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AnnuAl RePORT AnD ACCOunTS 2013

Becoming  
the best  
bank for 
customers

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Annual Report and Accounts 2013

Strategic report

Group at a glance  

Group performance  

Group key performance indicators (KPIs)  

Chairman’s statement  

Group Chief executive’s review 

Market overview 

Business model and strategy 

Delivering our action plan 

Divisional overview 

Relationships and responsibility 

Risk overview 

Financial results

Summary of Group results 

Divisional results 

Other financial information 

Five year financial summary 

Governance

Board of Directors 

Group executive Committee 

Directors’ report 

Corporate governance report 

Directors’ remuneration report 

Risk management 

The Group’s approach to risk 

emerging risks 

Stress testing 

Risk governance 

Full analysis of risk drivers 

Financial statements

Independent auditors’ report 

Consolidated financial statements 

Parent company financial statements  

Other information

Shareholder information 

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The 2013 Annual Report and Accounts 
incorporates the Strategic Report and the  
consolidated financial statements, both of which 
have been approved by the Board of Directors.

On behalf of the Board

Sir Winfried Bischoff 
lloyds Banking Group

5 March 2014

About us 
lloyds Banking Group is a leading uK based financial services group 
providing a wide range of services, mostly in the uK, to individual and 
business customers.

Our main business activities are retail and commercial banking,  
general insurance, and life, pensions and investments. We provide  
our services under a number of well recognised brands such as  
lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland, TSB and Scottish Widows  
and through a range of distribution channels including the largest 
branch network in the uK. 

The Group is quoted on the london Stock exchange and the  
new York Stock exchange and is one of the largest companies in  
the FTSe 100 index of leading uK companies.

View our report online
Our Annual Report and Accounts and other 
information about lloyds Banking Group  
can be found at
www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

   
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We are creating a simpler, more 
agile and responsive organisation  
and are making a big investment 
in our products and services.
By becoming the best bank for 
customers we believe we can  
help Britain prosper and deliver  
strong and sustainable returns  
for our shareholders.

Strategic reportGroup at a glance 2Group performance 4Group key performance indicators (KPIs) 6Chairman’s statement 8Group Chief Executive’s review 12Market overview 16Business model and strategy 18Delivering our action plan 20Divisional overview 24Relationships and responsibility 28Risk overview 40Financial resultsGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsOther information4469123197377Lloyds Banking Group  Annual Report and Accounts 20132

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GROuP AT A GlAnCe

A simple, low risk  
retail and commercial bank
focused on becoming the best bank  
for customers and helping Britain prosper.

2013 highlights

£6.2bn

£415m

More than doubled underlying 
profit to £6.2bn

Returned to statutory profit  
before tax

-5%

Reduced costs by 5% to £9.6bn

+2%

Grew underlying income to 
£18.8bn, up 2%

£85m

We are one of the largest community 
investors in the uK, providing £85 million per 
annum to worthy causes.

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10.5m

We have a strong digital presence: over 
10.5 million internet banking users and 
1.2 billion log ons in 2013.

2013 highlights

+3%

-47%

Our core loan book grew  
across all divisions

We reduced the charge 
for impairment by 47%

-£35bn

We reduced non-core assets  
by a third, or £35 billion, 
to £64 billion

10.3%

We have a strong capital  
position, with our pro forma  
fully loaded common equity  
tier 1 ratio now increased  
to 10.3 per cent despite  
legacy charges

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We have a multi-brand strategy with five 
major financial services brands serving the 
needs of customers in the uK market.

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GROuP PeRFORMAnCe

Substantial strategic  
progress and improved 
performance

The significant progress we have made  
in improving our profitability and our capital 
position is testament to the strength of  
our business model and the commitment  
of our people. 
António Horta-Osório 
Group Chief executive

Key highlights and outlook

In 2013, we made substantial progress on our strategy to become the best bank for customers and  
to create a customer focused, highly efficient, profitable and low risk bank:

  Grew lending in our core business by 3 per cent to support our customers and help Britain prosper

  Invested in our products and services for our customers, while further reducing costs and improving efficiency through our Simplification programme

  Significantly improved our financial performance, with Group underlying profit more than doubled to £6.2 billion, and a statutory profit before tax 
of £415 million

  Substantially strengthened our balance sheet, despite a charge for legacy business provisions totalling £3.5 billion, primarily relating to legacy 
Payment Protection Insurance business

  lowered risk by reducing non-core assets and our international presence, and by growing our customer deposits and reducing our reliance  
on funding from the wholesale markets

  As a result, the uK government began reducing its stake in the Group in September

looking ahead, we expect to make further progress on the execution of our strategic plan. We expect to:

  Increase lending to core customers: for retail customers, mortgage market net lending in 2014 expected to grow, supported by our target to lend 
around £10 billion to approximately 80,000 first-time buyers in 2014; for commercial customers, above market lending growth led by strong 
momentum in SMe lending

  Invest in product propositions and digital capabilities across our brands and divisions, to deliver the products our customers need through  
the channels they prefer, while improving efficiency and customer service

  Grow our deposit base supported by our multi-brand strategy

  Achieve a low cost of equity and funds by further reducing costs and risk, resulting in a unique competitive position

  Generate, prior to any dividends, fully loaded common equity tier 1 capital of around 2.5 percentage points over the next two years, and thereafter 
1.5-2 percentage points per annum

  Apply in the second half of 2014 to restart dividend payments, and to move to a dividend payout ratio of at least 50 per cent of sustainable 
earnings in the medium term

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Results summary

Substantial progress on strategic plan, enhancing service for customers whilst helping Britain prosper

   Continue to support the uK economy through lending to SMes and first-time buyers with active participation in the Funding for lending  
Scheme and Help to Buy

   Core loan book now growing in all divisions; returned mortgage lending to growth in the third quarter

   launched a rebranded, revitalised lloyds Bank and returned TSB to the high street in September

   Further strong performance in customer service with net Promoter Scores increasing by 11 per cent over the year 

   Continued reduction in FCA reportable banking complaints (excluding PPI) to 1.0 per 1,000 accounts, the lowest of any major uK bank;  
Halifax now at 0.8 per 1,000 accounts

Balance sheet further strengthened and risk reduced as we simplify the Group

   Strong capital build despite legacy charges, with pro forma fully loaded CeT1 ratio of 10.3 per cent and core tier 1 ratio of 14.0 per cent

   Group loan to deposit ratio improved to 113 per cent (31 December 2012: 121 per cent); core ratio improved to 100 per cent

   non-core asset reduction of £34.9 billion during the year, to £63.5 billion, ahead of plan and £2.6 billion capital accretive overall. non-retail non-core 
assets reduced to £24.7 billion

   Further progress in reducing our international presence with exit from 21 countries since June 2011 now completed or announced; target for 
international presence of 10 countries or fewer in 2014 already achieved

   Strong leverage ratios of 4.1 per cent (pro forma CRD IV basis) and 4.5 per cent (pro forma Basel III 2014 basis)

Group underlying profit1 and returns substantially increased; core profit and returns further improved

   underlying profit increased by 140 per cent to £6,166 million in 2013

   Return on risk-weighted assets increased to 2.14 per cent (2012: 0.77 per cent)

   underlying income of £18,805 million, up 2 per cent

   Banking net interest margin increased 19 basis points to 2.12 per cent, and to 2.29 per cent in the fourth quarter

   Costs reduced by 5 per cent to £9,635 million

   Credit quality continues to improve: impairment charge reduced by 47 per cent to £3,004 million; impairment charge as a percentage of average 
advances improved to 0.57 per cent (2012: 1.02 per cent) 

   Core underlying profit increased by 24 per cent to £7,574 million

   Core return on risk-weighted assets increased from 2.54 per cent in 2012 to 3.26 per cent in 2013

Statutory profit before tax of £415 million; tangible net asset value per share of 48.5p

   Statutory profit before tax of £415 million (2012: loss of £606 million) including charge for legacy PPI business of £3,050 million

   Tangible net asset value per share at 31 December 2013 of 48.5p (31 December 2012: 51.9p); includes loss on capital accretive non-core disposals, 
deferred tax write-offs, adverse reserve movements, and legacy charges

Guidance reflects confidence in the future

   2014 full year Group net interest margin expected to stabilise at around the Q4 2013 level of 2.29 per cent, excluding impact of TSB disposal

   Costs for 2014 are expected to be around £9 billion, excluding TSB running costs

   Impairment charge as a percentage of average advances expected to reduce to around 50 basis points for 2014

   Run-off portfolio (non-core non-retail assets and certain non-core retail assets) expected to reduce to c.£23 billion and non-core non-retail assets  
to c.£15 billion by the end of 2014

   expect, prior to any dividends, to generate fully loaded common equity tier 1 capital of around 2.5 percentage points over the next two years, and 
thereafter 1.5 – 2 percentage points per annum

   expect to apply to the PRA in the second half of 2014 to restart dividend payments, commencing at a modest level

   Progressive dividend policy expected thereafter moving to a dividend payout ratio of at least 50 per cent of sustainable earnings in the medium term

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The underlying basis of presentation is defined on page 52.

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GROuP KeY PeRFORMAnCe InDICATORS

Measuring strategic  
performance

Our strategy
We operate a simple, low risk, customer focused uK retail and commercial 
banking and insurance business. Our aim is to become the best bank for 
customers and we’ll do that by addressing our customers’ needs through 
superior insight, tailored products, better service and our focus on building a 
long-term relationship with them. By leveraging our capabilities we believe 
we can help Britain prosper and deliver strong and sustainable returns for 
our shareholders.

We have more than 30 million customers and employ high quality, 
committed people across our iconic brands which include lloyds Bank, 
Halifax, Bank of Scotland, TSB and Scottish Widows. We are creating a 
simpler, more agile, efficient and responsive organisation with a focus on 
operating sustainably and responsibly. We are focused on our core uK 
market which has attractive growth prospects, and where we can earn 
strong returns while maintaining a prudent approach to risk and a strong 
balance sheet.

How we measure performance
We use a range of performance measures to track progress on  
our strategy of becoming the best bank for customers. This progress  
is measured through a number of key performance indicators which  
are shown opposite.

unlocking the  
Group’s potential 

Performance  
measures
Building customer  
relationships

Output  
measures
Delivering sustainable
returns to shareholders

Alignment of remuneration with performance
To ensure our employees act in the best interests of customers and 
shareholders, remuneration at all levels of the organisation is aligned to the 
strategic development and financial performance of the business and also 
takes into account specific risk management controls. 

Variable remuneration including bonuses for all staff, including our executive 
Directors, is based on the performance of the individual, the business area and 
the Group as a whole. Performance is assessed against a balanced scorecard 
of objectives, reviewed on a regular basis, across five areas (customer, 
building the business, risk, people and finance). executive management are 
also eligible to participate in a long-Term Incentive Plan, which encourages 
delivery on long-term financial objectives including total shareholder return 
and the Group’s strategic objectives of becoming the best bank for customers 
and helping Britain prosper.

Performance measures
Unlocking the Group’s potential
We are reshaping our business portfolio to fit our assets, capabilities  
and risk appetite; we are strengthening the Group’s balance sheet and 
liquidity position; we are simplifying the Group to improve agility, efficiency  
and customer service; and we are investing to be the best bank for customers.  
A set of key performance indicators has been developed to track  
progress in each of these areas. 

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More on our  
strategy and KPIs

Building customer relationships
Customer relationships are key to our strategy and are critical for all 
our businesses. Significant differences across our four divisions mean 
the financial and non-financial strategic indicators for the development 
of customer relationships are generally tracked at a divisional level. 
Commentary on these is therefore included in the specific divisional  
sections of this report. 

To assess progress towards 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.

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More on our divisions

More on customer satisfaction  
and customer complaints

More on staff 
engagement

Output measures
Delivering sustainable returns to shareholders
We have made significant progress against our strategic priorities in 2013. 
This is reflected in our improved underlying profit and stronger capital 
position as well as the improvement in statutory performance, despite 
legacy charges.

Further detail on these measures is contained in the following pages. 

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More on our 
Group results

Going forward, we will also track our performance against the commitments 
of our new Helping Britain Prosper Plan.

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More on our 
Helping Britain Prosper Plan

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Performance measures

Unlocking the Group’s potential

We are reshaping our business portfolio to fit our assets, capabilities  

and risk appetite; we are strengthening the Group’s balance sheet and 

liquidity position; we are simplifying the Group to improve agility, efficiency  

and customer service; and we are investing to be the best bank for customers.  

A set of key performance indicators has been developed to track  

progress in each of these areas. 

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More on our  

strategy and KPIs

Building customer relationships

Customer relationships are key to our strategy and are critical for all 

our businesses. Significant differences across our four divisions mean 

the financial and non-financial strategic indicators for the development 

of customer relationships are generally tracked at a divisional level. 

Commentary on these is therefore included in the specific divisional  

sections of this report. 

To assess progress towards 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.

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30

34

More on our divisions

More on customer satisfaction  

and customer complaints

More on staff 

engagement

Output measures

Delivering sustainable returns to shareholders

We have made significant progress against our strategic priorities in 2013. 

This is reflected in our improved underlying profit and stronger capital 

position as well as the improvement in statutory performance, despite 

Further detail on these measures is contained in the following pages. 

legacy charges.

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More on our 

Group results

Balance sheet reduction 
(non-core assets)

 £bn

Fully loaded common equity 
tier 1 ratio

% 

Simplification cost savings 
(run rate)

£m

Strategic investment 

 £m

141

10.3

1,457

337

342

98

7.1

8.1

64

847

167

2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013

242

2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013

We continue to make excellent progress in 
reshaping the business through the reduction of 
our non-core assets which, having stood at 
£300 billion at the beginning of 2009, now stand 
at £64 billion.

We continue to improve our common equity 
tier 1 ratio, which now stands at 10.3 per cent on 
a pro forma* fully loaded CRD IV basis. 

*Including impact of announced disposals

We have continued to make strong progress on 
the Simplification programme, which is a key 
driver of creating a lower cost, more 
efficient business. 

As Simplification benefits materialise we are 
increasing the strategic investment in the business 
and have committed to invest approximately 
£500 million per annum by 2014 in addition to our 
business as usual investment programme.

Customer satisfaction 
(net promoter score)

 %

Customer complaints 
(FCA banking complaints* per 1,000 accounts)

Staff engagement score 

UK industry average

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49

55

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.1

1.0

1.0

64

69

68

76

52

61

60

48

61

63

62

%

64

2011

2012

2013

H1 2011

H2 2011

H1 2012

H2 2012

H1 2013

H2 2013

EEI 2011

EEI 2012

EEI 2013

PEI 2011

PEI 2012

PEI 2013

We have made continued progress in 
enhancing customer satisfaction, as measured 
through the cross industry net promoter score 
metric. This measures customer service at key 
touch points and the likelihood of customers 
recommending us. 

Through our Simplification programme and continued focus on 
becoming the best bank for customers, our FCA reportable banking 
complaints continued to fall. We now have a target of 
0.9 banking complaints per 1,000 accounts.

*Excluding PPI

We made strong progress in 2013 in improving staff engagement 
with the Employee Engagement Index (EEI) and Performance 
Excellence Index (PEI). The EEI measures the individual motivation of 
colleagues whilst the PEI measures how strongly colleagues believe 
the Group is committed to improving customer service. 

Underlying profit  
before tax

£m  

Statutory profit (loss)  
before tax

£m 

Earnings per share 

p

Total shareholder return 

% 

6,166

415

2013

2011

2012

(606)

2011

2012

2013

85

(1.2)

65

Going forward, we will also track our performance against the commitments 

of our new Helping Britain Prosper Plan.

2,565

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More on our 

Helping Britain Prosper Plan

429
2011

2012

2013

(3,751)

(4.3)

(2.1)

2012

2013

2011

(61)

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CHAIRMAn’S STATeMenT

This was, is, and will continue 
to be, a bank focused on 
customers’ needs and building 
lasting relationships. 

Sir Winfried Bischoff
Chairman

Overview
2013 has been a significant year for lloyds Banking Group, and in my last 
year-end statement as Chairman I would like to reflect not just on the year’s 
performance, but also on the strong position the Group has built as a result 
of the significant progress we have made in the past four years.

When I became Chairman in September 2009, I knew we faced many 
challenges as a Group, not least from the integration of two large businesses 
during a challenging time for financial markets and the global economy. 
However, I was encouraged by the great potential I could see in the Group’s 
combined franchise, in the strength of its brands, and in the commitment of 
colleagues to do the best for customers. This was, is, and will continue to be, 
a bank focused on customers’ needs and building lasting relationships. 

I believed we could overcome these challenges and begin the process 
of restoring our customers’ trust in what is a great British institution, with a 
strong heritage. I was also determined that the positive role the Group has 
played in the uK economy in the past should once again be recognised, 
and that lloyds Banking Group should be a company of which we can all 
be proud.

The Board has taken a number of important, and in many instances difficult, 
decisions as we have worked towards these goals. They have included the 
capital restructuring of the business, the appointment of a new management 
team and the development and oversight of our new strategy.

A key early decision was to issue new shares in the Group in December 
2009 to ensure we avoided the need for the government to take a larger 
stake or for the Group to face substantial further capital headwinds. 
I acknowledge this was painful at the time for many existing shareholders 
but has subsequently proved to have been the right choice for shareholders 
financially, as well as ensuring strength and stability, and laying the 
foundations for subsequent progress. 

Progress in 2013
In 2013, we accelerated the delivery of our strategy and made substantial 
progress in creating a simple, customer focused, low risk retail and commercial 
bank. We more than doubled our Group underlying profit to £6.2 billion and 
returned to modest statutory profitability at the pre-tax level, while further 
reducing the risk in the business and strengthening the balance sheet. Our  
pro forma fully loaded common equity tier 1 ratio is now 10.3 per cent. 

The significant progress enabled the uK government to sell a 6 per cent 
stake in the Group in September 2013, thereby reducing its holding to 
32.7 per cent. This was a major milestone in our recovery, and marks the 
start of the journey to full re-privatisation, a key priority for the Group. 
We have also commenced preparatory work including the preparation 
of certain documents required for a possible future sale of shares in 
lloyds Banking Group to the public.

We were also pleased that the first phase of the european Commission 
mandated business disposal, Project Verde, was successfully completed 
in September 2013, with TSB Bank launched onto the uK high streets. 
We continue to target an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of TSB Bank in 2014.

Despite this progress we have continued to be affected by legacy issues, 
in particular Payment Protection Insurance for which we took additional 
provisions of £3,050 million in the year. Though very disappointing, I am 
confident that our customer focused strategy along with the new customer 
processes and reward structures we are implementing will prevent issues of 
this magnitude being repeated.

As a Group we are well positioned, having established a business model and 
strategy which is aligned with the economic and regulatory environment. 
We have a strong and experienced management team to lead the further 
development of the business. The Group is now profitable, with a strong 
balance sheet and solid prudential foundations on which to build sustainable 
growth by serving our customers well. 

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We are one of the largest 
community investors in the UK, 
providing £85 million  
per annum to worthy causes.

Supporting the UK economic recovery 
Our simple, uK focused, low risk retail and commercial business plays a 
leading role in reshaping the banking industry and rebuilding the trust that 
is so vital in providing effective support for the economy. We are helping 
Britain prosper through our participation in uK government schemes such 
as Help To Buy and Funding for lending, in the latter of which we have 
been the largest participant. I am particularly proud of our commitment to 
uK business since our performance is inextricably linked to that of the uK 
economy, and the companies that operate within it. Our SMe lending grew 
6 per cent in 2013 in a market that contracted, while we exceeded our target 
of lending £1 billion to uK manufacturing companies three months ahead 
of schedule, a commitment we made in recognition of the fundamental role 
the manufacturing sector plays in the economy. 

Regulation
The regulation of the uK banking industry has changed significantly in my 
time as Chairman. Since the 2008 financial crisis, regulators have made great 
progress in enhancing the financial stability of the industry and the future 
regulatory framework is becoming clearer. However the challenge continues 
to be in striking the right balance between enhancing financial stability, and 
ensuring innovation, competition and growth. 

The lower risk inherent in a focused retail and commercial banking model 
such as ours is now being recognised by regulators, as are the many changes 
we have implemented to achieve a strong capital, liquidity and funding 
position. We remain confident we will meet the latest regulatory capital 
requirements when finalised, including the adoption of CRD IV, and the 
Group is considering opportunities to raise new Additional Tier 1 capital. 
Discussions around the ring-fencing proposals for uK banks have continued 
to evolve through 2013, and although many details still remain unclear, 
our intention is to become a ring-fenced bank and meet the Independent 
Commission on Banking’s 2019 deadline. 

Dividends
We were pleased to announce earlier this year that given the progress 
the Group has made in substantially strengthening its capital position and 
improving its financial performance, that the PRA has now confirmed it will 
consider the Group’s applications to make dividend payments in line with its 
normal procedures for other banks. In the light of this, and subject to a return 
to sustainable profitability and there being no major unexpected changes in 
the Group’s business outlook or regulatory requirements, the Board expects 
that it will apply to the PRA in the second half of 2014 to restart dividend 
payments, commencing at a modest level. I fully understand the difficulties 
that the absence of dividends has caused our shareholders and I am 
particularly pleased we have now reached this position.

Directors
As announced in 2013, I will retire from the Group in April 2014. I am 
delighted lord Blackwell has been chosen to succeed me as Chairman. 
He has an excellent understanding of the Group, having been a director 
of our Board and a member of the Group’s Audit and Risk Committees 
since June 2012, and chairman of Scottish Widows plc from September 
2012. He brings broad experience in banking, insurance and consultancy 
to the position. I am confident he will continue to take the Group forward 
successfully in the years ahead. 

We were pleased to welcome Dyfrig John to the Board in January this year 
as an Independent non-executive Director. Dyfrig has significant banking 
experience in the uK and overseas, having served in a number of senior 
management and Board roles with HSBC and its subsidiaries, and given his 
position as the Chairman of Principality Building Society.

Juan Colombás was appointed to the Board in november 2013. Juan has 
been the Group’s Chief Risk Officer and a member of the Group executive 
Committee since January 2011. He is responsible for the management 
of risk across the Group and has over 25 years of banking experience. His 
appointment highlights the importance of risk management in the Group 
and reflects the significant work that Juan has done to reshape the risk 
function over the past three years.

As a Board we believe that diversity helps to improve the quality of decision 
making and I am pleased that we maintained at least 25 per cent female 
representation on the Board ahead of the 2015 deadline mandated by the 
lord Davies report. I am confident that we will continue to promote diversity, 
both within the Board and the Group as a whole after my retirement.

One of the principal tasks of the Board is to develop a strategy which 
achieves long-term success and generates sustainable returns for 
shareholders. In turn, this needs to be underpinned by the high standards of 
corporate governance which are critical to the success of any business today. 
They must be driven by the Board, led by the Chairman, and be embedded 
in the thinking and processes of the business. As a Board, we are confident 
we have an excellent management team, and strong governance, to enable 
us to build a business that will deliver sustainable success in the future.

Community and culture
lloyds Banking Group has a presence in practically every community across 
the uK. We attach great importance to supporting these communities, 
both locally and nationally. This not only strengthens our business, but also 
helps to rebuild trust and confidence in the banking sector and underlines 
the positive role banks should play in society as a whole. Our commitment 
to these communities is demonstrated through a variety of initiatives which 
continue to focus on our values of putting customers first, keeping it simple 
and making a difference together. 

Actively supporting charitable causes has always been key to the Group and 
I am proud to say we have already exceeded our initial £2 million target of 
fundraising for our ‘Charity of the Year’ Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer 
Scotland, one year into our two year partnership with the charity. This will 
allow the delivery of the first phase of the live Well campaign, the first ever 
uK-wide dementia carers programme. Through our Community Fund, now 
in its second year, we are helping local people across the uK have a positive 
effect in their communities. In the past year the fund issued grants to over 
1,500 local good causes in nearly 400 communities across the uK. 

In addition to these areas of current focus, we are one of the largest 
community investors in the uK, providing £85 million per annum to worthy 
causes through various initiatives, including our charitable foundations.

We celebrated the graduation of our first cohort of lloyds Scholars in 
the summer. The scheme is a key part of our investment in the long-term 
economic future of the uK and helps young people from lower income 
households take their first steps on the career ladder. We also encourage  
our Scholars to volunteer in their local communities during the academic 
year to add to the Group’s wider support of communities.  

Within lloyds Banking Group we recognise the value of diversity in our 
colleagues. Having a broad and representative mix of backgrounds and 
experiences allows us to be more creative and maximise opportunities. 
The Group’s diversity networks enjoyed a successful year in 2013 with 
more events, increased membership, and a wider awareness among 
colleagues. The Group’s recent commitment to ensuring that women hold 
40 per cent of our top jobs by 2020 further demonstrates the importance of 
diversity in the Group. The make-up of our workforce increasingly reflects 
the communities we serve, an important factor in helping the business to 
understand them better and help them to prosper. 

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CHAIRMAn’S STATeMenT

Corporate and social responsibility
now more than ever, it is clear that doing business responsibly creates a 
more stable and successful future for the bank and for everyone it interacts 
with. During my years as Chairman, we have done a great deal to rebuild 
customer trust and colleague pride. not only have we introduced more 
rigorous responsible business practices, but our renewed focus on helping 
Britain prosper has helped us to articulate how we contribute to the uK’s 
long-term financial wellbeing.

We manage our business practices through our Responsible Business 
Committee (RBC), which reports to the Group executive Committee on 
a quarterly basis, and to the Board via the RBC’s Chair, Anita Frew, one 
of our non-executive Directors. In 2013, we continued to improve our 
governance structures, and now have all areas of the business represented 
on the RBC, to ensure effective management across the five pillars of our 
Codes of Responsible Business – customers, colleagues, communities, the 
environment, and relationships with our stakeholders. These developments 
will help to drive more positive outcomes, and move us closer to being 
the best bank for customers – which in turn will create sustainable value 
for shareholders.

The launch of our Helping Britain Prosper Plan in 2014 formalises our 
promise to make a difference in the areas where society’s needs overlap 
most closely with our core business services. Through seven commitments, 
backed by over 20 specific targets, I believe we can lead the industry in 
creating change in a meaningful and measurable way. 

Remuneration
The Remuneration Committee undertook a further review of colleague and 
executive remuneration in 2013. Anthony Watson, the Committee’s Chairman, 
provides his annual review of our approach elsewhere in the report but, 
given the importance of remuneration to our stakeholders and the Group, 
I want as Chairman to give some context to the decisions we have taken. 

We continue to believe that 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 strongly 
believe that we should align rewards to the longer term, sustainable success 
of our business and through this the delivery of value to shareholders. 

In 2012, despite improved underlying performance, we took the decision 
to reduce the bonus pool significantly below on-target levels. This reflected 
the views of our stakeholders, the uncertain economic outlook and the 
statutory loss for that year. For 2013, underlying performance was stronger, 
the economy is recovering, and the Group returned to pre-tax profit on a 
statutory basis. This improved performance, as shareholders are well aware, 
has been reflected in our share price, which rose 65 per cent in 2013, building 
on the 85 per cent increase in 2012.

In the light of the better results in 2013, the total bonus pool for the year 
has been increased by approximately 8 per cent to £395 million. This once 
again is significantly below on-target levels, but recognises the efforts of our 
employees in transforming the Group to a lower risk business and returning 
it to statutory profit.

Group bonus scheme awards remain a very small percentage of revenues 
at approximately 2 per cent, and represent approximately 6 per cent of 
pre-bonus underlying profit before tax, compared to 12 per cent in 2012. 
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 remains below £4,500.

We are beginning to regain the 
trust of our customers and the 
Group is increasingly seen as a 
leader in the banking industry.

Recent european legislation has introduced a cap on the variable element of 
remuneration at 100 per cent of fixed remuneration, rising to 200 per cent if 
shareholders provide their consent. To manage the impact of the legislation, 
we intend to make changes to our executive remuneration structure through 
the introduction of fixed share awards. The awards would be delivered over 
five years to support the alignment of executive and shareholder interests. 
These changes will be subject to appropriate shareholder approval at the 
2014 AGM. There will be no increase to maximum remuneration at face 
value as a result of these changes. 

The 2013 bonus awards for executives have been determined against 
robust financial performance measures, and will continue to be deferred into 
shares, not vesting before 2017. In recognition of the Group’s performance 
in 2013, the Remuneration Committee has decided to make an annual 
performance award to António Horta-Osório, the Group’s Chief executive 
Officer, of £1.7 million, payable in shares, with a five year deferral period. 
The award is subject to an additional condition requiring the share price to 
remain above 73.6p on average for any 126 consecutive trading days in the 
five years following grant or the uK government selling at least 50 per cent 
of its shareholding during the three years following grant. The shares will not 
be released before 2019. António has led the Group through a strong year 
resulting in the Group having the best performing share price amongst the 
FTSe 100 banks in 2013.

I am pleased to note that after many years of not meeting the performance 
conditions under the long Term Incentive Plan (lTIP), the strong 
performance on strategic and financial targets since 2011 resulted in the 
vesting of a portion of awards under the Plan. The lTIP remains a core part 
of our reward strategy and the alignment of performance conditions with the 
Group’s strategic objectives ensures payouts, when they do occur as in this 
year, are aligned to shareholders’ objectives.  

Outlook
Investors have begun to value the simplicity and transparency of our 
uK focused retail and commercial banking business model, as set out in 
2011. The perceptions of the Group among other influential stakeholders 
are also improving. Above all, despite some continuing setbacks, we are 
beginning to regain the trust of our customers and the Group is increasingly 
seen as a leader in the banking industry.

In closing I would like to thank my fellow Board members, the senior 
leadership team and all colleagues for everything we have accomplished 
together at lloyds Banking Group in my years here. Throughout my 
time I have been deeply impressed by the collegiate approach taken by 
management and colleagues in delivering goals, and their desire to do the 
best for customers. They have executed our strategy with great commitment 
and enthusiasm. I have also had great support from our shareholders large 
and small and I am grateful to them for their advice. 

The significant progress on our strategy is demonstrated by much improved 
financial results. However, we will always be mindful not to become 
complacent or let past success diminish our future efforts. In April I will hand 
over to lord Blackwell a strong bank that is well-placed competitively and 
looks to the future with a good deal of confidence, which I share. I wish the 
Group another successful year in 2014 and prosperity for many years ahead. 

Sir Winfried Bischoff 
Chairman

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A commitment to good 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. 

Board oversight – key topics
Throughout 2013 the Board continued to review the Group’s 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 allowed us to deal with key topics 
arising throughout the year, including:

This remains uppermost in our minds when applying 
the principles of the uK Corporate Governance Code 
published by the Financial Reporting Council. 
The Board aims to exceed these principles 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.

The Salz Review
The Salz Review was published in April 2013. Whilst the review focused 
on issues and cultural behaviours that are specific to Barclays, it contains 
important lessons for all banks, and raises the expectation that all banks 
will consider whether selected issues exist in their own organisations. With 
that in mind the nomination & Governance Committee which is chaired 
by Sir Winfried Bischoff asked for a full analysis of the Group’s performance 
against the 34 Salz recommendations. The findings of this analysis are set 
out on page 90.

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78

More on our 
responsible business

More on 
corporate governance

100

More on 
executive remuneration

   the establishment of a committee to oversee the search and 

selection of a new Chairman of the Board, which is explained on 
page 82

   the ongoing review of Board composition, including a number of 

new appointments which are explained on page 90

   a full analysis of the Group’s performance against the 34 Salz Review 

recommendations, which is explained on page 90

   the ongoing review and challenge of the Group’s strategy and long 

term objectives, and the approval of the five year operating plan and 
annual budget

   the ongoing review of the regulatory framework and the 

implementation of changes to achieve a strong capital, liquidity and 
funding position

   the launch of TSB bank, an independent banking operation with 

approximately 600 branches across Britain

   ongoing oversight of conduct issues with an emphasis on 

embedding a culture of ‘doing the right thing’

   an ongoing review of the adequacy of provisions in relation to legacy 
conduct issues such as Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) and the 
sale of interest rate hedging products to certain small and 
medium-sized businesses

   continued close scrutiny and control over executive remuneration 

arrangements, including adapting the structure to the requirements 
of CRD IV. We continued to maintain open and effective 
engagement with shareholders on a range of remuneration matters

   a Board effectiveness Review in which all board members 

participated, expressed their views, had individual meetings with the 
Chairman and collectively discussed at the Board the overall findings 
of 75 different assessments

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GROuP CHIeF eXeCuTIVe’S ReVIeW

We have reshaped, strengthened 
and simplified our business to 
create a low risk, efficient retail 
and commercial bank that is 
focused on our customers and on 
helping Britain prosper.     

 António Horta-Osório 
Group Chief executive

Summary
In 2013 the Group delivered a strong performance, underpinned by the rapid 
progress we have made on our strategic objectives, many of which we have 
now delivered ahead of plan. Since we set these objectives in June 2011, we 
have substantially reduced costs and risk, strengthened our balance sheet and 
capital base and increased investment in our core franchise, creating a unique 
competitive position with a low cost of equity. We continue to be well placed 
to support our customers and the uK economic recovery and to deliver strong 
and sustainable returns to shareholders above our cost of equity. As a result 
of this progress, we have substantially improved our underlying performance, 
returned the Group to profitability in spite of additional legacy costs and in 
September the uK government began returning the Group to full private 
ownership. We have also confirmed that the Board expects that it will apply to 
the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) in the second half of 2014 to restart 
dividend payments, commencing at a modest level. 

Results overview
We delivered a substantially improved financial performance in 2013. Group 
underlying profit more than doubled to £6,166 million when compared to 
2012, reflecting improved profitability in the core business and a significant 
reduction in non-core losses.

On an underlying basis, the Group net interest margin increased 19 basis 
points to 2.12 per cent, total costs reduced 5 per cent to £9,635 million 
and the impairment charge fell by 47 per cent to £3,004 million, more than 
offsetting a fall in other income, which was down 2 per cent, mainly driven by 
the non-core asset reductions made in the year, which overall were capital 
accretive. As a result, the Group return on risk-weighted assets improved 
137 basis points to 2.14 per cent. 

We made excellent progress in our core business, where we have returned 
lending to growth in all our banking divisions, and underlying profit rose 
24 per cent to £7,574 million. This growth in profit was largely driven by an 
8 per cent increase in net interest income, and a 21 per cent reduction in the 
impairment charge. The return on risk-weighted assets in the core business 
improved by 72 basis points to 3.26 per cent.

On a statutory basis, the Group reported a profit before tax of £415 million, 
compared to a pre-tax loss of £606 million in 2012. Strong performance in 
our core business and reduced non-core losses were the main drivers behind 
the improvement which, together with gains on the sale of government 
securities of £787 million, was partly offset by charges of £3,455 million for 
legacy issues, principally Payment Protection Insurance (PPI). Our statutory 
result also included the costs of our Simplification programme and 
preparations for the TSB disposal (together £1,517 million), and losses on 
asset sales, including those from capital accretive non-core asset disposals, 
of £687 million.

Strengthening the balance sheet
Over the course of 2013 we made further progress in strengthening the 
balance sheet and reducing risk, while continuing to manage down our 
wholesale funding. 

We substantially strengthened our capital position, with our pro forma fully 
loaded common equity tier 1 ratio increasing by 2.2 percentage points 
to 10.3 per cent, despite the additional legacy charges during the year. 
This uplift was driven by capital generation in the core business, as well as 
management actions including the reshaping of our core business portfolio, 
the substantial reduction of non-core assets in a capital accretive manner 
and the payment of dividends of £2.2 billion to the Group by the Insurance 
business. We reduced non-core assets by £34.9 billion, while at the same 
time releasing approximately £2.6 billion of capital. 

The Group’s funding structure and liquidity position remain robust.  
We further reduced wholesale funding by £32.0 billion, representing a  
19 per cent decrease in the year, with the proportion of funding with a maturity  
of less than a year at 32 per cent. We continue to maintain a strong liquidity  
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The 4 per cent increase in customer deposits, together with non-core asset 
reduction, drove a further improvement in the Group’s loan to deposit ratio 
to 113 per cent at the end of 2013 from 121 per cent at the end of 2012, with 
the core loan to deposit ratio improving to 100 per cent by the end of 2013. 

5%

Reduction in costs

£6.2bn

underlying profit

In acknowledgement of the significant progress we have made in improving 
the Group’s capitalisation and transforming its financial profile, the rating 
agencies Fitch and Standard & Poor’s upgraded lloyds Bank’s standalone 
rating to ‘bbb+’ in September and December 2013 respectively, and 
affirmed their long-term credit ratings on lloyds Bank at ‘A’.

Legacy
Our results and capital position reflect further provisions for legacy issues 
taken in 2013 totalling £3,455 million which had a material effect on our 
statutory performance. We remain committed to resolving these issues, 
while treating our customers fairly. Of these provisions, £3,050 million related 
to PPI and £130 million related to the sales of interest rate hedging products 
to certain small and medium-sized businesses.

We increased our provision for PPI by £1,800 million in the fourth quarter 
principally based on revised expectations for complaint volumes, uphold 
rates, and related administrative costs. Further detail on the provisions for 
legacy issues is given in the Summary of Group results on page 45.

Reshaping the Group to increase our focus  
on the UK and our core customers
We made a number of asset disposals during 2013, including the sales of 
our shares in St. James’s Place and the announced disposal of our German 
life insurance operation, Heidelberger leben. We also continued to increase 
our focus on our core uK business and reduce our international presence, 
completing the sales of our Australian and Spanish banking businesses 
and have now exited, or announced the exit from, 21 countries or overseas 
branches since June 2011. Following completion of these exits, we will 
operate in nine countries, achieving our target of operating in 10 countries  
or fewer by the end of 2014.

In november 2013, we announced that we had agreed to sell our asset 
management business Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) to 
Aberdeen Asset Management (Aberdeen) for a consideration valued at 
the time at up to £660 million. We also agreed to enter into a long-term 
strategic relationship with Aberdeen which is expected to result in a stronger 
asset management partner for the Group and its customers, combining 
Aberdeen’s and SWIP’s strengths across asset classes once the sale 
completes, which is expected in the first quarter of 2014.

We continue to refresh our operating structure and from the beginning 
of 2014 our unified Wealth business will be integrated into the Retail 
division. This will allow us to sharpen our focus on delivering value-added 
Wealth services to eligible retail customers and will represent a key growth 
opportunity. We have also moved our Business Banking unit, which 
services approximately one million small business customers with less 
complex needs, into Retail, allowing us to draw on the collective expertise 
of Retail and Commercial Banking colleagues to manage these customer 
relationships in a way which leverages existing Retail infrastructure, via 
branch, telephony and digital channels.

Our Asset Finance business is the foundation of a newly created Consumer 
Finance division, which will also include our consumer and corporate 
credit card business. Bringing these business units together will increase 
management focus and allow us to capitalise on growth opportunities, 
continuing our good momentum in asset-backed lending and with the 
aim of growing our market presence in credit cards. Consumer Finance will 
work in close partnership with Retail and Commercial Banking to ensure we 
continue to offer our customers excellent customer service.    

Substantial further progress  
in our Simplification programme
Our Simplification programme remains central to the successful delivery of 
our strategy, both in terms of realising further cost savings and efficiencies, 
and in improving the products and services we offer our customers. 
Through Simplification, we have made excellent progress in improving and 
rationalising processes, and reducing layers, suppliers and our non-branch 
property portfolio. The ongoing programme realised approximately 
£0.6 billion in further cost savings in 2013, generating a total of around 
£1.5 billion annual run-rate savings since inception and having identified 
further opportunities we are now increasing our target run-rate savings by a 
further £100 million to £2.0 billion by the end of 2014. The total spent on the 
programme to the end of 2013 was £1.7 billion.

We have now fully automated the collection of maturity instructions from 
term deposit customers, reducing completion time by approximately 
85 per cent, substantially reducing error rates and have completed the 
transfer of 1.7 million mortgage accounts to a single mortgage platform. 
Similarly, we have made great strides in delayering the organisation, 
increasing spans of control and simplifying the Group so that 98 per cent 
of employees are now within seven layers. During 2013 we also made 
significant progress in reducing the number of legal entities, which 
are now down to 929, a reduction of over 40 per cent since the start 
of the Simplification programme in 2011, and the number of Group 
suppliers was further reduced by 14 per cent to 9,066 in 2013, to around half 
the level at the start.  Meanwhile we exited 19 non-branch properties in 2013, 
reducing the overall total to 161. 

All of these changes help to put us firmly on the path to being the best bank 
for customers, enabling better service by making day-to-day tasks easier and 
freeing up colleague time to focus on our customers’ needs. 

Investing in the business

We are reinvesting a significant proportion of the savings realised from 
Simplification to further improve processes and the quality of customer 
interaction through branches, via the telephone and digital channels. 

In the second half of the year, we relaunched the lloyds Bank brand, building 
on its 250-year heritage of serving the people and businesses of Britain, to 
take its place alongside our key high street banking brands, Halifax and  
Bank of Scotland. The relaunch of lloyds Bank followed the separation 
of TSB, which has brought another new challenger to the high street. 
The Group has received an agreement in principle from the european 
Commission to pursue an Initial Public Offering of TSB as planned in 2014 
and to extend the deadline for the completion of the TSB divestment to the 
end of 2015.

We are continuing to develop and grow our Halifax challenger brand, 
including extending its geographical reach into Scotland, and in 2013 
Bank of Scotland began its first ever national campaign targeting lending  
to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMes). In Insurance, 2014 has  
already seen us relaunch the Scottish Widows brand, refining its focus 
on providing a more secure financial future for our customers and 
demonstrating our continued commitment to be a leader in the  
life planning and retirement market. 

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Our strong portfolio of differentiated brands underlines our commitment 
to service and to helping our customers with the things that really 
matter – planning for the future, enabling them to purchase their home 
and protecting their families – as well as supporting uK business. Brand 
revitalisation is being reinforced by an extensive programme of branch 
refurbishment and investment in telephony and digital channels. We have 
so far refurbished over 1,500 branches since the Strategic Review, creating 
bright, modern environments incorporating screenless counters. We have 
also introduced active management of our banking halls, increased colleague 
training and extended opening hours at selected branches, enhancing the 
overall branch banking experience for our customers. In turn, this has resulted 
in a further 11 per cent improvement in net Promoter Scores and a fall in 
Group reportable banking complaints to 1.0 per 1,000 accounts (excluding 
PPI). This level of complaints represents the lowest of any major uK bank,  
with Halifax leading the way amongst our brands with 0.8 complaints per 
1,000 accounts, and we expect to maintain this industry leading position.

In telephone banking, we launched a number of improvements to our 
automated Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR) system in 2013, incorporating 
the latest speech recognition software to get things right first time when 
customers call us. With simplified menu structures, increased service 
functionality and improved call routing, nearly two-thirds of all calls are 
fulfilled at point of IVR first contact.

Our digital channels go from strength to strength, with active internet 
banking users now increased to over 10.5 million and mobile banking 
users to more than four million, and over 1.2 billion log-ons in 2013. We 
have now created a new Digital, Marketing and Customer Development 
function to capitalise on our achievements to date, focusing our investment 
and ensuring our success in Retail is replicated by sharing digital product 
development across all divisions.

In Commercial Banking we continue to strengthen our capabilities and 
position ourselves for growth. In 2013, we launched a new Global Transaction 
Banking platform to support clients in payments, liquidity management and 
working capital financing, thereby deepening our client relationships by 
fulfilling a broader spectrum of their product needs.

In General Insurance, we have redesigned our claims process to make it 
more efficient and simpler and as a result, the majority of our Home Claims 
customers are receiving their settlements 30 per cent faster. Customers 
making a claim are now looked after by a dedicated advisor throughout the 
life of their claim and regular contact is maintained. 

Supporting our customers  
and the economic recovery
lloyds Banking Group is the uK’s largest retail and commercial lender,  
and in 2013 we continued to deliver on our pledge to help Britain prosper 
and support sustainable economic recovery. We were the first bank to  
access funding from the government’s Funding for lending (FlS) scheme, 
and are its largest lender, having committed over £37 billion of gross new 
lending with net core growth of £13 billion since the start of the scheme.  
We remain committed to passing on the benefits of this low cost funding  
to our uK customers. 

In Retail, we helped more than 80,000 new homeowners to purchase their 
first home, exceeding our target of 60,000 and advancing mortgages 
totalling over £9.7 billion. Through our participation in government schemes 
such as Help to Buy in the Halifax and Bank of Scotland brands (now also 
launched under the lloyds Bank brand in 2014), we are providing strong 
support for the recovery in the housing market, by facilitating access to 
mortgage financing for creditworthy home buyers at up to 95 per cent of 
property purchase values. 

6%

Increase in SMe lending

80,000+

Mortgages provided  
to first-time buyers

September 2013 saw the introduction of a new industry-wide service to 
make it easier and quicker for customers to switch their current account. Key 
lloyds Banking Group brands are taking part in this scheme, which allows 
customers to switch their accounts within seven working days. During the 
course of the year switch-ins have exceeded switch-outs by approximately 
144,000, particularly driven by switching into our challenger brand, Halifax. 
This is testament to some of the product innovations we have implemented, 
including loyalty schemes such as Halifax’s Cashback extras, and everyday 
Offers at lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland, recognising and rewarding the 
faith placed in us by our customers to provide a consistent, high quality service. 

In Commercial Banking, we continue to strengthen our client relationships, 
supporting businesses of all sizes from SMes to Global Corporates. We 
have demonstrated our focus to support clients consistently through the 
economic cycle with net lending to SMes growing by 6 per cent in 2013 
despite a market contraction of 3 per cent; committing over £1.3 billion 
to the uK manufacturing sector by the end of September, exceeding our 
£1 billion target three months early; and providing finance to approximately 
120,000 start-up enterprises, beating our target by 20,000. In 2013 
we continued to approve eight out of 10 business loan and overdraft 
applications from SMes. Meanwhile the Hire Purchase and leasing team 
within Commercial Finance achieved record monthly lending levels. We have 
further supported loan growth by launching a partnership to deliver mobile 
card payment solutions to small businesses which is cutting technology costs 
and opening up growth opportunities. 

For the ninth year running we were awarded the title of ‘Business Bank 
of the Year’ at the FDs’ excellence Awards, which are supported by the 
Confederation of British Industry and the Institute of Chartered Accountants 
in england and Wales. 

In Insurance, we have seen excellent growth in our Corporate Pensions area, 
stimulated by the market changes as a result of the Retail Distribution Review 
and the support we are giving to our customers in managing the transition 
to auto-enrolment. We also launched an enhanced annuity product in 
both the intermediary and direct channels, expanding our offering, while 
enabling our retail bank customers to secure a higher retirement income via 
a new online comparison tool. We continue to enhance our market-leading 
bancassurance protection proposition as we look to address the uK 
population’s protection gap. In 2013, we addressed the protection needs 
of 200,000 new customers and paid out around £200 million in claims to 
existing customers. In General Insurance, in the aftermath of the October 
and December storms, our Home Claims teams worked hard to offer 
seamless service at a distressing time for many of our customers.

Within Asset Finance, we were pleased to announce a partnership between 
our Black Horse business and Jaguar land Rover which will see us provide 
lending facilities to over 200 motor dealerships to cover vehicle stock and 
personal finance to customers seeking to purchase a car. Black Horse also 
enabled customers to make payments via mobile devices this year. Within 
Wealth, we also now provide better support and faster advice through a 
newly inaugurated Private Banking client centre while harnessing the latest 
customer relationship management technology, halving the time from initial 
contact to customer interview.

 
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Regulation
2013 was an important year for the uK’s supervisory framework for financial 
services companies, with two new bodies coming into existence in April, 
the Prudential Regulatory Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority, 
replacing the FSA. While uncertainty remains in relation to the impact of 
many reforms affecting our industry, both in the uK and from abroad, there 
is now greater clarity on regulatory capital requirements. Our simplified, low 
risk, uK focused model is closely aligned to the new regulatory landscape, 
and with the reshaping we have undertaken, we are better positioned than 
ever to adapt to the changes we may face in the future and conduct our 
day-to-day business in a way that puts our customers’ needs first. We also 
continue to work with the relevant authorities on the evolution of regulation 
connected to the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act, although we 
expect the majority of our operations to be within the ring-fence which this 
legislation will create when it comes into effect at the start of 2019.  

Colleagues
Our success relies on the dedication of colleagues, the service they provide 
to our customers and the long-term partnerships they build with them. Our 
stated aim of becoming the best bank for customers would not be possible 
without their talent and hard work. I would like to personally thank all 
colleagues for their tremendous efforts that have enabled us to move further 
and faster towards our goals in 2013.  

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our Chairman, Sir Winfried 
Bischoff, who will retire from the Group in April 2014. His stewardship and 
guidance, in a challenging operating environment both from a regulatory 
and economic perspective, have been invaluable. I look forward to working 
closely with lord Blackwell, who will take over as Chairman from April, on the 
next steps in the evolution of the Group.

We are committed to attracting, retaining and developing our people. Over 
51,000 lloyds Banking Group customer facing colleagues have achieved 
the Chartered Banker Foundation Standard for Professional Bankers. This 
Standard enables bankers to demonstrate to colleagues and customers 
that they have the knowledge and skills to perform their role, that they take 
responsibility for acting ethically and professionally, and that they adhere 
to the Chartered Banker Code of Professional Conduct to deliver the best 
outcomes for our customers. 

Colleague feedback is highly valued and in 2013, Community Bank and 
Telephone Banking colleagues made almost 3,000 suggestions, contributing 
towards a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, enabling us 
to deliver more tangible enhancements to our customer offering than ever 
before. Also vital are our Back to the Floor days which take our senior leaders 
from the wider Group back into the branches and operational centres to 
experience our services and processes first hand, giving them important 
insights into how improvements are being implemented. 

11%

Increase in customer  
service scores

40%

2020 target for senior roles  
held by women

Our 2013 Colleague Survey had the highest ever participation rate, reaching 
over 75 per cent. There were improvements in scores across all key categories 
and we compare favourably with other uK companies. notably the employee 
engagement Index (eeI), which shows the extent to which colleagues feel 
motivated to contribute to the success of the Group, and are willing to apply 
discretionary effort to help the business succeed, rose to 64 per cent, 16 points 
higher than in 2012. Meanwhile, the Performance excellence Index (PeI), which 
shows how strongly colleagues believe the Group is committed to delivering, 
and continuously improving, high quality products and services to customers, 
rose to 76 per cent, 8 points higher than in 2012. There are many factors that 
influence these scores; the ongoing delivery of our strategy, the achievement 
of key milestones, together with the recent start of our return to full private 
ownership, have all contributed to the improvement in engagement. 

I am also delighted to have announced, as part of our Helping Britain Prosper 
Plan, that we are moving towards a target of 40 per cent of our most senior 
roles being held by women by 2020. We do recognise however, that there is 
more to be done on our journey to being the best bank for customers and 
amongst the best-rated companies in the uK by our colleagues.

I am proud that, amongst many other accolades received during the year, we 
were named ‘Best Bank (uK)’ at the 2013 euromoney Awards and ‘Bank of the 
Year’ at The Banker’s 2013 Awards. These awards reflect the strong capabilities 
and diligence of our people who continue to support the delivery of our strategy. 

Dividends
In the second half of 2013, the Group commenced discussions with the 
PRA on the timetable and conditions for resuming dividend payments. 
Given the progress the Group has made in substantially strengthening its 
capital position and improving its financial performance, the PRA has now 
confirmed that it will consider the Group’s applications to make dividend 
payments in line with its normal procedures for other banks.

In the light of this, and subject to a return to sustainable profitability and 
there being no major unexpected changes in the Group’s business outlook 
or regulatory requirements, the Board expects that it will apply to the PRA 
in the second half of 2014 to restart dividend payments, commencing at a 
modest level. The Board expects thereafter to have a progressive dividend 
policy with the aim of moving, over the medium term, to a dividend payout 
ratio of at least 50 per cent of sustainable earnings.

Outlook 
We have made further substantial progress in 2013 on our strategy to be 
the best bank for customers. We delivered a significantly improved financial 
performance while increasing investment in our core franchise and people, 
strengthening our balance sheet and capital position, reducing costs and 
risk, and addressing legacy issues. 

There is still a lot to do and we are not complacent, but the progress we 
have made means we have a simpler, more efficient, low risk business, which 
given the additional investments we are making, is well placed to serve our 
customers and to help Britain prosper. We therefore remain confident in 
the Group’s prospects, despite continued regulatory uncertainty, and in our 
ability to generate strong and sustainable returns for our shareholders.

António Horta-Osório 
Group Chief executive

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MARKeT OVeRVIeW

Given our uK focus, our financial performance  
is inextricably linked to the performance of the  
uK economy, its regulatory environment and  
the competitive environment.

UK economic trends 
The UK economy started to grow again in 2013 
As with many developed economies, the shift from rising debt in the 
pre-crisis decade to a period of debt repayment in recent years has proved 
a difficult transition for the uK economy. Many countries cutting back on 
private spending and government spending at the same time resulted in 
self-perpetuating cycles of weak growth and confidence, with exports unable 
to compensate for weak domestic demand. 

However, progress on consumer and bank debt reduction has been greater 
in the uK than across much of europe, and consequently uK economic 
growth picked up significantly in 2013, much more so than in the eurozone. 
Business and consumer confidence increased as the eurozone economy 
stabilised, following the european Central Bank’s commitment to purchase 
government bonds of countries experiencing financing difficulties and 
from a slowdown in their mandated pace of government deficit reduction. 
uK consumers appear to have reduced their precautionary saving, and 
the appetite for unsecured credit, particularly for car purchase, increased, 
helping consumer spending growth to accelerate to 2.4 per cent in 2013, 
up from 1.5 per cent in 2012. 

Government initiatives have supported recovery
A number of government initiatives have helped support recovery. The Bank 
of england initially introduced ‘forward guidance’ for Bank Rate, ruling out 
any increase until the unemployment rate had fallen significantly, hoping to 
limit concerns that interest rates might rise before the economy was much 
stronger, and although the guidance has since been updated, this helped 
provide reassurance. The government launched a two-pronged Help to Buy 
scheme to help first-time house buyers struggling to raise deposits as well 
as existing home-owners constrained by low levels of equity in their current 
properties. Alongside the improving economy, this contributed to a rise 
in house prices of 6 per cent in 2013 compared to 2 per cent in 2012. The 
Funding for lending scheme, introduced in 2012, continued to support the 
economy with its beneficial impact on banks’ funding costs and consequent 
lowering in interest rates on lending products, although its support for 
mortgage lending has now been withdrawn. Our participation in both of 
these schemes has not only been beneficial to the Group but also illustrates 
our commitment to and focus on supporting the uK economy and helping 
Britain prosper. 

Recovery has so far been weak 
early estimates suggest that the uK economy grew by 1.8 per cent in 
2013 compared to 0.3 per cent in 2012. However, given how much the 
economy shrank during the 2008-9 recession, recovery so far has been weak 
in a historical uK context and is only now outperforming the eurozone. 
The weak eurozone economy continues to drag on the uK – the uK’s 
overseas trade balance remained close to 1.5 per cent of GDP in 2013, as 
in 2012, with export growth estimated at below 1 per cent in 2013. Further 
improvement in external trade is necessary if the economy is to make up 
some of the gap between current output and the pre-crisis trend, without 
increasing debt again. 

unemployment, although still well above its pre-crisis level, fell relatively 
quickly through 2013 from 7.8 per cent at the end of 2012 to 7.2 per cent in 
the final quarter of 2013. low interest rates have helped to keep company 
failures subdued, falling to just 0.6 per cent of active companies in 2013, 
close to its pre-crisis low. 

Growth expected to improve
The most likely outlook is for continued recovery in 2014, with faster growth 
than in 2013. But the recovery will still be held back by consumers’ subdued 
appetite to borrow and government deficit reduction in the uK and across 
much of the eurozone. The current consensus for 2014 GDP growth is 
2.7 per cent, close to the long-term average, and unemployment should 
continue to fall. However, with growth in wages and companies’ unit labour 
costs remaining subdued, Bank Rate is expected to remain unchanged at 
0.5 per cent through 2014. 

Recovery compared to other countries
UK GDP, real terms

Quarters from peak  

-8

-6

-4

-2

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

24

110

105

100

95

90

0
0
1
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p
d
g
n

i

k
a
e
p
x
e
d
n

I

Source: ONS

US

Germany

France
UK

Eurozone

Spain

Italy

Risks to sustained recovery remain
Risks to this outlook are more evenly balanced than in recent years. In the 
short-term, the rise in confidence and the renewed buoyancy in house 
prices could lead growth to accelerate by more than expected. However, 
downside risks also remain, mainly from outside the uK. The eurozone still 
doesn’t have in place the full cross-country risk sharing necessary to ensure 
the long term stability of the euro, so financial market turbulence remains a 
possibility if some countries’ governments or banks are revealed to be less 
robust than they currently appear. In the uS, the unsustainable long-term 
trajectory of government debt could still result in sharp spending cuts 
despite the recent bi-partisan agreement. Such scenarios would significantly 
impact the uK economy, which would, in turn, have a negative impact on the 
Group’s income, funding costs and impairment charges. 

The effect on our markets
The weak economic recovery has kept many of our markets subdued. 
Growth in uK households’ deposits slowed to 3.7 per cent in 2013 from 
5.7 per cent in 2012. net new mortgage lending amounted to just 
0.9 per cent of outstanding balances during 2013, the fifth consecutive 
year around 1 per cent or less. unsecured consumer borrowing, net of 
repayments, increased by 4.7 per cent in 2013, the second consecutive 
year of positive net borrowing, but at less than 1 per cent of income this 
remains only one third of the level of the early 2000s. non-financial company 
deposits with uK banks and building societies rose by 8.8 per cent in 2013, 
up from 4.9 per cent in 2012 while they reduced their borrowing from banks 
for the fifth consecutive year. Overall levels of corporate debt have however 
remained fairly flat relative to GDP in recent years, as large corporates have 
been refinancing bank debt in bond markets. 

As the economic recovery continues, we expect demand for credit from 
households and small and medium-sized businesses to increase, but growth 
is likely to stay well below pre-crisis rates as the appetite to borrow remains 
constrained by recent experience. With Bank Rate not expected to rise until 
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Regulation 
The regulatory landscape is now clearer but significant change is still 
expected. In particular, within the uK over the next few years we will 
need to implement the recommendations relating to ring-fencing and 
culture established within the Banking Reform Act (2013). Key regulatory 
developments in 2013 are outlined below.

Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013
The Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act gained Royal Assent on 
18 December 2013. The Act implements the recommendations of the 
Independent Commission on Banking and the Parliamentary Commission 
on Banking Standards. It includes provisions for criminal sanctions and 
the new Senior Persons Regime. It also requires banks to ring-fence some 
retail and SMe activities from investment banking activities and conform 
to additional capital requirements beyond those required by Basel III. 
Importantly for the Group, given we are primarily a uK focused retail and 
commercial bank, the majority of our operations are likely to be within 
the ring-fence. 

Capital Requirements Directive IV (CRD IV)
Final rules following the outcome of the Prudential Regulatory Authority’s 
consultation on future capital requirements were issued in December 2013, 
and have implemented the european union’s new capital requirements 
legislation, known as CRD IV, in the uK from 1 January 2014. 

Recovery and resolution mechanisms
The european Commission published the Recovery and Resolution 
Directive on 6 June 2012. This should come in to force on 1 January 2015. 
The Directive requires all firms to develop a recovery plan and contribute 
to a resolution fund. It also 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. 

UK supervisory structure
The Financial Services Act 2012 confirmed the responsibilities of the Financial 
Policy Committee for ‘macro-prudential regulation’ and formalised the 
replacement of the FSA with two new bodies for prudential and conduct 
regulation: the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct 
Authority. The new institutions came into being on 1 April 2013.  

Other regulatory reforms
The Group is also implementing a broader range of regulatory changes, 
which includes accounting standards, the Dodd-Frank Act, Benchmarks, 
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), the updated Markets 
in Financial Instruments Directive Review, and updates to the Deposit 
Guarantee Scheme, amongst others.

Market trends

Key opportunities

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

   Customer requirements: our differentiated customer focused 

strategy along with our comprehensive multi-channel distribution 
network, well recognised brands and high quality people mean we 
are well positioned to address changing customer needs. 

   Regulatory environment: greater clarity emerging  

on regulatory requirements.

Customer drivers 
In the competitive open markets in which we operate, customers are 
benefiting 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 smart phones. 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 recognise that 
every customer, whether an individual or an organisation, has particular 
needs and we must engage with them accordingly. Fundamentally, every 
customer has a choice and will select the provider that can most effectively 
fulfil their personal needs.

We are seeing a number of new or expanding players make an increasing 
impact into an already highly competitive sector and the TSB business, 
which we intend to float on the london Stock exchange through an Initial 
Public Offering (IPO) in 2014, will have the capability of being another strong 
and effective challenger. An enhanced industry-wide switching service was 
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 in the coming years. We anticipate an 
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 challenger brands, and in 
some cases pre-existing customer bases.

From a regulatory perspective, the new conduct regulator, the Financial 
Conduct Authority, has a competition duty giving it an 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 these 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.

Key challenges

   economic environment: continuing economic uncertainty  

in the eurozone.

   Regulatory environment: uncertainty remains around the 

implementation of key elements of the proposals on ring-fencing.

   Competition: it is likely that an increasingly competitive market  
for lending and deposits will require us to innovate and offer 
attractive new products.

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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 we believe we can help Britain prosper  
and deliver strong and sustainable returns for 
our shareholders.

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

We provide a range of services, primarily in the uK, to individuals and 
commercial customers and by focusing on the needs of customers and 
operating sustainably and responsibly, we believe we will help Britain  
prosper and create value for our shareholders.

The foundations for providing effective customer service are: our range of 
iconic and distinct brands, our broad multi-channel distribution network, 
our financial strength, our efficient systems and processes, our high quality, 
committed colleagues and our uK focus.

We want to meet our customers’ financial needs, help them succeed and 
create value for them. We do this using our distinctive strengths, in particular 
our superior customer insight, simpler tailored products and relationship 
focus, whether that be through banking, insurance, investment, debt 
financing or risk management products. 

Our focus on creating a simpler, more efficient and agile organisation is 
enabling us to provide a better product and service proposition at a fair price 
while delivering more efficient processes and reducing our 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, they remain appropriate 
for all stages of the economic cycle, whilst providing real differentiation and 
positioning us well for future regulatory reform.

ultimately as a simple, low 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 and sustainable returns for 
our shareholders.

How we create value
A simple, low risk, customer focused uK banking model, delivering  
the right products with  good service at a fair price.

Simple, 
tailored products 
addressing 
customer needs…

Unique  
and effective  
service  
proposition… 

   lending

   Deposit taking

   Insurance

   Investment

   Debt financing

   Risk management

…delivered  
through our four 
divisions.

   A range of iconic and  

distinctive brands

   Broad multi-channel 
distribution network: 
branch, telephone  
and digital

   High quality, 
committed 
colleagues

   efficient systems 
and processes

   Financial strength

   uK focus

Creating 
distinctive 
value for 
customers 
through…

   Superior 

consumer insight

   Relationship focus

   using our cost 

advantage for the 
benefit of customers

Enabling 
sustainable 
value 
creation.

Helping
Britain
prosper 

Becoming the best 
bank for customers

Targeting strong, 
sustainable returns  
for our shareholders

 
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Our vision
Our aim is to be the best bank for customers and to create value for them by 
investing where we can make a real difference. 

Customers are at the heart of everything we do, whether that be through 
our distribution network, our brands or our people. This commitment is 
supported by our Group values of putting customers first, keeping it simple 
and making a difference together.

Our strategy
We are creating a simpler, more agile, efficient and responsive customer 
focused organisation concentrating on operating sustainably and 
responsibly and helping Britain prosper. We are reshaping and simplifying 
the business and investing a portion of the savings made from our 
Simplification programme in customer related growth initiatives.

We are reshaping our business portfolio to fit our assets, capabilities and risk 
appetite. We are strengthening our balance sheet by continuing to reduce 
our non-core assets and applying a conservative approach to, and prudent 
appetite for, risk. We have reduced our international presence in order to 
focus on our core uK customers.

We are unlocking the potential in our franchise and delivering 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 we are making substantial customer-related investment. 
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.

We are delivering our strategy though a clear action plan focused on 
reshaping our business portfolio to fit our assets, capabilities and 
risk appetite, strengthening our balance sheet and liquidity position, 
simplifying the Group to improve agility, efficiency and customer 
service and investing to be the best bank for customers. Our progress 
against this plan and the key priorities for 2014 are described on the next 
few pages.

Following the significant progress we have made against our original 
strategic plan, we expect to announce an update on our strategy in the 
second half of 2014 which will also incorporate the key elements of our  
new Helping Britain Prosper Plan.

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More on our Helping Britain 
Prosper plan

Our action plan for success
We are making significant progress on all four key elements  
of our action plan to deliver our strategy. This is outlined in  
more detail on the next few pages:

Reshape

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

20

More on 
Reshape

Strengthen

the Group’s balance sheet 
and liquidity position.

21

More on 
Strengthen

Simplify

the Group to improve agility, 
efficiency and customer service.

22

More on 
Simplify

Invest

to be the best bank 
for customers.

23

More on 
Invest

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DelIVeRInG OuR ACTIOn PlAn

Reshape

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

Aim
We focus on attractive uK customer segments and their product needs 
to deliver a sustainable statutory return on equity of between 12.5 and 
14.5 per cent. In order to reshape our business, we have been focusing on 
reducing non-core assets, improving our asset quality and reducing our 
international presence. We will invest in businesses which offer strong returns 
and attractive growth in line with our core customer strategy and within a 
conservative capital and liquidity framework. 

Priorities for 2014

   Continue to reduce our non-core assets in a capital accretive manner 

with particular focus on non-retail non-core assets.

   Continue to improve our asset quality ratio towards our new Group 

target of around 50 basis points.

In addition, we continue to refresh our operating structure and, from 2014, 
our unified Wealth business will be integrated into the Retail division to allow 
us to sharpen our focus on delivering value-added Wealth services to eligible 
retail customers. We have also moved our Business Banking unit into Retail, 
allowing us to manage customer relationships in a way which leverages 
existing Retail infrastructure, via branch, telephony and digital channels. 
Our Asset Finance business is the foundation of a newly created Consumer 
Finance division, which will also include our consumer and corporate 
credit card business. Bringing these business units together will increase 
management focus and allow us to capitalise on growth opportunities, 
continuing our good momentum in asset-backed lending and with the aim 
of growing our market presence in credit cards. We have also created a 
new Digital, Marketing and Customer Development function focusing our 
investment and ensuring our success in Retail is replicated by sharing digital 
product development across all divisions.

Key initiatives and progress in 2013
We made significant progress in reshaping our business to become a 
simpler, low risk, customer focused organisation in 2013. As a result we 
have already achieved a number of our original targets in this area ahead 
of schedule.

Continued reduction in non-core assets
In 2013 we further reduced our assets, by £34.9 billion to £63.5 billion, 
significantly ahead of both our original £90 billion target and the revised 
£70 billion target, and ahead of the original 2014 target date. We have now 
reduced non-core assets by around £100 billion since the strategic review in 
June 2011, and these disposals continue to be capital accretive in aggregate.

Dealing with our non-core assets prudently and efficiently allows us to focus 
energy and resource on our core business. The accelerated reduction of our 
non-core assets has enabled us to accelerate the reduction in our wholesale 
funding to reshape the business portfolio to fit our assets and capabilities.

Due to the excellent progress in this area we will now report on a run-off 
portfolio comprising our non-core non-retail assets (c.£25 billion) and certain 
non-core retail assets including Ireland and Hong Kong (c.£8 billion).

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

The impairment charge continues to fall, and the overall quality of our 
portfolio continues to improve. As a result, our asset quality ratio at  
57 basis points is now within our target range of 50-60 basis points, and  
we have now upgraded our target to around 50 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 with ties to the uK. Following significant disposals in 2013 
including Australia, we have now exited, or announced the exit from, 
21 countries. In doing so, we have exceeded both our original target of less 
than 15 countries by the end of 2014 and our updated target of 10 countries 
or fewer by the end of 2014, more than a year ahead of plan, while retaining 
businesses that will benefit uK centric customers.

Performance against our targets

Return on equity

Non-core assets 

Asset quality ratio (AQR)

International presence

Target

12.5-14.5%

2014 target

<£70bn

141

2014 target

50-60 basis points

162

98

64

102

57

2014 target

<15 countries

23

18

9

2011

(6.7)

2012

(3.3)

2013
(2.0)

We continue to expect our strategy will deliver
a statutory return on equity of between
12.5 and 14.5 per cent in the medium term. 

2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013

Excellent progress continues to be made in 
reshaping the business through the reduction 
of our non-core assets which, having stood at 
£300 billion at the beginning of 2009, now stand 
at £64 billion.

Having attained our original AQR guidance of 
50-60 basis points in 2013, we are now targeting 
around 50 basis points.

Our international target of fewer than 15 countries, 
subsequently updated to fewer than 
10 countries, has now been achieved with 
21 countries now exited, or exit announced.

 
  
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Strengthen

the Group’s balance sheet 
and liquidity position.

Aim
We continue to strengthen our balance sheet and liquidity position to 
ensure the financial stability of the Group. We will further increase our 
capital ratios and maintain a stable funding base whilst meeting our 
regulatory requirements. 

Priorities for 2014

Key initiatives and progress in 2013
We made excellent progress in further strengthening the balance sheet and 
reducing risk, whilst growing core lending in the year. The transformation of 
the Group’s funding position is now substantially complete with wholesale 
funding reduced, customer deposits up and our loan to deposit ratio further 
improved. We have also achieved both a strong capital position and a strong 
liquidity position.

Strong capital position
We have significantly strengthened the Group’s capital position and ratios 
during 2013, with the estimated pro forma fully loaded common equity tier 1 
ratio improving by 2.2 per cent to 10.3 per cent. 

This improvement was driven by:

   Capital generation in our core business

   Build on our strong capital position and further increase our capital 

   A decrease in risk-weighted assets from non-core asset reductions

ratios to support our dividend policy whilst ensuring evolving 
regulatory requirements are met.

   Continue to optimise our liquidity position in light of evolving 

regulatory policy.

   Business disposals including the sale of St. James’s Place and  

uS residential mortgage-backed security portfolios

   Dividends totalling £2.2 billion paid by the insurance business  

to the Group

   Improving economic conditions

The pro forma fully loaded CRD IV leverage ratio was 4.1 per cent including 
tier 1 instruments and 3.4 per cent excluding tier 1 instruments. The Group’s 
pro forma Basel III leverage ratio was 4.5 per cent including tier 1 capital and 
3.8 per cent excluding tier 1 capital. 

Maintaining a stable funding base
The transformation of the Group’s funding position is now complete as we 
further improved our general funding, supported by a growing customer 
deposit base. The reduction in non-core assets, together with the continued 
growth in customer deposits this year, has reduced the Group’s wholesale 
funding requirement by £32.0 billion, to £137.6 billion and our core loan to 
deposit ratio target of 100 per cent has now been met.

Continue to exceed regulatory liquidity requirements
Our liquidity position remains strong, with primary liquid assets of 
£89.3 billion. These represent 4.2 times our money-market funding with a 
maturity of less than one year and approximately two times our wholesale 
funding with a maturity of less than one year, providing a substantial buffer 
in the event of market dislocation. In addition to primary liquid assets, the 
Group has significant secondary liquidity holdings of £105.4 billion. 

Performance against our targets

Fully loaded common equity 
tier 1 ratio

Group loan to deposit ratio 

Core loan to deposit ratio

2013 target

120%

10.3 (pro forma)

135

121

113

2013 target

100%

109

101

100

8.1

7.1

2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013

We have continued to improve our common 
equity tier 1 ratio, and expect to generate, prior 
to any dividends, fully loaded common equity 
tier 1 capital of around 2.5 percentage points 
over the next two years, and thereafter 
1.5 -2 percentage points per annum. 

We have continued to improve our loan to 
deposit ratio which is now ahead of our 
target and we will look to further reduce it 
going forward.

We have now achieved our 100 per cent target 
for the core business.

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DelIVeRInG OuR ACTIOn PlAn   

Simplify

the Group to improve agility, efficiency  
and customer service.

Aim
We are targeting a leading cost position through the delivery of our 
Simplification programme, which continues to focus on creating a more 
efficient organisation, reducing costs in the business whilst improving the 
customer and colleague experience. Together with our low risk business 
model, uK focus and strong competitive position, we expect this to deliver  
a low cost of equity and, in turn, a sustainable competitive advantage. 

The previous target of £1.9 billion of run rate savings by the end of 2014 has 
been further improved to £2.0 billion as the programme enters its final year. 
The savings are being achieved through a series of Simplification initiatives 
focused on operations and processes, sourcing, channels and products, and 
the creation of a more agile organisation.

Priorities for 2014

  Further automation to streamline our key processes and operations.

   Increased development and utilisation of digital distribution channels.

   Maintained focus on sourcing and further reduction in the number 

of suppliers.

Performance against our targets 

Key initiatives and progress in 2013
The Simplification programme is central to the successful delivery of our 
strategy and we continue to make good progress in driving further cost 
savings and efficiencies across the business whilst improving the customer 
experience. The success of this approach is evidenced in our achievement 
of run rate cost savings of £1,457 million at the end of 2013 which have also 
enabled us to improve our cost:income ratio in the year to 51.2 per cent. We 
have a strong pipeline of further initiatives underway and, given previous 
Integration and Simplification experience, are confident that we can meet 
our enhanced £2.0 billion run rate costs savings target by the end of 2014.

The benefits of the Simplification programme extend far beyond cost 
reduction. The changes we are making help to put us firmly on the path 
to being the best bank for customers, enabling better service by making 
day-to-day tasks easier and freeing up colleague time to focus on our 
customers’ needs.

Our customer experience improvements continue to be reflected in falling 
complaint levels and improved customer advocacy scores. Our FCA 
reportable banking complaints (excluding PPI) are down to 1.0 per 1,000 
accounts, 18 months ahead of our original target, giving us the lowest 
complaint level of any major uK bank at the end of 2013. net Promoter 
customer advocacy scores continue their upwards trend across all three 
branded channels, and are now up a third since the start of Simplification.

Operations and processes
We have delivered over 300 process, policy and system improvements 
as part of our Simplification journey, improving the customer experience, 
increasing productivity, and reducing risk, errors, complexity and costs. 
Particular achievements in 2013 included automating our ISA transfer 
process so that 80 per cent of transfers are now completed at ‘first point of 
contact’, a reduction of 85 per cent in the time taken to process fixed rate 
deposit maturities, and the redesign of our General Insurance claims process 
with the majority of claims now being settled 30 per cent faster. We also 
completed the transfer of 1.7 million mortgage accounts so that all accounts 
for our core brands are now managed on a single mortgage system.

Channels and products
We continue to streamline and simplify our product suite, and migrate 
products and features to our digital and telephony distribution channels.  
We are the largest provider of digital banking services in the uK and saw  
a continued increase in internet and mobile customers during 2013.

Sourcing
Simplification in sourcing means transforming how we acquire goods and 
services to achieve cost savings across the Group, as well as providing a 
more straightforward experience for colleagues. Since the programme 
began we have halved our total number of suppliers, and almost 82 per cent 
of spend is now concentrated with our top 100 suppliers.

Cost savings (Simplification  
run rate savings)
2014 target

£2.0bn

Cost:income ratio

Target

42-44%

51.5

55.1

51.2

More agile organisation
We have made great strides in creating a more agile organisation through 
de-layering our management structure and increasing spans of control. 
We have also made significant progress in reducing the number of legal 
entities, which are now down to 929, a reduction of over 40 per cent since  
the start of the Simplification programme.

1.5

0.8

0.2
2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013

We have increased our Simplification 
programme run rate cost savings target from 
£1.9 billion to £2.0 billion, having delivered 
£1,457 million of run rate cost savings by the 
end of 2013.

The cost:income ratio improved in 2013 and 
we continue to believe the cost savings
we are already delivering along with investment
initiatives will further reduce this ratio over time.

 
 
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Key initiatives and progress in 2013
During 2013, we were able to invest a further £342 million 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
Retail continued to invest in customer initiatives, in particular product 
proposition and distribution channels. We relaunched the lloyds Bank 
brand and continued to upgrade our branch networks, with over 1,500 
refurbishments since the strategic review and our customers are also 
benefitting from extended opening hours and the installation of WiFi and 
tablets in a number of lloyds Bank and Halifax branches. 

At the same time, we are continuing to transform our digital proposition in 
line with customers’ growing appetite and to support delivery of services to 
smart phones. Our Money Manager and International Payments services 
provide improved access and control for online users, whilst mobile banking 
enhancements have enabled over four million customers to regularly use 
these services. Our online customer base increased to over 10.5 million, with 
internet users initiating over 1.2 billion log ons in 2013. 

In our Wealth business, we rolled out a new point of sale system and 
introduced a pilot of the improved Customer Relationship Management 
technology, while continuing to invest in products and propositions in the 
Asset Finance business, including new website functionality which allows 
customers to obtain car finance quotes online.

Investing to be the best partner for our business customers
As part of Commercial Banking’s strategy to be the best bank for clients, 
we continued to invest in our core infrastructure, implementing upgrades 
to deliver scalability, reduced operational risk and enhanced functionality in 
our Transaction Banking and Markets business. We launched a new mobile 
card payment solution for our small business clients and further enhanced its 
currency functionality. We played a leading role in the development of the 
uK retail bond market and became a market maker on the london Stock 
exchange for retail bond investors. We also continued to invest in enhancing 
our online capabilities. 

Investing in the insurance proposition
Insurance is a core part of our customer proposition and we continue to 
invest in our core systems, products and processes for the integrated uK 
life and Pensions and Investments and General Insurance businesses. 
Within the life and Pensions business we are improving our market 
leading pensions and protection products, which help customers protect 
themselves today and prepare for a secure future. Supporting customers 
through auto-enrolment is driving growth and we have already supported 
over 300 major employers in this area. In addition, we completed the roll 
out of our enhanced annuities product in both the intermediary and direct 
channels as a key step to expanding our participation in the annuity market. 
We see enormous potential to serve the retirement needs of our retail 
bank customers and are addressing this by leveraging Group expertise and 
investing in the capability of the direct channel. 

In General Insurance we are enhancing our systems capability to improve 
the competitiveness of our offering and investing in our home insurance 
proposition to improve the flexibility and customer focus of our products. 

Invest

to be the best bank  
for customers.

Aim
As part of the strategic review we outlined our intention to increase our 
strategic investment by approximately £500 million annually by 2014, 
equivalent to approximately one third of the savings from our Simplification 
initiatives, to grow our core income. 

Our investment is subject to disciplined tests, including alignment with our 
strategy to be the best bank for customers, financial returns and fit to our 
risk appetite. 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 2014

   Continued investment in our digital proposition to optimise service 
capability for individual and business customers.

   Revitalise Scottish Widows as a specialised retirement brand.

   Targeted investment in specific market segments including consumer 
lending, insurance and commercial.

Performance against our targets 

Strategic investment 

2014 target

c.£500m per annum

337

342

167

2011

2012

2013

As Simplification benefits materialise we are 
increasing the strategic investment in the 
business and have committed to invest 
approximately £500 million per annum by 
2014 in addition to our business as usual 
investment programme.

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DIVISIOnAl OVeRVIeW

Retail

The Retail division is a leading provider of current 
accounts, savings, personal loans, credit cards and 
mortgages in the uK. 

With its strong stable of brands including lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank 
of Scotland and TSB it serves over 30 million customers through the 
largest banking branch network in the uK and comprehensive digital, 
telephone and mobile services. Retail is also a major general insurance 
and bancassurance distributor, offering a wide range of long-term savings, 
protection and general insurance products.

From 2014, our Wealth business will move into the Retail division, ensuring 
we can better service the needs of our wealthier Retail customers. Retail 
Business Banking will also transfer to the Retail division as we work to be the 
Group’s small business champion, by leveraging the Retail infrastructure. 
At the same time, Credit Cards will move out of the Retail division into the 
new Consumer Finance division to support this growth area.

Strategy
Retail’s goal is to be the best bank for customers in the uK. We will do 
this by building deep and enduring relationships that deliver real value 
to our customers; by delivering greater choice and flexibility through our 
multiple brands and channels; by increasing our agility which will enable 
us to respond more quickly and better align our products and services to 
our customers’ needs; and by continuing to improve customer service and 
reducing customer complaints. This will increase customer advocacy and 
deliver lower customer acquisition costs and improved customer retention.

Progress against strategic initiatives

   Significant progress made in our strategy to be the best bank for 

customers in the uK driven by continued investment in our products, 
services and distribution.

   Further enhancements delivered to simplify the business resulting in 

customer service scores improving 11 per cent and complaints 
(excluding PPI) decreasing to 1.0 per 1,000 accounts.

   The iconic lloyds Bank brand relaunched and TSB created as a new 

challenger bank.

Performance summary

net interest income 

Other income 

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment

Underlying profit

2013 financial highlights

2013  
£m

2012  
£m

Change  
%

7,536

1,410

8,946

7,195

1,462

8,657

(4,096)

(4,199)

(1,101)

(1,270)

3,749

3,188

5

(4)

3

2

13

18

   underlying profit increased 18 per cent to £3,749 million, driven by 
improved margins, reduced costs and favourable impairments.

   Return on risk-weighted assets increased to 4.11 per cent from 
3.21 per cent in 2012, driven primarily by improved income and 
continuing effective credit risk management.

   net interest income increased 5 per cent. Other income down 

4 per cent. Total underlying income increased 3 per cent.

   Total costs down 2 per cent to £4,096 million, primarily as a  
result of the Simplification programme and ongoing cost  
management activity. 

   Impairment reduced 13 per cent to £1,101 million, with unsecured 

remaining stable and secured charges decreasing.

   loans and advances to customers were broadly in line with 2012  
at £341.9 billion and gross new mortgage lending increased to 
£36.9 billion.

   Customer deposits increased 3 per cent driven by growth in 

relationship balances.

Performance indicators

Underlying profit before tax 

£m

Active online customers 

million

3,188

2,749

3,749

8.3

10.5

9.5

   Continued innovation and investment to refresh our core product range.

2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013

   new everyday banking propositions launched featuring cashback 

services to reward loyalty.

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   Ongoing development of our multi-channel offering. Our active online 
customer base has increased to over 10.5 million and mobile users to 
over four million.

   exceeded lending commitment to new-to-market buyers, helping 

one in four to buy their first home, exceeding our target of 60,000 by 
over 20,000 at year end. 

   Core loan book returned to growth in the third quarter supported  

by strong performance in our mortgage portfolio.

   We continue to support local communities.

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Commercial 
Banking

The Commercial Banking division supports our 
business clients from small businesses to large 
corporates, with a range of propositions fully 
segmented according to client needs. 

The division operates a client centric approach, primarily focused on uK 
and uK-linked businesses, with client segments comprising Small and 
Medium-sized enterprises (SMe), Mid Markets, Global Corporates and 
Financial Institutions. 

Strategy 
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 meet their 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. This 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

   Continue to execute our strategy to be the best bank for clients. 

   Reshaped our SMe and Mid Markets segments to better serve clients 
and improved relationship returns in Global Corporates and Financial 
Institutions through continued focus on capital optimisation.

   Strengthened the balance sheet and funding position by increasing 

the volume and quality of deposits within Transaction Banking and by 
reducing non-core assets by 50 per cent and non-core risk-weighted 
assets by 59 per cent.

Performance summary

net interest income 

Other income 

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment

Underlying profit

2013 highlights

2013  
£m

2012  
£m

Change  
%

2,426

2,708

5,134

2,206

2,932

5,138

(2,392)

(2,516)

(1,167)

(2,946)

1,575

(324)

10

(8)

–

5

60

   Returned to profitability with underlying profit of £1,575 million  

driven by reduction in impairments, increased core income, partially 
offset by lower non-core income from our capital accretive asset  
reduction strategy. 

   Core underlying profit up by 25 per cent to £2,193 million due to 

increased income and lower impairment charges. Core return on 
risk-weighted assets increased by 38 basis points to 1.74 per cent.

   Core net interest margin increased 31 basis points through disciplined 
pricing of new business, in addition to reduced funding cost driven by 
increased high quality deposits contributing to a reduction in the 
Group’s requirement for wholesale funding.

   Core lending increased by 7 per cent driven by strong performance in 
SMe, Mid Markets and Global Corporates. 

   non-core loans and advances to customers decreased by £15.8 billion, 
as a result of the Group’s asset reduction strategy.

Performance indicators

Underlying profit (loss) 
before tax

     £m

SME net lending growth 
2013 (core)

%

1,575

6

2013

Lloyds
Banking
Group

   Continued to invest in our core infrastructure, with ongoing benefits 

from the Simplification programme and tight cost management 
enabling significant upgrades to deliver scalability and functionality in 
our Transaction Banking and Markets businesses. 

2011

(812)

2012
(324)

Market
(3)

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   Simplified our geographic footprint by exiting Spain and Australia and 

improved service delivery to frontline staff and end-to-end client 
support by streamlining infrastructure and processes.

   Played a prominent role in supporting the uK economy: net growth in 
SMe lending of 6 per cent against market contraction of 3 per cent; 
80 per cent acceptances on SMe loan and overdraft applications; 
supported approximately 120,000 business start-ups; committed over 
£36 billion through Funding for lending; and committed over 
£1.3 billion to uK manufacturing in the year to end September 2013.

   Played a leading role in the development of the uK retail bond market, 

becoming a market maker on the london Stock exchange for retail bond 
investors, providing the market with continuous pricing in bonds and gilts.

   Awarded Business Bank of the Year at the FD’s excellence Awards for 

the ninth year in a row. 

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DIVISIOnAl OVeRVIeW   

Wealth, Asset Finance 
and International

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

With the reshaping of our international footprint and the move of Wealth 
into the Retail division, our Wealth, Asset Finance and International division 
will become Consumer Finance from 2014. This new division will include 
Credit Cards, Asset Finance and the european online deposit businesses.

Strategy 
The uK Wealth business 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 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 are 
looking to deliver focused, profitable growth while completing the run-down 
or disposal of portfolios which are closed to new business. The addition of 
the credit card business to the new Consumer Finance division will provide 
significant growth opportunities. 

Progress against strategic initiatives

   International presence reduced to nine countries, achieving our target 

of fewer than 10 by the end of 2014. 

   Wealth improved client service and accessibility through a new Private 
Banking Client Centre and the roll out of a new point of sale system.

   Asset Finance continued to invest in infrastructure and growth  

initiatives, resulting in a 3.2 per cent fleet growth for lex Autolease  
and a 28.6 per cent increase in new business volumes for Black Horse 
motor finance.

   Reinforced the focus on our banking businesses through the 

announced sale of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership and the 
sales of St. James’s Place.

   Total cost reductions of 13 per cent driven by simplification initiatives 
and disposals enabled reinvestment for future growth opportunities.

Performance summary

net interest income 

Other income 

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment

Underlying loss

2013 highlights

2013  
£m

870

1,809

2,679

(1,991)

(730)

(42)

2012  
£m

799

2,043

2,842

(2,291)

(1,480)

(929)

Change  
%

9

(11)

(6)

13

51

95

   losses reduced by 95 per cent to £42 million driven by lower 

impairments in non-core, mainly in Ireland, and strong profitable 
growth in the core business.

   Core underlying profits increased by 38 per cent to £632 million 

(86 per cent excluding St. James’s Place) driven by strong income 
growth in Wealth and Asset Finance, and cost savings. 

   Core return on risk-weighted assets increased from 5.07 per cent to 

6.67 per cent, largely as a result of repricing of liabilities.

   net interest income in the core business increased by 84 per cent 

driven by strong and improving margins in Wealth and in the Online 
Deposits businesses within Asset Finance, and by growth in 
Black Horse motor finance volumes. 

   Total cost reductions of 13 per cent driven by simplification initiatives and 

run-down of non core business.

   Impairment charges reduced by £750 million to £730 million, including 

a reduction of £637 million in the Irish portfolio.

   Core loans and advances to customers increased by 23 per cent driven 

by Asset Finance and primarily the uK motor finance business. 

   non-core assets reduced by 37 per cent following the sale of our 
Australian Asset Finance and Spanish retail businesses, and other 
reductions in our non-core portfolio mainly within Ireland. 

Performance indicators

Underlying loss 
before tax

2011

2012

(929)

£m

International presence 
(countries)

2013
(42)

23

18

9

(2,785)

2011

2012

2013

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Performance summary

net interest income 

Other income 

Insurance claims

Total underlying income

Total costs

Underlying profit

2013 highlights

2013  
£m

(103)

2012  
£m

(78)

Change  
%

(32)

2,236

2,294

(356)

(365)

1,777

1,851

(687)

1,090

(744)

1,107

(3)

2

(4)

8

(2)

   underlying profit down 2 per cent to £1,090 million, driven by changes 
in intra group commission arrangements and run-off legacy creditor 
books, partly offset by lower claims and costs. Return on required 
equity up from 12 per cent to 13 per cent.

   Costs improved by 8 per cent, reflecting the benefits of simplifying our 

business model and processes.

   Total uK lP&I sales down 1 per cent to £9,934 million primarily due to 
the Group’s decision to stop providing investment advice to retail 
customers with savings below £100,000. Corporate pensions grew by 
21 per cent, reflecting the strength of our proposition and the 
conversion of pipeline generated in the run up to implementation of 
the Retail Distribution Review.

   The strong underlying profitability and capitalisation of the Insurance 

business has enabled us to remit £2.2 billion of dividends to the Group 
during 2013 whilst maintaining a strong capital base.

Performance indicators
Underlying profit 
before tax

£m 

LP&I (UK) (PVNBP) sales 

£m

1,465

10,219

10,005

9,934

1,107

1,090

2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013

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Insurance

The Insurance division is one of the uK’s largest insurers 
and 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 (uK lP&I) provides 
long-term savings, protection and investment products distributed through 
the bancassurance, intermediary and direct channels of the lloyds Bank,  
Halifax, Bank of Scotland, TSB and Scottish Widows 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 Bank, 
Halifax, Bank of Scotland and TSB brands.

Strategy
The uK population is under protected and not saving enough for the future. 
Our Insurance division 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 products accessible through 
multiple channels.

Progress against strategic initiatives

   We focus on four key markets: Pensions, Protection, Annuities and 
Home Insurance, where we believe the division can leverage its 
position as part of the Group with over 30 million retail customers,  
rich customer transaction data, centres of best practice and  
top quality brands. 

   In Pensions, where we have over 1 million individual and a significant 
number of corporate customers, we supported almost 300 major 
employers, through auto enrolment, including many of the 17 per cent 
of FTSe 350 companies who have their corporate pension 
arrangements with Scottish Widows.

   In Protection, we continued to progress development of our 

intermediary proposition, leveraging our platform and capabilities to 
extend this to our wealthier customers.

   In Annuities, we began the delivery of our enhanced annuity 

proposition and continued to support our annuity strategy with the 
acquisition of attractive, higher yielding assets to match long duration 
liabilities.

   In Home Insurance, we invested to improve customer focus. For 

instance, we introduced a dedicated claims advisor to each claimant 
resulting in significantly faster claims settlement.

   We increased the focus on our uK business following the agreed sale 

of our German life insurance business Heidelberger leben.

   We relaunched the Scottish Widows brand, demonstrating our 

continued commitment to being a leader in the life planning and 
retirement market.

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RelATIOnSHIPS AnD ReSPOnSIBIlITY

Building valuable  
relationships
We have one strategy for delivering sustainable success – being the 
best bank for customers – and doing business responsibly is inherent 
in this strategy. António Horta-Osório, Group Chief Executive

With over 30 million individual and business customers 
and a presence in communities across the country, we 
are very well placed to serve the country’s households, 
businesses and communities, and to make a significant 
contribution to the future strength and prosperity of 
the uK. We have one strategy for delivering sustainable 
success – being the best bank for customers, and 
doing business responsibly is inherent in this strategy.

Being responsible enables us to build colleagues’ pride in a business that 
does the right thing and helps to rebuild public trust in the banking industry. 
We recognise that the biggest shift we need to make is cultural; we need 
responsible business to become business as usual for colleagues. The shift 
in culture is already underway. We can only achieve our customer focused 
strategy by building a sound reputation founded on the highest standards 
of behaviour. 

Being a responsible business
Our approach to responsible business is governed by our Responsible 
Business Committee (RBC). Chaired by Anita Frew, one of our 
non-executive Directors, who, in this capacity reports directly to the 
Group Board, the RBC develops our principles, sets priorities and ensures 
responsible business is embedded throughout our operations. The Group 
Responsible Business team manages our day-to-day responsible business 
activities. To help us decide what information to include in our responsible 
business reporting, we have engaged with a representative cross-section 
of our stakeholders (including colleagues and external parties) to review 
our approach to materiality and prioritise the issues. For 2013, we have 
reported against our five pillars of responsible business covering customers, 
colleagues, communities, other stakeholders and the environment.  These 
five pillars encompass all of our most important relationships and are integral 
to our strategy to be the best bank for customers. We report here on our 
recent success and priorities in each of these areas.

To ensure the highest standards of responsible behaviour, all colleagues are 
required to work in accordance with our Code of Personal Responsibility and 
Code of Business Responsibility. These codes set out how we do business 
and what customers and stakeholders can expect. They are governed by the 
RBC. They cover the full breadth of our responsibilities, under the five pillars 
of responsible business and are aligned to our Group Values.

Our Codes of Responsibility underpin our Group ethics Policy and set out 
clear guidelines for responsible behaviour across our business. We adhere 
to the principles of the united nations Declaration of Human Rights and 
support the un Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the 

International labour Organisation Fundamental Conventions and this is 
outlined within our Code of Business Responsibility.

Certain sectors carry inherent social, ethical and environmental risks. Our 
policies and procedures support colleagues working in our relationship 
management and risk teams in understanding how to approach, assess 
and manage these risks. We are signatories to the equator Principles, 
which provide a framework for determining, assessing and managing 
environmental and social risk in project finance transactions. Our Code of 
Business Responsibility states that we do not finance any activities prohibited 
by International conventions supported by the uK government. You can 
read about our approach to managing environmental risk and the equator 
Principles in the risk management section on page 162.

Our focus on doing business responsibly is recognised by our continued 
presence in the FTSe4Good socially responsible investment index, our 
position in CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) and our platinum status in the 
Business in the Community CR Index. 

Our Responsible Business Report provides an update on our responsible 
business activities in 2013. You can read the full report on our website at 
www.lloydsbankinggroup-cr.com.

The Helping Britain Prosper Plan
We see ourselves as having a clear role to play in helping Britain prosper and, 
as a significant uK retail and commercial bank, we are already doing more 
than our peers to help people manage their finances. To demonstrate that 
responsible business is fully integrated into our broader business strategy, 
our management structures and the way we measure performance, we have 
launched a new Helping Britain Prosper Plan (see opposite page).  This simple 
but ambitious Plan sets out seven long-term commitments and aspirations 
to help Britain prosper, covering the areas where we can make the biggest 
difference for our customers across households, businesses and communities.  

People across Britain are facing some big issues – a lack of affordable 
housing, the challenge of finding a job or escaping the trap of financial 
exclusion, the health issues that arise as more of us live longer and the 
difficulties of starting or running a successful business in tough times. The 
Helping Britain Prosper Plan is our response to some of these big issues; the 
ones we’re best placed to help our customers tackle.

We’re the first uK bank to launch a plan like this. We’re doing it because 
we’re sure of our purpose: to be a responsible, sustainably successful 
business that helps Britain prosper. We also believe that the Helping Britain 
Prosper Plan is a way to rebuild trust with our customers by demonstrating 
that we’re focused on the issues they face.  Customers will be able to see 
from the Plan that their concerns are also our concerns.  Other stakeholders 
will be able to benchmark our future performance against the Plan.

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2014 target  

2017 target  

>80,000

1 in 4

2014 target 

1.1m  
(cumulative)

0.55m 
(cumulative)

1 in 4

1 in 4

2017 target 

1.3m  
(cumulative)

0.6m  
(cumulative)

2014 target 

2017 target 

£1m

1 in 4

£1m

1 in 4

>90% score

>90% score

2014 target 

2017 target 

>£1bn  
(£28bn)

>100k

>£1bn  
(>£31bn)

1 in 5

95% 
(100%)

99% 
(100%)

2014 target 

2017 target 

1,000 
 (cumulative)

2,450 
(cumulative)

1,700 
 (cumulative )

5,000  
(cumulative)

The Helping Britain Prosper Plan
1 We’ll help more customers get  

on the housing ladder – and more 
customers climb up it

1.1 

 number of first-time buyers supported through delivering the most 
comprehensive mortgage proposition in the uK mortgage market

1.2 

 Share of new build mortgages provided (for first-time buyers, second 
steppers and private rented)

2.1 

2.2 

 number of customers we help to plan for later life through company  
pension schemes

 number of customers we help post-retirement through providing a 
continuing annuity income

3.1 

 Amount of additional funding provided to support Credit unions per year

3.2 

 Share of social banking accounts we will support

2 We’ll help our customers plan  

and save for later life

3 We’ll take a lead in financial inclusion  

to enable all individuals to access,  
and benefit from, the products and 
services they need to make the most  
of their money

 number of community support workers accredited to deliver financial 
education on the front line1

1,830 
(cumulative)

4,000 
(cumulative)

3.3 

3.4 

 Maintain a category gold award with the Business Disability Forum (BDF) by 
achieving a high score across the 10 areas2 that lead to a disability confident 
organisation

4 We’ll help businesses to start up  

and scale up, and we will procure 
responsibly

4.1 

 Increased amount of net lending to SMes on an annual basis (total cumulative) 

4.2 

 number of start-up businesses we will help get off the ground

4.3 

4.4 

  Increased amount of new lending provided to support uK manufacturing  
businesses per year

£1bn

£4bn (cumulative)

 number of entrepreneurs supported through the lloyds Bank and  
Bank of Scotland Social entrepreneurs programmes

>750  
(cumulative)

1,300  
(cumulative)

4.5 

 % of supplier invoices paid within 30 days (% payment within 60 days) 

5 We’ll help businesses and  

individuals succeed with expert 
mentoring and training 

5.1 

5.2 

5.3 

5.4 

5.5 

 number of colleagues trained to mentor SMes & social entrepreneurs  
through the Business Finance Taskforce accredited scheme and the  
lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Social entrepreneurs programme

 number of new lloyds Banking Group Apprenticeship positions created with  
permanent employment

 % of lloyds Banking Group Apprenticeships taken up by external candidates 
from the uK’s most disadvantaged areas

N/A

30%

 number of undergraduates from low income families supported by the 
lloyds Scholars programme

360 
(cumulative)

720 
(cumulative)

 % of lloyds Scholars (from low income families) who have secured a job  
within 6 months of graduating from university3

 90%

90% 

6 We’ll be the banking Group that  

brings communities closer together  
to help them thrive

7 We’ll better represent the diversity  

of our customer base and our 
communities at all levels of the Group

6.1 

 number of paid volunteer hours used by colleagues to support  
community projects

2014 target 

800,000 
(cumulative)

2020 target 

>2.3 million 
(cumulative)

6.2  number of community organisations supported by our volunteers or funding

6,500

10,000

6.3  £ donated to the Bank’s Foundations to help tackle disadvantage

£16.5m

>£100m (cumulative)

6.4 

 £ raised by colleagues for our Charity of the Year (including Matched Giving)  
to support those in need in our communities

£1.7m

£12m (cumulative)

7.1  % of senior roles4 to be held by women

7.2 

7.3 

7.4 

 We will consistently increase the engagement levels  
of ethnic minority colleagues in all roles

 We will consistently increase the engagement levels  
of disabled colleagues in all roles

 We will consistently increase the engagement levels  
of lGBT colleagues in all roles

2014 target 

2020 target 

29%

66 
(Colleague Survey score)

55 
(Colleague Survey score)

60 
(Colleague Survey score)

40% 

>705

>705

>705

1  Through Money for life’s Teach Others and Money Mentors programmes
2   Includes Commitment; Know-how; Adjustments; Recruitment; Retention; Products and Services; 
Suppliers and Partners;  Communication; Premises; Information and Communication Technology

3  This % is based on the number of Scholars who are actively seeking employment
4  Senior roles refers to top 8,000 individuals
5  uK High Performing norm – target will change if High Performing norm changes

N.B: All of these metrics are subject to  
review in the Autumn pending the outcomes 
of Group Strategic Review

For further details of the Plan, including how it was developed, please refer to our Responsible Business Report at www.lloydsbankinggroup-cr.com.

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Putting customers  
at the heart  
of our business

We focus on doing the best we can for all our 
customers, in branches, on the phone and via digital 
channels and living up to our values of putting 
customers first, keeping it simple and making a 
difference together. 

Aim
Our aim is to be the best bank for customers. This means being the best 
bank for households, for businesses and for communities. We will achieve 
this by focusing on uK customers and those connected to the uK; delivering 
customer expectations; simplifying processes, policies and systems; investing 
in growth initiatives; maintaining an appropriate risk appetite that protects 
our customers; and ensuring the business has the strength of funding and 
capital to continue to make progress and to face challenges.

Priorities for 2014

   Make sure all our colleague reward structures take customer service 

standards into account.

   Help more customers get on the housing ladder and more customers  
climb  up it, including supporting more than 80,000 first-time buyers.

   Help customers secure new build mortgages.

   Help at least 100,000 SMe start-ups.

   Increase our new lending support to uK manufacturing businesses  

by £1 billion.

   Reduce customer banking complaints to 0.9 per 1,000 accounts.

   Improve our systems, processes and products to keep it simple 

for customers.

   Help 45,000 customers post-retirement through providing a continuing 

annuity income.

Achievements in 2013

   Supported 120,000 SMe start-ups.

   A 6 per cent year-on-year net increase in loans to SMes compared with 

an industry net reduction of 3 per cent.

   Beat our commitment to lend £6.5 billion to 60,000 first-time buyers.

   The best customer satisfaction ratings our high street brands have 

ever achieved.

Performance in 2013

Customer complaints (FCA banking
complaints* per 1,000 accounts)

Customer satisfaction 
(net promoter score)

%

1.4

1.1

1.0

1.0

44

55

49

H1 2012

H2 2012

H1 2013

H2 2013

2011

2012

2013

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

   *Excluding PPI

We have developed a comprehensive 
customer experience programme measuring 
customer service and their likelihood to 
recommend us. This is measured through the 
cross industry net promoter score metric where 
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Supporting our customers
We currently serve around 30 million individual and business customers. 
We want to provide them with the right products, setting the best service 
standards and achieving the best outcomes.

Supporting home buyers
In 2013, we lent £9.7 billion to help more than 80,000 first-time buyers get 
on the property ladder – accounting for one in four of all first-time buyer 
mortgages in Britain this year. Altogether we advanced £22.3 billion in new 
mortgage lending to customers buying homes, an increase of 37 per cent 
on 2012.

Supporting funding schemes
We were the first British bank to participate in the Funding for lending 
Scheme. Since its launch in mid-2012 we have committed more than 
£37 billion to help customers, including lending to businesses and 
mortgages for personal customers. Through Halifax we provided one in 
three of all mortgages completed via the uK government’s newBuy scheme 
to support purchases of new build properties. 

We also helped customers, particularly first-time buyers, who can only afford 
small deposits through lloyds innovative lend a Hand and local lend a 
Hand mortgage schemes. We accept deposits as low as 5 per cent if these 
are backed-up by a family member or friend’s savings or secured by a local 
Authority indemnity.

We are a leading supporter of the government’s Help to Buy scheme. 
lloyds Banking Group accounted for approximately 60 per cent of new 
Help to Buy mortgage lending under both the equity loan and mortgage 
guarantee elements of the scheme.

Supporting Britain’s businesses
We serve hundreds of thousands of business customers. SMes and 
Mid-market businesses are the life-blood of the British economy so we focus 
our attention on their needs, and we also serve many larger businesses 
and organisations.

Supporting SMEs
This year we’ve increased lending to SMes by 6 per cent compared with 
2012 (despite an industry-wide reduction in funding of 3 per cent). We’ve 
greatly simplified the lending process and reduced the time it takes SMes 
to secure funds. This year we approved eight out of 10 business loan and 
overdraft requests, comparable with pre-2008 levels. We have committed to 
deliver £1.6 billion of new net lending to SMes in 2014. We are a signatory 
to the lending Code; a voluntary code covering dealings with consumers, 
micro-enterprises and charities with an income of less than £1 million.

Making a difference together
In addition to the Funding for lending Scheme, we participate in several other 
joint schemes designed to help businesses access finance. These include the 
enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme (eFG), through which we have offered 
almost 6,000 loans to customers, worth a total of £480 million and 25 per cent 
of all eFG loans to date. We are providing £100 million to SMes through the 
Regional Growth Fund and made significant investments in the Business 
Growth Fund, Scottish Investment Bank and Big Society Capital. 

Exceeding our SME commitments
We launched our SMe charter in 2010, pledging to support 300,000 new 
SMes over three years to the end of 2012. We beat this target, helping 
350,000 SMes and pledged to help a further 100,000 new businesses start up 
in 2013. We again beat our target, by helping 120,000 new businesses. 

We also met our pledge to respond to 90 per cent of lending appeals within 
15 working days (rather than the industry standard of 30 working days). 

Building our brands
In September 2013, we relaunched the lloyds Bank brand and launched  
TSB as a new challenger to the high street. The creation of the two 
brands follows a ruling by the european Commission in 2009 requiring 
lloyds Banking Group to divest part of its business. The flotation of TSB  
will further strengthen competition in our sector. 

Encouraging enterprise and manufacturing
For the second consecutive year, we’ve run the lloyds TSB enterprise 
Awards, inviting entries from British businesses run by university students or 
recent graduates. This year, 484 businesses entered and a total of 28 were 
awarded cash prizes or mentoring support. We will host the Awards again 
in 2014.

In the third quarter of 2012 we launched our Manufacturing Commitment 
to provide £1 billion in new lending to SMe and mid-sized manufacturing 
businesses by September 2013. We met our target three months ahead of 
schedule; by September 2013 we were 30 per cent above this target.

Supporting low carbon businesses
As a potential source of funds and support for low carbon businesses we 
continue to support the uK government’s target to meet 15 per cent of 
the uK’s energy demand from renewable sources by 2020. As an active 
participant in the Project Finance Market, at the end of 2013 we were 
involved in renewable energy projects across the uK with a combined 
capacity of 3580MW, enough to power 3.5 million homes.

Battling the elements
Throughout 2013, we went the extra mile to help insurance customers  
affected by floods, high winds and in one instance, a tornado. The Home  
Insurance team deployed rapid response units to the worst affected areas,  
so that customer claims could be assessed quickly and funds released  
to complete vital repairs. Following the major storm that hit Britain in  
October 2013 colleagues successfully handled more than 1,700 claims in 
a single day, 10 times higher than normal business levels. As of December 
2013, we had helped over 215,000 customers by resolving their claim, 
including 38,000 escape of water claims, 35,000 storm claims, 25,000 theft 
claims and 3,500 fire claims.

Including all our customers
Being the best bank for customers means offering simple, relevant products 
to people at all levels of society. not just those enjoying relative prosperity, 
but also those facing financial difficulties, coping with disabilities, striving to 
buy their first home or find their first job.

Our Financial Inclusion Steering Group
To help us become more integrated in the way we serve customers at risk 
of financial exclusion, early in 2013 we set up a Financial Inclusion Steering 
Group chaired by Sara Weller, non-executive Director. The Group brings 
together colleagues from all areas of the business to provide a single point 
of focus for financial inclusion.

Providing basic bank accounts and support to SMEs
This year, we provided over 280,000 new basic bank accounts and helped 
over 110,000 customers upgrade from basic to more mainstream accounts. 
As of December 2013 we had over 22,000 active small business customers in 
the most deprived areas of the uK. We increased the loan facilities available 
to SMes in these prioritised areas from £524 million in 2012 to £633 million 
in 2013.

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Helping ex-offenders make a fresh start
In partnership with the national Offender Management Service, we offer 
more basic banking facilities to recent offenders and prisoners preparing 
for release, than any of our competitors. Basic accounts allow people in this 
situation to receive income payments, pay bills and purchase goods as they 
reintegrate back into society. 

Improving the quality of our products and services
We need to keep pace with customers’ changing needs by providing 
simple, tailored products and services that make a positive difference. 
Improving customer satisfaction is also the best way to reduce customer 
complaints and build trust in our brands.

Helping customers in financial difficulty
Many of our customers need our help to get their finances back on track. This 
year we issued 60,000 credit cards to help customers who have very limited 
credit history gain access to credit facilities. Our Credit Operations team 
tailors solutions for customers to get their finances back on track. In 2013 they 
had 5.5 million customer conversations.

Helping customers with disabilities
To be the best bank for customers, our products and services need to be 
accessible to everyone, including people with physical disabilities. We set 
up a Disability Services Support Team in 2012 and became the first bank 
to introduce a British Sign language video service for customers with 
hearing impairments. In 2013 we were shortlisted in the Organisational 
Achievement Category of the Signature Awards, which highlight ‘excellence 
in communication with deaf people’. 

This year, we introduced ‘talking ATMs’ to help customers who are visually 
or hearing impaired and we plan to roll these out to all our branches in 
time. We’ve also made the lloyds Bank customer website more accessible 
to customers with a range of disabilities, including visual impairments 
and dyslexia. The Halifax and Bank of Scotland websites will be updated 
in 2014.

Leading our industry to help customers with Dementia
This year we worked with the Alzheimer’s Society to create their  
Dementia-Friendly Financial Services Charter. We co-launched the Charter 
with the Alzheimer’s Society on 30 October 2013. We led a steering group 
of 24 other financial services organisations, who have committed to improve 
dementia awareness amongst their employees. We have already started 
to implement some of its recommendations, including the creation of 
‘Dementia-Friends’, in branches. 

Simplifying our products and services
We improved the way we use mobile interfaces and voice recognition 
technologies to make it easier for customers to reach us quickly and navigate 
to the right choices. We now have more than 10 million customers using our 
digital services, including four million mobile banking users. 

We also simplified our telephone banking services, making it easier for colleagues 
to access customers’ information and action their requests quickly. As a result, 
we reduced call times by up to three minutes. We also improved our service  
for general insurance customers by assigning a dedicated advisor to every claim. 
To date, 130,000 claims have been handled this way, delivering a 40 per cent 
reduction in follow up calls and on average, 30 per cent faster settlement times.

Tracking our brand and reputation
We use the ‘net Promoter Score’ to track the reputation of our brands and 
overall customer satisfaction. nPS is a standard business metric based on  
the likelihood of customers recommending a brand to others. In 2013 
our high street brands achieved an aggregate score of 55 per cent, an 
improvement from 49 per cent in 2012.

Customer complaints data for 2013
Our customer complaints fell year-on-year, with a 36 per cent reduction in  
complaints including PPI. We now receive fewer banking complaints per  
1,000 accounts than any other major high street bank in Britain. In 2013, the  
Group received 1 complaint per 1,000 accounts (Halifax: 0.8, lloyds TSB: 1.1,  
Bank of Scotland 0.9). This is a reduction of 33 per cent compared with the  
second half of 2011, when the Group figure was 1.5 complaints per 
1,000 accounts. We aim to reduce this further to 0.9 in 2014.

Supporting our customers
In September 2013 we launched the revitalised 
lloyds Bank across almost 1,300 high street branches, 
marking another milestone in its 250 year history. 
The launch of the brand reinforces our commitment 
to better serve our customers and deliver a stronger 
more competitive banking industry in the uK.

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Welcome back to local banking
In September 2013 we launched TSB across 631 
branches, bringing a credible, new competitor to the 
market. The flotation of TSB will further strengthen 
competition. At its launch TSB had around 4.5 million 
customers and will have 8,000 employees, including 
4,500 branch staff.

Dealing with complaints more effectively
We have worked hard to improve the way we deal with customer 
complaints. We invested in our successful phone-a-friend service, providing 
40,000 branch and call centre colleagues with instant access to a dedicated 
specialist advice team. We now resolve more than 90 per cent of all 
complaints at first contact and faster than ever before thanks to our 24 hour, 
seven days a week complaints handling service.

Getting to the root of the problem
This year our Root Cause Analysis team has carried out detailed analysis 
of the reasons why customers complain. The team contributed to a 
monthly reduction of around 1,555 complaints by talking with customers 
and colleagues, then making the appropriate changes in our processes 
and responses.

Protecting our customers’ best interests
Our customers need to be sure that their money and personal details are 
safe with us. As one of Britain’s largest financial businesses we face hundreds, 
sometimes thousands, of cyber-threats every day. This is why we consistently 
invest in technology and colleague training to maximise security.

Combating cyber-crime
Since 2011, we have invested £248 million to improve the security of our IT 
infrastructure, including £138 million this year. Our Group-wide hub ‘Prevent 
and Protect’, provides a wealth of information to help colleagues stay aware 
of the threats and take appropriate action. Most of the work we do is invisible 
to customers, but it has contributed to a downward trend in levels of fraud 
across our online retail channels in 2013. 

Shifting from avoidance to achievement
We have made a big shift in the way we define, measure, incentivise and 
reward colleagues in relation to customer satisfaction this year – moving 
from a focus on ‘making the sale’ towards a focus on improving service and 
achieving positive outcomes for customers. We believe customer complaints 
will reduce as a consequence of this shift.

Dealing with legacy issues
We still have some legacy issues, including the mis-selling of PPI, to deal with 
and we fully acknowledge that these are still a cause for concern amongst 
many customers and stakeholders. We were the first bank to offer redress to 
customers who were mis-sold PPI products and we’re continuing to deal with 
every outstanding complaint to ensure a fair outcome. Just as importantly, 
we are implementing processes and procedures to prevent such events 
happening again.

Combating financial crime and money laundering
We can identify unusual activity related to customers’ accounts and have 
processes in place to check customers’ identities. We have invested in 
advanced transaction monitoring technologies as part of our Group-wide 
Global Anti-Money laundering Programme and have refreshed our 
Group-wide Fraud Prevention training module, rolling out an interactive 
version for all colleagues.

This year our whistleblowing service, a confidential service for colleagues 
worried about possible wrong-doing that may affect colleagues, customers 
or the Group, recorded 443 new contacts, compared with 532 last year. 
53 per cent of these were resolved appropriately and advice was given 
to the remaining 47 per cent to raise concerns through other, more 
appropriate, routes.

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Building a company  
that’s great to work for

We want colleagues to live our values, to work  
in line with our Codes of Responsibility and to  
feel pride in their contributions to a successful  
customer-focused business. 

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 has access to the training 
and development opportunities that enable them to do their role well. This 
grows talent internally, to drive our business in a sustainable way.

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.

Priorities for 2014

   Build colleagues’ pride and trust in our Group.

   Help colleagues fulfil their potential through relevant learning 

and development.

   Do even more to build a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace.

   Put customers at the heart of our performance and reward structures.

   nurture the next generation of leaders, strengthening our succession 

and talent pipeline.

Achievements in 2013

   launched the Agile Future Forum, highlighting the benefits of agile 

working for businesses in the 21st century.

   Offered 1,000 apprenticeship places to young people, building on the 

success of our 2012 national Apprenticeship pilot.

   76 per cent of all executive vacancies filled from within 

lloyds Banking Group.

   More than 51,000 customer facing colleagues have now attained the 
Foundation Standard for Professional Bankers – the highest of any 
bank in Britain.

  Increased the percentage of women on our Board to 27 per cent.

   Invested in a new technology platform and content to enhance 

colleague development opportunities.

Performance in 2013

Staff engagement score 

% 

Line management index 

%

UK industry average

64

68

76

78

77

81

60

61

62

48

64

EEI 2012

EEI 2013

PEI 2012

PEI 2013

2011

2012

2013

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.

The Line Management Index (LMI) shows 
how our colleagues feel about their individual 
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Engaging colleagues with our values
We ask colleagues to work in line with our three values: putting customers 
first, keeping it simple and making a difference together.

Embedding our values
In 2013, around 97 per cent of colleagues completed training on our 
Codes of Responsibility and we completed the first phase of a Group-wide 
cultural assessment. 

Colleague survey
This year we received the highest response rate to date, with 76 per cent of 
colleagues participating, compared to 74 per cent in 2012.

 – Our Performance excellence Index score was 76 per cent (up on 2012 by 

8 percentage points), 12 percentage points above the uK average

 – Our employee engagement Index score was 64 per cent (up on 2012 by 

16 percentage points), 3 percentage points above the uK average
 – Our line Management Index score was 81 per cent (up on 2012 by 
4 percentage points), 14 percentage points above the uK average

In addition to these improved scores, the survey shows that participating 
colleagues’ confidence and trust in our organisation and leadership 
improved by 22 percentage points compared with 2012, reaching 
70 per cent which is 8 percentage points above the uK average.

Mobilising colleagues to build a diverse,  
inclusive business
We want to build a colleague team that truly reflects 21st century Britain, 
in which differences are welcomed and everyone is treated fairly and with 
dignity and respect.

Diversity and inclusion
Our 2013 Colleague engagement Survey results showed significantly higher 
engagement scores for female colleagues and improvements in colleagues’ 
perceptions of the Group’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Gender

Board

Senior managers

Colleagues

Disability1
% of colleagues who disclose they have a disability
Ethnic background1
% of colleagues from an ethnic minority
ethnic minority managers
ethnic minority senior managers
Sexual orientation1
% of colleagues who disclose they are lesbian, gay,  
bisexual or transgender

2013 

Number
8
3
5,911
2,217
38,860
55,150

Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female

2012 
%

73
27
74
26
41
59

%
73
27
73
27
41
59

2013 

2012 

1.5%

1.5%

6%
6%
3%

7%
6%
3%

1%

1%

1

Data source: HR system (HRIS). Apart from gender data, all diversity information is based 
on colleagues’ voluntary self-declaration. As a result this data is not fully representative; 
our systems do not record any diversity data for the proportion of colleagues who have not 
declared this information.

Our diversity networks
We have four colleague diversity networks: Breakthrough – network for women; 
Access – disability network; GeM – Group ethnic minority network; and Rainbow 
– lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender network. Our sexual orientation 
programme was rated in the top 20 of the Stonewall Workplace equality index for 
the past two years with our Rainbow network achieving ‘Star Performer’ status. 

Commitment to gender equality
We want to improve gender diversity amongst our senior managers and 
achieved 27 per cent female representation at board level in 2013. We are 
focused on building a sustainable pipeline of talented women and were 
included in The Times Top 50 employers for women for the second year 
in succession.

Support for colleagues with disabilities
We are committed to being a disability confident organisation, which 
provides equal opportunities for people with disabilities. We plan to launch  
a work experience programme for disabled people in 2014, following a 
successful pilot in 2013. 

Support for colleagues from ethnic minority backgrounds
This year we ran 10 Career Development Programme courses to support 
the career development of more than 100 talented colleagues from ethnic 
minority backgrounds. This year, 28 per cent of our new graduates joining us 
were from ethnic minorities. 

Flexible working
We are committed to building a culture that encourages innovative agile 
working policies and practices.

Parents and carers
We provide one of the best packages for working parents and carers in the 
uK. This includes guidance for colleagues and line managers, e-learning 
modules for new parents and a parent’s forum.

Empowering colleagues to do their very best
All colleagues can identify the training they need and access it through a 
new, more effective learning management system called Discover learning, 
which we launched in July 2013. 

Developing future leaders
In line with our commitment to bring in talented people, we’ve expanded the 
scope and scale of our Graduate Programme. We also doubled the number 
of colleagues participating in our Future executives Programme. 

Apprenticeships
Building on the success of our 2012 national Apprenticeship pilot, we  
set a target to offer 1,000 apprenticeship places by the end of 2013 and 
achieved it by november. 

Supporting colleagues’ wellbeing, health 
and safety
Colleagues who are healthy, happy and safe at work, with access to support 
when facing financial, physical or emotional issues, generally perform their best. 

Wellbeing
We work closely with BuPA, Health Management limited, Validium and other 
partners to promote and enable colleagues’ general health and wellbeing. For 
example, Validium runs our successful employee Assistance Programme. 

Health and safety in the workplace
We have policies and standards in place to help colleagues work safely 
and responsibly at all times. Health and safety training is mandatory for all 
colleagues and we complete regular audits, inspections and maintenance 
programmes to help improve safety standards. 

Reported accidents in 2013
We worked hard to improve safety across the Group and for the third year 
running achieved a reduction in the number of accidents. In 2013, accidents 
reduced by 10 per cent compared with 2012. 

Rewarding and incentivising colleagues 
We try to achieve the right balance on remuneration: recognising the need 
to manage the Group’s finances prudently, but also to incentivise colleagues. 
We continue to evolve our reward structures, making them fairer for all 
colleagues and linked more directly with performance for customers.

Remuneration
We offer competitive salaries and aim to award competitive variable pay 
(bonus and incentives) relevant to particular roles.

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RelATIOnSHIPS AnD ReSPOnSIBIlITY COMMunITIeS 

Investing in  
communities to  
help them  
prosper and grow

As Britain’s largest retail and commercial bank, serving 
around 30 million customers, our brands are familiar  
on the high street and in almost every community. By 
supporting these communities, we can benefit many 
local people, build trust in our brands, and sow the 
seeds for future growth.

Aim 
Our brands are familiar on the high street in almost every local community. 
Through our community-focused programmes and investment activity we 
can benefit many local people and build trust in our brands.

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 its investment at this level for the period of its 
strategic plan.

Achievements in 2013

   Invested £8 million in our Money for life programme since its launch  

to help young people manage their finances better.

   Helped 154 social entrepreneurs through our Social entrepreneurs 
programme.

   Raised £2.5 million for our charity of the year, Alzheimer’s Society and 

Alzheimer Scotland, beating our year end target.

   34,000 colleagues volunteered help local good causes through  

our Day to Make a Difference programme.

   Donated £29 million to the lloyds Bank, lloyds TSB and  

Bank of Scotland Foundations.

Performance in 2013

Colleague volunteers

Total community 
investment

£m

Priorities for 2014

   Increase participation in, and impact of, our community programmes.

   Maintain momentum in colleague involvement in community 

volunteering with more emphasis on skills-based support.

16,000

32,000

34,000

85

85

85

   Meet our charitable fundraising targets and support for 

our Foundations.

   Support colleagues in their volunteering activity as we strive towards 

2.3 million volunteering hours by 2020.

2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013

In 2013, the Group supported over 34,000 
colleagues in 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.

Our Community Investment total includes 
support for financial inclusion, community 
initiatives, leveraged colleague fundraising, 
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Developing our community investment programmes
Our community programmes are focused on the ways in which we believe 
we can make the greatest difference to local people and local communities. 
All of our programmes involve colleagues, offering them the opportunity to 
use their skills and expertise for the benefit of the local communities in which 
they work and live.

Our community programmes cover four key areas:

  Investing in education, employability and enterprise

  Supporting local communities

  Fundraising and community events

  Supporting colleagues to make a difference

You can read about all of our community investment programmes in detail in 
our 2013 Responsible Business Report at www.lloydsbankinggroup-cr.com

Investing in education, employability and enterprise
The ability to manage money well is essential in 21st century Britain, and 
there are calls from many quarters to make financial education compulsory in 
schools. unfortunately many young adults lack the skills required to manage 
their money effectively. We’re doing what we can to help address this issue.

Our Money for Life programme
In 2009, we launched Money for life, our financial capability and personal 
money skills programme, aimed at improving the knowledge, confidence 
and skills of uK communities. Designed for people and adults in further 
education, and the work-based learning and community learning sectors, 
the programme enables and empowers participants to manage their money 
more effectively. We’ve invested £8 million in this award-winning programme 
since its launch.

Lloyds Scholars programme
The lloyds Scholars programme offers students from lower income 
households a complete support package to help them meet the costs of a 
university education and improve their employment prospects. Working in 
partnership with eight leading universities, we supplement financial support 
with invaluable vocational support, provided by mentors from the business 
and through paid internships and development workshops. Since 2011, 
we’ve supported 240 students.

Social Entrepreneurs programme
In 2012, we partnered with the School of entrepreneurs to launch our 
lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Social entrepreneurs programmes. 
These programmes help social entrepreneurs build businesses that support 
enterprise, create new jobs and have a positive social impact on their local 
communities. We aim to help more than 1,300 social entrepreneurs start-up 
or scale-up over the next five years of the programme, providing them with 
grants of between £4,000 to £25,000 and the support of a business mentor. 
This year 154 social entrepreneurs received grants through the programme. 
We will invest £5.9 million in the programme over five years, leveraged with 
£7 million of additional funding from the Big lottery.

Supporting local communities
We invest in a number of local charities and community groups that work to 
bring communities closer together. We also use the Group’s resources and 
colleagues’ skills and expertise to help communities prosper.

Our Foundations
In 2013 we donated more than £29 million to the lloyds Bank, lloyds TSB 
and Bank of Scotland Foundations, enabling them to make grants to local, 
regional and national charities across the uK.

Community Fund
We support local organisations through our Community Fund. In 2013, 
colleagues nominated over 4,600 good causes for the Community Fund, 
from which, they shortlisted 1,568 organisations in 392 communities across 
Britain. Over 2.7 million votes were cast for local good causes – online, by 
SMS or in our lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland branches – with grants of 
either £300 or £3,000 awarded to those that received the most votes. More 
than 450,000 people across Britain will benefit as a consequence of the 
Community Fund awards.

Giving Extra Awards
This year we launched the Halifax Giving extra Awards, to recognise and 
reward people who give extra in their local communities. We awarded 
vouchers, worth £250 to £5,000 to 67 winners. They can donate these 
vouchers to the good cause of their choice.

Fundraising and community events
Colleagues support and raise funds for local organisations in many different 
ways. They participate in national and local community events. They raise 
thousands of pounds for charities across Britain.

Charity of the year
Our Charity of the Year for 2013/14, chosen by colleagues, is Alzheimer’s 
Society and Alzheimer Scotland. In 2013 we raised £2.5 million to support the 
first uK dementia carers programme.

Great Scottish Run and Cardiff Half Marathon
This year, colleagues participating in the 2013 Bank of Scotland Great 
Scottish Run and lloyds Bank Cardiff Half Marathon raised over £44,000 for 
our Charity of the Year. More than 600 colleagues ran alongside thousands of 
other runners.

Supporting colleagues to make a difference
Colleagues can volunteer their time and skills through our Day to Make a 
Difference scheme. During 2013 we saw a marked increase in skill-based 
volunteering activities, with colleagues, including senior executives, involved 
in activities that included employability skills training for young adults, literacy 
and numeracy classes for school kids, mentoring for SMes and business 
advice for local charities.

Over the past three years, colleagues have volunteered over 650,000 hours 
in their local communities and consequently we’re on track to achieve our 
target of 1 million volunteering hours by 2015.

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RelATIOnSHIPS AnD ReSPOnSIBIlITY OTHeR STAKeHOlDeRS 

Working  
responsibly 
with our  
stakeholders

We can’t succeed without the trust and support of  
our stakeholders who include central and local 
government, suppliers, investors and non-governmental 
organisations (nGOs).  

Aim 
The Group is committed to working responsibly and acting professionally 
with all our external stakeholders. Our approach to stakeholders is set out in 
our Code of Business Responsibility.

Achievements in 2013

   Shared our views on culture, ethics and standards with the 
Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards.

   liaised with the Treasury Select Committee prior to the launch of TSB.

   Discussed the Current Account Switching Service and ring-fencing 

with HM Treasury and regulators.

   Shared our views about the future of care funding in Britain with the  

uK government.

   launched a review of our approach to responsible business in our 

supply chain.

   Worked closely with our unions as we implement our ongoing change 

programmes. 

Priorities for 2014

   Roll out our new Supplier Code of Conduct and auditing suppliers 

against it.

   Pay 95 per cent of our suppliers within 30 days.

   Presentations for shareholders to explain the Helping Britain 

Prosper Plan.

   Continue to work with the uK government in its efforts to improve 

standards in the banking sector.

   Continue to engage with equity and debt investors to ensure they are 

well briefed on our strategic and financial performance.

Government and regulators
We engage regularly with the uK government, the european Commission, 
the european Parliament and other bodies to assist in the formulation of 
public policy around consumer issues, financial inclusion, financial education 
and finance for the green economy. We also produce economic and social 
research that champions consumer interests, for example the Halifax House 
Price Index, which is frequently used to inform government policy.

As a responsible business we understand the importance of explaining 
our approach to paying and managing tax as clearly and transparently as 
possible. The Group’s tax strategy and tax policy has been approved by the 
Group Board. We are consistently one of the uK’s largest tax payers and 
in 2013 we paid a total of £1.7 billion in uK tax. We also collected a further 
£2.2 billion for the government (for example VAT and PAYe).

Suppliers
We want to source goods and services in ways that are responsible, 
sustainable and constitute best value for our customers and shareholders. We 
can also use our influence to help suppliers to match the same high standards.

Our Group Sourcing team has committed to make responsible business 
practices integral to our sourcing activities by the end of 2014. This year 
we’ve made significant progress towards achieving this goal, developing  
a coherent plan that covers all aspects of our sourcing activities. The plan, 
which evolves and expands our current approach, was approved by the 
Responsible Business Committee in June 2013. It addresses sourcing 
activities across the Group, using our existing Group Sourcing Policy as a 
starting point, along with supplier standards through the creation of a new 
Supplier Code of Conduct. This new Code will set minimum standards 
across six key dimensions: human rights, ethical standards, environmental 
standards, governance, health and safety, and community.

Investors and rating agencies
We regularly interact with our equity and debt investors through 
presentations, one-to-one and general meetings and undertook more than 
650 investor meetings in 2013. We also manage relationships with the main 
rating agencies: Standard & Poor’s, Fitch & Moody’s.

Investor trust and their feedback are important considerations when 
formulating our ongoing strategy and a review of our investor interaction 
was undertaken in 2013 which provided positive feedback on our approach. 
Given the increasing focus within the business on operating sustainably 
and responsibly, we plan to deliver a series of investor presentations on our 
Helping Britain Prosper Plan in 2014. 

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RelATIOnSHIPS AnD ReSPOnSIBIlITY enVIROnMenT 

Working  
continually  
to reduce  
environmental  
impact

Our ability to help Britain prosper in a sustainable way is 
inextricably linked to wider environmental issues. 
Man-made climate change and global trends such as 
resource scarcity, extreme weather and rising energy 
and commodity prices have an impact on our 
stakeholders and our own operations.

Aim 
We aim to manage our own environmental impacts and support the drive 
towards a low carbon, more resource efficient economy.

Achievements in 2013

Managing our carbon emissions
Despite our continuing efforts throughout 2013 to move closer to our 
environmental Action Plan (eAP) targets, our overall carbon emissions have 
increased slightly compared to 2012 by 1.2% (on a like-for-like basis). This 
has mainly been down to increased gas use during cold winter conditions, 
increased electricity use as a result of the hot conditions in summer 2013 
and increased business travel. The underlying trend is that we continue to 
improve our efficiency and we remain committed to delivering our eAP.

Please refer to page 75 in the Director’s report for a comprehensive overview 
of our emissions reporting.

Using scarce resources more efficiently
During 2013, we’ve made progress against our eAP targets.

   Achieved a reduction in energy use of 12.7 per cent against our 2009 
baseline, resulting in cost avoidance of £8.7 million in 2013 and cost 
avoidance of £22 million since 2010.

2020 target

Progress to 
2020 target

2012

2013

energy

30% reduction in  
energy consumption*

42%

657Gwh

678Gwh

   Achieved a reduction in water consumption of 18 per cent against our 

Paper

2009 baseline.

20% reduction in  
paper consumption

75%

26,565 tonnes 27,220 tonnes

   Diverted 95 per cent of our operational waste from landfill – beating 

our 2020 target of 92 per cent.

   engaged colleagues in our environmental Action Plan through our 

Sustainability network.

   Worked for positive environmental change through many different 

external bodies, including the Corporate leaders Group for 
Climate Change, Climatewise, AIM4C and the Banking & environment 
Initiative (BeI).

Business  
travel

20% reduction in our 
business travel

Waste

Water

Buildings

92% of waste  
diverted from landfill

20% reduction in  
water consumption

20% of m2 floor area 
environmentally 
accredited

95%

315m kms

334m kms

>100%

94%

95%

90%

1,075,016 m3 1,059,999 m3

23%

1.5%

4.7%

Priorities for 2014

   Invest £7 million in specific energy efficiency projects.

   Continue to engage SMes to help them understand how to become 

more sustainable and realise the benefits to their businesses.

   Complete the environmental accreditation of even more of our 

property estate.

* Target excludes IT data centres and the use of oil as a fuel.

Supporting the green economy
We work together with government and others stakeholders to understand 
how we can help businesses that provide low carbon products and services 
or green technologies along with mainstream businesses who wish to do 
more in this emerging sector.

We work with SMes to help them to understand and maximise the 
commercial benefits of sustainable business practices. early in 2013, 
lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland both launched versions of our new online 
tool, ReDuCe – a free resource that enables SMes to create and implement 
their own sustainable business plan. 

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RISK OVeRVIeW

Effective risk management, 
governance and control 

Managing risk effectively is important for any bank and fundamental to our 
strategy. We are now a more efficient, low risk, uK focused retail and commercial 
bank. This has been achieved by maintaining a conservative business model 
which embodies a risk culture founded on a prudent appetite for risk.

Our approach to risk is founded on an effective control framework and a 
strong risk management culture which guides how our employees approach 
their work, the way they behave and the decisions they make. The amount 
and type of risk that we are prepared to seek, accept or tolerate, otherwise 
known as risk appetite, works in tandem with our strategy and is approved 
by the Board. Our 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. 

Risks are identified, managed and mitigated using our Risk Management 
Framework (see page 41). The principal risks we face, which could significantly 
impact the delivery of our strategy, are discussed on pages 133 to 196.

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

   Sustainable growth 

The role of risk is to support the business in delivering sustainable 
growth, which is achieved through informed risk decision making and 
superior risk and capital management, supported by a consistent 
risk-focused culture across the Group.

   Conservative approach to risk 

We have a fully embedded conservative approach to, and prudent 
appetite for, risk with risk culture and appetite driven from the top.

   Strong control framework 

This framework is the foundation for the delivery of effective risk 
management as it ensures appropriate engagement in developing risk 
appetite and that business units operate within approved parameters.

   Effective risk analysis, management and reporting 

This identifies opportunities as well as risks and ensures risks are 
managed appropriately and consistently with strategy. Our principal 
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 
enables us to understand the risk in the business at both an individual 
risk type and aggregate portfolio level. 

   Business focus and accountability 

Managing risk effectively is a key focus and is one of the five criteria 
within the Group Balanced Scorecard on which business areas and 
individual performance are judged. Our 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.

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Achievements in 2013
Impairment 
Our impairment charge improved by 47 per cent to £3,004 million, mainly 
driven by the reduction in non-core assets and the sustained improvement in 
Group asset quality. 

Complaints
During 2013 banking complaints fell to 1.0 per 1,000 accounts (excluding 
PPI), compared with 1.5 at the end of 2011, and 2.4 at the start of 2010. Our 
2014 reduction target was met and exceeded by September 2013.

Loan to deposit ratio
Our funding position remains strong with an improved loan to deposit ratio 
of 113 per cent, from 121 per cent at 31 December 2012. The core loan to 
deposit ratio fell to 100 per cent from 101 per cent at 31 December 2012.

Credit ratings
Credit ratings reflected the progress the Group had made on delivery 
of its strategy. During 2013 both Fitch and Standard & Poor’s upgraded 
lloyds Bank’s standalone rating to bbb+, therefore affirming its long-term 
credit rating at A.

Improved capital position
Our common equity tier 1 (CeT1) capital position has continued to build 
to 10.3 per cent on a pro forma fully loaded CRD IV basis, increasing by 
2.2 per cent in the year, in line with our capital generative strategy.

Non-core asset reduction 
We made substantial capital accretive non-core asset reductions during 
the year and, together with additional sales announced in October, our full 
year 2014 target of less than £70 billion of non-core assets was achieved by 
Q3 2013. Our year end position of £63.5 billion is ahead of plan.

State aid commitments
In line with strengthening the balance sheet, we continued our commitment 
to reduce our assets and met our target in December 2012, two years 
ahead of the mandated completion date. In May 2013, we received formal 
confirmation from the european Commission that we were released from 
this commitment.

Risk transformation
The Risk Transformation Programme has driven the clarity on where risk 
allocates transformational investment funding in order to deliver the most 
efficient and effective returns for the Group. This has ensured that the 
investments made deliver the benefits required and underpin the Group's 
targeted objective of sustainable growth. 

Priorities for 2014

   Deliver the strategic plan 
underpin the Group’s strategy to be the best bank for customers and 
support sustainable growth in the uK economy.

   Customer focus 
Put our customers at the heart of our business through a clear conduct 
led approach and a strong understanding of all our stakeholders, 
supported by the codes of responsibility, applied to both current 
activities and historic legacy issues.

   Operational agility 
evolve risk into an agile, flexible function that supports the business in 
its next phase of growth with effective working across the Group.

 
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Risk governance
Risk management strategy and risk appetite are developed and reviewed 
in tandem with Group strategy. The Group uses an enterprise-wide risk 
management 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 articulates individual and collective accountabilities for risk 
management, risk oversight and risk assurance and supports the discharge 
of responsibilities to customers, shareholders and regulators. It establishes 
a common risk language which assigns risks to which the Group is exposed 
into categories which are used consistently to support risk aggregation and 
reporting. It will evolve and be periodically updated to reflect any changes in 
the nature of our business and the external environment. 

The framework outlines the key risk management activities undertaken 
consistently across the Group for all types of risk.

Governance is maintained through delegation of authority from the Board, 
down through the management hierarchy, supported by a committee based 

structure designed to ensure that our risk appetite, policies, procedures, 
controls and reporting are fully in line with regulations, law, corporate 
governance and industry good-practice.

Our 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. Performance is optimised by allowing business units to 
operate within approved parameters.

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Accountability for ensuring risks are managed
consistently with Board approved Risk Framework

Confirmation of Risk Framework
effectiveness and underlying risk and control 

Setting risk appetite and strategy. 
Approval of the risk management framework 
and Group-wide risk principles

Review risk appetite, frameworks and principles to be recommended 
to the Board.
Be exemplars of risk management

Determined by the Board and Senior Management.
Business units formulate their strategy in line with 
the Group’s risk appetite

Supporting a consistent approach to Group-wide 
behaviour and risk decision making. 
Consistency is delivered through the policy 
framework and risk committee structures

Monitoring, oversight and assurance 
ensures effective risk management 
across the Group

Role
of the
Board 

Role of
senior
management

Risk
appetite

Governance
frameworks

Three lines of
defence model

Mandate of the
Risk Division

Board Authorities

Through Board-delegated Executive Authorities
there is effective oversight of risk management
consistent with risk appetite

The risk appetite framework ensures our
risks are being managed in line with
our risk appetite

Supports a consistent approach to
enterprise-wide behaviour and
decision making

To maintain a robust control framework,
identifying and escalating emerging
risks and supporting sustainable growth

Defined processes exist to identify,
measure and control our current
and emerging risks

Risk identification,
measurement and control

Risk monitoring,
aggregation and reporting

This is carried out by all three lines of
defence and is an integral part of our
control effectiveness assessment

In line with our Code of 
Responsibility.
Culture ensures performance,
risk and reward are aligned

Risk-specific needs
defined in detail for
implementation
by each business

Culture

Resources
and capabilities

Primary risk drivers

Our processes and infrastructure
are being invested in to further
 improve our risk management
capabilities

Risk-type specific
sub-frameworks

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RISK OVeRVIeW   

The most significant risks faced by the Group which could impact on the success of delivering against the Group’s strategic objectives together with key mitigating 
actions are outlined below.

Principal risks

Key mitigating actions

Credit risk 
As a provider of credit facilities to personal and commercial customers, 
together with financial institutions and sovereigns, any adverse changes in 
the economic and market environment we operate in, or the credit quality 
and/or behaviour of our borrowers and counterparties would reduce 
the value of our assets and increase our write-downs and allowances for 
impairment losses, adversely impacting profitability. 

   Credit policy incorporating prudent lending criteria aligned with the 

Board approved risk appetite to effectively manage credit risk.

   Clearly defined levels of authority ensure we lend appropriately  

and responsibly with separation of origination and sanctioning activities. 

   Robust credit processes and controls including well-established 

committees to ensure distressed and impaired loans are identified, 
considered and controlled with independent credit risk assurance.

Conduct risk
As a major financial services provider we face significant conduct risk, 
including selling products to customers which do not meet their needs; 
failing to deal with customers’ complaints effectively; not meeting 
customers’ expectations; and exhibiting behaviours which do not meet 
market or regulatory standards. 

Market risk
We face a number of key market risks including interest rate risk across the 
Banking and Insurance businesses. However, our most significant market 
risk is from the Defined Benefit Pension Schemes where asset and liability 
movements impact on our capital position. 

Operational risk
We face a number of key operational risks including fraud losses and 
failings in our customer processes. The availability, resilience and security  
of our core IT systems is the most significant.

   Customer focused conduct strategy implemented to ensure customers are 

at the heart of everything we do.

   Product approval, review processes and outcome testing supported by 

conduct management information.

   Clearer customer accountabilities for colleagues, including rewards with 

customer-centric metrics.

   learn from past mistakes, including root cause analysis.

   A rates hedging programme is in place to reduce liability risk.

   Board approved pensions risk appetite covering interest rate, credit 
spreads and equity risks.

   Credit assets and alternative assets are being purchased by the pension 

schemes as equities are sold.

   Stress and scenario testing.

   Continually review IT system architecture to ensure systems are resilient, 

readily available for our customers and secure from cyber attack.

   Implement actions from IT resilience review conducted in 2013 to 
reflect enhanced demands on IT, both in terms of customer and 
regulator expectations.

Funding and liquidity risk
Our funding and liquidity position is supported by a significant and stable 
customer deposit base. However, a deterioration in either our or the uK’s 
credit rating or a sudden and significant withdrawal of customer deposits 
would adversely impact our funding and liquidity position.

   Hold a large pool of liquid primary assets to meet cash and  

collateral outflows.

   Maintain a further large pool of secondary assets which can be used  

to access Central Bank liquidity facilities.

   Stress test the Group’s liquidity position against a range of scenarios.

Capital risk
Our future capital position is potentially at risk from adverse financial 
performance and the introduction of higher capital requirements for distinct  
risks, sectors or as a consequence of a specific uK regulatory requirement. 
For example in 2013, the PRA introduced significant additional capital 
requirements on an adjusted basis that major uK banks are required to meet.

Regulatory risk
Due to the nature of the industry we operate in we have to comply with a 
complex and demanding regulatory change agenda. Regulatory initiatives 
we have been working on in 2013 include CRD IV, Mortgage Market 
Review, Dodd-Frank and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act 2010. The 
sanctions for failing to comply far outweigh the costs of implementation. 

   Close monitoring of actual capital ratios to ensure that we comply with 

current regulatory capital requirements and are well positioned to meet 
future requirements.

   Internal stress testing results to evidence sufficient levels of capital 

adequacy for the Group under various scenarios.

    We can accumulate additional capital in a variety of ways including raising 

equity via a rights issue or debt exchange and by raising tier 1 and tier 2 capital.

   The legal, Regulatory and Mandatory Change Committee ensures we 
drive forward activity to develop plans for regulatory changes and track 
progress against those plans.

   Continued investment in our people, processes and IT systems is enabling 

us to meet our regulatory commitments.

State aid
HM Treasury currently holds 32.7 per cent of the Group’s share capital. 
We continue to operate without government interference in day-to-day 
management decisions, however there is a risk that a change in 
government priorities could result in the current framework agreement 
being replaced, leading to interference in the operations of the Group. 
Failure to meet the eu State aid commitments arising from this 
government support could lead to sanctions.

   Most eu State aid commitments now met with the divestment of the 

rebranded (TSB) retail banking business outstanding.

   now progressing the divestment of TSB through an Initial Public Offering 
subject to regulatory and european Commission approval, to ensure best 
value for our shareholders and certainty for our customers and colleagues.

   The divested business, rebranded TSB, has operated as a separate 

business within lloyds Banking Group since September 2013.

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Key mitigating actions

Key risk indicators

Future focus

Impairment charge

Asset quality ratio1

£5.7bn

1.02%

£3.0bn

0.57%

2012

2013

2012

2013

Banking complaints per  
1,00 0 accounts1 (excl. PPI)

1.1

1.0

Commentary
Through non-core asset reduction and effective 
risk management of both existing and new 
business, we have seen sustained improvements 
in credit quality and reduction in impairments.

   Continue to support the uK economy  

through appropriate lending to SMes and 
first-time buyers.

Commentary
We are continuing our journey to embed the 
conduct strategy and be the industry leader for 
complaints performance.

133

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   Continued reduction in complaint levels and 

improvements in complaints handling.

2012

2013

Pensions deficit

£957m

£787m

2012

2013

Availability of core systems

99.90%

99.94%

2012

2013

Primary liquidity/  
wholesale funding 
<1 yr maturity

2.0

1.7

Core loan to  
deposit ratio1
101%

100%

2012

2013

2012

2013

CRD IV fully loaded 
CET1 ratio1

Risk-weighted 
assets (prevailing rules)

10.3%2

£310.3bn

£263.9bn

8.1%

2012

2013

2012

2013

Legal, regulatory and mandatory  
investment spend

£402m

£323m

2012

2013

Government shareholding

39.2%

32.7%

2012

2013

163

More on conduct risk

Commentary
Volatility in the Defined Benefit Pension Schemes 
is reducing as we target rates hedging and  
equity sales.

   Continue to effectively manage the Defined 
Benefit Pension Scheme to secure pensions 
provisions to members and minimise the 
impact on the Group.

Commentary
Through effective control activities interruptions 
to customer service and operational losses for 
2013 have remained within the Board approved 
appetite limits.

Commentary
The primary and secondary liquidity assets 
provide a substantial buffer in the event of an 
extended market dislocation.

The Group is now in a position where the core 
loan book is fully funded by core deposits.

Commentary
Significant progress has been made in 
strengthening the balance sheet and 
capital position through our strongly capital 
generative strategy.

164

More on market risk

   Increased investment in IT resilience.

   Risk appetite monitoring for critical business 

processes.

169

More on  
operational risk

   Continue to meet all current regulatory ratios 

and ensure we meet all future regulatory ratios.

   Further reduction of the loan to deposit ratio. 

171

More on funding and  
liquidity risk

   Implement remaining non-core run-off and 

disposals to be net capital accretive.

   expect, prior to any dividend, to generate 

fully loaded CeT1 capital of around 
2.5 percentage points over the next 2 years.

178

More on capital risk

Commentary
We continue to build constructive relationships  
with our regulators in order to effectively  
manage the regulatory change agenda.

   Ongoing constructive engagement 

with regulators.

   Continued compliance with the regulatory 

change agenda.

Commentary
We continue to work closely with the european 
Commission, HM Treasury, PRA, FCA and 
the Monitoring Trustee appointed by the 
european Commission to ensure the successful 
implementation of the Restructuring Plan and 
mitigate customer impact.     

192

More on  
regulatory risk

   TSB will be divested through an Initial  

Public Offering, subject to regulatory and 
european Commission approval.

   Continue to support the government in the 

process of returning the Group back to 
private ownership.

1These key risk indicators are also key performance indicators (KPIs).
2Pro forma basis.

Principal risks

Credit risk 

As a provider of credit facilities to personal and commercial customers, 

together with financial institutions and sovereigns, any adverse changes in 

the economic and market environment we operate in, or the credit quality 

and/or behaviour of our borrowers and counterparties would reduce 

the value of our assets and increase our write-downs and allowances for 

impairment losses, adversely impacting profitability. 

Conduct risk

As a major financial services provider we face significant conduct risk, 

including selling products to customers which do not meet their needs; 

failing to deal with customers’ complaints effectively; not meeting 

customers’ expectations; and exhibiting behaviours which do not meet 

market or regulatory standards. 

   Credit policy incorporating prudent lending criteria aligned with the 

Board approved risk appetite to effectively manage credit risk.

   Clearly defined levels of authority ensure we lend appropriately  

and responsibly with separation of origination and sanctioning activities. 

   Robust credit processes and controls including well-established 

committees to ensure distressed and impaired loans are identified, 

considered and controlled with independent credit risk assurance.

   Customer focused conduct strategy implemented to ensure customers are 

at the heart of everything we do.

   Product approval, review processes and outcome testing supported by 

conduct management information.

   Clearer customer accountabilities for colleagues, including rewards with 

customer-centric metrics.

   learn from past mistakes, including root cause analysis.

Market risk

We face a number of key market risks including interest rate risk across the 

Banking and Insurance businesses. However, our most significant market 

risk is from the Defined Benefit Pension Schemes where asset and liability 

movements impact on our capital position. 

   A rates hedging programme is in place to reduce liability risk.

   Board approved pensions risk appetite covering interest rate, credit 

spreads and equity risks.

   Credit assets and alternative assets are being purchased by the pension 

schemes as equities are sold.

   Stress and scenario testing.

Operational risk

We face a number of key operational risks including fraud losses and 

failings in our customer processes. The availability, resilience and security  

of our core IT systems is the most significant.

   Continually review IT system architecture to ensure systems are resilient, 

readily available for our customers and secure from cyber attack.

   Implement actions from IT resilience review conducted in 2013 to 

reflect enhanced demands on IT, both in terms of customer and 

regulator expectations.

Funding and liquidity risk

Our funding and liquidity position is supported by a significant and stable 

customer deposit base. However, a deterioration in either our or the uK’s 

credit rating or a sudden and significant withdrawal of customer deposits 

would adversely impact our funding and liquidity position.

   Hold a large pool of liquid primary assets to meet cash and  

collateral outflows.

   Maintain a further large pool of secondary assets which can be used  

to access Central Bank liquidity facilities.

   Stress test the Group’s liquidity position against a range of scenarios.

Capital risk

Our future capital position is potentially at risk from adverse financial 

performance and the introduction of higher capital requirements for distinct  

risks, sectors or as a consequence of a specific uK regulatory requirement. 

For example in 2013, the PRA introduced significant additional capital 

requirements on an adjusted basis that major uK banks are required to meet.

Regulatory risk

Due to the nature of the industry we operate in we have to comply with a 

complex and demanding regulatory change agenda. Regulatory initiatives 

we have been working on in 2013 include CRD IV, Mortgage Market 

Review, Dodd-Frank and Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act 2010. The 

sanctions for failing to comply far outweigh the costs of implementation. 

   Close monitoring of actual capital ratios to ensure that we comply with 

current regulatory capital requirements and are well positioned to meet 

future requirements.

   Internal stress testing results to evidence sufficient levels of capital 

adequacy for the Group under various scenarios.

    We can accumulate additional capital in a variety of ways including raising 

equity via a rights issue or debt exchange and by raising tier 1 and tier 2 capital.

   The legal, Regulatory and Mandatory Change Committee ensures we 

drive forward activity to develop plans for regulatory changes and track 

progress against those plans.

   Continued investment in our people, processes and IT systems is enabling 

us to meet our regulatory commitments.

State aid

HM Treasury currently holds 32.7 per cent of the Group’s share capital. 

We continue to operate without government interference in day-to-day 

management decisions, however there is a risk that a change in 

government priorities could result in the current framework agreement 

being replaced, leading to interference in the operations of the Group. 

Failure to meet the eu State aid commitments arising from this 

government support could lead to sanctions.

   Most eu State aid commitments now met with the divestment of the 

rebranded (TSB) retail banking business outstanding.

   now progressing the divestment of TSB through an Initial Public Offering 

subject to regulatory and european Commission approval, to ensure best 

value for our shareholders and certainty for our customers and colleagues.

   The divested business, rebranded TSB, has operated as a separate 

business within lloyds Banking Group since September 2013.

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Overview
In 2013, we significantly improved the Group’s profitability and further strengthened our capital position, while improving margins, and reducing costs and 
non-core assets as we simplified and de-risked the business. Income grew as funding costs fell, core lending increased and we benefited from gains on the 
sales of shares in St. James’s Place. This growth in income, combined with lower operating costs and impairments resulted in an increase in core underlying 
profits to £7.6 billion. The Group also returned its lending to core corporate customers to growth in the first half of 2013, and to mortgage customers in the 
second half, while non-core asset reductions continued to be capital accretive overall, with underlying losses from the non-core portfolio declined significantly.

Significantly improved Group underlying and statutory profitability
Group underlying profit more than doubled, increasing by £3,601 million to £6,166 million compared to 2012. The return on risk-weighted assets improved 
to 2.14 per cent from 0.77 per cent, driven by increased earnings and by risk-weighted asset reductions, predominantly in the non-core business. Core 
underlying profit before tax grew 24 per cent to £7,574 million, primarily reflecting reduced impairment charges and stronger net interest income.

underlying income grew by 2 per cent to £18,805 million, including the gain of £540 million from the sales of shares in St. James’s Place. excluding the gain 
on sales and income from St. James’s Place (together St. James’s Place effects), total underlying income was unchanged with a stronger contribution from 
net interest income offsetting a reduction in other income. Group net interest income improved by 5 per cent to £10,885 million as a result of improved 
net interest margin and growth in core lending volumes. Other income decreased by 6 per cent excluding St. James’s Place effects, primarily as a result of 
non-core disposals made during the course of the year.

We maintained our focus on cost control and efficiency, with total costs falling by 5 per cent to £9,635 million, in line with the upgraded guidance given in 
the first quarter of 2013. The impairment charge improved by 47 per cent to £3,004 million, driven by the reduction in non-core assets and the sustained 
improvement in Group asset quality.

Core underlying profit improved to £7,574 million from £6,112 million and the return on risk-weighted assets increased to 3.26 per cent from 2.54 per cent. 
excluding St. James’s Place effects, the return on risk-weighted assets was 3.00 per cent. Core underlying income increased 6 per cent to £18,244 million, and 
by 4 per cent excluding St. James’s Place effects given improved net interest income from core loan growth and higher margins. The core net interest margin 
increased by 17 basis points to 2.49 per cent, driven mainly by improved deposit margins. Core other income increased 3 per cent to £7,606 million but 
excluding St. James’s Place effects was down 2 per cent reflecting current economic conditions and the regulatory environment.

Core costs decreased by 1 per cent, driven by further savings from the Simplification programme and the deconsolidation of St. James’s Place, partially offset 
by additional staff related costs and inflation. The core impairment charge decreased 21 per cent to £1,521 million with the reduction primarily attributable 
to Commercial Banking impairments, which reduced by 40 per cent year-on-year reflecting better quality new business and lower defaults due to the low 
interest rate environment.

non-core losses reduced by 60 per cent to £1,408 million year-on-year, largely as a result of the reduction in non-core assets which was also the primary driver 
of the 61 per cent reduction in the impairment charge to £1,483 million.

The Group statutory profit before tax of £415 million for 2013 compared to a pre-tax loss of £606 million in 2012, driven by the improvement in underlying 
profit and a lower provision for legacy issues of £3,455 million compared to the £4,225 million charge in 2012. In 2013 the Group was subject to a higher 
effective tax rate than the uK statutory rate primarily due to an additional tax charge arising from the impacts on the net deferred tax asset of the reduction in 
the uK Corporation tax rate, the disposal of our Australian operation and policyholder tax. The loss after tax was £802 million and the loss per share was 1.2p, 
compared to the loss per share of 2.1p in 2012.

Lower risk, stronger balance sheet with core loan growth and a substantially enhanced capital position
We have now substantially completed our work to transform the balance sheet, by strengthening our funding, liquidity and capital position, and reducing 
non-core assets, and we returned core corporate and mortgage lending to growth in 2013.

We reduced non-core assets by £34.9 billion to £63.5 billion during the year, with non-retail non-core assets reduced to £24.7 billion. non-core asset 
reductions continue to be capital accretive overall and, together with core underlying profit generation and management actions, resulted in a considerable 
strengthening of our capital ratios. The Group’s pro forma fully loaded CRD IV common equity tier 1 ratio improved to 10.3 per cent from 8.1 per cent 
at 31 December 2012, in spite of the additional legacy charges, changes to pension accounting following the implementation of IAS 19R and other 
statutory items.

Core loans and advances grew by £11.6 billion or 3 per cent to £436.9 billion, primarily driven by increases in Commercial Banking and Wealth, Asset Finance 
and International. We also returned Retail secured lending to growth, as expected in the third quarter and delivered £1.9 billion of further loan growth in our 
core book in the fourth quarter. 

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Underlying income

net interest income

Other income

Total underlying income excluding 
St. James’s Place

St. James’s Place

Total underlying income

Banking net interest margin

2013  

£ million

10,884 

7,259  

18,143 

662 

18,805 

2.12% 

Total

2012  
£ million

10,331 

7,726 

18,057 

329 

18,386 

1.93% 

Change 
%

5 

(6)

– 

2 

19bp 

2013  

£ million

10,637 

6,945 

17,582 

662 

18,244 

2.49% 

Core

2012  
£ million

9,864 

7,092 

16,956 

329 

17,285 

2.32% 

Average interest-earning banking assets

£510.9bn 

£543.3bn 

(6)

£420.5bn 

£423.7bn 

loan to deposit ratio

113% 

121% 

(8)pp

100% 

101% 

Change 
%

8 

(2)

4 

6 

17bp 

(1)

(1)pp

Group underlying income increased by 2 per cent to £18,805 million and, excluding St. James’s Place effects, was broadly unchanged at £18,143 million, with 
strong growth in net interest income offsetting the reduction in other income. The growth in core income more than offset the decline in non-core income 
which resulted from the continued reduction of non-core assets.

net interest income (excluding St. James’s Place effects) increased by 5 per cent to £10,884 million in 2013, and grew for the fourth successive quarter. 
The growth reflected increased core lending and the improved net interest margin, partly offset by reduced net interest income from the smaller non-core 
asset portfolio.

The improvement in Group net interest margin to 2.12 per cent for the full year, and to 2.29 per cent in the fourth quarter, was principally driven by a strong 
performance in deposit margin, which more than offset a small decline in asset margin and an 8 basis points reduction from repositioning our government 
bond portfolio. The net interest margin also benefited, relative to our expectations at the beginning of the year, from the effect of repositioning our structural 
hedge. This repositioning is now largely complete and provides the Group with a greater level of protection from changes in net interest income from 
movements in interest rates.

Core net interest income increased 8 per cent principally as a result of the significant improvement in margin.

Other income excluding St. James’s Place fell by 6 per cent to £7,259 million, reflecting the significant reduction in non-core assets and lower sales of 
bancassurance and protection products in the core business, partly as a result of changes in our product offering following implementation of the Retail 
Distribution Review (RDR). Around £400 million of the decline in other income excluding St. James’s Place related to businesses sold in the year.

Total costs

Core

non-core

Total costs

Cost:income ratio

Simplification savings annual run-rate

2013  
£ million 

9,149 

486 

9,635 

51.2%

1,457 

2012  
£ million 

9,254 

870 

10,124 

55.1%

847 

Change 
% 

1 

44 

5 

(3.9)pp

Total costs fell by 5 per cent to £9,635 million driven by around £600 million of savings from Simplification initiatives, and the effect of disposals in the year, 
partly offset by staff related costs and inflation. Total costs include a bank levy charge of £238 million (2012: £179 million). We continue to expect costs in 2014 
to reduce to around £9 billion, excluding TSB running costs. 

Core costs fell 1 per cent to £9,149 million driven by strong cost management, benefits from the Simplification programme and the deconsolidation of 
St. James’s Place from the beginning of April. These reductions were partly offset by additional staff related costs, inflation and the increase in the bank levy. 
non-core costs fell 44 per cent due to the significant reduction in non-core assets. 

The Group continues to make good progress on Simplification, improving service for customers through more streamlined end-to-end processes, and, 
among other initiatives, centralising support functions, reducing layers of management and rationalising its supplier base. We continue to reinvest a part  
of these savings in the core business.

At 31 December 2013, we had achieved annual run-rate cost savings of £1,457 million from our initiatives to simplify the Group, an increase of £610 million 
since 31 December 2012. We have now increased our expectations for annual run-rate cost savings from the Simplification programme at the end of 2014 
from £1.9 billion to £2.0 billion.

 
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Impairment

Core

non-core

Total impairment charge

Asset quality ratio:

Core

non-core

Group

Impaired loans as a % of closing advances:

Core

non-core

Group

Provisions as a % of impaired loans:

Core

non-core

Group

2013 
£ million

1,521 

1,483 

3,004 

2013 
% 

0.35 

1.61 

0.57 

2.6 

30.0 

6.3 

40.6 

54.8 

50.1 

2012 
£ million

1,919 

3,778 

5,697 

Change 
%

21 

61 

47 

2012 
% 

Change 
% 

0.44 

3.08 

1.02 

3.0 

32.1 

8.6 

41.2 

50.7 

48.2 

(9)bp 

(147)bp 

(45)bp 

(0.4)pp 

(2.1)pp 

(2.3)pp 

(0.6)pp 

4.1pp 

1.9pp 

The impairment charge reduced by 47 per cent to £3,004 million reflecting the improved credit quality of the core portfolio, continued prudent management 
of impaired loans and a further reduction in non-core assets. The asset quality ratio improved by 45 basis points to 0.57 per cent, and is now within the target 
range for the Group set out in our Strategic Review of 50 to 60 basis points. The core asset quality ratio remains low at 0.35 per cent.

The 21 per cent decrease in the core impairment charge to £1,521 million was primarily driven by lower impairment in Commercial Banking, which was down 
40 per cent compared to 2012 given the improvement in the economic environment together with higher releases in 2013 compared to the same period in 
2012. The significant improvement in the non-core impairment charge of 61 per cent compared to 2012 reflected reductions in the Corporate Real estate and 
Irish portfolios following asset disposals.

Impaired loans as a percentage of closing advances reduced substantially to 6.3 per cent, from 8.6 per cent at 31 December 2012, driven by the reduced 
non-core portfolio and improvements in both the Retail and Commercial Banking portfolios. Provisions as a percentage of impaired loans increased from 
48.2 per cent at 31 December 2012 to 50.1 per cent. 

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Statutory profit
Statutory profit before tax was £415 million compared to a pre-tax loss of £606 million in 2012. Further detail on the reconciliation of underlying to statutory 
results is included on page 231.

Underlying profit

Asset sales, liability management and volatile items:

Asset sales

Sale of government securities

liability management

Own debt volatility

Other volatile items

Volatility arising in insurance businesses

Fair value unwind

Simplification and Verde costs:

Simplification costs

Verde costs

legacy items:

Payment protection insurance provision

Other regulatory provisions

Other items:

Past service pensions (charge) credit

Amortisation of purchased intangibles

Profit (loss) before tax – statutory

Taxation

Loss for the year

loss per share

2013 
£ million

6,166 

(687)

787 

(142)

(221)

(457)

668 

(228)

(280)

(830)

(687)

(1,517)

(3,050)

(405)

(3,455)

(104)

(395)

(499)

415 

(1,217)

(802)

(1.2)p 

20121
£ million 

2,565 

(660)

3,207 

(229)

(270)

(478)

312 

  650 

2,532 

(676)

(570)

(1,246)

(3,575)

(650)

(4,225)

250 

(482)

(232)

(606)

(781)

(1,387)

(2.1)p 

1

Restated to reflect the implementation of IAS 19R and IFRS 10.

Asset sales, liability management and volatile items
Asset sales included gains on the sale of government securities of £787 million (2012: £3,207 million) and a net loss of £687 million (after a related fair value 
unwind benefit of £1,384 million), principally from the significant reduction in non-core assets. Despite net losses in the year, non-core disposals were capital 
accretive in aggregate contributing to the £2.6 billion of capital generated by non-core reduction. The level of net losses from asset sales incurred in 2013 is 
not expected to be repeated in 2014.

The Group’s statutory profit before tax is affected by insurance volatility caused by movements in financial markets generating a variance against expected 
returns, and policyholder interests volatility which primarily reflects the gross up of policyholder tax included in the Group tax charge. The statutory result 
included £668 million of positive insurance and policyholder interests volatility (2012: positive volatility of £312 million), reflecting the rise in equity markets in 
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Simplification and Verde costs
Simplification programme costs in 2013 were £830 million and the total spent on the programme to the end of 2013 was £1,691 million. This had delivered 
annual run-rate cost savings of £1,457 million by December 2013. Our expectations for annual run-rate cost savings by the end of 2014 have now increased 
from £1.9 billion to £2.0 billion. We now expect the total costs to be around £2.5 billion by the end of 2014, of which £2.4 billion is anticipated to be directly 
expensed through the profit and loss account. 

The Group continues to progress the european Commission (eC) mandated business disposal (Verde), with an Initial Public Offering (IPO) planned for 2014. 
Subject to meeting a number of criteria, this plan has been agreed in principle by the eC but remains subject to final regulatory and eC approval. The Project 
Verde branches were rebranded in September 2013, and now operate as TSB as a separate business within the lloyds Banking Group. The costs of building 
TSB were £687 million in the year and, from inception to the end of December 2013, have totalled £1,468 million. We expect to complete the build of TSB at a 
cost in 2014 of around £200 million with further dual running and transaction costs of around £150 million.

PPI
The Group made a further provision in the fourth quarter for expected PPI costs of £1,800 million, which brought the amount provided in 2013 for PPI to 
£3,050 million, and the total amount provided to £9,825 million. Total costs incurred in the three months to 31 December 2013 were £687 million, including 
£165 million of administration costs, and as at 31 December 2013, £2,807 million of the total provision remained unutilised.

The volume of PPI complaints continues to fall. Average monthly complaint volumes (excluding complaints where no PPI was held) reduced to approximately 
37,000 in the fourth quarter of 2013, and were 24 per cent below volumes in the third quarter, and 56 per cent below the fourth quarter of 2012. While 
fourth quarter volumes fell in line with our revised end of third quarter expectations, following further statistical modelling and the results of the most recent 
customer survey, we are now forecasting a slower decline in future volumes than previously expected. The additional provision taken in the fourth quarter 
is based on the assumption that we will receive approximately a further 550,000 complaints. Together with an increase in administrative costs, this revised 
forecast for future complaint volumes accounts for approximately £1.1 billion of the £1.8 billion additional provision taken in the fourth quarter.

A revision of our forecasts for uphold rates and response rates to proactive mailings together account for approximately £0.4 billion of the increased provision, 
and reflect forecast rates above our recent experience. The Group has also increased its estimates for remediation costs, which principally relate to the 
re-review of previously defended complaints, and this accounts for approximately £0.3 billion of the increased provision.

Since the commencement of the PPI redress programme in 2011 we estimate we have contacted, settled or provided for approximately 40 per cent of the 
policies sold since 2000, covering both customer-initiated complaints and actual and expected proactive mailings undertaken by the Group. The proactive 
mailings arise from a detailed Past Business Review, carried out by the Group as agreed with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as a result of which the 
Group is contacting customers identified as having the highest likelihood of required redress. These mailings are expected to be substantially complete by 
the end of the first half of 2014. In terms of customer-initiated complaints, the fourth quarter monthly average run-rate of approximately 37,000 complaints is 
around 70 per cent below its peak and complaints have declined in each of the last six quarters.

The total amount provided for PPI represents our best estimate of the likely future costs, albeit a number of risks and uncertainties remain, in particular 
complaint volumes, uphold rates, average redress costs, the scope and cost of proactive mailings and remediation, and the outcome of the FCA 
enforcement Team investigation. The cost of these factors could differ materially from our estimates, with the risk that a further provision could be required.

Other provisions
A further provision of £130 million was made in the fourth quarter relating to the sale of interest rate hedging products to certain small and medium-sized 
businesses. This brings the amount provided to £530 million, of which £218 million relates to administration costs. As at 31 December 2013, £368 million of  
the total provision remained unutilised.

In the course of its business, the Group is engaged in discussions with the PRA, FCA and other uK and overseas regulators and governmental authorities in 
relation to a range of matters; a provision is held against the costs expected to be incurred. In 2013 these provisions were increased by a further £200 million, 
in respect of matters affecting the Retail, Commercial and Wealth and Asset Finance businesses, bringing the total amount to £300 million, of which £75 
million had been utilised at 31 December 2013. This includes a fine of £28 million from the FCA following an investigation into its historic systems and controls 
governing legacy incentive schemes for branch advisors.

Other provisions also included an additional £75 million recognised in the first half of 2013 for claims relating to policies issued by Clerical Medical Insurance 
Group limited in Germany, bringing the total provision to £400 million, of which £246 million remains unutilised at 31 December 2013.

Other items
The Group recognised a charge for other statutory items of £499 million in the period, compared to a charge of £232 million in 2012. This comprises a charge 
for the amortisation of intangible assets of £395 million, and a charge of £104 million as a result of changes to early retirement and commutation factors in two 
of the Group’s principal defined benefit schemes (2012: £250 million gain related to a change in policy in respect of discretionary pension increases).

Taxation
The tax charge for 2013 was £1,217 million. This reflected a higher effective tax rate than the uK statutory rate primarily due to an additional tax charge  
arising from the impact on the net deferred tax asset of the reductions in uK corporation tax rate to 21 per cent from 1 April 2014 and 20 per cent from 
1 April 2015; the write-down of a deferred tax asset in respect of Australian trading losses following the sale of our Australian operations; and policyholder 
taxes. We expect the effective tax rate in future periods will be in the range of 20-25 per cent, subject to policyholder tax and any possible effect from 
disposals such as Verde.

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Balance sheet

Risk-weighted assets and capital ratios

Core risk-weighted assets

non-core risk-weighted assets

Total risk-weighted assets

Core tier 1 capital ratio

Tier 1 capital ratio

Total capital ratio

Pro forma fully loaded risk-weighted assets2

Pro forma fully loaded common equity tier 1 ratio2

Pro forma fully loaded CRD IV leverage ratio2,3

Pro forma fully loaded Basel III leverage ratio (2014 rules)2,3,4

Fully loaded risk-weighted assets

Fully loaded common equity tier 1 ratio

Fully loaded CRD IV leverage ratio3

Fully loaded Basel III leverage ratio (2014 rules)3,4

At 31 Dec
2013

At 31 Dec
20121

Change 
% 

£224.9bn 

£237.4bn 

£39.0bn 

£72.9bn 

£263.9bn 

£310.3bn 

14.0% 

14.5% 

20.8% 

12.0% 

13.8% 

17.3% 

£271.9bn 

£321.1bn 

10.3% 

4.1% 

4.5%

8.1% 

3.8% 

£271.1bn 

£321.1bn 

10.0% 

4.0% 

4.4%

8.1% 

3.8% 

(5)

(47)

(15)

2.0pp 

0.7pp 

3.5pp 

(15) 

2.2pp 

0.3pp 

(16)

1.9pp 

0.2pp 

1

2

3

4

Comparatives have not been restated to reflect the implementation of IAS 19R and IFRS 10. 

Pro forma ratios include the benefit of the announced sales of Heidelberger leben, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership and Sainsbury’s Bank.

Includes the full value of tier 1 instruments reported under the prevailing rules as at 31 December 2013. 

estimated in accordance with January 2014 revised Basel III leverage ratio framework.

We have significantly strengthened the Group’s capital ratios in the year. The Group’s pro forma fully loaded common equity tier 1 (CeT1) ratio has 
increased to 10.3 per cent from 8.1 per cent at 31 December 2012. The improvement was driven by capital generation in the core business, the decrease 
in risk-weighted assets from non-core asset reductions, improving economic conditions and a number of management actions. These management 
actions included the disposal of St. James’s Place, the announced disposals of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership and Heidelberger leben, the sale 
of a uS residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS) portfolio and a number of overseas businesses as well as dividends of £2.2 billion from the Insurance 
business to the Group. This improvement in the capital ratio was partially offset by charges for legacy items, losses on disposal of non-core assets, and other 
statutory items including the effects of changes to pension accounting and the costs of Simplification and Verde.

The Group’s total capital ratio under prevailing rules improved to 20.8 per cent, with £25.4 billion of tier 1 and tier 2 securities contributing to the £54.8 billion 
capital base.

The Group’s pro forma fully loaded CRD IV leverage ratio, including tier 1 capital, increased to 4.1 per cent from 3.8 per cent at the end of 2012 and to 
3.4 per cent from 3.1 per cent excluding tier 1 capital. In January 2014 the Basel Committee published a revised Basel III definition of leverage ratio, and we 
anticipate that CRD IV will be amended in due course to align with this definition. As at 31 December 2013 the Group’s pro forma Basel III leverage ratio was 
4.5 per cent including tier 1 capital, and 3.8 per cent excluding tier 1 capital. 

Given its improved capital strength the Group will no longer seek to fund the payment of coupons on certain hybrid capital securities through the issuance  
of equity.

In addition, the PRA has now confirmed that it will consider the Group’s application to make dividend payments in line with its normal procedures for other 
banks. In arriving at this assessment, the PRA considered the Group’s financial plans including any actions contained therein. The PRA’s assessment was made 
in the context of previous announcements as to uK regulatory capital targets and expectations, including the PRA’s news release on capital standards issued 
on 29 november 2013. Subject to a return to sustainable profitability and there being no major unexpected changes in the Group’s business outlook or 
regulatory requirements, the Board expects that it will apply to the PRA in the second half of 2014 to restart dividend payments.

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1

2

3

4

Funding and liquidity

Core loans and advances to customers2

Funded assets

non-core assets 

non-retail non-core assets

Customer deposits3

Wholesale funding

Wholesale funding <1 year maturity

Of which money-market funding <1 year maturity 4

loan to deposit ratio

Core loan to deposit ratio

Primary liquid assets

Restated to reflect the implementation of IAS 19R and IFRS 10. 

excludes reverse repos of £0.1 billion (31 December 2012: £5.1 billion).

excludes repos of £3.0 billion (31 December 2012: £4.4 billion) (all core).

At 31 Dec
2013 

At 31 Dec  
20121 

Change  
% 

£436.9bn 

£510.2bn 

£63.5bn 

£24.7bn 

£438.3bn 

£137.6bn 

£44.2bn 

£21.3bn 

113% 

100% 

£425.3bn 

£538.7bn 

£98.4bn 

£48.5bn 

£422.5bn 

£169.6bn 

£50.6bn 

£25.0bn 

121% 

101% 

£89.3bn 

£87.6bn 

3 

(5)

(35)

(49)

4 

(19)

(13)

(15)

(8)pp 

(1)pp 

2 

excludes balances relating to margins of £2.2 billion (31 December 2012: £4.5 billion) and settlement accounts of £1.3 billion (31 December 2012: £1.5 billion).

During 2013, lending to core customers increased by £11.6 billion to £436.9 billion with all banking divisions returning to growth. Customer deposits grew 
by £15.8 billion to £438.3 billion, with the core loan to deposit ratio improving to 100 per cent. The Group loan to deposit ratio also improved, falling to 
113 per cent, reflecting the reduction in the non-core asset portfolio and associated wholesale funding.

non-core assets were £63.5 billion at December 2013, 35 per cent lower than at the end of 2012. non-core asset reductions included £6.6 billion in Australia 
as well as £6.7 billion in uK commercial real estate and £2.7 billion in the shipping portfolio. The higher risk non-retail element of the portfolio reduced by 
£23.8 billion, or 49 per cent, in the year to £24.7 billion, and is expected to reduce to around £15 billion by the end of 2014. The average risk weighting of 
the non-core portfolio reduced from 74 per cent to 61 per cent. non-core asset reductions continue to be capital accretive overall, releasing approximately 
£2.6 billion of capital in the year.

The non-core portfolio now poses substantially less risk to the Group. As a result, approximately £31 billion of retail non-core assets including our uK and 
Dutch mortgage portfolios and the majority of the uK Asset Finance business will be reabsorbed into the core business, with the remaining non-core assets 
managed in a separate run-off unit. We will no longer report on a core/non-core basis in 2014, but will continue to report separately on those assets that 
remain in run-off.

The Group’s wholesale funding requirement has reduced given the reduction in non-core assets and continued growth in customer deposits in the year. 
Together these have enabled us to reduce wholesale funding by £32 billion and, as reported at the half year, repay the full amount of the long Term 
Refinancing Operation funding from the european Central Bank of A13.5 billion ahead of schedule. The Group has so far committed over £37 billion of gross 
new lending to British customers under the Funding for lending Scheme (FlS) with drawings under the scheme amounting to £8 billion as at the end of 2013. 
The Group will continue to have a modest wholesale funding requirement and we anticipate that in 2014 this will be in the range of £5-10 billion of public 
issuance, while the Group’s aggregate usage of wholesale funding is expected to further reduce in 2014.

The Group’s liquidity position remains strong, with primary liquid assets of £89.3 billion at 31 December 2013 (31 December 2012: £87.6 billion). Primary liquid 
assets represent approximately 4.2 times our money-market funding with a maturity of less than one year, and are approximately 2.0 times our short-term 
wholesale funding, providing a substantial buffer in the event of market dislocation. In addition to primary liquid assets, the Group has significant secondary 
liquidity holdings of £105.4 billion (31 December 2012: £117.1 billion). Total liquid assets represent approximately 4.4 times our wholesale funding with a 
maturity of less than one year. 

The liquidity Coverage Ratio (lCR) is expected to become the Pillar 1 standard for liquidity in the uK in 2015, and the PRA has the ability to impose 
firm-specific liquidity requirements. The european Commission is to adopt further legislation by 30 June 2014 to specify the definition, calibration,  
calculation, and phase-in of the lCR for implementation in 2015. The Group expects to meet the new requirements ahead of the implementation dates.

The significant reduction of non-core assets and the balance sheet strengthening undertaken in the year supports the Group in becoming a lower risk bank 
with a stronger and more sustainable earnings outlook.

Conclusion
The Group has delivered improvements in underlying profits and core returns with growth in core lending, underlying income and net interest margin, and 
further reductions in costs and impairments. The continued progress in reducing balance sheet risk and the strengthening of the Group’s capital ratios leaves 
us well positioned to continue growing our core business as we support the uK economic recovery.

George Culmer 
Chief Financial Officer

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SuMMARY OF GROuP ReSulTS   

Underlying basis segmental analysis

2013

net interest income

Other income

Insurance claims

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment 

Underlying profit (loss)

Banking net interest margin

Asset quality ratio

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items at 31 December 2013

loans and advances to customers1

Customer deposits2

Total customer balances

Risk-weighted assets

2012

net interest income

Other income

Insurance claims

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment 

underlying profit (loss)

Banking net interest margin

Asset quality ratio

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items at 31 December 2012

loans and advances to customers1

Customer deposits2

Total customer balances

Risk-weighted assets

1

2

excludes reverse repos.

excludes repos.

Commercial 
Banking
£m

Wealth, Asset 
Finance and  
International
£m

Group  
operations and 
Central items 
£m

Insurance 
£m

(103)

2,236

(356)

1,777

(687)

–

1,090

£bn

£m

(78) 

2,294 

(365) 

1,851 

(744) 

– 

1,107 

£bn

2,426

2,708

–

5,134

(2,392)

(1,167)

1,575

1.95%

0.83%

1.04%

£bn

126.4

123.5

249.9

138.5

£m

2,206 

2,932 

– 

5,138 

(2,516) 

(2,946) 

(324) 

1.58%

1.85%

(0.18)%

£bn

134.7 

109.7 

244.4 

165.2 

870

1,809

–

2,679

(1,991)

(730)

(42)

2.20%

1.79%

(0.13)%

£bn 

24.2

45.8

70.0

25.9

£m

799 

2,043 

– 

2,842 

(2,291) 

(1,480) 

(929) 

1.65%

3.12%

(2.31)%

£bn 

 33.4

 51.9

 85.3

36.2 

156

113

–

269

(469)

(6)

(206)

£bn 

2.7

–

2.7

13.8

£m

213 

(315) 

– 

(102) 

(374) 

(1) 

(477) 

£bn 

0.7 

0.1 

0.8 

13.4 

Retail
£m

7,536

1,410

–

8,946

(4,096)

(1,101)

3,749

2.23%

0.32%

4.11%

£bn 

341.9

269.0

610.9

85.7

£m

7,195 

1,462 

– 

8,657 

(4,199) 

(1,270) 

3,188 

2.08%

0.36%

3.21%

£bn 

343.3 

260.8 

604.1 

 95.5

Group 
£m

10,885

8,276

(356)

18,805

(9,635)

(3,004)

6,166

2.12%

0.57%

2.14%

£bn 

495.2

438.3

933.5

263.9

£m

10,335 

8,416 

(365) 

18,386 

(10,124) 

(5,697) 

2,565 

1.93%

1.02%

0.77%

£bn 

512.1 

422.5 

934.6 

310.3 

Underlying basis
In order to present a more meaningful view of business performance, the results of the Group and divisions are presented on an underlying basis. The key 
principles adopted in the preparation of the underlying basis of reporting are described below.

In order to reflect the impact of the acquisition of HBOS, the amortisation of purchased intangible assets and the unwind of acquisition-related fair value 
adjustments have been excluded.

The following items, not related to acquisition accounting, have also been excluded from underlying profit: the effects of certain asset sales, liability 
management and volatile items; volatility arising in insurance businesses; Simplification costs; Verde costs; payment protection insurance provision; insurance 
gross up; certain past service pensions items in respect of the Group’s defined benefit pension schemes; and other regulatory provisions.

The financial statements have been restated following the implementation of IAS 19R employee Benefits and IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements with 
effect from 1 January 2013. 

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.

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Underlying basis consolidated income statement – core and non-core

Core

net interest income

Other income

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment

Underlying profit

Banking net interest margin

Asset quality ratio

Return on risk-weighted assets

Non-core

net interest income

Other income

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment

Underlying loss

Banking net interest margin 

Asset quality ratio

Balance sheet and key ratios – core and non-core

Core

loans and advances to customers2

Customer deposits3

Core loan to deposit ratio4

Risk-weighted assets

Non-core

Retail non-core assets

non-retail non-core assets

Total non-core assets

Risk-weighted assets

1

2

3

4

Restated to reflect the implementation of IAS 19R and IFRS 10.

excludes reverse repos of £0.1 billion (31 December 2012: £5.1 billion).

excludes repos of £3.0 billion (31 December 2012: £4.4 billion).

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

2013 
£ million

10,638 

7,606 

18,244 

(9,149)

(1,521)

7,574 

2.49% 

0.35% 

3.26% 

247 

314 

561 

(486)

(1,483)

(1,408)

0.41% 

1.61% 

20121
£ million

9,868 

7,417 

17,285 

(9,254)

(1,919)

6,112 

2.32% 

0.44% 

2.54% 

467 

634 

1,101 

(870)

(3,778)

(3,547)

0.55% 

3.08% 

At 31 Dec  
2013 

At 31 Dec  
2012 

£436.9bn 

£425.3bn 

£435.6bn 

£419.1bn 

100% 

101% 

£224.9bn 

£237.4bn 

£38.8bn 

£24.7bn 

£63.5bn 

£39.0bn 

£49.9bn 

£48.5bn 

£98.4bn 

£72.9bn 

Change 
% 

8  

3

6 

1 

21 

24 

17bp 

(9)bp 

72bp 

(47) 

(50)

(49)

44 

61 

60 

(14)bp 

(147)bp 

Change 
% 

3 

4  

(1)pp 

(5)  

(22)

(49) 

(35) 

(47) 

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SuMMARY OF GROuP ReSulTS   

Underlying basis – core business

2013

net interest income

Other income

Insurance claims

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment

Underlying profit (loss)

Banking net interest margin

Asset quality ratio

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items at 31 December 2013

loans and advances to customers1

Customer deposits2

Total customer balances

Risk-weighted assets

2012

net interest income

Other income

Insurance claims

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment

underlying profit (loss)

Banking net interest margin

Asset quality ratio

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items at 31 December 2012

loans and advances to customers1

Customer deposits2

Total customer balances

Risk-weighted assets

1

2

excludes reverse repos.

excludes repos.

Retail  
£m

7,525 

1,400 

– 

8,925 

(4,092)

(1,059)

3,774 

2.40% 

0.33% 

4.55% 

£bn

318.2 

269.0 

587.2 

78.8 

£m 

7,163 

1,446 

– 

8,609 

(4,193)

(1,192)

3,224 

2.25% 

0.37% 

3.60% 

£bn

317.3 

260.8 

578.1 

86.6 

Commercial  
Banking 
£m

2,444

2,480

– 

4,924

(2,307)

(424)

2,193

2.53% 

0.39% 

1.74% 

£bn 

109.5

121.0

230.5

123.3

£m 

2,242 

2,442 

– 

4,684 

(2,232)

(704)

1,748 

2.22% 

0.67% 

1.36% 

£bn 

102.0 

107.2 

209.2 

127.8 

Wealth, Asset  
Finance and  
International  

£m

574

1,748

– 

2,322

(1,658)

(32)

632

8.91% 

0.50% 

6.67% 

£bn 

6.5

45.6

52.1

9.0

£m 

312 

1,964 

– 

2,276 

(1,795)

(22)

459 

5.90% 

0.45% 

5.07% 

£bn 

5.3 

51.0 

56.3 

9.6 

Group  
operations and 
central items 
£m

Insurance 
£m

(107)

2,221

(356)

1,758

(670)

– 

1,088

£bn 

£m 

(87)

2,245 

(365)

1,793 

(710)

– 

1,083 

£bn 

202

113

– 

315

(422)

(6)

(113)

£bn 

2.7

– 

2.7

13.8

£m 

238 

(315)

– 

(77)

(324)

(1) 

(402)

£bn 

0.7 

0.1 

0.8 

13.4 

Group 
£m 

10,638

7,962

(356)

18,244

(9,149)

(1,521)

7,574

2.49% 

0.35% 

3.26% 

£bn 

436.9

435.6

872.5

224.9

£m 

9,868 

7,782 

(365)

17,285 

(9,254)

(1,919)

6,112 

2.32% 

0.44% 

2.54% 

£bn 

425.3 

419.1 

844.4 

237.4 

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Underlying basis – non-core business

2013

net interest income

Other income

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment

Underlying (loss) profit

Banking net interest margin

Asset quality ratio

Key balance sheet items at 31 December 2013

Total non-core assets

Risk-weighted assets

2012

net interest income

Other income

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment

underlying (loss) profit

Banking net interest margin

Asset quality ratio

Key balance sheet items at 31 December 2012

Total non-core assets

Risk-weighted assets

Retail  
£m

Commercial 
Banking 
£m

Wealth, Asset  
Finance and  
International 
£m

Group  
operations and 
central items 
£m

Insurance 
£m

11 

10

21

(4)

(42)

(25)

0.07% 

0.17% 

£bn

23.7 

6.9 

£m 

32 

16 

48 

(6)

(78)

(36)

0.12% 

0.29% 

£bn

26.0 

8.9 

(18)

228

210

(85)

(743)

(618)

0.14% 

2.32% 

£bn 

21.3 

15.2

£m 

(36)

490 

454 

(284)

(2,242)

(2,072)

0.35% 

4.28% 

£bn 

43.0 

37.4 

296

61

357

(333)

(698)

(674)

0.92% 

2.03% 

£bn 

18.2

16.9

£m 

487 

79 

566 

(496)

(1,458)

(1,388)

1.13% 

3.42% 

£bn 

28.9 

26.6 

4

15

19

(17)

– 

2 

£bn 

0.3

£m 

9 

49 

58 

(34)

– 

24 

£bn 

0.5 

(46)

– 

(46)

(47) 

– 

(93)

£bn 

– 

£m 

(25)

– 

(25)

(50)

– 

(75)

£bn 

– 

Group  

£m

247

314

561

(486)

(1,483)

(1,408)

0.41% 

1.61% 

£bn 

63.5 

39.0 

£m 

467 

634 

1,101 

(870)

(3,778)

(3,547)

0.55% 

3.08% 

£bn 

98.4 

72.9 

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DIVISIOnAl ReSulTS

Retail

2013 financial highlights 

   underlying profit increased 18 per cent to £3,749 million, driven by improved margins, reduced costs and favourable impairments.

   Return on risk-weighted assets increased to 4.11 per cent from 3.21 per cent in 2012, driven primarily by favourable income and continuing effective 
credit risk management.

   net interest income increased 5 per cent. Margin performance was strong, increasing 15 basis points to 2.23 per cent in 2013 from 2.08 per cent in 
2012, driven by improved deposit mix and a favourable funding environment, more than offsetting reduced lending rates.

   Other income down 4 per cent, with lower income from bancassurance and protection following the Retail Distribution Review in 2012, partially offset 
by the benefit of a revised commission arrangement in relation to the home insurance book.

   Total costs down 2 per cent to £4,096 million, primarily as a result of the Simplification programme and ongoing cost management activity.

   Impairment reduced 13 per cent to £1,101 million, with the unsecured book remaining stable and secured charges decreasing largely due to lower 
impaired loan balances.

   loans and advances to customers were broadly in line with 2012 at £341.9 billion. Gross new mortgage lending increased £10.7 billion to £36.9 billion, 
contributing to core lending balances returning to growth in the third quarter, increasing further in the fourth quarter.

   Customer deposits increased 3 per cent to £269.0 billion. Relationship balances (including lloyds, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and TSB branded Personal  
Current Accounts and Savings Accounts) increased 6 per cent in 2013, ahead of market growth, driven by the effect of our strong product offerings, 
particularly in the lloyds Bank brand.

   Risk-weighted assets decreased by £9.8 billion to £85.7 billion driven by improving house prices and an improvement in the credit quality of retail assets. 

Performance summary

net interest income

Other income

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment

Underlying profit

Banking net interest margin

Asset quality ratio

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items

loans and advances to customers2

Customer deposits3

Total customer balances

Risk-weighted assets

1

2

3

Restated.

excludes reverse repos.

excludes repos.

2013 
£m 

7,536

1,410

8,946

(4,096)

(1,101)

3,749

2.23%

0.32%

4.11%

20121
£m 

7,195 

1,462 

8,657 

(4,199)

(1,270)

3,188 

2.08% 

0.36% 

3.21% 

At 31 Dec  
2013 
£bn

At 31 Dec  
2012 
£bn

341.9

269.0

610.9

85.7

343.3 

260.8 

604.1 

95.5 

Change
% 

5

(4)

3

2

13

18

15bp

(4)bp

90bp

Change 
%

–

3

1

(10)

 
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2013 
£m

7,525

1,400

8,925

(4,092)

(1,059)

3,774

2.40%

0.33%

4.55%

At 31 Dec  
2013  
£bn

318.2

269.0

587.2

Core

20121
£m

7,163 

1,446 

8,609 

(4,193)

(1,192)

3,224 

2.25% 

0.37% 

3.60% 

Core

At 31 Dec  
2012 
£bn

317.3 

260.8 

578.1 

78.8

86.6 

2013 
£m

11

10

21

(4)

(42)

(25)

Non-core

2012 
£m

32 

16 

48 

(6)

(78)

(36)

Change 
%

(66)

(38)

(56)

33

46

31

0.07%

0.17%

0.12% 

0.29% 

(5)bp

(12)bp

Change 
%

5

(3)

4

2

11

17

15bp

(4)bp

95bp

Change 
%

At 31 Dec  
2013 
£bn

–

3

2

(9)

23.7

–

23.7

23.7

6.9

Non-core

At 31 Dec  
2012 
£bn

26.0 

– 

26.0 

26.0

8.9 

Change 
%

(9)

–

(9)

(9)

(22)

net interest income

Other income

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment

Underlying profit (loss)

Banking net interest margin

Asset quality ratio

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items

loans and advances to customers2

Customer deposits3

Total customer balances

Total non-core assets

Risk-weighted assets

1

2

3

Restated.

excludes reverse repos.

excludes repos.

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DIVISIOnAl ReSulTS   

Commercial Banking

2013 financial highlights

   Returned to profitability with underlying profit of £1,575 million driven by the significant reduction in impairments as a result of lower charges across 
the core and non-core portfolios, increased core income partially offset by lower non-core income from our capital accretive asset reduction strategy. 

   Core underlying income grew by 5 per cent to £4,924 million driven by SMe, Mid Markets and Financial Institutions underpinned by strong 
performances in Transaction Banking and lDC and a resilient performance in Financial Markets and Capital Markets products. Income continues to 
be well balanced across the four client segments.

   Core underlying profit increased by 25 per cent to £2,193 million due to increased income and lower impairment charges. Core return on risk-weighted 
assets increased by 38 basis points to 1.74 per cent.

   Core net interest margin increased 31 basis points through disciplined pricing of new business, in addition to reduced funding costs driven by 
increased high quality deposits which contributed to a reduction in the Group’s requirement for wholesale funding.

   Core asset quality ratio improved 28 basis points reflecting better quality origination with the low interest rate environment helping to maintain 
defaults at a lower level. non-core asset quality ratio decreased 196 basis points reflecting disciplined management and deleveraging of the portfolio. 

   Core lending increased by 7 per cent driven by a 6 per cent increase in SMe, and a strong performance in Mid Markets and Global Corporates 
resulting in an 8 per cent increase in Other Commercial Banking. This has been achieved whilst reducing risk-weighted assets resulting in improved 
capital efficiency. 

   Core customer deposits increased by 13 per cent, with increases in all client segments and growth in high quality deposits reflecting the strength of 
the customer franchise.

   Core risk-weighted assets decreased 4 per cent as a result of selective participation, specifically in Global Corporates, in addition to active portfolio 
management across all client segments to reduce risk-weighted assets in the lending and Financial Markets businesses.

   non-core loans and advances to customers decreased by £15.8 billion, as a result of the Group’s capital accretive asset reduction strategy.

Performance summary

net interest income

Other income

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment

Underlying profit (loss)

Banking net interest margin

Asset quality ratio

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items

loans and advances to customers2

Debt securities and available-for-sale financial assets

Customer deposits3

Risk-weighted assets

1

2

3

Restated.

excludes reverse repos.

excludes repos.

2013 
£m 

2,426

2,708

5,134

(2,392)

(1,167)

1,575

1.95%

0.83%

1.04%

20121
£m 

2,206 

2,932 

5,138 

(2,516)

(2,946)

(324)

1.58% 

1.85% 

(0.18%) 

At 31 Dec  
2013 
£bn

At 31 Dec  
2012 
£bn

126.4

4.1

130.5

123.5

138.5

134.7 

9.5 

144.2 

109.7 

165.2 

Change
% 

10

(8)

–

5

60

37bp

(102)bp

122bp

Change 
%

(6)

(57)

(10)

13

(16)

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net interest income

Other income

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment

Underlying profit (loss)

Banking net interest margin

Asset quality ratio

Return on risk-weighted assets

Key balance sheet items

SMe2

Other3

loans and advances to customers4

Customer deposits5

Total customer balances

Total non-core assets

Risk-weighted assets

Restated.

2013 
£m

2,444

2,480

4,924

(2,307)

(424)

2,193

2.53%

0.39%

1.74%

At 31 Dec  
2013  
£bn

28.2

  81.3

109.5

121.0

230.5

Core

20121
£m

2,242 

2,442 

4,684 

(2,232)

(704)

1,748 

2.22% 

0.67% 

1.36% 

Core

At 31 Dec  
2012 
£bn

26.6

  75.4

102.0 

107.2 

209.2 

123.3

127.8 

Change 
%

9

2

5

(3)

40

25

31bp

(28)bp

38bp

2013 
£m

(18)

228

210

(85)

(743)

(618)

0.14%

2.32%

Change 
%

At 31 Dec  
2013 
£bn

6

8

7

13

10

(4)

16.9

2.5

19.4

21.3

15.2

Non-core

2012 
£m

(36)

490 

454 

(284)

(2,242)

(2,072)

0.35% 

4.28% 

Non-core

At 31 Dec  
2012 
£bn

32.7 

2.5 

35.2 

43.0

37.4 

Change 
%

50

(53)

(54)

70

67

70

(21)bp

(196)bp

Change 
%

(48)

–

(45)

(50)

(59)

SMe comprises clients with turnover of up to £25 million in line with lending data supplied by the Bank of england.

Includes Mid Markets, Global Corporates, Financial Institutions and Other.

excludes reverse repos.

excludes repos.

1

2

3

4

5

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DIVISIOnAl ReSulTS   

Wealth, Asset Finance  
and International

2013 financial highlights

   losses reduced by 95 per cent to £42 million driven by lower impairments in non-core, mainly in Ireland, and strong profitable growth in the  
core business.

   Core underlying profits increased by 38 per cent to £632 million (86 per cent excluding St. James’s Place) driven by strong income growth in  
Wealth and Asset Finance, and cost savings. 

   Core return on risk-weighted assets increased from 5.07 per cent to 6.67 per cent, largely as a result of repricing of liabilities.

   net interest income in the core business increased by 84 per cent driven by strong and improving margins in Wealth and in the Online Deposits 
businesses within Asset Finance, and by growth in Black Horse motor finance volumes. 

   Core margin improved by 301 basis points from 5.90 per cent to 8.91 per cent driven by deposit pricing.

   Core other income (excluding St. James’s Place and other disposals from the International portfolio) was broadly flat with growth in Asset Finance and 
new Wealth revenue streams offset by a reduction in trail income following implementation of the Retail Distribution Review.

   Total cost reductions of 13 per cent (8 per cent excluding St. James’s Place). Savings from the run-down of non-core businesses, from simplification of 
the organisational structure in both Wealth and Asset Finance, and optimisation of our direct channel customer service in Wealth, enabled 
investment in building our customer propositions in uK Wealth and Asset Finance.

   Impairment charges reduced by £750 million to £730 million, including a reduction of £637 million in the Irish portfolio.

   Core loans and advances to customers increased by 23 per cent driven mainly by Asset Finance as a result of continued growth in uK motor  
finance business. 

   non-core assets reduced by 37 per cent following the sale of our Australian Asset Finance and Spanish retail businesses, and other reductions in our 
non-core portfolio mainly within Ireland.

   Customer deposits reduced by 12 per cent, driven by reductions in our international footprint within Wealth, and attrition in customer balances within 
Online Deposits, mainly driven by deposit repricing.

   Risk-weighted assets reduced by 28 per cent driven by sales and repayments of non-core assets within Asset Finance and Ireland.

   Funds under management (excluding St. James’s Place and other disposals from the International portfolio) have grown by 2 per cent largely as a 
result of stronger equity markets.

Performance summary

net interest income

Other income

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment

Underlying loss

underlying profit (loss) by business:

Wealth

Asset Finance

International

Banking net interest margin

Asset quality ratio

Return on risk-weighted assets

1

Restated.

Excluding St. James’s Place

2013 
£m 

870 

1,809 

2,679 

(1,991)

(730)

(42)

338 

505 

(885)

(42)

2.20% 

1.79% 

(0.13)% 

20121
£m

799 

2,043 

2,842 

(2,291)

(1,480)

(929)

302 

322 

(1,553)

(929)

1.65% 

3.12% 

(2.31)% 

Change  
%

9 

(11)

(6)

13 

51 

95 

12 

57 

43 

95 

2013 
£m 

869 

1,688 

2,557 

(1,947)

(730)

(120)

260 

505 

(885)

(120)

55bp 

(133)bp 

218bp 

2.20% 

1.79% 

(0.38)%

20121
£m

795 

1,718 

2,513 

(2,123)

(1,480)

(1,090)

141 

322 

(1,553)

(1,090)

1.65% 

3.12% 

(2.71)% 

Change 
% 

9 

(2)

2 

8 

51 

89 

84 

57 

43 

89 

55bp 

(133)bp 

(233)bp 

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At 31 Dec  
2013 
£bn

At 31 Dec  
2012 
£bn

Change 
%

Key balance sheet items

loans and advances to customers2

Customer deposits2

Operating lease assets

Total customer balances

Risk-weighted assets

net interest income

Other income

Total underlying income

Total costs

Impairment

Underlying profit (loss)

underlying profit excluding St. James’s Place3

Banking net interest margin

Asset quality ratio

Return on risk-weighted assets

2013  
£m

574

1,748

2,322

(1,658)

(32)

632

554

8.91%

0.50%

6.67%

Core

20121
£m 

312 

1,964 

2,276 

(1,795)

(22)

459 

298

5.90% 

0.45% 

5.07% 

Change 
%

84

(11)

2

8

(45)

38

86

301bp

5bp

160bp

24.2

45.8

2.8

72.8

25.9

2013 
£m

296

61

357

(333)

(698)

(674)

0.92%

2.03%

Key balance sheet items

loans and advances to customers2

Customer deposits2

Operating lease assets

Total customer balances

Total non-core assets

Risk-weighted assets

Funds under management

Restated.

At 31 Dec  
2013  
£bn

Core

At 31 Dec  
2012 
£bn

Change 
%

At 31 Dec  
2013 
£bn

6.5

45.6

2.8

54.9

9.0

151.8

5.3 

51.0 

2.7

59.0 

9.6 

188.6

23

(11)

4

(7)

(6)

(20)

17.7

0.2

–

17.9

18.2

16.9

–

excludes reverse repos on loans and advances and excluding repos on deposits.

The gain relating to the sales of shares in St. James’s Place is included in Central Items.

1

2

3

33.4 

51.9 

2.8

88.1

36.2 

Non-core

2012 
£m

487 

79 

566 

(496)

(1,458)

(1,388)

1.13% 

3.42% 

Non-core

At 31 Dec  
2012 
£bn

28.1 

0.9 

0.1

29.1 

28.9

26.6 

0.5

(28)

(12)

(17)

(28)

Change 
%

(39)

(23)

(37)

33

52

(51)

(21)bp

(139)bp

Change 
%

(37)

(78)

(38)

(37)

(36)

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DIVISIOnAl ReSulTS   

Insurance

2013 financial highlights

   underlying profit down 2 per cent to £1,090 million, due to changes in intra group commission arrangements and the continued run-off legacy 
creditor books within General Insurance, net of lower costs and increased profit in uK life and Pensions existing business reflecting the net benefit 
from a number of assumption changes. Return on equity up from 12 per cent to 13 per cent.

   Generated £692 million of operating cash net of £285 million of cash invested in writing new business.

   Costs improved by 8 per cent, reflecting the benefits of simplifying our business model and processes.

   IFRS new business margin reduced to 2.6 per cent due to changes in the basis of taxation of life protection business.

   Total uK lP&I sales down 1 per cent to £9,934 million primarily due to the Group’s decision to stop providing investment advice to retail customers 
with savings below £100,000. Corporate pensions grew by 21 per cent, reflecting the strength of our proposition and the conversion of pipeline 
generated in the run up to implementation of the Retail Distribution Review.

   General Insurance Gross Written Premiums down by 8 per cent to £1,307 million reflecting the effect of the closed creditor book and as a result of our 
focus on value rather than volume on the home insurance portfolio. 

   The strong underlying profitability and capitalisation of the Insurance business has enabled us to remit £2.2 billion of dividends to the Group during 
2013 whilst maintaining a strong capital base.

   The estimated capital surplus for Pillar 1 is £2.9 billion (Scottish Widows plc, £3.9 billion in 2012) and for IGD is £2.7 billion (Insurance Group, £3.7 billion 
in 2012) with the decrease reflecting dividends paid during the year.

Performance summary

net interest income

Other income

Insurance claims

Total underlying income

Total costs

Underlying profit

Operating cash generation

uK life IFRS new business margin

uK life, pensions and investment sales (PVnBP)

General insurance total GWP

General insurance combined ratio

Return on equity 2

Restated.

2013 
£m 

(103)

2,236

(356)

1,777

(687)

1,090

692

2.6%

9,934

1,307

77%

13%

20121
£m 

(78)

2,294 

(365)

1,851 

(744)

1,107 

849

3.2%

10,005 

1,419

72%

12%

Change
% 

(32)

(3)

2

(4)

8

(2)

(18)

(60)bp

(1)

(8)

5pp

1pp 

‘Return on equity’ is the underlying profit less tax at the prevailing uK Corporation tax rate divided by the average amount of the Group’s equity attributable to the Insurance business.

Profit by product group

Pensions & 
investments 
£m

Protection & 
annuities 
£m

new business income

existing business income

Assumption changes and experience variances

General Insurance income net of claims

Total underlying income

Total costs

Underlying profit (loss) 2013 

underlying profit 2012 4 

276

599

(158)

–

717

(360)

357

404

139

132

302

–

573

(128)

445

289

2013

General  
insurance 
£m

–

–

–

457

457

(160)

297

409

Other3
£m

16

92

(78)

–

30

(39)

(9)

5

Total 
£m

431

823

66

457

1,777

(687)

1,090

1,107

2012

Total 
£m

519 

791 

(31)

572 

1,851 

 (744)

1,107 

‘Other’ includes the results of the european business in addition to income from return on free assets, interest expense and certain provisions.

Full 2012 comparator tables for the profit and cash disclosures can be found on the lloyds Banking Group investor site.

1

2

3

4

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new business income reduced by £88 million to £431 million driven by reduced protection and annuities new business income following changes to the 
basis of taxation on the life protection business in January 2013. Pensions and investments new business income increased slightly with a strong performance 
in corporate pensions being largely offset by reduced investments volumes following the Group’s decision to stop providing investment advice to retail 
customers with savings below £100,000.

existing business income increased by £32 million largely due to increased income from protection and annuities which benefited from the increased returns 
on higher yielding assets. Pensions and investments existing business income increased slightly with increased income in pensions being largely offset by 
reduced income on the declining savings and investments portfolio.

underlying profit in the protection and annuities business included a benefit of £302 million largely as a result of changes to long-term mortality and 
investment return assumptions which included the benefits of investing in higher yielding assets to match long duration liabilities. This was partly offset by a 
charge of £158 million in the pensions and investments business driven primarily by a revision of pensions lapse assumptions and allowance for the impact of 
the Office of Fair Trading review on fairness of legacy pension charges.

General Insurance income reduced by £115 million to £457 million primarily due to a £77 million impact of a revised commission arrangement with Retail on 
the home insurance portfolio in addition to the continued run off of legacy books.

Operating cash generation
In line with emerging industry practice we have introduced an operating cash generation reporting metric. Operating cash is used to fund new business 
generating future cash, to pay dividends to Group, or is retained within the business to provide security for policyholders and achieve our strategic 
objectives. For the majority of products writing new business results in an outflow of cash for new business origination and set up costs (including 
commission). This cash outflow is recouped in subsequent years. However some products, where the policyholder’s initial investment covers the cost of 
setting up the policy, do not require new business funding.

Operating cash generation is derived from underlying profit by removing the effect of movements in intangible (non-cash) items and assumption changes. 
Intangible items include the value of in-force life business, deferred acquisition costs and deferred income reserves.

Cash invested in new business 

Cash generated from existing business

Cash generated from General Insurance

Change in intra group commission terms

Operating cash generation

Intangibles and other adjustments

Underlying profit (loss) before tax

Operating cash generation 2012

Pensions & 
investments 
£m

Protection & 
annuities 
£m

(261)

485 

–

–

224 

133

357

223 

(3)

139 

–

–

136 

309

445

184 

2013

General  
insurance 
£m

– 

– 

374 

(77)

297 

–

297

409 

Other 
£m

(21)

56 

– 

–

35 

(44)

(9)

33 

Total 
£m

(285)

680 

374 

(77)

692 

398 

2012

Total 
£m

(264) 

704 

409 

– 

849 

258 

1,090 

1,107 

The Insurance business generated £692 million of cash in 2013, £157 million lower than the prior year. The reduction was due to the change in intra group 
commission arrangements, the run-off of the legacy creditor book, and a slight increase in cash invested in new business, largely due to lower protection 
new business income.

The increase in intangibles is driven by the beneficial impact of assumption changes.

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DIVISIOnAl ReSulTS   

Group Operations  
and Central Items

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

2013 
£m

6 

(1,172)

(825)

(876)

    (92)

(2,965)

(2,959)

2,902 

(57)

20121
£m

30 

(1,171)

(822)

(892)

(93)

(2,978)

(2,948)

2,897 

(51)

1

2012 comparative figures have been amended to reflect the effect of the continuing consolidation of operations across the Group. To ensure a fair comparison of the 2013 performance, 
2012 direct costs have been restated with an equivalent offsetting increase in recharges to divisions.

 – Group Operations supports the Group by providing high quality services and delivering investment project capability through Information Technology (IT), 
Operations (including Customer Service and Global Payments) as well as Property and Sourcing. Achieving excellent service availability and high standards 
is a key part of our strategy to be the best bank for customers. 

 – Incremental cost savings of 6 per cent have been achieved through Simplification and tight cost control actions such as sourcing, the centralisation, 

automation and re-engineering of end-to-end processes, and consolidation and rationalisation of property and IT. These savings are offset by higher costs 
of supplying investment projects and the impact of regulatory costs and inflation.

 – Information Technology savings were offset by increased costs from delivering Group Strategic Initiatives, such as Transaction Banking Transformation and 

Digital Transformation, which generate income and cost benefits in other Divisions.

 – Operations costs increased slightly from 2012 to 2013 with enhancements to our customer services processes and regulatory and compliance activities, in 
areas such as Global Payments, offset by Simplification savings. This includes delivering Industry Accounts Switchers, Global Anti Money laundering and 
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act projects serving the rest of the Group.

 – Group Property costs decreased by 2 per cent as we continued to consolidate the Group’s property portfolio with savings offsetting the costs of rebranding 

the Branch network.

 – We continue to streamline our internal operations and have reduced the number of suppliers by a further 1,467 this year, bringing the total down from over 

18,000 at the start of Simplification to 9,066, well ahead of our original target of 10,000 by the end of 2014. 

 
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Central items

Total underlying income (expense)

Total costs

Impairment

Underlying loss

2013  
£m

263

(406)

(6)

(149)

2012  
£m

(132)

(293)

(1)

(426)

 – Central items include income and expenditure not recharged to divisions, including the costs of certain central and head office functions.

 – Total underlying income in 2013 includes the £540 million gain on the sales of shares in St. James’s Place.

 – Total costs in 2013 include the bank levy of £238 million (2012: £179 million).

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OTHeR FInAnCIAl InFORMATIOn

Banking net interest margin 
Banking net interest margin is calculated by dividing banking net interest income by average interest-earning banking assets. 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 – underlying basis

Insurance division

Other net interest income (including trading activity)

Group net interest income – underlying basis

Fair value unwind

Banking volatility and liability management gains

Insurance gross up

Volatility arising in insurance businesses

Group net interest income – statutory

2013 
£m

2012 
£m

10,841 

10,480 

(103)  

147  

10,885 

(631)

14

(2,930)

–

7,338

(78)

(67)

10,335 

(237)

199 

(2,587)

8 

7,718 

Average interest-earning banking assets are calculated gross of related impairment allowances, and relate solely to customer and product balances in the 
banking businesses on which interest is earned or paid. 

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 2013 the Group’s statutory result before tax included positive insurance and policyholder interests volatility totalling £668 million compared to positive 
volatility of £312 million in 2012.

Volatility comprises the following:

Insurance volatility

Policyholder interests volatility1

Total volatility

Insurance hedging arrangements

Total

2013  
£m 

218 

2012  
£m 

189 

    564

    143

782

(114) 

668 

332

(20)

312 

1

Includes volatility relating to the Group’s interest in St. James’s Place.

Insurance volatility
The Group’s Insurance business has policyholder liabilities 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.

 
 
 
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The expected gross 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

Investments backing annuity liabilities

equities and property

uK government bonds

Corporate bonds

2013 
% 

3.83

5.58

2.58

3.18

2012 
% 

3.89 

5.48 

2.48 

3.08 

A review of investment strategy in the Group’s Insurance business has resulted in investment being made in a wider range of assets. expected investment 
returns in 2013 include appropriate returns for these assets. The 2013 rates also reflect the move to swap rates as the basis for calculations.

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, adjusted for significant changes in asset mix) 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 2013 in the Insurance division was £218 million, primarily reflecting the favourable performance of equity investments in 
the period relative to the expected return. This has been partially offset by an increase in the long-term level of market implied inflation and lower cash returns 
compared to long-term expectations.

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 2013, the statutory results before tax included a credit to other income which relates to policyholder interests volatility totalling £564 million 
(2012: £143 million) relating to the rise in equity markets in the period. 

Insurance hedging arrangements
To protect against 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 2012 financed by selling some upside potential from equity market movements. These expired in 2013 and 
the charge booked in 2013 on these contracts was £9 million. new protection was acquired in 2013 to replace the expired contracts. On a mark-to-market 
valuation basis a loss of £105 million was recognised in relation to the new contracts in 2013.

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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 claims

Operating expenses

Trading surplus1

Impairment 

Gain on acquisition

Profit (loss) before tax

(loss) profit for the year

(loss) profit for the year attributable to equity shareholders

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 (loss) per ordinary share

Diluted earnings (loss) 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 ratio5

Capital ratios (%)6, 7, 8

Total capital

Tier 1 capital

Core tier 1 capital

2013

20121

20111

20101

20091

18,478

(15,322)

3,156

(2,741)

–

415

(802)

(838)

20,517

(15,974)

4,543

(5,149)

–

(606)

(1,387)

(1,471)

20,802 

 (16,459)

4,343

(8,094) 

– 

 (3,751)

 (2,890)

 (2,963)

24,868

(13,255)

11,613

(10,952)

–

296

(277)

(339)

22,526

(16,065)

6,461

(16,673)

11,173

961

2,895

2,769

31 December
2013

31 December
20121

31 December
20111

31 December
20101

31 December
20091

7,145

38,989

55p

441,311

32,312

495,281

847,030

2013

(1.2)p

(1.2)p

–

78.9p

2,681

71,368

2013

7,042

41,896

60p

426,912

34,092

517,225

934,221

20121

(2.1)p

(2.1)p

–

47.9p

2,733

70,343

2012

–

(2.0)

82.9

–

(3.3)

77.9

6,881 

 45,506

66p 

413,906 

35,089 

565,638 

 970,609 

6,815

45,354

67p

393,633

36,232

592,597

991,405

10,472

41,158

64p

406,741

34,727

626,969

1,028,080

20111

20101

20091

(4.3)p 

(4.3)p 

– 

25.9p 

2,770 

68,727 

2011

– 

(6.7) 

79.1 

(0.5)p

(0.5)p

–

65.7p

2,798

68,074

2010

–

(0.8)

53.3

7.3p

7.3p

–

50.7p

2,834

63,775

2009

–

9.0

71.3

31 December
2013

31 December
2012

31 December
2011

31 December
2010

31 December
20098

20.8

14.5

14.0

17.3

13.8

12.0

15.6 

12.5 

10.8 

15.2

11.6

10.2

12.4

9.6

8.1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Restated in 2013 for IAS 19 (Revised) and IFRS 10; see note 1 on page 212.

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. 

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

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

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

Capital ratios are in accordance with modified Basel II framework as implemented by the PRA.

Capital ratios for 2012 and earlier years have not been restated to reflect the adoption of IAS 19 (Revised).

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

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69

Board of Directors 

Group executive Committee 

Directors’ report 

Corporate governance report 

Directors’ remuneration report 

70

72

74

78

100

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BOARD OF DIReCTORS

Non-Executive Directors 

Sir Winfried Bischoff
Chairman  
(retiring on 3 April 2014)

Joined the Board in September 2009

Chairman of the nomination & Governance Committee 
Member of the Remuneration Committee and  
the Risk Committee

Skills and experience: Sir Winfried has substantial experience  
of leading complex international boards in the uK 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 who has led the Board of 
lloyds Banking Group during a period of significant progress 
over the past four years. Sir Winfried has a BA in Commerce 
from the university of the Witwatersrand, a Doctorate in 
Science, Honoris Causa, from City university and was made  
a Johnson Honorary Fellow of the university of Oxford.

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, a Member of the Akbank International Advisory 
Board and from 1 May 2014, will be Chairman of the Financial 
Reporting Council. 

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.

Lord Blackwell
Chairman (from 3 April 2014) and 
Independent Director

Joined the Board in June 2012

Chairman of Scottish Widows Group

Member of the Audit Committee, the Risk Committee and the 
nomination & Governance Committee

Skills and experience: lord Blackwell has extensive insurance, 
banking, regulatory and public policy experience gained from 
senior positions in a wide range of industries. lord Blackwell’s 
deep financial services knowledge and experience, leadership 
qualities and credibility with key stakeholders, made him the 
unanimous choice of the Board to succeed Sir Winfried as 
Chairman of lloyds Banking Group. lord Blackwell has an MA 
in natural Sciences from the university of Cambridge, and a 
Ph.D in Finance and economics and an MBA from the 
university of Pennsylvania. 

External appointments: lord Blackwell is the Chairman  
of Interserve plc. He is a non-executive Director of Ofcom (until 
the end of March 2014) and Halma plc.

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, a member of the Board of the 
Centre for Policy Studies 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.

David Roberts
Deputy Chairman and Independent Director

Joined the Board in March 2010

Chairman of the Risk Committee  
Member of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration 
Committee and the nomination & Governance Committee

Skills and experience: David has many years of 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 
him an effective Deputy Chairman. David has a Diploma in 
Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, a degree 
in Mathematics & Applications from Birmingham university 
and an MBA from the university of Reading.

External appointments: Member of the Strategy Board of 
Henley Business School.

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.

Carolyn Fairbairn
Independent Director

Joined the Board in June 2012 

Member of the Audit Committee  
and the Remuneration Committee

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. 
Carolyn has a BA in economics from the university of 
Cambridge, an MA in International Relations from the 
university of Pennsylvania and an MBA from InSeAD.

External appointments: Carolyn is a non-executive Director 
of The Vitec Group and is the Chairman of its Remuneration 
Committee. She is a trustee of Marie Curie and a 
non-executive Director of the Competition and 
Markets Authority and the uK Statistics Authority.

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

Dyfrig John, CBE
Independent Director

Joined the Board in December 2010  

Joined the Board on 1 January 2014

Member of the Audit Committee,  
the Risk Committee and the nomination  
& Governance Committee

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. Anita is 
the Chairman of the Responsible Business Committee. She has 
a BA (Hons) in Business from the university of Strathclyde and  
a MRes in Humanities and Philosophy from the university 
of london.

External appointments: Anita is the Chairman of Victrex plc, 
having previously been its Senior Independent Director,  
and is a Senior Independent Director of Aberdeen Asset 
Management and 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.

Member of the Audit Committee and the Risk Committee

Skills and experience: Dyfrig has spent his career in banking, 
principally at HSBC where he worked for 37 years. During that 
time he held a number of senior management and board 
positions in the uK and overseas including Chief executive 
Officer of HSBC Bank PlC. He has the knowledge and 
experience to provide valuable insight and contribute 
effectively as a non-executive Director and Member of the 
Audit Committee and Risk Committee. Dyfrig has a Sloan 
Fellowship from the london Business School. He is also a  
fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.

External appointments: Dyfrig is the Chairman of Principality 
Building Society and will step down from that position  
on 17 April 2014. He is a Member of the Welsh Rugby union’s 
Audit Committee.

Former appointments: Dyfrig was a Director of HSBC Bank 
PlC from 2003 to 2009, Chief executive Officer from 2006 to 
2009 and Deputy Chairman from 2008 to 2009. Prior to joining 
the Board of HSBC Bank PlC, he held a number of senior roles 
including Group Managing Director and member of the Group 
Management Board. until recently he was a Board member of 
the Wales Millennium Centre.

Marc Boston
Company Secretary

Appointed January 2014

Marc joined the Group in February 2010. He is a qualified 
Company Secretary and solicitor with 20 years of experience  
in a broad range of listed entities within the financial services, 
retail and telecommunications sectors and with professional 
service firms.

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71

Non-Executive Directors 

Sir Winfried Bischoff

Chairman  

(retiring on 3 April 2014)

Joined the Board in September 2009

Chairman of the nomination & Governance Committee 

Member of the Remuneration Committee and  

the Risk Committee

Skills and experience: Sir Winfried has substantial experience  

of leading complex international boards in the uK 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 who has led the Board of 

lloyds Banking Group during a period of significant progress 

over the past four years. Sir Winfried has a BA in Commerce 

from the university of the Witwatersrand, a Doctorate in 

Science, Honoris Causa, from City university and was made  

a Johnson Honorary Fellow of the university of Oxford.

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, a Member of the Akbank International Advisory 

Board and from 1 May 2014, will be Chairman of the Financial 

Reporting Council. 

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.

Lord Blackwell

Chairman (from 3 April 2014) and 

Independent Director

Joined the Board in June 2012

Chairman of Scottish Widows Group

Member of the Audit Committee, the Risk Committee and the 

nomination & Governance Committee

Skills and experience: lord Blackwell has extensive insurance, 

banking, regulatory and public policy experience gained from 

senior positions in a wide range of industries. lord Blackwell’s 

deep financial services knowledge and experience, leadership 

qualities and credibility with key stakeholders, made him the 

unanimous choice of the Board to succeed Sir Winfried as 

Chairman of lloyds Banking Group. lord Blackwell has an MA 

in natural Sciences from the university of Cambridge, and a 

Ph.D in Finance and economics and an MBA from the 

university of Pennsylvania. 

External appointments: lord Blackwell is the Chairman  

of Interserve plc. He is a non-executive Director of Ofcom (until 

the end of March 2014) and Halma plc.

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, a member of the Board of the 

Centre for Policy Studies 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.

David Roberts

Deputy Chairman and Independent Director

Joined the Board in March 2010

Chairman of the Risk Committee  

Member of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration 

Committee and the nomination & Governance Committee

Skills and experience: David has many years of 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 

him an effective Deputy Chairman. David has a Diploma in 

Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, a degree 

in Mathematics & Applications from Birmingham university 

and an MBA from the university of Reading.

External appointments: Member of the Strategy Board of 

Henley Business School.

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.

Nick Luff
Independent Director

Joined the Board on 5 March 2013

Chairman of the Audit Committee 
Member of the Risk Committee

Skills and experience: nick is a chartered accountant and 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. nick  
is a Mathematics graduate from the university of Oxford. 

External appointments: nick is currently the Group Finance 
Director of Centrica. He will step down from the Centrica Board 
before the end of 2014 to take up a new position as Chief 
Financial Officer of Reed elsevier.

Former appointments: nick was previously 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.

Anthony Watson, CBE 
Senior Independent Director

Joined the Board in April 2009

Chairman of the Remuneration Committee  
Member of the Audit Committee, the Risk Committee  
and the nomination & Governance Committee

Skills and experience: Tony is Senior Independent Director and 
Chair of the Remuneration Committee. He maintains close dialogue 
with shareholders with the aim of aligning executive reward with 
shareholder interests. With over 40 years of experience in the 
investment management industry and related sectors, he is well 
placed to carry out these roles. Tony is a Barrister at law. He has a 
BSc (Hons) in economics from the Queen’s university Belfast, a 
Diploma in Security Analysis from the new York Institute of Finance 
and was called to the Bar of england and Wales. 

External appointments: Tony is a non-executive Director of Vodafone 
Group, Senior Independent Director of Hammerson and Witan 
Investment Trust, Chairman of the lincoln’s Inn Investment Committee 
and a member of the norges Bank Investment Management 
Corporate Governance Advisory Board.

Former appointments: Former Chief executive of Hermes 
Pensions Management and formerly Chairman of the Asian 
Infrastructure Fund, MePC and of the Strategic Investment 
Board (northern Ireland). Former Member of the Financial 
Reporting Council and the Marks & Spencer Pension Trustees.

Sara Weller
Independent Director

Joined the Board in February 2012

Member of the Remuneration Committee   
and the Risk Committee

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. She has an MA in Chemistry from 
Oxford university.

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

Carolyn Fairbairn

Independent Director

Joined the Board in June 2012 

Member of the Audit Committee  

and the Remuneration Committee

Anita Frew

Independent Director

Dyfrig John, CBE

Independent Director

Joined the Board in December 2010  

Joined the Board on 1 January 2014

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  

Skills and experience: Anita has extensive board, financial and 

time he held a number of senior management and board 

general management experience across a range of sectors, 

including banking, asset management, manufacturing and 

plays an active part in reviewing the strategy of the Board and 

utilities. Her breadth of experience and strong leadership 

contributing to the debate at Board and Committee meetings. 

qualities make her an effective non-executive Director. Anita is 

effectively as a non-executive Director and Member of the 

Carolyn has a BA in economics from the university of 

Cambridge, an MA in International Relations from the 

university of Pennsylvania and an MBA from InSeAD.

the Chairman of the Responsible Business Committee. She has 

Audit Committee and Risk Committee. Dyfrig has a Sloan 

a BA (Hons) in Business from the university of Strathclyde and  

Fellowship from the london Business School. He is also a  

a MRes in Humanities and Philosophy from the university 

fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.

Member of the Audit Committee and the Risk Committee

Skills and experience: Dyfrig has spent his career in banking, 

principally at HSBC where he worked for 37 years. During that 

positions in the uK and overseas including Chief executive 

Officer of HSBC Bank PlC. He has the knowledge and 

experience to provide valuable insight and contribute 

Member of the Audit Committee,  

the Risk Committee and the nomination  

& Governance Committee

External appointments: Carolyn is a non-executive Director 

of The Vitec Group and is the Chairman of its Remuneration 

Committee. She is a trustee of Marie Curie and a 

non-executive Director of the Competition and 

Markets Authority and the uK Statistics Authority.

External appointments: Anita is the Chairman of Victrex plc, 

having previously been its Senior Independent Director,  

and is a Senior Independent Director of Aberdeen Asset 

Management and IMI. 

of london.

Former appointments: Carolyn was a non-executive Director 

Former appointments: Anita was an executive Director of 

of the Financial Services Authority and chaired their Risk 

Abbott Mead Vickers, Director of Corporate Development at 

Committee, a Director of Group Development and Strategy at 

WPP Group and a non-executive Director of northumbrian 

ITV plc and Director of Strategy and a member of the executive 

Water. She has held various investment and marketing roles at 

Scottish Provident and the Royal Bank of Scotland.

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.

External appointments: Dyfrig is the Chairman of Principality 

Building Society and will step down from that position  

on 17 April 2014. He is a Member of the Welsh Rugby union’s 

Audit Committee.

Former appointments: Dyfrig was a Director of HSBC Bank 

PlC from 2003 to 2009, Chief executive Officer from 2006 to 

2009 and Deputy Chairman from 2008 to 2009. Prior to joining 

the Board of HSBC Bank PlC, he held a number of senior roles 

including Group Managing Director and member of the Group 

Management Board. until recently he was a Board member of 

the Wales Millennium Centre.

António Horta-Osório
executive Director and Group Chief executive 

George Culmer
executive Director and Chief Financial Officer

Juan Colombás
executive Director and Chief Risk Officer

Joined the Board in January 2011

Joined the Board in May 2012

Joined the Board on 29 november 2013

Appointed Group Chief executive in March 2011

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. António has a Degree in Management & Business 
Administration from the universidade Católica Portuguesa, 
an MBA from InSeAD and has completed the Advanced 
Management Program at Harvard Business School.

External appointments: António is a non-executive Director 
of Fundação Champalimaud and Sociedade Francisco Manuel 
dos Santos in Portugal and is a Governor of the london 
Business School.

Former appointments: António joined Grupo Santander in 
1993, having previously worked for Goldman Sachs and for 
Citibank, and held various senior management positions 
culminating in becoming 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 is a chartered accountant and 
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. George is a chartered accountant 
and has a History degree from the university of Cambridge.

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. 

Skills and experience: Juan has significant banking and risk 
management experience, having spent 28 years working in 
these fields both internationally and in the uK. He has served 
as the Group’s Chief Risk Officer and as a member of the Group 
executive Committee since January 2011. Juan is responsible 
for developing the Group’s risk framework, recommending  
its risk appetite and ensuring that all risks generated by the 
business are measured, reviewed and monitored on an 
ongoing basis. Juan has a BSc in Industrial Chemical 
engineering from the universidad Politécnica de Madrid, a 
Financial Management degree from ICADe School of Business 
and economics and an MBA from the Institute de empresa 
Business School. 

External appointments: Member of the International Financial 
Risk Institute executive Committee.

Former appointments: Juan was previously the Chief Risk 
Officer of Santander’s uK business. Prior to this position, he 
held a number of senior risk, control and business management 
roles across the Corporate, Investment, Retail and Risk 
Divisions of the Santander Group.

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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 
strengthen 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 members  
of the Group executive Committee (GeC) are 
outlined opposite.

Board Members

António Horta-Osório
Group Chief executive
António joined the Board in January 2011 as an executive 
Director and became Group Chief executive in March 2011. 

Further details can be found on page 71.

Non-Board Members

Andrew Bester
Chief executive Officer,  
Commercial Banking
Andrew 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 the Africa region. Before joining Standard Chartered, 
Andrew was the Group Finance Director for Xchanging. Prior to 
this, he worked at Deutsche Bank.

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.  
Andrew sits on the board of the Global Financial Markets 
Association and on the Advisory Board of the university of 
Cambridge Programme for Sustainability leadership. He is also a 
member of the Prince of Wales’s uK Corporate leaders Group.

David Nicholson
Group Director,  
Halifax Community Bank
David is Group Director of the Halifax Community Bank. He has 
specific responsibility for the Halifax business, its branch 
network and 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 and chairs the Group Regional 
Ambassador programme.

  
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Board Members

Non-Board Members

George Culmer
Chief Financial Officer
George joined the Board as an executive Director in May 2012.  

Further details can be found on page 71. 

Juan Colombás
Chief Risk Officer
Juan joined the Group as Chief Risk Officer in January 2011 and 
joined the Board as an executive Director in november 2013.

Further details can be found on page 71.

Alison Brittain
Group Director, Retail
Alison joined lloyds Banking Group in September 2011 as 
Group Director for the Retail Division. She has responsibility for 
the lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland retail branch 
networks, remote channels and products, in addition to the 
Retail Business Banking and uK Wealth businesses. Alison is 
also a member of the FCA’s Practitioner Panel and a 
non-executive Director for Marks and Spencer Group plc.

Her last role was executive Director for Retail Distribution and  
a Board Director at Santander uK. She previously worked at 
Barclays for almost 20 years in various senior roles including 
Director of Barclays and Woolwich Retail networks and 
Managing Director of Barclays Small Business Banking. Alison 
attended university in Scotland and the uSA and has an MBA 
from Cambridge university’s Judge Institute.

Mark Fisher
Director, Group Operations
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. 

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, Consumer Finance  
and Group Corporate Development
Antonio joined lloyds Banking Group in March 2011. He is a 
Group Director with responsibility for Consumer Finance and 
Group Corporate Development. until recently, Antonio led the 
Wealth, Asset Finance and International division, which has 
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 also led the Group Strategic Review. 

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 worked 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.

Miguel-Ángel Rodríguez-Sola
Group Director, Digital, Marketing and 
Customer Development
Miguel was appointed Group Director, Digital, Marketing and 
Customer Development in September 2013. Previously, he was 
Group Strategy Director and Commercial and Shared Services 
Director for the Retail Division. Before joining lloyds Banking 
Group in 2011, Miguel worked for over six years at the 
Santander Group in Spain, the uSA and from 2008 in the uK. In 
the uK he was responsible for the Corporate and SMes Division 
and later for the Retail Products and Marketing Division and for 
customer service. 

Previous to this, Miguel worked as a Senior Partner at McKinsey 
& Co. for over 12 years where he specialised in the Banking, 
Insurance and Retail sectors in Germany, Switzerland, Spain, 
Italy and the uSA. Miguel holds a ‘Cum laude’ Bachelor 
Degree in Business Administration from the university of 
Barcelona and an MBA from IeSe Business School.

Toby Strauss
Group Director, Insurance
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. In April 2013 Toby was appointed as a Trustee of 
Macmillan Cancer Support.

Matthew Young
Group Corporate Affairs Director
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, 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, 
founded by HRH Prince of Wales in 1996. He is a member  
of the Guild of PR Practitioners.

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DIReCTORS’ RePORT

Results 
The consolidated income statement shows a statutory profit before tax for the year ended 31 December 2013 of £415 million.

Dividends
The Directors do not propose to pay a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 December 2013. Further information on ordinary 
dividends is shown in note 49 on page 293 and is incorporated into this report by reference. 

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: funding and liquidity on page 42 and pages 171 to 177 and capital position on pages 178 to 192 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.

Branches, future developments and financial risk management objectives and policies
The Group provides a wide range of banking and financial services through branches and offices in the uK and overseas. Information about 
future developments, internal control and financial risk management systems in relation to financial reporting and financial risk management 
objectives and policies in relation to the use of financial instruments can be found in the following sections of the annual report, which are 
incorporated into this report by reference:

Future developments

Pages

123 to 196

Internal control and financial risk management systems in relation to financial reporting

123 to 196 and page 87

Financial risk management objectives and policies in relation to the use of financial instruments

123 to 196 (and in note 54 on pages 327 to 349)

Directors

The names and biographical details of the Directors are shown on pages 70 and 71. Particulars of their emoluments and interests in shares in 
the Company are given on pages 100 to 122. Changes to the composition of the Board since 1 January 2013 up to the date of this report are 
shown in the table below:

nick luff

Martin Scicluna

Timothy T Ryan, Jr

Juan Colombás

Dyfrig John

Joined the Board 

Retired from the Board 

5 March 2013

31 March 2013 

18 April 2013 

29 november 2013

1 January 2014

Sir Winfried Bischoff will retire from the Board on 3 April 2014 and will be succeeded as Chairman by lord Blackwell.

Appointment and retirement of Directors
The appointment of Directors is governed by the Company’s articles of association, the uK Corporate Governance Code and the Companies 
Act 2006. The Company’s articles of association may only be amended by a special resolution of the shareholders in a general meeting. 

Juan Colombás and Dyfrig John have been appointed to the Board since the 2013 annual general meeting and will therefore stand for election 
at the forthcoming annual general meeting. In the interests of good 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.

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’ for the purposes of the Companies Act 
2006. The deeds indemnify the Directors to the maximum extent permitted by law and remain in force for the duration of a Director’s period 
of office. The deeds were in force during the whole of the financial year or from the date of appointment in respect of the Directors appointed 
in 2013 and 2014. Deeds for existing Directors are available for inspection at the Company’s registered office. In addition, the Group had 
appropriate Directors and Officers liability Insurance cover in place throughout 2013.

The Company has also granted a deed of indemnity through deed poll which constituted ‘qualifying third party 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. Qualifying 
pension scheme indemnities were also granted to the Trustees of the Group’s Pension Schemes. 

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Corporate governance report
The corporate governance report can be found on pages 78 to 99 and, together with this report of which it forms part, fulfils the requirements 
of the Corporate Governance Statement for the purpose of the Financial Conduct Authority’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules (DTR).

Share capital and control
Information about share capital, restrictions on the transfer of shares or voting rights and special rights with regard to control of the Company 
is shown in note 45 on pages 289 and 290 and is incorporated into this report by reference. 

The powers of the Directors, including in relation to the issue or buy back of the Company’s shares, are set out in the Companies Act 2006 and 
the Company’s articles of association. The Directors were granted authorities to issue and allot shares and to repurchase shares at the 2013 
annual general meeting. Shareholders will be asked to renew the authorities at the 2014 annual general meeting.

The Company did not repurchase any of its shares during the year (2012: none).

Substantial shareholders
Information provided to the Company by substantial shareholders pursuant to the DTR is published via a Regulatory Information Service.

As at 31 December 2013 and the date of this report, the Company was notified under Rule 5 of the DTR that The Solicitor for the Affairs of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury had a direct interest in 23,326,529,533 ordinary shares, representing 32.7 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. 

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. There are 
no agreements between the Company and its Directors or employees providing compensation for loss of office or employment that occurs 
because 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 45 on page 289). 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.

Research and development activities
During the ordinary course of business the Group develops new products and services within the business units.

Emissions reporting
The Group has voluntarily reported on its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in its annual Responsible Business Report and Annual Report and 
Accounts since 2009, but new regulations introduced through an amendment to the Companies Act 2006 require changes to the scope of 
disclosure compared to previous years. Previously, reported scope 1 emissions covered only the emissions generated from the gas and oil 
in uK buildings where the Group holds the supply contract direct with the utilities supplier along with emissions generated from company-
owned vehicles used for business travel; and reported scope 2 emissions covered only the emissions generated from the use of electricity 
in uK buildings where the Group hold the supply contract direct with the electricity supplier. This year, additional emissions included in the 
scope of 2013 reporting relate to: uK sites where the Group does not hold the supply contract directly with the energy supplier (shadow sites); 
energy consumed in international locations (non-uK sites); and gas emissions arising from the use of air-conditioning and chiller/refrigerant 
plant (fugitive emissions). In addition the Group is now reporting emissions in terms of CO2 equivalent tonnes (CO2e). 

Reporting period
The reporting period for emissions (October 2012 – September 2013) differs to that of the Directors’ report (January 2013 – December 2013). 
However, in line with the new regulations the majority of emission reporting year falls within the period of the Directors’ report.

Scope of disclosure
The Group reports emissions based on an operational boundary. Reported scope 1 emissions cover: emissions generated from the gas and 
oil used in all the buildings the Group operates business from (uK and International); emissions generated from uK company-owned vehicles 
used for business travel; and fugitive emissions arising from the use of air-conditioning and chiller/refrigerant plant to service the Group’s 
uK property portfolio. Reported scope 2 emissions cover emissions generated from the use of electricity in all the buildings the Group 
operates business from. Reported scope 3 emissions relate to business travel undertaken by colleagues based in the uK using rail, privately 
owned vehicles, hired vehicles and air travel. emissions associated with joint ventures and investments are not included in the emissions 
disclosure as they fall outside the scope of our operational boundary.

The Group follows the principles of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol Corporate Standard and Department for environment, Food and 
Rural Affairs (Defra) Voluntary Reporting 2012 Guidelines to calculate its emissions in scope 1, 2 and 3.

Omissions
The Group does not have available data or estimates for business travel undertaken by colleagues based outside the uK when using company 
vehicles, or for fugitive emissions arising from the use of air-conditioning and chiller/refrigerant plant to service its non-uK property portfolio. 
under the new regulation this activity would be part of the Group’s scope 1 emissions.

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DIReCTORS’ RePORT

Compliance with the regulations 
The Group understands the principles of the regulations to report all emissions or explain where data has been unavailable for the first year of 
reporting. Rather than omit material elements the Group has included estimated emissions, where actual data is not available. These are listed 
below. each of these sources of emissions is being reported for the first time.

Energy consumed on non-UK sites, shadow sites and fugitive emissions 
non-uK sites – lloyds Banking Group is a uK based retail bank with 97 per cent of employees based in the uK (2012 headcount data). The 
Group continues the strategic reshaping of its international footprint and intends to further reduce its presence outside the uK. As lessees the 
Group does not usually have access to consumption data for non-uK sites. estimates have been based on a GHG emission value per full time 
equivalent colleague (FTe) for uK based operations. 

Shadow sites – As the Group is not billed directly for energy consumed in these sites the Group does not have full visibility of consumption 
data. To allow emissions relating to these sites to be included within its emissions reporting for 2013, an estimation using an average  
gas/electricity consumption level per occupied square metre (obtained from sites where the Group holds the energy supply contract directly 
with the supplier) has been calculated. For electricity, consumption estimated in this way relates to 397 sites. For gas, consumption estimated  
in this way relates to 185 sites.

The CO2e emissions relating to this subset of emissions reported are calculated using the same methodology and emissions factors that have 
been applied to actual billed consumption data.

Fugitive emissions – Fugitive emissions for lloyds Banking Group arise from the use of air-conditioning and chiller/refrigerant plant to service 
our uK property portfolio. Actual data relating to fugitive emissions is not currently collated centrally by the Group. Therefore, for the 2013 
reporting period these emissions have been estimated based on a register of assets used by its Facilities Management partner to maintain 
and service the Group’s estate. leakage rates and emissions factors from the 2012 Guidelines to Defra/Department of energy and Climate 
Change (DeCC’s) GHG Conversion Factors have been applied to each asset on the register according to the gas type used within the asset.

GHG emissions – CO2e tonnes 

Scope

Scope 1

Scope 2

Scope 3

Total

October 2012 –  
September 2013  

(including additional
mandatory emissions)*

October 2012 – 
September 2013
(like for like basis)

October 2011 – 
September 2012

73,1961

333,2122

37,827

444,235

53,279

291,547

37,827

382,653

49,943

293,521

34,740

378,204

*

Additional mandatory carbon reporting includes Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions as described below:

1 Scope 1 – emissions generated from the energy billed for gas and oil where the Group does not hold the supply contract directly with the energy supplier (shadow sites), fugitive 
emissions and emissions generated from non-uK sites.

2 Scope 2 – emissions generated from the energy billed for electricity for sites where the Group does not hold the supply contract directly with the energy supplier (shadow sites) and 
emissions generated from non-uK sites.

The Group has applied the principles of the new regulations to its previous reporting period. Please note the totals include all GHG gases and  
the totals are CO2e. In previous years the Group has only reported on CO2. The Group has restated the emissions data for the October 2011 –  
September 2012 reporting period, replacing estimates with actual billed data. The Group has applied the emissions factors from the 
2012 Defra guidelines to both reporting periods. 

Intensity ratio
As the Group uses an operational boundary for its emission reporting, an intensity ratio of GHG gases per FTe has been selected. 

October 2012 – 
September 2013 
(including additional
mandatory emissions)

October 2012 – 
September 2013

October 2011 – 
September 2012

GHG emissions per average FTe (based on 2012 FTe)

3.91

3.37

3.33

Verification
Although not required by the new mandatory regulations the Group has retained the services of PricewaterhouseCoopers llP (PwC) to 
provide an independent and robust assessment of the Group’s scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. PwC’s limited assurance report is included as part 
of the Group’s 2013 Responsible Business Report, www.lloydsbankinggroup-cr.com.

Employees
lloyds Banking Group is committed to providing employment practices and policies which recognise the diversity of its workforce. The Group will not 
unfairly discriminate in the 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. The Group works hard to ensure lloyds Banking Group is inclusive for all colleagues.

To support the Group 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. Involvement with these organisations 
enables the Group to identify and implement best practice for staff. lloyds Banking Group has a range of programmes to support colleagues 
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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. The Group has established a full suite of communication channels, including an extensive face-to-face briefing programme, which 
allows it to update employees on performance and any financial issues throughout the year.

Further information on employees can be found on pages 34 to 35.

Significant contracts
Details of related party transactions are set out in note 51 on pages 303 to 306.

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 70 and 71 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 strategic report and the directors’ report 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.

The Directors consider that 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. The Directors have also 
separately reviewed and approved the new Strategic Report. 

Independent auditor 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 auditor is 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 auditor is 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 auditor and authorising the Audit Committee to set its 
remuneration will be proposed at the annual general meeting.

On behalf of the Board

Marc Boston
Company Secretary 
5 March 2014

lloyds Banking Group plc 
Registered in Scotland

Company number SC95000

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CORPORATe GOVeRnAnCe RePORT

The Board is committed to achieving long term 
success for the Group and generating sustainable 
returns for shareholders. This is underpinned 
by our high standards of corporate governance, 
which are critical to the success of any 
business today.

Dear Shareholders
I am pleased to present our corporate governance report for the 2013 financial year. This report explains how the Group applies the highest 
principles of corporate governance, in particular those laid down in the 2012 edition of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC)’s uK Corporate 
Governance Code (the Code). The Code can be accessed at www.frc.org.uk.

2013 has been a significant year for lloyds Banking Group. The Board has taken a number of important decisions as we work towards the goal 
of becoming the ‘best bank for customers’. I am pleased to report that during the year the Board and its Committees met their key objectives 
and carried out their key responsibilities effectively. 

Set out below are some of the key corporate governance matters considered in 2013.

Chairman succession – Following the announcement of my intention to retire before the 2014 annual general meeting, a committee of the 
Board was established to oversee the search and selection of my successor. I am delighted that lord Blackwell has been chosen to succeed 
me as Chairman of lloyds Banking Group. Over the past four years, the Group has made significant progress in its goal to become a strong, 
efficient, uK-focused retail and commercial bank. Whilst clearly some challenges remain, the performance of the Group is well on track. This 
gives me great confidence in its future and I wish norman every success as he leads the Group at this important time. The appointment of 
lord Blackwell as Chairman received unanimous Board approval. Full details of the selection process are outlined on page 82.

Board composition– Since last reporting, three additional directors have joined the Board. nick luff, who was appointed in March 2013, has 
significant financial experience in the uK listed environment. 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. Juan Colombás, who was appointed in november 2013, brings 
significant banking and risk management experience to the Board and his appointment reflects the Board’s desire to elevate the importance 
of risk management in the Group. Dyfrig John was appointed in January 2014 to bolster the depth and breadth of retail banking experience 
on the Board. However, with my pending retirement, the search for additional directors with relevant banking, finance and risk experience 
continues. 

TSB Bank – Following the european Commission’s ruling in 2009 requiring the Group to divest part of its business, the Group created a 
fresh competitor on Britain’s high streets in TSB Bank, with over 600 branches across Britain. The process required the Group to balance the 
need for the Group’s oversight obligations with the need to deliver an independently functioning bank. A governance structure was created 
to ensure this was achieved. In September 2013, TSB Bank was launched as a fully operational bank and a new chairman was appointed in 
February 2014. For more detail, see page 81.

Changes to the remuneration reporting regime – The Remuneration Committee dedicated significant time in 2013 to assessing the 
impact of changes to the remuneration reporting regime on the Group’s approach to executive remuneration. The Committee has striven 
to ensure that the remuneration policies and practices detailed in the Directors’ Remuneration Policy, on pages 102 to 109, and in the 
Directors’ Remuneration Implementation Report on pages 110 to 122, are appropriate to supporting the delivery of the Company’s current 
and future strategy.

Board effectiveness – The Board carries out an annual evaluation of its effectiveness. In 2013, this was conducted internally. The review was 
overseen by the nomination & Governance Committee and considered the Board’s performance principally by reference to the balance of 
skills, experience, independence and knowledge of the Board, its diversity, including gender, and how the Directors work together as a unit.  
The review also considered my effectiveness as Chairman of the Board, the effectiveness of the Committees, the Committee Chairmen, the 
Senior Independent Director and the Deputy Chairman. The results of the review are set out on page 86.

Finally, I would like to thank each of the Directors for their commitment throughout 2013 and their support during the period of my 
chairmanship. Our high standards of corporate governance are driven by the Board and embedded in the thinking and processes of the 
business. The Group is now profitable with a strong balance sheet and a solid prudential foundation on which to build a sustainable future.

Sir Winfried Bischoff 
Chairman

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The Board and its members
Purpose and responsibilities 
The Group is led by a Board comprising a non-executive Chairman, independent non-executive Directors and executive Directors. 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, monitoring financial 
performance and reporting and ensuring that appropriate and effective succession planning arrangements and remuneration policies are 
in place.   

The role of the Directors
The roles of the Chairman and other Board members are set out below. There is a clear division of responsibility 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.   

Overview of the roles of the Directors

Chairman

Senior Independent Director

Group Chief Executive

Overall responsibility for the leadership of the Board 
and the promotion of the highest standards of 
corporate governance.

Sets the Board meeting agendas to ensure that the 
Board devotes its time and attention to the right 
matters.

Builds an effective and complementary Board.

Plans succession in Board appointments in 
conjunction with the nomination & Governance 
Committee.

ensures the Directors receive timely and 
relevant information and are kept advised of key 
developments.

Helps resolve shareholders’ concerns.

Acts as a sounding  board for the Chairman  
and Group Chief executive on Board and  
shareholder matters.

Is a conduit, as required, for the views of other  
non-executive Directors on the performance of  
the Chairman.

Is available to shareholders if they have concerns 
which contact through the normal channels has failed 
to resolve or is inappropriate.

Attends sufficient meetings with major 
shareholders and financial analysts to understand 
issues and concerns.

Conducts the Chairman’s annual performance 
appraisal.

Manages the Group on a day-to-day basis, 
and in accordance with the strategy and long 
term objectives approved by the Board.

With the exception of those matters reserved to the 
Board, the Group Chief executive makes decisions on 
matters affecting the operations, performance and 
strategy of the Group’s businesses.

Provides leadership and direction to implement 
strategy in accordance with the goals and objectives 
set by the Board.

Coordinates all activities to implement the strategy 
and for managing the business  in accordance with 
the Group’s risk appetite and business plan set by 
the Board.

Deputy Chairman

Non-Executive Director

Executive Director

ensures continuity of effective Board Chairmanship 
during any change of chairmanship.

Challenges constructively.

Helps develop strategy.

Supports the Chairman in representing the Board 
and acting as spokesman.

Participates actively in the decision-making process 
of the Board.

Deputises for the Chairman in the discharge of his 
duties.

Is available to the Board for consultation and advice.

Is the Chairman’s point of contact with governmental 
and other institutions.

Represents the Group’s interests to official enquiries 
and review bodies.

Scrutinises the performance of management in 
meeting agreed goals and objectives.

Provides entrepreneurial leadership of the Group 
within a framework of prudent effective controls.

Sets the Group’s strategic aims and reviews 
management’s performance.

Sets the Group’s values and standards.

Makes and implements decisions in all matters 
affecting the operations, performance and strategy 
of the Group’s business, under the leadership of the 
Group Chief executive.

Provides specialist knowledge and experience to 
the Board.

Responsible for the successful leadership and 
management of the Risk and Finance divisions.

Designs, develops and implements strategic plans.

Deals with the day-to-day operations of the Group.

The role of the Company Secretary
The Company Secretary is responsible to the Board and provides comprehensive practical support and guidance to Directors both as individuals and as a 
collective, with particular emphasis on supporting the non-executive Directors in maintaining the highest standards of probity and corporate governance. 
The Company Secretary is also responsible for communicating with shareholders as appropriate and ensuring that due regard is paid to their interests.  
All Directors, including non-executive Directors, have access to the services of the Company Secretary in relation to the discharge of their duties. 

Access to advice
The Group also provides access, at its expense, to the services of independent professional advisers in order to assist Directors in their role, 
especially non-executive Directors, wherever this is deemed necessary. Board Committees are also provided with sufficient resources to 
undertake their duties.

Authority and delegation

Corporate governance framework
The Group’s corporate governance framework, which is reviewed annually by the Board, comprises the board authority and the delegated 
executive authority. 

Board authority
The board authority sets out the matters reserved to the Board. These include decisions concerning the strategy and long-term objectives 
of the Group, the Group’s capital, medium-term plan and financial budgets, significant contracts and transactions and various statutory and 
regulatory approvals. The approval of the remuneration policy, risk appetite and risk management framework are also reserved to the Board. 
The board authority delegates responsibility for day-to-day management of the business to the Group Chief executive and sets out the basis for 
delegation of authorities from the Board to Board Committees. 

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The following table provides an overview of the matters reserved to the Board of lloyds Banking Group plc. A full schedule of all matters 
reserved to the Board can be found on our website at www.lloydsbankinggroup.com.

Strategy and budget

Governance 

Risk management

Approves the Group’s strategy and long-term 
objectives, the Medium Term Plan and the annual 
budget and reviews delivery against plan. 

Approves strategic proposals and major 
operational issues.

establishes the culture, values and standards of 
the Group.

Determines Board and Committee structure, size and 
composition. 

Approves the Group’s risk appetite and risk 
management framework.

Determines the independence of non-executive 
Directors.

Monitors  the Group’s aggregate risk exposures,  
risk/return and emerging risks.

Approves the governance principles, corporate 
governance framework, Board Committee terms of 
reference and key Group policies. 

Reviews annually the effectiveness of the Group’s risk 
management and internal control systems.

Remuneration

Approves the overall remuneration policy and 
philosophy of the Company.

Approves the remuneration of non-executive 
Directors.

Approves material changes in employee share 
schemes and policy relating to Group pensions.

Structure, capital and transactions

Approves material changes to the Group’s corporate 
and organisational structure and changes to capital 
structure.

Finance, statutory and  
regulatory requirements

Approves financial statements, dividends and 
significant accounting changes.

Approves the basis for allocation of capital, 
investments, acquisitions, mergers or disposals. 

Authorises Directors’ conflicts or potential conflicts 
of interest.

Approves large transactions, equity investments and 
disposals, and intra group guarantees. 

Approves all shareholder notices, circulars, 
prospectuses and listing particulars.

Delegated executive authority
The Group Chief executive, through the delegated executive authority, delegates aspects of his own authority, as permitted, to members 
of the Group executive Committee. The Group executive Committee meets weekly to scrutinise items of key business. The Group Audit 
Director, Group HR Director and the Company Secretary attend the weekly Group executive Committee meetings to ensure that there 
is appropriate internal audit oversight, employee interests and people strategy matters are considered and that the highest standards of 
corporate governance are maintained.

The role of the Board Committees
The Board is supported by its Committees which make recommendations to the Board on matters delegated to them, in particular in relation 
to internal control, risk, financial reporting, governance and remuneration matters. This enables the Board to spend a greater proportion of its 
time on strategic, forward looking agenda items. each Committee comprises non-executive Directors only and is chaired by an experienced 
Chairman. The Committee Chairs report to the Board on the activities of the Committee at each Board meeting. Terms of reference for each 
of the Committees can be found on our website at www.lloydsbankinggroup.com. Information on the membership, role and activities of each 
of the Committees can be found on pages 89 to 99.    

Lloyds Banking Group plc 

Nomination  
& Governance 
Committee

Audit 
Committee

Board Risk 
Committee

Remuneration 
Committee

Subsidiary governance
The Group conducts the majority of its business through a number of subsidiary entities. The Boards of the four main bank companies, 
lloyds Banking Group plc, lloyds Bank plc, HBOS plc and Bank of Scotland plc, comprise the same Directors. The Board meetings for these 
companies are held concurrently with the agenda split between the companies to allow decisions to be taken and scrutinised by the 
appropriate Board. 

In addition the Group has an insurance subsidiary, Scottish Widows Group limited, which itself also has a number of separate operating 
subsidiaries. The Board of Scottish Widows Group limited, which also sits as the Board of the major subsidiaries, is chaired by a non-executive 
member of the lloyds Banking Group Board and contains a balance of independent non-executive directors, Group executives and Insurance 
Division executives. This composition supports its legal and regulatory requirements for independent decision making within the overall 
framework of Group policies and controls.

To help manage the legal, regulatory and reputational risks associated with the Group’s subsidiary entities, the Group requires that subsidiary 
boards and their directors meet minimum governance standards, as laid down in the legal entity management standards and directors’ 
handbook as approved by the Board of lloyds Banking Group plc. 

The Group Chief executive outlined his Group strategy in 2011 including a simplification target of reducing the number of legal entities in the 
Group from 1,685 to fewer than 1,000 by the end of 2014. As at 31 December 2013, the number of Group entities had reduced to 929, achieving 
the target one year ahead of schedule. 

 
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The establishment of TSB Bank plc
Following the european Commission’s ruling in 2009 requiring the Group to divest part of its business, the Group created a fresh 
competitor on Britain’s high streets in TSB Bank, which was launched in September 2013. The creation of TSB Bank required the Group to 
balance its oversight obligations with the need to deliver an independently functioning bank. A governance structure was agreed by the 
Board of lloyds Banking Group plc to ensure this was achieved. Three governance stages were identified to progress TSB Bank’s transition 
to a fully independent stand alone bank:

Wholly-owned subsidiary
While TSB Bank remains a wholly owned subsidiary of the Group it will operate in line with the Group’s risk appetite and over-arching 
strategic goals. Should TSB Bank need access to Group information in order to carry out its responsibilities, any conflicts are managed in 
accordance with existing Group guidance. In accordance with the mandate set with the TSB Bank Board, TSB Bank management will run 
TSB Bank but have reporting lines to their Group counterparts. 

Transition to initial public offering
In January 2014, TSB Bank received a greater degree of autonomy. It has its own independent, non-executive chairman and board, with its 
own constitution and responsibilities. The regulatory approved executive teams have dotted reporting lines into their Group counterparts 
but no direct reporting lines. In accordance with its agreed strategy, plan and budget, TSB Bank is able to take independent operational 
decisions. Certain decisions, such as product pricing and marketing, remain subject to approval by the Group. 

Following initial public offering
Once TSB Bank is listed on the london Stock exchange, its independence will be prescribed in a relationship agreement between itself and 
lloyds Banking Group. Any transactions between the Group and TSB Bank will be at arms length through a transitional service agreement and 
long term service agreement. 

Board composition

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. The Board currently comprises three executive Directors, eight independent non-executive Directors and the Chairman who 
was independent on appointment. The size of the Board is within the optimal range set by the nomination & Governance Committee. Further 
details on independence are set out in the nomination & Governance Committee Report.

Balance of Non-Executive and Executive Directors

1

Chairman

8

Independent 
Non-Executive
Directors

3

Executive
Directors

until recently, the Board operated with two executive Directors: 
the Group Chief executive and the Chief Financial Officer. As 
a reflection of the importance of risk management in decisions 
taken by the Board, Juan Colombás, the Chief Risk Officer, was 
appointed to the Board in november 2013 as an additional 
executive Director. His appointment has increased the number  
of executive Directors on the Board to three.

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I am honoured to have been asked to become 
Chairman of Lloyds Banking Group. This is a great 
opportunity to be part of helping the bank go even 
further in serving its customers as it returns to 
full private ownership. I’d like to thank Win for the 
outstanding job he has done in steering the bank 
through a tremendous turnaround.
Lord Blackwell

Chairman succession

Following the announcement by our Chairman, Sir Winfried Bischoff, of his intention to retire before the 2014 annual general meeting, a 
committee of the Board was established, led by Anthony Watson, to oversee the search and selection of his successor. A job specification 
was prepared and with the assistance of Odgers Berndtson (who has no connection with the Group), a comprehensive long-list of potential 
candidates was drawn up which, based on the attributes required and the skills, availability and experience of the candidates, was reduced 
to a short-list of candidates. each of the candidates was interviewed and assessed by the members of the Committee with updates on 
progress reported to the nomination & Governance Committee and the Board. 

It was clear from Board feedback that lord Blackwell was considered by his fellow Directors to be a suitable candidate to succeed Sir 
Winfried as Chairman and at the request of the Board, he made himself available for consideration for the role. He did not take part in any 
of the discussions on Chairman succession following his decision to apply for the role. 

On 2 December 2013, the Group announced that lord Blackwell would be appointed as Chairman of the Group following the retirement 
of Sir Winfried Bischoff on 3 April 2014. The appointment received unanimous Board approval. lord Blackwell has been a Director on 
the Board of lloyds Banking Group since June 2012 where he has been a member of the Group’s Audit and Board Risk Committees. He 
has also been the Chairman of Scottish Widows since September 2012. lord Blackwell has broad experience in banking, insurance and 
management consultancy. His external ex perience, together with his experience and knowledge of lloyds Banking Group and existing 
relationships with the Board, make him ideally placed to ensure a seamless handover as Chairman. Since the announcement of lord 
Blackwell’s appointment to the role of Chairman, he has taken steps to ensure that he can adequately meet the time commitments of the 
role. lord Blackwell meets the independence criteria set out in the Code on appointment. His biography can be found on page 70.       

Appointments
In 2013, the Board identified the need for a number of new Directors to supplement the banking, finance and risk experience on the Board. 
The following Board appointments were made:

 – On 5 March 2013, nick luff was appointed as a non-executive Director and replaced Martin Scicluna as Chairman of the Audit Committee on 

31 March 2013; and

 – On 29 november 2013, Juan Colombás, the Chief Risk Officer, was appointed as an executive Director.

In addition, on 1 January 2014, Dyfrig John was appointed as a non-executive Director. 

The nomination & Governance Committee is currently conducting a search for additional directors with relevant banking, finance and 
risk experience. A search is also being conducted for a new chairman of Scottish Widows Group limited in place of lord Blackwell.

More information on Board and Committee composition and the appointment process is set out in the nomination & Governance Committee 
Report on pages 89 and 90. The Directors’ biographies are set out on pages 70 and 71.

Executive Director service contracts and Non-Executive Director terms of appointment 
The Chairman and non-executive Directors are appointed for a specified term and are subject to annual re-election by shareholders. 
non-executive Directors may have their appointment terminated, in accordance with statute and the articles of association, at any time 
without compensation. executive Directors have service contracts with the Group. The Chairman, Group Chief executive, Chief Financial 
Officer and Chief Risk Officer are each obliged to give six months notice of their intention to retire from their respective roles. The terms 
and conditions of appointment of non-executive Directors and executive Director service agreements are available for inspection at the 
registered office address. 

Election and re-election
All Directors appointed to the Board since the annual general meeting in 2013 will stand for election at the 2014 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 70 and 71. Details of the Directors seeking election or re-election at the annual general meeting are 
set out in the notice of Meeting.

Directors’ and Officers’ liability insurance 
Throughout 2013 the Group had appropriate insurance cover in place to protect Directors, including former Directors who retired during 
the year, from liabilities that may arise against them personally in connection with the performance of their role. As well as insurance cover, 
the Group agrees to indemnify the Directors to the maximum extent permitted by law. Further information on the Group’s indemnity 
arrangements is provided on page 74.

   
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Diversity policy
The Board places great emphasis on ensuring that its membership reflects diversity in the broadest sense. The combination of personalities 
on the Board provides a good range of perspectives and challenge and improves the quality of decision making. In 2013, the Board continued 
to focus on improving diversity. The percentage of female representation on the Board meets its objective of 25 per cent by 2015 as 
recommended by the lord Davies Review. The following charts detail the percentage of women employed at various levels of seniority within 
the Group as at 31 December 2013 compared to prior years.

Female Board members 

%

Female senior managers 

% 

Female managers 

% 

All staff  

% 

43

43

44

58

59

59

27

27

26

26

27

8

2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013

Developing diversity
The Board recognises that senior management is a group from which future directors may be selected. To improve the diversity in these roles, 
the Group has implemented a variety of initiatives which include:

 – the Senior Women leadership Programme;
 – Footprints in the Snow, a senior women’s role model programme; 
 – mandatory diverse shortlists for senior appointments;
 – Sponsoring leadership Programme, where women and colleagues from ethnic minorities are sponsored in their career by senior executives; 
 – the Breakthrough Women’s network, which provides support and networking opportunities for over 4,000 women across the Group; and

 – the Group Disability Programme, providing equal opportunity for colleagues with disabilities.

The Group has also sponsored the First Women Awards for eight years running and has been awarded a place in The Times Top 50 employers 
for Women in 2012 and 2013. 

These initiatives, amongst others, will help the Group improve diversity. More information on the Group’s diversity programmes, including 
details of the Group’s commitment to raise the percentage of women employed in senior management roles to 40 per cent by 2020, is set out 
in the 2013 Responsible Business Report, which can be found on our website at www.lloydsbankinggroup-cr.com.

Conflicts of interest
All Directors of the Group and its subsidiaries must avoid any situation which might give rise to a conflict between their personal interests and 
those of the Group. Prior to appointment, potential conflicts of interest are disclosed and assessed to ensure that there are no matters which 
would prevent that person from taking on the appointment. 

Directors are responsible for notifying the Chairman and Company Secretary as soon as they become aware of actual or potential conflict 
situations. In addition, conflicts are monitored as follows:

 – the Directors are required to complete a conflicts questionnaire on appointment and annually thereafter;
 – changes to the commitments of all Directors are reported to the nomination & Governance Committee and the Board; and
 – a register of potential conflicts and time commitments is regularly reviewed and authorised by the Board to ensure the authorisation status 

remains appropriate. 

If any potential conflict arises, the articles of association permit the Board to authorise the conflict, subject to such conditions or limitations as the Board 
may determine. In situations where a potential conflict arises, the Director will excuse themselves from any meeting or discussion and all material in 
relation to that matter will be restricted including Board papers and minutes.

Anita Frew is a non-executive Director of the Group and Aberdeen Asset Management plc. During the year, Aberdeen Asset Management agreed 
to acquire Scottish Widows Investment Partnership from the Group. Anita excused herself from all discussions concerning the transaction and did not 
have access to any of the papers. She took the same action at Aberdeen Asset Management. On this basis, the Board approved the potential conflict 
of interest.

Time commitments
non-executive Directors are required to devote such time as is necessary for the effective discharge of their duties. On average, this equates 
to 35-40 days per annum (including attendance at Committee meetings). For Committee Chairs, this increases to 45-50 days with the 
Senior Independent Director and Deputy Chairman spending considerably more than 50 days on the Company’s business. non-executive 
Directors may be expected to relinquish other appointments to ensure that they can meet the time commitments of their role. Fees paid 
to non-executive Directors reflect the time commitment and responsibilities of the role. non-executive Directors do not receive share 
options or other performance related pay. executive Directors are restricted to taking on no more than one non-executive director role in a 
FTSe 100 company. The Chairman is required to commit to this being his primary role, limiting his other commitments to ensure he can spend 
as much time as the role requires. The Chairman’s biography can be found on page 70.

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Training
Board 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. The Chairman ensures that all Directors receive a full, formal and tailored induction on joining 
the Board comprising:

 – a corporate induction, including an introduction to the Board and a detailed overview of the Group, its strategy, operational structures and 

main business activities. non-executive Directors are also afforded opportunities to meet with major shareholders;
 – the roles and responsibilities of a Director, including statutory duties and responsibilities of an FCA approved person; 
 – a bespoke induction programme tailored by the Chairman to the individual needs of the Director with regard to their specific role and their 

skills and experience to date. This takes the form of reading materials and meetings with senior executives across the Group and sessions on 
the Group’s business divisions; and

 – a detailed induction programme across Risk, focusing on: risk appetite and the Group’s risk profile; compliance and conduct risk; capital, stress 
testing, analytics and modelling; liquidity risk; Retail and Wealth credit risk; Commercial Banking credit risk; operational risk and financial crime; 
eu State aid, risk transformation, ring-fence banking, recovery and resolution planning; global non-core; and the separation of TSB Bank.

In preparation for his role as Chairman of lloyds Banking Group, lord Blackwell has undertaken an intensive induction and continuing business 
awareness programme. Since his appointment was approved, he has also joined Sir Winfried Bischoff in attending important internal and 
external meetings.

Professional development
The Board receives regular refresher training and information sessions throughout the year to address current business or emerging issues. 
This is done under the leadership of the Chairman and is delivered through a variety of business updates, including sessions on:

 – capital and liquidity (including stress testing requirements);
 – the approved persons regime;
 – accounting developments; and
 – credit rating agency developments. 

These sessions also allow the executive Directors an opportunity to consider business areas outside their direct responsibilities.

In addition, the Audit Committee hosted a series of ‘deep dives’ in early 2013 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. During 
the year the Audit Committee deep dives were replaced by business and technical updates. The Board Risk Committee also received reviews 
from each division. All of the Directors attend the Board Risk Committee. 

Directors are also invited to attend courses, management meetings and one to one meetings with key executives. For instance, some of the 
non-executive Directors attended meetings of the Product Pricing Governance Committee, others spent a day at a PPI call centre.

Board agenda and attendance

Setting the Board agenda
The Chairman is responsible for setting the Board agenda, assisted by the Group Chief executive and Company Secretary. A yearly planner is 
prepared by the Company Secretary to map out the flow of key items of business to the Board and to ensure that sufficient time is being set 
aside for strategic discussions.

Prior to each Board meeting the Chairman reviews the agenda and time allocation with the Group Chief executive, the Company Secretary 
and other Directors as appropriate. The Group Chief executive holds a separate Board paper review meeting to review the individual papers. 
That meeting is held with the Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary, and authors of the main papers, as required.

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Board allocation of time in 2013

40%

Strategy, customers, 
budget and capital

20%

Finance, statutory
and regulatory
requirements

25%

Risk management
and governance

5%

Remuneration
oversight

10%

Other

Effective use of the Board’s time 
To ensure that there is sufficient time for the Board to discuss matters 
of a material nature, Board dinners and/or breakfast meetings are 
held prior to each scheduled Board meeting. This allows the Directors 
greater time to discuss their views and, where relevant, form a 
consensus ahead of the meeting. These pre-meetings are normally 
attended by all members of the Board but often the pre-meetings are 
held without the executive Directors present and separately, at least 
once a year, without the Chairman in attendance.

The non-executive Directors also receive regular updates from the 
Group Chief executive in the form of a weekly email or briefing call.

In 2013, the Board’s agenda was re-ordered to achieve a greater focus 
on key strategic and customer matters. As the bank works towards 
achieving its goal of becoming the ‘best bank for customers’, the 
Board intends to devote more time to strategic matters and also to 
customer related issues. 

Group strategy
In addition to routine strategic discussion at Board meetings throughout the year, the Directors spent two days offsite in 2013 focusing entirely 
on the Group’s broader strategic plan and the setting of the Group’s five year operating plan. 

Attendance at meetings
In 2013, a total of 10 Board meetings were held, eight of which were scheduled and two of which were ad hoc meetings. Ad hoc Board 
meetings are called at short notice to discuss a matter that cannot wait until the next scheduled Board meeting. Where a Director is unable to 
attend a meeting, the Chairman discusses the matter with the Director and seeks their support for the proposed recommendation. He also 
represents their views at the meeting. each of the two ad hoc meetings held in 2013 concerned matters that had been previously approved in 
principle by the full Board. Board members also attended the annual general meeting held in edinburgh.

The attendance of Directors at Board and Committee meetings 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.

Lloyds Banking Group Board

Scheduled 
Meetings

Ad hoc  
Meetings

Nomination & 
Governance 
Committee

Audit 
Committee

Board Risk 
Committee

Remuneration 
Committee

Attended

Held1

Attended2 Held1

Attended

Held1

Attended

Held1

Attended

Held1

Attended

Held1

Current Directors who served 
during 2013

Sir Winfried Bischoff

António Horta-Osório

lord Blackwell

Juan Colombás3

George Culmer

Carolyn Fairbairn

Anita Frew

nick luff

David Roberts

Anthony Watson

Sara Weller

Former Directors who served 
during 2013

Timothy T Ryan

Martin Scicluna

8

8

8

–

8

7

8

6

8

8

8

3

2

8

8

8

–

8

8

8

6

8

8

8

3

2

2

1

2

–

–

1

2

2

1

2

1

–

–

2

2

2

–

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

3

–

–

–

–

–

2

–

3

3

–

–

1

3

–

–

–

–

–

2

–

3

3

–

–

1

–

–

8

–

–

9

9

6

9

9

–

–

3

–

–

9

–

–

9

9

6

9

9

–

–

3

6

–

6

–

–

–

6

5

6

5

6

3

1

6

–

6

–

–

–

6

5

6

6

6

3

1

10

10

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

10

10

–

–

10

10

10

7

–

–

–

10

10

10

7

–

1

2

3

number of meetings held during the period that the Director held office.

One of the ad hoc meetings was called at very short notice leading to a number of the Directors being unable to attend. However, each of those Directors provided their views to the 
Chairman in advance of the meeting so that their vote could be recorded at the meeting.

There were no Board meetings in 2013 following the appointed of Juan Colombás on 29 november 2013.

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Effectiveness

Board effectiveness
The Chairman of the Board leads the rolling review of the Board’s effectiveness with the support of the nomination & Governance Committee, which 
he also chairs. A summary of the Board’s progress against the actions arising from its external 2012 Board effectiveness review are set out below:

2012 evaluation (external)

2013 action

Refocusing of the  
Board agenda

Working  
together
Continuing  
development

The agenda has been re-ordered to ensure greater focus on key strategic matters. The length and timing of reports from 
the Group Chief executive, Chief Financial Officer and each of the Board Committee Chairman have also been reviewed, 
to maximise the time available during the meeting for discussion on strategic, rather than operational, matters.
The pattern of Board and Committee meetings and associated events was reviewed in 2013, allowing greater 
opportunity for informal interaction between Board members outside the boardroom.
Deep dives have been replaced by bespoke training sessions on specific topics as required. A structured approach to 
continuing development was introduced in 2013, which included a series of workshops and focused training sessions.

2013 evaluation of Board performance
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.

Following an external review in 2012 by Independent Audit, who has no connection to the Group, the Group conducted an internal review 
in 2013. Overseen by the nomination & Governance Committee, the 2013 review considered the following areas: strategy; risk and control; 
planning and performance; Board composition and size; culture and dynamics; relationships between management and independent 
Directors; governance; the Board’s calendar and agenda; the quality and timeliness of information; support for Directors and Committees; and 
other matters. 

This year’s evaluation was conducted between november 2013 and January 2014 and consisted of:

 –  a detailed questionnaire, drafted by the Chairman in conjunction with the Company Secretary, to assess the effectiveness of the Board, its 

Committees and individual Directors;

 – follow up interviews with the Chairman and/or Deputy Chairman as required; 
 – feedback to the nomination & Governance Committee; and 
 – a recommended action plan. 

The evaluation of the Chairman was led by the Senior Independent Director through questionnaires and interviews for those who wanted to 
discuss anything further. The reviews concluded that the performance of the Board, its Committees, the Chairman and each of the Directors 
continues to be effective.

The outcome of the Board effectiveness review has been discussed by the Board. The outcome of the evaluation of the Chairman was 
discussed by the non-executive Directors at an arranged Board dinner and at the Board meeting the following day, each in the absence of the 
Chairmen. If Directors have concerns about the Company or a proposed action which cannot be resolved, it is recorded in the Board minutes. 
no such concerns were raised in 2013. 

2013 evaluation outcomes
The findings of the 2013 effectiveness review stressed the progress made under the Chairman’s leadership with strong support from 
experienced Committee Chairs. It identified a number of key strengths including the quality of risk oversight and risk reporting, improved 
Board dynamics and strongly performing Committees. Inevitably, it also identified areas for further efficiencies and effectiveness as 
set out below. 

Matters considered 

The quality and timeliness of Board and Committee 
papers.

Observations

The mix of skills and experience on the Board.

The focus of the Board’s agenda.

Actions taken previously have reduced the volume of 
papers received by the Board, but further 
improvements are required. 

With the pending retirement of Sir Winfried Bischoff, 
the Board would benefit from additional banking, 
finance and risk expertise.

As the bank works towards achieving its goal of 
becoming the ‘best bank for customers’, the Board 
will need to devote more time to strategic and 
customer related issues.

Actions taken/to be taken

Targeted training to senior management to ensure 
that papers focus on the areas most likely to lead to 
discussion. 

The appointment of Dyfrig John in January 2014 has 
bolstered the depth and breadth of uK retail 
banking experience on the Board. Further searches 
continue.

The Board intends to increase further its focus on 
customers and customer outcomes in 2014 through 
more regular presentations on customer dashboards 
and peer analysis.

The Group will report on the progress of the above action plan in the 2014 annual report.

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Internal control
The Board is responsible for the Group’s system of internal control, which is designed to facilitate effective and efficient operations and to 
ensure the quality of internal and external reporting and compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In establishing and reviewing the 
system of internal control, the Directors consider the nature and extent of the risks facing the Group, the likelihood of a risk event occurring 
and the costs of control. A system of internal control is designed to manage, rather than eliminate, the risk of failure to achieve business 
objectives, and can therefore only provide reasonable but not absolute assurance against the risk of material mis-statement or loss.

The Directors and senior management are committed to maintaining a robust control framework as the foundation for the delivery of effective 
risk management. They acknowledge their responsibilities in relation to the Group’s system of internal control and for reviewing effectiveness. 
The Group’s Policy Framework defines mandatory controls for all material risk types, and the requirement for all colleagues to comply 
with Policies is reinforced through the Codes of Business and Personal Responsibility, which ensure that colleagues understand they are 
accountable for the risks they take, and individual objectives expressed in the balanced scorecard. 

The process for risk identification, measurement and control is integrated into the Group’s overall framework for risk governance. The Group 
is forward-looking in its risk identification processes to ensure emerging risks are identified. The risk identification, measurement and control 
process also identifies whether the controls in place result in an acceptable level of risk. At Group level, a consolidated risk report and risk 
appetite dashboard are reviewed and regularly 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 view 
of the Group’s overall risk profile, key risks and management actions, together with performance against risk appetite and an assessment 
of emerging risks which could affect the Group’s performance over the life of the operating plan. 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 provided within the risk 
management report on pages 123 to 196.

An annual control effectiveness review (CeR) is undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of the Group’s control framework, with regard to 
its material risks, to ensure management actions are in place to address key gaps or weaknesses in the control framework and to discharge 
its obligations under the Turnbull guidance. Business areas and head office functions assess the controls in place to address all material risk 
exposures across all risk types. The CeR considers all material controls, including financial, operational and compliance controls. 

Senior management complete an attestation to confirm the CeR findings which are reviewed and independently challenged by the 
Risk Division and Group Audit and reported to the Board. Action plans are implemented to address any control deficiencies. The process 
complies with the Internal Control Revised Guidance for Directors on the Combined Code issued by the Financial Reporting Council, and the 
conclusions are reported to and reviewed by the Board. The 2013 CeR found that, overall, the Group is well controlled and that the control 
environment has improved year-on-year. This improvement is consistent with the delivery of various action plans and an improvement in the 
operational risk profile of the Group.

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 the Risk Division and Group Audit. The Audit Committee receives reports from the Company’s auditor, 
PricewaterhouseCoopers llP (which include details of significant internal control matters that they have identified), and has a discussion with 
the auditor at least once a year without executives present, to ensure that there are no unresolved issues of concern.

In 2013, the Audit Committee, in conjunction with the Board Risk Committee, concluded that the Group’s systems of internal control and risk 
management were effective, and recommended that the Board approve them accordingly.

Shareholder relationships
The Board recognises the importance of promoting mutual understanding between the Company and its shareholders through greater 
engagement. In 2013, there was regular dialogue with investors with more than 450 equity investor meetings and approximately 200 debt 
investor meetings undertaken during the year. Many of these meetings were undertaken by senior management (primarily the Group Chief 
executive and Chief Financial Officer) or other Board or GeC members. The Chairman has also attended a number of meetings 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.

The Board is kept advised of the views of major investors by means of regular updates at Board and Committee meetings. It also receives 
reports on market and investor sentiment, shareholder analysis and surveys of shareholder opinions.

Investor Relations has primary responsibility for managing day-to-day communications with investors. Supported by the Group Chief executive, 
Chief Financial Officer, and other members of the senior management team, they achieve this through a combination of briefings to analysts 
and institutional investors (both at results briefings and throughout the year), as well as individual discussions with institutional investors.

Following the announcement of our half year results in August 2013 and our full year results in February 2014, the Group Chief executive wrote to 
shareholders outlining the progress made on our strategy to be the ‘best bank for customers’. He has undertaken to write to shareholders twice 
yearly with further progress updates.

The Company Secretary oversees communications with retail 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 Annual General Meeting pack which 
will be sent to shareholders in due course.

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Statement of compliance

UK Corporate Governance Code
The Group confirms that is has applied the main principles and complied with all provisions of the Code throughout the year ending 
31 December 2013. 

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 2013 financial statements have been prepared in compliance with the Disclosure 
Code’s principles.

Committee reports
The following pages contain reports from each of the Board’s Committees.

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Nomination & Governance Committee report

Meetings attended/held in 20131

Committee chairman

Sir Winfried Bischoff

Committee members

Anita Frew

David Roberts

Anthony Watson

Former Committee member

Martin Scicluna

1 number of meetings held during the period the member held office.

3/3

2/2

3/3

3/3

1/1

Fundamental to the Board’s strategy are  
high standards of corporate governance  
designed to ensure rigour in Board discussions  
and decision making.
Sir Winfried Bischoff 
Chairman, nomination & Governance Committee

Chairman’s overview 
During 2013, the Committee continued to keep under review the Group’s governance arrangements, succession planning and the 
effectiveness of the Board and its Committees. In particular, considerable time was spent addressing the following matters:

Board appointments – the Committee recommended that the Board appoint a number of new directors: nick luff was appointed to replace 
Martin Scicluna as Chairman of the Audit Committee; Juan Colombás, the Chief Risk Officer, was appointed as an executive Director as a 
reflection of the Board’s desire to elevate the importance of risk management; and Dyfrig John was appointed as a non-executive Director to 
increase the number of directors with significant banking experience.

Board effectiveness review – the Committee considered progress against the 2012 action plan and its approach for 2013. Following an external 
review in 2012, it undertook an internal review in 2013, with a view to reverting to an external review in 2014 under the new Chairman of the 
Board. Details of the effectiveness review can be found on page 86. 

Corporate governance – the Committee monitored proposed changes in regulations and ensured that plans were in place to mitigate any risks arising.

Salz Review analysis – the Committee oversaw an analysis of the Group’s performance against the 34 Salz recommendations. Details can be 
found on page 90.

Chairman of TSB Bank – the Committee oversaw a comprehensive search for the appointment of a suitable chairman for TSB Bank plc, which  
culminated in the appointment of Will Samuel in February 2014. Will brings a wealth of experience to the role and is well-regarded by the market 
and across the financial services industry. He is a key hire and will be instrumental in building TSB Bank’s independent future as a challenger to 
the other high street banks. The Group has previously stated its intention to float TSB Bank through an initial public offering in 2014. JCA Group 
assisted with the search for Will Samuel. JCA Group is not connected with the Group. 

During the year the Committee met its key objectives and carried out its responsibilities effectively, as confirmed by the annual effectiveness review.

Committee purpose and responsibilities 
The purpose of the nomination & Governance Committee is to keep the Board’s governance, composition, skills, experience, knowledge, 
independence and succession arrangements under review and to make appropriate recommendations to the Board to ensure the Company's 
arrangements are consistent with the highest corporate governance standards. The key responsibilities of the Committee are set out in the 
table below and examples of how it discharged its responsibilities in 2013 follow. A full list of responsibilities is detailed in the Committee’s 
terms of reference, which can be found on our website at www.lloydsbankinggroup.com.

Corporate governance

Oversees the Board’s governance arrangements to 
ensure that they pay due regard to best practice 
principles and remain appropriate.

Monitors developing trends, initiatives or proposals 
in relation to board governance issues in the uK 
and elsewhere.

Reviews and approves the annual corporate 
governance report.

Monitors Board governance issues including the 
establishment of appropriate policies and practices 
to enable the Board to operate effectively and 
efficiently.

Reviews the Group’s corporate governance 
framework.

Nomination & Governance  
Committee  
Terms of Reference

Effectiveness and succession planning

Oversees the annual evaluation of the performance 
of the Board and its Committees, recommending 
actions for addressing any findings.

leads the Board selection and appointment 
process for new Directors.

Conducts an annual review of the adequacy of 
succession arrangements for executive Directors, 
members of the Group executive Committee and 
their direct reports.

Composition, skills and independence

Reviews the appropriate structure, size and 
composition of the Board, having regard to the 
balance of skills, experience, independence, 
knowledge and leadership needs of the Group.

Reviews the independence of non-executive 
Directors, the re-appointment or re-election of 
Directors and their suitability to continue in office.

Reviews the role, including capabilities and time 
commitment, of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, 
Senior Independent Director, non-executive 
Directors, the Group Chief executive and executive 
Directors.

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Committee composition, skills and experience
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, the Chairmen of the Risk and 
Remuneration Committees and one other independent non-executive Director. Anita Frew joined the Committee in 2013. Her experience as 
Chair and Senior Independent Director on other boards as well as her length of service and perspective further complements the composition 
of the Committee. The Group Chief executive attends meetings as appropriate.

Corporate Governance
The Committee oversaw the Board’s governance arrangements to ensure that they reflected best practice and remain fit for purpose. In 2013, 
the Committee received regular corporate governance updates from the Company Secretary. The reports detailed the impact emerging 
regulation would have on the Board and its corporate governance practices. The Committee considered these matters and made 
recommendations to the Board on how best to respond. The corporate governance framework, comprising the board authority and the 
delegated executive authority sets out the responsibilities of the Board and its Committees and details the authorities delegated to 
management. In 2013, the Committee recommended changes to the framework to reflect changes to the organisational design, best practice 
and regulatory requirements.     

Salz Review 
Following the publication of the Salz Review ‘An Independent Review of Barclays’ Business Practices’ in April 2013, the Chairman requested 
that the nomination & Governance Committee oversee a full analysis of the Group’s performance against the 34 Salz recommendations 
with reporting to the Board. The assessment provided assurance that the practices criticised in the Salz Review were not prevalent within 
the Group. The Group is seeking to embed a customer centric culture, which includes changing the way the Group measures colleague 
performance and incentivises them. The corporate culture is expressed through the Group’s Values and Code of Personal Responsibility. 
The cultural change programme is focussed on changing the way the Group measures colleague performance and incentivises them. 
It is supplemented by a Group-wide cultural assessment that is helping measure progress and build momentum as we help our 94,000 
colleagues adapt to new ways of working by focusing on achieving successful outcomes for our customers rather than successful 
sales figures. 

The Salz recommendations will be subjected to regular review by the Committee and the Board to ensure the desired outcomes are being 
realised and embedded throughout the business. Further information on the Group’s Responsible Business agenda can be downloaded 
from www.lloydsbankinggroup-cr.com.

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 to regularly 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 Chairman is responsible 
for developing and maintaining a succession plan in relation to the Group Chief executive who is in turn, primarily responsible for developing and 
maintaining a succession plan for key leadership positions in the senior executive team. For information on diversity, please refer to page 83.

Board and Committee composition 
The nomination & Governance Committee assists the Chairman in his assessment of the skills, experience, knowledge, composition and 
diversity of the Board and its Committees. During 2013, the Committee identified the need to appoint a number of directors. In March 2013, 
nick luff joined the Board as a non-executive Director and, in due course, succeeded Martin Scicluna as Chairman of the Audit Committee. 
Mr luff, 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. 

In november 2013, the Group announced the appointment of Juan Colombás to the Board. Mr Colombás has been the Group’s Chief Risk Officer 
and a member of the Group executive Committee since January 2011. The appointment of Mr Colombás increases the number of executive 
Directors on the Board from two to three and demonstrates the Board’s desire to elevate the importance of risk management in the Group. 
It also reflects the significant work that Mr Colombás has done to reshape the risk function within lloyds Banking Group over the past three years. 
As part of Mr Colombás’ development, he attended Board meetings from February 2013 onwards prior to his appointment to the Board in 
november 2013. 

Dyfrig John, who joined the Board in January 2014, has significant uK retail banking experience, having served in various senior management 
roles throughout his career, most notably for HSBC Bank Plc as its Deputy Chairman and Chief executive Officer, uK and europe. 

The search for additional directors with relevant banking, finance and risk experience continues, as well as for a Director to replace 
lord Blackwell as Chairman of Scottish Widows. A description of the Board’s policy on diversity is set out on page 83. The biographies of 
Mr luff, Mr Colombás and Mr John can be found on pages 70 and 71. The JCA Group assisted with the search for nick luff and Dyfrig John 
and are assisting with the search for the Chairman of Scottish Widows. JCA Group is not connected with the Group.

effectiveness
The nomination & Governance Committee developed an action plan to address the issues identified out of the 2012 external Board 
effectiveness review. Full details of this action plan, and the 2013 effectiveness review and outcomes are set out on page 86.

Independence
The nomination & Governance Committee is responsible for the ongoing assessment of the independence of non-executive Directors. In 
assessing independence, the Committee did not rely solely on the Code criteria but considered whether, in fact, the non-executive Director 
was demonstrably independent and free of relationships and other circumstances that could affect their judgement as well as relevant external 
factors. It did this with reference to the individual performance and conduct in reaching decisions. It also took account of any relationships that 
had been disclosed and authorised by the Board. Based on its assessment for 2013, the nomination & Governance Committee is satisfied that, 
throughout the year, all non-executive Directors remained independent as to both character and judgement. 

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Audit Committee report

Meetings attended/held in 20131

Committee chairman

nick luff

Committee members

lord Blackwell2

Carolyn Fairbairn

Anita Frew

David Roberts

Anthony Watson

Former Committee member

Martin Scicluna

6/6

8/9

9/9

9/9

9/9

9/9

3/3

1 number of meetings held during the period the member held office. 

2  The views of the Directors who are unable to attend meetings are provided to the 
Committee Chairman for representation at the meeting.

The Audit Committee spent extensive time in 2013 
considering the significant judgements in the 
Group’s financial reporting, including reviewing 
the assumptions made by management in 
determining the provision for PPI redress.
Nick Luff 
Chairman, Audit Committee

Chairman’s overview
I succeeded Martin Scicluna as Chairman of the Audit Committee on 31 March 2013 and am pleased to be able to continue his good work. 
During the year, the Audit Committee met its key objectives and carried out its responsibilities effectively, as confirmed by the annual 
effectiveness review.

The Committee spent considerable time reviewing the adequacy of provisions relating to Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) every quarter. 
Two additional meetings were convened specifically for this purpose. Assessing the appropriate level for the provision involves considerable 
judgment, with significant uncertainty around the expected volume of future reactive complaints, the impact of proactive past business 
reviews and the operational costs of the PPI programme. Recognising these uncertainties, the Committee also oversaw enhancements to the 
disclosures relating to PPI at the year end.

In addition to PPI, in the context of financial reporting, the Committee maintained a focus on loan impairments and other conduct related 
provisions, deferred tax assets and valuation of assets and liabilities arising in the insurance business. The Committee reviewed the Annual 
Report and Accounts as well as the Interim Reports prior to approval by the Board.

under the Committee’s oversight, significant progress was made during 2013 in improving the effectiveness of Group Audit. A new charter 
for Group Audit was adopted, the Committee reviewed the audit plan in greater depth, and the formal reporting line for the Group Audit 
Director was changed such that the reporting line is to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. Group Audit provided strong support for the 
Committee’s work during the year, in relation to both financial reporting, and internal control and risk management.

The Committee continues to be satisfied with the effectiveness of the external audit. Reviewing the audit plan with PricewaterhouseCoopers llP 
(PwC) enabled the Committee to ensure audit work focused on key risk areas and helped identify areas where improvements could be made 
to the focus of their work. In light of concerns expressed by the Financial Reporting Council on aspects of the quality of audits of financial 
institutions, the Committee ensured that the work done by the external auditor on loan impairments addressed the areas of concern and 
understood more the audit work undertaken on key IT systems. looking forwards, a key issue for the Committee in 2014 will be when 
to conduct a tender for the external audit, taking into account the recommendations and requirements of various regulatory bodies on 
the subject.

Committee purpose and responsibilities 
The purpose of the Audit Committee is to monitor and review the Group’s financial reporting arrangements, the effectiveness of the internal 
controls and the risk management framework, and the internal and external audit processes. The Audit Committee reports to the Board on 
how it discharges its responsibilities and makes recommendations to the Board, all of which have been accepted during the year.

The key responsibilities of the Committee are set out in the table on the next page. A full list of responsibilities is detailed in the Committee’s 
terms of reference, which can be found on our website at www.lloydsbankinggroup.com.

Committee composition, skills and experience
The Audit Committee acts independently of the executive to ensure that the interests of shareholders are properly protected in relation to 
financial reporting and internal control. 

All members of the Committee are independent non-executive Directors with recent and relevant experience in finance and/or banking. 
During 2013, nick luff succeeded Martin Scicluna as the Chairman of the Audit Committee. nick is a chartered accountant and has significant 
financial experience in the uK listed environment which enables him to fulfil the role of Audit Committee Chair and, for SeC purposes, the role 
of Audit Committee Financial expert. 

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Financial reporting

Internal control and risk management

External audit

Monitors the integrity of the financial statements of 
the Group and reviews the critical accounting policies.

Reviews the effectiveness of systems for internal 
control, financial reporting and risk management.

Reviews and challenges, where necessary, the 
actions, estimates and judgements of management, 
in relation to the interim and annual financial 
statements.

Reviews the content of the annual report and 
accounts and interim management statements and 
advises the Board on whether, taken as a whole, it is 
fair, balanced and understandable.

Assesses and challenges the going concern 
assessment undertaken by management.

Internal audit

Monitors the effectiveness of the Group’s internal 
audit function and the internal audit programme.

Reviews the adequacy of the Group Audit’s 
resources, its internal audit programme and standing 
within the Company.

Considers the major findings of any significant 
internal audit, and management’s response.

Approves the appointment or removal of the Group 
Audit Director.

Considers the major findings of any internal 
investigations into control weaknesses, fraud or 
misconduct and management’s response. 

Audit 
Committee 
Terms of Reference

Whistleblowing

Reviews arrangements by which staff may, in 
confidence, raise concerns about possible 
improprieties in matters of financial reporting or 
other matters.

Makes recommendations concerning the 
appointment, re-appointment and removal of the 
external auditor.

Oversees the relationship with the external auditor, 
including the terms of engagement (including 
remuneration) and their effectiveness, independence 
and objectivity.

Agrees the policy for and provision of non-audit 
services.

Agrees the policy on the employment of former 
employees of the external auditor.

Reviews the qualifications, expertise and resources of 
the external auditor and the effectiveness of the audit 
process.

Approves the annual audit plan, to ensure that it is 
consistent with the scope of the audit engagement 
and coordinated with the activities of Group Audit.

Reviews the findings of audits with the external 
auditor, considering management’s responsiveness 
to the auditor’s findings and recommendations.

Monitors the effectiveness of the external audit by a 
formal annual assessment and also the results of any 
reviews published by the Financial Reporting 
Council’s Audit Quality Review.

Financial reporting
During the year, the Committee considered the following significant financial issues/judgements in relation to the Group’s financial statements 
and disclosures, with input from management, Group Audit and the external auditor: 

Key issues/judgements in financial reporting

Audit Committee review and conclusions

Payment Protection Insurance (PPI)
Determining the adequacy of the provision 
for redress payments in connection with 
mis-selling of PPI is highly judgemental 
and requires the Group to make a number 
of assumptions, including the number of 
complaints that will be received in the future, 
response rates to proactive mailings, uphold 
rates for complaints received, average redress 
payments and related administrative costs.

In the 2013 full year results, an additional 
provision of £3.1 billion was reflected for 
expected PPI costs. The provision brought the 
total amount set aside by the Group to cover 
PPI costs to £9.8 billion.

Other conduct provisions
The Group has a number of other provisions 
for conduct related matters, all of which are 
judgemental and require the Group to make a 
number of assumptions. 

In the 2013 full year results, an additional 
provision of £130 million was made for derivatives 
mis-sold to small and medium-sized enterprises 
(SMes), taking the total provision to £530 million. 
There is a provision of £400 million in relation 
to the Group’s insurance branch business 
in Germany, and a number of other smaller 
provisions that total some £200 million in relation 
to other conduct and compliance matters.

The Audit Committee spent considerable time in 2013 challenging the assumptions made 
by management in determining the provision for PPI redress. 

The key assumption that the Audit Committee focused on was future complaints volumes 
and associated operational costs. Management used a combination of analyses to forecast 
future complaint volumes, including statistical modelling and customer surveys. The Audit 
Committee challenged the appropriateness of these methods for forecasting complaint 
volumes, giving consideration to the total PPI policies sold by the Group. 

Group Audit provided assurance to the Audit Committee that the process was undertaken 
in a controlled manner using reasonable, consistent and supportable assumptions 
and inputs. In 2013, the Audit Committee concluded that the processes followed by 
management in determining the provision for PPI redress were appropriate, although they 
will be considered periodically against actual claims experience.

The Audit Committee considered the appropriateness of disclosures in the news Release 
and this Annual Report and Accounts. The Audit Committee oversaw enhancements made 
to the PPI disclosure to ensure that they reflected the continuing uncertainty that remains 
around the ultimate actual cost of PPI, that appropriate sensitivities are provided to allow 
an understanding of the key assumptions underlying the provision and that changes in the 
provision were appropriately explained.

The Audit Committee was satisfied that the PPI provision and disclosures were appropriate. 
The disclosures relating to PPI are set out in note 43: ‘Other provisions’ on page 281 of the 
financial statements.

The Audit Committee spent time understanding and assessing the provision for other 
conduct related matters.

For derivatives mis-sold to SMes, the Audit Committee understood the basis for determining 
forecast average redress payments based on experience to date, and the adequacy of 
provisions made for operational costs for the expected duration of the programme.

More broadly, the Audit Committee challenged management on their processes and 
controls for ensuring that all conduct related matters were identified and that exposures 
and associated provisions were appropriately quantified where necessary.

The Audit Committee was satisfied that the provisions for other conduct matters were 
appropriate. The disclosures relating to other conduct provisions are set out in note 43: 
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Key issues/judgements in financial reporting

Audit Committee review and conclusions

Allowance for impairment losses on loans  
and receivables
Determining the appropriateness of 
impairment losses is judgemental and requires 
the Group to make a number of assumptions. 

In the 2013 full year results, a charge of 
£2,726 million was reflected for impairment 
losses.

Recoverability of the deferred tax asset
The recoverability of the deferred tax asset in 
respect of carry forward losses requires the 
consideration of the future levels of taxable 
profit in the Group. 

The Group’s total deferred tax asset at 
31 December 2013 included £6,338 million in 
respect of trading losses carried forward. Based 
on the Group’s forecast taxable profit, the 
losses are expected to be fully utilised by 2019.

Uncertain tax positions
The Group has a number of open tax matters 
which requires the Group to make judgements 
as to the likely outturn for the purposes of 
calculating its tax position.

The Audit Committee received regular reports in relation to impairment provisioning 
from management during 2013, presented by the Credit Risk Officers responsible for 
determining provisions in each of the divisions.

Key assumptions challenged by the Audit Committee included the criteria for determining 
when a loan was impaired (particularly as it related to the Group’s strategy) and whether 
previous provisions were appropriate when these subsequently changed for loans that were 
already impaired. 

Group Audit performed work to assess the effectiveness of impairment governance and 
processes and reported their findings to the Audit Committee. The audits considered 
whether management oversight, review processes and key judgements were adequately 
supported by quantitative analysis and detailed management information. The work carried 
out by Group Audit considered the basis for adjustments and calibrations to model output 
results and found these to be reasonable and supported by observed performance.

The Audit Committee was satisfied that the impairment provisions were appropriate. 
The disclosures relating to impairment provisions are set out in note 54: ‘Financial risk 
management’ on pages 327 to 349 of the financial statements.

The Audit Committee considered the recognition of deferred tax assets, in particular the 
forecast taxable profits based on the Group’s five year operating plan, the split of these 
forecasts by legal entity and the impact of the adjustment to the pension deficit on the 
implementation of IAS 19(R).

The Audit Committee agreed with management’s judgement that the deferred tax assets 
were appropriately supported by forecast taxable profits, taking into account the Group’s 
long-term financial and strategic plans. The disclosures relating to deferred tax are set out 
in note 3: Critical accounting estimates and judgements on page 225 and note 42: ‘Deferred 
tax’ on pages 279 and 280 of the financial statements.

The Audit Committee understood the uncertain tax positions of the Group, including the respective 
views of the Group and the relevant tax authorities. The Audit Committee also understood the 
external advice obtained by management to support the views taken by the Group.

The Audit Committee was satisfied that the disclosures made in respect of uncertain tax 
positions were appropriate. The relevant disclosures are set out in note 52: ‘Contingent 
liabilities and commitments’ on page 308 of the financial statements.

Retirement benefit obligations
Determining the value of the defined benefit 
obligation is judgemental and requires the 
Group to determine a number of economic 
and non-economic actuarial assumptions.

The Audit Committee considered the assumptions underlying the calculation of defined 
benefit liabilities, in particular the discount rate applied to future cash flows and the rate of 
pension increases. 

The Audit Committee was satisfied that the value and disclosures made in respect of 
retirement benefit obligations were appropriate. The relevant disclosures are set out in 
note 41: ‘Retirement benefit obligations’ on pages 271 to 279 of the financial statements.

Value-In-Force (VIF) asset and  
insurance liabilities
Determining the value of the VIF asset and 
insurance liabilities is judgemental and 
requires the Group to determine a number 
of economic and non-economic actuarial 
assumptions, including longevity, persistency, 
expenses, credit risk and illiquidity premiums.

The Audit Committee considered and challenged the calculation of the value of expected 
future net cash flows from currently in-force insurance contracts and the liabilities arising 
from those contracts.

The Audit Committee was satisfied that the value of the VIF asset and insurance liabilities 
were appropriate. The disclosures are set out in note 28: ‘Value of in-force business’ and 
note 36: ‘liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts’, 
on pages 257 to 258 and 262 to 268, respectively, of the financial statements.

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Group Audit
During 2013 the Audit Committee monitored the effectiveness of Group Audit and their audit programme, approving the audit plan and 
budget and confirming that appropriate resources were in place to execute the plan effectively. Group Audit carried out over 400 audits 
in 2013 of varying size and complexity. Certain thematic audits focused on the Group’s embedding of the risk appetite, the integrity of the 
risk management framework, customer outcomes, corporate culture, business applications and strategic risks. A number of these audits 
supported the Group’s implementation of the new CIIA Code recommendations. The overall findings from Group Audit are presented to the 
Audit Committee with specific review of the findings from the most significant audit activity.

Internal control and risk management
Details of the internal control and risk management systems in relation to the financial reporting process is given within the risk management 
report on page 123. Specific matters that the Audit Committee considered during 2013 included:

 – the scope of the work being undertaken as part of the Finance Transformation programme, in particular the implementation of a new 

consolidation system for the Group;

 – the extent of work being performed by the Finance teams across the Group and considering the adequacy of resources in place to ensure 

that the control environment continued to operate effectively; and

 – assessing control deficiencies identified as part of the assessment of the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting in 

accordance with the requirements of the uS Sarbanes Oxley Act.

The Audit Committee was satisfied that internal controls over financial reporting were appropriately designed and operating effectively.

Whistleblowing
Throughout 2013 the Committee received reports from management on the Group’s Whistleblowing line activity, a summary of key cases and 
the effectiveness of the Whistleblowing Governance Structure. The Committee oversaw the following key developments in 2013:

 – Independent Call Handling: the existing whistleblower hotline was replaced in 2013 by a 24 hour, multilingual service, managed externally by an 

independent service provider;

 – Mandatory Training: Group-wide mandatory Whistleblowing training was developed and rolled out across the Group, raising awareness of 

the regime; and

 – Victimisation: changes introduced by the enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act prompted measures to ensure whistleblowers are protected 

from harassment by co-workers. 

External audit

Auditor independence and remuneration
Both the Board and the external auditor have safeguards in place to protect the independence and objectivity of the external auditor. The 
Audit Committee has a comprehensive policy to regulate the use of the auditor for non-audit services. This policy sets out the nature of work 
the external auditor may not undertake and guidance on the hiring of former external audit staff. 

In some cases, PwC are selected over another service provider due to their detailed knowledge and understanding of the business. Any 
allowable non-audit services with a value above a defined fee limit requires prior approval from the Audit Committee Chairman. The total 
amount paid to the auditor in 2013 is shown in note 11 to the financial statements on pages 238 to 240.

How the Audit Committee assessed the effectiveness of the external audit process
In 2013, the Group engaged an external provider, Independent Audit, to conduct a review of the effectiveness of the external audit process. 
The review included seeking views of Audit Committee members, senior executives across the business and members of Group Audit, 
through a questionnaire and a number of one to one interviews, together with consideration of the reports provided by PwC to the 
Audit Committee. The review concluded that the external audit process was effective and identified a number of areas where further 
enhancements could be made.

Independent Audit is not connected with the Group.

Tenure of the external auditor 
PwC has been the auditor of lloyds Banking Group plc since 1995. A tender has not been conducted since. Prior to that, PwC and its 
predecessor firms were also the auditors to certain of the Group’s predecessor companies.

The Committee considers each year whether to put the external audit to tender. With the current audit partner required to rotate off the audit 
after the 2015 audit, the Committee is considering whether to conduct a tender in the second half of 2014, with a view to appointing a new 
audit firm, or reappointing PwC, with effect from 1 January 2016, subject to shareholder approval at the AGM in 2015. A final decision will be 
made during the year, after consideration of the requirements of proposed eu legislation that may restrict the period for which PwC could be 
reappointed before a mandatory change of auditor is required.

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Board Risk Committee report 

Meetings attended/held in 20131

The Group’s strategy and strong risk  
discipline has led to a safer, low risk bank.
David Roberts 
Chairman, Board Risk Committee

Committee chairman

David Roberts

Committee members

Sir Winfried Bischoff

lord Blackwell

Anita Frew

nick luff 

Anthony Watson2

Sara Weller

Former Committee members

Martin Scicluna

Timothy T Ryan

6/6

6/6

6/6

6/6

5/5

5/6

6/6

1/1

3/3

1 number of meetings held during the period the member held office.
2  The views of the Directors who are unable to attend meetings are provided to the 
Committee Chairman for representation at the meeting.

Chairman’s overview
I am pleased to report the Board Risk Committee fulfilled its responsibilities and met its key objectives, whilst the annual Board effectiveness 
review concluded the Committee continued to operate effectively. The Committee maintains an appropriate balance of its scheduled review 
of key risks, whilst maintaining a dynamic approach so that emerging risks are appropriately escalated and considered and management 
actions and plans are constructively challenged. The Committee continued its focus on improving the quality of the information presented to 
it in order to better understand the current and emerging risks facing the Group, as well as ensuring the Group’s risk management frameworks, 
policies, practices and procedures remain appropriate for the risks faced, and are fully embedded within the business. The development of a 
suitable ‘risk culture’ remains a critical component of effective risk management and the Committee will continue to oversee management’s 
efforts in this regard.

In 2013, the uK economy continued to recover against a background of tight fiscal policy, restrictive credit conditions, weak consumer 
purchasing power and muted global growth. In addition, the regulatory and political environment tightened, with increased focus on conduct 
risk. notwithstanding these external challenges, I am pleased to report the Group’s strategy and risk discipline has led to a safer, low risk bank.

Juan Colombás, Chief Risk Officer, and a member of the Group executive Committee since January 2011, was appointed to the Board in 
november 2013. His appointment reflects the importance of risk management within the Group and the significant work he has done to 
reshape the risk function, including driving the conduct strategy. 

Committee purpose and responsibilities
The purpose of the Board Risk Committee is to monitor the Group’s compliance with the Board’s approved risk appetite, risk management 
framework and risk culture. The key responsibilities of the Board Risk Committee are set out in the table below and examples of how it 
discharged its responsibilities follow. A full list of responsibilities is detailed in the Committee’s terms of reference, which can be found on our 
website at www.lloydsbankinggroup.com.

Risk management
Oversees the development, implementation  
and maintenance of the Group’s overall risk 
management framework and its risk appetite, 
strategy, principles and policies.

Oversees the Group’s risk exposures and  
risk/return.

 Provides input into the alignment of executive 
remuneration to risk performance.

Risk Division
 Reviews and discusses with the Chief Risk Officer 
the scope of work of the Risk Division, its plans, 
the issues identified as a result of its work, how 
management is addressing these issues and the 
effectiveness of systems of risk management.

Reviews the appointment, resignation or dismissal 
of the Chief Risk Officer.

Reviews the adequacy of the Risk Division’s 
resources, its authorities and standing within the 
Company.

Board Risk Committee 
Terms of Reference

Risk principles and policy
Reviews new and material amendments to the risk 
principles and policy, recommended by the Group 
Chief executive and Chief Risk Officer.

Oversees adherence to Group risk principles, policies 
and standards and any action taken resulting from 
material policy breaches.

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Committee composition, skills and experience
The Chair of the Board Risk Committee, David Roberts, has a deep understanding of risk management, underpinned by in-depth knowledge 
of all aspects of banking operations, having spent his career in banking. David is supported on the Committee by non executive Director 
members who have a variety of industry backgrounds, including banking, financial services and retail, who bring scrutiny and fresh perspective 
to the risk management framework of the Group. The Committee composition therefore includes core banking and risk knowledge, together 
with the breadth that brings wider knowledge from other sectors and a clear awareness of customer needs. As a reflection of the degree of 
importance attached to risk in the Group, all Directors attend the Board Risk Committee meetings, including those Directors who are not 
members. The Group Audit Director and the external auditor also attend Board Risk Committee meetings.

Key matters considered by the Committee
Set out below are some of the key matters considered in 2013.

Issue

Board risk appetite

Consolidated risks

Conduct risk

Divisional risks

Stress testing

Capital and liquidity

Remuneration

Insurance risk

Operational risk

Macro economic conditions

Regulatory developments

IT resilience

Approach

The Committee reviewed each of the Board risk appetite statements and metrics and 
recommended the risk appetite to the Board as part of its annual review. 

At each meeting, the Committee considered and challenged management’s assessment 
and future projected status of all of the major and emerging risks and tracks the risks against 
appetite.

The Committee received a presentation on conduct risk at each of its meetings with 
particular focus on learning from past failings, the Group’s conduct strategy, meeting 
customer needs and outcome testing.

The Committee received ‘deep dive’ updates of the risk profile and emerging issues from 
each of the Divisions. 

The Committee reviewed the results of the application of economic stress test scenarios 
against the five year operating plan and approved risk appetite limits. The Committee also 
received regular reports from the Group Chief economist on the macro-economic outlook.

The Committee received regular reports on the capital and liquidity position of the Group 
under stress including the impact of regulatory changes. 

The Committee reviewed, ahead of the Remuneration Committee, the internal independent 
control function’s risk assessments of the Group and its Divisions, to ensure that the awards 
proposed clearly consider the observance of risk appetite and demonstration of strong risk 
management. The Committee also received updates on rewards and incentive schemes, to 
ensure they aligned with appropriate culture and sustainable performance.

The Committee agrees the specific insurance risk appetite, which aligns with the Group risk 
appetite, and monitors against this as part of the suite of risk reporting.

The Committee receives regular updates across the spectrum of operational risk from 
business areas and from Risk Division presentations, including incident management 
approaches, the advanced measurement approach, records management, and IT including 
cyber risk. The Committee also received reports from the Anti-Money laundering Officer, 
and regular divisional and second line oversight presentations.

The Committee received regular updates on the macro economic conditions and risks from 
the Chief economist, to enable it to effectively challenge strategy and risk appetite. 

The Committee received regular updates from management on regulatory developments 
and assessed the impact of those developments on the Group’s risk profile.

The Committee set the framework for, and oversaw, an external review of IT resilience and 
considered the Group’s exposure to cyber risk.

examples of how the Board Risk Committee discharged its responsibilities in 2013 are set out below.

Risk appetite
lloyds Banking Group defines risk appetite as ‘the amount and type of risk that our organisation is prepared to seek, accept or tolerate’. The 
risk appetite evolves in tandem with the Group’s strategy and is embedded within policies, authorities and limits across the Group. Further 
details on the Group’s risk appetite can be found in the risk report on pages 123 to 196.

The Board Risk Committee carried out its annual review of the Group’s risk appetite in April 2013 for recommendation to the Board. The review 
considered the statements and risk appetite metrics under each category of identified risk which included: funding and liquidity; capital; 
market; earnings; operational risk; regulatory and conduct; people and risk culture; and credit. In July, the Board Risk Committee reviewed and 
recommended additional operational risk appetite metrics which had been developed following the earlier April discussion.

Performance against each of the risk appetite metrics is considered by the Committee at each of its meetings. Debate also takes place on 
emerging risks and reputational risks, and where appropriate management are asked to review, revise, or subsequently present proposals or 
further information.

TSB Bank plc is required to operate within the Group’s risk appetite. The Committee considered TSB Bank’s risk appetite and metrics on 
two occasions during the year and reported to the Board that TSB Bank’s risk appetite was appropriate.

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Insurance risk
The Board Risk Committee reviewed the insurance divisional risk appetite to ensure that it was specifically relevant to the Insurance Division, 
its separate prudential needs, and the separate categories of risks that are relevant to the insurance business. The insurance business has its 
own separate board and risk committee.

Quality of risk reporting
The consolidated risk report has been significantly enhanced to provide the Board Risk Committee and the Board with a deep 
understanding of the current and emerging risks on a Group and divisional basis. The summary risk appetite dashboard tracks the 
movement over time of the risk assessment for each category of risk and a separate dashboard has been created to track the reputational 
and financial impact of key risks. These dashboards allow the Committee to isolate key risks quickly and, given the quality of supporting 
information provided, challenge management on their assessment of the risks.

Conduct risk 
The Board Risk Committee received a presentation from management on conduct risk at each of its meetings. The presentations during 
the year included: reviews of prior conduct issues and regulatory investigations to identify lessons learnt; the review of conduct issues under 
management; reviews of the Group’s conduct strategy and its embedded status including reports from Group Audit; sales processes and 
product governance, including the progress of annual product risk assessments, the results of outcome testing including mystery shopping 
results and complaint metrics; rewards and incentives; and specific deep dives, including reviews of certain products prior to and following 
their launch. 

Capital and stress testing
The Committee received regular presentations from management on capital and leverage, the evolving prudential regulatory expectations, 
including outputs from the Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of england, and appropriate updates on the rating agency views of the Group.

Stress testing was conducted to assess the Group’s risk profile against approved risk appetite and acts as a discussion basis with the regulator 
for the setting of the capital planning buffer. The Committee reviewed the results of the ‘low interest rate’ and ‘high interest rate’ stress 
test scenarios designed by the regulator and of specific stress scenarios designed by management in conjunction with the Group’s Chief 
economist which included rating downgrades, together with management’s mitigating actions. The Committee was satisfied with the results 
and recommended to the Board that the indicative capital planning buffer was appropriate.

IT resilience
IT resilience received particular regulatory focus and media attention during the year due to the much publicised IT failings within the 
industry. The Board Risk Committee oversaw a review of IT resilience to ensure a rapid and robust identification of residual risks across the IT 
architecture and supporting IT capabilities. A review was conducted with the findings and proposed remedial actions reported to the Board. 
As part of the review, the Group defined critical economic functions and IT capabilities in order that key IT systems were identified and a 
detailed plan was developed. The high level risk appetite was defined in consultation with key stakeholders and approved by the Board.  
The Board Risk Committee set the framework for the review which will be conducted annually and reported independently to the Board  
who are now responsible for oversight. 

Cyber risk
The Board Risk Committee also reviewed and agreed levels of risk appetite, strategy and planned investment to deal with changes in the 
cyber risk landscape. 

Risk management framework review
The Chief Risk Officer provides the Board Risk Committee with an annual review of the status of the Group’s governance and internal 
control framework for endorsement and recommendation to the Board. The 2013 review was for the first time conducted against the nine 
components of the Group’s risk management framework (see Risk Overview, page 40), which include the arrangements for the cascade of 
delegated authority from the Board to its Committees and the Group Chief executive, and the status of the risk governance and Group 
policy frameworks.

The 2013 review concluded that the Group’s risk management framework is effective in design, its corporate governance arrangements are 
stable and the policy framework is also stable following a substantive review and refresh in 2011/12. 

Alongside the risk management framework review, the Board Risk Committee also considered the approach and key findings of the annual 
control effectiveness review (see page 87), before referring it to the Audit Committee to review in conjunction with Group Audit’s control 
framework assessment.

Risk Division
The Board Risk Committee is supported by the Risk Division and a number of management committees looking at different risk areas within 
the business. In 2013, the Committee conducted an annual review of the adequacy of the Risk Division’s resources, its authority and standing 
within the Group. The review scrutinised the Risk Division’s annual plan, which sets out how the Risk Division will achieve clear outcomes from 
individual teams in a structured and measurable manner. 

The Committee concluded that the Risk Division is adequately resourced and continues to have sufficient authority and standing within the 
Group. This outcome further reflects the importance of risk management in the Group. The Committee received six monthly progress updates 
from management detailing the Risk Division’s key achievements. Where activity deviates from the plan, actions are agreed to address any 
operational gaps. More information on the Group’s approach to risk management can be found on pages 123 to 196. 

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Remuneration Committee report

Committee chairman

Anthony Watson

Committee members

Sir Winfried Bischoff

Carolyn Fairbairn

David Roberts

Sara Weller

Former Committee member

Timothy Ryan

 Meetings attended/held in 20131

10/10

10/10

10/10

10/10

10/10

7/7

1 number of meetings held during the period the member held office.

The Remuneration Committee was responsive  
to, and dealt effectively with, the quickening pace  
of regulatory change and uncertain market 
conditions during 2013.
Anthony Watson 
 Chairman, Remuneration Committee

Chairman’s overview 
I am pleased to report good progress has been made on remuneration matters and their governance over the past year. The Remuneration 
Committee met its key objectives and carried out it responsibilities and the annual effectiveness review concluded that the Committee continued 
to operate effectively. 

The Committee considered remuneration governance and refined the design of incentive plans whilst being mindful of market and regulatory 
developments. The changes have led to more consistent and effective consideration of risk in reward management across the Group. This 
ensures a robust framework exists to mitigate key regulatory and people risks associated with reward decisions and supports sustainable 
growth, consistent with the risk appetite framework agreed by the Board. The Committee is working with the Risk Division to further embed 
effective risk management into the culture of the organisation.

In addition to the responsibilities set out below, the Committee looked at TSB Bank remuneration strategy, policy and governance. This 
included the treatment of bonuses for colleagues transferred to TSB Bank and salaries for senior executives. external developments, 
principally through CRD IV and the Salz Review, were considered and factored into the annual review of Group incentive plans. 

Committee purpose and responsibilities
The 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 aligned with its long term business strategy, its business objectives, its risk appetite, values and the long term interests of the Group 
that recognises the interests of relevant stakeholders. The key responsibilities of the Remuneration Committee are set out in the table below and 
examples of how it discharged its responsibilities follow. A full list of responsibilities is detailed in the Committee’s terms of reference, which can be 
found on our website at www.lloydsbankinggroup.com.

Committee composition, skills and experience
The Committee is comprised of non-executive Directors from a wide background to provide a balanced and independent view on 
remuneration matters. The Chairman, Anthony Watson, has over 40 years experience in the investment industry related sectors and is well 
placed to lead the Committee. Remuneration Committee meetings are attended by Deloitte llP who act as the Group’s remuneration 
consultant. Deloitte is not connected with the Group.

Executive remuneration 
Determines and approves the contracts of 
employment, the terms of any performance related  
pay schemes and subsequently, individuals’ 
performance against targets, in respect of the  
Group Chief executive, the Company Secretary,  
Code Staff and any individual whose total 
compensation exceeds £750,000 per annum.

Sets the policy and principles to be applied by the 
Group executive Committee in relation to any 
performance related pay schemes for individuals who 
are considered to be in a significant influence function 
or have material impact on the risk profile of the Group 
including all Code Staff.

Reviews and approves the remuneration of all  
senior officers in the risk management and  
compliance functions.

Remuneration 
Committee 
Terms of Reference

Remuneration reporting
Reports annually to the Board the substance of the 
Company’s remuneration policy and proposes any 
substantive changes.

Recommends to the Board the contents of the 
Directors’ remuneration  policy and implementation 
reports.

Remuneration policy
Reviews annually the report from the Group HR 
Director on the operation of the Remuneration 
Governance Policy and its effectiveness.

Monitors the application of the authority delegated 
to the Group Chief executive and the Divisional/
Business Area Remuneration Committees.

liaises as required with the Board Risk Committee 
and Risk Division in relation to risk-adjusted 
performance measures.

Commissions an annual review of the risks arising 
from the Group's remuneration policies.

Recommends the approval by shareholders of the 
design of any longer term performance related 
pay schemes, and any significant changes to  
existing schemes.

Determines the eligibility and targets for any longer 
term performance related pay schemes, and 
subsequently reviews performance against these 
targets and proposes any awards.

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Executive remuneration

Gender remuneration review
The Group is committed to the principle of equal pay and intends that all colleagues should be paid fairly regardless of their age, gender, 
race, disability or other personal characteristics. To test this principle, the Committee commissioned a review into the differences in base pay 
between genders in senior executive roles, where bias was most likely to arise. 

The review concluded that the average position to market does not show gender bias in any division, function or grade. Although no definitive 
bias was identified in this study, the Committee now receives annual reports on the topic to ensure there are no adverse changes.

Strategic reward review
A key pillar of the Group’s People Strategy is to ensure our reward approach supports the Group’s strategic goals. In late 2012, the Committee 
commissioned a strategic reward review. The objective was to optimise the current total remuneration spend across the Group in order to 
create a compelling, affordable and integrated reward proposition that aligns with our vision of being the best bank for customers. A broad 
range of proposals were considered culminating in a number of specific Committee recommendations, which were evolutionary in nature and 
address a number of key strategic issues. 

Remuneration reporting

Changes to the remuneration reporting regime
The Committee dedicated significant time in 2013 to assessing the impact of changes to the remuneration reporting regime on the Group’s 
approach to executive remuneration. 

The Group’s remuneration policy report sets out the parameters of the directors’ remuneration package. The remuneration policy was 
developed by the Committee having considered the ways in which the Group can strengthen and simplify the alignment of remuneration with 
its business performance and relative to shareholder returns. The policy is subject to a binding shareholder vote at the 2014 annual general 
meeting and requires that a majority of shareholders vote in favour of the policy before it can be implemented. 

The Directors’ remuneration report on pages 100 to 122 summarises the amounts awarded to executive management and to be awarded 
in accordance with the policy, together with various other information to help shareholders understand the Committee’s decisions over the 
past year. Many of the changes to the report under the new regulations are technical in nature and did not require substantial Committee 
involvement however, some sensitive disclosures did require the Committee’s guidance.  

The report is subject to an advisory vote at the 2014 annual general meeting. Whilst the outcome of this resolution is not binding on the 
Group, it does provide a clear indication to the Committee of whether its decisions are supported by the shareholders.

The Committee has striven to ensure that the remuneration policies and practices detailed in the remuneration policy and remuneration 
report are appropriate to supporting the delivery of the Group’s current and future strategy.

Governance

Remuneration Governance Policy
The purpose of the remuneration governance policy is to provide a framework to support robust governance in line with the Group’s risk 
appetite and aligned with the Group’s business strategy, objectives, values and long-term interests. 

The governance policy is designed to achieve compliance with european Commission regulation and the PRA Remuneration Code and supports 
consistent and effective risk management that accepts risk-taking only within the tolerated risk appetite of the Group and in line with our business 
strategy, objectives, values and long-term interests. 

effective management of remuneration governance and risk allows the Group to attract and retain individuals of the required calibre to deliver 
the Group’s business strategy, drive appropriate behaviour from colleagues and avoid unexpected risks. 

A number of controls are in place to ensure compliance with the governance policy, PRA Remuneration Code and to mitigate risk. The main 
controls are summarised below:

 –  an annual self-assessment of the Committee regarding its ability to fulfil its responsibilities;

 –  an annual attestation by members of the Group executive Committee that remuneration decisions in the Divisions for which they are 
responsible have been made in accordance with the governance policy and are aligned with Group strategy and risk appetite; and

 –  an annual self-assessment by divisional/functional remuneration committees against the responsibilities set out within their terms of 

reference. Where areas for improvement are identified, action plans are designed and implemented.

The Committee reviews annually a report from the Group HR Director on the operation of the remuneration governance policy and its 
effectiveness. In 2013, the report concluded that effective systems and controls are in place for all requirements of the governance policy and 
that it delivers outcomes in line with the Group’s values, reward principles and the PRA Remuneration Code.

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Statement by the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee 
On behalf of the Board and as Chairman of the Group’s Remuneration Committee, I am pleased to present the Directors’ Remuneration 
Report for the year ended 31 December 2013, which, in accordance with the new reporting regulations, is split into two parts:

 – The Directors’ Remuneration Policy, setting out the framework within which we operate and which will be subject to a binding vote.

 – The Directors’ Remuneration Implementation Report, which outlines how policy was implemented in 2013 and how the Directors’ 

Remuneration Policy is intended to apply in 2014, and which will be subject to an advisory vote.

Linking remuneration to business strategy
The Committee continues to place great importance on ensuring that remuneration supports the business strategy. This is achieved 
principally through the variable pay plans:

 – Annual bonus plan, which rewards for the delivery of financial targets (economic Profit and underlying Profit) and balanced scorecard 

objectives. These objectives are reviewed by the Committee annually to ensure alignment with the longer-term strategy. In determining 
awards, the Committee applies its judgement to adjust for any current or legacy issues. All awards for executive Directors under the bonus 
plan are subject to deferral and may be adjusted prior to release if the Committee deems it appropriate.

 – long-term incentive plan, which is designed to support value creation for shareholders by measuring financial targets (currently economic 
Profit and Total Shareholder Return) and strategic targets, which ensure a focus on strategic objectives, in particular those related to our 
customers. Performance is measured over three years and executive Directors are required to hold the shares which vest for a further 
two years, thereby maintaining a link with shareholder experience after the award has vested.

Changes in our pay structure in 2014
Recent european regulatory changes have introduced a cap on the variable element of remuneration at 100 per cent of fixed remuneration 
which may be increased to 200 per cent, but only with shareholder approval. The Committee strongly believes in pay for performance, in 
providing a competitive package that allows us to attract and retain the key talent necessary to deliver the strategy set by the Board, and in 
ensuring that fixed costs are properly managed.  

We are, therefore, seeking separate approval to allow us to award variable remuneration up to a maximum of 200 per cent of fixed 
remuneration. These changes have also led the Committee to review the remuneration package for directors and for staff under the scope of 
the regulation.  

We are proposing to introduce an additional fixed element in the remuneration package. This will take the form of a fixed share award, 
made annually, which will deliver shares over a period of five years. This will enable us to comply with the regulations and maintain the 
competitiveness of the package and, in particular, the alignment with shareholders.

Therefore, whilst we have increased the fixed element of the package for executive Directors, over 75 per cent will remain aligned with 
shareholders’ interests.

Key changes for Executive Directors for 2014:

 – Base salary for the Chief Risk Officer has been increased to reflect his additional responsibilities as a member of the Board; salaries for 

other executive Directors are unchanged.

 – Fixed share awards will be introduced for 2014 to ensure an appropriate balance of fixed and variable pay. These shares will be delivered 

over five years to support the alignment of executive and shareholder interests. The level of award will be set initially at 85 per cent 
of base salary for the Group Chief executive and 70 per cent for other executive Directors, but will be kept under review and may be 
amended in future years.

 – Bonus opportunities have been reduced to reflect the increase in fixed pay. The maximum bonus opportunity will be 140 per cent 
of salary for the Group Chief executive and 100 per cent of salary for other executive Directors (compared with 225 per cent and 
200 per cent of salary last year). In addition, the expected value of the bonus is reduced to 30 per cent of the maximum opportunity.

 – long-term incentive will remain at up to 300 per cent of base salary and will follow a similar approach to 2013, but with some changes 
in performance measures and weighting to reflect the strategy; for example, cost:income ratio and new customer measures replace 
previous cost and non-core asset reduction measures. 

 – Shareholding requirement: the existing requirements (200 per cent of salary for the Group Chief executive, 150 per cent for other 

executive Directors and 100 per cent for other members of the Group executive Committee) will remain, but will also be applied to the 
fixed share award so the total requirement will increase. In addition, deferred bonus awards will no longer be included in the calculation 
so individuals will need to hold more than before.

 – The overall impact is to encourage an appropriate balance of risk and reward, where the latter is competitive, compliant and aligned to 

the interests of shareholders, within what is prescribed by the new european requirements. 

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Board changes
The appointment of Juan Colombás to the Board on 29 november 2013 highlights the importance of risk management in the Group. 
Juan previously attended at least two meetings of the Remuneration Committee annually, but will now attend all meetings to support the 
consideration of risk in the Committee’s decision making, other than any part of a meeting which discusses his own remuneration.

Performance of the Group in 2013
In 2013, we accelerated the delivery of our strategy and made substantial progress in creating a simple, customer-focused, low risk retail and 
commercial bank. The Group’s underlying profit more than doubled to £6.2 billion and a modest statutory profit was returned at the pre-tax 
level. The capital position was further strengthened.

Remuneration outcomes for 2013
The key challenges for the Remuneration Committee have been to determine how to remunerate appropriately for the strong underlying 
performance in 2013, whilst ensuring that adjustments are made for legacy issues, most notably the additional financial provision for PPI.

The Committee sought to achieve an appropriate balance by applying collective adjustments to the bonus pool and individual adjustments 
to bonus awards where necessary. A number of legacy issues were taken into account – for example, the additional provision for PPI and 
the substantial fine levied by the Financial Conduct Authority in respect of past controls around incentives. The Committee considered 
other factors, such as affordability in the context of our overall financial results. The impact of these considerations was to apply a significant 
reduction to what the overall bonus pool would have been. The Committee determined that a bonus pool of £395 million was appropriate and 
represents 6 per cent of pre-bonus underlying Profit (compared to 12 per cent in the prior year). The average value of bonus per employee is 
approximately £4,500.

We are committed to managing executive reward through the strict application of challenging performance targets. Performance against 
the financial measures of the annual bonus plan for executive Directors exceeded the maximum targets, and performance against balanced 
scorecard objectives was also strong. Taking into account the legacy issues noted above, the Committee determined that bonus awards of 
between 63 per cent and 72 per cent of maximum opportunity should be made to executive Directors. For long-term incentive plan (lTIP) 
awards made in 2011, the performance to the end of 2013 was creditable, but targets have not been fully met and therefore these awards will 
vest at a rate of 54 per cent for members of the Group executive Committee, including executive Directors. These are the first lTIP awards to 
vest for some years and reflect the Group’s return to profitability under the current management.

Considerations of stakeholders’ views
We are committed to maintaining regular dialogue with our stakeholders and take careful consideration of their views when making 
our decisions. 

During the year, we consulted with our main regulators, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). 
We also consulted extensively with uK Financial Investments (uKFI) and a number of our other major shareholders to gather their views and 
feedback on all significant aspects of remuneration, including our approach for addressing the regulatory changes. We are grateful for the 
generally supportive feedback we have received for the changes proposed from our shareholders.

We continue to believe that the remuneration policies and practices fairly reward our directors, support the delivery of the Group’s strategy 
and the delivery of shareholder value. I therefore hope you will support the resolutions relating to remuneration at the forthcoming Annual 
General Meeting.

Anthony Watson, CBE 
Chairman, Remuneration Committee

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Directors’ Remuneration Policy
Our policy is intended to ensure that our remuneration proposition is both cost effective and enables us to attract and retain executives of the 
highest calibre. 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 major stakeholders: our customers, shareholders, employees, and regulators. 

The policy is based on principles which are applicable to all employees within the Group and in particular the principle that the reward 
package should support the delivery of our strategic goal to be the ‘Best Bank for Customers’. It embeds a performance-driven and 
meritocratic culture, encourages effective risk disciplines and is in line with relevant regulations and codes of best practice. There is no 
significant difference between the policy for executive Directors and that for other senior employees. If a significant difference for any 
individual were proposed, this would be subject to approval by the Remuneration Committee (within regulatory requirements).

The policy set out below will formally apply, subject to shareholder approval, from the date of the Annual General Meeting in 2014. It is 
currently intended that approval of the remuneration policy will be sought at three year intervals unless amendments to the policy are required 
in which case further shareholder approval will be required. 

Consideration of shareholders’ and employees’ views
We are committed to regular dialogue with stakeholders. During the year, the Remuneration Committee has consulted extensively with uK 
Financial Investments (uKFI) and a number of other shareholders and key stakeholders, such as the Group’s main regulators, the Financial 
Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). 

Formal consultation on the remuneration of executive Directors is not undertaken with employees. However, surveys are undertaken semi-
annually on employee engagement and discussion on the Group’s remuneration approach takes place with union representatives during the 
annual pay review cycle and on relevant employee reward matters.

Remuneration policy table for Executive Directors

Base salary

Purpose and link 
to strategy

Operation

Maximum potential

Base salary reflects the role of the individual taking account of responsibilities and experience, and pay in the 
Group as a whole. It helps to recruit and retain Directors and forms the basis of a competitive remuneration package.

Base salaries are typically reviewed annually with any increases normally taking effect from 1 January. When 
determining and reviewing base salary levels, the Committee ensures that decisions are made within the following 
two parameters:

 – An objective assessment of the individual’s responsibilities and the size and scope of their role, using objective 

job-sizing methodologies.

 – Pay for comparable roles in comparable publicly listed financial services groups, of a similar size.

The Committee also takes into account base salary increases for employees throughout the Group.

Base salaries as at January 2014 are detailed below in the Implementation Report on page 111.

As disclosed in previous reports, since his appointment, the Group Chief executive (GCe) has a reference salary of 
£1.22 million which is used to calculate certain elements of long-term remuneration and the pension allowance.

The Committee will make no increase which it believes is inconsistent with the two parameters above. Increases 
will normally be in line with the increase awarded to the overall employee population. However, a greater salary 
increase may be appropriate in certain circumstances, such as a new appointment made on a salary below 
a market competitive level, where phased increases are planned, or where there has been an increase in the 
responsibilities of an individual.

Performance measures

n/A

Fixed Share Award

Purpose and link  
to strategy

Operation

To ensure that total fixed remuneration is commensurate with role and to provide a competitive reward 
package for executive Directors with an appropriate balance of fixed and variable remuneration, in line with 
regulatory requirements.

The Fixed Share Award will be delivered in lloyds Banking Group shares, released over five years with 20 per cent 
being released each year following the year of award.

Maximum potential

The maximum award is 100 per cent of base salary. 

The actual awards for the year are stated in the Implementation Report. 

Performance measures

n/A

Pension

Purpose and link  
to strategy

Operation

Our pension policy aims to support executive Directors in building long-term retirement savings.

executive Directors are entitled to participate in the Group’s defined contribution scheme with company 
contributions set as a percentage of salary.

An individual may elect to receive some or all of their pension contribution as a cash allowance.

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Maximum potential

The maximum allowance for the GCe is 50 per cent of reference salary less any flexible benefit allowance.

The maximum allowance for other executive Directors is 25 per cent of base salary.

Performance measures

n/A

Benefits

Purpose and link  
to strategy

To provide suitable benefits as part of a competitive package.

Operation

Benefits may include those currently provided and disclosed in the Implementation Report. 

Core benefits include a company car or car allowance, private medical insurance, life assurance and other benefits 
that may be selected through the Group’s flexible benefits plan.

Additional benefits may be provided to individuals in certain circumstances such as relocation. This may include 
benefits such as accommodation, relocation, and travel. The Committee retains the right to provide additional 
benefits depending on individual circumstances.

When determining and reviewing the level of benefits provided, the Committee ensures that decisions are made 
within the following two parameters:

 – An objective assessment of the individual’s responsibilities and the size and scope of their role, using objective 

job-sizing methodologies.

 – Benefits for comparable roles in comparable publicly listed financial services groups of a similar size.

Maximum potential

The Committee will make no increase in the benefits currently provided which it believes is inconsistent with the 
two parameters above. The Group’s flexible benefits allowance is capped at 4 per cent of base salary.

Performance measures

n/A

All-employee plans

Purpose and link  
to strategy

Operation

Maximum potential

executive Directors are eligible to participate in HMRC approved all-employee schemes which encourage share 
ownership.

executive Directors may participate in these plans in line with HMRC guidelines currently prevailing (where 
relevant), on the same basis as other eligible employees.

Participation levels may be increased up to HMRC limits as amended from time to time. With effect from April 
2014, the monthly savings limits for SAYe is £500. The maximum value of shares that may be purchased under SIP in 
any year is £1,800 with a two for one match (although currently a one for one match is operated) and the maximum 
value of free shares that may be awarded in any year is £3,600.

Performance measures

n/A, following HMRC rules.

Annual bonus

Purpose and link  
to strategy

Operation

Incentivise and reward the achievement of the Group’s annual financial and strategic targets.

Measures and targets are set annually and awards are determined by the Committee after the year end based on 
performance against the targets set. The annual bonus may be delivered partly in cash and partly deferred into cash, 
shares, notes or other debt instruments including contingent convertible bonds. Deferral levels are set at the time of 
award and in compliance with regulatory requirements (which currently require that at least 60 per cent of variable 
pay is deferred and at least 50 per cent of variable pay is paid in shares or other instruments). Deferred awards 
normally vest after three years and the Committee may adjust awards in the event of any variation of share capital, 
demerger, special dividend or distribution or amend the terms of the plan in accordance with the plan rules.

At the time of the release, executive Directors receive an amount (in cash or shares) equal to the interest that 
would have accrued on the deferred component, if deferral is made in notes or debt instruments, or dividends 
paid or payable if deferred in shares, between the date of grant and the vesting of the award on the number of 
shares which have vested.

The Committee applies its judgement to determine the payout level commensurate with business and/or individual 
performance. The Committee may reduce the level of deferred award (including to zero), apply additional conditions 
to the vesting, or delay the vesting of deferred awards to a specified date or until conditions set by the Committee 
are satisfied, where it considers it appropriate as a result of an event occurring before vesting.

Maximum potential

The maximum annual bonus opportunities are 140 per cent of base salary for the GCe and 100 per cent of base 
salary for other executive Directors.

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Performance measures 

Measures and targets are set annually by the Committee in line with the Group’s strategic business plan and 
further details are set out in the Implementation Report for the relevant year.

Long-term incentive plan

Purpose and link  
to strategy

Operation

At least 50 per cent of the awards are weighted towards financial measures, with the balance on strategic objectives. 
For example, for 2014, the measures will include economic Profit and underlying Profit as well as specific strategic 
objectives including risk, customer and employee measures. All assessments of performance are ultimately 
subject to the Committee’s judgement, but no award will be made if threshold performance is not met for financial 
measures and the individual is rated ‘Developing performer’ or below. The expected value of the bonus is 
30 per cent of maximum opportunity.

The Committee retains the right to change the measures and weighting of those measures, including following 
feedback from regulators, shareholders and/or other stakeholders. The Committee is, however, committed to 
providing transparency in its decision making in respect of bonus awards and will disclose historic target and 
measure information together with information relating to how the Group has performed against those targets in 
the Implementation Report for the relevant year unless this information is deemed to be commercially sensitive.

Incentivise and reward the achievement of the Group’s longer-term objectives, to align executive interests with 
those of shareholders and to retain key individuals.

Awards are made in the form of conditional shares or nil cost options. Award levels are set at the time of grant, 
in compliance with regulatory requirements, and may be subject to a discount in determining total variable 
remuneration under the rules set by the european Banking Authority (eBA).

Vesting will be subject to the achievement of performance conditions measured over a period of three years,  
or such longer period, as determined by the Committee. 

On vesting, executive Directors receive an amount (in cash or shares) equal to the dividends which would have 
been paid during the vesting period on shares vesting.

The Committee retains full discretion to amend the payout levels should the award not reflect business and/or 
individual performance. The Committee may reduce (including to zero) the level of the award, apply additional 
conditions to the vesting, or delay the vesting of awards to a specified date or until conditions set by the 
Committee are satisfied, where it considers it appropriate as a result of an event occurring before vesting. 
executive Directors are required to hold the shares which vest for a further two years.

Maximum potential

The maximum annual award for executive Directors will normally be 300 per cent of salary excluding dividend 
equivalents (this being the reference salary in the case of the GCe). under the plan rules, awards can be made up 
to 400 per cent of salary in exceptional circumstances excluding dividend equivalents.

Performance measures 

Measures and targets are set by the Committee annually and are set out in the Implementation Report each year. 

At least 60 per cent of awards are weighted towards typical market (e.g. Total Shareholder Return (TSR)) and/or 
financial measures (e.g. economic Profit), with the balance on strategic measures. 

For example, for 2014, the measures and respective weighting will be economic Profit (30 per cent); absolute TSR (30 
per cent); strategic measures (40 per cent) split into: cost:income ratio (10 per cent), customer satisfaction (10 per 
cent), net promoter score (10 per cent), SMe lending (5 per cent), and share of first-time buyer market (5 per cent).

25 per cent will vest for threshold performance and 50 per cent for on-target performance. 

The measures are chosen to support the ‘Best Bank for Customers’ strategy and to align management and 
shareholder interests. Targets are set by the Committee to be stretching within the context of the strategic 
business plan. Measures are selected to balance profitability, achievement of strategic goals and to ensure the 
incentive does not encourage inappropriate risk taking.

Measures and targets are set annually by the Committee and limited details can therefore be provided in the 
remuneration policy. Further details on the metrics in place for the awards made in 2013, and those on which the 
2014 awards will be based, are provided in the Implementation Report.

For future awards, the Committee will disclose in the Implementation Report for the relevant year historic measure 
and target information, together with how the Group has performed against those targets, unless this information 
is deemed to be commercially sensitive.

Shareholding guidelines

executive Directors are required to build up a holding of a value of 200 per cent of base salary and fixed share 
award for the GCe and 150 per cent for other executive Directors. 

Details of holding are shown in the Implementation Report.

Discretion in relation to annual bonus and long-term incentive plans
The Committee retains discretion with regards to the operation and administration of these plans, including :

 – the timing and size of awards, subject to policy maximums;

 – adjustments required in certain circumstances (e.g. rights issues, corporate restructuring events and special dividends); 

 – adjustment of targets if events occur which cause it to determine that the conditions are no longer appropriate;

 – amending the plan rules in accordance with their terms. 

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Legacy awards and restrictions on payments
The Committee reserves the right to make any remuneration payments/awards and any payments/awards for loss of office, notwithstanding 
that they are not in line with the policy set out above where the terms of the payment/award were agreed (i) before the policy came into effect 
or (ii) at a time when the relevant individual was not a Director of the Group and, in the opinion of the Committee, the payment/award was not 
in consideration for the individual becoming a Director of the Group. Such payments/awards are set out in the Implementation Report for the 
relevant year. They include payments in relation to deferred bonus awards and long-term incentive awards granted in 2012 and 2013.

Illustration of application of remuneration policy
The charts below illustrate possible remuneration outcomes under the following three scenarios:

1.  The maximum that may be paid, assuming full bonus payout and full vesting under the long-term plan.

2. 

 The expected value of remuneration for performance midway between threshold and maximum, assuming 30 per cent of maximum 
annual bonus opportunity and 50 per cent vesting under the long-term incentive plan. 

3. 

 The minimum that may be paid, where only the fixed element is paid (salary, benefits, pension and the fixed share award).

no share price growth has been assumed and dividends have not been included. The amounts are based on salaries as at 1 January 2014 and 
assume fixed share awards and bonuses which reflect the implementation of the policy in 2014 as set out below. They also assume long-term 
incentive grants of 300 per cent of salary, which is normally the maximum award.

António Horta-Osório

Value of package (£000)

Maximum

14%

9%

11%

19%

47%

£7,787

Mid-Performance

22%

14%

18%

9%

37%

£4,917

Minimum

40%

26%

34% £2,642

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

Salary

Benefits and pension

Share award

Annual bonus

LTIP

George Culmer

Value of package (£000)

Maximum

17%

5% 11%

17%

50%

£4,321

Mid-Performance

26%

8% 18% 8%

40%

£2,737

Minimum

50%

15% 35%

£1,441

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

4,500

5,000

Salary

Benefits and pension

Share award

Annual bonus

LTIP

Juan Colombás

Value of package (£000)

Maximum

16%

8%

11%

16%

49%

£4,388

Mid-Performance

25%

12% 17% 8%

38%

£2,826

Minimum

46%

22% 32%

£1,548

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

4,500

5,000

Salary

Benefits and pension

Share award

Annual bonus

LTIP

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Approach to recruitment and appointment to the Board
In determining appropriate remuneration arrangements on hiring a new executive Director, the Committee will take into account all relevant 
factors. This may include the experience and calibre of the individual, local market practice, the existing remuneration arrangements for other 
executives and the business circumstances. The Committee will seek to ensure that arrangements are in the best interests of both the Group 
and its shareholders and will seek not to pay more than is necessary.

The Committee may make awards on hiring an external candidate to ‘buy-out’ remuneration arrangements forfeited on leaving a previous 
employer. In doing so the Committee will take account of relevant factors including any performance conditions attached to these awards, the 
form in which they were granted (e.g. cash or shares) and the timeframe of awards. Any such award made will be made in accordance with the 
PRA’s Remuneration Code and made on a comparable basis to those forfeited.

The package will normally be aligned with the remuneration policy as described in the table above. However, the Committee retains the 
discretion to make appropriate remuneration decisions outside the standard policy to facilitate the recruitment of an individual of the calibre 
required and in exceptional cases. 

This may, for example, include the following circumstances:

 – An interim recruit, appointed to fill an executive Director role on a short-term basis.

 – exceptional circumstances requiring the Chairman to take on an executive function on a short-term basis.

 – An executive Director recruited at a time in the year when it would be inappropriate to provide a bonus or lTIP award for that year, for 

example, where there may be insufficient time to assess performance. In this situation the Committee may feel it appropriate to transfer the 
quantum in respect of the months employed during the year to the subsequent year so that reward is provided on a fair basis.

 – An executive Director recruited from a business or location where benefits are provided that do not fall into the definition of ‘variable 

remuneration forfeited’ but where the Committee considers it reasonable to buy-out these benefits.

 – Transitional arrangements for overseas hires, which might include relocation expenses and accommodation.

Any discretion is however limited to the maximum level of variable remuneration (excluding buy-out awards) that may be awarded to new 
executive Directors which is equal to 200 per cent of fixed remuneration, including any discount permitted by the european Banking Authority 
for long-term incentive awards. In making any such remuneration decisions, the Committee will apply appropriate performance measures in 
line with those applied to other executive Directors.

Service agreements
The service contracts of all current executive Directors are terminable on 12 months’ notice from the Group and six months’ notice from the 
individual. The Chairman also has a service agreement. His engagement may be terminated on six months’ notice by either the Group or 
the individual. 

Sir Winfried Bischoff

António Horta-Osório

George Culmer

Juan Colombás

Notice to be given by the Group

Date of service agreement

6 months

12 months

12 months

12 months

27 July 2009

3 november 2010

16 May 2012

30 november 2010

under his contract (dated 3 november 2010), the GCe is entitled to an amount equivalent to base salary and pension allowance as a payment 
in lieu of notice if notice to terminate is given by the Group. If notice to terminate is given by the GCe, he is entitled to an amount equivalent 
to base salary if the Group chooses to make a payment in lieu of notice. Such payments in lieu will be made in monthly instalments subject 
to mitigation. He is also entitled to six months’ notice from the Group in the event of his long-term incapacity. As part of a buyout of a pension 
forfeited on joining from Santander, the GCe is also entitled to the provision of an unfunded unapproved retirement benefit scheme (uuRBS), 
subject to performance conditions as described further in the Implementation Report. In all other respects, the terms of the GCe’s contract in 
relation to payments for loss of office match those set out below for new directors.

under terms agreed when joining the Group, Juan Colombás is entitled to a conditional lump sum benefit, payable either (i) on reaching 
normal retirement age unless he voluntarily resigns or is dismissed for cause, or (ii) on leaving due to long-term sickness or death, as described 
further in the Implementation Report.

The service contracts and letters of appointments are available for inspection at the Company’s registered office. 

Notice periods
newly-appointed executive Directors will be employed on contracts that include the following provisions:

 – The individual will be required to give six months’ notice if they wish to leave and the Group will give 12 months’ notice other than for 

material misconduct or neglect or other circumstances where the individual may be summarily dismissed by written notice. In exceptional 
circumstances, new joiners will be offered a longer notice period (typically reducing to 12 months within two years of joining).

 – In the event of long-term incapacity, if the executive Director does not perform their duties for a period of at least 26 weeks (in aggregate 

over a 12 month period), the Group shall be entitled to terminate the executive’s employment by giving three months’ notice. 

 – At any time after notice to terminate is given by either the Group or the executive Director, the Group may require the executive Director to 

take leave for some or all of the notice period.

 – At any time, at its absolute discretion, the Group may elect to terminate the individual’s employment by paying to the executive Director, 

in lieu of the notice period, an amount equivalent to base salary, subject to mitigation as described more fully in the termination payments 
section of this report, below.

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Termination payments
It is the Group’s policy that where compensation on 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. Any bonus will be determined on the basis of performance as for all continuing employees 
and will remain subject to performance adjustment (malus). Generally, on termination of employment, bonus awards, long-term incentive 
awards and other rights to payments will lapse except where termination falls within one of the reasons set out below. In the event of 
redundancy, the individual may receive a payment in line with statutory entitlements at that time. If an executive Director is dismissed for gross 
misconduct, the executive Director will receive normal contractual entitlements until the date of termination and all deferred bonus awards 
and long-term incentive awards will lapse.

Base salary

Fixed Share Award

Resignation

Redundancy or 
termination by  
mutual agreement

In the case of resignation to take up 
new employment, paid until date of 
termination (including any period of 
leave required by the Group). In the 
case of resignation for other reasons, 
base salary will be paid in monthly 
instalments for the notice period (or any 
balance of it), offset by earnings from 
new employment during this period.

Paid until date of termination (including 
any period of leave required by the 
Group). In respect of the balance of 
any notice period, base salary will be 
paid in monthly instalments, offset by 
earnings from new employment during 
this period.

Retirement/ill health, 
injury, permanent 
disability/death

Paid until date of retirement/death. For 
ill health, injury, permanent disability, 
paid for the applicable notice period 
(including any period of leave required 
by the Group). 

Change of control  
or merger

n/A 

Awards continue and are released 
at the normal time and the number 
of shares subject to the award in 
the current year will be reduced to 
reflect the fact that the executive 
Director has left early. 

Awards will normally continue and be 
released at the normal time and the 
number of shares subject to the award 
in the current year will be reduced 
to reflect the fact that the executive 
Director has left early unless, in 
the case of mutual agreement, 
the Committee determines that 
exceptional circumstances apply in 
which case shares may be released 
on termination.

Awards will normally continue and 
be released at the normal time and 
the number of shares subject to 
the award in the current year will be 
reduced to reflect the fact that the 
executive Director has left early except 
for death where shares are released on 
termination, or unless, in the case of 
permanent disability, the Committee 
determines that exceptional 
circumstances apply in which case 
shares may be released on termination.

unless the Committee decides 
otherwise, awards will be released 
on the date of the corporate event 
and the number of shares subject 
to the award in the current year will 
be reduced to reflect the fact that 
the executive Director has left early 
unless the Committee determines 
that awards will be exchanged for 
awards over shares in the acquiring 
company or such other company as 
the Committee determines.

Pension, benefits and  
other fixed remuneration

Paid until date of termination 
including any period of 
leave required by the Group 
(subject to individual benefit 
scheme rules).

Paid until date of termination 
including any period of 
leave required by the Group 
(subject to individual benefit 
scheme rules).

Paid until date of death/
retirement (subject to individual 
benefit scheme rules). For 
ill health, injury, permanent 
disability, paid for the notice 
period including any period of 
leave required by the Group 
(subject to individual benefit 
scheme rules).

n/A

Other reason where the 
Committee determines 
that the executive should 
be treated as a good 
leaver

Paid until date of termination (including 
any period of leave required by the 
Group). In respect of the balance of any 
notice period, base salary will be paid in 
monthly instalments, offset by earnings 
from new employment during this period.

Awards continue and are released 
at the normal time and the number 
of shares subject to the award in the 
current year will be reduced to reflect 
the fact that the executive Director 
has left early.

Paid until date of termination 
including any period of 
leave required by the Group 
(subject to individual benefit 
scheme rules).

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Resignation

Redundancy or 
termination  
by mutual agreement

Retirement/ill health, 
injury, permanent disability

Death

Annual bonus1

Long-term incentive2

Forfeited, including unvested deferred 
elements (2010 deferred bonus not 
subject to forfeiture but continues to 
be subject to performance adjustment) 
unless the Committee determines 
otherwise in exceptional circumstances.

Accrued up until date of termination 
(current year). Deferred bonus paid 
in line with normal timeframes and 
subject to performance adjustment. 
The Committee may allow awards to 
vest early if it considers it appropriate.

Accrued up until date of termination 
(current year). Deferred bonus paid 
in line with normal timeframes and 
subject to performance adjustment. 
The Committee may allow awards to 
vest early if it considers it appropriate.

unvested award lapses on 
date of leaving (or on notice of 
leaving) unless the Committee 
determines otherwise in exceptional 
circumstances. 

Pro-rated award (for months 
worked in performance period) 
released at end of period, subject 
to performance objectives being 
met. The Committee may allow 
awards to vest early if it considers it 
appropriate. 

Pro-rated award (for months 
worked in performance period) 
released at end of period, subject 
to performance objectives being 
met. The Committee may allow 
awards to vest early if it considers it 
appropriate.

Accrued up until date of termination 
(current year). Deferred bonus paid on 
death in cash, unless the Committee 
determines otherwise. 

Pro-rated award (for months 
worked) released to estate as soon 
as practicable after date of death. 
Performance conditions will not apply. 

Change in control or 
merger2

Accrued up until date of termination 
(current year). Deferred bonus vests 
to the extent determined by the 
Committee.

Other reason where the 
Committee determines 
that the executive 
should be treated as a 
good leaver

Accrued up until date of termination 
(current year). Deferred bonus paid 
in line with normal timeframes and 
subject to performance adjustment. 
The Committee may allow awards to 
vest early if it considers it appropriate.

Pro-rated award (for months worked 
in performance period) released on 
date of change in control, subject 
to performance objectives being 
met at the time of the transaction. 
Instead of vesting, awards may be 
exchanged for equivalent awards 
over the shares or acquiring 
company or another company.

Pro-rated award (for months 
worked in performance period) 
released at end of period, subject 
to performance objectives being 
met. The Committee may allow 
awards to vest early if it considers it 
appropriate.

Chairman and Non-Executive  
Director fees3

Paid until date of leaving Board.

Paid until date of leaving Board.

Paid until date of leaving Board.

Paid until date of leaving Board.

Paid until date of leaving Board.

Paid until date of leaving Board.

1

2

If any annual bonus is to be paid to the executive Director for the current year, this will be determined on the basis of performance for the period of actual service, rather than the full notice 
period (and so excluding any period of leave required by the Group).

Reference to change of control or merger includes a compromise or arrangement under section 899 of the Companies Act 2006 or equivalent. Fixed share awards may also be  
released/exchanged in the event of a resolution for the voluntary winding up of the Company; a demerger, delisting, distribution (other than an ordinary dividend) or other transaction, 
which, in the opinion of the Committee, might affect the current or future value of any award; or a reverse takeover, merger by way of a dual listed company or other significant corporate 
event, as determined by the Committee. In the event of a demerger, special dividend or other transaction which would in the Committee’s opinion affect the value of awards, the 
Committee may allow a long-term incentive award to vest to the extent relevant performance conditions are met to that date and if the Committee so determined, on a time pro-rated 
basis to reflect the number of months of the performance period worked.

3

The Chairman is entitled to six months’ notice.

On termination, the executive Director will be entitled to payment for any accrued but untaken holiday calculated by reference to base salary 
and fixed share award. 

The cost of legal, tax or other advice incurred by an executive Director in connection with the termination of their employment and/or the cost 
of support in seeking alternative employment may be met up to a maximum of £100,000.

Additional payments may be made where required to settle legal disputes, or as consideration for new or amended post-employment 
restrictions.

Where an executive Director is in receipt of expatriate or relocation expenses at the time of termination (as at the date of the AGM no current 
executive Directors are in receipt of such expenses), the cost of actual expenses incurred may continue to be reimbursed for up to 12 months 
after termination or, at the Group’s discretion, a one-off payment may be made to cover the costs of premature cancellation. The cost of 
repatriation may also be covered.

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Chairman and Non-Executive Directors 
The table below sets out the remuneration policy that will apply, subject to shareholder approval, to non-executive Directors (neDs) from  
the date of the Annual General Meeting in 2014.

Chairman and Non-Executive Director fees

Purpose and link to strategy

To provide an appropriate reward to attract and retain a high-calibre individual with the relevant skills, 
knowledge and experience.

Operation

The Committee is responsible for evaluating and making recommendations to the Board with regards to the 
Chairman’s fees. The Chairman does not participate in these discussions.

The GCe and the Chairman are responsible for evaluating and making recommendations to the Board in 
relation to the fees of the neDs.

When determining fee levels, the following are considered:

 – The individual’s skills and experience.

 – Comparable fees at FTSe companies of a similar size to lloyds Banking Group, including the major uK banks.

The Chairman receives an all inclusive fee, which is reviewed periodically plus benefits including life assurance, 
car allowance, medical insurance and transportation. The Committee retains the right to provide additional 
benefits depending on individual circumstances. 

neDs are paid a basic fee plus additional fees for the chairmanship/membership of committees and for 
membership of Group companies/boards/non-board level committees.

Additional fees are also paid to the senior independent director and to the deputy chairman to reflect 
additional responsibilities.

2014 fee levels are stated in the Implementation Report. Any increases normally take effect from 1 January of a 
given year.

When determining and reviewing fee and benefit levels, the Committee ensures that decisions are made within 
the following two parameters:

 – An objective assessment of the individual’s responsibilities and the size and scope of their role, using 

objective sizing methodologies.

 – Pay for comparable roles in comparable publicly listed financial services groups, of a similar size.

Fees and benefits as at January 2014 are detailed below in the Implementation Report on page 112.

The Chairman and the neDs are not entitled to receive any payment for loss of office (other than in the case of 
the Chairman’s fees for the six month notice period) and are not entitled to participate in the Group’s bonus, 
share plan or pension arrangements.

neDs are reimbursed for expenses and any tax arising from these expenses. Where appropriate, the Group will 
also meet the costs and any tax arising from travel for business purposes. 

Maximum potential

The Committee will make no increase in fees or benefits currently provided which it believes is inconsistent 
with the two parameters above.

Performance metrics

none

Letters of appointment
The Group’s policy is for independent neDs to have letters of appointment, not service agreements. non-executive appointments may be 
terminated, in accordance with the Articles of Association, at any time.

David Roberts

lord Blackwell

Carolyn Fairbairn

Anita Frew

Dyfrig John

nick luff

Anthony Watson

Sara Weller

Date of letter of appointment

February 2010

May 2012

February 2012

november 2010

October 2013

February 2013

February 2009

January 2012

The service contracts and letters of appointments are available for inspection at the Company’s registered office.

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Directors’ Remuneration Implementation Report

Consideration of matters relating to directors’ remuneration
The members of the Committee during 2013 were:

 – Anthony Watson (chairman)

 – Sir Winfried Bischoff

 – Carolyn Fairbairn

 – David Roberts (also chairman of the Board Risk Committee)

 – Timothy Ryan (until 18/04/13)

 – Sara Weller

During 2013, 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 hires

 – Feedback from the Committee Chairman on his meetings with the PRA and shareholders

Committee members are thanked 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 was appointed following a competitive tendering process. Deloitte has voluntarily signed 
up to the Remuneration Consultants’ Code of Conduct. The Committee has evaluated Deloitte during 2013 and has judged its advice as 
objective and independent. 

During 2013, Deloitte provided information on behalf of the Committee for the testing of Total Shareholder Return (TSR) performance 
conditions for the Group’s long-term incentive plans (calculated by reference to both dividends and growth in share price). In addition, 
Deloitte llP provided the Group with advice on taxation and other consulting services, and assurance services. Deloitte’s fees for 2013 
amounted to £324,300. 

António Horta-Osório (Group Chief executive), Rupert Mcneil (Group HR Director) and Paul Hucknall (HR Director, Performance & Reward) 
provided guidance to the Committee (other than for their own remuneration). Juan Colombás (Chief Risk Officer) and George Culmer 
(Chief Financial Officer) also attended the Committee to advise as and when necessary on risk and financial matters.

Statement of voting at general meeting
The proposals on the remuneration offered to our executive Directors in 2013 were detailed within the Directors’ Remuneration Report for 
2012 and were voted on at the 2013 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

46,949

2,003

4,052

95.91%

4.09%

–

As mentioned in the Chairman’s statement, we are committed to an ongoing dialogue with our shareholders. Shareholders have different views,  
notably on incentive scheme design and whilst we do take all comments into consideration, there will inevitably be some diverging views, 
notably on the structure of such schemes and on the choice of performance measures.

The Committee believes that the proposed structure of the Group’s remuneration is appropriate, given the regulatory requirements. 
We have consulted extensively with our major shareholders but we also welcome feedback from all of our shareholders on our remuneration 
arrangements and on this report.

One particular element of feedback from proxy voting agencies was that they were looking for more information on the determination of the 
bonus payments. We have provided greater detail in this year’s report.

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Implementation of the policy in 2014
As mentioned in the Chairman’s statement and remuneration policy above, the Group is required to comply with the Prudential Regulation 
Authority’s (PRA) Remuneration Code (the ‘Code’), as amended on 1 January 2014 to implement the fourth amendment of the Capital 
Requirements Directive (‘CRD IV’). under the Code, the Group and certain employees who have a material impact on the Group’s risk profile 
(‘Code Staff’) including executive Directors, are subject to certain rules regarding the provision of remuneration.

This has led the Committee to carry out a fundamental review of the remuneration structure for Directors and other Code Staff. It is proposed 
to operate our policy in the following way in 2014:

Base salary

Salaries for executive Directors effective from 1 January 2014 are as follows:

Group Chief executive (GCe): £1,061,000

Chief Financial Officer (CFO): £720,000

Chief Risk Officer (CRO): £710,000

Fixed Share Award

The salary for the CRO has been increased to £710,000 with effect from 1 January 2014 to reflect his 
additional responsibilities as a member of the Board.

As stated in the Chairman’s letter, we have introduced an additional element in the package in order 
to ensure that total fixed remuneration is commensurate with role and to provide a competitive reward 
package for executive Directors, with an appropriate balance of fixed and variable remuneration, in line 
with regulatory requirements.

The actual levels of award set for 2014 are as follows (which will be released in shares over a five year period):

GCe: £900,000

CFO: £504,000

CRO: £497,000

Pension

In line with the remuneration policy, executive Directors are entitled to a cash allowance in lieu of pension 
contributions. The level of allowances has not been increased for 2014.

Benefits

All employee plans

Annual bonus

Opportunity

GCe: 50 per cent of reference salary less flexible benefit allowance

CFO: 25 per cent of base salary

CRO: 25 per cent of base salary

The GCe is also entitled to the provision of an unfunded unapproved retirement benefit scheme (uuRBS), 
subject to performance conditions, as described further in the Implementation Report.

For 2014, the benefits provided to executive Directors include a car allowance, transportation, private 
medical insurance, life assurance and other benefits selected through the flexible benefit allowance which 
is capped at 4 per cent of base salary. 

The CRO’s benefits in respect of relocation end in January 2014.

executive Directors are eligible to participate in the Sharesave and Sharematch scheme on the same basis 
as other employees. 

The maximum annual bonus opportunity is 140 per cent of base salary for the GCe and 100 per cent of 
base salary for other executive Directors. All assessments of performance are ultimately subject to the 
Committee’s judgement, but no award will be made if threshold performance for the financial measure is 
not met and the individual is rated ‘Developing performer’ or below. The expected value of the bonus is 
30 per cent of the maximum opportunity.

Performance measures and  
targets

For 2014 the annual bonus will be based on:

 – Financial measures (underlying profit and economic profit) – 50 per cent

 – Balanced scorecard (BSC) objectives comprising five categories (finance, building the business, 

customer, risk and people) – 50 per cent

The Committee considers the targets that apply to these measures to be commercially sensitive but 
will provide information on the level of payout relative to the performance achieved in next year’s 
Implementation Report.

The Committee applies its judgement to determine the payout level commensurate with business and/or 
individual performance in determining the final BSC rating.

Long-term incentive plan

Opportunity

The maximum annual long-term incentive award for executive Directors is 300 per cent of salary. 

Awards in 2014 will be made as follows: 

GCe: 300 per cent of reference salary 

CFO: 275 per cent of base salary

CRO: 275 per cent of base salary 

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Performance measures and 
targets

During 2013, the Committee consulted widely with various shareholders on appropriate performance 
measures and, in particular, on how management can be incentivised through the long-term incentive plan 
to successfully deliver the Group’s overall strategic objective of delivering long-term sustainable returns to 
shareholders. Based on the feedback, the awards made in 2014 will vest based on lloyds Banking Group’s 
performance against the following key measures:

 – economic Profit (30 per cent)

 – Absolute Total Shareholder Return (30 per cent)

 – Strategic Measures (40 per cent)

We believe these measures capture risk management and profit growth and appropriately align 
management and shareholder interests.

The following table provides a breakdown of these measures and the targets applicable.

Measure

Basis of payout range

Metric

Weighting

Category

Financial

Customer

economic Profit

Set relative to 2016 targets

Absolute TSR

Growth in share price including dividends  
over 3 year period

Cost:income ratio

Set relative to 2016 targets

Customer satisfaction  
(Total FCA reportable 
complaints per  
1,000 accounts)a

Set relative to 2016 targets

net promoter score

Major Group average ranking over 2016

Threshold: £2,154m
Maximum: £3,231m

Threshold: 8% pa
Maximum: 16% pa

Threshold: 48.9%
Maximum: 46.5%

Threshold: 1.15
Maximum: 1.05

Threshold: 3rd
Maximum: 1st

Helping Britain 
Prosper

SMe lending

Set relative to targets for SMe lending growth 
over 3 year period 

Threshold: 14%
Maximum: 18%

Share of first-time  
buyer market

Set relative to targets for market share over  
3 year period

Threshold: 20% 
Maximum: 25%

a

Measure excludes PPI complaints, but includes Banking, Home Finance, General Insurance, life, Pensions and Investment complaints.

Chairman and Non-Executive Director fees in 2014
The annual fee for the Chairman is unchanged at £700,000.

The annual non-executive Director fees were reviewed in 2013 and increased as listed below with effect from 1 July 2013:

30%

30%

10%

10%

10%

5%

5%

Basic fee

Deputy Chairman

Senior Independent Director

Audit Committee Chairmanship

Remuneration Committee Chairmanship

Board Risk Committee Chairmanship

Audit Committee membership

Remuneration Committee membership

Board Risk Committee membership

nomination & Governance Committee membership*

*

Where individual is not already Chairman of another Committee.

non-executive Directors may receive more than one of the above fees.

2013

2014

£65,000

£100,000

£60,000

£50,000

£30,000

£40,000

£20,000

£15,000

£15,000

£5,000

£65,000

£100,000

£60,000

£50,000

£50,000

£50,000

£20,000

£20,000

£20,000

£5,000

For 2014, the benefits provided to the Chairman include a car allowance, medical insurance, life assurance and transportation.

The following pages contain information that is required to be audited in compliance with the Directors’ Remuneration requirements of the 
Companies Act 2006. All narrative and quantitative tables are unaudited unless otherwise stated.

     
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Remuneration outcome for 2013

Executive Directors (audited)
The following table summarises the total remuneration delivered during 2013 in relation to service as an executive Director. 

António Horta-Osório

George Culmerf

Juan Colombásg

Totals

£000

Base salary

Benefits 

Pension allowancea

Other remunerationb

Annual bonusc

long-term incentived

Conditional pension 
buy-oute

Total remuneration

less: Buy-out amounts

Total remuneration less 
buy-outs

2013

1,061

113

568

173

1,700

3,128

732

7,475

(904)

2012

1,061

113

568

171

1,485

–

–

3,398

(171)

2013

720

37

286

301

910

–

–

2,254

(300)

6,571

3,227

1,954

2012

451

17

–

–

700

–

–

1,168

–

1,168

2013

2012

58

15

14

2

78

41

–

208

(2)

206

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2013

1,839

165

868

476

2,688

3,169

732

9,937

(1,206)

2012

1,512

130

568

171

2,185

–

–

4,566

(171)

8,731

4,395

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

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. The breakdown of 
payments made in cash and contributions into the pension scheme are shown below. note that the amount for 2012 in respect of António Horta-Osório has been restated from £549,000 to 
include £18,170 of employer contributions to pension scheme. note that the amount for 2013 in respect of George Culmer includes £106,000 carried over from 2012 and delivered in 2013.

Other remuneration payments comprise contractual cash payments to António Horta-Osório, George Culmer and Juan Colombás as part of the buyout of their benefits from their 
previous employers in addition to income from all employee share plans of £960.

In addition to deferral and performance adjustment, the GCe’s bonus will only vest if the Group’s share price remains above 73.6 pence on average for any 126 consecutive trading days 
in the five years following grant or the uK government sells at least 50 per cent of its shareholding (as at February 2014) in the Group at any time during the three years following grant. If 
either condition is met earlier than the third anniversary of grant, vesting will still only occur on the third anniversary. In this event, the award will be subject to a further two year holding 
period following vesting up to a maximum of five years in total.

The long-term incentive vesting was confirmed by the Remuneration Committee at its meeting on 20 February 2014. The closing share price on that date of 81.13 pence has been used to 
calculate the value.

The GCe has a conditional unfunded pension commitment, subject to share price performance. This was a partial buyout of a pension forfeited on joining from Santander. It is an unfunded 
unapproved retirement benefit scheme (uuRBS). The uuRBS provides benefits on a defined benefit basis at a normal retirement date of 65. The uuRBS applies for a maximum of six years 
following the commencement of employment and the maximum allowance over that period is 26.5 per cent of the higher of the GCe’s base salary and reference salary in the 12 months 
before retirement or leaving, subject to performance conditions. no additional benefit is due in the event of early retirement. The rate of pension accrual in each year depends on share 
price conditions being met. An annual pension entitlement of £36,600 was accrued in 2013.

George Culmer joined the Group as an executive Director on 16 May 2012. The 2012 figures therefore reflect a part-year.

Amounts shown reflect the period from 29 november 2013 when Juan Colombás was appointed as an executive Director. Total remuneration for 2013 was £3,193,000. under terms agreed 
when joining the Group, the CRO is entitled to a conditional lump sum benefit of £718,996 either (i) on reaching normal retirement age unless the CRO voluntarily resigns or is dismissed for 
cause, or (ii) on leaving due to long-term sickness or death.

Pension and benefits (audited)

Pension/Benefit £

Contribution to pension scheme

Cash allowance in lieu of pension contribution

Car or car allowance

Flexible benefits payments

Private medical insurance

Transportation

Relocation

António  

Horta-Osório

18,170

549,390

12,000

42,440

23,841

35,200

–

George  
Culmer

52,345

233,318

7,704

28,800

592

–

–

Juan  

Colombás

3,799

10,689

1,085

2,318

1,039

299

9,794

Annual bonus
For each executive Director, the 2013 bonus was based on performance against:

 – Profit measures (50 per cent): underlying Profit and economic Profit

 – Balanced scorecard objectives (50 per cent): reflecting the strategic priorities specific to the executive Director, but based on consistent 

categories:

 – Financial

 – Building the business

 – Customer service

 – Risk

 – People development

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Balanced scorecard outcomes are recorded through a rating, based on a rating scale ranging from ‘under performer’ (at the lowest level), 
through ‘Developing’, ‘Good’, ‘Strong’ and up to ‘Top’ which is the highest rating. each of these ratings may be further differentiated by the 
addition of ‘minus’ or ‘plus’.

Detailed performance assessments are prepared annually in respect of the Group and each of the divisions and presented for review by the 
Committee. The assessments are also reviewed by the Risk Committee. For the Group’s senior ‘Code Staff’, including the executive Directors, 
a further review is undertaken to ensure that adequate consideration has been given to risk factors. Based on the financial and balanced 
scorecard assessment, the Committee applies its judgement in determining the bonus outcomes. It takes into consideration any other 
factors, particularly in relation to legacy issues, such as the additional provision for PPI and the substantial fine levied by the Financial Conduct 
Authority in respect of controls around Bancassurance incentives arrangements.

Annual bonus for 2013
The Group’s performance against 2013 targets for the two financial measures is shown below.

Threshold

£3,193m

Underlying profit

£(192)m

Economic profit

On-Target

£3,991m

£606m

Maximum

£4,789m

£1,404m

Actual outcome : £6,166 million

Actual outcome : £1,737 million

António Horta-Osório
The maximum annual bonus opportunity of the Group Chief executive (GCe) was 225 per cent of basic salary. For 2013, the Group 
outperformed the financial targets as shown above. The balanced scorecard used to inform the decisions of the Committee is the overall 
Group’s scorecard. The GCe’s balanced scorecard assessment for 2013, as confirmed by the Committee on 23 January 2014, reflected a 
number of considerations in 2013, including:

 – Successful implementation of the Group’s strategy of becoming the best bank for customers.

 – Substantially improved financial performance: underlying profit increased by 140 per cent to £6,166 million in 2013. 

 – A return to statutory profitability at the pre-tax level.

 – Strengthening the balance sheet and reducing risk: pro forma fully loaded common equity tier 1 ratio increasing by 2.2 percentage points to 

10.3 per cent.

 – non-core assets reduced by 35 per cent from £98.4 billion to £63.5 billion; reductions continue to be capital accretive overall, contributing to 

the release of approximately £2.6 billion of capital in the year.

 – The Group’s share price in 2013 increased by 65 per cent, making it the second best performing among the world’s top 50 banks and well 

above the FTSe100 increase of 14 per cent.

 – Further progress in the simplification programme: cost savings of approximately £0.6 billion realised in 2013. 

 – The first phase of the european Commission mandated business disposal, Project Verde, was successfully completed in September 2013, 

with TSB Bank launched onto the uK high streets. An Initial Public Offering (IPO) of TSB Bank in 2014 remains a target.

 – Successful relaunch of the lloyds Bank brand in the second half of the year.

 – Further reductions in the number of customer complaints, now down to 1.0 per 1,000 accounts (excluding PPI), the lowest of any major 

uK bank.

 – The Group has so far committed over £37 billion of gross new lending to British customers under the Funding for lending Scheme (FlS) with 

drawings under the scheme amounting to £8 billion as at the end of 2013.

 – SMe lending grew 6 per cent in 2013 in a market that contracted, while our target of lending £1 billion to uK manufacturing companies was 

exceeded three months ahead of schedule.

 – The sale by the uK government of 6 per cent of its stake in the Group in September 2013, thereby reducing its holding to 32.7 per cent. 

A major milestone in our recovery, and marks the start of the journey to full re-privatisation, which is a key priority for the Group.

The Committee agreed a balanced scorecard rating for 2013 of ‘Strong plus’ for the GCe. This is one of the highest ratings on the Group’s 
performance scale, surpassed only by a ‘Top minus’ or ‘Top’ rating.

George Culmer
The maximum bonus opportunity of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) was 200 per cent of basic salary. For 2013, the Group outperformed 
the financial targets as shown above. The balanced scorecard used to inform the decisions of the Committee is the overall scorecard for the 
Finance function. The CFO’s balanced scorecard assessment for 2013, as confirmed by the Committee on 23 January 2014, reflected a number 
of considerations in 2013, including:

 – excellent management of Group Capital, Funding and liquidity in a challenging environment.

 – The underlying impairment charge improved by 47 per cent to £3,004 million, driven by the reduction in non-core assets and the sustained 

improvement in Group asset quality.

 – Core impairment charge decreased 21 per cent to £1,521 million with the reduction primarily attributable to Commercial Banking 

impairments, which reduced by 40 per cent year-on-year reflecting better quality new business and lower defaults due to the low interest 
rate environment.

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 – Good progress in delivering the Finance transformation, including changes to core accounting systems.

 – Return on risk-weighted assets improved to 2.14 per cent from 0.77 per cent, driven by increased earnings and by risk-weighted asset 

reductions, predominantly in the non-core business.

 – Core underlying profit before tax grew 24 per cent to £7,574 million, primarily reflecting reduced impairment charges and stronger net 

interest income.

 – Maintained focus on cost control and efficiency, resulted in total costs falling by 5 per cent to £9,635 million.

 – Substantially completed work to transform the balance sheet, by strengthening our funding, liquidity and capital position, and reducing 

non-core assets.

 – The Group’s wholesale funding requirement has reduced given the reduction in non-core assets and continued growth in customer 

deposits in the year. These have, together, enabled us to reduce wholesale funding by £32 billion and repay the full amount of the long Term 
Refinancing Operation funding from the european Central Bank of €13.5 billion ahead of schedule.

The Committee agreed a balanced scorecard rating for 2013 of ‘Strong plus’ for the CFO.

Juan Colombás
The maximum bonus opportunity of the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) was 200 per cent of basic salary. For 2013, the Group outperformed the 
financial targets as shown above. The balanced scorecard used to inform the decisions of the Committee is the overall scorecard for the Risk 
Division. The CRO’s balanced scorecard assessment for 2013, as confirmed by the Committee on 23 January 2014, reflected a number of 
considerations in 2013, including:

 – excellent progress across a range of Risk metrics – non-core reductions, impairments, capital and liquidity management.

 – non-core assets reduced by 35 per cent from £98.4 billion to £63.5 billion; reductions continue to be capital accretive overall, contributing to 

the release of approximately £2.6 billion of capital in the year.

 – The underlying impairment charge improved by 47 per cent to £3,004 million, driven by the reduction in non-core assets and the sustained 

improvement in Group asset quality.

 – Strong management of the Group’s conduct strategy programme, which addresses every area of the organisation and is driving 

improvements in the customer experience.

 – Good progress in delivering the Risk transformation, which is ahead of plan.

 – Close control over the management of the Risk Appetite and the understanding of the control environment.

 – Maintaining high level of responsiveness to our regulators with whom we strive for a strong working relationship.

 – Overseeing delivery of remediation plans for legacy issues.

 – ensuring 100 per cent of product reviews were completed on time.

 – Improvements in mitigating operational risks and regulatory breaches.

The Committee agreed a balanced scorecard rating for 2013 of ‘Strong plus’ for the CRO.

Application of the Committee’s judgement
using a purely mechanical assessment of the financial and BSC performance measures for the GCe, CFO and CRO would have resulted in 
bonuses close to maximum levels.

As with the bonus pool determination for the wider Group, the Committee has applied its judgement to adjust for other considerations in 
determining individual awards, such as affordability, market positioning, year on year performance and the impact of one-off items on the 
statutory financial out-turn. The Committee considered that using a purely mechanical approach to determining the 2013 bonus pool and 
individual awards was not appropriate and therefore applied its judgement to reduce awards for the executive Directors, Group executive 
Committee and for the Group pool overall.

Accordingly, the Committee determined that a bonus of £1,700,000 (71 per cent of maximum) was appropriate for the GCe, £910,000 
(63 per cent of maximum) for the CFO and £860,000 (67 per cent of maximum) for the CRO taking into consideration affordability, the need 
for consistency with the members of the Group executive Committee and overall Group performance during 2013. This judgement-based 
reduction was also in line with the reduction applied to the overall pool for discretionary awards across the Group.

The bonuses awarded are summarised in the table below:

Name

Maximum opportunity (% of base salary)

% awarded for 2013

Bonus awarded for 2013

António  

Horta-Osório

225%

160.2%

George 
 Culmer

200%

126.4%

Juan  

Colombás

200%

134.2%

£1,700,000

£910,000

£860,000

Deferral
Bonus awards for executive Directors are deferred into shares and subject to performance adjustment until at least March 2016. The GCe’s 
award is subject to deferral for five years and to performance adjustment and forfeiture provisions during the first three years. The GCe’s 
award is subject to an additional condition that the share price must remain above 73.6 pence on average for any 126 consecutive trading days 
in the five years following grant or the uK government sells at least 50 per cent of its shareholding during the three years following grant.

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If either condition is met earlier than the third anniversary of grant, vesting will still only occur on the third anniversary. In this event, the award 
will be subject to a further two year holding period following vesting up to a maximum of five years in total.

Consistent with the aim of ensuring that short-term financial results are only rewarded if they promote sustainable growth, the 2013 annual 
bonus is subject to deferral in shares until at least 2015. This deferred amount is subject to performance adjustment (malus). 

The Committee reserves the right to exercise its discretion in reducing any payment that otherwise would have been earned, if they 
deem appropriate. 

In this respect, the Committee has recommended to the Board that it should exercise its discretion to adjust the value of certain 2010 and 2011 
bonus awards, on a basis equivalent to that applied in the previous year.

Long-term awards made in March 2011 vesting for the period ended on December 2013
At the end of the performance period, it has been assessed that awards will vest at 54 per cent of maximum.

Threshold

Maximum

Vesting at 
threshold

Vesting at 
maximum

Actual 
performance

Vesting % of 
maximum

ePS 
33.33% of award

economic profit 
33.33% of the award

Annualised absolute total shareholder return 
33.33% of award

6.4p

7.8p

£567m

£1,534m

8%

14%

25%

25%

25%

100%

6.6p

36.5%

100%

£1,737m

100.0%

100%

8%

25.3%

Percentage change in remuneration of GCE versus the wider employee population
Figures for ‘All employees’ are calculated using figures for uK-based colleagues subject to the Group Annual Bonus Plan, which is considered 
to be the most appropriate group of employees for these purposes.

Group Chief executive

All employees

*

Adjusted for movements in staff numbers and other impacts to ensure a like for like comparison.

Relative spend on pay (£m)

% change in base 
salary  

% change in 
bonus  

(2012 – 2013)

(2012 – 2013)

% change in 
benefits 
 (2012 – 2013)

0%

2.3%*

14.5%

14.1%*

0%

2.3%*

7,000

6,000

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

2012

0

2013

2012

2013

2012

2013

Underlying Profit

Dividend

Salaries + performance
based compensation

underlying Profit has been used for comparison on the basis that it reflects performance, excluding legacy issues and one-off events.

Payments within the reporting year to past directors (audited)
As part of arrangements on leaving the Group, contractual payments of monthly salary and benefits were made in respect of January 2013 
totalling £76,746 to Mr T Tate.

Loss of office payments (audited)
There were no payments for the loss of office made to former Directors during 2013.

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Chairman and Non-Executive Directors (audited)

Fees 
£000

Current Non-Executive Directors

Sir Winfried Bischoff

lord Blackwell

Carolyn Fairbairn

Anita Frew

nick luff (from 05/03/13)

David Roberts

Anthony Watson

Sara Weller

Former Non-Executive Directors

Timothy Ryan (until 18/04/13)

Martin Scicluna (until 31/03/13)

Totals

2013

700

233

103

105

108

248

204

103

29

33

1,866

2012

700

101

58

100

–

202

152

87

115

130

1,645

Taxable benefits 
£000

2013

171

2012

15

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Total  
£000

2013

717

233

103

105

108

248

204

103

29

33

17

15

1,883

1

Taxable benefits are made up of car allowance of £12,000, private medical benefit of £566, and transportation of £4,864.

Breakdown of Non-Executive Directors’ fees (£000s)

Board fee

Deputy 
Chairman

Senior 
Independent 
Director

Audit 
committee

Remuneration 
committee

Board Risk 
committee

SWG board
fees1

Other
Fees2,3

lord Blackwell

Carolyn Fairbairn

Anita Frew

nick luff

David Roberts

Timothy Ryan

Martin Scicluna

Anthony Watson

Sara Weller

65

65

65

54

65

20

16

65

65

100

60

130

20

20

20

39

20

13

20

18

18

4

40

18

18

17

15

45

5

4

19

17

3

3

1

2

3

Scottish Widows Group ltd.

Fees for chairing the Responsible Business Steering Group (a non-Board level committee).

Fees for chairing the Finance Inclusion Committee (a non-Board level committee).

2012

715

101

58

100

–

202

152

87

115

130

1,660

2013 
Total

233

103

105

108

248

29

33

204

103

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Historical TSR performance
The chart below shows the historical TSR of lloyds Banking Group plc compared with the FTSe 100 as requested by the regulations, rebased 
as at 1 January 2008. The FTSe 100 index has been chosen as it is a widely recognised equity index of which lloyds Banking Group plc has 
been a constituent throughout this period.

Total shareholder return indices – Lloyds Banking Group and FTSE 100

Lloyds return index

FTSE 100 return index

Dec 2008

Dec 2009 

Dec 2010 

Dec 2011

Dec 2012

Dec 2013

200

175

150

125

100

75

50

25

0

Rebased to 100 on 31 December 2008. Source: Deloitte

To provide further context, we have also shown below lloyds Banking Group’s annual TSR change compared with the FTSe 100 and against 
a european Banking index calculated for each period since 1 January 2008. We believe this highlights more clearly the positive impact of the 
current management team which was formed in 2011.

1 year total shareholder return

Lloyds Banking Group plc

FTSE 100 index

FTSE Eurobanks index

2008

2009 

2010 

2011

2012

2013

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

-20%

-40%

-60%

-80%

Source: Deloitte

Historical GCE remuneration outcomes

GCe single figure of remuneration
£000

Annual bonus payout 
(% of maximum opportunity)

long-term incentive vesting 
(% of maximum opportunity)

GCE

J e Daniels

António Horta-Osório

2009

1,121

–

J e Daniels

Waived

António Horta-Osório

J e Daniels

António Horta-Osório

–

0%

–

2010

2,572

–

62%

–

0%

–

2011

855

1,765

0%

Waived

0%

0%

2012

–

3,398

–

62%

–

0%

2013

–

7,475

–

71%

–

54%

notes: J e Daniels served as Group Chief executive until 28 February 2011; António Horta-Osório was appointed Group Chief executive from 
1 March 2011. J e Daniels declined to take a bonus in 2008 and 2009 and António Horta-Osório declined to take a bonus in 2011.

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Outstanding share awards

Directors’ interests (audited)

Shareholding guidelines
executive Directors are required to build up a holding in lloyds Banking Group plc shares of value equal to 150 per cent of gross salary 
(200 per cent of gross salary for the Group Chief executive) and are expected to achieve these targets within three 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 granted from 2012 onwards 
for a further two years post vesting (although vested shares would count towards the shareholding requirement). Members of the executive 
Committee are required to build up a shareholding of 100 per cent of their gross salary. As at 31 December 2013, all executive Directors 
significantly exceeded the requirements.

Executive Directors

António Horta-Osório1

George Culmer

Juan Colombás

Non-Executive Directors

Sir Winfried Bischoff

lord Blackwell

Carolyn Fairbairn

Anita Frew

David Roberts

nick luff

Anthony Watson

Sara Weller

Number of Shares

Number of Options

Total Shareholding

Value

Unvested 
subject to 
continued 
employment 

Unvested 
subject to 
performance 

Unvested 
subject to 
continued 
employment

Owned 
outright

Vested 
unexercised

Totals

expected 
value at 
31 December 
2013
(£000s)2

Total at  
27 February 
2014

1,411,685 3,012,781 24,224,312

22,156 4,005,764 32,676,698 32,677,0683

12,400

877,951 1,420,166 8,674,086 2,265,972 2,216,187 15,454,362 15,454,7323

1,409,048 1,989,077 10,809,619

1,300,000

50,000

–

300,000

968,641

80,000

476,357

150,000

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

535,231 14,742,975 14,742,975

– 1,300,000

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

50,000

–

300,000

968,641

80,000

476,357

150,000

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

7,401

5,661

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1

2

3

1

2

Shareholdings held by António Horta-Osório are either wholly or partially in the form of ADRs.

Awards subject to performance under the long-Term Incentive Plan had an expected value of 30 per cent of face value at grant (using current accounting assumptions). Values are  
based on the 31 December 2013 closing price of 78.88 pence. Full face value of awards are £25,775,379 for António Horta-Osório, £12,190,401 for George Culmer and £11,629,259 for 
Juan Colombás.

The changes in beneficial interests for António Horta-Osório and George Culmer relate to ‘partnership’ and ‘matching’ shares acquired under the lloyds Banking Group Share Incentive 
Plan between 31 December 2013 and 27 February 2014.

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 122.

As a result of the above shareholdings, the position for each executive Director is as follows:

Executive Directors

António Horta-Osório

George Culmer

Juan Colombás

Shareholding requirement

Current shareholding

Base salary  

(£000s)

% of  

base salary

Number of shares 
(at 31/12/13 
closing price of 
£0.7888)

% of
base salary1

Number of  

shares
as at 31/12/132

Requirement 
met

1,061

720

710

200%

150%

150%

2,690,162

1,369,168

1,350,152

402%

338%

216%

5,417,449

3,094,138

1,944,279

Yes

Yes

Yes

Current shareholding percentage of base salary shareholding figure is calculated using the 31/12/13 closing price of 78.88 pence.

Shares owned outright plus vested but unexercised options have been used to calculate current shareholding figures.

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 plc.

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Breakdown of shares interests (audited)

long-term incentive plan awarded in 2013
Awards in 2013 were made over shares with a value of 300 per cent of reference salary for the GCe (7,425,441 shares with a face value of 
£3,660,000), 275 per cent for the CFO (4,017,041 shares with a face value of £1,980,000) and 275 per cent for the CRO (3,576,283 shares with 
a face value of £1,762,750). The share price used to calculate face value is the average price over the five days prior to grant (18 March to 
22 March 2013), which was 49.29 pence.

The performance conditions attached to these awards are set out in the table below. The performance period ends on 31 December 2015.

Basis of payout range

Metric

Weighting

Measure

economic Profit

Absolute TSR

Payout range set relative to 2015 targets

Growth in share price including dividends

Customer satisfaction (FCA reportable  
banking complaints per 1,000 customers  
excluding PPI)

Payout range set relative to targets over  
3 year period

Total costs (adjusted)

Payout range set relative to 2015 targets

Threshold: £1,254m
Maximum: £1,881m

Threshold: 8% pa
Maximum: 16% pa

Threshold: 1.05
Maximum: 0.95

Threshold: <=£9,323m
Maximum: <=£8,973m

Threshold: <=£37bn
Maximum: <=£28bn

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 in lending to SMes over 3 year period 

Threshold: at market
Maximum: 4%

For each measure, 25 per cent will vest for threshold performance, 50 per cent for on-target performance and 100 per cent for maximum 
performance.

SAYe interests awarded in 2013
The executive Directors are eligible to participate in the Group’s ‘sharesave’ and ‘sharematch’ plans. In 2013, the GCe and CFO were each 
granted SAYe options over 22,156 shares (with an exercise price of 40.62 pence per share and a face value of £11,250). The share price used to 
calculate the face value is the price on grant (12 April 2013), which was 50.78 pence. 

Deferred bonus awarded in 2013
Bonus is deferred into shares normally released at the end of a three year period. The face value of the share awards in respect of bonuses 
granted in March 2013 was £1,485,000 (3,012,781 shares) for the GCe and £700,000 (1,420,166 shares) for the CFO. The share price used to 
calculate face value is the average price over the five days prior to grant (18 March to 22 March 2013), which was 49.29 pence.

Interests in share options (audited)

At 
1 January 
2013

Granted 
during 
the year

Exercised 
during 
the year

Lapsed 
during 
the year

At 31 
December 
2013

Exercise 
price

Exercise periods

From

To

Notes

António Horta-Osório

1,452,401

662,116

1,452,401

438,846

1,707,763

–

–

–

–

–

George Culmer

Juan Colombás

–

22,156

2,216,187

2,243,816

–

–

–

22,156

235,499

299,732

606,357

–

–

–

Former Directors who served during 2013

none

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

– 1,452,401

–

662,116

– 1,452,401

–

438,846

1,707,763

–

–

–

–

–

–

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

–

–

–

–

–

22,156

40.62p

1/6/2016 30/11/2016

2,216,187

– 2,243,816

–

–

1/4/2013

31/3/2018

1/4/2014

31/3/2019

22,156

40.62p

1/6/2016 30/11/2016

235,499

299,732

15/6/2011

30/3/2021

15/6/2012

30/3/2021

–

–

–

606,357

–

–

–

a, d

a

b

c

d

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.

not exercisable as the option has not been held for the period required by the relevant scheme.

executive share award granted on 6 August 2012 for the loss of deferred share awards forfeited on leaving RSA Insurance Group plc.

Share buy-out awards lapsed as the performance conditions were not met.

e

Sharesave.

35%

30%

10%

10%

10%

5%

a

a

a

a

a, d

e

b, c

b, c

e

a

a

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none of the other directors at 31 December 2013 had options to acquire shares in lloyds Banking Group plc or its subsidiaries.

The market price for a share in the Group at 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2013 was 47.92 pence and 78.88 pence, respectively. The range 
of prices between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2013 was 46.305 pence to 80.37 pence.

nil cost options granted in March 2011 lapsed as the performance conditions (relative TSR against a bespoke comparator group) were not met. 

Lloyds Banking Group long-term incentive plan (audited)
The following table shows conditional shares awarded under the plan. Further information regarding this plan can be found on 
pages 111 and 120.

António Horta-Osório

At 
1 January 
2013

7,154,187

9,644,684

–

–

George Culmer

4,657,045

–

–

7,425,441

Juan Colombás

–

4,017,041

3,087,272

4,146,064

–

–

–

3,576,283

a

b

Award price 49.29 pence

Values are based on the 31 December 2013 closing price of 78.88 pence.

Additional disclosures

Awarded 
during 
the year

Vested 
during 
the year

Lapsed 
during 
the year

At 
31 December 
2013

End of 
performance 
period

Expected  

value
(£000s)b

Notes

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

7,154,187

31/12/2013

9,644,684

31/12/2014

7,425,441

31/12/2015

4,657,045

31/12/2014

4,017,041

31/12/2015

3,087,272

31/12/2013

4,146,064

31/12/2014

3,576,283

31/12/2015

5,643

7,608

5,857

3,673

3,169

2,435

3,270

2,821

a

a

a

emoluments of the eight highest paid senior executives* 
The following table sets out the emoluments of the eight highest paid senior executives (excluding executive Directors) in respect of the 2013 
performance year.

Fixed

Cash based

Total fixed

Variable

upfront cash

Deferred cash

upfront shares

Deferred shares

long term incentive plan

Total variable pay

Pension cost

Total remuneration

8

£000

400

400

2

0

358

540

   0

900

80

7

£000

700

700

2

0

334

504

   0

840

175

1,380

1,715

6

£000

480

480

2

0

238

360

Executive

5

£000

843

843

2

0

226

342

4

£000

500

500

2

0

272

411

3

£000

656

656

2

0

334

504

2

£000

700

700

2

0

458

690

1

£000

754

754

2

0

374

564

   571

1,171

96

1,747

   491

1,061

133

2,037

   739

   1,385

   1,231

   1,592

1,424

125

2,049

2,225

164

3,045

2,381

175

3,256

2,532

189

3,475

Variable pay in respect of performance year 2013. lTIP values shown reflect awards for which the performance period ended on 31 December 
2013. Pension costs based on a percentage of salary according to level.

* Includes members of the Group executive Committee and Senior executive level colleagues.

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Directors’ interests – summary of awards vested, purchases and sales made by directors in 2013 (unaudited)

Holding at  
1 January 2013 
(or appointment 
date)

Transactions 
during the year

Number of  

Shares

Holding at  
31 December  
2013

Notes

1,407,780

29/10/13

920

Monthly

2,985

874,966

Monthly

2,985

Purchase 
230 ADRs for 
connected 
person

Share Incentive 
Plan purchase 
and matching 
shares

Share Incentive 
Plan purchase 
and matching 
shares

1,409,048

none

1,300,000

50,000

–

300,000

80,000

968,641

476,357

150,000

none

none

none

none

none

none

none

none

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1,411,685

877,951

1,409,048

1,300,000

50,000

–

300,000

80,000

968,641

476,357

150,000

Executive Directors

António Horta-Osório

George Culmer

Juan Colombás

Non-Executive Directors

Sir Winfried Bischoff

lord Blackwell

Carolyn Fairbairn

Anita Frew

nick luff

David Roberts

Anthony Watson

Sara Weller

On behalf of the Board

Anthony Watson, CBE 
Chairman, Remuneration Committee

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All narrative and quantitative tables are unaudited unless otherwise stated. The audited information is required to comply with the requirements of relevant International Financial Reporting Standards.The Group’s approach to risk 124Emerging risks 126Stress testing 127Risk governance  129Full analysis of risk drivers 133– Credit risk 133– Conduct risk 163– Market risk 164– Operational risk 169– Funding and liquidity risk 171– Capital risk 178– Regulatory risk 192– Insurance risk 193– People risk 194– Financial reporting risk 195– Governance risk 196Further information on Risk Management  can be found:Risk overview 40Note 54: Financial risk management  327Other information: for an analysis of  where Enhanced Disclosure Task  Force (EDTF) recommendations are disclosed 391Pillar III Disclosures:www.lloydsbankinggroup.comRisk managementStrategicreportFinancialresultsGovernanceRiskmanagementThe Group’s approach to risk 124Emerging risks 126Stress testing 127Risk governance 129Full analysis of risk drivers 133FinancialstatementsOtherinformation14469197377124

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Risk management is at the heart of our strategy  
to become the best bank for customers. 
Our mission 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.

The Risk Overview (pages 40 to 43) provides a summary of Risk Management within the Group.  It highlights the important role of risk as a 
strategic differentiator, risk achievements in 2013 and priorities for 2014 along with a brief overview of the Group’s risk governance structure 
and the principal risks faced by the Group and key mitigating actions. 

This full risk management section provides a more in-depth picture of how risk is managed within the Group, detailing the Group’s appetite 
for risk (page 124), emerging risks (page 126), approach to stress testing, risk governance and committee structure (pages 127 to 132) and a 
full analysis of the primary risk drivers (pages 133 to 196) – the framework by which risks are identified, managed, mitigated and monitored.  

each risk driver is described and managed using the following standard headings: definition, appetite, exposure, measurement, mitigation 
and monitoring. 

40

See Risk Overview

The Group’s approach to risk

The Group operates a prudent approach to risk with rigorous management controls to keep the Group safe, support sustainable business 
growth and minimise losses within risk appetite. The Group has a strong and independent risk function (Risk Division) with a mission 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 2013 reinforcing its approach where 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 appetite
 – The Group defines risk appetite as ‘the amount and type of risk that the Group is prepared to seek, accept or tolerate.’

 – The Group’s strategy operates in tandem with its high level risk appetite which is supported by more detailed metrics and limits. An updated 
Risk Appetite Statement was approved by the Board in 2013. This incorporated recommendations from the non-executive Directors and is 
fully aligned with Group strategy.

 – Risk appetite is embedded within principles, policies, authorities and limits across the Group.

 – Risk appetite will continue to evolve to reflect external market developments and the composition of the Group.

 – The Group optimises performance by allowing business units to operate within approved risk appetite and limits.

Governance and control
 – Governance is maintained through delegation of authority from the Board down through the management hierarchy, supported by a 

committee-based structure designed to ensure open challenge and that the Group’s risk appetite, principles, policies, procedures, controls 
and reporting are fully in line with regulations, law, corporate governance and industry good-practice.

 – 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 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.

 – 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.

 
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Risk decision making and reporting
 – Taking risks which are well understood, consistent with strategy and 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, and performance against risk appetite, is reported 
to and discussed monthly at the Group Risk Committee (and as a subset at the 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 (BRC) of the aggregate risk profile and has direct access to the Chairman 

and members of the Board Risk Committee. The Chief Risk Officer was appointed to the Board on 29 november 2013.

Table 1.1: Exposure to risk arising from the business activities of the Group
The table below provides a high level guide to the how the Group’s business activities are reflected in its risk measures and balance sheet.

Lloyds Banking Group

Division

Retail

Commercial 
Banking

Wealth, Asset 
Finance  
& International

Insurance1

The Retail division is 
a leading provider 
of current accounts, 
savings, personal 
loans, credit cards and 
mortgages

The Commercial 
Banking division 
supports business 
clients from small 
businesses to large 
corporates, with a 
range of propositions 
fully segmented 
according to client 
needs

Wealth, Asset Finance & 
International comprises 
uK and international 
wealth businesses, uK 
and international asset 
finance and online 
deposit businesses 
along with international 
retail business

The Insurance division 
is one of the uK’s 
largest insurers and 
provides long-term 
savings, protection and 
investment products 
and general insurance 
products to customers 
in the uK and europe

£70,900m

£111,482m

£22,439m

–

 – operational risk

£14,777m

 – market risk

–

£7,643m

£8,376m

£11,040m

£6m

£3,441m

–

TOTAL

£85,677m

£138,541m

£25,886m

–1

–1

–1

–1

–1

Business  
activities

RWAs:

 – credit risk

 – counterparty  

credit risk

Group 
Operations & 
Central Items 

Group Operations 
provides high quality 
services and delivers 
investment project 
capability through IT, 
Operations, Property 
and Sourcing

£13,559m2

£145m

–

£42m

£13,746m

1

2

As a separate regulated entity with its own Board, the Insurance Division maintains its own regulatory risk capital and liquidity requirements, including appropriate management buffers. 
The Insurance Division operates within the Group’s overall risk framework against agreed risk appetites, with Risk Division, represented by the Insurance Divisional Risk Officer, and Group 
Audit providing assurance to both the Insurance Board and Group Board through the respective risk and audit committees.

Predominantly relates to various non-financial assets, including fixed assets, cash, items in the course of collection, prepayments, sundry debtors and deferred tax assets, the RWAs for 
which are reported within credit risk for regulatory capital purposes.

Principal risks
The Group’s principal risks are shown in the Risk Overview (pages 42 to 43). The Group’s emerging risks are shown overleaf. Full analysis of the 
Group’s risk drivers are on pages 133 to 196.

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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. 
Competition
Interventions by the competition authorities in response to a return to profitability or to perceived or actual market inefficiencies could change 
the competition landscape and possibly impact market structures and margins. This risk is underlined by the creation of the new Competition 
and Markets Authority and the introduction of a competition mandate for the FCA.
Key mitigating actions
 – Implementation of the Group’s Conduct Strategy, applying value for money principles, and ensuring that the customer is at the heart of the 

Group’s business planning.

 – The Group is working with the FCA on using behavioural economics and customer trials to improve customer outcomes.
 – Application of the risk management framework to competition risks across the Group. 
Evolution of conduct expectations
The Consumer Credit regulatory regime is in a period of transition and will be transferred from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to the FCA 
in April 2014 to complement its current mandate. It is possible that the FCA will adopt a different approach and apply a wide range of 
enforcement powers.
Key mitigating actions
 – Rigorous implementation of Conduct Strategy across the Group.
 – Proactive regulatory advice and challenge to be applied across the Group.
 – Programmes in place to deliver redress for customers where identified.
 – Continue work to prepare for the FCA approach on consumer credit regulation.
Ring-fencing and resolution planning
Ring-fencing legislation and final rules on Resolution Planning will impact the Group’s strategy and the capacity/cost to serve customers 
effectively. The dimensions of the ring-fence may challenge the Group’s future shape and the scope of its activities while an effective 
Resolution Plan may prompt structural change in order to make the Group more resolvable in a crisis. Without a robust Resolution Plan, 
the Group could face higher costs of capital/liquidity.
Key mitigating actions
 – Ongoing engagement with HM Treasury, PRA and the Boe on the evolving uK regulatory framework, and impact of eu Directives.
 – Coordinated scenario analysis and planning through the Ring-Fencing and Resolution Programme under GeC sponsorship.
 – Mobilisation of resources across the Group to assess impacts and propose potential responses aligned to Group strategy.
Evolving requirements on capital
While there is now greater clarity on regulatory capital requirements, there remains some uncertainty as uK and european regulatory 
frameworks continue to evolve. For example, in 2013, the PRA introduced significant additional capital requirements on an adjusted basis that 
major uK banks are required to meet. Areas of uncertainty include the calibration of the leverage ratio in the uK, evolving CRD IV technical 
standards and potential changes to the calculation of capital requirements (i.e. risk-weighted assets).
Key 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.

Technology
Internet and mobile technologies are changing customer behaviour, leading to changes in the banking model. Major changes in payments are 
also expected over next two to five years. The cyber risk landscape has continued to evolve over the last 18 months.
Key mitigating actions 
 – Increased focus on digital, demonstrated by the creation of the ‘Digital, Marketing and Customer Development’ function. 
 – IT resilience improvement programme following the 2013 review.
 – Development of customer focused IT risk appetite and refreshed cyber strategy with refined risk appetite.
Culture 
A cultural change is needed in banking to restore trust, with greater evidence of genuinely client-centred behaviour and enterprise-wide 
management of risks.
Key mitigating actions
 – Further embedding and implementation of the Group’s Risk Management Framework.
 – Continuing work to embed a strong, customer-centric and robust risk culture, alongside wider Group Cultural Transformation activities.
 – engagement in Chartered Banker: Professional Standards Board and roll out of the Foundation Standards and planning for the  

leadership Standards.

 – Assessment of Group actions against the findings of the Barclays Salz Review and response to the various components of the Banking 

Reform Act.

Scottish independence
The impact of a ‘yes’ vote in favour of Scottish independence is uncertain. The outcome could have a material impact on compliance costs, the 
tax position, and cost of funding for the Group.
Key mitigating actions
 – Monitoring and assessment of the potential impact on the Group’s business and impact on customers of a vote in favour of Scottish independence.

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Stress testing

Overview
Stress testing is recognised as an essential risk management tool within the Group by the Board, senior management, the businesses and the 
risk and finance functions. Stress testing is embedded in the planning process of the Group and is applied to the base case plan. This allows 
senior management and Board to assess the base case plan in adverse circumstances and to adjust strategies/propose mitigating actions 
if the plan does not meet risk appetite in a stressed scenario. A rigorous review and challenge process ensures that senior management are 
actively involved in stress testing. 

The Group uses scenario stress testing to: 

 – Provide an assessment of strategic plans against Board Risk Appetite, alongside a comparison of portfolio performance in adverse 

circumstances against risk appetite limits, to ensure the Group is managed within risk appetite. 

 – Drive the development of potential actions and contingency plans to mitigate the impacts of adverse scenarios. Stress testing also links 

directly to the Group’s recovery planning process.

 – Support the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) and setting of Individual Capital Guidance (ICG).

 – Meet the standards required and information needs of internal and external stakeholders, including regulators.

At least on an annual basis, the Group conducts a detailed macroeconomic stress testing exercise based on the five-year operating plan, 
which is supplemented with higher-level refreshes of the stress testing exercise when necessary. The exercise aims to highlight the key 
vulnerabilities of the Group to adverse changes in the economic environment and to ensure that there are adequate financial resources in 
the event of a downturn. The exercise includes a range of economic scenarios, including the ‘PRA Anchor Scenarios’ (these are the PRA’s 
published supervisory recommended scenarios for the uK, details of which are publicly available on the Bank of england’s website). Ad hoc 
stress testing exercises are also undertaken to assess emerging risks, as well as in response to regulatory requirements. The Group also takes 
part in regular external, industry-wide stress testing exercises, such as those run by the european Banking Authority and will take part in the 
forthcoming uK-wide Bank of england stress testing exercise.

In addition to the running of macroeconomic scenarios, the Group’s stress testing programme involves undertaking assessment of operational 
risk scenarios, liquidity scenarios, financial market disruption scenarios, market risk sensitivities, reverse stress testing and business specific 
scenarios (see relevant risk section for further information on risk specific level stress testing). This provides a comprehensive view of the 
potential impacts arising from the risks to which the Group is exposed and reflects the nature, scale and complexity of the Group.

Methodology
The Chief economist’s Office develops the macroeconomic scenarios to be used by the Group. Internal scenarios are developed based on key 
uncertainties for the economic outlook. A wide set of economic parameter assumptions is constructed, with over 150 metrics provided such 
as Gross Domestic Product, Base Rate, unemployment, Property Indices, Insolvencies, Corporate Failures to facilitate modelling of scenarios 
across the Group. Where an external scenario is provided, the Chief economist’s Office broadens the supplied parameter to the level of detail 
required by the Group. 

The stress tests at all levels must comply with all legal and regulatory requirements, and are put through a rigorous review and challenge 
process. This is supported by analysis and insight into impacts on customers and business drivers. The engagement of all required risk and 
control areas is built into the preparation process, so that the appropriate analysis of each risk drivers’ impact upon the business plans are 
understood and documented. 

The methodologies and modelling approach used for stress testing ensures that a clear link is shown between the macro-economic scenarios, 
the business drivers for each area and the resultant stress testing outputs. All material assumptions used in modelling are documented and 
justified, with a clearly communicated review and sign off process. Modelling is supported by expert judgement is subject to the Group Risk 
Model Governance Policy.

Below is an overview of the principal output responsibilities by team.

 – Finance teams in the business prepare and review finance related stress testing results including, but not limited to, income, margins, costs, 

lending and deposit volumes. 

 – Credit Risk and Market Risk teams prepare and review risk-related stress outputs, including, but not limited to, impairment charges, 

risk-weighted assets, expected loss, probability of default, loss given default and trading losses. 

 – The Central Group Stress testing team which sits in Risk Division reviews the finance and risk stress submissions and produces a consolidated 

Group view of the results, including analysis packs for the Group’s senior committees. 

The Group Capital and Regulatory Reporting team, supported by Group Corporate Treasury, reviews all capital related stress outputs, 
including the calculation of indicative capital ratios. The Group Corporate Treasury team also reviews the stress outputs from divisions and 
evaluates the impact upon the Group’s Capital and Funding Plan.

Reverse stress testing
Reverse stress testing is used to explore the vulnerabilities of the Group’s strategies and plans to extreme adverse events, and to help improve 
contingency planning. The scenarios used in such a stress test are those that would cause a failure in the business model. Where reverse stress 
testing reveals plausible scenarios with an unacceptably high risk when considered against the Group’s risk appetite, the Group will undertake 
measures to prevent or mitigate that risk, which are then reflected in strategic plans. 

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Governance
Clear accountabilities and responsibilities for stress testing are assigned to senior management and the risk and finance functions  
throughout the Group. This is formalised through the Business Planning and Stress Testing Policy and Procedure, which are reviewed  
at least annually.

The Group Financial Risk Committee (GFRC), chaired by the Chief Risk Officer, is the Committee that has primary responsibility for overseeing 
the development and execution of the Group’s stress tests. 

The main economic assumptions developed by the Chief economist’s Office are reviewed and challenged at Group Risk Committee (GRC), 
Group executive Committee (GeC) and Board Risk Committee (BRC), and approved by the Board before being cascaded across the Group. 

The stress test outputs go through a rigorous review and challenge process at divisional level, including sign-off by the divisional Finance 
Directors and Risk Directors. The outputs are then presented to GFRC, GRC and BRC for review and challenge, before being approved by 
the Board. 

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Risk governance

The Group’s Risk Management Framework (RMF) provides a robust and consistent approach to risk management across the Group in order 
to drive its risk profile in line with risk appetite. It articulates individual and collective accountabilities for risk management, risk oversight and 
risk assurance; supports the discharge of responsibilities to customers, shareholders and regulators; and establishes a common risk language 
which assigns the risks to which the Group is exposed into categories which are used consistently to support risk aggregation and reporting.

The risk governance structure below is integral to implementing the RMF 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 Risk Division to the Group executive Committee (GeC) and Board. Conversely, strategic 
direction and guidance is cascaded down from the Board and GeC.

Table 1.2: Risk governance structures

Reporting

Audit 
Committee

Board

Board Risk 
Committee

Reporting

Risk Division  
Committees and Governance

Group Chief 
Executive

Aggregation, 
escalation

GEC members’ Committees

Group Asset 
and liability 
Committee 
(GAlCO)

Group executive 
Committee 
(GeC)

Group Financial 
Risk Committee 
(GFRC)

Independent 
challenge

executive 
Credit Approval 
Committee

Commercial  
Banking Credit 
Risk Committees

Retail & Wealth 
Credit Risk 
Committees

Credit Risk 
Governance

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Group Product 
Governance 
Committee

executive 
Compensation 
Committee

Independent 
challenge

Group Risk 
Committee 
(GRC)

Group  
Audit

Primary escalation

Business areas’ Enterprise Risk Committees

Retail Risk 
Committee

Consumer Finance 
Risk Committee

SWIP Risk 
Committee

Independent 
challenge

Asset Finance Risk 
Committee

Commercial 
Banking Risk 
Committee

Digital Risk 
Committee

Insurance Risk 
Committee

Finance Risk 
Committee

Group Operations 
Risk Committee

Group Functions 
executive 
Committees

International 
Business Risk 
Committees

Pensions 
Committee

Reporting

First line of defence

Independent challenge of both First and Second lines of defence

The components of the RMF can be found in the Risk Overview on page 41.

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Market & 
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Governance

Group 
Operational Risk 
Committee

Operational  
Risk  
Governance

Group Financial 
Crime Committee

Financial  
Crime Risk 
Governance

Independent 
challenge

Group Compliance 
and Conduct 
Committee

Conduct, 
Compliance and 
People Risk  
Governance

Financial Risk Governance

Group Model 
Governance 
Committee

Model Risk 
Governance

Reporting

Insurance Risk through Insurance and 
Group Pensions Governance  
(Insurance is a separate regulated entity with  
its own Board and governance structure)

Risk Division executive  
Committee

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Board, Executive and Risk Committees
The Group’s risk governance structure (see table 1.2) strengthens risk evaluation and management, while also positioning the Group to 
manage the changing regulatory environment in an efficient and effective manner.

Assisted by the Board Risk and Audit Committees, the Board approves the Group’s overall governance, risk and control frameworks and risk 
appetite. Refer to the Corporate Governance section on pages 78 to 99, for further information on Board committees.

The Insurance Division, as a separate regulated entity, has its own Board and governance structure. The Insurance Board, assisted by a 
Risk Oversight Committee and Audit Committee, approves the governance, risk and control frameworks for insurance and insurance risk 
appetite, ensuring it aligns with the Group’s framework and risk appetite.

Table 1.3: Executive and Risk Committees

Committees

Risk focus

Group Executive Committee

Group executive Committee (GeC) 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:

Group Risk Committee 

Group Asset and liability 
Committee 

executive Compensation 
Committee

Reviews and recommends the Group’s risk appetite and governance, risk and control frameworks, 
material Group policies and the allocation of risk appetite. The committee also regularly reviews risk 
exposures and risk/reward returns and approves material risk models. 

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. 

Provides governance and oversight for Group-wide remuneration matters and policies.

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 Financial Risk Committee 

Responsible for reviewing, challenging and recommending to GeC, the Group Individual liquidity 
Adequacy Assessment and Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process submissions, the Group 
Recovery Plan, and the annual stress testing of the Group’s operating plan based on internal and PRA 
recommended scenarios, annual european Banking Authority stress tests, and other Group-wide 
macroeconomic stress tests. 

Group Rectification Committee 

ensures appropriate control and oversight of material events which have a customer impact. 

The Group Risk Committee is supplemented by the following committees to ensure effective oversight of risk management:

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.

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 Reviews and challenges the management of financial crime risk including the overall strategy and 

Group Model Governance 
Committee

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 material models which are approved by the Group Risk Committee.  
This also meets PRA requirements regarding the governance and approval for Internal Ratings 
Based models.

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How risk is managed in Lloyds Banking Group

Risk management in the business
line management is directly accountable for identifying and managing any risks inherent or consequential 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, reviewing the effectiveness of their internal controls and putting in place 
a programme of enhancements where appropriate. executives from each business area and each Group executive Committee member 
challenge and 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.

Risk Management Framework (RMF)
The RMF (see Risk Overview, page 41) is structured around nine components which meet and align with the industry-accepted internal control 
framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). 

Role of the Board and senior management – key responsibilities of the Board and senior management include:

 – setting risk appetite and approval of the RMF;

 – approval of Group-wide risk principles and policies; 

 – the cascade of delegated authority (e.g. to Board sub-committees and the Group Chief executive);

 – effective oversight over risk management consistent with the risk appetite. 

Risk appetite – the business plan is aligned to the Risk Appetite Statement so that the Group’s short and medium-term business objectives 
match its risk tolerances which are translated into relevant risk limits for business units. 

Governance frameworks – the Board-approved frameworks set out key principles for the overall management of risk in the organisation, 
aligned with Group strategy and risk appetite; based on a current and comprehensive risk profile that identifies all material risks to the 
organisation. These Governance Frameworks are underpinned by a hierarchy of policies that is coherent, consistent, and accessible. 

Three Lines of Defence model – the RMF 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 lines (first line) have primary responsibility for risk decisions, measuring, monitoring and controlling risks within their areas of 

accountability. They are required to establish effective governance, and control frameworks for their business compliant with Group Policy 
requirements, to maintain appropriate risk management skills, mechanisms and toolkits, and to act within Group Risk Appetite parameters 
set and approved by the Board.

 – Risk Division (second line) is a centralised function providing oversight and independent challenge to the effectiveness of risk decisions  

taken by business management, providing advice and guidance reviewing, challenging and reporting on the risk profile of the Group and 
ensuring that mitigating actions are appropriate.

 – Group Audit (third line) provides independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve the 

organisation’s operations. It helps the Group accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and 
improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes.

Mandate of the Risk Division – the objective of Risk Division is to provide both expert advice and review and challenge to the business. It also 
has a key role in promoting the implementation of a strategic approach to risk management reflecting the risk appetite and RMF agreed by 
the Board that encompasses:

 – embedded and effective risk management processes;

 – transparent and focused risk monitoring and reporting; 

 – provision of expert and high quality advice and guidance to the Board, executives and Management on strategic issues and horizon 

scanning for pending regulatory changes; and

 – provision of a constructive working environment in which Risk Division is trusted and respected, and promotes a constructive dialogue  
with the first line through advice, development of common methodologies, understanding, education, training, and development of  
new tools. 

Risk Division, headed by the Chief Risk Officer, consists of nine 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 is accountable for developing and leading an industry-wide recognised Risk function that adds value to the Group by: 

 – providing a regular comprehensive view of the Group’s risk profile, key risks both current and emerging, and management actions;

 – (with input from the business areas and Risk Division) proposing Group Risk Appetite to the Board for approval, and oversighting 

performance of the Group against Risk Appetite;

 – developing an effective RMF meeting regulatory requirements for approval by the Board, and oversighting execution and compliance; and 

 – challenging management on emerging risks and providing expert risk and control advice to help management maintain an effective risk and 

control framework. 

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Risk directors
 – provide independent advice, oversight and challenge to the business;

 – design, develop and maintain policies, specific risk frameworks and guidance to ensure alignment with business imperatives and  

regulatory requirements;

 – establish and maintain appropriate governance structures, culture, oversight and monitoring arrangements which ensure robust and efficient 

compliance with relevant risk-type risk appetites and policies;

 – lead regulatory liaison on behalf of the Group including horizon scanning and regulatory development for their risk type; and

 – set risk appetite and oversight of the associated risk profile across the Group.

Risk identification, measurement and control – the process for risk identification, measurement and control is integrated into the overall 
framework for risk governance. Risk identification processes are forward-looking to ensure emerging risks are identified. Risks are captured in 
comprehensive risk logs/registers, and measured using robust and consistent quantification methodologies. The measurement of risks includes 
the application of sound stress testing and scenario analysis, and considers whether relevant controls are in place before risks are incurred. 

Risk monitoring, aggregation and reporting – identified risks are logged and reported on a monthly basis or as frequently as necessary to 
the appropriate committee. The extent of the risk is compared to the overall risk appetite as well as specific limits or triggers. When thresholds 
are breached, committee minutes are clear on the actions and timeframes required to resolve the breach and bring risk within given 
tolerances. There is a clear process for escalation of risks. 

Culture – supporting the formal frameworks of the RMF is the underlying culture, or shared behaviours and values, which sets out in clear 
terms what constitutes good behaviour and good practice. In order to effectively manage risk across the organisation, the functions 
encompassed within the Three lines of Defence have a clear understanding of risk appetite, business strategy and an understanding of 
(and commitment to) the role they play in delivering it. A number of levers are used to reinforce the risk culture, including tone from the top, 
governance and role definition, capability development, performance management and reward. 

Resources and capabilities – appropriate mechanisms are in place to avoid over-reliance on key personnel or system/technical expertise 
within the Group. Adequate resources are in place to deal with customers both under normal working conditions and in times of stress, 
and monitoring procedures are in place to ensure that the level of available resource can be increased if required. Colleagues undertake 
appropriate training to ensure they have the skills and knowledge necessary to enable them to deliver fair outcomes for customers, being 
mindful of the Group’s Conduct Strategy, Customer Treatment Policy/Standards and Financial Conduct Authority requirements.

There is ongoing investment in risk systems and models alongside the Group’s investment in customer and product systems and processes. 
This drives improvements in risk data quality, aggregation and reporting leading to effective and efficient risk decisions.

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 the Risk Division, and seeks to ensure objective challenge to 
the effectiveness of the risk governance framework.

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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. 
A detailed description of each category is provided below.

Primary risk drivers

Credit  
risk1

Conduct 
risk1

Market 
risk1

Operational 
risk1

Funding and 
liquidity risk1

Capital 
risk1

Regulatory 
risk1

Insurance 
risk

People 
risk

Financial 
reporting 
risk

Governance 
risk

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The Group considers these to be principal risks. See Risk Overview pages 40 to 43 for further details.

Funding 
risk

liquidity  
risk

Capital 
sufficiency risk

Prudential  
risk

Capital 
efficiency risk

Compliance  
risk

Competition  
risk

Governance

Mortality

longevity

Morbidity

Persistency

Property

expenses

unemployment

Resourcing

Performance 
and reward

Culture and 
engagement

Talent and 
succession

learning

Wellbeing

legal and 
regulatory

Financial and 
prudential 
regulatory 
reporting

Tax reporting 
and 
compliance

Disclosure

Accounting 
policies and 
practices

Delegated 
authorities

Pillar 3 
disclosures

Secondary risk drivers

Concentration 
risk

Customer 
risk

Product 
risk

Product 
distribution/ 
advice

Counterparty 
and customer 
risk

Collateral 
management

Country 
transfer risk

equity 
risk

Foreign 
exchange 
risk

Interest  
rate risk

Credit spread 
risk

Commodity 
risk

Basis risk

Business 
process

Change

Client money/
fiduciary 
obligations

Conduct 
processes

Financial crime

Financial 
reporting 
processes

Inflation risk

Fraud

Property risk

Alternative 
assets

Governance 
processes

Information 
security

IT systems

People 
processes

Physical 
security

Regulatory 
processes

Risk processes

Service 
provision

Sourcing

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 by the Board.

With the support of the Group Risk Committee, the Group Chief executive allocates this risk appetite across the Group.

Exposures
The principal sources of credit risk within the Group arise from loans and advances, contingent liabilities, commitments, debt securities and 
derivatives to customers, financial institutions and sovereigns. The credit risk exposures of the Group are set out in note 54 on page 327. 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 commitments to extend 
credit can be cancelled without notice and the creditworthiness of customers is monitored frequently. Most commercial term commitments 
to extend credit are contingent upon customers maintaining specific credit standards, which are monitored regularly.

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loans and advances, contingent liabilities, commitments, debt securities and derivatives also expose the Group to refinance risk. Refinance 
risk is the possibility that an outstanding exposure cannot be repaid at its contractual maturity date. If the Group does not wish to refinance 
the exposure then there is refinance risk if the obligor is unable to repay by securing alternative finance. This may be because the borrower is in 
financial difficulty, or because the terms required to refinance are outside acceptable market appetite at the time. Refinance risk exposures are 
managed in accordance with the Group’s existing credit risk policies, processes and controls, and are not considered to be material given the 
Group’s prudent and through the cycle credit risk appetite. Where refinance risk exists (such as in the interest only retail mortgage portfolio 
and the Commercial Banking non-core book) exposures are minimised through intensive account management and are impaired where 
appropriate.

Credit risk can also arise from debt securities, private equity investments, derivatives and foreign exchange activities. The total notional 
principal amount of interest rate, exchange rate, credit derivative and equity and other contracts outstanding at 31 December 2013 is shown 
on page 246. 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 54 on page 327.

Credit risk exposures in the Insurance business largely result from holding fixed income assets in the shareholder funds (including the annuity 
portfolio) and from exposure to reinsurers. Second order credit risk exposure exists within the unit-linked funds, through the value of future fee 
income, and with-profits funds, through any guarantees.

Credit risk exposure also arises in the Group’s defined benefit pension schemes from holding investments. note 41 on page 271 provides 
further information on the defined benefit schemes’ assets and liabilities.

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 appropriate, exposure at default and loss given 
default, in order to derive an expected loss. If not appropriate, 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. note 2(H) on page 217 provides details of the 
Group’s approach to the impairment of financial assets.

The quality definition of both retail and commercial 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 management judgement – retail models rely more on the former, commercial 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 commercial 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’ through local scales to a single Corporate (non-retail) Master Scale comprising of 
19 non-default ratings. Together with four default ratings the Corporate Master Scale forms the basis on which internal reporting is completed. 

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. 

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.

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.

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 regularly, and any changes are subject to a review and approval process. Policies, where appropriate, are supported 
by lending guidelines, which also define the responsibilities of lending officers and provide a disciplined and focused benchmark for credit 
decisions. These policies and lending guidelines define chosen target market and risk acceptance criteria. Risk Division also use early warning 
indicators to help anticipate future areas of concern and allow the Group 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. 
Oversight and reviews are also undertaken by Group Audit and Credit Risk Assurance.

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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 higher risk countries and 
more vulnerable sectors and segments. note 20 on page 250, provides an analysis of loans and advances to customers by industry (for 
commercial customers) and product (for retail customers). exposures are monitored to prevent an excessive concentration of risk and single 
name concentrations. 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 certain minimum policy and/or guideline requirements. The Group’s large exposures 
are reported in accordance with regulatory reporting requirements. 

Cross-border exposures: The Board sets country risk appetite. Within this, 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 managed and controlled by a number of specialist units within Risk Division 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 Group’s credit portfolios are also subjected to regular stress testing, with stress scenario assessments 
run at various levels of the organisation from Group led exercises to individual divisions/portfolios exercises. For further information on the 
stress testing process, methodology and governance refer to page 127.

Credit risk assurance and review: A specialist team within Group Audit, comprising experienced credit professionals, is in place to perform 
credit risk assurance. This team carries out independent risk based internal control audits and credit quality reviews, providing an assessment 
of the effectiveness of internal controls, risk management practices, credit risk classification, as well as the accuracy of impairment provisions. 
These audits and reviews cover the diverse range of the Group’s businesses and activities, and include both ‘standard’ risk based audits and 
reviews as well as bespoke assignments to respond to any emerging risks or regulatory requirement. The work of Group Audit therefore 
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  (BSu) work out strategies, as well as accuracy of impairments.

Credit risk assurance within Commercial Banking is also undertaken by Commercial Risk Assurance. Commercial Risk Assurance is an 
independent credit risk oversight function operating within Commercial Banking Risk, part of the Group’s second line of defence, while Group 
Audit performs third line of defence assurance.

Additional mitigation for retail customers (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 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 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 (lTV)
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; and 
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 lTV greater than 90 per cent. Applications with a lTV up to 
95 per cent are permitted for certain schemes, for example Help to Buy and lend a Hand. 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

Loan size
From

£1

£600,001

£750,001

£1,000,001

£2,000,001

To

£600,000

£750,000

£1,000,000

£2,000,000

£5,000,000

Maximum LTV

95%

90%

85% 

80% 

70% 

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.

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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; 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, the Group rejects 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. 

Additional mitigation for commercial customers
Individual credit assessment and independent sanction: With the exception of low exposures on SMe customers where relationship managers 
have some limited delegated sanctioning authority, credit risk in commercial customer 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 a number of factors including 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, contingent liabilities and derivatives with commercial counterparties/customers 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 appetite 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 bills are generally unsecured, with the exception of asset-backed securities and similar instruments such as covered bonds, 
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.

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 and 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.

Refer to note 54 for further information on collateral. 

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 for accounting purposes, 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 this is the net position of all trades under the master netting agreement.

Other credit risk transfers
The Group also undertakes asset sales, credit derivative based transactions and securitisations as a means of mitigating or reducing credit risk, 
taking into account the nature of assets and the prevailing market conditions.

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Monitoring
In conjunction with Risk Division, 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 GRC and the BRC.

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 treatments to assist borrowers who are experiencing financial stress. The material elements of these 
treatments through which the Group has granted a concession, whether temporarily or permanently, are set out below and in note 54 on 
page 327.

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 
by 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 the Group’s relationship management approach is to contact customers showing signs of financial difficulty to discuss their 
circumstances and offer 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 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 temporary interest only arrangements and short-term payment holidays 
granted in collections. Any arrears existing at the commencement of the arrangement are retained.

 – Reduced payment arrangements: a temporary arrangement for customers in financial distress where arrears accrue at the contractual 

payment, for example short-term arrangements to pay.

 – Term extensions: a permanent account change for customers in financial distress where the overall term of the mortgage is extended, 

resulting in a lower contractual monthly payment.

 – Repair: a permanent 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:

 – 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.

 – 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
early identification, control and monitoring are key in order to support the customer and protect the Group. All non-retail loans and advances 
(core and non-core) in Commercial Banking are reviewed at least annually by the independent Risk Division (and more frequently where 
required). As part of the Group’s established Credit Risk Classification system, every loan and advance in the good book is categorised as 
either ‘good’ or ‘watchlist’. 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. All watchlist names are reviewed by the business and Risk Division at least once a month, and the 

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classification is updated if required. This process seeks to ensure that relationship managers act promptly to identify, and highlight to senior 
management those customers who have the possibility to become higher risk in the future.

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. Any concession requested by a customer is reviewed and must be approved by the 
independent Risk Division. If approved and Risk Division determines that the customer is in financial difficulty, then any off market concession 
granted is treated as forbearance and the loan reviewed monthly. Any event that causes concern over future payments from the customer is 
likely to result in the asset being assessed for impairment and, if required, an impairment allowance recognised. If impairment is identified, 
the customer is immediately transferred to BSu and will be treated as an impaired asset. If no impairment is identified, the Risk Division will 
determine if the customer should remain in the good book (categorised as watchlist), or transfer to BSu for more intensive monitoring.

Customers requiring intensive care are transferred at an early stage to one of the Group’s BSus (or Customer Support for smaller Commercial 
Banking small and medium-sized enterprises with debt facilities below £1 million). The over-arching aim of the BSu is to provide support 
and work with each customer to try and resolve the issues, to restore the business to a financially viable position and thereby bring about a 
business turnaround. This may involve debt restructuring and forbearance. 

Core BSu and Global non-Core case officers are part of the independent Risk Division. They are highly experienced and operate in a closely 
controlled and monitored environment, including regular oversight and close scrutiny by senior management. Risk is minimised through a 
combination of appropriate work-out strategies, such as asset/loan sales and debt restructuring. 

A detailed assessment is undertaken by the specialist risk team for cases in Core BSu and Global non-Core to assist in reducing risk 
exposure and to highlight potential strategic options. A range of information is required to fully appraise and understand the customer’s 
business, cashflow (and therefore debt serviceability) and will involve the Group, in addition to using its own internal sector experts, engaging 
professional advisers to perform asset valuations, strategic reviews and where applicable independent business reviews. The assessment 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. 

The Group’s accounting policy for loan renegotiations and forbearance is set out in note 2 on page 213.

Income statement information set out in the credit risk tables is on an underlying basis (see page 52).

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The Group credit risk portfolio in 2013
Overview
 – Impairment charge decreased by 47 per cent to £3,004 million in the year to 31 December 2013, continuing the improvement seen in 2012. 

The impairment charge has decreased across all divisions.

 – The impairment charge as a percentage of average loans and advances to customers improved to 0.57 per cent compared to 1.02 per cent  

at 31 December 2012.

 – Impaired loans as a percentage of closing advances reduced to 6.3 per cent at 31 December 2013, from 8.6 per cent at 31 December 2012, 

driven by improvements in Retail and Commercial Banking and reflecting reductions in both the core and non-core books.

Table 1.5: Impairment charge by division

Retail

Commercial Banking

Wealth, Asset Finance and International

Central items

Total impairment charge

Impairment charge as a % of average advances

Core

Retail

Commercial Banking

Wealth, Asset Finance and International

Central items

Core impairment charge

Core impairment charge as a % of average advances

Non-core

Retail

Commercial Banking

Wealth, Asset Finance and International

Non-core impairment charge

non-core impairment charge as a % of average advances

2013 
£m 

1,101

1,167

730

6

3,004

0.57%

1,059

424

32

6

1,521

0.35%

42

743

698

1,483

1.61%

2012 
£m 

1,270 

2,946

1,480

1

5,697

1.02%

1,192 

704

22

1

1,919 

0.44%

78 

2,242

1,458

3,778

3.08%

Change 
% 

13

60

51

47

(45)bp

11

40

(45)

21

(9)bp

46

67

52

61

(147)bp

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Table 1.6: Total impairment charge

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: Movement in gross impaired loans

At 1 January 2013

Classified as impaired during the year

Transferred to not impaired during the period

Repayments

Amounts written off

Impact of disposal of businesses and asset sales

exchange and other movements

At 31 December 2013

2013 
£m 

2,988

1

15

–

2012 
£m 

5,654

15

37

(9)

3,004

5,697

Change  
% 

47

93

59

47

2013
£m

46,293

9,552

(3,054)

(1,603)

(9,520)

(9,377)

(32)

32,259

 
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Table 1.8: Impairments on loans and advances

At 31 December 2013
Retail
Commercial Banking
Wealth, Asset Finance and International
Reverse repos and other items
Total gross lending
Impairment provisions
Fair value adjustments3
Total Group (audited)
Core
Retail
Commercial Banking
Wealth, Asset Finance and International
Reverse repos and other items
Total core gross lending
Impairment provisions
Fair value adjustments3
Total core
Non-core
Retail
Commercial Banking
Wealth, Asset Finance and International
Reverse repos and other items
Total non-core gross lending
Impairment provisions
Fair value adjustments3
Total non-core

Impaired loans 
as % of 
closing 
advances
% 

2.1
11.1
32.9

6.3

1.8
4.6
6.1

2.6

5.7
46.3
40.1

30.0

Impaired 
loans
£m 

7,187
14,714
10,358
–
32,259

5,819
5,131
406

11,356

1,368
9,583
9,952

20,903

Impairment
provision 
as % of 
impaired
 loans2
% 

32.5
43.6
69.9

50.1

34.8
47.6
24.4

40.6

24.0
41.5
71.8

54.8

Impairment
provisions1
£m 

2,050
6,415
7,242
–
15,707

1,734
2,441
99

4,274

316
3,974
7,143

11,433

Loans and 
advances to 
customers
£m 

344,673
132,602
31,450
2,779
511,504
(15,707)
(516)
495,281

320,520
111,883
6,610
2,779
441,792
(4,274)
(552)
436,966

24,153
20,719
24,840
–
69,712
(11,433)

36
58,315

1

2

3

Impairment provisions include collective unimpaired provisions.

Impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans are calculated excluding retail unsecured loans in recoveries (£881 million; core: £831 million; non-core: £50 million).

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 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 expected 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 £512 million for the period ended 31 December 2013. 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.

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At 31 December 2012
Retail
Commercial Banking
Wealth, Asset Finance and International
Reverse repos and other items
Total gross lending
Impairment provisions
Fair value adjustments3
Total Group (audited)
Core
Retail
Commercial Banking
Wealth, Asset Finance and International
Reverse repos and other items
Total core gross lending
Impairment provisions
Fair value adjustments3
Total core
non-core
Retail
Commercial Banking
Wealth, Asset Finance and International
Reverse repos and other items
Total non-core gross lending
Impairment provisions
Fair value adjustments3
Total non-core

Impaired loans 
as % of 
closing 
advances
% 

2.4
16.6 
32.6

8.6 

2.1
5.6 
6.5

3.0 

6.1
45.3 
36.4

32.1 

Impaired 
loans
£m 

8,320
23,965 
14,008
– 
46,293 

6,693
5,907 
351
– 
12,951 

1,627
18,058 
13,657
– 
33,342 

Impairment
provisions1
£m 

2,335
9,984 
9,453
– 
21,772 

1,957
2,866 
85
– 
4,908 

378
7,118 
9,368
– 
16,864 

Impairment
provision 
as % of 
impaired 
loans2
%

32.5
41.7
67.5

48.2

34.7
48.5
24.2

41.2

24.5
39.4
68.6

50.7

loans and 
advances to 
customers
£m 

346,560
144,770 
42,927
5,814 
540,071 
(21,772)
(1,074)
517,225 

320,058
104,867 
5,415
5,814 
436,154 
(4,908)
(778)
430,468 

26,502
39,903 
37,512
– 
103,917 
(16,864)
(296)
86,757 

1

2

3

Impairment provisions Include collective unimpaired provisions.

Impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans are calculated excluding Retail unsecured loans in recoveries (£1,129 million; core: £1,047 million; non-core: £82 million).

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 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 expected 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 the period ended 31 December 2012. 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.

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Table 1.9: Derivative credit risk exposures 

Notional balances

At 31 December 2013

Foreign exchange

Interest rate

equity and other

Credit

Total

Traded over the counter

Traded on 
recognised 
exchanges
£bn

Settled by central 
counterparties
£bn

Not settled 
by central 
counterparties
£bn

–

234

4

–

238

11

3,881

–

–

422

926

15

7

3,892

1,370

5,500

Total 
£bn

433

5,041

19

7

The fair value of derivatives settled by central counterparties was a net liability of £419 million, comprising assets of £3,220 million and liabilities 
of £3,639 million.

The fair value of derivatives not settled by central counterparties was £2,344 million, comprising assets of £28,808 million and liabilities of 
£26,464 million.

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Credit risk – Retail

Overview
 – The Retail impairment charge decreased by 13 per cent to £1,101 million primarily driven by a reduction in impaired loans in the 

secured portfolio.

 – The Retail impairment charge, as an annualised percentage of average loans and advances to customers, improved to 0.32 per cent in 2013 

from 0.36 per cent in 2012.

 – The overall value of assets entering arrears in 2013 was lower in both unsecured and secured lending compared to 2012.

 – non-core portfolio represented 7 per cent of total retail assets at 31 December 2013 and primarily comprised of specialist mortgages,  

which is closed to new business and has been in run-off since 2009.

Table 1.10: Retail impairment charge

Secured

unsecured

Total impairment charge

Core

Secured

unsecured

Non-core

Secured

unsecured

Total impairment charge

Impairment charge as a % of average advances

Core impairment charge as a % of average advances

non-core impairment charge as a % of average advances

2013 
£m 

253

848

2012 
£m 

377

893

1,101

1,270

218

841 

1,059

35

  7

42

1,101

0.32% 

0.33% 

0.17% 

304

888 

1,192

73

  5

78

1,270

0.36% 

0.37% 

0.29% 

Change 
% 

33

5

13

28

5

11

52

(40)

46

13

(4)bp 

(4)bp 

(12)bp 

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Impaired loans and provisions
Retail impaired loans decreased by £1,133 million to £7,187 million compared with 31 December 2012 and, as a percentage of closing loans and 
advances to customers, decreased to 2.1 per cent from 2.4 per cent at 31 December 2012. Impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired 
loans (excluding unsecured loans in recoveries) are stable at 32.5 per cent.

Table 1.11: Impairments on Retail loans and advances 

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
% 

At 31 December 2013

Secured

unsecured:

Collections

Recoveries2

Total gross lending

Impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total

Core

Secured

unsecured:

Collections

Recoveries2

Total core gross lending

Impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total core

Non-core

Secured

unsecured:

Collections

Recoveries2

Total non-core gross lending

Impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total non-core

323,107

5,641

1.7

1,472

665

    881 

1,546

7,187

578

–  

578

2,050

7.2

2.1

21,566

344,673

(2,050)

(673)

341,950

299,085

4,327

1.4

1,158

661

831  

1,492

5,819

576

–  

576

1,734

7.0

1.8

21,435

320,520

(1,734)

(570)

318,216

24,022

1,314

5.5

314

26.1

86.9

32.5

26.8

87.1

34.8

23.9

50.0

4

50 

54

1,368

41.2

5.7

131

24,153

(316)

(103)

23,734

2

–  

2

316

24.0

1

2

3

Impairment provisions include collective unimpaired provisions.

Recoveries assets are written down to the present value of future expected cash flows on these assets.

Impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans are calculated excluding unsecured loans in recoveries.

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At 31 December 2012

Secured

unsecured:

Collections

Recoveries2

Total gross lending

Impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total

Core

Secured

unsecured:

Collections

Recoveries2

Total core gross lending

Impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total core

non-core

Secured

unsecured:

Collections

Recoveries2

Total non-core 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 

323,862

6,321

2.0

1,616 

870 

    1,129

1,999

8,320

8.8

2.4

22,698

346,560

(2,335)

(915)

343,310

Impairment  
provisions  
as a % of  
impaired
loans3
% 

25.6 

82.6 

719 

  – 

719 

2,335 

32.5 

297,902 

4,793 

1.6 

1,251 

853 

    1,047 

1,900 

6,693 

8.6 

2.1 

22,156 

320,058 

(1,957)

(778)

317,323 

25,960 

1,528 

5.9 

17 

    82 

99 

1,627 

18.3 

6.1 

542 

26,502 

(378)

(137)

25,987 

706 

  – 

706 

1,957 

365 

13 

  – 

13 

378 

26.1 

82.8 

34.7 

23.9 

76.5 

24.5 

1

2

3

Impairment provisions include collective unimpaired provisions.

Recoveries assets are written down to the present value of future expected cash flows on these assets.

Impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans are calculated excluding unsecured loans in recoveries.

 
 
 
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The Retail division’s loans and advances to customers are analysed in the following table:

Table 1.12: Retail loans and advances to customers

Secured:

Mainstream

Buy to let

Specialist

unsecured:

Credit cards

Personal loans

Overdrafts

Total gross lending

Secured lending

2013 
£m 

2012 
£m 

246,586

52,791

    23,730 

323,107

9,373

9,595

2,598  

21,566

344,673

248,735 

49,568 

    25,559 

323,862 

9,465 

10,523 

    2,710 

22,698 

346,560 

Impairment
The impairment charge decreased by £124 million, to £253 million compared with 2012. The annualised impairment charge as a percentage  
of average loans and advances to customers was 0.08 per cent at 31 December 2013 compared to 0.12 per cent in 2012. Impairment provisions 
were £1,472 million at 31 December 2013 compared to £1,616 million at 31 December 2012. Impaired loans have fallen for four consecutive years  
and were £5,641 million at 31 December 2013 compared to £6,321 million at 31 December 2012. As a result of this continued trend in 2013, 
impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans increased to 26.1 per cent from 25.6 per cent at 31 December 2012.

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. 

Arrears
The value of mortgages greater than three months in arrears (excluding repossessions) decreased by £819 million to £8,818 million at 
31 December 2013 compared to £9,637 million at 31 December 2012.  

Table 1.13: Mortgages greater than three months in arrears (excluding repossessions) 

Mainstream

Buy to let

Specialist

Total

Number of cases

Total mortgage accounts %

Value of loans1

Total mortgage balances %

2013
Cases 

52,687

6,338

11,870

70,895

2012 
Cases 

55,905 

7,306 

13,262 

76,473 

2013
% 

2.1

1.3

7.3

2.3

2012 
% 

2.2 

1.6 

7.6 

2.4 

2013
£m 

5,898

869

2,051

8,818

2012 
£m 

6,287 

1,033 

2,317 

9,637 

2013
% 

2.4

1.6

8.6

2.7

2012 
% 

2.5 

2.1 

9.1 

3.0 

1

Value of loans represents total book value of mortgages more than three months in arrears.

The stock of repossessions decreased to 2,229 cases at 31 December 2013 compared to 2,438 cases at 31 December 2012.

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Secured loan to value analysis
The average indexed loan to value (lTV) on the mortgage portfolio at 31 December 2013 decreased to 52.8 per cent compared with 
56.4 per cent at 31 December 2012. The average lTV for new mortgages and further advances written in 2013 was 63.6 per cent compared with 
62.6 per cent for 2012.

The percentage of closing loans and advances with an indexed lTV in excess of 100 per cent decreased to 5.2 per cent at 31 December 2013, 
compared with 11.7 per cent at 31 December 2012. 

Table 1.14: Actual and average LTVs across the Retail mortgage portfolios

At 31 December 2013

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 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

Mainstream 
% 

Buy to let 
% 

Specialist1
% 

37.0

16.9

19.8

14.7

7.1

4.5

20.4

21.3

26.0

15.1

11.1

6.1

20.1

15.7

19.3

20.1

14.3

10.5

Total 
% 

33.1

17.5

20.8

15.1

8.3

5.2

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

100.0 

49.5

63.6

66.6

66.9

64.0

90.1

66.2

n/a

80.8

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 

52.8

63.6

71.6

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 

73.6 

64.5 

99.3 

72.6 

n/a 

88.1 

56.4 

62.6 

78.3 

1

2

Specialist lending is closed to new business and is in run-off.

Average loan to value is calculated as total loans and advances as a percentage of the total collateral of these loans and advances.

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Interest only mortgages
The Group provides interest only mortgages to customers, whereby payments made by the customer comprise of only interest for the term 
of the mortgage, with the customer responsible for repaying the principal outstanding at the end of the loan term. Retail has reduced its 
exposure to residential interest only mortgages throughout 2013. new residential interest only mortgages are limited to a maximum lTV 
of 75 per cent, with a verified repayment vehicle capable of repaying the loan. Interest only mortgages represented 0.5 per cent of new 
residential mortgages in 2013 (3.8 per cent in 2012).

Table 1.15: Analysis of residential interest-only balances excluding Buy to Let mortgages

Interest only balances1

Impaired loans

Interest only balances as a % of total mortgage book

Average loan to value (%)

At 31 Dec
2013 
£m 

108,504

2,910

41.0%

55.2%

At 31 Dec  
2012 
£m 

119,569

3,221

44.6%

58.9%

1

In addition the Group has Buy to let interest only balances of £47,261 million (2012: £44,585 million) and certain other interest only balances of £4,750 million (2012: £6,046 million).

For existing interest only mortgages, a contact strategy is in place throughout the term of the mortgage to ensure that customers are aware 
of their obligation to repay the principal upon maturity of the loan. The weighted-average term to maturity of the interest only balances 
included in the table above is 13 years; mortgages totalling £12,003 million are due to mature in the next five years, with mortgages totalling 
£1,846 million due to mature in the next 12 months. Treatment strategies exist to help customers who may not be able to fully repay the full 
amount of principal balance at maturity. Of the residential interest only mortgages which have missed the payment of principal at the end of 
term, balances of £959 million remain at 31 December 2013 (£523 million at 31 December 2012). The average loan to value of these accounts 
is 27.3 per cent at 31 December 2013 (27.0 per cent at 31 December 2012). Of these accounts, 7.4 per cent are impaired (7.2 per cent at 
31 December 2012). 

unsecured lending

Impairment
In 2013 the impairment charge on unsecured loans and advances to customers reduced by £45 million compared with 2012. The annualised 
impairment charge as a percentage of average loans and advances to customers increased to 3.80 per cent in 2013 from 3.73 per cent in 2012.

Impaired loans decreased by £453 million since 31 December 2012 to £1,546 million at 31 December 2013 which represented 7.2 per cent of 
closing loans and advances to customers, compared with 8.8 per cent at 31 December 2012. The reduction in impaired loans is a result of the 
Group’s prudent 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 £141 million, compared with 31 December 2012. 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 increased to 86.9 per cent at 31 December 2013 from 82.6 per cent at 31 December 2012.

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Credit risk – Commercial Banking

Overview
 – Commercial Banking impairment charge decreased by 60 per cent to £1,167 million, driven by lower charges mainly in the non-core portfolio, 

reflecting continued proactive management and deleveraging. Charges also reduced significantly in the core portfolio, reflecting better 
quality origination, together with higher releases in 2013 compared to the same period in 2012.

 – The overall quality of the core Commercial Banking portfolio remains good with the Group’s prudent through the cycle approach to risk 
appetite, and the continuing low interest rate environment helping to maintain defaults at a relatively low level. new business is of good 
quality and better than the back book average.

 – The impairment charge as a percentage of average loans and advances improved to 0.83 per cent from 1.85 per cent in 2012. Core 

impairment charge as an annualised percentage of average loans and advances to customers improved to 0.39 per cent compared to 
0.67 per cent in 2012.

 – non-core now represents 15.6 per cent of total loans and advances to customers compared to 27.6 per cent at 31 December 2012, reflecting 

the improved mix of the portfolio overall.

Table 1.16: Commercial Banking impairment charge

Core

non-core

Total impairment charge

Core impairment charge as a % of average advances

non-core impairment charge as a % of average advances

Impairment charge as a % of average advances

2013 
£m 

424

743

1,167

0.39% 

2.32% 

0.83% 

2012 
£m 

704

2,242

2,946

0.67% 

4.28% 

1.85% 

Change 
% 

40

67

60

(28)bp 

(196)bp 

(102)bp 

Impaired loans and provisions
Commercial Banking impaired loans reduced substantially by 38.6 per cent to £14,714 million compared with 31 December 2012. As a 
percentage of closing loans and advances to customers, impaired loans reduced to 11.1 per cent from 16.6 per cent at 31 December 2012, 
despite a reducing portfolio. Impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans improved to 43.6 per cent from 41.7 per cent at 
31 December 2012 driven by increased provisions made on a number of existing impaired connections and the disposal of impaired loans with 
lower coverage.

Core impaired loans decreased by £776 million to £5,131 million compared with £5,907 million at 31 December 2012, and as a percentage of 
closing loans and advances to customers decreased to 4.6 per cent from 5.6 per cent at 31 December 2012. The core impairment charge has 
reduced to £424 million in 2013 compared to £704 million in 2012, reflecting better quality origination and higher releases, with the low interest 
rate environment helping to maintain defaults at a relatively lower level.

non-core impaired loans decreased by £8,475 million to £9,583 million compared with £18,058 million at 31 December 2012 and as a 
percentage of closing loans and advances to customers increased to 46.3 per cent from 45.3 per cent at 31 December 2012. The non-core 
impairment charge has reduced to £743 million in 2013 compared to £2,242 million in 2012, reflecting the continued deleveraging.

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Table 1.17: Impairments on loans and advances

At 31 December 2013

Total Commercial Banking

Reverse repos

Impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total

Core

Total Commercial Banking

Reverse repos

Impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total core

Non-core

Corporate Real estate and other Corporate2

Specialist Finance3

Other 

Total Commercial Banking

Reverse repos

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
 loans 
% 

132,602

14,714

11.1

6,415

43.6

120

(6,415)

176

126,483

111,883

5,131

4.6

2,441

47.6

120

(2,441)

18

109,580

11,571

9,017

131

20,719

–

(3,974)

158

16,903

8,131

1,368

84

9,583

70.3

15.2

64.1

46.3

3,320

565

89

3,974

40.8

41.3

41.5

1

2

3

Includes collective unimpaired provisions of £523 million; core: £446 million; non-core: £77 million.

Includes the Corporate Real estate BSu portfolio which is now managed with other Corporate (including non-core good book Corporate Real estate) assets which were previously 
disclosed in Other.

Includes the specialised lending portfolio which is now managed with the Specialist Finance assets which were previously disclosed in Other.

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At 31 December 2012

Total Commercial Banking

Reverse repos

Impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total 

Core

Total Commercial Banking

Reverse repos

Impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total core

non-core

Corporate Real estate and other Corporate2

Specialist Finance3

Other

Total Commercial Banking

Reverse repos

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 
loans 
% 

144,770 

23,965 

16.6 

9,984 

41.7 

5,087 

(9,984)

(131)

139,742 

104,867 

5,907 

5.6 

2,866 

48.5 

5,087 

(2,866)

– 

107,088 

21,777 

15,488 

2,638 

39,903 

– 

(7,118)

(131)

32,654 

14,447 

2,935 

676 

18,058 

66.3 

19.0 

25.6 

45.3 

5,411 

1,235 

472 

7,118 

37.5 

42.1 

69.8 

39.4 

1

2

3

Includes collective unimpaired provisions of £894 million; core: £545 million; non-core: £349 million.

Includes the Corporate Real estate BSu portfolio which is now managed with other Corporate (including non-core good book Corporate Real estate) assets which were previously 
disclosed in Other.

Includes the specialised lending portfolio which is now managed with the Specialist Finance assets which were previously disclosed in Other.

Core
At 31 December 2013 £112 billion of gross loans and advances to customers in the Commercial Banking core portfolio are segmented across 
four different coverage segments as follows:

SME
SMe serves business customers with turnover up to £25 million. Impaired loans decreased by £399 million to £2,271 million compared with 
£2,670 million at 31 December 2012. The impairment charge has reduced to £188 million in 2013 compared to £259 million in 2012 reflecting 
stable or improved portfolio credit quality across all key metrics.

The SMe portfolio continues to grow within prudent and consistent credit risk appetite parameters with net lending increasing 6 per cent 
year-on-year. These results reflect the Group’s continuing commitment to support the uK economy and government schemes such as  
Funding for lending and enterprise Finance Guarantee. 

SMe’s control and monitoring activities have continued to play a fully effective role in identifying and supporting customers showing early 
signs of financial stress. As part of this, the Group’s dedicated SMe Business Support function continues to work with customers through 
their difficulties.

Mid Markets
Mid Markets serves business customers with turnover of £25 million to £750 million. The business remains predominantly uK-focused and 
is closely linked to the performance of the domestic economy. Impaired loans decreased by £261 million to £1,591 million compared with 
£1,852 million at 31 December 2012. The impairment charge has reduced to £157 million in 2013 compared to £238 million in 2012. Overall 
credit quality has remained stable during 2013.  

The real estate business within the Group’s Mid Markets portfolio is focused predominantly on unquoted private real estate portfolios. Credit 
quality continues to improve and the number of new non-performing customers continues to reduce. new business propositions are being 
written under robust policy parameters and in line with agreed risk appetite, with particular focus on cashflow. Tenant default is an area of 
potential focus particularly when the lending is supported by secondary or tertiary assets.

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Global Corporates
Global Corporates is a coverage business operating across the uK, europe and north America and is responsible for the overall management 
of relationships with major corporate clients. Impaired loans increased slightly by £37 million to £1,173 million compared with £1,136 million at 
31 December 2012. The impairment charge has reduced to £75 million in 2013 compared to £195 million in 2012. 

The core portfolio related to trading companies continues to be predominantly investment grade focused; the overall portfolio asset quality 
remains good; and corporate balance sheets generally remain conservatively structured following a period of de-leveraging through the downturn.  

The real estate business within the Group’s Global Corporate portfolio is focused on the larger end of the uK property market with a bias to 
the quoted public listed companies and funds sector. Portfolio credit quality remains strong being underpinned by seasoned management 
teams with proven asset management skills generating predictable cash flows from their income producing portfolios. 

Financial Institutions
Commercial Banking maintains relationships with a number of major uK and International Finance Institutions, which are predominantly 
investment grade rated. These relationships are either client focused or held to support the Group’s funding, liquidity and general hedging 
requirements. The impairment charge in Financial Institutions remained low at £4 million. 

Trading exposures continue to be predominantly short-term and/or collateralised with inter bank activity mainly undertaken with strong 
investment grade counterparties. While conditions in the eurozone stabilised during 2013, the Group continues to adopt a conservative stance 
maintaining close portfolio scrutiny and oversight. Detailed contingency plans are in place and exposures to financial institutions domiciled in 
peripheral eurozone countries are kept modest and managed within tight risk parameters. Overall, portfolio credit quality remains good and 
outlook is stable. 

The majority of 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 and swaps facing a Central Counterparty (CCP). Bilateral derivative transactions with 
Financial Institution counterparties are typically collateralised under a credit support annex in conjunction with the ISDA Master Agreement. 
The Group continues to consolidate its counterparty risk via CCPs as part of an ongoing move to reduce bilateral counterparty risk by clearing 
standardised derivative contracts.

non-core
The non-core portfolio includes elements of the Corporate Real estate and Specialist Finance portfolios which are classified as non-core.

Non-core Corporate Real Estate and other Corporate
loans and advances to customers include the non-core Corporate Real estate Business Support unit (BSu) portfolio. Following successful 
asset reduction progress, this portfolio is now managed together with european assets and other Corporate assets previously disclosed as 
Other non-core.

The impairment charge in this portfolio fell to £522 million compared to £1,453 million in 2012. The fall in the impairment charge reflects lower 
gross charges on a reduced portfolio, favourable market movements on impaired derivatives and the continuing proactive management 
enabling some write backs on previously impaired loans.

The portfolio has reduced significantly ahead of expectations primarily due to the momentum on various deleveraging strategies including 
consensual asset sales by customers, loan sales and asset disposals which totalled £7.4 billion (net book value) in the year. The non-core 
Corporate Real estate BSu element of the portfolio reduced from £15.7 billion to £8.9 billion during 2013 and there was considerable progress 
on the european exposure within this portfolio where loan balances fell from £3.7 billion to £0.7 billion.

Non-core specialist finance
loans and advances to customers include the non-core Acquisition Finance (leverage lending) portfolio which falls into non-core since it 
is outside the Group’s risk appetite, and the non-core Asset Based Finance portfolios (which include Ship Finance, Aircraft Finance and 
Infrastructure). Total gross loans and advances reduced by £6.5 billion from £15.5 billion to £9.0 billion as at 31 December 2013 mainly due to 
disposals of £4.5 billion (net book value).

Ship Finance gross drawn lending (excluding leasing) totalled £1,074 million (net £965 million) as at 31 December 2013. This portfolio still suffers 
some stress due to volatile asset values and ongoing financial restructures. As a consequence, impairment charges are running at similar levels 
to those experienced in 2012, however continued strategic disposals through 2013 have materially de-risked the residual portfolio. 

Secured loan to value analysis for uK Direct Real estate lending
The Group classifies Direct Real estate as exposure which is directly supported by cash flows from property activities, as opposed to trading 
activities (such as hotels, care homes and housebuilders). The Group manages its exposures to Direct Real estate across a number of different 
coverage segments.

Core UK Direct Real Estate
Approximately three quarters of loans and advances relate 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. 
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 cash flows as part of credit assessment, alongside key requirements for good 
quality counterparties and a well spread tenant profile. 

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Non-core UK Direct Real Estate
The Group considers this portfolio to be appropriately provided for after taking into account 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 £0.1 billion. This figure 
excludes benefits of credit mitigants such as cross collateralisation and cross guarantees. 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. 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.

Table 1.18: LTV – UK direct real estate  

At 31 December 2013

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

At 31 December 20121

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

Core 
loans and advances 
(gross)

Non-core 
loans and advances 
(gross)

£m 

% 

£m 

% 

4,444

2,182

1,159

407

385

571

    1,342

10,490

9,280

19,770

3,722 

1,785 

2,028

1,282

393

563 

    849 

10,622

8,976

19,598

42

21

11

4

4

5

13

100 

35 

17 

19 

12 

4 

5 

8 

100 

437

268

145

1,896

766

2,961

    23

6,496

1,143

7,639

703 

292 

886 

2,188 

1,398 

4,405 

    332 

10,204

1,727

11,931

7

4

2

29

12

46

–

100 

7 

3 

9

21 

14 

43 

3

100 

1

Restated to reflect a change in methodology from registered address of borrower to location of underlying collateral.

Acquisition (leverage) Finance lending
Gross drawn lending in the core Acquisition Finance portfolio totalled £2,128 million (net £2,111 million) as at 31 December 2013. The portfolio 
comprises leveraged financing facilities made available, predominantly, to uK borrowers owned by private equity sponsors. The majority of 
transactions have been structured in the past three years and all are in line with the Group’s risk appetite. Refinancing risk is not considered a 
material issue for the portfolio due to the relatively young vintage of the book and conservative risk parameters. 

Gross drawn lending in the non-core Acquisition Finance portfolio totalled £836 million (net £667 million) as at 31 December 2013. Impairment 
charges in the non-core Acquisition Finance portfolio continue to decline significantly, reflecting further material reductions in the size of the 
portfolio and stabilising market conditions. Disposals of £1,566 million (net book value) were achieved during 2013. 

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Credit risk – Wealth, Asset Finance and International

Overview
 – The Wealth, Asset Finance and International impairment charge was £730 million in 2013, 51 per cent lower than 2012. The improvement was 

primarily driven by the Irish portfolio.

 – In the Irish wholesale portfolios, 88.3 per cent (31 December 2012: 85.2 per cent) is now impaired with an impairment provisions as a percentage 

of impaired loans of 73.1 per cent (31 December 2012: 68.0 per cent), primarily reflecting continued deterioration in the Irish commercial 
property market. net exposure in Ireland wholesale has fallen to £3.4 billion (31 December 2012: £5.4 billion).

 – In the Irish retail mortgage portfolio, impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans decreased to 63.4 per cent 

(31 December 2012: 71.2 per cent), driven by the sale of a portfolio of non performing mortgages.

Table 1.19: Impairment charge 

Wealth

International:

Ireland retail

Ireland commercial real estate

Ireland corporate

Spain retail

netherlands retail

Asia retail

latin America and Middle east

Asset Finance:

united Kingdom

Australia

Total impairment charge

Core 

Wealth

International

Asset Finance

Core impairment charge

Non-core 

Wealth

International

Asset Finance

Non-core impairment charge

Impairment charge as a % of average advances

Core impairment charge as a % of average advances

non-core impairment charge as a % of average advances

2013 
£m 

18

(26)

219

415

17

17

(1)

      –

641

57

    14 

71

730

18

–

14

32

–

641

57

698

1.79% 

0.50% 

2.03% 

2012 
£m 

23 

108

739

398

51

23

35

(33)

1,321

121

    15

136

1,480

23

–

(1)

22

– 

1,321

137

1,458

3.12% 

0.45% 

3.42% 

Change  
2012 
% 

22

70

(4)

67

26

51

53

7

48

51

22

(45)

51

58

52

(133)bp 

5bp 

(139)bp

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Impaired loans and provisions
Total impaired loans decreased by £3,650 million to £10,358 million compared with £14,008 million at 31 December 2012 and, as a percentage 
of closing loans and advances to customers, increased to 32.9 per cent from 32.6 per cent at 31 December 2012. This is primarily driven by 
reductions in Ireland wholesale.

Impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans increased to 69.9 per cent from 67.5 per cent at 31 December 2012. This increase was 
driven by the International portfolios.

Table 1.20: Impairments on loans and advances

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 2013

Wealth

International:

Ireland retail

Ireland commercial real estate

Ireland corporate

Spain retail

netherlands retail

Asia retail

latin America and Middle east

Asset Finance:

united Kingdom

Australia

Total gross lending

Impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total

Core

Wealth

International

Asset Finance

Total core gross lending

Impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total core

Non-core

Wealth

International

Asset Finance

Total non-core gross lending

Impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total non-core

1

Impairment provisions include collective unimpaired provisions.

3,218

349

1,002

5,087

3,235

–

86

109

17 

9,536

473

–

473

10,358

349

–

57

406

–

9,536

416

9,952

5,944

5,512

3,918

–

5,478

1,645

23 

22,520

5,712

–

5,712

31,450

(7,242)

(19)

24,189

3,218

–

3,392

6,610

(99)

–

6,511

–

22,520

2,320

24,840

(7,143)

(19)

17,678

10.8

16.9

92.3

82.6

1.6

6.6

73.9

42.3

8.3

8.3

32.9

10.8

1.7

6.1

42.3

17.9

40.1

70

638

3,775

2,305

–

45

39

24 

6,826

346

–

346

7,242

70

–

29

99

–

6,826

317

7,143

20.1

63.7

74.2

71.3

52.3

35.8

71.6

73.2

73.2

69.9

20.1

50.9

24.4

71.6

76.2

71.8

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At 31 December 2012

Wealth

International:

Ireland retail

Ireland commercial real estate

Ireland corporate

Spain retail

netherlands retail

Asia retail

latin America and Middle east

Asset Finance:

united Kingdom

Australia

Total gross lending

Impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total

Core

Wealth

International

Asset Finance

Total core gross lending

Impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total core

non-core

Wealth

International

Asset Finance

Total non-core gross lending

Impairment provisions

Fair value adjustments

Total non-core

1

Impairment provisions include collective unimpaired provisions.

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 
% 

4,325 

284 

6,656 

7,408 

5,467 

1,458 

5,689 

1,978 

  46 

1,534 

6,720 

4,247 

104 

79 

80 

  36 

28,702 

12,800 

885 

  39 

924 

14,008 

284 

– 

67 

351 

– 

12,800 

857 

13,657 

 5,848 

  4,052 

9,900 

42,927 

(9,453)

(28)

33,446 

4,325 

– 

1,090 

5,415 

(85)

– 

5,330 

– 

28,702 

8,810 

37,512 

(9,368)

(28)

28,116 

6.6 

23.0 

90.7 

77.7 

7.1 

1.4 

4.0 

78.3 

44.6 

15.1 

1.0 

9.3 

32.6 

6.6 

6.1 

6.5 

44.6 

9.7 

36.4 

73 

1,111 

4,695 

2,768 

94 

41 

46 

  31 

8,786 

541 

  53 

594 

9,453 

73 

– 

12 

85 

– 

8,786 

582 

9,368 

25.7 

72.4 

69.9 

65.2 

90.4 

51.9 

57.5 

86.1 

68.6 

61.1 

64.3 

67.5 

25.7 

17.9 

24.2 

68.6 

67.9 

68.6 

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International

Ireland
The Group continues to reduce its exposure to Ireland with gross loans and advances reducing by £4,157 million during 2013 mainly due to 
disposals, write-offs and net repayments.

Total impaired loans decreased by £3,177 million, or 25 per cent to £9,324 million compared with £12,501 million at 31 December 2012. The 
reduction was driven primarily by commercial real estate and corporate loans. Impaired loans as a percentage of closing loans and advances 
decreased to 60.6 per cent compared to 64.0 per cent at December 2012. Continuing weakness in the Irish real estate markets resulted in a 
further increase in Ireland wholesale coverage in 2013 to 73.1 per cent.

Impairment charges decreased by £637 million to £608 million compared to 2012. The impairment charge as an annualised percentage of 
average loans and advances to customers improved to 3.28 per cent from 5.53 per cent in 2012.

Ireland retail loans and advances to customers decreased to £5,944 million in 2013 from £6,656 million at 31 December 2012. Impaired loans 
as a percentage of loans and advances decreased to 16.9 per cent from 23.0 per cent at 31 December 2012. In the Irish retail mortgage 
portfolio impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans decreased to 63.4 per cent (from 71.2 per cent at 31 December 2012). These 
decreases have all been driven by the sale of a portfolio of non performing mortgages. 

The most significant contribution to impaired loans in Ireland is the Commercial Real estate portfolio. 92.3 per cent of the portfolio is now 
impaired compared to 90.7 per cent at 31 December 2012. The impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans increased in the year 
to 74.2 per cent from 69.9 per cent 31 December 2012 reflecting the continued deterioration in commercial real estate prices in Ireland.

Secured loan to value analysis – Ireland Retail Mortgages
The average loan to value (lTV) on the Irish mortgage portfolio decreased to 102.3 per cent at 31 December 2013 compared with 
113.8 per cent at 31 December 2012. The percentage of loans and advances with an indexed lTV in excess of 100 per cent decreased to 
53.8 per cent at 31 December 2013, compared with 63.1 per cent at 31 December 2012. The table below shows the lTV distribution of  
the retail mortgage portfolio.

Table 1.21: Actual and average LTVs across the Ireland Retail mortgage portfolio

less than 60%

60% to 70%

70% to 80%

80% to 90%

90% to 100%

Greater than 100%

Total

Average loan to value:

Stock of residential mortgages

Impaired mortgages

At  
31 December 
2013 
Total 
% 

At 
31 December 
2012 
Total 
% 

15.3

6.0

7.5

8.1

9.3

53.8

100.0 

102.3 

104.7 

11.7

5.0

5.9

6.8

7.5

63.1

100.0 

113.8 

123.5 

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Commercial Real estate lending in Ireland: secured loan to value analysis
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 A5 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. 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 1.22: LTV – Ireland Wholesale Commercial Real Estate 

Gross exposures > A5 million:

less than 60%

61% to 70%

71% to 80%

81% to 100%

101% to 125%

More than 125%

unsecured

Gross exposures < A5 million

Total

At 31 December 2013

At 31 December 2012

£m 

% 

£m 

84

11

15

88

81

3,555

    440

4,274

1,238

5,512

2

–

–

2

2

83

11

100 

119 

20 

27 

165 

182 

4,927 

    674 

6,114 

1,294 

7,408 

% 

2 

– 

– 

3 

3 

81 

11 

100 

Other international
Total impaired loans decreased to £212 million at 31 December 2013 compared to £299 million at 31 December 2012, driven by the sale of the 
Spain retail portfolio. In the netherlands impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans increased to 52.3 per cent from 51.9 per cent 
at 31 December 2012.

Asset Finance
united Kingdom: the impairment charge reduced by 53 per cent to £57 million (of which £43 million related to non-core assets) compared 
with £121 million in 2012, driven by continued strong credit management and further improved credit quality. The retail portfolio saw fewer 
customers failing to meet 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: the portfolio was fully disposed of in the second half of 2013.

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Exposures to Eurozone countries 
The following section summarises the Group’s direct exposure to eurozone countries at 31 December 2013. 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 (GFSF) monitors developments within the eurozone, carries out stress testing through detailed scenario 
analysis and completes appropriate due diligence on the Group’s exposures.

The GFSF 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 eurozone countries 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. Reverse repurchase exposures to institutional funds secured by uK gilts are excluded from all 
eurozone exposures as detailed in the footnotes. 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 in 
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exposures to selected eurozone countries
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 1.23: Selected Eurozone exposures

Sovereign debt

Direct 
sovereign 
exposures 
£m

Cash at  
central  
banks  
£m

Financial institutions

Banks 
£m

Other1
£m

Asset  
backed  
securities 
£m

Corporate 
£m

Personal 
£m

Insurance  
assets 
£m

At 31 December 2013

Ireland

Spain

Portugal

Italy

Greece 

At 31 December 2012

Ireland

Spain

Portugal

Italy

Greece

–

6

–

–

–

6

– 

5 

– 

5 

– 

–

5

–

–

–

5

– 

14 

– 

– 

– 

30

554

153

74

–

811

115 

1,170 

118 

44 

– 

10 

14 

1,447 

Total 
£m

9,874

2,626

550

191

111

392

116

–

1

–

177

23

193

–

–

3,851

1,857

195

106

111

5,308

41

9

–

–

116

24

–

10

–

509

393

6,120

5,358

150

13,352

88 

7 

– 

– 

– 

95 

305 

132 

224 

10 

– 

671 

5,972 

2,110 

187 

150 

277 

5,559 

1,472 

10 

– 

– 

111 

12,150

25 

– 

37 

– 

4,935 

539 

246 

277 

8,696 

7,041 

173 

18,147 

1

excludes reverse repurchase exposure to institutional funds domiciled in Ireland secured by uK gilts of £4,590 million (2012: £556 million) on a gross basis.

In addition to the exposures detailed above, the Group has the following exposures to sovereigns, financial institutions, asset backed 
securities, corporates and personal customers in the following eurozone countries:

Table 1.24: Other Eurozone Exposures

At 31 December 2013

netherlands

France

Germany

luxembourg

Belgium

All other eurozone countries

At 31 December 2012

netherlands

France

Germany

luxembourg

Belgium

All other eurozone countries

Sovereign debt

Direct 
sovereign 
exposures 
£m

Cash at  
central  
banks  
£m

–

–

8,683

–

174

1,831

–

–

127

301

–

–

–

Financial institutions

Banks 
£m

Other1
£m

Asset  
backed  
securities 
£m

Corporate 
£m

Personal 
£m

Insurance  
assets 
£m

Total 
£m

741

1,425

1,107

1

700

5

188

17

495

1,337

1

–

216

42

442

–

–

–

2,025

3,199

1,613

1,595

582

306

5,434

115

–

–

–

–

798

18,085

1,017

721

46

53

172

5,815

6,383

2,979

1,336

610

10,514

3,979

2,038

700

9,320

5,549

2,807

35,208

1 

6 

33,232 

– 

284 

1,809 

– 

– 

– 

2 

– 

– 

478 

853 

389 

– 

309 

56 

2 

– 

414 

752 

25 

– 

268 

77 

400 

– 

– 

– 

2,207 

3,226 

2,117 

1,841 

568 

438 

5,649 

312 

– 

– 

– 

– 

977 

1,457 

977 

71 

64 

214 

42,814 

5,931 

6,390 

2,666 

966 

708 

291 

35,043 

2,085 

1,193 

745 

10,397 

5,961 

3,760 

59,475 

1

 excludes reverse repurchase exposure to institutional funds domiciled in luxembourg secured by uK Gilts of £1,559 million (2012: £82 million) on a gross basis.

Total balances with other eurozone countries have decreased from £59,475 million to £35,208 million. This is primarily due to a decrease in 
Dutch central bank balances. Derivatives with sovereigns and sovereign referenced credit default swaps are insignificant.

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Environmental risk management
The Group ensures appropriate management of 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.

Within Commercial Banking, an electronic environmental risk screening system has been the primary mechanism for assessing environmental 
risk in lending transactions. This system provides screening of location specific and sector based risks that may be present in a transaction. 
Identified risk sees the transaction referred to the Group’s expert in-house environmental Risk team for further review and assessment, as 
outlined below. Where required, the Group’s panel of environmental consultants provide additional expert support.

The Group provides colleague training in environmental risk management as part of the standard suite of credit risk courses. Supporting this 
training, a range of online resource is available to colleagues and includes environmental risk theory, procedural guidance, and information on 
environmental legislation and sector-specific environmental impacts.

The Group has been a signatory to the equator Principles since 2006 and has adopted and applied the expanded scope of equator 
Principles III. The equator Principles support the Group’s approach to assessing and managing environmental and social issues in Project 
Finance Project-Related Corporate loans and Bridge loans. Further information is contained within the Group’s Responsible Business Report. 

Table 1.25: Environmental risk management approach 

Group Credit Principles 
Environmental Risk

Credit Policies

Business Unit Processes

Initial transaction 
screening

Detailed 
review

Environmental 
due diligence

Environmental 
risk approval

Relationship 
teams

In-house team, 
retained consultancy

Panel 
consultants

(including any 
conditions)

Supporting tools

Sector briefings

Legislation briefings

uK renewable energy policy
Over the past two years, the uK government has undertaken an electricity Market Reform review, in line with its aim to introduce a more stable 
investment regime – Contract for Difference (CFD). Primary legislation for this was passed in December 2013, with secondary legislation likely 
to be passed by July 2014. From then on, the current Renewables Obligation will run alongside CFD through to 2017. At present, it appears that 
given the limited availability of commercially acceptable or bankable Power Purchase Agreements under the Renewable Obligation regime, 
independent generators are restricting their investment in the uK.

These market reforms are intended to encourage investment of around £200 billion by 2020 in projects designed to provide clean, secure, 
affordable energy. Clearly, uK and eu policy have impacts on the Group’s customers. It influences the decisions they take about whether or 
not to invest in sustainable projects or initiatives. However, the Group’s focus is on promoting the commercial benefits of sustainability to its 
customers. The Group is working with them and the uK government to help meet Britain’s renewable energy objectives.

Renewable energy Project Finance
As an active participant in the Project Finance Market, the Group is already playing a key role in finding solutions to current and future ‘green’ 
funding requirements. For example, at the end of 2013, the Group was involved in renewable energy projects across Britain, with a combined 
capacity of more than 3580MW.

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Conduct risk

Definition 
Conduct risk is defined as the risk of customer detriment or regulatory 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 no appetite for systemic unfair customer outcomes arising from any of its activities: through 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.

Exposures
Conduct risk affects all aspects of the Group’s operations, all types of customers and other stakeholders. The Group faces significant conduct 
risks, for example, through products or services not meeting the needs of its customers, sales processes resulting in poor advice or failure 
to deal with a customer’s complaint effectively where the Group has got something wrong and not met customer expectations. Given the 
high level of scrutiny regarding financial institutions’ treatment of customers and business conduct from regulatory bodies, the media and 
politicians, there is a risk that certain aspects of the Group’s current or legacy business may be determined by the Financial Conduct Authority 
(FCA) and 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. 

Measurement
To articulate its conduct risk appetite, the Group has sought more granularity through the use of suitable conduct risk metrics and tolerances 
that indicate where it may potentially be operating outside its conduct appetite. Conduct Risk Appetite Metrics (CRAMs) have been designed  
for all products offered by the Group; these contain a range of product, sales and post-sales metrics to provide a more holistic view of conduct 
risks. CRAMs being put in place include complaints, FOS upheld, outcome testing, customer feedback, colleague survey, whistleblowing and 
rectification metrics. Strong governance is in place to ensure that CRAMs are presented at relevant governance forums for review, challenge 
and action. The Group will also measure how effectively the overall conduct strategy is embedded across all divisions and functions.

Mitigation
The Group takes a range of mitigating actions with respect to this risk. These actions are being embedded throughout the Group as part of 
the Group’s Conduct Strategy. 

This includes:

 – enhanced approach to business planning and strategy with customers at the heart;

 – Cultural transformation, linked to the Group’s values and Codes of Responsibility, to deliver the best bank for customers;

 – enhanced product governance framework to ensure products continue to offer customers value for money, and meet the needs of the 

relevant target market;

 – Sales processes and governance framework to deliver consistently fair outcomes;

 – CRAMs to identify where the Group may be operating outside its risk appetite;

 – Continuing the journey to become the industry leader for complaints performance; and

 – enhanced recruitment and training, and a focus on how the Group manages colleagues’ performance with clearer customer accountabilities.

The Group’s leadership team is committed to embedding the Conduct Strategy within the business and to creating the right customer centric 
culture. The Board and Group Risk Committees receive regular reports and metrics to track progress on how the Group is meeting customer 
needs and minimising conduct risk. 

All Group divisions have applied significant resources to the Conduct Strategy and set ambitious conduct transformation plans.

The Group’s Conduct Strategy continues to evolve and be enhanced. The Group actively engages with regulatory bodies and other 
stakeholders in developing its understanding of current customer treatment concerns to ensure that the implementation of the Group’s 
conduct strategy meets evolving stakeholder expectations.

Monitoring
A robust outcomes testing regime is in place to test performance of customer critical activities end-to-end. Customer metrics are proactively 
used when reviewing business performance and feedback loops have been established to take learnings from root cause/outcome testing.

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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 bond prices, 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.

Exposures

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 real interest rate, credit spread and equity risk. Interest rate risk arises from the liability discount rate, with 
partial offsets from fixed interest assets such as gilts and corporate bonds, and swaps. Credit spread risk also arises from the liability discount 
rate, with partial offsets from the credit portfolio. equity risk arises from direct equity holdings. 

For further information on defined benefit pension scheme assets and liabilities please refer to note 41 on page 271.

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. All the 
trading Value at Risk (VaR) resides within Commercial Banking. The average 95 per cent 1-day trading VaR was £4.1 million for the year to 
31 December 2013 (2012: £7.0 million). The Group’s trading activity is undertaken to meet the requirements of wholesale and retail customers 
for foreign exchange, credit spread and interest rate products. 

Trading market risk measures are applied to all the Group’s regulatory trading books where positions arise from supporting customer 
flow and market making. All positions are held with trading intent. Measures include daily VaR (Table 1.29), sensitivity based measures, 
and stress testing. The Group’s trading book assets and liabilities are substantially originated by Financial Markets within the Commercial 
Banking division. Within the Group’s balance sheet these fall under the trading assets and liabilities and derivative financial instruments (see 
Table 1.26 below).

Table 1.26: Market risk linkages to the balance sheet for trading portfolios and Banking activity items

31 December 2013

Assets

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

Derivative financial instruments 

loans and advances to customers

Liabilities

Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

Derivative financial instruments

Customer deposits

Balance 
sheet total
£m

Trading 
books
£m

Relevant notes 
 from financial 
 statements

142,683

33,125

495,281

43,625

30,464

441,311

42,376

25,531

–

38,319

25,086

–

note 17

note 18

note 20

note 34

note 18

note 33

Table 1.26 above shows relevant balance sheet items relating to banking and trading activities. The trading book VaR sensitivity inputs are 
separately identified.

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 or liability.

Interest rate risk in the Group’s divisional portfolios and in the Group’s capital and funding activities arises from the different repricing 
characteristics of the Group’s non-trading assets, liabilities (see loans and advances to customers and customer deposits in Table 1.26 above) 
and off balance sheet positions of the Group. Interest rate risk arises predominantly from the mismatch between interest rate sensitive assets 
and liabilities, but also to the investment term of capital and reserves, and the need to minimise income volatility.

Margin compression risk also arises from the current low rate environment, which may restrict the ability to change interest rates applying to 
customers in response to changes in interbank and central bank rates.

Prepayment risk arises, predominantly in the Retail division, as customer balances amortise more quickly or slowly than anticipated due to 
economic conditions or customer’s response to changes in economic conditions.

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Pipeline and pre hedge risk arises where new business volumes are higher or lower than forecasted, requiring the business to unwind or 
execute additional hedging at rates which may differ to what was expected.

Basis risk arises from the possible changes in spreads, for example where the bank lends with reference to a central bank rate but funds with 
reference to lIBOR and the spread between these widens or tightens.

Foreign currency risk arises from:

(a) translational exposure: the Group’s investment in its overseas operations. net investment exposures are disclosed (see note 54 on 
page 327) and it is Group policy to hedge non-functional currency exposures; and 

(b) transactional exposure: where assets and liabilities are denominated in currencies other than the business’ functional currency. The Group 
has a policy of forward hedging its forecasted currency income less impairments to year end.

Insurance portfolios 
The Group’s insurance activities expose it to market risk (encompassing equity, credit spread, interest rate, exchange rate and property risk):

 – With-profits funds are managed with the aim of generating smoothed returns consistent with policyholders’ expectations. exposure arises 

where the value of the underlying funds are insufficient to meet the obligations, termed burnthrough.

 – unit-linked funds where policyholders select their investments. exposure arises as future fee income is dependent upon the performance of 

those assets. This fee income forms part of the Value of in-force business, see note 28 on page 257.

 – Annuities where policyholders’ future cashflows are guaranteed at retirement. exposure arises if the assets, predominantly fixed income, 

backing the liabilities do not perform in line with expectations.

 – Insurance’s surplus assets also result in market risk exposure. These assets are held primarily in three portfolios: (i) in the long-term funds 

within the life insurance companies; (ii) in the corresponding shareholder funds; and (iii) in investment portfolios within the general insurance 
business. 

 – The majority of Insurance’s equity risk exposure relates to unit-linked funds, through the value of future fee income, and with-profits funds, 
through burnthrough. Credit spread risk exposure largely results from holding fixed income assets in the annuity portfolio with the aim of 
providing additional returns.

Table 1.27: Key market risks for the Group (PBT impact measured against Group single stress scenarios) 

Interest rate

Basis risk

l

l

l

l

l

l

Risk type

FX

l

l

l

l

Credit spread

equity

Inflation

l

l

l

l

l

l

l

l

l

l

l

Defined benefit pension schemes

Trading portfolios

Banking activities

Insurance portfolios

Key:

Profit before tax:

>£500m 

£250-£500m 

<£250m 

<£50m 

l

l

l

l

Measurement
Market risk is managed within a Board approved framework and risk appetite. This is supplemented by divisional market risk appetite limits 
and triggers. A variety of risk measures are used such as:

 – Scenario/stress based measures (e.g. single factor stresses, macroeconomic scenarios);

 – Percentile based measures (e.g. VaR and Stressed VaR); and

 – Sensitivity based measures (e.g. sensitivity to 1 basis point move in interest rates).

Scenario based measures include the use of five different economic multi-risk scenarios which the Group introduced as part of its Board risk 
appetite. These assess the impact of unlikely, but plausible adverse scenarios on income, with the worst case for defined benefit pensions, 
trading portfolios, banking activities and insurance portfolios being reported against the Board risk appetite. 

Internal market risk models for trading book activities comprise VaR, Stressed VaR and Incremental Risk Charge and these are explained in 
detail in the Group’s Market Risk section of the Pillar III Disclosures.

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.

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In addition:

 – Capital impact and deficit triggers are used in respect of defined benefit pensions which have a material impact on capital resources.

 – 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. 

 – Interest rate repricing gaps, earnings sensitivity analysis, and open foreign exchange positions are used for banking book activity, and

 – 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.

Defined benefit pension schemes
Management of the assets is the responsibility of the Trustees of the schemes who are responsible for setting the investment strategy and for 
agreeing funding requirements with the Group. The difference between assets and liabilities determines whether there is a surplus or deficit. 
Any deficit must be met by the Group with additional funding agreed with the Trustees as part of a triennial valuation process.

For accounting purposes, a AA corporate bond based discount rate is used to determine present value of liabilities resulting in significant 
credit spread risk. Assets are marked to market.

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 2013 and 2012 based on the Group’s global trading positions is detailed in 
table 1.28. 

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. 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.

The average VaR for 2013 was lower than the average over 2012 due primarily to lower credit spread and interest rate exposure and 
improvement in market conditions. Trading book VaR assumes no diversification across risk type, instead it is a simple sum of interest rate, 
foreign exchange, credit spread, and inflation risk.

Table 1.28: Trading portfolios: VaR 1-day 95 per cent confidence level (audited)

At 31 December 2013

Interest rate risk

Foreign exchange risk

equity risk

Credit spread risk

Inflation risk

Total VaR

Close
£m

Average
£m

Maximum
£m

Minimum
£m

3.5

0.2

–

0.8

0.2

4.7

2.9

0.4

–

0.5

0.3

4.1

4.8

2.0

–

1.4

0.7

6.5

2.0

0.1

–

0.3

0.1

2.7

1-day 99 per cent VaR charts for 2013 for lloyds Bank, HBOS and lloyds Banking Group models can be found in the Group’s Pillar III 
Disclosures.

At 31 December 2012

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 

–

– 

0.7 

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.

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Banking activities
Market risk in non-trading books consists of exposure to changes in interest rates including basis risk. This is the potential impact on earnings 
and value that occurs due to mismatches in the timing of repricing assets and liabilities.

Interest rate risk exposure is monitored monthly using, primarily: 

(a) Market value sensitivity: this methodology considers all repricing mismatches (behaviourally adjusted where appropriate) in the current 
balance sheet and calculates the change in market value that would result from an instantaneous 25, 100 and 200 basis points parallel rise or 
fall in the yield curve (subject to a floor at zero per cent). 

(b) Interest income sensitivity: this measures the impact on future net interest income arising from an instantaneous 25, 100 and 200 basis 
points parallel rise or fall in all the yield curves over a rolling 12 month basis (subject to a floor at zero per cent). unlike the market value 
sensitivities, the interest income sensitivities incorporate additional behavioural assumptions as to how and when individual products would 
reprice in response to such change.

(c) Value at Risk (VaR): for short dated portfolios and other accrual accounted trading portfolios, where the portfolio turns over more than once 
within a three month horizon, VaR is used for internal risk management.

(d) Market Value notional limit: this caps the amount of conventional and inflation-linked government bonds held by the Group for 
liquidity purposes.

The Group has an integrated Asset and liability Management (AlM) system which supports non traded asset and liability management of the 
Group. This provides a single consolidated tool to measure and manage interest rate repricing profiles (including behavioural assumptions), 
perform stress testing and produce forecast outputs. Interest rate gaps are reported by currency and used to calculate the income and value 
sensitivities (in GBP equivalent). Repricing assumptions and customer reaction to changes in product pricing is a major determinant of the risk 
profile. The Group is aware that any assumptions based model is open to challenge. However, a full behavioural review is performed annually 
by Group AlM functions to ensure the assumptions remain appropriate, and is reviewed by Risk Division.

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.

Table 1.29 below shows, split by material currency, the Group’s market value sensitivities to an instantaneous parallel up and down 25 basis 
points change to all interest rates.

Table 1.29: Banking activities: market value sensitivity

Sterling

uS dollar

euro

Australian dollar

Other

Total

1

Restated

2013

20121

Up 25bps 
£m

Down 25bps 
£m

up 25bps 
£m

Down 25bps 
£m

(25.1)

16.3

(0.4)

(0.7)

(0.3)

(10.2)

25.6

(16.5)

0.6

(0.1)

0.3

9.9

51.4

14.9 

14.5 

1.0 

(0.1) 

81.7

(54.0)

(16.7)

(8.5)

(1.0)

0.1

(80.1)

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.

Table 1.30 below shows the banking book income sensitivity to an instantaneous parallel up and down 25 basis points change to all 
interest rates.

Table 1.30: Banking activities: net interest income sensitivity (audited)

Client facing activity and associated hedges

2013

2012

Up 25bps  
£m 

Down 25bps  
£m 

48.2

(136.0)

up 25bps  
£m 

202.0

Down 25bps  
£m 

(209.3)

The market value sensitivity is driven by temporary customer flow positions not yet hedged plus other positions occasionally held within limits, 
by the Group’s wholesale funding desks in order to minimise overall funding and hedging costs. The level of risk is low relative to the size of the 
total balance sheet.

The fall in net interest income sensitivity reflects further structural hedging against margin compression undertaken in 2013, and a revision of 
the assumptions as to how variable retail savings would reprice in a rising rate scenario.

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 a range of stresses 
and risk measures including 1-in-200 year stresses for Insurance’s Individual Capital Assessment (ICA) and alternative stresses for profit before tax 
and other measures. The effect of changes in key assumptions including sensitivities to the risk-free rate, equity investment volatility, widening of 
credit spreads on corporate bonds and an increase in illiquidity premia, as applied to profit before tax and equity are set out in note 37.

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Mitigation
Various mitigation activities are undertaken across the Group to manage portfolios and seek to ensure they remain within approved limits.

Defined benefit pension schemes
The Group takes an active involvement in agreeing risk management and mitigation strategies with the Trustees of the schemes through 
whom any such activity must be conducted. An interest rate hedging programme is in place to reduce liability risk. The schemes are also 
reducing equity allocation and investing the proceeds in credit assets as part of a programme to appropriately de-risk the portfolio.

Trading portfolios and banking activities
The Group’s policy is to optimise reward whilst managing its interest rate risk exposures within the risk appetite defined by the Board. For 
individual banking divisions, simple positional interest rate risk is minimal due to the Group requirement for these businesses to hedge (or 
match fund) promptly all open positions directly via the Group Corporate Treasury (GCT) function. 

As defined within the scope of the Group IRRBB Policy, all hedgeable interest rate risk in the non-traded book should be transferred to GCT 
via the Interest Rate Risk Transfer Pricing (ITP) framework. GCT is responsible for managing centralised risk (both traded and non-traded) and 
does this through natural offsets of matching assets and liabilities, and appropriate hedging activity of the residual exposures, subject to the 
authorisation and mandate of Group Asset and liability Committee within the Board Risk Appetite. Derivative desks in Financial Markets will 
then externalise the hedges to the market. However, certain residual interest rate risks may remain outside the centre due to differences in 
basis and profile mismatches, largely arising from customer behaviour. 

Customer facing divisions incur foreign exchange risk in the course of providing services to their customers. GCT incurs foreign exchange 
risk through its various debt and capital management programmes. 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. Where considered appropriate, hedges are in place to reduce exposure to 
market risk, principally equity and interest rate risk, but also foreign currency. 

For annuity 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.

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.

Defined benefit pension schemes
In addition to the wider risk management framework, governance of the schemes includes two specialist pensions committees (one Group 
executive sub-committee and a supporting management committee).

under this governance structure, the surplus or deficit in the schemes is tracked on a monthly basis along with various single factor and 
scenario stresses which consider the assets and liabilities holistically. Performance against risk appetite limits and triggers is also tracked 
regularly including an assessment of the impact on Group capital resources. Hedges in place and asset/liability matching positions are also 
actively monitored.

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 divisional 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 
Ongoing monitoring is in place to track market risks. This includes monitoring the progression of market risk capital against risk appetite limits, 
as well as the sensitivity of profit before tax to combined market risk stress scenarios and in year market movements. Asset/liability matching 
positions and hedges in place are actively monitored and if necessary rebalanced to be within certain tolerances. In addition market risk is 
controlled via approved investment policies and mandates.

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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 aim of operational risk management is to manage operational risks in line with defined appetites, and to protect both customers and  
the Group whilst delivering sustainable growth. The Group Operational Risk framework is the method by which operational risks are managed 
in terms of setting risk appetite, evaluating key exposures, measuring risk, mitigating risk, and monitoring risks on an ongoing basis, as  
set out below.

Risk appetite 
The Group’s Operational Risk appetite is designed to safeguard the interests of customers, internal and external stakeholders, and 
shareholders. Appetite is expressed through five high level statements summarised below, each of which are defined with limits and triggers 
approved by the Board, and are regularly monitored by executive and Board risk committees: 

 – Customer: The Group builds trust and does not expect its customers to be impacted negatively.

 – Reputation: The Group manages its external profile effectively. The Group will manage and mitigate any prominent negative nationwide 

media coverage. 

 – Financial loss: The Group does not expect to experience cumulative fraud or operational losses above a defined level of budgeted 

Group income. 

 – Management time and resources: The Group does not expect internal events that divert excessive senior management time from running 

the business or have extensive impact on colleague time and/or morale. 

 – Risk culture: All colleagues are responsible for risk within their individual roles. The Group sets a strong tone from the top and embraces 

a risk culture across the business which is aligned to its strategy, vision, values and codes of responsibility. The Group encourages an open 
dialogue and rapid escalation of potential threats and events. 

Exposures 
The principal operational risks to the Group are:

 – IT systems and resilience risk arising from failure to develop, deliver and maintain effective IT solutions;

 – Information security risk arising from information leakage, loss or theft;

 – external fraud arising from an act of deception or omission;

 – Cyber risk arising from malicious attacks on the Group via technology, networks and systems; and

 – Risks arising from inadequate customer facing processes, including transactions, processing and information capture. 

The risks below also have potential to negatively impact customers and the Group’s future results: 

 – The sale of TSB may result in disruption of senior management’s ability to lead and manage the Group effectively. In addition, the Group is 

committed to providing service for TSB, with potential for customer detriment, plus reputational and financial exposure for the Group in the 
event of any significant issues in maintaining services. 

 – 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. 

 – Systems and procedures in place to comply with increasingly complex and detailed anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism laws and 

regulations may not always be fully effective in preventing third parties from using the Group as a conduit for money laundering. Should 
the Group be associated with money laundering, its reputation could suffer and/or it could become subject to fines, sanctions and legal 
enforcement; any one of which could have a material adverse effect on operating results, financial condition and prospects.

Measurement 
Operational risk is managed within a Board approved framework and risk appetite, as set out above. A variety of measures are used such as: 
scoring of potential risks, using impact and likelihood, with impact thresholds aligned to the risk appetite statements above; assessment of the 
effectiveness of controls; monitoring of events and losses by size, business unit and internal risk categories.

In 2013, the highest frequency of events occurred in external fraud (61.96 per cent) and execution, delivery and process management 
(24.58 per cent). Clients, products and business practices accounted for 39.66 per cent of losses. execution, delivery and process management 
accounted for 38.64 per cent of losses. losses in both categories are driven by legacy issues (excluding PPI).

The table overleaf shows high level loss and event trends using Basel II categories.

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Table 1.31: Operational risk events by risk category 

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

2013

0.92

11.02

0.81

0.61

24.58

61.96

0.10

2012

1.08

15.27

0.32

0.14

24.90

58.02

0.27

2013

0.86

39.66

0.45

0.36

38.64

20.01

0.02

2012

1.46

58.65

0.24

0.10

27.19

11.99

0.37

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

Operational risk exposure and actual losses 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 
The Group’s control environment receives regular review and investment, with reporting on the material risks discussed monthly by senior 
management. Risks are managed via a range of strategies – avoidance, mitigation, transfer (including insurance), and acceptance, and 
contingency plans maintained for a range of potential scenarios with a regime of regular disaster recovery exercises, both Group specific and 
industry wide. Mitigating actions for the principal risks above include: 

 – The Group completed a strategic review in 2013, focused on IT resilience (the ability of IT systems to resist and/or recover from failure). 

Actions from the review include implementation of a new Group-wide risk appetite for IT service and availability based on the processes 
most time-critical to its customers, or to manage the Group. Strategic enhancements and investment are in plan over the next three years to 
reflect enhanced demands on IT both in terms of customer and regulator expectations. 

 – The Group has, and will continue to, invest in enhanced protection of customer information, including access to key systems and the security, 

durability and accessibility of critical records.

 – The Group adopts a risk based approach to mitigate the external fraud risks it faces, 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 an emphasis on preventative controls supported by real time detective controls wherever feasible. Through Group-wide 
policies and operational control frameworks, the Group has developed a robust fraud operating model with centralised accountability. The 
Group’s fraud awareness programme is a key component of its fraud control environment.

 – Significant investment has been made in increasing the Group’s cyber defence, for example through the IT Security Improvement 

Programme, to protect customers and the Group’s infrastructure. 

 – The Group continues to place appropriate and significant focus on improving customer processing by remediating known issues and 

addressing root cause through its rectification programmes, and seeking to improve the overall servicing environment in key areas through 
the Simplification programme. In addition, incident management capability has been revised and enhanced to increase speed of response 
to customer impacting incidents.

 – The level and impact of change involved in the sale of TSB is managed via robust change management governance and a consolidated 
strategic change plan. There are separate governance arrangements in place to oversee the impacts of the divestment on the retained 
business customers, operations and controls. 

 – Operational resilience measures and recovery planning defined in the Group’s Business Continuity Management policy ensure an appropriate 

and consistent approach to the management of continuity risks, including potential interruptions from a range of internal and external 
incidents or threats including environmental and climatic issues, terrorism, economic instability, pandemic planning and operational incidents. 

 – The Group has adopted policies and procedures to detect and prevent the use of its banking network for money laundering and related 
activities, and it regularly reviews and assesses these to keep them current and effective. These activities include ‘know-your-customer’ 
requirements, training and awareness, transaction monitoring technologies and reporting of suspicions of money laundering to the 
applicable regulatory authorities.

Monitoring 
Monitoring and reporting is undertaken at Board, Group and business area committees, in accordance with delegated limits of authority 
which are regularly reviewed and refreshed. Business unit risk exposure is aggregated and discussed at the monthly Group Operational Risk 
Committee, and matters are 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; audit; and assurance teams ensures that key risks are regularly 
presented and debated by an executive audience. 

The Group maintains a formal approach to operational risk event escalation, whereby material events are identified, captured and escalated. 
Root causes of events are determined and action plans put in place to ensure an optimum level of control to keep customers and the business 
safe, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. 

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 
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Funding and liquidity risk

Definition
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. 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.

Risk appetite
Funding and liquidity risk appetite for the banking business is set, reviewed and approved annually by the Board with the support of the 
Group Asset and liability Committee (GAlCO). Funding and liquidity risk is managed separately for the banking and Insurance businesses. 
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.

Exposure
liquidity exposure represents the amount of potential stressed outflows in any future period less expected inflows. liquidity is considered 
from both an internal and a 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 54 
on page 327 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 liquidity Transfer Pricing (lTP) and the liquidity risk 
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 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. 
The Group manages its risk appetite and 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; this corresponds with the PRA and CRD IV liquidity requirements. 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 is supported by strong relationships 
with corporate customers and certain wholesale market segments to supplement its retail deposit base. A substantial proportion of the 
retail deposit base is made up of customers’ current and savings accounts which, although mostly 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. Funding concentration by counterparty 
is not considered significant for the Group. Where concentrations do exist (for example, maturity profile); these are limited by the internal risk 
appetite and considered manageable.

To assist in managing the balance sheet the Group operates a lTP Policy which:

 – Allocates relevant interest expenses from GCT to the Group’s banking businesses within the internal management accounts in a manner 

consistent with the Group Funding and liquidity Policy; 

 – Helps drive the correct inputs to customer pricing and supports the overall Group balance sheet strategy; and

 – Is consistent with regulatory requirements.

Relevant interest expenses allocated via lTP include term funding spreads incurred over a three month lIBOR benchmark and the cost of 
funding and holding liquid asset reserves. lTP makes extensive use of behavioural maturity profiles, taking account of expected customer loan 
prepayments and stability of customer deposits. Such behavioural maturity assumptions are subject to formal governance, reviewed at least 
annually, and founded on analysis and evidence of actual customer behaviour using historical data gathered over several years.

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. In addition to central bank reserves, the Group holds sizeable balances of high grade marketable debt securities 
as set out in table 1.34 which can be sold to provide, or used to secure, additional cash inflows should the need arise from either market 
counterparties or central bank facilities (Bank of england, european Central Bank and Federal Reserve).

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liquidity risk within the Insurance business may result from the inability to sell financial assets quickly at their fair values; or from an insurance 
liability falling due for payment earlier than expected; or from the inability to generate cash inflows as anticipated. The shareholder 
(lloyds Banking Group) is exposed to liquidity risk through the shareholder business. This is predominantly the annuity portfolio, where the 
aim is to invest in assets such that the cash flows on investments will match those on the projected future liabilities. unit-linked and with-profits 
funds are normally expected to meet their own liquidity obligations. The shareholder’s exposure to liquidity risk is actively managed and 
monitored within Insurance to ensure that, even under stress conditions, Insurance has sufficient liquidity as required to meet its obligations 
and remains within approved risk appetite. In addition, liquidity risk is controlled via approved funding and liquidity policies.

Monitoring
liquidity is actively monitored at 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.

Daily monitoring and control processes are in place to address internal and 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, changes in primary liquidity portfolio, credit default swap (CDS) spreads and changing funding costs.

In addition, the monitoring 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 PRA, (the idiosyncratic, market 
wide and combined stresses) and the Group’s own scenarios reflecting possible future liquidity risks. The Group’s 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

Wholesale funding

Marketable asset

Market wide and Group specific stresses

Outflows calculated based on contractual maturity of wholesale funding with limited roll over

Haircut widening and repos assumed not to roll on contractual maturity

Retail and commercial funding

Substantial outflows on customer deposit base

Intra-day liquidity

Intra group liquidity

Off balance sheet

Downgrade

Franchise viability

liquidity required for clearing and payment systems under stressed conditions

Requirements from the stressed position of subsidiaries

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

Contractual outflows resulting from short and long-term rating downgrades

Actions that need to be taken to maintain the Group’s core business franchise and reputation

The scenarios and the assumptions are reviewed at least annually to gain assurance that they continue to be relevant to the nature of the 
business. The Group’s liquidity risk appetite is calibrated against a number of stressed liquidity metrics. 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 PRA under the Pillar II ‘anchor’ scenario. The Group also applies its own macroeconomic stress 
scenarios, including a one in 20 year recession.

 – Secondly, the Group maintains a Contingency Funding Plan which is 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.

For further information on the Group’s 2013 stress testing results refer to page 177.

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 net Stable Funding Ratio (nSFR – 100 per cent minimum 
requirement in 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 Group has invested considerable resource to ensure that it satisfies the 
governance, reporting and stress testing requirements of the PRA’s Individual liquidity Adequacy Standards liquidity regime and will satisfy 
the lCR and nSFR requirements. The Group’s lCR and nSFR position is monitored and forecast. The Group notes the recommendation of 
the Financial Policy Committee on 18 June 2013 that, for uK banks, the minimum lCR requirement should be set at 80 per cent until 1 January 
2015, rising thereafter to reach an lCR requirement of 100 per cent on 1 January 2018. 

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 and expects to meet all future liquidity regulatory requirements as implemented by the PRA.

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Funding and liquidity management in 2013
The transformation of the Group funding position has been substantially completed. The continued run down of the non-core asset portfolios 
and the growth in customer deposits has strengthened the Group’s funding position and reduced exposure to wholesale funding. The Group 
is now in a position where the core loan book is fully funded by core deposits (core loan to deposit ratio 100 per cent). This strong funding 
position has enabled the Group to undertake a number of funding related actions during the course of the year. In May 2013 the Group repaid 
in full the remaining e3.5 billion of outstanding long Term Refinancing Operation (lTRO) funding from the european Central Bank having 
earlier repaid e10 billion in February 2013. In addition to this, during 2013, the Group repaid other term funding totalling £12.6 billion early. 

In 2009 the Group entered into a number of eu State aid related obligations, one of which was reductions in certain parts of its balance sheet 
by the end of 2014. The Group achieved the asset reduction commitment ahead of the mandated completion date and has received formal 
confirmation that it has been released from this commitment from the european Commission. 

Market conditions continued to improve during 2013 along with investor confidence in the uK economy. The Group has experienced reduced 
term issuance costs and spreads on outstanding issuance have remained significantly narrower than previous years. As well as improved 
market conditions, rating changes for the Group were positive. A report from Standard & Poor’s published on 3 December 2013 affirmed the 
lloyds Bank ‘A/A-1’ long/short-term rating and revised upwards the stand alone rating from ‘bbb’ to ‘bbb+’. The ratings action was reflective 
of, in the opinion of Standard & Poor’s, a strengthened capital position and stronger prospects for lloyds Bank’s statutory earnings. 

The combination of a strong balance sheet and access to a wide range of funding markets, including government schemes, provides the 
Group with a broad range of options with respect to funding the balance sheet in the future.

Group funding sources
Total funded assets reduced by £28.5 billion to £510.2 billion. This reduction enabled the Group to make changes in wholesale funding which 
reduced by £32.0 billion to £137.6 billion, with the volume with a residual maturity less than one year reducing to £44.2 billion (£50.6 billion 
at 31 December 2012). The Group’s term funding ratio (wholesale funding with a remaining life of over one year as a percentage of total 
wholesale funding) reduced to 68 per cent (70 per cent at 31 December 2012) as expected in line with maturities of wholesale term funding and 
limited term wholesale issuance in 2013.

The Group core loan to deposit ratio improved to 100 per cent from 101 per cent at 31 December 2012. The Group loan to deposit ratio has 
improved to 113 per cent compared with 121 per cent at 31 December 2012, driven by strong deposit growth and non-core asset reduction. 
excluding reverse repos and repos, loans and advances to customers reduced by £16.9 billion, customer deposits increased by £15.8 billion, 
and there was a continued reduction in non-core assets (31 December 2013: £63.5 billion; 31 December 2012: £98.4 billion).

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Table 1.32: Group funding position (audited) 

Funding requirement

loans and advances to customers2

loans and advances to banks3

Debt securities

Reverse repurchase agreements

Available-for-sale financial assets – secondary4

Cash balances5

Funded assets

Other assets6

On balance sheet primary liquidity assets7

Reverse repurchase agreements

Balances at central banks – primary5

Available-for-sale financial assets – primary

Trading and fair value through profit and loss

Repurchase agreements

Total Group assets

less: Other liabilities6

Funding requirement

Funded by

Customer deposits8

Wholesale funding9

Repurchase agreements

Total equity

Total funding

2013  
£bn 

495.2

5.1

1.4

0.2

4.4

3.9

510.2

248.6

758.8

0.1

46.0

39.6

3.1

    (0.6)

88.2

847.0

(227.5)

619.5

438.3

137.6

575.9

4.3

39.3

619.5

20121
£bn 

Change 
% 

512.1 

12.5 

5.3 

–

5.3 

3.5 

538.7 

302.2 

840.9 

5.8 

76.8 

26.1 

(9.4)

    (5.9)

93.4 

934.3 

(277.8)

656.5 

422.5 

169.6 

592.1 

21.8 

42.6 

656.5 

(3)

(59)

(74)

(17)

11

(5)

(18)

(10)

(98)

(40)

52

(90)

(6)

(9)

(18)

(6)

4

(19)

(3)

(80)

(8)

(6)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Restated to reflect the implementation of IAS 19R and IFRS 10. See note 56, page 353.

excludes £0.1 billion (31 December 2012: £5.1 billion) of reverse repurchase agreements.

excludes £20.1 billion (31 December 2012: £19.6 billion) of loans and advances to banks within the Insurance business and £0.2 billion (31 December 2012: £0.7 billion) of reverse repurchase 
agreements.

Secondary liquidity assets comprise a diversified pool of highly rated unencumbered collateral (including retained issuance).

Cash balances and balances at central banks – primary are combined in the Group’s balance sheet.

Other assets and other liabilities primarily include balances in the Group’s Insurance business and the fair value of derivative assets and liabilities.

Primary liquidity assets are PRA eligible liquid assets including uK Gilts, uS Treasuries, euro AAA government debt and unencumbered cash balances held at central banks.

excluding repurchase agreements of £3.0 billion (31 December 2012: £4.4 billion).

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.

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Table 1.33: Reconciliation of Group funding figure to the balance sheet (audited)

At 31 December 2013

Deposits from banks

Debt securities in issue

Subordinated liabilities

Total wholesale funding

Customer deposits

Total

At 31 December 20121

Deposits from banks

Debt securities in issue

Subordinated liabilities

Total wholesale funding

Customer deposits

Total

Included in  
funding  
analysis  
(above)  

£bn

12.1

91.6

33.9

137.6

438.3

575.9

15.1 

120.4 

34.1 

169.6 

422.5 

592.1 

Fair value  
and other  
accounting  
methods 
£bn

–

(4.5)

(1.6)

Balance  
sheet 
£bn

14.0

87.1

32.3

–

441.3

– 

(3.1)

– 

– 

38.4 

117.3 

34.1 

426.9 

Repos 
£bn

1.9

–

–

1.9

3.0

4.9

23.3 

– 

– 

23.3 

4.4 

27.7 

1

Restated to reflect the implementation of IAS 19R and IFRS 10. See note 56, page 353.

Total wholesale funding by type and expected residual maturity is detailed below.

Table 1.34: Analysis of 2013 total wholesale funding by residual maturity (audited)

Deposits from banks

Debt securities in issue:

Certificates of deposit

Commercial paper

Medium-term notes1

Covered bonds

Securitisation

Subordinated liabilities

Total wholesale funding2

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 
2013 
£bn

Total at 
31 Dec 
2012 
£bn

9.5

0.6

0.3

–

0.7

0.3

0.2

0.5

12.1

15.1 

1.0

2.3

0.8

0.9

  2.8

7.8

0.3

17.6

3.4

2.0

0.4

–

  –

5.8

0.3

6.7

2.4

0.4

1.8

0.7

  0.9

6.2

0.6

7.1

1.3

–

0.1

–

  –

1.4

0.6

2.0

0.9

0.1

2.2

3.0

–

–

5.7

3.3

–

–

9.5

8.8

–

–

8.6

12.7

9.0

4.8

29.1

29.4

10.7 

7.9 

34.6 

38.7 

  3.3

  7.7

  4.6

  –

  19.3

  28.5 

9.5

0.6

10.8

16.7

3.3

20.3

22.9

5.9

29.0

21.3

22.3

44.1

91.6

33.9

137.6

120.4 

34.1 

169.6 

1

2

Medium-term notes include funding from the national Guarantee Scheme (31 December 2013: £1.4 billion; 31 December 2012: £1.4 billion).

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.

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Table 1.35: Total wholesale funding by currency (audited)

At 31 December 2013

At 31 December 2012

Table 1.36: Analysis of 2013 term issuance (audited)

Securitisation

Medium-term notes

Private placements1

Total issuance

Sterling 
£bn

44.4

54.3 

US dollar 
£bn

36.1

41.6 

Euro 
£bn

Other currencies 
£bn

48.7

60.2 

8.4

13.5 

Sterling 
£bn 

US dollar 
£bn 

Euro 
£bn 

Other currencies 
£bn 

–

–

0.1 

0.1 

0.5 

0.6 

0.4 

1.5 

–

1.3 

1.3 

2.6 

–

–

0.1 

0.1 

Total 
£bn

137.6

169.6 

Total 
£bn 

0.5  

1.9 

1.9 

4.3 

1

Private placements include structured bonds and term repurchase agreements (repos).

Term issuance for 2013 totalled £4.3 billion with the majority across medium-term notes and private placements. utilisation of the uK government’s 
Funding for lending Scheme (FlS) has further underlined the Group’s support to the uK economic recovery, and the Group remains committed  
to passing the benefits of this low cost funding on to its customers. The Group drew down £3.0 billion in 2012 and £5.0 billion in 2013 under  
the FlS scheme. A further £2.2 billion was drawn in January 2014, which under FlS rules, counts as funding from the 2013 scheme capacity.

Encumbered assets
The Board monitors and manages total balance sheet encumbrance via a risk appetite metric. During 2013 the Group had term issuance 
of £0.5 billion from securitisations and no issuance from covered bonds. Maturities have led to a reduction in externally held notes from 
residential mortgage backed securitisation and covered bond issuance. The table below summarises the assets encumbered through the 
Group’s external issuance transactions.

Table 1.37: Secured external issuance transactions

At 31 December 2013

Securitisations1

Covered bonds2

Total

At 31 December 2012

Securitisations1

Covered bonds2

Total

Notes issued  
£bn 

Assets
encumbered3
£bn 

18.6 

30.7 

49.3 

28.0 

40.7 

68.7 

31.6 

49.6 

81.2 

46.3 

56.9 

103.2 

1

2

3

In addition the Group retained internally £38.3 billion (31 December 2012: £58.7 billion) of notes secured with £49.3 billion (31 December 2012: £71.9 billion) of assets.

In addition the Group retained internally £7.6 billion (31 December 2012: £26.3 billion) of notes secured with £12.5 billion (31 December 2012: £37.5 billion) of assets.

Pro-rated by programme (31 December 2012 number restated on this basis).

Total notes issued externally from secured programmes (asset backed securities and covered bonds) have fallen from £68.7 billion (assets 
encumbered £103.2 billion, pro-rated by programme) at 31 December 2012 to £49.3 billion (assets encumbered £81.2 billion, pro-rated by 
programme). A total of £45.9 billion (31 December 2012: £85.0 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 at 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. Further details on repo and collateral pledges are 
available in note 54: Financial risk management. Internally held notes, encumbered through repo activity or assets pledged, are included in these 
disclosure amounts. Details on the assets within asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) conduits are available in note 22: Structured entities. 

Liquidity portfolio
At 31 December 2013, the Group had £89.3 billion (2012: £87.6 billion) of highly liquid unencumbered assets in its primary liquidity portfolio 
which are available to meet cash and collateral outflows and PRA regulatory requirements, as illustrated in the table overleaf. In addition the 
Group had £105.4 billion (2012: £117.1 billion) of secondary liquidity which is eligible for use in a range of central bank or similar facilities. This 
liquidity is managed as a single pool in the centre and is 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.

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Table 1.38: Liquidity portfolio

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

1

2

Assets rated A- or above.

Includes other central bank eligible assets.

Table 1.39: Liquidity portfolio: currency

At 31 December 2013

Primary liquidity

Secondary liquidity

Total

At 31 December 2012

Primary liquidity

Secondary liquidity

Total

2013 
£bn

46.0

43.3

89.3

2013 
£bn

1.4

0.4

0.1

22.1

4.3

77.1

105.4

194.7

Sterling 
£bn

US Dollar 
£bn

65.3

100.4

165.7

42.2 

109.2 

151.4 

13.3

0.8

14.1

7.2 

1.6 

8.8 

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 

Euro 
£bn

10.5

4.0

14.5

36.5 

4.7 

41.2 

Average 
2013 
£bn

69.4

28.2

97.6

Average  
2013 
£bn

2.0

1.2

0.1

33.3

4.8

75.2

116.6

Other 
currencies 
£bn

0.2

0.2

0.4

1.7 

1.6 

3.3 

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 

Total 
£bn

89.3

105.4

194.7

87.6 

117.1 

204.7 

Primary liquid assets of £89.3 billion represent approximately 4.2 times (3.5 times at 31 December 2012) the Group’s money market funding 
less than one year maturity (excluding derivative collateral margins and settlement accounts) and are approximately 2.0 times (1.7 times 
at 31 December 2012) all wholesale funding less than one year maturity, and thus provides a 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 liquidity facilities 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. 
The Group considers diversification across geography, currency, markets and tenor when assessing appropriate holdings of primary and 
secondary liquid assets and expects to see some transition from primary to secondary assets over the course of 2014.

The Group notes that the liquidity Coverage Ratio (lCR) will become the Pillar I standard for liquidity in the uK in 2015, and that the PRA has 
the ability to impose firm specific liquidity requirements. The european Commission is to adopt further legislation by 30 June 2014 to specify 
the definition, calibration, calculation and phase-in of the lCR for implementation in 2015. The Group expects to meet the new requirements 
ahead of the implementation dates. 

Stress testing results 
Internal stress testing results at 31 December 2013 show that the Group has liquidity resources representing 130.9 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 PRA combined 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. 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 £6.6 billion 
of cash over a period of up to one year, £3.0 billion of collateral posting related to customer financial contracts and £11.8 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.

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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. It includes 
a number of minimum capital ratios in normal and stressed conditions as well as a specific measure for the Insurance business, set by the 
Insurance Board, taking account of the need to maintain regulatory solvency including appropriate management buffers. The Board and the 
Group Chief executive, assisted by the Group Asset and liability Committee and the Group Risk Committee, regularly review performance 
against the risk appetite. A key metric is the Group’s common equity tier 1 (CeT1) capital ratio which the Group currently aims to maintain in 
excess of 10 per cent.

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 regulatory framework. From 1 January 2014 this included the new Capital 
Requirements Directive and Regulation (CRD IV) as implemented in the uK by the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) policy statement 
PS7/13. Prior to this date, and for the purposes of determining the Group’s capital resources and requirements at 31 December 2013, these 
have been based upon the modified Basel II framework as implemented by the PRA.

The regulatory minimum amounts of capital, under Pillar I of the Basel framework, are determined as percentages of the aggregate 
risk-weighted assets calculated in respect of credit risk, counterparty credit risk, operational risk and market risk (Trading Book), which are 
predominantly 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 PRA.

The minimum requirement for total capital is supplemented, under Pillar II of the regulatory 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 PRA’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 specific ICG by the PRA and maintains capital at a level which exceeds this 
requirement. From 1 January 2015, at least 56 per cent of the ICG must be covered by CeT1 capital and at least 75 per cent must be covered by 
tier 1 capital.

As part of the capital planning process, capital positions are subjected to 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 PRA to set a Capital Planning Buffer (CPB) for the Group. This comprises a minimum level of capital buffers over and above 
the minimum regulatory requirements that should be maintained in non-stressed conditions as mitigation against potential future periods 
of stress. 

The PRA requires the ICG and the CPB to remain confidential between the Group and the PRA.

Mitigation 
The Group has a capital management framework including policies and procedures that are designed to ensure that it operates within its risk 
appetite, continues to comply with regulatory requirements and is positioned to meet anticipated future changes to its capital requirements.

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. The cost and availability of additional capital is dependent upon market 
conditions and perceptions at the time. The Group is also able to manage the demand for capital through management actions including 
adjusting its lending strategy, risk hedging strategies and through business disposals. If necessary, this can include limiting new business.

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.

Monitoring
Capital is actively managed and regulatory ratios are a key factor in the Group’s planning processes and stress analyses. Five year forecasts 
of the Group’s capital position, based upon the Group’s operating plan, are produced at least annually to inform the Group’s capital strategy 
whilst shorter term forecasts are more frequently undertaken to understand and respond to variations of the Group’s actual performance 
against the plan. The capital plans are tested for capital adequacy using a range of stress scenarios covering adverse economic conditions 
as well as other adverse factors that could impact the Group and the Group maintains a Recovery Plan which sets out a range of potential 
mitigating actions that could be taken in response to a stress. 

Capital policies and procedures are subject to independent oversight. Regular reporting of actual and projected ratios, including those in 
stressed scenarios, is undertaken, including submissions to the Group Asset and liability Committee, the Group Risk Committee, Board Risk 
Committee and the Board. 

The regulatory framework within which the Group operates continues to be enhanced as part of the global banking reforms. 

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Over the course of 2013 there have been significant regulatory developments in the area of capital and the related management. The principal 
changes relate to the finalisation of CRD IV and subsequent consultation and finalisation of PRA requirements for their implementation 
in the uK and the 2013 announcement that major uK banks are expected to meet specific targets on an adjusted basis for CeT1 and 
leverage ratios. The Group notes the final statements from the PRA on the implementation of capital requirements in the uK and will continue 
to work with the regulator to ensure that the Group continues to meet the regulator’s capital expectations. The Group continuously evaluates 
the efficiency of its capital structure, management of which may result in significant one-off charges or gains, and its capital structure’s 
alignment with the regulatory framework. With the adoption of CRD IV, the Group is considering opportunities to raise new Additional tier 1 
securities which would rank senior to ordinary shares, and be automatically convertible into ordinary shares if the Group’s common equity tier 1 
ratio fell below a specified trigger point. 

Beyond CRD IV there have been a number of draft technical standards issued for consultation which relate to both capital and leverage and 
both Basel and european regulatory bodies continue to develop their thinking on both capital resources and capital requirement measures. 
Within the uK the PRA have been active in requiring enhanced capital standards and encouraging further disclosure developments and 
HM Treasury have been consulting on practical aspects of the application of a counter cyclical buffer. 

The Group monitors these developments very closely, participating actively in the regulatory consultation processes and analysing the 
potential financial impacts to ensure that the Group continues to have a strong loss absorption capacity that exceeds the regulatory 
requirements and the Group’s risk appetite and is consistent with market expectations. 

Capital management in 2013
The Group made significant progress in further strengthening its capital position in 2013 through its strongly capital generative strategy, 
including capital-efficient profit generation in the core business, the release of capital through non-core asset disposals and the successful 
delivery of management actions.

 – Core tier 1 ratio, based on the capital regulations as at 31 December 2013, increased 2.0 percentage points from 12.0 per cent to 

14.0 per cent.

 – Pro forma fully loaded CeT1 ratio under the CRD IV rules increased 2.2 percentage points from 8.1 per cent to 10.3 per cent whilst the ratio 

excluding pro forma impacts increased to 10.0 per cent.

 – Pro forma fully loaded CRD IV leverage ratio including tier 1 instruments was 4.1 per cent and was 3.4 per cent when including only CeT1 

capital resources. excluding the pro forma impacts, the fully loaded ratio including tier 1 instruments was 4.0 per cent and 3.4 per cent when 
including only CeT1 capital resources.

 – under the January 2014 revised Basel III leverage ratio framework, the Group’s fully loaded leverage ratio is estimated to improve 

significantly to 4.5 per cent on a pro forma basis including tier 1 instruments, and 3.8 per cent including only CeT1 capital resources.

Capital position at 31 December 2013
The Group’s capital position applying prevailing rules as at 31 December 2013 is set out in the following section. Additionally, information 
about the Group’s capital position on a CRD IV basis is set out on page 183.

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Table 1.40: Capital resources (audited) 

Capital resources

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 per cent excess of expected losses over impairment provisions

50 per cent of securitisation positions

Core tier 1 capital

non-controlling preference shares1 

Preferred securities1

Less: deductions from tier 1

50 per cent of material holdings

Total tier 1 capital 

Tier 2 

undated subordinated debt

Dated subordinated debt

unrealised gains on available-for-sale equity investments provisions

eligible provisions

Less: deductions from tier 2

50 per cent excess of expected losses over impairment provisions

50 per cent of securitisation positions

50 per cent of material holdings

Total tier 2 capital 

Supervisory deductions

unconsolidated investments – life

– general insurance and other

Total supervisory deductions 

Total capital resources

Covered by existing grandfathering provisions.

31 December 2012 comparatives have not been restated to reflect the implementation of IAS 19R and IFRS 10.

Table 1.41: Risk-weighted assets and capital ratios

1

2

Risk-weighted assets

Core tier 1 capital ratio

Tier 1 capital ratio

Total capital ratio

1

31 December 2012 comparatives have not been restated to reflect the implementation of IAS 19R and IFRS 10.

2013 
£m

20122
£m

38,989

347

(315)

185

(78)

750

(135)

1,055

452

41,250

(2,016)

(1,799)

(373)

(71)

36,991

1,060

3,982

(3,859)

38,174

1,825

18,567

135

359

(373)

(71)

(3,859)

16,583

–

–

–

54,757

43,999 

685 

(628)

217 

(1,438)

(343)

(56)

(350)

33 

42,119 

(2,016)

(2,091)

(636)

(183)

37,193 

1,568 

4,039 

(46)

42,754 

1,828 

19,886 

56 

977 

(636)

(183)

(46)

21,882 

(10,104)

(929)

(11,033)

53,603 

2013 
£m

20121
£m

263,850

310,299 

14.0% 

14.5% 

20.8% 

12.0% 

13.8% 

17.3% 

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The movements in core tier 1, tier 1, tier 2 and total capital in the period are shown below:

Table 1.42: Movements in capital 

At 31 December 20121

loss attributable to ordinary shareholders

Share issuance

Pension movements:

Implementation of IAS 19R2

Deduction of pension asset

Movement through other comprehensive income

Goodwill and intangible assets deductions

excess of expected losses over impairment provisions

Change in treatment of material holdings

Material holdings deduction

eligible provisions

Subordinated debt movements:

Foreign exchange

new issuances

Repurchases, redemptions, amortisation and other

Other movements

At 31 December 2013

Core tier 1 
£m

37,193 

(838)

510

(1,258)

515

(108)

292

263

–

–

–

–

–

–

422

36,991 

Tier 1 
£m

5,561 

Tier 2 
£m

21,882 

Supervisory 
deductions  

£m

(11,033)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(5,517)

1,704

–

40

–

(605)

–

1,183

–

–

–

–

–

–

263

(5,516)

1,703

(618)

98

–

(1,420)

191

16,583

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

11,033

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Total 
capital 
£m

53,603 

(838)

510

(1,258)

515

(108)

292

526

–

3,407

(618)

138

–

(2,025)

613

54,757

1

2

31 December 2012 comparatives have not been restated to reflect the implementation of IAS 19R and IFRS 10.

Includes the impact to other comprehensive income and movement in the retirement benefit asset.

Core tier 1 capital resources have decreased by £202 million in the period largely driven by movements relating to defined benefit pension 
schemes and attributable loss, partially offset by share issuances and reductions in excess expected losses and intangible assets. The movements 
relating to pension schemes primarily reflect the impact of the adoption of amendments to IAS 19, whereby valuation impacts relating to 
Group defined benefit schemes flow through other comprehensive income, partially offset by a reduction in the regulatory deduction of the 
defined benefit pension scheme asset.

Tier 1 and tier 2 capital resources have reduced primarily due to the reallocation of unconsolidated investments in life and General Insurance 
businesses, which were previously deducted as supervisory deductions from total capital, to become deductions from tier 1 capital 
(50 per cent of the total) and tier 2 capital (also 50 per cent).

The material holdings deduction from capital, predominantly relating to the Group’s investment in its Insurance businesses, has reduced by 
£3,407 million during the period reflecting payment by the Insurance businesses to the banking group of dividends totalling £2,155 million, 
elements of the Group’s subordinated debt holdings in the Insurance business that have been repaid following the issuance of external 
subordinated debt in the period and the disposal of the Group’s holding in St. James’s Place.

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Table 1.43: Risk-weighted assets 

Risk-weighted assets

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 Internal Ratings Based (IRB) approach

Retail IRB approach

Other IRB approach

IRB approach

Standardised approach

Credit risk

Counterparty credit risk

Operational risk

Market risk

Total risk-weighted assets

2013 
£m

2012 
£m

85,677

138,541

25,886

13,746

263,850

82,870

85,139

9,221

177,230

41,150

218,380

7,794

26,594

11,082

95,470 

165,209 

36,167 

13,453 

310,299 

80,612 

91,445 

12,396 

184,453 

73,665 

258,118 

12,848

27,939 

11,394 

263,850

310,299 

Retail risk-weighted assets reduced by £9.8 billion in the year primarily due to improvements in credit quality due to effective portfolio 
management and the impact of positive macroeconomic factors including favourable movements in uK house prices.

The reductions of risk-weighted assets of £26.7 billion in Commercial Banking and £10.3 billion in Wealth, Asset Finance and International 
primarily reflect further non-core asset reduction, the move to slotting models for Commercial Real estate (CRe) businesses and the impact of 
macroeconomic factors. 

The reduction in Standardised approach risk-weighted assets is largely due to the roll-out of new IRB approaches, predominantly the 
implementation of slotting models in the uK and Ireland, and non-core disposals.

Counterparty credit risk-weighted assets reduced from £12.8 billion to £7.8 billion. Contributing to this reduction are mark-to-market changes, 
management actions and migration of portfolios to the Foundation IRB approach. 

Table 1.44: Risk-weighted asset movement by key driver

At 31 December 2012

Management of the balance sheet

Disposals

external economic factors

Model and methodology changes

Regulatory policy changes

Other

Credit risk-weighted asset movement

Counterparty credit risk-weighted asset movement

Operational risk weighted asset movement

Market risk-weighted asset movement

At 31 December 2013

£bn

(1.8)

(20.7)

(15.4)

3.2

(5.4)

0.4

£bn

310.3

(39.7)

(5.1)

(1.3)

(0.3)

263.9

The risk-weighted asset movements table provides an analysis of the movement in risk-weighted assets in 2013 and an insight in to the key 
drivers of the movements in credit risk risk-weighted assets over the course of the year as follows.

 – Management of the balance sheet includes risk-weighted asset movements arising from new lending and asset run-off. During 2013 there 

was a small risk-weighted asset reduction of £1.8 billion in this category.

 – Disposals include risk-weighted asset reductions arising from the sale of assets, portfolios and businesses. Disposals reduced risk-weighted 

assets by £20.7 billion, primarily reflecting non-core disposals in Commercial Banking and Wealth, Asset Finance and International.

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 – external economic factors captures movements driven by changes in the economic environment. The reduction in risk-weighted assets of 
£15.4 billion is mainly due to changes in underlying credit quality, favourable house price movements and non-core exposures moving into 
default under the Foundation IRB approach.

 – Model and methodology changes include the movement in risk-weighted assets arising from new model implementation, model 

enhancement and changes in credit risk approach applied to certain portfolios. Model and methodology changes increased risk-weighted 
assets by £3.2 billion.

 – Regulatory policy changes represent changes required by regulatory authorities. Substantially all of the £5.4 billion reduction is due to the 

implementation of slotting models relating to Commercial Real estate and other exposures in the uK and Ireland.

Within the categories above, risk-weighted asset movements can arise as a result of credit risk exposures becoming adjustments to capital 
resources, through expected losses, rather than being risk-weighted.

CRD IV capital and leverage information
The data in the following tables represents estimates reflecting the Group’s interpretation of the CRD IV rules published on 27 June 2013 via 
the Official Journal of the european union (including amendments made to the Regulation via the Corrigenda published on 30 november 
2013) and the PRA policy statement PS7/13, issued on 19 December 2013. The actual capital ratios under CRD IV may differ as the final rules are 
assessed in their entirety, related technical standards are finalised and other guidance is issued by the relevant regulatory bodies.

A number of final draft CRD IV implementing and regulatory technical standards have already been issued by the european Banking Authority 
(eBA) with a number of other draft standards currently being taken through respective consultation processes. The Group has not reflected 
the impact of these draft standards in its CRD IV estimates, though it does not currently believe that these would make a material difference to 
the capital position outlined below.

Capital position on a CRD IV basis
The Group’s capital position at 31 December 2013 is shown in the table below calculated on the following three bases; firstly the current 
prevailing regulatory framework; secondly applying the CRD IV rules including the transitional arrangements that have been in place from 
1 January 2014; and thirdly on a fully loaded basis.

The transitional arrangements reflect the requirements of policy statement PS7/13, issued by the PRA on 19 December 2013. This differs from 
the Group’s previously published statements, which allowed for the transitional phasing of CeT1 deductions consistent with the FSA’s previous 
policy guidance. This has resulted in a material reduction in the transitional CeT1 capital bringing this close to the fully loaded position.

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Table 1.45: Capital position on CRD IV basis

At 31 December 2013

Core/common equity tier 1 (CET1)

Shareholders’ equity per balance sheet
Adjustment for insurance entity1

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 assets1

excess of expected losses over impairment provisions

Securitisation deductions
Significant investments1

Deferred tax assets

Core/common equity tier 1 capital
Pro forma core/common equity tier 1 capital2

Additional tier 1 (AT1)

Additional tier 1 instruments

less: deductions from tier 1

Significant investments

Total tier 1 capital
Pro forma total tier 1 capital2

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

Total capital resources
Pro forma total capital resources2

Risk-weighted assets 
Risk-weighted assets – pro forma2

Core/common equity tier 1 capital ratio

Tier 1 capital ratio

Total capital ratio
Pro forma core/common equity tier 1 capital ratio2
Pro forma tier 1 capital ratio2
Pro forma total capital ratio2
31 December 20123

Core/common equity tier 1 capital ratio

Tier 1 capital ratio

Total capital ratio

CRD IV rules

Prevailing  
rules as at 
31 December 
2013 
£m

Transitional 
CRD IV rules 
£m

Fully loaded 
CRD IV rules 
£m

38,989

32

615

1,614

41,250

(3,815)

(373)

(71)

–

–

36,991

n/a

38,989

(1,917)

–

–

1,295

38,367

(1,979)

(866)

(141)

(2,909)

(5,025)

27,447

28,218

5,042

4,486

(3,859)

38,174

n/a

(677)

31,256

32,027

38,989

(1,917)

–

–

1,295

38,367

(1,979)

(866)

(141)

(3,185)

(5,155)

27,041

27,925

–

–

27,041

27,925

20,392

19,870

15,636

135

359

(373)

(71)

(3,859)

54,757

n/a

263,850

n/a

14.0% 

14.5% 

20.8% 

n/a

n/a

n/a

12.0% 

13.8% 

17.3% 

–

349

–

–

(1,015)

50,460

51,231

272,092

272,641

10.1% 

11.5% 

18.5% 

10.3%

11.7%

18.8%

11.6% 

11.6% 

16.7% 

–

349

–

–

(1,692)

41,334

42,218

271,078

271,908

10.0% 

10.0% 

15.2% 

10.3%

10.3%

15.5%

8.1%

8.1%

11.3%

1

2

3

Removal of post-acquisition reserves impacts for Insurance business as under CRD IV, as implemented by PRA policy statement PS7/13, the deduction for significant investments in the 
equity of financial sector entities is based on cost of investment where previously this was based on net asset value. The overall impact of this change on the CRD IV ratios is negligible.

Includes the benefits of the announced sales of Heidelberger leben, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership and Sainsbury’s Bank.

31 December 2012 comparatives have not been restated to reflect the implementation of IAS 19R and IFRS 10.

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The movements in the transitional CRD IV common equity tier 1, tier 1, tier 2 and total capital positions in the period are shown below: 

Table 1.46: Movements in capital 

At 31 December 20121

update to transitional phasing and treatment of insurance

loss attributable to ordinary shareholders

Share issuance

Pension movements:

Implementation of IAS 19R2

Deduction of pension asset

Movement through other comprehensive income

Available-for-sale reserve

Deferred tax asset

Goodwill and intangible assets deductions

excess of expected losses over impairment provisions

Significant investment deduction

eligible provisions

Subordinated debt movements:

Grandfathering3

Restructuring to ensure CRD IV compliance

Foreign exchange

Repurchases, redemptions and other

Other movements

At 31 December 2013

Pro forma impacts4

Pro forma at 31 December 20134

Common equity 
tier 1 
£m

37,385 

(10,979)

(838)

510

(1,258)

515

(108)

(1,014)

82

292

406

2,075

–

–

–

–

–

379

27,447

771

28,218

Additional 
tier 1 
£m

– 

3,846

Tier 2 
£m

16,424 

2,748

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

486

–

(557)

–

(49)

83

–

3,809

–

3,809

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

729

349

172

932

(102)

(2,048)

–

19,204

–

19,204

Total 
capital 
£m

53,809

(4,385)

(838)

510

(1,258)

515

(108)

(1,014)

82

292

406

3,290

349

(385)

932

(151)

(1,965)

379

50,460

771

51,231

1

2

3

4

31 December 2012 comparatives have not been restated to reflect the implementation of IAS 19R and IFRS 10.

Includes the impact to other comprehensive income and the movement in the retirement benefit asset.

Includes movement from 90 per cent to 80 per cent grandfathering and adjustment due to further clarification of grandfathering rules.

Includes the benefits of the announced sales of Heidelberger leben, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership and Sainsbury’s Bank.

Common equity tier 1 capital resources have decreased by £9,938 million in the period, £9,167 million on a pro forma basis. This is substantially 
due to a £10,979 million adjustment relating to updated transitional phasing, reflecting PRA policy statement PS7/13 which has accelerated the 
phasing in of deductions (including deferred tax, significant investments and excess expected losses) to CeT1 bringing this close to the fully 
loaded position. Movements in CeT1 capital include those reflected under prevailing rules at 31 December 2013 on page 181. Incremental 
to these are increases largely driven by the £2,155 million in dividends from the Insurance business partially offset by negative valuation 
movements on available for sale assets.

Total capital resources have decreased by £3,349 million in the period, £2,578 million on a pro forma basis. excluding the impact of updated 
transitional phasing, total capital increased by £1,036 million, largely reflecting movements in CeT1 resources described above.

Leverage ratio
The Basel III reforms include the introduction of a leverage ratio framework designed to reinforce risk based capital requirements with a 
simple, transparent, non-risk based ‘backstop’ measure. The leverage ratio is defined as tier 1 capital divided by the exposure measure. The 
Basel Committee will test the proposed 3 per cent minimum requirement for the leverage ratio and have proposed that final calibrations, and 
any further adjustments to the definition of the leverage ratio, will be completed by 2017, with a view to migrating to a Pillar I treatment on 
1 January 2018. 

In line with previous reporting periods, the PRA has asked the Group to publish a leverage ratio on a fully loaded CRD IV basis, with the 
exposure measure adjusted to reflect the basis of the original December 2010 Basel III leverage ratio framework, as interpreted through 
guidance released in July 2012. 

In addition to the calculation basis specified by the PRA, the Group’s leverage ratio at 31 December 2013 is shown in the table below on a final 
CRD IV rules basis and estimated in accordance with the revised Basel III leverage ratio framework issued on 12 January 2014. In each case the 
ratio is presented on a ‘transitional’, ‘fully loaded’ and ‘fully loaded including tier 1 instruments’ basis. The inclusion of tier 1 instruments for the 
latter basis refers to the full recognition of tier 1 instruments that will become ineligible once the transitional phase has elapsed.

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Table 1.47: Leverage ratio on CRD IV basis

At 31 December 2013

CRD IV Rules

Total tier 1 capital for leverage ratio

Common equity tier 1 capital

Tier 1 subordinated debt

Tier 1 deductions

Total tier 1 capital

Pro forma total tier 1 capital2

Exposure measure

Total statutory balance sheet assets

Adjustment for insurance assets

Removal of accounting value for derivatives and securities financing transactions

exposure value for derivatives

exposure value for securities and financing transactions

Off-balance sheet items

Other regulatory adjustments

Total exposures

Pro forma total exposure2

Leverage ratio

Pro forma leverage ratio2

leverage ratio at 31 December 20123

Basel III December 2010 rules:4 

Leverage ratio

Pro forma leverage ratio2

Basel III January 2014 rules:5 

Leverage ratio

Pro forma leverage ratio2

Transitional 
£m

Fully loaded 
£m

Fully loaded 
(including tier 1
 instruments)1
£m

27,447

4,486

(677)

31,256

32,027

847,030

(84,302)

(61,686)

24,598

6,700

79,927

27,041

–

–

27,041

27,925

847,030

(83,401)

(61,686)

24,598

6,700

79,927

27,041

5,042

–

32,083

32,967

847,030

(83,401)

(61,686)

24,598

6,700

79,927

(10,308)

(10,437)

(10,437)

801,959

809,090

802,731

813,055

802,731

813,055

3.9%

4.0%

4.4% 

3.4%

3.4%

3.1% 

3.3% 

3.4% 

3.7% 

3.8% 

4.0%

4.1%

3.8% 

3.9% 

4.0% 

4.4% 

4.5% 

1

2

3

4

5

Includes the full value of tier 1 instruments reported under the prevailing rules as at 31 December 2013. These instruments will become ineligible for inclusion in tier 1 capital over the 
transitional period.

Includes the benefits of the announced sales of Heidelberger leben, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership and Sainsbury’s Bank.

31 December 2012 comparatives have not been restated to reflect the implementation of IAS 19R and IFRS 10.

exposure measure determined in accordance with the original December 2010 Basel III leverage ratio framework as interpreted through the July 2012 Basel III Quantitative Impact Study 
instructions and related guidance and as required by the PRA. 

exposure measure estimated in accordance with the January 2014 revised Basel III leverage ratio framework.

In order to ensure that the capital and exposure components of the ratio are measured consistently CRD IV requires the assets of the Insurance 
entities included in the Group’s statutory consolidated balance sheet to be excluded from the exposure measure in proportion to the element 
of the investment in the Group’s Insurance businesses that is excluded from tier 1 capital. under the January 2014 revised BaseI III leverage 
ratio framework only the proportion of the investment in the Group’s Insurance businesses not deducted from tier 1 capital is included in the 
exposure measure. 

leverage ratio exposure values for derivatives and securities financing transactions have been calculated in accordance with the 
methodologies prescribed by the relevant rules applied.

Off-balance sheet items primarily consist of undrawn credit facilities, including facilities that may be cancelled unconditionally at any time 
without notice. The leverage ratio exposure value for off-balance sheet items is determined by applying set credit conversion factors to the 
nominal values of the items, based on the classification of the item. On a CRD IV basis a credit conversion factor of 10 per cent is applied to 
unconditionally cancellable items, with remaining off-balance sheet items predominantly attracting a 100 per cent credit conversion factor. 
under the January 2014 revised Basel III leverage ratio framework, the credit conversion factors applied to off-balance sheet items follow those 
prescribed by Standardised credit risk rules, subject to a floor of 10 per cent. 

Other regulatory adjustments consist of other balance sheet assets that are required under CRD IV to be deducted from tier 1 capital. The removal 
of these assets from the exposure measure ensures consistency is maintained between the capital and exposure components of the ratio. 

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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 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 PRA.

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 PRA 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 PRA; 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 PRA 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 PRA.

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 differs from the statutory basis in including an allowance for future bonuses whilst the value of options and guarantees 
are assessed using a stochastic simulation model which values these liabilities on a basis consistent with tradable market option contracts 
(a market-consistent basis). In calculating the realistic liabilities, the model also 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 191.

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.

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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 PRA.

Table 1.48: Capital resources (audited)

At 31 December 2013 
(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 PRA reporting treatment

Qualifying loan capital

Support arrangement assets

Available capital resources

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 PRA 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  
Funds 
£m 

UK Life  
Shareholder  
Funds 
£m

Overseas  
Life Business 
£m 

Total  
Life Business 
£m 

–

    –

–

336

–

–

(389)

–

210

157

    –

–

205

–

–

(305)

–

190

90

–

    –

–

55

–

–

(55)

–

–

–

    –

–

62

–

–

(62)

– 

– 

– 

–

     6,139

6,139

–

(4,117)

2,362

    –

2,362

–

–

(430)

(2,659)

–

–

(210)

1,382

6

    6,259 

6,265

–

(5,056) 

–

2,611

–

2,314

1,791

    – 

1,791 

–

–

101 

(175) 

– 

–

(190) 

1,120 

– 

2,238   

–

3,854 

4

    181

185

2,366

    6,320

8,686

–

(80)

(23)

–

–

–

82

391

(4,197)

(3,112)

(444)

2,611

–

3,935

562

    225 

787 

2,359

    6,484  

8,843

–

(718) 

152 

– 

–

–

221 

267 

(5,774) 

78 

(367) 

2,238  

– 

5,285 

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 also provided subordinated loans to its fellow group undertaking Scottish Widows Bank plc. no such arrangement exists 
for Clerical Medical.

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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 PRA 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 2013 the estimated value of surplus admissible assets in the non-Participating Fund was 
£1,902 million (2012: £1,430 million) and the estimated value of the Support Account was £nil (2012: £nil). However, at 31 December 2013, the 
excess of realistic liabilities of with-profits business written before demutualisation over the relevant assets was £54 million (2012: £62 million) 
which, in accordance with the PRA’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 2013, the estimated net economic value of the non-Participating Fund and its subsidiaries for the purposes of this 
test was £6,784 million (2012: £5,647 million) and the estimated combined value of the Support Account and Further Support Account was 
£2,070 million (2012: £2,171 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 2013 is £156 million (2012: £128 million). 
Scottish Widows has obtained from the PRA 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.

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Movements in regulatory capital
The movements in the Group’s available capital resources in the life business can be analysed as follows:

Table 1.49: Movements in 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

At 31 December 2012

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

Disposal of business

At 31 December 2013

90 

2

–

20

45

–

157

– 

6

–

–

(6)

–

–

1,120 

3,854 

221 

5,285 

101

(394)

(20)

732

(157)

1,382

–

(1,280)

–

(240)

(20)

2,314

11

(23)

–

60

(187)

82

120

(1,697)

–

591

(364)

3,935

With-Profit Funds
Available capital in the Scottish Widows With-Profit Fund has increased from £90 million at 31 December 2012 to an estimated £157 million 
at 31 December 2013 mainly due to a decrease in the liabilities of the non-transferred business (caused by model changes and positive 
investment returns). Available capital in the Clerical Medical With-Profit Fund is estimated to be zero at 31 December 2013 (no change from 
31 December 2012). 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 £1,120 million at 31 December 2012 to an estimated £1,382 million at 
31 December 2013. 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 decreased from £3,854 million at 31 December 2012 to an estimated £2,314 million at 
31 December 2013. The decrease mainly reflects the funding used to pay the dividend from Scottish Widows Group to lloyds Bank.

Overseas life business
Available capital has decreased during 2013 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 1.50: Analysis of policyholder liabilities

At 31 December 2013

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 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

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

13,539

7,427

–

–

20,966

–

     –

13,539

–

13,539

–

    – 

7,427

–

7,427

45,310

    11,702 

57,012

26,722

83,734

4,064

     –

4,064

868

4,932

49,374

    11,702

82,042

27,590

109,632

13,779 

8,248 

2 

– 

22,029 

–

     – 

13,779 

–

13,779 

– 

     – 

8,248 

– 

8,248 

38,756

     12,923 

51,681 

49,929 

101,610 

8,429 

     2 

8,431 

4,443 

12,874 

47,185

     12,925 

82,139 

54,372 

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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 2013 of £2.2 billion (2012: £2.1 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 PRA, 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 swap yield curves.

 – 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 2013, the 10 year equity-implied  
at-the-money assumption was set at 22.1 per cent (2012: 26.3 per cent). The assumption for property volatility was 15 per cent (2012: 15 per cent).  
The volatility of interest rates has been calibrated to the implied volatility of swaptions which was broadly 17 per cent (2012: 18 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).

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 £63 million (2012: £56 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 £1 million. If yields were 
0.5 per cent lower than assumed, the liability would increase by approximately £9 million.

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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.

Exposures
The Group periodically experiences material regulatory breaches outside its risk appetite. Regulatory exposure is also 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 still continues to witness increased levels of government and regulatory 
intervention in the banking sector with an increasing number of regulatory rules from both the uK and overseas affecting the Group’s 
operations. It is clear that regulatory challenges remain, including the area of conduct where the Group accepted the findings of the FCA 
investigation into its historic Bancassurance incentive schemes, and agreed to pay a fine of £28 million in 2013. The Group has made significant 
changes to its incentive schemes since the period relating to the fine.

Measurement 
Regulatory risks are measured against a set of risk appetite metrics, with appropriate thresholds, which have been approved by the Board and 
which are regularly reviewed and monitored. 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;

 – enhanced regulatory reporting;

 – Regulatory horizon scanning;

 – Oversight and assurance of the regulatory risks within the business;

 – Quality assurance theme reviews to assess compliance with rules, regulations and policies;

 – Continued investment in the Group’s IT systems is enabling the Group to meet its regulatory commitments;

 – 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; and

 – 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 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.

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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. Insurance risk appetite in the Insurance business is set by the Insurance Board and includes maximum earnings 
exposures to longevity and persistency risk in defined stresses. Insurance risk appetite for longevity in the defined benefit pension schemes is 
set by the Board using two key metrics: a one year increase to life expectancy and a combined market and longevity stress. 

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 and 
expenses for the life and pension business, and property and unemployment for the general insurance business. The prime insurance risk of 
the Group’s defined benefit pension schemes is related to longevity. As with any business, the Group is exposed to a number of insurance 
events, some of which are covered by bespoke corporate insurance policies.

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 on a range of stresses including risk measures based on 
1-in-200 year stresses for Insurance’s Individual Capital Assessment (Group defined benefit pension schemes utilise 1-in-20 year stresses) and 
other supporting measures where appropriate, including those set out in notes 36 and 37 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 Insurance Board but significant risks from Insurance and the defined 
benefit pension schemes are reviewed by the Group executive and Group Risk Committees and/or Board. Governance of the Group’s 
defined benefit pension schemes also includes two specialist pension committees (one Group executive sub committee and a supporting 
management 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. 

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. The most significant insurance risk in the defined benefit pension schemes is 
longevity risk. The merits of longevity risk transfer and hedging solutions are regularly reviewed.

The Group’s exposure to accumulations of risk and events (including possible catastrophes) is mitigated by insurance arrangements spread 
over different insurers. Detailed analysis, including that of the potential losses under various catastrophe scenarios, supports the choice of 
insurance arrangements. 

Monitoring
Ongoing monitoring is in place to track the progression of insurance risks. In respect of the Insurance business 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 and the sensitivity of profit before tax to the most 
significant insurance risks persistency and longevity. The effectiveness of controls put in place to manage insurance risk is evaluated and 
significant divergences from experience or movements in risk exposures are investigated and remedial action taken. Progress against risk 
appetite metrics in respect of longevity risk in the Group’s defined benefit pension schemes is regularly reported and reviewed by the 
relevant committees.

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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 people risk appetite and corresponding measures are reviewed and approved annually by the Board to enable the Group to 
lead responsibly and proficiently, manage people resource effectively, support and develop colleague talent, and meet 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.

Exposures
The Group’s management of material people risks is critical to its capacity to deliver against its strategic objectives and to be the best bank for 
customers. Over the coming year the Group anticipates the following key people risk exposures:

 – Retention of colleague talent within key populations in the context of a more active employment market;

 – The Group’s reward scheme compliance and talent attraction may be impacted by regulatory changes to remuneration governance and the 

Approved Persons regime; and

 – Colleague engagement may be challenged by ongoing media attention on banking sector culture, sales practices and ethical conduct.

Measurement
People risk is measured through a series of quantitative and qualitative indicators, aligned to key sources of people risk for the Group. In 
addition to risk appetite measures, people risks and controls are monitored across individual Divisions and business units. Divisional metrics 
are calibrated against the Group’s risk appetite and monitored on a monthly basis via the Group’s risk reporting structure.

Mitigation
The Group takes many mitigating actions with respect to people risk. Key areas of focus include:

 – Strengthening the risk and customer focused culture amongst colleagues by developing and delivering initiatives that reinforce behaviours 

to generate the best possible long-term outcomes for customers and colleagues;

 – embedding the Group’s Codes of Personal and Business Responsibility across the Group;

 – Reviewing and developing incentives 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.

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.

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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 and compliance with tax legislation in the jurisdictions in which the Group operates.

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; and

 – 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 Chief Financial Officer in fulfilling their disclosure 
responsibilities under relevant listing and other regulatory and legal 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 pages 91 to 92.

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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 Principle and Policy which are reviewed and approved 
by the Board on an annual basis. The Group has governance arrangements that support the effective long-term operation of the business, 
maximise shareholder value and meet regulatory and social expectations.

Exposure
The internal governance arrangements of major financial institutions continue to be 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. Risk governance and risk culture are mutually reinforcing.

Measurement
The Group’s governance arrangements are assessed against new or proposed legislation and regulation and best practice among peer 
organisations in order to identify any areas of enhancement required.

Mitigation
The Group’s Risk Management Framework establishes robust arrangements for risk governance, in particular by:

 – defining individual and collective accountabilities for risk management, risk oversight and risk assurance through a Three lines of Defence 

model which supports the discharge of responsibilities to customers, shareholders and regulators;

 – outlining governance arrangements which articulate the enterprise-wide approach to risk management; and

 – supporting a consistent approach to Group-wide behaviour and risk decision making through a Group Policy Framework which helps 

everyone understand their responsibilities by clearly articulating and communicating rules, boundaries and risk appetite measures which can 
be controlled, enforced and monitored.

The ethics and Responsible Business 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.

Driving adherence to the Group’s Risk Management framework goes ‘hand in glove’ with its approach to risk culture which is embedded in the 
Group’s approach to recruitment, selection, training, performance management and reward.

Monitoring
A review of the Group’s Risk Management Framework, which includes 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 are reported to the 
Group Risk Committee, Board Risk Committee and the Board. 

In addition, in 2013 the Group undertook a review of the findings of the Barclays Salz Review to ensure the Salz recommendations were 
factored into the Group’s current approach to governance and ongoing initiatives. A further review will be undertaken in 2014.

For further information on Corporate Governance see pages 78 to 99.

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     Financial statementsParent company balance sheet 366Parent company statement  of changes in equity  367Parent company cash flow statement 368Notes to the parent company  financial statements 3691.  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 Strategic reportFinancial resultsGovernanceRisk managementFinancial statementsIndependent auditors’ report 198Consolidated financial statements 204Notes to the consolidated financial statements 212Parent company financial statements 366Notes to the parent company financial statements 369Other information14469123377Independent auditors’ report 198Consolidated income statement  204Consolidated statement  of comprehensive income 205Consolidated balance sheet 206Consolidated statement  of changes in equity  208Consolidated cash flow statement 211Notes to the consolidated  financial statements 2121.  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.  Taxation15.  Earnings per share16.  Disposal groups17.  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.  Structured entities23.   Debt securities classified as loans and receivables24.   Allowance for impairment losses on loans  and receivables25.  Available-for-sale financial assets26.  Investment properties27.  Goodwill28.  Value of in-force business29.  Other intangible assets30.  Tangible fixed assets31.  Other assets32.  Deposits from banks33.  Customer deposits34.   Trading and other financial liabilities at fair  value through profit or loss35.  Debt securities in issue36.   Liabilities arising from insurance contracts  and participating investment contracts37.  Life insurance sensitivity analysis38.   Liabilities arising from non-participating  investment contracts 39.   Unallocated surplus within insurance businesses40.  Other liabilities 41.  Retirement benefit obligations42.  Deferred tax43.  Other provisions 44.  Subordinated liabilities45.  Share capital46.  Share premium account47.  Other reserves48.  Retained profits49.  Ordinary dividends50.  Share-based payments51.  Related party transactions52.  Contingent liabilities and commitments53.  Financial instruments54.  Financial risk management55.  Consolidated cash flow statement56.  Restatement of prior period information57.  Future accounting developments58.  Approval of financial statements198

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InDePenDenT AuDITORS’ RePORT TO THe MeMBeRS OF 
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Report on the financial statements  

Our opinion 
In our opinion:

 – the financial statements, defined below, give a true and fair view of the state of the Group’s and of the Parent Company’s affairs as at 

31 December 2013 and of the Group’s loss and of the Group’s and Parent Company’s cash flows for the year then ended;

 – the Group financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as 

adopted by the european union;

 – the Parent Company financial statements 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

 – the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and, as regards the Group 

financial statements, Article 4 of the IAS Regulation.

This opinion is to be read in the context of what we say in the remainder of this report.

What we have audited
The Group financial statements and Parent Company financial statements (the ‘financial statements’), which are prepared by 
lloyds Banking Group plc (the ‘Parent Company’), comprise:

 – the Consolidated and Parent Company balance sheets as at 31 December 2013;

 – the Consolidated income statement and the Consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the year then ended;

 – the Consolidated and Parent Company statements of changes in equity and cash flow statements for the year then ended; and

 – the notes to the financial statements, which include a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation comprises applicable law and IFRSs as adopted by the european 
union and, as regards the Parent Company, as applied in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006.

Certain disclosures required by the financial reporting framework have been presented elsewhere in the Annual Report and Accounts 
(‘Annual Report’), rather than in the notes to the financial statements. These are cross-referenced from the financial statements and are 
identified as audited.

What an audit of financial statements involves 
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (uK and Ireland) (‘ISAs (uK & Ireland)’). 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 and 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 to identify material inconsistencies with the 
audited financial statements and to identify any information that is apparently materially incorrect based on, or materially inconsistent 
with, the knowledge acquired by us in the course of performing the audit. If we become aware of any apparent material misstatements or 
inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report.

 
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Overview of our audit approach

Materiality
We set certain thresholds for materiality. These helped us to determine the nature, timing and extent of our audit procedures and to evaluate 
the effect of misstatements, both individually and on the financial statements as a whole. 

Based on our professional judgement, we determined materiality for the Group financial statements as a whole to be £265 million. In arriving at 
this judgement we have had regard to interest and other income rather than profitability given the variability in performance in recent periods.

We agreed with the Audit Committee that we would report to them misstatements identified during our audit above £10 million as well as 
misstatements below that amount that, in our view, warranted reporting for qualitative reasons.

Overview of the scope of our audit
The Group is structured into four divisions being Retail Banking, Commercial Banking, Insurance, and Wealth, Asset Finance and International, 
as well as the Group’s centralised functions (Group Operations and Central Items). each of the divisions and the centralised functions 
comprises a number of business reporting units. The Group financial statements are a consolidation of these business reporting units. 

In establishing the overall approach to the Group audit, we determined the type of work that needed to be performed at the reporting 
units by us, as the Group engagement team, or component auditors within PwC uK and from other PwC network firms operating under our 
instruction. Where the work was performed by component auditors, we determined the level of involvement we needed to have in the audit 
work at those reporting units to be able to conclude whether sufficient appropriate audit evidence had been obtained as a basis for our 
opinion on the Group financial statements as a whole. 

For the Group’s individually financially significant reporting units a full scope audit was performed over their complete financial information. 
Other reporting units were selected so that we obtained appropriate coverage across all account balances and performed audit work to 
cover the areas of focus we identified, and which are set out below. The level of coverage obtained was determined by our risk assessment for 
each account balance. For the other reporting units selected, either a full scope audit of their financial information or specified procedures over 
individual account balances were performed.

Areas of particular audit focus
In preparing the financial statements, the directors made a number of subjective judgements, for example in respect of significant accounting 
estimates that involved making assumptions and considering future events that are inherently uncertain. We primarily focused our work in these 
areas by assessing the directors’ judgements against available evidence, forming our own judgements, and evaluating the disclosures in the 
financial statements.

In our audit, we tested and examined information, using sampling and other auditing techniques, to the extent we considered necessary to 
provide a reasonable basis for us to draw conclusions. We obtained audit evidence through testing the effectiveness of controls, substantive 
procedures or a combination of both. 

We considered the following areas to be those that required particular focus in the current year. This is not a complete list of all risks or areas of 
focus identified by our audit. We discussed these areas of focus with the Audit Committee. Their report on those matters that they considered to 
be significant issues in relation to the financial statements is set out on page 92.

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Area of focus

How the scope of our audit addressed the area of focus

Loan loss impairment
We focused on the determination of 
whether loans and advances were 
impaired and the measurement 
of impairment, in particular, the 
assessment of whether historic losses 
are indicative of incurred losses in 
the portfolios and the valuation of 
collateral for secured lending.

Conduct risk and related provisions 

The Group has to make redress 
payments for products and business 
mis-sold to customers in the past. The 
Group also has exposure to associated 
operational costs and regulatory fines.

We focused on identifying products 
and businesses with exposures 
and assessing whether a provision 
was necessary. 

Where provisions were made, we 
focused on the measurement of 
the provision and in particular, the 
assumptions underlying the calculation 
of the provision.

We focused the majority of our work on 
the provisions in relation to PPI, SMe 
derivatives and also in respect of the 
mis-selling of insurance products in the 
German branch of Clerical Medical.

Valuation of liabilities and assets 
arising from insurance contracts 

The value the Group places on 
insurance contracts is dependent on 
a number of subjective assumptions 
about future experience. We focused 
on the judgements aspects of setting 
economic and non-economic actuarial 
assumptions, in particular longevity, 
persistency, expenses, credit risk and 
illiquidity premium for which small 
changes can result in material impacts 
to the valuation of those liabilities and 
the value of in-force (‘VIF’) asset.

We tested the design and operating effectiveness of controls for loan loss impairment, including 
governance processes. We critically assessed the criteria for determining whether an impairment 
event had occurred and therefore whether a loan loss had been incurred. We specifically tested a 
sample of performing loans to challenge whether impairment events had been properly identified.

Where impairment is calculated collectively for portfolios of loans in Retail Banking, Commercial 
Banking, and Wealth, Asset Finance and International, we understood and assessed the provisioning 
models and underlying assumptions used. In examining the models and assumptions, we considered 
whether all relevant risks were reflected in the modelled provision, and where not, whether model 
overlays appropriately reflected those risks.

Where modelling assumptions were based on historic data, we assessed whether historic experience 
was reflective of the losses incurred in the portfolios based upon the current economic environment 
and the current circumstances of the borrowers. We also tested the extraction of historic data from 
underlying systems to the impairment models.

For larger loan exposures (predominantly in Commercial Banking) where impairment is individually 
calculated, we understood the latest developments at the borrower and the basis of measuring 
the impairment provisions held, which is particularly significant in the non-core portfolio where 
management are pursuing an exit strategy. We assessed the expected future cashflows and the 
valuation of collateral held, and challenged management as to whether valuations were up to date, 
consistent with the strategy being followed and appropriate for the purpose.

We tested the design and operating effectiveness of controls around management’s processes 
for identifying exposures in relation to conduct risk areas and assessing whether provisions were 
necessary. We also assessed potential exposures based upon our own knowledge and experience of 
emerging industry issues and the regulatory environment.

For all provisions made, we understood and critically assessed the provisioning models and 
underlying assumptions used. For those underlying assumptions based on historic experience, we 
assessed whether this was appropriate and where it was not deemed to be appropriate, the basis for 
and appropriateness of changes made was assessed. 

Given the judgemental nature of all of these provisions, we assessed critically the disclosures made 
in the financial statements. We particularly focused on assessing whether the disclosures made 
sufficiently clear the significant uncertainties that exist around determining the provisions and the 
sensitivity of the provisions to changes in the underlying assumptions.

We assessed critically the specified actuarial assumptions, including consideration of management’s 
rationale for the judgements applied and, where applicable, verifying back to underlying 
policyholder and industry benchmark data. We also tested controls over the experience and 
expense analysis.

For longevity, persistency and expenses we considered recent experience and the appropriateness 
of the judgements on how future experience will evolve.

For credit risk and illiquidity premium we have assessed the appropriateness of the methodology 
and any modifications made. We assessed the underlying assumptions with reference to wider 
market practice and prevailing economic conditions.

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Area of focus

How the scope of our audit addressed the area of focus

Uncertain tax positions

The Group has a number of open 
tax matters, in respect of which 
management is required to make 
certain judgements as to the likely 
outturn for the purposes of calculating 
its tax position.

Management override of controls

ISAs (uK & Ireland) state that the 
risk of management override of 
controls is a significant risk on all 
audit engagements.

Revenue recognition

ISAs (uK & Ireland) state that there is a 
rebuttable assumption that the auditor 
will treat revenue recognition as a 
significant risk.

We examined the analysis performed by management setting out the basis for their judgement in 
respect of the material exposures identified, together with relevant supporting evidence such as 
correspondence with tax authorities and legal opinions obtained. 

We made our own assessment of the likelihood of the tax exposures occurring and the consequential 
accounting and disclosure treatments. In making our assessment we considered the interpretation of 
tax legislation in the relevant jurisdiction. We assessed the calculation of the exposures.

We read and assessed the appropriateness of the disclosure made, in particular, in respect of 
contingent liabilities.

For judgemental balances, which could include management bias, we considered the risk in planning 
our audit approach and reflected this in the audit work we performed, specifically in respect of 
impairment, conduct provisions, insurance liabilities and financial instruments held at fair value.

We assessed and tested the effectiveness of company-wide controls, and performed our own 
analytical and substantive procedures on balances in the consolidated income statement and 
balance sheet. We also tested controls and performed substantive procedures over the new 
consolidation system.

We identified higher risk journal entries in the general ledger and assessed their appropriateness 
through substantiation to relevant supporting evidence.

We tested the design and operating effectiveness of controls and performed substantive testing 
over revenue recognition (including using computer-assisted audit techniques), particularly in 
relation to judgemental aspects such as determining effective interest rates on loans and deposits 
and recognition of fee income.

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InDePenDenT AuDITORS’ RePORT TO THe MeMBeRS OF 
llOYDS BAnKInG GROuP PlC

Going concern
under the listing Rules we are required to review the directors’ statement, set out on page 74, in relation to going concern. We have nothing 
to report having performed our review.

As noted in the directors’ statement, the directors have concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the Group’s and Parent Company’s 
financial statements using the going concern basis of accounting. The going concern basis presumes that the Group and Parent Company 
have adequate resources to remain in operation, and that the directors intend them to do so, for at least one year from the date the financial 
statements were signed. In drawing this conclusion, the directors have considered:

 – the regulatory capital position of the Group which is critical to the market maintaining confidence in the Group’s ability to absorb losses that 

it may occur in a market stress; and

 – the funding and liquidity position of the Group to be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due, including in a market stress.

This is an area of focus of our audit and we have concluded that the directors’ use of the going concern basis is appropriate. However, because 
not all future events or conditions can be predicted, these statements are not a guarantee as to the Group’s and the Parent Company’s ability 
to continue as a going concern. In drawing our conclusion, we critically assessed the going concern assessment undertaken by management 
and approved by the Board or Directors. As part of our assessment we have: 

 – critically assessed and challenged the appropriateness of the stress scenarios used and their impact on the Group’s capital and liquidity 

position;

 – understood and assessed key economic and other assumptions used in both the capital and liquidity plan and the Group’s five year 

operating plan; and

 – substantiated the Group’s unencumbered collateral position and potential to access central bank liquidity facilities.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion:

 – the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors’ report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is 

consistent with the financial statements; and

 – the part of the Directors’ remuneration report to be audited has been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006.

Other matters on which we are required to report by exception

Adequacy of accounting records and information and explanations received
under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion:

 – we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or

 – 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.

We have no exceptions to report arising from this responsibility.

Directors’ remuneration
under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion, certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by 
law have not been made, and under the listing Rules we are required to review certain elements of the report to shareholders by the Board on 
directors’ remuneration. We have no exceptions to report arising from these responsibilities.

Corporate Governance Statement
under the listing Rules we are required to review the part of the Corporate Governance Statement relating to the Parent Company’s 
compliance with nine provisions of the uK Corporate Governance Code (‘the Code’). We have nothing to report having performed our review.

On page 77 of the Annual Report, as required by the Code Provision C.1.1, the directors state that they consider the Annual Report taken as 
a whole to be fair, balanced and understandable and provides the information necessary for members to assess the Group’s performance, 
business model and strategy. On page 92, as required by C.3.8 of the Code, the Audit Committee has set out the significant issues that it 
considered in relation to the financial statements, and how they were addressed. under ISAs (uK & Ireland) we are required to report to you if, 
in our opinion:

 – the statement given by the directors is materially inconsistent with our knowledge of the Group acquired in the course of performing our 

audit; or

 – the section of the Annual Report describing the work of the Audit Committee does not appropriately address matters communicated by us 

to the Audit Committee.

We have no exceptions to report arising from this responsibility.

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Other information in the Annual Report
under ISAs (uK & Ireland), we are required to report to you if, in our opinion, information in the Annual Report is:

 – materially inconsistent with the information in the audited financial statements; or

 – apparently materially incorrect based on, or materially inconsistent with, our knowledge of the Group and Parent Company acquired in the 

course of performing our audit; or

 – is otherwise misleading.

We have no exceptions to report arising from this responsibility.

Responsibilities for the financial statements and the audit

Our responsibilities and those of the directors 
As explained more fully in the Statement of directors’ responsibilities set out on page 77, the directors are responsible for the preparation of 
the Group and 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 Group and Parent Company financial statements in accordance with applicable law 
and ISAs (uK & 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 Parent 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.

Philip Rivett (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers llP 
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors 
london 
5 March 2014

(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.

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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 

Profit (loss) before tax

Taxation

Loss for the year

Profit attributable to non-controlling interests

loss attributable to equity shareholders

Loss for the year

Basic loss per share

Diluted loss per share

1

Restated – see note 1.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

note

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

14

15

15

2013
£ million

21,163

(13,825)

7,338

4,119

(1,385)

2,734

16,467

8,197

20121
£ million

23,548

(15,830)

7,718

4,650

(1,444)

3,206

15,005

8,284

    3,249

    4,700

30,647

37,985

(19,507)

18,478

(3,455)

(11,867)

(15,322)

3,156

(2,741)

415

(1,217)

(802)

36

(838)

(802)

(1.2)p

(1.2)p

31,195

38,913

(18,396)

20,517

(4,175)

(11,799)

(15,974)

4,543

(5,149)

(606)

 (781)

(1,387)

84

(1,471)

(1,387)

(2.1)p

(2.1)p

20111
£ million

26,316

(13,618)

12,698

4,935

   (1,391)

3,544

(368)

8,170

  2,799

14,145

26,843

(6,041)

20,802

(3,375)

(13,084)

(16,459)

4,343

(8,094)

(3,751)

861

(2,890)

73

(2,963)

(2,890)

(4.3)p

(4.3)p

   
   
 
 
 
 
 
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COnSOlIDATeD STATeMenT OF COMPReHenSIVe InCOMe

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

Regulatory provisions

Other operating expenses

Total operating expenses

Trading surplus

Impairment 

Profit (loss) before tax

Taxation

Loss for the year

Total income, net of insurance claims

Profit attributable to non-controlling interests

loss attributable to equity shareholders

Loss for the year

Basic loss per share

Diluted loss per share

1

Restated – see note 1.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

note

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

14

15

15

2013

£ million

21,163

(13,825)

7,338

4,119

(1,385)

2,734

16,467

8,197

30,647

37,985

(19,507)

18,478

(3,455)

(11,867)

(15,322)

3,156

(2,741)

415

(1,217)

(802)

36

(838)

(802)

(1.2)p

(1.2)p

20121

£ million

23,548

(15,830)

7,718

4,650

(1,444)

3,206

15,005

8,284

31,195

38,913

(18,396)

20,517

(4,175)

(11,799)

(15,974)

4,543

(5,149)

(606)

 (781)

(1,387)

84

(1,471)

(1,387)

(2.1)p

(2.1)p

20111

£ million

26,316

(13,618)

12,698

4,935

   (1,391)

3,544

(368)

8,170

  2,799

14,145

26,843

(6,041)

20,802

(3,375)

(13,084)

(16,459)

4,343

(8,094)

(3,751)

861

(2,890)

73

(2,963)

(2,890)

(4.3)p

(4.3)p

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive income

Items that will not subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss:

Post-retirement defined benefit scheme remeasurements:

Remeasurements before taxation

Taxation

Items that may subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss:

    3,249

    4,700

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

1

Restated – see note 1.

2013
£ million

(802)

20121
£ million

(1,387)

20111
£ million

(2,890)

(136)

  28

(108)

–

(680)

(629)

18

–

  277

(1,014)

(1,229)

(550)

  374

(1,405)

(6)

(2,533)

(3,335)

36

(3,371)

(3,335)

(2,136)

491

(1,645)

1,168

900

(3,547)

42

169

339 

(929)

116

(92)

1

25

(14)

(2,563)

(3,950)

82

(4,032)

(3,950)

624

(155)

469

–

2,527

(343)

80

(79)

(575) 

1,610

916

70

(270) 

716

(84)

2,711

(179)

72

(251)

(179)

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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

1

Restated – see note 1.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

note

2013
£ million

20121
£ million

1 January 20121
£ million

49,915

1,007

142,683

33,125

25,365

495,281

   1,355

522,001

43,976

–

4,864

2,016

5,335

2,279

7,570

31

5,104

98

80,298

1,256

160,620

56,557

32,757

517,225

 5,273

555,255

31,374

–

5,405

2,016

6,800

2,792

7,342

354

4,913

741

60,722

1,408

148,614

66,073

32,877

565,638

   12,470

610,985

37,406

8,098

6,122

2,016

6,638

3,196

7,673

434

4,635

1,262

27,026

847,030

18,498

934,221

14,966

980,248

17

18

19

20

23

25

26

27

28

29

30

42

41

31

 
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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

1

Restated – see note 1.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

note

2013

£ million

20121

1 January 20121

£ million

£ million

49,915

1,007

142,683

33,125

25,365

495,281

   1,355

522,001

43,976

–

4,864

2,016

5,335

2,279

7,570

5,104

31

98

17

18

19

20

23

25

26

27

28

29

30

42

41

31

80,298

1,256

160,620

56,557

32,757

517,225

 5,273

555,255

31,374

–

5,405

2,016

6,800

2,792

7,342

354

4,913

741

60,722

1,408

148,614

66,073

32,877

565,638

   12,470

610,985

37,406

8,098

6,122

2,016

6,638

3,196

7,673

434

4,635

1,262

27,026

847,030

18,498

934,221

14,966

980,248

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

1

Restated – see note 1.

note

2013
£ million

20121
£ million

1 January 20121
£ million

32

33

34

18

35

36

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

13,982

441,311

774

43,625

30,464

1,176

87,102

82,777

27,590

391

40,607

1,096

147

3

4,337

32,312

807,694

7,145

17,279

10,477

  4,088

38,989

347

39,336

847,030

38,405  

426,912

996

33,392

48,676

1,198

117,253

82,953

54,372

267

46,793

1,905

138

327

3,961

34,092

891,640

7,042

16,872

12,902

  5,080 

41,896

685

42,581

934,221

39,810

413,906

844

22,357

58,265

1,145

184,964

78,991

49,636

300

44,320

858

103

314

3,166

35,089

934,068

6,881

16,541

13,818

  8,266

45,506

674

46,180

980,248

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

The directors approved the consolidated financial statements on 5 March 2014.

Sir Winfried Bischoff 
Chairman 

António Horta-Osório 
Group Chief executive 

George Culmer
Chief Financial Officer

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COnSOlIDATeD STATeMenT OF CHAnGeS In eQuITY

Balance at 1 January 2013

As previously reported

Restatement (notes 1 and 56)

Restated

Comprehensive income

(loss) profit for the year

Other comprehensive income

Post-retirement defined benefit scheme 
remeasurements, net of taxation

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 2013

Attributable to equity shareholders

Share capital  
and premium  

£ million

Other  
reserves  
£ million

Retained  
profits  

£ million

Total  

£ million

Non-controlling  
interests  
£ million

23,914

12,902

–

–

23,914

12,902

7,183

(2,103)

5,080

43,999

(2,103)

41,896

–

–

–

–

–  

–

–

–

510

–

–

–

–

510

24,424

–

–

(1,014)

(1,405)

(6)

(2,425)

(2,425)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(838)

(838)

(108)

(108)

–

–

–  

(108)

(946)

–

–

(480)

142

292

–

(46)

(1,014)

(1,405)

(6)

(2,533)

(3,371)

–

510

(480)

142

292

–

464

10,477

4,088

38,989

685

–

685

36

–

–

–

    – 

–

36

(25)

–

–

–

–

(349)

(374)

347

Total  

£ million

44,684

(2,103)

42,581

(802)

(108)

(1,014)

(1,405)

(6)

(2,533)

(3,335)

(25)

510

(480)

142

292

(349)

90

39,336

Further details of movements in the Group’s share capital and reserves are provided in notes 45, 46, 47 and 48.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 
 
 
 
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Balance at 1 January 2012

As previously reported

Restatement (notes 1 and 56)

Restated

Comprehensive income

(loss) profit for the year

Other comprehensive income

Post-retirement defined benefit scheme 
remeasurements, net of taxation

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 20121

1

Restated – see note 1.

Attributable to equity shareholders

Share capital  
and premium  
£ million

Other  
reserves  
£ million

Retained  
profits  
£ million

Total  
£ million

non-controlling  
interests  
£ million

23,422

–

23,422

13,818

–

13,818

8,680

(414)

8,266

45,920

(414)

45,506

–

–

–

–

–  

–

–

–

492

–

–

–

–

492

23,914

–

–

(927)

25

(14)  

(916)

(916)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(1,471)

(1,471)

(1,645)

(1,645)

–

–

–  

(1,645)

(3,116)

–

–

(407)

81

256

–

(70)

(927)

25

(14)  

(2,561)

(4,032)

–

492

(407)

81

256

–

422

12,902

5,080

41,896

674

–

674

84

–

(2)

–

–  

(2)

82

(56)

–

–

–

–

(15)

(71)

685

Total  
£ million

46,594

(414)

46,180

(1,387)

(1,645)

(929)

25

(14)  

(2,563)

(3,950)

(56)

492

(407)

81

256

(15)

351

42,581

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COnSOlIDATeD STATeMenT OF CHAnGeS In eQuITY

Balance at 1 January 2011

As previously reported

Restatement (notes 1 and 56)

Restated

Comprehensive income

(loss) profit for the year

Other comprehensive income

Post-retirement defined benefit scheme 
remeasurements, net of taxation

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 20111

1

Restated – see note 1.

Attributable to equity shareholders

Share capital  
and premium  
£ million

Other  
reserves  
£ million

Retained  
profits  
£ million

Total  
£ million

non-controlling  
interests  
£ million

23,106

–

23,106

–

–

–

–

–  

–

–

–

316

–

–

–

–

316

23,422

11,575

–

11,575

–

–

1,611

716

(84)  

2,243

2,243

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

11,380

(707)

10,673

46,061

(707)

45,354

(2,963)

(2,963)

469

–

–

–  

469

(2,494)

–

–

(276)

125

238

–

87

469

1,611

716

(84)  

2,712

(251)

–

316

(276)

125

238

–

403

13,818

8,266

45,506

841

–

841

73

–

(1)

–

–  

(1)

72

(50)

–

–

–

–

(189)

(239)

674

Total  
£ million

46,902

(707)

46,195

(2,890)

469

1,610

716

(84)  

2,711

(179)

(50)

316

(276)

125

238

(189)

164

46,180

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COnSOlIDATeD CASH FlOW STATeMenT

for the year ended 31 December

Profit (loss) before tax

Adjustments for:

Change in operating assets

Change in operating liabilities

non-cash and other items

Tax paid

Net cash (used in) provided by 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

note

55(A)

55(B)

55(C)

55(e)

55(F)

2013
£ million

415

17,117

(44,270)

11,231

(24)

(15,531)

(36,959)

21,552

(2,982)

2,090

(6)

696

20121
£ million

(606)

47,805

(46,153)

2,081

(78)

3,049

(22,050)

37,664

(3,003)

2,595

(11)

37

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

(15,609)

15,232

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

1

Restated – see note 1.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements. 

(25)

(2,451)

1,500

350

(2,442)

–

(3,068)

(53)

(34,261)

101,058

66,797

(56)

(2,577)

–

170

(664)

23

(3,104)

(8)

15,169

85,889

101,058

55(D)

20111
£ million

(3,751)

44,097

(19,187)

(1,130)

(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

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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 74, the directors consider that it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in 
preparing the financial statements.

The Group has adopted the following new standards and amendments to standards which became effective for financial years beginning on 
or after 1 January 2013:

Changes in accounting policy

IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements

(i) 
IFRS 10 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 is therefore required to consolidate the other entity in the Group’s 
financial statements. under IFRS 10, the Group controls an entity when it is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement 
with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through the exercise of power. As a result, the Group consolidates certain entities 
that were not previously consolidated and no longer consolidates certain entities which were previously consolidated, principally in relation 
to Open ended Investment Companies. The Group has applied IFRS 10 retrospectively and restated its comparatives in accordance with the 
transitional provisions included in the standard. These provisions require the Group to re-assess its control conclusions as at 1 January 2013 
and restate its comparative information, applying the revised assessment in 2012 to the extent that the relevant investments were held in that 
year. Details of the impact of these restatements are provided in note 56 to the financial statements.

(ii)  Revised IAS 19 Employee Benefits (IAS 19R)
IAS 19R prescribes the accounting and disclosure by employers for employee benefits. Actuarial gains and losses (remeasurements) arising 
from the valuation 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, IAS 19R 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). IAS 19R has been applied 
retrospectively and comparative figures restated accordingly. Details of the impact of these restatements are provided in note 56 to the 
financial statements.

The impact of the implementation of IAS 19R on the Group’s results for the year ended 31 December 2013 has been to decrease other 
operating expenses by £28 million and increase profit before tax by the same amount. The impact on the balance sheet at 31 December 
2013 has been to increase the net retirement benefit liability by £2,817 million, to increase deferred tax assets by £648 million and to reduce 
shareholders’ equity by £2,169 million.

(iii)  IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement
IFRS 13 has been applied with effect from 1 January 2013. IFRS 13 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset, or paid 
to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date in the principal or, in its absence, the most 
advantageous market to which the Group has access at that date. IFRS 13 requires that the fair value of a non-financial asset is determined 
based on the highest and best use of the asset, and that the fair value of a liability reflects its non-performance risk. These changes had no 
significant impact on the measurement of the Group’s assets and liabilities. The IFRS 13 disclosures are given in notes 53 (financial instruments), 
26 (investment properties) and 16 (disposal groups, in respect of assets held for sale measured at fair value) to the financial statements.

Other presentation and disclosure changes
In addition to the accounting policy changes discussed above, on 1 January 2013 the Group adopted the following new standards and 
amendments to standards which impact the presentation and disclosures in these financial statements; none of these standards has had a 
material impact on the primary financial statements.

 – Amendments to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements – ‘Presentation of Items of Other Comprehensive Income’ 

The amendments to IAS 1 require entities to group items presented in other comprehensive income on the basis of whether they may 
potentially be reclassified to profit or loss subsequently. The statement of other comprehensive income in these financial statements has 
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Note 1: Basis of preparation (continued)

 – Amendments to IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures – ‘Disclosures - Offsetting Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities’ 

The amendments to IFRS 7 require entities to disclose information to enable users of the financial statements to evaluate the effect or 
potential effect of netting arrangements on the balance sheet. These disclosures are given in note 53 to the financial statements.

 – IFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities 

IFRS 12 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. These 
disclosures are made in the notes to these financial statements.

Details of those IFRS pronouncements which will be relevant to the Group but which were not effective at 31 December 2013 and which have 
not been applied in preparing these financial statements are given in note 57. 

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 structured 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 are entities controlled by the Group. The Group controls an entity when it has power over the entity, is exposed to, or has rights 
to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity, and has the ability to affect those returns through the exercise of its power. This 
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. The Group reassesses whether 
or not it controls an entity if facts and circumstances indicate that there are changes to any of the above elements. 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. 

The Group consolidates collective investment vehicles if its beneficial ownership interests give it substantive rights to remove the external 
fund manager over the investment activities of the fund. Where a subsidiary of the Group is the fund manager of a collective investment 
vehicle, the Group considers a number of factors in determining whether it acts as principal and therefore controls the collective investment 
vehicle including: an assessment of the scope of the Group’s decision making authority over the investment vehicle; the rights held by other 
parties including substantive removal rights without cause over the Group acting as fund manager; the remuneration to which the Group is 
entitled in its capacity as decision maker; and the Group’s exposure to variable returns from the beneficial interest it holds in the investment 
vehicle. Consolidation may be appropriate in circumstances where the Group has less than a majority beneficial interest. Where a collective 
investment vehicle is consolidated the interests of parties other than the Group are reported in other liabilities.

Structured entities are entities that are designed so that their activities are not governed by way of voting rights. In assessing whether the 
Group has power over such entities in which it has an interest, the Group considers factors such as the purpose and design of the entity; its 
practical ability to direct the relevant activities of the entity; the nature of the relationship with the entity; and the size of its exposure to the 
variability of returns of the entity.

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 joint arrangements over which the Group has joint control with other parties and has rights to the net assets of the 
arrangements. Associates are entities over which the Group has significant influence. Significant influence is the power to participate in the 
financial and operating policy decisions of the entity, but is not control or joint control of those policies, and is generally 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 

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Note 2: Accounting policies (continued)

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.

(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 
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and receivables, deposits, debt securities in issue and subordinated liabilities when the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions 
of the instrument. Regular way 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.

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 53 (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 

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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 
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 (including securities lending and borrowing)
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 borrowing and lending transactions are typically secured; collateral takes the form of securities or cash advanced or received. 
Securities lent to counterparties are retained on the balance sheet. Securities borrowed are not recognised on the balance sheet, unless 
these are sold to third parties, in which case the obligation to return them is recorded at fair value as a trading liability. Cash collateral given or 
received is treated as a loan and receivable or customer deposit.

(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 

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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 53(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:

(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.

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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 watchlist 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).

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 
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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.

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. 

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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 
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) Employee benefits
Short-term employee benefits, such as salaries, paid absences, performance-based cash awards and social security costs are recognised over 
the period in which the employees provide the related services.

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. 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. 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, past service costs, net interest expense 
(income), and plan administration costs that are not deducted from the return on plan assets. Past service costs, which represents the 
change in the present value of the defined benefit obligation resulting from a plan amendment or curtailment, are recognised when the plan 
amendment or curtailment occurs. net interest expense (income) is calculated by applying the discount rate at the beginning of the period to 
the net defined benefit liability or asset. 

Remeasurements, comprising actuarial gains and losses, the return on plan assets (excluding amounts included in net interest expense 
(income) and net of the cost of managing the plan assets), and the effect of changes to the asset ceiling (if applicable) are reflected 
immediately in the balance sheet with a charge or credit recognised in other comprehensive income in the period in which they occur. 
Remeasurements recognised in other comprehensive income are reflected immediately in retained profits and will not subsequently be 
reclassified to profit or loss. 

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. Surpluses are only recognised to the extent that they are recoverable through reduced 
contributions in the future or through refunds from the schemes.

The costs of the Group’s defined contribution plans are charged to the income statement in the period in which they fall due.

The accounting for share-based compensation is set out in (M) below.

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(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.

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.

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Note 2: Accounting policies (continued)

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 Prudential Regulation 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 187. 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.

(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 
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(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.

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Note 2: Accounting policies (continued)

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.

Provision is made for irrevocable undrawn loan commitments if it is probable that the facility will be drawn and result in the recognition of an 
asset at an amount less than the amount advanced.

(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.

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 2013 gross loans and receivables totalled £534,092 million (2012: £570,714 million) against which impairment allowances 
of £12,091 million (2012: £15,459 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 
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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 2013, the impairment charge would increase by 
approximately £310 million in respect of uK mortgages and a further £36 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 £105 million (at 31 December 2012, a one month increase in the loss emergence period would have 
increased the collective unimpaired provision by an estimated £130 million).

Recoverability of deferred tax assets
At 31 December 2013 the Group carried deferred tax assets on its balance sheet of £5,104 million (2012: £4,913 million) and deferred tax 
liabilities of £3 million (2012: £327 million) (note 42). 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 42 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 and Market Overview;

 – The retail banking business disposal as required by the european Commission; and

 – Future regulatory change.

The Group’s total deferred tax asset includes £6,338 million (2012: £7,034 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 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 losses are still expected to be fully utilised by 2019.

As disclosed in note 42, deferred tax assets totalling £802 million (2012: £1,311 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 liability recognised in the balance sheet at 31 December 2013 in respect of the Group’s retirement benefit obligations was £998 million 
(comprising an asset of £98 million and a liability of £1,096 million) (2012: a net liability of £1,164 million comprising an asset of £741 million and 
a liability of £1,905 million) related to post-retirement defined benefit schemes. The defined benefit pension schemes’ net accounting deficit 
totalled £787 million (2012: deficit of £957 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 41.

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Note 3: Critical accounting estimates and judgements (continued)

Valuation of assets and liabilities arising from life insurance business 
At 31 December 2013, the Group recognised a value of in-force business asset of £4,874 million (2012: £5,488 million) and an acquired value of 
in-force business asset of £461 million (2012: £1,312 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 28. 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 2013 are set out in note 28.

At 31 December 2013, the Group carried total liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts of 
£82,777 million (2012: £82,953 million). The methodology used to value these liabilities is described in note 36. 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 36.

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 37.

Payment protection insurance and other regulatory provisions
At 31 December 2013, the Group carried provisions of £3,815 million (2012: £3,366 million) against the cost of making redress payments 
to customers and the related administration costs in connection with historical 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 43 contains more detail on the nature of the assumptions that have been made and key sensitivities.

Fair value of financial instruments 
In accordance with IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement, 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.

Valuation techniques for level 2 financial instruments use inputs that are 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 2013, the Group classified £7,700 million of financial assets and £1,075 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 53. Details about sensitivities to market risk arising from trading assets and other 
treasury positions can be found in the Risk Management section on page 166.

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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 an underlying basis, the basis reviewed by the chief operating decision maker. 

The Group’s activities are organised into four financial reporting segments: Retail; Commercial Banking; Wealth, Asset Finance and 
International; and Insurance. 

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 also encompasses the Asset Finance business. 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.

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Note 4: Segmental analysis (continued)

Year ended 31 December 2013

net interest income

Other income (net of insurance claims)

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Total costs

Impairment 

Underlying 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

Underlying 
basis total 
£m

7,536

1,410

8,946

2,426

2,708

5,134

870

1,809

2,679

(103)

1,880

1,777

(4,096)

(2,392)

(1,991)

(687)

(1,101)

3,749

10,478

(1,532)

8,946

(1,167)

1,575

4,410

724

5,134

(730)

(42)

2,451

228

2,679

–

1,090

2,459

156

113

269

(469)

(6)

(206)

(993)

10,885

7,920

18,805

(9,635)

(3,004)

6,166

18,805

(682)

1,262

–

1,777

269

18,805

345,037

255,459

30,987

155,656

59,891

847,030

268,974

126,534

45,772

–

31

441,311

287,610

225,985

47,879

149,757

96,463

807,694

302

–

108

484

24

191

–

47

178

62

818

(9)

33

1,429

11

136

425

12

373

–

98

–

199

518

4

1,545

416

399

2,982

101

 
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Year ended 31 December 20121

net interest income

Other income (net of insurance claims)

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Total costs

Impairment 

Underlying 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

1

Restated – see note 1.

Retail  
£m

Commercial 
Banking  
£m

Wealth, Asset 
Finance and
International  
£m

Insurance  
£m

Other  
£m

underlying 
basis total  
£m

7,195

1,462

8,657 

(4,199)

(1,270)

3,188

10,951

(2,294)

8,657

2,206

2,932 

5,138

(2,516)

(2,946)

(324)

4,070

1,068

5,138

346,030

314,090

260,838

114,115

799

2,043

2,842

(2,291)

(1,480)

(929)

2,835

7

2,842

77,884

51,885

(78)

1,929

1,851

(744)

–

1,107

2,497

(646)

1,851

213

(315)

(102)

(374)

(1)

(477)

(1,967)

1,865

10,335

8,051

18,386

(10,124)

(5,697)

2,565

18,386

–

(102)

18,386

152,583

43,634

934,221

–

74

426,912

287,631

249,097

92,686

143,695

118,531

891,640

 345

 –

 103

 143

 185

 219

 –

 54

67

 113

 815

(4)

36

 1,732

 6

95

273

 23

 378

 –

 90

 –

 (106)

 683

 9

 1,564

269

110

 3,003

 313

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Note 4: Segmental analysis (continued)

Year ended 31 December 20111

net interest income

Other income (net of insurance claims)

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Total costs

Impairment 

underlying 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 – see note 1.

Retail  
£m

Commercial 
Banking  
£m

Wealth, Asset 
Finance and 
International 
£m

Insurance  
£m

Other  
£m

underlying  
basis total  
£m

7,497 

1,660 

9,157 

(4,438)

(1,970)

2,749 

 12,230

 (3,073)

9,157

3,192 

 2,806

5,998 

(2,600) 

(4,210) 

(812) 

3,889

2,109

5,998

1,003 

2,230 

3,233 

(2,414) 

(3,604) 

(2,785) 

3,863

(630)

3,233

(67)

2,344 

2,277 

(812)

– 

1,465 

 2,910

(633)

2,277

585 

(204)

381 

(566)

(3)

(188) 

(1,846)

2,227

12,210 

8,836

21,046 

(10,830)

(9,787)

429

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

–

173

 806

3

 1,602

(622)

408

 3,095

334

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Note 4: Segmental analysis (continued)

Reconciliation of underlying basis to statutory results
The underlying 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 underlying basis. 

Year ended 31 December 2013

net interest income

Other income, net of insurance claims
Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Operating expenses

Impairment

Underlying (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

Underlying
basis 
£m

7,338

11,140
18,478

(15,322)
(2,741)

415

(14)

460
446

2,041
249

2,736

–

(668)
(668)

–
–

(668)

2,930

(3,074)
(144)

144
–

–

–

–
–

3,455
–

3,455

631

62
693

47
(512)

228

10,885

7,920
18,805

(9,635)
(3,004)

6,166

Comprises the effects of asset sales (gain of £100 million), volatile items (loss of £678 million), liability management (loss of £142 million), Simplification costs related to severance, IT and 
business costs of implementation (£830 million), eC mandated retail business disposal costs (£687 million), the amortisation of purchased intangibles (£395 million) and the past service 
pensions charge (£104 million, see note 11).

Comprises the payment protection insurance provision (£3,050 million) and other regulatory provisions (£405 million). 

Year ended 31 December 20121

net interest income

Other income, net of insurance claims
Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Operating expenses

Impairment

Underlying (loss) profit

Restated – see note 1.

Removal of:

lloyds 
Banking
Group
statutory 
£m

Acquisition 
related and 
other items2
£m

Volatility 
arising
in insurance
businesses
£m

Insurance
gross up 
£m

Regulatory
provisions3
£m

Fair value
unwind 
£m

underlying
basis 
£m

7,718

12,799
20,517

(15,974)
(5,149)

(606)

(199) 

(1,691)
(1,890)

1,478
320

(92)

(8) 

(304)
(312)

–
–

(312)

2,587

(2,760)
(173)

173
–

–

–

50
50

4,175
–

4,225

237

(43)
194

24
(868)

(650)

10,335

8,051
18,386

(10,124)
(5,697)

2,565

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).

1

2

1

2

3

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Note 4: Segmental analysis (continued)

Year ended 31 December 20111

net interest income

Other income, net of insurance claims

Total underlying income, net of insurance claims

Operating expenses

Impairment

underlying (loss) profit

Restated – see note 1.

Removal of:

lloyds 
Banking
Group
statutory
£m

Acquisition
related and 
other items2
£m

Volatility  
arising in  
insurance
businesses
£m

Insurance
gross up
£m

Regulatory 
provisions3
£m

Fair value
unwind
£m

underlying
basis
£m

12,698 

8,104

20,802 

(16,459)

(8,094)

(3,751)

(843)

2 

(841)

2,014 

– 

1,173 

(19)

857 

838 

– 

– 

838 

(336)

168

(168)

168 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

3,375 

– 

3,375 

710 

(295)

415 

72 

(1,693)

(1,206)

12,210 

8,836

21,046 

(10,830)

(9,787)

429

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).

Geographical areas
Following the continuing reduction in the Group’s non-uK activities, an analysis between uK and non-uK activities is no longer provided.

1

2

3

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Note 5: Net interest income

Interest and similar income:

loans and advances to customers

loans and advances to banks

Debt securities held as loans and 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

1

Restated – see note 1.

Weighted average  
effective interest rate

2013 
%

20121
%

3.83

0.45

1.52

3.27

1.92

–

3.19

0.65

1.53

1.30

8.57

1.21

1.88

12.08

2.32

 3.94

0.54

 4.77

3.38

 1.99

 2.80

3.31

 1.14

 1.69

 2.04

 7.41

1.47 

 2.08

8.90

2.41

2011
%

4.03

0.78

3.17

3.63

2.58

3.29

3.58

0.80

1.66

2.22

6.35

1.39

2.04

(1.14)

1.95

2013 
£m

20121
£m

2011 
£m

19,928

21,600 

23,950

457

32

603

 433

628

590

20,417

 22,636

25,168

746

–

 624

 288

886

262

21,163

 23,548

26,316

(129)

 (324)

(222)

(6,119)

(1,451)

(2,956)

 (6,637)

 (3,043)

 (2,783)

(6,080)

(5,045)

(2,155)

(79)

 (245)

(335)

(10,734)

(3,091)

(13,825)

7,338

 (13,032)

(2,798)

(15,830)

7,718

(13,837)

219

(13,618)

12,698

Included within interest and similar income is £901 million (2012: £1,133 million; 2011: £1,405 million) in respect of impaired financial assets. net 
interest income also includes a credit of £550 million (2012: credit of £92 million; 2011: charge of £70 million) transferred from the cash flow 
hedging reserve (see note 47).

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 Bank plc (formerly lloyds TSB Bank plc). 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. The Group adjusted the carrying amount of these securities to 
reflect the revised estimated cash flows and recognised a credit of £109 million in interest expense in the year ended 31 December 2012 (in 
2011 there was a gain following a similar adjustment to carrying value of £570 million).

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.

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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

1

Restated – see note 1.

2013
£m

973

984

2,162

4,119

(1,385)

2,734

20121
£m

1,008 

941 

2,701

4,650

(1,444)

3,206

2011
£m

1,053

877

3,005

4,935

(1,391)

3,544

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 gains (losses) 

Gains on foreign exchange trading transactions

Total foreign exchange

Investment property gains (losses) (note 26)

Securities and other gains (losses) (see below)

Net trading income (expense)

1

Restated – see note 1.

2013
£m

162

238

400

156

15,911

16,467

20121
£m

(167)

502 

335 

(264)

14,934

15,005

2011
£m

317

341

658

(107)

(919)

(368)

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) 

1

Restated – see note 1.

2013
£m

55

20121
£m

4,042

   15,813

   10,847

15,868

(93)

15,775

136

15,911

14,889

(576) 

14,313

621

14,934

2011
£m

 5,293

 (4,917) 

 376

(230)

 146

 (1,065)

(919)

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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 36(2))

Change in provision for ceded unearned premiums (note 36(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

2013
£m

7,382

(182)

7,200

972

 (18)

954

49

 (6)

997

8,197

2013
£m

6,823

549

10

7,382

2013
£m

141

828

3

972

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

1,081 

1,198

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Note 9: Other operating income

Operating lease rental income

Rental income from investment properties (note 26)

Gains less losses on disposal of available-for-sale financial assets (note 47)

Movement in value of in-force business (note 28)

liability management (see below)

Share of results of joint ventures and associates (note 13)

Other (see below)

Total other operating income

2013
£m

1,120

308

629

416

(142)

43

875

2012
£m

1,145 

389 

3,547 

269 

(338) 

28 

(340)

3,249

4,700

2011
£m

1,268

388

343

 (622)

599

31

 792

2,799

Liability management
losses of £142 million arose in 2013 on transactions undertaken as part of the Group’s management of wholesale funding and capital.

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 Bank plc (formerly 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. 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.

Other
During 2013 the Group completed a number of disposals of assets and businesses, including:

 – On 15 March 2013 the Group completed the sale of 102 million shares in St James’s Place plc, reducing the Group’s holding in that company 
to approximately 37 per cent. As a result of that reduction in holding the Group ceased to consolidate St James’s Place plc in its accounts, 
instead accounting for the residual investment as an associate. The Group realised a gain of £394 million on the sale of those shares 
and the fair valuation of the Group’s residual stake. Subsequently, on 29 May 2013 the Group completed the sale of a further 77 million 
shares, generating a profit of £39 million and on 13 December 2013 completed the sale of the remainder of its holding, generating a profit 
of £107 million.

 – On 31 May 2013, the Group sold a portfolio of uS RMBS (residential mortgage backed securities) for a cash consideration of £3.3 billion, 

realising a profit of £538 million.

 – On 30 June 2013 the Group disposed of its Spanish retail banking operations, including lloyds Bank International S.A.u and 

lloyds Investment españa SGIIC S.A.u, to Banco Sabadell, S.A. realising a loss of £256 million.

 – On 31 December 2013, the Group completed the sale of its Australian operations (which principally comprise Capital Finance Australia 

limited, a provider of motor and equipment asset finance, and BOS International (Australia) limited, a corporate lending business) 
generating a profit on sale of £49 million. 

 – On 21 August 2013 the Group announced the sale of its German life insurance business, Heidelberger lebensversicherung AG 

(Heidelberger leben), with the sale expected to complete in the first quarter of 2014; an impairment of £382 million has been recognised  
in the year ended 31 December 2013.

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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 36(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 39)

Total life insurance and participating investment contracts

Non-life insurance

Claims and claims paid:

Gross

Reinsurers’ share

Change in liabilities (note 36(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 36.

2013
£m

2012
£m

2011
£m

(8,495)

    108

(8,387)

(5,184)

(48)

(5,232)

(5,409)

    –

(5,409)

(123)

(19,151)

(388)

    –

(388)

33

    (1)

32

(356)

(19,507)

(611)

(2,240)

(4,489)

(860)

(295)

(8,495)

(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

(18,031) 

 (5,698)

(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)

 (6,041)

(625)

(1,861)

(5,041)

(764)

(331)

(8,622)

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Note 11: Operating expenses

Staff costs:

Salaries 

Performance-based compensation

Social security costs

Pensions and other post-retirement benefit schemes (note 41):

Past service charges (credits)2

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

Other

Depreciation and amortisation:

Depreciation of tangible fixed assets (note 30)

Amortisation of acquired value of in-force non-participating investment contracts (note 28)

Amortisation of other intangible assets (note 29)

Impairment of tangible fixed assets

Total operating expenses, excluding regulatory provisions

Regulatory provisions:

Payment protection insurance provision (note 43)

Other regulatory provisions (note 43)3,4

Total operating expenses

Restated – see note 1.

2013
£m

3,331

473

385

104

  654

758

111

  783

5,841

467

15

178

  310

970

1,169

313

425

238

  971

3,116

1,374

54

  512

1,940

–

11,867

3,050

  405

3,455

15,322

20121
£m

3,411 

395 

383 

(250) 

  589

339

217 

746 

5,491

 488

17 

174 

270 

949 

1,082

314 

550 

179 

  1,108

3,233

1,431 

79 

616 

2,126 

– 

11,799

3,575

  600

4,175

15,974

20111
£m

 3,784

361

432

–

  610

610

124

  1,064

6,375

547

22

188

  294

1,051

954

398

576

189

  1,301 

 3,418

1,434

78

  663

2,175

65

13,084

3,200

  175

3,375

16,459

The Group has agreed certain changes to early retirement and commutation factors in two of its principal defined benefit pension schemes, resulting in a cost of £104 million recognised in 
the Group’s income statement in the year ended 31 December 2013. 

During 2012, 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 was 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. 

Other regulatory provisions in 2013 include a fine of £28 million levied on the Group by the Financial Conduct Authority in relation to failings in control over sales incentive schemes in the 
Group’s branch network.

Regulatory provisions of £50 million were charged against income in 2012.

1

2

3

4

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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

2013
£m

394

79

473

47

30

77

2012
£m

 362

33 

395 

37 

15 

52 

2011
£m

363

(2)

361

43

29

72

Performance-based awards expensed in 2013 include cash awards amounting to £126 million (2012: £128 million; 2011: £160 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

2013

96,001

1,868

97,869

2012

110,295 

3,322

113,617

2011

116,371

4,078

120,449

2013
£m

1.5

15.1

  4.4

21.0

5.0

26.0

0.3

0.3

0.6

0.3

  5.6

5.9

32.5

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

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Note 11: Operating expenses (continued)

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.

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 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 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

Total impairment charged to the income statement

2013
£m

0.3

0.5

6.5

2.1

2013
£m

2,725

     1

2,726

15

–

2,741

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)

8,094 

  
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Note 13: Investments in joint ventures and associates

The Group’s share of results of and investments in equity accounted joint ventures and associates comprises:

Joint ventures

2013  
£m

2012  
£m

2011  
£m

2013  
£m

Associates

2012  
£m

2011  
£m

2013  
£m

Share of income statement amounts:

Income

expenses

Impairment

Profit (loss) before tax

Tax

Share of post-tax results

Share of other comprehensive 
income

Share of total comprehensive 
income

Share of balance sheet amounts:

Current assets

non-current assets

Current liabilities

non-current liabilities

Share of net assets at  
31 December

Movement in investments over  
the year:

At 1 January

exchange and other adjustments

Additional investments

Disposals

Share of post-tax results

Dividends paid

Share of net assets at 
31 December 

65

(32)

(22)

11

(4)

7

–

7

278 

(229) 

(6) 

43 

(9) 

34 

6

40

316

(261)

(20)

35

(4)

31

(6)

25

519

1,163

(448)

(1,139)

3,103 

1,596 

(729) 

3,346

2,148

(714)

(3,672) 

(4,471)

151

(116)

–

35

1

36

–

36

115

508

(249)

(368)

63 

(68) 

(1) 

(6) 

– 

(6) 

–

(6) 

127 

581 

(128) 

(565) 

Total

2012  
£m

 341

(297) 

(7) 

37 

(9) 

28 

6

34

2011  
£m

476

(422)

(19)

35

(4)

31

(6) 

25

160

(161)

1

–

–

–

–

–

216

(148)

(22)

46

(3)

43

–

43

246

976

(293)

(904)

634

1,671

(697)

3,230 

2,177 

(857) 

(1,507)

(4,237) 

3,592

3,124

(1,007)

(5,375)

95

298 

309

6

15 

25

101

313 

334

298

(10)

4

(197)

7

(7)

95

309 

326

2 

10 

(44) 

34 

(13) 

(3)

7

(47)

31

(5)

15

–

957

(983)

36

(19)

298 

309

6

 25

 1

 1

(6) 

 (6)

 – 

15 

103

(1)

3

313

(10)

961

(79)

(1,180)

43

(26)

–

(1)

25

334 

3 

11 

(50) 

28 

(13) 

429

(4)

10

(126)

31

(6)

101

313 

334

The Group’s unrecognised share of losses of associates for the year was £4 million (2012: recognised net loss of £10 million; 2011: recognised 
net loss of £8 million) and of joint ventures was £94 million in 2013 (2012: £126 million; 2011: £85 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 £36 million (2012: £31 million; 2011: £56 million) and of joint ventures is £358 million 
(2012: £330 million; 2011: £299 million). 

In March 2013 the Group sold a tranche of shares in St James’s Place plc, reducing the Group’s holding in that company to approximately 
37 per cent and from that point commenced accounting for the residual investment as an associate. The Group sold its remaining shareholding 
in May and December 2013 so that the entire investment had been disposed of by the end of the year.

The Group’s principal joint venture investment at 31 December 2013 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. In May 2013 the Group reached agreement to sell its interest in Sainsbury’s Bank plc 
to J Sainsbury plc; this transaction completed on 31 January 2014 and the Group’s investment at 31 December 2013 is included in disposal 
group assets (see note 16).

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.

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Note 14: 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

Foreign tax:

Current tax on profit for the year

Adjustments in respect of prior years

Current tax (charge) credit

Deferred tax (note 42):

Origination and reversal of temporary differences

Reduction in uK corporation tax rate

Adjustments in respect of prior years

Tax charge

1

Restated – see note 1.

2013
£m

(226)

(205)

(431)

(60)

   26

(34)

(465)

(434)

(594)

   276

(752)

(1,217)

20121
£m

(181)

   58

(123)

(86) 

(8)

(94) 

(217)

(329)

(320)

   85

(564)

(781)

The charge for tax on the profit for 2013 is based on a uK corporation tax rate of 23.25 per cent (2012: 24.5 per cent; 2011: 26.5 per cent).

The income tax charge is made up as follows:

Tax (charge) credit attributable to policyholders

Shareholder tax (charge) credit

Tax (charge) credit

1

Restated – see note 1.

2013
£m

(328)

(889)

(1,217)

20121
£m

(950) 

169 

(781) 

20111
£m

 (93)

(146)  

 (239)

(90)

   36 

(54)

 (293)

1,673

(423)

(96) 

1,154

861

20111
£m

 72

 789

 861

 
  
  
  
  
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Note 14 Taxation (continued)

(B) Factors affecting the tax (charge) credit for the year   
A reconciliation of the credit (charge) that would result from applying the standard uK corporation tax rate to the profit (loss) before tax to the 
actual tax (charge) credit for the year is given below:

Profit (loss) before tax

Tax (charge) credit thereon at uK corporation tax rate of 23.25 per cent  
(2012: 24.5 per cent; 2011: 26.5 per cent)

Factors affecting (charge) credit:

uK corporation tax rate change

Disallowed items

non-taxable items

Overseas tax rate differences

Gains exempted or covered by capital losses 

Policyholder tax 

Further factors affecting the life business2:

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

2013
£m

415

(96)

(594)

(167)

132

(116)

57

(251)

–

–

–

–

Deferred tax on losses no longer recognised following sale of Australian operations

(348)

Tax losses where no deferred tax recognised

Deferred tax on Australian tax losses not previously recognised

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

Restated – see note 1.

–

60

–

97

9

–

(1,217)

20121
£m

(606)

148

(320)

(186) 

240

75 

36 

(144) 

(583)

(221)

(182)

206

–

(25) 

12 

– 

135 

23 

5 

(781) 

20111
£m

(3,751)

994

(423)

(121)

398

17

106

160

(146)

–

–

–

–

(261)

–

332

(206)

8

3

 861

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, had a number of impacts on the tax charge in 2012.

The Finance Act 2013 (the Act) was substantively enacted on 2 July 2013. The Act further reduced the main rate of corporation tax to 
21 per cent with effect from 1 April 2014 and 20 per cent with effect from 1 April 2015. The change in the main rate of corporation tax from 
23 per cent to 20 per cent has resulted in a reduction in the Group’s net deferred tax asset at 31 December 2013 of £636 million, comprising the 
£594 million charge included in the income statement and a £42 million charge included in equity.

1

2

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Note 15: 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

1

Restated – see note 1.

2013
£m

(838)

2013
million

71,009

–

71,009

(1.2)p

(1.2)p

20121
£m

(1,471)

2012
million

69,841 

– 

69,841 

(2.1)p

(2.1)p

20111
£m

(2,963)

2011
million

68,470

–

68,470

(4.3)p

(4.3)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 18 million (2012: 13 million; 2011: 10 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 
28 million at 31 December 2013 (2012: 37 million; 2011: 619 million). 

Note 16: Disposal groups

Disposal groups are classified as held for sale if the Group will recover the carrying amount principally through a sale transaction rather than 
through continuing use and a sale is considered highly probable. The Group completed the sale of its joint venture interest in Sainsbury’s Bank 
on 31 January 2014 and expects to complete the announced sales of its international private banking operations in Monaco and Gibraltar, its 
German insurance business and Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, its asset management business, in the next 12 months. The assets and 
liabilities associated with these operations are therefore classified as held-for-sale disposal groups at 31 December 2013 and included within 
other assets and other liabilities respectively.

Other assets

Assets of disposal groups classified as held for sale

Other liabilities

2013
£m

7,988

2012
£m

194 

liabilities of disposal groups classified as held for sale

7,302

214 

Disposal groups classified as held for sale are measured at the lower of carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell. The Group has 
recognised an impairment of £382 million within other income relating to disposal groups classified as held for sale during 2013.

At 31 December 2012, the Group’s uruguayan branch business, its branch remittance business in Japan and its portfolio management 
business in luxembourg were classified as held-for-sale; these sales completed in 2013.

   
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Note 16: Disposal groups (continued)

The major classes of assets and liabilities of the disposal groups, which are principally in the Insurance segment, are as follows:   

Assets1

Cash and balances at central banks

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

loans and advances to banks

loans and advances to customers

Available-for-sale financial assets

Value of in-force business

Other

Provision for impairment of the disposal groups

Liabilities

Customer deposits

liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts

Deferred tax liabilities

Other

2013
£m

–

5,040

101

244

–

1,017

1,968

(382)

7,988

307

4,901

282

1,812

7,302

2012
£m

82 

– 

7 

84 

27 

– 

20 

(26)

194 

185 

– 

– 

29 

214 

1

Disposal groups measured at fair value less costs to sell of £247 million (2012: liability of £20 million), which are non-recurring fair value measurements, are based on prices offered by 
third parties under binding sale and purchase agreements and are therefore classified within level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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

Trading  
assets  
£m

21,083

8,333

4,259

14

1,491

5

171

2013

Other financial  
assets at fair  
value through  
profit or loss  
£m 

27

–

Total  
£m 

21,110

8,333

16,430

2,183

20,689

2,197

20121

Other financial  
assets at fair  
value through  
profit or loss  
£m 

 34

 –

17,380

1,056

Trading  
assets  
£m

13,598 

 919

 3,965

 –

Total  
£m 

13,632

919

21,345

1,056

–

1,491

 3,166

228

3,394

793

756

798

927

7,869

4

61

38,853

66,399

54

46,722

66,403

115

37,350

105,333

142,683

 23,345

 130

 21

  1,172

 8,454

 –

 374

795

1,892

925

1,913

  26,387

  27,559

47,738

89,447

56

137,275

56,192

89,447

430

160,620

Corporate and other debt securities

  1,929

  18,691

  20,620

equity shares

Treasury and other bills

Total

1

Restated – see note 1.

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Note 17: Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (continued)

Other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss include the following assets designated into that category:

(i) 

 financial assets backing insurance contracts and investment contracts of £101,185 million (2012: £134,537 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. 
Included within these assets are investments in unconsolidated structured entities of £24,552 million, see note 22;

(ii) 

 loans and advances to customers of £27 million (2012: £34 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 £2,632 million (2012: £2,110 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 2013 of the loans and advances to banks and customers designated at fair value through 
profit or loss was £27 million (2012: £34 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 £29,288 million  
(2012: £14,433 million). Collateral is held with a fair value of £32,434 million (2012: £19,629 million), all of which the Group is able to repledge. 
At 31 December 2013, £8,195 million had been repledged (2012: £15,640 million).

For amounts included above which are subject to repurchase agreements see note 54. 

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 54; 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 53.

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, £828 million (2012: £2,829 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. 

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Note 18: Derivative financial instruments (continued)

The fair values and notional amounts of derivative instruments are set out in the following table:

Contract/notional  

Fair value  

amount
£m

assets
£m

Fair value  
liabilities
£m

At 31 December 2013

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

38,213

291,667

33,061

  33,445

396,386

1,892,322

1,991,371

107,374

101,136

  141,669

4,233,872

6,507

–

18,780

699

3,207

780

  –

4,686

15,065

17

3,395

–

  2

18,479

208

1,212

1,753

Total derivative assets/liabilities – trading and other 

4,655,545

26,338

Hedging

Derivatives designated as fair value hedges:

Currency swaps

Interest rate swaps

Options purchased

Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges:

Interest rate swaps

Futures

Currency swaps

Total derivative assets/liabilities – hedging

Total recognised derivative assets/liabilities

35,651

154,657

  522

190,830

559,690

92,692

  1,135

653,517

844,347

383

4,707

  10

5,100

1,670

5

  12

1,687

6,787

5,499,892

33,125

639

4,196

–

  836

5,671

15,388

13

–

3,194

  12

18,607

190

–

1,478

25,946

453

1,044

  –

1,497

3,017

–

  4

3,021

4,518

30,464

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 54 Credit risk. 

The embedded equity conversion feature of £1,212 million (2012: £1,421 million) reflects the value of the equity conversion feature contained in 
the enhanced Capital notes issued by the Group in 2009; the loss of £209 million arising from the change in fair value over 2013 (2012: gain of 
£249 million; 2011: loss of £5 million) is included within net gains on financial instruments held for trading within net trading income (note 7). 

Note 18: Derivative financial instruments

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Note 18: Derivative financial instruments (continued)

At 31 December 20121

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

1

Restated – see note 1.

Contract/notional  
amount
£m

Fair value  
assets
£m

Fair value  
liabilities
£m

203,484

107,217

42,140

21,757

374,598

2,071,103

1,836,186

105,245

115,516

  53,529

4,181,579

6,167

–

23,714

4,586,058

56,188 

135,516

68

191,772

86,190

49,527

2,395

138,112

329,884

4,915,942

1,432

1,689

591

–

3,712

32,826

494

4,463

–

  2

37,785

94

1,421

1,974

44,986

817

6,018

68

6,903

1,599

1,683

–

605

3,887

31,891

593

–

4,051

  2

36,537

343

–

1,311

42,078

356

1,772

–

2,128

4,653 

4,438

1

14

4,668

11,571

56,557

–

32

4,470

6,598

48,676

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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. 

2013

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 

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 

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

354

(46)

575

(51)

762

(41)

999

(48)

1,247

1,356

1,418

5,443

3,097

(57)

(75)

(75)

(429)

(503)

424

(143)

14,101

(1,369)

1,275

1,382

1,429

(63)

(70)

(75)

5,143

(432)

2,894

(491)

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 

404

(139)

Over 20 
years 
£m 

14,101

(1,369)

Total 
£m

214 

(168)

254 

(190)

241 

(126)

287 

(120)

271

(36)

256

(41)

139

(40)

95

(42)

67

(148)

51

(154)

163

(960)

37

(1,682)

33

(442)

1,165

(3,602)

157

(963)

32

(1,694)

33

(398)

1,165

(3,602)

There were no transactions for which cash flow hedge accounting had to be ceased in 2013 or 2012 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

1

Restated – see note 1.

2013
£m

2,168

23,197

25,365

–

25,365

20121
£m

 591

32,169

32,760

 (3)

32,757

Included in the amounts reported above are reverse repurchase agreements treated as collateralised loans with a carrying value of £183 million 
(2012: £662 million). Collateral is held with a fair value of £183 million (2012: £662 million), all of which the Group is able to repledge. 

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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

2013
£m

6,051

4,414

7,650

7,024

22,294

2,364

44,277

44,807

335,611

23,230

4,435

5,090

507,247

(11,966)

495,281

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 

Included in the amounts reported above are reverse repurchase agreements treated as collateralised loans with a carrying value of  
£120 million (2012: £5,087 million). Collateral is held with a fair value of £112 million (2012: £4,916 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 £49 million (2012: £2 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

2013
£m

557

1,736

4,542

6,835

2012
£m

1,271 

2,049

6,232

9,552

(2,330)

(3,027) 

(70)

–

4,435

2013
£m

277

1,140

3,018

4,435

(30) 

(18) 

6,477 

2012
£m

835 

1,491 

4,151 

6,477 

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 2013 and 2012 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 £6 million 
(2012: £33 million).

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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

2013
£m

31

20

–

51

2012
£m

49

126

14

189

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 structured entities. As the 
structured entities 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 structured entities 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 structured entities 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 35.

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 35)

Covered bond programmes

Residential mortgage-backed 

Social housing loan-backed

less held by the Group

Total covered bond programmes (note 35)

Total securitisation and covered bond programmes

1

Includes securitisations utilising a combination of external funding and credit default swaps.

2013

2012

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

55,998

36,286

–

10,931

–

6,314

4,381

2,729

525

–

80,878

59,576

  2,536 

62,112

–

11,259

–

3,992

4,508

750

106

–

56,901

(38,288)

18,613

36,473

  1,800 

38,273

(7,606)

30,667

49,280

notes  
in issue  
£m

 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

Cash deposits of £13,500 million (2012: £19,691 million) held by the Group are restricted in use to repayment of the debt securities issued by the 
structured entities, the term advances relating to covered bonds and other legal obligations. Additionally, the Group had certain contractual 

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Note 21: Securitisations and covered bonds (continued)

arrangements to provide liquidity facilities to some of these structured entities. At 31 December 2013 these obligations had not been 
triggered and the maximum exposure under these facilities was £402 million (2012: £497 million). 

The Group has a number of covered bond programmes, for which limited liability Partnerships have been established to ring-fence asset 
pools and guarantee the covered bonds issued by the Group. At the reporting date the Group had over-collateralised these programmes 
as set out in the table above to meet the terms of the programmes, to secure the rating of the covered bonds and to provide operational 
flexibility. From time-to-time, the obligations of the Group to provide collateral may increase due to the formal requirements of the 
programmes. The Group may also voluntarily contribute collateral to support the ratings of the covered bonds.

The Group recognises the full liabilities associated with its securitisation and covered bond programmes within debt securities in issue, 
although the obligations of the Group are limited to the cashflows generated from the underlying assets. The Group could be required to 
provide additional support to a number of the securitisation programmes to support the credit ratings of the debt securities issued, in the 
form of increased cash reserves and the holding of subordinated notes. Further, certain programmes contain contractual obligations that 
require the Group to repurchase assets should they become credit impaired. 

The Group has not voluntarily offered to repurchase assets from any of its public securitisation programmes during 2013 (2012: £471 million 
was voluntarily repurchased). Such repurchases are made in order to ensure that the expected maturity dates of the notes issued from these 
programmes are met.      

Note 22: Structured entities

The Group’s interests in structured entities are both consolidated and unconsolidated. Detail of the Group’s interests in consolidated 
structured entities are set out in: note 21 for securitisations and covered bond vehicles, note 41 for structured entities associated with the 
Group’s pension schemes, and below in part (A) and (B). Details of the Group’s interests in unconsolidated structured entities are included 
below in part (C).       

(A) Asset-backed conduits
In addition to the structured 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. The total consolidated exposures in these conduits are set out in 
the table below:

At 31 December 2013

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 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

Argento
£m

Cancara
£m

Grampian
£m

161

299

356

816

4,781

300

–

5,081

9

–

–

9

Total
£m

4,951

599

356

5,906

140 

4,342

 58

 4,540

 603

367 

396 

1,139 

– 

4,709 

358 

143 

559 

1,328 

539 

6,407 

All debt securities and lending assets held by the Group in Cancara are restricted in use, as they are held by the collateral agent for the benefit 
of the commercial paper investors and the liquidity providers only. The Group provides liquidity facilities to Cancara under terms that are usual 
and customary for standard lending activities in the normal course of the Group’s banking activities. The Group could be asked to provide 
support under the contractual terms of these arrangements if Cancara experienced a shortfall in external funding, which may occur in the 
event of market disruption. As at 31 December 2013 and 2012 these obligations had not been triggered.  

Argento and Grampian have no Commercial Paper in issue and no external liquidity providers. Any restriction on the use of the assets 
included in the table above by the Group is due to their use in repurchase transactions see note 20 and note 53.

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Note 22: Structured entities (continued)

(B) Consolidated collective investment vehicles       
The assets and liabilities of the Insurance business held in consolidated collective investment vehicles, such as Open-ended Investment 
Companies and limited partnerships, are not directly available for use by the Group. However, the Group’s investment in the majority of these 
collective investment vehicles is readily realisable. As at 31 December 2013, the total carrying value of these consolidated collective investment 
vehicle assets and liabilities held by the Group was £55,934 million (2012: £68,644million).

The Group has no contractual arrangements (such as liquidity facilities) that would require it to provide financial or other support to the 
consolidated collective investment vehicles; the Group has not previously provided such support and has no current intentions to provide 
such support.

(C) Unconsolidated collective investment vehicles and limited partnerships
The Group’s direct interests in unconsolidated structured entities comprise investments in collective investment vehicles, such as Open-ended 
Investment Companies and limited partnerships with a total carrying value of £24,552 million at 31 December 2013, included within financial 
assets designated at fair value through profit and loss (see note 17). At 31 December 2013, the total asset value of these unconsolidated 
structured entities, including the portion in which the Group has no interest, was £543 billion.

The Group’s maximum exposure to loss is equal to the carrying value of the investment. However, the Group’s investments in collective 
investment vehicles are primarily held to match policyholder liabilities in the Insurance division and the majority of the risk from a change in the 
value of the Group’s investment is matched by a change in policyholder liabilities. The collective investment vehicles are primarily financed by 
investments from investors in the vehicles. 

During the year the Group has not provided any non-contractual financial or other support to these unconsolidated collective 
investment vehicles.

The Group considers itself the sponsor of a structured entity where it is primarily involved in the design and establishment of the structured 
entity; and further where the Group transfers assets to the structured entity; market products associated with the structured entity in its own 
name and/or provide guarantees regarding the structured entity’s performance. 

The Group’s asset management businesses sponsor a range of diverse investment funds and limited partnerships where it acts as the fund 
manager or equivalent decision maker and markets the funds under one of the Group’s brands. 

The Group earns fees from managing the investments of these funds. The investment management fees that the Group earned from 
unconsolidated collective investment vehicles, including those in which the Group held no interest at 31 December 2013, are reported in 
note 51. 

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 54.

2013
£m

333

740

407

1,480

(125)

1,355

2012
£m

 3,927

 1,150

 402

 5,479

 (206)

 5,273

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Note 24: Allowance for impairment losses on loans and receivables

Loans and  
advances  

to customers
£m

Loans and  
advances  
to banks
£m

Debt  

securities
£m

At 1 January 2012

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

exchange and other adjustments

Disposal of businesses

Advances written off

Recoveries of advances written off in previous years

unwinding of discount

Charge to the income statement (note 12)

At 31 December 2013

18,732

(379)

(8,697)

843

(374)

5,125

15,250

291

(176)

(6,229)

456

(351)

2,725

11,966

14

(1)

(10)

–

–

–

3

–

–

(3)

–

–

–

–

Total
£m

19,022

(388)

(8,780)

 858

(374) 

5,121 

15,459

291

(176)

276

(8)

(73)

15

–

(4)

206

–

–

(82)

(6,314)

–

–

1

125

456

(351)

2,726

12,091

Of the total allowance in respect of loans and advances to customers, £10,217 million (2012: £13,936 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, £2,217 million (2012: £3,309 million) was assessed on a collective basis.

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Note 25: 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

Conduits  

£m

–

–

139

217

  – 

356

–

–

2013

Other  
£m

38,290

208

1,124

698

  1,855 

42,175

570

875

Total  
£m

Conduits  
£m

38,290

208

1,263

915

  1,855

42,531

570

875

– 

– 

277 

262 

–  

539 

– 

– 

2012

Other  
£m

25,555 

188 

1,247 

498 

1,848  

29,336 

528 

971 

Total  
£m

25,555

 188

1,524

760

  1,848

 29,875

 528

 971

Total available-for-sale financial assets

356

43,620

43,976

539 

30,835 

31,374 

Details of the Group’s asset-backed conduits shown in the table above are included in note 22.

For amounts included above which are subject to repurchase agreements see note 54.

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). 

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Note 26: 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)

Disposal of businesses

At 31 December 

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

2013
£m

5,405

11

270

805

  39

1,114

(1,240)

156

(582)

4,864

2013
£m

308

59

2013
£m

2

2012
£m

6,122 

22

428

411

  89

928

(1,403)

(264)

–

5,405

2012
£m

389

42

2012
£m

24

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.

The fair value of investment properties is measured using the market approach and incorporates the income approach where appropriate. 
The fair value of investment property is generally measured using observable inputs. Whether investment properties are categorised as level 
2 or 3 (see note 53 (4) for details of levels in the fair value hierarchy) depends on the extent of the adjustments made to observable inputs 
and this depends on the investment property concerned. Investment property is compared to property for which there is observable market 
data about its realisable value on disposal. Adjustments to this observable data are applied, if necessary, for specific characteristics of the 
property, such as the nature, location or condition of the specific asset. If such information is not available, alternative valuation methods using 
unobservable inputs, such as discounted cash flow analysis or recent prices in less active markets are used. For investment property under 
construction, the value on disposal is considered to be at the point at which the property is fully constructed. Adjustments are made for the 
costs and risks associated with construction. Investment property under construction for which fair value is not yet reliably measurable is 
valued at cost, until the fair value can be reliably measured. 

The table above analyses movements in investment properties, all of which are categorised as level 3.

Note 27: Goodwill

At 1 January and 31 December

Cost1

Accumulated impairment losses

At 31 December

2013
£m

2,016

2,362

(346)

2,016

2012
£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 (2012: £2,016 million), £1,836 million, or 91 per cent of the 
total (2012: £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 (2012: £170 million, 8 per cent of the total) to Asset Finance in the Group’s Wealth, Asset Finance and International division.

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Note 27: Goodwill (continued)

The recoverable amount of Scottish Widows has been based on a value-in-use calculation. The calculation uses pre-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. 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. 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 28: 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)

Disposal of businesses

At 31 December

2013 
£m

461

4,874

5,335

2013 
£m

1,312

(54)

(797)

461

2012 
£m

1,312 

5,488 

6,800 

2012 
£m

1,391 

(79) 

–

1,312 

The acquired value of in-force non-participating investment contracts includes £277 million (2012: £303 million) in relation to OeIC business.

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)

Disposal of businesses

At 31 December

2013 
£m

5,488

21

595

(432)

(246)

37

  462

416

(1,051)

4,874

2012 
£m

5,247

(28) 

570 

(471) 

52 

(90) 

  208

269 

–

5,488 

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:

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Note 28: Value of in-force business (continued)

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. The certainty equivalent approach covers all investment assets relating to insurance and participating investment contracts, other than the 
annuity business (where an illiquidity premium is included, see below).

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. Further information on options and 
guarantees can be found on page 191.

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 
determination of the market premium for illiquidity reflects actual asset allocation and relevant observable market data, and has been checked for 
consistency with the capital markets. The illiquidity premium is estimated to be 91 basis points at 31 December 2013 (2012: 73 basis points). Moving to 
the actual asset allocation in the calculation of the market premium for illiquidity combined with a change to the assumed level of illiquidity within the 
illiquid loan assets, has been to increase the value of in-force business by £118 million at 31 December 2013. This is included as an assumption change 
in the table above. The effect of this change on profit before tax, after also including the impacts of movements in liabilities, is given in note 36.

The risk-free rate is derived from the relevant swap curve less a deduction for credit risk. Prior to 2013, the risk-free rate for the valuation of 
financial options and guarantees was defined as the spot yield derived from the relevant government bond yield curve. The risk-free rate 
for the non-annuity business was defined as the 15 year government bond. For annuity business, the risk-free rate was based on the uK 
Government bond yield curve (plus an allowance for an illiquidity premium).

The effect of deriving risk-free rates from swap curves instead of government bond yields has been to increase the value of in-force business 
by £132 million at 31 December 2013. This is included as an assumption change in the table above. The effect of this change on profit before 
tax, after including the impacts of movements in liabilities, is given in note 36.

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

20131
%

0.00 to 4.04

0.64 to 5.06

2012 
%

2.32 

3.25 

0.21 to 3.45

0.22 to 3.56

3.59

4.25

 3.13

 3.61

1

All risk-free rates at 31 December 2013 are quoted as the range of rates implied by the relevant swap curve.

Non-market risk 
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. The pensions lapse assumptions have been strengthened 
due to persistency experience and to make allowance for the impact of the Office of Fair Trading review on fairness of legacy pension charges. 
The impact of these changes has been to decrease the value of in-force business by £158 million.

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 37.

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Note 29: Other intangible assets

Cost:

At 1 January 2012

exchange and other adjustments

Additions

Disposals

At 31 December 2012

exchange and other adjustments

Additions

Disposals

Disposal of businesses

At 31 December 2013

Accumulated amortisation:

At 1 January 2012

exchange and other adjustments

Charge for the year

Disposals

At 31 December 2012

exchange and other adjustments

Charge for the year

Disposals

Disposal of businesses

At 31 December 2013

Balance sheet amount at 31 December 2013

Balance sheet amount at 31 December 2012

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

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

596

2,770

65

–

21 

–

86

–

21

–

–

107

489

510 

1,192

–

368 

–

1,560 

–

300

–

–

1,860

910

1,210 

–

–

–

300

–

15

–

–

315

178

–

60 

–

238 

–

62

–

–

300

15

 62

881

–

–

–

881

–

–

–

(343)

538

486

–

40 

–

526 

–

20

–

(104)

442

96

355 

959

27

236

(89)

1,133

22

274

(92)

(17)

1,320

389

25

127 

(63)

478 

9

109

(45)

–

551

769

655 

Total
£m

5,506

27

236

(89)

5,680

22

289

(92)

(360)

5,539

2,310

25

616 

(63)

2,888 

9

512

(45)

(104)

3,260

2,279

2,792 

Included within brands above are assets of £380 million (31 December 2012: £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 2013 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. 

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. 

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Note 30: Tangible fixed assets

Cost:

At 1 January 2012

exchange and other adjustments

Additions

Disposals

Write-offs

At 31 December 2012

exchange and other adjustments

Additions

Disposals

Disposal of businesses

At 31 December 2013

Accumulated depreciation and impairment:

At 1 January 2012

exchange and other adjustments

Depreciation charge for the year

Disposals

Write-offs

At 31 December 2012

exchange and other adjustments

Depreciation charge for the year

Disposals

Disposal of businesses

At 31 December 2013

Balance sheet amount at 31 December 2013

Balance sheet amount at 31 December 2012

Premises
£m

Equipment
£m

Operating  

lease assets
£m

Total tangible  
fixed assets
£m

2,454

2 

225

(65)

–

2,616 

–

300

(48)

(2)

4,792

(82) 

711

(306)

(1,562)

3,553

83

758

(406)

(94)

2,866

3,894

1,097

(8) 

130 

(28)

–

1,191

4

145

(41)

–

1,299

1,567

1,425

2,983

(77)

432

(266)

(1,562)

1,510

18

418

(305)

(68)

1,573

2,321

2,043

 5,519

(11)

1,314

(1,924)

–

4,898

(17)

1,326

(1,460)

(80)

4,667

 1,012

52

869

(909)

–

 1,024

(10)

811

(808)

(32)

985

3,682

3,874

2013
£m

1,053

1,165

356

2,574

 12,765

(91)

2,250

(2,295)

(1,562)

11,067

66

2,384

(1,914)

(176)

11,427

5,092

(33)

1,431

(1,203)

(1,562)

3,725

12

1,374

(1,154)

(100)

3,857

7,570

7,342

2012
£m

1,039 

1,291 

435 

2,765 

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 2013 and 2012 no 
contingent rentals in respect of operating leases were recognised in the income statement. 

In addition, total future minimum sub-lease income of £19 million at 31 December 2013 (£30 million at 31 December 2012) is expected to be 
received under non-cancellable sub-leases of the Group’s premises.

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Note 31: Other assets

Assets arising from reinsurance contracts held (note 36 and note 38)

Deferred acquisition and origination costs (see below)

Settlement balances

Corporate pension asset

Investments in joint ventures and associates (note 13)

Assets of disposal groups (note 16)

Other assets and prepayments

Total other assets

1

Restated – see note 1.

Deferred acquisition and origination costs:

At 1 January

Costs deferred, net of amounts amortised to the income statement

exchange and other adjustments

Disposal of businesses

At 31 December

Note 32: Deposits from banks

liabilities in respect of securities sold under repurchase agreements

Other deposits from banks

Deposits from banks

2013
£m

732

130

2,904

9,984

101

7,988

5,187

27,026

2013
£m

774

(19)

–

(625)

130

2013
£m

1,874

12,108

13,982

20121
£m

2,320 

774 

1,332 

6,353 

313 

194

7,212

18,498

2012
£m

693

80 

1 

–

774 

2012
£m

23,368

15,037 

38,405 

Included in the amounts reported above are deposits held as collateral for facilities granted, with a carrying value of £1,874 million 
(2012: £23,078 million) and a fair value of £2,112 million (2012: £25,682 million).

Included in the amounts reported above are collateral balances in the form of cash provided in respect of repurchase agreements amounting 
to £nil (2012: £4 million).

Note 33: 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

2013
£m

40,802

77,789

265,422

2,978

54,320

441,311

2012
£m

36,909

65,202

261,573 

4,433 

58,795 

426,912 

Included in the amounts reported above are deposits held as collateral for facilities granted, with a carrying value of £2,978 million 
(2012: £4,429 million) and a fair value of £3,114 million (2012: £4,552 million). 

Included in the amounts reported above are collateral balances in the form of cash provided in respect of repurchase agreements amounting 
to £416 million (2012: £192 million).

Included in the amounts reported above are deposits of £258,384 million (2012: £246,965 million) which are protected under the uK Financial 
Services Compensation Scheme.

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Note 34: Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

liabilities held at fair value through profit or loss

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

1

Restated – see note 1.

2013
£m

5,306

28,902

6,890

  2,527

38,319

43,625

20121
£m

5,700

24,553

2,200

939 

27,692

33,392

liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss primarily 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.

The amount contractually payable on maturity of the debt securities held at fair value through profit or loss at 31 December 2013 was 
£6,625 million, which was £1,358 million higher than the balance sheet carrying value (2012: £6,553 million, which was £853 million higher 
than the balance sheet carrying value). At 31 December 2013 there was a cumulative £214 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 Bank plc, the issuing entity 
within the Group. Of the cumulative amount a decrease of £40 million arose in 2013 and an increase of £437 million arose in 2012.

Note 35: 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

1

Restated – see note 1.

2013
£m

23,921

30,667

8,866

18,613

5,035

87,102

20121
£m

29,537

40,673

11,087

28,059

7,897

117,253

Note 36: Liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts

Insurance contract and participating investment contract liabilities are comprised as follows:

2013

Gross 
£m

Reinsurance1 

£m

Net 
£m

Gross 
£m

2012

Reinsurance1 

£m

net 
£m

life insurance (see (1) below):

Insurance contracts

Participating investment contracts

non-life insurance contracts (see (2) below):

unearned premiums

Claims outstanding

Total

67,626

  14,416

82,042

442

  293

735

82,777

1

Reinsurance balances are reported within other assets (note 31).

(675)

  –

(675)

(10)

  –

(10)

66,951

  14,416

81,367

432

  293

725

65,650

16,489 

82,139

494

320 

814

(2,257)

63,393

– 

  16,489

(2,257)

79,882

(16)

(1) 

(17)

478

  319

797

80,679

(685)

82,092

82,953

(2,274)

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(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 2012

new business

Changes in existing business

Change in liabilities charged to the income statement 
(note 10)

exchange and other adjustments

At 31 December 2012

new business

Changes in existing business

Change in liabilities charged to the income statement 
(note 10)

exchange and other adjustments

Disposal of businesses

At 31 December 2013

Insurance 
contracts 
£m

62,399

2,757

668 

3,425

(174)

65,650

4,008

  3,230

7,238

(2)

(5,260)

67,626

Participating 
investment 
contracts 
£m

15,631

65

794 

859

(1)

16,489

295

(2,349)

(2,054)

(11)

(8)

14,416

Gross 
 £m

78,030

2,822

1,462 

4,284

(175)

82,139

4,303

  881

5,184

(13)

(5,268)

82,042

Reinsurance  

£m

(2,452)

(67)

253 

186

9

(2,257)

(28)

  76

48

(7)

1,541

(675)

Net 
£m

75,578

2,755

1,715 

4,470

(166)

79,882

4,275

  957

5,232

(20)

(3,727)

81,367

liabilities for insurance contracts and participating investment contracts can be split into with-profit fund liabilities, accounted for using the 
PRA’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

11,739

9,227

20,966

2013

Non-profit 
fund 
£m

55,887

5,189

61,076

Total 
£m

67,626

14,416

82,042

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

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 28. 

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(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 swap curve, adjusted for credit risk. Further information on significant options and guarantees is given on page 191.

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.

In August 2013 the Group announced the sale of Heidelberger leben, which is expected to complete in the first quarter of 2014.

(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. 

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(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 2013 resulted in the following key impacts on profit before tax:

– Change in persistency assumptions (£210 million decrease).

– Change in the assumption in respect of current and future mortality rates (£114 million increase).

– Change in expenses assumptions (£34 million increase).

– Move to swap curves to derive risk-free rates (£174 million increase). 

–  Determination of illiquidity premium for annuity business based on actual asset allocation and change to assumed level of illiquidity within 

illiquid loan assets (£118 million increase).

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. 

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Note 36: 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

2013
£m

60

673

2

735

2012
£m

 94

718 

2 

814 

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 2012

Increase in the year

Release in the year

Change in provision for unearned premiums charged to income statement (note 8)

At 31 December 2012

Increase in the year

Release in the year

Change in provision for unearned premiums charged to income statement (note 8)

exchange translation

At 31 December 2013

Gross
£m

Reinsurance
£m

566

1,081 

(1,153) 

(72) 

494 

972

(23)

(31)

  38

7

(16) 

(18)

(1,021)

  24

(49)

(3)

442

6

–

(10)

Net
£m

543

1,050

(1,115) 

(65)

478 

954

(997)

(43)

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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 2012

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 2012

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 2013

notified claims

Incurred but not reported

At 31 December 2013

notified claims

Incurred but not reported

At 31 December 2012

Gross
£m

Reinsurance
£m

313

82

395

(455) 

492 

(111) 

(74) 

(1) 

320 

(385)

379

(27)

(33)

6

293

263

30

293

280 

40 

320 

(1)

(1)

(2)

1

–

  –

1

–

(1)

–

–

  1

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

(1)

(1) 

Net
£m

312

81

393

(454) 

492

(111) 

(73) 

(1) 

319 

(385)

379

(26)

(32)

6

293

263

30

293

280 

39 

319 

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Note 36: 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

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

2007
£m

2008
£m

2009
£m

2010
£m

2011
£m

2012
£m

2013
£m

Total
£m

317

311

299

292

285

286

286

286

388

674

(671)

3

349

2,986

421

382

446

366

353

609

517

497

493

639

539

494

487

483

205

199

195

187

186

186

186

483

493

353

382

349

2,532

256

442

(436)

6

–

483

(475)

8

–

493

(475)

18

–

353

(332)

21

–

382

(344)

38

–

349

644

3,176

(165)

(2,898)

184

278

–

278

The liability of £278 million shown in the above table excludes £10 million of unallocated claims handling expenses and £5 million of unexpired 
risk reserve.

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Note 37: 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 2013

non-annuitant mortality and morbidity1

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 2012

non-annuitant mortality and morbidity1

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

39

(151)

132

194

50

–

(8)

(238)

82

31

(121)

106

155

40

–

(6)

(191)

66

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

43

(170)

117

199

26

(9)

(7)

(239)

93

33

(131)

90

153

20

(7)

(5)

(184)

72

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. Swap curves, 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. Swap curves 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

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Note 38: 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 2012

new business

Changes in existing business

exchange and other adjustments

At 31 December 2012

new business

Changes in existing business

Disposal of business

exchange and other adjustments

At 31 December 2013

Gross
£m

49,636

4,236

526

(26)

54,372

1,294

1,899

(29,953)

(22)

27,590

Reinsurance
£m

(57)

(1)

12

–

(46)

(1)

–

–

–

Net
£m

49,579

4,235

538

(26)

54,326

1,293

1,899

(29,953)

(22)

(47)

27,543

Note 39: 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 40: Other liabilities

Settlement balances

unitholders’ interest in Open ended Investment Companies

liabilities of disposal groups (note 16)

Other creditors and accruals

Total other liabilities

1

Restated – see note 1.

2013
£m

267

123

1

391

2013
£m

3,358

22,219

7,302

7,728

40,607

2012
£m

300

(31)

(2)

267

20121
£m

2,040

33,651

214

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Note 41: Retirement benefit obligations

Charge to the income statement 

Past service charges (credits)2

Other

Defined benefit pension schemes

Other post-retirement benefit schemes

Total defined benefit schemes

Defined contribution pension schemes

Total charge to the income statement

Restated – see note 1.

2013
£m

104

392

496

7

503

255

758

20121
£m

(250)

349

99 

11 

110 

229 

339 

20111
£m

–

395

395

13

408

202

610

The Group has agreed certain changes to early retirement and commutation factors in two of its principal defined benefit pension schemes, resulting in a cost of £104 million recognised 
in the Group’s income statement in the year ended 31 December 2013. 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 (note 11).

1

2

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

1

Restated – see note 1.

Pension schemes

Defined benefit schemes

2013
£m

98

(1,096)

(998)

2013
£m

(787)

(211)

(998)

20121
£m

741 

(1,905) 

(1,164) 

20121
£m

(957) 

(207) 

(1,164) 

(i) Characteristics of and risks associated with the Group’s schemes
The Group has established a number of defined benefit pension schemes in the uK and overseas. All significant schemes are based in the 
uK, with the three most significant being the defined benefit sections of the lloyds Bank 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 2013 was generally 55 although certain 
categories of member are deemed to have a contractual right to retire at 50.

The Group operates a number of funded and unfunded pension arrangements, the majority, including the three most significant schemes, are 
funded schemes in the uK. All schemes are operated as separate legal entities under trust law by the trustees. All uK schemes are funded in 
compliance with the Pensions Act 2004. A valuation exercise is carried out for each scheme at least every three years, whereby scheme assets 
are measured at market value and liabilities (‘Technical Provisions’) are measured using prudent assumptions, if a deficit is identified a recovery 
plan is agreed and sent to the Pensions Regulator for review. The outcome of this valuation process, including agreement of any recovery 
plans, is agreed between the Group and the scheme Trustee. The Group’s overseas defined benefit pension schemes are subject to local 
regulatory arrangements.  

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 2013 
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 2013 by qualified independent actuaries.

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Note 41: Retirement benefit obligations (continued)

During 2009, the Group made one-off contributions to the lloyds Bank Pension Scheme no 1 and lloyds Bank 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 £5.4 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 2013, the limited liability partnerships held assets of approximately £5.4 billion and 
cash payments of £215 million were made to the pension schemes during the year (2012: £215 million). The limited liability partnerships are 
consolidated fully in the Group’s balance sheet (see note 22).

The Group has also established two private limited companies which hold assets to provide security for the Group’s obligations to the 
HBOS Final Salary Pension Scheme and a section of the lloyds Bank Pension Scheme no 1. At 31 December 2013 these held assets of 
approximately £2.6 billion in aggregate; they do not make any distributions to the pension schemes. The private limited companies are 
consolidated fully in the Group’s balance sheet. 

The terms of these arrangements require the Group to maintain assets in these vehicles to agreed minimum values in order to secure 
obligations owed to the relevant Group pension schemes. The Group has satisfied this requirement during 2013. 

The Group currently expects to pay contributions of approximately £525 million to its defined benefit schemes in 2014.

The responsibility for the governance of the Group’s funded defined benefit pension schemes lies with the Pension Trustees. each of the 
Group’s funded uK defined benefit pension schemes are managed by a Trustee Board (the Trustee) whose role is to ensure that their Scheme 
is administered in accordance with the Scheme rules and relevant legislation, and to safeguard the assets in the best interests of all members 
and beneficiaries. The Trustee is solely responsible for setting investment policy and for agreeing funding requirements with the employer 
through the triennial valuation process. The Board of Trustees must be composed of representatives of the Company and plan participants in 
accordance with the Scheme’s regulations.

(ii) Amounts in the financial statements

Amount included in the balance sheet 

Present value of funded obligations

Fair value of scheme assets

Net amount recognised in the balance sheet

Net amount recognised in the balance sheet

At 1 January

net defined benefit pension expense

Actuarial losses on defined benefit obligation 

Return on plan assets

employer contributions

exchange and other adjustments

At 31 December

2013
£m

2012
£m

(33,355)

32,568

(787)

2013
£m

(957)

(496)

(1,265)

1,133

804

(6)

(787)

(31,324) 

30,367 

(957) 

2012
£m

592

(99)

(2,607)

484

669

4

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Movements in the defined benefit obligation

At 1 January

Current service cost

Interest expense

Remeasurements: 

Actuarial (losses) gains – experience

Actuarial (losses) gains – demographic assumptions

Actuarial (losses) gains – financial assumptions

Benefits paid

Past service cost

employee contributions

Curtailments

Settlements

exchange and other adjustments

At 31 December

The total defined benefit obligation comprises:

Amounts owing to active members

Amounts owing to deferred members

Amounts owing to pensioners

Amounts owing to dependents

Total defined benefit obligation at 31 December

Changes in the fair value of scheme assets

At 1 January

Return on plan assets excluding amounts included in interest income

Interest income

employer contributions

employee contributions

Benefits paid

Settlements

Administrative costs paid

exchange and other adjustments

At 31 December

2013
£m

2012
£m

(31,324)

(28,236)

(351)

(1,414)

184

15

(1,464)

1,061

(5)

(3)

(104)

62

(12)

(360) 

(1,373) 

(495)

(233)

(1,879)

995 

(16) 

(3) 

 250

12 

14 

(33,355)

(31,324) 

(8,647)

(9,927)

(13,547)

(1,234)

(33,355)

2013
£m

30,367

1,133

1,392

804

3

(1,061)

(55)

(21)

6

(8,004)

(8,927)

(13,207)

(1,186)

(31,324)

2012
£m

28,828

484 

1,433

669 

3 

(995) 

(16) 

(29)

(10) 

32,568

30,367 

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Note 41: Retirement benefit obligations (continued)

Composition of scheme assets:

equity instruments 

Debt instruments 

Property

Pooled investment vehicles

Money market instruments, cash, 
derivatives and other assets and liabilities

At 31 December

Quoted
£m

1,276

12,845

–

4,684

506

19,311

2013

Unquoted
£m

–

–

1,062

10,671

1,524

13,257

Total
£m

1,276

12,845

1,062

15,355

2,030

32,568

Quoted
£m

2,016

10,704

–

4,337

522

17,579

2012

unquoted
£m

–

–

1,100

10,975

713

12,788

Total
£m

2,016

10,704

1,100

15,312

1,235

30,367

The assets of all the funded plans are held independently of the Group’s assets in separate trustee administered funds. 

An analysis by credit rating of the pension schemes’ debt securities is provided below:

At 31 December 2013

Fixed interest government bonds

Index linked government bonds

Corporate and other debt 
securities

Asset-backed securities

Total debt securities

At 31 December 2012

Fixed interest government bonds

Index linked government bonds

Corporate and other debt 
securities

Asset-backed securities

Total debt securities

AAA
£m

877

6,955

127

–

7,959

772

6,288

153

–

7,213

AA
£m

884

–

442

–

1,326

97

–

478

–

575

A
£m

143

–

1,305

–

1,448

29

–

1,289

27

1,345

BBB
£m

218

–

1,206

–

1,424

94

–

835

208

1,137

Rated  
BB or lower
£m

Not rated
£m

Total
£m

80

–

482

–

562

–

–

243

57

300

–

–

75

51

126

–

–

85

49

134

2,202

6,955

3,637

51

12,845

992

6,288

3,083

341

10,704

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The pension schemes’ pooled investment vehicles comprise:

uK equity investment funds

non-uK equity investment funds

Fixed interest and index linked government bond funds

Corporate bond funds

Private equity

Infrastructure funds

Property partnerships and unit trusts 

Hedge and mutual funds

Reinsurance (OeICs) vehicles

Mezzanine debt funds

long-term equity funds

emerging market equity funds

emerging market debt funds

Multi strategy alternative credit funds

Asset-backed pension contribution schemes

liquidity funds

At 31 December

The expense recognised in the income statement for the year ended 31 December comprises:

Current service cost

net interest amount

Past service credits and curtailments (see below)

Settlements

Past service cost – plan amendments

Plan administration costs incurred during the year

Total defined benefit pension expense

2013
£m

457

2,177

277

469

963

690

383

2,382

654

108

84

1,018

1,142

749

214

3,588

15,355

2012
£m

360

(60)

(250)

4

16

29

99

2012
£m

2,996

2,265

331

466

902

635

427

1,846

315

111

114

1,051

705

–

429

2,719

15,312

2011
£m

380

(20)

(25)

8

20

32

395

2013
£m

351

22

104

(7)

5

21

496

The Group has agreed certain changes to early retirement and commutation factors in two of its principal defined benefit pension schemes, 
resulting in a cost of £104 million recognised in the Group’s income statement in the year ended 31 December 2013. 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 (note 11).

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Note 41: 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

2013
%

4.60

3.30

2.30

2.00

2.80

2013 
Years

27.4

29.7

28.6

31.0

2012
%

4.60

2.90

2.00

2.00

2.70 

2012 
Years

27.4

29.7

28.5

30.9

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 2013 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.

(iii) Amount timing and uncertainty of future cash flows

Risk exposure of the defined benefit schemes
Whilst the Group is not exposed to any unusual, entity specific or scheme specific risks in its defined benefit pension schemes, it is exposed to 
a number of significant risks, detailed below:

Inflation rate risk: the majority of the plans’ benefit obligations are linked to inflation both in deferment and once in payment. Higher inflation 
will lead to higher liabilities although this will be partially offset by holdings of inflation-linked gilts and, in most cases, caps on the level of 
inflationary increases are in place to protect against extreme inflation.

Interest rate risk: The defined benefit obligation is determined using a discount rate derived from yields on AA-rated corporate bonds. A 
decrease in corporate bond yields will increase plan liabilities although this will be partially offset by an increase in the value of bond holdings.

Longevity risk: The majority of the schemes obligations are to provide benefits for the life of the members so increases in life expectancy will 
result in an increase in the plans’ liabilities. 

Investment risk: Scheme assets are invested in a diversified portfolio of debt securities, equities and other return-seeking assets. If the assets 
underperform the discount rate used to calculate the defined benefit obligation, it will reduce the surplus or increase the deficit. Volatility in 
asset values and the discount rate will lead to volatility in the net pension liability on the Group’s balance sheet and in other comprehensive 
income. To a lesser extent this will also lead to volatility in the pension expense in the Group’s income statement.

The ultimate cost of the defined benefit obligations to the Group will depend upon actual future events rather than the assumptions made. 
The assumptions made are unlikely to be borne out in practice and as such the cost may be higher or lower than expected.

 
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Sensitivity analysis
The effect of reasonably possible changes in key assumptions on the value of scheme liabilities and the resulting pension charge in the 
Group’s income statement and on the net defined benefit pension scheme liability, for the Group’s three most significant schemes, is set 
out below. The sensitivities provided assume that all other assumptions and the value of the schemes’ assets remain unchanged, and are 
not intended to represent changes that are at the extremes of possibility. The calculations are approximate in nature and full detailed 
calculations could lead to a different result. It is unlikely that isolated changes to individual assumptions will be experienced in practice. Due 
to the correlation of assumptions, aggregating the effects of these isolated changes may not be a reasonable estimate of the actual effect of 
simultaneous changes in multiple assumptions.

Inflation (including pension increases):1

Increase of 0.5 per cent

Decrease of 0.5 per cent 

Discount rate:2

Increase of 0.5 per cent

Decrease of 0.5 per cent 

expected life expectancy of members:

Increase of one year

Decrease of one year

Effect of reasonably possible alternative assumptions

Increase (decrease)  
in the income  
statement charge

Increase (decrease) in the  
net defined benefit pension 
scheme liability

2013
£m

108

(93)

(166)

155

38

(36)

2012
£m

137 

(110) 

(152) 

151

40 

(39) 

2013
£m

1,833

(1,706)

(2,638)

2,890

686

(676)

2012
£m

2,362

(1,888)

(2,396)

2,740

675

(664)

1

2

At 31 December 2013, the assumed rate of RPI inflation is 3.3 per cent and CPI inflation 2.3 per cent (2012: RPI 2.90 per cent and CPI 2.00 per cent).

At 31 December 2013, the assumed discount rate is 4.6 per cent (2012: 4.60 per cent).

Sensitivity analysis method and assumptions
The sensitivity analysis above reflects the impact on the Group’s three most significant schemes which account for over 90 per cent of 
the Group’s defined benefit obligations. Whilst differences in the underlying liability profiles for the remainder of the Group’s pension 
arrangements mean they may exhibit slightly different sensitivities to variations in these assumptions, the sensitivities provided above are 
indicative of the impact across the Group as a whole.

The inflation assumption sensitivity applies to both the assumed rate of increase in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and the Retail Prices Index 
(RPI), and include the impact on the rate of increases to pensions, both before and after retirement. These pension increases are linked to 
inflation (either CPI or RPI) subject to certain minimum and maximum limits. 

The sensitivity analysis (including the inflation sensitivity) does not include the impact of any possible change in the rate of salary increases. 
These increases are capped at a maximum of 2 per cent per annum, and have been assumed to increase at this maximum rate in both 2012 
and 2013, therefore there is no sensitivity to an increase in this assumption. The Group is currently in formal consultation with the members of 
its defined benefit pension schemes regarding proposed changes to the way pensionable pay is calculated, which if introduced would reduce 
the rate of salary increases to zero. If implemented these changes would have the effect of decreasing both the Group’s income statement 
charge and net defined benefit scheme liability.

The life expectancy assumption has been applied by allowing for an increase/decrease in life expectation from age 60 of one year, based upon 
the approximate weighted average age for each scheme. Whilst this is an approximate approach and will not give the same result as a one 
year increase in life expectancy at every age, it provides an appropriate indication of the potential impact on the schemes from changes in life 
expectancy. 

There was no change in the methods and assumptions used in preparing the sensitivity analysis from the re-stated prior year.

Asset-liability matching strategies
The main schemes’ assets are invested in a diversified portfolio, consisting primarily of debt securities and equities. The investment strategy 
is not static and will evolve to reflect the structure of liabilities within the schemes. Specific asset-liability matching strategies for each pension 
plan are independently determined by the responsible governance body for each scheme and in consultation with the employer. 

A significant goal of the asset-liability matching strategies adopted by Group schemes is to reduce volatility caused by changes in market 
expectations of interest rates and inflation. In the main, this is achieved by investing scheme assets in bonds, primarily fixed interest gilts and 
index linked gilts, and by entering into interest rate and inflation swap arrangements. These investments are structured to take into account 
the profile of scheme liabilities, and actively managed to reflect both changing market conditions and changes to the liability profile.

The current asset-liability matching strategy has the objective of mitigating approximately 54 per cent (2012: 45 per cent) of the interest rate 
volatility and 71 per cent (2012: 54 per cent) of the inflation rate volatility of the liabilities.

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Note 41: Retirement benefit obligations (continued)

Maturity profile of defined benefit obligation
The following table provides information on the weighted average duration of the defined benefit pension obligations and the distribution 
and timing of benefit payments:

Duration of the defined benefit obligation

Maturity analysis of benefits expected to be paid

Benefits expected to be paid within 12 months

Benefits expected to be paid between 1 and 2 years

Benefits expected to be paid between 2 and 5 years

Benefits expected to be paid between 5 and 10 years

Benefits expected to be paid between 10 and 15 years

Benefits expected to be paid between 15 and 25 years

Benefits expected to be paid between 25 and 35 years

Benefits expected to be paid between 35 and 45 years

Benefits expected to be paid in more than 45 years

2013
Years

19

2013
£m

1,067

1,009

3,420

7,207

8,945

21,102

20,851

16,374

11,403

2012
Years

19

2012
£m

999

970

3,210

6,739

8,446

20,072

19,767

15,508

11,096

Maturity analysis method and assumptions
The projected benefit payments are based on the assumptions underlying the assessment of the obligations, including allowance for 
expected future inflation. They are shown in their undiscounted form and therefore appear large relative to the discounted assessment of 
the defined benefit obligations recognised in the Group’s balance sheet. They are in respect of benefits that have been accrued prior to the 
respective year-end date only and make no allowance for any benefits that may have been accrued subsequently.

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 Bank Pension Scheme no. 1. 

During the year ended 31 December 2013 the charge to the income statement in respect of defined contribution schemes was £255 million 
(2012: £229 million; 2011: £202 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 2013 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 6.90 per cent (2012: 6.50 per cent).

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Movements in the other post-retirement benefits obligation:

At 1 January

exchange and other adjustments

Actuarial loss

Insurance premiums paid

Charge for the year

At 31 December

Note 42: Deferred tax

The movement in the net deferred tax balance is as follows:

Asset at 1 January

As previously reported

Restatement (notes 1 and 56)

Restated

exchange and other adjustments

Disposals

Income statement (charge) credit (note 14):

Due to change in uK corporation tax rate

Other

Amount credited (charged) to equity:

Post-retirement defined benefit scheme remeasurements

Available-for-sale financial assets (note 47)

Cash flow hedges (note 47)

Share-based compensation

Asset at 31 December

2013
£m

(207)

–

(4)

7

(7)

(211)

2013
£m

4,586

7

558

(594)

(158)

(752)

28

274

374

  26

702

5,101

2012
£m

(188) 

(3)

(13)

8

(11)

(207)

2012
£m

4,182

139

4,321

(14) 

– 

(320)

(244) 

(564)

491

344 

1

  7

843

4,586

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

2013 
£m

5,104

(3)

5,101

2012 
£m

4,913

(327) 

4,586

Tax disclosure

Deferred tax assets

Deferred tax liabilities

Asset at 31 December

2013 
£m

8,097

(2,996)

5,101

2012 
£m

8,997

(4,411)

4,586

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Note 42: Deferred tax (continued)

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

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are comprised as follows:

Deferred tax assets:

Pensions and other post-retirement benefits

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

Available-for-sale asset revaluation

Tax on fair value of acquired assets

effective interest rates

Derivatives

Other temporary differences

Total deferred tax liabilities

2013
£m

482

(14)

86

(86)

(1,049)

322

(493)

(752)

2012
£m

410 

(237)

(869) 

(332) 

974

28

(538)

(564)

2013
£m

288

649

22

45

–

6,338

755

8,097

2013
£m

–

(1,195)

(30)

(1,236)

(19)

(190)

(326)

(2,996)

2011
£m

319

(120)

596

(56)

(55)

(107)

577

1,154

2012
£m

271

167 

227

109 

286 

7,034

903

8,997

2012
£m

– 

(1,849) 

–

(1,741) 

(34) 

(333)

(454)

(4,411)

The Finance Act 2013 (the Act) was substantively enacted on 2 July 2013. The Act further reduced the main rate of corporation tax to 
21 per cent with effect from 1 April 2014 and 20 per cent with effect from 1 April 2015. The change in the main rate of corporation tax from 
23 per cent to 20 per cent has resulted in a reduction in the Group’s net deferred tax asset at 31 December 2013 of £636 million, comprising the 
£594 million charge included in the income statement and a £42 million charge included in equity.

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 £6,338 million (2012: £7,034 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 £168 million (2012: £330 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 £593 million (2012: £939 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 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 2013 of 
£41 million (2012: £42 million), as there are no predicted future taxable profits against which the unrelieved foreign tax credits can be utilised. 
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Note 43: Other provisions

At 1 January 2013

exchange and other adjustments 

Provisions applied

Charge for the year

At 31 December 2013

Provisions for 
commitments
£m

Payment 
protection 
insurance
£m

Other  
regulatory 
provisions
£m

Vacant 
 leasehold 
property
£m

66

(40)

–

–

26

2,431

–

(2,674)

3,050

2,807

935

12

(360)

421

1,008

73

19

(28)

5

69

Other
£m

456

(32)

(10)

13

427

Total
£m

3,961

(41)

(3,072)

3,489

4,337

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 BBA against the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the Financial Ombudsman Service 
(FOS), the Group made provisions totalling £6,775 million in 2011 and 2012 against the costs of paying redress to customers in respect of past 
sales of PPI policies, including the related administrative expenses. 

During 2013 average monthly customer initiated complaints have continued to fall. Good progress has also been made in the planned 
proactive mailings. There have been some adverse trends (as detailed below), and a further £3,050 million has been added to the provision, 
of which £500 million was at the half year, £750 million in the third quarter and £1,800 million at the year end. This brings the total amount 
provided to £9,825 million, of which approximately £2,090 million relates to anticipated administrative expenses. As at 31 December 
2013, £2,807 million of the provision remained unutilised (29 per cent of total provision) relative to an average monthly spend including 
administration costs in the last six months of £230 million. The increase of £3,050 million in 2013, and the overall provision, is underpinned by 
the following drivers:

–  Volumes of customer initiated complaints (after excluding complaints from customers where no PPI policy was held) – at 

31 December 2012, the provision assumed a total of 2.3 million complaints would be received. Average monthly volumes in 2013 decreased 
by 54 per cent compared to 2012, and fourth quarter volumes fell in line with the Group’s revised end third quarter expectations. However, 
following further statistical modelling and the results of a customer survey, the Group is now forecasting a slower decline in future volumes 
than previously expected. A further provision of £870 million was therefore made during the year to reflect this. Approximately 2.5 million 
complaints have been received to date, with the provision assuming approximately 550,000 in the future compared to an average run-rate of 
approximately 37,000 per month in the last three months. The table below details the historical complaint trends.

Q1 2012 

109,893 

Q2 2012 

130,752 

Q3 2012

110,807

Q4 2012

84,751

Q1 2013

61,259 

Q2 2013 

54,086 

Q3 2013 

49,555 

Q4 2013 

37,457 

Average monthly complaint volumes – reactive

–  Proactive Mailing resulting from Past Business Reviews (PBR) – the Group is proactively mailing customers where it has been identified 
that there was a risk of potential mis-sale. During the year, further groups of customers have been added to the proactive mailing exercise 
increasing the scope to 2.8 million policies, including approximately 300,000 additional policies in the second half. This, combined with 
higher than expected response rates from customers covered by the proactive mailing, resulted in a further provision of £470 million for the 
full year to reflect the additional cost incurred to date and in relation to future mailings. 

–  Uphold rates – average uphold rates per policy have increased from 61 per cent during the first half to 80 per cent for the last six months, 
with an average of 81 per cent in the fourth quarter. This reflects the impact of changes to the complaint handling policy, in part following 
consultation with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and feedback from the FOS. In addition to this, there was a greater proportion of 
proactive mailing complaints received during the period for which uphold rates are higher. The provision assumes a slightly higher uphold 
rate going forward to allow for further embedding of complaint handling policy changes. The impact of higher uphold rates has resulted in a 
£335 million increase to the provision.

–  Average redress – the average redress paid per policy has been relatively stable, but remains higher than expected by approximately 

£160 per policy due to the product and age mix of the complaints. This has resulted in an additional provision of £135 million.

–  Re-review of previously handled cases – previously reviewed complaints are being assessed to ensure consistency with the current 

complaint handling policy. At 31 December 2012 the expected level of re-review was minimal. During 2013, and most notably in the fourth 
quarter, this has increased to approximately 590,000 cases at an estimated cost of £460 million.

–  Expenses – given the update to volume related assumptions, the Group has also increased its estimate for administrative expenses which 

comprise complaint handling costs and costs arising from cases subsequently referred to the FOS, by £780 million.

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Note 43: Other provisions (continued)

An enforcement Team of the FCA is investigating the Group’s governance of third party suppliers and potential failings in the PPI complaint 
handling process. A provision of £50 million has been made in respect of the likely administration costs of responding to the FCA’s inquiries. It 
is not possible at this stage to make any assessment of what, if any, additional liability may result from the investigation.

Since the commencement of the PPI redress programme in 2011 the Group estimates that it has contacted, settled or provided for 
approximately 40 per cent of the policies sold since 2000, covering both customer-initiated complaints and actual and expected proactive 
mailings undertaken by the Group. The total amount provided for PPI represents the Group’s best estimate of the likely future costs, albeit a 
number of risks and uncertainties remain, in particular complaint volumes, uphold rates, average redress paid, the scope and cost of proactive 
mailings and remediation, and the outcome of the FCA enforcement Team investigation. The cost of these factors could differ materially from 
the Group’s estimates and the assumptions underpinning them and could result in a further provision being required.

Key metrics and sensitivities are highlighted in the table below:

Sensitivities1

To date unless noted

Future 

Sensitivity

Customer initiated complaints since origination (m) 

Proactive Mailing: – number of policies (m)2 

 – response rate3

Average uphold rate per policy4

Average redress paid per upheld policy5

Remediation cases (k)

Administrative expenses (£m)

FOS Referral Rate6

FOS Overturn Rate7

All sensitivities exclude claims where no PPI policy was held.

To date volume includes customer initiated complaints.

2.5

1.66

37%

80%

£1,600

21

 1,410

35%

49%

0.5

1.19

31%

83%

0.1 = £200m

0.1 = £45m 

1% = £20m

1% = £15m

£1,600

£100 = £110m

569

 680

36%

33%

1 Case = £770

1 Case = £500

1%= £4m

1%= £2m

Metric has been adjusted to include mature mailings only, and exclude expected customer initiated complaints. Future response rates are expected to be lower than experienced to date 
as mailings to higher risk customers have been prioritised.

The percentage of complaints where the Group finds in favour of the customer. This is a blend of proactive and customer initiated complaints. The 80 per cent uphold rate is based on the 
latest six months to December 2013.

The amount that is paid in redress in relation to a policy found to have been mis-sold, comprising, where applicable, the refund of premium, compound interest charged and interest at 
8 per cent per annum. Actuals are based on six months to December 2013. The accumulation of interest on future redress is expected to be offset by the mix shifting away from more 
expensive cases.

The percentage of cases reviewed by the Group that are subsequently referred to the FOS by the customer. A complaint is considered mature when six months have elapsed since initial 
decision. Actuals are based on decision made by the Group during January to June 2013 and subsequently referred to the FOS.

The percentage of complaints referred where the FOS arrive at a different decision to the Group. Actuals are based on six months to December 2013. The future overturn rate is expected 
to be lower due to changes in the case review process implemented during 2013 which has resulted in a higher uphold rate as noted above. In turn this reduces the number / percentage of 
cases likely to be overturned by the FOS.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

 
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Other regulatory provisions   

Litigation in relation to insurance branch business in Germany
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. Following decisions in July 2012 from 
the Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) in Germany the Group recognised a further provision of £150 million in its accounts for the year ended 
31 December 2012 bringing the total amount provided to £325 million. During the half-year to 30 June 2013 the Group has charged a further 
£75 million with respect to this litigation increasing the total provision to £400 million. The remaining unutilised provision as at 31 December 
2013 is £246 million.

However, there are still a number of uncertainties as to the full impact of the FCJ’s decisions, and the validity of any of the claims facing 
CMIG will turn upon the facts and circumstances in respect of each claim. As a result the ultimate financial effect, which could be significantly 
different from the current provision, will only be known once there is further clarity with respect to a range of legal issues and factual 
determinations 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 (now FCA) to carry out a review of sales made since 
1 December 2001 of interest rate hedging products (IRHP) to certain small and medium-sized businesses. As at 31 December 2013 the 
Group had identified 1,771 sales of IRHPs to customers within scope of the agreement with the FCA which are being reviewed and, where 
appropriate, redressed. The Group agreed that on conclusion of this review it would provide redress to any in-scope customers where 
appropriate. 

The Group provided £400 million in its accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012 for the estimated cost of redress and related 
administration costs, based on a pilot review that had been conducted at the time. In the final quarter of 2013, a significant number of 
additional cases were reviewed, providing a larger and more representative sample from which to estimate the total cost of the review. As a 
result, an additional provision of £130 million has been recognised. During the same period, the Group confirmed it would pay any redress due 
to in-scope customers before any consequential loss claims had been outlined and agreed with them. At 31 December 2013, the total amount 
provided for the cost of redress and related administration costs is £530 million of which £162 million had been utilised. no provision has been 
recognised in relation to claims from customers which are not covered by the agreement with the FCA, or incremental claims from customers 
within the scope of the review. These will be monitored and future provisions will be recognised to the extent an obligation resulting in a 
probable outflow is identified.

Other regulatory matters
In the course of its business, the Group is engaged in discussions with the PRA, FCA and other uK and overseas regulators and governmental 
authorities in relation to a range of matters; a provision is held against the costs expected to be incurred as a result of the conclusions reached. 
In 2013 the provision was increased by a further £200 million, in respect of matters affecting the Retail, Commercial, and Wealth and Asset 
Finance businesses, bringing the total amount charged to £300 million of which £75 million had been utilised at 31 December 2013. This 
increase reflects the Group’s assessment of a limited number of matters under discussion, none of which currently is individually considered 
financially material in the context of the Group.

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 2013 represents 
management’s current best estimate of the cost after having regard to actuarial estimates of future losses.

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Note 44: Subordinated liabilities

Preference shares

Preferred securities

undated subordinated liabilities

enhanced Capital notes

Dated subordinated liabilities

Total subordinated liabilities

2013
£m

876

4,301

1,916

8,938

16,281

32,312

2012
£m

1,385 

4,394 

1,927 

8,947 

17,439 

34,092 

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 (eCns) 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 (2012: 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 Prudential Regulatory 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

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

note

a

2013
£m

34,092

1,500

(2,442)

(838)

32,312

2013
£m

–

–

–

10

127

274

2

39

51

16

304

53

876

2012
£m

35,089

128

(857)

(268)

34,092

2012
£m

– 

259 

149 

10 

125 

 280

2 

39 

104 

 14

350 

53 

1,385 

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. 

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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)
6.35% Step-up Perpetual Capital Securities (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

a

a

a, b

a, c, e

a, d 

2013
£m

209

121

256

66

212

423

5

26

132

89

455

8

50

101

1,211

90

660

187

4,301

2012
£m

214 

238 

262 

50 

226 

382 

5 

23 

128 

83 

439 

8 

48 

98 

1,239 

95 

629 

227 

4,394 

a   These securities have passed their first call date, and are callable at specific dates as per the terms of the securities at the option of the issuer and with approval from the PRA. 

b  The fixed rate on this security was reset from 8.117 per cent to 6.059 per cent with effect from 31 May 2010.

c   The fixed rate on this security was reset from 7.627 per cent to 3 month euribor plus 2.875 per cent with effect from 9 December 2011.

d  The fixed rate on this security was reset from 6.35 per cent to 3 month euribor plus 2.50 per cent with effect from 25 February 2013.

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 Bank plc.

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Note 44: 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)

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

a

a, c

a

a

a

a

2013
£m

6

16

8

–

–

79

49

283

1

533

49

5

2

1

44

5

20

3

5

–

14

4

–

10

109

162

169

218

19

102

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 

1,916

1,927 

a   These securities have passed their first call date, and are callable at specific dates as per the terms of the securities at the option of the issuer and with approval from the PRA. 

b  The fixed rate on this security was reset from 6.625 per cent to 4.64821 per cent with effect from 15 July 2010.

c   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.

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Note 44: 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

2013
£m

145

4

102

333

1,064

567

116

231

80

37

258

824

706

524

563

662

157

71

593

185

595

44

146

110

66

115

78

44

99

94

108

112

105

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 

8,938

8,947 

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Note 44: 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)
Subordinated Callable notes 2017 (uS$1,000 million)
6.305% Subordinated Callable Fixed to Floating Rate notes 2017 (£500 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)
5.50% Subordinated notes 2023 (£850 million) (Scottish Widows plc)
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)
7.00% Subordinated notes 2043 (£650 million) (Scottish Widows plc)
Total dated subordinated liabilities

note

a

a

a

a

a

a

a, b

a

a, c

a

a, d

2013
£m

172
183
109
156
218
276
5
33
10
211
23
–
–
–

–
275
155
658
621
862
371
701
975
458
349
223
234
174
1,102
141
256
1,433
3
331
1,231
85
617
147
341
175
794
445
822
313
593
16,281

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 

a   These securities have passed their first call dates, and are callable at specific dates as per the terms of the securities at the option of the issuer and with approval of the PRA. 

b 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.

c  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.

d 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.

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Note 45: 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

2013
Number of shares

2012
number of shares

2011
number of shares

2013
£m

2012
£m

2011
£m

Ordinary shares of 10p  
(formerly 25p) each

At 1 January

70,342,844,289

68,726,627,112 

68,074,129,454

7,034

6,873

6,807

Issued in relation to the payment 
of coupons on certain hybrid 
capital securities

Issued under employee share 
schemes

712,973,022

 479,297,215

– 

312,618,630

 1,136,919,962

652,497,658

71

32

At 31 December

71,368,435,941

 70,342,844,289

68,726,627,112

7,137

Limited voting ordinary shares  
of 10p (formerly 25p) each

At 1 January and 31 December

80,921,051

80,921,051

80,921,051

Total issued share capital

8

7,145

 47

 114

 7,034

8

7,042

– 

66

6,873

8

6,881

Share issuances
In 2013 the Group issued 713 million new ordinary shares (2012: 479 million shares; 2011: nil) in relation to payment of coupons in the year on 
certain hybrid capital securities that are non-cumulative; the remaining 312 million shares issued in 2013 were in respect of employee share 
schemes (2012: 1,137 million shares; 2011: 652 million shares).

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Note 45: 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 75.

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 16 May 2013. The authority to issue shares and the authority to make market purchases of shares 
will expire at the next 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 2013, 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 on a winding up may share in the assets of the Company.

Limited voting ordinary shares 
The limited voting ordinary shares are held by the lloyds Bank 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 2013, 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. 

The Company has entered into deeds of covenant with the Foundations under the terms of which the Company makes annual donations. 
The deeds of covenant can be cancelled by the Company at nine years notice, at which point the limited voting ordinary share capital would 
convert into ordinary shares. Such notice has been given to the lloyds Bank Foundation for Scotland.

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 44.

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Note 46: Share premium account

At 1 January

Issued in relation to the settlement of coupons on certain hybrid capital securities1

Issued under employee share schemes

At 31 December

2013
£m

16,872

279

128

2012
£m

16,541

123

 208

2011
£m

16,291

–

250

17,279

 16,872

16,541

1

During 2013 the Group issued new ordinary shares for a consideration of £350 million (2012: £170 million; 2011: £nil) in relation to payment of coupons on certain hybrid capital securities 
that are non-cumulative.

Note 47: 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

2013
£m

8,107

4,115

(615)

(1,055)

(75)

2012
£m

8,107

4,115

399

350

(69)

2011
£m

8,107

4,115

1,326

325

(55)

10,477

12,902

13,818

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 and 31 December

Capital redemption reserve

At 1 January and 31 December

2013
£m

2012
£m

2011
£m

8,107

8,107

8,107

2013
£m

2012
£m

2011
£m

4,115

4,115

4,115

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Note 47: 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 

2013
£m

399

–

(680)

86

  3

(591)

(629)

  191

(438)

18

(3)

15

–

  –

–

(615)

2013
£m

350

(1,229)

320

  –

(909)

(550)

  54

(496)

(1,055)

2013
£m

(69)
(155)
149
(75)

2012
£m

1,326

1,168

900

(516)

(3)

1,549

(3,547)

  848

(2,699)

42

  12

54

169

– 

169

399

2012
£m

325

116

(17)

– 

99

(92)

  18

(74)

350

2012
£m

(55)
(69)
55
(69)

2011
£m

(285)

–

2,527

(657)

  –

1,870

(343)

  30  

(313)

80

  29 

109

(79)

  24

(55)

1,326

2011
£m

(391)

916

(257)

– 

659

70

(13)

57

325

2011
£m

29
(58)
(26)
(55)

 
 
 
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Note 48: Retained profits

At 1 January

As previously reported

Restatement (notes 1 and 56)

Restated

Profit (loss) for the year

Post-retirement defined benefit scheme remeasurements

Movement in treasury shares

Value of employee services:

Share option schemes

Other employee award schemes

At 31 December 

2013
£m

2012
£m

2011
£m

5,080

(838)

(108)

(480)

142

292

4,088

8,266

(1,471)

(1,645)

(407)

81

256

5,080

11,380

(707)

10,673

(2,963)

469

(276)

125

238

8,266

Retained profits are stated after deducting £480 million (2012: £158 million; 2011: £33 million) representing 578 million (2012: 301 million; 
2011: 58 million) treasury shares held.

Note 49: Ordinary dividends

no dividends were paid on ordinary shares during 2011, 2012 or 2013 and the directors do not propose to pay a final dividend in respect of 2013.

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 have chosen to waive their entitlement to the dividends on those shares as indicated: the lloyds Banking Group Share 
Incentive Plan (holding at 31 December 2013: 16,857,069 shares, 31 December 2012: 12,040,715 shares, waived rights to all dividends), 
the lloyds TSB Group employee Share Ownership Trust (holding at 31 December 2013: 52,150,441 shares, 31 December 2012: 73,007,743 
shares, on which it waived rights to all dividends), lloyds Group Holdings (Jersey) limited (holding at 31 December 2013: 42,846 shares, 
31 December 2012: 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 2013: 1,398 shares, 31 December 2012: 1,398 shares, waived rights to all but a nominal amount 
of one penny in total).

Note 50: 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

2013
£m

276

42

74 

116

3

4 

7

2012
£m

248

12

65 

77

3

5 

8

Total charge to the income statement

399

333

2011
£m

221

13

  130

143

3

  9

12

376

During the year ended 31 December 2013 the Group operated the following share-based payment schemes, all of which are equity settled.

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Note 50: Share-based payments (continued)

Deferred bonus plans
Bonuses in respect of the performance in 2013 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.

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Note 50: Share-based payments (continued)

Movements in the number of share options outstanding under the executive share option schemes during 2012 and 2013 are set out below:

Outstanding at 1 January

Forfeited 

lapsed

Outstanding at 31 December

Exercisable at 31 December

2013

2012

Number of  
options 

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

number of  
options

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

8,044,896

(1,992,303)

–

6,052,593

6,052,593

224.95

227.70

–

224.04

224.03

10,174,869

(2,129,973) 

– 

8,044,896 

8,044,896 

225.15

225.92

–

224.95

224.95

no options were exercised during 2013 or 2012. The weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding at the end of the year 
was 0.8 years (2012: 1.9 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:

2013

2012

Number of  
options 

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

number of  
options

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

Outstanding at 1 January

Granted

exercised

Forfeited

Cancelled

expired

Outstanding at 31 December

Exercisable at 31 December

453,019,032

49.74

314,572,023

510,414,399

(294,905,606)

(7,715,717)

(10,761,588)

(10,633,894)

500,969,617

48.01

40.62

46.78

43.08

45.61

56.28

41.16

–

–

(8,427,262)

(88,340,810)

(41,678,937)

314,572,023

2,255,239

120.76

119,141

–

–

49.15

49.83

62.67

48.01

86.50

The weighted average share price at the time that the options were exercised during 2013 was £0.65. no options were exercised in 2012. The 
weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding at the end of the year was 2.9 years (2012: 0.8 years).

The weighted average fair value of SAYe options granted during 2013 was £0.24. no options were granted in 2012. 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 2013 or 2012. The options outstanding at 31 December 2013 had an exercise 

price of £1.8066 (2012: £1.8066) and a weighted average remaining contractual life of 1.1 years (2012: 2.1 years).

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Note 50: 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.

2013

2012

Number of  

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

number of  
options

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

Outstanding at 1 January

Granted 

exercised

Forfeited

lapsed

Outstanding at 31 December

Exercisable at 31 December

options

45,614,150

9,284,956

(16,079,222)

(1,290,720)

(174,185)

37,354,979

4,275,432

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

53,000,069

34,345,366

(41,290,412)

(440,873)

–

45,614,150

3,065,531

nil

nil

nil

nil

nil

nil

nil

The weighted average fair value of options granted in the year was £0.56 (2012: £0.30). 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 
2013 was £0.55 (2012: £0.33). The weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding at the end of the year was 3.6 years 
(2012: 3.7 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:

2013

2012

Outstanding at 1 January

Granted

exercised

Forfeited

Outstanding at 31 December

Exercisable at 31 December

options

21,321,237

–

(5,953,810)

(4,194,827)

11,172,600

11,083,749

Nil

–

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

21,321,237

–

–

–

21,321,237

16,509,862

nil

–

–

–

nil

nil

Number of  

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

number of  
options

Weighted average 
exercise price 
(pence)

no options were granted in 2013 or 2012. The weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding at the end of the year was 
7.5 years (2012: 8.6 years).

The weighted average share price at the time the options were exercised during 2013 was £0.75. no options were exercised in 2012. 

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 
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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:

During 2013 the Group completed the sale of all of its holding in St James’s Place plc, as set out in note 9. The participants of the St James’s 
Place Share Option Plan remain entitled to the lloyds Banking Group plc shares awarded under the terms of this Plan and these options are 
included in the table below.

Participants are not entitled to any dividends paid during the vesting period.

2013

2012

Number of  

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

number of  
options

Weighted average  
exercise price 
 (pence)

Outstanding at 1 January 

exercised

Forfeited

lapsed

Cancelled

Outstanding at 31 December

Exercisable at 31 December

options

19,857,692

(2,609,272)

(240,349)

(2,144,026)

(1,744,461)

13,119,584

13,119,584

363.76

22,058,552 

394.30

51.83

568.80

546.43

532.39

369.76

369.76

–

 (319,134)

 (1,881,726)

–

 19,857,692

 19,857,692

–

 572.22

 686.47

–

 363.76

 363.76

The weighted average share price at the time the options were exercised during 2013 was £0.72. no options were exercised in 2012. 

The options outstanding under the HBOS Share Option Plan and St James’s Place Share Option Plan at 31 December 2013 had exercise prices 
in the range of £0.5183 to £5.80 (2012: £0.5183 to £5.80) and a weighted average remaining contractual life of 0.2 years (2012: 1.1 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 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 was 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 was 75 pence or less, none of this element of the award would vest. If the share price 
was 114 pence or higher, 100 per cent of this element would vest. Vesting between threshold and maximum would 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 had 
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 was assessed that neither of the performance conditions had been met 
and the awards did not vest.

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Note 50: Share-based payments (continued)

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 7.8p, 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 
£1,534 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.

At the end of the performance period for the ePS and eP measures, the targets had not been fully met and therefore these awards will vest in 
2014 at a rate of 68 per cent (54 per cent for members of the Group executive Committee, including executive Directors).

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 £225 million, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will vest.

If the adjusted eP reaches £2,330 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.

(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.

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The performance conditions for awards made in March and October 2013 are as follows: 

(i) 

 EP: relevant to 35 per cent of the award. The performance target is based on 2015 adjusted eP outcome.

If the adjusted eP reaches £1,254 million, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will vest.

If the adjusted eP reaches £1,881 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 2015.

If the ATSR reaches 8 per cent per annum, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will vest.

If the ATSR reaches 16 per cent per annum, 100 per cent of this element will vest.

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

(iii)   Adjusted total costs: relevant to 10 per cent of the award. The performance target is based on 2015 adjusted total costs.

If adjusted total costs are £9,323 million or less, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will vest.

If adjusted total costs are £8,973 million or less, 100 per cent of this element will vest.

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

(iv)   Non-core assets excluding UK Retail at the end of 2015: relevant to 10 per cent of the award. Performance will be measured by 

reference to balance sheet non-core assets at 31 December 2015.

If non-core assets amount to £37 billion or less, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will vest.

If non-core assets amount to £28 billion or less, 100 per cent of this element will vest.

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

(v) 

 Customer satisfaction: relevant to 10 per cent of the award. Performance will be measured by reference to the total number of FCA 
reportable complaints per 1,000 customers over the three year period to 31 December 2015.

If complaints per 1,000 customers average 1.05 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 0.95 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.

(vi)   SME lending: relevant to 5 per cent of the award. Performance will be measured by reference to the movement in lending to SMes relative 

to the market as reported by the Bank of england over the three year period ending 31 December 2015.

If the movement in SMe lending equates to this market movement, 25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will vest.

If the movement in SMe lending is 4 per cent or more greater than the market movement, 100 per cent of this element will vest.

Vesting between threshold and maximum will be on a straight line basis.

 In addition, short-term funding must remain within that stated in the Group’s Risk Appetite throughout the three year period to 
31 December 2015.

Outstanding at 1 January

Granted 

Vested

Forfeited

Outstanding at 31 December

2012
Number of shares number of shares

2013

515,951,517

543,738,186

186,360,995

265,011,679 

–

(71,591,014) 

(153,426,617)

(221,207,334) 

548,885,895

515,951,517 

The weighted average fair value of the share awards granted in 2013 was £0.34 (2012: £0.24). 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.

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Note 50: Share-based payments (continued)

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. For awards made in June 2012, the other element continued to  
be cash-based, with the split between cash-based and share-based determined by the Remuneration Committee. Awards made in June 2013 
were fully share-based. 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 four 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 three 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 three 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 three year period. If third party FuM reaches a specified target level, 100 per cent of this 
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.

The performance conditions for share-based awards made in June 2013 are as follows:

(i) Profitability: relevant to 35 per cent of the award. The performance target is based on a cumulative three 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 
80 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 
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.

(ii) Investment performance: relevant to 35 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 three 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 15 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 three year period. If third party FuM reaches a specified target level, 100 per cent of this 
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.

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(iv) Risk: relevant to 15 per cent of the award. The performance target is based on a cumulative three year risk score. If the cumulative risk 
score reaches a specified target level, 100 per cent of this element will vest. If the cumulative risk score reaches 120 per cent of the target level, 
25 per cent of this element of the award, being the threshold, will vest. If the cumulative risk score is 80 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.

The relevant period commenced on 1 January 2013 and ends on 31 December 2015.

Outstanding at 1 January

Granted

Outstanding at 31 December

2013  
Number of 
shares

5,452,877

10,331,924

15,784,801

2012  
number of 
shares

–

5,452,877

5,452,877

The fair value of the share awards granted in 2013 was £0.43. 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 2013

exercise price range

£0 to £1

£1 to £2

£2 to £3

£5 to £6

At 31 December 2012

exercise price range

£0 to £1

£1 to £2

£2 to £3

£3 to £4

£5 to £6

–

199.91

224.85

–

–

–

0.6

196,201

0.8 5,856,392

–

–

40.63

180.64

–

–

2.91

1.09

–

–

499,088,383

5.25

4.1 51,528,728

1,881,234

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

580.00

0.2

7,897,324

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

 225.69

 –

 –

 –

 –

1.6 

 233,714

 1.9

 7,811,182

 –

 –

 –

 –

 46.79

 178.14

 –

 –

 –

 0.8

 1.8

 –

 –

 –

 311,648,405

 5.43

 4.9

 74,766,919

 2,923,618

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 566.89

 0.9

 12,026,160

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The fair value calculations at 31 December 2013 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

Save-As-You-Earn

Executive  
Share Plan 
2003

0.33%

0.37%

LTIP

0.31%

SWIP 
LTIP

0.30%

3.1 years

1.0 years

3.0 years

3.0 years

45%

2.5%

£0.51

£0.41

35%

2.5%

£0.57

Nil

45%

4.3%

£0.49

Nil

45%

4.4%

£0.49

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 2013 was 19,870,495 (2012: 36,158,343), with an average fair value of £0.63 (2012: £0.34), 
based on market prices at the date of award.

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The fair value calculations at 31 December 2013 for grants made in the year, using Black-Scholes models and Monte Carlo simulation, are 

based on the following assumptions:

3.1 years

1.0 years

3.0 years

3.0 years

Executive  

Share Plan 

2003

Save-As-You-Earn

0.33%

0.37%

45%

2.5%

£0.51

£0.41

35%

2.5%

£0.57

Nil

LTIP

0.31%

45%

4.3%

£0.49

Nil

SWIP 

LTIP

0.30%

45%

4.4%

£0.49

Nil

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

Share incentive plan 

Free shares

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.

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.

based on market prices at the date of award.

The number of shares awarded relating to matching shares in 2013 was 19,870,495 (2012: 36,158,343), with an average fair value of £0.63 (2012: £0.34), 

Note 51: 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

2013
£m

15

–

21

36

2012
£m

12 

– 

13 

25 

2011
£m

12

–

11

23

Aggregate contributions in respect of key management personnel to defined contribution pension schemes were £0.2 million (2012: £0.1 million; 
2011: £0.2 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

2013
million

2012
million

2011
million

25

5

(16)

14

22

 8

 (5)

 25

6

20

(4)

22

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

2013
million

2012
million

2011
million

70

42

(7)

105

58

 45

 (33)

 70

56

35

(33)

58

1

2010 includes adjustments, using a standard HMRC formula, to negate the dilutionary impact of the Group’s 2009 capital raising activities.

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Note 51: Related party transactions (continued)

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

2013
£m

2

2

(2)

2

2012
£m

3

 3

 (4)

 2

2011
£m

3

1

(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 23.9 per cent in 2013 (2012: 2.5 per cent and 29.95 per cent; 2011: 1.09 per cent and 27.5 per cent).

no provisions have been recognised in respect of loans given to key management personnel (2012 and 2011: £nil).

Deposits

At 1 January

Placed (includes deposits of appointed key management personnel)

Withdrawn (includes deposits of former key management personnel)

At 31 December

2013
£m

10

29

(26)

13

2012
£m

6

 39

 (35)

 10

2011
£m

4

17

(15)

6

Deposits placed by key management personnel attracted interest rates of up to 2.9 per cent (2012: 3.8 per cent; 2011: 5 per cent).

At 31 December 2013, the Group did not provide any guarantees in respect of key management personnel (2012 and 2011: none).

At 31 December 2013, 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 six directors and  
five connected persons (2012: £1 million with five directors and three connected persons; 2011: £3 million with four directors and  
three connected persons).

Subsidiaries
Details of the principal subsidiaries are given in note 9 to the parent company financial statements. In accordance with IFRS 10 Consolidated 
financial statements, transactions and balances with subsidiaries have been eliminated on consolidation.

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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: 

Advanced (includes loans of appointed key management personnel)

Repayments (includes loans of former key management personnel)

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 23.9 per cent in 2013 (2012: 2.5 per cent and 29.95 per cent; 2011: 1.09 per cent and 27.5 per cent).

no provisions have been recognised in respect of loans given to key management personnel (2012 and 2011: £nil).

2013

£m

2

2

(2)

2

2013

£m

10

29

(26)

13

2012

£m

3

 3

 (4)

 2

2012

£m

6

 39

 (35)

 10

2011

£m

3

1

(1)

3

2011

£m

4

17

(15)

6

Placed (includes deposits of appointed key management personnel)

Withdrawn (includes deposits of former key management personnel)

Deposits placed by key management personnel attracted interest rates of up to 2.9 per cent (2012: 3.8 per cent; 2011: 5 per cent).

At 31 December 2013, the Group did not provide any guarantees in respect of key management personnel (2012 and 2011: none).

At 31 December 2013, 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 six directors and  

five connected persons (2012: £1 million with five directors and three connected persons; 2011: £3 million with four directors and  

Details of the principal subsidiaries are given in note 9 to the parent company financial statements. In accordance with IFRS 10 Consolidated 

financial statements, transactions and balances with subsidiaries have been eliminated on consolidation.

Loans

At 1 January

At 31 December

Deposits

At 1 January

At 31 December

three connected persons).

Subsidiaries

Note 51: 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 2013, HM Treasury held a 32.7 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 2013; this percentage 
holding has reduced from 39.2 per cent at 31 December 2012 following the uK Government’s sale of 4,282 million shares on 17 September 2013 
and the impact of issues of ordinary shares. 

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:

During the year ended 31 December 2013, 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.

National Loan Guarantee Scheme
The Group has participated 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 have taken 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 2013, 
the Group had invested £64 million (31 December 2012: £50 million) in the Business Growth Fund and carried the investment at a fair value of 
£52 million (31 December 2012: £44 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 had invested £12 million in the 
Fund by 31 December 2012 and invested a further £11 million during the year ended 31 December 2013.

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. In november 2013, the Group entered into extension letters with the Bank of england to 
take part in the extension of the Funding for lending Scheme until the end of January 2015. The extension of the Funding for lending Scheme 
focuses on providing businesses with cheaper finance to invest and grow. At 31 December 2013, the Group had drawn down £8.0 billion 
under the Funding for lending Scheme. A further £2.2 billion was drawn in January 2014, which under the Funding for lending rules counts as 
funding from the 2013 scheme capacity. This figure includes £0.2 billion drawn by Sainsbury’s Bank plc. As a result of the Group’s holding in the 
joint venture, Sainsbury’s Bank plc was part of the Group for Funding for lending purposes for the period to 31 January 2014.

Help to Buy
On 7 October 2013, Bank of Scotland plc entered into an agreement with The Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury by which it agreed that the 
Halifax Division of Bank of Scotland plc would participate in the Help to Buy Scheme with effect from 11 October 2013 and that lloyds Bank plc would 
participate from 3 January 2014. The Help to Buy Scheme is a scheme promoted by the Government and is aimed to encourage participating lenders 
to make mortgage loans available to customers who require higher loan-to-value mortgages. Halifax and lloyds are currently participating in the 
Scheme whereby customers borrow between 90 per cent and 95 per cent of the purchase price. 

In return for the payment of a commercial fee, HM Treasury has agreed to provide a guarantee to the lender to cover a proportion of any 
loss made by the lender arising from a higher loan-to-value loan being made. By 31 December 2013, £79 million had been advanced under 
this scheme.

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. 

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Other related party transactions

Sale of certain securitisation notes
During the year ended 31 December 2013, the Group sold at fair value certain securitisation notes to lloyds Bank Pension Trust (no. 1) limited 
for a consideration of approximately £340 million. Following the sale, the Group deconsolidated the relevant securitisation entities recognising 
a profit of £236 million.

Subsequently, the Group entered into a commercially negotiated agreement with lloyds Bank Pension Trust (no.1) limited to jointly sell a 
portfolio of uS Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities with a book value of £3.5 billion. As a result of selling the portfolio together a price 
premium was achieved compared to selling the notes separately. under the terms of the agreement the Group and lloyds Bank Pension Trust 
(no.1) limited agreed to share any price premium achieved above an agreed minimum threshold amount. The joint sale resulted in the Group 
realising a total pre-tax gain of approximately £538 million, of which £99 million related to the premium sharing agreement.

St. James’s Place plc
In March 2013 the Group sold 102 million shares in St. James’s Place plc; fees totalling some £5 million in relation to the sale were settled by 
St. James’s Place plc.

Pension funds
The Group provides banking and some investment management services to certain of its pension funds. At 31 December 2013, customer 
deposits of £145 million (2012: £129 million) and investment and insurance contract liabilities of £4,728 million (2012: £4,569 million (restated)) 
related to the Group’s pension funds.

Collective investment vehicles
The Group manages 210 (2012: 244) collective investment vehicles, such as Open ended Investment Companies (OeICs) and of these 145 
(2012: 136) are consolidated. The Group invested £2,472 million (2012: £1,563 million) and redeemed £2,189 million (2012: £1,690 million) in 
the unconsolidated collective investment vehicles during the year and had investments, at fair value, of £3,291 million (2012: £6,479 million) at 
31 December. The Group earned fees of £277 million from the unconsolidated collective investment vehicles during 2013 (2012: £325 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 £35 million (2012: £32 million), of which £10 million was outstanding at 31 December 2013 (2012: £16 million). At 
31 December 2013, Sainsbury’s Bank plc also had balances with the Group that were included in loans and advances to banks of £806 million 
(2012: £1,299 million) and deposits by banks of £927 million (2012: £1,268 million).

At 31 December 2013 there were loans and advances to customers of £4,448 million (2012: £3,424 million) outstanding and balances within 
customer deposits of £70 million (2012: £45 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 2013, these companies had total assets of approximately £6,913 million (2012: £10,759 million), 
total liabilities of approximately £7,084 million (2012: £10,956 million) and for the year ended 31 December 2013 had turnover of approximately 
£6,989 million (2012: £8,169 million) and made a net loss of approximately £16 million (2012: net loss of £488 million). In addition, the Group has 
provided £3,355 million (2012: £5,146 million) of financing to these companies on which it received £170 million (2012: £208 million) of interest 
income in the year.

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Interchange fees 
On 24 May 2012, the General Court of the european union (the General Court) 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 multilateral 
interchange fee (MIF) 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 the Group. Judgment is not expected until the summer of 2014 or later.

In parallel:

 – the european Commission is also considering further action, and has proposed 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 has consulted on commitments proposed by VISA to settle an investigation into 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. 
VISA has proposed inter alia to reduce the level of interchange fees on cross-border credit card transactions to the interim level (30 basis 
points) also agreed by MasterCard. VISA has previously reached an agreement (which expires in 2014) with the european Commission to 
reduce the level of interchange fees for cross-border debit card transactions to the interim levels agreed by MasterCard;

 – the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has placed on hold its 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 has placed the investigation on 
hold pending the outcome of the MasterCard appeal to the Court of Justice of the european union; and

 – the uK Government held a consultation in 2013, Opening up uK Payments. The consultation included a proposal to legislate to introduce 
a new economic regulator with responsibility for payment systems, including three and four party card schemes, and a role in setting or 
approving interchange fees.

The ultimate impact of the investigations and any regulatory or legislative developments on the Group can only be known at the conclusion of 
these investigations and any relevant appeal proceedings and once regulatory or legislative proposals are more certain.

Investigations and litigation relating to interbank offered rates, and other reference rates
A number of government agencies in the uK, uS and elsewhere, including the uK Financial Conduct Authority, the Serious Fraud Office, 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 and Swiss Competition Commissions, 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, along with other reference rates. 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. 

Certain Group companies, together with other panel banks, have also been named as defendants in private lawsuits, including purported 
class action suits, in the uS in connection with their roles as panel banks contributing to the setting of uS Dollar lIBOR. The claims have been 
asserted by plaintiffs claiming to have had an interest in various types of financial instruments linked to uS Dollar lIBOR. The allegations in 
these cases, the majority of which have been coordinated for pre-trial purposes in multi-district litigation proceedings (MDl) in the uS District 
Court for the Southern District of new York (the ‘District Court’), are substantially similar to each other. The lawsuits allege violations of the 
Sherman Antitrust Act, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and the Commodity exchange Act (CeA), as well as 
various state statutes and common law doctrines. Certain of the plaintiffs’ claims have been dismissed by the District Court, various motions 
directed to the sufficiency of their pleading of certain claims are still pending, and many of these cases have been stayed by order of the 
District Court. 

The Group is also reviewing its activities in relation to the setting of certain foreign exchange daily benchmark rates, following the FCA’s 
publicised initiation of an investigation into other financial institutions in relation to this activity. In addition, the Group, together with a number 
of other banks, has been named as a defendant in several actions in the District Court, in which the plaintiffs allege that the defendants 
manipulated WM/Reuters foreign exchange rates in violation of uS antitrust laws. The time-frame for the Group and the other defendants to 
move to dismiss these claims has not yet been set.

It is currently not possible to predict the scope and ultimate outcome on the Group of the various regulatory investigations, private lawsuits or 
any related challenges to the interpretation or validity of any of the Group’s contractual arrangements, including their timing and scale.

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Note 52: Contingent liabilities and commitments (continued)

Financial Services Compensation Scheme
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is the uK’s independent statutory compensation fund of last resort for customers of 
authorised financial services firms and pays compensation if a firm is unable or likely to be unable to pay claims against it. The FSCS is funded 
by levies on the authorised financial services industry. 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.

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. Although the substantial majority of this loan, which totalled approximately £17 billion at 31 March 2013, 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, 
any shortfall will be funded by deposit-taking participants of the FSCS. In July 2013, the FSCS confirmed that it expects to raise compensation 
costs levies of approximately £1.1 billion on all deposit-taking participants over a three year measurement period from 2012 to 2014 to enable 
it to repay the balance of the HM Treasury loan which matures in 2016. The Group has provided for its share of the 2012 and 2013 element of 
the levy. The amount of future compensation costs 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.

Investigation into Bank of Scotland and report on HBOS
The FSA’s enforcement investigation into Bank of Scotland plc’s Corporate division between 2006 and 2008 concluded with the publication 
of a Final notice on 9 March 2012. no financial penalty was imposed on the Group or Bank of Scotland plc. On 12 September 2012 the FSA 
confirmed it was starting work on a public interest report on HBOS. That report is currently expected to be published in 2014.

US shareholder litigation
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. In October 2012 the court dismissed the complaint. The plaintiffs’ appeal against this decision was dismissed on 19 September 2013 
and the time limit for further appeals expired in December 2013.

US-Swiss tax programme
The uS Department of Justice (the DOJ) and the Swiss Federal Department of Finance announced on 29 August 2013 a programme (the 
Programme) for Swiss banks to obtain resolution concerning their status in connection with ongoing investigations by the DOJ into individuals 
and entities that use foreign (i.e. non-u.S.) bank accounts to evade u.S. taxes and reporting requirements, and individuals and entities that 
facilitate or have facilitated the evasion of such taxes and reporting requirements. Swiss banks that choose to participate have to notify 
the DOJ of their election to categorise their relevant banking operations according to one of a number of defined categories under the 
Programme. The Group, which carried out private banking operations in Switzerland prior to disposing of these operations in november 
2013, has notified the DOJ of its elected categorisation on the basis that while it believes it has operated in full compliance with all uS federal 
tax laws, there remains the possibility that certain of its clients may not have declared their assets in compliance with such laws. The Group 
will continue to co-operate with the DOJ under the terms of the Programme. However, at this time, it is not possible to predict the ultimate 
outcome of the Group’s participation in the Programme, including the timing and scale of any fine finally payable to the DOJ.

Tax authorities
The Group provides for potential tax liabilities that may arise on the basis of the amounts expected to be paid to tax authorities. This includes 
open matters where Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (‘HMRC’) adopt a different interpretation and application of tax law which might lead 
to additional tax. The Group has an open matter in relation to a claim for group relief of losses incurred in its former Irish banking subsidiary, 
which ceased trading on 31 December 2010. In the second half of 2013 HMRC informed the Group that their interpretation of the uK rules, 
permitting the offset of such losses, denies the claim; if HMRC’s position is found to be correct management estimate that this would result 
in an increase in current tax liabilities of approximately £600 million and a reduction in the Group’s deferred tax asset of approximately 
£400 million. The Group does not agree with HMRC’s position and, having taken appropriate advice, does not consider that this is a case 
where additional tax will ultimately fall due.

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 (including class 
or group action claims brought on behalf of customers, shareholders or other third parties), and regulatory challenges, investigations 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.

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Contingent liabilities

Acceptances and endorsements

Other:

Other items serving as direct credit substitutes

Performance bonds and other transaction-related contingencies

Total contingent liabilities

2013
£m

204

710

2012
£m

107 

523 

   1,966

   2,266

2,676

2,880

2,789 

2,896 

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

2013
£m

54

440

2012
£m

11 

546 

9,559

7,404 

   55,002

   53,196

64,561

40,616

105,671

60,600 

40,794 

101,951 

Of the amounts shown above in respect of undrawn formal standby facilities, credit lines and other commitments to lend, £56,292 million 
(2012: £52,733 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

2013
£m

292

928

1,166

2,386

2012
£m

310 

987 

1,332 

2,629 

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 26), capital expenditure contracted but not provided for at 31 December 2013 
amounted to £345 million (2012: £279 million). Of this amount, £344 million (2012: £276 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.

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Note 53: 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

At 31 December 2013

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

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

37,350

105,333

Derivative financial instruments

6,787

26,338

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

Derivative financial instruments

4,518

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

38,319

25,946

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

5,306

–

–

–

–

–

–

50

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

25,365

495,281

1,355

522,001

43,976

–

49,915

1,007

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

13,982

441,311

774

–

–

1,176

87,102

–

–

–

–

32,312

6,787

63,688

105,333

43,976

522,001

50,922

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

49,915

1,007

142,683

33,125

25,365

495,281

  1,355 

522,001

43,976

792,707

13,982

441,311

774

43,625

30,464

1,176

87,102

82,777

82,777

27,590

27,590

391

–

–

391

50

32,312

4,518

64,265

5,356

576,657

110,758

761,554

 
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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 20121

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

137,275

Derivative financial instruments

11,571 

44,986

11,571 

68,331

137,275

31,374 

555,255

81,554

– 

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

– 

 –

– 

 –

32,757

517,225

5,273   

– 

555,255

31,374 

 –

80,298 

1,256

– 

 –

 –

 –

 –

– 

 –

 –

– 

– 

– 

– 

 –

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

 – 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

 – 

– 

– 

– 

 – 

38,405 

426,912

996

– 

– 

1,198 

117,253 

– 

– 

– 

– 

34,092

 –

– 

– 

 –

 –

 –

 –

– 

 –

 –

 –

– 

– 

 –

 – 

 – 

 – 

 – 

– 

 – 

 – 

– 

– 

– 

27,692

42,078

– 

– 

– 

 – 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

 5,700

– 

– 

– 

– 

 – 

– 

48

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

 –

 –

 –

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

 – 

– 

– 

– 

80,298 

1,256

160,620

56,557

32,757

517,225

5,273   

555,255

31,374 

885,360

38,405 

426,912

996

33,392

48,676

1,198 

117,253

82,953

82,953

54,372 

54,372 

267 

– 

– 

267 

48 

34,092

6,598 

69,770

5,748 

618,856

137,592

838,564

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

1

Restated – see note 1.

Derivative financial instruments

6,598 

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(2) Reclassification of financial assets
no financial assets have been reclassified in 2013.

During 2012 the Group has reviewed its holding of government securities classified as held-to-maturity and in view of the fact that it was 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. 

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 
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.

2013

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

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

1,117

1,117

4,998

4,998

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Total carrying value and fair value

1,117

1,117

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 2013, the carrying value of assets reclassified to loans and receivables decreased by £173 million due to 
sales and maturities of £173 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

2013 
£m

1

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

2013 
£m

(56)

2012 
£m

24

2011 
£m

(68)

2010 
£m

69

2009 
£m

161

2008 
£m

(108)

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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)

Gains (losses) on disposal

Total amounts recognised

2013 
£m

–

–

–

2013 
£m

1

–

(5)

(4)

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

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: unimpaired

loans and advances to customers: impaired

Debt securities

Available-for-sale financial assets

Financial liabilities

Deposits from banks

Customer deposits

Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

Derivative financial instruments

Debt securities in issue

liabilities arising from non-participating investment contracts

Financial guarantees

Subordinated liabilities

1

Restated – see note 1.

2013

20121

Carrying value
£m

Fair value
£m

Carrying value
£m

Fair value
£m

142,683

33,125

25,365

473,239

22,042

1,355

43,976

13,982

441,311

43,625

30,464

87,102

27,590

50

142,683

33,125

25,296

464,453

22,042

1,251

43,976

14,101

441,855

43,625

30,464

90,803

27,590

50

32,312

34,449

160,620

56,557

32,757

484,868

32,357

5,273

31,374

38,405

426,912

33,392

48,676

117,253

54,372

48

34,092

160,620

56,557

32,746

474,061

32,357

5,402

31,374

38,738

428,749

33,392

48,676

122,847

54,372

48

36,382

The carrying amount of the following financial instruments is a reasonable approximation of fair value: cash and balances at central banks, 
items in the course of collection from banks, items in course of transmission to banks and notes in circulation.

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(4) Fair value measurement
Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants 
at the measurement date.

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.

Because a variety of estimation techniques are employed and significant estimates made, comparisons of fair values between financial 
institutions may not be meaningful. Readers of these financial statements are thus advised to use caution when using this data to evaluate the 
Group’s financial position.

Fair value information is not provided for items that are not financial instruments or for other assets and liabilities which are not carried at fair 
value in the Group’s consolidated balance sheet. 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.

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.

Valuation of financial assets and liabilities
Assets and liabilities carried at fair value or for which fair values are disclosed have been classified into three levels according to the quality and 
reliability of information used to determine the fair values.

level 1
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.

level 2
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
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.

unless otherwise noted, the following disclosures are provided separately for assets and liabilities carried at fair value and those carried at 
amortised cost.

The Group manages valuation adjustments for its derivative exposures on a net basis; the Group determines their fair values on the basis of 
their net exposures. In all other cases, fair values of financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value are determined on the basis of their 
gross exposures.

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Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value

Valuation hierarchy
The table below analyses the financial assets and liabilities of the Group which are carried at fair value. They are categorised into levels 1 to 3 
based on the degree to which their fair value is observable. The fair value measurement approach is recurring in nature.

Valuation hierarchy

At 31 December 2013

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

Level 1  

£m

Level 2  

£m

Level 3  

£m

Total  
£m

–

–

20,191

–

–

30

171

    244

20,636

64,690

7

21,110

8,333

498

1,312

1,491

768

756

–

–

–

885

–

–

–

21,110

8,333

20,689

2,197

1,491

798

927

    18,689

    1,687

    20,620

23,514

53

108

2,572

1,660

–

46,722

66,403

115

Total trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

85,333

53,118

4,232

142,683

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

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

Total financial liabilities carried at fair value

There were no significant transfers between level 1 and level 2 during the year. 

38,262

–

–

–

  56

38,318

48

852

39,218

235

124,786

–

–

6,473

  –

6,473

6,473

119

–

6,592

28

208

1,263

841

  1,799

4,139

147

23

4,309

29,871

87,298

5,267

28,902

417

  2,527

31,846

37,113

29,359

–

66,472

–

–

–

74

  –

74

375

–

449

3,019

7,700

39

–

–

  –

–

39

986

50

1,075

38,290

208

1,263

915

  1,855

42,531

570

875

43,976

33,125

219,784

5,306

28,902

6,890

  2,527

38,319

43,625

30,464

50

74,139

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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

Total trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

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

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

Total financial liabilities carried at fair value

There were no significant transfers between level 1 and level 2 during the year.

level 1  
£m

level 2  
£m

level 3  
£m

Total  
£m

– 

–

19,138

–

68

232

348

8,346

28,132

87,566

430

116,128

25,555 

42

– 

–

22

25,619 

21

869

26,509

76

142,713

– 

– 

1,850

15

1,865

1,865

36

–

1,901

13,632

919

2,207

1,056

3,326

693

1,565

17,694

26,541

94

–

41,186

–

146

1,524

687

1,826

4,183 

99

16

4,298

54,123

99,607

5,700

24,553

350

924

25,827

31,527

48,097

–

79,624

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1,519

1,519

1,787

–

3,306

–

–

–

73

–

73

408

86

567

2,358

6,231

–

–

–

–

–

–

543

48

591

13,632

919

21,345

1,056

3,394

925

1,913

27,559

56,192

89,447

430

160,620

25,555

188

1,524

760

1,848

29,875

528

971

31,374

56,557

248,551

5,700

24,553

2,200

939

27,692

33,392

48,676

48

82,116

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Valuation methodology

Loans and advances and debt securities
loans and advances and debt securities measured at fair value and classified as level 2 are valued by discounting expected cash flows using an 
observable credit spread applicable to the particular instrument. 

Where there is limited trading activity in debt securities, the Group uses valuation models, consensus pricing information from third party 
pricing services and broker or lead manager quotes to determine an appropriate valuation. Debt securities are classified as level 3 if there is a 
significant valuation input that cannot be corroborated through market sources or where there are materially inconsistent values for an input. 
Asset classes classified as level 3 mainly comprise certain collateralised loan obligations and collateralised debt obligations. 

Equity investments
unlisted equity and fund investments are valued using different techniques in accordance with the Group’s valuation policy and 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.

unlisted equity investments and investments in property partnerships held in the life assurance funds are valued using third party valuations. 
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 £1,212 million (2012: £1,421 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. 

Liabilities held at fair value through profit or loss
These principally comprise debt securities in issue which are classified as level 2 and their fair value is determined using techniques whose 
inputs are based on observable market data.

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Movements in level 3 portfolio
The table below analyses movements in level 3 financial assets carried at fair value (recurring measurement).

Trading and other 
financial assets at 
fair value through 
profit or loss
£m

Available- 
for-sale 
£m

At 1 January 2012

exchange and other adjustments

Gains recognised in the income statement within other income

losses recognised in other comprehensive income within the revaluation 
reserve in respect of available-for-sale financial assets

Purchases

Sales

Transfers into the level 3 portfolio

Transfers out of the level 3 portfolio

At 31 December 2012

exchange and other adjustments

Gains recognised in the income statement within other income

Gains recognised in other comprehensive income within the revaluation 
reserve in respect of available-for-sale financial assets

Purchases

Sales

Transfers into the level 3 portfolio

Transfers out of the level 3 portfolio

At 31 December 2013

Gains recognised in the income statement, within other income, relating to 
the change in fair value of those assets held at 31 December 2013

Gains (losses) recognised in the income statement, within other income, 
relating to the change in fair value of those assets held at 31 December 2012

The table below analyses movements in the level 3 financial liabilities portfolio.

2,941

10 

166

–

513

(570)

337

(91)

3,306

21

296

–

582

(631)

995

(337)

4,232

70

85

2,056

(60)

(356)

(58)

218

(1,358)

138

(13)

567

15

–

40

43

(224)

12

(4)

449

5

(33)

Total level 3
assets carried 
at fair value 
(recurring basis)
£m

7,646

(38)

(525)

(58)

776

(1,941)

475

(104)

6,231

38

440

40

896

(957)

1,361

(349)

7,700

234

(283)

Derivative  

assets
£m

2,649

12

(335)

–

45

(13)

–

–

2,358

2

144

–

271

(102)

354

(8)

3,019

159

(335)

Trading and other 
financial liabilities 
at fair value 
through profit 
or loss
£m

Derivative 
liabilities 
£m

Financial  

guarantees
£m

Total level 3 
financial
liabilities carried 
at fair value
£m

At 1 January 2012

exchange and other adjustments

Gains recognised in the income statement within other income

Additions

Redemptions

Transfers into the level 3 portfolio

At 31 December 2012

exchange and other adjustments

losses (gains) recognised in the income statement within other income

Additions

Redemptions

Transfers into the level 3 portfolio

Transfers out of the level 3 portfolio

At 31 December 2013

(losses) gains recognised in the income statement, within other income,  
relating to the change in fair value of those liabilities held at 31 December 2013

Gains recognised in the income statement, within other income,  
relating to the change in fair value of those liabilities held at 31 December 2012

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

10

29

–

–

–

39

(10)

–

741

10

(227) 

28

(25) 

16 

543 

8

(30)

262

(29)

233

(1)

986

20

223

49

–

(3) 

2

– 

– 

48

–

3

–

(1)

–

–

50

(3)

3

790

10

(230) 

30

(25) 

16 

591

8

(17)

291

(30)

233

(1)

1,075

7

226

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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.

Sensitivity of level 3 valuations

Valuation techniques

Significant unobservable 
inputs1

Carrying 
value  
£m

Favourable 
changes 
£m

Unfavourable 
changes 
£m

Carrying  
value  
£m

Favourable 
changes 
£m

unfavourable 
changes 
£m

At 31 December 2013

At 31 December 20125

Effect of reasonably 
possible  
alternative assumptions2

effect of reasonably 
possible 
alternative assumptions2

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss
Debt securities

Discounted  
cash flows
Market approach

Credit spreads (bps) 
n/a3
earnings multiple 
(0.2/14.6)

equity and venture 
capital investments 

underlying asset/
net asset value (incl. 
property prices)4

unlisted equities and 
property partnerships 
in the life funds

underlying asset/
net asset value (incl. 
property prices)4

Available-for-sale financial assets
Asset-backed  
securities 

equity and venture 
capital investments 

lead manager 
or broker quote/
consensus pricing
underlying asset/
net asset value (incl. 
property prices)4

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Derivative financial assets
embedded equity 
conversion feature

lead manager  
or broker quote

Interest rate  
derivatives

Discounted  
cash flow

Option pricing  
model

equity conversion 
feature spread 
(199 bps/420 bps)
Inflation swap rate – 
funding component 
(62 bps/192 bps)
Interest rate volatility 
(3%/112%)

Level 3 financial assets carried at fair value
Trading and other financial liabilities at fair 
value through profit or loss
Derivative financial liabilities
Interest rate  
derivatives

Discounted  
cash flow

Inflation swap rate – 
funding component 
(62 bps/192 bps)
Interest rate volatility 
(3%/112%)

Option pricing  
model

Financial guarantees

Level 3 financial liabilities carried at fair value

18

2,132

130

1,952

4,232

74

5

70

–

–

–

(2)

–

(70)

1,854

–

–

–

227

1,225

3,306

73

–

51

–

–

–

–

(51)

–

–

–

375

28

(19)

494

36

(11)

449

1,212

1,461

346

3,019
7,700

39

754

232

986
50

1,075

59

66

6

1

–

–

567

(58)

1,421

(39)

899

(7)

38

(1)

–

–

2,358
6,231

–

475

68

543
48

591

63

69

2

–

–

–

–

(48)

(21)

–

–

–

1

2

3

4

5

Ranges are shown where appropriate and represent the highest and lowest inputs used in the level 3 valuations.

Where the exposure to an unobservable input is managed on a net basis, only the net impact is shown in the table.

A single pricing source is used.

underlying asset/net asset values represent fair value.

Comparatives are provided only where disclosures were required in 2012.

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unobservable inputs
Significant unobservable inputs affecting the valuation of debt securities, unlisted equity investments and derivatives are as follows:

 – Interest rates and inflation rates are referenced in some derivatives where the payoff that the holder of the derivative receives depends on 

the behaviour of those underlying references through time.

 – Credit spreads represent the premium above the benchmark reference instrument required to compensate for lower credit quality; higher 

spreads lead to a lower fair value.

 – Volatility parameters represent key attributes of option behaviour; higher volatilities typically denote a wider range of possible outcomes.

 – earnings multiples are used to value certain unlisted equity investments; a higher earnings multiple will result in a higher fair value.

Reasonably possible alternative assumptions
Valuation techniques applied to many of the Group’s level 3 instruments often involve the use of two or more inputs whose relationship 
is interdependent. The calculation of the effect of reasonably possible alternative assumptions included in the table above reflects such 
relationships.

Debt securities
Reasonably possible alternative assumptions have been determined in respect of the Group’s structured credit investment by flexing 
credit spreads.

Derivatives
Reasonably possible alternative assumptions have been determined in respect of the Group’s derivative portfolios as follows:

 – 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.

 – uncollateralised inflation swaps are valued using appropriate discount spreads for such transactions. These spreads are not generally 

observable for longer maturities. The reasonably possible alternative valuations reflect flexing of the spreads for the differing maturities to 
alternative values of between 62 bps and 192 bps (2012: 51 bps and 260 bps).

 – Swaptions are priced using industry standard option pricing models. Such models require interest rate volatilities which may be 

unobservable at longer maturities. To derive reasonably possible alternative valuations these volatilities have been flexed within a range of 
3 per cent to 112 per cent (2012: 31 per cent and 79 per cent).

Unlisted equity, venture capital investments and investments in property partnerships
The valuation techniques used for unlisted equity and venture capital investments vary depending on the nature of the investment. 
Reasonably possible alternative valuations for these investments have been calculated by reference to the 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.

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Financial assets and liabilities carried at amortised cost

Valuation hierarchy
The table below analyses the fair values of the financial assets and liabilities of the Group which are carried at amortised cost. They are 
categorised into levels 1 to 3 based on the degree to which their fair value is observable.

At 31 December 2013

Financial assets

loans and receivables:

loans and advances to customers

loans and advances to banks

Debt securities

Financial liabilities

Deposits from banks

Customer deposits

Debt securities in issue

Subordinated liabilities

note: Comparatives not provided as disclosure not required in 2012.

Valuation methodology 

Level 1 
£m

Level 2 
£m

Level 3 
£m

Total 
£m

–

–

157

–

–

–

–

–

–

42

13,957

423,122

90,628

34,449

486,495

486,495

25,296

1,052

144

18,733

175

–

25,296

1,251

14,101

441,855

90,803

34,449

Financial assets
The Group provides loans and advances to commercial, corporate and personal customers at both fixed and variable rates. The carrying 
value of the variable rate loans and those relating to lease financing is assumed to be their fair value. For fixed rate lending, several different 
techniques are used to estimate fair value taking into account expected credit losses, prevailing market interest rates and expected future 
cash flows. For retail exposures, 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. 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 value 
of wholesale loans is estimated by discounting anticipated cash flows at a rate which reflects the effects of interest rate changes, adjusted for 
changes in credit risk. 

The fair values of debt securities, 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.

Financial liabilities
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 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 discounted cash flow techniques at a rate which reflects market rates of interest and the Group’s 
own credit spread.

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Note 53: Financial instruments (continued)

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 2013 and 2012:

At 1 January

Income statement credit

Transfers

At 31 December

Represented by:

Credit Valuation Adjustment

Debit Valuation Adjustment

Funding Valuation Adjustment

2013 
£m

897

(241)

(158)

498

2013
£m

485

(122)

135

498

2012 
£m

1,226 

(209) 

(120) 

897 

2012
£m

928 

(174) 

143 

897 

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.

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 £67 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 £5 million of the overall CVA balance at 31 December 2013).

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 £89 million to £211 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 £187 million fall in the overall valuation adjustment to £177 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 £9 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 2013, the Group’s derivative trading business held mid to bid-offer valuation adjustments of £70 million (2012: £103 million).

(iv) LIBOR/Overnight Index Swap basis

The Group’s derivative trading business applies £50 million (31 December 2012: £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 at fair value through profit or loss 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 2013, the own credit adjustment arising from the fair valuation of £5,267 million (2012: £5,700 million) of the Group’s debt 

securities in issue designated at fair value through profit or loss resulted in a gain of £40 million (2012: loss of £437 million). 

(5) 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 covered as substantially all of the risks and rewards, including credit, interest rate, prepayment and other price risks are 

retained by the Group. 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 transferred under the Group’s securitisation and covered bond 

programmes. As the Group retains all of a majority of the risks and rewards associated with these loans, including credit, interest rate, 

prepayment and liquidity risk, they remain on the Group’s balance sheet. Assets transferred into the Group’s securitisation and covered bond 

programmes are not available to be used by the Group whilst the assets are within the programmes. However, the Group retains the right to 

remove loans from the covered bond programmes where they are in excess of the programme’s requirements. In addition, where the Group 

has retained some of the notes issued by securitisation and covered bond programmes, the Group has the ability to sell or pledge these 

retained notes.

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 35). except as otherwise noted below, none of the liabilities shown in the 

table below have recourse only to the transferred assets.

At 31 December 2013

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 customers

Debt securities classified as loans and receivables

1

excludes securitisation notes held by the Group (£38,288 million).

Carrying  

value of 

transferred 

assets

£m

Carrying

value of 

associated 

liabilities

£m

10,832

6,093

19,074

88

927

3,726

3,936

–

80,878

18,6131

 
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(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 2013, the Group’s derivative trading business held mid to bid-offer valuation adjustments of £70 million (2012: £103 million).

(iv) LIBOR/Overnight Index Swap basis
The Group’s derivative trading business applies £50 million (31 December 2012: £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 at fair value through profit or loss 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 2013, the own credit adjustment arising from the fair valuation of £5,267 million (2012: £5,700 million) of the Group’s debt 
securities in issue designated at fair value through profit or loss resulted in a gain of £40 million (2012: loss of £437 million). 

(5) 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 covered as substantially all of the risks and rewards, including credit, interest rate, prepayment and other price risks are 
retained by the Group. 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 transferred under the Group’s securitisation and covered bond 
programmes. As the Group retains all of a majority of the risks and rewards associated with these loans, including credit, interest rate, 
prepayment and liquidity risk, they remain on the Group’s balance sheet. Assets transferred into the Group’s securitisation and covered bond 
programmes are not available to be used by the Group whilst the assets are within the programmes. However, the Group retains the right to 
remove loans from the covered bond programmes where they are in excess of the programme’s requirements. In addition, where the Group 
has retained some of the notes issued by securitisation and covered bond programmes, the Group has the ability to sell or pledge these 
retained notes.

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 35). except as otherwise noted below, none of the liabilities shown in the 
table below have recourse only to the transferred assets.

At 31 December 2013

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 customers

1

excludes securitisation notes held by the Group (£38,288 million).

Carrying  
value of 
transferred 
assets
£m

Carrying
value of 
associated 
liabilities
£m

10,832

6,093

19,074

88

927

3,726

3,936

–

80,878

18,6131

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Note 53: Financial instruments (continued)

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

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 2013

Debt securities

At 31 December 2012

Debt securities

Fund investments

Total

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

78

–

76

781

Carrying amount of ongoing 
exposure in balance sheet

At fair value 
through profit 
or loss

loans and 
receivables 
£m

Designated upon 
initial recognition 
 £m

119

–

119

–

70

70

Fair value of 
ongoing  
exposure 
£m

Maximum 
exposure to
loss
£m

102

70

172

1191

1002

219

Amount represents the carrying amount of the asset.

Amount represents the carrying amount of the asset plus undrawn commitments of £30 million.

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.

1

2

1

2

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Amounts recognised in the income statement
In respect of debt securities shown above, an amount of £1 million was recognised during the year (2012: £2 million; £6 million cumulatively 
since derecognition) within net interest income.

In respect of fund investments shown above, an amount of £nil million was recognised during the year (2012: £3 million; £55 million cumulatively 
since derecognition) within net trading income.

(6) Financial instruments subject to offsetting, enforceable master netting agreements and similar 
arrangements
The following information relates to financial assets and liabilities which have been set off in the balance sheet and those which have not been 
set off but for which the Group has enforceable master netting agreements in place with counterparties.

At 31 December 2013

Financial assets

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss¹

Derivative financial instruments 

loans and receivables:

loans and advances to banks¹

loans and advances to customers¹

Debt securities

Reverse repurchase agreements

Available-for-sale financial assets

Financial liabilities

Deposits from banks²

Customer deposits²

Trading and after financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss²

Repurchase agreements

Derivative financial instruments

Gross amounts of 
assets/liabilities
£m

Amounts set off 
in the balance

sheet³ 
£m

Net amounts 
presented in the 
balance sheet
£m

113,395

50,285

25,182

495,161

1,355

34,028

43,976

12,108

438,333

14,723

38,191

47,624

–

(17,160)

113,395

33,125

–

–

–

(4,437)

–

–

–

–

(4,437)

(17,160)

25,182

495,161

1,355

29,591

43,976

12,108

438,333

14,723

33,754

30,464

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Note 53: Financial instruments (continued)

At 31 December 2013

Financial assets

Trading and other financial assets at fair value  
through profit or loss¹

Derivative financial instruments

loans and receivables:

loans and advances to banks¹

loans and advances to customers¹

Debt securities

Reverse repurchase agreements

Available-for-sale financial assets

Financial liabilities

Deposits from banks²

Customer deposits²

Trading and after financial liabilities at fair value  
through profit or loss²

Repurchase agreements

Derivative financial instruments

At 31 December 2012

Financial assets

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss¹

Derivative financial instruments 

loans and receivables:

loans and advances to banks¹

loans and advances to customers¹

Debt securities

Reverse repurchase agreements

Available-for-sale financial assets

Financial liabilities

Deposits from banks²

Customer deposits²

Trading and after financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss²

Repurchase agreements

Derivative financial instruments

Related amounts where set off in 
the balance sheet not permitted4

Net amounts 
presented  
in the  

balance sheet
£m

Financial 
instruments
£m

Cash collateral 
received/ 
pledged
£m

Potential net 
amounts if 
offset of related 
amounts
permitted 
£m

113,395

33,125

25,182

495,161

1,355

29,591

43,976

12,108

438,333

14,723

33,754

30,464

(903)

(19,479)

–

(10,958)

–

(4,160)

(3,782)

–

(6,811)

–

(12,992)

(19,479)

–

(3,188)

–

(49)

–

(416)

–

112,492

10,458

25,182

484,154

1,355

25,015

40,194

(2,798)

(806)

9,310

430,716

–

(49)

–

14,723

20,713

10,985

Gross amounts of 
assets/liabilities
£m

Amounts set off  
in the balance 
sheet³ 
£m

net amounts 
presented in the 
balance sheet
£m

146,187 

72,192 

32,095 

512,138 

5,273 

25,476 

31,374 

15,037 

422,479 

8,839 

57,648 

64,311 

– 

(15,635)

–

–

–

(5,294)

–

–

–

–

(5,294)

(15,635)

146,187 

56,557 

32,095 

512,138 

5,273 

20,182 

31,374 

15,037 

422,479 

8,839 

52,354 

48,676 

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2

3

4

Note 53: Financial instruments (continued)

At 31 December 2012

Financial assets

Trading and other financial assets at fair value  
through profit or loss¹

Derivative financial instruments

loans and receivables:

loans and advances to banks¹

loans and advances to customers¹

Debt securities

Reverse repurchase agreements

Available-or-sale financial assets

Financial liabilities

Deposits from banks²

Customer deposits²

Trading and after financial liabilities at fair value  
through profit or loss²

Repurchase agreements

Derivative financial instruments

excluding reverse repurchase agreements.

excluding repurchase agreements.

Related amounts where set off in the 
balance sheet not permitted4

net amounts 
presented in the 
balance sheet
£m

Financial 
instruments
£m

Cash collateral 
received/pledged
£m

Potential net 
amounts if offset  
of related  
amounts
permitted 
£m

146,187 

56,557 

32,095 

512,138 

5,273 

20,182 

31,374 

15,037 

422,479 

8,839 

52,354 

48,676 

(612)

(38,158)

– 

(13,140)

(344)

(8,863) 

(4,716)

– 

(5,728) 

– 

(21,498)

(38,158)

– 

(5,429)

(135)

(2)

– 

(196)

– 

(5,259)

(367)

– 

(1)

(135)

145,575

12,970

31,960

498,996

4,929

11,123

26,658

9,778

416,384

8,839

30,855

10,383

The amounts set off in the balance sheet as shown above represent derivatives and repurchase agreements with central clearing houses which meet the criteria for offsetting under IAS 32.

The Group enters into derivatives and repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements with various counterparties which are governed by industry standard master netting agreements. 
The Group holds and provides cash and securities collateral in respective of derivative transactions covered by these agreements. The right to set off balances under these master netting 
agreements or to set off cash and securities collateral only arises in the event of non-payment or default and, as a result, these arrangements do not qualify for offsetting under IAS 32.

The effects of over collateralisation have not been taken into account in the above table. 

Note 54: 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 123 to 196. 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. 

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At 31 December 2013 the aggregate notional principal of interest rate swaps designated as fair value hedges was £154,657 million 
(2012: £135,516 million) with a net fair value asset of £3,663 million (2012: asset of £4,246 million) (note 18). The losses on the hedging 
instruments were £933 million (2012: gains of £572 million). The gains on the hedged items attributable to the hedged risk were £872 million 
(2012: losses of £560 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 2013 was £559,690 million 
(2012: £86,190 million) with a net fair value liability of £1,347 million (2012: asset of £215 million) (note 18). In 2013, ineffectiveness recognised  
in the income statement that arises from cash flow hedges was a loss of £60 million (2012: gain of £6 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 166.

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 2013 the aggregate principal of these currency borrowings was £1,695 million (2012: £2,489 million). In 2013, an ineffectiveness 
gain of £16 million before tax and £12 million after tax (2012: ineffectiveness loss of £1 million before and after tax) was recognised in the 
income statement arising from net investment hedges.

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

2013
£m

567

(464)

103

379

(341)

38

(7)

  –

(7)

853

(866)

(13)

(1)

(1)

(2)

106

225

2012
£m

919

(842) 

77 

316 

(542) 

(226) 

6 

(9) 

(3) 

1,104 

(1,077) 

27 

19 

(19) 

– 

106 

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Credit risk
The Group’s credit risk exposure arises in respect of the instruments below and predominantly in the united Kingdom, the european union 
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.

loans and receivables:

loans and advances to banks, net2

loans and advances to customers, net2

Debt securities, net2

Deposit amounts available for offset3

Available-for-sale financial assets (excluding equity shares)

Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (excluding equity shares)4:

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 arrangements3

Assets arising from reinsurance contracts held

Financial guarantees

Irrevocable loan commitments and other credit-related contingencies5

Maximum credit risk exposure

Maximum credit risk exposure before offset items

Restated – see note 1.

Amounts shown net of related impairment allowances.

2013  
£m

20121  
£m

25,365

495,281

1,355

(6,811)

515,190

43,406

29,443

46,837 

76,280

33,125

(19,479) 

13,646

732

8,591

59,172

717,017

743,307

32,757

517,225

5,273 

(5,728)

549,527

30,846

14,551 

  56,622

71,173

56,557

(38,158) 

18,399

2,320 

9,520 

55,629

737,414

781,300

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 52 – 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 330 and 331 are produced under the underlying basis used for the Group’s segmental 
reporting. The Group believes that, for reporting periods following a significant acquisition such as the acquisition of HBOS in 2009, this 
underlying 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

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loans and advances

At 31 December 2013

neither past due nor impaired

Past due but not impaired

Impaired – no provision required

– provision held

Gross

Allowance for impairment losses

Fair value adjustments

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

36,789

110,093

465,550

29,443

580

1,284

1,456

40,109

(1,044)

786

1,824

20,829

133,532

(12,469)

13,695

3,745

28,514

511,504

(15,707)

(516)

–

–

–

29,443

–

–

Loans and  
advances  
to banks  

£m

25,219

146

–

–

318,668

12,329

637

6,229

25,365

337,863

(2,194)

–

–

Net balance sheet carrying value

25,365

495,281

29,443

At 31 December 20121

neither past due nor impaired

Past due but not impaired

Impaired – no provision required

– provision held

Gross

Allowance for impairment losses

Fair value adjustments

net balance sheet carrying value

1

Restated – see note 1.

319,613 

12,880 

741 

7,391 

340,625 

(2,845) 

41,223 

922 

1,530 

2,124 

45,799 

(1,326) 

32,726

31 

– 

3 

32,760

(3) 

– 

32,757

117,613 

478,449 

14,551 

1,527 

1,504 

33,003 

153,647 

(17,601) 

15,329 

3,775 

42,518 

540,071 

(21,772) 

(1,074) 

517,225 

– 

– 

– 

14,551 

– 

– 

14,551 

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 £22,390 million 
(31 December 2012: £34,533 million).

The table below sets out the reconciliation of the allowance for impairment losses of £11,966 million (2012: £15,250 million) shown in note 24 to the 
allowance for impairment losses on an underlying basis of £15,707 million (2012: £21,772 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 an underlying basis

2013  
£m

11,966

11,147

11,815

2012 
£m 

15,250 

11,147

11,306 

   (19,674)

   (16,383)

3,288

453

15,707

6,070 

452 

21,772 

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 
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loans and advances which are neither past due nor impaired

Loans and  
advances  
to banks  

£m

25,044

171

2

2

Loans and advances to customers

Retail –  
mortgages  

£m

Retail –  
other  
£m

Wholesale  

£m

Total  
£m

314,749

2,948

308

663

29,129

6,414

501

745

68,674

29,038

9,991

2,390

Loans and
advances
designated
at fair value
through
profit or loss
£m

29,432

7

3

1

25,219

318,668

36,789

110,093

465,550

29,443

32,173

313,372 

174 

10 

369 

4,532 

552 

1,157 

30,924 

8,579

862 

858 

60,510 

33,477 

18,153 

5,473 

14,514 

28 

6 

3 

32,726

319,613 

41,223 

117,613

478,449 

14,551 

At 31 December 2013

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 20121

Good quality

Satisfactory quality

lower quality

Below standard, but not impaired

Total loans and advances which are  
neither past due nor impaired

1

Restated – see note 1.

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 page 134.

loans and advances which are past due but not impaired 

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 2013

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 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

Loans and  
advances  
to banks  

£m

146

–

–

–

–

5,596

2,639

1,734

2,360

–

489

87

4

–

–

146

12,329

580

– 

3 

2 

6 

20 

31 

5,996 

2,667 

1,750 

2,467

– 

12,880 

744 

138 

 29

5 

6 

922 

A financial asset is ‘past due’ if a counterparty has failed to make a payment when contractually due.

347

102

57

41

239

786

860 

131 

328 

56 

152 

6,432

2,828

1,795

2,401

239

13,695

7,600 

2,936 

2,107 

2,528 

158 

1,527 

15,329 

–

–

–

–

–

–

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

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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 2013

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 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

AAA  
£m

AA  
£m

A  

£m

BBB  
£m

Rated BB  
or lower  

£m

Not rated  

£m

Total  
£m

1

265

266

150

416

–

58

58

25

83

172

203

375

–

375

637

541

1,178 

150 

1,328 

1,109 

57 

1,166 

– 

877 

199 

1,076 

– 

1,166 

1,076 

160

79

239

–

239

 745

107 

852 

– 

852 

–

117

117

–

117

368 

245 

613 

– 

613 

–

18

18

232

250

333

740  

1,073

407

1,480

(125)

1,355

191 

3,927 

1 

   1,150

 192

 252

444 

5,077 

402 

5,479 

(206) 

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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 2013

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

Total debt securities

Treasury bills and other bills

Total held as available-for-sale financial assets

At 31 December 2012

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

Total debt securities

Treasury bills and other bills

Total held as available-for-sale financial assets

31,623

–

911

557

1,468

1,083

34,174

15

34,189

18,227 

– 

976 

336

1,312

293

19,832 

866 

20,698 

6,667

163

115

226

341

174

7,345

852

8,197

7,328 

75 

212 

241 

453 

281 

8,137

 –

8,137

–

45

25

107

132

191

368

8

376

– 

71 

50 

116 

166 

567 

 804

 16

 820

–

–

130

–

130

351

481

–

481

– 

42 

120 

– 

120

600 

 762

89 

 851

–

–

82

25

107

37

144

–

144

– 

– 

166 

67 

233 

85 

318 

– 

318 

–

–

–

–

–

19

19

–

19

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

22 

22 

–

22 

38,290

208

1,263

915  

2,178

1,855

42,531

875

43,406

25,555 

188 

1,524

  760 

2,284 

1,848 

29,875 

971 

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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 2013

Debt securities, treasury and other bills held at fair 
value through profit or loss

Trading assets:

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 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 debt securities held at fair value through  
profit or loss

Treasury bills and other bills

Total other assets held at fair value through  
profit or loss

Total held at fair value through profit or loss

3,985

14

–

–

87

87

489

4,575

6

274

–

787

–

31

31

168

1,260

55

–

–

704

–

23

23

843

1,570

–

4,581

1,315

1,570

10,284

195

–

176

188

364

382

26

–

331

224

555

5,572

1,962

–

99

240

339

383

–

–

–

–

17

17

386

403

–

403

177

–

–

187

103

290

–

–

–

5

13

18

29

47

–

47

1

–

–

–

1

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

14

14

–

14

4,259

14

1,491

5

171  

176

1,929

7,869

61

7,930

14

16,430

–

–

–

–

–

2,183

–

793

756  

1,549

2,619

7,462

5,886

617

1,724

18,691

8,256

13,462

8,425

6,353

54

–

–

–

8,310

12,891

13,462

14,777

8,425

9,995

6,353

6,756

619

–

619

666

1,738

38,853

–

54

1,738

1,752

38,907

46,837

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At 31 December 20121

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

AAA  
£m

AA  
£m

A  
£m

BBB  
£m

Rated BB  
or lower  
£m

not rated  
£m

Total  
£m

 3,688

–

42

2

44

385 

4,117 

370

4,487

277 

 2,182

10

14

24

148

2,631

4

– 

 907

78

4

82

330

1,319

– 

2,635

1,319

15,213

1,588

694

–

236

251

487

205

94

95

394

489

204

131

134

309

792

1,101

8,021

–

77

–

1

1

278

356

–

356

362

6

–

125

386

511

–

–

–

–

–

30

30

–

30

1

–

–

22

22

44

–

–

–

–

–

1

1

–

1

12

20

–

8

47

55

7,647

2,866

1,819

3,965

3,166

130

  21 

151

1,172

8,454

374

8,828

17,380

1,056

228

795

1,892  

2,687

26,387

Corporate and other debt securities

3,198

2,836

Total debt securities held at fair value through  
profit or loss

Treasury bills and other bills

Total other assets held at fair value through  
profit or loss

Total held at fair value through profit or loss

1

Restated – see note 1.

19,592

5,212

9,591

8,526

56

–

–

–

19,648

24,135

5,212

7,847

9,591

10,910

8,526

8,882

2,911

–

2,911

2,941

1,906

47,738

–

56

1,906

1,907

47,794

56,622

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.

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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 
£13,646 million (2012: £18,399 million), cash collateral of £3,188 million (2012: £5,429 million) was held and a further £2,372 million was due from 
OeCD banks (2012: £1,387 million).

At 31 December 2013
Trading and other 

Hedging

Total derivative financial instruments

At 31 December 2012

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

298

–

298

226

– 

226

4,719

2,936

7,655

13,507

6,038

19,545

13,300

3,687

16,987

18,137

4,596

22,733

4,209

127

4,336

5,046

111

5,157

2,554

1,258

26,338

32

5

6,787

2,586

1,263

33,125

6,439

824

7,263

1,631

2

1,633

44,986

11,571

56,557

Assets arising from reinsurance contracts held
Of the assets arising from reinsurance contracts held at 31 December 2013 of £732 million (2012: £2,320 million), £383 million (2012: £764 million) 
were due from insurers with a credit rating of AA or above.

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 page 136. 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 underlying basis used for the Group’s segmental reporting. The Group believes that, for 
reporting periods following a significant acquisition, such as the acquisition of HBOS in 2009, this underlying 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 £183 million (2012: £662 million), against which the Group held collateral with a fair value of £183 million (2012: £662 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.

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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 2013

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

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

161,105

64,954

46,581

24,592

21,436

4,294

2,296

2,224

1,720

1,795

318,668

12,329

131,277 

61,677 

52,651 

36,428 

37,580 

319,613 

3,283

1,962

2,314

2,092

3,229

12,880

1,743

970

1,080

1,027

2,046

6,866

1,470

846

1,114

1,133

3,569

8,132

167,142

68,220

49,885

27,339

25,277

337,863

136,030

64,485

56,079

39,653

44,378

340,625

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 2013, impaired non-mortgage lending amounted to £1,696 million, 
net of an impairment allowance of £1,044 million (2012: £2,328 million, net of an impairment allowance of £1,326 million). The fair value of the 
collateral held in respect of this lending was £144 million (2012: £48 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 £36,081 million (2012: £42,145 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.

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Wholesale lending

Reverse repurchase transactions
There were reverse repurchase agreements which are accounted for as collateralised loans with a carrying value of £120 million 
(2012: £5,087 million), against which the Group held collateral with a fair value of £112 million (2012: £4,916 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 £49 million (2012: £2 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 2013, impaired secured wholesale lending amounted to £9,845 million, net of an impairment allowance of £11,063 million 
(2012: £17,257 million, net of an impairment allowance of £15,193 million). The fair value of the collateral held in respect of impaired secured 
wholesale lending was £6,915 million (2012: £9,414 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.

Unimpaired secured lending
unimpaired secured wholesale lending amounted to £69,108 million (2012: £74,485 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 
£32,434 million (2012: £19,629 million). Of this, £8,195 million was sold or repledged (2012: £15,640 million).

In addition, securities held as collateral in the form of stock borrowed amounted to £46,552 million (2012: £38,040 million). Of this amount, 
£45,277 million (2012: £36,549 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.

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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 £13,646 million 
(2012: £18,399 million), cash collateral of £3,188 million (2012: £5,429 million) was held. 

Irrevocable loan commitments and other credit-related contingencies
At 31 December 2013, the Group held irrevocable loan commitments and other credit-related contingencies of £59,172 million 
(2012: £55,629 million). Collateral is held as security, in the event that lending is drawn down, on £19,123 million (2012: £17,697 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 £37,999 million (2012: £48,077 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

2013  
£m

9,928

14,927

89

2,311

27,255

2012  
£m

10,000

11,603

154 

4,251 

26,008

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

2013 
£m

897

5

902

2012 
£m 

936

6

942

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.

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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 137 and 138 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: a temporary account change to assist customers through periods of financial difficulty where arrears 
do not accrue at the original contractual payments, for example temporary interest only arrangements and short-term payment holidays 
granted in collections. Any arrears existing at the commencement of the arrangement are retained;

 – Reduced payment arrangements: a temporary arrangement for customers in financial distress where arrears accrue at the contractual 

payment, for example short-term arrangements to pay;

 – Term extensions: a permanent account change for customers in financial distress where the overall term of the mortgage is extended 

resulting in a lower contractual monthly payment; and

 – Repair: a permanent account change used to repair a customer’s position where they have emerged from financial difficulty, for example 

capitalisation of arrears.

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 137. 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 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 customers representing approximately £2.6 billion of its mortgage exposures are receiving this 
benefit. This includes those who are also receiving other treatments for financial difficulty.

Customers in financial difficulty receiving support under other schemes
The Group measures the success of a forbearance scheme based upon the proportion of customers maintaining or improving their arrears 
position over the 12 months following the exit from a forbearance treatment. For temporary treatments, 87 per cent of customers who have 
accepted temporary interest-only concessions and 75 per cent of customers accepting reduced payment arrangements have maintained 
or improved their arrears position. For permanent treatments, 77 per cent of customers who have accepted capitalisations of arrears and 
40 per cent of customers who have accepted term extensions have maintained or improved their arrears position.

Forbearance identification and classification
The Group has applied revised forbearance definitions based upon principles developed through the British Bankers’ Association. As a 
result of this, forbearance data for 2012 has been restated to reflect the new definitions. The restated data for 2012 shows overall forbearance 
balances to be higher than previous financial statements as the balances now include accounts which are no longer on a forbearance 
treatment, but where the exposure is known to be, or may still be, in financial difficulty.

The Group classifies a retail account as forborne at the time a customer in financial difficulty is granted a concession. Accounts are classified 
as forborne only for the period of time which the exposure is known to be, or may still be, in financial difficulty. Where temporary forbearance 
is granted, exit criteria are applied to include accounts until they are known to no longer be in financial difficulty. Details of the exit criteria are 
shown in the analysis below. Where the treatment involves a permanent change to the contractual basis of the customer’s account such as a 
capitalisation of arrears or term extension, the Group classifies the balance as forborne for a period of 24 months, after which no distinction is 
made between these accounts and others where no change has been made. 

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Secured retail lending – UK
At 31 December 2013, retail secured loans and advances currently or recently subject to forbearance were 2.0 per cent (31 December 2012: 2.9 per cent) 
of total retail secured loans and advances. The Group no longer offers temporary interest only as a forbearance treatment to secured lending 
customers in financial difficulty, which is the primary driver of the reduction in forbearance balances in 2013. Further analysis of the forborne 
loan balances is set out below:

Total loans and advances which 
are currently or recently forborne

Total current and recent forborne 
loans and advances which are 
impaired1

Impairment provisions as % of 
loans and advances which are 
currently or recently forborne

2013 
£m

20122
£m

2013 
£m

20122
£m

2013 
%

20122
%

At 31 December

Temporary forbearance arrangements

Reduced contractual monthly payment3

Reduced payment arrangements4

Permanent treatments

Repair and term extensions5

Total

995 

 1,376 

2,371 

4,008 

6,379 

4,514 

 1,412 

5,926 

3,565 

9,491 

Included in the total above:

Temporary arrangements currently on 
treatment

Permanent treatments within last 12 months

1,100

2,187

3,103

1,913

226 

 160 

386 

305 

691 

179

78

538 

 320 

858 

289 

1,147 

516

90

4.0 

3.2 

3.5 

3.4 

3.4 

3.4

3.1

2.5 

4.0 

2.8 

3.9 

3.2 

3.7

4.3

1

2

3

4

5

£5,688 million of current and recent forborne loans and advances were not impaired at 31 December 2013 (31 December 2012: £8,344 million).    

Restated to reflect the change in forbearance probation periods. Previously only temporary arrangements in place at the year end and permanent changes commenced during the year 
were shown.   

 Includes temporary interest only arrangements and short-term payment holidays granted in collections where the customer is currently benefitting from the treatment and where the 
concession has ended within the previous six months (temporary interest only) and previous 12 months (short-term payment holidays).

 Includes customers who had an arrangement to pay less than the contractual amount at 31 December or where an arrangement ended within the previous three months.

Includes capitalisation of arrears and term extensions which commenced during the previous 24 months and remaining as customers 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.

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Unsecured retail lending – UK
At 31 December 2013, uK retail unsecured loans and advances currently or recently subject to forbearance were 2.6 per cent 
(31 December 2012: 3.9 per cent) of total uK retail unsecured loans and advances of £21,566 million (31 December 2012: £22,698 million). 
Further analysis of the forborne loan balances is set out below:

Total loans and advances which 
are currently or recently forborne

Total current and recent forborne 
loans and advances which are 
impaired1

Impairment provisions as % of 
loans and advances which are 
currently or recently forborne

2013 
£m

260 

 104 

364 

201 

565 

265

90

20122
£m

339

 194 

533 

350 

883 

388

208

2013 
£m

230 

 86 

316 

79 

395 

262

38

20122
£m

2013 
%

324 

 150 

474 

176

650 

383

110

39.2 

51.7 

42.8 

9.9 

31.1 

45.0

13.2

20122
%

48.8 

49.3 

49.0 

10.4 

33.7 

51.6

11.8

Temporary forbearance arrangements

Reduced contractual monthly payment3

Reduced payment arrangements4

Permanent treatments

Repair and term extensions5

Total

Included in the total above:

Temporary arrangements currently on 
treatment

Permanent treatments within last 12 months

1

2

3

4

5

£170 million of current and recent forborne loans and advances were not impaired at 31 December 2013 (31 December 2012: £233 million).   

Restated to reflect the change in forbearance probation periods. Previously only temporary arrangements in place at the year end and permanent changes commenced during the year 
were shown.

 Includes repayment plans and short-term payment holidays granted in collections where the customer is currently benefitting from the treatment and where the concession has ended 
within the previous six months.

Includes customers who had an arrangement to pay less than the contractual amount at 31 December or where an arrangement ended within the previous six months.     

Includes capitalisation of arrears and term extensions which commenced during the previous 24 months and remaining as customers 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.

 
 
 
 
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Secured retail lending – Ireland
At 31 December 2013, Irish secured loans and advances subject to current or recent forbearance were 12.2 per cent (31 December 2012: 
12.3 per cent) of total Irish retail secured loans and advances. Further analysis of the forborne loan balances is set out below:

At 31 December

Temporary forbearance arrangements

Reduced contractual monthly payment

Reduced payment arrangements3

Permanent treatments

Repair and term extensions4

Total

Included in the total above:

Temporary arrangements currently on 
treatment

Permanent treatments within last 12 months

Total loans and advances which 
are currently or recently forborne

Total current and recent forborne 
loans and advances which are 
impaired1

Impairment provisions as % of 
loans and advances which are 
currently or recently forborne

2013 
£m 

20122 
£m 

2013
£m

20122 
£m 

2013
%

− 

  254 

254 

473 

727 

− 

  385 

385 

430 

815 

− 

  227 

227 

102 

329 

− 

  336 

336 

71 

407 

224

196

300

272

43

174

32

232

− 

49.8 

49.8 

14.4 

26.7 

13.9 

50.0 

20122 
% 

− 

45.2 

45.2 

27.9 

36.1 

30.1 

44.5 

1

2

3

4

£398 million of current and recent forborne loans and advances were not impaired at 31 December 2013 (31 December 2012: £408 million).

The 2012 numbers have been restated to reflect the change in forbearance probation periods. Previously only temporary arrangements in place at the year end and permanent changes 
commenced during the year were shown.

Includes customers who had an arrangement to pay less than the contractual amount at 31 December or where an arrangement ended within the previous three months.

Includes capitalisation of arrears and term extensions which commenced during the previous 24 months and remaining as customers at the year end.

Asset Finance retail lending
Asset Finance operates a number of retail portfolios including Black Horse Motor Finance as well as a number of portfolios closed to new 
business and currently in run-off. The reduction in the level of forborne loans in 2013 was driven by the continuing run-off and sale of non-core 
portfolios. The table below includes both the open and closed retail portfolios in the Asset Finance business. For temporary forbearance 
arrangements, it includes accounts that are currently on a forbearance treatment. For permanent forbearance treatments, it includes 
capitalisation of arrears which commenced during the previous 12 months.

At 31 December

Reduced contractual monthly payment

Reduced payment arrangements

Repair

Total 

Total loans and advances which 
are forborne

Total forborne loans and advances 
which are impaired1

Impairment provisions as % of 
loans and advances which are 
forborne

2013 
£m 

209

63

5

277

2012 
£m 

328 

112 

7 

447 

2013 
£m 

192

56

1

249

2012 
£m 

301 

102 

2 

405 

2013 
% 

62.8

24.9

2.3

53.2

2012 
% 

58.0 

24.8 

1.6 

48.8 

1

£28 million of forborne loans and advances were not impaired at 31 December 2013 (31 December 2012: £42 million).

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Commercial customers
Forbearance
A key factor in determining whether the Group treats a commercial customer as forborne is the granting of a concession to a borrower who is 
in financial difficulty.

loans that have been renegotiated and/or restructured for solely commercial reasons, where there is no financial difficulty would not be 
treated as forborne. The Group does not believe the concept of forbearance attaches to the trading book where assets are marked to 
market daily.

The Group recognises that forbearance alone is not necessarily an indicator of impaired status but is a trigger for the review of the customer’s 
credit profile. The Group grants forbearance when it believes that there is a realistic prospect of the customer continuing to be able to repay 
all facilities in full. If there is any concern over future cash flows and the Group incurring a loss, then forborne loans will be classified as impaired 
in accordance with the Group’s impairment policy.

Recovery can sometimes be through improvement in market or economic conditions, or the customer may benefit from access to alternative 
sources of liquidity such as an equity injection. These can be especially relevant in real estate or other asset backed transactions where a fire 
sale of assets in a weak market may be unattractive. 

Depending on circumstances and when operated within robust parameters and controls, the Group believes forbearance can help support 
the customer in the short to medium-term. 

Therefore the Group expects to have unimpaired forborne assets within its portfolios, although as noted below, these are specifically 
controlled and managed. unimpaired forborne assets are included in calculating the overall collective unimpaired provision, and which uses 
the historical observed default rate of the portfolio as a whole as part of its calculation.

Types of forbearance
Forbearance treatments may include changes to:

 – Contractual payment terms (for example loan extensions, or changes to debt servicing terms), and 

 – non-payment contractual terms (for example covenant amendments or waivers) where the modifications enable default to be avoided.

The four main types of forbearance concessions to commercial customers in financial difficulty are set out below:

 – Covenants: This includes temporary and permanent waivers, amendment or resetting of non-payment contractual covenants (including lTV 

and interest cover). The granting of this type of concession in itself would not result in the loan being classified as impaired;

 – extensions/Alterations: This includes extension and/or 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; amendments to an interest rate to a level considered outside 
of market or the Group’s risk appetite, or other amendments such as changes to debt servicing arrangements;

 – Forgiveness: This includes debt for equity swaps or partial debt forgiveness. This type of forbearance will always give rise to impairment; and

 – Multiple type of forbearance (a mixture of the above three). Where a concession is granted to a customer that is not in financial difficulty or 

the risk profile is considered within current risk appetite, the concession would not be considered to be an act of forbearance.

A number of options are available to the Group where a customer is facing financial difficulty, and each case is treated depending on its own 
specific circumstances. 

The Group’s strategy and offer of forbearance is largely dependent on the individual situation and early identification, control and monitoring 
are key in order to support the customer and protect the Group. Concessions are often provided to help the customer with their day to day 
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Forbearance identification and classification
The Group’s policy is to treat all impaired assets in Commercial Banking as having been granted some form of forbearance. Impaired loans 
and advances exist only in Business Support; Global non Core; and, for smaller SMe customers, Customer Support. unimpaired forborne 
loans and advances exist in the good book, in Business Support and in Global non Core.

All non-retail loans and advances in Commercial Banking are reviewed at least annually by the independent Risk Division. As part of our long 
established Credit Risk Classification system, every loan and advance in the good book is categorised as either ‘good’ or ‘watchlist’.

The watchlist is further categorised depending on the current and expected credit risk attaching to the customer and the transaction. All 
watchlist names are reviewed by the Business and Risk at least once a month, and the classification is updated if required.  

Any concession granted to a customer is reviewed and must be approved by the independent Risk Division. If Risk Division determines 
that the customer is in financial difficulty, then any off-market concession granted is treated as forbearance and the loan reviewed monthly. 
Forbearance does not arise if the customer is not in financial difficulty or if the risk profile of the customer following the concession is within the 
Group’s current risk appetite.

Any event that causes concern over future payments from the customer is likely to result in the asset being assessed for impairment and, if 
required, an impairment allowance recognised. If impairment is identified, the customer is immediately transferred to Business Support and 
the lending will be treated as an impaired asset. If no impairment is identified, the Risk Division will determine if the customer should remain in 
the good book (categorised as watchlist), or transfer to Business Support for more intensive monitoring.

All reviews performed in the good book, Business Support or Global non Core include analysis of latest financial information, a consideration 
of the market and sector the customer operates in, performance against plan and revised terms and conditions granted as part of the 
forbearance concession.

exit from forbearance classification
A customer where forbearance has been granted will remain treated and recorded as forborne until it evidences acceptable performance 
over a period of time. This period will depend on a number of factors such as whether the customer is trading in line with its revised plan, 
it is operating within the new terms and conditions (including observation to revised covenants and contractual payments), its financial 
performance is stable or improving, and there are no undue concerns over its future performance. As a minimum, this period is currently 
expected to be at least 12 months following a forbearance event (during 2014, the minimum cure period will be reviewed again in conjunction 
with regulatory requirements). However, notwithstanding this, the overriding requirement is that the financial difficulty previously seen has 
been removed, and the performance has stabilised.

Once a customer evidences acceptable performance over a period of time, the Group would expect that it could be returned to the 
mainstream good classification and they would no longer be considered forborne. It is important to note that such a decision can be made 
only by the independent Risk Division. 

Currently, the exception to this 12 month minimum period is where a permanent structural cure is made (for example, this could be an injection 
of new collateral security or partial repayment of debt to restore an lTV back to within the covenant). In this case, the customer may be 
removed from the forbearance category once the permanent cure has been made.

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Note 54: Financial risk management (continued)

Further analysis of the forborne loan balance is set out below: 

Impaired

unimpaired 

Total 

Total loans and advances which  
are forborne

Impairment provisions as % of loans 
and advances which are forborne

2013 
£m 

14,714

6,221

20,935

2012 
£m 

23,965 

9,027

32,992

2013 
% 

43.6

–

30.6

2012 
%  

41.7 

– 

30.3

All impaired assets are considered forborne. At 31 December 2013, £6,221 million (31 December 2012: £9,027 million) of its unimpaired 
assets are also considered forborne as a result of proactive management of cases to help customers in financial difficulties. Of this figure, 
£3,789 million was classified as non-core, with the remaining £2,432 million classified as core.

The table below sets out the Group’s largest unimpaired forborne loans and advances to commercial customers (exposures over £5 million) as 
at 31 December 2013 by type of forbearance, together with a breakdown on which exposures are classified as Direct Real estate:

At 31 December 2013

Type of unimpaired forbearance

uK exposures1 > £5 million

Covenants

extensions

Multiple

exposures < £5 million and other non-uK 

Total 

1

Based on the location of the office recording the transaction.

Direct Real Estate 
£m 

Other industry 
sector
£m 

Total
£m

1,555

200

  23

1,778

842

343

  380

1,565

2,397

543

  403

3,343

2,878

6,221

Ireland wholesale (part of Wealth, Asset Finance and International division)
All loans and advances in Ireland wholesale (whether impaired or unimpaired) are treated as forborne and all assets are classified as non-core. 

Impaired

unimpaired 

Total 

Total loans and advances which  
are forborne

Impairment provisions as % of loans 
and advances which are forborne

2013 
£m 

8,322

1,108

9,430

2012 
£m 

10,967 

1,908 

12,875 

2013 
% 

73.1

–

64.5

2012 
% 

68.0 

– 

58.0 

 
 
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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 PRA. 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 2013

Assets

Up to  
1 month  

1-3  
months  

3-6  
months  

6-9  
months  

9-12  
months  

£m

£m

£m

£m

£m

1-2  
years  
£m

2-5  
years  
£m

Over 5  
years  
£m

Total  
£m

Cash and balances at central banks

49,823

5

78

–

–

–

–

9

49,915

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

15,874

567

11,853

6,966

1,022

5,980

5,868

3,892

2,630

5,601

2,989 98,863 142,683

858

3,310

780

553

582

2,420

6,938 19,958

33,125

1,038

344

1,827

460 25,365

35,006

6,720

9,699 10,269 11,886 25,191 56,156 340,354 495,281

–

139

150

642

10

26

6,265

9,083

1,491

–

390

663

–

41

66

1,088

1,355

142

1,933

2,932 37,772 43,976

1,610

2,665

7,900 25,653 55,330

119,527 30,568 21,340 16,547 17,888 38,195 78,808 524,157 847,030

9,984

612

291

788

116

1,548

113

530

13,982

337,130 16,034 18,659 13,562 11,224 26,749 16,592

1,361 441,311

Derivative financial instruments, trading and other financial 
liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

Debt securities in issue

19,321 12,458

3,974

2,165

1,414

5,029

9,182 20,546 74,089

5,427

5,771

6,399

3,644

4,081 12,184 18,857 30,739

87,102

liabilities arising from insurance and investment contracts

1,486

6,579

2,317

2,244

3,046

8,430 21,300 65,356 110,758

Other liabilities

Subordinated liabilities 

Total liabilities

At 31 December 2012

Assets

7,679

6,043

1,230

363

238

800

374

718

1,045

1,146

1,814 28,809

48,140

645

2,710

5,813 21,025 32,312

381,390 47,735 33,670 23,495 21,571 57,796 73,671 168,366 807,694

Cash and balances at central banks

80,035

259

4

–

–

–

–

–

80,298

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

7,949

2,450

18,167

44,781

153

565

5,394

9,813

938

6,513

8,718

–

130

463

2,710

1,063

2,830

9,850

–

558

1,008

1,386

1,383

817

389

864

455

1,748

3,761

5,368 130,263 160,620

13,982

32,682

56,557

437

3,291

675

32,757

9,328

11,874

27,393

64,428 340,853

517,225

22

32

564

–

174

485

203

241

159

236

4,659

4,168 25,506

360

41,684

5,273

31,374

50,117

159,494 26,834

18,023

12,538

15,235

33,942

91,833 576,322 934,221

14,131

3,212

9,682

297

1,317

2,981

5,454

1,331

38,405

322,788

14,159

14,144

11,471

12,242

24,319

26,270

1,519

426,912

12,818

5,556

13,912

10,505

27,230

10,171

1,469

298

402

1,541

8,005

4,242

1,789

567

–

2,875

3,422

1,707

75

–

1,963

4,630

15,534 30,687

82,068

4,503

16,130 30,244 34,295

117,253

1,774

5,983

14,693

82,947

137,592

929

294

618

745

41,915

55,318

1,043

7,255

23,557

34,092

401,452

36,740

38,429

19,847

23,022

55,704 100,195 216,251 891,640

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Note 54: 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 usually 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.

At 31 December 2013

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 

Up to 
1 month 
£m

1-3 
months 
£m

3-12 
months 
£m

1-5 
years 
£m

Over 5 
years 
£m

Total 
£m

9,944

636

1,254

1,710

738

14,282

322,931

15,576

38,689

43,011

34,510

454,717

18,811

7,427

27,590

180

9,906

5,069

–

424

4,416

7,382

3,616

15,805

40,928

24,514

–

–

–

44,131

93,743

27,590

2,503

15,019

24,538

42,664

Total non-derivative financial liabilities

386,883

31,611

62,667

108,050

87,916

677,127

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 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

Subordinated liabilities 

Total non-derivative financial liabilities

Derivative financial liabilities:

Gross settled derivatives – outflows

Gross settled derivatives – inflows

Gross settled derivatives – net flows

net settled derivatives liabilities

Total derivative financial liabilities

4,880

81,612

35,369

56,857

33,767

212,485

(4,115)

(79,256)

(34,321)

(55,396)

(32,625)

(205,713)

765

21,730

22,495

13,858

323,925

11,622

14,186

27,205

2,356

179

2,535

3,556

14,928

4,720

10,890

–

1,048

438

1,486

11,187

39,298

7,874

16,223

–

1,461

1,202

2,663

8,566

51,043

6,931

63,851

–

61

1,768

1,705

15,903

390,857

35,862

76,287

146,294

1,142

541

1,683

1,382

1,579

3,764

27,451

27,167

30,032

91,375

6,772

24,090

30,862

38,549

430,773

34,911

132,601

54,372

49,469

740,675

2,331

(2,026)

305

39,146

39,451

3,243

(2,790)

453

212

665

7,097

51,424

33,678

97,773

(6,853)

(50,384)

(32,145)

(94,198)

244

1,052

1,296

1,040

3,132

4,172

1,533

1,233

2,766

3,575

44,775

48,350

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 £8,591 million at 
31 December 2013 (2012: £9,520 million) with £4,233 million expiring within one year; £837 million between one and three years; £2,039 million 
between three and five years; and £1,482 million over five years (2012: £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). 

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 £85 million (2012: £79 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 171 to 177.

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liabilities arising from insurance and participating investment contracts are analysed on a behavioural basis, as permitted by IFRS 4, as follows:

At 31 December 2013

At 31 December 2012

Up to 
1 month 
£m

1,088

989 

1-3 
months 
£m

1,391

1,451

3-12 
months 
£m

5,231

5,198

1-5 
years 
£m

21,468

20,426

Over 5 
years 
£m

53,599

54,889

Total 
£m

82,777

82,953

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. 

Up to
1 month
£m

1-3 
months 
£m

3-6 
months 
£m

6-9 
months 
£m

9-12 
months 
£m

At 31 December 2013

Acceptances and endorsements

Other contingent liabilities

Total contingent liabilities

59

 256

315

56

  501 

557

9

 207

216

–

 145

145

lending commitments

30,918

11,857

15,452

4,632

Other commitments

Total commitments

Total contingents 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

 –

 –

 –

 –

30,918

11,857

15,452

4,632

31,233

12,414

15,668

up to 
1 month 
£m

1-3 
months 
£m

3-6 
months 
£m

4,777

6-9 
months 
£m

48

 375

423

44,332

 –

8

 409

417

1,288

  – 

17

–

  254 

  113 

271

10,518

  170 

113

3,969

  153 

4,122

44,332

1,288

10,688

1-3
 years 
£m 

15

 377

392

3-5
 years 
£m

Over 5 
years 
£m

Total
 £m

13

 118

131

42

204

 608

     2,676

650

2,880

14,886

17,064

2,849

105,177

 –

 –

 –

 494

14,886

17,064

2,849

105,671

10

 464

474

7,519

 494

8,013

8,487

15,278

17,195

3,499

108,551

9-12 
months 
£m

–

  85 

85

5,632

  234 

5,856 

1-3
 years 
£m 

– 

 662 

 662

3-5
 years 
£m

Over 5 
years 
£m

Total
 £m

33 

1 

107 

  144 

  747 

  2,789 

177 

748 

2,896 

14,493

17,486 

3,676 

101,394 

  – 

  – 

  – 

  557 

14,493 

17,486 

3,676 

101,951 

44,755

1,705

10,959

4,235

5,951 

15,155 

17,663 

4,424 

104,847 

Capital risk
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.

Capital risk appetite is set by the Board, reflecting the Group’s strategic plans, regulatory capital constraints and market expectations. It 
includes a number of minimum capital ratios in normal and stressed conditions as well as a specific measure for the Insurance business, set by 
the Insurance Board, taking account of the need to maintain regulatory solvency including appropriate management buffers. The Board and 
the Group Chief executive, assisted by the Group Asset and liability Committee and the Group Risk Committee, regularly review performance 
against the risk appetite. A key metric is the Group’s common equity tier 1 (CeT1) capital ratio which the Group currently aims to maintain in 
excess of 10 per cent.

Additionally, a series of stress analyses is undertaken during the year to determine the adequacy of the Group’s capital resources in adverse 
economic scenarios including those provided by the PRA.

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.

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Note 55: 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

1

Restated – see note 1.

2013
£m

28,041

(6,476)

(4,448)

17,117

2013
£m

(25,529)

16,747

(29,032)

(6,258)

3,171

(3,369)

20121
£m

50,773

524

(3,492)

47,805

20121
£m

(1,325)

13,392

(66,968)

1,497

7,421

(170)

2011
£m

39,361

5,867

(1,131)

44,097

2011
£m

(10,480)

20,283

(43,893)

14,249

793

(139)

(44,270)

(46,153)

(19,187)

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Note 55: Consolidated cash flow statement (continued)

(C) Non-cash and other items

Depreciation and amortisation

Impairment of tangible fixed assets

Revaluation of investment properties

Provision for impairment of disposal groups

Allowance for loan losses

Write-off of allowance for loan losses

Impairment of available-for-sale financial assets

Change in insurance contract liabilities

Payment protection insurance provision

Other regulatory provisions

Other provision movements

net charge in respect of defined benefit schemes

Impact of consolidation and deconsolidation of OeICs2

unwind of discount on impairment allowances

Foreign exchange impact on balance sheet3

liability management losses (gains) within other income4

Interest expense on subordinated liabilities

(Profit) loss on disposal of businesses

net gain on sale of available-for-sale financial assets

Hedging valuation adjustments on subordinated debt

Value of employee services

Issue of shares (non-cash)

Transactions in own shares

Accretion of discounts and amortisation of premiums and issue costs

Share of post-tax results of associates and joint ventures 

Transfers to income statement from reserves

Profit on disposal of tangible fixed assets

Other non-cash items

Total non-cash items

Contributions to defined benefit schemes

Payments in respect of payment protection insurance provision

Payments in respect of other regulatory provisions

Other

Total other items

Non-cash and other items

Restated – see note 1.

2013
£m

1,940

–

(156)

382

2,726

(5,858)

15

5,300

3,050

405

2

503

6,303

(351)

89

80

2,956

(362)

(629)

(1,083)

434

160

(480)

286

(43)

(550)

(43)

(26)

15,050

(811)

(2,674)

(360)

26

(3,819)

11,231

20121
£m

2,126

–

264

26

5,121

(7,922)

37

3,929

3,575

650

(101)

110

(829)

(374)

(219)

(59)

2,783

7

(3,547)

225

337

322

(407)

12

(28)

198

(75)

(101)

6,060

(675)

(3,299)

(20)

15

(3,979)

2,081

20111
£m

2,175

65

107

–

8,069

(7,405)

80

(2,081)

3,200

175

(294)

408

(6,094) 

(226) 

302

(599) 

2,155

21

(343)

1,091

363

316

(276)

151

(31)

(85)

(36)

36

1,244

(838)

(1,045)

(497)

6

(2,374)

(1,130)

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 2011 and 2012 involved the exchange of existing securities for new issues and as a result there was no related cash flow.

1

2

3

4

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Note 55: 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

2013
£m

49,915

(937)  

48,978

25,365

(7,546)

17,819

66,797

20122
£m

80,298

(580)

79,718

32,757

(11,417)

21,340

101,058

20112
£m

60,722

(1,070)

59,652

32,877

(6,640)

26,237

85,889

1

2

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.

Restated – see note 1.

Included within cash and cash equivalents at 31 December 2013 is £14,058 million (2012: £17,889 million; 2011: £21,601 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

Trading and other assets at fair value through profit or loss

loans and advances to customers

loans and advances to banks

Investment property

Value of in-force business

Other intangible assets

Tangible fixed assets

Customer deposits

Debt securities in issue

liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts

liabilities arising from non-participating investment contracts

non-controlling interests

Other net assets (liabilities)

net assets

Cash and cash equivalents disposed

non-cash consideration received

Profit (loss) on sale

Net cash inflow (outflow)

2013
£m

(6)

–

(6)

2013
£m

35,159

2,612

1,701

582

831

251

67

41,203

(1,923)

(264)

(451)

(29,953)

(357)

(6,160)

(39,108)

2,095

(1,702)

(59)

362

696

2012
£m

(11)

–

(11)

2012
£m

–

15

16

–

–

–

–

31

–

–

–

–

(38)

51

13

44

–

–

(7)

37

2011
£m

(10)

(3)

(13)

2011
£m

134

24

–

–

–

–

147

305

–

–

–

–

(197)

211

14

319

–

–

(21)

298

 
  
  
  
  
  
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Note 56: Restatement of prior period information

As explained in note 1, the Group has adopted IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements and Amendments to IAS 19 Employee Benefits 
(IAS 19R) on 1 January 2013.  

The Group has restated information for the preceding comparative periods. 

The following tables summarise the adjustments arising on the adoption of IAS 19R and IFRS 10 to the Group’s:

 – income statements, statements of comprehensive income and statements of cash flows for the year ended 31 December 2012 and the year 

ended 31 December 2011; and

 – balance sheets at 31 December 2012, 31 December 2011 and 1 January 2011.

Consolidated income statement – year ended 31 December 2012

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) profit before tax

Taxation

loss for the year

Profit attributable to non-controlling interests

loss attributable to equity shareholders

loss for the year

Basic loss per share

Diluted loss per share

As previously 
reported  
£m

23,535 

(14,460)

9,075 

4,731 

(1,438)

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 

IFRS 10 
£m 

13  

(1,370)

(1,357)

(81)

(6)

(87)

1,451 

– 

– 

1,364 

7 

– 

7 

– 

(1)

(1)

6 

– 

6 

(6)

– 

– 

– 

– 

IAS 19  
Revised 
£m 

– 

– 

– 

– 

   – 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

(42)

(42)

(42) 

–

(42)

(2)

(44)

– 

(44)

(44)

Restated 
£m 

23,548 

(15,830)

7,718 

4,650 

(1,444)

3,206 

15,005 

8,284 

4,700 

31,195 

38,913 

(18,396)

20,517 

(4,175)

(11,799)

(15,974)

4,543 

(5,149)

(606)

(781)

(1,387)

84 

(1,471)

(1,387)

(2.1)p 

(2.1)p 

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Note 56: Restatement of prior period information (continued)

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income – year ended 31 December 2012

loss for the year

Other comprehensive income

Items that will not subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss:

Post-retirement defined benefit scheme remeasurements:

Remeasurements before taxation

Taxation

Items that may subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss:

Movements in revaluation reserve in respect of  
available-for-sale financial assets:

Adjustments 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

Movements in cash flow hedging reserve:

effective portion of changes in fair value

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

As previously 
reported 
£m 

(1,343)

– 

   – 

– 

1,168 

900 

(3,547)

42 

169 

   339 

(929)

116 

(92)

   1 

25 

(14)

(918)

(2,261)

82 

(2,343)

(2,261)

IFRS 10 
£m 

– 

– 

   – 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

IAS 19 
Revised 
£m 

(44)

(2,136)

   491

(1,645)

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

   – 

   – 

– 

– 

– 

   – 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

   – 

– 

– 

(1,645)

(1,689)

– 

(1,689)

(1,689)

Restated 
£m 

(1,387)

(2,136)

   491

(1,645)

1,168 

900 

(3,547)

42 

169 

   339 

(929)

116 

(92)

   1 

25 

(14)

(2,563)

(3,950)

82 

(4,032)

(3,950)

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Note 56: Restatement of prior period information (continued)

Consolidated cash flow statement – year ended 31 December 2012

(loss) profit before tax

Adjustments for:

Change in operating assets

Change in operating liabilities

non-cash and other items

Tax paid

net cash provided by 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 investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Dividends paid to non-controlling interests

Interest paid on subordinated liabilities

Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares

Repayment of subordinated liabilities

Change in non-controlling interests

net cash used in 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

As previously 
reported 
£m

(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 

101,058 

IFRS 10 
£m 

6 

(528)

528 

(6)

–

–

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

IAS 19  
Revised 
£m 

(42)

–

–

42 

–

–

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

   – 

– 

   – 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

   – 

   – 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

Restated 
£m 

(606)

47,805 

(46,153)

2,081 

(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 

101,058 

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Note 56: Restatement of prior period information (continued)

Consolidated balance sheet at 31 December 2012

Assets

Cash and balances at central banks

Items in 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

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

As previously 
reported 
£m 

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 

IFRS 10 
£m 

– 

– 

6,630 

7 

3,340 

– 

   – 

3,340 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

18,308 

924,552 

190 

10,167 

IAS 19  
Revised 
£m 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

   – 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

628 

(1,126)

– 

(498)

Restated 
£m 

80,298 

1,256 

160,620 

56,557 

32,757 

517,225 

   5,273 

555,255 

31,374 

5,405 

2,016 

6,800 

2,792 

7,342 

354 

4,913 

741 

18,498 

934,221 

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Consolidated balance sheet at 31 December 2012 (continued)

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

As previously 
reported 
£m 

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 

IFRS 10 
£m 

– 

– 

– 

(2,580)

11 

– 

(116)

– 

– 

– 

12,852 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

IAS 19  
Revised 
£m 

Restated 
£m 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

1,605 

– 

– 

– 

– 

38,405 

426,912 

996 

33,392 

48,676 

1,198 

117,253 

82,953 

54,372 

267 

46,793 

1,905 

138 

327 

3,961 

34,092 

10,167 

1,605 

891,640 

– 

– 

– 

   – 

– 

– 

– 

10,167 

– 

– 

– 

(2,103)

(2,103)

– 

(2,103)

(498)

7,042 

16,872 

12,902 

   5,080 

41,896 

685 

42,581 

934,221 

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Note 56: Restatement of prior period information (continued)

Consolidated income statement – year ended 31 December 2011

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

Profit (loss) before tax

Taxation

Profit (loss) for the year

Profit attributable to non-controlling interests

Profit (loss) attributable to equity shareholders

Profit (loss) for the year

Basic loss per share

Diluted loss per share

As previously 
reported 
£m 

IAS 19  
Revised 
£ m

–

–

–

–

   –

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(209)

(209)

(209)

–

(209)

33 

(176)

–

(176)

(176)

26,316 

(13,618)

12,698 

4,935 

(1,391)

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

Restated 
£m 

26,316 

(13,618)

12,698 

4,935 

(1,391)

3,544 

(368)

8,170 

2,799 

14,145 

26,843 

(6,041)

20,802 

(3,375)

(13,084)

(16,459)

4,343 

(8,094)

(3,751)

861 

(2,890)

73 

(2,963)

(2,890)

(4.3)p

(4.3)p

  
  
  
  
  
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Consolidated statement of comprehensive income – year ended 31 December 2011

loss for the year

Other comprehensive income

Items that will not subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss:

Post-retirement defined benefit scheme remeasurements

Remeasurement before taxation

Taxation

Items that may subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss:

Movements in revaluation reserve in respect of available-for-sale  
financial assets:

Change in fair value

Income statement transfers in respect of disposals

Income statement transfers in respect of impairment

Other income statement transfers

Taxation

Movements in cash flow hedging reserve:

effective portion of changes in fair value

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

As previously 
reported 
£m 

(2,714)

IAS 19  
Revised 
£m 

(176)

Restated  
£m 

(2,890)

–

   –

–

2,527

(343)

80

(79)

(575)

1,610

916

70

(270)

716

(84)

2,242

(472)

72

(544)

(472)

624 

(155)

469 

–

–

–

–

   –

–

–

–

   –

–

–

469

293

–

293

293

624 

(155)

469 

2,527

(343)

80

(79)

(575)

1,610

916

70

(270)

716

(84)

2,711

(179)

72

(251)

(179)

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Note 56: Restatement of prior period information (continued)

Consolidated cash flow statement – year ended 31 December 2011

Profit (loss) before tax

Adjustments for:

Change in operating assets

Change in operating liabilities

non-cash and other items

Tax paid

net cash provided by 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 ordinary shares

Repayment of subordinated liabilities

Change in non-controlling interests

net cash used in 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

As previously 
reported 
£m 

(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 

IAS 19  
Revised 
£m 

(209)

– 

– 

209

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

   – 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

   – 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

Restated  
£m 

(3,751)

44,097

(19,187)

(1,130)

(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 

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Consolidated balance sheet at 1 January 2012

Assets

Cash and balances at central banks

Items in 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

As previously 
reported 
£m 

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

IFRS 10 
£m 

– 

– 

9,104

60

271

– 

   – 

271

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

14,762

970,546

204

9,639

IAS 19  
Revised 
£m 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

Restated  
£m 

60,722

1,408

148,614

66,073

32,877

565,638

   – 

   12,470

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

139 

(76)

–

63

610,985

37,406

8,098

6,122

2,016

6,638

3,196

7,673

434

4,635

1,262

14,966

980,248

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Note 56: Restatement of prior period information (continued)

Consolidated balance sheet at 1 January 2012 (continued)

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

As previously 
reported 
£m 

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

IFRS 10 
£m 

– 

– 

– 

(2,598)

53

–

(95)

– 

– 

– 

12,279

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

IAS 19  
Revised 
£m 

Restated  
£m 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

–

477

– 

– 

– 

– 

39,810

413,906

844

22,357

58,265

1,145

184,964

78,991

49,636

300

44,320

858

103

314

3,166

35,089

934,068

6,881

16,541

13,818

   8,266

45,506

674

46,180

980,248

9,639

477

– 

– 

– 

   – 

– 

– 

– 

9,639 

– 

– 

– 

(414)

(414)

–

(414)

63

  
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Consolidated balance sheet at 1 January 2011

Assets

Cash and balances at central banks

Items in 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

As previously 
reported 
£m 

IFRS 10 
£m 

IAS 19  
Revised 
£m 

Restated  
£m 

38,115

1,368

156,191

50,777

30,272

592,597

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

   –

   –

   25,735

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

261 

(430)

–

(169)

648,604

42,955

7,905

5,997

2,016

7,367

3,496

8,190

621

4,425

306

13,072

991,405

38,115

1,368

156,191

50,777

30,272

592,597

   25,735

648,604

42,955

7,905

5,997

2,016

7,367

3,496

8,190

621

4,164

736

13,072

991,574

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Note 56: Restatement of prior period information (continued)

Consolidated balance sheet at 1 January 2011 (continued)

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

As previously 
reported 
£m 

IFRS 10 
£m 

IAS 19  
Revised 
£m 

Restated  
£m 

50,363

393,633

802

26,762

42,158

1,074

228,866

80,729

51,363

643

29,696

423

149

247

1,532

36,232

944,672

6,815

16,291

11,575

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

   11,380

   –

46,061

841

46,902

991,574

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

538

–

–

–

–

538

–

–

–

(707)

(707)

–

(707)

(169)

50,363

393,633

802

26,762

42,158

1,074

228,866

80,729

51,363

643

29,696

961

149

247

1,532

36,232

945,210

6,815

16,291

11,575

   10,673

45,354

841

46,195

991,405

  
       
    
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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 2013 and have not been applied in preparing these financial statements. Save as disclosed below, the full impact of these 
accounting changes is being assessed by the Group.

IASB effective date

Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2014.

Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2014.

Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2014.

Date yet to be determined.

Pronouncement

Nature of change

Amendment to IAS 32 Financial 
Instruments: Presentation – 
‘Offsetting Financial Assets and 
Financial Liabilities’

Amendments to IAS 39 Financial 
Instruments: Recognition and 
Measurement – ‘Novation of 
Derivatives and Continuation of 
Hedge Accounting’
IFRIC 21 Levies1

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments1,2

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. This amendment is not expected to 
have a significant impact on the Group.

Provides relief from discontinuing hedge accounting in circumstances 
where a derivative designated as a hedging instrument is novated to 
a central counterparty as a consequence or introduction of laws or 
regulations. These amendments are not expected to have a significant 
impact on the Group.
Clarifies that the obligating event that gives rise to a liability to pay a 
government levy is the activity that triggers the payment of the levy as 
set out in the relevant legislation. An entity does not have a constructive 
obligation to pay a levy that will be triggered by operating in a future 
period. This interpretation is not expected to have a significant impact on 
the Group.
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 the entity’s 
own credit risk is recorded in other comprehensive income. The hedge 
accounting requirements are more closely aligned with risk management 
practices and follow a more principle-based approach.

1

2

As at 5 March 2014, these pronouncements are awaiting eu endorsement.

IFRS 9 is the standard which will replace IAS 39. Further changes to IFRS 9 are expected dealing with impairment of financial assets measured at amortised cost, which will be based on 
expected rather than incurred credit losses, and limited amendments to classification and measurement which include the introduction of a third measurement category, fair value through 
other comprehensive income. until the standard is complete, it is not possible to determine the overall impact of the standard on the financial statements.

Note 58: Approval of financial statements

The consolidated financial statements were approved by the Directors of lloyds Banking Group plc on 5 March 2014.

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PARenT COMPAnY BAlAnCe SHeeT

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

Current tax recoverable

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 5 March 2014.

Sir Winfried Bischoff 
Chairman 

António Horta-Osório 
Group Chief executive 

George Culmer
Chief Financial Officer

note

2013
£ million

2012
£ million

9

9

2

3

4

4

5

5

6

8

7

40,933

11,043

4

 40,534

8,123 

 9

51,980

 48,666

1,452

1,171

67

511

  19

3,220

55,200

7,145

17,279

7,764

4,115

1,414

37,717

535

  1,669

2,204

 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

–

266

  15,279

  10,741

15,279

17,483

55,200

 11,007

 15,901

 53,711

 
 
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PARenT COMPAnY STATeMenT OF CHAnGeS In eQuITY

at 31 December

Balance at 1 January 2011

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 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

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 2013

Share capital  
and premium
£ million

23,106

–

316

–

–

–

23,422

 –

 492

 –

 –

 –

Merger  
reserve
£ million

7,764

Capital  
redemption  

reserve
£ million

4,115

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

7,764

4,115

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 –

 23,914

 7,764

 4,115

–

510

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

24,424

7,764

4,115

Retained
profits1
£ million

2,276

(168)

–

Total
£ million

37,261

(168)

316

(291)

(291)

143

238

2,198

 (224)

 –

 (282)

 69

 256

2,017

(846)

–

(165)

116

292

1,414

143

238

37,499

 (224)

 492

 (282)

 69

256

37,810

(846)

510

(165)

116

292

37,717

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 
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PARenT COMPAnY CASH FlOW STATeMenT

loss before tax

Fair value and exchange adjustments and other non-cash items

Change in other assets

Change in other liabilities and other items

Tax (paid) received 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

Capital injection into lloyds Bank plc

Amounts advanced to subsidiaries

Redemption of loans to subsidiaries

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Interest paid on subordinated liabilities

Repayment of subordinated liabilities

Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares

Net cash used in 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.

2013
£ million

(1,090)

137

124

4,699

(35)

3,835

–

(3,082)

197

(2,885)

(253)

(2,767)

350

(2,670)

(1,720)

2,231

511

2012
£ million

2011
£ million

(259)

245 

14 

750 

290 

1,040 

– 

– 

209 

209 

(293) 

– 

170 

(123) 

1,126 

1,105

2,231 

(202)

329

 255

2,576

 151

3,109

(2,340)

–

–

(2,340)

(39)

–

–

(39)

730

375

1,105

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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 2013. 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 (charge) credit 

At 31 December

The deferred tax asset relates to temporary differences.

Note 3: Amounts due from subsidiaries

2013
£m

9

(5)

4

2012
£m

8

 1

 9

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 45 and 46 to the consolidated financial statements.

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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 and 31 December 

Capital redemption reserve

At 1 January and 31 December 

Note 6: Retained profits

At 1 January 2011

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

loss for the year

Movement in treasury shares

Value of employee services:

Share option schemes

Other employee award schemes 

At 31 December 2013

Details of the Company’s dividends are as set out in note 49 to the consolidated financial statements.

2013 
£m

2012 
£m

2011 
£m

7,764

 7,764

7,764

2013 
£m

2012 
£m

2011 
£m

4,115

 4,115

4,115

£m

2,276

(168)

(291)

143

238

2,198

 (224)

 (282)

 69

 256

 2,017

(846)

(165)

116

292

1,414

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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 Prudential Regulatory Authority.

note

2013 
£m

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

–

–

–

10

123

274

2

39

108

125

266

54

 –

 204

 105

 10

 119

 284

 2

 39

 107

 125

 266

 54

1,001

 1,315

–

–

–

–

–

–

10

–

–

10

658

658

1,669

 668

 551

 200

 237

 296

 88

 10

 172

 143

 2,365

 669

 669

 4,349

a   Further information regarding these issues can be found in note 44 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 44 to the consolidated financial statements. 

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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 2012 and 2013. 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 51 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 51 to the 
consolidated financial statements.

The Company has no employees (2012: nil).

As discussed in note 2 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 contribution

At 31 December

2013
£m

40,534

399

40,933

2012
£m

 40,534

–

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 Bank plc (formerly lloyds TSB Bank plc)

Scottish Widows plc

HBOS plc

Bank of Scotland plc

TSB Bank plc (formerly lloyds TSB Scotland plc)

St. Andrew’s Insurance plc

Clerical Medical Investment Group limited

Clerical Medical Managed Funds limited

1

Indirect interest.

Country of  
registration/  
incorporation

Percentage  
of equity  
share capital  
and voting  
rights held

england

Scotland

Scotland

Scotland

Scotland

england

england

england

100%

100%1

100%1

100%1

100%1

100%1

100%1

100%1

Share class

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Nature of business

Banking and financial services

life assurance

Holding company

Banking and financial services

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.

A full list of subsidiaries will be included in the Company’s next annual return, the Company having made use of the exemption in section 410 
of the Companies Act 2006.

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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

new issues

Redemptions

At 31 December

2013
£m

8,123

35

3,082

(197)

11,043

2012
£m

8,286

46 

–

(209) 

8,123 

In addition the Company carries out banking activities through its subsidiary, lloyds Bank plc. At 31 December 2013, the Company held 
deposits of £511 million with lloyds Bank plc (2012: £2,231 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 £nil (2012: £2,355 million) and within 
other liabilities is £14,821 million (2012: £10,630 million) due to subsidiary undertakings. In addition, at 31 December 2013 the Company had 
interest rate and currency swaps with lloyds Bank plc with an aggregate notional principal amount of £2,454 million and a net positive fair value 
of £1,452 million (2012: notional principal amount of £2,442 million and a net positive fair value of £1,693 million). Of this amount an aggregate 
notional principal amount of £1,854 million and a net positive fair value of £226 million (2012: notional principal amount of £1,842 million and a 
net positive fair value of £260 million) were designated as fair value hedges to manage the Company’s issuance of subordinated liabilities and 
debt securities in issue. 

A further notional principal amount of £600 million and a net positive fair value of £13 million (2012: notional principal amount of £600 million 
and a net positive fair value of £14 million) of this amount were designated as cash flow hedges.

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 51 to the consolidated financial statements.

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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 2013

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 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

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

–

240

–

–

240

–

–

–

–

272 

–

–

272 

–

–

–

–

1,212

–

–

1,212

–

–

–

–

1,421 

–

–

1,421 

–

–

–

–

–

11,043

67

11,110

–

–

–

–

–

8,123

147

8,270

–

–

–

511

–

–

–

511

535

1,669

2,204

2,231

–

–

–

2,231

545

4,349

4,894

Total
£m

511

1,452

11,043

67

13,073

535

1,669

2,204

2,231

1,693

8,123

147

12,194

545

4,349

4,894

note 53 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. 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

(losses) gains recognised in the income statement

At 31 December

2013
£m

1,421

(209)

1,212

2012
£m

1,172

249

1,421 

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 Bank plc, to manage 
these risks. 

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Credit risk

The majority of the Company’s credit risk arises from amounts due from its wholly owned subsidiary, lloyds 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 2013

Debt securities in issue

Subordinated liabilities

Total financial instrument liabilities

At 31 December 2012

Debt securities in issue

Subordinated liabilities

Total financial instrument liabilities

Up to  

1 month
£m

1-3  

months
£m

3-12  

months
£m

10

–

10

 10

 –

 10

–

2

2

– 

 24

 24

30

128

158

 31

 308

 339

1-5  

years
£m

562

697

1,259

 616

 3,675

 4,291

Over 5  
years
£m

–

1,509

1,509

 –

 1,785

 1,785

Total
£m

602

2,336

2,938

 657

 5,792

 6,449

The principal amount for undated subordinated liabilities with no redemption option is included within the over 5 years column; interest of 
approximately £1 million (2012: £296 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 53 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

2013

2012

Fair  
value 
£m

Carrying  
value 
£m

Carrying  
value 
£m

511

1,452

11,043

67

511

1,452

10,988

67

535

1,669

535

1,959

Fair  
value 
£m

 2,231

1,693

8,318

147

 545

4,711 

 2,231

1,693

8,123

 147

 545

 4,349

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Note 10: Financial instruments (continued)

Valuation hierarchy 
The table below analyses the assets and liabilities of the Company. With the exception of derivatives all assets and liabilities are held at 
amortised cost. They are categorised into levels 1 to 3 based on the degree to which their fair value is observable. 

At 31 December 2013

Cash and cash equivalents

Derivative financial instruments

loans to subsidiaries

Amounts due from subsidiaries

Total financial assets

Debt securities in issue

Subordinated liabilities

Total financial liabilities 

Level 1  

£m

Level 2  

£m

Level 3  

£m

Total  
£m

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

240

11,043

67

11,350

535

1,669

2,204

511

1,212

–

–

1,723

–

–

–

511

1,452

11,043

67

13,073

535

1,669

2,204

Comparatives have not been provided as this disclosure was not required in 2012.

There were no significant movements in level 3 assets carried at fair value in 2013 and 2012.

Sensitivity of level 3 valuations

Valuation  
technique(s)

Significant 
unobservable inputs1

Effect of reasonably possible 
alternative assumptions2

Carrying  
value  
£m

Favourable  
changes 
£m 

Unfavourable 
changes 
£m

Financial assets carried at fair value  
at December 2013

Derivative financial assets

embedded equity conversion feature

Financial assets carried at fair value at 
December 2012

Derivative financial assets

embedded equity conversion feature

lead manager or  
broker quote

equity conversion 
feature spread  
(199 bps/420 bps)

lead manager or 
broker quote

equity conversion 
feature spread

1,212

1,212

1,421

1,421

59

(58)

63

–

1

2

For the year ended 2013 ranges are shown where appropriate and represent the highest and lowest inputs used in the level 3 valuations. For the year ended 2012 ranges are not shown as 
these were not required in 2012.

Where the exposure to an unobservable input is managed on a net basis, only the net impact is shown in the table.

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 5 March 2014.

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.

 
 
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Shareholder information 

Forward looking statements 

Glossary 

Abbreviations 

Index to annual report 

378

380

381

387

388

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Annual general meeting 
The annual general meeting will be held at the edinburgh International Conference Centre, The exchange, edinburgh eH3 8ee on Thursday 
15 May 2014 at 11.00 am. Further details about the meeting, including the proposed resolutions, can be found in our notice of annual general 
meeting which will be available shortly on our website www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

Shareholder enquiries including the Lloyds Banking Group Shareholder Account
For queries about your shareholding or to tell us about changes to your circumstances, please contact equiniti limited using the details shown 
below. equiniti limited maintain shareholder records on our behalf and deal with shareholder enquiries either in writing or by telephone:

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 quoted were correct at February 2014.

Reports and communications
The Group issues regulatory announcements through the Regulatory news Service (RnS); shareholders can subscribe for free via the 
‘Investors & Performance’ section of our website www.lloydsbankinggroup.com where you can also find our statutory reports and shareholder 
communications. A summary of these are listed below:

Report/Communication

Preliminary results

Annual report and accounts, annual review or  
performance summary

Pillar 3 Disclosures

notice of annual general meeting and voting materials

Country-by-country reporting1 

Q1 interim management statement

Interim results

Group Chief executive letter to shareholders

Q3 interim management statement

Month

Feb

Mar 

Mar 

Apr

Jun/Jul 

May

Jul

Mar/Aug

Oct

Online

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

Available format

RNS

✔

Paper

Email

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

1

To be published on the Group’s website by 1 July 2014 in accordance with the Capital Requirements (country-by-country) Regulations 2013.

Digital communications – Shareview by Equiniti Limited 
Shareview, the website provided by equiniti, allows shareholders to sign up to receive email communications and also provides the 
opportunity to self-manage your shareholding online. Shareholders can also access frequently asked questions, useful fact sheets, guidance 
notes, downloadable forms and a secure messaging system. 

See www.shareview.co.uk and help.shareview.co.uk for further details.

Share dealing facilities
We offer a choice of three share dealing services for our uK shareholders and customers. To see the full range of services available for each, 
please use the contact details below:

Service Provider

Bank of Scotland Share Dealing

Halifax Share Dealing

lloyds Bank Direct Investments

note: 

Telephone Dealing

0845 606 1188

08457 22 55 25

0845 60 60 560

Internet Dealing

www.bankofscotlandsharedealing.co.uk

www.halifaxsharedealing.co.uk 

www.lloydsbank.com/shares

All internet services are available 24/7. Telephone dealing 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 any 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.

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Annual general meeting 

The annual general meeting will be held at the edinburgh International Conference Centre, The exchange, edinburgh eH3 8ee on Thursday 

15 May 2014 at 11.00 am. Further details about the meeting, including the proposed resolutions, can be found in our notice of annual general 

meeting which will be available shortly on our website www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

Shareholder enquiries including the Lloyds Banking Group Shareholder Account

For queries about your shareholding or to tell us about changes to your circumstances, please contact equiniti limited using the details shown 

below. equiniti limited maintain shareholder records on our behalf and deal with shareholder enquiries either in writing or by telephone:

equiniti limited

Aspect House

Spencer Road

lancing

West Sussex Bn99 6DA

Overseas +44 (0)121 415 7066

Telephone 0871 384 2990

Textphone 0871 384 2255

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 quoted were correct at February 2014.

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 share dealing 
providers detailed on the previous page.

Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs)
There are a number of options for investing in lloyds Banking Group shares through an ISA. For details of services and products provided 
by the Group please contact: Bank of Scotland Share Dealing, Halifax Share Dealing or lloyds Bank Direct Investments using the contact 
details overleaf. 

American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)
Our 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 30170, College Station, TX 77842-3170. Telephone: 1-866-259-0336 (uS toll free), 
international callers: +1 201-680-6825. Alternatively visit www.adrbnymellon.com or email shrrelations@cpushareownerservices.com

The Group issues regulatory announcements through the Regulatory news Service (RnS); shareholders can subscribe for free via the 

‘Investors & Performance’ section of our website www.lloydsbankinggroup.com where you can also find our statutory reports and shareholder 

Analysis of shareholders

Month

Feb

Jun/Jul 

Mar 

Mar 

Apr

May

Jul

Oct

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

Online

Paper

Email

Available format

RNS

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

At 31 December 2013

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 

2,178,728

438,757

59,765

2,471

509

177

262

55

62

11

9

% 

81.27

16.37

2.23

0.09

0.02

0.01

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

2,680,806

100.00

Millions 

664.0

1,155.4

1,410.4

589.5

1,230.7

1,239.7

5,913.6

3,924.4

12,382.3

7,696.3

35,162.1

71,368.4

% 

0.93

1.62

1.97

0.83

1.72

1.74

8.29

5.50

17.35

10.78

49.27

100.00

Reports and communications

communications. A summary of these are listed below:

Report/Communication

Preliminary results

performance summary

Pillar 3 Disclosures

Annual report and accounts, annual review or  

notice of annual general meeting and voting materials

Country-by-country reporting1 

Q1 interim management statement

Interim results

Q3 interim management statement

Share sale fraud and scams
Shareholders should exercise caution when unsolicited callers offer the chance to buy or sell shares with promises of huge returns. If it sounds 
too good to be true, it usually is. Please take steps to protect yourself. We strongly recommend that you seek advice from an independent 
financial adviser authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). If you are uncertain you can check if they are authorised via the Financial 
Services Register which is available at www.fca.org.uk. 

If you are concerned that you may have been targeted by such a scheme, please contact the FCA Consumer Helpline on 0800 111 6768 or 
use the online ‘Share Fraud Reporting Form’ available from their website (see above). We would also recommend that you contact the Police 
through Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or see www.actionfraud.org.uk for further information.

Group Chief executive letter to shareholders

Mar/Aug

1

To be published on the Group’s website by 1 July 2014 in accordance with the Capital Requirements (country-by-country) Regulations 2013.

Digital communications – Shareview by Equiniti Limited 

Shareview, the website provided by equiniti, allows shareholders to sign up to receive email communications and also provides the 

opportunity to self-manage your shareholding online. Shareholders can also access frequently asked questions, useful fact sheets, guidance 

notes, downloadable forms and a secure messaging system. 

See www.shareview.co.uk and help.shareview.co.uk for further details.

We offer a choice of three share dealing services for our uK shareholders and customers. To see the full range of services available for each, 

Share dealing facilities

please use the contact details below:

Service Provider

Bank of Scotland Share Dealing

Halifax Share Dealing

lloyds Bank Direct Investments

note: 

Telephone Dealing

0845 606 1188

08457 22 55 25

0845 60 60 560

Internet Dealing

www.bankofscotlandsharedealing.co.uk

www.halifaxsharedealing.co.uk 

www.lloydsbank.com/shares

All internet services are available 24/7. Telephone dealing 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 any 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.

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FORWARD lOOKInG STATeMenTS

This annual report contains certain forward looking statements with respect to the business, strategy and plans of the 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 the 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 Group’s Simplification Programme; changing demographic developments including mortality 
and changing customer behaviour including consumer spending, saving and borrowing habits; changes in customer preferences; 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, together with examples of forward looking statements. 

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.

 
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GlOSSARY

Arrears

Asset-Backed commercial 
paper

Asset-Backed Securities (ABS)

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 and 
the entire outstanding balance is delinquent.

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 54. 

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, through CRD IV, from 1 January 2014 onward.

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.

Central Counterparty (CCP)

An institution mediating between the buyer and the seller in a financial transaction, such as a derivative 
contract or repurchase agreement (repo). Where a CCP is used, a single bilateral contract between 
the buyer and the seller is replaced with two contracts, one between the buyer and the CCP and one 
between the CCP seller.

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. 

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. 

Commercial Paper

Commercial Real Estate

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. 

Common equity tier 1 capital 
(CET1)

The highest quality form of regulatory capital under CRD IV that comprises common shares issued and 
related share premium, retained earnings and other reserves excluding the cash flow hedging reserve, 
less specified regulatory adjustments.

Conduits

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 maturities

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.

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Core tier 1 capital 

Core tier 1 ratio 

Cost:Income ratio

Counterparty credit risk

As defined by the PRA 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 178.

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 ‘underlying basis’ which is the basis on which financial information is reported internally 
to management.

Counterparty credit risk is the risk that the counterparty to a transaction could default before the final 
settlement of the transaction’s cash flows. Such transactions relate to contracts for financial instruments 
and may include derivative contracts and repo contracts.

Coverage ratio

Impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans.

Covered mortgage bonds

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.

CRD IV

Credit default swap

Credit derivatives 

On 27 June 2013, the european Commission published, through the official journal of the european union, 
its legislation for a Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) and Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), which 
form the CRD IV package. Amendments were subsequently made to the Regulation trough the corrigenda 
published on 30 november 2013. The package implements the Basel III proposals in addition to the 
inclusion of new proposals on sanctions for non-compliance with prudential rules, corporate governance 
and remuneration. The rules are set to be implemented from 1 January 2014 onwards, with certain sections 
set to be phased in.

A credit default swap is a type of 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. The entity selling 
protection 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 that parties with whom the Group has contracted fail to meet their 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 53.

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 44.

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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 PRA rules. 
In broad terms it is calculated by multiplying the Default Frequency by the Loss Given Default by the 
Exposure at Default. 

Equity risk

The financial risk involved in holding equity in a particular investment.

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 

Financial Services 
Compensation Scheme (FSCS)

First/Second lien

Forbearance

Full time equivalent 

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. 

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. 

Forbearance takes place when a concession is made on the contractual terms of a loan in response to an 
obligor’s financial difficulties.

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.

Funding risk

The risk that the Group does not have sufficiently stable and diverse sources of funding or the funding 
structure is inefficient.

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.

Interest rate risk

Interest rate risk in arises from the different repricing characteristics of the Group’s non-trading assets, 
liabilities and off-balance sheet positions of the Group. Interest rate risk arises predominantly from the 
mismatch between interest rate sensitive assets and liabilities, but also to the investment term of capital 
and reserves, and the need to minimise income volatility.

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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.

Internal Ratings-Based 
approach (‘IRB’)

Investment grade

ISDA (International Swaps 
and Derivatives Association) 
master agreement

A methodology of estimating the credit risk within a portfolio by utilising internal risk parameters to 
calculate credit risk regulatory capital requirements. There are two approaches to IRB: Foundation IRB 
and Advanced IRB.

This refers to the highest range of credit ratings, from ‘AAA’ to ‘BBB’ as measured by external credit 
rating agencies.

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

Leverage ratio

Liquidity and Credit 
enhancements

Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR)

Liquidity risk

Loan to deposit ratio 

Loan-to-value ratio (LTV)

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.

Tier 1 capital divided by the exposure measure.  Basel III reforms introduced a leverage ratio framework 
designed to reinforce risk based capital requirements with a simple, transparent, non-risk based 
‘backstop’ measure.

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 the stock of high quality liquid assets to expected net cash outflows over the following 
30 days. High quality liquid assets should be unencumbered, liquid in markets during a time of stress and 
ideally, be central bank eligible.

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 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

Master netting agreement

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 bond prices, foreign exchange rates, equity, property 
and commodity prices and other instruments) lead to reductions in earnings and/or value.

An agreement between two counterparties that have multiple derivative contracts with each other that 
provides for the net settlement of all contracts through a single payment, in a single currency, in the event 
of default on, or termination of, any one contract.

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 35.

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

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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 Stable Funding Ratio 
(NSFR)

The ratio of available stable funding to required stable funding over a one year time horizon, assuming a 
stressed scenario. The ratio is required to be over 100% with effect from 2018. Available stable funding 
would include such items as equity capital, preferred stock with a maturity of over 1 year, or liabilities with 
a maturity of over 1 year.

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 66.

The risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems or from 
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.

Regulatory capital

Renegotiated loans

The amount of capital that the Group holds, determined in accordance with rules established by the PRA 
for the consolidated Group and by local regulators for individual Group companies.

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. 

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 PRA.

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 by type with the amounts secured and associated 
funding raised is given in note 21. 

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Sovereign exposures

Specialist mortgages

Standardised Approach

Stress testing

Structured entities (SEs)

Sub-investment grade

Subordinated liabilities

Sub-prime

Tier 1 capital 

exposures to central governments and central government departments, central banks and entities 
owned or guaranteed by the aforementioned. 

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.

Stress and scenario testing is the term used to describe techniques where plausible events are considered 
as vulnerabilities to ascertain how this will impact the capital resources which are required to be held.

Ses are entities that have been designed so that voting or similar rights are not the dominant factor in 
determining who controls the entity, such as when voting rights relate to administrative tasks only and the 
relevant activities are directed by means of contractual arrangements. Ses often have specific restrictions 
around their ongoing activities and are created to accomplish a narrow and well-defined objective.

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 44.

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 PRA. 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 178.

Tier 1 capital ratio 

Tier 1 capital as a percentage of risk-weighted assets.

Tier 2 capital 

Trading book

Uncovered ABS

Value-at-Risk

Write downs

A component of regulatory capital defined by the PRA, 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 178.

Positions in financial instruments and commodities held for trading purposes or to hedge other elements 
of the trading book.

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 54.

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. 
It is measured to specified level of confidence, often 95 per cent or 99 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.

LIBOR 

london Inter-Bank Offered Rate

KPIs

LCR

LDC

LMI

LP&I

LTIP 

LTV

MIF

NPS

NSFR

OEICs

OFT

PEI

PFI

PPI

PPP

PRA

RDR

SAYE 

SEC

SMEs

SWIP

TSR

UK 

UKFI

US

VaR

Key Performance Indicators

liquidity Coverage Ratio

lloyds Development Capital

line Manager Index

life, Pensions and Investments

long-Term Incentive Plan

loan-to-value

Multilateral Interchange Fee

net Promoter Score

net Stable Funding Ratio

Open ended Investment Companies

Office of Fair Trading

Performance excellence Index

Private Finance Initiative

Payment Protection Insurance

Public Private Partnership

Prudential Regulation Authority

Retail Distribution Review

Save-As-You-earn 

Securities and exchange Commission

Small and Medium-sized enterprises

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

PVNBP

Present Value of new Business Premiums

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ABBReVIATIOnS

ABS 

ADRs

BoE

BSU

CDO

CDS

CET1

CLO

CMIG

CRA

Asset-Backed Securities

American Depositary Receipts

Bank of england

Business Support unit

Collateralised Debt Obligation

Credit Default Swap

Common equity Tier 1

Collateralised loan Obligation

Clerical Medical Investment Group limited

Credit Reference Agency

CRD IV

Capital Requirements Directive IV

CVA

DVA

EC

Credit Valuation Adjustment

Debit Valuation Adjustment

european Commission

ECNs

enhanced Capital notes

EEI

EEV

EFG

EP

EPS

ERM

EU

FCA

FLS

FRC

FSA

employee engagement Index

european embedded Value

enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme

economic Profit

earnings Per Share

enterprise Risk Management

european union

Financial Conduct Authority

Funding for lending Scheme

Financial Reporting Council

Financial Services Authority

FSCS

Financial Services Compensation Scheme

HMRC

Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs

IAS

IASB

ICG

IFRIC 

IFRS

IPO

ISA

International Accounting Standard

International Accounting Standards Board

Individual Capital Guidance

International Financial Reporting  
Interpretations Committee

International Financial Reporting Standards

Initial Public Offering

Individual Savings Account

KPIs

LCR

LDC

Key Performance Indicators

liquidity Coverage Ratio

lloyds Development Capital

LIBOR 

london Inter-Bank Offered Rate

LMI

LP&I

LTIP 

LTV

MIF

NPS

NSFR

OEICs

OFT

PEI

PFI

PPI

PPP

PRA

line Manager Index

life, Pensions and Investments

long-Term Incentive Plan

loan-to-value

Multilateral Interchange Fee

net Promoter Score

net Stable Funding Ratio

Open ended Investment Companies

Office of Fair Trading

Performance excellence Index

Private Finance Initiative

Payment Protection Insurance

Public Private Partnership

Prudential Regulation Authority

PVNBP

Present Value of new Business Premiums

RDR

SAYE 

SEC

SMEs

SWIP

TSR

UK 

UKFI

US

VaR

Retail Distribution Review

Save-As-You-earn 

Securities and exchange Commission

Small and Medium-sized enterprises

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

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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 

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 

Contingent liabilities and commitments 

Debt securities in issue 

Consolidated 

Parent company 

Valuation 

Delivering our Action Plan 

Deposits

Customer deposits 

Deposits from banks 

Valuation 

213

224

365

365

376

198

239

215, 219

255

317

206, 207

366

18

180

211

350

368

8

307

262

372

321

20

261

261

321

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 

Enhanced Disclosure Task Force 

Disclosures arising from recommendations 

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 

216

246

317

85

70

74

113, 117

122

102

106

77

9, 15, 293

25, 58

27, 62

24, 56

26, 60

244

35

34

391

313, 375

310, 374

312

42, 178, 349

42, 133, 329, 375

328, 374

193, 349

327, 374

171, 347, 375

42, 164, 327

68

380

381

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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 

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 

212

74

214

256

88

123

80

12

72

215

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

245, 262

Valuation 

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 

317

217

224

240

204

379

378

221

187

191

188

226

187

262

270

269

191

270

257

66

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 

Directors’ pensions 

102, 111, 113

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

Principal subsidiaries 

Presentation of information 

Provisions

Accounting policy 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

271

372

52

224

281

237

235

214

259

219

256

24

6

249

250

321

17

16

16

234

233

234

238

236

66

53

66

220

225

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Related party transactions 

303, 372

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 

208

367

284

371

321

45

219

260

221

225

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

242, 279

Value at Risk (VaR) 

Value of in-force business

Accounting policy 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

Volatility

Insurance 

Policyholder interests 

166

222

257

66

67

Relationships and responsibilities 

Colleagues 

Communities 

Customers 

environment 

Other stakeholders 

Risk management framework

Capital risk 

Conduct risk 

Credit risk 

exposures to eurozone countries 

Financial reporting risk 

Funding and liquidity risk 

Governance risk 

Insurance risk 

Market risk 

Operational risk 

People risk 

Principal risks and uncertainties 

Regulatory risk 

Risk governance 

Risk management 

Risk overview 

Risk-weighted assets 

Securitisations and covered bonds 

Segmental reporting

Central items 

Commercial Banking 

Group Operations 

Insurance 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

Retail 

underlying basis segmental analysis 

Wealth, Asset Finance and International 

Share-based payments

Accounting policy 

notes to the consolidated financial statements 

28

34

36

30

39

38

178

163

133

160

195

171

196

193

164

169

194

42

192

129

123

40

182

251

65

58

64

62

227

56

52

60

221

293

Share capital and premium accounts 

Shareholder information 

289, 291

378

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Disclosures arising from Enhanced Disclosure Task Force (EDTF) recommendations
The 32 recommendations listed below are made in the report ‘enhancing the Risk Disclosures of Banks’ issued by the enhanced Disclosure 
Task Force of the Financial Stability Board on 29 October 2012.

The Group’s Pillar 3 disclosures can be found at www.lloydsbankinggroup.com

EDTF Recommendations (summarised)

General Commentary

1 Present all related risk information together or provide an index or an aid to navigation.
2 Define the bank’s risk terminology and risk measures and present key parameter values used.
3 Describe and discuss top and emerging risks.
4 Outline plans to meet each new key regulatory ratio. 

Risk Governance and risk management strategies/business model

Page

123
124-196
42-43, 126
172, 179, 185-186

5 Summarise prominently the bank’s risk management organisation, processes and key functions.
6 Describe risk culture and how procedures and strategies are applied to support the culture.
7 Describe the key risks that arise from the bank’s business models and activities, the bank’s risk appetite in the context 

129-132
124
125, 133-196

of its business models and how the bank manages such risks. 

8 Describe the use of stress testing within the bank’s risk governance and capital frameworks. 

127-128

Capital adequacy and risk-weighted assets

9 Pillar 1 capital requirements and the application of counter-cyclical and capital conservation buffers or the minimum 

178-179

internal ratio established by management.

10 Main components of capital and a reconciliation of the accounting balance sheet to the regulatory balance sheet.
11 Flow statement of movements since the prior reporting date in regulatory capital, including changes in common 

180, Pillar 3
181

equity tier 1, tier 1 and tier 2 capital. 

12 Discuss capital planning, including a description of management’s view of the required or targeted level of capital and 

178-179

how this will be established.

13 explain how risk-weighted assets (RWAs) relate to business activities and related risks.

14 Present a table showing the capital requirements for each method used for calculating RWAs for each Basel asset class.
15 Tabulate credit risk for Basel asset classes. 
16 Present a flow statement that reconciles movements in RWAs for the period for each RWA risk type. 
17 Provide narrative putting Basel Pillar 3 back-testing requirements into context.

Liquidity

18 Describe how the bank manages its potential liquidity needs.

Funding

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Pillar 3
Pillar 3
182
Pillar 3

171-173, 176-177

19 encumbered assets.
20 Tabulate consolidated total assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet commitments by remaining contractual maturity at 

176
175, 347-349

the balance sheet date. 

21 Discuss the bank’s funding strategy, including key sources and any funding concentrations.

173-176

Market risk

22 Describe linkages between line items in the balance sheet with positions included in the traded and non-traded 

164

market risk disclosures. 

23 Provide breakdowns of significant trading and non trading market risk factors.
24 Describe significant market risk measurement model limitations, assumptions and validation procedures.
25 Describe the primary risk management techniques employed to measure and assess the risk of loss beyond reported 

164-165
165-167, Pillar 3
165-167, Pillar 3

risk measures and parameters, such as VaR, earnings or economic value scenario results. 
Credit risk

26 Describe the bank’s credit risk profile, including any significant credit risk concentrations. Detailing aggregate credit 
risk exposures that reconciles to the balance sheet, including detailed tables for both retail and corporate portfolios.

27 Describe the policies for identifying impaired or non-performing loans, defining impaired or non-performing, 
restructured and returned-to-performing (cured) loans as well as explanations of loan forbearance policies.
28 A reconciliation of the opening and closing balances of non-performing or impaired loans in the period and the 

allowance for loan losses.

29 Provide analysis of the bank’s counterparty credit risk that arises from its derivatives transactions.
30 Discuss credit risk mitigation, including collateral held for all sources of credit risk. 

Other

31 Describe ‘other risk’ types and discuss how each one is identified, governed, measured and managed. 

32 Discuss publicly known risk events related to other risks. 

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340-346
140

143, 336
134-136, 336-339

163, 169-170, 
192-196
163, 169-170, 
192-196

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