FORM 6-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Report of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For August 16, 2018
Commission File Number: 333-211791
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC
5th
Floor
25 Gresham Street
London
EC2V 7HN
United Kingdom
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(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F __X__ Form 40-F _____
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
In connection with the issuance by Lloyds Banking Group plc of $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.050% Senior Notes due 2023 and $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.550% Senior Notes due 2028, Lloyds Banking Group plc is filing the following documents solely for incorporation into the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-211791):
Exhibit List
| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 4.1 | Seventh Supplemental Indenture to the Senior Debt Securities Indenture between Lloyds Banking Group plc and The Bank of New York Mellon acting through its London Branch, dated as of August 16, 2018 |
| 5.1 | Opinion of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP |
| 5.2 | Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC (Registrant)
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| Dated: | August 16, 2018 | By: | /s/ Peter Green | ||
| Name: | Peter Green | ||||
| Title: | Authorised Signatory | ||||
Exhibit 4.1
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LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC
as Issuer,
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
acting through its London Branch
as Trustee
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SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
dated as of August 16, 2018
to
THE SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES INDENTURE
dated as of July 6, 2010
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SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (“Seventh Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of August 16, 2018, between LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC, a corporation incorporated in Scotland with registered number 95000, as issuer (the “Company”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, acting through its London Branch, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have executed and delivered a Senior Debt Securities Indenture dated as of July 6, 2010 (the “Senior Indenture,” and together with this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”) to provide for the issuance of the Company’s Senior Debt Securities, including the Securities (as defined below).
WHEREAS, Section 9.01(d) of the Senior Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to add to, change or eliminate any provisions of the Senior Indenture without the consent of Holders as permitted under Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Senior Indenture, subject to certain conditions;
WHEREAS, Section 9.01(f) of the Senior Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into a supplemental indenture to establish the forms or terms of Senior Debt Securities of any series as permitted under Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Senior Indenture without the consent of Holders;
WHEREAS, there are no debt securities Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture which are entitled to the benefit of the provisions set forth herein or would be adversely affected by such provisions;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has authorized the entry into this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, as required by Section 9.01 of the Senior Indenture;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to establish, as further series of Senior Debt Securities under the Base Indenture, $1,750,000,000 4.050% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Senior Notes”) and $1,250,000,000 4.550% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Senior Notes” and, together with the 2023 Senior Notes, the “Securities”) pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 3.01 of the Senior Indenture. The Securities may be issued from time to time and any Securities issued as part of any series will constitute a single series of Securities under the Indenture and shall be included in the definition of “Securities” where the context requires;
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and whereas all actions required by it to be taken in order to make this Seventh Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and enforceable instrument in accordance with its terms, have been taken and performed, and the execution and delivery of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects; and
WHEREAS, where indicated, this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall amend and supplement the Senior Indenture; to the extent that the terms of the Senior Indenture
are inconsistent with such provisions of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the terms of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall govern.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree as follows:
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DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definition of Terms. For all purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture:
(a) a term defined anywhere in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture has the same meaning throughout;
(b) capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Senior Indenture;
(c) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(d) headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect interpretation; and
(e) for the purposes of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Senior Indenture, the term “series” shall mean a series of Securities.
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FORM OF SECURITIES
Section 2.01. Terms of the 2023 Senior Notes.
(a) The title of the 2023 Senior Notes shall be the “4.050% Senior Notes due 2023”;
(b) The aggregate principal amount of the 2023 Senior Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall not exceed $1,750,000,000, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture;
(c) Principal on the 2023 Senior Notes shall be payable on August 16, 2023;
(d) The 2023 Senior Notes shall be issued in global registered form on August 16, 2018 (the “Issue Date”) and shall bear interest from August 16, 2018 payable semi-annually in arrears on February 16 and August 16 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing February 16, 2019. The 2023 Senior Notes shall bear an annual interest rate of 4.050%;
Interest on the 2023 Senior Notes will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year divided into twelve months of 30 days each and, in the case of an incomplete month, the
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actual number of days elapsed in such period. The Regular Record Dates for the 2023 Senior Notes will be 15 calendar days immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date, whether or not a Business Day;
(e) No premium, upon redemption or otherwise, shall be payable by the Company on the 2023 Senior Notes;
(f) Principal of and any interest on the 2023 Senior Notes shall be paid to the Holder through The Bank of New York Mellon, acting through its London Branch, as paying agent of the Company;
(g) The 2023 Senior Notes may be redeemable pursuant to Section 11.08 of the Senior Indenture. In connection with any redemption of the 2023 Senior Notes pursuant to Section 11.08 of the Senior Indenture, the date referenced therein shall be August 16, 2018;
(h) The Company shall have no obligation to redeem or purchase the 2023 Senior Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision;
(i) The 2023 Senior Notes shall be issued only in denominations of $200,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof;
(j) The principal amount of the 2023 Senior Notes shall be payable upon August 16, 2023 or the declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Senior Indenture, as amended by this Seventh Supplemental Indenture;
(k) The 2023 Senior Notes shall not be converted into or exchanged at the option of the Company or otherwise for stock or other securities of the Company;
(l) The 2023 Senior Notes shall be denominated in, and payments thereon shall be made in, U.S. Dollars;
(m) The payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the 2023 Senior Notes shall be payable only in the coin or currency in which the 2023 Senior Notes are denominated;
(n) The 2023 Senior Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more global securities in registered form, without coupons attached, and the initial Holder with respect to each such global security shall be Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company;
(o) The 2023 Senior Notes shall not be initially issued in definitive form;
(p) There is no Calculation Agent for the 2023 Senior Notes;
(q) The Events of Default on the 2023 Senior Notes are as provided for in the Senior Indenture, as amended by this Seventh Supplemental Indenture;
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(r) The form of the 2023 Senior Notes to be issued on the date hereof shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto;
(s) The Company may issue additional 2023 Senior Notes (“Additional 2023 Senior Notes”) after the date hereof having the same ranking and same interest rate, maturity date, redemption terms and other terms as the 2023 Senior Notes except for the price to the public, issue date and first interest payment date, provided that such Additional 2023 Senior Notes must be fungible with the outstanding Securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Any such Additional 2023 Senior Notes, together with the 2023 Senior Notes will constitute a single series of securities under the Indenture;
(t) Additional Amounts in respect of the 2023 Senior Notes shall be payable as set forth in the Senior Indenture.
Section 2.02. Terms of the 2028 Senior Notes.
(a) The title of the 2028 Senior Notes shall be the “4.550% Senior Notes due 2028”;
(b) The aggregate principal amount of the 2028 Senior Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall not exceed $1,250,000,000, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture;
(c) Principal on the 2028 Senior Notes shall be payable on August 16, 2028;
(d) The 2028 Senior Notes shall be issued in global registered form on the Issue Date and shall bear interest from August 16, 2018 payable semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, commencing February 16, 2019. The 2028 Senior Notes shall bear an annual interest rate of 4.550%;
Interest on the 2028 Senior Notes will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year divided into twelve months of 30 days each and, in the case of an incomplete month, the actual number of days elapsed in such period. The Regular Record Dates for the 2028 Senior Notes will be 15 calendar days immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date, whether or not a Business Day;
(e) No premium, upon redemption or otherwise, shall be payable by the Company on the 2028 Senior Notes;
(f) Principal of and any interest on the 2028 Senior Notes shall be paid to the Holder through The Bank of New York Mellon, acting through its London Branch, as paying agent of the Company;
(g) The 2028 Senior Notes may be redeemable pursuant to Section 11.08 of the Senior Indenture. In connection with any redemption of the 2028 Senior Notes pursuant to Section 11.08 of the Senior Indenture, the date referenced therein shall be August 16, 2018;
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(h) The Company shall have no obligation to redeem or purchase the 2028 Senior Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision;
(i) The 2028 Senior Notes shall be issued only in denominations of $200,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof;
(j) The principal amount of the 2028 Senior Notes shall be payable on August 16, 2028 or the declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Senior Indenture, as amended by this Seventh Supplemental Indenture;
(k) The 2028 Senior Notes shall not be converted into or exchanged at the option of the Company or otherwise for stock or other securities of the Company;
(l) The 2028 Senior Notes shall be denominated in, and payments thereon shall be made in, U.S. Dollars;
(m) The payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the 2028 Senior Notes shall be payable only in the coin or currency in which the 2028 Senior Notes are denominated;
(n) The 2028 Senior Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more global securities in registered form, without coupons attached, and the initial Holder with respect to each such global security shall be Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company;
(o) The 2028 Senior Notes shall not be initially issued in definitive form;
(p) There is no Calculation Agent for the 2028 Senior Notes;
(q) The Events of Default on the 2028 Senior Notes are as provided for in the Senior Indenture, as amended by this Seventh Supplemental Indenture;
(r) The form of the 2028 Senior Notes to be issued on the date hereof shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto;
(s) The Company may issue additional 2028 Senior Notes (“Additional 2028 Senior Notes”) after the date hereof having the same ranking and same interest rate, maturity date, redemption terms and other terms as the 2028 Senior Notes except for the price to the public, issue date and first interest payment date, provided that such Additional 2028 Senior Notes must be fungible with the outstanding Securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Any such Additional 2028 Senior Notes, together with the 2028 Senior Notes will constitute a single series of securities under the Indenture;
(t) Additional Amounts in respect of the 2028 Senior Notes shall be payable as set forth in the Senior Indenture.
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ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLICABLE TO THE SECURITIES
Section 3.01. Addition of Definitions. With respect to the Securities only, Section 1.01 of the Senior Indenture is amended to include the following definitions (which shall be deemed to arise in Section 1.01 in their proper alphabetical order):
“Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.03.
“Group” means Lloyds Banking Group plc together with its subsidiaries and associated undertakings.
“Loss Absorption Disqualification Event” shall be deemed to have occurred if, as a result of any amendment to, or change in, the Loss Absorption Regulations, or any change in the application or official interpretation of the Loss Absorption Regulations, in any such case becoming effective on or after the Issue Date of the first tranche of the Securities of the relevant series, such Securities are or (in the opinion of the Company or the opinions of the Relevant Regulator and/or the United Kingdom resolution authority) are likely to be fully or partially excluded from the Company’s or the Group’s minimum requirements for (A) own funds and eligible liabilities and/or (B) loss absorbing capacity instruments, in each case as such minimum requirements are applicable to the Company and/or the Group and determined in accordance with, and pursuant to, the relevant Loss Absorption Regulations; provided that a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event shall not occur where the exclusion of the Securities from the relevant minimum requirement(s) is due to the remaining maturity of the Securities being less than any period prescribed by any applicable eligibility criteria for such minimum requirements under the relevant Loss Absorption Regulations effective with respect to the Company and/or the Group on the issue date of the first tranche of the Securities of the relevant series.
“Loss Absorption Regulations” means, at any time, the laws, regulations, requirements, guidelines, rules, standards and policies relating to minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities and/or loss absorbing capacity instruments of the United Kingdom, the Relevant Regulator, the United Kingdom resolution authority, the Financial Stability Board and/or of the European Parliament or of the Council of the European Union then in effect in the United Kingdom including, without limitation to the generality of the foregoing, any delegated or implementing acts (such as regulatory technical standards) adopted by the European Commission and any regulations, requirements, guidelines, rules, standards and policies relating to minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities and/or loss absorbing capacity instruments adopted by the Relevant Regulator and/or the United Kingdom resolution authority
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from time to time (whether or not such regulations, requirements, guidelines, rules, standards or policies are applied generally or specifically to the Company or to the Group).
“Relevant Regulator” means the Prudential Regulation Authority, the Bank of England or such other governmental authority in the United Kingdom (or if the Company becomes domiciled in a jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom, in such other jurisdiction) having primary supervisory authority with respect to the Company and/or the Group with respect to prudential and/or resolution matters, as the case may be.
“relevant U.K. resolution authority” means any authority with the ability to exercise a U.K. bail-in power.
“U.K. bail-in power” means any write-down, conversion, transfer, modification or suspension power existing from time to time under any laws, regulations, rules or requirements relating to the resolution of banks, banking group companies, credit institutions and/or investment firms incorporated in the United Kingdom in effect and applicable in the United Kingdom to Lloyds Banking Group plc or its affiliates, including but not limited to any such laws, regulations, rules or requirements which are implemented, adopted or enacted within the context of a European Union directive or regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms and/or within the context of a U.K. resolution regime under the U.K. Banking Act 2009 as the same has been or may be amended from time to time (whether pursuant to the U.K. Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (the “Banking Reform Act 2013”), secondary legislation or otherwise), pursuant to which any obligations of a bank, banking group company, credit institution or investment firm or any of its affiliates can be reduced, cancelled, modified, transferred and/or converted into shares or other securities or obligations of the obligor or any other person (or suspended for a temporary period) or pursuant to which any right in a contract governing such obligations may be deemed to have been exercised. A reference to the “relevant U.K. resolution authority” is to any authority with the ability to exercise a U.K. bail-in power.
Section 3.02. Deletion of Definitions. With respect to the Securities only, the following definitions shall be deleted in their entirety in Section 1.01 of the Senior Indenture:
“Default Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
Section 3.03. Payment; Interest Rights Preserved. With respect to the Securities only, Section 3.07 is amended and restated in its entirety and shall read as follows:
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Section 3.07. Payment; Interest Rights Preserved. Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Senior Debt Securities, interest, if any, on any Senior Debt Securities which is payable, and is paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder (including if held through a Paying Agent of the Company designated pursuant to Section 3.01 outside the United Kingdom for collection by the Holder) at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
In the case of Senior Debt Securities where payment is to be made in Dollars, payment at any Paying Agent’s office outside The City of New York will be made in Dollars by check drawn on, or, at the request of the Holder, by transfer to a Dollar account maintained by the payee with, a bank in The City of New York.
In the case of Senior Debt Securities where payment is to be made in a Foreign Currency, payment will be made as established pursuant to Section 3.01.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Senior Debt Security delivered under this Senior Debt Securities Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Senior Debt Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Senior Debt Security.
Section 3.04. Events of Default. With respect to the Securities only, Section 5.01 of the Senior Indenture is amended and restated in its entirety and shall read as follows:
Section 5.01. Events of Default. “Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Senior Debt Securities of a particular series, means the making of an order by a court of competent jurisdiction which is not successfully appealed within 30 days of the making of such order, or valid adoption by the shareholders of the Company of an effective resolution, for the winding-up of the Company (other than under or in connection with a scheme of amalgamation or reconstruction not involving bankruptcy or insolvency). The exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority shall not constitute a default or an Event of Default under this Section 5.01 or a Default under Section 5.03.
Section 3.05. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. With respect to the Securities only, Section 5.02 of the Senior Indenture is amended by adding the following at the end of the section:
If the Senior Debt Securities become due and payable (whether pursuant to this Section 5.02 or Article 11 below) and the Company fails to pay such amounts (or any damages awarded for breach of any obligations in respect of the Senior Debt Securities or this Senior Debt Securities Indenture) forthwith upon demand, notwithstanding the continuing right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal of and interest on Senior Debt Securities, or to institute suit for the
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enforcement of any such payment, each in accordance with Section 316(b) (Directions and Waivers by Bondholders; Prohibition of Impairment of Holders’ Right to Repayment) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute proceedings for the winding up of the Company, and/or prove in a winding up of the Company for all such due and payable amounts (including any damages awarded for breach of any obligations in respect of the Senior Debt Securities or this Senior Debt Securities Indenture) but no other remedy shall be available to the Trustee or the Holders.
Section 3.06. Defaults; Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. With respect to the Securities only, Section 5.03 of the Senior Indenture is amended and restated in its entirety and shall read as follows:
Section 5.03. Defaults; Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. “Default” wherever used herein with respect to Senior Debt Securities of a particular series, means any one of the following events (subject as provided below, whatever the reason for such Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) the Company fails to pay any installment of interest on any Senior Debt Security of such series on or before its Interest Payment Date and such failure continues for 14 days; or
(b) the Company fails to pay all or any part of the principal of any Senior Debt Security of such series on any date on which such principal shall otherwise have become due and payable, whether upon redemption or otherwise, and such failure continues for seven days.
If a Default occurs, the Trustee may commence a proceeding for the winding-up of the Company and/or prove in a winding-up of the Company, provided that the Trustee may not (except in such winding-up, in accordance with Section 5.01) declare the principal amount of, or any other amount in respect of, any Outstanding Senior Debt Security to be due and payable.
Subject to applicable law, including the Trust Indenture Act, no Holder may exercise or claim any right of set-off, counterclaim, combination of accounts, compensation or retention in respect of any amount owed to it by the Company arising under or in connection with the Senior Debt Securities. The Holders of Senior Debt Securities by their acceptance thereof will be deemed to have waived any right of set-off, counterclaim, combination of accounts, compensation and retention with respect to the Senior Debt Securities or this Senior Debt Securities Indenture (or between the obligations under or in respect of any Senior Debt Securities and any liability owed by a Holder to the Company) that they might otherwise have against the Company, whether before or during a winding-up or
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liquidation of the Company. Notwithstanding the above, if any of such rights and claims of any such Holder against the Company are discharged by set-off, such Holder will immediately pay an amount equal to the amount of such discharge to the Company or, in the event of the winding up of the Company, the liquidator or administrator (or other relevant insolvency official), as the case may be, and until such time as payment is made will hold a sum equal to such amount in trust for the Company or the liquidator or administrator (or other relevant insolvency official), as the case may be, and accordingly such discharge shall be deemed not to have taken place.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, failure to make any payment in respect of a series of Senior Debt Securities shall not be a Default in respect of such Senior Debt Securities if such payment is withheld or refused and the Company delivers an Opinion of Counsel concluding that such sums were not paid in order to comply with any fiscal or other law or regulation or with the order of any court of competent jurisdiction, provided, however, that the Trustee may by notice to the Company require the Company to take such action (including but not limited to proceedings for a declaration by a court of competent jurisdiction) as the Trustee may be advised in an Opinion of Counsel, upon which opinion the Trustee may conclusively rely, is appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances to resolve such doubt, in which case the Company shall forthwith take and expeditiously proceed with such action and shall be bound by any final resolution of the doubt resulting therefrom. If any such action results in a determination that the relevant payment can be made without violating any applicable law, regulation or order then the provisions of the preceding sentence shall cease to have effect and the payment shall become due and payable on the expiration of 14 days (in the case of payments under Section 5.03(a) above) or seven days (in the case of payments under Section 5.03(b) above) after the Trustee gives written notice to the Company informing it of such resolution.
Except as otherwise provided in this Article 5, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Senior Debt Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Senior Debt Securities Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Senior Debt Securities Indenture or by law, provided, however, that the Company shall not, as a result of the bringing of such judicial proceedings, be required to pay any amount representing or measured by reference to the principal of, or any interest on, the Senior Debt Securities prior to any date on which the principal of, or any interest on, the Senior Debt Securities would have otherwise been payable by the Company.
No recourse for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Senior Debt Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof and no recourse under or upon any obligation,
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covenant or agreement of the Company in this Senior Debt Securities Indenture, or in any Senior Debt Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation of the Company, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that to the extent lawful all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Senior Debt Securities Indenture and the issue of the Senior Debt Securities.
No remedy against the Company other than as referred to in this Article 5 shall be available to the Trustee or the Holders, whether for the recovery of amounts owing in respect of the Senior Debt Securities or under this Senior Debt Securities Indenture or in respect of any breach by the Company of any of its other obligations under or in respect of the Senior Debt Securities or under this Senior Debt Securities Indenture, except that the Trustee and the Holders shall have such rights and powers as they are required to have under the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 3.07. With respect to the Securities only, (a) Sections 5.07(a), 5.07(b), 5.11, 5.13, 6.02, 6.03(i), 8.01(b), 8.03(c) and 10.03(b) shall be amended to add the words “or Default” after each appearance of the words “Event of Default” and (b) Section 11.08 shall be amended to replace in the first paragraph the word “Unless” with the words “Subject to Section 11.1 and unless”.
Section 3.08. Deletion of Satisfaction and Discharge Provisions. With respect to the Securities only, Article 4 of the Senior Indenture is deleted in its entirety.
Section 3.09. Compensation and Reimbursement. With respect to the Securities only, Section 6.07 of the Senior Indenture is amended in part to add the following sentence at the end of the section:
The Trustee’s right to reimbursement and indemnity under this Section 6.07 shall survive the payment in full of the Senior Debt Securities, the discharge of this Senior Debt Securities Indenture, the resignation or removal of the Trustee and (without prejudice to Section 4.08 of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture if and to the extent applicable as set out therein) any exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with respect to the obligations owed or owing to Holders pursuant to or in connection with the Senior Debt Securities.
Section 3.10. Agreement with Respect to Exercise of U.K. Bail-In Power. The following provisions relate solely to the Securities established pursuant to this Seventh Supplemental Indenture:
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(a) Notwithstanding any other agreements, arrangements, or understandings between the Company and any Holder or Beneficial Owner of the Securities, by purchasing or acquiring the Securities, each Holder (including each Beneficial Owner) of the Securities acknowledges, accepts, agrees to be bound by and consents to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority that may result in (i) the reduction or cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Securities; (ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Securities into shares or other securities or other obligations of the Company or another person; and/or (iii) the amendment or alteration of the maturity of the Securities, or amendment of the amount of interest due on the Securities, or the dates on which interest becomes payable, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; which U.K. bail-in power may be exercised by means of variation of the terms of the Securities solely to give effect to the exercise by the relevant U.K. resolution authority of such U.K. bail-in power. Each Holder and Beneficial Owner of the Securities further acknowledges and agrees that the rights of the Holders and/or Beneficial Owners under the Securities are subject to, and will be varied, if necessary, solely to give effect to, the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority.
(b) By purchasing or acquiring the Securities, each Holder and each Beneficial Owner of the Securities:
(i) acknowledges and agrees that the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority in respect of the Securities shall not give rise to a default or an Event of Default for purposes of Section 315(b) (Notice of Default) and Section 315(c) (Duties of the Trustee in Case of Default) of the Trust Indenture Act;
(ii) to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, waives any and all claims against the Trustee for, agrees not to initiate a suit against the Trustee in respect of, and agrees that the Trustee shall not be liable for, any action that the Trustee takes, or abstains from taking, in either case in accordance with the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with respect to the Securities; and
(iii) acknowledges and agrees that, upon the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority, (a) the Trustee shall not be required to take any further directions from Holders of the Securities under Section 5.12 of the Senior Indenture, and (b) neither the Senior Indenture nor this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall impose any duties upon the Trustee whatsoever with respect to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, following the completion of the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority, any of the Securities remain outstanding (for example, if the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power results in only a partial write-down of the principal of the Securities), then the Trustee’s duties under the Indenture shall remain applicable with respect to the Securities following such completion to the
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extent that the Company and the Trustee shall agree pursuant to a supplemental indenture or an amendment to this Seventh Supplemental Indenture.
(c) By purchasing or acquiring the Securities, each Holder and Beneficial Owner that acquires its Securities in the secondary market shall be deemed to acknowledge and agree to be bound by and consent to the same provisions specified in the Indenture to the same extent as the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Securities that acquire the Securities upon their initial issuance, including, without limitation, with respect to the acknowledgement and agreement to be bound by and consent to the terms of the Securities related to the U.K. bail-in power.
(d) By purchasing or acquiring the Securities, each Holder and Beneficial Owner shall be deemed to have (i) consented to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power as it may be imposed without any prior notice by the relevant U.K. resolution authority of its decision to exercise such power with respect to the Securities and (ii) authorized, directed and requested DTC and any direct participant in DTC or other intermediary through which it holds such Securities to take any and all necessary action, if required, to implement the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power with respect to the Securities as it may be imposed, without any further action or direction on the part of such Holder or Beneficial Owner or the Trustee.
(e) No repayment of the principal amount of the Securities or payment of interest on the Securities shall become due and payable after the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority unless, at the time that such repayment or payment, respectively, is scheduled to become due, such repayment or payment would be permitted to be made by the Company under the laws and regulations of the United Kingdom and the European Union applicable to the Company and the Group.
(f) Upon the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with respect to the Securities, the Company shall provide a written notice to DTC as soon as practicable regarding such exercise of the U.K. bail-in power for purposes of notifying Holders of such occurrence. The Company shall also deliver a copy of such notice to the Trustee for information purposes only.
Section 3.11. Redemption of Securities. With respect to the Securities only, Article 11 of the Senior Indenture is amended to add a Section 11.09 and a Section 11.10, each of which shall read as follows:
Section 11.09 Loss Absorption Disqualification Event Redemption.
Subject to Section 11.10, the Company may, at the Company’s option (but subject to, if and to the extent then required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission), having given not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to holders, redeem all but not some only of the Securities outstanding at any time at 100% of their principal amount
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together with any accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption, if immediately prior to the giving of the notice referred to above, the Company satisfies the Trustee that a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event has occurred.
Section 11.10. Conditions to Redemption and Repurchase, etc.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any redemption or purchase of Securities (other than redemption on the relevant maturity date), and any modification to the terms of the Securities or any indenture relating thereto, is subject to, if and to the extent then required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission therefor and otherwise to compliance with the Loss Absorption Regulations if and to the extent then required thereunder.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Section 4.01. Effect Of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution and delivery of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture by each of the Company and the Trustee, and the delivery of the documents referred to in Section 5.02 herein, the Senior Indenture shall be supplemented in accordance herewith, and this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Senior Indenture for all purposes in respect of the Securities or otherwise as applicable.
Section 4.02. Other Documents to be Given to the Trustee. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating the recitals contained in Section 1.02 of the Senior Indenture and, in the case of the Opinion of Counsel, stating that the Indenture is a legal, binding a valid obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms. As specified in Section 9.03 of the Senior Indenture and subject to the provisions of Section 6.03 of the Senior Indenture, the Trustee shall also be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel stating that that this Seventh Supplemental Indenture is authorized or permitted by the Indenture, and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Securities whose terms are incorporated by reference herein are each, subject to Section 1.03 of the Senior Indenture, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting creditor’s rights generally, by equitable principles of general applicability and by possible judicial actions giving effect to governmental actions or foreign laws affecting creditors’ rights, and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture is permitted under the Indenture. The Trustee may rely on such Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that this Seventh Supplemental Indenture complies with the applicable provisions of the Senior Indenture.
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Section 4.03. Confirmation Of Indenture. The Senior Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Seventh Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Securities or otherwise as applicable, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Senior Indenture, this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto shall, in respect of the Securities or otherwise as applicable, be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. This Seventh Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Senior Indenture and, where applicable, with respect to the Securities. In the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of the Senior Indenture and the terms and conditions of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the terms and conditions of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall prevail where applicable.
Section 4.04. Concerning The Trustee. The Trustee does not make any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture or the Securities. The recitals and statements herein are deemed to be those of the Company and not the Trustee. In entering into this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Senior Indenture relating to the conduct of or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee.
Section 4.05. Governing Law. This Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except that the authorization and execution by the Company of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by (in addition to the laws of the State of New York relevant to execution) the respective jurisdictions of the Company and the Trustee, as the case may be.
Section 4.06. Separability. In case any provision contained in this Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 4.07. Counterparts. This Seventh Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 4.08. Concerning BRRD Liability. Notwithstanding and to the exclusion of any other term of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture or the Senior Indenture or any other agreements, arrangements, or understanding between the Company and the Trustee, the Trustee acknowledges and accepts that a BRRD Liability arising under this Seventh Supplemental Indenture may be subject to the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the relevant Resolution Authority (but only to the extent applicable) and acknowledges, accepts, and agrees to be bound by:
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(a) the effect of the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority in relation to any BRRD Liability of the Company to the Trustee under this Seventh Supplemental Indenture or the Senior Indenture, that (without limitation) may include and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof:
(i) the reduction of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability or outstanding amounts due thereon;
(ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the BRRD Liability into shares, other securities or other obligations of the Company or another person (and the issue to or conferral on the Trustee of such shares, securities or obligations);
(iii) the cancellation of the BRRD Liability; and/or
(iv) the amendment or alteration of any interest, if applicable, thereon, the maturity or the dates on which any payments are due, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; and
(b) the variation of the terms of this Seventh Supplemental Indenture, as deemed necessary by the Relevant Resolution Authority, to give effect to the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority.
“Bail-in Legislation” means Part I of the U.K. Banking Act 2009 and any other law, regulation, rule or requirement applicable from time to time in the U.K. relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (otherwise than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bail-in Powers” means any Write-down and Conversion Powers as defined in relation to the Bail-in Legislation.
“BRRD” means Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms.
“BRRD Liability” means a liability in respect of which the relevant Write-down and Conversion powers in the applicable Bail-in Legislation may be exercised.
“Relevant Resolution Authority” means the resolution authority with the ability to exercise any Bail-in Powers in relation to the Company.
“Write-down and Conversion Powers” means the powers under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or affiliate of a bank or investment firm, to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide
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that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Seventh Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
| LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | |
| By: /s/ Peter Green | |
| Name: Peter Green | |
| Title: Authorised Signatory |
[Signature Page to Seventh Supplemental Indenture]
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, | |
| acting through its London Branch, as Trustee | |
| By: /s/ Marilyn Chau | |
| Name: Marilyn Chau | |
| Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Seventh Supplemental Indenture]
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF 2023 FIXED RATE SENIOR GLOBAL NOTE
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
CUSIP
No. 539439AS8
ISIN No. US539439AS89
Common Code: 186664574
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc
4.050% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2023
| No. [·] | $[·] |
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor person under the Indenture (as defined on the reverse hereof)), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[·] ([·] dollars) on August 16, 2023 or on such earlier date as the principal hereof may become due in accordance with the terms hereof and to pay interest thereon semi-annually in arrears on August 16 and February 16 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on February 16, 2019, and ending on August 16, 2023. Interest so payable on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder in whose name this Senior Note is registered on the 15th calendar day immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day, as defined in the Indenture (each a “Regular Record Date”). If (i) the Company fails to pay any installment of interest on any Senior Note on or before its Interest Payment Date and such failure continues for 14 days or (ii) the Company fails to pay all or any part of the principal of any Senior Note on any date on which such principal shall otherwise have become due and payable, whether upon redemption or otherwise, and such failure continues for seven days (each of (i) and (ii), a “Default”), the Trustee may commence a proceeding for the winding up of the Company, provided that the Trustee may not, upon the occurrence of a Default, declare the principal amount of any of the Outstanding Senior Notes to be due and payable.
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Interest shall accrue on this Senior Note from day to day from the date of issuance hereof or from the most recent Payment Date at the rate of 4.050% per annum, until the principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.
Payments of interest on this Senior Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year divided into twelve months of 30 days each and, in the case of an incomplete month, the actual number of days elapsed in such period.
Payment of the principal amount of (and premium, if any) and any interest on, this Senior Note will be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Such payment shall be made to the Holder including through a Paying Agent of the Company outside the United Kingdom for collection by the Holder. If the date for payment of the principal amount hereof (and premium, if any) or interest thereon is not a Business Day, then (subject as provided in the Indenture) such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such date for payment and without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay.
Prior to due presentment of this Senior Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Senior Note is registered as the owner of such Senior Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal and interest, if any, on such Senior Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Senior Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Senior Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Senior Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
Notwithstanding any other agreements, arrangements, or understandings between the Company and any Holder or Beneficial Owner of this Senior Note, by purchasing or acquiring this Senior Note, each Holder (including each Beneficial Owner) of this Senior Note acknowledges, accepts, agrees to be bound by and consents to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power (as defined below) by the relevant U.K. resolution authority that may result in (i) the reduction or cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, this Senior Note; (ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, this Senior Note into shares or other securities or other obligations of the Company or another person; and/or (iii) the amendment or alteration of the maturity of this Senior Note, or amendment of the amount of interest due on this Senior Note, or the dates on which interest becomes payable, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; which U.K. bail-in power may be exercised by means of variation of the terms of this Senior Note solely to give effect to the exercise by the
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relevant U.K. resolution authority of such U.K. bail-in power. Each Holder and Beneficial Owner of this Senior Note further acknowledges and agrees that the rights of the Holders and/or Beneficial Owners under this Senior Note are subject to, and will be varied, if necessary, solely to give effect to, the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority.
For these purposes, a “U.K. bail-in power” is any write-down, conversion, transfer, modification or suspension power existing from time to time under any laws, regulations, rules or requirements relating to the resolution of banks, banking group companies, credit institutions and/or investment firms incorporated in the United Kingdom in effect and applicable in the United Kingdom to the Company and the Group, including but not limited to any such laws, regulations, rules or requirements which are implemented, adopted or enacted within the context of a European Union directive or regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms and/or within the context of a U.K. resolution regime under the U.K. Banking Act 2009 as the same has been or may be amended from time to time (whether pursuant to the U.K. Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013, secondary legislation or otherwise), pursuant to which any obligations of a bank, banking group company, credit institution or investment firm or any of its affiliates can be reduced, cancelled, modified, transferred and/or converted into shares or other securities or obligations of the obligor or any other person (or suspended for a temporary period) or pursuant to which any right in a contract governing such obligations may be deemed to have been exercised. A reference to the “relevant U.K. resolution authority” is to any authority with the ability to exercise a U.K. bail-in power.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Senior Note to be duly executed.
Dated: August 16, 2018
| LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | |
| Name: | |
| Title: |
[2023 Fixed Rate Global Note Signature Page]
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Senior Notes of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: August 16, 2018
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, | ||
| acting through its London Branch, as Trustee | ||
| By: | ||
| Authorized Signatory | ||
[2023 Fixed Rate Global Note Signature Page]
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[REVERSE OF SECURITY]
This Senior Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Senior Notes”) issued and to be issued in one or more series under a Senior Debt Securities Indenture, dated as of July 6, 2010 (herein called the “Senior Indenture”), among the Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Senior Indenture), as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 16, 2018, among the Company and the Trustee (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture”, and, together with the Senior Indenture, the “Indenture”) to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Senior Notes and of the terms upon which the Senior Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
This Senior Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $1,750,000,000. The Company may, without the consent of the Holders of the Senior Notes, issue additional notes having the same ranking and interest rate, maturity date, redemption terms and other terms as the Senior Notes except for the price to the public, issue date and first interest payment date, provided that such additional notes must be fungible with the outstanding Senior Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Any such Senior Notes, together with this Senior Note, will constitute a single series of securities under the Indenture. The Senior Notes will initially be issued in the form of one or more global Senior Notes (each, a “Global Senior Note”). Except as provided in the Indenture, a Global Senior Note shall not be exchangeable for one or more definitive Senior Notes.
The Senior Notes of this series will constitute unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company, as described herein, and will rank pari passu without any preference among themselves.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes of this series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holder or Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes of this series may declare the principal amount of, and any accrued interest on, all the Senior Notes to be due and payable immediately, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
Except as otherwise provided in Article 5 of the Senior Indenture, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of Holders of Senior Notes by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by the Indenture or by law, provided, however, that the Company shall not, as a result of the bringing of such judicial proceedings, be required to pay any amount representing or measured by reference to the principal of, or any interest on, the Senior Notes prior to any
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date on which the principal of, or any interest on, the Senior Notes would have otherwise been payable by the Company.
If a Default occurs, the Trustee may commence a proceeding for the winding-up of the Company and/or prove in a winding-up of the Company, provided that the Trustee may not, upon the occurrence of a Default, declare the principal amount of any of the Outstanding Senior Notes to be due and payable.
Failure to make any payment in respect of this Senior Note shall not be a Default if such payment is withheld or refused and an Opinion of Counsel is delivered to the Trustee concluding that such sums were not paid in order to comply with any fiscal or other law or regulation or with the order of any court of competent jurisdiction, provided, however, that the Trustee may by notice to the Company require the Company to take such action (including but not limited to proceedings for a declaration by a court of competent jurisdiction) as the Trustee may be advised in an Opinion of Counsel, upon which opinion the Trustee may conclusively rely, is appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances to resolve such doubt, in which case the Company shall forthwith take and expeditiously proceed with such action and shall be bound by any final resolution of the doubt resulting therefrom. If any such action results in a determination that the relevant payment can be made without violating any applicable law, regulation or order then the provisions of the preceding sentence shall cease to have effect and the payment shall become due and payable on the expiration of 14 days (in the case of payments under Section 5.03(a) of the Senior Indenture) or seven days (in the case of payments under Section 5.03(b) of the Senior Indenture) after the Trustee gives written notice to the Company informing it of such resolution.
Subject to applicable law, no Holder may exercise or claim any right of set-off, counterclaim, combination of accounts, compensation or retention in respect of any amount owed to it by the Company arising under or in connection with the Senior Notes. The Holders of Senior Notes by their acceptance thereof will be deemed to have waived any right of set-off, counterclaim, combination of accounts, compensation and retention with respect to the Senior Notes or the Senior Indenture (or between the obligations under or in respect of any Senior Notes and any liability owed by a Holder to the Company) that they might otherwise have against the Company.
No remedy against the Company other than as referred to in Article 5 of the Senior Indenture shall be available to the Trustee or the Holders, whether for the recovery of amounts owing in respect of the Senior Notes or under the Indenture or in respect of any breach by the Company of any of its other obligations under or in respect of the Senior Notes or under the Senior Indenture, except that the Trustee and the Holders shall have such rights and powers as they are required to have under the Trust Indenture Act.
Amounts to be paid on the Senior Notes of this Series will be made without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present and future income, stamp and other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges or fees, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (the “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless
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such deduction or withholding is required by law. If at any time a Taxing Jurisdiction requires the Company to make such deduction or withholding, the Company will pay additional amounts with respect to the principal of, and interest and any other payments on, the Senior Notes of this series (“Additional Amounts”) that are necessary in order that the net amounts paid to the Holders, after the deduction or withholding, shall equal the amounts which would have been payable on the Senior Notes if the deduction or withholding had not been required. However, this will not apply to any such tax, levy, impost, duty, charge or fee, which would not have been deducted or withheld but for the fact that:
(i) the Holder or the Beneficial Owner of the Senior Note is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or is physically present in, the Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise has some connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction other than the holding or ownership of a Senior Note, or the collection of any payment of (or in respect of) principal of, or interest or other payments on, any Senior Note,
(ii) except in the case of winding-up in the United Kingdom, the relevant Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment in the United Kingdom,
(iii) the relevant Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment more than 30 days after the date payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to the Additional Amounts on presenting the same for payment at the close of that 30 day period,
(iv) the Holder or the Beneficial Owner of the relevant Senior Note or the Beneficial Owner of any payment of (or in respect of) principal of, or interest or other payments on, the Senior Note failed to comply with a request of the Company or its liquidator or other authorized person addressed to the Holder (x) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the Holder or such Beneficial Owner or (y) to make any declaration or other similar claim to satisfy any requirement, which in the case of (x) or (y), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from all or part of the tax, levy, impost, duty, charge or fee,
(v) the withholding or deduction is required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC on the taxation of savings income, or any directive amending, supplementing or replacing such directive, or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such directive or directives,
(vi) the Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment by or on behalf of a Holder who would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting the Senior Note to another paying agent,
(vii) the deduction or withholding is imposed by reason of any agreement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in connection with Sections 1471-1474 of the U.S. Internal
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Revenue Code and the U.S. Treasury regulations thereunder (“FATCA”), any intergovernmental agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction with respect to FATCA, or any law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any jurisdiction implementing, or relating to, FATCA or any intergovernmental agreement; or
(viii) any combination of clauses (i) through (vii) above,
nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to the principal of, or any interest or other payments on, the Senior Note to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or any person other than the sole Beneficial Owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of any Taxing Jurisdiction to be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or partner or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a Beneficial Owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts, had it been the Holder.
References herein to the payment of the principal of or interest or other payments on any Senior Note shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in the foregoing paragraph to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable under the foregoing provisions.
The Senior Notes of this series are redeemable, as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company (subject to, if and to the extent required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission), on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, on any Payment Date, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount, together with accrued but unpaid interest, in respect of the Senior Notes to the date fixed for redemption, if, at any time, the Company shall determine that as a result of a change in or amendment to the laws or regulations of the Taxing Jurisdiction (including any treaty to which such Taxing Jurisdiction is a party), or any change in the application or interpretation of such laws or regulations (including a decision of any court or tribunal) which change or amendment becomes effective on or after August 16, 2018:
(a) in making payment under the Senior Notes the Company has or will or would on the next Payment Date become obligated to pay Additional Amounts;
(b) the payment of interest on the next Payment Date in respect of any of the Senior Notes would be treated as a “distribution” within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 23 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 of the United Kingdom (or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being); or
(c) on the next Payment Date the Company would not be entitled to claim a deduction in respect of such payment of interest in computing its United Kingdom taxation liabilities (or the value of such deduction to the Company would be materially reduced).
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In any case where the Company shall determine that, in accordance with Section 11.08 of the Senior Indenture, it is entitled to redeem the Senior Notes of this series, the Company shall be required to deliver to the Trustee prior to the giving of any notice of redemption a written legal opinion of independent United Kingdom counsel of recognized standing (selected by the Company) in a form satisfactory to the Trustee confirming that the relevant change or amendment has occurred and that the Company is entitled to exercise its right of redemption.
The Company may, at the Company’s option (but subject to, if and to the extent then required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission), having given not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to holders, redeem all but not some only of the Senior Notes outstanding at any time at 100% of their principal amount together with any accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption, if immediately prior to the giving of the notice referred to above, the Company satisfies the Trustee that a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event has occurred. Any redemption or purchase of Senior Notes (other than redemption on the relevant maturity date), and any modification to the terms of the Senior Notes or any indenture relating thereto, is subject to, if and to the extent then required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission therefor and otherwise to compliance with the Loss Absorption Regulations if and to the extent then required thereunder.
If the Company elects to redeem the Senior Notes of this series, the Senior Notes will cease to accrue interest from the date of redemption, provided the redemption price has been paid in accordance with the Indenture.
Upon payment of (i) the amount of principal (and premium, if any) so declared due and payable and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest, all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Senior Notes of this series shall terminate.
Notwithstanding any other agreements, arrangements, or understandings between the Company and any Holder or Beneficial Owner of this Senior Note, by purchasing or acquiring this Senior Note, each Holder (including each Beneficial Owner) of this Senior Note acknowledges, accepts, agrees to be bound by and consents to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority that may result in (i) the reduction or cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Senior Notes; (ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Senior Notes into shares or other securities or other obligations of the Company or another person; and/or (iii) the amendment or alteration of the maturity of the Senior Notes, or amendment of the amount of interest due on the Senior Notes, or the dates on which interest becomes payable, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; which U.K. bail-in power may be exercised by means of variation of the terms of the Senior Notes solely to give effect to the exercise by the relevant U.K. resolution authority of such U.K. bail-in power. Each Holder and Beneficial Owner of the
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Senior Notes further acknowledges and agrees that the rights of the Holders and/or Beneficial Owners under the Senior Notes are subject to, and will be varied, if necessary, solely to give effect to, the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority.
By purchasing or acquiring the Senior Notes, each Holder and Beneficial Owner of the Securities:
(i) acknowledges and agrees that the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority in respect of the Senior Notes shall not give rise to a default or an Event of Default for purposes of Section 315(b) (Notice of Default) and Section 315(c) (Duties of the Trustee in Case of Default) of the Trust Indenture Act;
(ii) to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, waives any and all claims against the Trustee for, agrees not to initiate a suit against the Trustee in respect of, and agrees that the Trustee shall not be liable for, any action that the Trustee takes, or abstains from taking, in either case in accordance with the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with respect to the Senior Notes; and
(iii) acknowledges and agrees that, upon the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority, (a) the Trustee shall not be required to take any further directions from Holders of the Senior Notes under Section 5.12 of the Senior Indenture, and (b) neither the Senior Indenture nor the Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall impose any duties upon the Trustee whatsoever with respect to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, following the completion of the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority, any of the Senior Notes remain outstanding (for example, if the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power results in only a partial write-down of the principal of the Senior Notes), then the Trustee’s duties under the Indenture shall remain applicable with respect to the Senior Notes following such completion to the extent that the Company and the Trustee shall agree pursuant to a supplemental indenture or an amendment to the Seventh Supplemental Indenture.
By purchasing or acquiring the Senior Notes, each Holder and Beneficial Owner that acquires its Senior Notes in the secondary market shall be deemed to acknowledge and agree to be bound by and consent to the same provisions specified in the Indenture to the same extent as the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Senior Notes that acquire the Senior Notes upon their initial issuance, including, without limitation, with respect to the acknowledgement and agreement to be bound by and consent to the terms of the Senior Notes related to the U.K. bail-in power.
By purchasing or acquiring the Senior Notes, each Holder and Beneficial Owner shall be deemed to have (i) consented to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power as it may be imposed without any prior notice by the relevant U.K. resolution authority of its
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decision to exercise such power with respect to the Senior Notes and (ii) authorized, directed and requested DTC and any direct participant in DTC or other intermediary through which it holds such Senior Notes to take any and all necessary action, if required, to implement the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power with respect to the Senior Notes as it may be imposed, without any further action or direction on the part of such Holder or Beneficial Owner or the Trustee.
No repayment of the principal amount of the Senior Notes or payment of interest on the Senior Notes shall become due and payable after the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority unless, at the time that such repayment or payment, respectively, is scheduled to become due, such repayment or payment would be permitted to be made by the Company under the laws and regulations of the United Kingdom and the European Union applicable to the Company and the Group.
Upon the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with respect to the Senior Notes, the Company shall provide a written notice to DTC as soon as practicable regarding such exercise of the U.K. bail-in power for purposes of notifying Holders of such occurrence. The Company shall also deliver a copy of such notice to the Trustee for information purposes.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Senior Notes of each series to be affected thereby by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Senior Notes at the time outstanding of each such series. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Senior Notes of each series, on behalf of the Holders of all Senior Notes of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Senior Note and of any Senior Note issued in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Senior Note.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay, if and when due and payable, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on, this Senior Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Senior Note of this series will have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture, this Senior Note or any remedy thereunder; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal or interest as and when the same shall have become due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof and the Indenture.
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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the right of the Holder of this Senior Note, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on, this Senior Note when due and payable in accordance with the provisions of this Senior Note and the Indenture.
This Senior Note will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Senior Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF 2028 FIXED RATE SENIOR GLOBAL NOTE
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
CUSIP
No. 539439AT6
ISIN No. US539439AT62
Common Code: 186658442
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc
4.550% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2028
| No. [·] | $[·] |
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor person under the Indenture (as defined on the reverse hereof)), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[·] ([·] dollars) on August 16, 2028 or on such earlier date as the principal hereof may become due in accordance with the terms hereof and to pay interest thereon semi-annually in arrears on August 16 and February 16 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on February 16, 2019, and ending on August 16, 2028. Interest so payable on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder in whose name this Senior Note is registered on the 15th calendar day immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day, as defined in the Indenture (each a “Regular Record Date”). If (i) the Company fails to pay any installment of interest on any Senior Note on or before its Interest Payment Date and such failure continues for 14 days or (ii) the Company fails to pay all or any part of the principal of any Senior Note on any date on which such principal shall otherwise have become due and payable, whether upon redemption or otherwise, and such failure continues for seven days (each of (i) and (ii), a “Default”), the Trustee may commence a proceeding for the winding up of the Company, provided that the Trustee may not, upon the occurrence of a Default, declare the principal amount of any of the Outstanding Senior Notes to be due and payable.
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Interest shall accrue on this Senior Note from day to day from the date of issuance hereof or from the most recent Payment Date at the rate of 4.550% per annum, until the principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.
Payments of interest on this Senior Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year divided into twelve months of 30 days each and, in the case of an incomplete month, the actual number of days elapsed in such period.
Payment of the principal amount of (and premium, if any) and any interest on, this Senior Note will be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Such payment shall be made to the Holder including through a Paying Agent of the Company outside the United Kingdom for collection by the Holder. If the date for payment of the principal amount hereof (and premium, if any) or interest thereon is not a Business Day, then (subject as provided in the Indenture) such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such date for payment and without any interest or other payment in respect of such delay.
Prior to due presentment of this Senior Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Senior Note is registered as the owner of such Senior Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal and interest, if any, on such Senior Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Senior Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Senior Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Senior Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
Notwithstanding any other agreements, arrangements, or understandings between the Company and any Holder or Beneficial Owner of this Senior Note, by purchasing or acquiring this Senior Note, each Holder (including each Beneficial Owner) of this Senior Note acknowledges, accepts, agrees to be bound by and consents to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power (as defined below) by the relevant U.K. resolution authority that may result in (i) the reduction or cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, this Senior Note; (ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, this Senior Note into shares or other securities or other obligations of the Company or another person; and/or (iii) the amendment or alteration of the maturity of this Senior Note, or amendment of the amount of interest due on this Senior Note, or the dates on which interest becomes payable, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; which U.K. bail-in power may be exercised by means of variation of the terms of this Senior Note solely to give effect to the exercise by the
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relevant U.K. resolution authority of such U.K. bail-in power. Each Holder and Beneficial Owner of this Senior Note further acknowledges and agrees that the rights of the Holders and/or Beneficial Owners under this Senior Note are subject to, and will be varied, if necessary, solely to give effect to, the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority.
For these purposes, a “U.K. bail-in power” is any write-down, conversion, transfer, modification or suspension power existing from time to time under any laws, regulations, rules or requirements relating to the resolution of banks, banking group companies, credit institutions and/or investment firms incorporated in the United Kingdom in effect and applicable in the United Kingdom to the Company and its affiliates, including but not limited to any such laws, regulations, rules or requirements which are implemented, adopted or enacted within the context of a European Union directive or regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms and/or within the context of a U.K. resolution regime under the U.K. Banking Act 2009 as the same has been or may be amended from time to time (whether pursuant to the U.K. Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013, secondary legislation or otherwise), pursuant to which any obligations of a bank, banking group company, credit institution or investment firm or any of its affiliates can be reduced, cancelled, modified, transferred and/or converted into shares or other securities or obligations of the obligor or any other person (or suspended for a temporary period) or pursuant to which any right in a contract governing such obligations may be deemed to have been exercised. A reference to the “relevant U.K. resolution authority” is to any authority with the ability to exercise a U.K. bail-in power.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Senior Note to be duly executed.
Dated: August 16, 2018
| LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | |
| Name: | |
| Title: |
[2028 Fixed Rate Global Note Signature Page]
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Senior Notes of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: August 16, 2018
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, | ||
| acting through its London Branch, as Trustee | ||
| By: | ||
| Authorized Signatory | ||
[2028 Fixed Rate Global Note Signature Page]
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[REVERSE OF SECURITY]
This Senior Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Senior Notes”) issued and to be issued in one or more series under a Senior Debt Securities Indenture, dated as of July 6, 2010 (herein called the “Senior Indenture”), among the Company, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch as trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Senior Indenture), as supplemented by the Seventh Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 16, 2018, among the Company and the Trustee (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture”. and, together with the Senior Indenture, the “Indenture”) to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Senior Notes and of the terms upon which the Senior Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
This Senior Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal amount to $1,250,000,000. The Company may, without the consent of the Holders of the Senior Notes, issue additional notes having the same ranking and interest rate, maturity date, redemption terms and other terms as the Senior Notes except for the price to the public, issue date and first interest payment date, provided that such additional notes must be fungible with the outstanding Senior Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Any such Senior Notes, together with this Senior Note, will constitute a single series of securities under the Indenture. The Senior Notes will initially be issued in the form of one or more global Senior Notes (each, a “Global Senior Note”). Except as provided in the Indenture, a Global Senior Note shall not be exchangeable for one or more definitive Senior Notes.
The Senior Notes of this series will constitute unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company, as described herein, and will rank pari passu without any preference among themselves.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes of this series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holder or Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes of this series may declare the principal amount of, and any accrued interest on, all the Senior Notes to be due and payable immediately, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
Except as otherwise provided in Article 5 of the Senior Indenture, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of Holders of Senior Notes by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by the Indenture or by law, provided, however, that the Company shall not, as a result of the bringing of such judicial proceedings, be required to pay any amount representing or measured by reference to the principal of, or any interest on, the Senior Notes prior to any
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date on which the principal of, or any interest on, the Senior Notes would have otherwise been payable by the Company.
If a Default occurs, the Trustee may commence a proceeding for the winding-up of the Company and/or prove in a winding-up of the Company, provided that the Trustee may not, upon the occurrence of a Default, declare the principal amount of any of the Outstanding Senior Notes to be due and payable.
Failure to make any payment in respect of this Senior Note shall not be a Default if such payment is withheld or refused and an Opinion of Counsel is delivered to the Trustee concluding that such sums were not paid in order to comply with any fiscal or other law or regulation or with the order of any court of competent jurisdiction, provided, however, that the Trustee may by notice to the Company require the Company to take such action (including but not limited to proceedings for a declaration by a court of competent jurisdiction) as the Trustee may be advised in an Opinion of Counsel, upon which opinion the Trustee may conclusively rely, is appropriate and reasonable in the circumstances to resolve such doubt, in which case the Company shall forthwith take and expeditiously proceed with such action and shall be bound by any final resolution of the doubt resulting therefrom. If any such action results in a determination that the relevant payment can be made without violating any applicable law, regulation or order then the provisions of the preceding sentence shall cease to have effect and the payment shall become due and payable on the expiration of 14 days (in the case of payments under Section 5.03(a) of the Senior Indenture) or seven days (in the case of payments under Section 5.03(b) of the Senior Indenture) after the Trustee gives written notice to the Company informing it of such resolution.
Subject to applicable law, no Holder may exercise or claim any right of set-off, counterclaim, combination of accounts, compensation or retention in respect of any amount owed to it by the Company arising under or in connection with the Senior Notes. The Holders of Senior Notes by their acceptance thereof will be deemed to have waived any right of set-off, counterclaim, combination of accounts, compensation and retention with respect to the Senior Notes or the Senior Indenture (or between the obligations under or in respect of any Senior Notes and any liability owed by a Holder to the Company) that they might otherwise have against the Company.
No remedy against the Company other than as referred to in Article 5 of the Senior Indenture shall be available to the Trustee or the Holders, whether for the recovery of amounts owing in respect of the Senior Notes or under the Indenture or in respect of any breach by the Company of any of its other obligations under or in respect of the Senior Notes or under the Senior Indenture, except that the Trustee and the Holders shall have such rights and powers as they are required to have under the Trust Indenture Act.
Amounts to be paid on the Senior Notes of this Series will be made without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present and future income, stamp and other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges or fees, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (the “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless
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such deduction or withholding is required by law. If at any time a Taxing Jurisdiction requires the Company to make such deduction or withholding, the Company will pay additional amounts with respect to the principal of, and interest and any other payments on, the Senior Notes of this series (“Additional Amounts”) that are necessary in order that the net amounts paid to the Holders, after the deduction or withholding, shall equal the amounts which would have been payable on the Senior Notes if the deduction or withholding had not been required. However, this will not apply to any such tax, levy, impost, duty, charge or fee, which would not have been deducted or withheld but for the fact that:
(i) the Holder or the Beneficial Owner of the Senior Note is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or is physically present in, the Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise has some connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction other than the holding or ownership of a Senior Note, or the collection of any payment of (or in respect of) principal of, or interest or other payments on, any Senior Note,
(ii) except in the case of winding-up in the United Kingdom, the relevant Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment in the United Kingdom,
(iii) the relevant Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment more than 30 days after the date payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to the Additional Amounts on presenting the same for payment at the close of that 30 day period,
(iv) the Holder or the Beneficial Owner of the relevant Senior Note or the Beneficial Owner of any payment of (or in respect of) principal of, or interest or other payments on, the Senior Note failed to comply with a request of the Company or its liquidator or other authorized person addressed to the Holder (x) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the Holder or such Beneficial Owner or (y) to make any declaration or other similar claim to satisfy any requirement, which in the case of (x) or (y), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from all or part of the tax, levy, impost, duty, charge or fee,
(v) the withholding or deduction is required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC on the taxation of savings income, or any directive amending, supplementing or replacing such directive, or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such directive or directives,
(vi) the Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment by or on behalf of a Holder who would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting the Senior Note to another paying agent,
(vii) the deduction or withholding is imposed by reason of any agreement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in connection with Sections 1471-1474 of the U.S. Internal
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Revenue Code and the U.S. Treasury regulations thereunder (“FATCA”), any intergovernmental agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom or any other jurisdiction with respect to FATCA, or any law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any jurisdiction implementing, or relating to, FATCA or any intergovernmental agreement; or
(viii) any combination of clauses (i) through (vii) above,
nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to the principal of, or any interest or other payments on, the Senior Note to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or any person other than the sole Beneficial Owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of any Taxing Jurisdiction to be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or partner or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a Beneficial Owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts, had it been the Holder.
References herein to the payment of the principal of or interest or other payments on any Senior Note shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in the foregoing paragraph to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable under the foregoing provisions.
The Senior Notes of this series are redeemable, as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company (subject to, if and to the extent required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission), on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, on any Payment Date, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount, together with accrued but unpaid interest, in respect of the Senior Notes to the date fixed for redemption, if, at any time, the Company shall determine that as a result of a change in or amendment to the laws or regulations of the Taxing Jurisdiction (including any treaty to which such Taxing Jurisdiction is a party), or any change in the application or interpretation of such laws or regulations (including a decision of any court or tribunal) which change or amendment becomes effective on or after August 16, 2018:
(a) in making payment under the Senior Notes the Company has or will or would on the next Payment Date become obligated to pay Additional Amounts;
(b) the payment of interest on the next Payment Date in respect of any of the Senior Notes would be treated as a “distribution” within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 23 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 of the United Kingdom (or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being); or
(c) on the next Payment Date the Company would not be entitled to claim a deduction in respect of such payment of interest in computing its United Kingdom taxation liabilities (or the value of such deduction to the Company would be materially reduced).
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In any case where the Company shall determine that, in accordance with Section 11.08 of the Senior Indenture, it is entitled to redeem the Senior Notes of this series, the Company shall be required to deliver to the Trustee prior to the giving of any notice of redemption a written legal opinion of independent United Kingdom counsel of recognized standing (selected by the Company) in a form satisfactory to the Trustee confirming that the relevant change or amendment has occurred and that the Company is entitled to exercise its right of redemption.
The Company may, at the Company’s option (but subject to, if and to the extent then required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission), having given not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to holders, redeem all but not some only of the Senior Notes outstanding at any time at 100% of their principal amount together with any accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption, if immediately prior to the giving of the notice referred to above, the Company satisfies the Trustee that a Loss Absorption Disqualification Event has occurred. Any redemption or purchase of Senior Notes (other than redemption on the relevant maturity date), and any modification to the terms of the Senior Notes or any indenture relating thereto, is subject to, if and to the extent then required by the Relevant Regulator or the Loss Absorption Regulations, the Company giving notice to the Relevant Regulator and the Relevant Regulator granting the Company permission therefor and otherwise to compliance with the Loss Absorption Regulations if and to the extent then required thereunder.
If the Company elects to redeem the Senior Notes of this series, the Senior Notes will cease to accrue interest from the date of redemption, provided the redemption price has been paid in accordance with the Indenture.
Upon payment of (i) the amount of principal (and premium, if any) so declared due and payable and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest, all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Senior Notes of this series shall terminate.
Notwithstanding any other agreements, arrangements, or understandings between the Company and any Holder or Beneficial Owner of this Senior Note, by purchasing or acquiring this Senior Note, each Holder (including each Beneficial Owner) of this Senior Note acknowledges, accepts, agrees to be bound by and consents to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority that may result in (i) the reduction or cancellation of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Senior Notes; (ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the principal amount of, or interest on, the Senior Notes into shares or other securities or other obligations of the Company or another person; and/or (iii) the amendment or alteration of the maturity of the Senior Notes, or amendment of the amount of interest due on the Senior Notes, or the dates on which interest becomes payable, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; which U.K. bail-in power may be exercised by means of variation of the terms of the Senior Notes solely to give effect to the exercise by the relevant U.K. resolution authority of such U.K. bail-in power. Each Holder and Beneficial Owner of the
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Senior Notes further acknowledges and agrees that the rights of the Holders and/or Beneficial Owners under the Senior Notes are subject to, and will be varied, if necessary, solely to give effect to, the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority.
By purchasing or acquiring the Senior Notes, each Holder and Beneficial Owner of the Securities:
(i) acknowledges and agrees that the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority in respect of the Senior Notes shall not give rise to a default or an Event of Default for purposes of Section 315(b) (Notice of Default) and Section 315(c) (Duties of the Trustee in Case of Default) of the Trust Indenture Act;
(ii) to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, waives any and all claims against the Trustee for, agrees not to initiate a suit against the Trustee in respect of, and agrees that the Trustee shall not be liable for, any action that the Trustee takes, or abstains from taking, in either case in accordance with the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with respect to the Senior Notes; and
(iii) acknowledges and agrees that, upon the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority, (a) the Trustee shall not be required to take any further directions from Holders of the Senior Notes under Section 5.12 of the Senior Indenture, and (b) neither the Senior Indenture nor the Seventh Supplemental Indenture shall impose any duties upon the Trustee whatsoever with respect to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, following the completion of the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority, any of the Senior Notes remain outstanding (for example, if the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power results in only a partial write-down of the principal of the Senior Notes), then the Trustee’s duties under the Indenture shall remain applicable with respect to the Senior Notes following such completion to the extent that the Company and the Trustee shall agree pursuant to a supplemental indenture or an amendment to the Seventh Supplemental Indenture.
By purchasing or acquiring the Senior Notes, each Holder and Beneficial Owner that acquires its Senior Notes in the secondary market shall be deemed to acknowledge and agree to be bound by and consent to the same provisions specified in the Indenture to the same extent as the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Senior Notes that acquire the Senior Notes upon their initial issuance, including, without limitation, with respect to the acknowledgement and agreement to be bound by and consent to the terms of the Senior Notes related to the U.K. bail-in power.
By purchasing or acquiring the Senior Notes, each Holder and Beneficial Owner shall be deemed to have (i) consented to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power as it may be imposed without any prior notice by the relevant U.K. resolution authority of its
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decision to exercise such power with respect to the Senior Notes and (ii) authorized, directed and requested DTC and any direct participant in DTC or other intermediary through which it holds such Senior Notes to take any and all necessary action, if required, to implement the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power with respect to the Senior Notes as it may be imposed, without any further action or direction on the part of such Holder or Beneficial Owner or the Trustee.
No repayment of the principal amount of the Senior Notes or payment of interest on the Senior Notes shall become due and payable after the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority unless, at the time that such repayment or payment, respectively, is scheduled to become due, such repayment or payment would be permitted to be made by the Company under the laws and regulations of the United Kingdom and the European Union applicable to the Company and its affiliates.
Upon the exercise of the U.K. bail-in power by the relevant U.K. resolution authority with respect to the Senior Notes, the Company shall provide a written notice to DTC as soon as practicable regarding such exercise of the U.K. bail-in power for purposes of notifying Holders of such occurrence. The Company shall also deliver a copy of such notice to the Trustee for information purposes.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Senior Notes of each series to be affected thereby by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Senior Notes at the time outstanding of each such series. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Senior Notes of each series, on behalf of the Holders of all Senior Notes of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Senior Note and of any Senior Note issued in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Senior Note.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay, if and when due and payable, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on, this Senior Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Senior Note of this series will have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture, this Senior Note or any remedy thereunder; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal or interest as and when the same shall have become due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof and the Indenture.
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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the right of the Holder of this Senior Note, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on, this Senior Note when due and payable in accordance with the provisions of this Senior Note and the Indenture.
This Senior Note will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Senior Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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Exhibit 5.1
Lloyds Banking Group plc 25 Gresham Street London EC2V 7HN |
CMS
Cameron McKenna Nabarro
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cms.law |
16 August 2018 |
| Your ref |
| Our ref - DOCS/EDN/LLO015.00032 |
Dear Sirs
We have acted as solicitors in Scotland for Lloyds Banking Group plc (the Company) in connection with the offering by the Company of $1,750,000,000 4.050% Senior Notes due 2023 and $1,250,000,000 4.550% Senior Notes due 2028 (together, the Notes) in an underwritten public offering pursuant to an underwriting agreement and pricing agreement dated as of 9 August 2018.
The Notes are to be issued pursuant to a senior debt securities indenture dated as of 6 July 2010, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, acting through its London Branch, as trustee (the Original Indenture), as supplemented by a seventh supplemental indenture dated as of 16 August 2018 in respect of the Notes (the Supplemental Indenture, and, together with the Original Indenture, the Indenture).
We, as your solicitors, have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of rendering this opinion. For the purposes of opinion (2) in the next paragraph, we have assumed (i) the genuineness of all signatures and seals, (ii) the conformity to original documents, and completeness, of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals, and (iii) that all relevant resolutions of the directors of the Company were duly passed at properly convened meetings, and have not been amended or rescinded.
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registration number OC310335. It is a body corporate which uses the word “partner” to refer to a member, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. It is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of England and Wales with SRA number 423370. A list of members and their professional qualifications is open to inspection at the registered office, Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6AF. Members are either solicitors or registered foreign lawyers. VAT registration number: 974 899 925. Further information about the firm can be found at cms.law CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP is a member of CMS Legal Services EEIG (CMS EEIG), a European Economic Interest Grouping that coordinates an organisation of independent law firms. CMS EEIG provides no client services. Such services are solely provided by CMS EEIG’s member firms in their respective jurisdictions. CMS EEIG and each of its member firms are separate and legally distinct entities, and no such entity has any authority to bind any other. CMS EEIG and each member firm are liable only for their own acts or omissions and not those of each other. The brand name “CMS” and the term “firm” are used to refer to some or all of the member firms or their offices. Further information can be found at www.cmslegal.com Notice: the firm does not accept service by e-mail of court proceedings, other processes or formal notices of any kind without specific prior written agreement.
On the basis of the foregoing, we advise you that, in our opinion, (1) the Notes have been duly authorized in accordance with the Indenture, and, when the Notes have been (a) executed and authenticated, and (b) delivered and duly paid for by the purchasers thereof, the Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally (including the Banking Act 2009 and any secondary legislation, instruments or orders made, or which may be made, under it) and equitable principles of general applicability, (2) the Original Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and, insofar as Scots law governs the formalities of execution and delivery thereof, have been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company, and (3) subject to the laws and equitable principles referred to above the Indenture constitutes valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of Scotland. We have made no investigation of the laws of any jurisdiction other than Scotland and neither express nor imply any opinion as to any other laws and in particular the laws of the State of New York and the Federal laws of the United States of America and our opinion is subject to such laws including the matters stated in the opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP. The laws of the State of New York are the chosen governing law of the Notes and the Indenture and we have assumed that the Notes and the Indenture constitute valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, under such laws.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a report on Form 6-K to be filed by the Company on the date hereof. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with the above matter. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without our prior written consent.
Yours faithfully,
/s/ Stephen Phillips
For and on behalf of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
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Exhibit 5.2
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August 16, 2018
Lloyds Banking Group plc
25 Gresham Street
London EC2V 7HN
United Kingdom
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special United States counsel for Lloyds Banking Group plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of Scotland (the “Company”), in connection with the Company’s offering of $1,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 4.050% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Senior Notes”) and $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 4.550% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Senior Notes”, together with the 2023 Senior Notes the “Securities”) in an underwritten public offering pursuant to (i) the Underwriting Agreement dated August 9, 2018 (the “Base Underwriting Agreement”) and (ii) the Pricing Agreement dated as of August 9, 2018 (the “Pricing Agreement” and, together with the Base Underwriting Agreement, the “Underwriting Agreement”). The Securities are to be issued pursuant to the provisions of the senior debt securities indenture dated as of July 6, 2010 (the “Senior Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, acting through its London Branch, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the seventh supplemental indenture dated as of the date hereof between the Company and the Trustee (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Senior Indenture, the “Indenture”).
We, as your counsel, have examined originals or copies of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.
In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have, without independent inquiry or investigation, assumed that (i) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, (ii) all documents submitted to us as copies conform to authentic, complete originals, (iii) all signatures on all documents that we reviewed are genuine, (iv) all natural persons executing documents had and have the legal capacity to do so, (v) all statements in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company that we reviewed were and are accurate and (vi) all representations made by the Company as to matters of fact in the documents that we reviewed were and are accurate.
Davis
Polk & Wardwell London LLP is a limited liability partnership formed under the laws of the State of New York, USA, and is
authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority with registration number 566321.
Davis Polk includes Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and its associated entities.
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Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the additional assumptions and qualifications set forth below, we advise you that, in our opinion:
| (1) | Assuming that the Senior Indenture and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company insofar as Scots law is concerned, the Senior Indenture and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and assuming that the Senior Indenture and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Trustee and that each of the Trustee and the Company has full power, authority and legal right to enter into and perform its obligations thereunder, the Senior Indenture and the Seventh Supplemental Indenture constitute valid and binding agreements of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, provided that we express no opinion as to the validity, legally binding effect or enforceability of any provision that permits holders to collect any portion of stated principal amount upon acceleration of the Securities to the extent determined to constitute unearned interest; and |
| (2) | Assuming that the Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company insofar as Scots law is concerned, the Securities, when authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, provided that we express no opinion as to the validity, legally binding effect or enforceability of any provision that permits holders to collect any portion of stated principal amount upon acceleration of the Securities to the extent determined to constitute unearned interest. |
Our opinions in paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to (i) the effects of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability and (ii) possible judicial or regulatory actions giving effect to governmental actions or foreign laws affecting creditors’ rights.
We express no opinion with respect to the provisions in the Securities relating to the acknowledgement of and consent to the exercise of any U.K. bail-in power (as defined therein) or Section 3.10 of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture.
We are members of the Bar of the State of New York, and the foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States, except that we express no opinion as to any law, rule or regulation that is applicable to the Company, the Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby solely because such law, rule or regulation is part of a regulatory regime applicable to any party to any of the Documents or any of its affiliates due to the specific assets or business of such party or such affiliate. Insofar as the foregoing opinion involves matters governed by Scots law, we have relied, without independent inquiry or investigation, on the opinion of CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, special legal counsel in Scotland for the Company, dated as of August 16, 2018, to be filed as an exhibit to a report on Form 6-K concurrently with this opinion.
Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP
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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to a report on Form 6-K to be filed by the Company on the date hereof. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP |
Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP