housing by a local authority (e.g. the elderly, disabled, single parents). Eligible customers can have their property bought in 
full or part by the social rented sector and then remain in their home as a tenant or shared equity partner. if the property is sold outright the 
mortgage is redeemed in full.

Commercial Customers
Wholesale credit facilities are reviewed on a regular basis and more frequently where required. When financial stress is exhibited, the customer 
would be transferred at an early stage to one of the Group’s specialist Bsus or customer support teams.

in order to support commercial customers that encounter difficulties during the current economic downturn, the Group increased the size of 
its dedicated Business support unit (Bsu) to cover all its uK and international portfolios.

The over-arching aim of Bsu is to work with each customer to try and resolve the issues, to restore the business to a financially viable position 
and facilitate a business turnaround. This could be through a number of channels, including providing advice on how to develop and 
implement turnaround strategies, and considering potential restructuring of debt and forbearance.

Bsu Relationship Managers are highly experienced and operate in a closely controlled and monitored environment, including regular 
oversight and ongoing close scrutiny by senior management. Exposure is minimised through a combination of appropriate forbearance, asset 
sales, restructuring and work-out strategies.

The determination of cash flows for cases in the Bsus is undertaken by a specialist risk team who gather a range of information from various 
sources including the customer, professional advisers and the Group’s own credit teams to fully understand and appraise the customer’s 
business and circumstances. A more detailed assessment is undertaken to assist in reducing risk exposure and highlighting potential strategic 
options. This often involves the Group, in addition to using its own internal experts, engaging professional advisers to perform independent 
Business Reviews and, where relevant, independently value collateral held. in more complex cases, such as those involving work-out strategies, 
the review may also involve:

 – critically assessing customer’s ability to successfully manage the business effectively in a distressed situation where turnaround is required;

 – analysis of market sector factors, i.e. products, customers, suppliers, pricing and margin issues;

 – performance review of operational areas that should be considered in terms of current effectiveness and efficiency and scope for 

improvements;

 – financial analysis to model plans and factor in potential sensitivities, vulnerabilities and upsides; and

 – determining the most appropriate corporate and capital structure suitable for the work-out strategy concerned.

The above assessment, monitoring and control processes continue throughout the period the case is managed within the Bsu. All the analysis 
performed around cash flows is used to determine appropriate impairment provisions.

customer support provides intensive care and support to smaller commercial small and medium-sized enterprises (sME) customers in 
difficulty. Whilst the customer relationship remains with the Relationship Manager, they are supported by a customer support Manager to 
oversee and manage identified risk.

it is Group policy that where forbearance has been granted for a commercial customer it must be managed either within the Group’s good 
book watchlist credit Risk classification framework or within a Bsu. Whilst the Group treats all impaired assets to commercial customers as 
having been granted some form of forbearance in the past, granting forbearance does not necessarily mean that it is expected that future 
cashflows will fall, or that the asset is impaired. depending on circumstances and within robust parameters and controls, the Group believes 
forbearance can help support the customer in the medium term.

Multiple types of forbearance concessions may occur and each case is treated depending on its own specific circumstances, as the Group’s 
strategy and offer of forbearance is largely dependent on the individual situation. Early identification, control and monitoring are key in order 
to support the customer and protect the Group.

The Group’s forbearance actions for its commercial customers experiencing financial difficulties fall into the following three main categories:

 – Amendments – Waiver or amendment of covenants or interest rate to a level considered outside of market or the Group’s risk appetite;
 – Extensions – Extension/alteration of repayment terms to a level outside of market or the Group’s risk appetite due to the customer’s inability 

to make existing contractual repayment terms; and 

 – Forgiveness – debt for equity swaps or partial debt forgiveness. This type of forbearance will always give rise to impairment.

Following a forbearance event, should the customer show a sustained period of stabilisation on their new terms and conditions or where the 
forbearance has reversed or cured, the customer would likely be returned to the mainstream good classification, at which point they may no 
longer be considered forborne. such a decision can be made only by the independent Risk division.

136

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

137

The Group recognises that forbearance alone is not necessarily an indicator of impairment but is a trigger point for it to review the customer’s 
credit profile.

One of the components of the approach to forbearance and early identification of issues used for commercial customers is the Group’s credit 
Risk classification Policy. This complements the Group’s risk rating tools and is designed to identify and highlight portfolio levels of asset 
quality as well as individual problem credits. This policy includes the Group’s good book/mainstream early warning watchlist process identifying 
‘special Mention’ and ‘sub standard’ cases. This process seeks to ensure that Relationship Managers act promptly to identify, and highlight  
to senior management, customers that have the possibility to become higher risk in the future. customers classified as special Mention/ 
sub standard are subject to additional controls and regular monitoring routines, including oversight by Bsu and the independent Risk function.

concessions granted under forbearance would be classified in the Group’s credit Risk classification system according to the severity of 
the customer’s financial distress. Management information is produced which gives a high level view of asset quality, with clearly defined 
parameters and features. Trends and warning signs are reported and advised to senior management promptly, which include issues not yet 
identified by rating models. A robust review and challenge process is applied to each credit if asset quality declines, initiating an appropriate 
and measured response. As the financial stress of a credit deteriorates the credit Risk classification helps to determine the route and 
management of the customer. Repeat transgressions of forbearance would be reflected in the strategy to manage the customer and an 
objective reassessment of any impairment will be undertaken on a regular basis. This is subject to independent review and sanctioning.

The Group’s accounting policy for loan renegotiations and forbearance is set out in note 2(H) on page 219.

in addition, the Group, through its banking businesses, participates in a number of initiatives designed to assist small and medium-sized 
enterprises. These include:

 – The lending code: A voluntary code of practice covering its subscribers’ dealings with consumers, micro-enterprises and charities with an 

income of less than £1 million, in respect of current account overdrafts, loans, credit cards and lending. it sets standards for financial institutions 
to follow in order to ensure that firms act fairly and reasonably in all dealings with uK customers. in addition to providing protection for 
customers, it also gives guidance as to how firms should treat them on both a day to day basis, and when they suffer times of financial difficulty. 

 – Business Finance Taskforce: The Group, through its banking businesses, has taken a leading role in the Business Finance Taskforce, which 
committed to a number of key actions in three broad areas: (i) improving customer relationships; (ii) ensuring better access to finance (for 
example, through regular in-depth surveys of sME customers, including Ethnic Minority Businesses and Female led Businesses); and 
(iii) providing better information and promoting customer understanding (including sponsorship of the Enterprise Research centre).

 – The lending appeals process: if a lending application is declined, customers have the right to appeal that decision. The Group has 

committed to go beyond industry agreed standards in this area and has pledged to respond to 90 per cent of appeals with a decision within 
15 working days. in addition to this, customers will  receive a goodwill payment for each overturned decline. The appeals process is overseen 
by the independent External Reviewer of Appeals.

 – Business mentoring: Businesses may benefit from the support of a business mentor. A free online service, offered by ‘mentorsme’ enables 

businesses to locate local independent mentoring organisations that suit their specific business needs. The Group has committed to having 
400 trained mentors across the uK available to businesses free of charge through a network of not for profit mentoring agencies. We also  
partner several mentoring initiatives to support sME including the EdA (Enterprise diversity Alliance), young enterprise through our 
Enterprise Awards and social enterprise through work with Business in the community and the school of social Entrepreneurs.

 – The Government’s national loan Guarantee scheme (nlGs) through which the Group will provide discounted funding to sMEs with a 

turnover of up to £250 million over the next five years. The Group issued its full allocation of funding for the scheme and is continuing to 
market these facilities in order to ensure that the full benefit of the scheme is passed on to sME customers.

 – 2013 sME charter: The 2013 sME charter details the Group’s commitment to supporting uK business and, amongst others, includes pledges that:

 – The Group will deliver net lending that is positive and ahead of the industry as a whole.

 – As part of its participation in the Funding for lending scheme, the Group will continue to offer interest rate reductions of 1 per cent on all 

approved business loan, commercial mortgage and hire purchase applications for the whole life of these loans. 

 – The Group will do everything possible to support business customers that are facing financial difficulties through its customer 

support specialists. 

The Group credit risk portfolio in 2012
Overview
 – The Group’s impairment charge decreased by 42 per cent to £5,697 million in 2012, due to significant reductions in both the core and 

non-core portfolios and an improving overall credit quality.

 – The lower charges were supported by the continued application of the Group’s prudent risk appetite and strong risk management controls. 
The portfolio also benefited from continued low interest rates, and broadly stable uK retail property prices, partly offset by subdued uK  
and global economic growth, high unemployment and a weak commercial real estate market.

 – The Group’s core impairment charge of £1,919 million in 2012 was 34 per cent lower compared to 2011, driven by better performance 

in all divisions.

 – The Group’s non-core impairment charge of £3,778 million in 2012 was 45 per cent lower compared to 2011. This is primarily driven by lower 

impairment from the non-core irish and Australasian portfolios as the Group works through legacy issues.

 – The Group’s exposures which are higher risk are being successfully managed by the Business and customer support units in commercial 

Banking and ireland wholesale and collection and Recovery units in Retail. 

 – The Group continues to proactively manage down sovereign as well as banking and trading book exposure to selected Eurozone countries.

 – The Group’s divestment strategy remains focused on reducing non-core assets and on the disposal of higher risk positions.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131138

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

139

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Table 1.5: impairment charge by Division (audited)

Retail

commercial Banking

Wealth, Asset Finance and international

central items

Total impairment charge

impairment charge as a % of average advances

Total impairment charge comprises:

Table 1.6: Total impairment charge (audited)

loans and advances to customers

debt securities classified as loans and receivables

Available-for-sale financial assets

Other credit risk provisions

Total impairment charge

Table 1.7: impairments on loans and advances (audited)

At 31 December 2012

Retail

commercial Banking

Wealth, Asset Finance and international

Reverse repos and other items

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments3

Total Group

At 31 december 2011

Retail

commercial Banking

Wealth, Asset Finance and international

Reverse repos and other items

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments3

Total Group

1

includes collective unimpaired provisions.

2012 
£m 

1,270 

2,946 

1,480 

1  

5,697 

1.02% 

2012 
£m

5,654 

15 

37 

(9) 

2011 
£m 

1,970 

4,210  

3,604  

3 

9,787

1.62% 

2011 
£m 

9,712 

 49  

81 

 (55)  

5,697 

9,787 

change  
% 

36 

30 

59 

67

42 

 (60)bp

change 
% 

42 

69 

54 

 (84)

42 

impaired loans 
as a % of  
closing  
advances 
% 

impairment 
provisions1
£m 

impairment
provisions
as a % of 
impaired loans2
%

2.4 

16.6 

32.6 

2,335 

9,984 

9,453 

– 

32.5 

41.7 

67.5 

8.6 

21,772 

48.2 

2.5 

19.5 

35.6 

10.1 

2,718 

13,693 

11,307 

– 

27,718 

35.4 

41.3 

61.7 

46.9 

impaired  
loans 
£m 

8,320 

 23,965 

14,008 

– 

46,293 

8,822 

33,117 

18,330 

– 

60,269 

Loans and  
advances 
to customers 
£m 

346,560 

144,770 

 42,927 

5,814

540,071 

(21,772) 

(1,074) 

517,225 

356,907 

169,964

51,506  

17,066 

595,443 

(27,718) 

(2,087) 

565,638 

2

Provisions as a percentage of impaired loans are calculated excluding Retail unsecured loans in recoveries (2012: £1,129 million; 2011: £1,137 million).

3

The fair value adjustments relating to loans and advances were those required to reflect the HBOs assets in the Group’s consolidated financial records at their fair value and took into account both the 
expected future impairment losses and market liquidity at the date of acquisition. The unwind relating to future impairment losses requires significant management judgement to determine its timing 
which includes an assessment of whether the losses incurred in the current period were expected at the date of the acquisition and assessing whether the remaining losses expected at the date of the 
acquisition will still be incurred. The element relating to market liquidity unwinds to the income statement over the estimated useful lives of the related assets (until 2014 for wholesale loans and 2018 for 
retail loans) although if an asset is written off or suffers previously unexpected impairment then this element of the fair value will no longer be considered a timing difference (liquidity) but permanent 
(impairment). The fair value unwind in respect of impairment losses incurred was £868 million for 2012 (2011: £1,693 million). The fair value unwind in respect of loans and advances is expected to continue 
to decrease in future years as fixed-rate periods on mortgages expire, loans are repaid or written off, and will reduce to zero over time.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
138

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

139

Table 1.8: Core impairment charge – Group (unaudited)

Retail

commercial Banking

Wealth, Asset Finance and international

central items

Core impairment charge 

impairment charge as a % of average advances

Table 1.9: Core impairments on loans and advances (unaudited)

At 31 December 2012

Retail

commercial Banking

Wealth, Asset Finance and international

Reverse repos and other items 

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total core

At 31 december 2011

Retail

commercial Banking

Wealth, Asset Finance and international

Reverse repos and other items

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total core

includes collective unimpaired provisions.
1

2012 
£m

1,192 

704 

22 

1 

1,919 

0.44%

2011 
£m 

1,796  

1,055  

 33  

3  

2,887  

0.64%

change 
% 

 34 

33 

33 

67 

34 

(20)pp

impaired loans  
as a % of  
closing  
advances 
% 

impairment
provisions1
£m 

impairment
provisions
as a % of 
2
impaired loans
% 

2.1 

5.6 

6.5 

3.0 

2.2 

6.1 

6.5 

3.1 

1,957 

2,866 

85 

– 

34.7 

48.5 

24.2 

4,908 

41.2 

2,310 

3,175  

103 

– 

5,588 

37.9 

47.3

30.3 

42.5 

Loans and  
advances  
to customers 
£m 

320,058 

104,867 

5,415 

5,814 

impaired  
loans 
£m 

6,693 

5,907 

351 

– 

436,154

12,951 

(4,908) 

(778) 

430,468

328,524 

109,809

5,243

17,066 

460,642 

(5,588) 

(1,171) 

453,883 

7,151 

6,714  

340

– 

14,205 

Provisions as a percentage of impaired loans are calculated excluding Retail unsecured loans in recoveries (2012: £1,047 million; 2011: £1,054 million).
2

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
140

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

141

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Table 1.10: non-core impairment charge (unaudited)

Retail

commercial Banking

Wealth, Asset Finance and international

non-core impairment charge

impairment charge as a % of average advances

Table 1.11: non-core impairments on loans and advances (unaudited)

At 31 December 2012

Retail

commercial Banking

Wealth, Asset Finance and international

Reverse repos and other items 

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total non-core

At 31 december 2011

Retail

commercial Banking

Wealth, Asset Finance and international

Reverse repos and other items

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total non-core

1
includes collective unimpaired provisions.

impaired  
loans 
£m 

1,627 

18,058 

13,657 

– 

33,342 

1,671 

26,403 

17,990

– 

46,064 

Loans and  
advances  
to customers 
£m 

26,502 

39,903

37,512 

– 

103,917

(16,864) 

(296) 

86,757

28,383 

60,155 

46,263 

– 

134,801 

(22,130) 

(916) 

111,755 

2012 
£m

78 

2,242 

1,458 

 3,778 

3.08%

2011 
£m 

174 

3,155 

3,571 

6,900 

change 
% 

55 

29 

59 

45 

4.60%

(1.52)pp

impaired loans  
as a % of  
closing  
advances 
% 

impairment
provisions1
£m 

impairment
provisions
as a % of 
impaired loans2
% 

6.1 

45.3

36.4 

378 

7,118 

9,368 

– 

24.5 

39.4 

68.6 

32.1 

16,864 

50.7 

5.9 

43.9 

38.9 

34.2 

408 

10,518 

11,204 

–

22,130 

25.7 

39.8 

62.3 

48.1 

Provisions as a percentage of impaired loans are calculated excluding Retail unsecured loans in recoveries (2012: £82 million; 2011: £83 million).
2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
140

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

141

Credit Risk – Retail

Overview
 – The Retail impairment charge was £1,270 million in 2012, a decrease of 36 per cent, against 2011 primarily driven by the unsecured portfolio 

as a result of the Group’s sustainable risk appetite and ongoing effective portfolio management.

 – The Retail impairment charge, as an annualised percentage of average loans and advances to customers decreased to 0.36 per cent in 2012 

from 0.54 per cent in 2011.

 – The overall value of assets entering arrears in 2012 was lower in both unsecured and secured lending compared to 2011.

 – non-core represents 8 per cent of total Retail assets at 31 december 2012 and is primarily specialist mortgages which is closed to new 

business and has been in run-off since 2009.

Table 1.12: Retail impairment charge

(audited)

secured

unsecured

Total impairment charge

(unaudited)

core:

secured

unsecured

non-core:

secured

unsecured

Total impairment charge

(unaudited)

core impairment charge as a % of average advances

non-core impairment charge as a % of average advances

impairment charge as a % of average advances

2012 
£m 

377 

893 

1,270 

2012 
£m 

304 

    888 

1,192 

73 

    5 

78 

1,270 

0.37% 

0.29% 

0.36% 

2011 
£m 

463  

1,507  

1,970  

2011 
£m 

330  

    1,466  

1,796  

133  

    41  

174  

1,970  

0.54% 

0.59% 

0.54% 

change 
% 

19 

41  

36  

change 
% 

8 

39  

34  

45 

88 

55  

36  

(17)bp 

(30)bp 

(18)bp 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131 
 
 
 
 
 
142

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

143

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

impaired loans and provisions
Retail impaired loans decreased by £502 million to £8,320 million compared with 31 december 2011 and, as a percentage of closing loans and 
advances to customers, decreased to 2.4 per cent from 2.5 per cent at 31 december 2011. impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired 
loans (excluding unsecured loans in recoveries) decreased to 32.5 per cent from 35.4 per cent at 31 december 2011 driven by the reduction in 
unsecured impaired loans.

Table 1.13: impairments on Retail loans and advances (audited)

At 31 December 2012

secured

unsecured:

collections

Recoveries2

Total gross lending

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total 

At 31 december 2011

secured

unsecured:

collections

Recoveries2

Total gross lending

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total 

Loans and  
advances to  
customers
£m 

impaired loans  
as a % of  
closing  
advances 
% 

impaired  
loans 
£m 

impairment
provisions1
£m 

impairment
provisions
as a % of 
impaired loans3
% 

323,862 

6,321

2.0 

1,616 

25.6 

870 

    1,129 

1,999 

8,320 

 719 

    – 

719 

2,335 

8.8 

2.4 

22,698 

346,560 

(2,335) 

(915) 

343,310 

332,143 

6,452 

1.9 

1,651 

1,233 

    1,137 

2,370 

8,822 

1,067 

    – 

1,067 

2,718 

9.6 

2.5 

24,764 

356,907 

(2,718) 

(1,377)

352,812 

82.6 

32.5 

25.6 

86.5 

35.4

impairment provisions include collective unimpaired provisions.
1

Recoveries assets are written down to the present value of future expected cash flows on these assets.
2

impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans are calculated excluding unsecured loans in recoveries.
3

The Retail division’s loans and advances to customers are analysed in the following table:

Table 1.14: Retail loans and advances to customers (audited)

secured:

Mainstream

Buy to let

specialist

unsecured:

credit cards

Personal loans

Bank accounts

Total gross lending

2012  
£m

2011 
£m 

248,735 

49,568 

    25,559 

323,862 

9,465 

10,523 

    2,710 

22,698 

346,560 

256,518

48,276

    27,349

332,143

10,192 

11,970 

    2,602

24,764

356,907

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
142

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

143

Table 1.15: impairments on Retail loans and advances – core (unaudited)

At 31 December 2012

secured

unsecured:

collections

Recoveries2

Total gross lending

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total core

At 31 december 2011

secured

unsecured:

collections

Recoveries2

Total gross lending

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total core

Loans and  
advances to  
customers 
£m 

impaired loans  
as a % of  
closing  
advances 
% 

impaired 
loans 
£m 

impairment
 provisions1
£m 

impairment
provisions
as a % of 
impaired loans3
% 

297,902 

4,793 

1.6 

1,251 

26.1 

853 

    1,047 

1,900 

6,693 

706 

    – 

706 

1,957 

8.6 

2.1 

22,156 

320,058 

(1,957) 

(778) 

317,323 

304,589 

4,895 

1.6 

1,265 

1,202

    1,054

2,256 

7,151 

1,045

    –

1,045 

2,310 

9.4 

2.2 

23,935 

328,524 

(2,310) 

(1,111) 

325,103 

82.8 

34.7 

25.8 

86.9

37.9 

impairment provisions include collective unimpaired provisions.
1

Recoveries assets are written down to the present value of future expected cash flows on these assets.
2

impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans are calculated excluding unsecured loans in recoveries.
3

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
144

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

145

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Table 1.16: impairments on Retail loans and advances – non-core (unaudited)

At 31 December 2012

secured

unsecured:

collections

Recoveries2

Total gross lending

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total non-core

At 31 december 2011

secured

unsecured:

collections

Recoveries2

Total gross lending

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total non-core

Loans and  
advances to  
customers 
£m 

impaired loans  
as a % of  
closing  
advances 
% 

impaired 
 loans 
£m 

impairment
 provisions1
£m 

impairment
provisions
as a % of 
impaired loans3
% 

25,960 

1,528 

5.9 

17 

    82 

99 

1,627 

18.3 

6.1 

542 

26,502 

(378) 

(137) 

25,987 

27,554 

1,557 

5.7 

31

    83

114 

1,671 

13.8 

5.9 

829 

28,383 

(408) 

(266) 

27,709 

365 

13 

    – 

13 

378 

386 

22

      –

22 

408 

23.9 

76.5 

24.5 

24.8 

71.0

25.7 

impairment provisions include collective unimpaired provisions.
1

Recoveries assets are written down to the present value of future expected cash flows on these assets.
2

impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans are calculated excluding unsecured loans in recoveries.
3

secured
The secured impairment charge decreased to £377 million from £463 million in 2011 reflecting further reductions in impaired loans. The 
annualised impairment charge, as a percentage of average loans and advances to customers, decreased to 0.12 per cent in 2012 from 
0.14 per cent in 2011. Provision coverage has remained stable at 25.6 per cent compared to 31 december 2011.

The impairment provisions held against secured assets reflect the Group’s view of appropriate allowance for incurred losses. The Group holds 
appropriate impairment provisions for customers who are experiencing financial difficulty, either on a forbearance arrangement or who may 
be able to maintain their repayments only whilst interest rates remain low.

The value of mortgages greater than three months in arrears (excluding repossessions) increased to £9,637 million at 31 december 2012 
compared to £9,560 million at 31 december 2011. The value of mortgages subject to forbearance (reduced contractual monthly payment 
treatment) reduced from £3,923 million (1.2 per cent) at 31 december 2011 to £2,706 million (0.8 per cent) at 31 december 2012.

The number of customers entering into arrears was 7 per cent lower in 2012 in comparison with 2011.

Table 1.17: Mortgages greater than three months in arrears (excluding repossessions) (unaudited)

At 31 December

Mainstream

Buy to let

specialist

Total

number of cases

Total mortgage accounts %

value of debt1

Total mortgage balances %

2012 
Cases

55,905 

7,306 

13,262 

76,473 

2011 
cases

53,734

7,805

13,677

75,216 

2012 
%

2.2 

1.6 

7.6 

2.4 

2011 
% 

2.0

1.8

7.5

2.3

2012 
£m 

6,287 

1,033 

2,317 

9,637 

2011 
£m

5,988

1,145

2,427

9,560

2012 
% 

2.5 

2.1 

9.1 

3.0 

2011 
% 

2.3

2.4

8.9

2.9

Value of debt represents total book value of mortgages in arrears.
1

The stock of repossessions decreased to 2,438 cases at 31 december 2012 compared to 3,054 cases at 31 december 2011.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
144

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

145

secured loan to value analysis
The average indexed loan to value (lTV) on the mortgage portfolio at 31 december 2012 increased to 56.4 per cent compared with 
55.9 per cent at 31 december 2011. The average lTV for new mortgages and further advances written in 2012 was 62.6 per cent compared with 
62.1 per cent for 2011.

The percentage of closing loans and advances with an indexed lTV in excess of 100 per cent decreased to 11.7 per cent (£37,811 million) 
at 31 december 2012, compared with 12.0 per cent (£39,729 million) at 31 december 2011. The tables below show lTVs across the principal 
mortgage portfolios.

Table 1.18: Actual and average LTvs across the Retail mortgage portfolios (audited)

At 31 December 2012

less than 60%

60% to 70%

70% to 80%

80% to 90%

90% to 100%

Greater than 100%

Total

Average loan to value:2

stock of residential mortgages

new residential lending

impaired mortgages

At 31 december 2011

less than 60%

60% to 70%

70% to 80%

80% to 90%

90% to 100%

Greater than 100%

Total

Average loan to value:2

stock of residential mortgages

new residential lending

impaired mortgages

Mainstream 
%

Buy to let 
%

Specialist1
%

31.9 

12.8 

18.3 

16.6 

10.5 

9.9 

 12.8 

12.9 

26.2 

16.5 

15.4 

16.2 

14.7 

9.7 

17.2 

19.1 

18.5 

20.8 

Total
% 

27.6 

12.6 

19.4 

16.8 

11.9 

11.7 

 100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

52.7  

  62.3 

72.2 

32.5

12.7

17.2

16.0

11.2

10.4

73.6 

64.5 

99.3 

12.7

13.0

24.1

17.3

17.1

15.8

72.6 

n/a 

88.1 

14.6

10.1

17.2

19.3

19.0

19.8

56.4 

62.6 

78.3 

28.1

12.5

18.2

16.5

12.7

12.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

52.2

61.4

72.0

74.0

65.8

99.8

72.6

n/a

88.0

55.9

62.1

78.4

1

specialist lending is closed to new business and is in run-off.

2

Average loan to value is calculated as total loans and advances as a percentage of the total collateral of these loans and advances.

unsecured
The impairment charge on unsecured loans and advances to customers reduced by £614 million in 2012 to £893 million compared with 2011. 
The impairment charge as a percentage of annualised average loans and advances to customers decreased to 3.74 per cent in 2012 from 
5.65 per cent in 2011. 

A combination of reduced demand from customers for new unsecured borrowing and existing customers continuing to reduce their personal 
indebtedness contributed to loans and advances to customers reducing by £2,066 million since 31 december 2011 to £22,698 million at 
31 december 2012.

impaired loans decreased by £371 million since 31 december 2011 to £1,999 million at 31 december 2012 which represented 8.8 per cent of 
closing loans and advances to customers, compared with 9.6 per cent at 31 december 2011. The reduction in impaired loans is a result of 
the Group’s sustainable risk appetite and ongoing effective portfolio management. Retail’s exposure to revolving credit products has been 
actively managed to ensure that it is appropriate to customers’ changing financial circumstances. 

impairment provisions decreased by £348 million, compared with 31 december 2011. This reduction was driven by fewer assets entering 
arrears and recoveries assets being written down to the present value of future expected cash flows. impairment provisions as a percentage  
of impaired loans in collections decreased to 82.6 per cent at 31 december 2012 from 86.5 per cent at 31 december 2011.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131146

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

147

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Credit Risk – Commercial Banking

Overview
 – impairment charges were £2,946 million in 2012, down from £4,210 million in 2011. The decrease in the underlying impairment charge was 
primarily driven by lower charges in Australasia and in Acquisition Finance. The reduction was partly offset by further deterioration in the 
shipping portfolio as a result of weak markets.

 – The fall in the impairment charge reflects generally stable obligor credit quality overall, with the low interest rate environment helping to 

maintain defaults at a lower level, despite weaker consumer confidence in a number of sectors. The credit risk appetite approach is through 
the cycle helping to ensure that new business written is of good quality.

 – core impairment charges as an annualised percentage of average loans and advances to customers reduced to 0.67 per cent compared to 

0.95 per cent at 31 december 2011.

 – Forbearance is well controlled and managed, and any such cases are quickly identified and managed appropriately under the Group’s credit 
Risk classification framework. The value of assets transferring into the Business support unit (Bsu) has reduced by 37 per cent during 2012.

 – As a percentage of total loans and advances to customers, non-core loans and advances reduced to 28 per cent at 31 december 2012 

(2011: 35 per cent). As a percentage of total impaired loans, non-core impaired loans reduced to 75 per cent (2011: 80 per cent).

Table 1.19: Commercial Banking impairment charge (unaudited)

core

non-core

Total impairment charge

(unaudited)

core impairment charge as a % of average advances

non-core impairment charge as a % of average advances

impairment charge as a % of average advances

2012 
£m 

704 

2,242

2,946

0.67% 

4.28% 

1.85%  

2011 
£m 

1,055

3,155

4,210

0.95% 

4.60% 

2.32% 

change 
 during 2012 
% 

33 

29 

30 

(28)bp  

(32)bp   

(47)bp   

impairment charges have decreased 30 per cent compared with 2011 driven by lower charges in Australasia and leveraged lending in Acquisition 
Finance, which was partly offset by further deterioration in the shipping portfolio as a result of weak markets. The low interest rate environment is 
helping to maintain defaults at a lower level. 

core impairments in 2012 were 33 per cent lower compared to 2011. This is primarily attributable to lower impairments in some core portfolios, 
including in Mid Markets, corporate and sME. in Mid Markets and corporate, there were specific large impairments in 2011, which were not 
repeated in 2012.

As a result, core impairment charges as an annualised percentage of average loans and advances to customers reduced to 0.67 per cent 
compared to 2011 (0.95 per cent).

non-core impairments were also lower, driven mainly by lower charges on non-core Acquisition Finance and Australasian exposures, partially 
offset by further deterioration in the shipping portfolio due to a weak market. There was a significant deterioration in the leveraged market 
during the first half of 2011 which has not been repeated during 2012. A significant portion of the Australasian impaired portfolio was disposed 
of in 2011 and 2012, and the residual portfolio is considered better quality.

impaired loans and provisions
The overall quality of the commercial Banking portfolio continues to improve. despite a reducing portfolio, as a percentage of closing loans 
and advances to customers, impaired loans decreased to 16.6 per cent from 19.5 per cent at 31 december 2011.

commercial Banking’s impaired loans reduced by £9,152 million to £23,965 million compared with 31 december 2011. The reduction is due to 
write-offs on irrecoverable assets, the sale of previously impaired assets, net repayments and transfers out of Business support unit more than 
offsetting the flow of newly impaired assets into Business support unit. Furthermore, the flow of assets into impaired status was lower during 
2012 compared to 2011. 

impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans increased to 41.7 per cent from 41.3 per cent at 31 december 2011 as Business 
support unit was successful in selling a number of impaired assets which generally had lower coverage levels. The Business support unit 
portfolio continues to reduce as a result of robust and proactive risk management.

core impaired loans reduced by £807 million to £5,907 million compared with 31 december 2011. This arose from a number of factors, 
including the sale of previously impaired assets. An increase in the core coverage ratio to 48.5 per cent from 47.3 per cent at 31 december 2011 
was seen as a result of a few specific cases. As a percentage of closing core advances, core impaired loans reduced to 5.6 per cent compared 
to 6.1 per cent at 31 december 2011. 

146

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

147

non-core impaired loans reduced by £8,345 million to £18,058 million compared with 31 december 2011. The reduction reflects write offs and 
asset sales of previously impaired assets partly offset by new to impaired loans, especially in corporate Real Estate Business support unit as a 
result of the Group’s proactive stance to ensure its secondary real estate portfolio is appropriately managed. non-core impairment provisions 
as a percentage of non-core impaired loans reduced marginally to 39.4 per cent from 39.8 per cent at 31 december 2011. A reduction was also 
seen in corporate Real Estate Bsu (36.7 per cent compared to 37.0 per cent at 31 december 2011), due to the high level of provision coverage 
on previously impaired assets which were either sold or written-off during 2012, and a lower impairment rate on newly impaired assets, 
although this was offset partially by additional charges on previously impaired assets. As a percentage of closing non-core advances, impaired 
loans increased to 45.3 per cent from 43.9 per cent at 31 december 2011. The increase was driven by corporate Real Estate Bsu, with weak 
market conditions resulting in existing corporate Real Estate Bsu managed unimpaired connections transferring to impaired status.

non-core impairment provisions as a percentage of non-core impaired assets are lower than core, mainly a factor of the asset mix, where the 
non-core portfolios are heavily weighted towards real estate and real estate related portfolios with higher collateral levels against lending.

Table 1.20: impairments on loans and advances (audited)

impaired loans 
as a % of  
closing  
advances 
% 

impairment
provisions1
£m

impairment  
provisions  
as a % of  
impaired loans 
%

8.9

18.6

16.6 

826 

9,158 

9,984 

30.4 

43.1 

41.7 

impaired  
loans 
£m 

2,713 

21,252 

23,965 

2,915

30,202 

33,117 

9.8 

21.5 

19.5 

880 

12,813 

13,693  

30.2 

42.4 

41.3 

At 31 December 2012

commercial

Wholesale 

Total commercial Banking

Reverse repos

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total

loans and advances to banks

debt securities

Available-for-sale financial assets

At 31 december 2011

commercial

Wholesale 

Total commercial Banking

Reverse repos

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total

loans and advances to banks

debt securities

Available-for-sale financial assets

1

includes collective unimpaired provisions of £894 million (2011: £1,213 million).

Loans and 
advances to 
customers 
£m 

30,443 

114,327 

144,770  

5,087 

(9,984) 

(131) 

139,742 

7,580 

5,261 

4,345 

29,681 

140,283 

169,964  

16,836  

(13,693) 

(668) 

172,439

8,461  

12,490  

12,554  

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131 
 
 
 
 
148

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

149

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Table 1.21: impairments on loans and advances – core (unaudited)

At 31 December 2012

commercial

Wholesale

Total commercial Banking

Reverse repos

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total core

loans and advances to banks

debt securities

Available-for-sale financial assets

At 31 december 2011

commercial

Wholesale

Total commercial Banking

Reverse repos

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total core

loans and advances to banks

debt securities

Available-for-sale financial assets

includes collective unimpaired provisions of £545 million (31 december 2011: £637 million).
1

impaired loans  
as a % of  
closing  
advances 
% 

impairment
provisions1
£m 

impairment  
provisions  
as a % of  
impaired loans 
% 

9.1 

4.3 

5.6 

814 

2,052 

2,866 

30.4 

63.6 

48.5 

impaired  
loans 
£m 

2,680 

3,227 

5,907 

2,885  

3,829 

6,714 

10.2 

4.7 

6.1 

858 

2,317 

3,175 

29.7 

60.5  

47.3 

Loans and 
advances to 
customers
£m 

29,357 

75,510 

104,867 

5,087 

(2,866)

– 

107,088 

7,132  

536

1,818 

28,289 

81,520 

109,809 

16,836

(3,175) 

(60) 

123,410 

8,161 

190 

3,154 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
148

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

149

Table 1.22: impairments on loans and advances – non-core (unaudited)

At 31 December 2012

corporate Real Estate Bsu1

specialised lending

Other

Total commercial Banking2

Reverse repos

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total non-core

loans and advances to banks

debt securities

Available-for-sale financial assets

At 31 december 2011

corporate Real Estate Bsu1

specialised lending

Other

Total commercial Banking

Reverse repos

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total non-core

loans and advances to banks

debt securities

Available-for-sale financial assets

impaired loans 
as a % of  
closing  

advances
% 

impairment
provisions
£m 

impairment  
provisions  
as a % of  
impaired loans 
% 

76.8 

17.8 

36.1 

45.3 

4,424 

1,135 

1,559 

7,118 

36.7 

42.4 

47.0 

39.4 

impaired  
loans 
£m 

12,060 

2,679 

3,319 

18,058 

15,069 

4,822 

6,512 

26,403  

71.6 

23.7 

34.8 

43.9 

5,579 

1,615 

3,324 

10,518 

37.0 

33.5 

51.0 

39.8 

Loans and 
advances to 
customers 
£m 

15,701 

15,018 

9,184 

39,903

– 

(7,118) 

(131) 

32,654 

448 

4,725 

2,527 

21,055 

20,387 

18,713 

60,155 

– 

(10,518)  

(608) 

49,029 

300 

12,300 

9,400

corporate Real Estate Bsu includes direct real estate and other real estate related sectors (such as hotels, care homes and housebuilders).
1

includes collective unimpaired provisions of £349 million (2011: £576 million).
2

core

Commercial
The commercial portfolio credit quality remains stable and impairment charges have fallen over the last 12 months to £252 million in 2012 from 
£296 million in 2011. The decrease reflects the continued benefits of the low interest rate environment, which has helped to maintain defaults 
at a lower level, and the continued application of the Group’s prudent risk appetite and through the cycle credit policy that has proven itself 
appropriate for both customers and the Group.

supporting its clients through the cycle remains a key aim and the Group continues to operate control and monitoring activities which play an 
important role in identifying customers showing early signs of financial stress and bringing them into the Group’s support model so prompt 
and supporting actions can be taken.

Wholesale
Overall obligor quality remains stable, and impairment charges reduced over the last 12 months to £452 million in 2012 from £759 million 
in 2011.

The £75,510 million of gross loans and advances to customers in the Wholesale core portfolio is structured across a number of different 
coverage segments delivered via a suite of core banking products from lending and Transaction Banking to Financial Markets and capital 
Markets. These include:

Mid Markets – The businesses are predominantly uK focused and several sectors have continued to face challenging trading conditions in the 
face of domestic economic performance, weak consumer sentiment and public sector austerity measures. The Retail, leisure, construction 
and care sectors have shown the most evident stress, although there is wide disparity between the performance of the stronger and weaker 
businesses in each of these areas. The Group’s through the cycle risk appetite has helped ensure that the portfolio quality has remained 
relatively stable.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
150

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

151

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Global Corporates – The core portfolio continues to be predominantly investment grade focused, the overall portfolio asset quality remains 
strong and Major corporate balance sheets continue to de-lever. This year has seen a limited number of mergers and acquisitions. These 
are being selectively targeted by corporates, with conservative structuring approaches being adopted, and subsequent focus on rapid de-
leveraging. The Group continues to see softness in sectors such as Media, Retail, leisure and construction across the uK and continental 
Europe. Public sector austerity continues to impact on recovery prospects, although the long lead-in times to these cuts have allowed 
corporates to adjust their own structures and cost bases. 

Financial Institutions (FIs) – commercial Banking maintains relationships with many major financial institutions throughout the world. These 
relationships are either client focused or held to support the Group’s funding, liquidity and general hedging requirements. Trading exposures 
continue to be predominantly short-term and/or collateralised with inter bank activity mainly undertaken with strong investment grade 
counterparties. The Eurozone crisis continued during 2012 and continues to require very close portfolio scrutiny and oversight. detailed 
contingency plans are in place and continuously refined, whilst exposures to Fis domiciled in peripheral Eurozone countries in particular have 
been further reduced and are being managed within tight risk parameters. 

Acquisition Finance (leveraged lending) – The Group’s core portfolio is performing in line with expectations given the economic environment. 
Many customers are prepaying facilities ahead of schedule. The portfolio is predominantly within the good book business and all such loans 
are performing. The Group continues to write new business within its through the cycle credit risk appetite parameters.

Project Finance – Principally focuses on lending to large scale uK infrastructure. The good book accounts for over 95 per cent of the portfolio 
which is representative of the quasi government cashflow or monopolistic nature of the assets. Good book assets are performing well and 
have shown resilience to economic cyclicality. 

Sales and Trading – Acts as the link between the wholesale markets and the Group’s balance sheet management activities providing pricing 
and risk management solutions to both internal and external clients. The portfolio comprises £5.8 billion of loans and advances to banks, 
£1.7 billion of available-for-sale debt securities and £2.8 billion of loans and advances to customers (excluding reverse repos). sales and Trading 
actively manages the government bond portfolio which is now almost solely AAA/AA rated. Exposure to the weaker Eurozone sovereigns has 
been managed down to a de minimis level given continued concerns over market conditions across the Eurozone.

The majority of sales and Trading’s funding and risk management activity is transacted with investment grade counterparties including 
sovereign central banks and much of it is on a collateralised basis, such as repos facing a central counterparty (ccP). derivative transactions 
with Fi counterparties are typically collateralised under a credit support annex in conjunction with the international swaps and derivatives 
Association Master Agreement. during 2012 the Group continued to consolidate its counterparty risk via ccPs as part of an ongoing move  
to reduce counterparty risk by clearing standardised derivative contracts. 

non-core

Corporate Real Estate Business Support Unit (BSU)
strong progress has been maintained in reducing the non-core corporate Real Estate Bsu portfolio with the gross loans and advances falling  
to £15.7 billion (2011: £21.1 billion) which is ahead of expectations. This is primarily due to the momentum on asset disposals which totalled 
around £4 billion (net cash proceeds) in the year despite the declining volume of transactions in the regional markets. There has been a material  
reduction in the level of gross loans and advances through disposals (including write-offs) since 30 June 2009. The full year non-core corporate 
Real Estate Bsu impairment charge has continued its downward trend to £1.2 billion (2011: £1.3 billion) despite the difficult market conditions. 

Over 75 per cent of the non-core corporate Real Estate Bsu portfolio consists of distressed or sub standard direct real estate loans. The 
remainder relates to loans to other real estate related sectors, supported by trading activities (such as housebuilders, hotels and care homes), 
with assets managed by specialist teams. 

The portfolio remains regionally focused with real estate asset quality that is largely secondary and tertiary in nature. However, these assets 
have been the subject of significant and frequent review, and have been impaired to appropriate levels. 

The profile of the Group’s portfolio allows the Group flexibility to consider asset disposal, loan sales or repayments through the now 
embedded property asset management platforms and has allowed the Group to attract liquidity from different counterparties in a demanding 
environment. Over the last three years corporate Real Estate Bsu has reduced non-core gross loan exposure by approximately £21 billion. 
in 2012, disposals outside london accounted for over 70 per cent of corporate Real Estate Bsu’s disposals by value and over 90 per cent by 
number. This is higher than the general market experience.

150

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

151

corporate Real Estate Bsu has continued to execute its active asset management programme of this complex portfolio making strong 
progress in a difficult real estate market. The principal aim is to minimise losses for the Group and to support the Group’s clients through 
difficult periods. This activity can involve the restructuring of loans, seeking deleverage through asset sales and other sale initiatives. 
A consensual route with its clients is always the Group’s preferred option.

Values in the commercial Real Estate market have trended downwards over the last 12 months, falling on average by 4.2 per cent on the same 
period last year. investment volumes have by and large been steady, though investor appetite has been concentrated on london. Although 
values in london continue to climb and are 39 per cent above their 2009 trough, non-london asset values are struggling and are now only 
5 per cent above their 2009 trough. With a continuing high level of loan maturities due over the next few years, refinancing risk remains a 
market wide risk, although loans in non-core Bsu are predominantly bilateral. in assessing the Group’s impairment provisions, allowance is 
taken for the Group’s greater proportion of secondary real estate assets. consequently a steeper fall in real estate prices, compared to the 
general market index expectations, is used to calculate impairment provisions. 

specialised lending
loans and advances to customers of £15.0 billion largely comprise balances in the structured corporate Finance portfolio, which includes 
the portion of the Acquisition Finance (leveraged lending) portfolio which falls into non-core since it is outside the Group’s risk appetite, and 
the non-core Asset Based Finance portfolios (ship Finance, Aircraft Finance and Rail capital). While the effects of subdued uK economic 
conditions and refinancing risk continues to be felt in this portion of the Acquisition Finance portfolio, the non-core portfolio is now smaller in 
size and has a generally lower risk profile than in previous reporting periods which led to a significantly lower impairment charge during 2012 
compared to 2011. 

The non-core Acquisition Finance portfolio is approximately 75 per cent managed in Business support unit reflecting its relatively high risk 
parameters, with significant loan maturities due in the next few years. in ship Finance, the tankers, dry bulk and containers sectors remained 
challenging in 2012. The ship Finance portfolio is non-core and as such projects have been successfully completed to accelerate exits when 
deemed in the best interest of the Group with further planning at an advanced stage to facilitate early exits where opportunities arise during 
2013. in december 2012, the Group sold its Rail Finance rolling stock operating lease businesses and made a managed disposal of some 
of its us aircraft exposure. These reduced the Group’s non-core assets and eliminated the operational and residual value risk related to 
these assets.

specialised lending also includes a small non-core equity business and a significantly reduced Treasury Assets portfolio. Following a number 
of material disposals during 2012, the non-core drawn assets representing equity risk now only totals £0.7 billion. The Treasury Asset legacy 
investment portfolio mainly encompasses a portfolio of asset-backed securities and financial institution covered Bond positions. This portfolio 
size continues to be actively reduced through asset sales and from bond maturities. Further details of commercial Banking’s asset-backed 
securities portfolio is provided in note 55 on page 334.

Other
loans and advances to customers of £9.2 billion largely comprise balances in non-core Australian corporate (£2.3 billion), Wholesale Europe 
(£2.2 billion) and Entrepreneurs (£2.0 billion) businesses. The Group significantly reduced its exposure and impaired assets in its Australasian 
business by £3.4 billion and £2.2 billion respectively during 2012, largely due to asset sales including the successful disposal of a £0.8 billion 
portfolio of impaired Australasian real estate loans. net corporate Real Estate exposure in Australia now only totals £0.1 billion as at 
31 december 2012 (2011: £1.3 billion). The Group was also successful in reducing its Wholesale Europe non-core exposure during 2012,  
with disposals of £0.4 billion in the period.

secured loan to value analysis for uK direct Real Estate lending in commercial Banking
The Group classifies direct Real Estate as exposure which is directly supported by cashflows from property activities, as opposed to trading 
activities (such as hotels, care homes and housebuilders). The Group manages its exposures to direct Real Estate in a number of different 
business units.

UK Direct Real Estate in the Good Book – The Group’s good book exposure incorporates core and non-core, and totalled £18.0 billion at 
31 december 2012. Approximately three quarters related to commercial real estate with the remainder mostly residential real estate. A large 
element of the residential exposure is to professional landlords in the Group’s sME business, where performance has been good. The entire 
good book portfolio has been fully reviewed and is performing acceptably. Approximately two thirds of the core commercial real estate 
portfolio was originated under heritage lloyds TsB credit risk criteria. The Group’s risk appetite requires it to look first at the underlying 
cashflows as part of credit assessment, alongside key requirements for good quality counterparties and a well spread tenant profile. The 
Group considers the value in security taken as a secondary repayment source, although its origination parameters for lTVs (based on heritage 
lloyds TsB risk appetite) are considered through the cycle. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131152

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

153

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

UK Direct Real Estate in Business Support Units – The Group’s Business support unit portfolios consist of £12.7 billion gross (£8.8 billion 
net of impairment) of uK direct Real Estate loan exposure at 31 december 2012. This incorporates both core and non-core uK direct real 
estate exposure. 

loan to value ratios (indexed or actual if within last 12 months) for the Group’s largest transactions (over £5 million) are detailed in the 
table below. The Group considers this portfolio to be appropriately provided for after taking into account the provisions held for each 
transaction and the value of the collateral held. in the case of impaired uK direct Real Estate exposures (over £5 million) there is a net property 
collateral shortfall of approximately £0.2 billion. This figure excludes benefits of credit mitigants such as cross collateralisation and cross 
guarantees. For the good book, unsecured and over 100 per cent lTV lending mainly comprises lending supported by either the strength of 
the obligors’ balance sheet or a strong parent. The Group makes use of a variety of methodologies to assess the value of property collateral, 
where external valuations are not available. These include use of market indexes, models and subject matter expert judgement.

Table 1.23: LTv – UK Direct Real estate (unaudited)

Exposures > £5 million:

less than 60%

61% to 70%

71% to 80%

81% to 100%

101% to 125%

More than 125%

unsecured

Exposures < £5 million

Total

Good Book  
Loans and advances  
(gross)

Business Support  
Loans and advances  
(gross) 

2012 
£m 

 3,536 

1,891 

1,738 

351 

229 

23  

    677 

8,445 

9,591 

18,036 

2012 
 % 

42 

22 

21 

4 

3 

– 

8 

100 

2012 
£m 

402 

308 

495 

2,690 

1,546 

4,362 

    431 

10,234

2,474

12,708 

2012 
% 

4 

3 

5 

26 

15 

43 

4 

100 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
152

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

153

Credit Risk – Wealth, Asset Finance and international

Overview
 – in 2012 Wealth, Asset Finance and international impairment charges fell significantly compared to 2011 predominantly reflecting reductions 

in the ireland (wholesale and retail) portfolio.

 – in the irish wholesale portfolio, 85.2 per cent (2011: 84.3 per cent) is now impaired with a coverage ratio of 68.0 per cent (2011: 61.1 per cent), 

primarily reflecting continued deterioration in the irish commercial property market. net exposure in ireland wholesale has reduced to 
£5.4 billion (2011: £8.6 billion).

 – in the irish retail mortgage portfolio, impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans increased to 71.2 per cent (2011: 70.4 per cent).

Table 1.24: impairment charge (audited)

Wealth

international:

ireland retail

ireland wholesale

spain retail

netherlands retail

Asia retail

latin America and Middle East

Asset Finance:

united Kingdom

Australia

Total impairment charge

impairment charge as a % of average advances

Table 1.25: impairment charge – core (unaudited)

Wealth

international

Asset Finance

Core impairment charge 

2012 
£m 

23 

108 

1,137 

51 

23 

35 

    (33) 

1,321 

121 

    15 

136 

1,480 

3.12%

2012 
£m 

23 

–

(1) 

22 

2011
£m 

33 

511 

2,676 

59 

21 

7 

    65  

3,339

200 

    32 

232 

3,604 

6.48%

2011
£m 

33 

– 

– 

33 

core impairment charge as a % of average advances

0.45%

0.60%

Table 1.26: impairment charge – non-core (unaudited)

Wealth

international

Asset Finance

non-core impairment charge

non-core impairment charge as a % of average advances

2012 
£m 

– 

 1,321 

137 

1,458 

3.42%

2011 
£m 

–  

3,339 

232 

3,571 

7.11%

change 
% 

30

79 

58 

14 

(10) 

60 

40 

53 

41 

59

(3.36)pp 

change 
% 

30 

33 

(15)bp 

change 
% 

60 

41 

59 

(3.69)pp

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
154

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

155

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

impaired loans and provisions 
Total impaired loans decreased by £4,322 million to £14,008 million compared with £18,330 million at 31 december 2011 and as a percentage 
of closing loans and advances to customers decreased to 32.6 per cent from 35.6 per cent at 31 december 2011. This is primarily driven by 
reductions in ireland wholesale.

impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans increased to 67.5 per cent from 61.7 per cent at 31 december 2011. The increase was 
driven by the international portfolios.

Table 1.27: impairments on loans and advances (audited)

At 31 December 2012

Wealth

international:

ireland retail

ireland wholesale

spain retail

netherlands retail

Asia retail

latin America and Middle East

 Asset Finance:

united Kingdom

Australia

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total

At 31 december 2011

Wealth

international:

ireland retail

ireland wholesale

spain retail

netherlands retail

Asia retail

latin America and Middle East

Asset Finance:

united Kingdom

Australia

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total

impairment provisions include collective unimpaired provisions.
1

Loans and  
advances to  
customers 
£m

impaired loans  
as a % of  
closing  
advances 
%

impairment 
provisions 
as a % of  impaired 
loans 
%

impairment
provisions1
£m

impaired 
loans 
£m

4,325 

284 

6.6 

73 

25.7 

6,656

12,875

1,458

5,689

1,978

  46

1,534

10,967

104

79

80

  36

28,702 

12,800 

 885

39   

924 

14,008 

5,848 

4,052   

9,900 

42,927 

(9,453) 

(28) 

33,446 

23.0

85.2 

7.1

1.4

4.0

78.3

 44.6

15.1 

1.0 

9.3 

32.6 

1,111

7,463

94

41

46

  31

8,786 

541 

53   

594 

9,453 

4,865

231

4.7  

74

1,415

 14,945

99

62

55

  211

16,787 

 1,217

95   

1,312 

18,330 

20.1

84.3

6.2

1.0

2.5

34.5

47.4 

 17.0

2.3 

11.7 

35.6

1,034

9,133

63

30

18

  144

10,422 

746 

65   

811 

11,307 

7,036

17,737

1,604

6,259

2,180

  612

35,428 

7,162 

4,051   

11,213 

51,506

(11,307)

(42)

40,157

72.4

68.0

90.4

51.9

57.5

86.1

68.6 

61.1 

64.3 

67.5 

32.0

73.1 

61.1

63.6

48.4

32.7

68.2

62.1 

 61.3

68.4 

61.8 

61.7

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
154

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

155

Table 1.28: impairments on loans and advances – core (unaudited)

Loans and 
advances to 
customers 
£m 

impaired loans 
 as a % of  
closing  
advances 
% 

impaired 
 loans 
£m 

impairment
provisions1
£m 

impairment 
provisions  
as a % of  
impaired loans 
% 

At 31 December 2012

Wealth

international

Asset Finance

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total core

At 31 december 2011

Wealth

international

Asset Finance

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total core

4,325 

– 

1,090 

5,415 

(85) 

– 

5,330 

4,865  

133

245

5,243

(103) 

–  

5,140

impairment provisions include collective unimpaired provisions.
1

Table 1.29: impairments on loans and advances – non-core (unaudited)

At 31 December 2012

Wealth

international

Asset Finance

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments 

Total non-core

At 31 december 2011

Wealth

international

Asset Finance

impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total non-core

impairment provisions include collective unimpaired provisions.
1

Loans and  
advances to  
customers 
£m 

– 

28,702 

8,810 

37,512  

(9,368) 

(28) 

28,116 

–

35,295 

10,968 

46,263 

(11,204)

(42)  

35,017

284 

– 

67 

351 

231  

14  

95

340

impaired 
loans 
£m 

–  

12,800 

857 

13,657 

– 

16,773 

1,217 

17,990 

6.6 

6.1 

6.5 

4.7  

10.5

38.8

6.5

73 

– 

12 

85 

74  

4  

25

103

25.7 

17.9 

24.2 

32.0 

28.6

26.3

30.3

impaired loans 
 as a % of  
closing  
advances 
% 

impairment
provisions1
£m 

impairment 
provisions  
as a % of  
impaired loans 
% 

44.6 

9.7 

36.4 

47.5 

11.1

38.9 

–  

8,786 

582 

9,368 

– 

10,418 

786 

11,204 

68.6 

67.9

68.6 

62.1

64.6

62.3 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
156

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

157

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Wealth
Total impaired loans increased by £53 million to £284 million compared with £231 million at 31 december 2011. impairment provisions as a 
percentage of closing loans and advances decreased to 25.7 per cent from 32.0 per cent at 31 december 2011. The impairment charge for 2012 
was £23 million. The impairment charge, as an annualised percentage of average loans and advances to customers, decreased to 0.51 per cent 
compared with 0.67 per cent in 2011.

international

Ireland 
Total impaired loans decreased by £3,859 million, or 24 per cent to £12,501 million compared with £16,360 million at 31 december 2011. The 
reduction is driven primarily by commercial Real Estate and corporate loans. impaired loans as a percentage of closing loans and advances 
decreased to 64.0 per cent from 66.0 per cent at 31 december 2011. continuing weakness in the irish real estate markets resulted in a further 
increase in ireland wholesale coverage in 2012 to 68.0 per cent from 61.1 per cent. 

impairment charges decreased by £1,942 million to £1,245 million compared to 2011 as the rate of increase in newly impaired loans fell 
during 2012. impairment charges as an annualised percentage of average loans and advances to customers decreased to 5.53 per cent from 
11.93 per cent in 2011.

Table 1.30: impairments on ireland loans and advances (audited)

commercial Real Estate

corporate

Retail

Total ireland

Loans and 
advances to 
customers 
£m

7,408

5,467

6,656

19,531

 2012 

impaired 
loans  
£m

6,720 

4,247

1,534

12,501

Provisions 
£m

4,695

2,768

1,111

8,574

loans and 
advances to 
customers 
£m

10,872 

6,865 

7,036 

24,773 

2011

impaired 
loans 
£m

9,807 

5,138 

1,415 

16,360 

Provisions 
£m

6,194 

2,939 

1,034 

10,167 

The most significant contribution to impairment in ireland is the commercial Real Estate portfolio. Within the commercial Real Estate portfolio, 
90.7 per cent of the portfolio is now impaired (compared to 90.2 per cent at 31 december 2011). The average impairment coverage ratio 
has increased in the year to 69.9 per cent (63.2 per cent at 31 december 2011) reflecting the continued deterioration in the irish commercial 
property market. Mortgage lending at 31 december 2012 comprised 99.5 per cent of the retail portfolio with impairment coverage on the 
mortgage portfolio at 71.2 per cent (2011: 70.4 per cent). impaired loans on the retail portfolio increased by £119 million in 2012 compared to  
a £545 million increase in 2011. The reduction in growth of impaired loans is primarily due to a less uncertain economic environment.

The Group continued to reduce its exposure to ireland. Gross loans and advances reduced by £5,242 million during 2012 mainly due to write-offs 
of £2.5 billion, disposals of £1.4 billion and net repayments of £0.7 billion. 

£1,413 million of gross wholesale lending within the commercial Real Estate and corporate portfolios relates to sterling loans secured on 
uK property. 

 
156

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

157

secured loan to value analysis for commercial Real Estate lending in ireland Wholesale
loan to value ratios (indexed or actual if within last 18 months) for the Group’s largest transactions (over A5 million) are detailed in the 
table below. The Group considers this portfolio to be appropriately provided for after taking into account the provisions held for each 
transaction and the value of the collateral held. in the case of impaired ireland commercial real estate exposures (over €5 million) there is a net 
property collateral shortfall of approximately £0.3 billion. This figure excludes benefits of credit mitigants such as cross collateralisation and cross 
guarantees. As a result of the market environment, market-based information on valuations is limited. The Group therefore makes use of a variety 
of methodologies to assess the value of property collateral. These include use of market indexes, models and subject matter expert judgement. 

Table 1.31: LTv – ireland Wholesale Commercial Real estate

Exposures > A5 million:

less than 60%

61% to 70%

71% to 80%

81% to 100%

101% to 125%

More than 125%

unsecured

Exposures < A5 million

Total

Loans and advances 
(gross)

2012 
£m 

119 

20 

27 

165 

182 

4,927 

    674 

6,114 

1,294 

7,408 

2012 
% 

2 

–

–

3

3

81 

11

100 

Other international 
Total impaired loans decreased by £128 million to £299 million compared with £427 million at 31 december 2011 and as a percentage of closing 
loans and advances decreased to 3.3 per cent from 4.0 per cent at 31 december 2011. The reduction in impaired loans is driven by latin America 
and Middle East. impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans have increased in spain Retail, netherlands Retail and Asia Retail, 
against a backdrop of falling residential property prices.

Asset Finance 
united Kingdom – the uK Asset Finance impairment charge reduced by 40 per cent to £121 million (of which 100 per cent related to non-core 
assets) driven by strong credit management and improving credit quality. The retail portfolio saw more customers meeting their payment 
arrangements resulting in a lower proportion of people falling into arrears. The retail impairments also benefited from debt sale activity during 
the course of the year. The number of defaults in all areas of the commercial and corporate lending book was low relative to the last three 
years, reflecting effective previous and ongoing credit risk management actions.

Australia – impaired loans decreased by £56 million to £39 million compared with £95 million at 31 december 2011 and as a percentage 
of closing loans and advances decreased to 1.0 per cent from 2.3 per cent at 31 december 2011. The impairment charge has also reduced 
materially by 53 per cent to £15 million. The Asset Finance business continues to benefit from strong credit management and improving credit 
quality supported by a resilient Australian economy.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131158

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

159

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

exposures to eurozone countries
The following section summarises the Group’s direct exposure to Eurozone countries at 31 december 2012. The exposures comprise 
on-balance sheet exposures based on their balance sheet carrying values and off-balance sheet exposures, and are based on the country of 
domicile of the counterparty unless otherwise indicated.

The Group manages its exposures to individual countries through authorised country limits which take into account economic, financial, 
political and social factors. in addition, the Group manages its direct risks to the selected countries by establishing and monitoring risk limits 
for individual banks, financial institutions, corporates and individuals. 

identified indirect exposure information is also taken into account when setting limits and determining credit risk appetite for individual 
counterparties. This forms part of the Group’s credit analysis undertaken at least annually for counterparty and sector reviews, with interim 
updates performed as necessary. interim updates would usually be triggered by specific credit events such as rating downgrades, sovereign 
events or other developments such as spread widening. Examples of indirect risk which have been identified are: European banking groups 
with lending and other exposures to certain Eurozone countries; corporate customers with operations or significant trade in certain European 
jurisdictions; major travel operators known to operate in certain Eurozone countries; and international banks with custodian operations based 
in certain European locations.

The Group Financial stability Forum has been established in order to monitor developments within the Eurozone, carry out stress testing 
through detailed scenario analysis and complete appropriate due diligence on the Group’s exposures.

The Group Financial stability Forum has carried out a number of scenario analyses and rehearsals to test the Group’s resilience in the event of 
further instability in certain Eurozone countries. The Group has developed and refined pre-determined action plans that would be executed 
in such scenarios. The plans set out governance requirements and responsibilities for the key actions which would be carried out and cover 
risk areas such as payments, liquidity and capital, communications, suppliers and systems, legal, credit, delivery channels and products, 
employees and the impact on customers.

The Group has included certain amounts on a net basis to better reflect the overall risk to which the Group is exposed. The gross iFRs 
reported values for the exposures to ireland, spain, Portugal, Greece and italy are detailed in the following tables. derivative balances are 
included within exposures to financial institutions or corporates, as appropriate, at fair value adjusted for master netting agreements at obligor 
level and net of cash collateral in line with legal agreements. Exposures in respect of reverse repurchase agreements are included on a gross 
iFRs basis and are disclosed based on the counterparty rather than the collateral (repos and stock lending are excluded); reverse repurchase 
exposures are not, therefore, reduced as a result of collateral held. Exposures to central clearing counterparties are shown net.

For multi-country asset backed securities exposures, the Group has reported exposures based on the largest country exposure. The country 
of exposure for asset backed securities is based on the location of the underlying assets, which are predominantly residential mortgages, not 
on the domicile of the issuer.
during the year, the Group drew A13.5 billion (the sterling equivalent of which at the date of drawdown was £11.2 billion) under the 
European central Bank’s long-Term Refinancing Operation facility for an initial term of three years, to part fund a pool of non-core euro 
denominated assets.

158

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

159

Exposures to ireland, spain, Portugal, Greece and italy
The Group continues to have minimal exposure, in aggregate, which could be considered to be direct recourse to the sovereign risk of the 
selected countries. 

Table 1.32: eurozone exposures (unaudited)

At 31 December 2012

ireland

spain

Portugal

Greece

italy

At 31 december 2011

ireland

spain

Portugal

Greece

italy

Sovereign debt 

Direct 
sovereign 
exposures 
£m

Cash at 
central  
banks 
£m

Financial institutions

Banks 
£m

Other 
£m

Asset  
backed  
securities 
£m

Corporate 
£m

Personal 
£m

insurance 
assets 
£m 

– 

5 

– 

– 

5 

– 

14 

– 

– 

– 

115 

1,170 

118 

– 

44 

644 

7 

– 

– 

– 

305 

132 

224 

– 

10 

5,972 

2,110 

187 

277 

150 

5,559 

1,472 

10 

– 

– 

10 

14 

1,447 

651 

671 

8,696 

7,041 

– 

17 

– 

– 

16 

33 

– 

35 

– 

– 

– 

207 

1,692 

142 

– 

433 

35 

2,474 

272 

7 

8 

– 

17 

304 

376 

375 

341 

55 

39 

8,894 

2,955 

309 

431 

152 

6,027 

1,649 

11 

– 

– 

1,186 

12,741 

7,687 

111 

25 

– 

– 

37 

173 

68 

39 

– 

– 

47 

154 

Total 
£m 

12,706 

4,935 

539 

277 

246 

18,703 

15,844 

6,769 

811 

486 

704 

24,614 

derivatives with sovereigns and sovereign referenced credit default swaps are insignificant. included within exposures to banks, and treated as 
available-for-sale assets, are covered bonds of £1.1 billion (2011: £1.7 billion). The covered bonds are ultimately secured on a pool of mortgage 
assets in the countries concerned and benefit from over-collateralisation, with an overall weighted maturity of approximately four years. 
Exposures to other financial institutions relate primarily to balances held within insurance companies and funds. no impairments are held 
against these exposures.

At 31 december 2012, the Group’s total gross derivative asset exposure to counterparties registered in the above countries was £754 million 
(2011: £775 million), offset by derivative liabilities of £278 million (2011: £204 million) and cash collateral held of £152 million (2011: £191 million). 
Within the following detailed tables, derivative assets are included within the carrying value column, and derivative liabilities and cash 
collateral are included within the netting column.

Assets held by the insurance business are shareholder assets and are held outside the with-profits and unit-linked funds. Approximately 
£106 million (2011: £127 million) of these exposures relate to direct investments where the issuer is resident in ireland, spain, Portugal, Greece 
or italy and the credit rating is consistent with the tight credit criteria defined under the appropriate investment mandate. The remaining 
exposures relate to interests in two funds domiciled in ireland and administered by scottish Widows investment Partnership (the Global 
liquidity Fund and the short-Term Fund) where in line with the investment mandates, cash is invested in the money markets.  
For these funds, the exposure is analysed on a look through basis to the underlying assets held and the insurance business’ pro rata  
share of these assets rather than treating all the holding in the fund as exposure to ireland. Within the above exposures there are no  
sovereign exposures.

The Group continued to reduce its exposure to these countries and exposures have been proactively managed down in line with its risk 
appetite. The Group’s total exposure has reduced 24 per cent from £24,614 million to £18,703 million.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
160

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

161

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Table 1.33: ireland exposures (unaudited)

sovereign debt

Financial institutions – banks:

Amortised cost

net trading assets

Available-for-sale 

derivatives 

Financial institutions – other:

Amortised cost

net trading assets

derivatives 

Asset backed securities:

Amortised cost

Available-for-sale 

corporate:

Amortised cost 

derivatives 

Off balance sheet exposures

Personal:

Amortised cost 

insurance assets

Total

31 December 2012

31 december 2011

Carrying  
value 
£m 

netting 
£m 

– 

47 

7 

53 

– 

– 

– 

– 

    188 

295 

    (180) 

(180) 

557 

86 

    4 

647 

216 

    89 

305 

5,400 

39 

    534 

5,973 

5,559 

111 

12,890 

– 

– 

  (3) 

(3) 

– 

    – 

– 

– 

(1) 

    – 

(1) 

– 

– 

(184) 

net 
£m 

– 

47 

7 

53 

    8 

115 

557 

86 

  1 

644 

216 

    89 

305 

5,400 

38 

    534 

5,972 

5,559 

111 

12,706 

carrying  
value 
£m 

netting 
£m 

– 

46 

– 

136 

    216 

398 

255 

5 

    12 

272 

221 

    155 

376 

7,949 

32 

    914 

8,895 

6,027 

68 

16,036 

– 

– 

– 

– 

    (191)

(191)

– 

– 

    –

–

– 

    – 

– 

– 

(1)

    – 

(1)

– 

– 

(192)

net 
£m 

– 

46 

– 

136 

    25 

207 

255 

5 

    12 

272 

221 

    155 

376 

7,949 

31 

    914 

8,894 

6,027 

68 

15,844 

The Group held impairment provisions of £6,597 million (2011: £7,961 million) against corporate amortised cost exposures and £1,111 million 
(2011: £1,034 million) against personal amortised cost exposures. £34 million (2011: £170 million) was included in reserves in respect of 
available-for-sale securities included in the table above.

The Group has exposures to a structured vehicle incorporated in ireland. in accordance with the reporting protocol outlined above, the 
exposures classified as Bonds have been reported on the basis of the underlying country of risk, while other exposures have been reported 
against the country of registration of the structured vehicle.

The movement in the period within exposures to financial institutions is primarily due to reverse repurchase transactions secured primarily on 
uK gilts.

see page 153 for further details on irish corporate and personal exposures. The off-balance sheet exposures to corporates are principally 
undrawn facilities.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
160

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

161

Table 1.34: Spain exposures (unaudited)

31 December 2012

31 december 2011

sovereign debt:

direct sovereign exposures

central bank balances

Financial institutions – banks:

Amortised cost

Available-for-sale 

net trading assets

derivatives 

Financial institutions – other:

net trading assets

Asset backed securities:

Amortised cost

Available-for-sale

corporate:

Amortised cost

net trading assets

derivatives

Off balance sheet exposures

Personal:

Amortised cost

Off balance sheet exposures

insurance assets

Total

Carrying  
value 
£m

netting 
£m

5 

    14 

19 

32 

1,055 

64 

    197 

1,348 

7 

31 

     101 

132 

1,427 

1 

197 

    490 

2,115 

1,414 

    58 

1,472 

25 

5,118 

– 

    – 

– 

– 

– 

– 

    (178) 

(178) 

– 

– 

    – 

– 

– 

– 

(5) 

    – 

(5) 

– 

    – 

– 

– 

(183) 

net 
£m

5 

    14 

19 

32 

1,055 

64 

    19 

1,170 

carrying  
value 
£m

17 

    35 

52 

33 

1,548 

59 

    175 

1,815 

7 

7 

31 

    101 

132 

1,427 

1 

192 

    490 

2,110 

1,414 

    58 

1,472 

25 

4,935 

211 

    164 

375 

2,043 

20 

174 

    725 

2,962 

1,615 

    34 

1,649 

39 

6,899 

netting  
£m

– 

    – 

– 

– 

– 

– 

    (123)

(123)

– 

– 

    – 

– 

– 

– 

(7)

    – 

(7)

– 

    – 

– 

– 

(130)

net 
£m

17 

    35 

52 

33 

1,548 

59 

    52 

1,692 

7 

211 

    164 

375 

2,043 

20 

167 

    725 

2,955 

1,615 

    34 

1,649 

39 

6,769 

The Group held impairment provisions of £112 million (2011: £149 million) against corporate amortised cost exposures and £105 million 
(2011: £70 million) against personal amortised cost exposures. £220 million (2011: £349 million) was included in reserves in respect of 
available-for-sale securities included in the table above.

included within exposures to banks, and treated as available-for-sale assets are covered bonds of £1.1 billion (2011: £1.4 billion), which are 
ultimately secured on a pool of mortgage assets in the countries concerned and benefit from over-collateralisation and have an overall 
weighted maturity of approximately four years. The Group has credit default swap positions referenced to banking groups domiciled in spain 
(net short of £4.1 million), which are included in the balances detailed above, and unutilised and uncommitted money market lines and repo 
facilities of approximately £1.0 billion (2011: £1.1 billion) in respect of spanish banks. Bank limits have been closely monitored with amounts and 
tenors reduced where appropriate.

The corporate exposure in spain is mainly local lending (82 per cent of the total spanish exposures) comprising corporate loans and project 
finance facilities (86 per cent) and commercial real estate portfolio (14 per cent). 

Personal exposures within spain are predominantly secured residential mortgages, where about half of the borrowers are expatriates. 
impaired lending represented 7 per cent (2011: 6 per cent) of the portfolio, with a coverage ratio of 90 per cent (2011: 64 per cent).

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131162

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

163

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Table 1.35: Portugal exposures (unaudited)

sovereign debt

Financial institutions – banks:

Amortised cost

net trading assets

Available-for-sale

derivatives

Financial institutions – other:

net trading assets

Asset backed securities:

Amortised cost

Available-for-sale

corporate:

Amortised cost

derivatives

Off balance sheet exposures

Personal:

Amortised cost

insurance assets

Total

31 December 2012

31 december 2011

Carrying  
value 
£m 

– 

14

20

83

    5

122

– 

119

    105

224

86

–

    101

187

10

–

543

netting 
£m 

– 

– 

 –

 –

    (4)

(4)

– 

– 

    – 

– 

– 

– 

    – 

–

–

–

(4)

net 
£m 

– 

14

20

83

    1

118

– 

119

    105

224

86

–

    101

187

10

–

539

carrying  
value 
£m 

netting 
£m 

– 

17 

–

124 

    7 

148 

8 

208 

    133 

341 

100 

13 

    196 

309

11 

– 

817

– 

– 

 –

 –

    (6)

(6)

– 

– 

    – 

– 

– 

 – 

    – 

– 

– 

– 

(6) 

net 
£m 

– 

17 

–

124 

    1 

142 

8 

208 

    133 

341 

100 

 13

    196 

309 

11 

– 

811 

The Group held impairment provisions of £21 million (2011: £25 million) against corporate amortised cost exposures. £55 million 
(2011: £160 million) was included in reserves in respect of available-for-sale securities included in the table above.

Exposures comprise lending to corporates, including a small amount of commercial real estate exposure.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
162

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

163

Table 1.36: Greece exposures (unaudited)

31 December 2012

31 december 2011

sovereign debt

Financial institutions – banks

Financial institutions – other

Asset backed securities:

Amortised cost

Available-for-sale

corporate:

Amortised cost 

derivatives

Off balance sheet exposures

Personal

insurance assets

Total

Carrying  
value 
£m

netting 
£m 

– 

– 

– 

– 

    – 

–  

249 

12 

    16 

277 

– 

– 

277 

– 

– 

– 

–

    – 

– 

– 

– 

    – 

– 

– 

– 

– 

net 
£m 

– 

– 

– 

– 

    – 

– 

249 

12 

    16 

277 

– 

– 

277 

carrying  
value 
£m

netting 
£m 

– 

– 

– 

32 

    23 

55 

364 

19 

    48 

431 

– 

– 

486 

– 

– 

– 

– 

    – 

– 

– 

– 

    – 

– 

– 

– 

– 

net 
£m 

– 

– 

– 

32 

    23 

55 

364 

19 

    48 

431 

– 

– 

486 

The Group held impairment provisions of £40 million (2011: £43 million) against corporate amortised cost exposures. in 2011, £21 million was 
included in reserves in respect of available-for-sale securities included in the table above.

The exposures in Greece principally relate to shipping loans to Greek shipping companies where the assets are generally secured and 
the vessels operate in international waters; repayment is mainly dependent on international trade and the industry is less sensitive to the 
Greek economy.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
164

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

165

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Table 1.37: italy exposures (unaudited)

sovereign debt:

direct sovereign exposures

Financial institutions – banks:

Amortised cost

Available-for-sale

net trading assets

derivatives 

Financial institutions – other:

net trading assets

Asset backed securities:

Amortised cost

Available-for-sale

corporate:

Amortised cost

net trading assets

derivatives

Off balance sheet exposures

Personal

insurance assets

Total

31 December 2012

31 december 2011

Carrying  
value 
£m

netting 
£m 

5 

22 

– 

19 

    58 

99 

– 

– 

    10 

10 

76 

4 

54 

    20 

154 

– 

37 

305 

– 

– 

– 

– 

    (55) 

(55) 

– 

– 

    – 

– 

– 

– 

(4) 

    – 

(4) 

– 

– 

(59) 

net 
£m 

5 

22 

– 

19 

    3 

44 

– 

– 

    10 

10 

76 

4 

50 

    20 

150 

– 

37 

246 

carrying  
value 
£m

netting 
£m 

16 

41 

180 

188 

    91 

500 

17 

26 

    13 

39 

86 

17 

36 

    13 

152 

– 

47 

771 

– 

– 

– 

– 

    (67)

(67)

– 

– 

    – 

– 

– 

– 

– 

    – 

– 

– 

– 

(67)

net 
£m 

16 

41 

180 

188 

    24 

433 

17 

26 

    13 

39 

86 

17 

36 

    13 

152 

– 

47 

704 

The Group held impairment provisions of £2 million (2011: £1 million) against corporate amortised cost exposures. £nil (2011: £17 million) was 
included in reserves in respect of available-for-sale securities included in the table above.

in addition to the above balances there are unutilised and uncommitted money market lines and repo facilities of approximately £0.2 billion 
(2011: £0.6 billion) predominantly in respect of italian banks. Bank limits have been closely monitored with amounts and tenors reduced where 
appropriate.

Exposures comprise lending to corporates, including a small amount of commercial real estate exposure.

164

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

165

Exposures to Eurozone countries
in addition to the exposures detailed above, the Group has the following exposures to sovereign, financial institutions, asset backed securities, 
corporates and personal customers in the following Eurozone countries:

Table 1.38: Other eurozone exposures (unaudited)

At 31 December 2012

netherlands

France

Germany

luxembourg

Belgium

Finland

Malta

cyprus

Austria

slovenia

Estonia   

slovakia

At 31 december 2011

netherlands

France

Germany

luxembourg

Belgium

Finland

Malta

cyprus

Austria

slovenia

Estonia

slovakia

Sovereign debt 
Direct 
sovereign 
exposures 
£m

Cash at 
central  
banks 
£m

1 

6 

33,232 

– 

284 

1,809 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

2 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

Financial institutions

Banks 
£m

Other 
£m

Asset  
backed  
securities 
£m

Corporate 
£m

Personal 
£m

insurance 
assets 
£m 

Total 
£m 

478 

853 

389 

– 

309 

16 

– 

2 

3 

35 

– 

– 

2 

– 

414 

834 

25 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

268 

77 

400 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

2,207 

3,226 

2,117 

1,841 

568 

43 

218 

102 

73 

– 

2 

– 

5,649 

977 

42,814 

312 

1,457 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

977 

71 

64 

214 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

5,931 

6,390 

2,748 

966 

273 

218 

104 

76 

35 

2 

– 

291 

35,043 

2,085 

1,275 

745 

10,397 

5,961 

3,760 

59,557 

– 

217 

656 

2 

74 

– 

– 

– 

2 

– 

– 

– 

9,594 

– 

203 

3 

4 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

712 

1,517 

1,291 

4 

404 

60 

2 

6 

202 

56 

– 

– 

173 

143 

100 

442 

11 

– 

– 

– 

5 

– 

– 

– 

176 

525 

703 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

4,105 

3,796 

2,532 

2,828 

1,617 

56 

305 

204 

97 

– 

2 

– 

6,226 

295 

1 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

960 

1,841 

1,263 

568 

57 

147 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

21,946 

8,334 

6,749 

3,847 

2,167 

263 

307 

210 

306 

56 

2 

– 

951 

9,804 

4,254 

874 

1,404 

15,542 

6,522 

4,836 

44,187 

Total balances with other Eurozone countries have increased from £44,187 million to £59,557 million. This is due to an increase in sovereign 
debt balances held, which primarily relate to central bank balances held for regulatory liquidity purposes. Excluding cash at central banks, the 
remaining overall exposures have reduced by 29 per cent from £34,383 million to £24,514 million. derivatives with sovereigns and sovereign 
referenced credit default swaps are insignificant.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131 
166

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

167

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Eurozone redenomination risk
Redenomination risk arises from the uncertainty over how an exiting member state would deal with pre-incurred euro contractual liabilities 
and, in particular, whether it (or a competent European body) legislates to re-denominate such liabilities into a post-euro currency. it is 
generally expected that an exiting member state would introduce a new national currency and determine an opening rate of exchange, which 
would then change when trading commences in the new currency, exposing the holders of the new currency to the risk of changes in the value 
of the new currency against the Euro. Although considered less likely, multiple member exits may also take place, and in the case of a total 
dissolution of the Eurozone, the Euro may cease to be a valid currency, with the possibility of all states re-introducing their own currencies.

The Group has considered redenomination risk in respect of its exposures to ireland, spain, Portugal, Greece and italy and in the event of a 
member exit believes that the risks can be broadly classified as follows:

 – The Group is not significantly exposed to the redenomination impact of a Greek exit from the Euro as Greek-related exposures are very 

limited and are in any case predominantly ship finance facilities denominated in us dollar or sterling with contracts subject to English law. 
The Group’s exposures to italy, ireland, Portugal and spain are considered to be at potential risk of redenomination. Redenomination of 
contractual liabilities depends on, amongst other things, the terms of relevant contracts, the contents of the legislation passed by the exiting 
member state, the governing law and jurisdiction of the contract and the nationality of the parties of the contracts.

 – The Group has undertaken actions to mitigate redenomination risk for both assets and liabilities where possible, but it is not clear that such 

mitigation will be effective in the event of a member exit.

 – The introduction of one or more new currencies would be likely to lead to significant operational issues for clearing and payment systems. 
The Group continues to work actively with central banks, regulators and with the main clearing and payment systems to better understand 
and mitigate the impact of these risks on the Group and its customers.

166

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

167

environmental risk management
The Group’s policies and procedures ensure it manages the environmental impact of its lending activities. The Group wide credit Risk 
Principles require all credit risk to be incurred with due regard to environmental legislation and the Group’s code of Business Responsibility.

since 2011, an electronic environmental risk screening system has been the primary mechanism for assessing environmental risk in commercial 
Banking. This provides real time screening of location specific and sector based risks that may be present in a transaction. Where a risk is 
identified, the transaction is referred to the Group’s expert in-house Environmental Risk team for further review and assessment, as outlined 
below. Additional support is provided by the Group’s panel of environmental consultants as required.

colleagues are trained in environmental risk management as part of the Group’s standard credit risk training course, and bespoke training can 
be provided upon request. supporting this training, a range of documents are provided to all colleagues online including environmental risk 
theory, procedural guidance, and information on environmental legislation and sector-specific environmental impacts.

Project Finance: Equator Principles
The Group has been a signatory to the Equator Principles since 2006. The Equator Principles support the Group’s approach to assessing and 
managing environmental and social issues in project finance. Project finance is often used to fund the development and construction of major 
infrastructure and industrial projects. The Equator Principles are applicable to project finance transactions above us$10 million and provide a 
framework to support responsible decision making.

The Group has a robust, Group wide approach to assess, monitor and report Equator Principle transactions. it also provides ongoing training 
for lending officers and more in-depth training for colleagues working in project finance is offered.

Projects are categorised depending on the level of perceived environmental and social risk and magnitude of impact they pose. The 
categories are as follows:

category A – Projects with potential significant adverse social or environmental impacts that are diverse, irreversible or unprecedented;

category B – Projects with potential limited adverse social or environmental impacts that are few in number, generally site-specific, largely 
reversible and readily addressed through mitigation measures; and

category c – Projects with minimal or no social or environmental impacts.

lending officers are responsible for undertaking initial classification of transactions that qualify under the Equator Principles. Their 
assessments are subject to further review by the in-house Environmental Risk team and retained consultant, and for higher risk transactions 
by the Equator Principles Review Group, comprising experts from both the Risk and Project Finance teams. This ensures that each transaction 
is compliant and is consistent with the Group’s environmental risk policy. A range of training and support materials are provided to risk and 
transactional colleagues to ensure that they are familiar with the requirements of the Principles.

since 2011, the Group has participated in the Equator Principles strategic Review process (‘Equator Principles iii’) which is examining the scope 
of application, transparency, implementation and governance of the Principles. The process is nearing completion, and it is envisaged that the 
final version of Equator Principles iii will be published in 2013. The Group is currently reviewing its approach to the Equator Principles to ensure 
that it fully complies with the new requirements once introduced.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131 Group Credit Principles Environmental RiskCredit PoliciesBusiness Unit PrecessesSupporting toolsInitial transaction screeningDetailed reviewEnvironmental due diligenceEnvironmental risk approvalRelationship teamsIn-house team, retained consultancyPanel consultants(including any conditions)Sector briefingsLegislation briefingsTable 1.39: Environmental risk management approach 168

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

169

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Table 1.40: Status of Categorised Projects (unaudited)

completed

in progress

not completed

Table 1.41: Status of Projects by industry (unaudited)

completed

in progress

not completed

A

2

–

–

2

B

13

3

–

16

C

5

–

–

5

Renewables

infrastructure

energy and 
Utilities

9

2

–

11

11

1

–

12

–

–

–

–

Total

20

3

–

23

Total

20

3

–

23

2012 has seen a continuation of the Group’s involvement in the development of low carbon electricity generation with significant lending in 
support of Government targets for decarbonisation of the power sector. The Group’s commitments to renewable energy now support over 
1700MW of capacity, sufficient to power around 2 million homes. in addition, the Group continues to be the largest provider of finance after 
the European investment Bank to the offshore transmission ownership scheme designed by the Government to encourage investment in large 
scale offshore wind farms and helping create significant investment and jobs in uK energy infrastructure. 

Table 1.42: industry of Completed Transactions (unaudited)

Renewables

infrastructure

Energy and utilities

Table 1.43: Geography of Completed Transactions (unaudited)

uK

Americas

Europe

Australasia

no.

9

11

–

20

C

4

–

–

1 

5 

£m

254

651

–

905

Total

9

7

1

3

20

A

–

–

–

2 

2 

B

5

7

1

–

13

during 2012, no transaction was declined on environmental or social risk grounds, nor approved with exceptions.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
168

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

169

Conduct risk             

Definition
conduct risk is defined as the risk of customer detriment or censure and/or a reduction in 
earnings/value, through financial or reputational loss, from inappropriate or poor customer 
treatment or business conduct.

Risk appetite
The Group has zero risk appetite for systemic unfair customer outcomes arising from product 
design, sales or other after sales processes. This appetite is reviewed and approved annually by 
the Board. To achieve this, the Group has policies, processes and standards which provide the 
framework for businesses and colleagues to operate in accordance with the laws, regulations  
and voluntary codes which apply to the Group and its activities.

A more customer-centric culture 
where we do the right things.

exposures
conduct risk affects all aspects of the Group’s operations, all types of customers and other 
stakeholders. There is currently a high level of scrutiny regarding conduct risk and treatment of 
customers by financial institutions from the press, politicians and regulatory bodies. The Group has been actively managing conduct issues 
as part of its conduct strategy and has undertaken a range of actions in respect of both front and back book of business. Work continues to 
close back book issues such as payment protection insurance and drive down complaint volumes. An ongoing focus on the delivery of fair 
outcomes, business standards and the implementation of the conduct strategy, which will make greater use of technology and metrics to 
determine inherent conduct risks, will facilitate earlier detection and mitigation of conduct issues.

Measurement
conduct risks are measured against a set of risk appetite measures, with appropriate limits and triggers, which have been approved by the 
Board. Metrics include assessments of products, sales, aftersales and fair outcomes for customers. 

These appetites and metrics are tracked within the Group’s three lines of defence control framework. Business areas track and report the 
conduct risks in their business. These reports are challenged by Risk division and contribute to reporting on conduct risk provided to the 
Group compliance and conduct committee, the Group Risk committee and the Board Risk committee. 

Mitigation
Mitigation is undertaken across the Group and consists of the following components:

 – Risks are assessed by the business and controls put in place to mitigate them.

 – Oversight and assurance of conduct risks within the business.

 – Theme reviews to assess customer treatment and fair outcomes.

 – senior business leaders monitor the progress of these assessments and mitigations.

 – Material risks and issues are escalated to Group-level bodies which challenge the business on its management of risks and issues.

 – Mandated policies and processes require minimum control frameworks, management information and standards to be implemented.

Monitoring
Business unit risk exposure is reported to Risk division where it is aggregated and reported at Group level. The report forms the basis of 
challenge to the business at the monthly Group compliance and conduct Risk committee. This committee may escalate matters to the chief 
Risk Officer, or higher committees. The report also forms the basis of the regulatory sections in the Group’s consolidated risk reporting.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131     
170

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

171

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Market risk             

Definition
Market risk is defined as the risk that unfavourable market moves (including changes in and 
increased volatility of interest rates, market-implied inflation rates, credit spreads and prices for 
bonds, foreign exchange rates, equity, property and commodity prices and other instruments), 
lead to reductions in earnings and/or value. 

Risk appetite
The Group’s overall appetite for market risk is reviewed and approved annually by the Board. 
With the support of the Group Asset and liability committee, the Group chief Executive 
allocates this risk appetite across the Group. individual members of the Group Executive 
committee ensure that market risk appetite is further cascaded to an appropriate level within 
their areas of responsibility.

The Group’s trading activity 
is small relative to its peers 
and the Group does not have a 
programme of proprietary trading 
activities.

exposures
Trading portfolios
The Group’s trading activity is small relative to its peers and the Group does not have a programme of proprietary trading activities. The 
average 95 per cent 1-day trading Value at Risk (VaR) was £7.0 million for the year to 31 december 2012 (2011: £6 million). Most of the Group’s 
trading activity is undertaken to meet the requirements of wholesale and retail customers for foreign exchange and interest rate products.

Banking activities 
The Group’s banking activities expose it to the risk of adverse movements in interest rates, credit spreads, exchange rates and equity prices, 
with little or no exposure to commodity risk. The volatility of market values can be affected by both the transparency of prices and the amount 
of liquidity in the market for the relevant asset.

Market risk in the Group’s retail portfolios and in the Group’s capital and funding activities arises from the different repricing characteristics 
of the Group’s non-trading assets and liabilities. interest rate risk arises predominantly from the mismatch between interest rate insensitive 
liabilities and interest rate sensitive assets.

Risk also arises from the margin of interbank rates over central bank rates. A further banking risk arises from competitive pressures on product 
terms in existing loans and deposits, which sometimes restricts the Group in its ability to change interest rates applying to customers in 
response to changes in interbank and central bank rates.

Foreign currency risk also arises from the Group’s investment in its overseas operations. net investment exposures are disclosed (see note 55 
on page 319) and it is Group policy to hedge non-functional currency exposures.

insurance portfolios
The Group’s insurance activities also expose it to market risk, encompassing interest rate, exchange rate, property, credit spreads and 
equity risk:

 – With Profit Funds are managed with the aim of generating rates of return consistent with policyholders’ expectations and this involves the 

mismatch of assets and liabilities.

 – unit-linked liabilities are matched with the same assets that are used to define the liability but future fee income is dependent upon the 

performance of those assets. (This forms part of the Value of in-force business, see note 29 on page 256).

 – For other insurance liabilities the aim is to invest in assets such that the cash flows on investments will match those on the projected future 

liabilities. it is not possible to eliminate risk completely as the timing of insured events is uncertain and bonds are not available at all of 
the required maturities. As a result, the cash flows cannot be precisely matched and so sensitivity tests are used to test the extent of the 
mismatch. Further, in assessing the current value of these future cashflows, it is not always possible to achieve equally resilient levels of 
matching between the different capital measures that are used to assess regulatory solvency.

 – surplus assets are held primarily in four portfolios: (a) in the long-term funds within the life insurance companies; (b) in the corresponding 

shareholder funds; (c) in investment portfolios within the general insurance business; and (d) within the main fund of Heidelberger 
lebensversicherung AG.

defined benefit pension schemes
The Group’s defined benefit pension schemes are exposed to significant risks from the constituent parts of their assets and from the present 
value of their liabilities, primarily equity and real interest rate risk. For further information on defined benefit pension scheme assets and 
liabilities please refer to note 42 on page 271.

Measurement
Market risk is managed within a Board approved framework and risk appetite. A variety of risk measures are used such as: 

 – sensitivity based measures (e.g. sensitivity to 1 basis point move in interest rates).

 – Percentile based measures (e.g. VaR).

 – scenario/stress based measures (e.g. single factor stresses, macroeconomic scenarios). 

in addition, profit and loss triggers are used in the Trading Books in order to ensure that mitigating action is considered if profit and loss 
becomes volatile. Both VaR and standard stress measures are used in setting divisional market risk appetite limits and triggers.

170

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

171

Although an important market standard measure of risk, VaR has limitations. These arise from the use of limited historical data, an assumed 
distribution, defined holding periods, set confidence intervals and frequency of calculation. The exposure level at the confidence interval 
does not convey any information about potential losses which may arise if this level is exceeded. A 95 per cent confidence interval with a 1-day 
holding period is equivalent to an expected 1 in 20 day loss. 

The Group recognises these limitations and supplements the use of VaR with a variety of other techniques more suited to the nature of the 
business activity. These include interest rate repricing gaps, open exchange positions and sensitivity analysis. stress testing and scenario 
analysis are also used in certain portfolios and at Group level, to simulate the impact of extreme conditions and to understand more fully the 
interdependence of different parts of the balance sheet. These measures are reviewed regularly by senior management to inform effective 
decision making.

Trading portfolios
Based on the 1-day 95 per cent confidence level, assuming positions are held overnight and using observation periods of the preceding 300 
business days, the VaR for the years ended 31 december 2012 and 2011 based on the Group’s global trading positions is detailed in table 1.44.

The risk of loss measured by the VaR model is the potential loss in earnings given the confidence level and assumptions noted above. The 
total and average trading VaR does not assume any diversification benefit across the five risk types, which now include inflation. 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 as 
a whole. The Group internally uses VaR as the primary measure for all trading book positions arising from short term market facing activity. 
Trading book VaR (1-day 99 per cent) is compared daily against both forecast and actual profit and loss.

Table 1.44: Trading portfolios: vaR 1-day 95 per cent confidence level (audited)
Most of the Group’s trading activity is undertaken to meet the requirements of wholesale and retail customers for foreign exchange and 
interest rate products.

At 31 December 2012

interest rate risk

Foreign exchange risk

Equity risk

credit spread risk

inflation risk

Total VaR

At 31 december 2011

interest rate risk

Foreign exchange risk

Equity risk

credit spread risk

inflation risk

Total VaR

Close
£m

Average
£m

Maximum
£m

Minimum
£m

2.8 

0.3 

– 

0.8 

0.5 

4.4 

4.2 

0.4 

– 

1.9 

0.5 

7.0 

7.4 

1.0 

– 

3.6 

1.3 

 11.4 

1.9 

0.02 

– 

0.7 

0.1 

4.1 

close
£m

Average
£m

Maximum
£m

Minimum
£m

2.6 

0.4 

– 

3.1 

0.2 

6.3 

3.0 

0.5 

– 

2.3 

0.2 

6.0 

5.9 

1.6 

– 

4.5 

0.5 

9.7 

1.8 

0.2 

– 

1.0 

0.1 

4.1 

Open market risk for the trading operations continues to be low with respect to the size of the Group and similar institutions, reflecting the fact 
that the Group’s trading operations are customer-centric, focusing on hedging and recycling client risks.

Banking activities
Market risk in non-trading books consists almost entirely of exposure to changes in interest rates including the margin between interbank 
and central bank rates. This is the potential impact on earnings and value that could occur when, if rates fall, liabilities cannot be re-priced as 
quickly or by as much as assets; or when, if rates rise, assets cannot be re-priced as quickly or by as much as liabilities.

Risk exposure is monitored monthly using, primarily, market value sensitivity. This methodology considers all re-pricing mismatches in the 
current balance sheet and calculates the change in market value that would result from a set of defined interest rate shocks. Where re-pricing 
maturity is based on assumptions about customer behaviour these assumptions are also reviewed monthly. A limit structure exists to ensure 
that risks stemming from residual and temporary positions or from changes in assumptions about customer behaviour remain within the 
Group’s risk appetite.

The following table shows, split by material currency, the Group’s sensitivities at 31 december 2012 to an immediate up and down 25 basis 
points change to all interest rates.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131172

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

173

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Table 1.45: Banking activities: Market value sensitivity (audited)

sterling

us dollar

Euro

Australian dollar

Other

Total

2012

2011

Up 25bps 
£m

Down 25bps 
£m

up 25bps 
£m

down 25bps 
£m

104.9 

14.9 

14.5 

1.0 

(0.1) 

(108.3)

(16.7)

(8.5)

(1.0)

0.1

135.2 

(134.4)

 (53.1)

 (0.4)

 (15.7)

 (1.8)

 (1.4)

(72.4)

54.7

0.3

15.9

1.8

1.3

74.0

The Group always seeks to maintain minimal interest rate re-pricing mismatch in its banking books. At any point in time, however, some 
small level of transitory risk will always exist pending, for example, contrary offsetting customer flows and the efficient hedging of the net 
position with the external market. in addition, during 2012, a number of risks to income have been managed. These include the potential 
risk of liBOR rising relative to the Bank of England Base Rate and the risk to net interest Margin of all interest rates remaining lower for 
longer than is implied by current market prices. such strategic hedges are executed only with the explicit approval of the Group Asset and 
liability committee. Overall this hedge portfolio has varied during 2012 as the Group Asset and liability committee, in response to changing 
economic conditions, has periodically reviewed and revised its opinion as to which of these various risks is the most likely to crystallise. 

Base case market value is calculated on the basis of the Group’s balance sheet with re-pricing dates adjusted according to behavioural 
assumptions. The above sensitivities show how this projected market value would change in response to an immediate parallel shift to all 
relevant interest rates – market and administered.

This is a risk based disclosure and the amounts shown would be amortised in the income statement over the duration of the portfolio. 
The measure, however, is simplified in that it assumes all interest rates, for all currencies and maturities, move at the same time and by the 
same amount.

insurance portfolios
Market risks within the insurance business are measured using a variety of techniques including stress and scenario testing and, where 
appropriate, stochastic modelling. current and potential future market risk exposures are assessed and aggregated using risk measures based 
on 1-in-200 year stresses for insurance’s individual capital Assessment (icA) and other supporting measures, including, profit before tax, 
where appropriate. The stresses include sensitivities on the risk-free rate, equity investment volatility, widening of credit default spreads on 
corporate bonds and an increase in illiquidity premia, as applied to profit before tax and set out in note 38 on page 269.

defined benefit pension schemes
Management of the assets of the Group’s defined benefit pension schemes is the responsibility of the scheme Trustees, who also appoint the 
scheme Actuaries to perform the triennial valuations. The Group monitors its defined benefit pension exposure holistically using a variety of 
metrics including accounting and economic deficits and contribution rates. These and other measures are regularly reviewed by the Group 
Asset and liability committee and the Group Market Risk committee and used in discussions with the Trustees, through whom any risk 
management and mitigation activity must be conducted. 

The schemes’ main exposures are to equity risk, real rate risk and credit spread risk. Accounting for the defined benefit pension schemes 
under international Accounting standard (iAs) 19 spreads any adverse impacts of these risks over time.

Mitigation
Various mitigation activities are undertaken across the Group to manage portfolios and seek to ensure they remain within approved limits.

Trading portfolios and Banking activities
Management of the balance sheet is centralised and overseen by the Group Asset and liability committee. interest rate risk arising from the 
different repricing characteristics of the Group’s non-trading assets and liabilities, and from the mismatch between interest rate insensitive 
assets and interest rate sensitive liabilities, is managed centrally. Matching assets and liabilities are offset against each other and interest rate 
swaps are also used to manage the residual exposure to within the non-traded market risk appetite.

The corporate and retail businesses incur foreign exchange risk in the course of providing services to their customers. All non-structural 
foreign exchange exposures in the non-trading book are transferred to the trading area where they are monitored and controlled within the 
trading risk appetite and any residual risk is hedged in the market.

insurance portfolios
investment holdings are diversified across markets and, within markets, across sectors. Holdings are diversified to minimise specific risk and 
the relative size of large individual exposures is monitored closely. For assets held outside unit-linked funds, investments are only permitted in 
countries and markets which are sufficiently regulated and liquid.

172

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

173

Monitoring
The Group Asset and liability committee and the Group Market Risk committee regularly review high level market risk exposure, as part 
of the wider risk management framework. They also make recommendations to the Group chief Executive 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 division and where appropriate, escalation procedures are in place.

Trading portfolios and Banking activities
Trading is restricted to a number of specialist centres, the most important centre being the treasury and trading business in london. These 
centres also manage market risk in the wholesale non-trading portfolios, both in the uK and internationally. The level of exposure is strictly 
controlled and monitored within approved limits. Active management of the wholesale portfolios is necessary to meet customer requirements 
and changing market circumstances.

Market risk in the Group’s retail portfolios and in the Group’s capital and funding activities is managed centrally within triggers defined in the 
Group policy for interest rate risk in the banking book, which is reviewed and approved annually.

insurance portfolios
Market risk exposures from the insurance business are controlled via approved investment policies and triggers set with reference to the 
Group’s overall risk appetite and regularly reviewed by the Group Market Risk committee:

 – The With Profit Funds are managed in accordance with the relevant fund’s principles and practices of financial management and legal 

requirements.

 – The investment strategy for other insurance liabilities is determined by the term and nature of the underlying liabilities and asset/liability 

matching positions are actively monitored. Actuarial tools are used to project and match the cash flows.

 – investment strategy for surplus assets held in excess of liabilities takes account of the legal, regulatory and internal business requirements for 

capital to be held to support the business now and in the future.

defined benefit pension schemes
The Group agrees strategies for the overall mix of pension assets with the defined benefit pension scheme Trustees.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131174

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

175

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Operational risk             

Definition
Operational risk is defined as the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, 
people and systems or from external events.

The Group has implemented an Operational Risk Framework which embraces the risk 
life-cycle of identification; measurement and assessment; management via appropriate 
mitigants and controls; and monitoring and reporting. To ensure the rigour of the Operational 
Risk Framework, the Group defines operational risks in the form of a number of discrete 
categories, the principal ones being:

The Group continues  
to operate a robust control 
environment with regular  
review and investment.

Customer Processes – The risk of reductions in earnings and/or value, through financial or 
reputational loss, resulting from poor externally facing business processes. customer process 
risk includes customer transaction and processing errors due to incorrect capturing of customer 
information and/or system failure.

Security – The risk of reductions in earnings and/or value, through financial or reputational loss, resulting 
from theft of or damage to the Group’s assets, the loss, corruption, misuse or theft of the Group’s information 
assets or threats or actual harm to the Group’s people. This also includes risks relating to terrorist acts, other acts of war, geopolitical, 
pandemic or other such events.

iT Systems and resilience – The risk of reductions in earnings and/or value through financial or reputational loss resulting from the failure to 
develop, deliver or maintain effective iT solutions. This includes the resilience of the Group’s iT infrastructure and systems, rigorous change 
control processes to minimise the risk of incidents impacting their availability, and formal business continuity and recovery arrangements 
which are designed and tested to evidence the recoverability of key services within prescribed timescales. significant business-wide incidents 
are managed via an incident management process, which is subject to frequent testing.

Supplier Management – The risk of reductions in earnings and/or value through financial or reputational loss from services with outsourced 
partners or third-party suppliers.

Risk Appetite
The Group has developed an impact on earnings approach to operational risk appetite. This involves looking at how much the Group could 
lose due to operational risk losses at various levels of certainty.

in setting operational risk appetite, the Group looks at both impact on solvency and the Group’s reputation. Appetite is defined and 
monitored relative to a number of key indicators, including the size and numbers of material events, and the amounts of operational risk losses 
that have arisen.

exposures
The Group’s success depends on its ability to attract, retain and develop high calibre talent. Achievement of this aim cannot be guaranteed, 
particularly in light of ongoing regulatory and public interest in remuneration practices. Macroeconomic conditions and negative media 
attention on the financial services industry may also adversely impact employee retention, colleague sentiment and engagement.

The continuing structural consolidation and the sale of part of the branch network under Project Verde may result in disruption of senior 
management’s ability to lead and manage the Group effectively. The level and impact of change is managed via robust change management 
governance and a consolidated strategic change Plan. There are separate Governance arrangements in place in Project Verde to oversee the 
impacts of the divestment on the retained business customers, operations and controls. 

The Group’s businesses are dependent on processing and reporting accurately and efficiently a high volume of complex transactions across 
numerous and diverse products and services, in different currencies and subject to a number of different legal and regulatory regimes. The 
complexity of these operations presents potential risks. in addition, any breach in security of the Group’s systems could disrupt its business, 
result in the disclosure of confidential information and create significant financial and legal exposure. 

Terrorist acts, other acts of war or hostility, geopolitical, pandemic or other such events and responses to those acts/events may create economic 
and political uncertainties, which could have a material adverse effect on uK and international macroeconomic conditions generally, and more 
specifically on the Group’s results of operations, financial condition or prospects in ways that cannot necessarily be predicted.

174

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

175

Measurement
The Group manages its operational risks via a risk framework which includes definition, monitoring and measurement against appetite 
targets and thresholds. Appetites are defined with limits and triggers which are approved by the Board and which are regularly reviewed 
and monitored by the Group Operational Risk committee. The Group monitors events and losses by size, business unit and internal risk 
categories. The table below shows high level loss and event trends using Basel ii categories.

Table 1.46: Operational risk events by risk category (unaudited)

Business disruption and system failures

clients, products and business practices

damage to physical assets

Employee practices and workplace safety

Execution, delivery and process management

External fraud

internal fraud

Total

% of total volume

% of total losses

2012

1.08

15.27

0.32

0.14

24.90

58.02

0.27

2011 

1.03

18.89

0.16

0.68

29.67

48.89

0.68

2012

1.46

58.65

0.24

0.10

27.19

11.99

0.37

2011

1.63

54.40

0.26

0.23

28.65

12.98

1.85

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

in 2012, the highest frequency of events occurred in External Fraud (58.0 per cent) and Execution, delivery and Process Management 
(24.9 per cent). clients, Products and Business Practices accounted for 58.7 per cent of losses (54.4 per cent in 2011). The continued high 
proportion of losses in this category is driven by legacy issues.

The operational risk profile of the Group as a whole and of individual business areas is regularly reviewed within the overarching three lines of 
defence control framework. Business area reports are reviewed and challenged at Risk division level, whilst audit and assurance teams ensure 
that all levels of reporting are subject to rigorous scrutiny. 

Operational risk appetites and actual exposures are used by the Group to calculate the appropriate holding of operational risk regulatory 
capital under the internal capital Adequacy Assessment Process (icAAP). The Group calculates its operational risk capital requirements using 
the standardised Approach (TsA), which the Basel committee states as being appropriate for an “internationally active” bank.

Mitigation
Operational risk is relevant to every aspect of the Group’s business and activities. The Group’s operational risk framework consists of the 
following key components:

 – identification and categorisation of the key operational risks facing a business area, including defining risk appetite;

 – Risk assessment, including impact assessment of financial and non-financial impacts (e.g. reputational risk) for each of the key risks to which 

the business area is exposed;

 – control assessment, evaluating the effectiveness of the control framework covering each of the key risks to which the business area 

is exposed;

 – loss and incident management, capturing actions to manage any losses facing a business area;

 – The development of key risk indicators for management reporting, including the monitoring of risk appetite;

 – Oversight and assurance of the risk management framework in businesses; and

 – scenarios for estimation of potential loss exposures for material risks.

The Group purchases insurance to mitigate certain operational risk events.

Monitoring
Monitoring and reporting is undertaken at Board, Group and business area committee levels, in accordance with delegated limits of authority 
which are themselves regularly reviewed and refreshed. Business unit risk exposure is reported to Risk division where it is aggregated at Group 
level and a report prepared. The report is discussed at the monthly Group Operational Risk committee, and matters can be escalated to the 
chief Risk Officer, or higher committees, if appropriate. A combination of systems, monthly reports from business areas, and oversight and 
challenge from the Risk division ensures that key risk measures are presented and debated on a monthly basis to an Executive audience. 

The insurance programme is 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. 

The Group has adopted a formal approach to operational risk event escalation. This involves the identification of an event, an assessment of 
the materiality of the event in accordance with a risk event impact matrix and appropriate escalation.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131176

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

177

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

People risk             

Definition
People risk is defined as the risk that the Group fails to lead, manage and enable colleagues to 
deliver to customers, shareholders and regulators leading to reductions in earnings and/or  
value.

Risk appetite
The Group’s appetite for people risk is reviewed and approved annually by the Board. The 
high level appetite is described as: The Group leads responsibly and proficiently, manages 
people resource effectively, supports and develops colleague talent, and meets legal and 
regulatory obligations related to its people. 

To achieve this, the Group has developed and implemented policies and processes that provide a 
framework where the Group’s businesses and colleagues can operate in accordance with the laws, 
regulations and voluntary codes that apply to the Group and its activities.

The quality, effectiveness  
and engagement of  
colleagues are fundamental  
to the Group’s successful delivery 
of its strategy.

exposures
The major sources of people risk over the course of the next year can be grouped into four key areas; 

 – The ongoing divestment of the bank’s branch network under project Verde continues to stretch resources in parts of the Group and increase 

operational complexity. 

 – increased regulatory scrutiny of incentive and remuneration practices, and Approved Persons following recent changes to domestic and 

international regulatory structures.

 – colleague engagement, in the context of macroeconomic conditions, Group restructuring, and continued media scrutiny.

 – Political and regulatory scrutiny of sales practices, culture and ethical behaviours within the financial services industry will remain a key risk to 

the Group’s strategic direction for the foreseeable future.

Measurement
People risk is measured through a series of quantitative and qualitative indicators, calibrated against the Group’s risk appetite and monitored 
on a monthly basis via the Group’s risk reporting structure. 

Mitigation
The Group undertakes a variety of programmes which aim to manage its people risks; there are currently four key areas of activity;

 – The Group focuses on leadership and colleague retention, including initiatives and strategies to attract, develop and retain high-calibre 

colleagues and that cross-Group succession planning is well implemented.

 – The Group places considerable emphasis on its responsibilities arising from the FsA’s Approved Persons regime, Remuneration code and 

other people-focused regulatory requirements; this includes dedicating resources across the Group, and the provision of training, guidance 
and oversight of senior management’s knowledge and delivery of their accountabilities.

 – The Group continues to develop colleagues’ awareness of their responsibilities in managing risk in their role through the embedding 
of codes of Personal and Business Responsibility which ensure a strong focus on fair customer outcomes and support the effective 
management of the Group’s overall risk profile.

 – Finally, the Group takes a proactive approach in fostering an ethical banking model and enforcing against lapses in ethical behaviour, 

through strong management of staff incentive adjustments, effective people risk and performance management, and promoting strong 
risk-based behaviours within its culture.

Monitoring
People risks from across the Group are reported through the first line of defence. Key people risks are then escalated to the relevant 
operational or regulatory oversight committees. Key people risks are assessed in the context of the Group’s wider risk profile, and tracked 
to remediation. 

176

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

177

Liquidity and funding risk             

Definition
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. Funding risk is defined 
as the risk that the Group does not have sufficiently stable and diverse sources of funding or 
the funding structure is inefficient.

Risk appetite
liquidity and funding risk appetite for the banking businesses is set by the Board and this 
statement of the Group’s overall appetite for liquidity risk is reviewed and approved annually by 
the Board. With the support of the Group Asset and liability committee (GAlcO), the Group 
chief Executive allocates this risk appetite across the Group. Risk is reported against appetite 
through various metrics that enable the Group to manage liquidity and funding constraints. The 
Group chief Executive, assisted by GAlcO regularly reviews performance against risk appetite.

We have significantly 
strengthened our liquidity  
and funding position,  
leaving the Group  
well positioned  
for growth.

exposure
liquidity exposure represents the amount of potential outflows in any future period less expected inflows. liquidity 
is considered from both an internal and regulatory perspective.

Measurement
A series of measures are used across the Group to monitor both short and long-term liquidity including: ratios, cash outflow triggers, 
wholesale funding maturity profile, early warning indicators and stress test survival period triggers. The Board approved liquidity risk appetite 
covers a range of metrics considered key to maintaining a strong liquidity and funding position, with regular reporting to GAlcO and the 
Board. strict criteria and limits are in place to ensure highly liquid marketable securities are available as part of the portfolio of liquid assets.

details of contractual maturities for assets and liabilities form an important source of information for the management of liquidity risk. note 55 
on page 336 sets out an analysis of assets and liabilities by relevant maturity grouping. in order to reflect more accurately the expected 
behaviour of the Group’s assets and liabilities, measurement and modelling of the behavioural aspects of each is constructed. divisional 
teams form a view of customer behaviour based on quantitative and qualitative analysis and these assumptions are subject to governance via 
divisional asset and liability committees. This also forms the foundation of the Group’s stress testing framework on which the Group’s liquidity 
controls are based.

Mitigation
The Group mitigates the risk of a liquidity mismatch in excess of its risk appetite by managing the liquidity profile of the balance sheet through 
both short-term liquidity management and through the life of the funding plan. short-term liquidity management is considered from two 
perspectives; business as usual and liquidity under stressed conditions, both of which relate to funding in the less than one year time horizon. 
longer term funding is used to manage the Group’s strategic liquidity profile which is determined by the Group’s balance sheet structure. 
longer term is defined as having an original maturity of more than one year.

The Group’s funding and liquidity position is underpinned by its significant customer deposit base, and has been supported by stable 
funding from the wholesale markets with a reduced dependence on short-term wholesale funding. A substantial proportion of the retail 
deposit base is made up of customers’ current and savings accounts which, although repayable on demand, have traditionally in aggregate 
provided a stable source of funding. Additionally, the Group accesses the short-term wholesale markets to raise interbank deposits and to 
issue certificates of deposit and commercial paper to meet short-term obligations. The Group’s appetite for short-term money market funding 
is based on a qualitative analysis of the market’s capacity for the Group’s credit. The Group has developed strong relationships with certain 
wholesale market segments, and also has access to corporate customers to supplement its retail deposit base.

The Group actively manages its balance sheet and contingent liabilities by ensuring that the internal pricing mechanism for funds within the 
Group fully incorporates liquidity costs. This transfer pricing mechanism ensures that liquidity risk is reflected in product pricing and supports 
the overall Group balance sheet strategy and that the correct behaviours and decisions are rewarded.

The ability to deploy assets quickly, either through the repo market or through outright sale, is also an important source of liquidity for the 
Group’s banking businesses. The Group holds sizeable balances of high grade marketable debt securities as set out in Table 1.48 which can 
be sold to provide, or used to secure, additional short term funding should the need arise from either market counterparties or central bank 
facilities (Bank of England, European central Bank, Federal Reserve and Reserve Bank of Australia).

Monitoring
liquidity is actively monitored at business unit and Group level. Routine reporting is in place to senior management and through the Group’s 
committee structure, in particular GAlcO which meets monthly. in a stress situation the level of monitoring and reporting is increased 
commensurate with the nature of the stress event. liquidity policies and procedures are subject to independent internal oversight. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131178

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

179

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

daily monitoring and control processes are in place to address 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. These are a mixture of 
quantitative and qualitative measures including daily variation of customer balances, changes in maturity profiles, cash outflows, funding 
concentration, primary liquidity portfolio, credit default swap (cds) spreads and changing funding costs. 

in addition, the framework has two other important components:

 –  Firstly, the Group carries out stress testing of its liquidity and potential cash flow mismatch position over both short (up to two weeks) and 
longer term (up to three months) horizons against a range of scenarios, including those prescribed by the FsA, on an ongoing basis. The 
scenarios and the assumptions are reviewed at least annually to gain assurance they continue to be relevant to the nature of the business. 
The Group’s liquidity risk appetite is also calibrated against a number of stressed liquidity metrics.

scenarios cover both Group specific and market wide difficulties. The Group calculates the stressed cash flow mismatch under the 
prescribed FsA scenarios, which include the effect of credit rating agency downgrades; the idiosyncratic, market wide and combined 
stresses. The Group also calculates the stressed cash flow position under a range of the Group’s own scenarios reflecting possible future 
liquidity risks. These scenarios cover us market disruption, market counterparty failure, uK sovereign rating downgrade and a Eurozone 
stress. The key risk driver assumptions applied to the scenarios are:

Liquidity risk driver

Market wide and Group specific stresses

Wholesale funding

Outflows calculated based on contractual maturity of wholesale funding with limited roll over.

Marketable asset

Haircut widening and repos assumed not to roll on contractual maturity.

Retail and commercial funding

substantial outflows on customer deposit base.

intra-day liquidity

liquidity required for clearing and payment systems under stressed conditions.

intra group liquidity

Requirements from the stressed position of subsidiaries.

Off balance sheet

stressed cash outflows from commitments granted. specifically, commitments granted include the 
pipeline of new business awaiting completion as well as other standby or revolving credit facilities.

downgrade

contractual outflows resulting from short and long-term rating downgrades.

Franchise viability

Actions that need to be taken to maintain the Group’s core business franchise and reputation.

liquidity stress tests are applied to the Group’s funding plan to project possible future stressed positions. The funding plan is also stressed 
against a range of macroeconomic scenarios, including those prescribed by the FsA under the Pillar ii ‘anchor’ scenario. The Group applies 
its own macroeconomic stress scenarios, covering a stagnation and a recession.

 – secondly, the Group has a contingency funding plan embedded within the Group liquidity Policy which has been designed to identify 

emerging liquidity concerns at an early stage, so that mitigating actions can be taken to avoid a more serious crisis developing. contingency 
funding plan invocation and escalation processes are based on analysis of five major quantitative and qualitative components, comprising 
assessment of: early warning indicators, prudential and regulatory liquidity risk limits and triggers, stress testing results, event and systemic 
indicators and market intelligence. 

The planned introduction of the liquidity coverage Ratio (lcR – minimum requirement will begin at 60 per cent in January 2015 rising in equal 
annual steps of 10 per cent to reach 100 per cent in January 2019) and the introduction of the net stable Funding Ratio (nsFR – January 2018) 
contained within cRd iV are intended to raise the resilience of banks to potential liquidity shocks and provide the basis for a harmonised 
approach to liquidity risk management. The guidance issued by the Basel committee is still subject to final ratification by the Eu and the 
methodology is likely to be refined on the basis of feedback from banks and regulators during the observation period. The Group has invested 
considerable resource to ensure that it satisfies the governance, reporting and stress testing requirements of the FsA’s individual liquidity 
Adequacy standards liquidity regime and will satisfy the agreed final nsFR and lcR requirements. The Group monitors and forecasts the 
Group’s nsFR and lcR. The actions already announced to right size the balance sheet are expected to ensure compliance with the future 
minimum standards. These standards are expected to be 100 per cent for both ratios by their respective effective dates.

during the year, the individual entities within the Group, and the Group, complied with all of the external regulatory liquidity and funding 
requirements to which they are subject.

Liquidity and funding management in 2012
liquidity and funding continues to remain a key area of focus for the Group and the industry as a whole. like all major banks, the Group is 
dependent on confidence in the short and long-term wholesale funding markets. should the Group, due to exceptional circumstances, be 
unable to continue to source sustainable funding, its ability to fund its financial obligations could be impacted.

178

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

179

during the first half of 2012 the Group accelerated term funding initiatives and the run down of certain non-core asset portfolios allowing 
a further reduction in money market funding and total government and central bank facilities. This has significantly reduced exposure to 
wholesale outflows and rating agency downgrades. The Group repaid its remaining drawings under the Government’s credit Guarantee 
scheme in full, in line with its contractual maturities.

despite difficult funding markets during much of 2012 as investor confidence was impacted by concerns over Eurozone sovereign debt 
levels, downgrades and possible defaults and the potential downside effects from financial market volatility, the Group continued to fund 
adequately, maintaining a broadly stable stock of primary liquid assets during the year and meeting its regulatory liquidity requirements at 
all times. 

The key dependencies on successfully funding the Group’s balance sheet include the continued functioning of the money and capital markets; 
successful right-sizing of the Group’s balance sheet; limited further deterioration in the uK’s and the Group’s credit rating; and no significant 
or sudden withdrawal of customer deposits. Additionally, the Group has entered into a number of Eu state Aid related obligations to achieve 
reductions in certain parts of its balance sheet by the end of 2014. These are assumed within the Group’s funding plan. The Group has 
achieved the asset reduction commitment, two years ahead of the mandated completion date, and is currently working with the European 
commission to achieve formal release from the commitment. until release is obtained from the European commission the Group may have to 
continue with these asset reductions and or/disposals and may receive a lower price upon disposal.

The combination of right-sizing the balance sheet and continued development of the customer deposit base has seen the Group’s wholesale 
funding requirement reduce materially in recent years. The progress the Group has made to date in diversifying its funding sources has further 
strengthened its funding base. Funding concentration is not considered significant by the Group but where such concentrations do exist (at 
the customer or industry level) they are not deemed material at Group level.

Group funding sources
Total wholesale funding reduced by £81.6 billion to £169.6 billion, with the volume with a residual maturity less than one year falling £62.7 billion 
to £50.6 billion. The Group term funding ratio (wholesale funding with a remaining life of over one year as a percentage of total wholesale 
funding) improved to 70 per cent (55 per cent at 31 december 2011) due to good progress in new term issuance and a significant reduction in 
short term money market funding (2012: £31 billion; 2011: £69.1 billion). Term wholesale issuance for the year totalled £20.1 billion.

Table 1.47: Group funding by type (audited)

Total wholesale funding1

customer deposits

Total Group funding2

2012 
£bn 

169.6 

422.5 

592.1 

2012 
% 

28.6 

71.4 

100.0

2011 
£bn 

251.2

405.9

657.1

2011 
% 

38.2

61.8

100.0

The Group’s definition of wholesale funding aligns with that used by other international market participants; including interbank deposits, debt securities in issue and subordinated liabilities.
1

Excluding repos and total equity.
2

Total wholesale funding by type and expected residual maturity is detailed below.

Table 1.48: Analysis of 2012 total wholesale funding by residual maturity (audited)

deposits from banks1

debt securities in issue:1

  certificates of deposit

  commercial paper

  Medium-term notes2

  covered bonds

  securitisation

subordinated liabilities1

Total wholesale funding3

Less than 
one month 
£bn

One to 
three 
months 
£bn

Three to 
 six months 
£bn

Six to nine 
months 
£bn

nine months 
to one year 
£bn

One to  
two years 
£bn

Two to 
five years 
£bn

More than 
five years 
£bn

Total  
at 31 Dec 
2012 
£bn

Total  
at 31 dec 
2011 
£bn

8.7 

2.7 

1.1 

– 

0.1 

0.7 

0.5 

1.3 

15.1 

25.4

1.9 

– 

– 

– 

5.1 

6.2 

1.3 

1.6 

1.9 

1.3 

2.7 

1.0 

0.5 

0.2 

0.5 

– 

1.1 

0.2 

1.5 

1.8 

0.2 

– 

6.2 

6.9 

– 

– 

13.0 

13.7 

– 

– 

9.4 

13.7 

10.7 

7.9 

34.6 

38.7 

28.0

18.0

69.8

36.6

     1.3

     1.7

     1.2

     0.3

     3.8

     7.0

     12.8

     0.4

     28.5

     37.5

3.2

– 

11.9 

15.9

0.3 

18.9 

8.1

0.6 

9.8 

1.5

– 

1.5 

8.4

– 

8.5 

20.3

1.0 

22.0 

39.5

5.2  

45.2 

23.5

27.0 

51.8 

120.4 

34.1 

169.6 

189.9

35.9

251.2

1

A reconciliation to the Group’s balance sheet is provided on page 182.

2

Medium-term notes include funding from the credit Guarantee scheme (2012: £nil; 2011: £23.5 billion) and from the national loan Guarantee scheme (2012: £1.4 billion; 2011: £nil).

The Group’s definition of wholesale funding aligns with that used by other international market participants; including interbank deposits, debt securities in issue and subordinated liabilities.
3

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131 
180

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

181

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Total wholesale funding in 2011 was £251.2 billion of which £113.3 billion had a residual maturity of less than one year.

Table 1.49: Total Wholesale funding by currency (audited)

31 December 2012

31 december 2011

Sterling 
£bn 

54.3 

61.8 

US Dollar 
£bn 

41.6 

76.0 

euro 
£bn 

60.2 

91.6 

Other  

currencies
£bn 

13.5 

21.8 

Total 
£bn 

169.6 

251.2 

The table below summarises the Group’s wholesale term issuance during 2012. The Group’s 2012 issuance plan was successfully completed in 
the first half of 2012 through the ability of the Group to access a diverse range of markets and currencies, both in unsecured and secured form.

Table 1.50: Analysis of 2012 term issuance (audited)

securitisation

Medium-term notes

covered bonds

Private placements1

Total issuance

Sterling 
£bn 

US Dollar 
£bn 

euro  Other currencies
£bn 
£bn 

1.0 

1.4 

2.5 

3.8 

8.7 

1.6 

0.9 

– 

1.2 

3.7 

1.2  

1.3 

1.0 

1.1 

4.6 

0.5 

0.5 

– 

2.1 

3.1 

Total 
£bn 

4.3  

4.1 

3.5 

8.2 

20.1 

1

Private placements include structured bonds and term repurchase agreements (repos).

The Group has now fully repaid all debt issued under the uK Government’s legacy credit Guarantee scheme. in August the Group announced 
its support for the Government’s Funding for lending scheme (Fls) and confirmed its intention to participate in the scheme. The Fls 
represents a further source of cost effective secured term funding available to the Group. The initiative supports the Group’s customers and 
provides businesses with cheaper finance to invest and grow. The Group was the first uK bank to draw on the scheme in september 2012, 
drawing down £3 billion in total in 2012.

Excluding reverse repos and repos, loans and advances reduced by £36.7 billion; customer deposits increased by £16.6 billion, representing growth of 
4 per cent in 2012. Over the year the Group has seen above market growth in customer deposits (2012: £422.5 billion, 2011: £405.9 billion) and a continued 
reduction in non-core assets (2012: £98.4 billion, 2011: £140.7 billion). 

On the same basis, the Group loan to deposit ratio has improved to 121 per cent compared with 135 per cent at 31 december 2011, driven 
by strong deposit growth and non-core asset reduction. The core loan to deposit ratio also improved to 101 per cent from 109 per cent at 
31 december 2011, close to the Group’s long-term target of 100 per cent for the core, which the Group continues to expect to reach in the first 
quarter of 2013, at the same time as achieving a 120 per cent ratio in the Group.

180

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

181

Table 1.51: Group funding position (audited)

At 31 December

Funding requirement

loans and advances to customers1

loans and advances to banks2

debt securities

Available-for-sale financial assets – secondary3

cash balances4

Funded assets

Other assets5

On balance sheet primary liquidity assets:6

Reverse repurchase agreements

Balances at central banks – primary4

Available-for-sale financial assets – primary

Held to maturity

Trading and fair value through profit or loss

Repurchase agreements

Total Group assets

less: other liabilities5

Funding requirement

Funded by

customer deposits7

Wholesale funding

Repurchase agreements

Total equity

Total funding

2012 
£bn 

2011 
 £bn 

change 
% 

512.1 

9.1 

5.3 

5.3

    3.5 

535.3

295.9 

831.2 

5.8 

76.8 

26.1

– 

(9.4)

    (5.9)

93.4

924.6 

(266.0)

658.6 

422.5 

169.6 

592.1 

21.8 

44.7 

658.6 

548.8 

10.3 

12.5 

12.0 

    4.1 

587.7 

286.1 

873.8 

17.3 

56.6 

25.4 

8.1 

(3.5)

    (7.2)

96.7 

970.5 

(251.6)

718.9 

405.9 

251.2 

657.1

15.2 

46.6 

718.9 

(7)

(12)

(58)

(56)

(15) 

(9)

3

(5)

(66) 

36 

(3) 

18 

(3)

(5)

(6)

(8)

4 

(32)

(10)

43

(4)

(8)

Excludes £5.1 billion (2011: £16.8 billion) of reverse repurchase agreements.
1

Excludes £19.6 billion (2011: £21.8 billion) of loans and advances to banks within the insurance business and £0.7 billion (2011: £0.5 billion) of reverse repurchase agreements.
2

secondary liquidity assets comprise a diversified pool of highly rated unencumbered collateral (including retained issuance).
3

cash balances and balances at central banks – primary are combined in the Group’s balance sheet.
4

Other assets and other liabilities primarily include balances in the Group’s insurance business and the fair value of derivative assets and liabilities.
5

 Primary liquidity assets are FsA eligible liquid assets including uK Gilts, us Treasuries, Euro AAA government debt and unencumbered cash balances held at central banks. 
6

Excluding repurchase agreements of £4.4 billion (2011: £8.0 billion).
7

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
182

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

183

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Table 1.52: Reconciliation of Group funding figure to the balance sheet (audited)

At 31 December 2012

deposits from banks

debt securities in issue

subordinated liabilities

Total wholesale funding

customer deposits

Total

At 31 december 2011

deposits from banks

debt securities in issue

subordinated liabilities

Total wholesale funding

customer deposits

Total

included in  
funding  
analysis  
(table 1.48) 
£bn 

15.1 

120.4 

  34.1 

169.6 

422.5 

592.1 

25.4 

189.9

  35.9

251.2 

405.9

657.1

Fair value  
and other  
accounting  
methods 
£bn 

 – 

(3.0) 

– 

– 

 –

(4.8) 

(0.8) 

Balance  
Sheet 
£bn 

38.4 

117.4 

34.1 

426.9 

39.8 

185.1 

35.1 

–

413.9 

Repos 
£bn 

23.3 

– 

  – 

23.3 

4.4 

27.7 

14.4 

–

  –

14.4 

8.0 

22.4 

Liquidity Portfolio
At 31 december 2012, the Group had £87.6 billion (2011: £94.8 billion) of highly liquid unencumbered assets in its primary liquidity portfolio which 
are available to meet cash and collateral outflows, as illustrated in the table below. in addition the Group had £117.1 billion (2011: £107.4 billion) 
of secondary liquidity covering a range of ratings but all investment grade and central bank eligible. This liquidity is managed as a single pool 
in the centre under the control of the function charged with managing the liquidity of the Group. it is available for deployment at immediate 
notice, subject to complying with regulatory requirements, and is a key component of the Group’s liquidity management process.

Table 1.53: Liquidity portfolio (unaudited)

Primary liquidity 

central bank cash deposits 

Government bonds 

Total 

Secondary liquidity 

High-quality ABs/covered bonds1

credit institution bonds1

corporate bonds1

Own securities (retained issuance)

Other securities

Other2

Total

Total liquidity

Assets rated A- or above.
1

includes other central bank eligible assets.
2

2012 
£bn

76.8 

10.8 

87.6 

2012 
£bn

2.8 

3.4 

0.1 

44.9 

5.0 

60.9 

117.1 

204.7

 Average 
2012 
£bn

78.3 

21.1 

99.4 

 Average 
2012 
£bn

2.1 

2.8 

0.1 

50.2 

8.3 

49.8 

113.3 

 Average 
2011 
£bn

51.4 

48.4 

99.8 

 Average 
2011 
£bn

8.0 

3.7 

0.6 

76.8 

9.2 

6.4 

104.7 

2011 
£bn

56.6 

38.2 

94.8 

2011 
£bn

1.4 

2.1 

0.3

81.6

8.6

13.4

107.4

202.2

182

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

183

Table 1.54: Liquidity portfolio: currency (unaudited)

At 31 December 2012

Primary liquidity

secondary liquidity

Total

At 31 december 2011

Primary liquidity

secondary liquidity

Total

Sterling 
£bn 

US Dollar 
£bn 

euro  Other currencies
£bn 
£bn 

42.2 

109.2 

151.4  

65.6 

93.9 

159.5 

7.2 

1.6 

8.8  

13.8 

5.0 

18.8 

36.5 

4.7 

41.2  

14.8 

6.9 

21.7 

1.7 

1.6 

3.3  

0.6 

1.6 

2.2 

Total 
£bn 

87.6 

117.1 

204.7 

94.8 

107.4 

202.2 

Following the introduction of the FsA’s individual liquidity guidance under ilAs, the Group now manages its liquidity position as a coverage 
ratio (proportion of stressed outflows covered by primary liquid assets) rather than by reference to a quantum of liquid assets; the liquidity 
position reflects a buffer over the regulatory minimum. 

Primary liquid assets of £87.6 billion represent approximately 260 per cent (133 per cent at 31 december 2011) of the Group’s money market 
funding positions and are approximately 173 per cent (84 per cent at 31 december 2011) of all wholesale funding with a maturity of less than 
one year, and thus provides substantial buffer in the event of continued market dislocation.

in addition to primary liquidity holdings the Group has significant secondary liquidity holdings providing access to open market operations 
at a number of central banks which the Group routinely makes use of as part of its normal liquidity management practices. Future use of such 
facilities will be based on prudent liquidity management and economic considerations, having regard for external market conditions.

during 2012, the GAlcO mandated Group corporate Treasury to establish a new core liquidity and collateral asset portfolio. The portfolio 
is subject to defined risk appetite with tight controls over eligible assets, which must also be diversified across geography, currency, markets 
and tenor.

Stress testing results
internal stress testing results at 31 december 2012 show that the Group has liquidity resources representing 128 per cent of modelled outflows 
from all wholesale funding sources, retail and corporate deposits, intra-day requirements and rating dependent contracts under the Group’s 
most severe liquidity stress scenario (the three month combined (market wide and Group specific) scenario).

The Group’s stress testing assumes that further credit rating downgrades may reduce investor appetite for some of the Group’s liability 
classes and therefore funding capacity. in June 2012 the Group experienced a one notch downgrade in its long-term rating from Moody’s, 
following the agency’s review of 114 European banks. The impact that the Group experienced following the downgrade was not material and 
was consistent with the modelled outcomes based on the stress testing framework. A hypothetical idiosyncratic two notch downgrade of the 
Group’s current long-term debt rating and accompanying short-term downgrade, implemented instantaneously by all major rating agencies 
could result in an outflow of £11.5 billion of cash over a period of up to one year, £3.5 billion of collateral posting related to customer financial 
contracts and £18.0 billion of collateral posting associated with secured funding. The Group’s internal liquidity risk appetite includes such a 
stress scenario. The stress scenario modelling demonstrates the Group has available liquidity resources to manage such an event.

encumbered assets 
during 2012 the Group was a consistent issuer in a number of secured funding markets, in particular residential mortgage-backed securities 
and covered bonds. The table below summarises the assets encumbered through the Group’s external issuance transactions.

Table 1.55: Secured external issuance transactions (audited)

At 31 December 2012

securitisations1

covered bonds2

Total

At 31 december 2011

securitisations1

covered bonds2

Total

notes  
issued
£bn 

Assets
encumbered3
£bn 

28.1 

40.7 

68.8 

37.4 

38.2 

75.6 

40.0 

56.7 

96.7 

50.0 

52.0 

102.0 

1

in addition the Group retained internally £58.7 billion (2011: £86.6 billion) of notes secured with £78.2 billion (2011: £114.6 billion) of assets. For details on the Group’s securitisation programme refer to note 
21 on page 252.

2

in addition the Group retained internally £26.3 billion (2011: £31.9 billion) of notes secured with £37.6 billion (2011: £42.4 billion) of assets. For details on the Group’s covered bond programme refer to 
note 21 on page 252.

3

Pro-rated by programme asset type.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131 
 
 
 
 
 
 
184

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

185

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

The Board monitors and manages total balance sheet encumbrance via a risk appetite metric. The Group’s level of encumbrance arising from 
external issuance of securitisation and covered bonds has remained broadly constant, reflecting the maturity and stability of the Group’s 
utilisation of this form of term funding, and the established cycle of redemptions and new issuance. Total notes issued externally from secured 
programmes (asset-backed securities (ABs) and covered bonds) have fallen from £75.6 billion at 31 december 2011 to £68.8 billion, reflecting 
a reduction in the number of outstanding programmes as well as lower issued balances. A total of £85.1 billion (2011: £118.5 billion) of notes 
issued under securitisation and covered bond programmes have also been retained internally, most of which are held to provide a pool of 
collateral eligible for use with central bank liquidity facilities. This reduction in retained notes partially reflects the Group’s increased use of 
whole loans as eligible collateral at central banks. 

The Group uses secured transactions to manage short-term cash and collateral needs. At 31 december 2012, the fair value of collateral 
pledged as security in repo transactions was £48.1 billion (2011: £39.7 billion). internally held notes encumbered through repo activity or assets 
pledged are included in these disclosure amounts. note 55 on page 329 sets out further information on assets pledged as security. Within 
asset-backed commercial paper (ABcP) conduits, assets pledged as security for ABcP investors totalled £6.4 billion (2011: £8.8 billion). note 22 
on page 253 sets out the assets held within the ABcP conduits.

Group borrowing costs 
The Group’s borrowing costs and issuance in the capital markets are dependent on a number of factors, and increased cost or reduction of 
capacity could materially adversely affect the Group’s results of operations, financial condition and prospects. in particular, reduction in the 
credit rating of the Group or deterioration in the capital markets’ perception of the Group’s financial resilience could significantly increase 
its borrowing costs and limit its issuance capacity in the capital markets. As an indicator over the last 12 months the spread between an 
index of A rated long term senior unsecured bank debt and an index of similar BBB rated bank debt, both of which are publicly available, 
averaged 134 basis points. The applicability to and implications for the Group’s funding cost would depend on the type of issuance, and 
prevailing market conditions. The impact on the Group’s funding cost is subject to a number of assumptions and uncertainties and is therefore 
impossible to quantify precisely.

The rating changes that the Group has experienced since the fourth quarter of 2011 did not significantly change its borrowing costs, reduce its 
issuance capacity or require significant collateral posting. in november 2012 standard & Poor’s revised its outlook on the Group’s long-term 
rating to negative from stable. However, even if a two notch long-term downgrade and a simultaneous short-term downgrade occurred, the 
Group would remain investment grade.

Hybrid capital securities coupon payments
The discretionary payments on Tier 1 hybrid capital securities which are expected to be paid in 2013, subject to their terms and conditions, 
are estimated to amount to approximately £350 million. in the context of on-going macro prudential policy discussions, the Board of 
lloyds Banking Group has decided to issue new lloyds Banking Group ordinary shares to raise this amount. The Group has entered into an 
agreement with a third-party financial institution in connection with the issue of these new ordinary shares. such ordinary shares are expected 
to be issued, subject to market conditions, by the end of April 2013 at a price determined by reference to the volume weighted average price 
of our ordinary shares in a period prior to their date of issue.

184

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

185

insurance risk             

Definition
insurance risk is defined as 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.

Risk appetite
insurance risk appetite is defined with regard to the quantum and composition of insurance 
risk that exists currently in the Group and the Group’s risk preferences. it takes account of 
the need for each entity in the Group to maintain solvency in excess of the minimum level 
required by the entity’s jurisdictional legal or regulatory requirements. The Group’s appetite for 
insurance solvency and earnings is reviewed and approved annually by the Board.

Protecting today, 
securing tomorrow.

exposures
The major sources of insurance risk within the Group are the insurance business and the Group’s 
defined benefit pension schemes. The nature of insurance business involves the accepting of insurance 
risks which relate primarily to mortality, longevity, morbidity, persistency, expenses, property and unemployment. 
The prime insurance risk of the Group’s defined benefit pension schemes is related to longevity.

Measurement
insurance risks are measured using a variety of techniques including stress and scenario testing, and where appropriate, stochastic modelling. 
current and potential future insurance risk exposures are assessed and aggregated using risk measures based on 1-in-200 year stresses 
(Group defined benefit pension schemes utilise 1-in-20 year stresses) and other supporting measures where appropriate, including those set 
out in notes 37 and 38 to the financial statements.

Mitigation
A key element of the control framework is the consideration of insurance risk by an appropriate combination of high level committees and 
Boards. For the insurance business the ultimate control body is the Board of scottish Widows Group limited with significant risks also 
reviewed by the Group Executive and Group Risk committees and/or Board. All Group defined benefit pension schemes issues are covered 
by the Group Asset and liability committee and the Group Risk committee.

insurance risk is mitigated through pooling and through diversification across large numbers of individuals, geographical areas, and different 
types of risk exposure. A number of processes are used to control insurance risk including: underwriting (the process to ensure that new 
insurance proposals are properly assessed); Pricing-to-risk (new insurance proposals are priced to cover the underlying risks inherent within  
the products); claims management; Product design and management; Policy wording; Reinsurance and cost controls and efficiencies.

in addition, exposure limits by risk type are assessed through the business planning process and used as a control mechanism to ensure 
risks are taken within risk appetite. At all times, close attention is paid to the adequacy of reserves, solvency management and regulatory 
requirements.

The most significant insurance risks within the insurance business are longevity risk, persistency risk and expenses. The merits of longevity risk 
transfer and hedging solutions are regularly reviewed. it is not possible to hedge persistency risk.

General insurance exposure to accumulations of risk and possible catastrophes is mitigated by reinsurance arrangements which are broadly 
spread over different reinsurers. detailed modelling, including that of the potential losses under various catastrophe scenarios, supports the 
choice of reinsurance arrangements. Appropriate reinsurance arrangements also apply within the life and pensions businesses with significant 
mortality risk and morbidity risk being transferred to the Group’s chosen reinsurers.

in respect of insurance risks in the defined benefit pension schemes, the Group ensures that effective communication mechanisms are in place 
for consultation with the trustees to assist with the management of risk in line with the Group’s risk appetite.

Monitoring
Ongoing monitoring is in place to track the progression of insurance risks. This involves monitoring relevant experiences against expectations 
(for example claims experience, persistency experience, expenses and non-disclosure at the point of sale) as well as tracking the progression 
of insurance risk capital against limits. As part of this, the effectiveness of controls put in place to manage insurance risk are evaluated and any 
significant divergences from experience or movements in risk exposures are investigated and remedial action taken.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131186

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

187

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Regulatory risk             

Definition
Regulatory risk is defined as the risk that the Group is exposed to fines, censure, or legal or 
enforcement action due to failing to comply with applicable laws, regulations, codes of conduct 
or legal obligations.

Risk appetite
The Group has zero risk appetite for material regulatory breaches. This appetite is reviewed 
and approved annually by the Board. To achieve this, the Group has policies, processes 
and standards which provide the framework for businesses and colleagues to operate in 
accordance with the laws, regulations and voluntary codes which apply to the Group and its 
activities.

Maintaining an  
effective relationship  
with our regulators  
remains a key focus  
for the Group.

exposures
Regulatory exposure is driven by the significant volume of current legislation and regulation within 
the uK and overseas with which the Group has to comply, along with new or proposed legislation and 
regulation which needs to be interpreted, implemented and embedded into day-to-day operational and business 
practices across the Group. This is particularly the case currently: the industry is witnessing increased levels of government and regulatory 
intervention in the banking sector.

There are a number of regulatory issues and challenges across the broader regulatory environment such as changes in the investment advice 
regulations when the Retail distribution Review (RdR) came into force on 1 January 2013; ongoing focus on changes in the anti-bribery and 
sanctions controls; and being dual regulated by two new regulators (the Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial conduct Authority).  
This is expected to happen from April 2013. At a European and us level, significant regulatory initiatives and new directives or changes to 
existing directives will impact the Group in the next 12 to 24 months. This includes the enactment of the dodd-Frank Act, a revised Markets  
in Financial instruments directive and development of the single supervisory Mechanism. 

Measurement
Regulatory risks are measured against a set of risk appetite metrics, with appropriate limits and triggers, which have been approved by the 
Board and which are regularly reviewed and monitored at the Group conduct and compliance committee. Metrics include assessments of 
control and material regulatory rule breaches.

Mitigation
Mitigation is undertaken across the Group and comprises the following key components:

 – Risks are assessed by the business and controls put in place to mitigate them.

 – Oversight and assurance of the regulatory risks within the business.

 – Theme reviews to assess compliance with rules, regulations and policies.

 – senior business leaders monitor the progress of these assessments and mitigations.

 – Material risks and issues are escalated to Group-level bodies which challenge the business on its management of risks and issues.

 – Mandated policies and processes require minimum control frameworks, management information and standards to be implemented.

 – The Group takes very seriously its responsibilities for complying with legal and regulatory sanctions requirements in all the jurisdictions in 
which it operates. in order to assist adherence to relevant economic sanctions legislation, the Group has enhanced its internal compliance 
processes including those associated with customer and payment screening. The Group has continued the delivery of a programme of staff 
training regarding policies and procedures for detecting and preventing economic sanctions non-compliance.

Monitoring
Business unit risk exposure is reported to Risk division where it is aggregated at Group level and a report prepared. The report forms the  
basis of challenge to the business at the monthly Group compliance and conduct Risk committee. This committee may escalate matters 
to the chief Risk Officer, or higher committees. The report also forms the basis of the regulatory sections in the Group’s consolidated 
risk reporting.

186

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

187

Capital risk             

Definition
capital risk is defined as the risk that the Group has a sub-optimal amount or quality of capital or 
that capital is inefficiently deployed across the Group.

Risk Appetite
capital risk appetite is set by the Board, reflecting the Group’s strategic plans, regulatory 
capital constraints and market expectations, and includes a number of minimum capital ratios 
and target buffers. The Board and the Group chief Executive, assisted by the Group Asset and 
liability committee, regularly review performance against the risk appetite. A key metric is the 
Group’s core tier 1 capital ratio which the Group currently aims to maintain prudently in excess 
of 10 per cent.  

We have made  
significant progress and 
continue to deliver on our 
strategy of strengthening the 
balance sheet to improve the 
resilience of the Group.

exposure
A capital exposure arises where the Group has insufficient capital resources to support its strategic 
objectives and plans, and to meet external stakeholder requirements and expectations. The Group’s 
capital management approach is focused on maintaining sufficient capital resources to prevent such exposures 
while optimising value for shareholders. 

Measurement
The Group measures the amount of capital it holds using the FsA’s definitions. until the Basel iii reforms for an enhanced global capital accord 
are introduced in the Eu through the implementation of the new capital Requirements directive and Regulation (cRd iV), the regulatory 
minimum and buffer amounts of capital continue to be based upon the Basel ii framework. 

The regulatory minimum amounts of capital, under Pillar i of the Basel framework, are determined as percentages of the aggregate 
risk-weighted assets calculated for credit risk, operational risk and market risk (Trading Book), which are predominately calculated using 
internal models that are prudently calibrated based on internal loss experience. The models are subject to a number of internal controls and 
external scrutiny from the FsA.

The minimum requirement for total capital is supplemented, under Pillar ii of the framework, through the issuance of bank specific individual 
capital Guidance (icG) which adjusts the Pillar i minimum for those risks not covered or not fully covered under Pillar i. A key input into the 
FsA’s icG setting process is a bank’s own assessment of the amount of capital it needs, a process known as the internal capital Adequacy 
Assessment Process. The Group has been set an icG by the FsA and maintains capital at a level which exceeds this requirement. 

As part of the capital planning process, capital positions are subjected to an extensive stress analysis to determine the adequacy of the 
Group’s capital resources against the minimum requirements, including icG, over the forecast period. The outputs from some of these stress 
analyses are used by the FsA to set a capital Planning Buffer (cPB) for the Group. This comprises minimum levels of capital buffers over 
and above the minimum regulatory requirements for core tier 1 and total capital that should be maintained in non-stressed conditions as 
mitigation against potential future periods of stress.

The FsA requires icG and cPB to remain confidential matters between a bank and the FsA.

Mitigation
The Group has developed procedures to ensure that it complies with current requirements, is positioned to meet anticipated future 
requirements and that policies and risk appetite are aligned to them.

The Group is able to accumulate additional capital through profit retention, by raising equity via, for example, a rights issue or debt exchange 
and by raising tier 1 and tier 2 capital by issuing subordinated liabilities, taking account of the potential capital eligibility requirements under 
cRd iV. The cost and availability of additional capital is dependent upon market conditions and perceptions at the time.

The Group has in issue, as part of tier 2 capital resources, Enhanced capital notes which will convert to core tier 1 capital in the event that the 
Group’s published core tier 1 ratio (as defined by the FsA in May 2009) falls below 5 per cent.

Additional measures to manage the Group’s capital position include seeking to strike an appropriate balance of capital held within its 
insurance and banking subsidiaries and through improving the quality of its capital through liability management exercises.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131188

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

189

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Monitoring
capital is actively managed and regulatory ratios are a key factor in the Group’s budgeting and planning processes.

capital policies and procedures are subject to independent oversight. Regular reporting of actual and projected ratios, including those that 
could occur under cRd iV and in stressed scenarios, is submitted to the senior Asset and liability committee (a sub-committee of the Group 
Asset and liability committee), the Group Asset and liability committee, the Group Risk committee and the Board.

The regulatory framework within which the Group operates continues to be enhanced as part of the global banking reforms. The Group 
monitors these developments very closely, participates actively in the regulatory consultation processes and analyses the potential financial 
impacts, ensuring that the Group continues to have a strong loss absorption capacity exceeding regulatory requirements.

Over the course of 2012 some of the key developments were:

 – in October, the uK Government published the draft Financial services (Banking Reform) Bill which will give effect to the recommendations of 
the independent commission on Banking covering banking structural reforms (‘ring-fencing’ of retail banking activities), bail-in of senior debt 
and depositor preference. in december, the Parliamentary commission on Banking standards published its first report commenting upon 
the draft Bill. 

 – in november the Financial stability Board published an updated list of Global systemically important Banks (G-siBs) which no longer 

included the Group. The Group remains, however, a domestic systemically important Bank (d-siB) within the uK. 

 – The implementation of cRd iV has been delayed beyond the original proposed date of 1 January 2013 to an as yet unknown implementation 

date while certain parts of the draft directive and regulation continue to be refined.

Generally, the reforms are developed and phased in over long periods which allows time for the Group to further strengthen its capital 
position as necessary through business performance and mitigating actions.

Capital management in 2012
The Group actively manages its capital position, closely monitoring the changing market and regulatory environments. The Group further 
strengthened its capital ratios in 2012. This was principally driven by management profit and a reduction in risk-weighted assets, reflecting 
asset reductions and the substantial decrease in risk, partly offset by statutory items and tax costs. The core business remains strongly capital 
generative and there is continued progress in simultaneously reducing risk and creating capital through the disposal of non-core assets.

capital position at 31 december 2012
The Group’s capital position, at 31 december 2012 and applying the existing regulatory framework, is set out in the following section. 
Additionally, estimated pro forma information about the Group’s capital position on a cRd iV basis is set out on page 192.

188

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

189

Table 1.56: Capital resources (audited)

Core tier 1 

shareholders’ equity per balance sheet

non-controlling interests per balance sheet

Regulatory adjustments:

Regulatory adjustments to non-controlling interests

Adjustment for own credit

defined benefit pension adjustment

unrealised reserve on available-for-sale debt securities

unrealised reserve on available-for-sale equity investments 

cash flow hedging reserve

Other items

Less: deductions from core tier 1 

Goodwill 

intangible assets

50% excess of expected losses over impairment provisions (unaudited)

50% of securitisation positions 

Core tier 1 capital

non-controlling preference shares1

Preferred securities1

Less: deductions from tier 1

50% of material holdings

Total tier 1 capital 

Tier 2 

undated subordinated debt

dated subordinated debt

unrealised gains on available-for-sale equity investments

Eligible provisions

Less: deductions from tier 2

50% excess of expected losses over impairment provisions (unaudited)

50% of securitisation positions 

50% of material holdings

Total tier 2 capital 

Supervisory deductions

unconsolidated investments – life

unconsolidated investments – general insurance and other

Total supervisory deductions 

Total capital resources

covered by grandfathering provisions issued by FsA.
1

Table 1.57: Risk Weighted Assets and Capital Ratios (unaudited)

Risk-weighted assets

Ratios

core tier 1 capital ratio

Tier 1 capital ratio

Total capital ratio

2012
£m 

43,999

685 

(628)

217 

(1,438)

(343)

(56)

(350)

33

 2011 
£m

45,920

674

(577)

(136)

(1,004)

(940)

(386)

(325)

(36)

42,119  

43,190

(2,016)

(2,091)

(636)

(183)

37,193  

1,568 

4,039  

(46)

42,754 

1,828  

19,886 

56 

977 

(636)

(183)

(46)

(2,016)

(2,310)

(720)

(153)

37,991 

1,613 

4,487 

(94)

43,997 

1,859 

21,229 

386 

1,259 

(720)

(153)

(94)

21,882  

23,766 

(10,104)

(929)

(11,033)

53,603  

 (10,107)

(2,660)

(12,767)

54,996 

2012 
£m 

2011 
£m 

310,299 

352,341 

12.0% 

13.8% 

17.3% 

10.8% 

12.5% 

15.6% 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
190

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

191

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

core tier 1 capital
core tier 1 capital has reduced by £798 million during 2012 primarily due to the attributable loss for the period and the deduction of the 
increase to the pension scheme asset balances, which have been partially offset by a decrease in the deductions of intangibles, the adjustment 
for own credit, the excess of expected losses over impairment provisions and share issuance.

The movements in core tier 1, tier 1, tier 2 and total capital in the period are shown below: 

Table 1.58: Movements in capital (unaudited)

At 31 december 2011

loss attributable to ordinary shareholders

Regulatory post-retirement benefit adjustments 

Adjustment for own credit

Goodwill and intangible assets deductions

Excess of expected losses over impairment 

Material holdings deduction

Eligible provisions

subordinated debt movements:

Foreign exchange

new issuances

Repurchases, redemptions and other

supervisory deductions from total capital

Other movements

At 31 December 2012

Core tier 1 
£m 

37,991

(1,427)

(434)

353

219

84

–

–

–

–

–

–

407

 37,193

Tier 1 
£m

6,006

–

–

–

–

–

48

–

(194)

–

(299)

–

–

Tier 2 
£m

23,766

–

–

–

–

84

48

(282)

Total 
£m 

54,996 

(1,427)

(434)

353

219

168

96

(282)

(1,186)

(1,380)

128

(316)

–

(360)

128

(615)

1,734

47

53,603

5,561

21,882

Tier 1 capital
Tier 1 capital has decreased in the period by £445 million mainly as a result of a debt exchange undertaken in February 2012 and foreign 
exchange movements.

Tier 2 capital
Tier 2 capital has decreased in the period by £1,884 million largely arising from a decrease in dated subordinated debt, principally due to 
amortisation, foreign exchange movements and fair value movements in Enhanced capital notes. unrealised gains on available-for-sale equity 
investments have also decreased in the year.

supervisory deductions
supervisory deductions principally consist of investments in subsidiary undertakings that are not within the banking group for regulatory 
purposes. These investments are primarily the scottish Widows and clerical Medical life and pensions businesses together with the Group’s 
general insurance business and the investment in st. James’s Place.

At 31 december 2011 deductions for other unconsolidated investments also included private equity investments in non-financial entities. At 
31 december 2012, revised regulatory rules have been applied to these investments which are now risk-weighted rather than being deducted 
from total capital.

 
190

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

191

Table 1.59: Risk-weighted assets (unaudited)

Divisional analysis of risk-weighted assets

Retail

commercial Banking

Wealth, Asset Finance and international

Group Operations and central items

Risk type analysis of risk-weighted assets

Foundation iRB

Retail iRB

Other iRB

iRB Approach

standardised Approach

credit risk

Operational risk

Market and counterparty risk

Total risk-weighted assets

2012  
£m

2011 
£m 

95,470 

165,209 

36,167  

13,453  

310,299 

80,612 

91,445 

    12,396 

184,453 

73,665 

258,118 

27,939 

24,242 

310,299 

103,237 

192,885 

43,593 

12,626 

352,341 

90,450 

98,823 

    9,433 

198,706 

103,525 

302,231 

30,589 

19,521 

352,341 

Risk-weighted assets reduced by £42,042 million to £310,299 million, a decrease of 12 per cent. This reflects a combination of balance sheet 
reductions of non-core assets, lower core lending balances and strong management of risk.

Retail risk-weighted assets reduced by £7,767 million mainly due to lower lending volumes.

The reduction of commercial Banking risk-weighted assets of £27,676 million primarily reflects further balance sheet reductions of 
non-core assets.

Risk-weighted assets within Wealth, Asset Finance and international have reduced by £7,426 million as a result of the run down of non-core 
asset portfolios and foreign exchange movements.

Operational risk-weighted assets are determined under the standardised approach, which uses income as the basis of calculation. The 
decrease in the risk-weighted assets is a result of a reduction in three year rolling-average income.

during 2012 equity portfolios and investments previously measured on the standardised approach were transferred to the internal ratings 
based approach (Other iRB). The Group anticipates moving further portfolios that are currently measured on the standardised approach over 
to an iRB methodology during 2013.

Pro forma CRD iv capital and leverage information 
cRd iV capital and leverage estimates will be incorporated in the Group’s Pillar iii report in detailed templates. The data in the following 
tables represent a summary of the information that will be published as part of the Group’s Pillar iii report. These estimates reflect the Group’s 
current interpretation of the draft rules. The actual impact of cRd iV on capital ratios may be materially different as the requirements and 
related technical standards have not yet been finalised. The actual impact will also be dependent on required regulatory approvals and the 
extent to which further management action is taken prior to implementation.

capital position on cRd iV basis
The Group’s capital position at 31 december 2012 calculated on current regulatory rules and also estimated on a pro forma basis, applying the 
cRd iV rules and assuming existing FsA waivers still apply, is shown in the table below.

The pro forma cRd iV capital resources shown reflect estimates of the impact of the rules laid out in the draft of cRd iV published by the 
European commission in July 2011 (July 2011 draft) on both a transitional basis as if 2012 had been the first year of transition and on a fully 
loaded basis (referred to as cRd iV ‘end-point definition’ in FsA documentation). The transitional position shown is consistent with FsA’s 
statement ‘cRd iV transitional provisions on capital resources’ published on 26 October 2012 on the FsA website. 

The estimates of pro forma cRd iV risk-weighted assets shown are also based upon July 2011 draft rules updated to reflect the Group’s current 
view of the most likely application of the final rules.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131 
 
 
 
 
 
 
192

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

193

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Table 1.60: Capital position on CRD iv basis (unaudited)

31 December 2012

core/common equity tier 1 (cET1)

shareholders equity per balance sheet

Regulatory adjustments:

non-controlling interests

unrealised reserves on available for sale assets

Other adjustments

less: deductions from core/common equity tier 1

Goodwill and other intangible assets

Excess of expected losses over impairment provisions

securitisation deductions

significant investments

deferred tax assets

Excess AT1 deductions reallocated to cET1

Core/common equity tier 1 Capital

Additional tier 1 (AT1)

Additional tier 1 instruments

less: deductions from tier 1

Goodwill and other intangible assets

Excess of expected losses over impairment provisions

significant investments

Reallocated excess AT1 deductions to cET1

Total tier 1 capital

Tier 2

Tier 2 instruments

unrealised gain on available for sale equity investments

Eligible provisions

less: deductions from tier 2

Excess of expected losses over impairment provisions

securitisation deductions

significant investments

subsidiary surplus tier 2

less: deductions from total capital

significant investments

Total capital resources

Risk-weighted assets

core/common equity tier 1 capital ratio

Tier 1 capital ratio

Total capital ratio

Current Rules  

£m

Pro forma CRD iv rules

Transitional  
estimate  

£m

Fully loaded  
estimate  

£m

43,999 

43,999

43,999

57 

(399)

(1,538)

42,119 

(4,107)

(636)

(183)

 – 

 – 

 – 

37,193 

57 

(399)

(1,675)

41,982

 – 

 – 

(366)

 – 

(511)

(3,720)

37,385 

5,607

5,009

 – 

 – 

(46)

 – 

42,754

(4,107)

(636)

(3,986)

3,720 

37,385 

 – 

 – 

(1,675)

42,324

(4,107)

(1,272)

(366)

(5,066)

(5,655) 

 – 

25,858

–

–

–

–

–

25,858 

21,714

20,990 

13,571 

56 

977 

(636)

(183)

(46)

 – 

(11,033)

53,603

310,299 

12.0% 

13.8% 

17.3% 

56 

– 

(636)

– 

(3,986) 

– 

 – 

53,809

322,468

11.6%  

11.6% 

16.7% 

 – 

– 

 – 

 – 

 (2,907) 

(371) 

 – 

36,151

321,097 

8.1% 

8.1% 

11.3% 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
192

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

193

At 31 december 2012, on a  pro forma cRd iV transitional basis the Group’s estimated common equity tier 1 (cET1-cRd iV equivalent of core 
tier 1) ratio would have been 11.6 per cent, and on a pro forma cRd iV fully loaded basis it would have been 8.1 per cent.

The key impacts on capital resources of the transitional rules are that:

 – The deductions for goodwill and other intangible assets and excess of expected losses over impairment provisions that are made from 

core tier 1 under the current rules are made from additional tier 1;

 – A part of the deduction that would otherwise be made for significant investments is risk-weighted instead. The residual deduction is made 

50 per cent from tier 1 and 50 per cent from tier 2 rather than from total capital;

 – The deduction made for securitisations is made fully from cET1 rather than 50 per cent from core tier 1 and 50 per cent from tier 2 capital as 

under the current rules;

 – A proportion of the deferred tax asset is deducted from cET1;

 – A proportion of the additional tier 1 and tier 2 instruments become ineligible under the grandfathering rules;

 – Eligible provisions are nil as collectively assessed impairment provisions for the standardised portfolios can no longer be included under 

tier 2 capital (instead a corresponding reduction is made to standardised risk-weighted assets); and

 – The deductions to be made from additional tier 1 exceed the amount of available additional tier 1 capital instruments. The excess is 

deducted from cET1.

The impact of the fully loaded rules on capital resources is that:

 – non-controlling interests are no longer eligible for inclusion;

 – The amount of unrealised reserves on available for sale assets are included in full rather than being deducted;

 – Excess of expected losses over impairment provisions and the deduction made for securitisations are deducted fully from cET1 instead of 

50 per cent from core tier 1 and 50 per cent from tier 2 under the current rules;

 – The amount of significant investments that is not risk-weighted is fully deducted following a corresponding deduction approach;

 – deferred tax assets are deducted from cET1;

 – Existing additional tier 1 and a proportion of tier 2 instruments become ineligible and are excluded. The Group would expect to accumulate 
additional tier 1 and tier 2 capital as required through the issuance of subordinated liabilities, taking account of the potential capital eligibility 
requirements under cRd iV. The cost and availability of additional capital is dependent upon market conditions and perceptions at the time;

 – Eligible provisions are nil as collectively assessed impairment provisions for the standardised portfolios can no longer be included under 

tier 2 capital (instead a corresponding reduction is made to standardised risk-weighted assets); and

 – subsidiary surplus within tier 2 relates to the restriction of capital instruments of a subsidiary that can be recognised as capital at the 

consolidated group level.

The cRd iV impact on risk-weighted assets includes estimates for credit valuation adjustment (cVA) volatility and risk-weighting of the 
available elements of the deferred tax asset and the investment in the Group’s insurance businesses. it is assumed that Eu corporates are 
exempt from the cVA volatility charge and that the national discretion over 180 day default remains for uK retail mortgages. 

The Group’s capital position may be different should alternative text be agreed. There are potential changes that could result in increases to 
risk-weighted assets including, for example, the application of a 90 day definition of default for retail assets and the Eu corporate exemption 
from the cVA not applying. conversely, if the FsA were to apply the more favourable treatment allowed in relation to insurance holdings 
(rather than the less favourable treatment that has been assumed will apply), this would increase the estimated fully loaded cET1 ratio by a 
further 1.0 per cent.

The pro forma fully loaded cRd iV cET1 ratio of 8.1 per cent comfortably exceeds the 4.5 per cent minimum and the additional 2.5 per cent 
conservation buffer that are required under the draft rules from 2019. nevertheless, the Group will continue to monitor closely the emergence 
of the final rules and their impact upon its ratios. Moreover, through transition to the new rules, the Group is aiming to build the ratio to an 
amount prudently in excess of 10 per cent by continuing to run down its non-core portfolios and by profit generation.

Leverage ratio on CRD iv basis
The Basel iii reforms include the introduction of a capital leverage measure defined as the ratio of tier 1 capital to total exposure. This is 
intended to reinforce the risk based capital requirements with a simple, non-risk based backstop measure. The Basel committee have 
proposed that final adjustments to the definition and calibration of the leverage ratio be carried out in 2017, with a view to migrating to a  
Pillar i treatment in 2018.

in the interim, the FsA has asked the Group to publish the estimated leverage ratio on a fully loaded cRd iV basis, with and without ineligible 
tier 1 instruments, to indicate the approximate leverage ratio that the Group would have now were the cRd iV rules fully implemented. 

The Group’s estimates of its leverage ratio at 31 december 2012 are shown in the table below on three different bases:

 – The ‘cRd iV Transitional’ basis uses the tier 1 capital calculated by applying the rules laid out in the July 2011 draft publication of cRd iV on a 
transitional basis as if 2012 had been the first year of transition. The tier 1 capital amount corresponds to that shown in the second column of 
table 1.61.

 – The ‘cRd iV fully loaded’ basis uses the tier 1 capital calculated by applying the rules laid out in the July 2011 draft publication of cRd iV, 

without applying any transitional provisions and corresponds to the amount shown in the third column in table 1.61.

 – The ‘cRd iV fully loaded with ineligible tier 1 instruments grandfathered’ basis uses the tier 1 capital calculated by applying the rules laid 

out in the July 2011 draft publication of cRd iV, without transition, with the exception that tier 1 instruments which will be ineligible once the 
transitional phase has elapsed are counted in full.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131194

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

195

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Table 1.61: Leverage ratio on CRD iv basis (unaudited)

At 31 December 2012

Total tier 1 capital for leverage ratio

common equity tier 1

Tier 1 subordinated debt allowable for leverage

Tier 1 deductions

exposures for leverage ratio

Total statutory balance sheet assets

Remove accounting value of derivatives and securities finance transactions

Adjustment for insurance assets

derivatives

securities finance transactions

Off-balance sheet including unconditionally cancellable

Other regulatory adjustments

Total exposures

leverage ratio

Pro forma CRD iv rules

CRD iv  
Transitional 
estimate 
£m 

CRD iv  
Fully loaded 
estimate 
£m 

CRD iv  
Fully loaded 
estimate (with 
ineligible T1 
instruments 
grandfathered) 
£m 

37,385 

5,009 

(5,009)

37,385

924,552

(76,731)

(99,464)

20,174 

7,936 

76,899 

(6,781)

25,858 

 – 

 – 

25,858 

5,607

 – 

25,858

31,465 

924,552 

(76,731)

(109,786)

20,174 

7,936 

76,899 

(12,619)

924,552 

(76,731)

(109,786)

20,174 

7,936 

76,899 

(12,619)

846,585

830,425

830,425

4.4% 

3.1% 

3.8% 

derivatives and securities financing transactions have been calculated by applying the accounting measure of exposure (plus, for derivatives, 
an add-on for potential future exposure) and the regulatory netting rules based on the Basel ii Framework.

To ensure that the capital and exposure components of the ratio are measured consistently, the assets of the insurance entities included in the 
accounting consolidation have been excluded from the exposure measure in proportion to the capital that is excluded in tier 1.

The Group’s estimated fully loaded leverage ratio (with ineligible tier 1 instruments grandfathered) is 3.8 per cent and the Group’s estimated 
fully loaded leverage ratio, excluding the tier 1 instruments is 3.1 per cent. These would both be in excess of the Basel committee’s minimum 
ratio of 3 per cent which is proposed should become a Pillar i requirement by 1 January 2018. The Group will continue to monitor closely the 
leverage ratio against the emerging rules and minimum calibration and will aim to increase the ratio further by continuing to run down its 
non-core portfolios and by profit generation.

194

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

195

Life insurance businesses
The business transacted by the life insurance companies within the Group comprises unit-linked business, non-profit business and with-profits 
business. several companies transact either unit-linked and/or non-profit business, but scottish Widows plc (scottish Widows) and clerical 
Medical investment Group limited (clerical Medical) hold the only large With-Profit Funds managed by the Group.

Basis of determining regulatory capital of the life insurance businesses

Available capital resources
Available capital resources represent the excess of assets over liabilities calculated in accordance with detailed regulatory rules issued by 
the FsA.

Statutory basis: Assets are generally valued on a basis consistent with that used for accounting purposes (with the exception that, in certain 
cases, the value attributed to assets is limited) and which follows a market value approach where possible. if the market is not active, the 
Group establishes a fair value by using valuation techniques. liabilities are calculated using a projection of future cash flows after making 
prudent assumptions about matters such as investment return, expenses and mortality. discount rates used to value the liabilities are set with 
reference to the risk adjusted yields on the underlying assets in accordance with the FsA rules. Other assumptions are based on recent actual 
experience, supplemented by industry information where appropriate. The assessment of liabilities does not include future bonuses for with-
profits policies that are at the discretion of management, but does include a value for policyholder options likely to be exercised.

Regulatory capital requirements
Each life insurance company must retain sufficient capital to meet the regulatory capital requirements mandated by the FsA; the basis 
of calculating the regulatory capital requirement is given below. Except for scottish Widows and clerical Medical, the regulatory capital 
requirement is a combination of amounts held in respect of actuarial reserves, sums at risk and maintenance expenses (the long-Term 
insurance capital Requirement) and amounts required to cover various stress tests (the Resilience capital Requirement). The regulatory capital 
requirement is deducted from the available capital resources to give statutory excess capital.

For scottish Widows and clerical Medical, no Resilience capital Requirement is required. However, a further test is required in respect of the 
With-Profit Funds. This involves comparing the statutory basis of assessment with a realistic basis of assessment as described below.

Realistic basis: The FsA requires each life insurance company which contains a With-Profit Fund in excess of £500 million to also carry out a 
realistic valuation of that fund. The Group has two such funds; one within scottish Widows and one within clerical Medical. The word realistic 
in this context reflects the fact that assumptions are best-estimate as opposed to prudent. This realistic valuation is an assessment of the 
financial position of a With-Profit Fund calculated under a methodology prescribed by the FsA.

The valuation of with-profits assets in a With-Profit Fund on a realistic basis differs from the valuation on a statutory basis as, in respect of  
non-profit business written therein, it includes the present value of the anticipated future release of the prudent margins for adverse deviation. 
in addition, the realistic valuation uses the market value of assets without the limit affecting the statutory basis noted above.

The realistic valuation of liabilities includes an allowance for future bonuses. Options and guarantees are valued using a stochastic simulation 
model which values these liabilities on a basis consistent with tradable market option contracts (a market-consistent basis). The model takes 
account of policyholder behaviour on a best-estimate basis and includes an adjustment to reflect future uncertainties where the exercise of 
options by policyholders might increase liabilities. Further details regarding the stochastic simulation model are given in the section entitled 
Options and guarantees on page 199.

The realistic excess capital is calculated as the difference between realistic assets and realistic liabilities of the With-Profit Fund with a further 
deduction to cover various stress tests (the Risk capital Margin). in circumstances where the realistic excess capital position is less than the 
statutory excess capital, the company is required to hold additional capital to cover the shortfall. Any additional capital requirement under this 
test is referred to as the With-Profits insurance capital component.

The determination of realistic liabilities of the With-Profit Funds includes the value of internal transfers expected to be made from each 
With-Profit Fund to the non-Profit Fund held within the same life insurance entity. These internal transfers may include charges on policies 
where the associated costs are borne by the non-Profit Fund.

capital statement
The following table provides more detail regarding the capital resources available to meet regulatory capital requirements in the life insurance 
businesses. The figures quoted are based on management’s current expectations pending completion of the annual financial returns to 
the FsA.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131196

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

197

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Table 1.62: Capital resources (unaudited)

At 31 December 2012 
(statutory basis)

shareholders’ funds:

Held outside the long-term funds

Held within the long-term funds

Total shareholders’ funds

Adjustments onto a regulatory basis:

unallocated surplus within insurance business

Value of in-force business

Other differences between iFRs and regulatory 
valuation of assets and liabilities

Estimated share of realistic liabilities consistent 
with the FsA reporting treatment

Qualifying loan capital

support arrangement assets

Available capital resources

At 31 december 2011 
(statutory basis)

shareholders’ funds:

Held outside the long-term funds

Held within the long-term funds

Total shareholders’ funds

Adjustments onto a regulatory basis:

unallocated surplus within insurance business

Value of in-force business

Other differences between iFRs and regulatory 
valuation of assets and liabilities

Estimated share of realistic liabilities consistent 
with the FsA reporting treatment

Qualifying loan capital

support arrangement assets

Available capital resources

Scottish Widows  
With-Profit Fund 
£m

Clerical Medical  
With-Profit Fund 
£m

UK non-Profit  
Fund 
£m 

UK Life  
Shareholder  
Fund 
£m

Overseas  
Life Business 
£m 

Total  
Life Business 
£m 

–

    –

–

205

–

–

(305)

–

190

90

–

    –

–

242

–

–

(341)

 –

184 

85

–

    –

–

62

–

–

(62)

– 

– 

– 

–

    –

–

58

–

–

(58)

– 

– 

– 

6 

    6,259 

6,265

–

(5,056) 

1,791 

    – 

1,791 

–

–

562 

    225 

787 

2,359 

    6,484  

8,843

–

(718) 

267 

(5,774) 

101 

(175) 

152 

78 

– 

–

(190) 

1,120 

– 

    6,592 

6,592

–

(5,491)

107

–

 –

(184) 

1,024

– 

2,238   

–

3,854 

1,843

    –

1,843

–

–

(163)

–

1,997 

– 

3,677

– 

–

–

221 

632

    312

944

–

(818)

124

–

– 

– 

250

(367) 

2,238  

– 

5,285 

2,475 

    6,904 

9,379

 300

(6,309)

68

(399)

1,997 

– 

5,036

Available capital resources for With-Profit Funds are presented in the table on a realistic basis as this is more onerous than on a regulatory basis.

Formal intra-group capital arrangements
scottish Widows has a formal arrangement with one of its subsidiary undertakings, scottish Widows unit Funds limited, whereby the 
subsidiary company can draw down capital from scottish Widows to finance new business which is reinsured from the parent to its subsidiary. 
scottish Widows has also provided subordinated loans to its fellow group undertaking scottish Widows Bank plc. no such arrangement exists 
for clerical Medical.

196

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

197

Constraints over available capital resources

Scottish Widows
scottish Widows was created following the demutualisation of scottish Widows Fund and life Assurance society in 2000. The terms of 
the demutualisation are governed by a court-approved scheme of Transfer (the ‘scheme’) which, inter alia, created a With-Profits Fund 
and a non-Participating Fund and established protected capital support for the with-profits policyholders in existence at the date of 
demutualisation. Much of that capital support is held in the non-Participating Fund and, as such, the capital held in that fund is subject to 
the constraints noted below. The requirements of the scheme sit alongside scottish Widows’ published Principles and Practices of Financial 
Management of With-Profit business.

Requirement to maintain a Support Account: The scheme requires the maintenance of a support Account within the non-Participating 
Fund. The quantum of the support Account is calculated with reference to the value of assets backing current with-profits policies which also 
existed at the date of demutualisation. under the scheme assets can only be transferred from the non-Participating Fund if the value of the 
remaining assets in the fund exceeds the value of the support Account. scottish Widows has obtained from the FsA permission to include 
the value of the support Account or, if greater, the excess of realistic liabilities for business written before demutualisation over the relevant 
assets (subject to the non-Participating Fund being able to cover this amount by its surplus admissible assets) in assessing the realistic value of 
assets available to the With-Profit Fund. At 31 december 2012 the estimated value of surplus admissible assets in the non-Participating Fund 
was £1,430 million (2011: £1,198 million) and the estimated value of the support Account was £nil (2011: £nil). However, at 31 december 2012, the 
excess of realistic liabilities of with-profits business written before demutualisation over the relevant assets was £62 million (2011: £67 million) 
which, in accordance with the FsA’s permission, has been used to assess the estimated value of realistic assets available to the With-Profit 
Fund (and has therefore reduced the value of the non-Participating Fund’s surplus admissible assets by that amount).

Further Support Account: The Further support Account is an extra tier of capital support for the with-profits policies in existence at the date 
of demutualisation. The scheme requires that assets can only be transferred from the non-Participating Fund if the economic value of the 
remaining assets in the fund exceeds the aggregate of the support Account and Further support Account. unlike the support Account 
test, the economic value used for this test includes both admissible assets and the present value of future profits of business written in the 
non-Participating Fund or by any subsidiaries of that fund. The balance of the Further support Account is expected to reduce to nil by the 
year 2030. At 31 december 2012, the estimated net economic value of the non-Participating Fund and its subsidiaries for the purposes of 
this test was £5,647 million (2011: £5,494 million) and the estimated combined value of the support Account and Further support Account was 
£2,171 million (2011: £2,291 million).

Other restrictions in the Non-Participating Fund: in addition to the policies which existed at the date of demutualisation, the With-Profit Fund  
includes policies which have been written since that date. As a result of statements made to policyholders that investment policy will usually  
be the same for both types of business, there is an implicit requirement to hold additional regulatory assets in respect of the business written  
after demutualisation. The estimated amount required to provide such support at 31 december 2012 is £128 million (2011: £117 million). 
scottish Widows has obtained from the FsA permission to include the value of this support in assessing the realistic value of assets available to 
the With-Profit Fund. There is a further test requiring that no amounts can be transferred from the non-Participating Fund of scottish Widows 
unless there are sufficient assets within the long-Term Fund to meet both policyholders’ reasonable expectations in light of liabilities in force 
at a year-end and the new business expected to be written over the following year.

Clerical Medical
The surplus held in the clerical Medical With-Profit Fund can only be applied to meet the requirements of the fund itself or distributed 
according to the prescribed rules of the fund. shareholders are entitled to an amount not exceeding one ninth of the amount distributed to 
policyholders in the form of bonuses on traditional with-profits business. The use of capital within the fund is also subject to the terms of the 
scheme of demutualisation effected in 1996 and the conditions contained in the Principles and Practices of Financial Management of the fund. 
in extreme circumstances capital within the clerical Medical non-Profit Fund may be made available to support the With-Profit Fund.

Other life insurance businesses
Except as described above capital held in uK non-Profit Funds is potentially transferable to other parts of the Group, subject to meeting the 
regulatory requirements of these businesses. There are no prior arrangements in place to allow capital to move freely between life insurance 
entities or other parts of the Group.

Overseas life business includes several life companies outside the uK, including Germany and ireland. in all cases the available capital resources  
are subject to local regulatory requirements, and transfer to other parts of the Group is subject to additional complexity surrounding the 
transfer of capital from one country to another.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131198

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

199

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Movements in regulatory capital
The movements in the Group’s available capital resources in the life business can be analysed as follows:

Table 1.63: Movements in available capital resources (unaudited)

Scottish Widows  
With-Profit Fund 
£m

Clerical Medical  
With-Profit Fund 
£m

UK non-Profit  
Fund 
£m

UK Life  
Shareholder  
Fund 
£m

Overseas  
Life Business 
£m 

Total  
Life Business 
£m

At 31 december 2011

changes in estimations and in demographic 
assumptions used to measure life assurance 
liabilities

dividends and capital transactions

change in support arrangements

new business and other factors

At 31 December 2012

85

(11) 

–

6

10 

90 

–

1,024

3,677

250

5,036

4 

– 

–

(4) 

– 

81 

205 

(6) 

(184) 

1,120 

–

215

–

(38) 

3,854 

(6) 

(74) 

–

51 

221 

68 

346 

–

(165) 

5,285 

With-Profit Funds
Available capital in the scottish Widows With-Profit Fund has increased from £85 million at 31 december 2011 to an estimated £90 million 
at 31 december 2012. Available capital in the clerical Medical With-Profit Fund is estimated to be zero at 31 december 2012 (no change 
from 31 december 2011). This is because the fund is in the process of distributing the free estate and all surplus will ultimately be distributed 
to policyholders.

uK non-Profit Funds
Available capital in the uK non-Profit Funds has increased from £1,024 million at 31 december 2011 to an estimated £1,120 million at 
31 december 2012. This is mainly due to income on existing business offset by the impact of writing new business, positive investment returns, 
one-off transfers and an increase in provisions.

uK life shareholder Funds
Available capital in the uK life shareholder Funds has increased from £3,677 million at 31 december 2011 to an estimated £3,854 million 
at 31 december 2012. The increase is mainly due to dividend receipts and transfers between funds offset by the issue of and payments on 
subordinated debt.

Overseas life business
Available capital has decreased during 2012 due to a dividend payment which was partially offset by profits emerging on new and 
in force business. Analysis of policyholder liabilities reported in the balance sheet in respect of the Group’s life insurance business is as follows. 
With-Profit Fund liabilities are valued in accordance with FRs 27.

Table 1.64: Analysis of policyholder liabilities (unaudited)

At 31 December 2012

With-Profit Fund liabilities

unit-linked business (excluding that accounted for as  
non-participating investment contracts)

Other life insurance business

insurance and participating investment contract liabilities

non-participating investment contract liabilities

Total policyholder liabilities

At 31 december 2011

With-Profit Fund liabilities

unit-linked business (excluding that accounted for as  
non-participating investment contracts)

Other life insurance business

insurance and participating investment contract liabilities

non-participating investment contract liabilities

Total policyholder liabilities

Scottish Widows  
With-Profit Fund 
£m

Clerical Medical  
With-Profit Fund 
£m

UK non-Profit  
Funds 
£m

Overseas  
Life Business 
£m

Total  
Life Business 
£m

13,779 

8,248 

2 

– 

22,029 

–

     – 

13,779 

–

– 

     – 

8,248 

– 

38,756

     12,923 

51,681 

49,929 

8,429 

     2 

8,431 

4,443 

13,779 

8,248 

101,610 

12,874 

47,185

     12,925 

82,139 

54,372 

136,511 

13,651

–

     –

13,651

–

13,651

9,300

–

     –

9,300

–

9,300

4

–

22,955

34,660

     12,559

 47,223

45,469

92,692

7,801

     55

7,856

4,167

12,023

42,461

      12,614

78,030

49,636

127,666

198

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

199

Capital sensitivities

shareholders’ funds
shareholders’ funds outside the long-term business fund are invested in readily tradable assets (e.g. equities and fixed interest securities), cash 
and a range of less liquid fixed interest instruments, at levels consistent with the liquidity risk appetite of the insurance business.

With-Profit Funds
The with-profits realistic liabilities and the available capital for the With-Profit Funds are sensitive to both market conditions and changes 
to a number of non-economic assumptions that affect the valuation of the liabilities of the fund. The available capital resources (and capital 
requirements) are sensitive to the level of the stock market, with the position worsening at low stock market levels as a result of the guarantees 
to policyholders increasing in value. However, the exposure to guaranteed annuity options increases under rising stock market levels. An 
increase in the level of equity volatility implied by the market cost of equity put options also increases the market consistent value of the 
options given to policyholders and worsens the capital position. Various hedging strategies are used to manage these exposures.

The most critical non-economic assumptions are the level of take-up of options inherent in the contracts (higher take-up rates are more 
onerous), mortality rates (lower mortality rates are generally more onerous) and lapses prior to dates at which a guarantee would apply (lower 
lapse rates are generally more onerous where guarantees are in the money). The sensitivity of the capital position and capital requirements of 
the With-Profit Funds is partly mitigated by the actions that can be taken by management.

Other long-term funds
Outside the With-Profit Funds, assets backing actuarial reserves in respect of policyholder liabilities are invested so that the values of the 
assets and liabilities are broadly matched. The most critical non-economic assumptions are mortality rates in respect of annuity business 
written (lower mortality rates are more onerous). Assumptions relating to future expenses are also significant with increases in the expected 
level of future costs leading to increases in the value of the liabilities and consequently leading to a reduction in available capital. Reinsurance 
arrangements are in place to reduce the Group’s exposure to deteriorating mortality rates in respect of non-annuity life insurance contracts 
such that assured life mortality is a less significant assumption. For clerical Medical, assumptions relating to the provision in relation to German 
insurance business litigation are also significant.

Assets held in excess of those backing reserves are invested in readily tradable assets (e.g. equities and fixed interest securities), cash and a 
range of less liquid fixed interest instruments, at levels consistent with the risk appetite of the insurance business.

Options and guarantees
The Group has sold insurance products that contain options and guarantees, both within the With-Profit Funds and in other funds.

Options and guarantees within the With-Profit Funds
The most significant options and guarantees provided from within the With-Profit Funds are in respect of guaranteed minimum cash benefits  
on death, maturity, retirement or certain policy anniversaries, and guaranteed annuity options on retirement for certain pension policies.

For those policies written in scottish Widows pre-demutualisation containing potentially valuable options and guarantees, under the terms 
of the scheme a separate memorandum account was set up within the With-Profit Fund of scottish Widows called the Additional Account 
which is available, inter alia, to meet any additional costs of providing guaranteed benefits in respect of those policies. The Additional Account 
had a value at 31 december 2012 of £2.1 billion (2011: £2.0 billion). The eventual cost of providing benefits on policies written both pre and 
post demutualisation is dependent upon a large number of variables, including future interest rates and equity values, demographic factors, 
such as mortality, and the proportion of policyholders who seek to exercise their options. The ultimate cost will therefore not be known for 
many years.

As noted above, under the realistic capital regime of the FsA, the liabilities of both the clerical Medical and scottish Widows With-Profit Funds  
are valued using a market-consistent stochastic simulation model. This model is used in order to place a value on the options and guarantees 
which captures both their intrinsic value and their time value.

The most significant economic assumptions included in the model are:

 – Risk-free yield. The risk-free yield is defined as spot yields derived from the government bond yield curve.

 – investment volatility. The calibration of the stochastic simulation model uses implied volatilities of derivatives where possible, or historical 
observed volatility where it is not possible to observe meaningful prices. For example, at 31 december 2012, the 10 year equity-implied at-
the-money assumption was set at 26.3 per cent (2011: 27.2 per cent). The assumption for property volatility was 15 per cent (2011: 15 per cent). 
The volatility of interest rates has been calibrated to the implied volatility of swaptions which was broadly 18 per cent (2011: 19 per cent).

The model includes a matrix of the correlations between each of the underlying modelled asset types. The correlations used are consistent 
with long-term historical returns. The most significant non-economic assumptions included in the model are management actions (in respect 
of investment policy and bonus rates), guaranteed annuity option take-up rates and assumptions regarding persistency (both of which are 
based on recent actual experience and include an adjustment to reflect future uncertainties where the exercise of options by policyholders 
might increase liabilities), and assumptions regarding mortality (which are based on recent actual experience and industry tables).

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131200

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

201

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Options and guarantees outside the With-Profit Funds
A number of typical guarantees are provided outside the With-Profit Funds such as guaranteed payments on death (e.g. term assurance) or 
guaranteed income for life (e.g. annuities). in addition, certain personal pension policyholders in scottish Widows, for whom reinstatement 
to their occupational pension scheme was not an option, have been given a guarantee that their pension and other benefits will correspond 
in value to the benefits of the relevant occupational pension scheme. The key assumptions affecting the ultimate value of the guarantee are 
future salary growth, gilt yields at retirement, annuitant mortality at retirement, marital status at retirement and future investment returns. 
There is currently a provision, calculated on a deterministic basis, of £56 million (2011: £61 million) in respect of those guarantees. if future salary 
growth were 0.5 per cent per annum greater than assumed, the liability would increase by approximately £2 million. if yields were 0.5 per cent 
lower than assumed, the liability would increase by approximately £8 million.

200

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

201

Financial reporting risk             

Definition
Financial reporting risk is defined as the risk that the Group suffers reputational damage, loss of 
investor confidence and/or financial loss arising from the adoption of inappropriate accounting 
policies, ineffective controls over financial reporting, failure to manage the associated risks 
of changes in taxation rates, law, ownership or corporate structure and the failure to disclose 
accurate and timely information. 

Risk Appetite
The risk appetite is set by the Board and reviewed on an annual basis or more frequently. it 
includes complying with statutory and regulatory reporting requirements, compliance with tax 
legislation in the jurisdictions in which the Group operates.

Through a system of internal 
controls we deliver meaningful, 
transparent and timely disclosures.

exposure
Exposure represents the sufficiency of the Group’s policies and procedures to maintain adequate 
systems, processes and controls to support statutory, prudential regulatory and tax reporting, to 
prevent and detect financial reporting fraud, to manage the Group’s tax position and to support market disclosures. 

Measurement 
Financial reporting risk is measured by the adequacy of and compliance with a number of key controls. identification of potential financial 
reporting risk also forms a part of the Group’s Operational Risk management framework. 

Mitigation
The Group maintains a system of internal controls, which is designed to:

 – ensure that accounting policies are consistently applied, transactions are recorded and undertaken in accordance with delegated authorities, 

that assets are safeguarded and liabilities are properly recorded;

 – enable the calculation, preparation and reporting of financial, prudential regulatory and tax outcomes in accordance with applicable 

international Financial Reporting standards, statutory and regulatory requirements;

 – ensure that disclosures are made on a timely basis in accordance with statutory and regulatory requirements and as far as possible are 

consistent with best practice and in compliance with the British Bankers’ Association code for Financial Reporting disclosure.

Monitoring
Financial reporting risk is actively monitored at business unit and Group levels. There are specific programmes of work undertaken across the 
Group to support: 

 – annual assessments of (1) the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting; and (2) the effectiveness of the Group’s disclosure 

controls and procedures, both in accordance with the requirements of the us sarbanes Oxley Act;

 – annual certifications by the senior Accounting Officer with respect to the maintenance of appropriate tax accounting arrangements, in 

accordance with the requirements of the 2009 Finance Act. 

The Group also has in place an assurance process to support its prudential regulatory reporting and monitoring activities designed to identify 
and review tax exposures on a regular basis. There is ongoing monitoring to assess the impact of emerging regulation and legislation on 
financial, prudential regulatory and tax reporting. 

The Group has a disclosure committee which assists the Group chief Executive and Group Finance director in fulfilling their disclosure 
responsibilities under relevant listing 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 page 94.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877203355The Group’s approach to risk 116Principal risks and uncertainties 118State Funding and State Aid 124Emerging risks 125Risk governance 126Full analysis of risk drivers 131202

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

RisK MAnAGEMEnT

Governance risk             

Definition
Governance risk is defined as the risk that the Group’s organisational infrastructure fails to 
provide robust oversight of decision making and the control mechanisms to ensure strategies 
and management instructions are implemented effectively. 

Risk Appetite
Governance risk appetite is defined and embedded through the Group’s Governance Policy 
which is reviewed and approved by the Board on an annual basis. 

exposure
The internal governance arrangements of major financial institutions are currently subject to 
a high level of regulatory and public scrutiny. The Group’s exposure to governance risk is also 
reflective of the significant volume of existing and proposed legislation and regulation within the 
uK and overseas with which it must comply. 

The Group’s internal 
governance framework is 
actively managed to ensure it 
remains appropriate and aligned 
to the Group’s risk appetite and 
changing business needs.

Measurement
The Group’s governance arrangements are assessed against new or proposed legislation and regulation in order to identify any areas of 
enhancement required. 

Mitigation
The Group’s internal governance framework consists of the following key components:

 – clearly defined authorities and accountabilities delegated to business management, which ultimately derive from the Board; 

 – core principles established to ensure consistent and effective internal governance and decision-making arrangements at business level;

 – a Group Policy framework which defines clear control requirements for the business and supports effective risk management; and

 – a risk management model based on three lines of defence, with clear allocation of responsibilities for risk management, oversight and 

independent challenge.

The Ethics Policy and supporting codes of Personal Responsibility and Business Responsibility embody the Group’s values and reflect its 
commitment to operating responsibly and ethically both at a business and an individual level. All colleagues are required to adhere to the 
codes in all aspects of their roles. 

Monitoring
A review of the Group’s governance and internal control framework, including the status of the Group’s Principles and Policy Framework, and 
the design and operational effectiveness of key governance committees, is undertaken on an annual basis and the findings reported to the 
Group Risk committee, Board Risk committee and the Board. 

For further information on corporate Governance see pages 86 to 97.

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

203

     FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTsReport of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated income statement  206Consolidated statement  of comprehensive income 207Consolidated balance sheet 208Consolidated statement  of changes in equity  210Consolidated cash flow statement 213Notes to the consolidated  financial statements 2141.  Basis of preparation2.  Accounting policies3.   Critical accounting estimates and judgements4.  Segmental analysis 5.  Net interest income6.  Net fee and commission income7.  Net trading income8.  Insurance premium income9.  Other operating income10.  Insurance claims11.  Operating expenses12.  Impairment 13.   Investments in joint ventures and associates14.  Loss on disposal of businesses in 201015.  Taxation16.  Earnings per share17.  Trading and other financial assets at fair value  through profit or loss18.  Derivative financial instruments19.  Loans and advances to banks20.  Loans and advances to customers21.  Securitisations and covered bonds22.  Special purpose entities23.   Debt securities classified as loans and receivables24.   Allowance for impairment losses on loans  and receivables25.  Available-for-sale financial assets26.  Held-to-maturity investments 27.  Investment properties28.  Goodwill29.  Value of in-force business30.  Other intangible assets31.  Tangible fixed assets32.  Other assets33.  Deposits from banks34.  Customer deposits35.   Trading and other financial liabilities at fair  value through profit or loss36.  Debt securities in issue37.   Liabilities arising from insurance contracts  and participating investment contracts38.  Life insurance sensitivity analysis39.   Liabilities arising from non-participating  investment contracts 40.   Unallocated surplus within insurance businesses41.  Other liabilities 42.  Retirement benefit obligations43.  Deferred tax44.  Other provisions 45.  Subordinated liabilities46.  Share capital47.  Share premium account48.  Other reserves49.  Retained profits50.  Ordinary dividends51.  Share-based payments52.  Related party transactions53.  Contingent liabilities and commitments54.  Financial instruments55.  Financial risk management56.  Consolidated cash flow statement57.  Future accounting developments58.  Approval of financial statementsReport of the independent  auditors on the parent company  financial statements  344Parent company balance sheet 345Parent company statement  of changes in equity  346Parent company cash flow statement 347Notes to the parent company  financial statements 3481.  Accounting policies2.  Deferred tax asset3.  Amounts due from subsidiaries4.  Share capital and share premium5.  Other reserves6.  Retained profits7.  Subordinated liabilities 8.  Debt securities in issue9.  Related party transactions10.  Financial instruments11.   Approval of the financial statements  and other information 204

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

205

REPORT OF THE indEPEndEnT AudiTORs On THE 
cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

independent auditors’ report to the members of Lloyds Banking Group plc  
We have audited the group financial statements of lloyds Banking Group plc for the year ended 31 december 2012 which comprise the 
consolidated income statement, the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, the consolidated balance sheet, the consolidated 
statement of changes in equity, the consolidated cash flow statement and the related notes. The financial reporting framework that has been 
applied in their preparation is applicable law and international Financial Reporting standards (iFRss) as adopted by the European union. 

Respective responsibilities of directors and auditors 
As explained more fully in the statement of directors’ responsibilities on page 84, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the 
group financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on 
the group financial statements in accordance with applicable law and international standards on Auditing (uK and ireland). Those standards 
require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board’s Ethical standards for Auditors. 

This report, including the opinions, has been prepared for and only for the company’s members as a body in accordance with chapter 3 of 
Part 16 of the companies Act 2006 and for no other purpose. We do not, in giving these opinions, accept or assume responsibility for any 
other purpose or to any other person to whom this report is shown or into whose hands it may come save where expressly agreed by our prior 
consent in writing.

Scope of the audit of the financial statements 
An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements sufficient to give reasonable assurance 
that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. This includes an assessment of: whether 
the accounting policies are appropriate to the Group’s circumstances and have been consistently applied and adequately disclosed; the 
reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by the directors; and the overall presentation of the financial statements. in addition, 
we read all the financial and non-financial information in the Annual Report and Accounts to identify material inconsistencies with the audited 
financial statements. if we become aware of any apparent material misstatements or inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report.

Opinion on financial statements 
in our opinion the group financial statements: 

 – give a true and fair view of the state of the Group’s affairs at 31 december 2012 and of its loss and cash flows for the year then ended; 

 – have been properly prepared in accordance with iFRss as adopted by the European union; and 

 – have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the companies Act 2006 and Article 4 of the iAs Regulation. 

Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 
in our opinion the information given in the directors’ Report for the financial year for which the group financial statements are prepared is 
consistent with the group financial statements.

 
204

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

205

Matters on which we are required to report by exception 
We have nothing to report in respect of the following: 

under the companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion: 

 – certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or 

 – we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

under the listing Rules we are required to review: 

 – the directors’ statement, on page 82, in relation to going concern; 

 –  the part of the corporate Governance Report relating to the company’s compliance with the nine provisions of the uK corporate 

Governance code specified for our review; and

 – certain elements of the report to shareholders by the Board on directors’ remuneration.

Other matter 
We have reported separately on the parent company financial statements of lloyds Banking Group plc for the year ended 31 december 2012 
and on the information in the directors’ Remuneration Report that is described as having been audited. 

Philip Rivett
senior statutory Auditor 
for and on behalf of Pricewaterhousecoopers llP 
chartered Accountants and statutory Auditors 
london 
1 March 2013

(a) 

 The maintenance and integrity of the lloyds Banking Group plc website is the responsibility of the directors; the work carried out by the 
auditors does not involve consideration of these matters and, accordingly, the auditors accept no responsibility for any changes that may 
have occurred to the financial statements since they were initially presented on the website.

(b)   legislation in the united Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in 

other jurisdictions.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348206

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

207

cOnsOlidATEd incOME sTATEMEnT

for the year ended 31 december

interest and similar income

interest and similar expense

net interest income

Fee and commission income

Fee and commission expense

net fee and commission income

net trading income

insurance premium income

Other operating income

Other income

Total income

insurance claims

Total income, net of insurance claims

Regulatory provisions

Other operating expenses

Total operating expenses

Trading surplus

impairment 

loss on disposal of businesses

(Loss) profit before tax

Taxation

Loss for the year

Profit attributable to non-controlling interests

loss attributable to equity shareholders

Loss for the year

Basic earnings per share

diluted earnings per share

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

note

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

14

15

16

16

2012
£ million

23,535

(14,460)

9,075

4,731

2011
£ million

26,316

(13,618)

12,698

4,935

2010
£ million

29,340

(16,794)

12,546

4,992

(1,438)  

   (1,391)

   (1,682)

3,293

13,554

8,284

  4,700

29,831

38,906

(18,396)

20,510

(4,175)

(11,756)

(15,931)

4,579

(5,149)

–

(570)

(773)

(1,343)

84

(1,427)

(1,343)

(2.0)p

(2.0)p

3,544

(368)

8,170

  2,799

14,145

26,843

(6,041)

20,802

(3,375)

(12,875)

 (16,250)

 4,552

(8,094)

–

 (3,542)

 828

 (2,714)

73

 (2,787)

 (2,714)

(4.1)p

 (4.1)p

3,310

15,724

8,148

  4,228

31,410

43,956

(19,088)

24,868

(500)

(12,770)

(13,270)

11,598

(10,952)

(365)

281

(539)

(258)

62

(320)

(258)

(0.5)p

(0.5)p

 
 
 
 
 
206

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

207

cOnsOlidATEd sTATEMEnT OF cOMPREHEnsiVE incOME

for the year ended 31 december

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive income

Movements in revaluation reserve in respect of available-for-sale financial assets:

Adjustment on transfers from held-to-maturity portfolio

change in fair value

income statement transfers in respect of disposals

income statement transfers in respect of impairment

Other income statement transfers

Taxation

Movement in cash flow hedging reserve:

Effective portion of changes in fair value taken to other comprehensive income

net income statement transfers

Taxation

currency translation differences (tax: nil)

Other comprehensive income for the year, net of tax

Total comprehensive income for the year

Total comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests

Total comprehensive income attributable to equity shareholders

Total comprehensive income for the year

2012
£ million

(1,343)

2011
£ million

 (2,714)

2010
£ million

(258)

1,168

779

(3,547)

42

290

339 

(929)

116

(92)

1

25

(14)

(918)

(2,261)

82

(2,343)

(2,261)

–

2,603

(343)

80

(155)

(575) 

1,610

916

70

(270) 

716

(84)

2,242

 (472)

72

 (544)

 (472)

–

1,231

(399)

114

(110)

  (343)

493

(1,048)

932

  30

(86)

(129)

278

20

57

(37)

20

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
208

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

209

cOnsOlidATEd BAlAncE sHEET

at 31 december

Assets

cash and balances at central banks

items in the course of collection from banks

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

derivative financial instruments

loans and receivables:

loans and advances to banks

loans and advances to customers

debt securities

Available-for-sale financial assets

Held-to-maturity investments

investment properties

Goodwill 

Value of in-force business

Other intangible assets

Tangible fixed assets

current tax recoverable

deferred tax assets

Retirement benefit assets

Other assets

Total assets

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

note

2012
£ million

2011
£ million

80,298

1,256

153,990

56,550

29,417

517,225

 5,273

551,915

31,374

–

5,405

2,016

6,800

2,792

7,342

354

4,285

1,867

18,308

924,552

17

18

19

20

23

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

43

42

32

60,722

1,408

139,510

66,013

32,606

565,638

 12,470

610,714

37,406

8,098

6,122

2,016

6,638

3,196

7,673

 434

 4,496

1,338

14,762

 970,546 

 
208

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

209

note

2012
£ million

2011
£ million

33

34

35

18

36

37

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

38,405

426,912

996

35,972

48,665

1,198

117,369

82,953

54,372

267

33,941

300

138

327

3,961

34,092

879,868

7,042

16,872

12,902

   7,183 

43,999

685

44,684

924,552

39,810

413,906

844

24,955

58,212

1,145

185,059

78,991

49,636

300

 32,041

381

103

314

3,166

35,089

 923,952

6,881

16,541

13,818

    8,680

 45,920

674

 46,594

 970,546

equity and liabilities

Liabilities

deposits from banks

customer deposits

items in course of transmission to banks

Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

derivative financial instruments

notes in circulation

debt securities in issue

liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts

liabilities arising from non-participating investment contracts

unallocated surplus within insurance businesses

Other liabilities

Retirement benefit obligations

current tax liabilities

deferred tax liabilities

Other provisions 

subordinated liabilities

Total liabilities

equity

share capital

share premium account

Other reserves 

Retained profits

Shareholders’ equity

non-controlling interests

Total equity

Total equity and liabilities

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

The directors approved the consolidated financial statements on 1 March 2013.

Sir Winfried Bischoff 
chairman 

António Horta-Osório 
Group chief Executive 

George Culmer
Group Finance director

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348210

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

211

cOnsOlidATEd sTATEMEnT OF cHAnGEs in EQuiTY

Balance at 1 January 2012

Comprehensive income

(loss) profit for the year

Other comprehensive income

Movements in revaluation reserve in respect  
of available-for-sale financial assets, net of tax

Movements in cash flow hedging reserve,  
net of tax

currency translation differences (tax: £nil)

Total other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive income

Transactions with owners

dividends

issue of ordinary shares

Movement in treasury shares

Value of employee services:

share option schemes

Other employee award schemes

change in non-controlling interests

Total transactions with owners

Balance at 31 December 2012

Attributable to equity shareholders

Share capital  
and premium  

£ million

23,422

Other  
reserves  
£ million

13,818

Retained  
profits  

£ million

8,680

Total  

£ million

45,920

–

–

–

–  

–

–

–

492

–

–

–

–

492

23,914

–

(1,427)

(1,427)

(927)

25

(14)  

(916)

(916)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–  

–

(1,427)

–

–

(407)

81

256

–

(70)

(927)

25

(14)  

(916)

(2,343)

–

492

(407)

81

256

–

422

12,902

7,183

43,999

non-controlling  
interests  
£ million

674

84

(2)

–

–  

(2)

82

(56)

–

–

–

–

(15)

(71)

685

Total  

£ million

46,594

(1,343)

(929)

25

(14)  

(918)

(2,261)

(56)

492

(407)

81

256

(15)

351

44,684

Further details of movements in the Group’s share capital and reserves are provided in notes 46, 47, 48 and 49.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 
210

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

211

Balance at 1 January 2011

comprehensive income

(loss) profit for the year

Other comprehensive income

Movements in revaluation reserve in respect  
of available-for-sale financial assets, net of tax

Movements in cash flow hedging reserve,  
net of tax

currency translation differences (tax: nil)

Total other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive income

Transactions with owners

dividends

issue of ordinary shares

Movement in treasury shares

Value of employee services:

share option schemes

Other employee award schemes

change in non-controlling interests

Total transactions with owners

Balance at 31 december 2011

share capital  
and premium  
£ million

23,106

Attributable to equity shareholders

Other  
reserves  
£ million

11,575

Retained  
profits  
£ million

11,380

Total  
£ million

46,061

–

–

–

–  

–

–

–

316

–

–

–

–

316

23,422

–

 (2,787)

 (2,787)

1,611

716

(84)  

2,243

2,243

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–  

–

 (2,787)

–

–

(276)

125

238

–

87

1,611

716

(84)  

2,243

 (544)

–

316

(276)

125

238

–

403

13,818

 8,680

 45,920

non-controlling  
interests  
£ million

841

73

(1)

–

–  

(1)

72

(50)

–

–

–

–

(189)

(239)

674

Total  
£ million

46,902

 (2,714)

1,610

716

(84)  

2,242

 (472)

(50)

316

(276)

125

238

(189)

164

 46,594

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348212

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

213

cOnsOlidATEd sTATEMEnT OF cHAnGEs in EQuiTY

share capital  
and premium  
£ million

24,944

Attributable to equity shareholders

Other  
reserves  
£ million

7,217

Retained  
profits  
£ million

11,117

Total  
£ million

43,278

– 

 (320)

(320)

Balance at 1 January 2010

comprehensive income

(loss) profit for the year

Other comprehensive income

Movements in revaluation reserve in respect  
of available-for-sale financial assets, net of tax

Movements in cash flow hedging reserve,  
net of tax

currency translation differences (tax: nil)

Total other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive income

Transactions with owners

dividends

issue of ordinary shares

Redemption of preference shares

cancellation of deferred shares

Movement in treasury shares

Value of employee services:

share option schemes

Other employee award schemes

change in non-controlling interests

Total transactions with owners

Balance at 31 december 2010

– 

– 

– 

  – 

– 

– 

–

2,237

11

(4,086)

–

–

–

 –

 498

(86)

   (129)

283

283

–

–

(11)

4,086

–

–

–

 –

–

– 

  – 

– 

 (320)

–

–

–

–

20

154

409

 –

583

11,380

498

(86)

   (129)

283

(37)

–

2,237

–

–

20

154

409

 –

2,820

46,061

(1,838)

23,106

4,075

11,575

non-controlling  
interests  
£ million

829

62

(5)

– 

   –

(5)

57

(47)

–

–

–

–

–

–

 2

(45)

841

Total  
£ million

44,107

(258)

493

(86)

   (129)

278

20

(47)

2,237

–

–

20

154

409

 2

2,775

46,902

212

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

213

cOnsOlidATEd cAsH FlOW sTATEMEnT

for the year ended 31 december

(Loss) profit before tax

Adjustments for:

change in operating assets

change in operating liabilities

non-cash and other items

Tax (paid) received

net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchase of financial assets

Proceeds from sale and maturity of financial assets

Purchase of fixed assets

Proceeds from sale of fixed assets

Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired

disposal of businesses, net of cash disposed

net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

dividends paid to non-controlling interests

interest paid on subordinated liabilities

Proceeds from issue of subordinated liabilities

Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares

Repayment of subordinated liabilities 

change in non-controlling interests

net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

change in cash and cash equivalents

cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements. 

note

56(A)

56(B)

56(c)

56(E)

56(F)

2012
£ million

(570)

48,333

(46,681)

2,045

(78)

3,049

(22,050)

37,664

(3,003)

2,595

(11)

37

15,232

(56)

(2,577)

–

170

(664)

23

(3,104)

(8)

15,169

85,889

56(d)

101,058

2011
£ million

 (3,542)

 44,097

 (19,187)

 (1,339)

(136)

19,893

(28,995) 

36,523

(3,095)

2,214

(13)

298

6,932

(50)

(2,126)

–

–

(1,074)

8

(3,242)

6

23,589

62,300

85,889

2010
£ million

281

31,860

(45,683)

11,173

332

(2,037)

(46,890)

45,999

(3,216)

1,354

(73)

428

(2,398)

(47)

(1,942)

3,237

–

(684)

2

566

479

(3,390)

65,690

62,300

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348214

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

215

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 1: Basis of preparation

The consolidated financial statements of lloyds Banking Group plc have been prepared in accordance with international Financial Reporting 
standards (iFRs) as adopted by the European union (Eu). iFRs comprises accounting standards prefixed iFRs issued by the international 
Accounting standards Board (iAsB) and those prefixed iAs issued by the iAsB’s predecessor body as well as interpretations issued by the 
international Financial Reporting interpretations committee (iFRic) and its predecessor body. The Eu endorsed version of iAs 39 Financial 
Instruments: Recognition and Measurement relaxes some of the hedge accounting requirements; the Group has not taken advantage of this 
relaxation, and therefore there is no difference in application to the Group between iFRs as adopted by the Eu and iFRs as issued by the iAsB.

The financial information has been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the revaluation of investment properties, 
available-for-sale financial assets, trading securities and certain other financial assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss and 
all derivative contracts. As stated on page 82, the directors consider that it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in 
preparing the financial statements.

The Group has reviewed its holding of government securities classified as held-to-maturity; since it is no longer the Group’s intention to hold 
these to maturity, they have been reclassified as available-for-sale. in addition, as the Group’s share of results of joint ventures and associates is 
no longer significant, this is now included within other operating income and the related asset reported within other assets; comparatives have 
been re-presented on a consistent basis.

The Group has adopted the following amendments to standards which became effective for financial years beginning on or after 1 January 
2012. neither of these amendments has had a material impact on these financial statements.

(i)  

(ii) 

 Disclosures – Transfers of Financial Assets (Amendments to IFRS 7). Requires disclosures in respect of all transferred financial assets that 
are not derecognised in their entirety and transferred assets that are derecognised in their entirety but with which there is continuing 
involvement. disclosures in connection with such transfers can be found in note 54.

 Deferred Tax: Recovery of Underlying Assets (Amendment to IAS 12). introduces a rebuttable presumption that investment property 
measured at fair value is recovered entirely through sale and that deferred tax in respect of such investment property is recognised on that 
basis.

details of those iFRs pronouncements which will be relevant to the Group but which were not effective at 31 december 2012 and which have 
not been applied in preparing these financial statements are given in note 57.

 
 
214

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

215

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 special purpose 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.

(1) Subsidiaries
subsidiaries include entities over which the Group has the power to govern the financial and operating policies which generally accompanies 
a shareholding of more than one half of the voting rights. The existence and effect of potential voting rights that are currently exercisable or 
convertible are considered when assessing whether the Group controls another entity. subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on 
which control is transferred to the Group; they are de-consolidated from the date that control ceases. details of the principal subsidiaries are 
given in note 9 to the parent company financial statements. 

investment vehicles, such as Open Ended investment companies (OEics), where the Group has control are consolidated. control arises 
when the Group manages the funds and also has a majority beneficial interest. in circumstances where the Group holds a majority beneficial 
interest, but is not the fund manager, the Group does not consolidate the entity as it does not have the fund manager’s decision-making 
powers over the investment activities of the OEic necessary to establish control. The interests of parties other than the Group are reported in 
other liabilities.

special purpose entities (sPEs) are consolidated if, in substance, the Group controls the entity. A key indicator of such control, amongst others, 
is where the Group is exposed to the risks and benefits of the sPE.

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)(5) below) or share capital (see (R)(1) below). identifiable assets 
acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair value at the acquisition date.

(2) Joint ventures and associates
Joint ventures are entities over which the Group has joint control under a contractual arrangement with other parties. Associates are entities 
over which the Group has significant influence, but not control or joint control, over the financial and operating policies. significant influence 
is the power to participate in the financial and operating policy decisions of the entity and is normally achieved through holding between 
20 per cent and 50 per cent of the voting share capital of the entity.

The Group utilises the venture capital exemption for investments where significant influence or joint control is present and the business unit 
operates as a venture capital business. These investments are designated at initial recognition at fair value through profit or loss. Otherwise, 
the Group’s investments in joint ventures and associates are accounted for by the equity method of accounting and are initially recorded at 
cost and adjusted each year to reflect the Group’s share of the post-acquisition results of the joint venture or associate based on audited 
accounts which are coterminous with the Group or made up to a date which is not more than three months before the Group’s reporting date. 
The share of any losses is restricted to a level that reflects an obligation to fund such losses.

(B) Goodwill
Goodwill arises on business combinations, including the acquisition of subsidiaries, and on the acquisition of interests in joint ventures and 
associates; goodwill 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. if an impairment is identified the carrying value of 
the goodwill is written down immediately through the income statement and is not subsequently reversed. Goodwill arising on acquisitions 
of associates and joint ventures is included in the Group’s investment in joint ventures and associates. 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 except where it has been written off 
directly to reserves in the past.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348216

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

217

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 2: Accounting policies (continued)

(C) Other intangible assets
Other intangible assets include brands, core deposit intangible, purchased credit card relationships, customer-related intangibles and both 
internally and externally generated capitalised software enhancements. 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:

capitalised software enhancements

Brands (which have been assessed as having finite lives) 

customer-related intangibles 

core deposit intangible

Purchased credit card relationships 

up to 7 years

10-15 years

up to 10 years

up to 8 years 

5 years

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 reassessed annually to reconfirm that an indefinite useful life remains appropriate. in the event that an 
indefinite life is inappropriate a finite life is determined and an impairment review is performed on the asset. 

(D) Revenue recognition
interest income and expense are recognised in the income statement for all interest-bearing financial instruments using the effective interest 
method, 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 or, when appropriate, a shorter period, to the net carrying amount of the financial asset or financial liability. 

The effective interest rate is calculated on initial recognition of the financial asset or liability by estimating the future cash flows after 
considering all the contractual terms of the instrument but not future credit losses. The calculation includes all amounts expected to be paid 
or received by the Group including expected early redemption fees and related penalties and premiums and discounts that are an integral 
part of the overall return. direct incremental transaction costs related to the acquisition, issue or disposal of a financial instrument are also 
taken into account in the calculation. Once a financial asset or a group of similar financial assets has been written down as a result of an 
impairment loss, interest income is recognised using the rate of interest used to discount the future cash flows for the purpose of measuring 
the impairment loss (see (H) below).

Fees and commissions which are not an integral part of the effective interest rate are generally recognised when the service has been 
provided. loan commitment fees for loans that are likely to be drawn down are deferred (together with related direct costs) and recognised 
as an adjustment to the effective interest rate on the loan once drawn. Where it is unlikely that loan commitments will be drawn, loan 
commitment fees are recognised over the life of the facility. loan syndication fees are recognised as revenue when the syndication has been 
completed and the Group retains no part of the loan package for itself or retains a part at the same effective interest rate for all interest-
bearing financial instruments, including loans and advances, as for the other participants.

dividend income is recognised when the right to receive payment is established.

Revenue recognition policies specific to life insurance and general insurance business are detailed below (see (O) below); those relating to 
leases are set out in (K)(2) below.

(e) Financial assets and liabilities
On initial recognition, financial assets are classified into fair value through profit or loss, available-for-sale financial assets, held-to-maturity 
investments or loans and receivables. 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. 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 they are extinguished (ie when the obligation is discharged), cancelled or expire.

(1) Financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss
Financial instruments are classified at fair value through profit or loss where they are trading securities or where they are designated at fair 
value through profit or loss by management. derivatives are carried at fair value (see (F) below). 

Trading securities 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. such securities are classified as trading securities and recognised in the balance sheet at their 
fair value. Gains and losses arising from changes in their fair value together with interest coupons and dividend income are recognised in the 
income statement within net trading income in the period in which they occur.

216

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

217

note 2: Accounting policies (continued)

Other financial assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are designated as such by management upon initial recognition. such 
assets and liabilities are carried in the balance sheet at their fair value and gains and losses arising from changes in fair value together with 
interest coupons and dividend income are recognised in the income statement within net trading income in the period in which they occur. 
Financial assets and liabilities are designated at fair value through profit or loss on acquisition in the following circumstances:

 –  it eliminates or significantly reduces the inconsistent treatment that would otherwise arise from measuring the assets and liabilities or 

recognising gains or losses on different bases. The main type of financial assets designated by the Group at fair value through profit or loss 
are assets backing insurance contracts and investment contracts issued by the Group’s life insurance businesses. Fair value designation 
allows changes in the fair value of these assets to be recorded in the income statement along with the changes in the value of the associated 
liabilities, thereby significantly reducing the measurement inconsistency had the assets been classified as available-for-sale financial assets. 

 –  the assets and liabilities are part of a group which is managed, and its performance evaluated, on a fair value basis in accordance with a 

documented risk management or investment strategy, with management information also prepared on this basis. As noted in (A)(2) above 
certain of the Group’s investments are managed as venture capital investments and evaluated on the basis of their fair value and these assets 
are designated at fair value through profit or loss. 

 –   where the assets and 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. 

The fair values of assets and liabilities traded in active markets are based on current bid and offer prices respectively. if the market is not active 
the Group establishes a fair value by using valuation techniques. These include the use of recent arm’s length transactions, reference to other 
instruments that are substantially the same, discounted cash flow analysis, option pricing models and other valuation techniques commonly 
used by market participants. Refer to note 3 (critical accounting estimates and judgements: Fair value of financial instruments) and note 54(3) 
(Financial instruments: Fair values of financial assets and liabilities) for details of valuation techniques and significant inputs to valuation 
models.

The Group is permitted to reclassify, at fair value at the date of transfer, non-derivative financial assets (other than those designated at fair 
value through profit or loss by the entity upon initial recognition) out of the trading category if they are no longer held for the purpose of being 
sold or repurchased in the near term, as follows:

 –  if the financial assets would have met the definition of loans and receivables (but for the fact that they had to be classified as held for trading 
at initial recognition), they may be reclassified into loans and receivables where the Group has the intention and ability to hold the assets for 
the foreseeable future or until maturity; or

 –  if the financial assets would not have met the definition of loans and receivables, they may be reclassified out of the held for trading category 

into available-for-sale financial assets in ‘rare circumstances’. 

(2) Available-for-sale financial assets
debt securities and equity shares that are not classified as trading securities, at fair value through profit or loss, held-to-maturity investments 
or as loans and receivables are classified as available-for-sale financial assets and are recognised in the balance sheet at their fair value, 
inclusive of transaction costs. Available-for-sale financial assets are those intended to be held for an indeterminate period of time and may be 
sold in response to needs for liquidity or changes in interest rates, exchange rates or equity prices. Gains and losses arising from changes in 
the fair value of investments classified as available-for-sale are recognised directly in other comprehensive income, until the financial asset is 
either sold, becomes impaired or matures, at which time the cumulative gain or loss previously recognised in other comprehensive income is 
recognised in the income statement. interest calculated using the effective interest method and foreign exchange gains and losses on debt 
securities denominated in foreign currencies are recognised in the income statement.

The Group is permitted to transfer a financial asset from the available-for-sale category to the loans and receivables category where that asset 
would have met the definition of loans and receivables at the time of reclassification (if the financial asset had not been designated as 
available-for-sale) and where there is both the intention and ability to hold that financial asset for the foreseeable future. Reclassification of a 
financial asset from the available-for-sale category to the held-to-maturity category is permitted when the Group has the ability and intent to 
hold that financial asset to maturity. 

Reclassifications are made at fair value as of the reclassification date. Fair value becomes the new cost or amortised cost as applicable. 
Effective interest rates for financial assets reclassified to the loans and receivables and held-to-maturity categories are determined at the 
reclassification date. Any previous gain or loss on a transferred asset that has been recognised in equity is amortised to profit or loss over the 
remaining life of the investment using the effective interest method or until the asset becomes impaired. Any difference between the new 
amortised cost and the expected cash flows is also amortised over the remaining life of the asset using the effective interest method.

When an impairment loss is recognised in respect of available-for-sale assets transferred, the unamortised balance of any available-for-sale 
reserve that remains in equity is transferred to the income statement and recorded as part of the impairment loss.

(3) Loans and receivables
loans and receivables include loans and advances to banks and customers and eligible assets including those transferred into this category 
out of the fair value through profit or loss or available-for-sale financial assets categories. loans and receivables are initially recognised when 
cash is advanced to the borrowers at fair value inclusive of transaction costs or, for eligible assets transferred into this category, their fair value 
at the date of transfer. Financial assets classified as loans and receivables are accounted for at amortised cost using the effective interest 
method (see (d) above) less provision for impairment (see (H) below). 

The Group has entered into securitisation and similar transactions to finance certain loans and advances to customers. in cases where the 
securitisation vehicles are funded by the issue of debt, on terms whereby the majority of the risks and rewards of the portfolio of securitised 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348218

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

219

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 2: Accounting policies (continued)

lending are retained by the Group, these loans and advances continue to be recognised by the Group, together with a corresponding liability 
for the funding. 

(4) Held-to-maturity investments 
Held-to-maturity investments are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturities that the Group’s 
management has the positive intention and ability to hold to maturity other than:

 – those that the Group designates upon initial recognition as at fair value through profit or loss;

 – those that the Group designates as available-for-sale; and

 – those that meet the definition of loans and receivables.

These are initially recognised at fair value including direct and incremental transaction costs and measured subsequently at amortised cost, 
using the effective interest method, less any provision for impairment.

A sale or reclassification of a more than insignificant amount of held-to-maturity investments would result in the reclassification of all  
held-to-maturity investments to available-for-sale financial assets. 

(5) Borrowings 
Borrowings (which include deposits from banks, customer deposits, 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.

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 original carrying value of the liability and the fair value of the new equity is recognised in the profit or loss together with any 
related costs or fees incurred.

(6) Sale and repurchase agreements
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 under these arrangements are included in deposits from banks, customer deposits, or trading 
liabilities. conversely, securities purchased under agreements to resell (reverse repos), where the Group does not acquire substantially all of 
the risks and rewards of ownership, are recorded as loans and receivables or 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 lent to counterparties are retained in the financial statements. securities borrowed are not recognised in the financial statements, 
unless these are sold to third parties, in which case the obligation to return them is recorded at fair value as a trading liability.

(F) Derivative financial instruments and hedge accounting
All derivatives are recognised at their fair value. Fair values are obtained from quoted market prices in active markets, including recent market 
transactions, and using valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow and option pricing models, as appropriate. derivatives are 
carried in the balance sheet as assets when their fair value is positive and as liabilities when their fair value is negative. Refer to note 3 (critical 
accounting estimates and judgements: Fair value of financial instruments) and note 54(3) (Financial instruments: Fair values of financial assets 
and liabilities) for details of valuation techniques and significant inputs to valuation models.

changes in the fair value of any derivative instrument that is not part of a hedging relationship are recognised immediately in the income 
statement.

derivatives embedded in financial instruments 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. in accordance with iFRs 4 Insurance Contracts, a policyholder’s option to surrender an insurance contract 
for a fixed amount is not treated as an embedded derivative.

The method of recognising the movements in the fair value of derivatives depends on whether they are designated as hedging instruments 
and, if so, the nature of the item being hedged. 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 and 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.

The Group designates certain derivatives as either: (1) hedges of the fair value of the particular risks inherent in recognised assets or liabilities 
(fair value hedges); (2) hedges of highly probable future cash flows attributable to recognised assets or liabilities (cash flow hedges); or (3) 
hedges of net investments in foreign operations (net investment hedges). These are accounted for as follows:

218

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

219

note 2: Accounting policies (continued)

(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 an available-for-sale financial asset. 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 hedge 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.

(3) net investment hedges
Hedges of net investments in foreign operations are accounted for similarly to cash flow hedges. Any gain or loss on the hedging instrument 
relating to the effective portion of the hedge is recognised in other comprehensive income, the gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion 
is recognised immediately in the income statement. Gains and losses accumulated in equity are included in the income statement when 
the foreign operation is disposed of. The hedging instrument used in net investment hedges may include non-derivative liabilities as well as 
derivative financial instruments.

(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 set-off 
and there is an intention to settle on a net basis, or realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. 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

(1) Assets accounted for at amortised cost
At each balance sheet date the Group assesses whether, as a result of one or more events occurring after initial recognition of the financial 
asset and prior to the balance sheet date, there is objective evidence that a financial asset or group of financial assets has become impaired.

Where such an event has had an impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset or group of financial assets, an impairment 
allowance is recognised. The amount of impairment allowance is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of 
estimated future cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. if the asset has a variable rate of interest, the discount rate 
used for measuring the impairment allowance is the current effective interest rate.

subsequent to the recognition of an impairment loss on a financial asset or a group of financial assets, interest income continues to be 
recognised on an effective interest rate basis, on the asset’s carrying value net of impairment provisions. if, in a subsequent period, the amount 
of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, 
such as an improvement in the borrower’s credit rating, the allowance is adjusted and the amount of the reversal is recognised in the income 
statement.

impairment allowances are assessed individually for financial assets that are individually significant. such individual assessment is used 
primarily for the Group’s wholesale lending portfolios in the commercial Banking and Wealth, Asset Finance and international divisions. 
impairment allowances for portfolios of smaller balance homogenous loans such as most residential mortgages, personal loans and credit 
card balances in the Group’s retail portfolios in both the Retail and Wealth, Asset Finance and international divisions that are below the 
individual assessment thresholds, and for loan losses that have been incurred but not separately identified at the balance sheet date, are 
determined on a collective basis.

individual assessment
in respect of individually significant financial assets in the Group’s wholesale lending portfolios, assets are reviewed on a regular basis 
and those showing potential or actual vulnerability are placed on a watch list where greater monitoring is undertaken and any adverse or 
potentially adverse impact on ability to repay is used in assessing whether an asset should be transferred to a dedicated Business support 
unit. specific examples of trigger events that would lead to the initial recognition of impairment allowances against lending to corporate 
borrowers (or the recognition of additional impairment allowances) include (i) trading losses, loss of business or major customer of a 
borrower; (ii) material breaches of the terms and conditions of a loan facility, including non-payment of interest or principal, or a fall in the 
value of security such that it is no longer considered adequate; (iii) disappearance of an active market because of financial difficulties; or (iv) 
restructuring a facility with preferential terms to aid recovery of the lending (such as a debt for equity swap).

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348220

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

221

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 2: Accounting policies (continued)

For such individually identified financial assets, a review is undertaken of the expected future cash flows which requires significant 
management judgement as to the amount and timing of such cash flows. Where the debt is secured, the assessment reflects the expected 
cash flows from the realisation of the security, net of costs to realise, whether or not foreclosure or realisation of the collateral is probable.

For impaired debt instruments which are held at amortised cost, impairment losses are recognised in subsequent periods when it is 
determined that there has been a further negative impact on expected future cash flows. A reduction in fair value caused by general widening 
of credit spreads would not, of itself, result in additional impairment.

collective assessment
impairment is assessed on a collective basis for (1) homogenous groups of loans that are not considered individually impaired; and (2) to cover 
losses which have been incurred but have not yet been identified on loans subject to individual impairment.

Homogenous groups of loans
in respect of portfolios of smaller balance, homogenous loans, the asset is included in a group of financial assets with similar risk 
characteristics and collectively assessed for impairment. segmentation takes into account factors such as the type of asset, industry sector, 
geographical location, collateral type, past-due status and other relevant factors. These characteristics are relevant to the estimation of future 
cash flows for groups of such assets as they are indicative of the borrower’s ability to pay all amounts due according to the contractual terms of 
the assets being evaluated.

Generally, the impairment trigger used within the impairment calculation for a loan, or group of loans, is when they reach a pre-defined level of 
delinquency or where the customer is bankrupt. loans where the Group provides arrangements that forgive a portion of interest or principal 
are also deemed to be impaired and loans that are originated to refinance currently impaired assets are also defined as impaired.

in respect of the Group’s secured mortgage portfolios, the impairment allowance is calculated based on a definition of impaired loans 
which are those six months or more in arrears (or certain cases where the borrower is bankrupt or is in possession). The estimated cash flows 
are calculated based on historical experience and are dependent on estimates of the expected value of collateral which takes into account 
expected future movements in house prices, less costs to sell.

For unsecured personal lending portfolios, the impairment trigger is generally when the balance is two or more instalments in arrears or 
where the customer has exhibited one or more of the impairment characteristics set out above. While the trigger is based on the payment 
performance or circumstances of each individual asset, the assessment of future cash flows uses historical experience of cohorts of similar 
portfolios such that the assessment is considered to be collective. Future cash flows are estimated on the basis of the contractual cash 
flows of the assets in the cohort and historical loss experience for similar assets. Historical loss experience is adjusted on the basis of current 
observable data about economic and credit conditions (including unemployment rates and borrowers’ behaviour) to reflect the effects of 
current conditions that did not affect the period on which the historical loss experience is based and to remove the effects of conditions in the 
historical period that do not exist currently. The methodology and assumptions used for estimating future cash flows are reviewed regularly by 
the Group to reduce any differences between loss estimates and actual loss experience.

Incurred but not yet identified impairment
The collective provision also includes provision for inherent losses, that is losses that have been incurred but have not been separately identified 
at the balance sheet date. The loans that are not currently recognised as impaired are grouped into homogenous portfolios by key risk drivers. Risk 
drivers for secured retail lending include the current indexed loan-to-value, previous mortgage arrears, internal cross-product delinquency data 
and external credit bureau data; for unsecured retail lending they include whether the account is up-to-date and, if not, the number of payments 
that have been missed; and for wholesale lending they include factors such as observed default rates and loss given default. An assessment is 
made of the likelihood of each account becoming recognised as impaired within the loss emergence period, with the economic loss that each 
portfolio is likely to generate were it to become impaired. The loss emergence period is determined by local management for each portfolio and 
the Group has a range of loss emergence periods which are dependent upon the characteristics of the portfolios. loss emergence periods are 
reviewed regularly and updated when appropriate. in general the periods used across the Group vary between one month and twelve months 
based on historical experience. unsecured portfolios tend to have shorter loss emergence periods than secured portfolios.

loan renegotiations and forbearance
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. Where the renegotiated payments of interest and principal will 
not recover the original carrying value of the asset, the asset continues to be reported as past due and is considered impaired. Where the 
renegotiated payments of interest and principal will recover the original carrying value of the asset, the loan is no longer reported as past 
due or impaired provided that payments are made in accordance with the revised terms. Renegotiation may lead to the loan and associated 
provision being derecognised and a new loan being recognised initially at fair value.

Write offs
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 forbearance is no longer appropriate. For wholesale 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.

220

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

221

note 2: Accounting policies (continued)

debt for equity exchanges
Equity securities acquired in exchange for loans in order to achieve an orderly realisation are accounted for as a disposal of the loan and an 
acquisition of equity securities, held as available-for-sale. Where control is obtained over an entity as a result of the transaction, the entity is 
consolidated; where the Group has significant influence over an entity as a result of the transaction, the investment is accounted for by the 
equity method of accounting (see (A) above). Any subsequent impairment of the assets or business acquired is treated as an impairment of the 
relevant asset or business and not as an impairment of the original instrument.

(2) Available-for-sale financial assets
The Group assesses, at each balance sheet date, whether there is objective evidence that an available-for-sale financial asset is impaired. 
in addition to the criteria for financial assets accounted for at amortised cost set out above, this assessment involves reviewing the current 
financial circumstances (including creditworthiness) and future prospects of the issuer, assessing the future cash flows expected to be realised 
and, in the case of equity shares, considering whether there has been a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of the asset below its 
cost. if an impairment loss has been incurred, the cumulative loss measured as the difference between the acquisition cost (net of any principal 
repayment and amortisation) and the current fair value, less any impairment loss on that asset previously recognised, is reclassified from equity 
to the income statement. For impaired debt instruments, impairment losses are recognised in subsequent periods when it is determined that 
there has been a further negative impact on expected future cash flows; a reduction in fair value caused by general widening of credit spreads 
would not, of itself, result in additional impairment. if, in a subsequent period, the fair value of a debt instrument classified as available-for-sale 
increases and the increase can be objectively related to an event occurring after the impairment loss was recognised, an amount not greater 
than the original impairment loss is credited to the income statement; any excess is taken to other comprehensive income. impairment losses 
recognised in the income statement on equity instruments are not reversed through the income statement.

(i) investment property
investment property comprises freehold and long leasehold land and buildings that are held either to earn rental income or for capital 
appreciation or both. The Group’s investment property primarily relates to property held for long-term rental yields and capital appreciation 
within the life insurance funds. investment property is carried in the balance sheet at fair value, being the open market value as determined 
in accordance with the guidance published by the Royal institution of chartered surveyors. if this information is not available, the Group uses 
alternative valuation methods such as discounted cash flow projections or recent prices. These valuations are reviewed at least annually by an 
independent valuation expert. investment property being redeveloped for continuing use as investment property, or for which the market 
has become less active, continues to be measured at fair value. changes in fair value are recognised in the income statement as net trading 
income.

(J) Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are 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:

Premises (excluding land):

 –  Freehold/long and short leasehold premises: shorter of 50 years and the remaining period of the lease. 

 –  leasehold improvements: shorter of 10 years and, if lease renewal is not likely, the remaining period of the lease. 

Equipment:

 –  Fixtures and furnishings: 10-20 years. 

 –  Other equipment and motor vehicles: 2-8 years. 

The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, 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 the event that an asset’s carrying amount is determined to be greater than its recoverable amount it is written down immediately. The 
recoverable amount is the higher of the asset’s fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.

(K) Leases

(1) As lessee
The leases entered into by the Group are primarily operating leases. Operating lease rentals payable are charged to the income statement on 
a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

When an operating lease is terminated before the end of the lease period, any payment made to the lessor by way of penalty is recognised as 
an expense in the period of termination.

(2) As lessor
Assets leased to customers are classified as finance leases if the lease agreements transfer substantially all 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 provisions, 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 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348222

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

223

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 2: Accounting policies (continued)

method (before tax) so as to give a constant rate of return on the net investment in the leases. unguaranteed residual values are reviewed 
regularly to identify any impairment. 

Operating lease assets are included within tangible fixed assets at cost and depreciated over their estimated useful lives, which equates to the 
lives of the leases, after taking into account anticipated residual values. 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.

(L) Pensions and other post-retirement benefits
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 service and 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.

Full actuarial valuations of the Group’s principal defined benefit schemes are carried out every three years with interim reviews in the 
intervening years; these valuations are updated to 31 december each year by qualified independent actuaries, or in the case of the scottish 
Widows Retirement Benefits scheme, by a qualified actuary employed by scottish Widows. For the purposes of these annual updates scheme 
assets are included at their fair value and scheme liabilities are measured on an actuarial basis using the projected unit credit method adjusted 
for unrecognised actuarial gains and losses. 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, the expected return on the schemes’ 
assets, net of expected administration costs, and the interest cost on the schemes’ liabilities. Actuarial gains and losses arising from 
experience adjustments and changes in actuarial assumptions are not recognised unless the cumulative unrecognised gain or loss at the 
end of the previous reporting period exceeds the greater of 10 per cent of the scheme assets or liabilities (‘the corridor approach’). in these 
circumstances the excess is charged or credited to the income statement over the employees’ expected average remaining working lives. Past 
service costs are charged immediately to the income statement, unless the charges are conditional on the employees remaining in service for 
a specified period of time (the vesting period). in this case, the past service costs are amortised on a straight-line basis over the vesting period.

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 adjusted for any cumulative unrecognised actuarial gains or losses. surpluses are only 
recognised to the extent that they are recoverable through reduced contributions in the future or through refunds from the schemes.

The Group recognises the effect of material changes to the terms of its defined benefit pension plans which reduce future benefits as 
curtailments; gains and losses are recognised in the income statement when the curtailments occur.

The costs of the Group’s defined contribution plans are charged to the income statement in the period in which they fall due.

(M) 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.

(n) Taxation
current income tax which is payable on taxable profits is recognised as an expense in the period in which the profits arise.

For the Group’s long-term insurance businesses, the tax charge is analysed between tax that is payable in respect of policyholders’ returns and 
tax that is payable on shareholders’ returns. This allocation is based on an assessment of the rates of tax which will be applied to the returns 
under current uK tax rules.

deferred tax is provided in full, using the liability method, on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and 
their carrying amounts in the consolidated financial statements. However, deferred tax is not accounted for if it arises from initial recognition of 
an asset or liability in a transaction other than a business combination that at the time of the transaction affects neither accounting nor taxable 
profit or loss. deferred tax is determined using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date which are 
expected to apply when the related deferred tax asset is realised or the deferred tax liability is settled.

222

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

223

note 2: Accounting policies (continued)

deferred tax assets are recognised where it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the temporary differences 
can be utilised. income tax payable on profits is recognised as an expense in the period in which those profits arise. The tax effects of losses 
available for carry forward are recognised as an asset when it is probable that future taxable profits will be available against which these losses 
can be utilised. deferred and current tax related to gains and losses on the fair value re-measurement of available-for-sale investments and 
cash flow hedges, where these gains and losses are recognised in other comprehensive income, is also recognised in other comprehensive 
income. such tax is subsequently transferred to the income statement together with the gain or loss.

deferred and current tax assets and liabilities are offset when they arise in the same tax reporting group and where there is both a legal right 
of offset and the intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

(O) insurance
The Group undertakes both life insurance and general insurance business. insurance and participating investment contracts are accounted 
for under iFRs 4 Insurance Contracts, which permits (with certain exceptions) the continuation of accounting practices for measuring insurance 
and participating investment contracts that applied prior to the adoption of iFRs. The Group, therefore, continues to account for these 
products using uK GAAP, including FRs 27 Life Assurance, and uK established practice.

Products sold by the life insurance business are classified into three categories:

 – insurance contracts – these contracts 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 more than the benefits 
payable if the insured event were not to occur. These contracts may or may not include discretionary participation features.

 – investment contracts containing a discretionary participation feature (participating investment contracts) – these contracts do not transfer 

significant insurance risk, but contain a contractual right which gives the holder the right to receive, in addition to the guaranteed benefits, 
further additional discretionary benefits or bonuses that are likely to be a significant proportion of the total contractual benefits and the amount 
and timing of which is at the discretion of the Group, within the constraints of the terms and conditions of the instrument and based upon the 
performance of specified assets. 

 – non-participating investment contracts – these contracts do not transfer significant insurance risk or contain a discretionary participation 

feature.

The general insurance business issues only insurance contracts.

(1) Life insurance business

(i) Accounting for insurance and participating investment contracts 

Premiums and claims
Premiums received in respect of insurance and participating investment contracts are recognised as revenue when due except for unit-linked 
contracts on which premiums are recognised as revenue when received. claims are recorded as an expense on the earlier of the maturity date 
or the date on which the claim is notified.

Liabilities
 – Insurance and participating investment contracts in the Group’s with-profit funds

liabilities of the Group’s with-profit funds, including guarantees and options embedded within products written by these funds, are stated 
at their realistic values in accordance with the Financial services Authority’s realistic capital regime, except that projected transfers out of the 
funds into other Group funds are recorded in the unallocated surplus (see below). Further details on the realistic capital regime are given on 
page 195. changes in the value of these liabilities are recognised in the income statement through insurance claims.

 – Insurance and participating investment contracts which are not unit-linked or in the Group’s with-profit funds

A liability for contractual benefits that are expected to be incurred in the future is recorded when the premiums are recognised. The liability 
is calculated by estimating the future cash flows over the duration of in-force policies and discounting them back to the valuation date 
allowing for probabilities of occurrence. The liability will vary with movements in interest rates and with the cost of life insurance and annuity 
benefits where future mortality is uncertain.

Assumptions are made in respect of all material factors affecting future cash flows, including future interest rates, mortality and costs.

changes in the value of these liabilities are recognised in the income statement through insurance claims.

 – Insurance and participating investment contracts which are unit-linked

liabilities for unit-linked insurance contracts and participating investment contracts are stated at the bid value of units plus an additional 
allowance where appropriate (such as for any excess of future expenses over charges). The liability is increased or reduced by the change in 
the unit prices and is reduced by policy administration fees, mortality and surrender charges and any withdrawals. changes in the value of 
the liability are recognised in the income statement through insurance claims. Benefit claims in excess of the account balances incurred in 
the period are also charged through insurance claims. Revenue consists of fees deducted for mortality, policy administration and surrender 
charges. 

Unallocated surplus
Any amounts in the with-profit funds not yet determined as being due to policyholders or shareholders are recognised as an unallocated 
surplus which is shown separately from liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348224

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

225

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 2: Accounting policies (continued)

(ii) Accounting for non-participating investment contracts
The Group’s non-participating investment contracts are primarily unit-linked. These contracts are accounted for 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 insurance claims.

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.

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 is reviewed for impairment 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.

(iii) Value of in-force business
The Group recognises as an asset the value of in-force business in respect of insurance contracts and participating investment contracts. The 
asset represents the present value of the shareholders’ interest in the profits expected to emerge from those contracts written at the balance 
sheet date. This is determined after making appropriate assumptions about future economic and operating conditions such as future mortality 
and persistency rates and includes allowances for both non-market risk and for the realistic value of financial options and guarantees. Each 
cash flow is valued using the discount rate consistent with that applied to such a cash flow in the capital markets. The asset in the consolidated 
balance sheet is presented gross of attributable tax and movements in the asset are reflected within other operating income in the 
income statement.

The Group’s contractual rights to benefits from providing investment management services in relation to non-participating investment 
contracts acquired in business combinations and portfolio transfers are measured at fair value at the date of acquisition. The resulting asset 
is amortised over the estimated lives of the contracts. At each reporting date an assessment is made to determine if there is any indication of 
impairment. Where impairment exists, the carrying value of the asset is reduced to its recoverable amount and the impairment loss recognised 
in the income statement. 

(2) General insurance business
The Group both underwrites and acts as intermediary in the sale of general insurance products. underwriting premiums are included in 
insurance premium income, net of refunds, in the period in which insurance cover is provided to the customer; premiums received relating 
to future periods are deferred in the balance sheet within liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts 
and only credited to the income statement when earned. Broking commission is recognised when the underwriter accepts the risk of 
providing insurance cover to the customer. Where appropriate, provision is made for the effect of future policy terminations based upon 
past experience.

The underwriting business makes provision for the estimated cost of claims notified but not settled and claims incurred but not reported at 
the balance sheet date. The provision for the cost of claims notified but not settled is based upon a best estimate of the cost of settling the 
outstanding claims after taking into account all known facts. in those cases where there is insufficient information to determine the required 
provision, statistical techniques are used which take into account the cost of claims that have recently been settled and make assumptions 
about the future development of the outstanding cases. similar statistical techniques are used to determine the provision for claims incurred 
but not reported at the balance sheet date. claims liabilities are not discounted.

(3) Liability adequacy test
At each balance sheet date liability adequacy tests are performed to ensure the adequacy of insurance and participating investment contract 
liabilities net of related deferred cost assets and value of in-force business. in performing these tests current best estimates of discounted 
future contractual cash flows and claims handling and policy administration expenses, as well as investment income from the assets backing 
such liabilities, are used. Any deficiency is immediately charged to the income statement, initially by writing off the relevant assets and 
subsequently by establishing a provision for losses arising from liability adequacy tests.

(4) Reinsurance
contracts entered into by the Group with reinsurers under which the Group is compensated for benefits payable on one or more contracts 
issued by the Group are recognised as assets arising from reinsurance contracts held. Where the underlying contracts issued by the Group are 
classified as insurance contracts and the reinsurance contract transfers significant insurance risk on those contracts to the reinsurer, the assets 
arising from reinsurance contracts held are classified as insurance contracts. Where the underlying contracts issued by the Group are classified 
as non-participating investment contracts and the reinsurance contract transfers financial risk on those contracts to the reinsurer, the assets 
arising from reinsurance contracts held are classified as non-participating investment contracts.

Assets arising from reinsurance contracts held – Classified as insurance contracts

Amounts recoverable from or due to reinsurers are measured consistently with the amounts associated with the reinsured contracts and in 

accordance with the terms of each reinsurance contract and are regularly reviewed for impairment. Premiums payable for reinsurance contracts 

are recognised as an expense when due within insurance premium income. changes in the reinsurance recoverable assets are recognised in the 

income statement through insurance claims.

Assets arising from reinsurance contracts held – Classified as non-participating investment contracts

These contracts are accounted for as financial assets whose value is contractually linked to the fair values of financial assets within the 

reinsurers’ investment funds. investment returns (including movements in fair value and investment income) allocated to these contracts 

are recognised in insurance claims. deposits and withdrawals are not accounted for through the income statement but are accounted 

for directly in the balance sheet as adjustments to the assets arising from reinsurance contracts held. 

(P) 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). The consolidated financial statements are presented in sterling, which is the 

company’s functional and presentation 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 or net investment 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 available-for-sale non-monetary financial assets, 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.

into the presentation currency as follows:

The results and financial position of all group entities that have a functional currency different from the presentation currency are translated 

 –  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. 

 –  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 (see (F)(3) above). On disposal of a foreign operation, the cumulative amount of exchange 

differences relating to that foreign operation are reclassified from equity and included in determining the profit or loss arising on disposal.

(q) 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.

The Group recognises provisions in respect of vacant leasehold property where the unavoidable costs of the present obligations exceed 

anticipated rental income.

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.

(R) Share capital 

(1) Share issue costs

(2) Dividends

(3) Treasury shares

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. Where such shares are subsequently sold or reissued, any consideration 

received is included in shareholders’ equity.

(S) Cash and cash equivalents

For the purposes of the cash flow statement, cash and cash equivalents comprise cash and non-mandatory balances with central banks and 

amounts due from banks with a maturity of less than three months.

224

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

225

note 2: Accounting policies (continued)

Assets arising from reinsurance contracts held – Classified as insurance contracts
Amounts recoverable from or due to reinsurers are measured consistently with the amounts associated with the reinsured contracts and in 
accordance with the terms of each reinsurance contract and are regularly reviewed for impairment. Premiums payable for reinsurance contracts 
are recognised as an expense when due within insurance premium income. changes in the reinsurance recoverable assets are recognised in the 
income statement through insurance claims.

Assets arising from reinsurance contracts held – Classified as non-participating investment contracts
These contracts are accounted for as financial assets whose value is contractually linked to the fair values of financial assets within the 
reinsurers’ investment funds. investment returns (including movements in fair value and investment income) allocated to these contracts 
are recognised in insurance claims. deposits and withdrawals are not accounted for through the income statement but are accounted 
for directly in the balance sheet as adjustments to the assets arising from reinsurance contracts held. 

(P) 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). The consolidated financial statements are presented in sterling, which is the 
company’s functional and presentation 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 or net investment 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 available-for-sale non-monetary financial assets, 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. 

 –  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 (see (F)(3) above). On disposal of a foreign operation, the cumulative amount of exchange 
differences relating to that foreign operation are reclassified from equity and included in determining the profit or loss arising on disposal.

(q) 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.

The Group recognises provisions in respect of vacant leasehold property where the unavoidable costs of the present obligations exceed 
anticipated rental income.

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.

(R) Share capital 

(1) Share issue costs
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.

(2) Dividends
dividends paid on the Group’s ordinary shares are recognised as a reduction in equity in the period in which they are paid.

(3) Treasury shares
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. Where such shares are subsequently sold or reissued, any consideration 
received is included in shareholders’ equity.

(S) Cash and cash equivalents
For the purposes of the cash flow statement, cash and cash equivalents comprise cash and non-mandatory balances with central banks and 
amounts due from banks with a maturity of less than three months.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348226

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

227

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 3: Critical accounting estimates and judgements

The preparation of the Group’s financial statements in accordance with iFRs 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.

The significant judgements made by management in applying the Group’s accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty 
in these financial statements, which together are deemed critical to the Group’s results and financial position, are as follows.

Allowance for impairment losses on loans and receivables
At 31 december 2012 gross loans and receivables totalled £567,374 million (2011: £629,736 million) against which impairment allowances 
of £15,459 million (2011: £19,022 million) had been made (see note 24). The Group’s accounting policy for losses arising on financial assets 
classified as loans and receivables is described in note 2(H)(1); this note also provides an overview of the methodologies applied.

The allowance for impairment losses on loans and receivables is management’s best estimate of losses incurred in the portfolio at the balance 
sheet date. impairment allowances are made up of two components, those determined individually and those determined collectively.

individual impairment allowances are generally established against the Group’s wholesale lending portfolios. The determination of individual 
impairment allowances requires the exercise of considerable judgement by management involving matters such as local economic conditions 
and the resulting trading performance of the customer, and the value of the security held, for which there may not be a readily accessible 
market. in particular, significant judgement is required by management in the current economic environment in assessing the borrower’s cash 
flows and debt servicing capability together with the realisable value of collateral. The actual amount of the future cash flows and their timing 
may differ significantly from the assumptions made for the purposes of determining the impairment allowances and consequently these 
allowances can be subject to variation as time progresses and the circumstances of the customer become clearer.

collective impairment allowances are generally established for smaller balance homogenous portfolios such as the retail portfolios. The 
collective impairment allowance is also subject to estimation uncertainty and in particular is sensitive to changes in economic and credit 
conditions, including the interdependency of house prices, unemployment rates, interest rates, borrowers’ behaviour, and consumer 
bankruptcy trends. it is, however, inherently difficult to estimate how changes in one or more of these factors might impact the collective 
impairment allowance.

Given the relative size of the mortgage portfolio, a key variable is house prices which determine the collateral value supporting loans in such 
portfolios. The value of this collateral is estimated by applying changes in house price indices to the original assessed value of the property. 
if average house prices were ten per cent lower than those estimated at 31 december 2012, the impairment charge would increase by 
approximately £330 million in respect of uK mortgages and a further £55 million in respect of irish mortgages.

in addition, a collective unimpaired provision is made for loan losses that have been incurred but have not been separately identified at 
the balance sheet date. This provision is sensitive to changes in the time between the loss event and the date the impairment is specifically 
identified. This period is known as the loss emergence period. in the commercial Banking division, an increase of one month in the loss 
emergence period in respect of the loan portfolio assessed for collective unimpaired provisions would result in an increase in the collective 
unimpaired provision of approximately £130 million (at 31 december 2011, a one month increase in the loss emergence period would have 
increased the collective unimpaired provision by an estimated £181 million).

Unwind of HBOS acquisition fair value adjustments  
The acquisition of HBOs in January 2009 required the Group to recognise the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their 
acquisition-date fair values. The overall effect was to increase the book value of HBOs’s net assets by £1,241 million primarily reflecting a 
reduction in the value of HBOs’s debt securities and subordinated liabilities of £15,439 million, partially offset by a reduction in the carrying 
value of HBOs’s loans and receivables of £14,880 million, including loans and advances to customers of £13,512 million.

in the periods subsequent to the acquisition, all of the fair value adjustments unwind. The fair value adjustments made to debt securities and 
subordinated liabilities unwind over the expected remaining life of the related securities except in the event that the liability is extinguished, 
in which case the remaining unamortised fair value adjustment is recognised in the income statement immediately. The timing of the unwind 
of the fair value adjustment relating to loans and receivables requires significant management judgement. This includes the identification 
of losses which were expected at the date of acquisition and assessing whether anticipated losses will still be incurred. in 2012, there was a 
benefit of £1,339 million (2011: £1,943 million) to the income statement either from the reversal of a fair value adjustment being credited to the 
income statement or through a lower impairment charge as a result of the initial HBOs acquisition fair value adjustments.

Fair value of financial instruments 
in accordance with iFRs 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosure, the Group categorises financial instruments carried on the balance sheet at fair 
value using a three level hierarchy. Financial instruments categorised as level 1 are valued using quoted market prices and therefore there is 
minimal judgement applied in determining fair value. However, the fair value of financial instruments categorised as level 2 and, in particular, 
level 3 is determined using valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysis and valuation models. These valuation techniques 
involve management judgement and estimates the extent of which depends on the complexity of the instrument and the availability of market 
observable information.

 
226

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

227

note 3: Critical accounting estimates and judgements (continued)

Valuation techniques for level 2 financial instruments use inputs that are largely based on observable market data. level 3 financial instruments 
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. 
determining the appropriate assumptions to be used for level 3 financial instruments requires significant management judgement.

At 31 december 2012, the Group classified £6,231 million of financial assets and £591 million of financial liabilities as level 3. Further details 
of the Group’s level 3 financial instruments and the sensitivity of their valuation including the effect of applying reasonably possible alternative 
assumptions in determining their fair value are set out in note 54. details about sensitivities to market risk arising from trading assets and other 
treasury positions can be found in the Risk Management section on page 170.

Recoverability of deferred tax assets
At 31 december 2012 the Group carried deferred tax assets on its balance sheet of £4,285 million (2011: £4,496 million) and deferred tax 
liabilities of £327 million (2011: £314 million) (note 43). This presentation takes into account the ability of the Group to net deferred tax assets 
and liabilities only where there is a legally enforceable right of offset. note 43 presents the Group’s deferred tax assets and liabilities by type. 
The largest category of deferred tax asset relates to tax losses carried forward.

The recoverability of the Group’s deferred tax assets in respect of carry forward losses is based on an assessment of future levels of taxable 
profit expected to arise that can be offset against these losses. The Group’s expectations as to the level of future taxable profits 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 five year board approved operating plan and the following future risk factors:

 – The expected future economic outlook as set out in the Group chief Executive’s Review;

 – The retail banking business disposal as required by the European commission; and

 – Future regulatory change.

The Group’s total deferred tax asset includes £7,034 million (2011: £5,862 million) in respect of trading losses carried forward. The tax losses 
have arisen in individual legal entities and will be used as future taxable profits arise in those legal entities, though substantially all of the 
unused tax losses for which a deferred tax asset has been recognised arise in Bank of scotland plc and lloyds TsB Bank plc.

The deferred tax asset is expected to be utilised over different time periods in each of the entities in which the losses arise. under 
current uK tax law there is no expiry date for unused tax losses. The assessment of the likely rate of recoverability of the deferred tax is 
expected to be slower than previously anticipated due to the more subdued and uncertain macroeconomic environment and the further 
provisions for legacy issues. However, the losses are still expected to be fully utilised by 2019.

As disclosed in note 43; deferred tax assets totalling £1,311 million (2011: £1,288 million) have not been recognised in respect of certain capital 
losses carried forward, trading losses carried forward and unrelieved foreign tax credits as there are no predicted future capital or taxable 
profits against which these losses can be recognised.

Retirement benefit obligations
The net asset recognised in the balance sheet at 31 december 2012 in respect of the Group’s retirement benefit obligations was £1,567 million 
(comprising an asset of £1,867 million and a liability of £300 million) (2011: a net asset of £957 million) of which an asset of £1,748 million 
(2011: £1,131 million) related to defined benefit pension schemes. As explained in note 2(l), the Group adopts the corridor approach to 
the recognition of actuarial gains and losses in respect of its pension schemes and as a consequence has not recognised actuarial losses of 
£2,705 million (2011: £539 million). After allowing for this, the defined benefit pension schemes’ net accounting deficit totalled £957 million (2011: 
surplus of £592 million) representing the difference between the schemes’ liabilities and the fair value of the related assets at the balance sheet 
date.

The value of the Group’s defined benefit pension schemes’ liabilities requires management to make a number of assumptions. The key 
areas of estimation uncertainty are the discount rate applied to future cash flows and the expected lifetime of the schemes’ members. The 
accounting surplus or deficit is sensitive to changes in the discount rate, which is affected by market conditions and therefore potentially 
subject to significant variation. The cost of the benefits payable by the schemes will also depend upon the longevity of the members. 
Assumptions are made regarding the expected lifetime of scheme members based upon recent experience and extrapolate the improving 
trend, however given the rate of advance in medical science and increasing levels of obesity, it is uncertain whether they will ultimately reflect 
actual experience. 

The effect on the net accounting surplus or deficit and on the pension charge in the Group’s income statement of changes to the principal 
actuarial assumptions is set out in note 42.

valuation of assets and liabilities arising from life insurance business 
At 31 december 2012, the Group recognised a value of in-force business asset of £5,488 million (2011: £5,247 million) and an acquired value of 
in-force business asset of £1,312 million (2011: £1,391 million). The value of in-force business asset represents the present value of future profits 
expected to arise from the portfolio of in-force life insurance and participating investment contracts. The acquired value of in-force business 
asset represents the contractual rights to benefits from providing investment management services in relation to non-participating investment 
contracts acquired in business combinations and portfolio transfers. The methodology used to value these assets is set out in note 2(O)(1). 
The valuation or recoverability of these assets requires assumptions to be made about future economic and operating conditions which are 
inherently uncertain and changes could significantly affect the value attributed to these assets. The key assumptions that have been made in 
determining the carrying value of the value of in-force business assets at 31 december 2012 are set out in note 29.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348228

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

229

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 3: Critical accounting estimates and judgements (continued)

At 31 december 2012, the Group carried liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts of £82,953 million 
(2011: £78,991 million). The methodology used to value these liabilities is described in note 2(O)(1). Elements of the liability valuations require 
assumptions to be made about future investment returns, future mortality rates and future policyholder behaviour and are subject to 
significant management judgement and estimation uncertainty. The key assumptions that have been made in determining the carrying value 
of these liabilities are set out in note 37.

The effect on the Group’s profit before tax and shareholders’ equity of changes in key assumptions used in determining the life insurance 
assets and liabilities is set out in note 38.

Payment protection insurance and other regulatory provisions
At 31 december 2012, the Group carried provisions of £3,366 million (2011: £2,499 million) against the cost of making redress payments 
to customers and the related administration costs in connection with historic regulatory breaches, principally the misselling of payment 
protection insurance. 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. it will often be necessary to form a view on matters which are inherently uncertain, such 
as the number of future complaints, the extent to which they will be upheld and the average cost of redress. 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.  

note 44 contains more detail on the nature of the assumptions that have been made and key sensitivities.

228

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

229

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 has been determined to be the chief operating decision maker for the Group. The Group’s operating 
segments reflect its organisational and management structures. The Group Executive committee reviews the Group’s internal reporting 
based around these segments in order to assess performance and allocate resources. This assessment includes a consideration of each 
segment’s net interest revenue and consequently the total interest income and expense for all reportable segments is presented on a net 
basis. The segments are differentiated by the type of products provided, by whether the customers are individuals or corporate entities and by 
the geographical location of the customer. 

The segmental results and comparatives are presented on a management basis, the basis reviewed by the chief operating decision maker. 
Previously the results of the Group’s segments had been reviewed on a combined businesses basis and the Group’s segmental analysis was 
presented accordingly. Profit on the management basis is equivalent to profit before tax on a combined businesses basis. However, the effects 
of asset sales, volatile items and liability management are shown on a separate line in the management basis income statements whereas they 
were previously included in the relevant line items on a combined businesses basis; in addition the results of asset sales are now reported net 
of the related fair value unwind whereas this was previously included on the separate fair value unwind line. 

Following a reorganisation during 2012, the Group’s activities are now organised into four financial reporting segments: Retail; commercial 
Banking; Wealth, Asset Finance and international; and insurance. The impact of this reorganisation was as follows:

 – The Group’s Wholesale and commercial divisions have been combined to form commercial Banking.

 – The Asset Finance business unit, previously reported within Wholesale, is now reported within the Wealth, Asset Finance and international 
segment; the Asset Finance business recorded a management basis profit before tax of £319 million in the year ended 31 december 2012 
(2011: £275 million; 2010: £380 million). 

 – The Group’s continental European wholesale business and the wholesale Australian business have been transferred from Wealth, Asset 
Finance and international to commercial Banking; during the year ended 31 december 2012 these transferred businesses recorded a 
management basis loss before tax of £432 million (2011: £1,050 million; 2010: £1,327 million).

in addition, asset sales now include sales of centrally held government bonds, following an increase in activity in the first half of 2012.

comparative figures have been restated accordingly for all of the above changes.

Retail offers a broad range of retail financial service products in the uK, including current accounts, savings, personal loans, credit cards and 
mortgages. it is also a major general insurance and bancassurance distributor, selling a wide range of long-term savings, investment and 
general insurance products. 

commercial Banking provides banking and related services for all uK and multinational business clients, from small and medium-sized 
enterprises to major corporate and financial institutions.

Wealth, Asset Finance and international gives increased focus and momentum to the Group’s private banking and asset management 
activities, closely co-ordinates the management of its international businesses and now also encompasses the Asset Finance business in 
the uK and Australia. Wealth comprises the Group’s private banking, wealth and asset management businesses in the uK and overseas. 
international comprises retail businesses, principally in continental Europe.

insurance provides long-term savings, protection and investment products distributed through the bancassurance, intermediary and direct 
channels in the uK. it is also a distributor of home insurance in the uK with products sold through the retail branch network, direct channels 
and strategic corporate partners. The business consists of life, Pensions and investments uK; life, Pensions and investments Europe; and 
General insurance. 

Other includes the costs of managing the Group’s technology platforms, branch and head office property estate, operations (including 
payments, banking operations and collections) and sourcing, the costs of which are predominantly recharged to the other divisions. it also 
reflects other items not recharged to the divisions, including hedge ineffectiveness, uK bank levy, Financial services compensation scheme 
costs, gains on liability management, volatile items such as hedge accounting volatility managed centrally, and other gains from the structural 
hedging of interest rate risk.

inter-segment services are generally recharged at cost, with the exception of the internal commission arrangements between the uK branch  
and other distribution networks and the insurance product manufacturing businesses within the Group, where a profit margin is also charged. 
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 group segment 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 group 
segment. This allocation of the fair value of the swap 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 in the central group segment where it is managed.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348230

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

231

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 4: Segmental analysis (continued)

year ended 31 December 2012

net interest income

Other income (net of fee and commission expense)

insurance claims

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Total costs

impairment 

Underlying profit (loss)

Asset sales

Volatile items

liability management

Fair value unwind

Management basis profit (loss)

External revenue

inter-segment revenue

Segment revenue

Segment external assets

Segment customer deposits

Segment external liabilities

Other segment items reflected in income statement above:

depreciation and amortisation

(decrease) increase in value of in-force business

defined benefit scheme charges

Other segment items:

Additions to tangible fixed assets

investments in joint ventures and associates at end of year

Commercial 
Banking  

Wealth, Asset 
Finance and
international  

£m

£m

Retail  
£m

insurance  

£m

Other  
£m

Reported 
basis total 
£m

7,195

1,462

–

8,657 

(4,199)

(1,270)

3,188

–

–

–

482

3,670

10,951

(2,294)

8,657

2,206

2,932 

– 

5,138

(2,516)

(2,946)

(324)

(464)

138

–

888

238

4,070

1,068

5,138

799

2,043

(78)

2,294

– 

(365) 

2,842

(2,291)

(1,480)

(929)

(196)

–

–

(51)

(1,176)

2,835

1,851

(744)

–

1,107

– 

–

–

(42)

1,065

2,497

213

(315)

– 

(102)

(332)

10,335

8,416

(365) 

18,386

(10,082)

(1)

(5,697)

(435)

3,207

(886)

(229)

(627)

2,607

2,547

(748)

(229)

650

1,030

4,827

(1,967)

18,386

7

(646)

1,865

–

2,842

1,851

(102)

18,386

346,030

314,090

76,449

143,851

44,132

924,552

260,838

114,115

51,885

–

74

426,912

287,631

249,097

91,251

134,963

116,926

879,868

 345

 –

 103

 143

 185

 219

 –

 54

67

 113

 815

(4)

36

 1,732

 6

95

273

 23

 378

 –

 90

 –

 (148)

 1,564

269

68

 683

 3,003

 9

 313

 
230

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

231

note 4: Segmental analysis (continued)

Year ended 31 december 20111

net interest income

Other income (net of fee and commission expense)

insurance claims

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Total costs

impairment 

underlying profit (loss)

Asset sales

Volatile items

liability management

Fair value unwind

Management basis profit (loss)

External revenue

inter-segment revenue

segment revenue

segment external assets

segment customer deposits

segment external liabilities

Other segment items reflected in income statement above:

depreciation and amortisation

increase (decrease) in value of in-force business

defined benefit scheme charges

Other segment items:

Additions to tangible fixed assets

investments in joint ventures and associates at end of year

1

Restated as explained on page 229.

Retail  
£m

commercial 
Banking  
£m

Wealth, Asset 
Finance and 
international 
£m

insurance  
£m

Other  
£m

Reported  
basis total  
£m

7,497 

1,660 

– 

9,157 

(4,438)

(1,970)

2,749 

48 

– 

– 

839 

3,636 

 12,230

 (3,073)

9,157

3,192 

 2,806

–

5,998 

(2,600) 

(4,210) 

(812)  

  61

 (736)

– 

1,562 

1,003 

2,230 

–

3,233 

(2,414) 

(3,604) 

(2,785) 

(21) 

 –

–

122

75 

(2,684) 

3,889

2,109

5,998

3,863

(630)

3,233

(67)

2,687 

(343)

2,277 

(812)

– 

1,465 

– 

– 

– 

(43)

1,422 

 2,910

(633)

2,277

585 

(204)

– 

381 

(357)

(3)

21 

196 

(2)

1,295 

(1,274)

236 

(1,846)

2,227

12,210 

9,179 

(343)

21,046 

(10,621)

(9,787)

638 

284 

(738)

1,295 

1,206 

2,685 

21,046

–

381

21,046

 356,295

350,711

73,345

 140,754

 49,441

 970,546

247,088

123,822

41,661

–

1,335

413,906

 279,162

294,088

73,635

 129,350

147,717

 923,952

 364

–

121

 189

147

244

– 

54

197

155

836

 3

37

1,452

29

 91

(625)

23

 451

–

 67

–

(36)

 1,602

(622)

199

 806

3

 3,095

334

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348232

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

233

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 4: Segmental analysis (continued)

Year ended 31 december 20101

net interest income

Other income (net of fee and commission expense)

insurance claims

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Total costs

impairment 

underlying profit (loss)

Asset sales

Volatile items

liability management

Fair value unwind

Management basis profit (loss)

External revenue

inter-segment revenue

segment revenue

Other segment items reflected in income statement above:

depreciation and amortisation

increase in value of in-force business

defined benefit scheme charges

Other segment items:

Additions to tangible fixed assets

investments in joint ventures and associates at end of year

1

Restated as explained on page 229.

Retail  
£m

commercial 
Banking  
£m

Wealth, Asset 
Finance and
international  
£m

insurance  
£m

Other  
£m

Reported  
basis total  
£m

8,648

1,624

–

10,272

(4,644)

(2,747)

2,881

–

–

–

1,105 

3,986

13,620

(3,348)

10,272

384

–

176

126

139

3,820

3,009

– 

6,829 

(2,897) 

(5,714) 

(1,782) 

401 

3 

– 

2,476 

1,098 

3,297

3,532

6,829 

290

– 

 70

496

127 

1,204

2,397 

–

3,601 

(2,533) 

(4,720) 

(3,652) 

37 

–

–

372 

(3,243) 

5,102

(1,501)

3,601 

930

 2

55

1,232

158

(39)

2,789

(542)

2,208

(854)

–

1,354

15

–

–

(43)

1,326

2,613

(405)

2,208

135

787

28

585

–

510

(62)

–

448

(150)

–

298

43

(273)

423

(1,446)

(955)

(1,274)

 1,722

14,143

9,757

(542)

23,358

(11,078)

(13,181)

(901)

496

(270)

423

2,464

2,212 

23,358

–

448

23,358

64

–

126

777

5

1,803

789

455

3,216

429

232

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

233

note 4: Segmental analysis (continued)

Reconciliation of reported basis to statutory results
The reported 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 reported basis. 

year ended 31 December 2012

net interest income

Other income
insurance claims

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Operating expenses

impairment

Underlying (loss) profit

Asset sales

Volatile items

liability management

Fair value unwind

(Loss) profit

Removal of:

Lloyds 
Banking
Group
statutory 
£m

Acquisition 
related and 
other items1
£m

volatility 
arising
in insurance
businesses
£m

insurance
gross up 
£m

Regulatory
provisions2
£m

Fair value
unwind 
£m

Reported
basis 
£m

9,075 

29,831
(18,396)

20,510

(15,931)
(5,149)

(199) 

(8) 

1,230

(1,691)
–

(1,890)

1,478
320

(298)
–

(306)

–
–

(19,433)
18,031

(172)

172
–

(570)

(92)

(306)

2,547

(748)

(229)

–

–

–

–

–

(570)

1,478

(306)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

50
–

50

4,175
–

4,225

–

–

–

–

4,225

237

10,335

(43)
–

8,416
(365)

194

18,386

24
(868)

(650)

–

–

–

650

–

(10,082)
(5,697)

2,607

2,547

(748)

(229)

650

4,827

comprises the effects of asset sales (gain of £2,547 million), volatile items (loss of £748 million), liability management (loss of £229 million), simplification costs related to severance, iT and 
business costs of implementation (£676 million), Ec mandated retail business disposal costs (£570 million), the amortisation of purchased intangibles (£482 million) and the past service 
pensions credit (£250 million, see note 11).

comprises the payment protection insurance provision (£3,575 million) and other regulatory provisions (£650 million).

Year ended 31 december 2011

net interest income

Other income

insurance claims

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Operating expenses

impairment

underlying (loss) profit

Asset sales

Volatile items

liability management

Fair value unwind

(loss) profit

lloyds 
Banking
Group
statutory
£m

12,698 

14,145 

(6,041)

20,802 

(16,250)

(8,094)

(3,542)

Removal of:

Acquisition
related and 
other items1
£m

Volatility  
arising in  
insurance
businesses
£m

insurance
gross up
£m

Regulatory 
provisions2
£m

Fair value
unwind
£m

Reported
basis
£m

(843)

2 

– 

(841)

2,014 

– 

1,173 

284 

(738)

1,295 

- 

(19)

857 

– 

838 

– 

– 

838 

– 

– 

– 

– 

(336)

(5,530)

5,698 

(168)

168 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

3,375 

– 

3,375 

– 

– 

– 

– 

3,375 

710 

(295)

– 

415 

72 

(1,693)

(1,206)

– 

– 

– 

1,206 

– 

12,210 

9,179 

(343)

21,046 

(10,621)

(9,787)

638 

284 

(738)

1,295 

1,206 

2,685 

(3,542)

2,014 

838 

comprises the effects of asset sales (gain of £284 million), volatile items (loss of £738 million), liability management (gain of £1,295 million), integration and simplification costs related to 
severance, iT and business costs of implementation (£1,282 million), Ec mandated retail business disposal costs (£170 million) and the amortisation of purchased intangibles (£562 million).

comprises the payment protection insurance provision (£3,200 million) and other regulatory provisions (£175 million).

1

2

1

2

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
 
 
 
234

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

235

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 4: Segmental analysis (continued)

Year ended 31 december 2010

net interest income

Other income

insurance claims

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Operating expenses

impairment

loss on disposal of businesses

underlying profit (loss)

Asset sales

Volatile items

liability management

Fair value unwind

Profit (loss)

lloyds 
Banking
Group
statutory
£m

12,546 

31,410 

(19,088)

24,868 

(13,270)

(10,952)

(365)

281

Acquisition
related and 
other items1
£m

Volatility  
arising in  
insurance
businesses
£m

321

(970)

–

(649)

1,372

–

–

723

496

(270)

423

–

26 

(332)

–

(306)

– 

– 

– 

(306)

– 

– 

– 

– 

281

1,372

(306)

Removal of:

insurance
gross up
£m

949 

(19,739)

18,544 

(246)

246 

–

– 

–

– 

– 

– 

– 

–

Regulatory 
provisions 
and loss on 
disposal of
 businesses2
£m

– 

– 

– 

– 

500 

– 

365 

865

– 

–

– 

– 

865

Fair value
unwind
£m

Reported
basis
£m

301

(612)

2

14,143

9,757

(542)

(309)

23,358

74

(2,229)

– 

(2,464)

–

–

–

2,464

–

(11,078)

(13,181)

–

(901)

496

(270)

423

2,464

2,212 

1

2

comprises the effects of asset sales (gain of £496 million), volatile items (loss of £270 million), liability management (gain of £423 million), the pension curtailment gain (£910 million, see 
note 11), integration costs related to severance, iT and business costs of implementation (£1,653 million) and the amortisation of purchased intangibles (£629 million).

comprises regulatory provisions (£500 million) and the loss on disposal of businesses (£365 million).

Geographical areas
The Group’s activities are focused in the uK and the analyses of income and assets below are based on the location of the branch or entity 
recording the income or assets.

Total income

Total assets

2012

non-UK
£m

UK
£m

Total
£m

uK
£m

2011

non-uK
£m

Total
£m

uK
£m

36,646 

2,260

38,906

24,417

2,426

 26,843

39,754

2010

non-uK
£m

4,202

Total
£m

43,956

823,664

100,888

924,552

 875,918

94,628

 970,546

873,138

118,436

991,574

There was no individual non-uK country contributing more than 5 per cent of total income or total assets.

234

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

235

note 5: net interest income

Weighted average  
effective interest rate

interest and similar income:

loans and advances to customers, excluding 
lease and hire purchase receivables

loans and advances to banks

debt securities held as loans and receivables

lease and hire purchase receivables

interest receivable on loans and receivables

Available-for-sale financial assets

Held-to-maturity investments

Total interest and similar income

interest and similar expense:

deposits from banks, excluding liabilities 
under sale and repurchase transactions

customer deposits, excluding liabilities 
under sale and repurchase transactions

debt securities in issue

subordinated liabilities

liabilities under sale and repurchase 
agreements

interest payable on liabilities held at 
amortised cost

Other

Total interest and similar expense

net interest income

2012 
%

 3.91

 0.53

 4.77

 5.35

 3.39

 1.99

 2.80

 3.32

 1.14

 1.69

 2.04

 7.41

1.47 

 2.08

 7.40

 2.24

2011
%

4.00

0.78

3.17

5.13

3.63

2.58

3.29

3.58

0.80

1.66

2.22

6.35

1.39

2.04

(1.14)

1.95

2010
%

4.37

0.72

4.41

6.74

4.03

2.88

2.51

3.95

0.78

1.56

2.49

10.98

1.18

2.22

6.97

2.31

2012 
£m

2011 
£m

2010 
£m

20,928 

23,208

 590

 433

 672

628

590

742

 22,623

25,168

 624

 288

886

262

 23,535

26,316

25,459

512

1,377

626

27,974

1,311

55

29,340

 (324)

(222)

(319)

 (6,637)

 (3,043)

 (2,783)

(6,080)

(5,045)

(2,155)

(5,381)

(5,833)

(3,619)

 (245)

(335)

(744)

 (13,032)

 (1,428)

 (14,460)

 9,075

(13,837)

219

(13,618)

12,698

(15,896)

(898)

(16,794)

12,546

included within interest and similar income is £1,133 million (2011: £1,405 million; 2010: £1,288 million) in respect of impaired financial assets. 
net interest income also includes a credit of £92 million (2011: charge of £70 million; 2010: charge of £932 million) transferred from the cash flow 
hedging reserve (see note 48).

during February 2012, the Group completed the exchange of certain subordinated debt securities issued by the HBOs group for new 
subordinated debt securities issued by lloyds TsB Bank plc by undertaking an exchange offer on certain securities which were eligible for 
call during 2012. As part of the exchange, the Group announced that all decisions to exercise calls on those original securities that remained 
outstanding following the exchange offer would be made with reference to the prevailing regulatory, economic and market conditions at the 
time. These securities will not, therefore, be called at their first available call date which will lead to coupons continuing to be being paid until 
possibly the final redemption date of the securities. consequently, the Group is required to adjust the carrying amount of these securities 
to reflect the revised estimated cash flows over their revised life and to recognise this change in carrying value in interest expense. included 
within net interest income in the year ended 31 december 2012 is a credit of £109 million in respect of the securities that remained outstanding 
following the exchange offer (2011: gain following a similar adjustment to carrying value of £570 million; 2010: £nil).

in december 2011, the Group decided to defer payment of non-mandatory coupons on certain securities and, instead, settle them using an 
Alternative coupon satisfaction Mechanism on their contractual terms. This change in expected cash flows resulted in a gain of £126 million in 
net interest income in the year ended 31 december 2011 from the recalculation of the carrying value of these securities.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348236

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

237

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 6: net fee and commission income

Fee and commission income:

current accounts

credit and debit card fees

Other

Total fee and commission income

Fee and commission expense

net fee and commission income

2012
£m

1,008 

941 

2,782 

4,731 

(1,438) 

3,293 

2011
£m

1,053

877

3,005

4,935

(1,391)

3,544

2010
£m

1,086

812

3,094

4,992

(1,682)

3,310

As discussed in note 2, 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.

note 7:  net trading income

Foreign exchange translation (losses) gains

Gains on foreign exchange trading transactions

Total foreign exchange

investment property (losses) gains (note 27)

securities and other gains (losses) (see below)

net trading income (expense)

2012
£m

(167)

502 

335 

(264) 

13,483 

13,554 

2011
£m

317

341

658

(107)

(919)

(368)

2010
£m

70

377

447

434

14,843

15,724

securities and other gains (losses) comprise net gains (losses) arising on assets and liabilities held at fair value through profit or loss and for 
trading as follows:

net income (expense) arising on assets held at fair value through profit or loss:

debt securities, loans and advances

Equity shares

Total net income arising on assets held at fair value through profit or loss

net expense arising on liabilities held at fair value through profit or loss – debt securities in issue

Total net gains arising on assets and liabilities held at fair value through profit or loss

net gains (losses) on financial instruments held for trading

Securities and other gains (losses) 

2012
£m

2011
£m

2010
£m

3,616 

10,099  

13,715 

(576) 

13,139 

344

13,483 

 5,293

 (4,917) 

 376

(230)

 146

 (1,065)

(919)

2,292

  10,333

12,625

(231)

12,394

2,449

14,843

236

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

237

note 8: insurance premium income

Life insurance

Gross premiums

ceded reinsurance premiums

net earned premiums

non-life insurance

Gross written premiums

ceded reinsurance premiums

net written premiums

change in provision for unearned premiums (note 37(2))

change in provision for ceded unearned premiums (note 37(2))

net earned premiums

Total net earned premiums

life insurance gross premiums can be further analysed as follows:

life and pensions

Annuities

Other

Gross premiums

non-life insurance gross written premiums can be further analysed as follows:

credit protection

Home

Health

Gross written premiums

2012
£m

7,391 

(222)   

7,169 

1,081

(31)   

1,050 

72 

   (7) 

1,115 

8,284 

2012
£m

6,755 

630 

6 

7,391 

2012
£m

173 

904 

4 

2011
£m

7,276

(322)  

6,954

1,198

(52)  

1,146

70

–   

1,216

8,170

2011
£m

6,737

529

10

7,276

2011
£m

231

963

4

2010
£m

7,026

   (253)

6,773

1,332

   (104)

1,228

156

    (9)

1,375

8,148

2010
£m

6,428

583

15

7,026

2010
£m

363

964

5

1,081 

1,198

1,332

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348238

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

239

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 9: Other operating income

Operating lease rental income

Rental income from investment properties (note 27)

Other rents receivable

Gains less losses on disposal of available-for-sale financial assets (note 48)

Movement in value of in-force business (note 29)

liability management (see below)

share of results of joint ventures and associates (note 13)

Other 

Total other operating income

2012
£m

1,145 

389 

27 

3,547 

269 

(338) 

28 

(367) 

4,700 

2011
£m

1,268

388

34

343

 (622)

599

31

 758

2,799

2010
£m

1,410

337

41

399

789

423

(88)

917

4,228

Liability management
during February 2012, the Group completed the exchange of certain subordinated debt securities issued by the HBOs group for new 
subordinated debt securities issued by lloyds TsB Bank plc by undertaking an exchange offer on certain securities which were eligible for call 
during 2012. This exchange resulted in a gain on the extinguishment of the existing securities of £59 million being the difference between the 
carrying amount of the securities extinguished and the fair value of the new securities issued together with related fees and costs. Additionally, 
during the second half of 2012 losses totalling £397 million arose on the buy-back of other debt securities. 

during december 2011, the Group completed the exchange of certain subordinated debt securities which resulted in a gain on 
extinguishment of the existing securities of £599 million.

during 2010, lloyds Banking Group plc issued ordinary shares in exchange for certain existing securities, resulting in total gains of 
£403 million. Also during 2010 the Group entered into a bilateral exchange in respect of certain Enhanced capital notes on which a profit of 
£20 million arose.

238

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

239

note 10: insurance claims

insurance claims comprise:

Life insurance and participating investment contracts

claims and surrenders:

Gross

Reinsurers’ share

change in insurance and participating investment contracts (note 37(1)):

change in gross liabilities

change in assets arising from reinsurance contracts held

change in non-participating investment contracts:

change in gross liabilities

change  in assets arising from reinsurance contracts held

change in unallocated surplus (note 40)

2012
£m

2011
£m

2010
£m

(8,719) 

185   

(8,534) 

(4,284) 

    (186)

(4,470) 

(5,058) 

–   

(5,058) 

31 

(8,622)

    230  

(8,392)

1,383

    451  

1,834

520

    –  

520

340

(9,397)

    159

(9,238)

(4,622)

    256 

(4,366)

 (5,449)

    65

(5,384)

439

Total life insurance and participating investment contracts

(18,031) 

 (5,698)

 (18,549)

non-life insurance

claims and claims paid:

Gross

Reinsurers’ share

change in liabilities (note 37(2)):

Gross

Reinsurers’ share

Total non-life insurance

Total insurance claims

life insurance and participating investment contracts gross claims can also be analysed as follows:

deaths

Maturities

surrenders

Annuities

Other

Total life insurance gross claims

A non-life insurance claims development table is included in note 37.

(439) 

1   

(438) 

74 

(1)   

73 

(365) 

(18,396) 

(618) 

(2,238) 

(4,795) 

(789) 

(279) 

(8,719) 

(521)

    4  

(517)

186

    (12)  

174

(343)

(470)

    11

(459)

(82)

    2

(80)

(539)

 (6,041)

 (19,088)

(625)

(1,861)

(5,041)

(764)

(331)

(8,622)

(662)

(1,763)

(5,904)

(741)

(327)

(9,397)

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
240

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

241

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 11: Operating expenses

staff costs:

salaries 

Performance-based compensation

social security costs

Pensions and other post-retirement benefit schemes (note 42):

Past service credits and curtailment gains1

Other

Restructuring costs

Other staff costs

Premises and equipment:

Rent and rates

Hire of equipment

Repairs and maintenance

Other

Other expenses: 

communications and data processing

Advertising and promotion

Professional fees

uK bank levy

Financial services compensation scheme levy (note 53)

Other

depreciation and amortisation:

depreciation of tangible fixed assets (note 31)

Amortisation of acquired value of in-force non-participating investment contracts (note 29)

Amortisation of other intangible assets (note 30)

impairment of tangible fixed assets (note 31)

Total operating expenses, excluding regulatory provisions

Regulatory provisions:

Payment protection insurance provision (note 44)

Other regulatory provisions (note 44)2

Total operating expenses

2012
£m

3,411 

395 

383 

(250) 

547 

297 

217 

746 

5,449 

 488

17 

174 

270 

949 

1,082

314 

550 

179 

175 

932 

3,232 

1,431 

79 

616 

2,126 

– 

11,756

3,575

  600

4,175

15,931

2011
£m

 3,784

361

432

–

  401

401

124

  1,064

6,166

547

22

188

  294

1,051

954

398

576

189

 179

2010
£m

 3,787

533

396

(910)

  628

(282)

119

  1,069

5,622

602

18

199

  358

1,177

1,126

362

742

–

46

  1,122 

 3,418

  1,061

3,337

1,434

78

  663

2,175

65

 12,875

3,200

  175

3,375

 16,250

1,635

76

  721

2,432

202

12,770

–

  500

500

13,270

1

Following a review of policy in respect of discretionary pension increases in relation to the Group’s defined benefit pension schemes, increases in certain schemes are now linked to the 
consumer Price index rather than the Retail Price index. The impact of this change is a reduction in the Group’s defined benefit obligation of £258 million, recognised in the Group’s 
income statement in 2012, net of a charge of £8 million resulting from a change to the commutation factors in one of the Group’s smaller schemes. 

Following changes by the Group to the terms of its defined benefit pension schemes in 2010, all future increases to pensionable salary will be capped each year at the lower of: Retail 
Prices index inflation; each employee’s actual percentage increase in pay; and 2 per cent of pensionable pay. in addition to this, during the second half of 2010 there was a change in 
commutation factors in certain defined benefit schemes. The combined effect of these changes was a reduction in the Group’s defined benefit obligation of £1,081 million and a reduction 
in the Group’s unrecognised actuarial losses of £171 million, resulting in a net curtailment gain of £910 million recognised in the income statement in 2010 and a reduction in the balance 
sheet liability. 

2

in addition, regulatory provisions of £50 million (2011: £nil; 2010: £nil) have been charged against income.

240

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

241

note 11: Operating expenses (continued)

Performance-based compensation
The table below analyses the Group’s performance-based compensation costs (excluding branch-based sales incentives) between those 
relating to the current performance year and those relating to earlier years.

Performance-based compensation expense comprises:

Awards made in respect of the year ended 31 december

Awards made in respect of earlier years

Performance-based compensation expense deferred until later years comprises:

Awards made in respect of the year ended 31 december

Awards made in respect of earlier years

2012
£m

 362

33 

395 

37 

15 

52 

2011
£m

363

(2)

361

43

29

72

2010
£m

505

28

533

39

39

78

Performance-based awards expensed in 2012 include cash awards amounting to £128 million (2011: £160 million; 2010: £163 million).

Average headcount
The average number of persons on a headcount basis employed by the Group during the year was as follows:

uK

Overseas

Total

Fees payable to the auditors
Fees payable to the company’s auditors by the Group are as follows:

Fees payable for the audit of the company’s current year annual report

Fees payable for other services:

Audit of the company’s subsidiaries pursuant to legislation

Other services supplied pursuant to legislation

Total audit fees

Other services – audit related fees

Total audit and audit related fees

services relating to taxation:

Taxation compliance services

All other taxation advisory services

Other non-audit fees:

services relating to corporate finance transactions

Other services

Total other non-audit fees

Total fees payable to the Company’s auditors by the Group

2012

110,295 

3,322

113,617

2011

116,371

4,078

120,449

2010

118,149

4,830

122,979

2012
£m

1.6 

15.7 

4.5 

21.8 

1.7 

23.5 

0.2

  0.6

0.8

0.5 

2.2 

2.7 

27.0 

2011
£m

1.7

16.9

  4.8

23.4

2.9

26.3

0.2

  0.9

1.1

6.3

  2.6

8.9

36.3

2010
£m

1.9

17.9

  6.2

26.0

1.8

27.8

0.3

  0.7

1.0

1.9

  9.7

11.6

40.4

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 and other services in connection with 
regulatory filings. Other services supplied pursuant to legislation relate primarily to the costs associated with the sarbanes-Oxley Act audit 
requirements together with the cost of the audit of the Group’s Form 20-F filing.

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 prospectuses and 
circulars required by the uKlA listing rules.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
242

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

243

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 11: Operating expenses (continued)

Services relating to taxation: This category includes tax compliance and tax advisory services.
Other non-audit fees: This category includes due diligence relating to corporate finance, including venture capital transactions and other 
assurance and advisory services.

it is the Group’s policy to use the auditors on assignments in cases where their knowledge of the Group means that it is neither efficient nor 
cost effective to employ another firm of accountants. such assignments typically relate to the provision of advice on tax issues, assistance in 
transactions involving the acquisition and disposal of businesses and accounting advice.

The Group has procedures that are designed to ensure auditor independence, including that fees for audit and non-audit services are 
approved in advance. This approval can be obtained either on an individual engagement basis or, for certain types of non-audit services, 
particularly those of a recurring nature, through the approval of a fee cap covering all engagements of that type provided the fee is below that 
cap. All statutory audit work as well as non-audit assignments where the fee is expected to exceed the relevant fee cap must be pre-approved 
by the Audit committee on an individual engagement basis. On a quarterly basis, the Audit committee receives 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 the following:

Audits of Group pension schemes

Audits of the unconsolidated Open Ended investment companies managed by the Group

Reviews of the financial position of corporate and other borrowers

Acquisition due diligence and other work performed in respect of potential venture capital 
investments

note 12: impairment

impairment losses on loans and receivables:

loans and advances to banks

loans and advances to customers

debt securities classified as loans and receivables

Total impairment losses on loans and receivables (note 24)

impairment of available-for-sale financial assets

Other credit risk provisions (note 44)

Total impairment charged to the income statement

2012
£m

0.4 

0.8 

5.4 

0.7 

2012
£m

 –

 5,125

(4)

 5,121

 37

 (9)

 5,149

2011
£m

0.4

0.6

11.0

1.0 

2011
£m

–

8,020

   49

8,069

80

(55)

2010
£m

0.3

0.8

17.2

1.2

2010
£m

(13)

10,727

   57

10,771

106

75

8,094 

10,952

  
242

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

243

note 13: investments in joint ventures and associates

The Group’s share of results of and investments in joint ventures and associates comprises:

Joint ventures

Associates

share of income statement amounts:

2012  
£m

2011  
£m

2010  
£m

2012 
£m

income

Expenses

impairment

Profit (loss) before tax

Tax

Share of post-tax results

share of balance sheet amounts:

current assets

non-current assets

current liabilities

non-current liabilities

Share of net assets at  
31 December

278 

(229) 

(6) 

43 

(9) 

34 

316

(261)

(20)

35

(4)

31

3,103 

1,596 

3,346

2,148

(729) 

(714)

(3,672) 

(4,471)

318

(209)

(126)

(17)

(22)

(39)

3,370

2,868

(588)

(5,324)

63 

(68) 

(1) 

(6) 

– 

(6) 

127 

581 

(128) 

(565) 

2011  
£m

160

(161)

1

–

–

–

246

976

(293)

(904)

2010  
£m

2012  
£m

135

(91)

(92)

(48)

(1)

(49)

 341

(297) 

(7) 

37 

(9) 

28 

Total

2011  
£m

476

(422)

(19)

35

(4)

31

2010  
£m

453

(300)

(218)

(65)

(23)

(88)

378

1,184

(433)

3,230 

2,177 

(857) 

(1,026)

(4,237) 

3,592

3,124

(1,007)

(5,375)

3,748

4,052

(1,021)

(6,350)

298 

309

326

15 

25

103

313 

334

429

Movement in investments over  
the year:

At 1 January

309 

326

Exchange and other adjustments

Additional investments

disposals

share of post-tax results

dividends paid

Share of net assets at 
31 December 

2 

10 

(44) 

34 

(13) 

(3)

7

(47)

31

(5)

370

(8)

71

(68)

(39)

–

298 

309

326

 25

 1

 1

(6) 

 (6)

 – 

15 

103

(1)

3

(79)

–

(1)

109

40

6

(2)

(49)

(1)

334 

3 

11 

(50) 

28 

(13) 

429

(4)

10

(126)

31

(6)

479

32

77

(70)

(88)

(1)

25

103

313 

334

429

during 2012, the Group recognised a net £10 million (2011: £8 million) of losses of associates not previously recognised. The Group’s 
unrecognised share of losses of associates during 2010 was £8 million and of joint ventures is £126 million in 2012 (2011: £85 million; 
2010: £180 million). For entities making losses, subsequent profits earned are not recognised until previously unrecognised losses are 
extinguished. The Group’s unrecognised share of losses net of unrecognised profits on a cumulative basis of associates is £31 million (2011: 
£56 million; 2010: £104 million) and of joint ventures is £330 million (2011: £299 million; 2010: £339 million). 

The Group’s principal joint venture investment at 31 december 2012 was in sainsbury’s Bank plc; the Group owns 50 per cent of the ordinary 
share capital of sainsbury’s Bank plc, whose business is banking and principal area of operation is the uK. sainsbury’s Bank plc is incorporated 
in the uK and the Group’s interest is held by a subsidiary.

Where entities have statutory accounts drawn up to a date other than 31 december management accounts are used when accounting for 
them by the Group.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348244

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

245

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 14: Loss on disposal of businesses in 2010

during 2009, the Group acquired an oil drilling rig construction business through a previous lending relationship and consolidated the results 
and net assets of the business from the date it exercised control.

in the first half of 2010, as a result of a deteriorating market, the Group impaired the oil drilling rigs under construction held by the business 
by £150 million to reflect their reduced value in use.

in the second half of 2010, the Group reached agreement to dispose of its interests in the two wholly-owned subsidiary companies through 
which this business operates; the sale was completed in January 2011. These companies, which had gross assets of £860 million, were sold to 
seadrill limited; a loss of £365 million arose on disposal.

The Group extended vendor financing, on normal commercial terms and negotiated on an arms length basis, to seadrill to facilitate the 
acquisition of the rig holding companies. The loan is not contingent on the performance of the oil rigs under construction. Accordingly, at 
31 december 2010, the subsidiaries were derecognised.

note 15: Taxation

(A)  Analysis of tax (charge) credit for the year

uK corporation tax:

current tax on profit for the year

Adjustments in respect of prior years

double taxation relief

Foreign tax:

current tax on profit for the year

Adjustments in respect of prior years

current tax (charge) credit

deferred tax (note 43):

Origination and reversal of temporary differences

Reduction in uK corporation tax rate

Adjustments in respect of prior years

Tax (charge) credit

2012
£m

(175) 

   58

(117) 

– 

(117) 

(86) 

(8)

(94) 

(211) 

(339) 

(308) 

   85

(562) 

(773) 

2011
£m

 (93)

(146)  

 (239)

–

 (239)

(90)

   36 

(54)

 (293)

 1,621

 (404)

(96) 

1,121

 828

The charge for tax on the profit for 2012 is based on a uK corporation tax rate of 24.5 per cent (2011: 26.5 per cent; 2010: 28.0 per cent).

The income tax charge is made up as follows:

Tax (charge) credit attributable to policyholders

shareholder tax credit (charge)

Tax (charge) credit

2012
£m

(944) 

171 

(773) 

2011
£m

 72

 756

 828

2010
£m

(146)

   310

164

1

165

(82)

   49

(33)

132

(393)

(137)

(141)

(671)

(539)

2010
£m

(315)

(224)

(539)

 
  
  
  
  
244

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

245

15 Taxation (continued)

(B) Factors affecting the tax credit (charge) for the year
A reconciliation of the credit (charge) that would result from applying the standard uK corporation tax rate to the (loss) profit before tax to the 
actual tax (charge) credit for the year is given below:

(loss) profit before tax

Tax credit (charge) thereon at uK corporation tax rate of 24.5 per cent (2011: 26.5 per cent;  
2010: 28.0 per cent)

Factors affecting credit (charge):

uK corporation tax rate change

disallowed and non-taxable items

Overseas tax rate differences

Gains exempted or covered by capital losses 

Policyholder tax 

Further factors affecting the life business1:

derecognition of deferred tax on policyholder tax credit

Taxation of certain insurance assets arising on transition to new tax regime

changes to the taxation of pension business:

Policyholder tax cost

shareholder tax benefit

Tax losses where no deferred tax recognised

deferred tax on tax losses not previously recognised

Adjustments in respect of previous years

Effect of results of joint ventures and associates

Other items

Tax (charge) credit on (loss) profit on ordinary activities

2012
£m

(570)

140 

2011
£m

 (3,542)

 939

(308) 

 (404)

54 

75 

36 

(139) 

(583)

(221)

(182)

206

(13) 

– 

135 

23 

4 

(773) 

277

17

106

160

(146)

–

–

–

(261)

332

(206)

8

6

 828

1

The Finance Act 2012 introduced a new uK tax regime for the taxation of life insurance companies which takes effect from 1 January 2013. The new regime, combined with current 
economic forecasts, has had a number of impacts on the tax charge.

note 16: earnings per share

loss attributable to equity shareholders – basic and diluted

Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue – basic

Adjustment for share options and awards

Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue – diluted

Basic loss per share

diluted loss per share

2012
£m

(1,427)

2012
million

69,841 

– 

69,841 

(2.0)p

 (2.0)p

2011
£m

 (2,787)

2011
million

68,470

–

68,470

(4.1)p

(4.1)p

2010
£m

281

(79)

(137)

5

134

65

(227)

–

–

–

–

(487)

–

218

(25)

(6)

(539)

2010
£m

(320)

2010
million

67,117

–

67,117

(0.5)p

(0.5)p

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 13 million (2011: 10 million; 2010: 8 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, if any, that arise in respect of share options and awards granted to employees. The number of shares that 
could have been acquired at the average annual share 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.

The weighted-average number of anti-dilutive share options and awards excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share was 
37 million at 31 december 2012 (2011: 619 million; 2010: 92 million). 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348246

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

247

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 17: Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

These assets are comprised as follows:

loans and advances to customers

loans and advances to banks

debt securities:

Government securities

Other public sector securities

Bank and building society certificates of 
deposit

Asset-backed securities:

Mortgage-backed securities

Other asset-backed securities

corporate and other debt securities

Equity shares

Treasury and other bills

Total

2012

Other financial  
assets at fair  
value through  
profit or loss  
£m 

 34

 –

Total  
£m 

 13,632

 919

 16,766

 1,056

 20,731

 1,056

Trading  
assets  
£m

13,598 

 919

 3,965

 –

 3,166

 228

 3,394

 130

 21

  1,172

 8,454

 –

 374

 708

 1,802

 838

 1,823

  23,686

  24,858

 44,246

 86,309

 56

 52,700

 86,309

 430

Trading  
assets  
£m

9,642

1,355

2,000

–

2,863

99

222

  1,576

6,760

–

299

2011

Other financial  
assets at fair  
value through  
profit or loss  
£m 

124

–

21,367

1,183

Total  
£m 

9,766

1,355

23,367

1,183

385

3,248

612

1,764

711

1,986

  20,282

  21,858

45,593

75,737

–

52,353

75,737

299

139,510

 23,345

 130,645

 153,990

18,056

121,454

Other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss include the following assets designated into that category:

(i) 

(ii) 

 financial assets backing insurance contracts and investment contracts of £127,907 million (2011: £118,890 million) which are so designated 
because the related liabilities either have cash flows that are contractually based on the performance of the assets or are contracts whose 
measurement takes account of current market conditions and where significant measurement inconsistencies would otherwise arise;

 loans and advances to customers of £34 million (2011: £124 million) which are economically hedged by interest rate derivatives which are 
not in hedge accounting relationships and where significant measurement inconsistencies would otherwise arise if the related derivatives 
were treated as trading liabilities and the loans and advances were carried at amortised cost; and

(iii)   private equity investments of £2,110 million (2011: £1,850 million) that are managed, and evaluated, on a fair value basis in accordance with  

a documented risk management or investment strategy and reported to key management personnel on that basis.

The maximum exposure to credit risk at 31 december 2012 of the loans and advances to banks and customers designated at fair value through 
profit or loss was £34 million (2011: £124 million); the Group does not hold any credit derivatives or other instruments in mitigation of this risk. 
There was no significant movement in the fair value of these loans attributable to changes in credit risk which is determined by reference to the 
publicly available credit ratings of the instruments involved.

included in the amounts reported above are reverse repurchase agreements treated as collateralised loans with a carrying value of 
£14,433 million (2011: £10,990 million). collateral is held with a fair value of £19,629 million (2011: £15,765 million), all of which the Group is able to 
repledge. At 31 december 2012, £15,640 million had been repledged (2011: £3,740 million).

For amounts included above which are subject to repurchase agreements see note 55.

246

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

247

note 18: Derivative financial instruments

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 as described in note 55; and

 – derivatives held in policyholder funds as permitted by the investment strategies of those funds.

derivatives are classified as trading except those designated as effective hedging instruments which meet the criteria under iAs 39. 
derivatives are held at fair value on the Group’s balance sheet. A description of the methodology used to determine the fair value of derivative 
financial instruments and the effect of using reasonably possible alternative assumptions for those derivatives valued using unobservable 
inputs is set out in note 54.

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. The Group also uses credit default swaps to securitise, in 
combination with external funding, £2,829 million (2011: £3,436 million) of corporate and commercial banking loans. 

 – Equity derivatives are also used by the Group as part of its equity-based retail product activity to eliminate the Group’s exposure to 

fluctuations in various international stock exchange indices. index-linked equity options are purchased which give the Group the right, 
but not the obligation, to buy or sell a specified amount of equities, or basket of equities, in the form of published indices on or before a 
specified future date. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348248

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

249

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 18: Derivative financial instruments (continued)

The fair values and notional amounts of derivative instruments are set out in the following table:

At 31 December 2012

Trading and other

Exchange rate contracts:

spot, forwards and futures

currency swaps

Options purchased

Options written

interest rate contracts:

interest rate swaps

Forward rate agreements

Options purchased 

Options written

Futures

credit derivatives

Embedded equity conversion feature

Equity and other contracts

Total derivative assets/liabilities – trading and other 

Hedging

derivatives designated as fair value hedges:

currency swaps

interest rate swaps

Options written

derivatives designated as cash flow hedges:

interest rate swaps

Futures

currency swaps

Total derivative assets/liabilities – hedging

Total recognised derivative assets/liabilities

Contract/notional  

Fair value  

amount
£m

assets
£m

Fair value  
liabilities
£m

815,759 

107,217

330,843 

21,757

1,275,576

2,071,103

1,836,186

105,245

115,516

53,529

4,181,579

6,167

–

23,714

5,487,036

56,188 

135,516

68

191,772

86,190

49,527

2,395

138,112

329,884

5,816,920

1,432

1,689

591

–

3,712

32,819

494

4,463

–

2

37,778

94

1,421

1,974

44,979

817

6,018

68

6,903

1,599

1,683

–

605

3,887

31,880

593

–

4,051

2

36,526

343

–

1,311

42,067

356

1,772

–

2,128

4,653 

4,438

1

14

4,668

11,571

56,550

–

32

4,470

6,598

48,665

The principal amount of the contract does not represent the Group’s real 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. Further details are provided in 
note 55 credit risk. 

The embedded equity conversion feature of £1,421 million (2011: £1,172 million) reflects the value of the equity conversion feature contained in 
the Enhanced capital notes issued by the Group in 2009; the gain of £249 million arising from the change in fair value over 2012 (2011: loss of 
£5 million; 2010: loss of £620 million) is included within net gains on financial instruments held for trading within net trading income (note 7).

248

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

249

note 18: Derivative financial instruments (continued)

At 31 december 2011

Trading and other

Exchange rate contracts:

spot, forwards and futures

currency swaps

Options purchased

Options written

interest rate contracts:

interest rate swaps

Forward rate agreements

Options purchased 

Options written

Futures

credit derivatives

Embedded equity conversion feature

Equity and other contracts

Total derivative assets/liabilities – trading and other 

Hedging

derivatives designated as fair value hedges: 

currency swaps

interest rate swaps

Options written

derivatives designated as cash flow hedges:

interest rate swaps

Futures

currency swaps

derivatives designated as net investment hedges:

cross currency swaps

Total derivative assets/liabilities – hedging

Total recognised derivative assets/liabilities

contract/notional  
amount
£m

Fair value  
assets
£m

Fair value  
liabilities
£m

204,629

138,120

17,992

  18,924  

379,665

 1,627,013

1,311,811

69,554

67,858

  118,921 

3,195,157

9,980

–

 23,032

3,607,834

19,130

 93,215

  657

 113,002

 152,314

103,467

  16,582

 272,363

49

 385,414

 3,993,248

2,542

3,498

610

  – 

6,650

 38,806

586

3,693

–

  1 

 43,086

238

1,172

 2,017

 53,163

708

 6,720 

  –

 7,428

 5,250

–

  172 

 5,422

–

 12,850

66,013

2,780

2,027

–

  616 

5,423

39,899

606

–

3,524

  2

44,031

328

–

1,184

50,966

302

1,236 

  9

1,547

5,608

–

  90 

5,698

1

7,246

58,212

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348250

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

251

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 18: Derivative financial instruments (continued)

Hedged cash flows 
For designated cash flow hedges the following table shows when the Group’s hedged cash flows are expected to occur and when they will 
affect income. 

2012

Hedged forecast cash flows 
expected to occur:

Forecast receivable cash flows 

Forecast payable cash flows 

Hedged forecast cash flows 
affect profit or loss:

Forecast receivable cash flows 

Forecast payable cash flows 

2011

Hedged forecast cash flows 
expected to occur: 

Forecast receivable cash flows 

Forecast payable cash flows 

Hedged forecast cash flows 
affect profit or loss: 

Forecast receivable cash flows 

Forecast payable cash flows 

0-1 years 
£m 

1-2 years 
£m 

2-3 years 
£m 

3-4 years 
£m

4-5 years 
£m

5-10 years 
£m 

10-20 years 
£m 

Over 20 
years 
£m 

Total 
£m

214 

(168)

254 

(190)

241 

(126)

287 

(120)

271

(36)

256

(41)

139

(40)

95

(42)

67

(148)

51

(154)

163

(960)

157

(963)

37

33

1,165

(1,682)

(442)

(3,602)

32

33

1,165

(1,694)

(398)

(3,602)

0-1 years 
£m 

1-2 years 
£m 

2-3 years 
£m 

3-4 years 
£m

4-5 years 
£m

5-10 years 
£m 

10-20 years  
£m 

Over 20 
years 
£m 

Total 
£m

140

(178)

234

(224)

239

(181)

232

(154)

475

(63)

388

(53)

208

(81)

208

(81)

35

(78)

355

191

(1,394)

(1,163)

66

(354)

1,709

(3,492)

47

(145)

383

(1,475)

163

(1,110)

54

(250)

1,709

(3,492)

There were no transactions for which cash flow hedge accounting had to be ceased in 2012 or 2011 as a result of the highly probable cash flows 
no longer being expected to occur.

note 19: Loans and advances to banks

lending to banks

Money market placements with banks

Total loans and advances to banks before allowance for impairment losses

Allowance for impairment losses (note 24)

Total loans and advances to banks

2012
£m

 591

 28,829

 29,420

 (3)

 29,417

2011
£m

1,810

30,810

32,620

(14)

32,606

included in the amounts reported above are reverse repurchase agreements treated as collateralised loans with a carrying value of 
£662 million (2011: £508 million). collateral is held with a fair value of £662 million (2011: £511 million), all of which the Group is able to repledge. 

250

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

251

note 20: Loans and advances to customers

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Energy and water supply

Manufacturing

construction

Transport, distribution and hotels

Postal and telecommunications

Property companies

Financial, business and other services

Personal:

Mortgages

Other

lease financing

Hire purchase

Total loans and advances to customers before allowance for impairment losses

Allowance for impairment losses (note 24)

Total loans and advances to customers

2012
£m

5,531 

3,321 

8,530 

7,526 

26,568 

1,397 

52,388 

49,190 

 337,879

28,334 

6,477 

5,334 

532,475 

(15,250) 

517,225 

2011
£m

5,198

4,013

10,061

9,722

32,882

1,896

64,752

64,046

348,210

30,014

7,800

5,776

584,370

(18,732)

565,638

included in the amounts reported above are reverse repurchase agreements treated as collateralised loans with a carrying value of 
£5,087 million (2011: £16,835 million). collateral is held with a fair value of £4,916 million (2011: £16,936 million), all of which the Group is able to 
repledge. included within this are collateral balances in the form of cash provided in respect of reverse repurchase agreements amounting to 
£2 million (2011: £34 million).

loans and advances to customers include finance lease receivables, which may be analysed as follows:

Gross investment in finance leases, receivable:

not later than 1 year

later than 1 year and not later than 5 years

later than 5 years

unearned future finance income on finance leases

Rentals received in advance

commitments for expenditure in respect of equipment to be leased

net investment in finance leases

The net investment in finance leases represents amounts recoverable as follows:

not later than 1 year

later than 1 year and not later than 5 years

later than 5 years

net investment in finance leases

2012
£m

1,271 

2,049

6,232

9,552

(3,027) 

(30) 

(18) 

6,477 

2012
£m

835 

1,491 

4,151 

6,477 

2011
£m

1,287

3,126

7,067

11,480

(3,594)

(56)

(30)

7,800

2011
£m

724

2,307

4,769

7,800

Equipment leased to customers under finance leases primarily relates to structured financing transactions to fund the purchase of aircraft, 
ships and other large individual value items. during 2012 and 2011 no contingent rentals in respect of finance leases were recognised in the 
income statement. The allowance for uncollectable finance lease receivables included in the allowance for impairment losses is £33 million 
(2011: £92 million).

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348252

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

253

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 20: Loans and advances to customers (continued)

The unguaranteed residual values included in finance lease receivables were as follows:

not later than 1 year

later than 1 year and not later than 5 years

later than 5 years

Total unguaranteed residual values

note 21: Securitisations and covered bonds

2012
£m

49

126

14

189

2011
£m

56

137

20

213

Securitisation programmes
loans and advances to customers and debt securities classified as loans and receivables include loans securitised under the Group’s 
securitisation programmes, the majority of which have been sold by subsidiary companies to bankruptcy remote special purpose entities 
(sPEs). As the sPEs 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 sPEs are consolidated fully and all of these loans are retained on the Group’s balance sheet, with the related notes in issue 
included within debt securities in issue. in addition to the sPEs described below, the Group sponsors three conduit programmes, Argento, 
cancara and Grampian.

Covered bond programmes
certain loans and advances to customers 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 and the related covered bonds in issue included within debt securities in issue.

The Group’s principal securitisation and covered bond programmes, together with the balances of the advances subject to these 
arrangements and the carrying value of the notes in issue at 31 december, are listed below. The notes in issue are reported in note 36.

Securitisation programmes1

uK residential mortgages

us residential mortgage-backed securities

commercial loans

irish residential mortgages

credit card receivables

dutch residential mortgages

Personal loans

PFi/PPP and project finance loans

Motor vehicle loans

less held by the Group

Total securitisation programmes (note 36)

Covered bond programmes

Residential mortgage-backed 

social housing loan-backed

less held by the Group

Total covered bond programmes (note 36)

Total securitisation and covered bond programmes

2012

2011

Loans and  
advances 
securitised  

£m

notes  
in issue  

£m

loans and  
advances 
securitised  
£m

 80,125

 185

 15,024

 5,189

 6,974

 4,547

 4,412

 688

 1,039

 118,183

 91,420

 2,927

 94,347

129,764

 398

13,313

5,497

6,763

4,933

–

767

 3,124

 164,559 

91,023

 3,363

94,386

 57,285

 221

 14,110

 3,509

 3,794

 4,682

 2,000

 104

 1,086

 86,791

 (58,732)

28,059

 64,593

 2,400

 66,993

 (26,320)

 40,673

 68,732

notes  
in issue  
£m

94,080

 398

11,342

5,661

4,810

4,777

–

110

2,871

 124,049

 (86,637)

37,412

67,456

 2,605 

70,061

(31,865)

38,196

75,608

1

includes securitisations utilising a combination of external funding and credit default swaps.

cash deposits of £19,691 million (2011: £20,435 million) held by the Group are restricted in use to repayment of the debt securities issued by the 
sPEs, the term advances relating to covered bonds and other legal obligations.

 
 
 
 
252

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

253

note 22: Special purpose entities

in addition to the special purpose entities discussed in note 21, which are used for securitisation and covered bond programmes, the Group 
sponsors three asset-backed conduits, Argento, cancara and Grampian, which invest in debt securities and client receivables. All the external 
assets in these conduits are consolidated in the Group’s financial statements and are included in the credit market exposures set out in 
note 55. The total consolidated exposures in these conduits are set out in the table below:

At 31 December 2012

loans and advances

debt securities classified as loans and receivables:

Asset-backed securities

debt securities classified as available-for-sale financial assets:

Asset-backed securities

Total assets

At 31 december 2011

loans and advances

debt securities classified as loans and receivables:

Asset-backed securities

debt securities classified as available-for-sale financial assets:

Asset-backed securities

corporate and other debt securities

Total assets

Argento
£m

Cancara
£m

Grampian
£m

Total
£m

140 

4,342

 58

 4,540

 603

367 

358 

1,328 

396 

1,139 

– 

4,709 

143 

559 

539 

6,407 

130

3,962

73

4,165

1,022

733

  73

806

1,958

–

21

  –

21

3,983

2,004

3,026

796

  –

796

2,873

1,550

  73

1,623

8,814

Other special purpose entities
during 2009, the Group established lloyds TsB Pension ABcs (no 1) llP and lloyds TsB Pension ABcs (no 2) llP and transferred 
approximately £5 billion of assets, primarily comprising notes in certain of the Group’s securitisation programmes, in aggregate to these 
entities. Further details are provided in note 42. 

note 23: Debt securities classified as loans and receivables

debt securities accounted for as loans and receivables comprise:

Asset-backed securities:

Mortgage-backed securities

Other asset-backed securities

corporate and other debt securities

Total debt securities classified as loans and receivables before allowance for impairment losses

Allowance for impairment losses (note 24)

Total debt securities classified as loans and receivables

For amounts included above which are subject to repurchase agreements see note 55.

2012
£m

 3,927

 1,150

 402

 5,479

 (206)

 5,273

2011
£m

7,179

5,030

537

12,746

(276)

12,470

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348254

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

255

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 24: Allowance for impairment losses on loans and receivables

At 1 January 2011

Exchange and other adjustments

Advances written off

Recoveries of advances written off in previous years

unwinding of discount

charge to the income statement (note 12)

At 31 december 2011

Exchange and other adjustments

Advances written off

Recoveries of advances written off in previous years

unwinding of discount

charge (release) to the income statement (note 12)

At 31 December 2012

Loans and  
advances  

to customers
£m

Loans and  
advances  
to banks
£m

Debt  

securities
£m

18,373

(369)

(7,487)

421

(226)

8,020

18,732

(379)

(8,697)

843

(374)

5,125

15,250

20

–

(6)

–

–

–

14

(1)

(10)

–

–

–

3

558

2

(341)

8

–

49

276

(8)

(73)

15

–

(4)

206

Total
£m

18,951

(367)

(7,834)

 429

(226)

8,069

19,022

(388)

(8,780)

 858

(374) 

5,121 

15,459

Of the total allowance in respect of loans and advances to customers, £13,936 million (2011: £17,021 million) related to lending that had been 
determined to be impaired (either individually or on a collective basis) at the reporting date.

Of the total allowance in respect of loans and advances to customers, £3,309 million (2011: £3,832 million) was assessed on a collective basis.

note 25: Available-for-sale financial assets

Conduits  

£m

2012

Other  
£m

Total  
£m

conduits  
£m

2011

Other  
£m

Total  
£m

debt securities:

Government securities

Other public sector securities

Bank and building society certificates of deposit

Asset-backed securities:

Mortgage-backed securities

Other asset-backed securities

corporate and other debt securities

Equity shares

Treasury and other bills

– 

– 

– 

277 

262 

–  

539 

– 

– 

25,555 

25,555

– 

188 

1,247 

498 

1,848  

29,336 

528 

971 

–

 188

1,524

760

  1,848

 29,875

 528

 971

–

–

–

1,255

295

  73

1,623

–

–

Total available-for-sale financial assets

539 

30,835 

31,374 

1,623

25,236

25,236

27

366

548

769

  5,172

32,118

1,938

1,727

35,783

27

366

1,803

1,064

  5,245

33,741

1,938

1,727

37,406

details of the Group’s asset-backed conduits shown in the table above are included in note 22.

included within asset-backed securities are £2,284 million (31 december 2011: £2,867 million) managed by the commercial Banking division 
and at the Group’s centre. Further information on these exposures is provided in note 55.

For amounts included above which are subject to repurchase agreements see note 55.

All assets have been individually assessed for impairment. The criteria used to determine whether an impairment loss has been incurred are 
disclosed in note 2(H). 

254

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

255

note 26: Held-to-maturity investments

debt securities: government securities

2012
£m

– 

2011
£m

8,098

during 2012 the Group has reviewed its holding of government securities classified as held-to-maturity. since it is no longer the Group’s 
intention to hold these to maturity, they have been reclassified as available-for-sale (note 25). details of the impact of this reclassification are 
provided in note 54.

note 27: investment properties

At 1 January

Exchange and other adjustments

Additions:

Acquisitions of new properties

consolidation of new subsidiary undertakings

Additional expenditure on existing properties

Total additions

disposals

changes in fair value (note 7)

At 31 December 

2012
£m

6,122 

22

428

411

  89

928

(1,403)

(264)

5,405

2011
£m

5,997

(16)

396

922

  81

1,399

(1,151)

(107)

6,122

The investment properties are valued at least annually at open-market value, by independent, professionally qualified valuers, who have recent 
experience in the location and categories of the investment properties being valued.

in addition, the following amounts have been recognised in the income statement:

Rental income (note 9)

direct operating expenses arising from investment properties that generate rental income

capital expenditure in respect of investment properties:

capital expenditure contracted for at the balance sheet date but not recognised in the financial statements

2012
£m

389

42

2012
£m

24

2011
£m

388

50

2011
£m

33

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348256

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

257

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 28: Goodwill

At 1 January and 31 December

cost1

Accumulated impairment losses

At 31 December

2012
£m

2,016

2,362

(346)

2,016

2011
£m

2,016

2,362

(346)

2,016

1

For acquisitions made prior to 1 January 2004, the date of transition to iFRs, cost is included net of amounts amortised up to 31 december 2003.

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 £2,016 million (2011: £2,016 million), £1,836 million, or 91 per cent of 
the total (2011: £1,836 million, 91 per cent of the total) has been allocated to scottish Widows in the Group’s insurance division and £170 million, 
or 8 per cent of the total (2011: £170 million, 8 per cent of the total) to Asset Finance in the Group’s Wealth, Asset Finance and international 
division.

The recoverable amount of scottish Widows has been based on a value-in-use calculation. The calculation uses post-tax projections of future 
cash flows based upon budgets and plans approved by management covering a five-year period, and a discount rate of 12 per cent (net of 
tax). 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 and competitor activity. The discount rate is determined with reference to internal 
measures and available industry information. cash flows beyond the five-year period have been extrapolated using a steady 3 per cent growth 
rate 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 scottish Widows to fall below its balance sheet 
carrying value. 

The recoverable amount of Asset Finance has also been based on a value-in-use calculation using pre-tax cash flow projections based on 
financial budgets and plans approved by management covering a five-year period and a discount rate of 14 per cent (gross of tax). The cash 
flows beyond the five-year period are extrapolated using a growth rate of 0.5 per cent which does not exceed the long-term average growth 
rates for the markets in which Asset Finance participates. Management believes that any reasonably possible change in the key assumptions 
above would not cause the recoverable amount of Asset Finance to fall below the balance sheet carrying value.

note 29: value of in-force business

The gross value of in-force business asset in the consolidated balance sheet is as follows:

Acquired value of in-force non-participating investment contracts

Value of in-force insurance and participating investment contracts

Total value of in-force business

The movement in the acquired value of in-force non-participating investment contracts over the year is as follows:

At 1 January

Amortisation taken to income statement (note 11)

At 31 December

2012 
£m

1,312 

5,488 

6,800 

2012 
£m

1,391 

(79) 

1,312 

2011 
£m

1,391

5,247

6,638

2011 
£m

1,469

(78)

1,391

The acquired value of in-force non-participating investment contracts includes £303 million (2011: £329 million) in relation to OEic business.

256

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

257

note 29: value of in-force business (continued)

The movement in the value of in-force insurance and participating investment contracts over the year is as follows:

At 1 January

Exchange and other adjustments

Movements in the year:

new business

Existing business:

Expected return

Experience variances

Assumption changes

Economic variance

Movement in the value of in-force business taken to income statement (note 9)

2012 
£m

5,247

(28) 

570 

(471) 

52 

(90) 

208 

269 

2011 
£m

5,898

(29)

552

(437)

117

(576)

(278)

(622)

At 31 December

5,488 

5,247

This breakdown shows the movement in the value of in-force business only, and does not represent the full contribution that each item in the 
breakdown contributes to profit before tax. This will also contain changes in the other assets and liabilities, including the effects of changes 
in assumptions used to value the liabilities, of the relevant businesses. The presentation of economic variance includes the impact of financial 
market conditions being different at the end of the reporting period from those included in assumptions used to calculate new and existing 
business returns.

The principal features of the methodology and process used for determining key assumptions used in the calculation of the value of in-force 
business are set out below:

economic assumptions
Each cash flow is valued using the discount rate consistent with that applied to such a cash flow in the capital markets. in practice, to achieve 
the same result, where the cash flows are either independent of or move linearly with market movements, a method has been applied known 
as the ‘certainty equivalent’ approach whereby it is assumed that all assets earn a risk-free rate and all cash flows are discounted at a risk-free 
rate.

A market-consistent approach has been adopted for the valuation of financial options and guarantees, using a stochastic option pricing 
technique calibrated to be consistent with the market price of relevant options at each valuation date. The risk-free rate used for the value of 
financial options and guarantees is defined as the spot yield derived from the relevant government bond yield curve. Further information on 
options and guarantees can be found on page 199.

The liabilities in respect of the Group’s uK annuity business are matched by a portfolio of fixed interest securities, including a large proportion  
of corporate bonds and, since late 2012, illiquid loan assets. The value of the in-force business asset for uK annuity business has been 
calculated after taking into account an estimate of the market premium for illiquidity in respect of corporate bond holdings and relevant 
illiquid loan assets. The illiquidity premium is estimated to be 73 basis points at 31 december 2012 (2011: 119 basis points). The effect of 
including illiquid loan assets in the calculation of the market premium for illiquidity has been to increase the value of in-force business by 
£44 million at 31 december 2012. This is included as an assumption change in the table below. The effect of this change on profit before tax, 
after also including the impacts of movements in liabilities, is given in note 37.

The risk-free rate assumed in valuing the non-annuity in-force business is the 15 year government bond yield for the appropriate territory. 
The risk-free rate assumed in valuing the in-force asset for the uK annuity business is presented as a single risk-free rate to allow a better 
comparison to the rate used for other business. That single risk-free rate has been derived to give the equivalent value to the uK annuity book, 
had that book been valued using the uK gilt yield curve increased to reflect the illiquidity premium described above.

The table below shows the resulting range of yields and other key assumptions at 31 december for uK business:

Risk-free rate (value of in-force non-annuity business)

Risk-free rate (value of in-force annuity business)

Risk-free rate (financial options and guarantees)

Retail price inflation

Expense inflation

2012 
%

2.32 

3.25 

2011 
%

2.48

3.76

0.22 to 3.56

0.22 to 3.36

 3.13

 3.61

3.35

4.01

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
258

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

259

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 29: value of in-force business (continued)

non-market risk s
An allowance for non-market risk is made through the choice of best estimate assumptions based upon experience, which generally will give 
the mean expected financial outcome for shareholders and hence no further allowance for non-market risk is required. However, in the case 
of operational risk, reinsurer default and the with-profit funds these can be asymmetric in the range of potential outcomes for which an explicit 
allowance is made. 

non-economic assumptions
Future mortality, morbidity, expenses, lapse and paid-up rate assumptions are reviewed each year and are based on an analysis of past 
experience and on management’s view of future experience. 

Mortality and morbidity
The mortality and morbidity assumptions, including allowances for improvements in longevity, are set with regard to the Group’s actual 
experience where this provides a reliable basis and relevant industry data otherwise. For German business, appropriate industry tables have 
been considered.

Lapse (persistency) and paid-up rates
lapse and paid up rates assumptions are reviewed each year. The most recent experience is considered along with the results of previous 
analyses and management’s views on future experience. in determining this best estimate view, a number of factors are considered, including 
the credibility of the results (which will be affected by the volume of data available), any exceptional events that have occurred during the 
period under consideration and any known or expected trends in underlying data.

Maintenance expenses
Allowance is made for future policy costs explicitly. Expenses are determined by reference to an internal analysis of current and expected 
future costs. Explicit allowance is made for future expense inflation. For German business appropriate cost assumptions have been set in 
accordance with the rules of the local regulatory body.

These assumptions are intended to represent a best estimate of future experience, and further information about the effect of changes in key 
assumptions is given in note 38.

258

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

259

note 30: Other intangible assets

cost:

At 1 January 2011

Exchange and other adjustments

Additions

disposals

At 31 december 2011

Exchange and other adjustments

Additions

disposals

At 31 December 2012

Accumulated amortisation:

At 1 January 2011

Exchange and other adjustments

charge for the year

disposals

At 31 december 2011

Exchange and other adjustments

charge for the year

disposals

At 31 December 2012

Balance sheet amount at 31 December 2012

Balance sheet amount at 31 december 2011

Brands
£m

Core deposit 
intangible
£m

Purchased  
credit card  

relationships
£m

Customer- 
related  

intangibles
£m

Capitalised 
 software  

enhancements
£m

596

2,770

300

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

596

2,770

300

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

596

2,770 

300 

46

–

19

–

65

– 

21 

– 

86

510 

531

793

–

399

–

1,192

– 

368 

– 

1,560 

1,210 

1,578

118

–

60

–

178

– 

60 

– 

238 

 62

122

877

–

4

–

881

– 

– 

– 

881

398

–

88

–

486

– 

40 

– 

526 

355 

395

610

5

369

(25)

959

27 

236 

(89) 

1,133 

302

2

97

(12)

389

25

127 

(63) 

478 

655 

570

Total
£m

5,153

5

373

(25)

5,506

27 

236 

(89) 

5,680 

1,657

2

663

(12)

2,310

25

616 

(63) 

2,888 

2,792 

3,196

included within brands above are assets of £380 million (31 december 2011: £380 million) that have been determined to have indefinite useful 
lives and are not amortised. These brands use the Bank of scotland name which has been in existence for over 300 years. These brands are 
well established financial services brands and there are no indications that they should not have an indefinite useful life.

The core deposit intangible is the benefit derived from a large stable deposit base that has low interest rates, and the balance sheet amount at 
31 december 2012 shown above will be amortised, in accordance with the Group’s accounting policy, on a straight line basis over its remaining 
useful life of four years (see note 2(c)). 

The purchased credit card relationships represent the benefit of recurring income generated from the portfolio of credit cards purchased. 

The customer-related intangibles include customer lists and the benefits of customer relationships that generate recurring income. 

capitalised software enhancements principally comprise identifiable and directly associated internal staff and other costs. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348260

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

261

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 31: Tangible fixed assets

cost:

At 1 January 2011

Exchange and other adjustments

Additions

disposals

disposal of businesses

At 31 december 2011

Exchange and other adjustments

Additions

disposals

Write-offs

At 31 December 2012

Accumulated depreciation and impairment:

At 1 January 2011

Exchange and other adjustments

impairment charged to the income statement

depreciation charge for the year

disposals

disposal of businesses

At 31 december 2011

Exchange and other adjustments

depreciation charge for the year

disposals

Write-offs

At 31 December 2012

Balance sheet amount at 31 December 2012

Balance sheet amount at 31 december 2011

Premises
£m

equipment
£m

Operating  

lease assets
£m

Total tangible  
fixed assets
£m

2,440

4,579

–

149

(121)

(14)

2,454

2 

225

(65)

–

2,616 

(45)

660

(395)

(7)

4,792

(82) 

711

(306)

(1,562)

3,553

6,287

(22)

1,436

(1,852)

(330)

 5,519

(11)

1,314

(1,924)

–

4,898

1,001

2,845

1,270

–

–

137

(38)

(3)

1,097

(8) 

130 

(28)

–

1,191 

1,425

1,357

17

65

411

(349)

(6)

2,983

(77)

432

(266)

(1,562)

1,510

2,043

1,809

18

–

886

(967)

(195)

 1,012

52

869

(909)

–

1,024

3,874

4,507

2012
£m

1,039 

1,291 

435 

2,765 

13,306

(67)

2,245

(2,368)

(351)

 12,765

(91)

2,250

(2,295)

(1,562)

11,067

5,116

35

65

1,434

(1,354)

(204)

5,092

(33)

1,431

(1,203)

(1,562)

3,725

7,342

7,673

2011
£m

987

1,389

628

3,004

At 31 december the future minimum rentals receivable under non-cancellable operating leases were as follows:

Receivable within 1 year

1 to 5 years

Over 5 years

Total future minimum rentals receivable

Equipment leased to customers under operating leases primarily relates to vehicle contract hire arrangements. during 2012 and 2011 no 
contingent rentals in respect of operating leases were recognised in the income statement. 

in addition, total future minimum sub-lease income of £30 million at 31 december 2012 (£40 million at 31 december 2011) is expected to be 
received under non-cancellable sub-leases of the Group’s premises.

The impairment charge in 2011 related to integration activities.

260

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

261

note 32: Other assets

Assets arising from reinsurance contracts held (note 37 and note 39)

deferred acquisition and origination costs (see below)

settlement balances

corporate pension asset

investments in joint ventures and associates (note 13)

Other assets and prepayments

Total other assets

deferred acquisition and origination costs:

At 1 January

costs deferred, net of amounts amortised to the income statement

Exchange and other adjustments

At 31 December

note 33: Deposits from banks

liabilities in respect of securities sold under repurchase agreements

Other deposits from banks

Deposits from banks

2012
£m

2,320 

774 

1,332 

6,353 

313 

7,216 

2011
£m

2,534

693

1,193

3,873

334

6,135

18,308 

14,762

2012
£m

693

80 

1 

774 

2011
£m

602

92

(1)

693

2012
£m

23,368

15,037 

38,405 

2011
£m

14,389

25,421

39,810

included in the amounts reported above are deposits held as collateral for facilities granted, with a carrying value of £23,078 million 
(2011: £13,933 million) and a fair value of £25,682 million (2011: £14,258 million).

included in the amounts reported above are collateral balances in the form of cash provided in respect of repurchase agreements amounting 
to £4 million (2011: £nil).

note 34: Customer deposits

non-interest bearing current accounts

interest bearing current accounts

savings and investment accounts

liabilities in respect of securities sold under repurchase agreements

Other customer deposits

Customer deposits

2012
£m

30,633

71,478 

261,573 

4,433 

58,795 

426,912 

2011
£m

29,468

72,562

238,132

7,996

65,748

413,906

included in the amounts reported above are deposits held as collateral for facilities granted, with a carrying value of £4,429 million 
(2011: £7,987 million) and a fair value of £4,552 million (2011: £8,088 million). 

included in the amounts reported above are collateral balances in the form of cash provided in respect of repurchase agreements amounting 
to £192 million (2011: £323 million).

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348262

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

263

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 35: Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

liabilities held at fair value through profit or loss (debt securities)

Trading liabilities:

liabilities in respect of securities sold under repurchase agreements

short positions in securities

Other

Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

2012
£m

5,700

24,553

2,200

  3,519

30,272

35,972

2011
£m

5,339

12,378

3,701

  3,537  

19,616

24,955

The amount contractually payable on maturity of the debt securities held at fair value through profit or loss at 31 december 2012 was 
£6,553 million, which was £853 million higher than the balance sheet carrying value (2011: £5,487 million, which was £148 million higher than the 
balance sheet carrying value). At 31 december 2012 there was a cumulative £254 million increase 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 TsB Bank plc, the issuing entity within 
the Group. Of the cumulative amount an increase of £437 million arose in 2012 and a decrease of £194 million arose in 2011.

liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss 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.

note 36: Debt securities in issue

Medium-term notes issued

covered bonds (note 21)

certificates of deposit issued

securitisation notes (note 21)

commercial paper

Total debt securities in issue

2012
£m

29,537

40,673

11,087

28,059

8,013

2011
£m

63,366

38,196

27,994

37,412

18,091

117,369

185,059

note 37: Liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts

insurance contract and participating investment contract liabilities are comprised as follows:

2012

Gross 
£m

Reinsurance1 

£m

net 
£m

Gross 
£m

2011

Reinsurance1 

£m

life insurance (see (1) below):

insurance contracts

Participating investment contracts

non-life insurance contracts (see (2) below):

unearned premiums

claims outstanding

65,650

16,489 

82,139

494

320 

814

(2,257)

63,393

– 

  16,489

(2,257)

79,882

62,399

  15,631

78,030

(16)

(1) 

(17)

478

  319

797

566

  395 

961

78,991

(2,452)

  – 

(2,452)

(23)

(2)

(25)

(2,477)

Total

82,953

(2,274)

80,679

1

Reinsurance balances are reported within other assets (note 32).

net 
£m

59,947

  15,631 

75,578

543

  393

936

76,514

 
262

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

263

note 37: Liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts (continued)

(1) Life insurance
The movement in life insurance contract and participating investment contract liabilities over the year can be analysed as follows:

At 1 January 2011

new business

changes in existing business

change in liabilities charged to the income statement 
(note 10)

Exchange and other adjustments

At 31 december 2011

new business

changes in existing business

change in liabilities charged to the income statement 
(note 10)

Exchange and other adjustments

At 31 December 2012

insurance 
contracts 
£m

Participating 
investment 
contracts 
£m

61,871

4,340

(3,713)

627

(99)

62,399

2,757

668 

3,425

(174)

17,642

86

(2,096)

(2,010)

(1)

15,631

65

794 

859

(1)

65,650

16,489

Gross 
 £m

79,513

4,426

(5,809)

(1,383)

(100)

78,030

2,822

1,462 

4,284

(175)

82,139

Reinsurance  

£m

(2,044)

(156)

(295)

(451)

43

(2,452)

(67)

253 

186

9

net 
£m

77,469

4,270

(6,104)

(1,834)

(57)

75,578

2,755

1,715 

4,470

(166)

(2,257)

79,882

liabilities for insurance contracts and participating investment contracts can be split into with-profit fund liabilities, accounted for using the 
FsA’s realistic capital regime (realistic liabilities) and non-profit fund liabilities, accounted for using a prospective actuarial discounted cash flow 
methodology, as follows:

With-profit 
fund 
£m

12,383 

9,646

22,029

2012

non-profit 
fund 
£m

53,267

6,843

60,110

Total 
£m

65,650

16,489

82,139

With-profit 
fund 
£m

13,467

9,488

22,955

2011

non-profit 
fund 
£m

48,932

6,143

55,075

Total 
£m

62,399

15,631

78,030

insurance contracts

Participating investment contracts

Total

With-profit fund realistic liabilities

(i) Business description
The Group has with-profit funds within scottish Widows plc and clerical Medical investment Group limited containing both insurance 
contracts and participating investment contracts. 

The primary purpose of the conventional and unitised business written in the with-profit funds is to provide a smoothed investment vehicle 
to policyholders, protecting them against short-term market fluctuations. Payouts may be subject to a guaranteed minimum payout if certain 
policy conditions are met. With-profit policyholders are entitled to at least 90 per cent of the distributed profits, with the shareholders 
receiving the balance. The policyholders are also usually insured against death and the policy may carry a guaranteed annuity option at 
retirement.

(ii) Method of calculation of liabilities
With-profit liabilities are stated at their realistic value, the main components of which are:

 – With-profit benefit reserve, the total asset shares for with-profit policies;

 – cost of options and guarantees (including guaranteed annuity options);

 – deductions levied against asset shares; 

 – Planned enhancements to with-profits benefits reserve; and

 – impact of the smoothing policy.

The realistic assessment is carried out using a stochastic simulation model which values liabilities on a market-consistent basis. The calculation 
of realistic liabilities uses best estimate assumptions for mortality, persistency rates and expenses. These are calculated in a similar manner to 
those used for the value of in-force business as discussed in note 29. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
 
 
 
 
 
 
264

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

265

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 37: Liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts (continued)

(iii) Assumptions
Key assumptions used in the calculation of with-profit liabilities, and the processes for determining these, are:

Investment returns and discount rates
The realistic capital regime dictates that with-profit fund liabilities are valued on a market-consistent basis. This is achieved by the use of a 
valuation model which values liabilities on a basis calibrated to tradable market option contracts and other observable market data. The 
with-profit fund financial options and guarantees are valued using a stochastic simulation model where all assets are assumed to earn, on 
average, the risk-free yield and all cash flows are discounted using the risk-free yield. The risk-free yield is defined as the spot yield derived 
from the relevant government bond yield curve. Further information on significant options and guarantees is given on page 199.

Guaranteed annuity option take-up rates
certain pension contracts contain guaranteed annuity options that allow the policyholder to take an annuity benefit on retirement at annuity 
rates that were guaranteed at the outset of the contract. For contracts that contain such options, key assumptions in determining the cost 
of options are economic conditions in which the option has value, mortality rates and take up rates of other options. The financial impact is 
dependent on the value of corresponding investments, interest rates and longevity at the time of the claim. 

Investment volatility
The calibration of the stochastic simulation model uses implied volatilities of derivatives where possible, or historical volatility where it is not 
possible to observe meaningful prices.

Mortality
The mortality assumptions, including allowances for improvements in longevity for annuitants, are set with regard to the Group’s actual 
experience where this is significant, and relevant industry data otherwise. 

Lapse rates (persistency)
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 homogenous groups for the 
purposes of this analysis. 

The most recent experience is considered along with the results of previous analyses and management’s views on future experience, 
taking into consideration potential changes in future experience that may result from guarantees and options becoming more valuable 
under adverse market conditions, in order to determine a ‘best estimate’ view of what persistency will be. in determining this best estimate 
view a number of factors are considered, including the credibility of the results (which will be affected by the volume of data available), any 
exceptional events that have occurred during the period under consideration, any known or expected trends in underlying data and relevant 
published market data. 

non-profit fund liabilities

(i) Business description
The Group principally writes the following types of life insurance contracts within its non-profit funds. shareholder profits on these types of 
business arise from management fees and other policy charges.

Unit-linked business – This includes unit-linked pensions and unit-linked bonds, the primary purpose of which is to provide an investment 
vehicle where the policyholder is also insured against death.

Life insurance – The policyholder is insured against death or permanent disability, usually for predetermined amounts. such business includes 
whole of life and term assurance and long-term creditor policies.

Annuities – The policyholder is entitled to payments for the duration of their life and is therefore insured against surviving longer than 
expected.

German insurance business is written through the Group’s subsidiary Heidelberger leben and comprises policies similar to the uK definitions 
above, except that there is participation by the policyholder in the investment, insurance and expense profits of Heidelberger leben. A 
minimum level of policyholder participation is prescribed by German law. The following types of life insurance contracts are written:

 – Traditional and unit linked endowment or pensions business; and

 – life insurance business.

(ii) Method of calculation of liabilities
The non-profit fund liabilities are determined on the basis of recognised actuarial methods and consistent with the approach required 
by regulatory rules. The methods used involve estimating future policy cash flows over the duration of the in-force book of policies, and 
discounting the cash flows back to the valuation date allowing for probabilities of occurrence. 

264

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

265

note 37: Liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts (continued)

(iii) Assumptions
Generally, assumptions used to value non-profit fund liabilities are prudent in nature and therefore contain a margin for adverse deviation. 
This margin for adverse deviation is based on management’s judgement and reflects management’s views on the inherent level of uncertainty. 
The key assumptions used in the measurement of non-profit fund liabilities are:

Interest rates
The rates used are derived in accordance with the guidelines set by local regulatory bodies. These limit the rates of interest that can be used 
by reference to a number of factors including the redemption yields on fixed interest assets at the valuation date.

Margins for risk are allowed for in the assumed interest rates. These are derived from the limits in the guidelines set by local regulatory bodies, 
including reductions made to the available yields to allow for default risk based upon the credit rating of the securities allocated to the 
insurance liability. 

Mortality and morbidity
The mortality and morbidity assumptions, including allowances for improvements in longevity for annuitants, are set with regard to the 
Group’s actual experience where this provides a reliable basis, and relevant industry data otherwise, and include a margin for adverse 
deviation. For German business appropriate industry tables have been considered.

Lapse rates (persistency)
lapse rates are allowed for on some non-profit fund contracts. The process for setting these rates is as described for with-profit liabilities, 
however a prudent scenario is assumed by the inclusion of a margin for adverse deviation within the non-profit fund liabilities. 

Maintenance expenses
Allowance is made for future policy costs explicitly. Expenses are determined by reference to an internal analysis of current and expected 
future costs plus a margin for adverse deviation. Explicit allowance is made for future expense inflation. For German business appropriate cost 
assumptions have been set in accordance with the rules of the local regulatory body.

Key changes in assumptions
A detailed review of the Group’s assumptions in 2012 resulted in the following key impacts on profit before tax:

– change in persistency assumptions (£124 million decrease).

– change in the assumption in respect of current and future mortality rates (£4 million increase).

– change in expenses assumptions (£81 million increase).

– inclusion of illiquid loan assets in the valuation of the annuity portfolio (£44 million increase).

– Reduction of assumed future bonus rate and move to yield curve valuation of annuities (£19 million increase).

– Addition of an allowance for the time value cost of interest rate options on traditional with-profits business (£10 million decrease).

These amounts include the impacts of movements in liabilities and value of the in-force business in respect of insurance contracts and 
participating investment contracts. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348266

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

267

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 37: Liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts (continued)

(2)  non-life insurance
Gross non-life insurance contract liabilities are analysed by line of business as follows:

credit protection

Home

Health

Total gross non-life insurance contract liabilities

2012
£m

 94

718 

2 

814 

2011
£m

206

753

2

961

For non-life insurance contracts, the methodology and assumptions used in relation to determining the bases of the earned premium and 
claims provisioning levels are derived for each individual underwritten product. Assumptions are intended to be neutral estimates of the most 
likely or expected outcome. There has been no significant change in the assumptions and methodologies used for setting reserves.

The reserving methodology and associated assumptions are set out below:

The unearned premium reserve is determined on a basis that reflects the length of time for which contracts have been in force and the 
projected incidence of risk over the term of each contract.

claims outstanding comprise those claims that have been notified and those that have been incurred but not reported. claims incurred but 
not reported are determined based on the historical emergence of claims and their average cost. The notified claims element represents the 
best estimate of the cost of claims reported using projections and estimates based on historical experience.

The movements in non-life insurance contract liabilities and reinsurance assets over the year have been as follows:

Provisions for unearned premiums

At 1 January 2011

increase in the year

Release in the year

change in provision for unearned premiums charged to income statement (note 8)

Exchange and other adjustments

At 31 december 2011

increase in the year

Release in the year

change in provision for unearned premiums charged to income statement (note 8)

At 31 December 2012

Gross
£m

Reinsurance
£m

net
£m

632

1,082

(1,152)

(70)

4

566

1,081 

(1,153) 

(72) 

494 

(22)

(52)

  52

–

(1)

(23)

(31)

  38

7

(16) 

610

1,030

(1,100)

(70)

3

543 

1,050

(1,115) 

(65)

478 

 
 
266

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

267

note 37: Liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts (continued)

These provisions represent the liability for short-term insurance contracts for which the Group’s obligations are not expired at the year end.

Claims outstanding

notified claims

incurred but not reported

At 1 January 2011

cash paid for claims settled in the year

increase (decrease) in liabilities:

Arising from current year claims

Arising from prior year claims

change in liabilities charged to income statement (note 10)

Exchange and over adjustments

At 31 december 2011

cash paid for claims settled in the year

increase (decrease) in liabilities:

Arising from current year claims

Arising from prior year claims

change in liabilities charged to income statement (note 10)

Exchange and other adjustments

At 31 December 2012

notified claims

incurred but not reported

At 31 December 2012

notified claims

incurred but not reported

At 31 december 2011

Gross
£m

Reinsurance
£m

420

164

584

(485)

470

(171)

(186)

(3)

395 

(455) 

492 

(111) 

(74) 

(1) 

320 

280 

40 

320 

313

82

395

(4)

(11)

(15)

–

–

  12

12

1

(2)

1

–

  –

1

–

(1)

–

(1)

(1) 

(1)

(1)

(2)

net
£m

416

153

569

(485)

470

(159)

(174)

(2)

393 

(454) 

492

(111) 

(73) 

(1) 

319 

280 

39 

319 

312

81

393

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
 
 
 
268

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

269

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 37: Liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts (continued)

non-life insurance claims development table
The development of insurance liabilities provides a measure of the Group’s ability to estimate the ultimate value of claims. The top half of 
the table below illustrates how the Group’s estimate of total claims outstanding for each accident year shown has changed at successive year 
ends. The bottom half of the table reconciles the cumulative claims to the amount appearing in the balance sheet. The accident year basis is 
considered the most appropriate for the business written by the Group.

non-life insurance all risks – gross

Accident year

Estimate of ultimate claims costs:

At end of accident year

One year later

Two years later

Three years later

Four years later

Five years later

six years later

seven years later

current estimate in respect of above claims

current estimate of claims relating to general 
insurance business acquired in 2009

current estimate of cumulative claims

cumulative payments to date

Liability recognised in the balance sheet

liability in respect of earlier years

Total liability included in the balance sheet

2005
£m

2006
£m

2007
£m

2008
£m

2009
£m

2010
£m

2011
£m

2012
£m

Total
£m

211

207

204

202

201

201

201

200

200

272

472

(471)

1

421

3,056

446

366

609

517

497

639

539

494

487

205

199

195

187

186

317

311

299

292

285

286

208

206

204

204

205

203

202

202

286

186

487

497

366

421

2,645

315

517

(515)

2

388

674

(671)

3

256

442

(437)

5

–

487

(476)

11

–

497

(469)

28

–

366

(315)

51

–

421

1,231

3,876

(227)

(3,581)

194

295

1

296

The liability of £296 million shown in the above table excludes £13 million of unallocated claims handling expenses and £11 million of unexpired 
risk reserve.

268

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

269

note 38: Life insurance sensitivity analysis

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. These amounts include movements in assets, liabilities and the value of the in-force business in respect 
of insurance contracts and participating investment contracts. The impact is shown in one direction but can be assumed to be reasonably 
symmetrical.

At 31 December 2012

non-annuitant mortality1

Annuitant mortality2

lapse rates3

Future maintenance and investment expenses4

Risk-free rate5

Guaranteed annuity option take up6

Equity investment volatility7

Widening of credit default spreads on corporate bonds8

increase in illiquidity premia9

At 31 december 2011

non-annuitant mortality1

Annuitant mortality2

lapse rates3

Future maintenance and investment expenses4

Risk-free rate5

Guaranteed annuity option take up6

Equity investment volatility7

Widening of credit default spreads on corporate bonds8

increase in illiquidity premia9

increase 
 (reduction) in  
profit before tax  

increase 
 (reduction) in  
equity  

£m

£m

Change in  
variable

5% reduction

5% reduction

10% reduction

10% reduction

0.25% reduction

5% addition

1% addition

0.25% addition

0.10% addition

43

(170)

117

199

26

(9)

(7)

(239)

93

33

(131)

90

153

20

(7)

(5)

(184)

72

increase  
(reduction) in  
profit before tax 
£m 

increase  
(reduction) in 
 equity 
£m

change in  
variable

5% reduction

5% reduction

10% reduction

10% reduction

0.25% reduction

5% addition

1% addition

0.25% addition

0.10% addition

48

(154)

123

207

55

(4)

(9)

(164)

87

36

(115)

92

156

41

(3)

(7)

(123)

66

Assumptions have been flexed on the basis used to calculate the value of in-force business and the realistic and statutory reserving bases.

This sensitivity shows the impact of reducing mortality and morbidity rates on non-annuity business to 95 per cent of the expected rate.

This sensitivity shows the impact on the annuity and deferred annuity business of reducing mortality rates to 95 per cent of the expected rate.

This sensitivity shows the impact of reducing lapse and surrender rates to 90 per cent of the expected rate.

This sensitivity shows the impact of reducing maintenance expenses and investment expenses to 90 per cent of the expected rate.

This sensitivity shows the impact on the value of in-force business, financial options and guarantee costs, statutory reserves and asset values of reducing the risk-free rate by 25 basis 
points.

This sensitivity shows the impact of a flat 5 per cent addition to the expected rate.

This sensitivity shows the impact of a flat 1 per cent addition to the expected rate.

This sensitivity shows the impact of a 25 basis point increase in credit default spreads on corporate bonds and the corresponding reduction in market values. Government bond yields, the 
risk-free rate and illiquidity premia are all assumed to be unchanged.

This sensitivity shows the impact of a 10 basis point increase in the allowance for illiquidity premia. it assumes the overall spreads on assets are unchanged and hence market values are 
unchanged. Government bond yields and the non-annuity risk-free rate are both assumed to be unchanged. The increased illiquidity premium increases the annuity risk-free rate.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348270

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

271

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 39: Liabilities arising from non-participating investment contracts

The movement in liabilities arising from non-participating investment contracts may be analysed as follows:

At 1 January 2011

new business

changes in existing business

Exchange and other adjustments

At 31 december 2011

new business

changes in existing business

Exchange and other adjustments

At 31 December 2012

Gross
£m

51,363

4,194

(5,922)

1

49,636

4,236

526

(26)

54,372

note 40: Unallocated surplus within insurance businesses

The movement in the unallocated surplus within long-term insurance businesses over the year can be analysed as follows:

At 1 January

change in unallocated surplus recognised in the income statement (note 10) 

Exchange and other adjustments

At 31 December

note 41: Other liabilities

settlement balances

unitholders’ interest in Open Ended investment companies

Other creditors and accruals

Total other liabilities

Reinsurance
£m

(65)

(3)

11

–

(57)

(1)

12

–

(46)

2012
£m

300

(31)

(2)

267

2012
£m

2,006

20,935

11,000

33,941

net
£m

51,298

4,191

(5,911)

1

49,579

4,235

538

(26)

54,326

2011
£m

643

(340)

(3)

300

2011
£m

1,937

18,249

 11,855

 32,041 

 
 
270

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

271

note 42: Retirement benefit obligations

Charge (credit) to the income statement 

Past service credits and curtailment gains1

Other

defined benefit pension schemes

Other post-retirement benefit schemes

Total defined benefit schemes

defined contribution pension schemes

Total charge (credit) to the income statement

2012
£m

(250)

307

57 

11 

68 

229 

297 

2011
£m

–

186

186

13

199

202

401

2010
£m

(910)

443

(467)

12

(455)

173

(282)

1

in 2012, there was a net credit of £250 million following a decision to link discretionary pension increases in certain schemes to the consumer Price index; and in 2010, there was a credit of 
£910 million following the Group’s decision to cap all future increases to pensionable salary in its principal uK defined benefit pension schemes, together with a change in commutation factors in 
certain schemes (note 11).

Amounts recognised in the balance sheet

Retirement benefit assets

Retirement benefit obligations

Total amounts recognised in the balance sheet

The total amount recognised in the balance sheet relates to:

defined benefit pension schemes

Other post-retirement benefit schemes

Total amounts recognised in the balance sheet

Pension schemes

2012
£m

1,867 

(300) 

1,567 

2012
£m

1,748 

(181) 

1,567 

2011
£m

1,338

(381)

957

2011
£m

1,131

(174)

957

Defined benefit schemes
The Group has established a number of defined benefit pension schemes in the uK and overseas, the three most significant being the defined 
benefit sections of the lloyds TsB Group Pension schemes no’s 1 and 2 and the HBOs Final salary Pension scheme. These schemes provide 
retirement benefits calculated as a percentage of final pensionable salary depending upon the length of service; the minimum retirement 
age under the rules of the schemes at 31 december 2012 was generally 55 although certain categories of member are deemed to have a 
contractual right to retire at 50.

The latest full valuations of the three main schemes were carried out as at 30 June 2011; the results have been updated to 31 december 2012 
by qualified independent actuaries. The last full valuations of other Group schemes were carried out on a number of different dates; these 
have been updated to 31 december 2012 by qualified independent actuaries or, in the case of the scottish Widows Retirement Benefits 
scheme, by a qualified actuary employed by scottish Widows.

The Group’s obligations in respect of its defined benefit schemes are funded.

during 2009, the Group made one-off contributions to the lloyds TsB Group Pension scheme no 1 and lloyds TsB Group Pension scheme 
no 2 of approximately £1 billion in aggregate. These contributions took the form of interests in limited liability partnerships for each of the 
two schemes which contained assets of approximately £5 billion in aggregate entitling the schemes to annual payments of approximately 
£215 million in aggregate until 31 december 2014. Thereafter, assuming that all distributions have been made, the value of the partnership 
interests will equate to a nominal amount. At 31 december 2012, the limited liability partnerships held assets of approximately £4.7 billion; 
cash payments of £215 million were made to the pension schemes during the year (2011: £215 million). The limited liability partnerships are fully 
consolidated in the Group’s balance sheet (see note 22).

The Group currently expects to pay contributions of approximately £1,025 million to its defined benefit schemes in 2013.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
 
272

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

273

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 42: Retirement benefit obligations (continued)

Amount included in the balance sheet 

Present value of funded obligations

Fair value of scheme assets

unrecognised actuarial losses

net amount recognised in the balance sheet

Movements in the defined benefit obligation

At 1 January

current service cost

Employee contributions

interest cost

Actuarial losses 

Benefits paid

Past service cost

curtailments

settlements

Exchange and other adjustments

At 31 December

Changes in the fair value of scheme assets

At 1 January

Expected return

Employer contributions

Employee contributions

Actuarial gains

Benefits paid

settlements

Exchange and other adjustments

At 31 December

Actual return on scheme assets

2012
£m

2011
£m

(31,324) 

30,367 

(957) 

2,705 

1,748 

2012
£m

(28,236)

 28,828

592

539

1,131

2011
£m

(28,236)

(26,862)

(360) 

(3) 

(1,373) 

(2,607) 

995 

(16) 

 250

12 

14 

(380)

(1)

(1,423)

(514)

912

(20)

25

15

12

(31,324) 

(28,236)

2012
£m

28,828

1,446 

667 

3 

442 

(993) 

(16) 

(10) 

2011
£m

26,382

1,627

833

1

926

(912)

(23)

(6)

30,367 

1,888 

28,828

2,553

 
 
 
272

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

273

note 42: Retirement benefit obligations (continued)

Assumptions
The principal actuarial and financial assumptions used in valuations of the defined benefit pension schemes were as follows:

discount rate

Rate of inflation:

Retail Prices index

consumer Price index

Rate of salary increases

Rate of increase for pensions in payment

life expectancy for member aged 60, on the valuation date:

Men

Women

life expectancy for member aged 60, 15 years after the valuation date:

Men

Women

2012
%

4.60

2.90

2.00

2.00

2.70 

2012 
years

27.4

29.7

28.5

30.9

2011
%

5.00

3.00

2.00

2.00

2.80

2011 
Years

27.3

28.4

28.8

30.0

The mortality assumptions used in the 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 table shows that a member retiring at age 60 at 
31 december 2012 is assumed to live for, on average, 27.4 years for a male and 29.7 years for a female. in practice there will be much variation 
between individual members but these assumptions are expected to be appropriate across all members. it is assumed that younger members 
will live longer in retirement than those retiring now. This reflects the expectation that mortality rates will continue to fall over time as medical 
science and standards of living improve. To illustrate the degree of improvement assumed the table also shows the life expectancy for 
members aged 45 now, when they retire in 15 years time at age 60.

sensitivity analysis
The effect of changes in key assumptions on the pension charge in the Group’s income statement and on the net defined benefit pension 
scheme asset or liability is set out below:

inflation:1

increase of 0.2 per cent

decrease of 0.2 per cent 

discount rate:2

increase of 0.2 per cent

decrease of 0.2 per cent 

Expected life expectancy of members:

increase of one year

decrease of one year

1

2

At 31 december 2012, the assumed rate of inflation is 2.90 per cent (2011: 3.00 per cent).

At 31 december 2012, the assumed discount rate is 4.60 per cent (2011: 5.00 per cent).

increase (decrease)  
in the income  
statement charge

increase (decrease) in the  
net defined benefit pension 
scheme asset

2012
£m

50 

(45) 

(54) 

54 

74 

(73) 

2011
£m

12

(6)

(10)

17

38

(40)

2012
£m

(884) 

815 

1,056 

(1,102) 

(697) 

686 

2011
£m

(798)

783

909

(957)

(655)

667

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
 
 
274

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 42: Retirement benefit obligations (continued)

The expected return on scheme assets has been calculated using the following assumptions:

Equities and alternative assets

Fixed interest gilts

index linked gilts

non-government bonds

Property

Money market instruments and cash

The expected return on scheme assets in 2013 will be calculated using the following assumptions:

Equities and alternative assets

Fixed interest gilts

index linked gilts

non-government bonds

Property

Money market instruments and cash

2012
%

7.3

3.0

2.8

4.9

6.6

2.6

2011
%

8.3

4.0

3.9

4.9

7.3

3.9

2013
%

6.8

2.3

2.8

3.1 

6.8 

2.4

With effect from 1 January 2013 the Group will adopt amendments to iAs 19 Employee Benefits. These amendments will change the 
calculation of the Group’s defined benefit schemes’ income statement expense, replacing expected return on scheme assets and interest cost 
with a net interest amount that is calculated by applying the discount rate to the net defined benefit liability (asset) (see note 57 on page 342). 
The above expected return on scheme assets will be used in determining the effect of this new accounting policy on the Group’s 2013 income 
statement expense.

composition of scheme assets:

Equities

Fixed interest gilts

index linked gilts

non-government bonds

Property

Money market instruments, cash and other assets and liabilities

At 31 December

2012
£m

12,364 

771 

6,429 

5,014 

1,528 

4,261 

2011
£m

10,728

995

6,211

4,250

1,708

4,936

30,367 

 28,828

The assets of all the funded schemes are held independently of the Group’s assets in separate trustee administered funds. 

The expected return on scheme assets was determined by considering the expected returns available on the assets underlying the current 
investment policy. Expected yields on fixed interest investments are based on gross redemption yields at the balance sheet date at a term and 
credit rating broadly appropriate for the bonds held. Expected returns on equity and property investments are long-term rates based on the 
views of the plan’s independent investment consultants. The expected return on equities allows for the different expected returns from the 
private equity, infrastructure and hedge fund investments held by some of the funded schemes. some of the funded schemes also invest in 
certain money market instruments and the expected return on these investments has been assumed to be the same as cash.

Experience adjustments history:

Present value of defined 
benefit obligation

Fair value of scheme assets

(deficit) surplus 

Experience (losses) gains on 
scheme liabilities

Experience gains (losses) on 
scheme assets

2012
£m

2011
£m

2010
£m

(31,324)

30,367

(957)

 (501)

442

(28,236)

 28,828

592

(277)

926

(26,862)

26,382

(480)

496

1,624

2009
£m

(27,073)

23,518

(3,555)

31

886

2008
£m

(15,617)

13,693

(1,924)

(39)

(3,520)

2007
£m

(16,795)

16,112

(683)

(185)

139

2006
£m

(17,378)

15,279

(2,099)

(50)

314

 
 
Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

w
e
i
v
r
e
v
O

w
e
i
v
e
r

s
s
e
n
i
s
u
B

e
c
n
a
n
r
e
v
o
G

k
s
i
R

t
n
e
m
e
g
a
n
a
m

l

a
i
c
n
a
n
F

i

s
t
n
e
m
e
t
a
t
S

Report of the independent auditors on the 
consolidated financial statements 
Consolidated financial statements 
Notes to the consolidated financial statements 
Report of the independent auditors on the 
parent company financial statements 
Parent company financial statements 
Notes to the parent company financial statements 

204
206
214

344
345
348

275

r
e
h
t
O

n
o
i
t
a
m
r
o
f
n

i

1

18

77

115

355

note 42: Retirement benefit obligations (continued)

The expense recognised in the income statement for the year ended 31 december comprises:

current service cost

interest cost

Expected return on scheme assets

net actuarial losses recognised in year

Past service credits and curtailments (see below)

settlements

Past service cost

Total defined benefit pension expense (credit)

2012
£m

360

1,373

(1,446)

–

(250)

4

16

57

2011
£m

380

1,423

(1,627)

7

(25)

8

20

186

2010
£m

384

1,474

(1,507)

43

(910)

3

46

(467)

Following a review of policy in respect of discretionary pension increases in relation to the Group’s defined benefit pension schemes, increases 
in certain schemes are now linked to the consumer Price index rather than the Retail Price index. The impact of this change is a reduction 
in the Group’s defined benefit obligation of £258 million, recognised in the Group’s income statement in 2012, net of a charge of £8 million 
resulting from a change to the commutation factors in one of the Group’s smaller schemes.

in 2010 the Group made changes to the terms of its principal uK defined benefit pension schemes, all future increases to pensionable salary 
will be capped each year at the lower of: Retail Prices index inflation; each employee’s actual percentage increase in pay; and 2 per cent of 
pensionable pay. in addition to this, during the second half of 2010 there was a change in the commutation factors in certain defined benefit 
schemes. The combined effect of these changes was a reduction in the Group’s defined benefit obligation of £1,081 million and a reduction 
in the Group’s unrecognised actuarial losses of £171 million, resulting in a net curtailment gain of £910 million recognised in the income 
statement in 2010 and an equivalent reduction in the balance sheet liability.

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 TsB Group Pension scheme no. 1. 

during the year ended 31 december 2012 the charge to the income statement in respect of defined contribution schemes was £229 million 
(2011: £202 million; 2010: £173 million), representing the contributions payable by the employer in accordance with each scheme’s rules.

Other post-retirement benefit schemes
The Group operates a number of schemes which provide post-retirement healthcare benefits and concessionary mortgages 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 30 June 2008; this valuation 
has been updated to 31 december 2012 by qualified independent actuaries. The principal assumptions used were as set out above, except 
that the rate of increase in healthcare premiums has been assumed at 6.50 per cent (2011: 6.61 per cent).

Amount included in the balance sheet:

Present value of unfunded obligations

unrecognised actuarial losses

Retirement benefit obligation recognised in the balance sheet

Movements in the other post-retirement benefits obligation:

At 1 January

Exchange and other adjustments

insurance premiums paid

charge for the year

At 31 December

2012
£m

(207)

26

(181)

2012
£m

(188) 

(16)

8

(11)

(207)

2011
£m

(188)

14

(174)

2011
£m

(175)

(5)

5

(13)

(188)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
276

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

277

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 43: Deferred tax

The movement in the net deferred tax balance is as follows:

Asset at 1 January

Exchange and other adjustments

disposals

income statement (charge) credit (note 15):

due to change in uK corporation tax rate

Other

Amount credited (charged) to equity:

Available-for-sale financial assets (note 48)

cash flow hedges (note 48)

share-based compensation

2012
£m

 4,182

(14) 

– 

(308) 

(254)

 (562)

344 

1

  7

352 

2011
£m

3,917

3

10

(404)

  1,525

 1,121

(574)

(270)

(25)

(869)

Asset at 31 December

3,958 

 4,182

The statutory position reflects the deferred tax assets and liabilities as disclosed in the consolidated balance sheet and takes account of 
the inability to offset assets and liabilities where there is no legally enforceable right of offset. The tax disclosure of deferred tax assets and 
liabilities ties to the amounts outlined in the table below which splits the deferred tax assets and liabilities by type.

Statutory position

deferred tax assets

deferred tax liabilities

Asset at 31 December

2012 
£m

4,285 

(327) 

3,958 

2011 
£m

 4,496

(314)

 4,182

Tax disclosure

deferred tax assets

deferred tax liabilities

Asset at 31 December

The deferred tax (charge) credit in the income statement comprises the following temporary differences:

Accelerated capital allowances

Pensions and other post-retirement benefits

long-term assurance business

Allowances for impairment losses

Tax losses carried forward

Tax on fair value of acquired assets

Other temporary differences

Deferred tax (charge) credit in the income statement

2012 
£m

8,726 

(4,768) 

3,958 

2011
£m

319

(153)

596

(56)

(55)

(107)

577

 1,121

2011 
£m

7,995

(3,813)

 4,182

2010
£m

(470)

(391)

(110)

73

873

(715)

69

(671)

2012
£m

410 

(237) 

(869) 

(332) 

974

28

(536) 

(562) 

deferred tax assets and liabilities are comprised as follows:

deferred tax assets:

Accelerated capital allowances

Allowances for impairment losses 

Other provisions

Available-for-sale asset revaluation

Tax losses carried forward

Other temporary differences

Total deferred tax assets

deferred tax liabilities:

Accelerated capital allowances

long-term assurance business

Pensions and other post-retirement benefits

Tax on fair value of acquired assets

Effective interest rates

derivatives

Other temporary differences

Total deferred tax liabilities

2012

£m

167 

227

109 

286 

7,034

903 

8,726 

2012

£m

– 

(1,849) 

(357) 

(1,741) 

(34) 

(333)

(454) 

2011

£m

–

559

218

288

5,862

1,068

7,995

2011

£m

(243)

(980)

(120)

(1,890)

(45)

(161)

(374)

(4,768) 

(3,813)

On 21 March 2012, the Government announced that the corporation tax rate applicable from 1 April 2012 would be 24 per cent. This change 

passed into legislation on 26 March 2012. in addition, the Finance Act 2012, which was substantively enacted on 3 July 2012, included 

legislation to reduce the main rate of corporation tax from 24 per cent to 23 per cent with effect from 1 April 2013. The change in the main rate 

of corporation tax from 25 per cent to 23 per cent has resulted in a reduction in the Group’s net deferred tax asset at 31 december 2012 of 

£286 million, comprising the £308 million charge included in the income statement and a £22 million credit included in equity.

The proposed further reduction in the rate of corporation tax by 2 per cent to 21 per cent by 1 April 2014 is expected to be enacted during 

2013. The effect of this further change upon the Group’s deferred tax balances and leasing business cannot be reliably estimated at this stage.

Deferred tax assets 

deferred tax assets are recognised for tax losses carried forward to the extent that the realisation of the related tax benefit through future 

taxable profits is probable. Group companies have recognised deferred tax assets of £7,034 million (2011: £5,862 million) in relation to trading 

tax losses carried forward. After reviews of medium-term profit forecasts, the Group considers that there will be sufficient profits in the future 

against which these losses will be offset (see note 3). 

deferred tax assets of £330 million (2011: £384 million) have not been recognised in respect of capital losses carried forward as there are no 

predicted future capital profits. capital losses can be carried forward indefinitely. 

deferred tax assets of £939 million (2011: £733 million) have not been recognised in respect of trading losses carried forward, mainly in 

certain overseas companies and in respect of other temporary differences in the insurance businesses. Trading losses can be carried forward 

indefinitely, except for losses in spain which expire after 18 years and in the usA which expire after 20 years.

in addition, deferred tax assets have not been recognised in respect of unrelieved foreign tax carried forward at 31 december 2012 of 

£42 million (2011: £171 million), as there are no predicted future taxable profits against which the unrelieved foreign tax credits can be utilised. 

These tax credits can be carried forward indefinitely.

 
 
 
 
 
276

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

277

note 43: Deferred tax (continued)

deferred tax assets and liabilities are comprised as follows:

deferred tax assets:

Accelerated capital allowances

Allowances for impairment losses 

Other provisions

Available-for-sale asset revaluation

Tax losses carried forward

Other temporary differences

Total deferred tax assets

deferred tax liabilities:

Accelerated capital allowances

long-term assurance business

Pensions and other post-retirement benefits

Tax on fair value of acquired assets

Effective interest rates

derivatives

Other temporary differences

Total deferred tax liabilities

2012
£m

167 

227

109 

286 

7,034

903 

8,726 

2012
£m

– 

(1,849) 

(357) 

(1,741) 

(34) 

(333)

(454) 

2011
£m

–

559

218

288

5,862

1,068

7,995

2011
£m

(243)

(980)

(120)

(1,890)

(45)

(161)

(374)

(4,768) 

(3,813)

On 21 March 2012, the Government announced that the corporation tax rate applicable from 1 April 2012 would be 24 per cent. This change 
passed into legislation on 26 March 2012. in addition, the Finance Act 2012, which was substantively enacted on 3 July 2012, included 
legislation to reduce the main rate of corporation tax from 24 per cent to 23 per cent with effect from 1 April 2013. The change in the main rate 
of corporation tax from 25 per cent to 23 per cent has resulted in a reduction in the Group’s net deferred tax asset at 31 december 2012 of 
£286 million, comprising the £308 million charge included in the income statement and a £22 million credit included in equity.

The proposed further reduction in the rate of corporation tax by 2 per cent to 21 per cent by 1 April 2014 is expected to be enacted during 
2013. The effect of this further change upon the Group’s deferred tax balances and leasing business cannot be reliably estimated at this stage.

Deferred tax assets 
deferred tax assets are recognised for tax losses carried forward to the extent that the realisation of the related tax benefit through future 
taxable profits is probable. Group companies have recognised deferred tax assets of £7,034 million (2011: £5,862 million) in relation to trading 
tax losses carried forward. After reviews of medium-term profit forecasts, the Group considers that there will be sufficient profits in the future 
against which these losses will be offset (see note 3). 

deferred tax assets of £330 million (2011: £384 million) have not been recognised in respect of capital losses carried forward as there are no 
predicted future capital profits. capital losses can be carried forward indefinitely. 

deferred tax assets of £939 million (2011: £733 million) have not been recognised in respect of trading losses carried forward, mainly in 
certain overseas companies and in respect of other temporary differences in the insurance businesses. Trading losses can be carried forward 
indefinitely, except for losses in spain which expire after 18 years and in the usA which expire after 20 years.

in addition, deferred tax assets have not been recognised in respect of unrelieved foreign tax carried forward at 31 december 2012 of 
£42 million (2011: £171 million), as there are no predicted future taxable profits against which the unrelieved foreign tax credits can be utilised. 
These tax credits can be carried forward indefinitely.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
278

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

279

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 44: Other provisions

At 1 January 2012

Exchange and other adjustments 

Provisions applied

(Release) charge for the year

At 31 December 2012

Provisions for 
commitments
£m

Payment 
protection 
insurance
£m

Other  
regulatory 
provisions
£m

vacant 
 leasehold 
property
£m

81

(2)

(4)

(9)

66

2,155

–

(3,299)

3,575

2,431

344

12

(71)

650

935

140

2

(71)

2

73

Other
£m

446

(15)

(33)

58

456

Total
£m

3,166

(3)

(3,478)

4,276

3,961

Provisions for commitments
Provisions are held in cases where the Group is irrevocably committed to advance additional funds, but where there is doubt as to the 
customer’s ability to meet its repayment obligations.

Payment protection insurance
Following the unsuccessful legal challenge by the British Bankers’ Association against the FsA and the Financial Ombudsman service, 
the Group held discussions with the FsA with a view to seeking clarity around the detailed implementation of the FsA Policy statement 
which set out evidential provisions and guidance on the fair assessment of a complaint and the calculation of redress in respect of payment 
protection insurance (PPi) sales standards. As a result, the Group concluded that there are certain circumstances where customer redress will 
be appropriate. Accordingly the Group made a provision in its income statement for the year ended 31 december 2011 of £3,200 million in 
respect of the anticipated costs of such redress, including administration expenses.

during the first half of 2012 there was an increase in the volume of complaints being received and, although the level of complaints has 
declined during the second half of 2012, they are higher than had been anticipated at 31 december 2011. As a consequence, the Group 
believes that it is appropriate to increase its provision by a further £3,575 million at 31 december 2012. This increases the total estimated cost 
of redress, including administration expenses, to £6,775 million; redress payments made and expenses incurred on the 1.15 million claims paid 
to the end of december 2012 amounted to £4,344 million. However, there are still a number of uncertainties as to the eventual redress costs, in 
particular the total number of complaints and the activities of claims management companies and regulatory bodies.

The Group has calculated the provision by making a number of assumptions based upon current and expected experience. The principal 
sensitivities are as follows:

 – the number of claims received: an increase of 100,000 from the level assumed would increase the provision for redress costs by £140 million;

 – uphold rate of claims reviewed: an increase of one percentage point in this assumption would increase the provision by £20 million;

 – average future redress payment: an increase of £100 in this assumption would increase the provision by £70 million.

The Group will reassess the continued appropriateness of the assumptions underlying its analysis at each reporting date in the light of current 
experience and other relevant evidence.

Other regulatory provisions

Litigation in relation to insurance branch business in Germany
As previously disclosed, clerical Medical investment Group limited (cMiG) has received a number of claims in the German courts, relating to 
policies issued by cMiG but sold by independent intermediaries in Germany, principally during the late 1990s and early 2000s. in its accounts 
for the year ended 31 december 2011 the Group recognised a provision of £175 million with respect to this litigation and following decisions in 
July 2012 from the Federal court of Justice (FcJ) in Germany the Group has recognised a further provision of £150 million with respect to this 
litigation, increasing the total provision to £325 million.

However, there are still a number of uncertainties as to the full impact of the FcJ’s decisions, and the implications with respect to the claims 
facing cMiG. As a result the ultimate financial effect, which could be significantly different to the provision, will only be known once there is 
further clarity with respect to a range of legal issues involved in these claims and/or all relevant claims have been resolved.

interest rate hedging products
in June 2012, a number of banks, including the Group, reached agreement with the FsA to carry out a thorough assessment of sales made 
since 1 december 2001 of interest rate hedging products (iRHP) to certain small and medium-sized businesses. The Group agreed that on 
conclusion of this review it would provide redress to any of these customers where appropriate.

Following the completion of a pilot review of iRHP sales to small and medium-sized businesses and agreement reached with the FsA 
on 30 January 2013 on the principles to be adopted during the course of the wider review, the Group has provided £400 million for the 
estimated cost of redress and related administration costs. At 31 december 2012, £20 million of the provision had been utilised. A number of 
uncertainties remain as to the eventual costs given the inherent difficulties in determining the number of customers within the scope of the 
review and the average compensation to customers.

278

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

279

note 44: Other provisions

note 44: Other provisions (continued)

Other regulatory matters
in the course of its business, the Group is engaged in discussions with the FsA or other regulators in relation to a range of matters. in 2012 
a provision of £100 million was made in respect of certain uK retail and other matters; however, the ultimate impact on the Group of these 
discussions can only be known at the conclusion of such discussions.

vacant leasehold property
Vacant leasehold property provisions are made by reference to a prudent estimate of expected sub-let income, compared to the head rent, 
and the possibility of disposing of the Group’s interest in the lease, taking into account conditions in the property market. These provisions are 
reassessed on a biannual basis and will normally run off over the period of under-recovery of the leases concerned, currently averaging three 
years; where a property is disposed of earlier than anticipated, any remaining balance in the provision relating to that property is released. 

Other
Provisions are made for staff and other costs related to Group restructuring initiatives at the point at which the Group becomes irrevocably 
committed to the expenditure.

Other provisions include those arising out of the insolvency of a third party insurer, which remains exposed to asbestos and pollution 
claims in the us. The ultimate cost and timing of payments are uncertain. The provision held of £37 million at 31 december 2012 represents 
management’s current best estimate of the cost after having regard to actuarial estimates of future losses.

Provisions for 

commitments

Payment 

protection 

insurance

Other  

regulatory 

provisions

vacant 

 leasehold 

property

£m

81

(2)

(4)

(9)

66

£m

2,155

–

(3,299)

3,575

2,431

£m

344

12

(71)

650

935

£m

140

2

(71)

2

73

Other

£m

446

(15)

(33)

58

456

Total

£m

3,166

(3)

(3,478)

4,276

3,961

At 1 January 2012

Exchange and other adjustments 

Provisions applied

(Release) charge for the year

At 31 December 2012

Provisions for commitments

customer’s ability to meet its repayment obligations.

Payment protection insurance

Provisions are held in cases where the Group is irrevocably committed to advance additional funds, but where there is doubt as to the 

Following the unsuccessful legal challenge by the British Bankers’ Association against the FsA and the Financial Ombudsman service, 

the Group held discussions with the FsA with a view to seeking clarity around the detailed implementation of the FsA Policy statement 

which set out evidential provisions and guidance on the fair assessment of a complaint and the calculation of redress in respect of payment 

protection insurance (PPi) sales standards. As a result, the Group concluded that there are certain circumstances where customer redress will 

be appropriate. Accordingly the Group made a provision in its income statement for the year ended 31 december 2011 of £3,200 million in 

respect of the anticipated costs of such redress, including administration expenses.

during the first half of 2012 there was an increase in the volume of complaints being received and, although the level of complaints has 

declined during the second half of 2012, they are higher than had been anticipated at 31 december 2011. As a consequence, the Group 

believes that it is appropriate to increase its provision by a further £3,575 million at 31 december 2012. This increases the total estimated cost 

of redress, including administration expenses, to £6,775 million; redress payments made and expenses incurred on the 1.15 million claims paid 

to the end of december 2012 amounted to £4,344 million. However, there are still a number of uncertainties as to the eventual redress costs, in 

particular the total number of complaints and the activities of claims management companies and regulatory bodies.

The Group has calculated the provision by making a number of assumptions based upon current and expected experience. The principal 

sensitivities are as follows:

 – the number of claims received: an increase of 100,000 from the level assumed would increase the provision for redress costs by £140 million;

 – uphold rate of claims reviewed: an increase of one percentage point in this assumption would increase the provision by £20 million;

 – average future redress payment: an increase of £100 in this assumption would increase the provision by £70 million.

The Group will reassess the continued appropriateness of the assumptions underlying its analysis at each reporting date in the light of current 

experience and other relevant evidence.

Other regulatory provisions

Litigation in relation to insurance branch business in Germany

As previously disclosed, clerical Medical investment Group limited (cMiG) has received a number of claims in the German courts, relating to 

policies issued by cMiG but sold by independent intermediaries in Germany, principally during the late 1990s and early 2000s. in its accounts 

for the year ended 31 december 2011 the Group recognised a provision of £175 million with respect to this litigation and following decisions in 

July 2012 from the Federal court of Justice (FcJ) in Germany the Group has recognised a further provision of £150 million with respect to this 

litigation, increasing the total provision to £325 million.

However, there are still a number of uncertainties as to the full impact of the FcJ’s decisions, and the implications with respect to the claims 

facing cMiG. As a result the ultimate financial effect, which could be significantly different to the provision, will only be known once there is 

further clarity with respect to a range of legal issues involved in these claims and/or all relevant claims have been resolved.

interest rate hedging products

in June 2012, a number of banks, including the Group, reached agreement with the FsA to carry out a thorough assessment of sales made 

since 1 december 2001 of interest rate hedging products (iRHP) to certain small and medium-sized businesses. The Group agreed that on 

conclusion of this review it would provide redress to any of these customers where appropriate.

Following the completion of a pilot review of iRHP sales to small and medium-sized businesses and agreement reached with the FsA 

on 30 January 2013 on the principles to be adopted during the course of the wider review, the Group has provided £400 million for the 

estimated cost of redress and related administration costs. At 31 december 2012, £20 million of the provision had been utilised. A number of 

uncertainties remain as to the eventual costs given the inherent difficulties in determining the number of customers within the scope of the 

review and the average compensation to customers.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348280

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

281

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 45: Subordinated liabilities

Preference shares

Preferred securities

undated subordinated liabilities

Enhanced capital notes

dated subordinated liabilities

Total subordinated liabilities

2012
£m

1,385 

4,394 

1,927 

8,947 

17,439 

34,092 

2011
£m

1,216

4,893

1,949

9,085

17,946

35,089

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. The subordination of the dated Enhanced capital notes ranks equally 
with that of the dated subordinated liabilities. The Group has not had any defaults of principal, interest or other breaches with respect to its 
subordinated liabilities during the year (2011: none). no repayment or purchase by the issuer of the subordinated liabilities may be made prior 
to their stated maturity without the consent of the Financial services Authority. 

The movement in subordinated liabilities during the year was as follows: 

At 1 January

issued during the year

Repurchases and redemptions during the year

Foreign exchange and other movements

At 31 December

2012
£m

35,089

128

(857)

(268)

34,092

2011
£m

36,232

2,302 

(4,021) 

576 

35,089 

during February 2012, the Group completed the exchange of part of a series of preferred debt securities issued by the HBOs group for a 
new series of dated subordinated securities issued by lloyds TsB Bank plc. This exchange resulted in a gain on the extinguishment of the 
existing securities of £59 million being the difference between the carrying amount of the securities extinguished and the fair value of the new 
securities issued together with related fees and costs.

Total preferred securities

to 31 January 2012.

Preference shares

6% non-cumulative Redeemable Preference shares

7.875% non-cumulative Preference shares callable 2013 (us$1,250 million)
7.875% non-cumulative Preference shares callable 2013 (e500 million)

6.0884% non-cumulative Fixed to Floating Rate Preference shares callable 2015 (£745 million)

5.92% non-cumulative Fixed to Floating Rate Preference shares callable 2015 (us$750 million)

6.267% non-cumulative Fixed to Floating Rate Preference shares callable 2016 
(us$1,000 million)

6.3673% non-cumulative Fixed to Floating Rate Preference shares callable 2019 (£335 million)

6.475% non-cumulative Preference shares callable 2024 (£186 million)

6.413% non-cumulative Fixed to Floating Rate Preference shares callable 2035 
(us$750 million)

6.657% non-cumulative Fixed to Floating Rate Preference shares callable 2037 
(us$750 million)

9.25% non-cumulative irredeemable Preference shares (£300 million)

9.75% non-cumulative irredeemable Preference shares (£100 million)

note

a

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

2012
£m

– 

259 

149 

10 

125 

 280

2 

39 

104 

 14

350 

53 

2011
£m

–

249

150

10

11

301

2

38

131

26

262

36

Total preference shares

1,385 

1,216

a   since 2004, the company has had in issue 400 6 per cent non-cumulative preference shares of 25p each. The shares, which are redeemable at the option of the company at any time, 

carry the rights to a fixed rate non-cumulative preferential dividend of 6 per cent per annum; no dividend shall be payable in the event that the directors determine that prudent capital 
ratios would not be maintained if the dividend were paid. upon winding up, the shares rank equally with any other preference shares issued by the company. The holder of the shares 
waived its right to payment for the period from 1 March 2010 to 1 March 2012.

b  in november 2009, as part of the state aid restructuring plan, the Group agreed to suspend the payment of coupons on these instruments for the two year period from 31 January 2010 

to 31 January 2012.

Preferred securities

6.90% Perpetual capital securities (us$1,000 million)

6.85% non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred securities (us$1,000 million)

8.117% non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred securities (class A) (£250 million)

7.627% Fixed to Floating Rate Guaranteed non-voting non-cumulative Preferred securities 

(e415 million)

(e430 million)

(£250 million)

7.375% Euro step-up non-voting non-cumulative Preferred securities callable 2012 

6.35% step-up Perpetual capital securities callable 2013 (e500 million)

6.071% non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred securities (us$750 million)

7.834% sterling step-up non-voting non-cumulative Preferred securities callable 2015 

4.939% non-voting non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred securities (e750 million)

7.286% Perpetual Regulatory Tier One securities (series A) (£150 million)

4.385% step-up Perpetual capital securities callable 2017 (e750 million)

6.461% Guaranteed non-voting non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred securities (£600 million)

13% step-up Perpetual capital securities callable 2019 (£785 million)

13% step-up Perpetual capital securities callable 2019 (e532 million)

7.754% non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred securities (class B) (£150 million)

7.281% Perpetual Regulatory Tier One securities (series B) (£150 million)

13% step-up Perpetual capital securities callable 2029 (£700 million)

7.881% Guaranteed non-voting non-cumulative Preferred securities (£245 million)

note

b

b

b, c

b, d, e

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

2012

£m

214 

238 

262 

50 

– 

226 

382 

5 

23 

128 

83 

439 

8 

48 

98 

95 

629 

227 

4,394 

2011

£m

247

316

260

340

16

239

389

5

20

112

88

444

12

47

104

1,301

113

612

228

4,893

12% Fixed to Floating Rate Perpetual Tier 1 capital securities callable 2024 (us$2,000 million)

1,239 

a   in november 2009, as part of the state aid restructuring plan, the Group agreed to suspend the payment of coupons on these instruments for the two year period from 31 January 2010 

b  These securities are callable at specific dates as per the terms of the securities at the option of the issuer and with approval from the FsA. in november 2009, as part of the state aid 

restructuring plan, the Group agreed not to exercise any call options on these instruments for the two year period from 31 January 2010 to 31 January 2012.

c   The fixed rate on this security was reset from 8.117 per cent to 6.059 per cent with effect from 31 May 2010.

d  The fixed rate on this security was reset from 7.627 per cent to 3 months Euribor plus 2.875 per cent with effect from 9 december 2011.

e   Following an exchange in February 2012, certain holders elected to exchange some notes into a new series of dated subordinated securities issued by lloyds TsB Bank plc.

 
 
280

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

281

note 45: Subordinated liabilities (continued)

Preferred securities

6.90% Perpetual capital securities (us$1,000 million)

6.85% non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred securities (us$1,000 million)

8.117% non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred securities (class A) (£250 million)

7.627% Fixed to Floating Rate Guaranteed non-voting non-cumulative Preferred securities 
(e415 million)

7.375% Euro step-up non-voting non-cumulative Preferred securities callable 2012 
(e430 million)
6.35% step-up Perpetual capital securities callable 2013 (e500 million)

6.071% non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred securities (us$750 million)

7.834% sterling step-up non-voting non-cumulative Preferred securities callable 2015 
(£250 million)
4.939% non-voting non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred securities (e750 million)

7.286% Perpetual Regulatory Tier One securities (series A) (£150 million)
4.385% step-up Perpetual capital securities callable 2017 (e750 million)

6.461% Guaranteed non-voting non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred securities (£600 million)

13% step-up Perpetual capital securities callable 2019 (£785 million)
13% step-up Perpetual capital securities callable 2019 (e532 million)

7.754% non-cumulative Perpetual Preferred securities (class B) (£150 million)

12% Fixed to Floating Rate Perpetual Tier 1 capital securities callable 2024 (us$2,000 million)

7.281% Perpetual Regulatory Tier One securities (series B) (£150 million)

13% step-up Perpetual capital securities callable 2029 (£700 million)

7.881% Guaranteed non-voting non-cumulative Preferred securities (£245 million)

Total preferred securities

note

b

b

b, c

b, d, e

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

2012
£m

214 

238 

262 

50 

– 

226 

382 

5 

23 

128 

83 

439 

8 

48 

98 

1,239 

95 

629 

227 

4,394 

2011
£m

247

316

260

340

16

239

389

5

20

112

88

444

12

47

104

1,301

113

612

228

4,893

a   in november 2009, as part of the state aid restructuring plan, the Group agreed to suspend the payment of coupons on these instruments for the two year period from 31 January 2010 

to 31 January 2012.

b  These securities are callable at specific dates as per the terms of the securities at the option of the issuer and with approval from the FsA. in november 2009, as part of the state aid 

restructuring plan, the Group agreed not to exercise any call options on these instruments for the two year period from 31 January 2010 to 31 January 2012.

c   The fixed rate on this security was reset from 8.117 per cent to 6.059 per cent with effect from 31 May 2010.

d  The fixed rate on this security was reset from 7.627 per cent to 3 months Euribor plus 2.875 per cent with effect from 9 december 2011.

e   Following an exchange in February 2012, certain holders elected to exchange some notes into a new series of dated subordinated securities issued by lloyds TsB Bank plc.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
 
282

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

283

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 45: Subordinated liabilities (continued)

Undated subordinated liabilities

6.625% undated subordinated step-up notes (£410 million)
Floating Rate undated subordinated step-up notes (e300 million)
6.05% Fixed to Floating Rate undated subordinated notes (e500 million)

5.375% undated Fixed to Floating Rate subordinated notes (us$1,000 million)

8.625% Perpetual subordinated notes (£200 million)
4.875% undated subordinated Fixed to Floating Rate instruments (e750 million)
Floating Rate undated subordinated notes (e500 million)
4.25% Perpetual Fixed to Floating Rate Reset subordinated Guaranteed notes (e750 million) 
(clerical Medical Finance plc)

10.25% subordinated undated instruments (£100 million)

5.125% step-up Perpetual subordinated notes callable 2015 (£560 million) 
(scottish Widows plc)
5.125% undated subordinated Fixed to Floating notes (e750 million)

7.5% undated subordinated step-up notes (£300 million) 

5.125% undated subordinated step-up notes callable 2016 (£500 million)

6.5% undated subordinated step-up notes callable 2019 (£270 million)

7.375% undated subordinated Guaranteed Bonds (£200 million) (clerical Medical Finance plc)

5.625% cumulative callable Fixed to Floating Rate undated subordinated notes callable 
2019 (£500 million)

12% Perpetual subordinated Bonds (£100 million)

5.75% undated subordinated step-up notes (£600 million)

7.375% subordinated undated instruments (£150 million)

8.75% Perpetual subordinated Bonds (£100 million)

8% undated subordinated step-up notes callable 2023 (£200 million)

9.375% Perpetual subordinated Bonds (£50 million)

5.75% undated subordinated step-up notes (£500 million)

6.5% undated subordinated step-up notes callable 2029 (£450 million)

6% undated subordinated step-up Guaranteed Bonds callable 2032 (£500 million)

Floating Rate Primary capital notes (us$250 million)

Primary capital undated Floating Rate notes:

series 1 (us$750 million)

series 2 (us$500 million)

series 3 (us$600 million)

13.625% Perpetual subordinated Bonds (£75 million)

11.75% Perpetual subordinated Bonds (£100 million)

Total undated subordinated liabilities

note

a, b, c

b

b, d

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a, b

a, b

a, b

a, b

a

2012
£m

6 

13 

5 

9 

22 

70 

44 

261 

1 

556 

45 

4 

2 

1 

37 

1 

21 

3 

– 

5 

– 

14 

4 

– 

10 

111 

165 

173 

223 

19 

102 

2011
£m

1

10

4

12

24

75

45

231

1

554

52

5

2

–

36

–

30

3

–

4

–

17

3

–

11

118

175

183

235

16

102

1,927 

1,949

a   in november 2009, as part of the state aid restructuring plan, the Group agreed to suspend the payment of coupons on these instruments for the two year period from 31 January 2010 

to 31 January 2012.

b  These securities are callable at specific dates as per the terms of the securities at the option of the issuer and with approval from the FsA. in november 2009, as part of the state aid 

restructuring plan, the Group agreed not to exercise any call options on these instruments for the two year period from 31 January 2010 to 31 January 2012.

c   The fixed rate on this security was reset from 6.625 per cent to 4.64821 per cent with effect from 15 July 2010.

d  The fixed rate on this security was reset from 6.05 per cent to 3 month Euribor plus 2.25 per cent with effect from 23 november 2011.

282

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

283

note 45: Subordinated liabilities (continued)

With the exception of the two series identified in footnote b below, the Ecns were issued in lower tier 2 format and are convertible into 
ordinary shares on the breach of a defined trigger. The trigger is if the published core tier 1 ratio of the Group (as defined by the Financial 
services Authority in May 2009) falls below 5 per cent.

enhanced Capital notes

7.625% Enhanced capital notes due 2019 (£151 million)

8.125% Enhanced capital notes due 2019 (£4 million)

9% Enhanced capital notes due 2019 (£97 million)

7.8673% Enhanced capital notes due 2019 (£331 million)

15% Enhanced capital notes due 2019 (£775 million)
15% Enhanced capital notes due 2019 (e487 million)
8.875% Enhanced capital notes due 2020 (e125 million)

9.334% Enhanced capital notes due 2020 (£208 million)
7.375% Enhanced capital notes due 2020 (e95 million)
Floating Rate Enhanced capital notes due 2020 (e53 million)

7.875% Enhanced capital notes due 2020 (us$408 million)

11.04% Enhanced capital notes due 2020 (£736 million)

7.5884% Enhanced capital notes due 2020 (£732 million)
6.385% Enhanced capital notes due 2020 (e662 million)
6.439% Enhanced capital notes due 2020 (e711 million)

8% Fixed to Floating Rate undated Enhanced capital notes callable 2020 (us$1,259 million)

9.125% Enhanced capital notes due 2020 (£148 million)

12.75% Enhanced capital notes due 2020 (£57 million)

7.869% Enhanced capital notes due 2020 (£597 million)
7.625% Enhanced capital notes due 2020 (e226 million)

7.875% Enhanced capital notes due 2020 (us$986 million)

11.125% Enhanced capital notes due 2020 (£39 million)

8.5% undated Enhanced capital notes callable 2021 (us$277 million)

14.5% Enhanced capital notes due 2022 (£79 million)

9.875% Enhanced capital notes due 2023 (£57 million)

11.25% Enhanced capital notes due 2023 (£95 million)

10.5% Enhanced capital notes due 2023 (£69 million)

11.875% Enhanced capital notes due 2024 (£35 million)

7.975% Enhanced capital notes due 2024 (£102 million)

16.125% Enhanced capital notes due 2024 (£61 million)

15% Enhanced capital notes due 2029 (£68 million)

9% Enhanced capital notes due 2029 (£107 million)

8.5% Enhanced capital notes due 2032 (£104 million)

Total enhanced Capital notes

a   interest is payable quarterly in arrears at a rate of 3 month Euribor plus 3.1 per cent per annum.

b issued in upper tier 2 format.

note

a

b

b

2012
£m

 144

4 

98 

332 

1,093 

571 

113 

230 

78 

37 

267 

847 

703 

493 

542 

662 

157 

73 

591 

181 

608 

44 

147 

113 

66 

113 

76 

45 

99 

95 

108 

112 

105 

2011
£m

142

4

98

330

1,120

601

107

232

79

38

313

861

681

503

548

687

157

73

588

184

629

44

153

114

63

106

67

45

96

97

108

112

105

8,947 

9,085

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348284

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

285

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 45: Subordinated liabilities (continued)

Dated subordinated liabilities
subordinated step-up Floating Rate notes 2016 (e500 million)
subordinated step-up Floating Rate notes 2016 (£300 million)
callable Floating Rate subordinated notes 2016 (e500 million)
callable Floating Rate subordinated notes 2016 (e500 million)
subordinated callable notes 2016 (us$750 million)
subordinated callable notes 2017 (e1,000 million)
6.75% subordinated callable Fixed to Floating Rate instruments 2017 (Aus$200 million)
subordinated callable Floating Rate instruments 2017 (Aus$400 million)
5.109% callable Fixed to Floating Rate notes 2017 (can$500 million)
6.25% instruments 2012 (e12.8 million)
subordinated callable notes 2017 (us$1,000 million)
6.305% subordinated callable Fixed to Floating Rate notes 2017 (£500 million)
5.50% subordinated Fixed Rate notes 2012 (e750 million)
6.125% notes 2013 (e325 million)
5.625% subordinated Fixed to Floating Rate notes due 2018 callable 2013 (e1,000 million)
4.25% subordinated Guaranteed notes 2013 (us$1,000 million)
6.45% Fixed to Floating subordinated Guaranteed Bonds 2023 (e400 million) 
(clerical Medical Finance plc)
11% subordinated Bonds 2014 (£250 million)
5.875% subordinated notes 2014 (£150 million)
5.875% subordinated Guaranteed Bonds 2014 (e750 million)
4.375% callable Fixed to Floating Rate subordinated notes 2019 (e750 million)
4.875% subordinated notes 2015 (e1,000 million)
6.625% subordinated notes 2015 (£350 million)
6.9625% callable subordinated Fixed to Floating Rate notes 2020 callable 2015 (£750 million)
11.875% subordinated Fixed to Fixed Rate notes 2021 callable 2016 (e1,147 million)
10.75% subordinated Fixed to Fixed Rate notes 2021 callable 2016 (£466 million)
9.875% subordinated Fixed to Fixed Rate notes 2021 callable 2016 (us$568 million)
10.125% subordinated Fixed to Fixed Rate notes 2021 callable 2016 (can$387 million)
13% subordinated Fixed to Fixed Rate notes 2021 callable 2016 (Aus$417 million)
10.5% subordinated Bonds 2018 (£150 million)
6.75% subordinated Fixed Rate notes 2018 (us$2,000 million)
10.375% subordinated Fixed to Fixed Rate notes 2024 callable 2019 (e154 million)
6.375% subordinated instruments 2019 (£250 million)
6.5% dated subordinated notes 2020 (e1,500 million)
7.375% dated subordinated notes 2020
5.75% subordinated Fixed to Floating Rate notes 2025 callable 2020 (£350 million)
6.5% subordinated Fixed Rate notes 2020 (us$2,000 million)
subordinated Floating Rate notes 2020 (e100 million)
9.375% subordinated Bonds 2021 (£500 million)
5.374% subordinated Fixed Rate notes 2021 (e160 million)
9.625% subordinated Bonds 2023 (£300 million)
7.07% subordinated Fixed Rate notes 2023 (e175 million)
4.50% Fixed Rate step-up subordinated notes due 2030 (e750 million)
7.625% dated subordinated notes 2025 (£750 million)
6% subordinated notes 2033 (us$750 million)
Total dated subordinated liabilities

note

a

a

a

a

a

b

d

b

e

b

f

c

2012
£m

 172
 184
 96
 137
 198
 243
6 
38 
8 
– 
198 
21 
– 
280 
858 
619 

181 
284 
157 
669 
604 
844 
375 
716 
977 
477 
360 
240 
280 
177 
1,146 
143 
281 
1,458 
4 
371 
1,345 
83 
727 
152 
376 
183 
457 
915 
399 
17,439 

2011
£m

179
184
88
124
191
219
5
38
8
8
192
22
640
283
902
636

176
290
154
713
621
854
357
725
977
467
368
246
276
177
1,205
–
274
1,407
3
367
1,360
87
709
150
319
174
463
876
432
17,946

a   These securities are callable at specific dates as per the terms of the securities at the option of the issuer and with approval of the FsA. in november 2009, as part of the state aid 

restructuring plan, the Group agreed not to exercise any call options on these instruments for the two year period from 31 January 2010 to 31 January 2012. 

b The floating interest rate payable on these securities reset during 2012.
c  This security was issued in February 2012 as a result of an exchange offer.

d The interest rate payable on this security was reset from 6.75 per cent fixed to Bank Bill swap Rate plus 0.76 per cent with effect from 1 May 2012.

e  The interest rate payable on this security was reset from 5.109 per cent fixed to canadian dealer Offered Rate plus 0.65 per cent with effect from 21 June 2012.

f  The interest rate payable on this security was reset from 6.305 per cent fixed to 3-month libor plus 1.2 per cent with effect from 18 October 2012.

284

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

285

note 46: Share capital

(1) Authorised share capital
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. 

(2) issued and fully paid share capital

2012
number of shares

2011
number of shares

2010
number of shares

2012
£m

2011
£m

2010
£m

Ordinary shares of 10p  
(formerly 25p) each

At 1 January

68,726,627,112 

68,074,129,454

63,774,511,536

6,873

6,807

6,378

issued on redemption of 
preference shares and other 
subordinated liabilities in 2010

issued in relation to the payment 
of coupons on certain hybrid 
capital securities

issued under employee share 
schemes

– 

–

4,299,422,579

– 

 479,297,215

– 

– 

 47

–

– 

 1,136,919,962

652,497,658

195,339

At 31 December

 70,342,844,289

68,726,627,112

68,074,129,454

Limited voting ordinary shares  
of 10p (formerly 25p) each

At 1 January and 31 December

80,921,051

80,921,051

80,921,051

Deferred shares of 15p each

At 1 January

cancellation of deferred shares

At 31 December

Total issued share capital

–

–

–

–

–

–

27,242,603,417

(27,242,603,417)

–

 114

 7,034

66

6,873

8

–

–

–

8

–

–

–

7,042

6,881

429

– 

–

6,807

8

4,086

(4,086)

–

6,815

On 5 november 2010 the company cancelled all of its deferred shares and an amount of £4,086 million was credited to the capital 
redemption reserve.

Share issuances
in 2012 the Group issued 479 million new ordinary shares in relation to payment of coupons in the year on certain hybrid capital securities that 
are non-cumulative; the remaining 1,137 million shares issued in 2012 were in respect of employee share schemes.

The shares issued in 2011 were in respect of employee share schemes.

On 18 February 2010, the company issued 3,141 million ordinary shares as consideration for the redemption of certain preference shares 
and preferred securities. during May and June 2010, the company issued a further 1,158 million ordinary shares in relation to three separate 
exchanges for preference shares and other subordinated liabilities issued by the Group.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
286

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

287

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 46: Share capital (continued)

(3) Share capital and control
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);

 –  pursuant to the uK listing Authority’s listing rules where directors and certain employees of the company require the approval of the 

company to deal in the company’s shares; and

 –  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.

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.

information regarding significant direct or indirect holdings of shares in the company can be found on page 83.

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 17 May 2012. The authority to issue shares and the authority to make market purchases of shares 
will expire at the 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.

Further details regarding voting at the annual general meeting can be found in the notes to the notice of the annual general meeting.

Ordinary shares
The holders of ordinary shares (excluding the limited voting ordinary shares), who held 99.9 per cent of the total ordinary share capital at 
31 december 2012, 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 (excluding the limited voting ordinary shares) may also receive a dividend (subject 
to the provisions of the company’s articles of association and the restrictions noted below) and on a winding up may share in the assets of the 
company.

in november 2009, as part of the restructuring plan that was a requirement for European commission approval of state aid received by the 
Group, the Group agreed to suspend the payment of coupons and dividends on certain of the Group’s preference shares and preferred 
securities for the two-year period from 31 January 2010 to 31 January 2012. consequently, the terms of these instruments prevented the 
company from making dividend payments on ordinary shares during that period.

Limited voting ordinary shares 
The limited voting ordinary shares are held by the lloyds TsB Foundations (the Foundations). The holders of the limited voting ordinary shares, 
who held 0.1 per cent of the total ordinary share capital at 31 december 2012, are entitled to receive copies of every circular or other document 
sent out by the company to the holders of other ordinary shares. These shares carry no rights to dividends but rank pari passu with the 
ordinary shares in respect of other distributions and in the event of winding up. These shares do not have any right to vote at general meetings 
other than on resolutions concerning acquisitions or disposals of such importance that they require shareholder consent, or for the winding up 
of the company, or for a variation in the class rights of the limited voting ordinary shares. in the event of an offer for more than 50 per cent of 
the issued ordinary share capital of the company, each limited voting ordinary share will convert into an ordinary share and shall rank equally 
with the ordinary shares in all respects from the date of conversion. 

Preference shares
The company has in issue various classes of preference shares which are all classified as liabilities under iFRs and details of which are shown in 
note 45.

286

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

287

note 47: Share premium account

At 1 January

issued in relation to the settlement of coupons on certain hybrid capital securities1

issued under employee share schemes

shares issued on redemption and exchange of preference shares  
and other subordinated liabilities2

Redemption of preference shares3

At 31 December

2012
£m

16,541

123

 208

–

–

2011
£m

16,291

–

250

–

–

 16,872

16,541

2010
£m

14,472

–

–

1,808

11

16,291

1

2

3

during the year the Group issued new ordinary shares for a consideration of £170 million in relation to payment of coupons in 2012 on certain hybrid capital securities that are  
non-cumulative.

On 18 February 2010, the company issued 3,141 million ordinary shares as consideration for the redemption of certain preference shares and preferred securities; and during May and June 
2010, the company issued a further 1,158 million ordinary shares in relation to three separate exchanges for preference shares and other subordinated liabilities issued by the Group. A 
total share premium of £1,808 million was recorded in respect of these transactions.

in January 2010, the company repurchased and cancelled certain preference shares amounting to £14 million. This resulted in a transfer of £3 million from the merger reserve to the capital 
redemption reserve and a transfer of £11 million from the merger reserve to the share premium account. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348288

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

289

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 48: Other reserves

Other reserves comprise:

Merger reserve

capital redemption reserve

Revaluation reserve in respect of available-for-sale financial assets

cash flow hedging reserve 

Foreign currency translation reserve

At 31 December

2012
£m

8,107

4,115

399

350

(69)

2011
£m

8,107

4,115

1,326

325

(55)

2010
£m

8,107

4,115

(285)

(391)

29

12,902

13,818

11,575

The merger reserve primarily 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.

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 the deferred shares.

The revaluation reserve in respect of available-for-sale financial assets represents the cumulative after tax unrealised change in the fair value of 
financial assets classified as available-for-sale since initial recognition; in the case of available-for-sale financial assets obtained on acquisitions 
of businesses, since the date of acquisition; and in the case of transferred assets that were previously held at amortised cost, by reference to 
that amortised cost.

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.

Movements in other reserves were as follows:

Merger reserve

At 1 January

Redemption of preference shares1

At 31 December

Capital redemption reserve

At 1 January

cancellation of deferred shares (note 46)

Redemption of preference shares1

At 31 December

2012
£m

8,107

–

8,107

2012
£m

2011
£m

8,107

–

8,107

2011
£m

4,115

4,115

–

–

–

–

4,115

4,115

2010
£m

8,121

(14)

8,107

2010
£m

26

4,086

3

4,115

1

in January 2010, the company repurchased and cancelled certain preference shares amounting to £14 million. This resulted in a transfer of £3 million from the merger reserve to the capital 
redemption reserve and a transfer of £11 million from the merger reserve to the share premium account. 

288

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

289

note 48: Other reserves (continued)

Revaluation reserve in respect of available-for-sale financial assets

At 1 January

Adjustment on transfer from held-to-maturity portfolio

change in fair value of available-for-sale financial assets

deferred tax

current tax

income statement transfers:

disposals (note 9)

deferred tax

impairment

deferred tax

Other transfers

deferred tax

At 31 December 

Cash flow hedging reserve

At 1 January 

change in fair value of hedging derivatives

deferred tax 

current tax

income statement transfers (note 5)

deferred tax

At 31 December 

Foreign currency translation reserve
At 1 January 
currency translation differences arising in the year
Foreign currency gains (losses) on net investment hedges (tax: £nil)
At 31 December 

2012
£m

1,326

1,168

779

(445)

(3)

1,499

(3,547)

  848

(2,699)

42

  12

54

290

(71)

219

399

2012
£m

325

116

(17)

– 

99

(92)

  18

(74)

350

2012
£m

(55)
(69)
55
(69)

2011
£m

(285)

–

2,603

(673)

– 

1,930

(343)

  30  

(313)

80

  29 

109

(155)

  40

(115)

1,326

2011
£m

(391)

916

(257)

– 

659

70

(13)

57

325

2011
£m

29
(58)
(26)
(55)

2010
£m

(783)

–

1,231

(460)

(8) 

763

(399)

  106

(293)

114

(5)

109

(110)

  29

(81)

(285)

2010
£m

(305)

(1,048)

272 

(3)

(779)

932

(239) 

693

(391)

2010
£m

158
33
(162)
29

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
 
 
 
 
 
 
290

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

291

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 49: Retained profits

At 1 January

loss for the year

Movement in treasury shares

Value of employee services:

share option schemes

Other employee award schemes

At 31 December 

2012
£m

8,680

(1,427)

(407)

81

256

7,183

2011
£m

11,380

 (2,787)

(276)

125

238

2010
£m

11,117

(320)

20

154

409

 8,680

11,380

Retained profits are stated after deducting £158 million (2011: £33 million; 2010: £47 million) representing 301 million (2011: 58 million; 
2010: 49 million) treasury shares held.

note 50: Ordinary dividends

no dividends were paid on ordinary shares during 2010, 2011 or 2012 and the directors do not propose to pay a final dividend in respect of 
2012; in november 2009, as part of the restructuring plan that was a requirement for European commission approval of state aid received by 
the Group, the Group agreed to suspend the payment of coupons and dividends on certain of the Group’s preference shares and preferred 
securities, for the two year period from 31 January 2010 to 31 January 2012. consequently, the terms of these instruments prevented the 
company from making dividend payments on ordinary shares up to that date.

in addition, 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 chose to waive their entitlement to the dividends on those shares as indicated: the lloyds Banking Group share 
incentive Plan (holding at 31 december 2012: 12,040,715 shares, 31 december 2011: 8,091,460 shares, waived rights to all dividends), the 
lloyds TsB Group Employee share Ownership Trust (holding at 31 december 2012: 73,007,743 shares, 31 december 2011: 120,085,543 shares, 
on which it waived rights to all dividends and holding at 31 december 2012: nil shares, 31 december 2011: 253,052 shares, on which it waived 
rights to all but a nominal amount of one penny in total), lloyds TsB Group Holdings (Jersey) limited (holding at 31 december 2012: 42,846 
shares, 31 december 2011: 42,846 shares, waived rights to all but a nominal amount of one penny in total) and the lloyds TsB Qualifying 
Employee share Ownership Trust (holding at 31 december 2012: 1,398 shares, 31 december 2011: 1,398 shares, waived rights to all but a 
nominal amount of one penny in total).

note 51: Share-based payments

Charge to the income statement
The charge to the income statement is set out below:

deferred bonus plan

Executive and sAYE plans:

Options granted in the year

Options granted in prior years

share plans:

shares granted in the year

shares granted in prior years

Total charge to the income statement

2012
£m

248

12

65 

77

3

5 

8

333

2011
£m

221

13

  130

143

3

  9

12

376

2010
£m

355

59

  75

134

3

  49

52

541

during the year ended 31 december 2012 the Group operated the following share-based payment schemes, all of which are equity settled.

290

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

291

note 51: Share-based payments (continued)

Deferred bonus plans
Bonuses in respect of the performance in 2012 of employees within certain of the Group’s bonus plans have been recognised in these financial 
statements in full. The amounts to be settled in shares are included within the total charge to the income statement detailed above.

Lloyds Banking Group executive share option schemes
The executive share option schemes were long-term incentive schemes available to certain senior executives of the Group, with grants usually 
made annually. Options were granted within limits set by the rules of the schemes relating to the number of shares under option and the 
price payable on the exercise of options. The last grant of executive options was made in August 2005. These options were granted without a 
performance multiplier and the maximum limit for the grant of options in normal circumstances was three times annual salary. Between March 
2004 and August 2004, the aggregate value of the award based upon the market price at the date of grant could not exceed four times the 
executive’s annual remuneration and, normally, the limit for the grant of options to an executive in any one year would be equal to 1.5 times 
annual salary with a maximum performance multiplier of 3.5.

Performance conditions for executive options

For options granted in 2004
The performance condition was linked to the performance of lloyds Banking Group plc’s total shareholder return (calculated by reference to 
both dividends and growth in share price) against a comparator group of 17 companies including lloyds Banking Group plc.

The performance condition was measured over a three year period which commenced at the end of the financial year preceding the grant of 
the option and continued until the end of the third subsequent year. if the performance condition was not then met, it was measured at the 
end of the fourth financial year. if the condition was not then met, the options would lapse. 

To meet the performance conditions, the Group’s ranking against the comparator group was required to be at least ninth. The full grant of 
options only became exercisable if the Group was ranked first. A performance multiplier (of between nil and 100 per cent) was applied below 
this level to calculate the number of shares in respect of which options granted to Executive directors would become exercisable, and were 
calculated on a sliding scale. if lloyds Banking Group plc was ranked below median the options would not be exercisable.

Options granted to senior executives other than Executive directors were not so highly leveraged and, as a result, different performance 
multipliers were applied to their options. For the majority of executives, options were granted with the performance condition but with no 
performance multiplier.

Options granted in 2004 became exercisable as the performance condition was met on the re-test. The performance condition vested at 
14 per cent for Executive directors, 24 per cent for Managing directors, and 100 per cent for all other executives.

For options granted in 2005
The same conditions applied as for grants made in 2004, except that:

 –  the performance condition was linked to the performance of lloyds Banking Group plc’s total shareholder return (calculated by reference to 

both dividends and growth in share price) against a comparator group of 15 companies including lloyds Banking Group plc;

 – if the performance condition was not met at the end of the third subsequent year, the options would lapse; and

 –  the full grant of options became exercisable only if the Group was ranked in the top four places of the comparator group. A sliding scale 
applied between fourth and eighth positions. if lloyds Banking Group was ranked below the median (ninth or below) the options would 
lapse.

Options granted in 2005 became exercisable as the performance condition was met when tested. The performance condition vested at 
82.5 per cent for all options granted.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348292

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

293

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 51: Share-based payments (continued)

Movements in the number of share options outstanding under the executive share option schemes during 2011 and 2012 are set out below:

Outstanding at 1 January

Forfeited 

lapsed

Outstanding at 31 December

exercisable at 31 December

2012

2011

number of  
options 

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

number of  
options

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

10,174,869

(2,129,973) 

– 

8,044,896 

8,044,896 

225.15

225.92

–

224.95

224.95

13,363,301

(2,140,790)

(1,047,642)

10,174,869

10,174,869

233.09

225.91

324.92

225.15

225.15

no options were exercised during 2012 or 2011. The weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding at the end of the year 
was 1.9 years (2011: 2.9 years). The fair values of the executive share options have been determined using a standard Black-scholes model.

Save-As-you-earn schemes
Eligible employees may enter into contracts through the save-As-You-Earn schemes to save up to £250 per month and, at the expiry of a fixed 
term of three, five or seven 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 80 per cent of the market price at the start of the invitation.

Movements in the number of share options outstanding under the sAYE schemes are set out below:

Outstanding at 1 January

Exercised

Forfeited

cancelled

Expired

Outstanding at 31 December

exercisable at 31 December

2012

2011

number of  
options 

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

number of  
options

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

453,019,032

49.74

668,044,034

–

–

(2,497,658)

(8,427,262)

(88,340,810)

(41,678,937)

314,572,023

119,141

49.15

49.83

62.67

48.01

86.50

(18,408,624)

(181,350,614)

(12,768,106)

453,019,032

25,490,233

49.59

47.34

50.52

47.78

69.08

49.74

77.82

no options were exercised in 2012. The weighted average share price at the time that the options were exercised during 2011 was £0.54. The 
weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding at the end of the year was 0.8 years (2011: 1.7 years).

no sAYE options were granted in 2012 or 2011. The fair values of the sAYE options have been determined using a standard Black-scholes model.

For the HBOs sharesave plan, no options were exercised during 2012 or 2011. The options outstanding at 31 december 2012 had an exercise 
price of £1.8066 (2011: £1.8066) and a weighted average remaining contractual life of 2.1 years (2011: 2.0 years).

292

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

293

note 51: Share-based payments (continued)

Other share option plans

Lloyds Banking Group executive Share Plan 2003
The Plan was adopted in december 2003 and under the Plan share options may be granted to senior employees. Options under this plan have 
been granted specifically to facilitate recruitment and as such were not subject to any performance conditions. The Plan’s usage has now been 
extended to not only compensate new recruits for any lost share awards but also to make grants to key individuals for retention purposes with, 
in some instances, the grant being made subject to individual performance conditions.

Participants are not entitled to any dividends paid during the vesting period.

2012

2011

Outstanding at 1 January

Granted 

Exercised

Forfeited

Outstanding at 31 December

exercisable at 31 December

options

53,000,069

34,345,366

(41,290,412)

(440,873)

45,614,150

3,065,531

nil

nil

nil

nil

nil

nil

47,694,757

16,395,016

(7,591,526)

(3,498,178)

53,000,069

2,310,418

nil

nil

nil

nil

nil

nil

number of  

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

number of  
options

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

The weighted average fair value of options granted in the year was £0.30 (2011: £0.46). 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 
2012 was £0.33 (2011: £0.51). The weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding at the end of the year was 3.7 years 
(2011: 2.1 years).

Lloyds Banking Group Share Buy Out Awards
As part of arrangements to facilitate the recruitment of certain Executives, options have been granted by individual deed and, where 
appropriate, in accordance with the listing Rules of the uK listing Authority. 

The awards were granted in recognition that the Executives’ outstanding awards over shares in their previous employing company lapsed on 
accepting employment with the Group.

Movements in the number of options outstanding are set out below:

2012

2011

Outstanding at 1 January

Granted

Exercised

Outstanding at 31 December

exercisable at 31 December

options

21,321,237

–

–

21,321,237

16,509,862

nil

–

–

nil

nil

–

21,728,172 

(406,935) 

21,321,237 

2,398,593 

–

nil

nil

nil

nil

number of  

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

number of  
options

Weighted average 
exercise price 
(pence)

no options were granted or exercised in 2012. The weighted average fair value of options granted during 2011 was £0.38. The weighted 
average share price at the time that the options were exercised during 2011 was £0.54. The weighted average remaining contractual life of 
options outstanding at the end of the year was 8.6 years (2011: 9.6 years).

Participants are entitled to any dividends paid during the vesting period. This amount will be paid in cash unless the Remuneration committee 
decides it will be paid in shares.

The fair values of the majority of options granted have been determined using a standard Black-scholes model. The fair values of the 
remaining options have been determined by Monte carlo simulation. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
294

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

295

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 51: Share-based payments (continued)

HBOS share option plans 
The table below details the outstanding options for the HBOs share Option Plan and the st James’s Place share Option Plan. The final 
award under the HBOs share Option Plan was made in 2004. under this plan, options over shares, at market value with a face value equal 
to 20 per cent of salary, were granted to employees with the exception of certain senior executives. A separate option plan exists for some 
partners of st James’s Place, which granted options in respect of lloyds Banking Group plc shares. The final award under the st James’s Place 
share Option Plan was made in 2009. Movements in the number of share options outstanding under these schemes are set out below:

Participants are not entitled to any dividends paid during the vesting period.

2012

2011

Outstanding at 1 January 

Forfeited

lapsed

Outstanding at 31 December

exercisable at 31 December

options

22,058,552 

 (319,134)

 (1,881,726)

 19,857,692

 19,857,692

394.30

 572.22

 686.47

 363.76

 363.76

24,695,494

(213,498)

(2,423,444)

22,058,552

14,227,020

415.70

253.88

624.75

394.30

582.82

number of  

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

number of  
options

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

no options were exercised during 2012 or 2011. The options outstanding under the HBOs share Option Plan and st James’s Place share 
Option Plan at 31 december 2012 had exercise prices in the range of £0.5183 to £5.80 (2011: £0.5183 to £8.7189) and a weighted average 
remaining contractual life of 1.1 years (2011: 2.0 years).

Other share plans

Lloyds Banking Group Long-Term incentive Plan
The long-Term incentive Plan (lTiP) 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.

Participants may be entitled to any dividends paid during the vesting period if the performance conditions are met. An amount equal in value 
to any dividends paid between the award date and the date the Remuneration committee determine that the performance conditions were 
met may be paid, based on the number of shares that vest. The Remuneration committee will determine if any dividends are to be paid in 
cash or in shares.

The performance conditions for awards made in April, May and september 2009 were as follows:

(i) 

 earnings per share (ePS): relevant to 50 per cent of the award. Performance was measured based on EPs growth over a three-year period 
from the baseline EPs of 2008. 

 if the growth in EPs reached 26 per cent, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, would vest. if growth in EPs 
reached 36 per cent, 100 per cent of this element would vest.

(ii)    economic Profit (eP): relevant to 50 per cent of the award. Performance was measured based on the extent to which cumulative EP 

targets were achieved over the three-year period.

 if the absolute improvement in adjusted EP reached 100 per cent, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, would 
vest. if the absolute improvement in adjusted EP reached 202 per cent, 100 per cent of this element would vest.

The EPs and EP performance measures applying to this 2009 lTiP award were set on the basis that the Group would enter into the 
Government Asset Protection scheme. As the Group did not participate in the Government Asset Protection scheme, in June 2010 the 
Remuneration committee approved restated performance measures on a basis consistent with the EPs and EP measures used for the 2010 lTiP 
awards. At the end of the relevant period, neither of the performance conditions had been met and the awards lapsed.

An additional discretionary award was made in April, May and september 2009. The performance conditions for those awards were as follows:

(i) 

(ii) 

 Synergy Savings: The release of 50 per cent of the shares was dependent on the achievement of target run-rate synergy savings in 2009 
and 2010 as well as the achievement of sustainable synergy savings of at least £1.5 billion by the end of 2011. The award was broken down 
into three equally weighted annual tranches. Performance was assessed at the end of each year against annual performance targets based 
on a trajectory to meet the 2011 target. The extent to which targets were achieved determined the proportion of shares to be banked 
each year. Any release of shares was subject to the Remuneration committee judging the overall success of the delivery of the integration 
programme.

 integration Balanced Scorecard: The release of the remaining 50 per cent of the shares was dependent on the outcome of a Balanced 
scorecard of non-financial measures of the success of the integration in each of 2009, 2010 and 2011. The Balanced scorecard element 
was broken down into three equally weighted tranches. The tranches were crystallised and banked for each year of the performance cycle 
subject to separate annual performance targets across the four measurement categories of Building the Business, customer, Risk and 
People and Organisation development.

 
  
294

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

295

note 51: Share-based payments (continued)

The performance conditions were met and, as a consequence, the share awards vested in full in March 2012 for all participants, with the 
exception of current and former Executive directors.

The performance conditions for awards made in March and August 2010 were as follows:

(i) 

 ePS: relevant to 50 per cent of the award. Performance was measured based on EPs growth over a three-year period from the baseline  
EPs of 2009.

 if the absolute improvement in adjusted EPs reached 158 per cent, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, would 
vest. if absolute improvement in adjusted EPs reached 180 per cent, 100 per cent of this element would vest.

Vesting between threshold and maximum would be on a straight line basis.

(ii) 

 eP: relevant to 50 per cent of the award. Performance was measured based on the compound annual growth rate of adjusted EP over 
the three financial years starting on 1 January 2010 relative to an adjusted 2009 EP base.

 if the compounded annual growth rate of adjusted EP reached 57 per cent per annum, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the 
threshold, would vest. if the compounded annual growth rate of adjusted EP reached 77 per cent per annum, 100 per cent of this element 
would vest.

Vesting between threshold and maximum would be on a straight line basis.

For awards made to Executive directors, a third performance condition was set, relating to Absolute share Price, relevant to 28 per cent of 
the award. Performance will be measured based on the Absolute share Price on 26 March 2013, being the third anniversary of the award date. 
if the share price at the end of the performance period is 75 pence or less, none of this element of the award will vest. if the share price is 114 
pence or higher, 100 per cent of this element will vest. Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis, provided that 
shares comprised in the Absolute share Price element may only be released if both the EPs and EP performance measures have been satisfied 
at the threshold level or above. The EPs and EP performance conditions each relate to 36 per cent of the total award.

At the end of the performance period for the EPs and EP measures, it has been assessed that neither of the performance conditions has been 
met and, therefore, the awards will not vest.

The performance conditions for awards made in March and september 2011 are as follows:

(i)  

 ePS: relevant to 50 per cent of the award. The performance target is based on 2013 adjusted EPs outcome.

if the adjusted EPs reaches 6.4p, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will vest.

if adjusted EPs reaches 7.4p, 100 per cent of this element will vest.

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

(ii)    eP: relevant to 50 per cent of the award. The performance target is based on 2013 adjusted EP outcome.

 if the adjusted EP reaches £567 million, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will vest. if the adjusted EP reaches 
£1,234 million, 100 per cent of this element will vest.

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

For awards made to Executive directors, a third performance condition was set, relating to Absolute Total shareholder Return, relevant to one 
third of the award. Performance will be measured based on the annualised Absolute Total shareholder Return over the three year performance 
period. if the annualised Absolute Total shareholder Return at the end of the performance period is less than 8 per cent, none of this element 
of the award will vest. if the Absolute Total shareholder Return is 8 per cent, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will 
vest. if the Absolute Total shareholder Return is 14 per cent or higher, 100 per cent of this element will vest. Vesting between threshold and 
maximum will be on a straight line basis. The EPs and EP performance conditions will each relate to 33.3 per cent of the total award.

The performance conditions for awards made in March and september 2012 are as follows: 

(i) 

 eP: relevant to 30 per cent of the award. The performance target is based on 2014 adjusted EP outcome.

if the adjusted EP reaches £160 million, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will vest.

if the adjusted EP reaches £1,653 million, 100 per cent of this element will vest.

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

(ii)   Absolute Total Shareholder Return (ATSR): relevant to 30 per cent of the award. Performance will be measured against the annualised 

return over the three year period ending 31 december 2014.

if the ATsR reaches 12 per cent per annum, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will vest.

if the ATsR reaches 30 per cent per annum, 100 per cent of this element will vest.

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
296

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

297

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 51: Share-based payments (continued)

(iii)   Short-term funding as a percentage of total funding: relevant to 10 per cent of the award. Performance will be measured relative to 

2014 targets.

if the average percentage reaches 20 per cent, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will vest.

if the average percentage reaches 15 per cent, 100 per cent of this element will vest.

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

(iv)   non-core assets at the end of 2014: relevant to 10 per cent of the award. Performance will be measured by reference to balance sheet 

non-core assets at 31 december 2014.

if non-core assets amount to £95 billion or less, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will vest.

if non-core assets amount to £80 billion or less, 100 per cent of this element will vest.

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

(v) 

 net Simplification benefits: relevant to 10 per cent of the award. Performance will be measured by reference to the run rate achieved by 
the end of 2014.

if a run rate of net simplification benefits of £1.5 billion is achieved, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will vest.

if a run rate of net simplification benefits of £1.8 billion is achieved, 100 per cent of this element will vest.

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

(vi)   Customer satisfaction: relevant to 10 per cent of the award. Performance will be measured by reference to the total number of FsA 

reportable complaints per 1,000 customers over the three year period to 31 december 2014.

if complaints per 1,000 customers average 1.5 per annum or less over three years, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the 
threshold, will vest.

if complaints per 1,000 customers average 1.3 per annum or less over three years, 100 per cent of this element will vest.

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

Outstanding at 1 January

Granted 

Vested

Forfeited

Outstanding at 31 December

2011
number of shares number of shares

2012

543,738,186

447,142,491

265,011,679 

147,280,077

(71,591,014) 

(3,918,013)

(221,207,334) 

 (46,766,369)

515,951,517 

543,738,186

The weighted average fair value of the share awards granted in 2012 was £0.24 (2011: £0.54). The fair values of the majority of share awards 
granted have been determined using a standard Black-scholes model. The fair values of the remaining share awards have been determined by 
Monte carlo simulation.

Scottish Widows investment Partnership Long-Term incentive Plan
The scottish Widows investment Partnership (sWiP) long-Term incentive Plan applicable to senior executives and employees of sWiP, which 
had previously been a cash-only scheme, was amended in May 2012 for awards granted on or after that date. The amendment introduced 
the receipt of shares in lloyds Banking Group plc as an element of the total award. The other element will continue to be cash based, with the 
split between cash based and share based determined by the Remuneration committee. The amendment is aimed at delivering shareholder 
value by linking the receipt of shares to an improvement in the performance of sWiP over a three year period. Awards are made within limits 
set by the rules of the Plan, with the maximum limits for combined cash and shares awarded equating to 3.5 times annual salary. in exceptional 
circumstances this may increase to 4 times annual salary.

The performance conditions for share-based awards made in June 2012 are as follows:

(i) Profitability: relevant to 40 per cent of the award. The performance target is based on a cumulative 3 year profit before tax. if cumulative 
profit before tax reaches a specified target level, 100 per cent of this element will vest. if cumulative profit before tax reaches 90 per cent of the 
target level, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will vest. if cumulative profit before tax reaches 110 per cent of the 
target level, 200 per cent of this element of the award, being the maximum, will vest. 

no award will be made where performance is below the threshold. Vesting between threshold and target and between target and maximum 
will be on a straight line basis.

(ii) investment performance: relevant to 40 per cent of the award. The performance target is based on the percentage of sWiP funds 
achieving at or above benchmark performance (on a competitor median or index basis) over the 3 year period. if 50 per cent of funds exceed 
benchmark performance, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will vest. if 55 per cent of funds exceed benchmark 
performance, 100 per cent of this element, being the target, will vest. if 70 per cent of funds exceed benchmark performance, 200 per cent of 
this element of the award, being the maximum, will vest.  

no award will be made where performance is below the threshold. Vesting between threshold and target and between target and maximum 
will be on a straight line basis.

(iii) Funds under management (FUM) growth: relevant to 20 per cent of the award. The performance target is based on growth in the value 
of third party assets managed by sWiP by the end of the 3 year period. if third party FuM reaches a specified target level, 100 per cent of this 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
296

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

297

note 51: Share-based payments (continued)

element of the award will vest. if third party FuM reaches 80 per cent of the target level, 25 per cent of this element, being the threshold, will 
vest. if third party FuM reaches 120 per cent of the target level, 200 per cent of this element of the award, being the maximum, will vest. 

no award will be made where performance is below the threshold. Vesting between threshold and target and between target and maximum 
will be on a straight line basis.

For awards made to sWiP’s code staff (as defined by FsA), a fourth performance condition was set, relating to an internal measure of 
operational risk. This additional measure is relevant to 15 per cent of the award for these individuals, with a corresponding 5 per cent reduction 
in each of the weightings for the other three measures described above. As with the other measures, this performance condition has a target 
value at which 100 per cent of the award will vest, a maximum value at which 200 per cent of the award will vest, and a threshold value at which 
25 per cent of the award will vest.

no award will be made where performance is below the threshold. Vesting between threshold and target and between target and maximum 
will be on a straight line basis.

The relevant period commenced on 1 January 2012 and ends on 31 december 2014.

Outstanding at 1 January

Granted

Outstanding at 31 December

2012  
number of 
shares

–

5,452,877

5,452,877

2011  
number of 
shares

–

–

–

The fair value of the share awards granted in 2012 was £0.27. The fair values of share awards granted have been determined using a standard 
Black-scholes model.

The ranges of exercise prices, weighted average exercise prices, weighted average remaining contractual life and number of options 
outstanding for the option schemes were as follows:

executive schemes

SAye schemes

Other share option plans

Weighted  
average  
exercise 
price 
 (pence)

Weighted  
average  
remaining 
life 
 (years)

number of  

options

Weighted  
average  
exercise 
price 
 (pence)

Weighted  
average  
remaining 
life 
 (years)

Weighted  
average  
exercise 
price 
 (pence)

Weighted  
average  
remaining 
life 
 (years)

number of  

options

number of  

options

At 31 December 2012

Exercise price range

£0 to £1

£1 to £2

£2 to £3

£3 to £4

£5 to £6

At 31 december 2011

Exercise price range

£0 to £1

£1 to £2

£2 to £3

£3 to £4

£5 to £6

 –

 –

 –

 199.91

 225.69

 –

 –

1.6 

 233,714

 1.9  7,811,182

 –

 –

 –

 –

 46.79

 178.14

 –

 –

 –

 0.8  311,648,405

 5.43

 4.9  74,766,919

 1.8

 2,923,618

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 566.89

 0.9  12,026,160

Executive schemes

sAYE schemes

Other share option plans

Weighted  
average  
exercise  
price 
 (pence)

Weighted  
average  
remaining  
life 
 (years)

number of  
options

Weighted  
average  
exercise  
price 
 (pence)

Weighted  
average  
remaining  
life 
 (years)

Weighted  
average  
exercise  
price 
 (pence)

Weighted  
average  
remaining  
life 
 (years)

number of  
options

number of  
options

–

199.91

225.74

–

–

–

2.6

2.9

–

–

–

233,714

9,941,155

–

–

47.94

179.16

214.16

–

–

1.7

2.0

0.9

–

–

446,965,447

4.94

4.1

82,152,838

5,563,072

490,513

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

582.82

1.8

14,227,020

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348298

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

299

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 51: Shared-based payments (continued)

The fair value calculations at 31 december 2012 for grants made in the year, using Black-scholes models and Monte carlo simulation, are 
based on the following assumptions:

Weighted average risk-free interest rate

Weighted average expected life

Weighted average expected volatility

Weighted average expected dividend yield

Weighted average share price

Weighted average exercise price

executive  
Share Plan 
2003

0.45%

LTiP

0.52%

Share Buy  

Out Awards

0.86%

2.5 years

3.0 years

1.3 years

63%

4.1%

£0.33

nil

78%

4.3%

£0.35

nil

51%

1.6%

£0.41

nil

SWiP 
LTiP

0.38%

2.8 years

81%

4.5%

£0.31

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 plan 

Free shares
An award of shares may be made annually to employees based on a percentage of each employee’s salary in the preceding year up to a 
maximum of £3,000. The percentage is normally announced concurrently with the Group’s annual results and the price of the shares awarded 
is announced at the time of award. 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.

The last award of free shares was made in 2008.

Matching shares
The Group undertakes to match shares purchased by employees up to the value of £30 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, 
100 per cent 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 2012 was 36,158,343 (2011: 30,999,387), with an average fair value of £0.34 
(2011: £0.42), based on market prices at the date of award.

note 52: 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

salaries and other short-term benefits

Post-employment benefits

share-based payments

Total compensation

2012
£m

12 

– 

13 

25 

2011
£m

12

–

11

23

2010
£m

7

2

8

17

298

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

299

note 52: Related party transactions (continued)

Aggregate contributions in respect of key management personnel to defined contribution pension schemes were £0.1 million (2011: £0.2 million; 
2010: £0.4 million).

Share option plans

At 1 January

Granted, including certain adjustments1 (includes entitlements of appointed key 
management personnel)

Exercised/lapsed (includes entitlements of former key management personnel)

At 31 December

2012
million

2011
million

2010
million

22

 8

 (5)

 25

6

20

(4)

22

2

4

–

6

1

2010 includes adjustments, using a standard HMRc formula, to negate the dilutionary impact of the Group’s 2009 capital raising activities.

Share plans

At 1 January

Granted, including certain adjustments1 (includes entitlements of appointed key 
management personnel)

Exercised/lapsed (includes entitlements of former key management personnel)

At 31 December

2012
million

2011
million

2010
million

58

 45

 (33)

 70

56

35

(33)

58

19

39

(2)

56

1

2010 includes adjustments, using a standard HMRc formula, to negate the dilutionary impact of the Group’s 2009 capital raising activities.

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: 

Loans

At 1 January

Advanced (includes loans of appointed key management personnel)

Repayments (includes loans of former key management personnel)

At 31 December

2012
£m

3

 3

 (4)

 2

2011
£m

2010
£m

3

1

(1)

3

2

2

(1)

3

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 
2.5 per cent and 29.95 per cent in 2012 (2011: 1.09 per cent and 27.5 per cent; 2010: 0.5 per cent and 17.90 per cent).

no provisions have been recognised in respect of loans given to key management personnel (2011 and 2010: £nil).

Deposits

At 1 January

Placed (includes deposits of appointed key management personnel)

Withdrawn (includes deposits of former key management personnel)

At 31 December

2012
£m

6

 39

 (35)

 10

2011
£m

4

17

(15)

6

2010
£m

4

12

(12)

4

deposits placed by key management personnel attracted interest rates of up to 3.8 per cent (2011: 5 per cent; 2010: 4.25 per cent).

At 31 december 2012, the Group did not provide any guarantees in respect of key management personnel (2011 and 2010: none).

At 31 december 2012, 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 £1 million with five directors and  
three connected persons (2011: £3 million with four directors and three connected persons; 2010: £2 million with six directors and  
four connected persons).

Subsidiaries
details of the principal subsidiaries are given in note 9 to the parent company financial statements. in accordance with iAs 27 Consolidated 
and separate financial statements, transactions and balances with subsidiaries have been eliminated on consolidation.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348300

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

301

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 52: Related party transactions (continued)

UK Government
in January 2009, the uK Government through HM Treasury became a related party of the company following its subscription for ordinary 
shares issued under a placing and open offer. At 31 december 2012, HM Treasury held a 39.2 per cent (2011: 40.2 per cent) interest in 
the company’s ordinary share capital and consequently HM Treasury remained a related party of the company during the year ended 
31 december 2012. 

From 1 January 2011, in accordance with iAs 24, uK Government-controlled entities became related parties of the Group. The Group regards 
the Bank of England and entities controlled by the uK Government, including The Royal Bank of scotland Group plc, northern Rock (Asset 
Management) plc and Bradford & Bingley plc, as related parties.

since 31 december 2011, the Group has had the following significant transactions with the uK Government or uK Government-related entities:

customer deposits of £45 million (2011: £88 million) relating to other joint ventures and associates.

Government and central bank facilities
during the year ended 31 december 2012, the Group participated in a number of schemes operated by the uK Government and central banks 
and made available to eligible banks and building societies.

Credit guarantee scheme
HM Treasury launched the credit Guarantee scheme in October 2008. The drawdown window for the credit Guarantee scheme closed for 
new issuance at the end of February 2010. At 31 december 2011, the Group had £23.5  billion of debt in issue under the credit Guarantee 
scheme but this was all repaid during 2012. during the year ended 31 december 2012, fees of £59 million paid to HM Treasury in respect of 
guaranteed funding were included in the Group’s income statement (2011: £291 million).

national Loan Guarantee Scheme
The Group is participating in the uK Government’s national loan Guarantee scheme, which was launched on 20 March 2012. Through the 
scheme, the Group is providing eligible uK businesses with discounted funding, subject to continuation of the scheme and its financial 
benefits, and based on the Group’s existing lending criteria. Eligible businesses who take up the funding benefit from a 1 per cent discount on 
their funding rate for a certain period of time.

Business Growth Fund
in May 2011 the Group agreed, together with The Royal Bank of scotland plc (and three other non-related parties), to commit up to 
£300 million of equity investment by subscribing for shares in the Business Growth Fund plc which is the company created to fulfil the role of 
the Business Growth Fund as set out in the British Bankers’ Association’s Business Taskforce Report of October 2010. At 31 december 2012, 
the Group had invested £50 million (2011: £20 million) in the Business Growth Fund and carried the investment at a fair value of £44 million 
(2011: £16 million).

Big Society Capital
in January 2012 the Group agreed, together with The Royal Bank of scotland plc (and two other non-related parties), to commit up 
to £50 million each of equity investment into the Big society capital Fund. The Fund, which was created as part of the Project Merlin 
arrangements, is a uK social investment fund. The Fund was officially launched on 3 April 2012 and the Group invested £12 million in the Fund 
during 2012.

Funding for Lending
in August 2012 the Group announced its support for the uK Government’s Funding for lending scheme and confirmed its intention to 
participate in the scheme. The Funding for lending scheme represents a further source of cost effective secured term funding available to 
the Group. The initiative supports a broad range of uK based customers, providing householders with more affordable housing finance and 
businesses with cheaper finance to invest and grow. The Group drew down £3.0 billion during 2012.

Central bank facilities 
in the ordinary course of business, the Group may from time to time access market-wide facilities provided by central banks. 

Other government-related entities
Other than the transactions referred to above, there were no other significant transactions with the uK Government and uK 
Government-controlled entities (including uK Government-controlled banks) during the period that were not made in the ordinary course of 
business or that were unusual in their nature or conditions. 

Other related party transactions

Pension funds
The Group provides banking and some investment management services to certain of its pension funds. At 31 december 2012, customer 
deposits of £129 million (2011: £63 million) and investment and insurance contract liabilities of £1,213 million (2011: £928 million) related to the 
Group’s pension funds.

Open ended investment Companies (OeiCs)
The Group manages 244 (2011: 249) OEics, and of these 136 (2011: 142) are consolidated. The Group invested £1,563 million (2011: £1,283 
million) and redeemed £1,690 million (2011: £884 million) in the unconsolidated OEics during the year and had investments, at fair value, of 

income in the year.

interchange fees 

in parallel:

£6,479 million (2011: £4,431 million) at 31 december. The Group earned fees of £325 million from the unconsolidated OEics during 2012 (2011: 

£318 million). 

Joint ventures and associates

The Group provides both administration and processing services to its principal joint venture, sainsbury’s Bank plc. The amounts receivable by 

the Group during the year were £32 million (2011: £21 million), of which £16 million was outstanding at 31 december 2012 (2011: £10 million). At 

31 december 2012, sainsbury’s Bank plc also had balances with the Group that were included in loans and advances to banks of £1,229 million 

(2011: £1,173 million), deposits by banks of £1,268 million (2011: £780 million) and trading liabilities of £nil (2011: £340 million).

At 31 december 2012 there were loans and advances to customers of £3,424 million (2011: £5,185 million) outstanding and balances within 

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 2012, these companies had total assets of approximately £10,759 million (2011: £11,500 million), 

total liabilities of approximately £10,956 million (2011: £10,807 million) and for the year ended 31 december 2012 had turnover of approximately 

£8,169 million (2011: £7,376 million) and made a net loss of approximately £488 million (2011: net loss of £83 million). in addition, the Group has 

provided £5,146 million (2011: £5,767 million) of financing to these companies on which it received £208 million (2011: £106 million) of interest 

note 53: Contingent liabilities and commitments

On 24 May 2012, the General court of the European union upheld the European commission’s 2007 decision that an infringement of Eu 

competition law had arisen from arrangements whereby Mastercard issuers charged a uniform fallback interchange fee (MiFs) in respect of 

cross border transactions in relation to the use of a Mastercard or Maestro branded payment card.

Mastercard has appealed the General court’s judgment to the court of Justice of the European union. Mastercard is supported by several 

card issuers, including lloyds Banking Group. Judgment is not expected until late 2013 or later. 

– 

 the European commission is also considering further action, including introducing legislation to regulate interchange fees, following its 

2012 Green Paper (Towards an integrated European market for cards, internet and mobile payments) consultation;

– 

 the European commission is pursuing an investigation with a view to deciding whether arrangements adopted by VisA for the levying of 

the MiF in respect of cross-border credit card payment transactions also infringe European union competition laws. in this regard VisA 

reached an agreement (which expires in 2014) with the European commission to reduce the level of interchange fee for cross-border debit 

card transactions to the interim levels agreed by Mastercard; and

– 

 the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) may decide to renew its ongoing examination of whether the levels of interchange fees paid by retailers 

in respect of Mastercard and VisA credit cards, debit cards and charge cards in the uK infringe competition law. The OFT had placed the 

investigation on hold pending the outcome of the Mastercard appeal to the General court.

The ultimate impact of the investigations and any regulatory developments on the Group can only be known at the conclusion of these 

investigations and any relevant appeal proceedings and once regulatory proposals are more certain.

interbank offered rate setting investigations

A number of government agencies in the uK, us and elsewhere, including the uK Financial services Authority, the us commodity Futures 

Trading commission, the us securities and Exchange commission, the us department of Justice and a number of state Attorneys General, 

as well as the European commission, are conducting investigations into submissions made by panel members to the bodies that set various 

interbank offered rates including the BBA london interbank Offered Rates (liBOR) and the European Banking Federation’s Euribor. certain 

Group companies were (at the relevant times) and remain members of various panels whose members make submissions to these bodies 

including the BBA liBOR panels. no Group company is or was a member of the Euribor panel. certain Group companies have received 

subpoenas and requests for information from certain government agencies and the Group is co-operating with their investigations. in addition 

certain Group companies, together with other panel banks, have been named as defendants in private lawsuits, including purported class 

action suits in the us with regard to the setting of liBOR. it is currently not possible to predict the scope and ultimate outcome of the various 

regulatory investigations or private lawsuits, including the timing and scale of the potential impact of any investigations and private lawsuits on 

the Group.

300

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

301

note 52: Related party transactions (continued)

£6,479 million (2011: £4,431 million) at 31 december. The Group earned fees of £325 million from the unconsolidated OEics during 2012 (2011: 
£318 million). 

Joint ventures and associates
The Group provides both administration and processing services to its principal joint venture, sainsbury’s Bank plc. The amounts receivable by 
the Group during the year were £32 million (2011: £21 million), of which £16 million was outstanding at 31 december 2012 (2011: £10 million). At 
31 december 2012, sainsbury’s Bank plc also had balances with the Group that were included in loans and advances to banks of £1,229 million 
(2011: £1,173 million), deposits by banks of £1,268 million (2011: £780 million) and trading liabilities of £nil (2011: £340 million).

At 31 december 2012 there were loans and advances to customers of £3,424 million (2011: £5,185 million) outstanding and balances within 
customer deposits of £45 million (2011: £88 million) relating to other joint ventures and associates.

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 2012, these companies had total assets of approximately £10,759 million (2011: £11,500 million), 
total liabilities of approximately £10,956 million (2011: £10,807 million) and for the year ended 31 december 2012 had turnover of approximately 
£8,169 million (2011: £7,376 million) and made a net loss of approximately £488 million (2011: net loss of £83 million). in addition, the Group has 
provided £5,146 million (2011: £5,767 million) of financing to these companies on which it received £208 million (2011: £106 million) of interest 
income in the year.

note 53: Contingent liabilities and commitments

interchange fees 
On 24 May 2012, the General court of the European union upheld the European commission’s 2007 decision that an infringement of Eu 
competition law had arisen from arrangements whereby Mastercard issuers charged a uniform fallback interchange fee (MiFs) in respect of 
cross border transactions in relation to the use of a Mastercard or Maestro branded payment card.

Mastercard has appealed the General court’s judgment to the court of Justice of the European union. Mastercard is supported by several 
card issuers, including lloyds Banking Group. Judgment is not expected until late 2013 or later. 

in parallel:

– 

– 

– 

 the European commission is also considering further action, including introducing legislation to regulate interchange fees, following its 
2012 Green Paper (Towards an integrated European market for cards, internet and mobile payments) consultation;

 the European commission is pursuing an investigation with a view to deciding whether arrangements adopted by VisA for the levying of 
the MiF in respect of cross-border credit card payment transactions also infringe European union competition laws. in this regard VisA 
reached an agreement (which expires in 2014) with the European commission to reduce the level of interchange fee for cross-border debit 
card transactions to the interim levels agreed by Mastercard; and

 the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) may decide to renew its ongoing examination of whether the levels of interchange fees paid by retailers 
in respect of Mastercard and VisA credit cards, debit cards and charge cards in the uK infringe competition law. The OFT had placed the 
investigation on hold pending the outcome of the Mastercard appeal to the General court.

The ultimate impact of the investigations and any regulatory developments on the Group can only be known at the conclusion of these 
investigations and any relevant appeal proceedings and once regulatory proposals are more certain.

interbank offered rate setting investigations
A number of government agencies in the uK, us and elsewhere, including the uK Financial services Authority, the us commodity Futures 
Trading commission, the us securities and Exchange commission, the us department of Justice and a number of state Attorneys General, 
as well as the European commission, are conducting investigations into submissions made by panel members to the bodies that set various 
interbank offered rates including the BBA london interbank Offered Rates (liBOR) and the European Banking Federation’s Euribor. certain 
Group companies were (at the relevant times) and remain members of various panels whose members make submissions to these bodies 
including the BBA liBOR panels. no Group company is or was a member of the Euribor panel. certain Group companies have received 
subpoenas and requests for information from certain government agencies and the Group is co-operating with their investigations. in addition 
certain Group companies, together with other panel banks, have been named as defendants in private lawsuits, including purported class 
action suits in the us with regard to the setting of liBOR. it is currently not possible to predict the scope and ultimate outcome of the various 
regulatory investigations or private lawsuits, including the timing and scale of the potential impact of any investigations and private lawsuits on 
the Group.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348302

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

303

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 53: Contingent liabilities and commitments (continued)

Financial Services Compensation Scheme
The Financial services compensation scheme (Fscs) is the uK’s independent statutory compensation fund for customers of authorised 
financial services firms and pays compensation if a firm is unable to pay claims against it. The Fscs is funded by levies on the industry 
(and recoveries and borrowings where appropriate). The levies raised comprise both management expenses levies and, where necessary, 
compensation levies on authorised firms.

Following the default of a number of deposit takers in 2008, the Fscs borrowed funds from HM Treasury to meet the compensation costs for 
customers of those firms. The interest rate on the borrowings with HM Treasury, which total circa £20 billion, increased from 12 month liBOR 
plus 30 basis points to 12 month liBOR plus 100 basis points on 1 April 2012. Each deposit-taking institution contributes towards the Fscs 
levies in proportion to their share of total protected deposits on 31 december of the year preceding the scheme year, which runs from 1 April 
to 31 March. 

in determining an appropriate accrual in respect of the management expenses levy, certain assumptions have been made including the 
proportion of total protected deposits held by the Group, the level and timing of repayments to be made by the Fscs to HM Treasury and 
the interest rate to be charged by HM Treasury. For the year ended 31 december 2012, the Group has charged £87 million (2011: £179 million; 
2010: £46 million) to the income statement in respect of the management expenses levy.

The substantial majority of the principal balance of the £20 billion loan between the Fscs and HM Treasury will be repaid from funds the Fscs 
receives from asset sales, surplus cash flow or other recoveries in relation to the assets of the firms that defaulted. in March 2012, the Fscs 
confirmed that it expects a shortfall of approximately £802 million and that it expects to recover that amount by raising compensation levies 
on all deposit-taking participants over a three year period. in addition to the management expenses levy detailed above, the Group has also 
charged £88 million (2011: £nil; 2010: £nil) to the income statement in respect of compensation levies. The amount of future compensation 
levies payable by the Group depends on a number of factors including participation in the market at 31 december, the level of protected 
deposits and the population of deposit-taking participants.

FSA investigation into Bank of Scotland and report on HBOS
in 2009, the FsA commenced a supervisory review into HBOs. The supervisory review was superseded when the FsA commenced an 
enforcement investigation into Bank of scotland plc in relation to its corporate division between 2006 and 2008. These proceedings have now 
concluded. The FsA published its Final notice on 9 March 2012. no financial penalty was imposed on the Group or Bank of scotland plc. The 
FsA has committed to producing a public interest report on HBOs. The FsA has indicated that the report is expected to be published in the 
summer.

Shareholder complaints
in november 2011 the Group and two former members of the Group’s Board of directors were named as defendants in a purported securities 
class action filed in the united states district court for the southern district of new York. The complaint asserted claims under the securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 in connection with alleged material omissions from statements made in 2008 in connection with the acquisition of 
HBOs. no quantum is specified. in October 2012 the court dismissed the complaint. An appeal against this decision has been filed. The Group 
continues to consider that the allegations are without merit.

Other legal actions and regulatory matters
in addition, during the ordinary course of business the Group is subject to other threatened and actual legal proceedings (which may include 
class action lawsuits brought on behalf of customers, shareholders or other third parties), regulatory investigations, regulatory challenges 
and enforcement actions, both in the uK and overseas. All such material matters are periodically reassessed, with the assistance of external 
professional advisers where appropriate, to determine the likelihood of the Group incurring a liability. in those instances where it is concluded 
that it is more likely than not that a payment will be made, a provision is established to management’s best estimate of the amount required to 
settle the obligation at the relevant balance sheet date. in some cases it will not be possible to form a view, either because the facts are unclear 
or because further time is needed properly to assess the merits of the case and no provisions are held against such matters. However 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.

302

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

303

note 53: Contingent liabilities and commitments (continued)

Contingent liabilities

Acceptances and endorsements

Other:

Other items serving as direct credit substitutes

Performance bonds and other transaction-related contingencies

Total contingent liabilities

2012
£m

107 

523 

   2,266

2,789 

2,896 

2011
£m

81

1,060

   2,729

3,789

3,870

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.

Commitments

documentary credits and other short-term trade-related transactions

Forward asset purchases and forward deposits placed

undrawn formal standby facilities, credit lines and other commitments to lend:

less than 1 year original maturity:

Mortgage offers made

Other commitments

1 year or over original maturity

Total commitments

2012
£m

11 

546 

2011
£m

105

596

7,404 

7,383

   53,196

   56,527

60,600 

40,794 

101,951 

63,910

40,972

105,583

Of the amounts shown above in respect of undrawn formal standby facilities, credit lines and other commitments to lend, £52,733 million 
(2011: £53,459 million) was irrevocable.

Operating lease commitments
Where a Group company is the lessee the future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable premises operating leases are as follows:

not later than 1 year

later than 1 year and not later than 5 years

later than 5 years

Total operating lease commitments

2012
£m

310 

987 

1,332 

2,629 

2011
£m

348

1,187

1,489

3,024

Operating lease payments represent rental payable by the Group for certain of its properties. some of these operating lease arrangements 
have renewal options and rent escalation clauses, although the effect of these is not material. no arrangements have been entered into for 
contingent rental payments.

Capital commitments
Excluding commitments in respect of investment property (note 27), capital expenditure contracted but not provided for at 31 december 2012 
amounted to £279 million (2011: £296 million). Of this amount, £276 million (2011: £292 million) 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.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348304

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

305

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 54: Financial instruments

(1) 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.

Derivatives  
designated  
as hedging  
instruments  

£m

At fair value  
through profit or loss

Held for  
trading  

£m

Designated  
upon initial  
recognition  

Available-  
for-sale  

Loans and  
receivables  

£m

£m

£m

Held at  
amortised  
cost  
£m

insurance  
contracts  

£m

Total  
£m

11,571 

68,324

130,645 

31,374 

551,915

81,554

 –

31,374 

 –

At 31 December 2012

Financial assets

cash and balances at central banks

items in the course of collection from banks

Trading and other financial assets at fair 
value through profit or loss

– 

 –

– 

 –

– 

 –

– 

 23,345

130,645

derivative financial instruments

11,571 

44,979

loans and receivables:

loans and advances to banks

loans and advances to customers

debt securities

Available-for-sale financial assets

Total financial assets

Financial liabilities

deposits from banks

customer deposits

items in course of transmission to banks

Trading and other financial liabilities at fair 
value through profit or loss

notes in circulation

debt securities in issue

liabilities arising from insurance contracts  
and participating investment contracts

liabilities arising from non-participating 
investment contracts

unallocated surplus within insurance 
businesses

Financial guarantees

subordinated liabilities

Total financial liabilities

 –

– 

– 

 –

 –

 –

 –

– 

 –

 –

 –

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

 –

 30,272

 5,700

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

–  

 – 

 – 

–  

–  

–  

 – 

–  

–  

–  

 –

– 

– 

– 

– 

–  

–  

–  

–  

 – 

–  

48

–  

derivative financial instruments

6,598 

42,067 

– 

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

– 

 –

– 

 –

29,417 

517,225

5,273   

– 

551,915

80,298 

1,256

– 

 –

 –

 –

 –

– 

 –

– 

– 

– 

– 

–  

–  

–  

–  

 – 

–  

–  

–  

–  

– 

– 

– 

– 

–  

–  

–  

–  

 – 

–  

–  

–  

38,405 

426,912

996

– 

–  

1,198 

117,369 

–  

–  

–  

–  

34,092

– 

– 

– 

– 

 –

 –

 –

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

80,298 

1,256

153,990 

56,550

29,417 

517,225

5,273   

551,915

31,374 

875,383

38,405 

426,912

996

 – 

35,972 

–  

–  

–  

48,665 

1,198 

117,369 

82,953

82,953

54,372 

54,372 

267 

–  

–  

267 

48 

34,092

6,598 

72,339 

5,748 

 – 

618,972

137,592

841,249

304

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

305

note 54: Financial instruments (continued)

derivatives  
designated  
as hedging  
instruments  
£m

At fair value  
through profit or loss

Held for  
trading  
£m

designated  
upon initial  
recognition  
£m

Available-  
for-sale  
£m

loans and  
receivables  
£m

Held at  
amortised  
cost  
£m

insurance  
contracts  
£m

Total  
£m

At 31 december 2011

Financial assets

cash and balances at central banks

items in the course of collection from banks

Trading and other financial assets at fair 
value through profit or loss

–

–

–

derivative financial instruments

 12,850

–

–

18,056

 53,163

–

–

121,454

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

37,406

–

–

–

–

–

32,606

565,638

12,470

610,714

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 12,850

 71,219

121,454

37,406

610,714

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

19,616

50,966

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

5,339

–

–

–

–

–

–

49

–

7,246

70,582

 5,388

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

60,722

1,408

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

8,098

70,228

39,810

413,906

844

–

–

1,145

185,059

–

–

–

–

35,089

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

60,722

1,408

139,510

66,013

32,606

565,638

  12,470

610,714

37,406

8,098

923,871

39,810

413,906

844

24,955

58,212

1,145

185,059

78,991

78,991

49,636

49,636

300

–

–

300

49

35,089

675,853

 128,927

 887,996

loans and receivables:

loans and advances to banks

loans and advances to customers

debt securities

Available-for-sale financial assets

Held-to-maturity investments

Total financial assets

Financial liabilities

deposits from banks

customer deposits

items in course of transmission to banks

Trading and other financial liabilities at fair 
value through profit or loss

notes in circulation

debt securities in issue

liabilities arising from insurance contracts  
and participating investment contracts

liabilities arising from non-participating 
investment contracts

unallocated surplus within insurance 
businesses

Financial guarantees

subordinated liabilities

Total financial liabilities

derivative financial instruments

7,246

(2) Reclassification of financial assets
during 2012 the Group has reviewed its holding of government securities classified as held-to-maturity. since it is no longer the Group’s 
intention to hold these to maturity, securities with a carrying amount of £10,811 million and a fair value of £11,979 million were reclassified as  
available-for-sale financial assets in december 2012. The difference between the carrying amount and the fair value has been recognised  
in equity.

no financial assets were reclassified in 2011.

in 2010, government securities with a fair value of £3,601 million were reclassified from available-for-sale financial assets to held-to-maturity 
investments reflecting the Group’s then positive intent and ability to hold them until maturity.

in 2009, no financial assets were reclassified.

in 2008, in accordance with the amendment to iAs 39 that became applicable during that year, the Group reviewed the categorisation of its 
financial assets classified as held for trading and available-for-sale. On the basis that there was no longer an active market for some of those 
assets, which are therefore more appropriately managed as loans, with effect from 1 July 2008, the Group transferred £2,993 million of assets 
previously classified as held for trading into loans and receivables. With effect from 1 november 2008, the Group transferred £437 million of 
assets previously classified as available-for-sale financial assets into loans and receivables. At the time of these transfers, the Group had the 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
306

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

307

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 54: Financial instruments (continued)

intention and ability to hold them for the foreseeable future or until maturity. As at the date of reclassification, the weighted average effective 
interest rate of the assets transferred was 6.3 per cent with the estimated recoverable cash flows of £3,524 million.

Carrying value and fair value of reclassified assets
The table below sets out the carrying value and fair value of reclassified financial assets.

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Carrying  
value  
£m

Fair  
value  
£m

carrying  
value  
£m

Fair  
value  
£m

carrying  
value  
£m

Fair  
value  
£m

carrying  
value  
£m

Fair  
value  
£m

carrying  
value  
£m

Fair  
value  
£m

From held for trading to loans and 
receivables

From available-for-sale financial assets to 
loans and receivables

From available-for-sale financial assets to 
held-to-maturity investments

From held-to-maturity investments to 
available-for-sale financial assets

11 

9 

67

56

750

727

1,833

1,822

2,883

2,926

162 

 203

217

219

313

340

394

422

454

402

– 

 –

3,624

3,846

3,455

3,539

4,998

4,998

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Total carrying value and fair value

5,171 

5,210 

3,908

4,121

4,518

4,606

2,227

2,244

3,337

3,328

during the year ended 31 december 2012, the carrying value of assets reclassified to loans and receivables decreased by £111 million due to 
sales and maturities of £137 million and foreign exchange and other movements of £4 million less accretion of discount of £30 million.

no financial assets have been reclassified in accordance with paragraphs 50B, 50d or 50E of iAs 39 since 2008; the following disclosures relate 
to those assets which were so reclassified in 2008.

a)  Additional fair value gains (losses) that would have been recognised had the reclassifications not occurred
The table below shows the additional gains (losses) that would have been recognised in the Group’s income statement if the reclassifications 
had not occurred.

From held for trading to loans and receivables

2012 
£m

1

2011 
£m

(3)

2010 
£m

(34)

2009 
£m

208

2008 
£m

(347)

The table below shows the additional gains (losses) that would have been recognised in other comprehensive income if the reclassifications 
had not occurred.

From available-for-sale financial assets to loans and receivables

2012 
£m

24

2011 
£m

(68)

2010 
£m

69

2009 
£m

161

2008 
£m

(108)

306

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

307

note 54: Financial instruments (continued)

b)  Actual amounts recognised in respect of reclassified assets
After reclassification the reclassified financial assets contributed the following amounts to the Group income statement.

From held for trading to loans and receivables:

net interest income

impairment losses

Total amounts recognised

From available-for-sale financial assets to loans and receivables:

net interest income

impairment credit (losses)

Total amounts recognised

2012 
£m

– 

– 

– 

2012 
£m

1 

5 

6 

2011 
£m

1

–

1

2011 
£m

2

(8)

(6) 

2010 
£m

24

(6)

18

2010 
£m

1

(2)

(1)

2009 
£m

55

(49)

6

2009 
£m

34

(56)

(22)

2008 
£m

31

(158)

(127)

2008 
£m

3

(23)

(20)

(3) Fair values of financial assets and liabilities
The following table summarises the carrying values of financial assets and liabilities presented on the Group’s balance sheet. The fair values 
presented in the table are at a specific date and may be significantly different from the amounts which will actually be paid or received on the 
maturity or settlement date. 

Financial assets

cash and balances at central banks

items in the course of collection from banks

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

derivative financial instruments

loans and receivables:

loans and advances to banks

loans and advances to customers

debt securities

Available-for-sale financial assets

Held-to-maturity investments

Financial liabilities

deposits from banks

customer deposits

items in course of transmission to banks

Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

derivative financial instruments

notes in circulation

debt securities in issue

liabilities arising from non-participating investment contracts

Financial guarantees

subordinated liabilities

2012

2011

Carrying value
£m

Fair value
£m

carrying value
£m

Fair value
£m

80,298

1,256 

153,990

56,550

29,417

517,225

5,273

31,374

–

38,405

426,912

996

35,972

48,665

1,198

117,369

54,372

48

80,298

1,256 

153,990

56,550

29,406

506,418

5,402

31,374

–

38,738

428,749

996

35,972

48,665

1,198

122,963

54,372

48

34,092

36,382

60,722

1,408

139,510

66,013

32,606

565,638

12,470

37,406

8,098

39,810

413,906

844

24,955

58,212

1,145

185,059

49,636

49

35,089 

60,722

1,408

139,510

66,013

32,554

549,829

10,953

37,406

8,144

40,012

414,654

844

24,955

58,212

1,145

183,113

49,636

49

27,838

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348308

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

309

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 54: Financial instruments (continued)

valuation methodology
Financial instruments include financial assets, financial liabilities and derivatives. The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount at which 
the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale.

Wherever possible, fair values have been calculated using unadjusted quoted market prices in active markets for identical instruments 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.

Fair value information is not provided for items that do not meet the definition of a financial instrument. These items include intangible assets, 
such as the value of the Group’s branch network, the long-term relationships with depositors and credit card relationships; premises and 
equipment; and shareholders’ equity. These items are material and accordingly the Group believes that the fair value information presented 
does not represent the underlying value of the Group.

Fair value of financial instruments carried at amortised cost

cash and balances at central banks and items in the course of collection from banks
The fair value approximates carrying value due to their short-term nature.

loans and receivables
The Group provides loans and advances to commercial, corporate and personal customers at both fixed and variable rates. The carrying 
value of certain variable rate loans, loans relating to lease financing and impaired lending is assumed to be fair value. For fixed rate lending, 
several different techniques are used to estimate fair value, as considered appropriate. These techniques take account of expected credit 
losses and changes in interest rates and expected future cash flows in establishing fair value. For commercial and personal customers, fair 
value is principally 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. The fair value for corporate loans is estimated by discounting anticipated cash flows 
at a rate which reflects the effects of interest rate changes, adjusted for changes in the counterparty’s credit risk. 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 the market rates for similar loans of maturity equal to the remaining 
fixed interest rate period. The fair values of asset-backed securities and secondary loans, which were previously within assets held for trading 
and were reclassified to loans and receivables, 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.

Held-to-maturity investments
The fair values of government securities are based on market prices whereas the carrying value is based on cost, the difference being interest 
rate driven. in 2012, these assets were transferred to the available-for-sale portfolio and carried at fair value at 31 december 2012.

deposits from banks and customer deposits
The fair value of deposits repayable on demand is considered 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. The difference between fair value and carrying value is principally interest rate driven on fixed deposits.

items in course of transmission to banks
The fair value approximates carrying value due to their short-term nature.

notes in circulation
The fair value of notes in circulation which are payable on demand is considered to be equal to their carrying value.

debt securities in issue and subordinated liabilities
The fair value of short-term debt securities in issue is approximately equal to their carrying value. Fair value for other debt securities and 
for subordinated liabilities is estimated using quoted market prices. The difference between fair value and amortised cost is driven both by 
interest rates and the Group’s credit rating.

valuation of financial instruments carried at fair value
The valuations of financial instruments have been classified into three levels according to the quality and reliability of information used to 
determine the fair values. 

level 1 portfolios
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 equity shares, treasury bills and other government securities. 

308

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

309

note 54: Financial instruments (continued)

level 2 portfolios
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 portfolios
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 and derivatives, principally where there is no trading 
activity in such securities, are also classified as level 3.

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 life cycle. 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. The frequency of the review is matched to the 
availability of independent data, monthly being the minimum. 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, over-the-counter options and the credit Valuation Adjustment 
(cVA) reserve.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348310

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

311

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 54: Financial instruments (continued)

The table below provides an analysis of the financial assets and liabilities of the Group that are carried at fair value in the Group’s consolidated 
balance sheet, grouped into levels 1 to 3 based on the degree to which the fair value is observable.

Level 1  

£m

Level 2  

£m

Level 3  

£m

Total  
£m

Valuation hierarchy

At 31 December 2012

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

loans and advances to customers

loans and advances to banks

debt securities:

Government securities

Other public sector securities

Bank and building society certificates of deposit

Asset-backed securities:

Mortgage-backed securities

Other asset-backed securities

corporate and other debt securities

Equity shares

Treasury and other bills

– 

–

18,524 

–

68

151

258

5,692

24,693 

84,450

430

13,632

919

2,207

1,056

3,326

687

1,565

17,647

26,488

72

–

Total trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

109,573

41,111

Available-for-sale financial assets

debt securities:

Government securities

Bank and building society certificates of deposit

Asset-backed securities:

Mortgage-backed securities

Other asset-backed securities

corporate and other debt securities

Equity shares

Treasury and other bills

Total available-for-sale financial assets

derivative financial instruments

Total financial assets carried at fair value

Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

liabilities held at fair value through profit or loss (debt securities)

Trading liabilities:

liabilities in respect of securities sold under repurchase agreements

short positions in securities

Other

Total trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

derivative financial instruments

Financial guarantees

25,555 

42

– 

–

22

25,619 

21

869

26,509

76

136,158

–  

– 

1,850

15

1,865

1,865

36

–

–

146

1,524

687

1,826

4,183 

99

16

4,298

54,116

99,525

5,700

24,553

350

3,504

28,407

34,107

48,086

–

Total financial liabilities carried at fair value

1,901

82,193

There were no significant transfers between level 1 and level 2 during the year. 

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1,519

1,519

1,787

–

3,306

–

–

–

73

–

73

408

86

567

2,358

6,231

–

–

–

–

–

–

543

48

591

13,632

919

20,731

1,056

3,394

838

1,823

24,858

52,700

86,309

430

153,990

25,555

188

1,524

760

1,848

29,875

528

971

31,374

56,550

241,914

5,700

24,553

2,200

3,519

30,272

35,972

48,665

48

84,685

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
310

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

311

level 1  
£m

level 2  
£m

level 3  
£m

Total  
£m

note 54: Financial instruments (continued)

At 31 december 2011

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

loans and advances to customers

loans and advances to banks

debt securities:

Government securities

Other public sector securities

Bank and building society certificates of deposit

Asset-backed securities:

Mortgage-backed securities

Other asset-backed securities

corporate and other debt securities

Equity shares

Treasury and other bills

– 

– 

21,326 

375 

– 

187 

178 

  5,098

27,164

74,381 

299 

9,766 

1,355 

2,041 

808 

3,248 

524 

1,605 

  15,337

23,563

41 

– 

Total trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

101,844 

34,725 

Available-for-sale financial assets

debt securities:

Government securities

Other public sector securities

Bank and building society certificates of deposit

Asset-backed securities:

Mortgage-backed securities

Other asset-backed securities

corporate and other debt securities

Equity shares

Treasury and other bills

Total available-for-sale financial assets

derivative financial instruments

Total financial assets carried at fair value

Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

liabilities held at fair value through profit or loss (debt securities)

Trading liabilities:

liabilities in respect of securities sold under repurchase agreements

short positions in securities

Other

Total trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

derivative financial instruments

Financial guarantees

25,143 

27 

323 

– 

– 

  41

25,534

55 

972 

26,561 

204 

128,609 

– 

– 

3,168 

  –  

3,168

3,168 

35 

– 

93 

– 

43 

1,803 

807 

  5,192

7,938

96 

755 

8,789 

63,160 

106,674 

5,339 

12,378 

533 

  3,537  

16,448

 21,787 

57,436 

– 

Total financial liabilities carried at fair value

3,203 

 79,223 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

203 

9,766 

1,355 

23,367 

1,183 

3,248 

711 

1,986 

  1,423

  21,858

1,626

1,315 

– 

2,941 

– 

– 

– 

– 

257 

  12

269

1,787 

– 

2,056 

2,649 

7,646 

– 

– 

– 

  –  

–

– 

741 

49 

790 

52,353

 75,737 

299 

139,510 

25,236 

27 

366 

1,803 

1,064 

  5,245

33,741

1,938 

1,727 

37,406 

66,013 

242,929 

5,339 

12,378 

3,701 

  3,537  

19,616

 24,955 

58,212 

49 

 83,216 

Valuation methodology

Asset-backed securities
Where there is no trading activity in asset-backed securities, valuation models, consensus pricing information from third party pricing services 
and broker or lead manager quotes are used to determine an appropriate valuation. Asset-backed securities are then classified as either level 
2 or level 3 depending on whether there is more than one consistent independent source of data. if there is a single, uncorroborated market 
source for a significant valuation input or where there are materially inconsistent levels then the security is reported as level 3. Asset classes 
classified as level 3 mainly comprise certain collateralised loan obligations and collateralised debt obligations. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
312

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

313

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 54: Financial instruments (continued)

Equity investments (including venture capital)
unlisted equities and fund investments are accounted for as trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss or as available-
for-sale financial assets. These investments are valued using different techniques as a result of the variety of investments across the portfolio in 
accordance with the Group’s valuation policy and are calculated using 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 being appropriate for the 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 an 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.

Unquoted equities and property partnerships in the life funds
Third party valuations are used to obtain the fair value of unquoted investments. 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.

Derivatives
Where the Group’s derivative assets and liabilities are not traded on an exchange, they are valued using valuation 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 which are valued using standard models with observable inputs, except for the items classified as level 3, which are valued 

using 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. For more complex option products, the Group calibrates its models using observable at-the-money data; where 
necessary, the Group adjusts for out-of-the-money positions using a market standard consensus pricing service.

complex interest rate and foreign exchange products where there is significant dispersion of consensus pricing or where implied funding 
costs are material and unobservable are classified as level 3.

Where credit protection, usually in the form of credit default swaps, has been purchased or written on asset-backed securities, the security 
is referred to as a negative basis asset-backed security and the resulting derivative assets or liabilities have been classified as either level 2 or 
level 3 according to the classification of the underlying asset-backed security.

The Group’s level 3 derivative assets include £1,421 million (2011: £1,172 million) in respect of the value of the embedded equity conversion 
feature of the Enhanced capital notes issued in december 2009. The embedded equity conversion feature is valued by comparing the 
market price of the Enhanced capital notes with the market price of similar bonds without the conversion feature. The latter is calculated by 
discounting the expected Enhanced capital note cash flows in the absence of a conversion using prevailing market yields for similar capital 
securities without the conversion feature. The market price of the Enhanced capital notes was calculated with reference to multiple broker 
quotes. Movements in the fair value of the derivative are recorded in net trading income.

level 3 derivative assets also include £nil (2011: £14 million) in respect of credit default swaps written on level 3 negative basis asset-backed 
securities.

312

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

313

note 54: Financial instruments (continued)

Movements in level 3 portfolio
The table below analyses movements in the level 3 financial assets portfolio.

Trading and other 
financial assets at 
fair value through 
profit or loss
£m

At 1 January 2011

Exchange and other adjustments

Gains recognised in the income statement

losses recognised in other comprehensive income

Purchases

sales

Transfers into the level 3 portfolio

Transfers out of the level 3 portfolio

At 31 december 2011

Exchange and other adjustments

Gains (losses) recognised in the income statement

losses recognised in other comprehensive income

Purchases

sales

Transfers into the level 3 portfolio

Transfers out of the level 3 portfolio

At 31 December 2012

Gains (losses) recognised in the income statement relating to those  
assets held at 31 december 2012

losses recognised in other comprehensive income relating to those  
assets held at 31 december 2012

Gains recognised in the income statement relating to those  
assets held at 31 december 2011

losses recognised in other comprehensive income relating to those  
assets held at 31 december 2011

The table below analyses movements in the level 3 financial liabilities portfolio.

2,836

(8)

139

–

518

(747)

331

(128)

2,941

10 

166

–

513

(570)

337

(91)

3,306

85 

– 

203

–

At 1 January 2011

losses recognised in the income statement

Redemptions

Transfers into the level 3 portfolio

Transfers out of the level 3 portfolio

At 31 december 2011

Exchange and other adjustments

Gains recognised in the income statement

Additions

Redemptions

Transfers into the level 3 portfolio

At 31 December 2012

Gains recognised in the income statement relating to 
those liabilities held at 31 december 2012

losses recognised in the income statement relating to  
those liabilities held at 31 december 2011

Available- 
for-sale 
£m

2,646

(45)

78

(148)

343

(580)

146

(384)

2,056

(60)

(356)

(58)

218

(1,358)

138

(13)

567

(33) 

(24) 

31

(132)

Derivative  

assets
£m

1,986

(8)

672

–

–

–

47

(48)

2,649

12

(335)

–

45

(13)

–

–

2,358

Total financial
assets
£m

7,468

(61)

889

(148)

861

 (1,327)

524

(560)

7,646

(38)

(525)

(58)

776

(1,941)

475

(104)

6,231

(335) 

(283) 

– 

178

–

(24) 

412

(132)

Derivative 
liabilities 
£m

Financial  

guarantees
£m

Total financial
liabilities
£m

203

585

–

18

(65)

741

10

(227) 

28

(25) 

16 

543 

223

(93)

54

5

(10)

–

–

49

–

(3) 

2

– 

– 

48

3

(5)

257

590

(10)

18

(65)

790

10

(230) 

30

(25) 

16 

591

226

(98)

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348314

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

315

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 54: Financial instruments (continued)

Transfers out of the level 3 portfolio arise when inputs that could have a significant impact on the instrument’s valuation become market 
observable after previously having been non-market observable. in the case of asset-backed securities this can arise if more than one 
consistent independent source of data becomes available. conversely transfers into the portfolio arise when consistent sources of data cease 
to be available.

included within the gains (losses) recognised in the income statement are losses of £57 million (2011: gains of £314 million) related to financial 
instruments that are held in the level 3 portfolio at the year end. These amounts are included in other operating income. 

included within the gains (losses) recognised in other comprehensive income are losses of £24 million (2011: losses of £132 million) related to 
financial instruments that are held in the level 3 portfolio at the year end. 

sensitivity of level 3 valuations

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

valuation basis/technique Main assumptions

Asset-backed 
securities

lead manager 
or broker quote/
consensus pricing 
from market data 
provider 

Equity and venture 
capital investments 

Various valuation 
techniques

use of single pricing 
source

Earnings, net asset 
value and earnings 
multiples, forecast 
cash flows

At 31 December 2012

At 31 december 2011

effect of reasonably 
possible  
alternative assumptions

Effect of reasonably 
possible 
alternative assumptions

Carrying 
value  
£m

Favourable 
changes 
£m

Unfavourable 
changes 
£m

carrying  
value  
£m

Favourable 
changes 
£m

unfavourable 
changes 
£m

 –

 –

 –

203

1

(1)

 2,081

 80

 (59)

1,823

56

(59)

unlisted equities and 
property partnerships 
in the life funds

Available-for-sale financial assets

Asset-backed 
securities 

lead manager 
or broker quote/
consensus pricing 
from market data 
provider

Equity and venture 
capital investments 

Various valuation 
techniques

 1,225

 –

 –

915

3,306 

2,941

use of single pricing 
source

 73

 –

 –

257

–

1

–

(1)

 494

 36

 (11)

1,799

183

(88)

Earnings, net asset 
value, underlying 
asset values, property 
prices, forecast cash 
flows

Derivative financial assets

industry standard 
model/consensus 
pricing from market 
data provider

Prepayment rates, 
probability of default, 
loss given default and 
yield curves. Equity 
conversion feature 
spread

Financial assets

Derivative financial liabilities

industry standard 
model/consensus 
pricing from market 
data provider 

Prepayment rates, 
probability of default, 
loss given default and 
yield curves

Financial guarantees

Financial liabilities

567 

2,056

2,358 

 134

(69)

 2,649

134

(20)

6,231 

543 

48 

591

 –

 –

 –

 –

7,646

741

49

790

–

–

–

–

314

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

315

note 54: Financial instruments (continued)

Asset-backed securities
Reasonably possible alternative valuations have been calculated for asset-backed securities by using alternative pricing sources and 
calculating an absolute difference. The pricing difference is defined as the absolute difference between the actual price used and the closest, 
alternative price available.

Derivative financial instruments
(i) 

 in respect of the embedded equity conversion feature of the Enhanced capital notes, the sensitivity was based on the absolute difference 
between the actual price of the Enhanced capital note and the closest, alternative broker quote available plus the impact of applying 
a 10 bps increase/decrease in the market yield used to derive a market price for similar bonds without the conversion feature. The effect 
of interdependency of the assumptions is not material to the effect of applying reasonably possible alternative assumptions to the 
valuations of derivative financial instruments.

(ii) 

 in respect of credit default swaps written on level 3 negative basis asset-backed securities, reasonably possible alternative valuations 
have been calculated by flexing the spread between the underlying asset and the credit default swap, or adjusting market yields, by a 
reasonable amount. The sensitivity is determined by applying a 60 bps increase/decrease in the spread between the asset and the credit 
default swap.

Venture capital and equity investments 
Third party valuers have been used to determine the value of unlisted equities and property partnerships included in the Group’s life insurance 
funds. 

The valuation techniques used for unlisted equities and venture capital investments vary depending on the nature of the investment, as 
described in the valuation methodology section above. Reasonably possible alternative valuations for these investments have been calculated 
by reference to the relevant 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; and

 –  in line with international Private Equity and Venture capital Guidelines, the values of underlying investments in fund investments portfolios.

derivative valuation adjustments
derivative financial instruments which are carried in the balance sheet at fair value are adjusted where appropriate to reflect credit risk, market 
liquidity and other risks.

(i) Uncollateralised derivative valuation adjustments, excluding monoline counterparties
The following table summarises the movement on this valuation adjustment account during 2012 and 2011:

At 1 January

income statement (credit) charge

Transfers

At 31 December

Represented by:

credit Valuation Adjustment

debit Valuation Adjustment

Funding Valuation Adjustment

2012 
£m

1,226 

(209) 

(120) 

897 

2012
£m

928 

(174) 

143 

897 

2011 
£m

570

718

(62)

1,226

2011
£m

 1,425

(493)

 294

1,226

credit and debit Valuation Adjustments (cVA and dVA) are applied to the Group’s over-the-counter derivative exposures with counterparties 
that are not subject to standard interbank collateral arrangements. These exposures largely relate to the provision of risk management 
solutions for corporate customers within the commercial Banking division.

A cVA is taken where the Group has a positive future uncollateralised exposure (asset). A dVA is taken where the Group has a negative future 
uncollateralised exposure (liability). These adjustments reflect interest rates and expectations of counterparty creditworthiness and the 
Group’s own credit spread respectively.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
316

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

317

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 54: Financial instruments (continued)

The cVA is sensitive to:

 – the current size of the mark-to-market position on the uncollateralised asset;

 – expectations of future market volatility of the underlying asset; and

 – expectations of counterparty creditworthiness.

in circumstances where exposures to a counterparty become impaired, any associated derivative valuation adjustment is transferred and 
assessed for specific loss alongside other non-derivative assets and liabilities that the counterparty may have with the Group.

Market credit default swap (cds) spreads are used to develop the probability of default for quoted counterparties. For unquoted 
counterparties, internal credit ratings and market sector cds curves and recovery rates are used. The loss Given default (lGd) is based on 
market recovery rates and internal credit assessments.

The combination of a one notch deterioration in the credit rating of derivative counterparties and a ten per cent increase in lGd increases 
the cVA by £154 million. current market value is used to estimate the projected exposure for products not supported by the model, which 
are principally complex interest rate options that are traded in very low volumes. For these, the cVA is calculated on an add-on basis (in total 
contributing £69 million of the overall cVA balance at 31 december 2012).

The dVA is sensitive to:

 – the current size of the mark-to-market position on the uncollateralised liability;

 – expectations of future market volatility of the underlying liability; and

 – the Group’s own cds spread.

A one per cent rise in the cds spread would lead to an increase in the dVA of £113 million to £287 million. 

The risk exposures that are used for the cVA and dVA calculations are strongly influenced by interest rates. due to the nature of the Group’s 
business the cVA/dVA exposures tend to be on average the same way around such that the valuation adjustments fall when interest rates rise. 
A one per cent rise in interest rates would lead to a £345 million fall in the overall valuation adjustment to £409 million. The cVA model used by 
the Group does not assume any correlation between the level of interest rates and default rates.

The Group has also recognised a Funding Valuation Adjustment to adjust for the net cost of funding certain uncollateralised derivative 
positions where the Group considers that this cost is included in market pricing. This adjustment is calculated on the expected future exposure 
discounted at a suitable cost of funds. A ten basis points increase in the cost of funds will increase the funding valuation adjustment by 
approximately £14 million.

(ii) Uncollateralised derivative valuation adjustments – monoline counterparties
The Group has no significant derivative exposures remaining against monoline counterparties. 

(iii) Market liquidity
The Group includes mid to bid-offer valuation adjustments against the expected cost of closing out the net market risk in the Group’s trading 
positions within a timeframe that is consistent with historical trading activity and spreads that the trading desks have accessed historically 
during the ordinary course of business in normal market conditions.

At 31 december 2012, the Group’s derivative trading business held mid to bid-offer valuation adjustments of £103 million (2011: £85 million).

(iv) Libor/Overnight Index Swap basis
The Group’s derivative trading business applies £74 million (31 december 2011: £74 million) of valuation adjustments against the changing 
market approach to valuing derivatives that are subject to daily collateral margin, where standard market practice is to pay interest on an 
Overnight index swap basis rather than a libor rate.

no credit valuation adjustment is taken on collateralised swaps.

Own credit adjustments
The carrying amount of issued notes that are designated under the iAs 39 fair value option is adjusted to reflect the effect of changes in own 
credit spreads. The resulting gain or loss is recognised in the income statement.

At 31 december 2012, the own credit adjustment arising from the fair valuation of £5,700 million (2011: £5,339 million) of the Group’s debt 
securities in issue designated at fair value through profit or loss resulted in a loss of £437 million (2011: gain of £194 million).

(4) Transfers of financial assets

A. Transferred financial assets that continue to be recognised in full 

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 concerned. in all cases, the transferee has the right to sell or repledge the assets concerned .

As set out in note 21, included within loans and receivables are loans securitised under the Group’s securitisation programmes. The Group 

retains all or a majority of the risks and rewards associated with these loans and they are retained on the Group’s balance sheet. Assets 

transferred into the Group’s securitisation programmes are not available to be used by the Group during the term of those arrangements.

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 36). Except as otherwise noted below, none of the liabilities shown in the 

table below have recourse only to the transferred assets.

At 31 December 2012

Repurchase and securities lending transactions

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

Available-for-sale financial assets

loans and receivables:

loans and advances to customers

Securitisation programmes

loans and receivables:

loans and advances to customers1

debt securities classified as loans and receivables

Carrying  

value of 

transferred 

assets

£m

Carrying

value of 

associated 

liabilities

£m

10,612

8,967

19,015

498

620

4,693

6,662

346

118,183

28,0592

1

2

1

2

includes us residential mortgage-backed securities and associated liabilities whose carrying values were £185 million and £221 million respectively; the associated liabilities have recourse only 

to the securities transferred and, at 31 december 2012, the fair values of the securities and the associated liabilities were £244 million and £311 million respectively, a difference of £67 million.

Excludes securitisation notes held by the Group (£58,732 million).

B. Transferred financial assets derecognised in their entirety with ongoing exposure

The following information by type of ongoing exposure relates to assets and liabilities arising from contractual rights or obligations retained or 

obtained in connection with financial assets that have been derecognised in their entirety.

At 31 December 2012

debt securities

Fund investments

Total

Amount represents the carrying amount of the asset.

Amount represents the carrying amount of the asset plus undrawn commitments of £30 million.

Carrying amount of ongoing 

exposure in balance sheet

At fair value 

through profit 

or loss

Loans and 

Designated upon 

receivables 

initial recognition 

Fair value of 

ongoing  

exposure 

Maximum 

exposure to

£m

119

–

119

 £m

–

70

70

£m

102

70

172

loss

£m

1191

1002

219

debt securities shown in the table above are notes held in non-controlled securitisation vehicles representing the Group’s ongoing involvement in 

financial assets transferred into those securitisation vehicles in prior years. The debt securities, which benefit from significant credit enhancement, 

are classified as available-for-sale financial assets and are managed on a similar basis to the Group’s other non-traded asset-backed securities.

Fund investments shown in the table above are equity and debt interests in an investment fund representing the Group’s ongoing involvement 

in financial assets transferred into the fund in a prior year. The fund investments were designated at fair value through profit or loss and are 

managed on a similar basis to the Group’s trading assets.

The Group has no obligation or option to repurchase any of the assets transferred.

Amounts recognised in the income statement in 2012 

in respect of debt securities shown above, an amount of £2 million was recognised during the year (£5 million cumulatively since derecognition) 

within net interest income.

derecognition) within net trading income.

in respect of fund investments shown above, an amount of £3 million was recognised during the year (£55 million cumulatively since 

316

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

317

note 54: Financial instruments (continued)

(4) Transfers of financial assets

A. Transferred financial assets that continue to be recognised in full 
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 concerned. in all cases, the transferee has the right to sell or repledge the assets concerned .

As set out in note 21, included within loans and receivables are loans securitised under the Group’s securitisation programmes. The Group 
retains all or a majority of the risks and rewards associated with these loans and they are retained on the Group’s balance sheet. Assets 
transferred into the Group’s securitisation programmes are not available to be used by the Group during the term of those arrangements.

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 36). Except as otherwise noted below, none of the liabilities shown in the 
table below have recourse only to the transferred assets.

At 31 December 2012

Repurchase and securities lending transactions

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

Available-for-sale financial assets

loans and receivables:

loans and advances to customers

debt securities classified as loans and receivables

Securitisation programmes

loans and receivables:

loans and advances to customers1

Carrying  
value of 
transferred 
assets
£m

Carrying
value of 
associated 
liabilities
£m

10,612

8,967

19,015

498

620

4,693

6,662

346

118,183

28,0592

1

2

1

2

includes us residential mortgage-backed securities and associated liabilities whose carrying values were £185 million and £221 million respectively; the associated liabilities have recourse only 
to the securities transferred and, at 31 december 2012, the fair values of the securities and the associated liabilities were £244 million and £311 million respectively, a difference of £67 million.

Excludes securitisation notes held by the Group (£58,732 million).

B. Transferred financial assets derecognised in their entirety with ongoing exposure
The following information by type of ongoing exposure relates to assets and liabilities arising from contractual rights or obligations retained or 
obtained in connection with financial assets that have been derecognised in their entirety.

At 31 December 2012

debt securities

Fund investments

Total

Amount represents the carrying amount of the asset.

Amount represents the carrying amount of the asset plus undrawn commitments of £30 million.

Carrying amount of ongoing 
exposure in balance sheet

At fair value 
through profit 
or loss

Loans and 
receivables 
£m

Designated upon 
initial recognition 
 £m

Fair value of 
ongoing  
exposure 
£m

Maximum 
exposure to
loss
£m

119

–

119

–

70

70

102

70

172

1191

1002

219

debt securities shown in the table above are notes held in non-controlled securitisation vehicles representing the Group’s ongoing involvement in 
financial assets transferred into those securitisation vehicles in prior years. The debt securities, which benefit from significant credit enhancement, 
are classified as available-for-sale financial assets and are managed on a similar basis to the Group’s other non-traded asset-backed securities.

Fund investments shown in the table above are equity and debt interests in an investment fund representing the Group’s ongoing involvement 
in financial assets transferred into the fund in a prior year. The fund investments were designated at fair value through profit or loss and are 
managed on a similar basis to the Group’s trading assets.

The Group has no obligation or option to repurchase any of the assets transferred.

Amounts recognised in the income statement in 2012 
in respect of debt securities shown above, an amount of £2 million was recognised during the year (£5 million cumulatively since derecognition) 
within net interest income.

in respect of fund investments shown above, an amount of £3 million was recognised during the year (£55 million cumulatively since 
derecognition) within net trading income.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348318

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

319

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 55: Financial risk management

As a bancassurer, financial instruments are fundamental to the Group’s activities and, as a consequence, the risks associated with financial 
instruments represent a significant component of the risks faced by the Group.

The primary risks affecting the Group through its use of financial instruments are: credit risk; market risk, which includes interest rate risk and 
foreign exchange risk; liquidity risk; capital risk; and insurance risk. information about the Group’s exposure to each of the above risks and 
capital can be found on pages 115 to 202. The following additional disclosures, which provide quantitative information about the risks within 
financial instruments held or issued by the Group, should be read in conjunction with that earlier information.

Market risk
The Group uses various market risk measures for risk reporting and setting risk appetite limits and triggers. These measures include Value at 
Risk and stress scenarios.

interest rate risk
in the Group’s retail banking business interest rate risk arises from the different repricing characteristics of the assets and liabilities. liabilities 
are either insensitive to interest rate movements, for example interest free or very low interest customer deposits, or are sensitive to interest rate 
changes but bear rates which may be varied at the Group’s discretion and that for competitive reasons generally reflect changes in the Bank of 
England’s base rate. There is a relatively small volume of deposits whose rate is contractually fixed for their term to maturity.

Many banking assets are sensitive to interest rate movements; there is a large volume of managed rate assets such as variable rate mortgages 
which may be considered as a natural offset to the interest rate risk arising from the managed rate liabilities. However, a significant proportion 
of the Group’s lending assets, for example many personal loans and mortgages, bear interest rates which are contractually fixed for periods of 
up to five years or longer.

The Group establishes two types of hedge accounting relationships for interest rate risk: fair value hedges and cash flow hedges. 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, and to cash flow interest rate risk on its variable rate loans and deposits together with its floating rate subordinated debt. The majority of 
the Group’s hedge accounting relationships are fair value hedges where interest rate swaps are used to hedge the interest rate risk inherent in 
the fixed rate capital issuances.

At 31 december 2012 the aggregate notional principal of interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges was £135,516 million 
(2011: £93,215 million) with a net fair value asset of £4,246 million (2011: asset of £5,484 million) (note 18). The gains on the hedging instruments 
were £572 million (2011: gains of £1,982 million). The losses on the hedged items attributable to the hedged risk were £560 million (2011: losses 
of £1,999 million).

in addition the Group has cash flow hedges which are primarily used to hedge the variability in the cost of funding within the wholesale 
business. note 18 shows when the hedged cash flows are expected to occur and when they will affect income for designated cash flow 
hedges. The notional principal of the interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges at 31 december 2012 was £86,190 million 
(2011: £152,314 million) with a net fair value asset of £215 million (2011: liability of £358 million) (note 18). in 2012, ineffectiveness recognised in 
the income statement that arises from cash flow hedges was a gain of £6 million (2011: loss of £13 million). 

Currency risk
Foreign exchange exposures comprise those originating in treasury trading activities and structural foreign exchange exposures, which arise 
from investment in the Group’s overseas operations.

The corporate and retail businesses incur foreign exchange risk in the course of providing services to their customers. All non-structural 
foreign exchange exposures in the non-trading book are transferred to the trading area where they are monitored and controlled. These risks 
reside in the authorised trading centres who are allocated exposure limits. The limits are monitored daily by the local centres and reported to 
the market and liquidity risk function in london. Associated VaR and the closing, average, maximum and minimum are disclosed on page 171.

Risk arises from the Group’s investments in its overseas operations. The Group’s structural foreign currency exposure is represented by the net 
asset value of the foreign currency equity and subordinated debt investments in its subsidiaries and branches. Gains or losses on structural 
foreign currency exposures are taken to reserves.

The Group hedges part of the currency translation risk of the net investment in certain foreign operations using currency borrowings. At 
31 december 2012 the aggregate principal of these currency borrowings was £2,489 million (2011: £2,245 million). in 2012, an ineffectiveness 
loss of £1 million before and after tax (2011: ineffectiveness gain of £23 million before tax and £17 million after tax) was recognised in the 
income statement arising from net investment hedges.

318

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

319

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

The Group’s main overseas operations are in the Americas, Asia, Australasia and Europe. details of the Group’s structural foreign currency 
exposures, after net investment hedges, are as follows:

Functional currency of Group operations

Euro:

Gross exposure

net investment hedge

us dollar:

Gross exposure

net investment hedge

swiss franc:

Gross exposure

net investment hedge

Australian dollar:

Gross exposure

net investment hedge

Japanese yen:

Gross exposure

net investment hedge

Other non-sterling

Total structural foreign currency exposures, after net investment hedges

2012
£m

919

(842) 

77 

316 

(542) 

(226) 

6 

(9) 

(3) 

1,104 

(1,077) 

27 

19 

(19) 

– 

106 

(19) 

2011
£m

585

(848)

(263)

341

(122)

219

15

  –

15

1,232

(1,226)

6

20

  –

20

170

167

Credit risk
The Group’s credit risk exposure arises in respect of the instruments below and predominantly in the united Kingdom, the European union, 
Australia and the united states. 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 measure the credit risk of loans and advances to customers and banks 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 derivative based transactions.

A. Maximum credit exposure
The maximum credit risk exposure of the Group in the event of other parties failing to perform their obligations is detailed below. no account 
is taken of any collateral held and the maximum exposure to loss, which includes amounts held to cover unit-linked and With Profits funds 
liabilities, is considered to be the balance sheet carrying amount or, for non-derivative off-balance sheet transactions and financial guarantees, 
their contractual nominal amounts.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
 
 
320

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

321

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

loans and receivables:

loans and advances to banks, net1

loans and advances to customers, net1

debt securities, net1

deposit amounts available for offset2

Available-for-sale financial assets (excluding equity shares)

Held-to-maturity investments

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (excluding equity shares)3:

loans and advances

debt securities, treasury and other bills

derivative assets:

derivative assets, before offsetting under master netting arrangements

Amounts available for offset under master netting arrangements2

Assets arising from reinsurance contracts held

Financial guarantees

irrevocable loan commitments and other credit-related contingencies4

Maximum credit risk exposure

Maximum credit risk exposure before offset items

Amounts shown net of related impairment allowances.

2012
£m

2011
£m

29,417 

517,225 

5,273 

(5,728)

546,187

30,846

–

14,551 

53,130 

67,681 

56,550 

(38,158) 

18,392 

2,320 

9,520 

55,629

730,575

774,461

32,606

565,638

12,470

(4,174)

606,540

35,468

8,098

11,121

 52,652

63,773

66,013

 (46,618)

19,395

2,534

10,831

57,329

803,968

854,760

deposit amounts available for offset and amounts available for offset under master netting arrangements do not meet the criteria under iAs 32 to enable loans and advances and 
derivative assets respectively to be presented net of these balances in the financial statements.

includes assets within the Group’s unit-linked funds for which credit risk is borne by the policyholders and assets within the Group’s With-Profits funds for which credit risk is largely borne 
by the policyholders. consequently, the Group has no significant exposure to credit risk for such assets which back related contract liabilities.

see note 53 – contingent liabilities and commitments for further information.

B. Credit quality of assets

loans and receivables
The disclosures in the table below and those on pages 321 and 322 are produced under the management basis used for the Group’s 
segmental reporting. The Group believes that, for reporting periods immediately following a significant acquisition such as the acquisition of 
HBOs in 2009, this management basis, which includes the allowance for loan losses at the acquisition date on a gross basis, more fairly reflects 
the underlying provisioning status of the loans. The remaining acquisition-related fair value adjustments in respect of this lending are therefore 
identified separately in this table.

The analysis of lending between retail and wholesale has been prepared based upon the type of exposure and not the business segment 
in which the exposure is recorded. included within retail are exposures to personal customers and small businesses, whilst included within 
wholesale are exposures to corporate customers and other large institutions.

1

2

3

4

 
 
 
320

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

321

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

loans and advances

Loans and  
advances  
to banks  

£m

Loans and advances to customers

Retail –  
mortgages  

£m

Retail –  
other  
£m

Wholesale  

£m

Total  
£m

Loans and
advances
designated
at fair value
through
profit or loss
£m

At 31 December 2012

neither past due nor impaired

29,386 

41,223 

117,613 

478,449 

14,551 

Past due but not impaired

impaired – no provision required

– provision held

Gross

Allowance for impairment losses

Fair value adjustments

319,613 

12,880 

741 

7,391 

31 

– 

3 

29,420 

340,625 

(3) 

– 

(2,845) 

922 

1,530 

2,124 

45,799 

(1,326) 

1,527 

1,504 

33,003 

153,647 

(17,601) 

net balance sheet carrying value

29,417 

At 31 december 2011

neither past due nor impaired

32,494

330,727

41,448

 146,655

Past due but not impaired

impaired – no provision required

– provision held

Gross

Allowance for impairment losses

Fair value adjustments

net balance sheet carrying value

12,742

1,364

6,701

351,534

(2,731)

1,093

1,604

2,940

47,085

(1,848)

 2,509

3,544

 44,116

196,824

(23,139)

15

6

105

32,620

(14)

–

32,606

15,329 

3,775 

42,518 

– 

– 

– 

540,071 

14,551 

(21,772) 

(1,074) 

517,225 

 518,830

 16,344

6,512

53,757

595,443

(27,718)

(2,087)

565,638

– 

– 

14,551 

11,121

–

–

–

11,121

–

–

11,121

The criteria that the Group uses to determine that there is objective evidence of an impairment loss are disclosed in note 2(H). All impaired 
loans which exceed certain thresholds, principally within the Group’s commercial Banking division, are individually assessed for impairment 
by reviewing expected future cash flows including those that could arise from the realisation of security. included in loans and receivables 
are advances which are individually determined to be impaired with a gross amount before impairment allowances of £34,533 million 
(31 december 2011: £48,142 million).

The table below sets out the reconciliation of the allowance for impairment losses of £15,250 million (2011: £18,732 million) shown in note 24 to the 
allowance for impairment losses on a management basis of £21,772 million (2011: £27,718 million) shown above:

Allowance for impairment losses on loans and advances to customers

HBOs allowance at 16 January 20091

HBOs charge covered by fair value adjustments2

Amounts subsequently written off

Foreign exchange and other movements

Allowance for impairment losses on loans and advances to customers on a management basis

2012  
£m

15,250 

11,147

11,306 

2011 
£m 

18,732

11,147

10,474

   (16,383)

   (13,083)

6,070 

452 

21,772 

8,538

448

27,718

1

2

comprises an allowance held at 31 december 2008 of £10,693 million and a charge for the period from 1 January 2009 to 16 January 2009 of £454 million. 

This represents the element of the charge on loans and advances to customers in HBOs’s results that was included within the Group’s fair value adjustments in respect of the acquisition of 
HBOs on 16 January 2009. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
 
 
322

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

323

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

loans and advances which are neither past due nor impaired

At 31 December 2012

Good quality

satisfactory quality

lower quality

Below standard, but not impaired

Total loans and advances which are 
neither past due nor impaired

At 31 december 2011

Good quality

satisfactory quality

lower quality

Below standard, but not impaired

Total loans and advances which are  
neither past due nor impaired

Loans and  
advances  
to banks  

£m

Retail –  
mortgages  

£m

28,833 

313,372 

174 

10 

369 

4,532 

552 

1,157 

Loans and advances to customers

Retail –  
other  
£m

30,924 

8,579

862 

858 

Wholesale  

£m

Total  
£m

60,510 

33,477 

18,153 

5,473 

Loans and
advances
designated
at fair value
through
profit or loss
£m

14,514 

28 

6 

3 

29,386 

319,613 

41,223 

117,613

478,449 

14,551 

32,141

323,060

171

9

173

5,432

970

1,265

29,123

9,747

1,127

1,451

 71,907

 42,311

 24,676

 7,761

11,065

45

11

–

32,494

330,727

41,448

 146,655

518,830

11,121

The definitions of good quality, satisfactory quality, lower quality and below standard, but not impaired applying to retail and wholesale are 
not the same, reflecting the different characteristics of these exposures and the way they are managed internally, and consequently totals are 
not provided. Wholesale lending has been classified using internal probability of default rating models mapped so that they are comparable 
to external credit ratings. Good quality lending comprises the lower assessed default probabilities, with other classifications reflecting 
progressively higher default risk. classifications of retail lending incorporate expected recovery levels for mortgages, as well as probabilities of 
default assessed using internal rating models. Further information about the Group’s internal probabilities of default rating models can be found 
on pages 132 and 133.

loans and advances which are past due but not impaired 

Loans and  
advances  
to banks  

£m

Loans and advances to customers

Retail –  
mortgages  

£m

Retail –  
other  
£m

Wholesale  

£m

Total  
£m

Loans and
advances
designated
at fair value
through
profit or loss
£m

At 31 December 2012

0-30 days

30-60 days

60-90 days

90-180 days

Over 180 days

Total loans and advances which are past 
due but not impaired

At 31 december 2011

0-30 days

30-60 days

60-90 days

90-180 days

Over 180 days

– 

3 

2 

6 

20 

31 

1

9

4

–

1

5,996 

2,667 

1,750 

2,467

– 

12,880 

5,989

2,618

1,833

2,302

–

744 

138 

 29

5 

6 

922 

868

195

25

4

1

860 

131 

328 

56 

152 

7,600 

2,936 

2,107 

2,528 

158 

1,527 

15,329 

 1,163

481

260

159

 446

8,020

 3,294

2,118

2,465

447

Total loans and advances which are past  
due but not impaired

15

12,742

1,093

 2,509

 16,344

A financial asset is ‘past due’ if a counterparty has failed to make a payment when contractually due.

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

–

–

–

–

–

–

322

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

323

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

debt securities classified as loans and receivables

An analysis by credit rating of the Group’s debt securities classified as loans and receivables is provided below:

At 31 December 2012
Asset-backed securities:

Mortgage-backed securities
Other asset-backed securities

corporate and other debt securities
Gross exposure
Allowance for impairment losses
Total debt securities classified as loans and receivables
At 31 december 2011
Asset-backed securities:

Mortgage-backed securities
Other asset-backed securities

corporate and other debt securities

Gross exposure
Allowance for impairment losses
Total debt securities classified as loans and receivables

AAA  
£m

AA  
£m

A  

£m

BBB  
£m

Rated BB  
or lower  

£m

not rated  

£m

Total  
£m

637
541
1,178 
150 
1,328 

1,109 
57 
1,166 
– 
1,166 

877 
199 
1,076 
– 
1,076 

2,008
3,585
5,593

150
5,743

2,326
430
2,756

–
2,756

1,423
374
1,797

67
1,864

 745
107 
852 
– 
852 

1,024
237
1,261

–
1,261

368 
245 
613 
– 
613 

369
403
772

–
772

191 
1 
 192
 252
444 

29
1
30

320
350

3,927 
1,150   
5,077 
402 
5,479 
(206) 
5,273 

7,179
  5,030
12,209

537
12,746
(276)
12,470

Available-for-sale financial assets (excluding equity shares)
An analysis of the Group’s available-for-sale financial assets is included in note 25. The credit quality of the Group’s available-for-sale financial 
assets (excluding equity shares) is set out below:

AAA  
£m

AA  
£m

A  

£m

BBB  
£m

Rated BB  
or lower  

£m

not rated  

£m

Total  
£m

At 31 December 2012
debt securities:

Government securities
Other public sector securities
Bank and building society certificates of deposit
Asset-backed securities:

Mortgage-backed securities
Other asset-backed securities

corporate and other debt securities

Total debt securities
Treasury bills and other bills

Total held as available-for-sale financial assets

At 31 december 2011
debt securities:

Government securities
Other public sector securities
Bank and building society certificates of deposit
Asset-backed securities:

Mortgage-backed securities
Other asset-backed securities

corporate and other debt securities
Total debt securities

Treasury bills and other bills

Total held as available-for-sale financial assets

18,227 
– 
– 

976 
336
1,312
293

19,832 
866 

20,698 

19,051
–
81

626
399
1,025
1,609

21,766
1,717

 23,483

7,328 
– 
75 

212 
241 
453 
281 

8,137

 –
8,137

6,179
–
177

491
299
790
856

8,002
–

8,002

– 
– 
71 

50 
116 
166 
567 

 804

 16
 820

–
–
71

398
224
622
2,351

3,044
10

3,054

– 
– 
42 

120 
– 
120
600 

 762
89 

 851

–
–
37

185
34
219
341

597
–

597

– 
– 
– 

166 
67 
233 
85 

318 
– 

318 

–
–
–

103
90
193
–

193
–

193

– 
– 
– 

– 
– 
– 
22 

22 
–

22 

6
27
–

–
18
18
88

139
–

139

25,555 
– 
188 

1,524
760 
2,284   

1,848 
29,875 

971 

30,846 

25,236
27
366

1,803
1,064  
2,867
5,245

33,741
1,727

35,468

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
 
 
 
 
324

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

325

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

Held-to-maturity investments
The Group no longer holds any held-to-maturity investments. An analysis of the credit quality of the Group’s held-to-maturity investments at 
31 december 2011 is provided below:

Government securities

AAA  
£m

6,319

AA  
£m

1,779

A  

£m

–

BBB  
£m

–

Rated BB  
or lower  

not rated  

£m

–

£m

–

Total  
£m

8,098

debt securities, treasury and other bills held at fair value through profit or loss
An analysis of the Group’s trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss is included in note 17. The credit quality of the 
Group’s debt securities, treasury and other bills held at fair value through profit or loss is set out below:

AAA  
£m

AA  
£m

A  

£m

BBB  
£m

Rated BB  
or lower  

£m

not rated  

£m

Total  
£m

At 31 December 2012

Debt securities, treasury and other bills held at fair 
value through profit or loss

Trading assets:

Government securities

 3,688

277 

Bank and building society certificates of deposit

–

 2,182

Asset-backed securities:

Mortgage-backed securities
Other asset-backed securities

corporate and other debt securities

42
2
44
385 

10
14
24
148

– 

 907

78
4
82
330

Total debt securities held as trading assets

4,117 

2,631

1,319

Treasury bills and other bills

Total held as trading assets

370

4,487

4

– 

2,635

1,319

Other assets held at fair value through profit or loss:

Government securities

Other public sector securities

Bank and building society certificates of deposit

Asset-backed securities:

Mortgage-backed securities

Other asset-backed securities

14,557

1,606

694 

–

219

263

482

205

94

95

383

478

220

131

134

264

732

996

–

77

–
1
1
278

356

–

356

372

6

–

122

359

481

–

–

–
–
–
30

30

–

30

1

–

–

–

16

16

–

–

–
–
–
1

1

–

1

10

20

–

8

49

57

3,965

3,166

130

21   
151
1,172

8,454

374

8,828

16,766

1,056

228

708

1,802   

2,510

corporate and other debt securities

3,107

2,731

7,305

6,633

2,115

1,795

23,686

Total debt securities held at fair value through profit 
or loss

18,840

5,114

8,786

7,492

2,132

1,882

44,246

Treasury bills and other bills

56

–

–

–

–

–

56

Total other assets held at fair value through  
profit or loss

Total held at fair value through profit or loss

18,896 

23,383

5,114

7,749

8,786

10,105

7,492

7,848

2,132

2,162

1,882

1,883

44,302

53,130

324

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

325

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

At 31 december 2011

Debt securities, treasury and other bills held at fair 
value through profit or loss

Trading assets:

Government securities

Bank and building society certificates of deposit

Asset-backed securities:

Mortgage-backed securities

Other asset-backed securities

corporate and other debt securities

Total debt securities held as trading assets

Treasury bills and other bills

Total held as trading assets

Other assets held at fair value through profit or loss:

Government securities

Other public sector securities

Bank and building society certificates of deposit

Asset-backed securities:

Mortgage-backed securities

Other asset-backed securities

corporate and other debt securities

Total other assets held at fair value through profit or loss

Total held at fair value through profit or loss

AAA  
£m

AA  
£m

A  

£m

BBB  
£m

Rated BB  
or lower  

£m

not rated  

£m

Total  
£m

1,994

–

63

19

82

304

2,380

224

2,604

6

1,147

34

151

185

141

1,479

75

1,554

17,667

1,027

908

–

194

320

514

3,415

22,504

25,108

170

330

45

198

243

2,111

3,881

5,435

–

1,574

1

52

53

312

1,939

–

1,939

950

35

55

255

794

1,049

6,197

8,286

10,225

–

142

–

–

–

489

631

–

631

642

59

–

116

383

499

–

–

1

–

1

151

152

–

152

–

–

–

–

–

179

179

–

179

2,000

2,863

99

  222

321

1,576

6,760

299

7,059

644

437

21,367

11

–

–

53

53

–

–

2

16

18

1,183

385

612

1,764  

2,376

20,282

45,593

52,652

5,195

6,395

7,026

1,199

1,907

2,059

2,165

2,620

2,799

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.

derivative assets
An analysis of derivative assets is given in note 18. 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. in respect of the Group’s maximum credit risk relating to derivative assets of 
£18,392 million (2011: £19,395 million), cash collateral of £5,429 million (2011: £5,269 million) was held and a further £1,387 million was due from 
OEcd banks (2011: £7,875 million).

At 31 December 2012
Trading and other 

Hedging

Total derivative financial instruments

At 31 december 2011

Trading and other 

Hedging

Total derivative financial instruments

AAA  
£m

AA  
£m

A  

£m

BBB  
£m

Rated BB  
or lower  

£m

not rated  

£m

Total  
£m

226 

13,507

– 

6,038

18,130

4,596

226

19,545

22,726

313

35

348

 25,268

 8,718

 33,986

 14,474

 3,237

 17,711

5,046

111

5,157

 6,612

786

 7,398

6,439

824

7,263

1,631

2

44,979

11,571

1,633

56,550

 3,588

 2,908

9

65

 3,597

 2,973

 53,163

 12,850

66,013

Assets arising from reinsurance contracts held
Of the assets arising from reinsurance contracts held at 31 december 2012 of £2,320 million (2011: £2,534 million), £764 million 
(2011: £842 million) were due from insurers with a credit rating of AA or above.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
326

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

327

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

Financial guarantees and irrevocable loan commitments
Financial guarantees represent undertakings that the Group will meet a customer’s obligation to third parties if the customer fails to do so. 
commitments to extend credit represent unused portions of authorisations to extend credit in the form of loans, guarantees or letters of 
credit. The Group is theoretically exposed to loss in an amount equal to the total guarantees or unused commitments, however, the likely 
amount of loss is expected to be significantly less; most commitments to extend credit are contingent upon customers maintaining specific 
credit standards.

C. Collateral held as security for financial assets
A general description of collateral held as security in respect of financial instruments is provided on pages 134 and 135. The Group holds 
collateral against loans and receivables and irrevocable loan commitments; qualitative and, where appropriate, quantitative information is 
provided in respect of this collateral below. collateral held as security for trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 
and for derivative assets is also shown below.

Loans and receivables
The disclosures below are produced under the management basis used for the Group’s segmental reporting. The Group believes that, for 
reporting periods immediately following a significant acquisition, such as the acquisition of HBOs in 2009, this management basis, which 
includes the allowance for loan losses at the acquisition on a gross basis, more fairly reflects the underlying provisioning status of the loans.

The Group holds collateral in respect of loans and advances to banks and customers as set out below. The Group does not hold collateral 
against debt securities, comprising asset-backed securities and corporate and other debt securities, which are classified as loans and 
receivables.

loans and advances to banks
The Group may require collateral before entering into a credit commitment with another bank, depending on the type of financial product 
and the counterparty involved, and netting arrangements are obtained whenever possible and to the extent that such agreements are legally 
enforceable. collateral is held as part of reverse repurchase or securities borrowing transactions.

There were reverse repurchase agreements which are accounted for as collateralised loans within loans and advances to banks with a carrying 
value of £662 million (2011: £508 million), against which the Group held collateral with a fair value of £662 million (2011: £511 million), all of which 
the Group is able to repledge.

These transactions were generally conducted under terms that are usual and customary for standard secured lending activities.

loans and advances to customers
The Group holds collateral against loans and advances to customers in the form of mortgages over residential and commercial real estate, 
charges over business assets such as premises, inventory and accounts receivable, charges over financial instruments such as debt securities 
and equities, and guarantees received from third parties.

Retail lending

Mortgages
An analysis by loan-to-value ratio of the Group’s 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, after making allowance for indexation error and dilapidations.

At 31 December 2012

less than 70 per cent

70 per cent to 80 per cent

80 per cent to 90 per cent

90 per cent to 100 per cent 

Greater than 100 per cent

Total

neither  
past due  
nor impaired 
£m

Past due but  
not impaired 
£m

impaired 
£m

Gross 
£m

131,277 

61,677 

52,651 

36,428 

37,580 

3,283

1,962

2,314

2,092

3,229

319,613 

12,880

1,470

846

1,114

1,133

3,569

8,132

136,030

64,485

56,079

39,653

44,378

340,625

326

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

327

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

At 31 december 2011

less than 70 per cent

70 per cent to 80 per cent

80 per cent to 90 per cent

90 per cent to 100 per cent 

Greater than 100 per cent

Total

neither  
past due  
nor impaired 
£m

Past due but 
not impaired 
£m

impaired 
£m

Gross 
£m

137,224

60,236

53,113

40,236

39,918

330,727

3,203

1,894

2,250

2,182

3,213

12,742

1,420

843

1,103

1,196

3,503

8,065

141,847

62,973

56,466

43,614

46,634

351,534

Other
no collateral is held in respect of retail credit cards or overdrafts, or unsecured personal loans. For non-mortgage retail lending to small 
businesses, collateral will often include second charges over residential property and the assignment of life cover.

The majority of non-mortgage retail lending is unsecured. At 31 december 2012, impaired non-mortgage lending amounted to £2,328 million, 
net of an impairment allowance of £1,326 million (2011: £2,696 million, net of an impairment allowance of £1,848 million). The fair value of the 
collateral held in respect of this lending was £48 million (2011: £43 million). in determining the fair value of collateral, no specific amounts have 
been attributed to the costs of realisation and 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.

unimpaired non-mortgage retail lending amounted to £42,145 million (2011: £42,541 million). lending decisions are predominantly based on an 
obligor’s ability to repay from normal business operations rather than reliance on the disposal of any security provided. collateral values are 
rigorously assessed at the time of loan origination and are thereafter monitored in accordance with business unit credit policy.

The Group credit risk disclosures for unimpaired non-mortgage retail lending report assets gross of collateral and therefore disclose the 
maximum loss exposure. The Group believes that this approach is appropriate. The value of collateral is reassessed if there is observable 
evidence of distress of the borrower. unimpaired non-mortgage retail lending, including any associated collateral, is managed on a customer-
by-customer basis rather than a portfolio basis. no aggregated collateral information for the entire unimpaired non-mortgage retail lending 
portfolio is provided to key management personnel.

Wholesale lending

Reverse repurchase transactions
There were reverse repurchase agreements which are accounted for as collateralised loans with a carrying value of £5,087 million 
(2011: £16,835 million), against which the Group held collateral with a fair value of £4,916 million (2011: £16,936 million), all of which the Group is 
able to repledge. included in these amounts are collateral balances in the form of cash provided in respect of reverse repurchase agreements 
amounting to £2 million (2011: £34 million). These transactions were generally conducted under terms that are usual and customary for 
standard secured lending activities.

Impaired secured lending
The value of collateral is re-evaluated and its legal soundness re-assessed 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 2012, impaired secured wholesale lending amounted to £17,257 million, net of an impairment allowance of £15,193 million 
(2011: £23,913 million, net of an impairment allowance of £20,675 million). The fair value of the collateral held in respect of impaired secured 
wholesale lending was £9,414 million (2011: £13,977 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 wholesale 
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.

impaired secured wholesale lending and associated collateral relates to lending to property companies and to customers in the financial, 
business and other services; transport, distribution and hotels; and construction industries.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348328

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

329

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

Unimpaired secured lending
unimpaired secured wholesale lending amounted to £74,485 million (2011: £96,381 million). Wholesale lending decisions are predominantly 
based on an obligor’s ability to repay from normal business operations rather than reliance on the disposal of any security provided. collateral 
values are rigorously assessed at the time of loan origination. The types of collateral taken and the frequency with which collateral is required 
at origination is dependent upon the size and structure of the borrower. For exposures to corporate customers and other large institutions, 
the Group will often require the collateral to include a first charge over land and buildings owned and occupied by the business, a mortgage 
debenture over the company’s undertaking and one or more of its assets, and keyman insurance. The Group maintains policies setting out 
acceptable collateral, maximum loan-to-value ratios and other criteria to be considered when reviewing a loan application. The decision as to 
whether or not collateral is required will be based upon the nature of the transaction and the credit worthiness of the customer. Other than for 
project finance, object finance and income producing real estate where charges over the subject assets are a basic requirement, the provision 
of collateral will not determine the outcome of a credit application. The fundamental business proposition must evidence the ability of the 
business to generate funds from normal business sources to repay debt.

The extent to which collateral values are actively managed will depend on the credit quality and other circumstances of the obligor. Although 
lending decisions are predominantly 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. 

For unimpaired secured wholesale lending, the Group reports assets gross of collateral and therefore discloses the maximum loss exposure. 
The Group believes that this approach is appropriate as collateral values at origination and during a period of good performance may not be 
representative of the value of collateral if the obligor enters a distressed state. 

unimpaired secured wholesale lending is predominantly managed on a cash flow basis. On occasion, it may include an assessment of 
underlying collateral, although, for impaired lending, this will not always involve assessing it on a fair value basis. no aggregated collateral 
information for the entire unimpaired secured wholesale lending portfolio is provided to key management personnel.

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (excluding equity shares)
in respect of trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, the fair value of collateral accepted under reverse repurchase 
transactions which are accounted for as collateralised loans that the Group is permitted by contract or custom to sell or repledge was 
£19,629 million (2011: £15,765 million). Of this, £15,640 million was sold or repledged (2011: £3,740 million).

in addition, securities held as collateral in the form of stock borrowed amounted to £38,040 million (2011: £10,438 million). Of this amount, 
£36,549 million (2011: £5,308 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.

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. in respect of the net derivative assets after offsetting of amounts under master netting arrangements of £18,392 million 
(2011: £19,395 million), cash collateral of £5,429 million (2011: £5,269 million) was held. 

328

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

329

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

irrevocable loan commitments and other credit-related contingencies
At 31 december 2012, the Group held irrevocable loan commitments and other credit-related contingencies of £55,629 million 
(2011: £57,329 million). collateral is held as security, in the event that lending is drawn down, on £17,697 million (2011: £13,279 million) of these 
balances.

lending decisions in respect of irrevocable loan commitments are based on the obligor’s ability to repay from normal business operations 
rather than reliance on the disposal of any security provided. For wholesale commitments, it is the Group’s practice to request collateral whose 
value is commensurate with the nature of the commitment. For retail mortgage commitments, the majority are for mortgages with a loan-
-to-value ratio of less than 100 per cent. Aggregated collateral information covering the entire balance of irrevocable loan commitments over 
which security will be taken is not provided to key management personnel.

D. Collateral pledged as security

Repo and stock lending transactions
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 securitised borrowing contracts.

The fair value of collateral pledged in respect of repurchase transactions, accounted for as secured borrowings, where the secured party 
is permitted by contract or custom to repledge was £48,077 million (2011: £39,679 million). in addition, the following financial assets on the 
balance sheet have been pledged as collateral as part of securities lending transactions:

Assets pledged

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

loans and advances to customers

debt securities classified as loans and receivables

Available-for-sale financial assets

2012
£m

10,000

11,603

154 

4,251 

26,008

2011
£m

3,102

37,926

398

1,618

43,044

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 notes 21 and 22.

e. Collateral repossessed

Residential property 

Other

2012 
£m

936

6

942

2011 
£m 

 968

 13

 981

in respect of retail portfolios, the Group 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 wholesale lending. in such cases, the assets are carried on the Group’s balance sheet and are 
classified according to the Group’s accounting policies.

F. Treatment of customers experiencing financial stress

The Group operates a number of schemes to assist borrowers who are experiencing financial stress. The material elements of these schemes 
are described in the Risk Management report on pages 135 to 137 and further details relating to those cases where the Group has granted a 
concession, whether temporarily or permanently, are set out below.

Retail customers

Forbearance activities
The Group classifies the treatments offered to retail customers who have experienced financial difficulty into the following categories:

Reduced contractual monthly payment – Capital payment break
These allow customers who are currently on a capital and interest repayment basis to temporarily transfer their loan onto an interest only basis 
in order to reduce their contractual monthly payment and help them through their period of financial difficulty. during this period, the Group 
regularly reviews the customer’s situation and works with them to try to restore their position and return them to a full capital and interest 
repayment basis. Prior to allowing the transfer, the Group undertakes a full financial review to confirm the customer’s financial difficulty and 
ability to maintain the revised level of payment. The transfers are initially for six months and are limited to a maximum of two years during the 
lifetime of the mortgage. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
 
330

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

331

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

commensurate with the aim of this activity (i.e. to manage customers through their temporary financial difficulty) during the capital payment 
break arrears accrue based on the temporary interest only contractual monthly payment. On expiry of the break, the customer is transferred 
back onto capital and interest repayment terms, with the outstanding balance recovered across the remaining term of the original loan.

Reduced contractual monthly payment – Payment assistance break
These agreements allow customers to suspend monthly payments for a limited period in order to address short-term financial difficulties. This 
treatment is only available as a forbearance tool to customers who are less than one monthly payment in arrears and for a maximum period of 
three months during the term of the mortgage.

Arrears do not accrue during the break. The contractual monthly payment is recalculated at the end of the break to take account of missed 
interest and, if appropriate, capital payments.

Financial distress – Term extension
These allow customers to permanently extend their mortgage term in order to reduce their contractual monthly payment. Term extensions are 
rarely granted to customers in financial distress as the focus is on minimising the longer term impact on the customer. The maximum term for 
the extension is aligned to the overall standard term limits for mortgages and, in general, the mortgage must be up to date.

The contractual monthly payment is reset when the term extension is implemented and any subsequent arrears will accrue based on this 
revised payment.

Financial distress – Arrangement to pay
customers who are experiencing short-term financial difficulties may reach agreement with the Group to pay an amount differing from their 
normal contractual monthly payment for a specified period of time. This is agreed with the customer as being affordable and practical based 
on their individual circumstances. Arrangements to pay less than the contractual monthly payment can be granted for up to three months after 
which the customer’s circumstances will be reviewed.

during the arrangement period, there is no clearing down of arrears such that, unless the customer is paying more than their contractual 
monthly payment, arrears balances will remain and the loan will continue to be reported as impaired or past due. When customers come to the 
end of their arrangement period they will continue to be managed as a mainstream collections case, if still in arrears.

Repair – Capitalisation of arrears
Once customers have evidenced recovery from financial difficulty and re-established a strong payment record, this treatment allows the repair 
of the customer’s financial position through the permanent capitalisation of arrears. customers must demonstrate that they can meet the 
contractual terms of their loan by making six consecutive contractual monthly payments and must give their permission for the capitalisation. 
Arrears may not be capitalised more than twice in a five year period.

The contractual monthly payment is reset when the capitalisation is implemented to enable repayment over the original term. Any subsequent 
arrears will accrue based on this revised payment.

customers receiving support from uK Government sponsored programmes
The Group participates in a number of uK Government sponsored programmes designed to support households, which are described on 
page 136. Where these schemes provide borrowers with a state benefit that is used to service the loan, there is no change in the reported 
status of the loan which is managed and reported in accordance with its original terms.

The Group assesses whether a loan benefitting from a uK Government sponsored programme is impaired using the same accounting 
policies and practices as it does for loans not benefitting from such a programme. There is no direct impact on the impairment status of a 
loan benefitting from the Mortgage Rescue schemes, as these schemes involve the purchase, and eventual sale, of the property. The loans 
included within the income support for Mortgage interest scheme and the Homeowner Mortgage support scheme may be impaired, in 
accordance with the normal definition of impairment.

The income support for Mortgage interest scheme remains the most successful of the Government backed schemes. it is the longest-running, 
is the most widely known and provides both the customer and the Group with an assurance as to the maintenance of at least two years’ worth 
of interest payments. The Group estimates that around £2.6 billion of its mortgage exposures are receiving this benefit. This includes those 
who are also receiving other treatments for financial difficulty.

The Group’s own uK retail secured schemes have also shown signs of success with 86 per cent of customers who have accepted capital 
payment breaks having maintained or improved their arrears position over the twelve months after transfer. The Group believes that its 
mortgage payment arrangements continue to be an effective way to manage short-term affordability issues.

Treatments offered to irish retail secured customers in financial difficulty
While the treatments offered to mortgage customers in financial difficulty in the uK and in ireland are broadly similar, the current period of 
economic distress in ireland and resultant regulatory code of conduct on Mortgage Arrears have resulted in an environment of ongoing 
assistance to customers, with greater flexibility within policy as to the duration and frequency of treatments. care is taken to keep customers 
informed of their position and their circumstances are reviewed at least every six months.

330

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

331

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

Forbearance granted
The tables below set out the Group’s retail forborne loans at 31 december 2012.

Secured retail
At 31 december 2012, uK and irish retail secured loans and advances subject to forbearance were 1.8 per cent (2011: 1.9 per cent) of total uK 
and irish retail secured loans of £330,485 million (2011: £339,121 million). Further analysis of the forborne loan balances are set out below:

At 31 December

Reduced contractual monthly payment

Financial distress1,2

Repair1

Total

Total loans and advances  
which are forborne

Total forborne loans and 
advances which are impaired

impairment allowance as % of  
loans and advances  
which are forborne

2012  
£m

2,717

1,340

1,930

5,987

2011  
£m

4,028

729

1,772

6,529

2012  
£m

365

403

63

831

2011  
£m

455

192

65

712

2012  
%

3.8

11.3

8.6

7.0

2011  
%

2.7

9.8

6.7

4.6

1

2

1

2

Where the treatment involves a permanent change to the contractual basis of the customer’s account (i.e. capitalisation of arrears and term extensions), those commenced during the year 
and remaining as customers at the year-end are shown.

The financial distress balance include arrangements to pay where the customer is paying less than the contractual payment and had such arrangements at the year end.

Collective impairment assessment of retail secured loans subject to forbearance
loans which are forborne are grouped with other assets with similar risk characteristics and assessed collectively for impairment as described 
below. The loans are not considered as impaired loans unless they meet the Group’s definition of an impaired asset.

The Group’s approach is to ensure that provisioning models, supported by management judgement, appropriately reflect the underlying loss 
risk of exposures. The Group uses sophisticated behavioural scoring to assess customers’ credit risk. The underlying behavioural scorecards 
consider many different characteristics of customer behaviour, both static and dynamic, from internal sources and also from credit bureaux 
data, including characteristics that may identify when a customer has been in arrears on products held with other firms. Hence, these models 
take a range of potential indicators of customer financial distress into account.

The performance of such models is monitored and challenged on an ongoing basis, in line with the Group’s model governance policies. The 
models are also regularly recalibrated to reflect up to date customer behaviour and market conditions. specifically, regular detailed analysis 
of modelled provision outputs is undertaken to demonstrate that the risk of forbearance or other similar activities is recognised, that the 
outcome period adequately captures the risk and that the underlying risk is appropriately reflected. Where this is not the case, additional 
provisions are applied to capture the risk.

Unsecured retail
At 31 december 2012, uK retail unsecured loans and advances subject to reduced contractual monthly payment, financial distress and repair 
treatment were 2.1 per cent (2011: 3.2 per cent) of total uK retail unsecured loans and advances of £22,698 million (2011: £24,764 million). Further 
analysis of the forborne loan balances are set out below:

At 31 December

Reduced contractual monthly payment

Financial distress1,2

Repair1

Total

Total loans and advances  
which are forborne

Total forborne loans and 
advances which are impaired

impairment allowance as % of  
loans and advances  
which are forborne

2012  
£m

257

90

125

472

2011  
£m

450

183

155

788

2012  
£m

239

84

33

356

2011  
£m

431

108

39

578

2012 
%

50.1

57.9

4.2

39.4

2011 
%

53.9

50.3

4.8

43.4

Where the treatment involves a permanent change to the contractual basis of the customer’s account (i.e. capitalisation of arrears and term extensions), those commenced during the year 
and remaining as customers at the year-end are shown.

The financial distress balance include arrangements to pay where the customer is paying less than the contractual payment and had such arrangements at the year end.

Collective impairment assessment of UK retail unsecured loans and advances subject to forbearance
credit risk provisioning for the uK retail unsecured portfolio is undertaken on a purely collective basis. The approach used is based on 
segmented cash flow models, divided into two primary streams for loans judged to be impaired and those that are not. Accounts subject to 
repayment plans and collections refinance loans are among those considered to be impaired.

For exposures that are judged to be impaired, provisions are determined through modelling the expected cure rates, write-off propensity and 
cash flows with segments explicitly relating to repayment plans and refinance loans treatments. Payments of less than the monthly contractual 
amount are reflected in reduced cash flow forecasts when calculating the impairment allowance for these accounts.

The outputs of the models are monitored and challenged on an ongoing basis. The models are run monthly meaning that current market 
conditions and customer processes are reflected in the output. Where the risks identified are not captured in the underlying models, 
appropriate additional provisions are made.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348332

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

333

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

Asset Finance UK 
Asset Finance operates a number of retail portfolios. At 31 december 2012, Asset Finance retail loans and advances subject to forbearance were 
9.6 per cent of total Asset Finance retail loans and advances of £4,644 million. Further analysis of the forborne loan balances is set out below:

At 31 December 2012

Reduced contractual monthly payment

Financial distress

Repair

Total

Total loans and 
advances which 
are forborne 
£m

Total forborne 
loans and 
advances which 
are impaired 
£m

impairment 
allowance as a 
% of loans and 
advances which 
are forborne 
%

328

112

7

447

301

102

2

405

58.0

24.8

1.6

48.8

Commercial customers
Forbearance activities
it is Group policy that where forbearance has been granted for a commercial customer it must be managed either within the Group’s good 
book watchlist classifications or within a Business support unit. Whilst the Group treats all impaired assets as having been granted some form 
of forbearance in the past, granting forbearance does not necessarily mean that it is expected that future cash flows will fall, or that the asset 
is impaired. depending on circumstances and within robust parameters and controls, the Group believes forbearance can help support the 
customer in the medium term.

Multiple types of forbearance concessions may occur and each case is treated depending on its own specific circumstances, as the Group’s 
strategy and offer of forbearance is largely dependent on the individual situation. Early identification, control and monitoring are key in order 
to support the customer and protect the Group.

Following a forbearance event, should the customer show a sustained period of stabilisation on their new terms and conditions or where the 
forbearance has reversed or cured, it would be expected that the customer would likely be returned to the mainstream good classification, at 
which point they may no longer be considered forborne. such a decision can be made only by the independent Risk division.

The Group notes that forbearance alone is not necessarily an indicator of impairment but is a trigger point for it to review the customer’s 
credit profile.

The Group’s forbearance actions for its commercial customers experiencing financial difficulties fall into the following categories:

Amendments – Covenant resets and breach of covenant waivers
These amend a clause in a loan agreement (or similar document) or waive a breach of an existing clause.  The identification of a covenant 
breach will usually occur through the processing of audited or management accounts; contact from the customer during preparation of their 
compliance certificate; the receipt of customer information from which covenant compliance is calculated; or  the receipt of a compliance 
certificate from a customer or agent.

A customer is not automatically classed as being in financial distress as a result of a covenant breach, but an actual or projected breach will 
prompt a review of the customer’s circumstances and their facilities.

Extensions – Extension of facilities outside of agreed terms
These allow customers to formally extend their facility term in order to reduce their contractual repayments or to improve their liquidity position.

Extensions – Capital repayment holidays
These allow customers who are currently on a capital and interest repayment basis to temporarily transfer their loan onto an interest-only 
basis in order to reduce their contractual repayments and help them through their period of financial difficulty. during this period, the Group 
regularly reviews the customer’s situation and works with them to try to restore their position and return them to a full capital and interest 
repayment basis. 

Prior to allowing the capital repayment holiday, the Group undertakes a full financial review to confirm the customer’s financial difficulty and 
ability to maintain the revised level of repayment. The aim of this activity is to manage customers through their temporary financial distress, 
and accordingly, on expiry of the break, the Group will look to transfer the customer back onto capital and interest repayment terms, with the 
outstanding balance recovered across the remaining term of the original loan.

Forgiveness – Debt for equity swaps
This type of forbearance involves the Group writing off debt, either partially or in whole, in exchange for equity in the company, usually in the 
form of ordinary shares, warrants, options or other equity instruments. The primary goals of debt for equity swaps are to reduce the debt service 
(capital and interest) burden on the borrower, to encourage early repayment of outstanding loans to the Group, to protect the value of the 
residual debt provided, and to benefit from any future growth in value of the borrower. debt for equity swaps are typically used as a last resort. 
This type of forbearance will always give rise to an impairment.

332

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

333

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

Forgiveness – Partial debt write off
An agreement to write off part of a contractual financial obligation in order to facilitate survival of a corporate entity on a going concern basis. 
Partial debt write-offs are typically used as a last resort. This type of forbearance will always give rise to an impairment.

Forbearance granted
The tables below set out the Group’s forborne loans and advances to commercial customers at 31 december 2012.

Commercial Banking
At 31 december 2012, commercial Banking loans and advances to customers subject to forbearance were 22.8 per cent of total commercial 
Banking loans of £144,770 million. Forborne loans managed in the Good Book were 1.6 per cent of total loans and advances. Further analysis of 
the forborne loan balances is set out below:

At 31 December 2012

impaired

unimpaired – Business support unit

unimpaired – Good Book

Total forborne

Total loans and 
advances which 
are forborne 
£m

Total forborne 
loans and 
advances which 
are impaired 
£m

impairment 
allowance as a 
% of loans and 
advances which 
are forborne 
%

23,965

6,734

2,293

32,992

23,965

–

–

23,965

41.7

–

–

30.3

Whilst the material portfolios have been reviewed for forbearance, some portfolios within commercial Banking have not been reviewed on the 
basis that the level is relatively immaterial or because the concept of forbearance is not relevant.

All impaired assets are considered forborne. in Business support, £6,734 million of its unimpaired assets are also considered forborne as a 
result of proactive management of cases to help customers in financial difficulties. Risk is re-assessed on a regular basis and impairments 
marked as necessary. 

Ireland wholesale
At 31 december 2012, all loans and advances in ireland wholesale (whether impaired or unimpaired) are treated as forborne and all assets are 
managed in a Business support unit. Further analysis of these forborne loans are set out below:

At 31 December 2012

impaired

unimpaired – Business support unit

unimpaired – Good Book

Total

Total loans and 
advances which 
are forborne 
£m

Total forborne 
loans and 
advances which 
are impaired 
£m

impairment 
allowance as a 
% of loans and 
advances which 
are forborne 
%

10,967

1,908

–

10,967

68.0

–

–

–

–

12,875

10,967

58.0

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348334

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

335

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

G. Credit market exposures

The Group’s credit market exposures primarily relate to asset-backed securities exposures held in the commercial Banking division and at the 
Group’s centre. An analysis of the carrying value of these exposures, which are classified as loans and receivables (note 23), available-for-sale 
financial assets (note 25) or trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (note 17) depending on the nature of the 
investment, is set out below. 

Mortgage-backed securities:

us residential

non-us residential

commercial

collateralised debt obligations:

collateralised loan obligations

Other

Federal family education loan programme student loans

Personal sector

Other asset-backed securities 

Total uncovered asset-backed securities

negative basis1

Total

direct

conduits (note 22)

Total

Loans and 

receivables Available-for-sale
£m 

£m 

Trading
£m 

3,312 

286

253

3,851

272

–  

272

119

368

392

5,002

–

5,002

3,674

1,328

5,002

–

1,411

113

1,524

23

–  

23

135 

11

591

2,284

–

2,284

1,745

539

2,284

–

130

–  

130

–

–  

–

–

–

21

151

–

151

151

–

151

net exposure  
at 31 December  

2012
£m

3,312

1,827

366

5,505

295

–  

295

254

379

1,004

7,437

–

7,437

5,570

1,867

7,437

net exposure  
at 31 december  
2011
£m

4,063

3,125

   1,788

8,976

1,162

   264

1,426

3,526

511

656

15,095

186

 15,281

 10,705

4,576

 15,281

1

negative basis means bonds held with separate matching credit default swap protection.

 
 
334

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

335

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

An analysis of these asset-backed securities by credit rating is provided below. 

Mortgage-backed securities:

us residential mortgage-backed securities:

Prime

Alt-A

sub-prime

non-us residential mortgage-backed 
securities

commercial mortgage-backed securities

collateralised loan obligations

Federal family education loan programme 
student loans 

Personal sector

Other asset-backed securities

Total at 31 December 2012

Total at 31 december 2011

net 
exposure
£m 

645 

2,667

–

3,312

1,827

366

5,505

295

254

379

1,004

7,437

 15,281

AAA 
£m 

AA 
£m 

A 
£m 

BBB 
£m 

BB 
£m 

B 
£m 

Below
B
£m 

124

513

–

637

981

23

207

856

–

1,063

286

– 

1,641

1,349

56

151

369

375

80

84

8

70

2,592

6,974

1,591

 3,643

129

533

–

662

102

241

1,005

114

19

–

191

1,329

2,320

123

508

–

631

196

87

914

–

–

–

107

1,021

1,529

39

162

–

201

262

15

478

16

–

1

148

643

770

16

65

–

81

–

–

81

29

–

1

113

224

16

7

30

–   

37

–

–

37

–

–

–

–

37

29

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348336

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

337

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

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. The Group carries out monthly stress testing of its liquidity position against a range of scenarios, including 
those prescribed by the FsA. The Group’s liquidity risk appetite is also calibrated against a number of stressed liquidity metrics.

The table below analyses assets and liabilities of the Group into relevant maturity groupings based on the remaining contractual period at the 
balance sheet date; balances with no fixed maturity are included in the over 5 years category. certain balances, included in the table below on 
the basis of their residual maturity, are repayable on demand upon payment of a penalty.

Maturities of assets and liabilities

At 31 December 2012

Assets

cash and balances at central banks

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

derivative financial instruments

loans and advances to banks

loans and advances to customers

debt securities held as loans and receivables

Available-for-sale financial assets

Other assets

Total assets

Liabilities

deposits from banks

customer deposits

derivative financial instruments, trading and other financial liabilities 
at fair value through profit or loss

debt securities in issue

liabilities arising from insurance and investment contracts

Other liabilities

subordinated liabilities 

Total liabilities

At 31 december 2011

Assets

cash and balances at central banks

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

derivative financial instruments

loans and advances to banks

loans and advances to customers

debt securities held as loans and receivables

Available-for-sale financial assets

Held-to-maturity investments

Other assets

Total assets

Liabilities

deposits from banks

customer deposits

derivative financial instruments, trading and other financial liabilities 
at fair value through profit or loss

debt securities in issue

liabilities arising from insurance and investment contracts

Other liabilities

subordinated liabilities 

Total liabilities

Up to  
1 month  

£m

1-3  
months  

£m

3-12  
months  

£m

1-5  
years  
£m

Over 5  
years  
£m

Total  
£m

80,035

7,949

2,450

14,827

44,781

153

565

5,394

259

9,813

938

6,513

8,718

–

130

463

4

5,479

2,744

3,674

–

–

80,298

7,116

123,633

153,990

17,743

3,728

32,675

675

56,550

29,417

31,052

91,821

340,853

517,225

22

764

2,057

439

4,409

519

4,659

25,506

41,992

5,273

31,374

50,425

156,154

26,834

45,796

125,775

569,993

924,552

14,131

322,788

12,818

13,912

27,230

10,171

402

3,212

14,159

5,556

10,505

1,469

298

1,541

11,296

37,857

8,435

50,589

1,331

1,519

38,405

426,912

12,843

12,167

5,270

1,571

294

20,164

46,374

20,676

1,363

8,298

33,256

34,411

82,947

27,458

23,557

84,637

117,369

137,592

40,861

34,092

401,452

36,740

81,298

155,899

204,479

879,868

60,420

10,508

2,327

22,976

68,983

98

1,389

–

5,273

171,974

19,284

324,702

10,612

31,285

11,723

14,951

157

296

6,791

1,719

3,261

6

2,919

3,699

2,241

–

7,968

20,498

3,671

–

111,324

37,770

457

60,722

139,510

66,013

32,606

10,146

31,056

105,808

349,645

565,638

–

1,247

–

532

8

712

–

841

689

6,348

340

448

11,675

27,710

7,758

12,470

37,406

8,098

 40,989

 48,083

23,992

 41,482

 145,770

 587,328

 970,546

3,680

15,995

4,838

22,158

1,786

407

149

4,459

33,518

6,729

29,137

5,568

963

1,006

11,315

38,067

21,407

55,350

19,971

3,406

7,581

1,072

1,624

39,810

413,906

39,581

47,129

89,879

18,267

26,196

83,167

185,059

128,927

37,994

35,089

 412,714

49,013

81,380

157,097

223,748

923,952

336

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

337

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

The above tables are 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 often contractually payable on demand or at short notice. However, in 
practice, these deposits are not usually withdrawn on their contractual maturity.

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.

Up to 
1 month 
£m

1-3 
months 
£m

3-12 
months 
£m

1-5 
years 
£m

Over 5 
years 
£m

Total 
£m

At 31 December 2012

deposits from banks

customer deposits

Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

debt securities in issue

liabilities arising from non-participating investment contracts

13,858

3,556

323,925

14,928

11,622

14,186

27,205

4,720

10,890

–

11,187

39,298

10,454

16,223

–

8,566

51,043

6,931

1,382

38,549

1,579

430,773

3,764

37,491

63,851

27,451

132,601

–

27,167

54,372

49,469

subordinated liabilities 

61

1,768

1,705

15,903

30,032

Total non-derivative financial liabilities

390,857

35,862

78,867

146,294

91,375

743,255

derivative financial liabilities:

Gross settled derivatives – outflows

Gross settled derivatives – inflows

Gross settled derivatives – net flows

net settled derivatives liabilities

Total derivative financial liabilities

At 31 december 2011

deposits from banks

customer deposits

Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

debt securities in issue

liabilities arising from non-participating investment contracts

subordinated liabilities 

2,331

3,243

7,097

51,424

33,678

97,773

(2,026)

(2,790)

(6,853)

(50,384)

(32,145)

(94,198)

305

39,146

39,451

19,504

322,752

10,284

34,801

27,429

284

453

212

665

4,368

16,253

2,336

27,173

–

392

244

1,052

1,296

5,517

33,558

3,516

26,040

–

1,040

3,132

4,172

10,469

41,398

6,491

74,735

–

3,538

17,296

1,533

1,233

2,766

1,292

1,816

3,602

32,855

22,207

33,604

95,376

3,575

44,775

48,350

41,150

415,777

26,229

195,604

 49,636

55,114

783,510

Total non-derivative financial liabilities

415,054

50,522

72,169

150,389

derivative financial liabilities:

Gross settled derivatives – outflows

Gross settled derivatives – inflows

Gross settled derivatives – net flows

net settled derivatives liabilities

Total derivative financial liabilities

3,723

(2,435)

1,288

50,577

51,865

5,842

(3,840)

2,002

539

2,541

9,153

38,360

25,495

82,573

(8,281)

(37,414)

(22,574)

(74,544)

872

1,071

1,943

946

2,684

3,630

2,921

863

3,784

8,029

55,734

63,763

The Group’s financial guarantee contracts are accounted for as financial instruments and measured at fair value on the balance sheet. The 
majority of the Group’s financial guarantee contracts are callable on demand, were the guaranteed party to fail to meet its obligations. 
it is, however, expected that most guarantees will expire unused. The contractual nominal amounts of these guarantees totalled £9,520 
million at 31 december 2012 (2011: £10,831 million) with £4,865 million expiring within one year; £1,302 million between one and three years; 
£1,729 million between three and five years; and £1,624 million over five years (2011: £4,989 million expiring within one year; £2,008 million 
between one and three years; £2,198 million between three and five years; and £1,636 million over five years). 

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 five years column; interest of 
approximately £79 million (2011: £187 million) per annum which is payable in respect of those instruments for as long as they remain in issue is 
not included beyond five years.

Further information on the Group’s liquidity exposures is provided on pages 177 to 184.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348338

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

339

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 55: Financial risk management (continued)

liabilities arising from insurance and participating investment contracts are analysed on a behavioural basis, as permitted by iFRs 4, as follows:

At 31 December 2012

At 31 december 2011

Up to 
1 month 
£m

989 

748

1-3 
months 
£m

1,451

1,724

3-12 
months 
£m

5,198

5,257

1-5 
years 
£m

20,426

18,132

Over 5 
years 
£m

54,889

53,130

Total 
£m

82,953

78,991

For insurance and participating investment 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. 

The following tables set out the amounts and residual maturities of the Group’s off balance sheet contingent liabilities and commitments. 

At 31 December 2012

Acceptances and endorsements

Other contingent liabilities

Total contingent liabilities

lending commitments

Other commitments

Total commitments

Total contingents and commitments

At 31 december 2011

Acceptances and endorsements

Other contingent liabilities

Total contingent liabilities

lending commitments

Other commitments

Total commitments

Total contingents and commitments

Within 
1 year 
£m

73 

  1,236 

1,309 

65,739 

  557 

66,296 

67,605 

Within 
1 year 
£m

1-3
 years 
£m 

– 

 662 

 662

14,493

  – 

14,493 

15,155 

1-3
 years 
£m 

81

–

  1,514

  1,092

1,595

71,216

  701

71,917

73,512

1,092

13,999

  –

13,999

15,091

3-5
 years 
£m

33 

  144 

177 

17,486 

  – 

17,486 

17,663 

3-5
 years 
£m

–

  426

426

17,380

  –

17,380

17,806

Over 5 
years 
£m

1 

  747 

748 

3,676 

  – 

3,676 

4,424 

Over 5 
years 
£m

–

  757

757

2,287

  –

2,287

3,044

Total
 £m

107 

  2,789 

2,896 

101,394 

  557 

101,951 

104,847 

Total
 £m

81

  3,789

3,870

104,882

  701

105,583

109,453

Capital risk
capital risk is defined as the risk of the Group having a sub-optimal amount or quality of capital or that capital is inefficiently deployed across 
the Group.

capital risk appetite is set by the Board and reported through various metrics that enable the Group to manage capital constraints and market 
expectations. The Group chief Executive, assisted by the Group Asset and liability committee, regularly reviews performance against risk 
appetite. A key metric is the Group’s core tier 1 capital ratio which the Group currently aims to maintain prudently in excess of 10 per cent.

The Group maintains its own buffer to ensure that the regulatory minimum requirements and regulatory targets and buffers are met at all 
times.

Additionally an extensive series of stress analyses is undertaken during the year to determine the adequacy of the Group’s capital resources 
against the FsA minimum requirements in severe economic conditions.

insurance risk
insurance risk is the risk of reductions in earnings, capital and/or value, through financial or reputational loss, due to fluctuations in the timing, 
frequency and severity of insured/underwritten events and to fluctuations in the timing and amount of claim settlements. This includes 
fluctuations in profits due to customer behaviour.

The Group’s appetite for solvency and earnings in insurance entities is reviewed and approved annually by the Board. insurance risks are 
measured using a variety of techniques including stress and scenario testing, and, where appropriate, stochastic modelling. Ongoing 
monitoring is in place to track the progression of insurance risks. This normally involves monitoring relevant experiences against expectations, 
as well as evaluating the effectiveness of controls put in place to manage insurance risk.

 
338

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

339

note 56: Consolidated cash flow statement

(A) Change in operating assets

change in loans and receivables

change in derivative financial instruments, trading and other financial assets  
at fair value through profit or loss

change in other operating assets

Change in operating assets

(B) Change in operating liabilities

change in deposits from banks

change in customer deposits

change in debt securities in issue

change in derivative financial instruments, trading and other liabilities  
at fair value through profit or loss

change in investment contract liabilities

change in other operating liabilities

Change in operating liabilities

2012
£m

53,842

(2,003)

(3,506)

48,333

2012
£m

(1,325)

13,392

(66,947)

1,521

7,421

(743)

2011
£m

39,361

5,867

(1,131)

44,097

2011
£m

(10,480)

20,283

(43,893)

14,249

793

(139)

(46,681)

(19,187)

2010
£m

40,101

(7,378)

(863)

31,860

2010
£m

(32,162)

(13,249)

(5,655)

160

8,161

(2,938)

(45,683)

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348340

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

341

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 56: Consolidated cash flow statement (continued)

(C) non-cash and other items

depreciation and amortisation

impairment of tangible fixed assets

Revaluation of investment properties

Allowance for loan losses

Write-off of allowance for loan losses

impairment of available-for-sale financial assets

change in insurance contract liabilities

customer goodwill payments provision

Payment protection insurance provision

German insurance business litigation provision

Other provision movements

net charge (credit) in respect of defined benefit schemes

impact of consolidation and deconsolidation of OEics1

unwind of discount on impairment allowances

Foreign exchange impact on balance sheet2

liability management gains within other income3

interest expense on subordinated liabilities

loss on disposal of businesses

Other non-cash items

Total non-cash items

contributions to defined benefit schemes

Payments in respect of customer goodwill payments provision

Payments in respect of payment protection insurance provision

Other

Total other items

non-cash and other items

2012
£m

2,126

–

264

5,121

(7,922)

37

3,929

–

3,575

150

379

68

(829)

(374)

(219)

(59)

2,783

7

(3,032)

6,004

(675)

–

(3,299)

15

(3,959)

2,045

2011
£m

2,175

65

107

8,069

(7,405)

80

(2,081)

–

3,200

175

(294)

199

(6,094) 

(226) 

302

(599) 

2,155

21

1,186

1,035

(838)

(497)

(1,045)

6

(2,374)

(1,339)

2010
£m

2,432

202

(434)

10,771

(6,909)

106

4,021

500

–

–

49

(455)

(878)

(403)

(1,159)

(423)

3,619

314

472

11,825

(653)

–

–

1

(652)

11,173

1

2

3

These OEics (Open-ended investment companies) are mutual funds which are consolidated if the Group manages the funds and also has a majority beneficial interest. The population of 
OEics to be consolidated varies at each reporting date as external investors acquire and divest holdings in the various funds. The consolidation of these funds is effected by the inclusion 
of the fund investments and a matching liability to the unitholders; and changes in funds consolidated represent a non-cash movement on the balance sheet.

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.

A number of capital transactions entered into by the Group in 2010, 2011 and 2012 involved the exchange of existing securities for new issues and as a result there was no related cash flow.

340

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

341

note 56: Consolidated cash flow statement (continued)

(D) Analysis of cash and cash equivalents as shown in the balance sheet

cash and balances at central banks

less: mandatory reserve deposits1

loans and advances to banks

less: amounts with a maturity of three months or more

Total cash and cash equivalents

2012
£m

80,298

(580)

79,718

29,417

(8,077)

21,340

101,058

2011
£m

60,722

(1,070)

59,652

32,606

(6,369)

26,237

85,889

2010
£m

38,115

(1,089)

37,026

30,272

(4,998)

25,274

62,300

1

Mandatory reserve deposits are held with local central banks in accordance with statutory requirements; these deposits are not available to finance the Group’s day-to-day operations.

included within cash and cash equivalents at 31 december 2012 is £17,889 million (2011: £21,601 million; 2010: £14,694 million) held within the 
Group’s life funds, which is not immediately available for use in the business.

(e) Acquisition of group undertakings and businesses

net cash outflow arising from acquisitions of and additional investment in  
joint ventures in the year

Payments to former members of scottish Widows Fund and life Assurance society acquired 
during 2000 

net cash outflow

(F) Disposal and closure of group undertakings and businesses

loans and advances to customers

Other net assets and liabilities

loss on sale of businesses

net cash inflow from disposals

2012
£m

(11)

–

(11)

2012
£m

15

29

44

(7)

37

2011
£m

(10)

(3)

(13)

2011
£m

–

319

319

(21)

298

2010
£m

(65)

(8)

(73)

2010
£m

–

742

742

(314)

428

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348  
  
  
  
  
  
342

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

343

nOTEs TO THE cOnsOlidATEd FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 57: Future accounting developments 

The following pronouncements may have a significant effect on the Group’s financial statements but are not applicable for the year ending 
31 december 2012 and have not been applied in preparing these financial statements. save as disclosed, the full impact of these accounting 
changes is being assessed by the Group. 

Pronouncement

nature of change

Requires entities to group items presented in other comprehensive 
income on the basis of whether they are potentially reclassified to profit or 
loss subsequently.

iASB effective date

Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 July 2012.

Amendments to iAs 1 Presentation 
of Financial Statements – 
‘Presentation of Items of Other 
Comprehensive Income’
Amendments to iFRs 7 Financial 
Instruments: Disclosures – 
‘Disclosures-Offsetting Financial 
Assets and Financial Liabilities’
iFRs 10 Consolidated Financial 
Statements

iFRs 12 Disclosure of Interests in 
Other Entities

iFRs 13 Fair Value Measurement

Amendments to iAs 19 Employee 
Benefits

Amendments to iAs 32 Financial 
Instruments: Presentation – 
‘Offsetting Financial Assets and 
Financial Liabilities’ 

Requires an entity to disclose information to enable users of its 
financial statements to evaluate the effect or potential effect of netting 
arrangements on the entity’s balance sheet.

Annual and interim periods 
beginning on or after 
1 January 2013.

supersedes iAs 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements 
and sic-12 Consolidation – Special Purpose Entities and establishes the 
principles for when the Group controls another entity and therefore 
is required to consolidate the other entity in the Group’s financial 
statements. The implementation of iFRs 10 will result in the Group 
consolidating certain entities that were previously not consolidated, and 
deconsolidating certain entities which were previously consolidated. 
The effect of applying iFRs 10 in 2012 would have been to recognise 
an increase in total assets and total liabilities at 31 december 2012 
of approximately £8.3 billion resulting in no change to shareholders’ 
equity. There would have been no impact on the result for the year to 
31 december 2012.
Requires an entity to disclose information that enables users of financial 
statements to evaluate the nature of, and risks associated with, its 
interests in other entities and the effects of those interests on its financial 
position, financial performance and cash flows.
defines fair value, sets out a framework for measuring fair value and 
requires disclosures about fair value measurements. it applies to iFRss 
that require or permit fair value measurements or disclosures about fair 
value measurements.
Prescribes the accounting and disclosure by employers for employee 
benefits. The main change is that actuarial gains and losses 
(remeasurements) in respect of defined benefit pension schemes are no 
longer permitted to be deferred using the corridor approach and must 
be recognised immediately in other comprehensive income. in addition, 
revised iAs 19 also replaces interest cost and expected return on plan 
assets with a net interest amount that is calculated by applying the discount 
rate to the net defined benefit liability (asset). Had the Group adopted 
these changes in 2012, the loss for the year to 31 december 2012 would 
have been approximately £40 million higher and other comprehensive 
income net of tax some £1.6 billion lower. As at 31 december 2012, 
unrecognised actuarial losses of some £2.7 billion and deferred tax assets 
of £0.6 billion would have been recognised and shareholders’ equity would 
have been £2.1 billion lower.
inserts application guidance to address inconsistencies identified 
in applying the offsetting criteria used in the standard. some gross 
settlement systems may qualify for offsetting where they exhibit certain 
characteristics akin to net settlement.

Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2013.

Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2013.

Annual and interim periods 
beginning on or after 
1 January 2013.

Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2013.

Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2014.

342

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

343

note 57: Future accounting developments (continued)

Pronouncement

nature of change

iFRs 9 Financial Instruments1,2

Replaces those parts of iAs 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition 
and Measurement relating to the classification, measurement and 
derecognition of financial assets and liabilities. iFRs 9 requires financial 
assets to be classified into two measurement categories, fair value and 
amortised cost, on the basis of the objectives of the entity’s business 
model for managing its financial assets and the contractual cash flow 
characteristics of the instruments and eliminates the available-for-sale 
financial asset and held-to-maturity investment categories in iAs 39. The 
requirements for derecognition are broadly unchanged from iAs 39. 
The standard also retains most of the iAs 39 requirements for financial 
liabilities except for those designated at fair value through profit or loss 
whereby that part of the fair value change attributable to an entity’s own 
credit risk is recorded in other comprehensive income.

iASB effective date

Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2015.

1

2

As at 1 March 2013, this pronouncement is awaiting Eu endorsement.

iFRs 9 is the initial stage of the project to replace iAs 39. Future stages are expected to result in amendments to iFRs 9 to deal with changes to the impairment of financial assets measured 
at amortised cost and hedge accounting, as well as a reconsideration of classification and measurement. until all stages of the replacement project are complete, it is not possible to 
determine the overall impact on the financial statements of the replacement of iAs 39. 

note 58: Approval of financial statements

The consolidated financial statements were approved by the directors of lloyds Banking Group plc on 1 March 2013.

note 57: Future accounting 

developments

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348344

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

345

REPORT OF THE indEPEndEnT AudiTORs On THE
PAREnT cOMPAnY FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

independent auditors’ report to the members of Lloyds Banking Group plc  
We have audited the parent company financial statements of lloyds Banking Group plc for the year ended 31 december 2012 which comprise 
the parent company balance sheet, the parent company statement of changes in equity, the parent company cash flow statement and the 
related notes. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and international Financial 
Reporting standards (iFRss) as adopted by the European union and as applied in accordance with the provisions of the companies Act 2006.

Respective responsibilities of directors and auditors 
As explained more fully in the statement of directors’ responsibilities on page 84, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the 
parent company financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. Our responsibility is to audit and express an 
opinion on the parent company financial statements in accordance with applicable law and international standards on Auditing (uK and 
ireland). Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board’s Ethical standards for Auditors. 

This report, including the opinions, has been prepared for and only for the company’s members as a body in accordance with chapter 3 of 
Part 16 of the companies Act 2006 and for no other purpose. We do not, in giving these opinions, accept or assume responsibility for any 
other purpose or to any other person to whom this report is shown or into whose hands it may come save where expressly agreed by our prior 
consent in writing.

Scope of the audit of the financial statements
An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements sufficient to give reasonable assurance 
that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. This includes an assessment of: whether 
the accounting policies are appropriate to the parent company’s circumstances and have been consistently applied and adequately disclosed; 
the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by the directors; and the overall presentation of the financial statements. in 
addition, we read all the financial and non-financial information in the Annual Report and Accounts to identify material inconsistencies with the 
audited financial statements. if we become aware of any apparent material misstatements or inconsistencies we consider the implications for 
our report.

Opinion on financial statements 
in our opinion the parent company financial statements: 

 – give a true and fair view of the state of the company’s affairs at 31 december 2012 and of its cash flows for the year then ended;

 –  have been properly prepared in accordance with iFRss as adopted by the European union and as applied in accordance with the provisions 

of the companies Act 2006; and 

 – have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the companies Act 2006. 

Opinion 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; and 

 –  the information given in the directors’ Report for the financial year for which the parent company financial statements are prepared is 

consistent with the parent company financial statements. 

Matters on which we are required to report by exception 
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: 

 –  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 and the part of the directors’ Remuneration Report to be audited are not in agreement with the 

accounting records and returns; or 

 – certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or 

 – we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. 

Other matter 
We have reported separately on the group financial statements of lloyds Banking Group plc for the year ended 31 december 2012. 

Philip Rivett
senior statutory Auditor 
for and on behalf of Pricewaterhousecoopers llP 
chartered Accountants and statutory Auditors 
london 
1 March 2013

(a) 

 The maintenance and integrity of the lloyds Banking Group plc website is the responsibility of the directors; the work carried out by the 
auditors does not involve consideration of these matters and, accordingly, the auditors accept no responsibility for any changes that may 
have occurred to the financial statements since they were initially presented on the website.

(b)   legislation in the united Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in 

other jurisdictions.

note

2012

£ million

2011

£ million

9

9

2

3

4

4

5

5

6

8

7

 40,534

8,123 

 9

 48,666

 1,693

 974

 147

 2,231

 5,045

 53,711

 7,042

 16,872

 7,764

 4,115

 2,017

 37,810

 545

  4,349

 4,894

40,534

8,286

8

48,828

1,660

 880

212

 1,105

 3,857

 52,685

6,881

16,541

7,764

4,115

2,198

37,499

555

  4,308

4,863

266

 10

  10,741

  10,313

 11,007

 15,901

 53,711

 10,323

 15,186

 52,685

Assets

non-current assets:

investment in subsidiaries

loans to subsidiaries

deferred tax asset

current assets:

derivative financial instruments

Other assets

Amounts due from subsidiaries

cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

equity and liabilities

capital and reserves:

share capital

share premium account

Merger reserve

capital redemption reserve

Retained profits 

Total equity

non-current liabilities:

debt securities in issue

subordinated liabilities

current liabilities:

current tax liabilities

Other liabilities

Total liabilities

Total equity and liabilities

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the parent company financial statements.

The directors approved the parent company financial statements on 1 March 2013.

Sir Winfried Bischoff 

chairman 

António Horta-Osório 

Group chief Executive 

George Culmer

Group Finance director

 
 
 
344

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

345

PAREnT cOMPAnY BAlAncE sHEET

at 31 december

Assets

non-current assets:

investment in subsidiaries

loans to subsidiaries

deferred tax asset

current assets:

derivative financial instruments

Other assets

Amounts due from subsidiaries

cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

equity and liabilities

capital and reserves:

share capital

share premium account

Merger reserve

capital redemption reserve

Retained profits 

Total equity

non-current liabilities:

debt securities in issue

subordinated liabilities

current liabilities:

current tax liabilities

Other liabilities

Total liabilities

Total equity and liabilities

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the parent company financial statements.

The directors approved the parent company financial statements on 1 March 2013.

Sir Winfried Bischoff 
chairman 

António Horta-Osório 
Group chief Executive 

George Culmer
Group Finance director

note

2012
£ million

2011
£ million

9

9

2

3

4

4

5

5

6

8

7

 40,534

8,123 

 9

 48,666

 1,693

 974

 147

 2,231

 5,045

 53,711

 7,042

 16,872

 7,764

 4,115

 2,017

 37,810

 545

  4,349

 4,894

40,534

8,286

8

48,828

1,660

 880

212

 1,105

 3,857

 52,685

6,881

16,541

7,764

4,115

2,198

37,499

555

  4,308

4,863

266

 10

  10,741

  10,313

 11,007

 15,901

 53,711

 10,323

 15,186

 52,685

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348 
 
 
346

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

347

PAREnT cOMPAnY sTATEMEnT OF cHAnGEs in EQuiTY

Balance at 1 January 2010

Total comprehensive income1

issue of ordinary shares

cancellation of deferred shares

Redemption of preference shares

Movement in treasury shares

Value of employee services:

share option schemes

Other employee award schemes

Balance at 31 december 2010

Total comprehensive income1

issue of ordinary shares

Movement in treasury shares

Value of employee services:

share option schemes

Other employee award schemes

Balance at 31 december 2011

Total comprehensive income1

issue of ordinary shares

Movement in treasury shares

Value of employee services:

share option schemes

Other employee award schemes

Balance at 31 December 2012

Share capital  
and premium
£ million

24,944

–

2,237

(4,086)

11

–

–

–

Merger  
reserve
£ million

7,778

–

–

–

(14)

–

–

–

Capital  
redemption  

reserve
£ million

26

–

–

4,086

3

–

–

–

23,106

7,764

4,115

–

316

–

–

–

23,422

 –

 492

 –

 –

 –

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

7,764

4,115

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 23,914

 7,764

 4,115

Retained
profits1
£ million

2,547

(799)

–

–

–

(10)

129

409

2,276

(168)

–

(291)

143

238

2,198

 (224)

 –

 (282)

 69

 256

2,017

Total
£ million

35,295

(799)

2,237

–

–

(10)

129

409

37,261

(168)

316

(291)

143

238

37,499

 (224)

 492

 (282)

 69

256

37,810

1

Total comprehensive income comprises only the profit (loss) for the year; no statement of comprehensive income has been shown for the parent company, as permitted by section 408 of 
the companies Act 2006.

net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

loss before tax

Fair value and exchange adjustments

change in other assets

change in other liabilities and other items

Tax received (paid) 

Cash flows from investing activities

capital injection into lloyds TsB Bank plc

Amounts advanced to subsidiaries

Redemption of loans to subsidiaries

net cash used in investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

interest paid on subordinated liabilities

Proceeds from issue of debt securities

Repayment of debt securities in issue

Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares

net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

change in cash and cash equivalents

cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the parent company financial statements.

2012

£ million

2011

£ million

(259)

245 

14 

750 

290 

1,040 

– 

– 

209 

209 

– 

– 

170 

(123) 

1,126 

1,105

2,231 

(202)

329

 255

2,576

 151

3,109

(2,340)

(2,340)

–

–

–

–

–

(39)

730

375

1,105

(293) 

(39)

2010

£ million

(961)

198

1,021

(2,466)

122

(2,086)

–

–

–

(1,425)

850

(575)

549

(350)

199

(2,462)

2,837

375

346

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

347

PAREnT cOMPAnY cAsH FlOW sTATEMEnT

for the year ended 31 december

loss before tax

Fair value and exchange adjustments

change in other assets

change in other liabilities and other items

Tax received (paid) 

net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

capital injection into lloyds TsB Bank plc

Amounts advanced to subsidiaries

Redemption of loans to subsidiaries

net cash used in investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

interest paid on subordinated liabilities

Proceeds from issue of debt securities

Repayment of debt securities in issue

Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares

net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

change in cash and cash equivalents

cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the parent company financial statements.

2012
£ million

2011
£ million

(259)

245 

14 

750 

290 

1,040 

– 

– 

209 

209 

(202)

329

 255

2,576

 151

3,109

(2,340)

–

–

(2,340)

(293) 

(39)

– 

– 

170 

(123) 

1,126 

1,105

2,231 

–

–

–

(39)

730

375

1,105

2010
£ million

(961)

198

1,021

(2,466)

122

(2,086)

–

(1,425)

850

(575)

–

549

(350)

–

199

(2,462)

2,837

375

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348348

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

349

nOTEs TO THE PAREnT cOMPAnY FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 1: Accounting policies

The company has applied international Financial Reporting standards as adopted by the European union in its financial statements for the 
year ended 31 december 2012. iFRs comprises accounting standards prefixed iFRs issued by the international Accounting standards Board 
and those prefixed iAs issued by the iAsB’s predecessor body as well as interpretations issued by the international Financial Reporting 
interpretations committee and its predecessor body. The Eu endorsed version of iAs 39 Financial instruments: Recognition and Measurement 
relaxes some of the hedge accounting requirements; the company has not taken advantage of this relaxation, and therefore there is no 
difference in application to the company between iFRs as adopted by the Eu and iFRs as issued by the iAsB.

The financial information has been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the revaluation of 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, except that it has no policy in respect of consolidation and investments in subsidiaries are carried at historical cost, less any 
provisions for impairment. 

note 2: Deferred tax asset

The movement in the net deferred tax asset is as follows:

At 1 January 

income statement credit 

At 31 December

The deferred tax asset relates to temporary differences.

note 3: Amounts due from subsidiaries

2012
£m

8

 1

 9

2011
£m

6

2

8

These comprise short-term lending to subsidiaries, repayable on demand. The fair values of amounts owed by subsidiaries are equal to their 
carrying amounts. no provisions have been recognised in respect of amounts owed by subsidiaries. 

note 4: Share capital and share premium

details of the company’s share capital and share premium account are as set out in notes 46 and 47 to the consolidated financial statements.

348

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

349

note 5: Other reserves

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.

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 the deferred shares.

Movements in other reserves were as follows:

Merger reserve

At 1 January

Redemption of preference shares1

At 31 December 

Capital redemption reserve

At 1 January

Redemption of preference shares1

cancellation of deferred shares

At 31 December 

2012 
£m

7,764

 –

 7,764

2012 
£m

2011 
£m

7,764

–

7,764

2011 
£m

4,115

4,115

 –

 –

–

–

 4,115

4,115

2010 
£m

7,778

(14)

7,764

2010 
£m

26

3

4,086

4,115

1

in January 2010, the company repurchased and cancelled certain preference shares amounting to £14 million. This resulted in a transfer of £3 million from the merger reserve to the 
capital redemption reserve and a transfer of £11 million from the merger reserve to the share premium account. details of the preference shares redeemed are set out in note 46 to the 
consolidated financial statements. 

note 6: Retained profits

At 1 January 2010

loss for the year

Movement in treasury shares

Value of employee services: 

share option schemes

Other employee award schemes

At 31 december 2010

loss for the year

Movement in treasury shares

Value of employee services:

share option schemes

Other employee award schemes

At 31 december 2011

loss for the year

Movement in treasury shares

Value of employee services:

share option schemes

Other employee award schemes 

At 31 December 2012

details of the company’s dividends are as set out in note 50 to the consolidated financial statements.

£m

2,547

(799)

(10)

129

409

2,276

(168)

(291)

143

238

2,198

 (224)

 (282)

 69

 256

 2,017

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348350

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

351

nOTEs TO THE PAREnT cOMPAnY FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 7: 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 Financial services Authority.

note

2012 
£m

Preference shares

6% non-cumulative Redeemable Preference shares

7.875% non-cumulative Preference shares callable 2013 (us$1,250 million)
7.875% non-cumulative Preference shares callable 2013 (e500 million)

6.0884% non-cumulative Fixed to Floating Rate Preference shares callable 2015 (£745 million)

5.92% non-cumulative Fixed to Floating Rate Preference shares callable 2015 
(us$750 million)

6.267% non-cumulative Fixed to Floating Rate Preference shares callable 2016 
(us$1,000 million)

6.3673% non-cumulative Fixed to Floating Rate Preference shares callable 2019 (£335 million)

6.475% non-cumulative Preference shares callable 2024 (£186 million)

6.413% non-cumulative Fixed to Floating Rate Preference shares callable 2035 
(us$750 million)

6.657% non-cumulative Fixed to Floating Rate Preference shares callable 2037 
(us$750 million)

9.25% non-cumulative irredeemable Preference shares (£300 million)

9.75% non-cumulative irredeemable Preference shares (£100 million)

Total preference shares

Undated subordinated liabilities

6.0884% undated subordinated notes callable 2015 (£732 million)

6.369% undated subordinated notes callable 2015 (£597 million)

5.92% undated subordinated notes callable 2015 (us$378 million)

6.267% undated subordinated notes callable 2016 (us$466 million)

6.3673% undated subordinated notes callable 2019 (£331 million)

6.475% undated subordinated notes callable 2024 (£102 million)

6% undated subordinated step-up Guaranteed Bonds callable 2032 (£500 million)

6.413% undated subordinated notes callable 2035 (us$375 million)

6.657% undated subordinated notes callable 2037 (us$316 million)

Total undated subordinated liabilities

Dated subordinated liabilities
5.875% subordinated Guaranteed Bonds 2014 (€750 million)

Total dated subordinated liabilities

Total subordinated liabilities

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

b

2011 
£m

–

170

83

10

124

306

2

38

114

131

266

54

 –

 204

 105

 10

 119

 284

 2

 39

 107

 125

 266

 54

 1,315

1,298

 668

 551

 200

 237

 296

 88

 10

 172

 143

642

533

188

227

291

87

11

171

143

 2,365

2,293

 669

 669

 4,349

717

717

4,308

a   Further information regarding these issues can be found in note 45 to the consolidated financial statements.

b  in certain circumstances, these bonds would acquire the characteristics of preference share capital. They are accounted for as liabilities as coupon payments are mandatory as a 

consequence of the terms of the 6 per cent non-cumulative redeemable preference shares. At the callable date the coupon on these bonds will be reset by reference to the applicable 
five year benchmark gilt rate. Further information regarding this can be found in note 45 to the consolidated financial statements. 

350

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

351

note 8: Debt securities in issue

These comprise us$862.5 million 7.75% Public income notes due 2050 issued by the company in July 2010.

note 9: Related party transactions

in January 2009 HM Treasury became a related party of the company and has remained so during 2011 and 2012. From 1 January 2011, in 
accordance with iAs 24, uK Government-controlled entities also became related parties of the Group. Further information on the relationship 
and transactions with HM Treasury and uK Government-controlled entities is given in note 52 to the consolidated financial statements.

Key management personnel
The key management personnel of the Group and the company are the same. The relevant disclosures are given in note 52 to the 
consolidated financial statements.

The company has no employees (2011: nil).

As discussed in note 51 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 cost of providing those benefits is recharged to the employing 
companies in the Group on a cash basis.

investment in subsidiaries

At 1 January 

capital injections into lloyds TsB Bank plc

At 31 December

2012
£m

40,534

 –

 40,534

2011
£m

38,194

2,340

40,534

The principal subsidiaries, all of which have prepared accounts to 31 december and whose results are included in the consolidated accounts of 
lloyds Banking Group plc, are:

lloyds TsB Bank plc

scottish Widows plc

HBOs plc

Bank of scotland plc

st. Andrew’s insurance plc

clerical Medical investment Group limited

clerical Medical Managed Funds limited

1

indirect interest.

Country of  
registration/  
incorporation

England

scotland

scotland

scotland

England

England

England

Percentage  
of equity  
share capital  
and voting  
rights held

100%

100%1

100%1

100%1

100%1

100%1

100%1

Share class

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

nature of business

Banking and financial services

life assurance

Holding company

Banking and financial services

General insurance

life assurance

life assurance

The principal area of operation for each of the above subsidiaries is the united Kingdom.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348352

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

353

nOTEs TO THE PAREnT cOMPAnY FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 9: Related party transactions (continued)

in november 2009, as part of the restructuring plan that was a requirement for European commission approval of state aid received by the 
Group, lloyds Banking Group agreed to suspend the payment of coupons and dividends on certain of the Group’s preference shares and 
preferred securities for the two year period from 31 January 2010 to 31 January 2012. The Group also agreed to temporarily suspend and/or 
waive dividend payments on certain preference shares which have been issued intra-group. consequently, in accordance with the terms of 
some of these instruments, subsidiaries could have been prevented from making dividend payments on ordinary shares during this period. 
in addition, certain subsidiary companies currently have insufficient distributable reserves to make dividend payments.

subject to the foregoing, 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 those subsidiaries’ ability to make distributions.

Loans to subsidiaries

At 1 January

Exchange and other adjustments

Redemptions

At 31 December

2012
£m

8,286

46 

(209) 

8,123 

2011
£m

8,332

(46)

–

8,286

in addition the company carries out banking activities through its subsidiary, lloyds TsB Bank plc. At 31 december 2012, the company held 
deposits of £2,231 million with lloyds TsB Bank plc (2011: £1,105 million). Given the volume of transactions flowing through the account, it is not 
meaningful to provide gross inflow and outflow information. included within subordinated liabilities is £2,355 million (2011: £2,287 million) and 
within other liabilities is £10,630 million (2011: £10,261 million) due to subsidiary undertakings. in addition, at 31 december 2012 the company 
had interest rate and currency swaps with lloyds TsB Bank plc with an aggregate notional principal amount of £2,338 million and a net positive 
fair value of £1,693 million (2011: notional principal amount of £2,338 million and a net positive fair value of £1,660 million), of which contracts 
with an aggregate notional principal amount of £2,338 million and a net positive fair value of £272 million (2011: notional principal amount 
of £1,349 million and a net positive fair value of £314 million) were designated as fair value hedges to manage the company’s issuance of 
subordinated liabilities and debt securities in issue.

Guarantees
The company guarantees certain of its subsidiaries’ liabilities to the Bank of England.

Other related party transactions
Related party information in respect of other related party transactions is given in note 52 to the consolidated financial statements.

352

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

353

note 10: Financial instruments

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.

At 31 December 2012

Financial assets:

cash and cash equivalents

derivative financial instruments

loans to subsidiaries

Amounts due from subsidiaries

Total financial assets

Financial liabilities:

debt securities in issue

subordinated liabilities

Total financial liabilities

At 31 december 2011

Financial assets:

cash and cash equivalents

derivative financial instruments

loans to subsidiaries

Amounts due from subsidiaries

Total financial assets

Financial liabilities:

debt securities in issue

subordinated liabilities

Total financial liabilities

Derivatives designated as  
hedging instruments, held  
at fair value through  

profit or loss
£m

Held for  
trading at fair  
value through  
profit or loss
£m

Loans and  

receivables
£m

Held at  
amortised  

cost
£m

–

272 

–

–

–

1,421 

–

–

272 

1,421 

–

–

–

–

314

–

–

314

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1,346

–

–

1,346

–

–

–

–

–

8,123

147

8,270

–

–

–

–

–

8,286

212

8,498

–

–

–

2,231

–

–

–

2,231

545

4,349

4,894

1,105

–

–

–

1,105

555

4,308

4,863

Total
£m

2,231

1,693

8,123

147

12,194

545

4,349

4,894

1,105

1,660

8,286

212

11,263

555

4,308

4,863

note 54 to the consolidated financial statements outlines the valuation hierarchy into which financial instruments measured at fair value 
are categorised.

The derivative assets designated as hedging instruments represent level 2 portfolios. The derivative assets classified as held for trading (not 
being designated as hedging instruments) shown above represent level 3 portfolios (2011: £174 million level 2 and £1,172 million level 3). The 
level 3 derivatives reflect the value of the equity conversion feature of the Enhanced capital notes issued in december 2009 as part of lloyds 
Banking Group’s recapitalisation and exit from the Government Asset Protection scheme. 

The following reconciliation shows the movements in derivative financial instrument assets within level 3 portfolios:

At 1 January

Gains (losses) recognised in the income statement

At 31 December

2012
£m

1,172

249

1,421 

2011
£m

1,177

(5)

1,172

interest rate risk and currency 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 9, the company has entered into interest rate and currency swaps with its subsidiary, lloyds TsB Bank plc, to manage 
these risks. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial StatementsOther information11877115355Report of the independent auditors on the consolidated financial statements 204Consolidated financial statements 206Notes to the consolidated financial statements 214Report of the independent auditors on the parent company financial statements 344Parent company financial statements 345Notes to the parent company financial statements 348354

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

nOTEs TO THE PAREnT cOMPAnY FinAnciAl sTATEMEnTs

note 10: Financial instruments (continued)

Credit risk

The majority of the company’s credit risk arises from amounts due from its wholly owned subsidiary, lloyds TsB Bank plc, and subsidiaries of 
that company. 

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.

At 31 December 2012

debt securities in issue

subordinated liabilities

Total financial instrument liabilities

At 31 december 2011

debt securities in issue

subordinated liabilities

Total financial instrument liabilities

Up to  

1 month
£m

1-3  

months
£m

3-12  

months
£m

1-5  

years
£m

Over 5  
years
£m

 10

 –

 10

11

–

11

– 

 24

 24

–

24

24

 31

 308

 339

32

315

347

 616

 3,675

 4,291

688

4,385

5,073

 –

 1,785

 1,785

–

1,828

1,828

Total
£m

 657

 5,792

 6,449

731

6,552

7,283

The principal amount for undated subordinated liabilities with no redemption option is included within the over 5 years column; interest of 
approximately £296 million (2011: £303 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. 

10  Financial instruments

Fair values of financial assets and liabilities
The valuation techniques for the company’s financial instruments are as discussed in note 54 to the consolidated financial statements.

Financial assets:

cash and cash equivalents

derivative financial instruments

loans to subsidiaries

Amounts due from subsidiaries

Financial liabilities:

debt securities in issue

subordinated liabilities

2012

2011

Carrying  
value 
£m

Fair  
value 
£m

carrying  
value 
£m

 2,231

1,693

8,123

 147

 545

 4,349

 2,231

1,693

8,318

147

 545

4,711 

1,105

1,660

8,286

212

555

4,308

Fair  
value 
£m

1,105

1,660

8,291

212

555

3,370

note 11: Approval of the financial statements and other information

The parent company financial statements were approved by the directors of lloyds Banking Group plc on 1 March 2013.

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 95000. lloyds Banking Group plc’s registered office is The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ, scotland, 
and its principal executive offices in the uK are located at 25 Gresham street, london Ec2V 7Hn.

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

355

     OTHER inFORMATiOnShareholder information 356Forward looking statements 358Glossary 359Abbreviations 364Index to annual report 365356

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

357

sHAREHOldER inFORMATiOn

Annual general meeting 
The annual general meeting will be held at 11.00 am on Thursday 16 May 2013 at the Edinburgh international conference centre, The 
Exchange, Edinburgh, EH3 8EE. Further details about the meeting, including the proposed resolutions, can be found in our notice of annual 
general meeting which is sent to all shareholders who have requested paper copy documents. it is also available on our website  
www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

Shareholder enquiries
The company’s share register and the lloyds Banking Group shareholder Account are maintained by Equiniti limited. contact them using the 
details below if you have enquiries about your shareholding, including:

 – change of name or address;

 – loss of share certificate; and

 – dividend information, including loss of dividend warrant or tax voucher.

Equiniti limited 
Aspect House 
spencer Road 
lancing 
West sussex Bn99 6dA

Telephone 0871 384 2990 
Textphone 0871 384 2255 
Overseas +44 (0)121 415 7066

Telephone lines are open 8.30 am to 5.30 pm, Monday to Friday. 

calls to 0871 numbers are charged at 8p per minute plus network extras. calls from outside the united Kingdom are charged at applicable 
international rates. The call prices we have quoted were correct in February 2013.

Online portfolio management and enquiries
Equiniti operates a web based enquiry and portfolio management service. Visit www.shareview.co.uk for details on how to register to access 
the following facilities:

 – register your preferred format for receiving company communications; 

 – register your proxy appointment or voting instructions; 

 – update your address details directly; and

 – choose your preferred contact methods – via email, phone or in writing.

You may also visit help.shareview.co.uk where you can register an enquiry via email, find answers to frequently asked questions and access 
useful fact sheets, guidance notes and downloadable forms.

Share dealing facilities
lloyds Banking Group offers shareholders a choice of three dealing services:

Bank of Scotland Share Dealing
 – internet dealing. Visit www.bankofscotlandsharedealing.co.uk

 – Telephone dealing. call 0845 606 1188

Halifax Share Dealing 
 – internet dealing. Visit www.halifaxsharedealing.co.uk 

 – Telephone dealing. call 08457 22 55 25 

shareholders in the lloyds Banking Group shareholder Account can only trade by telephone through the Halifax share dealing service.

Bank of scotland share dealing and Halifax share dealing internet services are available 24/7 and telephone services are available between 
8.00 am and 9.15 pm, Monday to Friday and 9.00 am to 1.00 pm on saturday. To open a share dealing account with either 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. 

Lloyds TSB Share Dealing 
 – internet dealing. Visit www.lloydstsbsharedealing.com 

 – Telephone dealing. call 0845 60 60 560 

internet services are available 24/7 and telephone services are available between 8.00 am and 6.00 pm, Monday to Friday. details of any 
dealing costs are available when you log on to the share dealing website or when you call the above number. To open a lloyds TsB share 
dealing Account, you must be 18 years of age or over and be resident in the uK, the channel islands or the isle of Man.

356

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

357

Share price information
shareholders can access both the latest and historical share prices via our website, www.lloydsbankinggroup.com, 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 sharedealing 
providers detailed above.

individual Savings Accounts (iSAs)
The company provides a number of options for investing in lloyds Banking Group shares through an isA. For details contact: Bank of scotland 
share dealing, Halifax share dealing or lloyds TsB share dealing.

American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)
lloyds Banking Group 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 Mellon depositary Receipts, PO Box 43006, Providence, Ri 02940-3006. 
Telephone: 1-866-259-0336 (us toll free), international callers: +1 201-680-6825. Alternatively visit www.adrbnymellon.com or email  
shrrelations@bnymellon.com

Analysis of shareholders

At 31 December 2012

size of shareholding

1 – 999

1,000 – 9,999

10,000 – 99,999

100,000 – 999,999

1,000,000 – 4,999,999

5,000,000 – 9,999,999

10,000,000 – 49,999,999

50,000,000 – 99,999,999

100,000,000 – 499,999,999

500,000,000 – 999,999,999

1,000,000,000 and over

Shareholders

number of ordinary shares

number

2,222,336

449,623

57,287

2,439

453

151

248

47

54

14

6

%

81.32

16.45

2.10

0.09

0.02

0.01

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Millions

680.0

1182.4

1,344.2

568.0

1,062.5

1,069.4

5,760.8

3,170.3

10,762.9

9,630.9

35,111.4

%

0.97

1.68

1.91

0.81

1.51

1.52

8.19

4.51

15.30

13.69

49.91

2,732,658

100.00

70,342.8

100.00

Share sale fraud
lloyds Banking Group has been made aware of an increasing number of share sale frauds being reported by listed companies. This involves 
bogus stockbrokers, usually based overseas, cold calling people to:

 – pressure them into buying shares that promise high returns; or

 – offer to buy their shares at an inflated price claiming that there is a ‘secret’ takeover or merger. This is followed by a request for an upfront 

cash bond to commit to the deal. 

in reality, the shares or secret information are either worthless or non-existent and if you receive such a call, we strongly recommend that you 
seek independent investment advice from an FsA authorised adviser before you take any action. 

if you are concerned that you may have been targeted by such a scheme, please contact the FsA consumer Helpline on 0845 606 1234,  
www.fsa.gov.uk or Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040, www.actionfraud.org.uk for further advice. 

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information11877115203Shareholder information 356Forward looking statements 358Glossary 359Abbreviations 364Index to annual report 365358

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

359

FORWARd lOOKinG sTATEMEnTs

This annual report contains certain forward looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the us Private securities  
litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to the business, strategy and plans of lloyds Banking Group and its current goals and expectations  
relating to its future financial condition and performance. statements that are not historical facts, including statements about lloyds Banking Group  
or its directors’ and/or management’s beliefs and expectations, are forward looking statements. Words such as ‘believes’, ‘anticipates’, 
‘estimates’, ‘expects’, ‘intends’, ‘aims’, ‘potential’, ’will’, ‘would’, ‘could’, ‘considered’, ‘likely’, ‘estimate’ and variations of these words and 
similar future or conditional expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying 
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. 

Examples of such forward looking statements include, but are not limited to: projections or expectations of the Group’s future financial 
position including profit attributable to shareholders, provisions, economic profit, dividends, capital structure, expenditures or any other 
financial items or ratios; statements of plans, objectives or goals of the Group or its management including in respect of certain synergy 
targets; statements about the future business and economic environments in the united Kingdom (uK) and elsewhere including, but not 
limited to, future trends in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, credit and equity market levels and demographic developments; statements 
about competition, regulation, disposals and consolidation or technological developments in the financial services industry; and statements of 
assumptions underlying such statements. 

Factors that could cause actual business, strategy, plans and/or results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates 
and intentions expressed in such forward looking statements made by the Group or on its behalf include, but are not limited to: general 
economic and business conditions in the uK and internationally; inflation, deflation, interest rates and policies of the Bank of England, the 
European central Bank and other G8 central banks; fluctuations in exchange rates, stock markets and currencies; the ability to access sufficient 
funding to meet the Group’s liquidity needs; changes to the Group’s credit ratings; the ability to derive cost savings and other benefits 
including, without limitation, as a result of the integration of HBOs and the Group’s simplification Programme; changing demographic 
developments including mortality and changing customer behaviour including consumer spending, saving and borrowing habits; changes 
to borrower or counterparty credit quality; instability in the global financial markets, including Eurozone instability and the impact of any 
sovereign credit rating downgrade or other sovereign financial issues; technological changes; natural and other disasters, adverse weather and 
similar contingencies outside the Group’s control; inadequate or failed internal or external processes, people and systems; terrorist acts and 
other acts of war or hostility and responses to those acts, geopolitical, pandemic or other such events; changes in laws, regulations, taxation, 
accounting standards or practices; regulatory capital or liquidity requirements and similar contingencies outside the Group’s control; the 
policies and actions of governmental or regulatory authorities in the uK, the European union (Eu), the us or elsewhere; the implementation 
of the draft Eu crisis management framework directive and banking reform, following the recommendations made by the independent 
commission on Banking; the ability to attract and retain senior management and other employees; requirements or limitations imposed on 
the Group as a result of HM Treasury’s investment in the Group; the ability to complete satisfactorily the disposal of certain assets as part 
of the Group’s Eu state Aid obligations; the extent of any future impairment charges or write-downs caused by depressed asset valuations, 
market disruptions and illiquid markets; market related trends and developments; exposure to regulatory scrutiny, legal proceedings, 
regulatory investigations or complaints; changes in competition and pricing environments; the inability to hedge certain risks economically; 
the adequacy of loss reserves; the actions of competitors, including non-bank financial services and lending companies; and the success of the 
Group in managing the risks of the foregoing. Please refer to the latest Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the us securities and Exchange 
commission for a discussion of certain factors. 

lloyds Banking Group may also make or disclose written and/or oral forward looking statements in reports filed with or furnished to the 
us securities and Exchange commission, lloyds Banking Group annual reviews, half-year announcements, proxy statements, offering 
circulars, prospectuses, press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by the directors, officers or employees of 
lloyds Banking Group to third parties, including financial analysts. Except as required by any applicable law or regulation, the forward looking 
statements contained in this annual report are made as of the date hereof, and lloyds Banking Group expressly disclaims any obligation 
or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward looking statements contained in this annual report to reflect any 
change in lloyds Banking Group’s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such 
statement is based.

 
358

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

359

GlOssARY

Alt-A

Arrears

Asset-Backed commercial 
paper

Asset-Backed Securities (ABS)

Alt-A are mortgage loans regarded as lower risk than sub-prime, but they share higher risk characteristics 
than lending under normal criteria. Further information on the Group’s exposure to Alt-A investments is 
given in note 55.

A customer is in arrears when they are behind in fulfilling their obligations with the result that an 
outstanding loan is unpaid or overdue. such a customer is also said to be in a state of delinquency. When 
a customer is in arrears, the entire outstanding balance is said to be delinquent, meaning that delinquent 
balances are the total outstanding loans on which payments are overdue.

see Commercial Paper

Asset-backed securities are securities that represent an interest in an underlying pool of referenced 
assets. The referenced pool can comprise any assets which attract a set of associated cash flows but 
are commonly pools of residential or commercial mortgages but could also include leases, credit card 
receivables, motor vehicles, student loans. Further information on the Group’s investments in ABs is given 
in note 55. 

Asset quality Ratio

The impairment charge for the year in respect of loans and advances to customers expressed as a 
percentage of average loans and advances to customers.

Bank levy

Basel ii

Basel iii

Basis point

The levy that applies to certain uK banks, uK building societies and the uK operations of foreign banks 
from 1 January 2011. The levy is payable based on a percentage of the chargeable equity and liabilities of 
the bank as at the balance sheet date.

The capital adequacy framework issued by the Basel committee on Banking supervision in June 2006 in 
the form of the ‘international convergence of capital Measurement and capital standards’.

The capital reforms and introduction of a global liquidity standard proposed by the Basel committee on 
Banking supervision in 2010 and due to be phased in from 1 January 2013 onwards.

One hundredth of a per cent (0.01 per cent). 100 basis points is 1 per cent. used in quoting movements in 
interest rates or yields on securities.

Buy-to-let mortgages

Buy-to-let mortgages are those mortgages offered to customers purchasing residential property as a 
rental investment.

Collateralised Debt Obligation 
(CDO)

A security issued by a third party which references ABss or other assets purchased by the issuer. lloyds 
Banking Group has invested in instruments issued by other banking groups, including collateralised loan 
Obligations and commercial Real Estate cdOs. details of these investments are given in note 55.

Collateralised Loan Obligation 
(CLO)

A security backed by the repayments from a pool of commercial loans. clOs are usually structured 
products with different tranches whereby senior classes of holder receive repayment before other 
tranches are repaid.

Collectively assessed loan 
impairment provision

A provision established following an impairment assessment on a collective basis for homogeneous 
groups of loans, such as credit card receivables and personal loans, that are not considered individually 
significant and for loan losses that have been incurred but not separately identified at the balance sheet 
date.

Commercial Mortgage-Backed 
Securities (CMBS)

commercial Mortgage-Backed securities are securities that represent interests in a pool of commercial 
mortgages. investors in these securities have the right to cash received from mortgage repayments of 
interest and principal. Further information on the Group’s investment in cMBs is given in note 55.

Commercial Paper

Commercial Real estate

Conduits

Contractual maturities

Core tier 1 capital 

commercial paper is an unsecured promissory note issued to finance short-term credit needs. it specifies 
the face amount paid to investors on the maturity date. commercial paper can be issued as an unsecured 
obligation of the Group or, for example when issued by the Group’s conduits, as an asset-backed 
obligation (in such case it is referred to as asset-backed commercial paper). commercial paper is usually 
issued for periods from as little as a week up to nine months. 

commercial real estate includes office buildings, industrial property, medical centres, hotels, malls, retail 
stores, shopping centres, farm land, multifamily housing buildings, warehouses, garages, and industrial 
properties. 

A financial vehicle that holds asset-backed securities which are financed with short-term deposits 
(generally commercial paper) that use the asset-backed securities as collateral. The conduit will 
often have a liquidity line provided by a bank that it can draw down on in the event that it is unable to 
issue funding to the market. The Group sponsors three asset-backed conduits, Argento, cancara and 
Grampian. Further details are provided in note 22. 

contractual maturity refers to the final payment date of a loan or other financial instrument, at which point 
all the remaining outstanding principal will be repaid and interest is due to be paid.

As defined by the FsA mainly comprising shareholders’ equity and equity non-controlling interests after 
deducting goodwill, other intangible assets and other regulatory deductions. Further details are given in 
the capital Risk section on page 187.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information11877115203Shareholder information 356Forward looking statements 358Glossary 359Abbreviations 364Index to annual report 365 
360

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

361

GlOssARY

Core tier 1 ratio 

Cost:income ratio

core tier 1 capital as a percentage of risk weighted assets.

Operating expenses compared to total income net of insurance claims. The Group calculates this ratio 
using the ‘reported basis’ which is the basis on which financial information is reported internally to 
management.

Coverage ratio

impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans.

Covered mortgage bonds

Credit Default Swap

Credit derivatives 

A bond backed by a pool of mortgage loans. The mortgages remain on the issuer’s balance sheet. The 
issuing bank can change the make-up of the loan pool or the terms of the loans to preserve credit quality. 
covered bonds thus have a higher risk weighting than mortgage-backed securities because the holder 
is exposed to both the non-payment of the mortgages and the financial health of the issuer. The Group 
issues covered bonds as part of its funding activities. Further details are provided in note 21.

A credit default swap is also referred to as a credit derivative. it is an arrangement whereby the credit risk 
of an asset (the reference asset) is transferred from the buyer to the seller of protection. A credit default 
swap is a contract where the protection seller receives premium or interest-related payments in return 
for contracting to make payments to the protection buyer upon a defined credit event. credit events 
normally include bankruptcy, payment default on a reference asset or assets, or downgrades by a rating 
agency.

A credit derivative is a financial instrument that derives its value from the credit rating of an underlying 
instrument carrying the credit risk of the issuing entity. The principal type of credit derivatives are 
credit default swaps, which are used by the Group as part of its trading activity and to manage its own 
exposure to credit risk.

Credit Risk

The risk of reductions in earnings and/or value, through financial loss, as a result of the failure of the party 
with whom the Group has contracted to meet its obligations (both on and off balance sheet).

Credit risk spread (or credit 
spread)

The credit spread is the yield spread between securities with the same currency and maturity structure 
but with different associated credit risks, with the yield spread rising as the credit rating worsens. it is the 
premium over the benchmark or risk-free rate required by the market to take on a lower credit quality.

Credit valuation adjustments

These are adjustments to the fair values of derivative assets to reflect the creditworthiness of the 
counterparty. Further details are given in note 54.

Customer deposits

Debt restructuring

Money deposited by account holders. such funds are recorded as liabilities of the Group. The Group 
includes certain repos within customer deposits.

This is when the terms and provisions of outstanding debt agreements are changed. This is often done 
in order to improve cash flow and the ability of the borrower to repay the debt. it can involve altering the 
repayment schedule as well as reducing the debt or interest charged on the loan. 

Debt securities 

Debt securities in issue

debt securities are assets held by the Group representing certificates of indebtedness of credit 
institutions, public bodies or other undertakings, excluding those issued by central Banks.

These are unsubordinated debt securities issued by the Group. They include commercial paper, 
certificates of deposit, bonds and medium-term notes.

Delinquency

see Arrears.

embedded equity conversion 
feature

An embedded equity conversion feature is a derivative contained within the terms and conditions of a 
debt instrument that enables or requires the instrument to be converted into equity under a particular 
set of circumstances. The Group’s Enhanced capital notes (Ecns) contain such a feature whereby these 
notes convert to ordinary shares in the event that the consolidated core tier 1 ratio of the Group falls 
below 5 per cent. 

enhanced Capital notes (eCns)

The Group’s Ecns are subordinated notes issued by the Group that contain an embedded equity 
conversion feature. Further details of these are given in note 45.

enterprise Risk Management

expected loss

As defined by the committee of sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway commission (cOsO) 
Enterprise Risk Management is a process, effected by an entity’s board of directors, management and 
other personnel, applied in strategy setting and across the enterprise, designed to identify potential 
events that may affect the entity, and manage risks to be within its risk appetite, to provide reasonable 
assurance regarding the achievement of entity objectives.

This is the amount of loss that can be expected by the Group calculated in accordance with FsA rules. 
in broad terms it is calculated by multiplying the default Frequency by the Loss Given Default by the 
exposure at Default. 

exposure at Default

An estimate of the amount expected to be owed by a customer at the time of the customer’s default. 

Fair value adjustment 

Fair value adjustments arise on acquisition when assets and liabilities are acquired at fair values that are 
different from the carrying values in the acquired company. in respect of the Group’s acquisition of HBOs  
the principal adjustments were write-downs in respect of loans and advances to customers and debt 
issued. 

360

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

361

Financial Services 
Compensation Scheme (FSCS)

First/Second lien

Forbearance

Full time equivalent 

The  Financial services compensation scheme (Fscs) is the uK’s independent statutory compensation 
fund for customers of authorised financial services firms and pays compensation if a firm is unable 
to pay claims against it. The Fscs is funded by management expenses levies and, where necessary, 
compensation levies on authorised firms.

A first lien gives the holder (usually the bank lending the funds) the first right to collect compensation 
from the sale of the underlying collateral in the event of a default on the loan. A second lien may be issued 
against the same collateral but in the case of default, compensation for this debt will only be received 
after the first lien has been repaid. 

A term generally applied to concessions provided to support borrowers experiencing financial stress. 
such concessions include reduced or nil payments, term extensions, transfers to interest only and the 
capitalisation of arrears, and can be granted on a temporary or permanent basis.

A full time employee is one that works a standard five day week. The hours or days worked by part time 
employees are measured against this standard and accumulated along with the number of full time 
employees and counted as full time equivalents. This is a more consistent measure of the amount of time 
worked than employee numbers which will fluctuate as the mix of part-time and full-time employees 
changes.

Funded/unfunded exposures

Exposures where the notional amount of the transaction is either funded or unfunded.

Guaranteed mortgages

Mortgages for which there is a guarantor to provide the lender a certain level of financial security in the 
event of default of the borrower.

Home loans

impaired loans

impairment allowances

impairment losses

A loan to purchase a residential property which is then used as collateral to guarantee repayment of 
the loan. The borrower gives the lender a lien against the property, and the lender can foreclose on the 
property if the borrower does not repay the loan per the agreed terms.

impaired loans are loans where the Group does not expect to collect all the contractual cash flows or to 
collect them when they are contractually due. 

impairment allowances are a provision held on the balance sheet as a result of the raising of a charge 
against profit for the incurred loss inherent in the lending book. An impairment allowance may either be 
individual or collective.

An impairment loss is the reduction in value that arises following an impairment review of an asset that 
determines that the asset’s value is lower than it’s carrying value. For impaired financial assets measured 
at amortised cost, impairment losses are the difference between the carrying value and the present value 
of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. impairment losses 
can be difficult to assess and the critical accounting estimates and judgements in note 3 detail the key 
assessments made when determining impairment losses. 

individually/Collectively 
Assessed

impairment is measured individually for assets that are individually significant, and collectively where a 
portfolio comprises homogenous assets and where appropriate statistical techniques are available. 

individually assessed loan 
impairment provisions

impairment loss provisions for individually significant impaired loans are assessed on a case-by-case 
basis, taking into account the financial condition of the counterparty, any guarantor and the realisable 
value of any collateral held.

internal Capital Adequacy 
Assessment Process (iCAAP)

The Group’s own assessment, based on Basel ii requirements, of the levels of capital that it needs to hold 
in respect of its regulatory capital requirements (for credit, market and operational risks) and for other 
risks including stress events as they apply on a solo level and on a consolidated level.

investment grade

This refers to the highest range of credit ratings, from ‘AAA’ to ‘BBB’ as measured by external credit 
rating agencies.

iSDA (international Swaps 
and Derivatives Association) 
master agreement

A standardised contract developed by the isdA which is used as an umbrella contract for bilateral 
derivative contracts.

Level 1 fair value 
measurements

Level 2 fair value 
measurements

Level 3 fair value 
measurements

Leverage finance

level 1 fair value measurements are those derived from unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for 
identical assets or liabilities.

level 2 fair value measurements 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 where valuation 
techniques are used to determine fair value and where these techniques use inputs that are based 
significantly on observable market data.

level 3 fair value measurements 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.

Funding provided for entities with higher than average indebtedness, which typically arises from  
sub-investment grade acquisitions or event-driven financing.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information11877115203Shareholder information 356Forward looking statements 358Glossary 359Abbreviations 364Index to annual report 365362

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

363

GlOssARY

Liquidity and Credit 
enhancements

Loan to deposit ratio 

Loan-to-value ratio (LTv)

credit enhancement facilities are used to enhance the creditworthiness of financial obligations and cover 
losses due to asset default. Two general types of credit enhancement are third-party loan guarantees 
(such as guaranteed mortgages) and self-enhancement through over collateralisation (in the case of 
covered mortgage bonds). liquidity enhancement makes funds available if required, for other reasons 
than asset default, eg to ensure timely repayment of maturing commercial paper.

The ratio of loans and advances to customers net of allowance for impairment losses and excluding 
reverse repurchase agreements divided by customer deposits excluding repurchase agreements. 

The loan-to-value ratio is a mathematical calculation which expresses the amount of a mortgage balance 
outstanding as a percentage of the total appraised value of the property. A high lTV indicates that there 
is less value to protect the lender against house price falls or increases in the loan if repayments are not 
made and interest is added to the outstanding balance of the loan.

Loans past due

loans are past due when a counterparty has failed to make a payment when contractually due.

Loss emergence period

The loss emergence period is the estimated period between impairment occurring and the loss being 
specifically identified and evidenced by the establishment of an appropriate impairment allowance.

Loss Given Default 

Market risk

Medium Term notes

Monolines

The estimated loss that will arise if a customer defaults. it is calculated after taking account of credit risk 
mitigation and includes the cost of recovery.

The risk that unfavourable market moves (including changes in and increased volatility of interest rates, 
market-implied inflation rates, credit spreads and prices for bonds, foreign exchange rates, equity, 
property and commodity prices and other instruments) lead to reductions in earnings and/ or value.

Medium term notes are a form of corporate borrowing covering maturity periods ranging from nine 
months to 30 years. details of the notes issued under the Group’s medium term notes programmes are 
given in note 36.

A monoline insurer is defined as an entity which specialises in providing credit protection to the holders 
of debt instruments in the event of default by the debt security counterparty. This protection is typically 
provided in the form of derivatives such as credit default swaps referencing the underlying exposures held.

Mortgage-backed securities

see Residential and commercial Mortgage-Backed securities. 

Mortgage related assets

Assets which are referenced to underlying mortgages.

Mortgage vintage

The year the mortgage was issued.

negative basis bonds

ABS held with a separately purchased matching credit default swaps to protect against the risk of 
default of the security. The Group refers to ABs without the benefit of cds protection as Uncovered ABS.

negative equity Mortgages

negative equity occurs when the value of the property purchased using the mortgage is below the 
balance outstanding on the loan. negative equity is the value of the asset less the outstanding balance 
on the loan.

net asset value per ordinary 
share

shareholders' equity divided by the number of ordinary shares and limited voting ordinary shares in issue, 
adjusted to exclude shares held under certain employee share ownership plans.

net interest income 

The difference between interest received on assets and interest paid on liabilities.

net interest margin 

Operational risk

net interest margin is net interest income as a percentage of average interest-earning assets. details of 
the Group’s banking net interest margin are given on page 75.

The risk of reductions in earnings and/or value, through financial or reputational loss, from inadequate or 
failed internal processes and systems, or from people-related or external events.

Over-the-counter derivatives 

Over-the-counter derivatives are derivatives for which the terms and conditions can be freely negotiated 
by the counterparties involved, unlike exchange traded derivatives which have standardised terms. 

Prime mortgages

Prime mortgages are those granted to the most creditworthy category of borrower.

Private equity investments

Private equity is equity securities in operating companies not quoted on a public exchange. investment in 
private equity often involves the investment of capital in private companies or the acquisition of a public 
company that results in the delisting of public equity. capital for private equity investment is raised by 
retail or institutional investors and used to fund investment strategies such as leveraged buyouts, venture 
capital, growth capital, distressed investments and mezzanine capital. 

Probability of default 

The likelihood that a customer will default on their obligation within the next year.

Renegotiated loans

loans and advances are generally renegotiated either as part of an ongoing customer relationship or 
in response to an adverse change in the circumstances of the borrower. in the latter case renegotiation 
can result in an extension of the due date of payment or repayment plans under which the Group offers 
a concessionary rate of interest to genuinely distressed borrowers. This will result in the asset continuing 
to be overdue and will be impaired where the renegotiated payments of interest and principal will 
not recover the original carrying amount of the asset. in other cases, renegotiation will lead to a new 
agreement, which is treated as a new loan. 

362

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

363

Repurchase agreements  
or ‘repos’

short-term funding agreements which allow a borrower to sell a financial asset, such as ABs or 
Government bonds as collateral for cash. As part of the agreement the borrower agrees to repurchase the 
security at some later date, usually less than 30 days, repaying the proceeds of the loan. 

Residential Mortgaged-Backed 
Securities (RMBS)

Residential Mortgage-Backed securities are a category of ABS. They are securities that represent 
interests in a group of residential mortgages. investors in these securities have the right to cash received 
from future mortgage payments (interest and/or principal).

Retail loans

Money loaned to individuals rather than institutions. These include both secured and unsecured loans 
such as mortgages and credit card balances.

Risk appetite

The amount and type of risk that the Group is prepared to seek, accept or tolerate.

Risk-weighted assets 

Securitisation

A measure of a bank’s assets adjusted for their associated risks. Risk weightings are established in 
accordance with the Basel capital Accord as implemented by the FsA.

securitisation is a process by which a group of assets, usually loans, are aggregated into a pool, which  
is used to back the issuance of new securities. securitisation is the process by which ABs are created.  
A company sells assets to a special purpose entity which then issues securities backed by the assets.  
This allows the credit quality of the assets to be separated from the credit rating of the original company 
and transfers risk to external investors. Assets used in securitisations include mortgages to create  
mortgage-backed securities or Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities as well as Commercial 
Mortgage-Backed Securities. The Group has established several securitisation structures as part of its 
funding and capital management activities. These generally use mortgages, corporate loans and credit 
cards as asset pools. A listing of these programmes with the amounts secured and associated funding 
raised is given in note 21. 

Sovereign exposures

Exposures to central governments and central government departments, central banks and entities 
owned or guaranteed by the aforementioned. 

Special Purpose entities (SPes)

Specialist mortgages

Standardised Approach

sPEs are entities that are created to accomplish a narrow and well defined objective. There are often 
specific restrictions or limits around their ongoing activities. The Group uses a number of sPEs, including 
those set-up under securitisation programmes, and as conduits. Where the Group has control of these 
entities or retains the risks and rewards relating to them they are consolidated within the Group’s results. 

specialist mortgages include those mortgage loans provided to customers who have self-certified their 
income (normally as a consequence of being self-employed) or who are otherwise regarded as a sub-
prime credit risk. new mortgage lending of this type has not been offered by the Group since early 2009.

in relation to credit risk, a method for calculating credit risk capital requirements using External credit 
Assessment institutions (EcAi) ratings of obligors (where available) and supervisory risk weights. in 
relation to operational risk, a method of calculating the operational risk capital requirement by the 
application of a supervisory defined percentage charge to the gross income of specified business lines.

Student loan related assets

Assets which are referenced to underlying student loans (see note 55). 

Sub-investment grade

Subordinated liabilities

Sub-Prime

Tier 1 capital 

This refers to credit ratings issued by external credit rating agencies that are below ‘BBB’ grade or its 
equivalent.

liabilities which, in the event of insolvency or liquidation of the issuer, are subordinated to the claims of 
depositors and other creditors of the issuer. details of the Group’s subordinated liabilities are set out in 
note 45.

sub-prime is defined as loans to borrowers typically having weakened credit histories that include 
payment delinquencies and potentially more severe problems such as court judgements and 
bankruptcies. They may also display reduced repayment capacity as measured by credit scores, high 
debt-to-income ratios, or other criteria indicating heightened risk of default.

A measure of a bank’s financial strength defined by the FsA. it captures core tier 1 capital plus other tier 
1 securities in issue, but is subject to a deduction in respect of material holdings in financial companies. 
Further details are given in the capital Risk section on page 187.

Tier 1 capital ratio 

Tier 1 capital as a percentage of risk-weighted assets.

Tier 2 capital 

Uncovered ABS

value-at-Risk

Write Downs

A component of regulatory capital defined by the FsA, mainly comprising qualifying subordinated loan 
capital, certain non-controlling interests and eligible collective impairment allowances. Further details are 
given in the capital Risk section on page 187.

ABs held without the benefit of separately purchased matching credit default swaps to protect against 
the risk of default of the security. details of the Group’s uncovered ABs are given in note 55.

Value-at-Risk is an estimate of the potential loss in earnings which might arise from market movements 
under normal market conditions, if the current positions were to be held unchanged for one business day, 
measured to a confidence level of 95 per cent.

The depreciation or lowering of the value of an asset in the books to reflect a decline in their value, or 
expected cash flows.

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information11877115203Shareholder information 356Forward looking statements 358Glossary 359Abbreviations 364Index to annual report 365364

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

365

ABBREViATiOns

ABS 

ADRs

BSU

CDO

CDS

CLO

CMiG

CRA

Asset-Backed securities

American depositary Receipts

Business support unit

collateralised debt Obligation

credit default swap

collateralised loan Obligation

clerical Medical investment Group limited

credit Reference Agency

CRD iv

capital Requirements directive iV

CvA

DvA

eCns

eei

eev

eP

ePS

eRM

eU

FSA

FSCS

credit Valuation Adjustment

debit Valuation Adjustment

Enhanced capital notes

Employee Engagement index

European Embedded Value

Economic Profit

Earnings Per share

Enterprise Risk Management

European union

Financial services Authority

Financial services compensation scheme

HMRC

Her Majesty’s Revenue & customs

iAS

iASB

iCG

iFRiC 

iFRS

iSA

international Accounting standard

international Accounting standards Board

individual capital Guidance

international Financial Reporting  
interpretations committee

international Financial Reporting standards

individual savings Account

KPis

LCR

LDC

Key Performance indicators

liquidity coverage Ratio

lloyds development capital

LiBOR 

london inter-Bank Offered Rate

LP&i

LTiP 

LTv

MiF

nSFR

OeiCs

OFT

Pei

PFi

PPi

PPP

life, Pensions and investments

long-Term incentive Plan

loan-to-value

Multilateral interchange Fee

net stable Funding Ratio

Open Ended investment companies

Office of Fair Trading

Performance Excellence index

Private Finance initiative

Payment Protection insurance

Public Private Partnership

PvnBP

Present Value of new Business Premiums

RDR

SAye 

SMes

SPe

SWiP

TSR

UK 

UKFi

US

vaR

Retail distribution Review

save-As-You-Earn 

small and Medium sized enterprises

special Purpose Entity

scottish Widows investment Partnership

Total shareholder Return

united Kingdom of Great Britain and  
northern ireland

uK Financial investments limited

united states of America

Value-at-Risk

364

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

365

indEX TO AnnuAl REPORT

Accounting

Accounting policies 

critical accounting estimates and judgements 

Future accounting developments 

Approval of financial statements

consolidated 

Parent company 

Auditors

Report on the consolidated financial statements 

Report on the parent company financial statements 

Fees 

Available-for-sale financial assets

Accounting policies 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

Valuation 

Balance sheet

consolidated 

Parent company 

Business Model and Strategy 

Capital adequacy

capital ratios 

Cash flow statement

consolidated 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

Parent company 

Chairman’s statement 

Charitable donations 

Contingent liabilities and commitments 

Credit market exposures 

Debt securities in issue 

consolidated 

Parent company 

Valuation 

Delivering our Action Plan 

Deposits

customer deposits 

deposits from banks 

Valuation 

Derivative financial instruments

Accounting policy 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

Valuation 

Directors

Attendance at board and committee meetings 

Biographies 

directors’ report 

Emoluments 

interests 

Remuneration policy 

service agreements 

statement of directors’ responsibilities 

Dividends 

Divisional results 
commercial Banking 

insurance 

Retail 

Wealth, Asset Finance and international 

earnings per share 

employees

diversity and inclusion 

colleagues 

Financial instruments 

Fair values of financial assets and liabilities 

Measurement basis of financial assets and liabilities 

Reclassification of financial assets 

Financial risk management

capital risk 

credit risk 

currency risk 

insurance risk 

interest rate risk 

liquidity risk 

Market risk 

Five year financial summary 

Forward looking statements 

Glossary 

218

247

308

91

78

82

107

113, 114

100

104

84

11, 16, 290

55

63

52

59

245

37

34

307, 354

304, 353

305

187, 338

132, 319, 354

318, 353

185, 338

318, 353

177, 336, 354

170, 318

76

358

359

215

226

342

343

354

204

344

241

217, 221

254

308

208, 209

345

22

189

213

339

347

10

83

301

334

262

351

308

24

261

261

308

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information11877115203Shareholder information 356Forward looking statements 358Glossary 359Abbreviations 364Index to annual report 365366

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

367

indEX TO AnnuAl REPORT

Going concern

Basis of preparation 

directors’ report 

Goodwill

Accounting policy 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

Governance

compliance with the uK corporate Governance code 

Risk management 

Board committees 

Group chief executive’s review 

Group executive Committee 

Held at fair value through profit or loss

Accounting policy 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

Valuation 

impairment

Accounting policy 

critical accounting estimates and judgements 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

income statement

consolidated 

information for shareholders

Analysis of shareholders 

shareholder enquiries 

insurance businesses

Accounting policy 

Basis of determining regulatory capital 

capital sensitivities 

capital statement 

critical accounting estimates and judgements 

Financial information calculated on a ‘realistic’ basis 

liabilities arising from insurance contracts and

participating investment contracts 

liabilities arising from non-participating investment contracts 

life insurance sensitivity analysis 

Options and guarantees 

unallocated surplus within insurance businesses 

Value of in-force business 

Volatility arising in insurance businesses 

insurance claims 

insurance premium income 

intangible assets

Accounting policy 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

investment property

Accounting policy 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

Key performance indicators 
divisional overview and KPis 

Group key performance indicators 

Loans and advances

loans and advances to banks 

loans and advances to customers 

Valuation 

Marketplace trends 
Regulation 

The economy 

impact on our markets 

net fee and commission income 

net interest income 

net trading income 

Operating expenses 

Other operating income 

Other financial information

Banking net interest margin 

core and non-core business 

Volatility arising in insurance businesses 

Pensions

Accounting policy 

critical accounting estimates and judgements 

239

237

216

259

221

255

6

4

250

251

308

20

19

20

236

235

236

240

238

75

68

74

222

227

directors’ pensions 

102, 103, 108

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

Principal subsidiaries 

Presentation of information 

Provisions

Accounting policy 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

271

351

3

225

278

214

82

215

256

86

115

94

14

80

216

246, 262

308

219

226

242

206

357

356

223

195

199

195

227

195

262

270

269

199

270

256

74

366

Lloyds Banking Group  

Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Lloyds Banking Group  
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

367

Related party transactions 

298, 351

Statement of changes in equity

consolidated 

Parent company  

Subordinated liabilities 

consolidated 

Parent company 

Valuation 

Summary of Group results 

Tangible fixed assets

Accounting policy 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

Taxation

Accounting policy 

critical accounting estimates and judgements 

210

346

280

350

308

44

221

260

222

227

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

244, 276

value at Risk (vaR) 

value of in-force business

Accounting policy 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

volatility

insurance 

Policyholder interests 

171

224

256

74

75

Relationships and responsibilities 
colleagues 

communities 

customers 

Risk management framework

capital risk 

conduct risk 

credit risk 

Exposures to Eurozone countries 

Financial reporting risk 

Governance risk 

insurance risk 

liquidity and funding risk 

Market risk 

Operational risk 

People risk 

Principal risks and uncertainties 

Regulatory risk 

Risk governance 

Risk management 

Risk overview 

state funding and state aid 

Risk-weighted assets 

Securitisations and covered bonds 

Segmental reporting

central items 

commercial Banking 

Group Operations 

insurance 

Management basis segmental analysis 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

Retail 

Wealth, Asset Finance and international 

Share-based payments

Accounting policy 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

28
34

38

30

187

169

132

158

201

202

185

177

170

174

176

118

186

126

115

42

124

191

252

67

55

67

63

51

229

52

59

222

290

Share capital and premium accounts 

Shareholder information 

285, 287

356

OverviewBusiness reviewGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information11877115203Shareholder information 356Forward looking statements 358Glossary 359Abbreviations 364Index to annual report 365designed and produced by Radley Yeldar www.ry.com  
Photography by George Brooks, Paul Eversley, Marcus Ginns, shutterstock.com 

Printed in the uK by cPi colour, a certified carbonneutral® printing company, using vegetable based  
inks and water based sealants; the printer and paper manufacturing mill are both certified with isO 140001 
Environmental Management systems standards and both are Forest stewardship council certified.  
When you have finished with this report, please dispose of it in your recycled waste stream.

 
Head office
25 Gresham street 
london Ec2V 7Hn 
Telephone +44 (0)20 7626 1500

Registered office
The Mound 
Edinburgh EH1 1YZ 
Registered in scotland no sc95000

internet
www.lloydsbankinggroup.com