0000950103-13-006824.txt : 20131125 0000950103-13-006824.hdr.sgml : 20131125 20131125135529 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950103-13-006824 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20131125 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131125 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Lloyds Banking Group plc CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001160106 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC [6029] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15246 FILM NUMBER: 131240454 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 25 GRESHAM STREET CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: EC2V 7HN BUSINESS PHONE: 44 0 20 7626 1500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 25 GRESHAM STREET CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: EC2V 7HN FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LLOYDS TSB GROUP PLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010926 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Lloyds Bank plc CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001167831 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC [6029] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35079 FILM NUMBER: 131240455 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 25 GRESHAM STREET STREET 2: LONDON EC2V 7HN CITY: UNITED KINGDOM STATE: X0 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 442076261500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 25 GRESHAM STREET STREET 2: LONDON EC2V 7HN CITY: UNITED KINGDOM STATE: X0 ZIP: 00000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020220 8-A12B 1 dp42106_8a12b.htm 8-A12B
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20459
 
FORM 8-A
 
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
Lloyds Banking Group plc
Lloyds Bank plc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
   
United Kingdom
(State of incorporation
or organization)
None
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
25 Gresham Street
London EC2V 7HN
United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive offices)
   
Title of each class to be so registered
Name of each exchange on which each class is to
to be registered
   
2.3% Senior Notes due 2018
 
New York Stock Exchange
   
 
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. :  x
 
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. o
 
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-189150 and  333-189150-01
 
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:   None.
 
 
 

 
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
The Registrant has filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, the prospectus supplement dated November 20, 2013 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to a base prospectus dated June 7, 2013 (the “Prospectus”) relating to the securities to be registered hereunder.  The Registrant incorporates by reference the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement to the extent set forth below.

Item 1.  Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered
 
The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the information contained in the sections captioned “Description of Debt Securities” on pages 2 through 15 of the Prospectus, and “Description of the Senior Notes” on pages S-7 through S-9 and “Certain U.K. and U.S. Federal Tax Consequences”, on page S-10 of the Prospectus Supplement.
 
Item 2.  Exhibits

 
4.1
Indenture, among Lloyds Bank plc, as issuer, Lloyds Banking Group plc, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, dated as of January 21, 2011 (the “Indenture”) incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4.3 to the Post-Effective Amendment to Form F-3 filed with the Commission on December 22, 2010.
 
 
4.2
Form of Global Note relating thereto.

 
4.3
Officer’s Certificate of Lloyds Bank plc pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Indenture setting forth the terms of the Notes.
 
 
99.1
Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement (incorporated herein to the extent provided above by reference to the Registrant’s filings under Rule 424(b) on June 7, 2013 and November 21, 2013).
 
 
 

 

 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.


Lloyds Bank plc

Issuer
 
 
/s/ Matthew Harrison  
Name:
Matthew Harrison  
Title:
Manager, Senior Issuance  


Lloyds Banking Group plc

 
/s/ Matthew Harrison  
Name:
Matthew Harrison  
Title:
Manager, Senior Issuance  


November 25, 2013


EX-4.2 2 dp42106_ex0402.htm EXHIBIT 4.2
Exhibit 4.2
FORM OF 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.  53944VAA7
ISIN No.  US53944VAA70
 
 
LLOYDS BANK plc
 
2.3% SENIOR NOTE DUE NOVEMBER 27, 2018
 
Guaranteed by
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc
 
 
No. 1 $500,000,000
 

LLOYDS BANK 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 $500,000,000 (five hundred million dollars) on November 27, 2018 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 May 27 and November  27 of each year, commencing on May 27, 2014, and ending on November 27, 2018 (each, an “Payment Date”). Interest so payable on any 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 Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day, as defined in the Indenture (each a “Regular Record Date”). Any interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date is herein called “Default Interest”. Default Interest shall cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue then of having been such holder, and such Default Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (x) or (y) below: (x) the Company
 
 
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may elect to make payment of any Default Interest to registered holders at the close of business on a Special Record Date (a “Special Record Date”) for the payment of such Default Interest, such Special Record Date to be fixed in accordance with Section 3.07(a) of the Indenture or, (y) the Company may make payment of any Default Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which this Note may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

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 2.3% 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.
 
 
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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.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Senior Note to be duly executed.
 

Dated: November 27, 2013
 
 
 
LLOYDS BANK PLC
 
     
     
  By:      
   
Name:
   
   
Title:
   
 




[Global Note No.1  Signature Page]
 
 
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GUARANTEE OF LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc (herein called the “Guarantor,” which term includes any successor person under the Indenture (as defined on the reverse hereof)) hereby unconditionally guarantees (the “Guarantee”) to each holder of this Senior Note the due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Senior Note and the due and punctual payment of the sinking fund payments (if any) provided for pursuant to the terms of such Senior Note and any and all amounts under the Indenture (including but not limited to, the fees, expenses and indemnities of the Trustee), when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Senior Note and of the Indenture. In case of the failure of the Company punctually to pay any such principal, premium, interest, Additional Amounts or sinking fund payment and any and all amounts under the Indenture, (including but not limited to, the fees, expenses and indemnities of the Trustee) the Guarantor hereby agrees to pay, or cause any such payment to be made, punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption, repayment or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company in accordance with the terms of such Senior Note and of the Indenture.

Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Guarantee which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this guarantee to
be duly executed.

Dated: November 27, 2013
 
 
 
Executed by LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC
 
     
     
  By:      
   
Name:
   
   
Title:
   
 
 
     
     
  By:      
   
Name:
   
   
Title:
   




[Global Note No.1  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: November 27, 2013
 
 
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee
 
     
     
  By:    
   
Authorized Signatory
 
       
 

 
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[Global Note No. 1 Signature Page]
 

 
[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 an Indenture, dated as of January 21, 2011 (herein called the “Indenture”), among the Company, as issuer, the Guarantor, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under 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 Guarantor, 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 $1,000,000,000. 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 and issue date, provided that such further notes must be fungbile with the 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 and the Guarantor, 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.
 
If an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Notes of this series shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of Holders of Senior Notes by such
 
 
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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 thereon, or to enforce any other proper remedy, including the institution of proceedings in England or Scotland (but not elsewhere) for the winding up of the Company or the Guarantor, respectively.
 
By acceptance of the Senior Notes of this series, the Holder will be deemed to have waived any right of set-off or counterclaim with respect to such Senior Notes that they might otherwise have against the Company or the Guarantor, whether before or during a winding-up of the Company or the Guarantor.
 
Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, all amounts of principal and interest on any Senior Notes of this Series will be paid by the Company without deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any and all present and future income, stamp and other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings now or hereafter imposed, 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 such deduction or withholding is required by law.  If deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings shall at any time be required by the Taxing Jurisdiction, the Company will pay such additional amounts of, or in respect of, the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Senior Notes of this series (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that the net amounts paid to the Holders after such deduction or withholding shall equal the respective amounts of principal, premium, if any, and interest which would have been payable in respect of such Senior Notes had no such deduction or withholding been required, provided, however, that the foregoing will not apply to any such tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or withholding which would not have been payable or due 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, premium, if any, or interest on, any Senior Note,
 
(ii) except in the case of a winding-up of the Company in the United Kingdom, the relevant Senior Note is presented (where presentation is required) for payment in the United Kingdom,
 
 
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(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 such Additional Amount on presenting the same for payment at the close of such 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, premium, if any, or interest, on such 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 such tax, assessment or other governmental charge,
 
(v) the withholding or deduction is imposed on a payment to or for the benefit of an individual and is required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other Directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of November 26-27, 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such directive,
 
(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 (where presentation is required) the Senior Note to another paying agent in a Member State of the European Union,
 
(vii) the deduction or withholding is imposed by reason of any agreement with the US Internal Revenue Service in connection with Sections 1471-1474 of the US Internal Revenue Code and the US 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, premium on, and interest on, the Senior Note to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership 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
 
 
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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 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 or the Guarantor, 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 or the Guarantor 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 official 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 November 27, 2013:
 
(a) in making payment under the Senior Notes the Company or the Guarantor has or will or would on the next Interest 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 (or, if applicable, the Guarantor) 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).
 
In any case where the Company or the Guarantor shall determine that as a result of any change in the official application or interpretation of any laws or regulations it is entitled to redeem the Senior Notes of this series, the Company or the Guarantor 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 or, if applicable, the Guarantor) in a form satisfactory to the Trustee confirming that the relevant
 
 
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change in the official application or interpretation of such laws or regulations has occurred and that the Company or, if applicable, the Guarantor is entitled to exercise its right of redemption.
 
If the Company or the Guarantor 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 (or, if applicable, the Guarantor’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.
 
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 Guarantor 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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EX-4.3 3 dp42106_ex0403.htm EXHIBIT 4.3
Exhibit 4.3
LLOYDS BANK PLC
 
OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATE AUTHORIZATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.01 OF THE INDENTURE

2.3% Senior Notes due 2018

November 27, 2013

Pursuant to the resolutions of the Board of Directors of Lloyds Bank plc, a public limited company incorporated and registered in England, (the “Issuer”) dated November 29, 2012, the extracts of which are attached as Exhibit A hereto and pursuant to Section 3.01 of the senior debt securities indenture dated January 21, 2011 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Issuer, Lloyds Banking Group plc, a public limited company incorporated and registered in Scotland, as Guarantor (the “Guarantor”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee and in connection with the Issuer’s $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.3% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Senior Notes”), guaranteed by the Guarantor (the “Guarantee”):

I, [name] [title], of the Issuer, approve the terms of the Senior Notes and, subject to Article 9 of the Indenture, hereby certify as follows:

(a)  The title of the Senior Notes shall be “2.3% Senior Notes due 2018 ”;

(b)  The aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall not exceed $1,000,000,000 (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture);

(c)  Principal on the Senior Notes shall be payable on November 27, 2018;

(d)  The Senior Notes shall be issued in global registered form on November 27, 2013 and shall bear interest from November 27, 2013 at an annual rate of 2.3%, payable semi-annually in arrears on November 27 and May 27, (each, an “Interest Payment Date”) commencing May 27, 2014;

Interest on the 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 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 Issuer on the Senior Notes;

(f)  Principal of and any interest on the Senior Notes shall be paid to the Holder through The Bank of New York Mellon, as paying agent of the Issuer having offices in London, United Kingdom;
 
 
 

 

 
(g)  The Senior Notes may be redeemable pursuant to Section 11.08 of the Indenture.  In connection with any redemption of the Senior Notes pursuant to Section 11.08 of the Indenture, the date referenced therein shall be November 27, 2013;

(h)  The Issuer shall have no obligation to redeem or purchase the Senior Notes pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision;

(i)  The 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 Senior Notes shall be payable upon the declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Indenture;

(k)  Additional Amounts shall only be payable on the Senior Notes pursuant to Section 10.04 of the Indenture, which section shall hereby be amended in part so that subclause (vii) is amended as follows, and subclause (viii) is added as follows:

(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 US Internal 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 subclauses (i) through (vii) above,

(l)  The Senior Notes shall not be converted into or exchanged at the option of the Issuer or otherwise for stock or other securities of the Issuer;

(m)  The Senior Notes shall be denominated in, and payments thereon shall be made in, U.S. Dollars;

(n)  The payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Senior Notes shall be payable only in the coin or currency in which the Senior Notes are denominated;

(o)  The Senior Notes will 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;

(p)  The Senior Notes will not be issued in definitive form;

(q)  There is no Calculation Agent for the Senior Notes;
 
 
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(r)  The Events of Default on the Senior Notes are as provided for in the Indenture;

(s)  The form of the Senior Notes are attached as Exhibit B hereto;

(t)  The Issuer may issue additional Senior Notes (“Additional Notes”) after the date hereof having the same ranking and same interest rate, maturity date, redemption terms and other terms as the Senior Notes except for the price to the public and issue date, provided that such Additional Notes must be fungible with the Senior Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  Any such Additional Notes, together with the Senior Notes will constitute a single series of securities under the Indenture;

(u)  The resolutions set forth in Exhibit A hereto (i) have been duly adopted or authorized by the Board of Directors of the Issuer and (ii) are in full force and effect as of the date hereof.

All terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning provided in the Indenture.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of the date first written above.
 
 
     
     
  By:      
   
Name:
   
   
Title:
   

 
 

 
[Section 3.01 Bank Officers’ Certificate Signature Page]