UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

31 JULY 2015

 

Commission File number 001-15246

 
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc


(Translation of registrant's name into English)

 

25 Gresham Street
London
EC2V 7HN
United Kingdom


(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 S Form 40-F £

 


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This report on Form 6-K shall be deemed incorporated by reference into the company's Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File Nos. 333-189150 and 333-189150-01) and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This report on Form 6-K contains the interim report of Lloyds Banking Group plc, which includes the unaudited consolidated interim results for the half-year ended 30 June 2015, and is being incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement with File Nos. 333-189150 and 333-189150-01.

 

 

 

 

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

This report covers the results of Lloyds Banking Group plc (the Company) together with its subsidiaries (the Group) for the half-year ended 30 June 2015.

 

Statutory basis

 

Statutory results are set out on pages 49 to 96. However, a number of factors have had a significant effect on the comparability of the Group’s financial position and results. As a result, comparison on a statutory basis of the 2015 results with 2014 is of limited benefit.

 

Underlying basis

 

In order to present a more meaningful view of business performance, the results are presented on an underlying basis excluding items that in management’s view would distort the comparison of performance between periods. Based on this principle the following items are excluded from underlying profit:

 

the amortisation of purchased intangible assets and the unwind of acquisition-related fair value adjustments;

 

the effects of certain asset sales, the impact of liability management actions and the volatility relating to the Group’s own debt and hedging arrangements as well as that arising in the insurance businesses and insurance gross up;

 

Simplification costs; which for 2015 are limited to severance costs relating to the programme announced in October 2014. Costs in 2014 include severance, IT and business costs relating to the programme started in 2011;

 

TSB build and dual running costs and the loss relating to the TSB sale;

 

payment protection insurance and other conduct provisions; and

 

certain past service pensions credits or charges in respect of the Group’s defined benefit pension arrangements.

 

Unless otherwise stated income statement commentaries throughout this document compare the half-year to 30 June 2015 to the half-year to 30 June 2014, and the balance sheet analysis compares the Group balance sheet as at 30 June 2015 to the Group balance sheet as at 31 December 2014.

 

 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document contains certain forward looking statements with respect to the business, strategy and plans of Lloyds Banking Group and its current goals and expectations relating to its future financial condition and performance. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Lloyds Banking Group’s or its directors’ and/or management’s beliefs and expectations, are forward looking statements. By their nature, forward looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend upon circumstances that will or may occur in the future. Factors that could cause actual business, strategy, plans and/or results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward looking statements made by the Group or on its behalf include, but are not limited to: general economic and business conditions in the UK and internationally; market related trends and developments; fluctuations in exchange rates, stock markets and currencies; the ability to access sufficient sources of capital, liquidity and funding when required; changes to the Group’s credit ratings; the ability to derive cost savings; changing customer behaviour including consumer spending, saving and borrowing habits; changes to borrower or counterparty credit quality; instability in the global financial markets, including Eurozone instability, the potential for one or more countries to exit the Eurozone or European Union (EU) (including the UK as a result of a referendum on its EU membership) and the impact of any sovereign credit rating downgrade or other sovereign financial issues; technological changes and risks to cyber security; pandemic, natural and other disasters, adverse weather and similar contingencies outside the Group’s control; inadequate or failed internal or external processes or systems; acts of war, other acts of hostility, terrorist acts and responses to those acts, geopolitical, pandemic or other such events; changes in laws, regulations, accounting standards or taxation, including as a result of further Scottish devolution; changes to regulatory capital or liquidity requirements and similar contingencies outside the Group’s control; the policies, decisions and actions of governmental or regulatory authorities in the UK, the EU, the US or elsewhere including the implementation of key legislation and regulation; the ability to attract and retain senior management and other employees; requirements or limitations imposed on the Group as a result of HM Treasury’s investment in the Group; actions or omissions by the Group’s directors, management or employees including industrial action; changes to the Group’s post-retirement defined benefit scheme obligations; the provision of banking operations services to TSB Banking Group plc; the extent of any future impairment charges or write-downs caused by, but not limited to, depressed asset valuations, market disruptions and illiquid markets; the value and effectiveness of any credit protection purchased by the Group; the inability to hedge certain risks economically; the adequacy of loss reserves; the actions of competitors, including non-bank financial services and lending companies; and exposure to regulatory or competition scrutiny, legal, regulatory or competition proceedings, investigations or complaints. Please refer to the latest Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of certain factors together with examples of forward looking statements. Except as required by any applicable law or regulation, the forward looking statements contained in this document are made as of today’s date, and Lloyds Banking Group expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward looking statements.

 

 

 

CONTENTS

 

  Page 
Summary of results
   
Statutory information (IFRS)  
Consolidated income statement
Summary consolidated balance sheet
Review of results
   
Underlying basis information  
Segmental analysis of profit (loss) before tax by division (unaudited)
Group profit reconciliations
Divisional highlights  
Retail 10 
Commercial Banking 12 
Consumer Finance 14 
Insurance 16 
Other 19 
   
Additional information on an underlying basis  
Banking net interest margin 21 
Volatility relating to the insurance business 21 
Number of employees (full-time equivalent) 22 
   
Risk management  
Principal risks and uncertainties 23 
Credit risk portfolio 25 
Funding and liquidity management 37 
Capital management 42 
   
Statutory information  
Condensed consolidated half-year financial statements (unaudited) 49 
Consolidated income statement 50 
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 51 
Consolidated balance sheet 52 
Consolidated statement of changes in equity 54 
Consolidated cash flow statement 57 
Notes 58 

 

 

SUMMARY OF RESULTS

  

    Half-year 
to 30 June 
2015 
 

Half-year 
to 30 June 

2014 

 

Change 
since 
30 June 

2014 

 

Half-year 
to 31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m      £m 
                 
Statutory results (IFRS)                
Total income, net of insurance claims   8,807    7,696    14    8,703 
Total operating expenses   (7,453)   (6,192)   (20)   (7,693)
Trading surplus   1,354    1,504    (10)   1,010 
Impairment   (161)   (641)   75    (111)
Profit before tax   1,193    863    38    899 
Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders   677    574    18    551 
Basic earnings per share   1.0p   0.8p    25    0.8p 
                 
Underlying basis (page 6)                
Underlying profit   4,383   3,819    15    3,937 
                 
Capital and balance sheet   At 
30 June 
2015 
  At 
31 Dec 
2014 
  Change 
since 
31 Dec 
2014 
             
Statutory            
Loans and advances to customers1   £452bn    £478bn    (5)
Customer deposits2   £417bn    £447bn    (7)
Loan to deposit ratio3   109%    107%    2pp 
             
PRA transitional risk-weighted assets   £227bn    £240bn    (5)
PRA transitional common equity tier 1 capital ratio   13.3%    12.8%    0.5pp 

 

1 Excludes reverse repos of £0.1 billion (31 December 2014: £5.1 billion).
2 Excludes repos of £nil (31 December 2014: £nil).
3 Loans and advances to customers (excluding reverse repos) divided by customer deposits (excluding repos).

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STATUTORY INFORMATION (IFRS)

 

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

 

    Half-year
to 30 June
2015
    

Half-year
to 30 June

2014

    

Half-year
to 31 Dec

2014

 
    £ million    £ million    £ million 
                
Interest and similar income   8,975    9,728    9,483 
Interest and similar expense   (3,483)   (4,466)   (4,085)
Net interest income   5,492    5,262    5,398 
Fee and commission income   1,598    1,836    1,823 
Fee and commission expense   (607)   (609)   (793)
Net fee and commission income   991    1,227    1,030 
Net trading income   3,018    4,588    5,571 
Insurance premium income   1,414    3,492    3,633 
Other operating income   890    (535)   226 
Other income   6,313    8,772    10,460 
Total income   11,805    14,034    15,858 
Insurance claims   (2,998)   (6,338)   (7,155)
Total income, net of insurance claims   8,807    7,696    8,703 
Regulatory provisions   (1,835)   (1,100)   (2,025)
Other operating expenses   (5,618)   (5,092)   (5,668)
Total operating expenses   (7,453)   (6,192)   (7,693)
Trading surplus   1,354    1,504    1,010 
Impairment   (161)   (641)   (111)
Profit before tax   1,193    863    899 
Taxation   (268)   (164)   (99)
Profit for the period   925    699    800 
                
Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders   677    574    551 
Profit attributable to other equity holders   197    91    196 
Profit attributable to equity holders   874    665    747 
Profit attributable to non-controlling interests   51    34    53 
Profit for the period   925    699    800 

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SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

 

    At 
30 June 
2015 
  At 
31 Dec 
2014 
Assets   £ million    £ million 
         
Cash and balances at central banks   67,687    50,492 
Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss   147,849    151,931 
Derivative financial instruments   27,980    36,128 
Loans and receivables:        
Loans and advances to customers   452,427    482,704 
Loans and advances to banks   23,548    26,155 
Debt securities   1,569    1,213 
    477,544    510,072 
Available-for-sale financial assets   32,173    56,493 
Held-to-maturity investments   19,960    − 
Other assets   49,639    49,780 
Total assets   822,832    854,896 
         
Liabilities        
Deposits from banks   16,966    10,887 
Customer deposits   416,595    447,067 
Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss   63,328    62,102 
Derivative financial instruments   27,778    33,187 
Debt securities in issue   77,776    76,233 
Liabilities arising from insurance and investment contracts   107,604    114,486 
Subordinated liabilities   22,639    26,042 
Other liabilities   42,105    34,989 
Total liabilities   774,791    804,993 
         
Shareholders’ equity   42,256    43,335 
Other equity instruments   5,355    5,355 
Non-controlling interests   430    1,213 
Total equity   48,041    49,903 
Total equity and liabilities   822,832    854,896 

 

REVIEW OF RESULTS

 

The Group recorded a profit before tax of £1,193 million for the half-year to 30 June 2015, an increase of £330 million, or 38 per cent, compared to the profit before tax of £863 million for the half-year to 30 June 2014

 

On 20 March 2015 the Group announced that it had agreed to sell a 9.99 per cent interest in TSB Banking Group plc (TSB) to Banco de Sabadell S.A. (Sabadell) and that it had entered into an irrevocable undertaking to accept Sabadell’s recommended cash offer in respect of its remaining 40.01 per cent interest in TSB. The sale of the 9.99 per cent interest completed on 24 March 2015, reducing the Group’s holding in TSB to 40.01 per cent; this sale lead to a loss of control and the deconsolidation of TSB. On 30 June 2015 the Group announced that Sabadell’s offer had become unconditional in all respects and the proceeds were received on 10 July 2015. In the half-year to 30 June 2015 the Group incurred a charge of £660 million following the deconsolidation of TSB; this comprised a gain of £5 million on disposal of the 9.99 per cent interest and the revaluation of the Group’s remaining 40.01 per cent interest, offset by a provision of £665 million in relation to the Group’s obligations under the Transitional Service Agreement and in respect of IT provision.

 

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REVIEW OF RESULTS (continued)

 

Total income, net of insurance claims, increased by £1,111 million, or 14 per cent, to £8,807 million for the half-year to 30 June 2015 from £7,696 million in the half-year to 30 June 2014.

 

Net interest income increased by £230 million, or 4 per cent, to £5,492 million. This increase was despite an increase of £57 million in the charge within net interest income for amounts allocated to unit holders in Open-Ended Investment Companies, from £300 million in the half-year to 30 June 2014 to £357 million in the half-year to 30 June 2015. Excluding this charge, net interest income was £287 million, or 5 per cent, higher at £5,849 million. The net interest margin increased, reflecting the disposal of lower margin assets which were outside of the Group’s risk appetite at the end of 2014 as well as the continued benefits of reduced funding and liability costs, partly offset by lower asset prices. In addition, the strengthening of the margin relative to the first half of 2014 reflects a full six months of the benefit of the Enhanced Capital Notes (ECNs) exchange in April 2014.

 

Other income decreased by £2,459 million, or 28 per cent, to £6,313 million, largely due to a £1,570 million decrease in net trading income, reflecting lower income from the insurance businesses due to the impact of market conditions on the policyholder assets within those businesses, relative to the half-year to 30 June 2014; together with a £2,078 million reduction in insurance premium income and a £1,425 million improvement in other operating income. The market-driven movements in insurance trading income, together with the movement in insurance premium income, were largely offset in the Group’s income statement by a £3,340 million, or 53 per cent, decrease in the insurance claims expense, to £2,998 million, and the impact on net interest income of amounts allocated to unit holders in Open-Ended Investment Companies. Net trading income within the Group’s banking operations was a profit of £431 million compared to a profit of £587 million in the half-year to 30 June 2014, although this includes mark-to-market losses of £390 million arising from the equity conversion feature of the Group’s ECNs, compared to a gain of £226 million in the half-year to 30 June 2014. Net fee and commission income was £236 million, or 19 per cent, lower at £991 million, principally as a result of the sale of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, which completed on 31 March 2014. Insurance premium income was £2,078 million lower at £1,414 million; regular income of £3,373 million in the half-year to 30 June 2015 was partly offset by a charge of £1,959 million relating to the recapture by a third party insurer of a portfolio of policies previously reassured with the Group. This charge is offset by an equivalent credit within the insurance claims expense. Other operating income was £1,425 million higher at £890 million reflecting the fact that the half-year to 30 June 2014 included the loss of £1,362 million arising from the Group’s exchange and cash redemption transactions relating to its ECNs. Excluding this loss, other operating income was £63 million, or 8 per cent, higher at £890 million in the half-year to 30 June 2015 compared to £827 million in the half-year to 30 June 2014 as a result of increased income from the movement in value of in-force insurance business.

 

Total operating expenses increased by £1,261 million, or 20 per cent, to £7,453 million; although the half-year to 30 June 2015 includes a charge of £665 million relating to the disposal of TSB, there was a pension curtailment credit of £822 million in the half-year to 30 June 2014 and the half-year to 30 June 2015 includes a charge in respect of regulatory provisions of £1,835 million compared to a charge of £1,100 million in the same period in 2014. Excluding these items, costs were £961 million, or 16 per cent, lower at £4,953 million. This decrease reflects a £711 million reduction in Simplification and TSB build and dual-running costs, together with the impact of business disposals and the ongoing benefits of the Group’s efficiency programmes.

 

The Group increased the provision for expected PPI costs by a further £1,400 million in the first half of 2015. This brings the amount provided to £13,425 million. Total costs incurred in the second quarter were £876 million and as at 30 June 2015, £2,237 million or 17 per cent of the total provision, remained unutilised. The volume of reactive PPI complaints in the first half of 2015 fell by 8 per cent compared with the first half of 2014 but were marginally higher than the Q4 2014 run-rate and expectations. Reactive complaints continue to be driven by Claims Management Company (CMC) activity.

 

The Group also made a further charge of £435 million in respect of other conduct issues. This comprises £318 million of provisions related to potential claims and remediation in respect of legacy product sales and a fine of £117 million following the agreement reached with the Financial Conduct Authority with regard to aspects of the Group’s PPI complaint handling process during the period March 2012 to May 2013.

 

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REVIEW OF RESULTS (continued)

 

Impairment losses decreased by £480 million, or 75 per cent, to £161 million; this improvement reflects lower levels of new impairment as a result of effective risk management, improving economic conditions and the continued low interest rate environment.

 

The tax charge for the half-year to 30 June 2015 was £268 million (half-year to 30 June 2014: £164 million), representing an effective tax rate of 22.5 per cent; this compares to an effective tax rate of 19.0 per cent in the first half of 2014, which reflected tax exempt gains on the sales of businesses, including Scottish Widows Investment Partnership.

 

On the balance sheet, total assets were £32,064 million, or 4 per cent, lower at £822,832 million at 30 June 2015, compared to £854,896 million at 31 December 2014. Loans and advances to customers decreased by £30,277 million, or 6 per cent, to £452,427 million, principally reflecting the deconsolidation of TSB which lead to a decrease of £21,643 million. Customer deposits decreased by £30,472 million, to £416,595 million, principally reflecting the deconsolidation of TSB which lead to a decrease of £24,625 million. Shareholders’ equity decreased by £1,079 million, or 2 per cent, from £43,335 million at 31 December 2014 to £42,256 million at 30 June 2015 as the retained profit for the period of £874 million was more than offset by the impact of the dividend paid to shareholders of £535 million together with a negative post-retirement defined benefit scheme remeasurement and other reserve movements. Non-controlling interests were £783 million or 65 per cent, lower at £430 million, as a result of the deconsolidation of TSB.

 

At 30 June 2015 the Group’s wholesale funding remained stable at £116 billion (31 December 2014: £116 billion) of which £39 billion (31 December 2014: £41 billion) had a maturity of less than one year. The Group’s total wholesale funding requirement remains broadly matched by its primary liquid asset portfolio, which is unchanged at £109 billion.

 

The Group's common equity tier 1 capital ratio increased to 13.3 per cent at the end of June 2015, after allowing for the interim dividend, from 12.8 per cent at the end of December 2014, driven by a combination of retained profit and a reduction in risk-weighted assets.

 

The Group has announced an interim dividend of 0.75 per share, amounting to £535 million. The Group has a strong capital position with a CET1 ratio of 13.3 per cent and a leverage ratio of 4.9 per cent.

 

The Group’s aim is to have a dividend policy that is both progressive and sustainable. The Group recommenced payment at the full year and, as previously indicated, expects ordinary dividends to increase over the medium term with a dividend payout ratio of at least 50 per cent of sustainable earnings. In addition, going forward the Board will give due consideration, subject to the circumstances at the time, to the distribution of surplus capital through the use of special dividends or share buy-backs. Surplus capital represents capital over and above the amount management wish to retain to grow the business, meet regulatory requirements and cover uncertainties. This amount of retained capital is likely to vary from time to time depending on circumstances, but is currently around 12 per cent plus an amount broadly equivalent to a further year’s ordinary dividend.

 

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SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS OF PROFIT (LOSS) BEFORE TAX BY DIVISION (UNAUDITED)

 

Underlying basis

 

    Half-year 
to 30 June 
2015 
    Half-year 
to 30 June 
2014 
    

Half-year 
to 31 Dec 

2014 

 
    £ million     £ million     £ million  
                
Retail   1,839    1,710    1,518 
Commercial Banking   1,193    1,156    1,050 
Consumer Finance   539    534    476 
Insurance   584    461    461 
Other   228    (42)   432 
Underlying profit before tax   4,383    3,819    3,937 

 

The Group Executive Committee (GEC), which is the chief operating decision maker for the Group, reviews the Group’s internal reporting based around these segments (which reflect the Group’s organisational and management structures) in order to assess the Group’s performance and allocate resources; this reporting is provided on an underlying profit before tax basis. The GEC believes that this basis better represents the performance of the Group. IFRS 8 requires that the Group present its segmental profit before tax on the basis reviewed by the chief operating decision maker that is most consistent with the measurement principles used in measuring the Group’s statutory profit before tax. Accordingly, the Group presents its segmental underlying basis profit before tax in note 2 on page 59 of its financial statements in compliance with IFRS 8 Operating Segments.

 

The aggregate total of the underlying basis segmental results constitutes a non-GAAP measure as defined in the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation G. Management uses the aggregate and segmental underlying profit before tax, both non-GAAP measures, as measures of performance and believes that they provide important information for investors because they are comparable representations of the Group’s performance. Profit before tax is the comparable GAAP measure to aggregate underlying profit before tax; the following table sets out the reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure to its comparable GAAP measure.

 

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GROUP PROFIT RECONCILIATIONS

 

    Half-year
to 30 June
2015
    

Half-year
to 30 June

2014

    Half-year
to 31 Dec
2014
 
    £m    £m    £m 
                
Underlying profit   4,383    3,819    3,937 
Asset sales   (52)   94    44 
Liability management   (6)   (1,376)   (10)
Own debt volatility   (333)   225    173 
Other volatile items   36    (73)   (39)
Volatility arising in insurance business   18    (122)   (106)
Fair value unwind   (77)   (315)   (214)
Simplification and TSB build and dual running costs   (117)   (828)   (696)
Charge relating to TSB disposal   (660)   -    - 
Payment protection insurance provision   (1,400)   (600)   (1,600)
Other conduct provisions   (435)   (500)   (425)
Past service pensions credit   -    710    - 
Amortisation of purchased intangibles   (164)   (171)   (165)
Profit before tax – statutory   1,193    863    899 

 

Asset sales

 

Asset sales comprise the gains and losses on asset disposals (half-year to 30 June 2015: loss of £52 million; half-year to 30 June 2014: gain of £94 million), principally of assets which were outside of the Group’s risk appetite.

 

Liability management

 

Losses of £6 million arose in the half-year to 30 June 2015 (half-year to 30 June 2014: £14 million) on transactions undertaken as part of the Group’s management of its wholesale funding and capital. In March and April of 2014, the Group issued £5.35 billion of AT1 securities in exchange for £5.0 billion (nominal) of ECNs, giving rise to further liability management losses of £1,362 million in the first half of 2014.

 

Own debt volatility

 

Own debt volatility includes a loss of £390 million (half-year to 30 June 2014: gain of £226 million) relating to the change in fair value of the equity conversion feature of the Enhanced Capital Notes, which principally reflects the ongoing amortisation of the value of the conversion feature over its life. Own debt volatility also includes a £53 million gain (half-year to 30 June 2014: £25 million) relating to the change in fair value of the small proportion of the Group’s wholesale funding which was designated at fair value at inception.

 

Other volatile items

 

Other volatile items includes the change in fair value of interest rate derivatives and foreign exchange hedges in the banking book not mitigated through hedge accounting, resulting in a gain of £5 million (a charge of £127 million was incurred in the first half of 2014). Other volatile items also include a positive net derivative valuation adjustment of £31 million (half-year to 30 June 2014: gain of £54 million), reflecting movements in the market implied credit risk associated with customer derivative balances.

 

Volatility relating to the insurance business

 

The Group’s statutory profit before tax is affected by insurance volatility caused by movements in financial markets generating a variance against expected returns, and policyholder interests volatility, which primarily reflects the gross up of policyholder tax included in the Group tax charge. Volatility relating to the insurance business increased the Group’s statutory profit by £18 million in the first half of 2015; this compares to negative insurance volatility of £122 million in the first half of 2014.

 

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GROUP PROFIT RECONCILIATIONS (continued)

 

Fair value unwind

 

The statutory (IFRS) results include the impact of the acquisition-related fair value adjustments arising from the acquisition of HBOS in 2009; these adjustments affect a number of line items.

 

The principal financial effects of the fair value unwind are to reflect the effective interest rates applicable at the date of acquisition, on assets and liabilities that were acquired at values that differed from their original book value, and to recognise the reversal of credit and liquidity risk adjustments as underlying instruments mature or become impaired. Generally, this leads to higher interest expense as the value of HBOS’s own debt accretes to par and a lower impairment charge reflecting the impact of acquisition balance sheet valuation adjustments.

 

Simplification and TSB costs

 

Simplification programme costs were £32 million (half-year to 30 June 2014: £519 million); and TSB build and dual running costs were £85 million (half-year to 30 June 2014: £309 million).

 

Charge relating to TSB disposal

 

On 20 March 2015 the Group announced that it had agreed to sell a 9.99 per cent interest in TSB Banking Group plc (TSB) to Banco de Sabadell S.A. (Sabadell) and that it had entered into an irrevocable undertaking to accept Sabadell’s recommended cash offer in respect of its remaining 40.01 per cent interest in TSB. The offer by Sabadell was conditional upon, amongst other things, regulatory approval.

 

The sale of the 9.99 per cent interest completed on 24 March 2015, reducing the Group’s holding in TSB to 40.01 per cent; this sale led to a loss of control and the deconsolidation of TSB. The Group’s residual investment in 40.01 per cent of TSB was then recorded at fair value, as an asset held for sale. The Group recognised a loss of £660 million reflecting the net costs of the Transitional Service Agreement between Lloyds and TSB, the contribution to be provided by Lloyds to TSB in moving to alternative IT provision and the net result on sale of the 9.99 per cent interest and fair valuation of the residual investment.

 

The Group announced on 30 June 2015 that all relevant regulatory clearances had been received and that the sale was therefore unconditional in all respects, so that at 30 June 2015 the Group was carrying a receivable from Sabadell in respect of the final proceeds of sale. The proceeds were received on 10 July 2015.

 

Payment protection insurance (PPI)

 

The Group increased the provision for expected PPI costs by a further £1.4 billion in the first half of 2015. This brings the total amount provided to £13.4 billion, of which £2.2 billion remains unutilised. The unutilised provision comprises elements to cover the Past Business Review (PBR), remediation activity and future reactive complaints including associated administration costs.

 

The Past Business Review activity is nearing completion, with no further provisions taken in the first half. The Group has mailed 98 percent of the total PBR scope and the remaining 2 per cent of customers are expected to be mailed by the end of 2015.

 

The Group continues to progress with remediation. At the end of 2014, the Group had identified approximately 1.2 million previously defended and redressed cases for re-review. During the first half the scope of the programme has been extended by 0.2 million to approximately 1.4 million cases. The Group has now completed the review of 96 per cent of previously defended cases, which were prioritised given their complexity and the level of potential redress required. The remaining scope, including the review of previously redressed cases, is expected to be substantially completed by the end of the year. The changes in the scope of the programme, together with higher overturn and redress rates, has resulted in an additional provision of approximately £0.4 billion in the second quarter.

 

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GROUP PROFIT RECONCILIATIONS (continued)

 

The volume of reactive PPI complaints in the first half of 2015 fell by 8 per cent compared with the first half of 2014, but was marginally higher than the fourth quarter 2014 run-rate and above expectations. Reactive complaints continue to be driven by Claims Management Company (CMC) activity. Higher than expected average redress, coupled with the revised forecast of complaint volumes and associated operational costs accounts for £1.0 billion of the provision taken in the second quarter.

 

The cash payment in the first half of 2015 was £1.7 billion and included remediation and PBR payments. As indicated, the PBR and remediation programmes are expected to be substantially complete by the end of this year, slightly later than originally envisaged. The monthly run-rate spend of these programmes is expected to reduce significantly from the current level of around £140 million to around £30 million at the end of this year with an associated reduction in operating costs.

 

A number of risks and uncertainties remain, in particular in respect of complaint volumes, which are primarily driven by CMC activity. The current provision assumes a significant decrease in reactive complaint volumes over the next 18 months, compared with trends in recent quarters. If this decline is delayed by six months and reactive complaints remain at the same level as the first half of 2015, this would lead to an additional provision of approximately £1.0 billion at the end of the year; a similar level of provisioning would be required for each six months of flat complaint volumes in 2016.

 

Other conduct provisions

 

In the first half of 2015, the Group incurred a further charge of £435 million in respect of a number of matters affecting the Retail, Commercial Banking and Consumer Finance divisions. Within this total, £318 million of provisions related to potential claims and remediation in respect of products sold through the branch network and continuing investigation of matters highlighted through industry wide regulatory reviews, as well as legacy product sales and historical systems and controls such as those governing legacy incentive schemes. This includes £175 million in respect of complaints relating to Packaged Bank Accounts. In addition, the charge included the previously announced settlement of £117 million that the Group reached with the Financial Conduct Authority with regard to aspects of its PPI complaint handling process during the period March 2012 to May 2013.

 

Past service pensions credit

 

In 2014, the Group reviewed its defined benefit pension arrangements as part of a wider review of the pay, benefits and reward it offers to employees. As a result, the Group decided to reduce the cap on the increases in pensionable pay used in calculating the pension benefit, from 2 per cent to 0 per cent with effect from 2 April 2014. This change and other actions, which are expected to result in a reduced level of volatility in the value of the Group’s defined benefit pension schemes in the future, resulted in a £710 million credit in the income statement in the half-year to 30 June 2014.

 

Amortisation of purchased intangibles

 

A total of £4,650 million of customer-related intangibles, brands, core deposit intangibles and purchased credit card relationships were recognised on the acquisition of HBOS in 2009 and these are being amortised over their estimated useful lives, where this has been determined to be finite. This has resulted in a charge of £164 million in the half-year to 30 June 2015 (half-year to 30 June 2014: £171 million).

 

The customer-related intangibles include customer lists and the benefits of customer relationships that generate recurring income. The purchased credit card relationships represent the benefit of recurring income generated from the portfolio of credit cards purchased and the core deposit intangible is the benefit derived from a large stable deposit base that has low interest rates.

 

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DIVISIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

RETAIL

 

Retail offers a broad range of financial service products, including current accounts, savings, personal loans and mortgages, to UK personal customers, including Wealth and small business customers. It is also a distributor of insurance, protection and credit cards, and a range of long-term savings and investment products. Retail’s aim is to be the best bank for customers in the UK, by building deep and enduring relationships that deliver value to customers, and by providing them with greater choice and flexibility. Retail will maintain its multi-brand and multi-channel strategy, and continue to simplify the business and provide more transparent products, helping to improve service levels and reduce conduct risks.

 

Progress against strategic initiatives

·Continued development of our digital capability. Our online user base has increased to over 11 million customers, with over 5.9 million active mobile users.

·Continued to attract new customers through positive switching activity, particularly through the Halifax challenger brand which has attracted around 120,000 customers in the first half of 2015.

·Club Lloyds proposition has been strengthened by the addition of new home insurance and cards offers, helping to attract a further 200,000 customers in the first half of 2015.

·Developed a market leading Young Savers proposition, with around 250,000 children’s savings accounts opened in the first half of 2015, helping develop a savings culture in young people and allowing us to start building long lasting relationships with these customers.

·Achieved £16 billion of gross new mortgage lending in in the first half of 2015. Launched a new online application process that allows customers to reach Agreement in Principle to borrow, improving efficiency for both customers and the business.

·On track to deliver our lending commitment to first-time buyers, providing 1 in 4 mortgages. Retail continues to be a leading supporter of the UK government’s Help to Buy scheme, with lending of £2.5 billion under the mortgage guarantee element of the scheme since launch.

·Exceeded our lending commitment, supporting over 1 in 5 new business start-ups. Improved our proposition to small business customers, launching a range of new to market products and services.

·Enhanced proposition for investment customers, becoming the first UK Bank to offer investment advice through video-conferencing and screen sharing.

·Increased Net Promoter Scores across all channels in in the first half of 2015.

 

Financial performance

·Underlying profit increased 8 per cent to £1,839 million.

·Net interest income increased 7 per cent. Margin has increased 16 basis points to 2.44 per cent, driven by improved deposit margin and mix, more than offsetting reduced lending rates.

·Other income down 20 per cent. Lower protection income following the removal of face-to-face advised standalone protection roles in branches, lower wealth income following regulatory changes.

·Costs increased 4 per cent to £2,300 million, with operational efficiencies funding increased investment in the business.

·Impairment reduced 41 per cent to £163 million, driven by lower unsecured charges due to lower impaired loan and arrears balances. Secured coverage was broadly flat at 36 per cent.

·Return on risk-weighted assets increased 73 basis points driven by 3 per cent reduction to risk-weighted assets and 8 per cent increase to underlying profit.

 

Balance sheet

·Loans and advances to customers fell 1 per cent to £312.9 billion with the open mortgage book (excluding specialist mortgage book and Intelligent Finance) increasing 1 per cent versus June 2014.

·Customer deposits decreased 3 per cent to £278.2 billion, with more expensive tactical balances down 12 per cent to £33.2 billion, reflecting lower lending growth and actions to protect interest margins.

·Risk-weighted assets decreased by £1.8 billion to £65.9 billion, driven by an improvement in the credit quality of assets and a modest contraction to lending balances.

 

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RETAIL (continued)

 

   

Half-year 

to 30 June 

2015 

 

Half-year 

to 30 June 

2014 

  Change   

Half-year 

to 31 Dec 

2014  

  Change 
    £m    £m      £m   
                     
Net interest income   3,743    3,493      3,586   
Other income   559    700    (20)   512   
Total income   4,302    4,193      4,098   
Costs   (2,300)   (2,207)   (4)   (2,257)   (2)
Impairment   (163)   (276)   41    (323)   50 
Underlying profit   1,839    1,710      1,518    21 
                     
Banking net interest margin   2.44%    2.28%    16bp    2.29%    15bp 
Asset quality ratio   0.10%    0.18%    (8)bp    0.20%    (10)bp 
Return on risk-weighted assets   5.55%    4.82%    73bp    4.36%    119bp 
Return on assets   1.17%    1.09%    8bp    0.95%    22bp 
                     
Key balance sheet items   At 
30 June 
2015 
  At 
31 Dec 
2014 
  Change 
    £bn    £bn   
             
Loans and advances excluding closed portfolios   283.9    284.7    − 
Closed portfolios   29.0    30.5    (5)
Loans and advances to customers   312.9    315.2    (1)
             
Relationship balances   245.0    247.9    (1)
Tactical balances   33.2    37.6    (12)
Customer deposits   278.2    285.5    (3)
Total customer balances   591.1    600.7    (2)
             
Risk-weighted assets   65.9    67.7    (3)

  

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COMMERCIAL BANKING

 

Commercial Banking supports UK businesses from SMEs to large corporates and financial institutions. It has a client led, low risk strategy targeting sustainable returns on risk weighted assets above 2 per cent by 2015 and more than 2.4 per cent by the end of 2017, whilst simplifying operating processes, building digital capability and maintaining capital discipline. Commercial Banking aims to be the best bank for clients, delivering a through-the-cycle relationship approach that provides affordable, simple and transparent finance, as well as support for complex needs and access to Government funding schemes.

 

Progress against strategic initiatives

·Increased lending to SMEs by 5 per cent supported by strong relationship banking and remain the largest net lender to SMEs under the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS), with over £3 billion of gross FLS lending in the first half of 2015.

·Maintained lending to Mid Market clients in a declining market, delivering an improved local service with an overall increase in client advocacy and ongoing investment in relationship manager capability.

·Grown both SME and Mid Market client base and have committed over £735 million of funding support to UK manufacturing.

·Global Corporates was ranked first in Sterling capital markets financing of UK corporates in the first half of 2015, raising more than £1.8 billion for clients. It continues to help Britain prosper globally by providing UK clients with overseas capability and leveraging its considerable domestic capabilities in support of major international companies seeking a gateway into the UK.

·Financial Institutions (FI) actively supports the Financial Services industry in the UK, a sector critical to the success of the UK economy. Our leading FI franchise continued to deliver through deep sector expertise as illustrated by the growing number of lead financing roles, helping our clients to raise £30 billion of funding in the year to date.

·Strong deposit growth underpinned by continued investment in Transaction Banking platforms and further helped by the Group’s improving credit rating.

·Continued our commitment to Helping Britain Prosper, raising over £500 million through our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) programmes including the issuance of our second ESG bond for £250 million and launch of an ESG Term Deposit to finance SMEs, healthcare providers and renewable energy projects in the most economically disadvantaged areas of the UK.

·Supporting over £2.6 billion of UK national infrastructure financing including developing and leading the first CPI-linked bond in the sterling market, used by the Greater London Authority to partly fund the extension of the London Underground Northern Line; a development which is expected to lead to the creation of 24,000 new jobs and 18,000 new homes.

 

Financial performance

·Underlying profit of £1,193 million, up 3 per cent, driven by income growth and a significant reduction in impairments.

·Income increased by 2 per cent to £2,257 million, reflecting strong growth in our Core Client franchises, offset by lower revaluation income from Lloyds Development Capital (LDC).

·Net interest margin increased by 18 basis points to 2.81 per cent due to disciplined pricing of new lending and a continued reduction in funding costs as a result of attracting high quality transactional deposits in SME, Mid Markets and Global Corporates.

·Other income increased 4 per cent, driven by significant refinancing activity support provided to Global Corporate clients and increases in Mid Markets and Financial Institutions, offset by a reduction in LDC.

·Asset quality ratio of 0.04 per cent improved by 1 basis point, reflecting lower gross charges, improved credit quality and continued progress in executing the strategy of building a low risk commercial bank.

·Return on risk-weighted assets increased by 33 basis points to 2.29 per cent. We remain on target to deliver sustainable returns in excess of 2 per cent in 2015 and more than 2.40 per cent by the end of 2017.

 

Balance sheet

·Loans and advances to customers fell by 1 per cent to £100.2 billion with growth in SME offset by transfers to the Insurance division.

·Customer deposits increased by 5 per cent, with growth in all client segments.

·Risk-weighted assets decreased by £3.4 billion, reflecting continued optimisation of the balance sheet. Reductions in credit and market risk-weighted assets were the result of active portfolio management across Financial Markets and Global Corporates, and Market Risk model changes.

 

 

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COMMERCIAL BANKING (continued)

 

   

Half-year

to 30 June 

2015 

 

Half-year 

to 30 June 

2014 

  Change 

Half-year 

to 31 Dec 

2014 

  Change 
    £m    £m      £m   
                     
Net interest income   1,234    1,234    −    1,246    (1)
Other income   1,023    984      972   
Total income   2,257    2,218      2,218   
Operating costs   (1,043)   (1,022)   (2)   (1,101)  
Operating lease depreciation   (14)   (11)   (27)   (13)   (8)
Costs   (1,057)   (1,033)   (2)   (1,114)  
Impairment   (7)   (29)   76    (54)   87 
Underlying profit   1,193    1,156      1,050    14 
                     
Banking net interest margin   2.81%    2.63%    18bp    2.70%    11bp 
Asset quality ratio   0.04%    0.05%    (1)bp    0.10%    (6)bp 
Return on risk-weighted assets   2.29%    1.96%    33bp    1.88%    41bp 
Return on assets   1.06%    1.01%    5bp    0.87%    19bp 
                     
Key balance sheet items   At 
30 June 
2015 
  At 
31 Dec 
2014 
  Change 
    £bn    £bn   
             
SME   28.8    27.9   
Other   71.4    73.0    (2)
Loans and advances to customers   100.2    100.9    (1)
Customer deposits   125.4    119.9   
Total customer balances   225.6    220.8   
             
Risk-weighted assets   102.8    106.2    (3)

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CONSUMER FINANCE

 

Consumer Finance aims to extend its market leadership in motor finance by building its digital capability and creating new propositions in both the Black Horse and Lex Autolease businesses. In Credit Cards, better use will be made of Group customer relationships and insight, with investment into digital strategic initiatives to seek growth within its current risk appetite from franchise customers, as well as a focus on attracting non-franchise customers.

 

Progress against strategic objectives

·Investing in our growth strategy:

Successfully launched the market’s first direct-to-consumer, secured car finance proposition, providing a simple, digital hire purchase and personal contract purchase offering through online banking and mobile devices.

Further digital developments within Credit Cards improving our customers’ experience, particularly within mobile. Significant improvements in our customer propositions, including a broadened, more competitive product range, along with improved switching and multiple product holding capabilities.

·Focus on new business in a competitive market:

17 per cent growth in Black Horse new lending year-on-year with strong underlying business performance including the Jaguar Land Rover partnership, while leading the industry in embedding significant Consumer Credit regulatory change.

6 per cent growth in Lex Autolease fleet size year-on-year with leads from the franchise up 14 per cent.

21 per cent increase in Cards balance transfer volumes year-on-year from both new and existing customers and a net gainer from competitors.

25 per cent growth in transaction volumes year-on-year within the Cardnet Acquiring solutions business, driven by increased activity from existing customers.

·Growing balances in under-represented markets:

UK Consumer Finance loan growth of 17 per cent year-on-year.

Growth in Credit Cards lending balances of 5 per cent year-on-year.

Black Horse lending up 33 per cent and Lex operating leases 10 per cent higher year-on-year.

·Customer satisfaction improved with increased Net Promoter Scores year-on-year across the UK businesses including a significant improvement in Credit Cards.

 

Financial performance

·Underlying profit up to £539 million, with new business volume driven income growth in Black Horse and Lex Autolease and reductions in impairments reflecting improved quality of the portfolio, offsetting an increase in costs largely reflecting investment in our growth strategy.

·Net interest income increased by 2 per cent to £658 million driven by strong growth across all lending businesses, partly offset by a 43 basis point reduction in net interest margin to 6.26 per cent including the impact of lower Euribor rates on the online deposit businesses. The lower margin underlies a shift towards higher quality and hence lower margin lending which in turn is consistent with the lower impairment charges being experienced.

·Increase in other income to £677 million as a result of the continued fleet growth in Lex Autolease in a competitive environment.

·Costs increased by 7 per cent to £756 million with operational efficiencies more than offset by investment in growth initiatives and increased operating lease depreciation as a result of growth in the Lex Autolease fleet.

·Impairment charges reduced by 49 per cent to £40 million, with an improvement in the asset quality ratio, driven by continued improvement in portfolio quality supported by the sale of recoveries assets in the Credit Cards portfolio.

·Return on risk-weighted assets in line with the prior year at 5.19 per cent with growth in underlying profit offset by a small increase in average risk-weighted assets.

 

Balance sheet

·Net lending increased by 4 per cent since December driven by Black Horse with growth of 18 per cent. In Credit Cards we have seen growth accelerate to 5 per cent year-on-year. Balances in the European businesses were down 8 per cent since December driven by foreign exchange rate movements.

·Operating lease assets up by 3 per cent since December to £3.2 billion reflecting growth in the Lex Autolease fleet.

·Customer deposits reduced by 24 per cent since December to £11.4 billion driven by deposit re-pricing activity in response to lower Euribor rates and foreign exchange rate movements.

·Risk weighted assets unchanged since December, with growth in net lending offset by active portfolio management and improvements in credit quality.

 

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CONSUMER FINANCE (continued)

 

   

Half-year 

to 30 June 

2015 

 

Half-year 

to 30 June 

2014 

  Change   

Half-year 

to 31 Dec 

2014 

  Change 
    £m    £m      £m   
                     
Net interest income   658    645      645   
Other income   677    675    −    689    (2)
Total income   1,335    1,320      1,334    − 
Operating costs   (403)   (389)   (4)   (373)   (8)
Operating lease depreciation   (353)   (319)   (11)   (348)   (1)
Costs   (756)   (708)   (7)   (721)   (5)
Impairment   (40)   (78)   49    (137)   71 
Underlying profit   539    534      476    13 
                     
Banking net interest margin   6.26%    6.69%    (43)bp    6.30%    (4)bp 
Asset quality ratio   0.38%    0.78%    (40)bp    1.30%    (92)bp 
Impaired loans as a % of closing advances   2.8%    4.2%    (1.4)pp    3.4%    (0.6)pp 
Return on risk-weighted assets   5.19%    5.20%    (1)bp    4.49%    70bp 
Return on assets   4.16%    4.30%    (14)bp    3.79%    37bp 
Key balance sheet items  

At 

30 June 
2015 

 

 

At 

31 Dec 
2014 

 

  Change 
    £bn    £bn   
             
Loans and advances to customers   21.8    20.9   
Of which UK   17.3    16.0   
Operating lease assets   3.2    3.1   
Total customer assets   25.0    24.0   
Of which UK   20.5    19.1   
Customer deposits   11.4    15.0    (24)
Total customer balances   36.4    39.0    (7)
             
Risk-weighted assets   21.0    20.9    − 

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INSURANCE

 

The Insurance division is committed to meeting the changing needs of our customers by working with our Group partners to provide a range of trusted and value for money products via multiple channels. Since it was founded 200 years ago Scottish Widows has been protecting what our customers value most and helping them plan financially for the future, currently with almost six million life and pensions customers and over £95 billion of funds under management.

 

Progress against strategic initiatives

·Corporate Pensions assets under management increased by £1.4 billion to £28.4 billion in the first half of the year following continued growth in contributions under auto enrolment. As a leading provider in this sector, Insurance is well positioned to benefit from the expected growth in the workplace savings market.

·Launched a new retirement planning website to inform and educate customers about the options and choices available to them in retirement. This provides customers with increased flexibility in how they access guidance on their retirement options. In the four months since launch more than 150,000 customers have utilised this site.

·Home Insurance sales through online channels continued to grow, supported by strong retention, following the decision taken to bring the underwriting in house. Continued investment in the Group’s direct digital capability is expected to deliver a more flexible Home Insurance product later this year.

·Customer access to protection products has been extended with the launch of an online product which gives customers the opportunity to acquire life insurance through a quick and easy digital journey.

·Successfully executed a bulk annuity transaction with the Scottish Widows With-Profits fund. This represented a key stage in plans to participate in the growing and attractive defined benefit pensions scheme de-risking market via a bulk annuities offering.

·Continued optimisation of assets across the Group through the acquisition of attractive higher yielding assets from the Group to match long duration annuity liabilities. Total assets acquired to date are circa £5 billion.

·Increased focus on the core UK business with the agreed sale of the Isle of Man based Clerical Medical International insurance business.

 

Financial performance

·Underlying profit up 27 per cent to £584 million, primarily driven by the £98 million new business value of the bulk annuity transaction with the With-Profits fund.

·LP&I sales (PVNBP) increased by 25 per cent in the year, boosted by £2,386 million from the With-Profits fund annuity transaction. Excluding this, PVNBP fell by 26 per cent, driven by significant regulatory and market change.

·Operating cash generation increased by £11 million, to £391 million, primarily reflecting benefits from the acquisition of higher yielding assets more than offsetting the initial impact of the bulk annuity transaction with the With-Profits fund.

·General Insurance Gross Written Premiums (GWP) decreased 7 per cent, reflecting the competitive market environment and the run off of products closed to new customers.

 

Capital

·Estimated Pillar 1 capital surplus is £2.7 billion (Scottish Widows plc, £2.6 billion in 2014) and for Insurance Groups Directive is £3.1 billion (Insurance Group, £3.0 billion in 2014) with the changes in both Pillar 1 and IGD reflecting earnings in the first half of the year.

·Preparations are on track for Solvency II implementation on 1 January 2016. Implementation is expected to have a minimal impact on the Insurance division capital position given the anticipated impact of transitional arrangements.

·Plans are progressing well to simplify the corporate structure of the life insurance entities to deliver capital and simplification benefits.

 

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INSURANCE (continued)

 

Performance summary

   

Half-year 

to 30 June 

2015 

 

Half-year 

to 30 June 

2014 

  Change   

Half-year 

to 31 Dec 

2014 

  Change 
    £m    £m      £m   
                     
Net interest income   (73)   (64)   (14)   (67)   (9)
Other income   1,025    854    20    871    18 
Total income   952    790    21    804    18 
Costs   (368)   (329)   (12)   (343)   (7)
Underlying profit   584    461    27    461    27 
                     
Operating cash generation   391    380      357    10 
UK LP&I sales (PVNBP)1   5,837    4,680    25    3,921    49 
General Insurance total GWP2   561    604    (7)    593    (5) 
General Insurance combined ratio   73%    80%    (7)pp    76%    (3)pp 

 

1 Present value of new business premiums.
2 Gross written premiums.

 

Profit by product group

 

  Half-year to 30 June 2015  

Half-year 

to 30 June 

2014 

 

Half-year 

to 31 Dec 

2014 

 

Pensions & 

investments 

Protection & 

retirement 

Bulk 

annuities 

General 

insurance 

Other1 Total    Total    Total 
  £m  £m  £m  £m  £m  £m    £m    £m 
New business income 91  15  98  −  −  204    151    116 
Existing business income 307  64  −  −  34  405    441    442 
Long-term investment strategy −  52  39  −  −  91    95    65 
Assumption changes and experience variances (16) 66  −  −  10  60    (105)   (29) 
General Insurance income net of claims −  −  −  192  −  192    208    210 
Total income 382  197  137  192  44  952    790    804 
Costs (220) (72) (7) (69) −  (368)   (329)   (343)
Underlying profit 162  125  130  123  44  584    461    461 
                     
Underlying profit
30 June 20142
144  141  −  138  38  461       

 

 

 

1 ‘Other’ is primarily income from return on free assets, interest expense plus certain provisions.
2 Full 2014 comparator tables for the profit and cash disclosures can be found on the Lloyds Banking Group investor site.

 

New business income has increased by £53 million, with the primary driver being a £98 million benefit from the bulk annuity transaction with the Scottish Widows With-Profits fund. This has been offset by a reduction in Protection income following the removal of face-to-face advised standalone protection roles in branches and a reduction in income from individual annuities following Pensions Freedom. Corporate pension income remained robust although decreased relative to significant sales in 2014 driven by auto enrolment.

 

The fall in existing business income reflects a reduction in the expected rate of return used to calculate the life and pensions income. The rate of return is largely set by reference to an average 15 year swap rate (rate of return 2.82 per cent in the first half of 2015 and 3.48 per cent in 2014).

 

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INSURANCE (continued)

 

Long-term investments strategy includes the benefit from the successful acquisition of a further £0.8 billion of higher yielding assets to match the long duration liabilities in both the standard annuity book as well as the newly acquired bulk annuity business.

 

Assumption changes and experience variances include a £40 million benefit from changes to assumptions on longevity reflecting experience in the annuity portfolio. The prior year included a one-off £100 million charge relating to the corporate pensions fee cap.

 

General Insurance income net of claims has fallen by £16 million, reflecting the run-off of products closed to new customers.

 

Costs are £39 million higher, reflecting significant investment spend in the first half of 2015 supporting our strategic growth initiatives and significant regulatory and change agendas.

 

Operating cash generation

 

   Half-year to 30 June 2015  Half-year 
to 30 June
2014
  Half-year 
to 31 Dec
2014
    

Pensions &

investments

    

Protection &

retirement

    

Bulk

annuities

    

General

insurance

    Other    Total    Total    Total 
    £m    £m   £m    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
Cash invested in new business   (91)   (17)   (105)   -    -    (213)   (153)   (135)
Cash generated from existing business   280    105    63    -    33    481    395    366 
Cash generated from General Insurance   -    -    -    123    -    123    138    126 
Operating cash generation1   189    88    (42)   123    33    391    380    357 
Intangibles and other adjustments2   (27)   37    172    -    11    193    81    104 
Underlying profit   162    125    130    123    44    584    461    461 
Operating cash generation
30 June 2014
   143    36    -    138    63    380           

 

1 Derived from underlying profit by removing the effect of movements in intangible (non-cash) items and assumption changes. For 2015 reporting this measure has been refined to include the cash benefits from the ‘long-term investments strategy’.
2 Intangible items include the value of in-force life business, deferred acquisition costs and deferred income reserves.

 

The Insurance business generated £391 million of operating cash in the first half of 2015, £11 million higher than the prior year. Within Protection & retirement, cash benefits of £53 million were recognised in respect of the successful acquisition of attractive higher yielding assets to match long duration annuity liabilities. Within Bulk annuities, the cash benefits from such transactions was £63 million, partially offsetting the initial strain of the bulk annuity transaction with the With-Profits fund contained within ‘Cash invested in new business’. In addition, the sale of a reinsurance asset contributed £48 million to operating cash.

 

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OTHER

 

Other comprises Run-off, Central items and the results of TSB.

 

RUN-OFF

 

  Half-year 
to 30 June 
2015 
  Half-year 
to 30 June 
2014 
  Change   

Half-year 
to 31 Dec 

2014 

  Change 
    £m    £m      £m   
                     
Net interest income   (19)   (67)   72    (49)    61 
Other income   105    260    (60)   191    (45)
Total income   86    193    (55)   142    (39)
Operating costs   (74)   (153)   52    (126)   41 
Operating lease depreciation   (7)   (16)   56    (13)   46 
Costs   (81)   (169)   52    (139)   42 
Impairment   32    (324)       121    (74)
Underlying profit (loss)   37    (300)       124    (70)
                     
Key balance sheet items   At 
30 June 
2015 
  At 
31 Dec 
2014 
  Change 
    £bn    £bn   
             
Loans and advances to customers   12.2    14.4    (15)
Total assets   14.4    16.9    (15)
Risk-weighted assets   14.3    16.8    (15)
             
·Run-off includes certain assets previously classified as non-core and the results and gains or losses on sale of businesses sold in 2014.

 

·The reduction in income and costs largely related to the sale of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership in the first quarter of 2014.

 

·The net release of impairment charge in the first half of 2015 reflected the reduction in the run-off book and improving economic conditions. This has led to a low level of new charges which have been more than offset by releases and write-backs. A breakdown of impairment is shown on page 33.

 

CENTRAL ITEMS

 

  Half-year 
to 30 June 
2015 
  Half-year 
to 30 June 
2014 
 

Half-year 
to 31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m    £m 
             
Total underlying income   36    66    66 
Costs   38    (34)   12 
Impairment   (1)   −    (2)
Underlying profit   73    32    76 
             
·Central items include income and expenditure not recharged to divisions, including the costs of certain central and head office functions.

 

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OTHER (continued)

 

TSB

 

The Group’s results in 2015 include TSB for the first quarter only, following the agreement in March to sell the remaining stake in the business to Banco Sabadell.

 

  Half-year 
to 30 June 
2015 
  Half-year 
to 30 June 
2014 
 

Half-year 
to 31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m    £m 
             
Underlying profit   118    226    232 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

1.Banking net interest margin

 

Banking net interest margin is calculated by dividing banking net interest income by average interest-earning banking assets. A reconciliation of banking net interest income to Group net interest income showing the items that are excluded in determining banking net interest income follows:

 

    

Half-year

to 30 June

2015

    

Half-year

to 30 June

2014

    

Half-year

to 31 Dec

2014

 
    £m    £m    £m 
                
Banking net interest income – underlying basis   5,789    5,426    5,633 
Insurance division   (73)   (64)   (67)
Other net interest income (including trading activity)   (1)   42    5 
Net interest income – underlying basis excluding TSB   5,715    5,404    5,571 
Asset sales and other items   (174)   (303)   (316)
TSB   192    400    386 
Insurance gross up   (241)   (239)   (243)
Group net interest income – statutory   5,492    5,262    5,398 

 

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

 

    

Half-year

to 30 June

2015

    

Half-year

to 30 June

2014

    

Half-year

to 31 Dec

2014

 
    £bn    £bn    £bn 
                
Average loans and advances (gross)   457.4    477.4    468.8 
Non-banking assets and other adjustments1   (12.6)   (11.8)   (12.1)
Average interest-earning assets excluding TSB   444.8    465.6    456.7 

 

1 Other adjustments include assets that are netted for interest earning purposes and reverse repos.
   
2.Volatility arising in insurance businesses

 

The Group's statutory result before tax included positive volatility totalling £18 million compared to negative volatility of £122 million in 2014.

 

Volatility comprises the following:

 

  

Half-year

to 30 June

2015

  Half-year
to 30 June
2014
  Half-year
to 31 Dec
2014
   £m  £m  £m
          
Insurance volatility   (109)   (133)   (86)
Policyholder interests volatility   83    43    (26)
Total volatility   (26)   (90)   (112)
Insurance hedging arrangements   44    (32)   6 
Total   18    (122)   (106)

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (continued)

 

Insurance volatility

 

The Group’s insurance business has policyholder liabilities that are supported by substantial holdings of investments. IFRS requires that the changes in both the value of the liabilities and investments are reflected within the income statement. The value of the liabilities does not move exactly in line with changes in the value of the investments. As the investments are substantial, movements in their value can have a significant impact on the profitability of the Group. Management believes that it is appropriate to disclose the division’s results on the basis of an expected return in addition to results based on the actual return. The impact of the actual return on these investments differing from the expected return is included within insurance volatility.

 

The expected gross investment returns used to determine the underlying profit of the business are based on prevailing market rates and published research into historical investment return differentials for the range of assets held. Where appropriate, rates are updated throughout the year to reflect changing market conditions and changes in the asset mix. In 2015 the basis for calculating these expected returns has been enhanced to reflect an average of the 15 year swap rate over the preceding 12 months and where appropriate, rates are updated throughout the year to reflect changing market conditions. The negative insurance volatility during the period ended 30 June 2015 of £109 million primarily reflects an adverse performance on cash investments in the period relative to the expected return and an increase in yields.

 

Policyholder interests volatility

 

Accounting standards require that tax on policyholder investment returns should be included in the Group’s tax charge rather than being offset against the related income. The result is, therefore, to either increase or decrease profit before tax with a related change in the tax charge. Timing and measurement differences exist between provisions for tax and charges made to policyholders. Consistent with the expected approach taken in respect of insurance volatility, differences in the expected levels of the policyholder tax provision and policyholder charges are adjusted through policyholder interests volatility. In the first half of 2015, the statutory results before tax included a credit to other income which relates to policyholder interests volatility totalling £83 million (first half of 2014: £43 million) relating to offsetting movements in equity, bond and gilt returns.

 

Insurance hedging arrangements

 

The Group purchased put option contracts in 2015 to protect against deterioration in equity market conditions and the consequent negative impact on the value of in-force business on the Group balance sheet. These were financed by selling some upside potential from equity market movements. On a mark-to-market basis a gain of £44 million was recognised in relation to these contracts in the first half of 2015.

 

3. Number of employees

 

    

At 30 June

2015

    

At 31 Dec

2014

 
           
Retail   33,130    35,032 
Commercial Banking   6,473    6,212 
Consumer Finance   3,413    3,483 
Insurance   1,963    2,015 
Group operations, functions and run-off   33,274    32,407 
TSB   -    7,685 
    78,253    86,834 
Agency staff, interns and scholars   (2,628)   (2,344)
Total number of employees (full-time equivalent)   75,625    84,490 
Total number of employees excluding TSB        76,978 

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RISK MANAGEMENT

 

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

 

The most significant risks faced by the Group which could impact the success of delivering against the Group’s long-term strategic objectives and through which global macro-economic, regulatory developments and market liquidity dynamics could manifest, are detailed below. Except where noted, there has been no significant change to the description of these risks or key mitigating actions disclosed in the Group’s 2014 Annual Report and Accounts, with any quantitative disclosures updated herein. Please refer to the Group’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2014 for further detail on these risks.

 

Credit risk – Adverse changes in the economic and market environment or the credit quality of our counterparties and customers could reduce asset values; potentially increase write-downs and allowances for impairment losses thereby adversely impacting profitability.

 

Conduct risk – We face significant potential conduct risk, including selling products which do not meet customer needs; failing to deal with complaints effectively and exhibiting behaviours which do not meet market or regulatory standards.

 

Market risk – Key market risks include interest rate and credit spread in the Banking business, credit spread and equity in the Insurance business and the defined benefit pension schemes where asset and liability movements impact on our capital position. In addition, a Group hedge has been implemented to provide protection from Insurance equity volatility.

 

Operational risk – Significant operational risks which may result in financial loss, disruption or damage to the reputation of the Group, including the availability, resilience and security of our core IT systems and the potential for failings in our customer processes.

 

Capital risk – Future capital position is potentially at risk from a worsening macroeconomic environment, which could lead to adverse financial performance and deplete capital resources and/or increase capital requirements.

 

Funding and liquidity risk – Our funding and liquidity position is supported by a significant and stable customer deposit base. A deterioration in either our or the UK’s credit rating, or a sudden and significant withdrawal of customer deposits could adversely impact our funding and liquidity position. In addition, the Group has a contingency funding plan providing management actions and strategies available in stressed conditions.

 

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PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES (continued)

 

Legal and regulatory risk – The Group and its businesses are subject to ongoing regulation, associated legal and regulatory risks, and legal and regulatory actions. They are also subject to the effects of changes in the laws, regulations, policies, voluntary codes of practice (as well as in their respective interpretations) and court rulings in the UK, the European Union and the other markets in which the Group operates. These laws and regulations include (i) increased regulatory oversight, particularly in respect of conduct issues; (ii) prudential regulatory developments; and (iii) industry-wide initiatives. Depending on the specific nature of the requirements and how they are enforced, such changes could have a significant impact on the Group's operations, business prospects, structure, costs and/or capital requirements.

 

Mitigating actions

·The Legal, Regulatory and Mandatory Change Committee seeks to drive forward activity to develop plans for ensuring delivery of all legal and regulatory changes and track their progress against those plans.

·Continued investment in our people, processes, training and IT systems is assisting us in meeting our legal and regulatory commitments.

·Engagement with the regulatory authorities on forthcoming regulatory changes, market reviews and CMA investigations.

·Defined and embedded conduct risk strategy.

 

Governance risk – Against a background of increased regulatory focus on governance and risk management the most significant challenges arise from the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMR) which comes into operation in March 2016 and the requirement to Ring Fence core UK financial services and activities from January 2019.

 

Mitigating actions

·The Group’s response to SMR is managed through a programme with workstreams addressing the implementation of each of the major components.

·A programme is in place to address the requirements of ring fencing and the Group is in close and regular contact with regulators to develop the plans for our anticipated operating and legal structures.

·Our aim is to ensure that evolving risk and governance arrangements continue to reflect the balance of business in the Group while adhering to regulatory objectives.

 

People risk – Key people risks include the risk that the Group may fail to attract and retain talent in an increasingly competitive marketplace, particularly in the light of the introduction of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime in 2016 which introduces a reverse burden of proof and increased accountability.

 

Mitigating actions

·Focused actions on delivery of strategies to attract, retain and develop high calibre people.

·Maintain compliance with legal and regulatory requirements relating to Senior Managers and Certification Regime, embedding compliant and appropriate colleague behaviours.

·Continue focus on the Group’s culture, delivering initiatives which reinforce behaviours to generate the best long-term outcomes for customers and colleagues.

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CREDIT RISK PORTFOLIO

 

Significant reduction in impairments and impaired assets

·The impairment charge decreased by 75 per cent from £707 million to £179 million in the first half of 2015 compared to the first half of 2014. The impairment charge has decreased across all divisions.

·The reduction reflects lower levels of new impairment as a result of effective risk management, improving economic conditions and the continued low interest rate environment.

·The impairment charge also benefited from provision releases but at lower levels than seen during the first half of 2014.

·The impairment charge as a percentage of average loans and advances to customers improved to 0.09 per cent compared to 0.30 per cent during the first half of 2014.  

·Impaired loans as a percentage of closing advances reduced to 2.7 per cent at 30 June 2015, from 2.9 per cent at 31 December 2014 driven by improvements in all divisions. Impaired loans reduced by £1,828 million during the period, mainly due to disposals, write-offs and lower levels of newly impaired loans.

 

Low risk culture and prudent risk appetite

·The Group is delivering sustainable lending growth by maintaining its lower risk origination discipline despite terms and conditions in the market being impacted by excess liquidity. The overall quality of the portfolio has improved over the last 12 months.

·The Group continues to deliver above market lending growth in SME whilst maintaining its prudent risk appetite.

·The Group continues to adopt a conservative stance across the Eurozone, maintaining close portfolio scrutiny and oversight. The Group has minimal direct exposure to Greece. Detailed contingency plans are in place and exposures to financial institutions domiciled in peripheral Eurozone countries remain modest and managed within tight risk parameters.

 

Re-shaping of the Group is fundamentally complete

·Run-off net external assets have reduced from £16,857 million to £14,411 million during the first half of 2015 in a capital accretive way.

·The Run-off portfolio now represents only 2.7 per cent of the overall Group’s loans and advances and poses substantially less downside risk to the Group. The remaining assets are the subject of frequent review, and are impaired to appropriate levels based on external evidence and internal reviews.

·The Group continues to reduce its exposure to Ireland with gross loans and advances further reduced by £1,258 million to £6,642 million gross (net £4,437 million) during the first half of 2015; due to disposals, write-offs and net repayments.

·The Irish wholesale portfolio remains significantly impaired at 91.5 per cent, with provision coverage of 85.8 per cent. Net exposure in Ireland wholesale has fallen to £572 million (31 December 2014: £956 million).

·The Irish Retail portfolio has reduced from £4,464 million at 31 December 2014 to £3,984 million at 30 June 2015.

 

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CREDIT RISK PORTFOLIO (continued)

 

Impairment charge by division

 

   

Half-year 

to 30 June 

2015 

 

Half-year 

to 30 June 

2014 

 

Change 

since 

30 June 

2014 

 

Half-year 

to 31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m      £m 
Retail:                
Secured   49    94    48    187 
Loans and overdrafts   102    165    38    114 
Other   12    17    29    22 
    163    276    41    323 
Commercial Banking:                
SME   (4)         10 
Other   11    24    54    44 
      29    76    54 
Consumer Finance:                
Credit Cards   21    69    70    117 
Asset Finance UK   21          22 
Asset Finance Europe   (2)         (2)
    40    78    49    137 
Run-off:                
Ireland retail   (2)   13        (19)
Ireland commercial real estate   16    56    71    11 
Ireland corporate   59    182    68    65 
Corporate real estate and other corporate   (52)   92        (120)
Specialist finance   (25)   30        (8)
Other   (28)   (49)   (43)   (50)
    (32)   324        (121)
Central items     −       
Total impairment charge   179    707    75    395 
                 
Impairment charge as a % of average advances   0.09%    0.30%    (21)bp    0.17% 

 

Total impairment charge comprises:

 

   

Half-year 

to 30 June 

2015 

 

Half-year 

to 30 June 

2014 

     

Half-year 

to 31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m        £m 
                 
Loans and advances to customers   198    705        380 
Debt securities classified as loans and receivables   (2)   −       
Available-for-sale financial assets   −         
Other credit risk provision   (17)   −        10 
Total impairment charge   179    707        395 

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CREDIT RISK PORTFOLIO (continued)

 

Group impaired loans and provisions

 

At 30 June 2015  

Loans and   

advances to   

customers   

Impaired   

Loans   

Impaired   

loans as %   

of closing   

advances   

Impairment 
provisions1

Impairment 

provision 

as % of 

impaired 

loans2

    £m    £m    %    £m   
                     
Retail:                    
Secured   301,044    3,880    1.3    1,414    36.4 
Loans and overdrafts   10,149    641    6.3    195    78.9 
Other   3,775    280    7.4    48    19.0 
    314,968    4,801    1.5    1,657    37.8 
Commercial Banking:                    
SME   29,016    1,352    4.7    264    19.5 
Other   72,319    1,357    1.9    919    67.7 
    101,335    2,709    2.7    1,183    43.7 
Consumer Finance:                    
Credit Cards   9,189    424    4.6    156    78.8 
Asset Finance UK   8,386    154    1.8    117    76.0 
Asset Finance Europe   4,516    45    1.0    21    46.7 
    22,091    623    2.8    294    74.1 
Run-off:                    
Ireland retail   3,984    121    3.0    119    98.3 
Ireland commercial real estate   1,411    1,326    94.0    1,151    86.8 
Ireland corporate   1,247    1,105    88.6    935    84.6 
Corporate real estate and other corporate   2,623    1,147    43.7    691    60.2 
Specialist finance   4,942    530    10.7    366    69.1 
Other   1,386    118    8.5    121    102.5 
    15,593    4,347    27.9    3,383    77.8 
Reverse repos and other items3   5,329    −    −    −    − 
Total gross lending   459,316    12,480    2.7    6,517    55.1 
Impairment provisions   (6,517)                
Fair value adjustments4   (372)                
Total Group   452,427                 

 

1 Impairment provisions include collective unimpaired provisions.
2 Impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans are calculated excluding Retail and Consumer Finance loans in recoveries (£394 million in Retail loans and overdrafts, £27 million in Retail other and £226 million in Consumer Finance credit cards).
3 Includes £5.1 billion (31 December 2014: £4.4 billion) of lower risk loans transferred from Commercial Banking and Retail divisions into Insurance division’s shareholder funds to support the Insurance division’s annuity portfolio.
4 The fair value adjustments relating to loans and advances were those required to reflect the HBOS assets in the Group’s consolidated financial records at their fair value and took into account both the expected losses and market liquidity at the date of acquisition. The unwind relating to future impairment losses requires significant management judgement to determine its timing which includes an assessment of whether the losses incurred in the current period were expected at the date of the acquisition and assessing whether the remaining losses expected at the date of the acquisition will still be incurred. The element relating to market liquidity unwinds to the income statement over the estimated expected lives of the related assets, although if an asset is written-off or suffers previously unexpected impairment then this element of the fair value will no longer be considered a timing difference (liquidity) but permanent (impairment). The fair value unwind in respect of impairment losses incurred was £37 million for the period ended 30 June 2015 (30 June 2014: £90 million). The fair value unwind in respect of loans and advances is expected to continue to decrease in future years as fixed-rate periods on mortgages expire, loans are repaid or written-off, and is expected to reduce to zero over time.

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CREDIT RISK PORTFOLIO (continued)

 

Group impaired loans and provisions (continued)

 

At 31 December 2014  

Loans and   

advances to   

customers   

Impaired   

Loans   

Impaired   

loans as %   

of closing   

advances   

Impairment 
provisions1

Impairment 

provision 

as % of 

impaired 

loans2

    £m    £m    %    £m   
                     
Retail:                    
Secured   303,121    3,911    1.3    1,446    37.0 
Loans and overdrafts   10,395    695    6.7    220    85.3 
Other   3,831    321    8.4    68    23.1 
    317,347    4,927    1.6    1,734    38.8 
Commercial Banking:                    
SME   28,256    1,546    5.5    398    25.7 
Other   74,203    1,695    2.3    1,196    70.6 
    102,459    3,241    3.2    1,594    49.2 
Consumer Finance:                    
Credit Cards   9,119    499    5.5    166    76.5 
Asset Finance UK   7,204    160    2.2    112    70.0 
Asset Finance Europe   4,950    61    1.2    31    50.8 
    21,273    720    3.4    309    70.5 
Run-off:                    
Ireland retail   4,464    120    2.7    141    117.5 
Ireland commercial real estate   1,797    1,659    92.3    1,385    83.5 
Ireland corporate   1,639    1,393    85.0    1,095    78.6 
Corporate real estate and other corporate   3,947    1,548    39.2    911    58.9 
Specialist finance   4,835    364    7.5    254    69.8 
Other   1,634    131    8.0    141    107.6 
    18,316    5,215    28.5    3,927    75.3 
TSB   21,729    205    0.9    88    42.9 
Reverse repos and other items3   9,635                 
Total gross lending   490,759    14,308    2.9    7,652    56.4 
Impairment provisions   (7,652)                
Fair value adjustments   (403)                
Total Group   482,704                 

 

1 Impairment provisions include collective unimpaired provisions.
2 Impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans are calculated excluding Retail and Consumer Finance loans in recoveries (£437 million in Retail loans and overdrafts, £26 million in Retail other and £282 million in Consumer Finance credit cards).
3 Includes £4.4 billion of lower risk loans (social housing, infrastructure and education) transferred from Commercial Banking division into Insurance division’s shareholder funds to support the Group’s annuity portfolio.

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CREDIT RISK PORTFOLIO (continued)

 

Retail

 

·The impairment charge was £163 million in the first half of 2015, a decrease of 41 per cent against the first half of 2014. Reductions were seen across all portfolios.

·The impairment charge, as a percentage of average loans and advances to customers, improved to 0.10 per cent in the first half of 2015 from 0.18 per cent in the first half of 2014.

·Impaired loans decreased by £126 million in the first half of 2015 to £4,801 million which represented 1.5 per cent of closing loans and advances to customers (31 December 2014: 1.6 per cent).

 

Secured

·The impairment charge was £49 million in the first half of 2015, a decrease of 48 per cent against the first half of 2014. The impairment charge as a percentage of average loans and advances to customers, improved to 0.03 per cent in the first half of 2015 from 0.06 per cent in the first half of 2014.

·Impaired loans reduced by £31 million in the first half of 2015 to £3,880 million. Impairment provisions as a percentage of impaired loans decreased to 36.4 per cent from 37.0 per cent at 31 December 2014.

·The value of mortgages greater than three months in arrears (excluding repossessions) decreased by £175 million to £6,169 million at 30 June 2015 compared to £6,344 million at 31 December 2014.

·The average indexed loan to value (LTV) on the mortgage portfolio at 30 June 2015 decreased to 45.9 per cent compared with 49.2 per cent at 31 December 2014. The percentage of closing loans and advances with an indexed LTV in excess of 100 per cent decreased to 1.2 per cent at 30 June 2015, compared with 2.2 per cent at 31 December 2014.

·The average LTV for new mortgages and further advances written in the first half of 2015 was 64.6 per cent compared with 64.8 per cent for 2014.

 

Loans and overdrafts

·The impairment charge was £102 million in the first half of 2015, a decrease of 38 per cent against the first half of 2014. The reduction was driven by a continued underlying improvement of portfolio quality supported by write-backs from the sale of recoveries assets.

·The impairment charge as a percentage of average loans and advances to customers, improved to 1.94 per cent in the first half of 2015 from 3.09 per cent in the first half of 2014.

·Impaired loans reduced by £54 million in the first half of 2015 to £641 million representing 6.3 per cent of closing loans and advances to customers, compared with 6.7 per cent at 31 December 2014.

 

Retail secured and unsecured loans and advances to customers

 

   

At 30 June 

2015 

 

At 31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m 
         
Mainstream   226,174    228,176 
Buy-to-let   54,172    53,322 
Specialist1   20,698    21,623 
    301,044    303,121 
         
Loans   8,068    8,204 
Overdrafts   2,081    2,191 
Wealth   2,895    2,962 
Retail Business Banking   880    869 
    13,924    14,226 
         
Total   314,968    317,347 

 

1 Specialist lending has been closed to new business since 2009.

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CREDIT RISK PORTFOLIO (continued)

 

Retail (continued)

 

Retail mortgages greater than three months in arrears (excluding repossessions)

 

    Number of cases   Total mortgage accounts %   Value of loans1   Total mortgage balances %
 

June 

2015 

 

Dec 

2014 

June 

2015 

 

Dec 

2014 

June 

2015 

 

Dec 

2014 

June 

2015 

 

Dec 

2014 

    Cases    Cases        £m    £m     
                                 
Mainstream   36,556    37,849    1.6    1.7    3,960    4,102    1.8    1.8 
Buy-to-let   5,147    5,077    1.1    1.1    651    658    1.2    1.2 
Specialist   9,252    9,429    6.4    6.3    1,558    1,584    7.5    7.3 
Total   50,955    52,355    1.8    1.8    6,169    6,344    2.0    2.1 

 

1 Value of loans represents total book value of mortgages more than three months in arrears.

 

The stock of repossessions decreased to 601 cases at 30 June 2015 compared to 1,740 cases at 31 December 2014.

 

Period end and average LTVs across the Retail mortgage portfolios

 

At 30 June 2015   Mainstream    Buy-to-let    Specialist    Total    Unimpaired    Impaired 
             
                         
Less than 60%   52.9    44.5    41.0    50.6    50.9    30.0 
60% to 70%   21.1    29.3    21.2    22.5    22.6    18.1 
70% to 80%   15.4    14.1    17.5    15.3    15.3    18.6 
80% to 90%   7.6    8.9    12.3    8.2    8.1    13.9 
90% to 100%   2.1    2.1    4.2    2.2    2.1    9.3 
Greater than 100%   0.9    1.1    3.8    1.2    1.0    10.1 
Total   100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0 
Outstanding loan value (£m)   226,174    54,172    20,698    301,044    297,164    3,880 
Average loan to value:1                        
Stock of residential mortgages   43.3    56.7    54.4    45.9         
New residential lending   65.0    62.7    n/a    64.6         
Impaired mortgages   55.3    74.4    67.3    59.9         
                         
At 31 December 2014   Mainstream    Buy-to-let    Specialist    Total    Unimpaired    Impaired 
             
                         
Less than 60%   44.6    32.4    31.4    41.5    41.7    22.5 
60% to 70%   19.9    27.3    19.5    21.2    21.3    15.3 
70% to 80%   18.5    21.8    19.8    19.2    19.2    17.8 
80% to 90%   10.6    9.4    14.9    10.7    10.6    16.7 
90% to 100%   4.5    6.8    8.7    5.2    5.2    11.9 
Greater than 100%   1.9    2.3    5.7    2.2    2.0    15.8 
Total   100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0 
Outstanding loan value (£m)   228,176    53,322    21,623    303,121    299,210    3,911 
Average loan to value:1                        
Stock of residential mortgages   46.3    61.3    59.2    49.2         
New residential lending   65.3    62.7    n/a    64.8         
Impaired mortgages   60.1    81.0    72.6    64.9         

 

1 Average loan to value is calculated as total loans and advances as a percentage of the total collateral of these loans and advances.

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CREDIT RISK PORTFOLIO (continued)

 

Commercial Banking

 

·The impairment charge was £7 million in the first half of 2015, 76 per cent lower than the £29 million in the first half of 2014. This has been driven by lower levels of new impairment as a result of effective risk management, improving economic conditions and the continued low interest rate environment.

·The charge also benefited from provision releases but at lower levels than seen during 2014.

·The obligor quality of the Commercial Banking lending portfolio is predominantly rated good or better. New business is generally of good quality and better than the overall back book average. Surplus market liquidity continues to lead to some relaxation of credit conditions in the marketplace, although the Group remains disciplined within its low risk appetite.

·The impairment charge as a percentage of average loans and advances improved to 0.04 per cent in the first half of 2015 from 0.05 per cent in the first half of 2014, and from 0.10 per cent for the half year to 31 December 2014.

·Impaired loans reduced by 16.4 per cent to £2,709 million at 30 June 2015 compared with 31 December 2014 (£3,241 million). Impaired loans as a percentage of closing loans and advances to customers reduced to 2.7 per cent from 3.2 per cent at 31 December 2014.

·Impairment provisions reduced to £1,183 million at 30 June 2015 (December 2014: £1,594 million) and includes collective unimpaired provisions of £277 million (December 2014: £338 million).

 

SME

·The SME Banking portfolio continues to grow within prudent credit risk appetite parameters. As a result of the Group’s customer driven relationship management, net lending has increased 5 per cent since June 2014. This also reflects the Group’s commitment to the UK economy and the Funding for Lending Scheme.

·Portfolio credit quality has remained stable or improved across all key metrics.

·There was a net release of £4 million compared to a net charge of £5 million in the first half of 2014. SME continues to benefit from provision releases which offset minimal gross charges incurred.

 

Other Commercial Banking

·Other Commercial Banking comprises £72,319 million of gross loans and advances to customers in Mid Markets, Global Corporates and Financial Institutions.

·The Mid Markets portfolio remains UK focused and dependent on the performance of the domestic economy. Overall credit quality remained stable.

·The Global Corporate portfolio continues to be predominantly investment grade focused and is performing well against the backdrop of a stable economic UK environment. The quality of the portfolio remains good and is managed within the bank’s prudent agreed risk appetite.

·The real estate business within the Group’s Mid Markets and Global Corporate portfolio is focused upon the larger end of the UK property market ranging from medium sized and substantial unquoted private real estate portfolios up to the publicly listed and funds sector. Portfolio credit quality remains good being underpinned by seasoned management teams with proven asset management skills. The number of new impaired connections is minimal and new business propositions continue to be written in line with agreed risk appetite.

·Financial Institutions serves predominantly investment grade counterparties with whom relationships are either client focused or held to support the Group’s funding, liquidity or general hedging requirements.

·Trading exposures continue to be predominantly short-term and/or collateralised with inter-bank activity mainly undertaken with fully acceptable investment grade counterparties.

·The Group continues to adopt a conservative stance across the Eurozone maintaining close portfolio scrutiny and oversight particularly given the current macro environment and horizon risks.

 

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CREDIT RISK PORTFOLIO (continued)

 

Consumer Finance

 

·The impairment charge reduced by 49 per cent to £40 million in the first half of 2015 compared to £78 million in the first half of 2014. The reduction was driven by a continued underlying improvement of portfolio quality supported by write-backs from the sale of recoveries assets in the Credit Cards portfolio.

·Impaired loans decreased by £97 million in the first half of 2015 to £623 million which represented 2.8 per cent of closing loans and advances to customers (31 December 2014: 3.4 per cent).

 

Run-off

 

Ireland

·Within the Ireland book the most significant contribution to impaired loans is the Commercial Real Estate portfolio where 94.0 per cent of the portfolio is impaired. The impairment coverage ratio has increased to 86.8 per cent from 83.5 per cent at 31 December 2014, predominantly due to the impact of deleveraging activities. Net lending in Ireland Commercial Real Estate has reduced to £260 million (31 December 2014: £412 million).

·Total impaired loans within the Irish retail mortgage portfolio are broadly stable at £121 million (31 December 2014: £118 million). The average indexed loan to value (LTV) at 30 June 2015 increased to 89.5 per cent compared with 88.5 per cent at December 2014. The percentage of closing loans and advances with an indexed LTV in excess of 100 per cent decreased to 38.2 per cent at 30 June 2015, compared with 38.9 per cent at 31 December 2014.

 

Corporate real estate and other corporate

·This portfolio predominantly consists of UK real estate loans together with other Corporate loans relating to real estate sectors, supported by trading activities (such as hotels, housebuilders and care homes).

·The continuing proactive management by the specialist teams in line with improvement in real estate market conditions has enabled a number of write-backs on previously impaired loans during 2015, with a net impairment write-back of £52 million in the first half of 2015, compared to an impairment charge of £92 million in the first half of 2014.

·Net loans and advances reduced by £1,104 million, from £3,036 million to £1,932 million for the first six months of 2015 (36 per cent reduction versus 35 per cent for first six months of 2014) as the portfolio continues to reduce significantly ahead of expectations.

 

Specialist Finance

·Net loans and advances for the Specialist Finance Asset Based Run-off portfolio stood at £4,576 million at 30 June 2015 (gross £4,942 million), and include Ship Finance, Aircraft Finance and Infrastructure, with around half of the remaining lending in the lower risk leasing sector.

·The portfolio also includes a reducing Treasury Asset legacy investment portfolio, which together with operating leases, gives total net external assets of £6,226 million at 30 June 2015 (gross £6,592 million).

 

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CREDIT RISK PORTFOLIO (continued)

 

Run-off (continued)

 

Ireland retail mortgage LTV analysis

 

At 30 June 2015   Unimpaired   Impaired   Total
    £m     £m    %   £m    %
                         
Less than 60%   878    22.7    17    14.1    895    22.5 
60% to 70%   322    8.3      4.1    327    8.2 
70% to 80%   373    9.7      5.0    379    9.5 
80% to 100%   843    21.8    19    15.7    862    21.6 
100% to 120%   842    21.8    16    13.2    858    21.5 
120% to 140%   445    11.5    17    14.1    462    11.6 
Greater than 140%   160    4.2    41    33.8    201    5.1 
Total   3,863    100.0    121    100.0    3,984    100.0 
Average loan to value:                        
Stock of residential mortgages                       89.5 
Impaired mortgages                       151.2 
                         
At 31 December 2014   Unimpaired   Impaired   Total
    £m    %   £m    %   £m    %
                         
Less than 60%   979    22.5    18    15.2    997    22.4 
60% to 70%   356    8.2      3.4    360    8.1 
70% to 80%   425    9.8      3.4    429    9.6 
80% to 100%   925    21.3    14    11.9    939    21.0 
100% to 120%   933    21.5    15    12.7    948    21.2 
120% to 140%   505    11.6    14    11.9    519    11.6 
Greater than 140%   221    5.1    49    41.5    270    6.1 
Total   4,344    100.0    118    100.0    4,462    100.0 
Average loan to value:                        
Stock of residential mortgages                       88.5 
Impaired mortgages                       124.7 

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CREDIT RISK PORTFOLIO (continued)

 

Forbearance

 

The Group operates a number of schemes to assist borrowers who are experiencing financial stress. Forbearance policies are disclosed in Note 54 of the Group’s 2014 Annual Report and Accounts, pages 305 to 314.

 

Retail forbearance

 

At 30 June 2015, UK retail secured loans and advances currently or recently subject to forbearance were 1.3 per cent (31 December 2014: 1.4 per cent) of total UK retail secured loans and advances.

 

At 30 June 2015, unsecured retail loans and advances currently or recently subject to forbearance were 1.4 per cent (31 December 2014: 1.6 per cent) of total unsecured retail loans and advances. Further analysis of the forborne loan balances is set out below.

 

UK retail lending

 

    Total loans and advances which are currently or recently forborne   Total current and recent forborne loans and advances which are impaired1   Impairment provisions as % of loans and advances which are currently or recently forborne
   

At June 

2015 

 

At Dec 

2014 

 

At June 

2015 

 

At Dec 

2014 

 

At June 

2015 

 

At Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m    £m    £m     
UK secured lending:                        
Temporary forbearance arrangements                        
Reduced contractual monthly payment   82    146      29    2.1    6.0 
Reduced payment arrangements   428    552    55    69    4.4    3.4 
    510    698    64    98    4.0    4.0 
Permanent treatments                        
Repair and term extensions   3,263    3,696    159    168    4.5    3.5 
Total   3,773    4,394    223    266    4.4    3.5 
                         
UK unsecured lending:                        
Loans and overdrafts   147    162    120    139    37.2    39.4 

 

1 £3,550 million of current and recent forborne UK Secured loans and advances were not impaired at 30 June 2015 (31 December 2014: £4,128 million). £27 million of current and recent forborne loans and overdrafts were not impaired at 30 June 2015 (31 December 2014: £23 million).

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CREDIT RISK PORTFOLIO (continued)

 

Commercial Banking forbearance

 

At 30 June 2015, £3,927 million (December 2014: £5,137 million) of total loans and advances were forborne of which £2,709 million (December 2014: £3,241 million) were impaired. The coverage ratio for forborne loans decreased from 31.0 per cent at 31 December 2014 to 30.1 per cent at 30 June 2015.

 

Unimpaired forborne loans and advances were £1,218 million at 30 June 2015 (December 2014: £1,896 million). The table below sets out the Group’s largest unimpaired forborne loans and advances to commercial customers (exposures over £5 million) as at 30 June 2015 by type of forbearance:

 

   

30 June 

2015 

 

31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m 
Type of unimpaired forbearance:        
UK1 exposures > £5m        
Covenants   421    1,018 
Extensions   333    426 
Multiple   72   
    826    1,450 
Exposures < £5m and other non-UK1   392    446 
Total   1,218    1,896 

 

1 Based on location of the office recording the transaction.

 

Consumer Finance forbearance

At 30 June 2015, Consumer Credit Cards loans and advances currently or recently subject to forbearance were 2.6 per cent (31 December 2014: 2.6 per cent) of total Consumer Credit Cards loans and advances. At 30 June 2015, Asset Finance retail loans and advances on open portfolios currently subject to forbearance were 1.7 per cent (31 December 2014: 2.1 per cent) of total Asset Finance retail loans and advances.

 

Analysis of the forborne loan balances

 

    Total loans and advances which are forborne   Total forborne loans and advances which are impaired1   Impairment provisions as % of loans and advances which are forborne
   

30 June 

2015 

 

31 Dec 

2014 

 

30 June 

2015 

 

31 Dec 

2014 

 

30 June 

2015 

 

31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m    £m    £m     
                         
Consumer Credit Cards   234    234    127    140    26.4    29.1 
Asset Finance   103    109    52    53    25.8    20.5 

 

1 £158 million of current and recent forborne loans and advances (Consumer Credit Cards: £107 million, Asset Finance: £51 million) were not impaired at 30 June 2015 (31 December 2014: Consumer Credit Cards: £94 million, Asset Finance: £56 million).

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CREDIT RISK PORTFOLIO (continued)

 

Run-off forbearance

 

Ireland commercial real estate and corporate

 

All loans and advances in Ireland commercial real estate and corporate are treated as forborne (30 June 2015: £2,658 million, 31 December 2014: £3,436 million). At 30 June 2015, £2,431 million (31 December 2014: £3,052 million) were impaired. The coverage ratio for forborne loans increased from 72.2 per cent at 31 December 2014 to 78.5 per cent at 30 June 2015.

 

Secured retail lending – Ireland

 

At 30 June 2015, Irish retail secured loans and advances currently or recently subject to forbearance were 5.3 per cent (31 December 2014: 6.3 per cent) of total Irish retail secured loans and advances. Further analysis of the forborne loan balances is set out below:

 

    Total loans and advances which are currently or recently forborne   Total current and recent forborne loans and advances which are impaired1   Impairment provisions as % of loans and advances which are currently or recently forborne
   

30 June 

2015 

 

31 Dec 

2014 

 

30 June 

2015 

 

31 Dec 

2014 

 

30 June 

2015 

 

31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m    £m    £m     
Ireland secured lending:                        
Temporary forbearance arrangements                        
Reduced payment arrangements   35    41    26    28    35.2    34.0 
Permanent treatments                        
Repair and term extensions   175    239    10    13    9.8    9.1 
Total   210    280    36    41    14.1    12.7 

 

1 £174 million of current and recent forborne loans and advances were not impaired at 30 June 2015 (31 December 2014: £239 million).

 

Corporate real estate, other corporate and Specialist Finance

At 30 June 2015, £1,725 million (31 December 2014: £1,998 million) of total loans and advances were forborne of which £1,677 million (31 December 2014: £1,912 million) were impaired. The coverage ratio for forborne loans increased from 58.3 per cent at 31 December 2014 to 61.3 per cent at 30 June 2015.

 

Unimpaired forborne loans and advances were £48 million at 30 June 2015 (December 2014: £86 million).

 

The table below sets out the Group’s largest unimpaired forborne loans and advances (exposures over £5 million) as at 30 June 2015 by type of forbearance:

 

   

30 June 

2015 

 

31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m 
Type of unimpaired forbearance        
UK1 exposures > £5m        
Covenants     − 
Extensions   −    47 
Multiple   24    24 
    30    71 
Exposures < £5m and other non-UK1   18    15 
Total   48    86 

 

1 Based on location of the office recording the transaction.

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FUNDING AND LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT

 

The Group’s funding position has been significantly strengthened and the Group has transformed its balance sheet structure in recent years. As a result the Group has set a new loan to deposit ratio range of 105 per cent to 110 per cent, which the Group remained comfortably within during the first half of 2015. During this period the Group has also maintained the liquidity buffer at a broadly consistent level.

 

Total funded assets reduced by £25.3 billion to £468.1 billion. Loans and advances to customers, excluding reverse repos, reduced by £25.3 billion and customer deposits, excluding repos, decreased by £30.6 billion all primarily driven by the sale of TSB. Excluding TSB, loans and advances decreased by £3.7 billion with increased net lending in Consumer Finance offset by reductions in the run off portfolio. Customer deposits on an equivalent basis decreased by £6 billion with increases in Commercial Banking offset by reductions in retail tactical deposits and online deposits within Consumer Finance.

 

Wholesale funding has reduced by £0.5 billion to £116.0 billion, with the volume with a residual maturity less than one year remaining broadly stable at £38.9 billion (£41.1 billion at 31 December 2014). The Group’s term funding ratio (wholesale funding with a remaining life of over one year as a percentage of total wholesale funding) increased to 66 per cent (65 per cent at 31 December 2014).

 

During the first half of 2015 the Group’s term issuance costs have remained broadly in line with 2014 and significantly lower than previous years. Term wholesale funding demand has been lower in recent years as the Group contracted its balance sheet. The Group now has a stable and managed term wholesale funding programme, consistent with the stable balance sheet. Term funding volumes are expected to remain broadly consistent with 2015 over the next few years.

 

Standard and Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch have now completed their reviews of Lloyds Bank's ratings following the UK implementation of the EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive. In all cases, Lloyds Bank’s ratings were either reaffirmed or upgraded due to the delivery of our strategy to be a low risk, customer focused UK bank and/or recognition of the protection Lloyds’ sizeable subordinated debt buffer provides to senior creditors. In particular, Fitch upgraded Lloyds Bank to ‘A+’ from ‘A’ and revised the outlook to ‘Stable’ from ‘Negative’. Moody’s affirmed Lloyds’ rating at ‘A1’ and improved the outlook to ‘Positive’ from ‘Rating Under Review Negative’. S&P affirmed Lloyds’ rating at ‘A’ and improved the outlook to ‘Stable’ from ‘Credit Watch Negative’. Following these rating actions, Lloyds Bank's median rating has improved to ‘A+’ (previously ‘A’). The effects of a potential downgrade from all three rating agencies are included in the Group liquidity stress testing.

 

The Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) is due to become the Pillar 1 standard for liquidity in the UK from October 2015. Following finalisation of requirements from the PRA, the Group expects to meet the minimum requirements and has a robust and well governed reporting framework in place for both regulatory reporting and internal management information.

 

The combination of a strong balance sheet and access to a wide range of funding markets, including government and central bank schemes, provides the Group with a broad range of options with respect to funding the balance sheet in the future, including in the event of a severe market dislocation.

 

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FUNDING AND LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT (continued)

 

Group funding position

 

   

At 30 June 

2015 

 

At 31 Dec 

2014 

  Change 
    £bn    £bn   
Funding requirement            
Loans and advances to customers1   452.3    477.6    (5)
Loans and advances to banks2   4.8    3.0    60 
Debt securities   1.6    1.2    33 
Reverse repurchase agreements   −    −    − 
Available-for-sale financial assets – secondary3   5.1    8.0    (36)
Cash balances4   4.3    3.6    19 
Funded assets   468.1    493.4    (5)
Other assets5   253.1    265.2    (5)
    721.2    758.6    (5)
On balance sheet primary liquidity assets6            
Reverse repurchase agreements   0.5    7.0    (93)
Balances at central banks – primary4   63.4    46.9    35 
Available-for-sale financial assets – primary   27.1    48.5    (44)
Held-to-maturity financial assets – primary   20.0    −     
Trading and fair value through profit and loss   (3.1)   (6.1)   (49)
Repurchase agreements   (6.3)   −     
    101.6    96.3   
Total Group assets   822.8    854.9    (4)
Less: other liabilities5   (242.0)   (240.3)  
Funding requirement   580.8    614.6    (5)
Funded by            
Customer deposits7   416.5    447.1    (7)
Wholesale funding8   116.0    116.5    − 
    532.5    563.6    (6)
Repurchase agreements   0.3    1.1    (73)
Total equity   48.0    49.9    (4)
Total funding   580.8    614.6    (5)

 

1 Excludes £0.1 billion (31 December 2014: £5.1 billion) of reverse repurchase agreements.
2 Excludes £18.3 billion (31 December 2014: £21.3 billion) of loans and advances to banks within the Insurance business and £0.4 billion (31 December 2014: £1.9 billion) of reverse repurchase agreements.
3 Secondary liquidity assets comprise a diversified pool of highly rated unencumbered collateral (including retained issuance).
4 Cash balances and balances at central banks – primary are combined in the Group’s balance sheet.
5 Other assets and other liabilities primarily include balances in the Group’s Insurance business and the fair value of derivative assets and liabilities.
6 Primary liquidity assets are PRA eligible liquid assets, including UK Gilts, US Treasuries, Euro AAA government debt, designated multilateral development bank debt and unencumbered cash balances held at central banks.
7 Excluding repurchase agreements at 30 June 2015 of £0.1 billion (31 December 2014: £nil).
8 The Group’s definition of wholesale funding aligns with that used by other international market participants; including interbank deposits, debt securities in issue and subordinated liabilities.

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FUNDING AND LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT (continued)

 

Reconciliation of Group funding to the balance sheet

 

At 30 June 2015   Included in 
funding 
analysis 
  Repos    Fair value 
and other 
accounting 
methods 
  Balance 
sheet 
    £bn    £bn    £bn    £bn 
                 
Deposits from banks   8.9    8.1    −    17.0 
Debt securities in issue   84.0    −    (6.2)   77.8 
Subordinated liabilities   23.1    −    (0.5)   22.6 
Total wholesale funding   116.0    8.1         
Customer deposits   416.5    0.1    −    416.6 
Total   532.5    8.2         
At 31 December 2014   Included in 
funding 
analysis 
  Repos    Fair value 
and other 
accounting 
methods 
  Balance 
sheet 
    £bn    £bn    £bn    £bn 
                 
Deposits from banks   9.8    1.1    −    10.9 
Debt securities in issue   80.6    −    (4.4)   76.2 
Subordinated liabilities   26.1    −    (0.1)   26.0 
Total wholesale funding   116.5    1.1         
Customer deposits   447.1    −    −    447.1 
Total   563.6    1.1         

 

Analysis of 2015 total wholesale funding by residual maturity

 

  Less 
than 
one 
month 
One to 
three 
months 
Three 
to six 
months 
Six to 
nine 
months 
Nine 
months 
to one 
year 
One to 
two 
years 
Two to 
five 
years 
More 
than 
five 
years 
Total 
at 
30 June 
2015 
Total 
at 
31 Dec 
2014 
    £bn    £bn    £bn    £bn    £bn    £bn    £bn    £bn    £bn    £bn 
                                         
Deposit from banks   6.8    1.1    0.3    0.3    −    0.1    −    0.3    8.9    9.8 
Debt securities in issue:                                        
Certificates of deposit   1.0    2.5    1.3    3.1    1.0    −    −    −    8.9    6.8 
Commercial paper   2.4    2.6    0.3    0.4    0.2    −    −    −    5.9    7.3 
Medium-term notes1   0.8    1.1    1.2    1.5    1.9    4.8    10.8    11.9    34.0    29.2 
Covered bonds   1.2    −    −    −    1.2    6.7    4.5    10.6    24.2    25.2 
Securitisation   0.5    1.3    2.0    1.1    0.6    2.7    1.8    1.0    11.0    12.1 
    5.9    7.5    4.8    6.1    4.9    14.2    17.1    23.5    84.0    80.6 
Subordinated liabilities   −    0.6    0.2    0.2    0.2    3.3    6.5    12.1    23.1    26.1 
Total wholesale funding2 12.7    9.2    5.3    6.6    5.1    17.6    23.6    35.9    116.0    116.5 

 

1 Medium-term notes include funding from the National Loan Guarantee Scheme (30 June 2015: £1.4 billion; 31 December 2014: £1.4 billion).
2 The Group’s definition of wholesale funding aligns with that used by other international market participants; including interbank deposits, debt securities in issue and subordinated liabilities.

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FUNDING AND LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT (continued)

 

Analysis of 2015 term issuance

 

    Sterling    US Dollar    Euro    Other 
currencies 
  Total 
    £bn    £bn    £bn    £bn    £bn 
                     
Securitisation   0.7    0.9    −    −    1.6 
Medium-term notes   0.3    3.5    1.8    0.8    6.4 
Covered bonds   1.5    −    −    −    1.5 
Private placements1   0.7    1.3    1.3    −    3.3 
Subordinated liabilities   −    −    −    −    − 
Total issuance   3.2    5.7    3.1    0.8    12.8 

 

1 Private placements include structured bonds and term repurchase agreements (repos).

 

Term issuance for the first half of 2015 totalled £12.8 billion with the majority across medium term notes and private placements. Utilisation of the UK government’s Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) has further underlined the Group’s support to the UK economic recovery and the Group remains committed to passing the benefits of this low cost funding on to its customers. As of 30 June 2015, the Group had drawn £24 billion under the FLS. The maturities for the FLS are fully factored into the Group’s funding plan.

 

Liquidity portfolio

 

At 30 June 2015, the Banking business had £109.0 billion (31 December 2014: £109.3 billion) of highly liquid unencumbered assets in its primary liquidity portfolio which are available to meet cash and collateral outflows and PRA regulatory requirements. A separate liquidity portfolio to mitigate Insurance liquidity risk is managed within the Insurance business. Primary liquid assets are broadly equivalent to the Group’s total wholesale funding, and thus provides a substantial buffer in the event of continued market dislocation.

 

Primary liquidity  

At 30 June 

2015 

 

At 31 Dec 

2014 

 

Average 

2015 

  Average 
2014 
    £bn    £bn    £bn    £bn 
                 
Central bank cash deposits   63.4    46.9    64.6    62.3 
Government/MDB bonds1   45.6    62.4    47.6    47.9 
Total   109.0    109.3    112.2    110.2 
                 
Secondary liquidity  

At 30 June 

2015 

 

At 31 Dec 

2014 

 

Average 

2015 

  Average 
2014 
    £bn    £bn    £bn    £bn 
                 
High-quality ABS/covered bonds2   3.4    3.9    3.7    3.6 
Credit institution bonds2   0.1    0.9    0.6    1.4 
Corporate bonds2   0.2    0.6    0.5    0.3 
Own securities (retained issuance)   16.4    20.6    17.8    22.2 
Other securities   5.7    5.7    6.0    5.5 
Other3   62.7    67.5    66.7    74.1 
Total   88.5    99.2    95.3    107.1 
Total liquidity   197.5    208.5         

 

1 Designated multilateral development bank (MDB).
2 Assets rated A- or above.
3 Includes other central bank eligible assets.

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In addition the Banking business had £88.5 billion (31 December 2014: £99.2 billion) of secondary liquidity, the vast majority of which is eligible for use in a range of central bank or similar facilities and the Group routinely makes use of as part of its normal liquidity management practices. Future use of such facilities will be based on prudent liquidity management and economic considerations, having regard for external market conditions.

 

The entire primary liquidity portfolio and a subset of the secondary portfolio are LCR eligible. The Group considers diversification across geography, currency, markets and tenor when assessing appropriate holdings of primary and secondary liquid assets. This liquidity is managed as a single pool in the centre and is under the control of the function charged with managing the liquidity of the Group. It is available for deployment at immediate notice, subject to complying with regulatory requirements, and is a key component of the Group’s liquidity management process.

 

Encumbered assets

 

The Board and Group Asset & Liability Committee monitor and manage total balance sheet encumbrance via a number of risk appetite metrics. At 30 June 2015, the Group had £134.7 billion (31 December 2014: £134.9 billion) of externally encumbered and £688.1 billion (31 December 2014: £720.0 billion) of unencumbered on balance sheet assets. Primarily the Group encumbers mortgages, lending and credit card receivables through the issuance programmes and tradable securities through securities financing activity. Refer to the 2014 Annual Report and Accounts for further details on how the Group classifies assets for encumbrance purposes.

 

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CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

 

The Group continued to strengthen its Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio during the first half of 2015 through increased underlying profits and a reduction in risk-weighted assets. The positive impact of these items was partly offset by the interim dividend, conduct charges and the disposal of TSB.

 

·The CET1 ratio increased 0.5 percentage points from 12.8 per cent to 13.3 per cent.

 

·The leverage ratio has remained stable at 4.9 per cent.

 

·The transitional total capital ratio reduced 0.3 percentage points from 22.0 per cent to 21.7 per cent.

 

Regulatory capital developments

 

The regulatory capital framework within which the Group operates continues to be developed at global, European and UK levels focusing on RWA calibration, leverage and bail in requirements, examples of which include the following:

 

·At a global level the Basel Committee has issued consultation papers on the capital treatment of interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB) and on proposed revisions to the framework for the capital charge relating to Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) variability. We also await the outcome of the, now closed, consultations on proposed revisions to the Standardised Approach risk-weight framework in addition to initial proposals on the design of a new capital floors framework. In the meantime the fundamental review of the trading book (FRTB) is ongoing.

 

·At a European level the European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued recommendations about the CVA capital treatment, including the possible removal of EU exemptions and final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on Prudent Valuation Adjustments (PVA) and the criteria for determining minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).

 

·In the UK the PRA is consulting on proposals for implementing the UK leverage ratio framework as recommended by the Financial Policy Committee. It has also recently finalised proposals to reform the Pillar 2 framework, including new approaches for determining Pillar 2A capital requirements and the setting of Pillar 2B capital requirements (the PRA buffer).

 

The Group continues to monitor these developments very closely, analysing the potential capital impacts to ensure the Group continues to maintain a strong capital position that exceeds the minimum regulatory requirements and the Group’s risk appetite and is consistent with market expectations.

 

The Group is subject to Pillar 2A Individual Capital Guidance (ICG) from the PRA. This reflects a point in time estimate by the PRA, which may change over time, of the amount of capital that is needed in relation to risks not covered by Pillar 1. The Group’s underlying ICG remains unchanged over the half-year and as at 30 June 2015 equated to 3.9 per cent of risk-weighted assets, of which 2.2 per cent must be covered by CET1 capital. The 10 basis point increase in these percentages over the half-year is as a result of lower risk-weighted assets.

 

Capital position at 30 June 2015

 

The Group’s capital position as at 30 June 2015 is presented in the following section applying CRD IV transitional arrangements, as implemented in the UK by the PRA, and also on a fully loaded CRD IV basis.

 

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CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (continued)

 

  Transitional   Fully loaded
Capital resources

At 30 June 

2015 

 

At 31 Dec 

2014 

 

At 30 June 

2015 

 

At 31 Dec 

2014 

  £m    £m    £m    £m 
Common equity tier 1              
Shareholders’ equity per balance sheet 42,256    43,335    42,256    43,335 
Adjustment to retained earnings for foreseeable dividends (535)   (535)   (535)   (535)
Deconsolidation of insurance entities1 (1,262)   (824)   (1,262)   (824)
Adjustment for own credit 116    158    116    158 
Cash flow hedging reserve (429)   (1,139)   (429)   (1,139)
Other adjustments 239    333    239    333 
  40,385    41,328    40,385    41,328 
less: deductions from common equity tier 1              
Goodwill and other intangible assets (1,779)   (1,875)   (1,779)   (1,875)
Excess of expected losses over impairment provisions and value adjustments (394)   (565)   (394)   (565)
Removal of defined benefit pension surplus (718)   (909)   (718)   (909)
Securitisation deductions (211)   (211)   (211)   (211)
Significant investments1 (2,575)   (2,546)   (2,575)   (2,546)
Deferred tax assets (4,551)   (4,533)   (4,551)   (4,533)
Common equity tier 1 capital 30,157    30,689    30,157    30,689 
               
Additional tier 1              
Other equity instruments 5,355    5,355    5,355    5,355
Preference shares and preferred securities2 4,528    4,910    −    -
Transitional limit and other adjustments (706)   (537)   −    -
  9,177    9,728    5,355    5,355
less: deductions from tier 1              
Significant investments1 (1,180)   (859)   −    − 
Total tier 1 capital 38,154    39,558    35,512    36,044 
               
Tier 2              
Other subordinated liabilities2 18,111    21,132    18,111    21,132 
Deconsolidation of instruments issued by insurance entities1 (2,133)   (2,522)   (2,133)   (2,522)
Adjustments for non-eligible instruments   (467)   (675)   (1,095)   (1,857)
Amortisation and other adjustments (3,224)   (3,738)   (4,840)   (5,917)
  12,287    14,197    10,043    10,836 
Eligible provisions 475    333    475    333 
less: deductions from tier 2              
Significant investments1 (1,759)   (1,288)   (2,939)   (2,146)
Total capital resources 49,157    52,800    43,091    45,067 
               
Risk-weighted assets 226,980    239,734    226,980    239,734 
               
Common equity tier 1 capital ratio 13.3%    12.8%    13.3%    12.8% 
Tier 1 capital ratio 16.8%    16.5%    15.6%    15.0% 
Total capital ratio 21.7%    22.0%    19.0%    18.8% 
1 For regulatory capital purposes, the Group’s Insurance business is deconsolidated and replaced by the amount of the Group’s investment in the business. A part of this amount is deducted from capital (shown as ‘significant investments’ in the table above) and the remaining amount is risk weighted, forming part of threshold risk-weighted assets.
2 Preference shares, preferred securities and other subordinated liabilities are categorised as subordinated liabilities in the balance sheet.

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CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (continued)

 

The key differences between the transitional capital calculation as at 30 June 2015 and the fully loaded equivalent are as follows:

 

·Capital securities that previously qualified as tier 1 or tier 2 capital, but do not fully qualify under CRD IV, can be included in tier 1 or tier 2 capital (as applicable) up to specified limits which reduce by 10 per cent per annum until 2022.

 

·The significant investment deduction from AT1 will gradually transition to tier 2.

 

The movements in the transitional CET1, AT1, tier 2 and total capital positions in the period are provided below.

 

   

Common 

Equity Tier 1 

 

Additional 

Tier 1 

  Tier 2   

Total 

capital 

    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                 
At 31 December 2014   30,689    8,869    13,242    52,800 
Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders1   600            600 
Eligible minority interest   (470)           (470)
Adjustment to retained earnings for foreseeable dividends   (535)           (535)
Movement in treasury shares and employee share schemes   (269)           (269)
Pension movements:                
Removal of defined benefit pension surplus   191            191 
Movement through other comprehensive income   (242)           (242)
Available-for-sale reserve   (67)           (67)
Deferred tax asset   (18)           (18)
Goodwill and other intangible assets   96            96 
Excess of expected losses over impairment provisions and value adjustments   171            171 
Significant investments   (29)   (321)   (471)   (821)
Eligible provisions           142    142 
Subordinated debt movements:                
Repurchases, redemptions and other       (551)   (1,910)   (2,461)
Other movements   40            40 
At 30 June 2015   30,157    7,997    11,003    49,157 
                 
1 Profits made by Insurance are removed from CET1 capital. However, when dividends are paid to the Group by Insurance these are recognised through CET1 capital.

 

CET1 capital resources have reduced by £532 million in the period, largely due to the removal of eligible minority interest related to TSB, the interim dividend and movements in treasury shares and employee share schemes. The reductions were partially offset by profit attributable to ordinary shareholders, reflecting underlying profit offset by conduct charges and the disposal of TSB, and a reduction in the excess of expected losses over impairment provisions and value adjustments.

 

AT1 capital resources have reduced by £872 million in the period, primarily reflecting the annual reduction in the transitional limit applied to grandfathered AT1 capital instruments and an increase in significant investments.

 

Tier 2 capital resources have reduced by £2,239 million in the period largely reflecting calls and redemptions, amortisation of dated instruments, foreign exchange movements and an increase in significant investments, partially offset by an increase in eligible provisions.

 

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CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (continued)

 

Risk-weighted assets  

At 30 June 

2015 

 

At 31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m 
         
Foundation Internal Ratings Based (IRB) Approach   70,367    72,393 
Retail IRB Approach   67,529    72,886 
Other IRB Approach   17,385    15,324 
IRB Approach   155,281    160,603 
Standardised Approach   21,117    25,444 
Contributions to the default fund of a central counterparty   280    515 
Credit risk   176,678    186,562 
Counterparty credit risk   8,006    9,108 
Credit valuation adjustment risk   2,172    2,215 
Operational risk   26,279    26,279 
Market risk   3,629    4,746 
Underlying risk-weighted assets   216,764    228,910 
         
Threshold risk-weighted assets1   10,216    10,824 
Total risk-weighted assets   226,980    239,734 
   
1 Threshold risk-weighted assets reflect the element of significant investments and deferred tax assets that are permitted to be risk-weighted instead of deducted from common equity tier 1 capital under threshold rules. Significant investments primarily arise from investment in the Group’s Insurance business.
   
Risk-weighted assets movement
by key driver
 

Credit 

risk1

 

Counter 

party 

credit risk1

 

Market 

risk 

  Operational risk    Total 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
Risk-weighted assets at
31 December 2014
  186,562    11,323    4,746    26,279    228,910 
Management of the balance sheet   (1,849)   (572)   (309)   −    (2,730)
Disposals   (5,818)   (2)   −    −    (5,820)
External economic factors   (3,185)   (491)   (19)   −    (3,695)
Model and methodology changes   1,054    (108)   (789)   −    157 
Regulatory policy change   −    −    −    −    − 
Other   (86)   28    −    −    (58)
Risk-weighted assets   176,678    10,178    3,629    26,279    216,764 
Threshold risk-weighted assets                   10,216 
Total risk-weighted assets                   226,980 
   
1 Credit risk includes movements in contributions to the default fund of central counterparties and counterparty credit risk includes the movements in credit valuation adjustment risk.

 

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CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (continued)

 

The risk-weighted assets movement tables provide analyses of the movement in risk-weighted assets in the period by risk type and an insight into the key drivers of the movements. The key driver analysis is compiled on a monthly basis through the identification and categorisation of risk-weighted asset movements and is subject to management judgment.

 

Credit risk-weighted assets reduced from £186.6 billion to £176.7 billion driven by the following key movements:

·Management of the balance sheet includes risk-weighted asset movements arising from new lending and asset
run-off. During the first half of 2015, risk-weighted assets decreased by £1.8 billion as a result of the active management of lending portfolios, partially offset by targeted lending growth.

·Disposals include risk-weighted asset reductions arising from the sale of assets, portfolios and businesses. Disposals reduced risk-weighted assets by £5.8 billion, primarily driven by the completion of the sale of TSB as well as other small disposals and related reductions in sundry debtors.

·External economic factors capture movements driven by changes in the economic environment. The reduction in
risk-weighted assets of £3.2 billion is mainly due to improvements in credit quality and favourable foreign exchange rate movements.

·Model and methodology changes include the movement in risk-weighted assets arising from new model implementation, model enhancement and changes in credit risk approach applied to certain portfolios. The increase in risk-weighted assets of £1.1 billion is principally driven by an update to models in Commercial Banking.

 

Counterparty credit risk reductions of £1.1 billion reflect reduced mark to market valuations and trade compressions.

 

Market risk-weighted assets reduced by £1.1 billion, reflecting continued optimisation of the balance sheet as a result of active portfolio management across Financial Markets, and market risk model changes.

 

Enhanced Capital Notes (ECNs)

In 2009 the Group undertook a significant capital raising exercise which included the issuance of approximately £8.3 billion of ECNs. Approximately £3.3 billion of these ECNs remain outstanding.

 

Upon issuance, the ECNs contributed to going concern capital in stress tests applied by the regulator and were structured with a conversion trigger in excess of the then minimum regulatory requirements and stress test threshold. However, given subsequent changes to regulatory capital rules, including changes in the definition of core capital, the conversion trigger for the ECNs is substantially below today’s minimum regulatory requirements and stress test thresholds. The terms of the ECNs provide the Group with the right to call any series of these ECNs at par or a
make-whole price in the event that they cease to be taken into account as core capital for the purposes of any stress test applied by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) (a Capital Disqualification Event).

 

After the ECNs were not taken into account for the purpose of core capital for the 2014 PRA stress test, the Group announced on 16 December 2014 that it intended to approach the PRA to seek permission to redeem certain series of ECNs. On 31 March 2015 such permission was received from the PRA under Article 78 of the Capital Requirements Regulation (Regulation 575/2013/EU). The Group also notified investors that the Trustee intended to seek a declaratory judgment in respect of the interpretation of certain terms of the ECNs.

 

On 3 June 2015, the Chancery Division of the High Court handed down its judgment in respect of the ECNs, in which it found that a Capital Disqualification Event had not occurred. The Group has filed an appeal with the Court of Appeal and the hearing is expected to take place in the week commencing 24 August 2015.

 

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CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (continued)

 

Leverage ratio

 

In January 2015 the existing CRD IV rules on the calculation of the leverage ratio were amended to align with the European Commission’s interpretation of the revised Basel III leverage ratio framework. The Group’s leverage ratio has been calculated in accordance with the amended CRD IV rules on leverage.

 

    Fully loaded
   

At 30 June 

2015 

 

At 31 Dec 

20141

    £m    £m 
Total tier 1 capital for leverage ratio        
Common equity tier 1 capital   30,157    30,689 
Additional tier 1 capital   5,355    5,355 
Total tier 1 capital   35,512    36,044 
         
Exposure measure        
         
Statutory balance sheet assets        
Derivative financial instruments   27,980    36,128 
Securities financing transactions (SFTs)   33,668    43,772 
Loans and advances and other assets   761,184    774,996 
Total assets   822,832    854,896 
         
Deconsolidation adjustments2        
Derivative financial instruments   (1,421)   (1,663)
Securities financing transactions (SFTs)   1,908    1,655 
Loans and advances and other assets   (145,491)   (144,114)
Total deconsolidation adjustments   (145,004)   (144,122)
         
Derivatives adjustments        
Adjustment for regulatory netting   (18,515)   (24,187)
Adjustment to cash collateral   1,058    (1,024)
Net written credit protection   309    425 
Regulatory potential future exposure   12,407    12,722 
Total derivatives adjustments   (4,741)   (12,064)
         
Counterparty credit risk add-on for SFTs   1,022    1,364 
         
Off-balance sheet items   55,695    50,980 
         
Regulatory deductions and other adjustments   (9,636)   (10,362)
         
Total exposure   720,168    740,692 
         
Leverage ratio   4.9%   4.9% 
1 Restated to align with the amended CRD IV rules on leverage implemented in January 2015.
2 Deconsolidation adjustments predominantly reflect the deconsolidation of assets related to Group subsidiaries that fall outside the scope of the Group’s regulatory capital consolidation (primarily the Group’s insurance entities).  

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CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (continued)

 

Key movements

 

The Group’s fully loaded leverage ratio remained stable at 4.9 per cent with the impact of the reduction in tier 1 capital entirely offset by the £20.5 billion reduction in the exposure measure, the latter largely reflecting the reduction in balance sheet assets arising, in part, from the disposal of TSB.

 

The derivatives exposure measure, representing derivative financial instruments per the balance sheet net of deconsolidation and derivatives adjustments, reduced by £0.6 billion primarily reflecting market movements and trade compressions offset by adjustments for ineligible cash collateral.

 

The SFT exposure measure, representing SFTs per the balance sheet inclusive of deconsolidation adjustments and counterparty credit risk add-on, reduced by £10.2 billion reflecting active balance sheet management, reduced trading volumes and further application of eligible on-balance sheet netting.

 

Off-balance sheet items increased by £4.7 billion, partly reflecting new mortgage offers placed during the period.

 

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STATUTORY INFORMATION

 

  Page 
Condensed consolidated half-year financial statements (unaudited)  
Consolidated income statement 50 
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 51 
Consolidated balance sheet 52 
Consolidated statement of changes in equity 54 
Consolidated cash flow statement 57 
   
Notes  
1 Accounting policies, presentation and estimates 58 
2 Segmental analysis 59 
3 Operating expenses 62 
4 Impairment 62 
5 Taxation 63 
6 Earnings per share 63 
7 Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 64 
8 Derivative financial instruments 64 
9 Loans and advances to customers 65 
10 Debt securities in issue 65 
11 Post-retirement defined benefit schemes 66 
12 Provisions for liabilities and charges 67 
13 Contingent liabilities and commitments 70 
14 Fair values of financial assets and liabilities 74 
15 Related party transactions 81 
16 Disposal of interest in TSB Banking Group plc 83 
17 Ordinary dividends 83 
18 Events since the balance sheet date 83 
19 Future accounting developments 84 
20 Condensed consolidating financial information 85 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED HALF-YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

 

       

Half-year to 

30 June 

2015 

 

Half-year to 

30 June 

2014 

 

Half-year to 

31 Dec 

2014 

    Note    £ million    £ million    £ million 
                 
Interest and similar income       8,975    9,728    9,483 
Interest and similar expense       (3,483)   (4,466)   (4,085)
Net interest income       5,492    5,262    5,398 
Fee and commission income       1,598    1,836    1,823 
Fee and commission expense       (607)   (609)   (793)
Net fee and commission income       991    1,227    1,030 
Net trading income       3,018    4,588    5,571 
Insurance premium income       1,414    3,492    3,633 
Other operating income       890    (535)   226 
Other income       6,313    8,772    10,460 
Total income       11,805    14,034    15,858 
Insurance claims       (2,998)   (6,338)   (7,155)
Total income, net of insurance claims       8,807    7,696    8,703 
Regulatory provisions       (1,835)   (1,100)   (2,025)
Other operating expenses       (5,618)   (5,092)   (5,668)
Total operating expenses     (7,453)   (6,192)   (7,693)
Trading surplus       1,354    1,504    1,010 
Impairment     (161)   (641)   (111)
Profit before tax       1,193    863    899 
Taxation     (268)   (164)   (99)
Profit for the period       925    699    800 
                 
Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders       677    574    551 
Profit attributable to other equity holders1       197    91    196 
Profit attributable to equity holders       874    665    747 
Profit attributable to non-controlling interests       51    34    53 
Profit for the period       925    699    800 
                 
Basic earnings per share     1.0p    0.8p    0.8p 
Diluted earnings per share     1.0p    0.8p    0.8p 
1 The profit after tax attributable to other equity holders of £197 million (half-year to 30 June 2014: £91 million; half-year to 31 December 2014: £196 million) is offset in reserves by a tax credit attributable to ordinary shareholders of £40 million (half-year to 30 June 2014: £20 million; half-year to 31 December 2014: £42 million).

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED HALF-YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 

   

Half-year to 

30 June 

2015 

 

Half-year to 

30 June 

2014 

 

Half-year to 

31 Dec 

2014 

    £ million    £ million    £ million 
             
Profit for the period   925    699    800 
Other comprehensive income            
Items that will not subsequently be reclassified to profit
or loss:
           
Post-retirement defined benefit scheme remeasurements
(note 11):
           
Remeasurements before taxation   (302)   (599)   1,273 
Taxation   60    120    (255)
    (242)   (479)   1,018 
Items that may subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss:            
Movements in revaluation reserve in respect of available-for-sale financial assets:            
Change in fair value   (16)   557    133 
Income statement transfers in respect of disposals   (49)   (85)   (46)
Income statement transfers in respect of impairment   −      − 
Taxation   (2)   (51)   38 
    (67)   423    125 
Movements in cash flow hedging reserve:            
Effective portion of changes in fair value   (404)   1,008    2,888 
Net income statement transfers   (481)   (572)   (581)
Taxation   175    (86)   (463)
    (710)   350    1,844 
Currency translation differences (tax: nil)   27    (1)   (2)
Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax   (992)   293    2,985 
Total comprehensive income for the period   (67)   992    3,785 
             
Total comprehensive income attributable to ordinary shareholders   (315)   867    3,536 
Total comprehensive income attributable to other equity holders   197    91    196 
Total comprehensive income attributable to equity holders   (118)   958    3,732 
Total comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests   51    34    53 
Total comprehensive income for the period   (67)   992    3,785 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED HALF-YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

 

        At 
30 June 
2015 
  At 
31 Dec 
2014 
Assets   Note    £ million    £ million 
             
Cash and balances at central banks       67,687    50,492 
Items in course of collection from banks       1,159    1,173 
Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss     147,849    151,931 
Derivative financial instruments     27,980    36,128 
Loans and receivables:            
Loans and advances to banks       23,548    26,155 
Loans and advances to customers     452,427    482,704 
Debt securities       1,569    1,213 
        477,544    510,072 
Available-for-sale financial assets       32,173    56,493 
Held-to-maturity investments       19,960    − 
Investment properties       4,702    4,492 
Goodwill       2,016    2,016 
Value of in-force business       4,863    4,864 
Other intangible assets       1,942    2,070 
Tangible fixed assets       8,154    8,052 
Current tax recoverable       195    127 
Deferred tax assets       4,039    4,145 
Retirement benefit assets   11    908    1,147 
Other assets       21,661    21,694 
Total assets       822,832    854,896 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED HALF-YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (continued)

 

       

At 
30 June 

2015 

  At 
31 Dec 
2014 
Equity and liabilities   Note    £ million    £ million 
             
Liabilities            
Deposits from banks       16,966    10,887 
Customer deposits       416,595    447,067 
Items in course of transmission to banks       790    979 
Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss       63,328    62,102 
Derivative financial instruments     27,778    33,187 
Notes in circulation       1,090    1,129 
Debt securities in issue   10    77,776    76,233 
Liabilities arising from insurance contracts and
participating investment contracts
      81,183    86,918 
Liabilities arising from non-participating investment contracts       26,131    27,248 
Unallocated surplus within insurance businesses       290    320 
Other liabilities       35,251    28,105 
Retirement benefit obligations   11    467    453 
Current tax liabilities       24    69 
Deferred tax liabilities       40    54 
Other provisions       4,443    4,200 
Subordinated liabilities       22,639    26,042 
Total liabilities       774,791    804,993 
             
Equity            
Share capital       7,146    7,146 
Share premium account       17,292    17,281 
Other reserves       12,455    13,216 
Retained profits       5,363    5,692 
Shareholders’ equity       42,256    43,335 
Other equity instruments       5,355    5,355 
Total equity excluding non-controlling interests       47,611    48,690 
Non-controlling interests       430    1,213 
Total equity       48,041    49,903 
Total equity and liabilities       822,832    854,896 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED HALF-YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

 

    Attributable to equity shareholders          
   

Share 

capital 

and 

premium 

 

Other 

reserves 

 

Retained 

profits 

  Total 

Other 

equity 

instruments 

  Non- 
controlling 
interests 
  Total 
    £ million    £ million    £ million    £ million    £ million    £ million    £ million 
                             
Balance at 1 January 2015   24,427   13,216    5,692    43,335    5,355    1,213    49,903 
                             
Comprehensive income                            
Profit for the period   –    −    874    874    –    51    925 
Other comprehensive income                            
Post-retirement defined benefit scheme remeasurements, net of tax   –    –    (242)   (242)   –    –    (242)
Movements in revaluation reserve in respect of available-for-sale financial assets, net of tax   –    (67)   –    (67)   –    –    (67)
Movements in cash flow hedging reserve, net of tax   –    (710)   –    (710)   –    –    (710)
Currency translation differences (tax: nil)   –    27    –    27    –    –    27 
Total other comprehensive income   –    (750)   (242)   (992)   –    –    (992)
Total comprehensive income   –    (750)   632    (118)   –    51    (67)
Transactions with owners                            
Dividends   –    −    (535)   (535)   –    (10)   (545)
Distributions on other equity instruments, net of tax   –    –    (157)   (157)   –    –    (157)
Redemption of preference shares   11    (11)   –    –    –    –    – 
Movement in treasury shares   –    –    (479)   (479)   –    –    (479)
Value of employee services:                            
Share option schemes   –    –    60    60    –    –    60 
Other employee award schemes   –    –    150    150    –    –    150 
Adjustment on sale of interest in TSB Banking Group plc (TSB) (note 16)   –    –    –    –    –    (825)   (825)
Other changes in
non-controlling interests
  –   

– 

 

  –    –    –     
Total transactions with owners   11    (11)   (961)   (961)   –    (834)   (1,795)
Balance at
30 June 2015
  24,438    12,455    5,363    42,256    5,355    430    48,041 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED HALF-YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (continued)

 

    Attributable to equity shareholders          
   

Share 

capital 

and 

premium 

 

Other 

reserves 

 

Retained 

profits 

  Total 

Other 

equity 

instruments 

  Non- 
controlling 
interests 
  Total 
    £ million    £ million    £ million    £ million    £ million    £ million    £ million 
                             
Balance at 1 January 2014   24,424   10,477    4,088    38,989    –    347    39,336 
                             
Comprehensive income                            
Profit for the period   –    −    665    665    –    34    699 
Other comprehensive income                            
Post-retirement defined benefit scheme remeasurements, net of tax   –    –    (479)   (479)   –    –    (479)
Movements in revaluation reserve in respect of available-for-sale financial assets, net of tax   –    423    –    423    –    –    423 
Movements in cash flow hedging reserve, net of tax   –    350    –    350    –    –    350 
Currency translation differences (tax: nil)   –    (1)   –    (1)   –    –    (1)
Total other comprehensive income   –    772    (479)   293    –    –    293 
Total comprehensive income   –    772    186    958    –    34    992 
Transactions with owners                            
Dividends   –    −    −    −    –    (8)   (8)
Distributions on other equity instruments, net of tax   –    –    (71)   (71)   –    –    (71)
Issue of ordinary shares     –    –      –    –   
Issue of Additional Tier 1 securities   –    –    (26)   (26)   5,355    –    5,329 
Movement in treasury shares   –    –    (263)   (263)   –    –    (263)
Value of employee services:                            
Share option schemes   –    –    21    21    –    –    21 
Other employee award schemes   –    –    99    99    –    –    99 
Adjustment on sale of
non-controlling interest in TSB
  –    –    (135)   (135)   –    565    430 
Other changes in
non-controlling interests
  –   

– 

 

  –    –    –    10    10 
Total transactions with owners     –    (375)   (372)   5,355    567    5,550 
Balance at 30 June 2014   24,427    11,249    3,899    39,575    5,355    948    45,878 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED HALF-YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (continued)

 

    Attributable to equity shareholders          
   

Share 

capital 

and 

premium 

 

Other 

reserves 

 

Retained 

profits 

  Total 

Other 

equity 

instruments 

  Non- 
controlling 
interests 
  Total 
    £ million    £ million    £ million    £ million    £ million    £ million    £ million 
                             
Balance at 1 July 2014   24,427   11,249    3,899    39,575    5,355    948    45,878 
                             
Comprehensive income                            
Profit for the period   –    −    747    747    –    53    800 
Other comprehensive income                            
Post-retirement defined benefit scheme remeasurements, net of tax   –    –    1,018    1,018    –    –    1,018 
Movements in revaluation reserve in respect of available-for-sale financial assets, net of tax   –    125    –    125    –    –    125 
Movements in cash flow hedging reserve, net of tax   –    1,844    –    1,844    –    –    1,844 
Currency translation differences (tax: nil)   –    (2)   –    (2)   –    –    (2)
Total other comprehensive income   –    1,967    1,018    2,985    –    –    2,985 
Total comprehensive income   –    1,967    1,765    3,732    –    53    3,785 
Transactions with owners                            
Dividends   –    −    −    −    –    (19)   (19)
Distributions on other equity instruments, net of tax   –    –    (154)   (154)   –    –    (154)
Issue of other equity instruments   –    –        –    –   
Movement in treasury shares   –    –    (23)   (23)   –    –    (23)
Value of employee services:                            
Share option schemes   –    –    102    102    –    –    102 
Other employee award schemes   –    –    134    134    –    –    134 
Adjustment on sale of
non-controlling interest in TSB
          (36)   (36)   –    240    204 
Other changes in
non-controlling interests
  –   

– 

 

  –    –    –    (9)   (9)
Total transactions with owners   −    –    28    28    –    212    240 
Balance at 31 December 2014   24,427    13,216    5,692    43,335    5,355    1,213    49,903

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED HALF-YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (continued)

 

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT

 

   

Half-year to 

30 June 

2015 

 

Half-year to 

30 June 

2014 

 

Half-year to 

31 Dec 

2014 

    £ million    £ million    £ million 
             
Profit before tax   1,193    863    899 
Adjustments for:            
Change in operating assets   26,512    1,932    (2,804)
Change in operating liabilities   81    3,172    8,820 
Non-cash and other items   (6,417)   1,651    (4,147)
Tax (paid) received   (49)     (35)
Net cash provided by operating activities   21,320    7,620    2,733 
             
Cash flows from investing activities            
Purchase of financial assets   (12,358)   (7,363)   (4,170)
Proceeds from sale and maturity of financial assets   14,838    1,685    2,983 
Purchase of fixed assets   (1,564)   (1,651)   (1,791)
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets   526    725    1,318 
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired   −    (1)   − 
Disposal of businesses, net of cash disposed   (4,282)   536   
Net cash used in investing activities   (2,840)   (6,069)   (1,653)
             
Cash flows from financing activities            
Dividends paid to ordinary shareholders   (535)   −    − 
Distributions on other equity instruments   (197)   (91)   (196)
Dividends paid to non-controlling interests   (10)   (8)   (19)
Interest paid on subordinated liabilities   (1,250)   (1,416)   (789)
Proceeds from issue of subordinated liabilities   −    −    629 
Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares   −      − 
Repayment of subordinated liabilities   (2,068)   (1,240)   (1,783)
Changes in non-controlling interests     440    195 
Net cash used in financing activities   (4,059)   (2,312)   (1,963)
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents   (2)     (10)
Change in cash and cash equivalents   14,419    (757)   (893)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period   65,147    66,797    66,040 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   79,566    66,040    65,147 

 

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash and balances at central banks (excluding mandatory deposits) and amounts due from banks with a maturity of less than three months.

 

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1.Accounting policies, presentation and estimates

 

These condensed consolidated half-year financial statements as at and for the period to 30 June 2015 have been prepared in accordance with the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and with International Accounting Standard 34 (IAS 34), Interim Financial Reporting as issued by the International Accounting Standard Board and comprise the results of Lloyds Banking Group plc (the Company) together with its subsidiaries (the Group). They do not include all of the information required for full annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the Group’s consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended 31 December 2014 which were prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standard Board. Copies of the 2014 Annual Report and Accounts are available on the Group’s website and are available upon request from Investor Relations, Lloyds Banking Group plc, 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN.

 

The British Bankers’ Association’s Code for Financial Reporting Disclosure (the Disclosure Code) sets out disclosure principles together with supporting guidance in respect of the financial statements of UK banks. The Group has adopted the Disclosure Code and these condensed consolidated half-year financial statements have been prepared in compliance with the Disclosure Code’s principles. Terminology used in these condensed consolidated half-year financial statements is consistent with that used in the Group’s 2014 Annual Report and Accounts where a glossary of terms can be found.

 

The directors consider that it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the condensed consolidated half-year financial statements. In reaching this assessment, the directors have considered projections for the Group’s capital and funding position and have had regard to the factors set out in Principal risks and uncertainties: Funding and liquidity on page 23.

 

The accounting policies are consistent with those applied by the Group in its 2014 Annual Report and Accounts.

 

During the half-year to 30 June 2015, government debt securities with a carrying value of £19,938 million, previously classified as available-for-sale, were reclassified to held-to-maturity. Unrealised gains on the transferred securities of £194 million previously taken to equity continue to be held in the available-for-sale revaluation reserve and will be amortised to the income statement over the remaining lives of the securities using the effective interest method or until the assets become impaired.

 

Future accounting developments

Details of those IFRS pronouncements which will be relevant to the Group but which will not be effective at 31 December 2015 and which have not been applied in preparing these financial statements are set out in note 19.

 

Critical accounting estimates and judgements

The preparation of the Group’s financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that impact the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Due to the inherent uncertainty in making estimates, actual results reported in future periods may include amounts which differ from those estimates. Estimates, judgements and assumptions are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. There have been no significant changes in the basis upon which estimates have been determined, compared to that applied at 31 December 2014.

 

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2.Segmental analysis

 

Lloyds Banking Group provides a wide range of banking and financial services in the UK and in certain locations overseas. The Group Executive Committee (GEC) remains the chief operating decision maker for the Group.

 

The segmental results and comparatives are presented on an underlying basis, the basis reviewed by the chief operating decision maker. The effects of asset sales, volatile items, the insurance grossing adjustment, liability management, Simplification costs, TSB build and dual-running costs, the charge relating to the TSB disposal, regulatory provisions, certain past service pension credits or charges, the amortisation of purchased intangible assets and the unwind of acquisition-related fair value adjustments are excluded in arriving at underlying profit.

 

Following the announcement of the sale of TSB to Banco Sabadell, the Group no longer considers TSB to be a separate financial reporting segment and as a consequence its results are included in Other. The Group’s activities are organised into four financial reporting segments: Retail; Commercial Banking; Consumer Finance and Insurance. There has been no change to the descriptions of these segments as provided in note 4 to the Group’s financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2014.

 

There has been no change to the Group’s segmental accounting for internal segment services or derivatives entered into by units for risk management purposes since 31 December 2014.

 

Half-year to 30 June 2015   Net 
interest 
income 
 

Other 
income, 

net of 

insurance 

claims 

Total 
income, 
net of 
insurance 
claims 
Profit 
(loss) 
before tax 
  External 
revenue 
  Inter- 
segment 
revenue 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
Underlying basis                        
Retail   3,743    559    4,302    1,839    4,629    (327)
Commercial Banking   1,234    1,023    2,257    1,193    1,842    415 
Consumer Finance   658    677    1,335    539    1,462    (127)
Insurance   (73)   1,025    952    584    1,241    (289)
Other   345    −    345    228    17    328 
Group   5,907    3,284    9,191    4,383    9,191    − 
Reconciling items:                        
Insurance grossing adjustment   (241)   287    46    −         
Asset sales, volatile items and liability management1   26    (384)   (358)   (355)        
Volatility relating to the insurance business   −    18    18    18         
Simplification costs   −    −    −    (32)        
TSB build and dual-running costs   −    −    −    (85)        
Charge relating to the TSB disposal   −        (660)        
Payment protection
insurance provision
  −    −    −    (1,400)        
Other conduct provisions   −    −    −    (435)        
Amortisation of purchased intangibles   −    −    −    (164)        
Fair value unwind   (200)   105    (95)   (77)        
Group – statutory   5,492    3,315    8,807    1,193         
1 Comprises (i) losses on disposals of assets which are not part of normal business operations (£52 million); (ii) the net effect of banking volatility, changes in the fair value of the equity conversion feature of the Group’s Enhanced Capital Notes and net derivative valuation adjustments (losses of £297 million); and (iii) the results of liability management exercises (losses of £6 million).

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2. Segmental analysis (continued)

 

Half-year to 30 June 2014   Net 
interest 
income 
 

Other 
income, 

net of 
insurance 
claims 

Total 
income, 
net of 
insurance 
claims 
Profit 
(loss) 
before tax 
  External 
revenue 
  Inter- 
segment 
revenue 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
Underlying basis                        
Retail   3,493    700    4,193    1,710    4,497    (304)
Commercial Banking   1,234    984    2,218    1,156    1,785    433 
Consumer Finance   645    675    1,320    534    1,377    (57)
Insurance   (64)   854    790    461    859    (69)
Other   496    235    731    (42)   734    (3)
Group   5,804    3,448    9,252    3,819    9,252    – 
Reconciling items:                        
Insurance grossing adjustment   (239)   314    75    –         
Asset sales, volatile items and liability management1   10    (1,135)   (1,125)   (1,130)        
Volatility relating to the insurance business   –    (122)   (122)   (122)        
Simplification costs   –    –    –    (519)        
TSB build and dual-running costs   –    –    –    (309)        
Payment protection insurance provision   –    –    –    (600)        
Other conduct provisions   –    –    –    (500)        
Past service credit2   –    –    –    710         
Amortisation of purchased intangibles   –    –    –    (171)        
Fair value unwind   (313)   (71)   (384)   (315)        
Group – statutory   5,262    2,434    7,696    863         
1 Comprises (i) gains or losses on disposals of assets which are not part of normal business operations (£94 million); (ii) the net effect of banking volatility, changes in the fair value of the equity conversion feature of the Group’s Enhanced Capital Notes and net derivative valuation adjustments (gain of £152 million); and (iii) the results of liability management exercises (losses of £1,376 million).
2 This represents the curtailment credit of £843 million following the Group’s decision to reduce the cap on pensionable pay (see note 3) partly offset by the cost of other changes to the pay, benefits and reward offered to employees.

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2. Segmental analysis (continued)

 

Half-year to 31 December 2014   Net 
interest 
income 
 

Other 
income, 
net of 

insurance 

claims 

  Total 
income, 
net of 
insurance 
claims 
Profit (loss) 
before tax 
  External 
revenue 
  Inter- 
segment 
revenue 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
Underlying basis                        
Retail   3,586    512    4,098    1,518    4,537    (439)
Commercial Banking   1,246    972    2,218    1,050    2,015    203 
Consumer Finance   645    689    1,334    476    1,426    (92)
Insurance   (67)   871    804    461    347    457 
Other   547    115    662    432    791    (129)
Group   5,957    3,159    9,116    3,937    9,116    − 
Reconciling items:                        
Insurance grossing adjustment   (243)   300    57    –         
Asset sales, volatile items and liability management1   (3)   16    13    168         
Volatility relating to the insurance business   –    (106)   (106)   (106)        
Simplification costs   –    (22)   (22)   (447)        
TSB build and dual-running costs   –    –    –    (249)        
Payment protection insurance provision   –    –    –    (1,600)        
Other conduct provisions   –    –    –    (425)        
Amortisation of purchased intangibles   –    –    –    (165)        
Fair value unwind   (313)   (42)   (355)   (214)        
Group – statutory   5,398    3,305    8,703    899         
1 Comprises (i) gains on disposals of assets which are not part of normal business operations (£44 million); (ii) the net effect of banking volatility, changes in the fair value of the equity conversion feature of the Group’s Enhanced Capital Notes and net derivative valuation adjustments (gains of £134 million); and (iii) the results of liability management exercises (losses of £10 million).
   

Segment external

 

assets

 

 

Segment customer

 

deposits

 

 

Segment external

 

liabilities

 

    At 
30 June 
2015 
  At 
31 Dec 
2014 
  At 
30 June 
2015 
  At 
31 Dec 
2014 
  At 
30 June 
2015 
  At 
31 Dec 
2014 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                         
Retail   315,088    317,246    278,231    285,539    286,376    295,880 
Commercial Banking   179,530    241,754    125,407    119,882    232,024    231,400 
Consumer Finance   26,514    25,646    11,423    14,955    16,502    18,581 
Insurance   150,899    150,615    −    −    144,915    144,921 
Other   150,801    119,635    1,534    26,691    94,974    114,211 
Total Group   822,832    854,896    416,595    447,067    774,791    804,993 

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3.Operating expenses

 

   

Half-year to 

30 June 

2015 

 

Half-year to 

30 June 

2014 

 

Half-year to 

31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m    £m 
Administrative expenses            
Staff costs:            
Salaries and social security costs   1,859    2,074    1,892 
Pensions and other post-retirement benefit schemes1   278    (530)   304 
Restructuring and other staff costs   273    513    492 
    2,410    2,057    2,688 
Premises and equipment   360    444    447 
Other expenses:            
Communications and data processing   436    595    523 
UK bank levy   −    −    237 
TSB disposal (note 16)   665    –    – 
Other   740    1,046    788 
    1,841    1,641    1,548 
    4,611    4,142    4,683 
Depreciation and amortisation   1,007    950    985 
Total operating expenses, excluding regulatory provisions   5,618    5,092    5,668 
Regulatory provisions:            
Payment protection insurance provision (note 12)   1,400    600    1,600 
Other regulatory provisions (note 12)   435    500    425 
    1,835    1,100    2,025 
Total operating expenses   7,453    6,192    7,693 
1 On 11 March 2014 the Group announced a change to its defined benefit pension schemes, revising the existing cap on the increases in pensionable pay used in calculating the pension benefit, from 2 per cent to nil with effect from 2 April 2014. The effect of this change was to reduce the Group's retirement benefit obligations recognised on the balance sheet by £843 million with a corresponding curtailment gain recognised in the income statement in the half-year to 30 June 2014, partly offset by a charge of £21 million following changes to pension arrangements for staff within the TSB business.
   
   
4.Impairment

 

   

Half-year to 

30 June 

2015 

 

Half-year to 

30 June 

2014 

 

Half-year to 

31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m    £m 
Impairment losses on loans and receivables:            
Loans and advances to customers   181    639    96 
Debt securities classified as loans and receivables   (2)   −   
Impairment losses on loans and receivables   179    639    98 
Impairment of available-for-sale financial assets   −     
Other credit risk provisions   (18)   −    10 
Total impairment charged to the income statement   161    641    111 

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5.Taxation

 

A reconciliation of the tax charge that would result from applying the standard UK corporation tax rate to the profit before tax, to the actual tax charge, is given below:

 

   

Half-year to 

30 June 

2015 

 

Half-year to 

30 June 

2014 

 

Half-year to 

31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m    £m 
             
Profit before tax   1,193    863    899 
             
Tax charge thereon at UK corporation tax rate of 20.25 per cent
(2014: 21.5 per cent)
  (242)   (186)   (193)
Factors affecting tax charge:            
UK corporation tax rate change and related impacts     −    (24)
Disallowed items   (99)   (113)   (82)
Non-taxable items   46    58    95 
Overseas tax rate differences   (8)   (17)   (7)
Gains exempted or covered by capital losses   47    147    34 
Policyholder tax   (39)   (23)  
Adjustments in respect of previous years   21    (19)   53 
Effect of results of joint ventures and associates   −    (3)   10 
Other items   (1)   (8)  
Tax charge   (268)   (164)   (99)

 

In accordance with IAS 34, the Group’s income tax expense for the half-year to 30 June 2015 is based on the best estimate of the weighted-average annual income tax rate expected for the full financial year. The tax effects of one-off items are not included in the weighted-average annual income tax rate, but are recognised in the relevant period.

 

On 8 July 2015, the Government announced that the corporation tax rate applicable from 1 April 2017 would be 19 per cent and from 1 April 2020 would be 18 per cent. In addition, the Government announced that from 1 January 2016 banking profits will be subject to an additional tax surcharge of 8 per cent. The proposed reductions in the rate of corporation tax and the introduction of the banking surcharge are expected to be enacted, and the impact accounted for, in the second half of 2015.

 

6.Earnings per share

 

   

Half-year to 

30 June

2015 

 

Half-year to 

30 June 

2014 

 

Half-year to 

31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m    £m 
Basic            
Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders   677    574    551 
Tax credit on distributions to other equity holders   40    20    42 
    717    594    593 
             
Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue   71,349m    71,350m    71,350m 
Earnings per share   1.0p    0.8p    0.8p 
             
Fully diluted            
Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders   677    574    551 
Tax credit on distributions to other equity holders   40    20    42 
    717    594    593 
             
Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue   72,463m    72,399m    72,494m 
Earnings per share   1.0p    0.8p    0.8p 

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7. Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

 

   

At 
30 June 

2015 

 

At 
31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m 
         
Trading assets   43,419    48,494 
         
Other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss:        
Treasury and other bills   22    22 
Debt securities   40,520    41,839 
Equity shares   63,888    61,576 
    104,430    103,437 
Total trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss   147,849    151,931 

 

Included in the above is £95,201 million (31 December 2014: £94,314 million) of assets relating to the insurance businesses.

 

8.Derivative financial instruments

 

    30 June 2015   31 December 2014
   

Fair value 

of assets 

Fair value 

of liabilities 

 

Fair value 

of assets 

 

Fair value 

of liabilities 

    £m    £m    £m    £m 
Hedging                
Derivatives designated as fair value hedges   1,662    763    2,472    962 
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges   1,070    1,814    1,761    2,654 
    2,732    2,577    4,233    3,616 
Trading and other                
Exchange rate contracts   6,586    8,020    7,034    6,950 
Interest rate contracts   16,784    15,527    22,506    20,374 
Credit derivatives   254    468    279    1,066 
Embedded equity conversion feature   256    –    646    − 
Equity and other contracts   1,368    1,186    1,430    1,181 
    25,248    25,201    31,895    29,571 
Total recognised derivative assets/liabilities   27,980    27,778    36,128    33,187 

 

The embedded equity conversion feature of £256 million (31 December 2014: £646 million) reflects the value of the equity conversion feature contained in the Enhanced Capital Notes issued by the Group in 2009; a loss of £390 million arose from the change in fair value in the half-year to 30 June 2015 (half-year to 30 June 2014: gain of £226 million; half-year to 31 December 2014: gain of £175 million) and is included within net trading income. In addition, £967 million of the embedded derivative, being that portion of the embedded equity conversion feature related to ECNs derecognised pursuant to the Group’s exchange and retail tender transactions completed in April 2014, was derecognised on completion of those transactions in the half-year to 30 June 2014.

 

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9.Loans and advances to customers

 

   

At 
30 June 

2015 

 

At 
31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m 
         
Agriculture, forestry and fishing   7,092    6,586 
Energy and water supply   3,690    3,853 
Manufacturing   6,400    6,000 
Construction   5,303    6,425 
Transport, distribution and hotels   14,283    15,112 
Postal and communications   3,037    2,624 
Property companies   36,253    36,682 
Financial, business and other services   38,729    44,979 
Personal:        
Mortgages   311,031    333,318 
Other   20,603    23,123 
Lease financing   2,797    3,013 
Hire purchase   8,559    7,403 
    457,777    489,118 
Allowance for impairment losses on loans and advances   (5,350)   (6,414)
Total loans and advances to customers   452,427    482,704 

 

Loans and advances to customers include advances securitised under the Group's securitisation and covered bond programmes.

 

10.Debt securities in issue

 

  30 June 2015   31 December 2014
 

At fair value  through 

profit or  loss 

At 

amortised 

cost 

  Total 

At fair value 

through 

profit or 

loss 

 

At 

amortised 

cost 

  Total 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                         
Medium-term notes issued   7,393    26,262    33,655    6,739    22,728    29,467 
Covered bonds   −    25,500    25,500    −    27,191    27,191 
Certificates of deposit   −    9,313    9,313    −    7,033    7,033 
Securitisation notes   −    10,842    10,842    −    11,908    11,908 
Commercial paper   −    5,859    5,859    −    7,373    7,373 
    7,393    77,776    85,169    6,739    76,233    82,972 
                           

 

The notes issued by the Group’s securitisation and covered bond programmes are held by external parties and by subsidiaries of the Group.

 

Securitisation programmes

 

At 30 June 2015, external parties held £10,842 million (31 December 2014: £11,908 million) and the Group’s subsidiaries held £27,707 million (31 December 2014: £38,149 million) of total securitisation notes in issue of £38,549 million (31 December 2014: £50,057 million). The notes are secured on loans and advances to customers and debt securities classified as loans and receivables amounting to £62,853 million (31 December 2014: £75,970 million), the majority of which have been sold by subsidiary companies to bankruptcy remote structured entities. The structured entities are consolidated fully and all of these loans are retained on the Group's balance sheet.

 

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10.Debt securities in issue (continued)

 

Covered bond programmes

 

At 30 June 2015, external parties held £25,500 million (31 December 2014: £27,191 million) and the Group’s subsidiaries held £4,970 million (31 December 2014: £6,339 million) of total covered bonds in issue of £30,470 million (31 December 2014: £33,530 million). The bonds are secured on certain loans and advances to customers that have been assigned to bankruptcy remote limited liability partnerships. These loans are retained on the Group's balance sheet.

 

Cash deposits of £9,210 million (31 December 2014: £11,251 million) held by the Group are restricted in use to repayment of the debt securities issued by the structured entities, the term advances relating to covered bonds and other legal obligations.

 

11.Post-retirement defined benefit schemes

 

The Group’s post-retirement defined benefit scheme obligations are comprised as follows:

 

   

At 

30 June 

2015 

 

At 

31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m 
         
Defined benefit pension schemes:        
 - Fair value of scheme assets   38,041    38,133 
 - Present value of funded obligations   (37,399)   (37,243)
Net pension scheme asset   642    890 
Other post-retirement schemes   (201)   (196)
Net retirement benefit asset   441    694 
Recognised on the balance sheet as:        
Retirement benefit assets   908    1,147 
Retirement benefit obligations   (467)   (453)
Net retirement benefit asset   441    694 

 

The movement in the Group’s net post-retirement defined benefit scheme asset during the period was as follows:

 

    £m 
     
At 1 January 2015   694 
Income statement charge   (154)
Employer contributions   203 
Remeasurement   (302)
At 30 June 2015   441 

 

The principal assumptions used in the valuations of the defined benefit pension scheme were as follows:

 

   

At 

30 June 

2015 

 

At 

31 Dec 

2014 

     
         
Discount rate   3.80    3.67 
Rate of inflation:        
Retail Prices Index   3.14    2.95 
Consumer Price Index   2.14    1.95 
Rate of salary increases   0.00    0.00 
Weighted-average rate of increase for pensions in payment   2.69    2.59 

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11.Post-retirement defined benefit schemes (continued)

 

The application of the revised assumptions as at 30 June 2015 to the Group’s principal post-retirement defined benefit schemes has resulted in a remeasurement loss of £302 million which has been recognised in other comprehensive income, net of deferred tax of £60 million.

 

12.Provisions for liabilities and charges

 

Payment protection insurance

The Group made provisions totalling £12,025 million to 31 December 2014 against the costs of paying redress to customers in respect of past sales of PPI policies, including the related administrative expenses.

 

The Group has increased the provision by a further £1,400 million which brings the total amount provided to £13,425 million, of which, at 30 June 2015, £2,237 million remained unutilised (17 per cent of total provision). The remaining provision covers the Past Business Review (PBR), remediation activity and future reactive complaints including associated administration expenses.

 

The main drivers of the provision are as follows:

 

Proactive mailing resulting from Past Business Reviews (PBR)

The Group has mailed 98 per cent of the total PBR scope, with the remaining mailings scheduled for completion in the second half of 2015. The Group is confident that the scope of proactive mailing is final, albeit monitoring continues, and there has consequently been no change to the amount provided.

 

Remediation

The Group continues to progress the re-review of previously handled cases. Approximately 1.2 million cases were included within the scope of remediation at 31 December 2014 covering both previously defended and previously redressed complaints for re-review. The Group has completed the review of approximately 96 per cent of all complaints previously defended, which were prioritised given their complexity and the level of potential redress required, with some residual payments expected in the second half of 2015. During the half-year, the scope was extended by 0.2 million to 1.4 million cases. The remaining scope is expected to be substantially complete by the end of the year. The change in scope, together with higher overturn rates and average redress, has resulted in an additional provision of approximately £400 million.

 

Volumes of reactive complaints (after excluding complaints from customers where no PPI policy was held)

At 31 December 2014, the provision assumed a total of 3.6 million complaints would be received. During the first half of 2015 complaint volumes were 8 per cent lower than over the same period of 2014 and 2 per cent lower than the second half of 2014. The run rate of complaints in the first half of 2015 was, however, marginally higher than the fourth quarter 2014 run-rate and above expectations. Complaint volumes continue to be largely driven by Claims Management Company (CMC) activity. As a result, the Group has increased the total expected complaint volumes to 3.9 million with approximately 0.7 million still to be received. Coupled with higher than expected average redress and the additional associated administration costs, this has resulted in a further provision of approximately £1,000 million.

 

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12.Provisions for liabilities and charges (continued)

 

Quarter

Average monthly 

reactive complaint 

volume 

Quarter on 

quarter % 

 
Q1 2013 61,259  (28%)  
Q2 2013 54,086  (12%)  
Q3 2013 49,555  (8%)  
Q4 2013 37,457  (24%)  
Q1 2014 42,259  13%  
Q2 2014 39,426  (7%)  
Q3 2014 40,624  3%   
Q4 2014 35,910  (12%) During the second quarter of 2015 the Group has seen a fall of approximately 2 per cent in complaint levels. However, the provision remains sensitive to future trends.
Q1 2015 37,791  5% 
Q2 2015 36,957  (2%)

 

Average redress

Average redress has trended higher than expected by approximately £200 per policy due to a change in the product and age mix of complaints.

 

Expenses

The Group expects to maintain the PPI operation on its current scale for longer than previously anticipated given the update to volume related assumptions and the re-review of previously handled cases continuing into the second half of 2015. The estimate for administrative expenses, which comprise complaint handling costs and costs arising from cases subsequently referred to the FOS, is included in the provision increase outlined above.

 

Sensitivities

The Group estimates that it has sold approximately 16 million policies since 2000. These include policies that were not mis-sold as they were suitable for, and appropriately disclosed to, the customer. Since the commencement of the PPI redress programme in 2011 the Group estimates that it has contacted, settled or provided for in excess of 45 per cent of the policies sold since 2000, covering both customer-initiated complaints and actual and expected proactive mailings undertaken by the Group.

 

The cash payments in the first half of 2015 were approximately £1.7 billion covering PBR, remediation and reactive complaints and associated administration costs. The PBR and remediation programmes are expected to be substantially complete by the end of this year, slightly later than envisaged. The monthly run-rate spend of these programmes is expected to reduce significantly from the current level of around £140 million to around £30 million by the end of the year with an associated reduction in operating costs.

 

The total amount provided for PPI represents the Group’s best estimate of the likely future costs. A number of risks and uncertainties remain, in particular with respect to future complaint volumes, which are primarily driven by the level of CMC initiated complaints. The current provision assumes a significant decrease in reactive complaint volumes over the next 18 months compared with recent quarterly trends. If this decline is delayed by six months and reactive complaints remain at the same level as the first half of 2015, this would lead to an additional provision of approximately £1.0 billion at the end of the year; a similar level of provisioning would be required for each six months of flat complaint volumes in 2016.

 

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12.Provisions for liabilities and charges (continued)

 

Key metrics and sensitivities are highlighted in the table below:

 

Sensitivities1 To date unless noted  Future  Sensitivity 
       
Reactive complaints since origination (m)2 3.2  0.7  0.1 = £240m 
Proactive mailing:      

– number of policies (m)3

2.7 

0.1 

n/a 

– response rate4 34% 30% 1% = £3m
Average uphold rate per policy5 78%  75%  1% = £12m 
Average redress per upheld policy6 £1,935  £2,000  £100 = £90m 
Remediation cases (m) 7 0.7  0.7  1 case = £400 
Administrative expenses (£m) 2,420  400  1 case = £500 

1 All sensitivities exclude claims where no PPI policy was held.
2 Sensitivity includes complaint handling costs, and have increased as a result of higher average redress and a shift towards older policies.
3 To date volume includes customer initiated complaints.
4 Metric relates to mature mailings only. Future response rates are expected to be lower than experienced to date as mailings to higher risk customers have been prioritised.
5 The percentage of complaints where the Group finds in favour of the customer. This is a blend of proactive and customer initiated complaints. The 78 per cent uphold rate is based on six months to June 2015. The lower uphold rate in the future reflects a lower proportion of PBR related cases which typically have a higher uphold rate, reflecting the higher risk nature of those policy sales.
6 The amount that is paid in redress in relation to a policy found to have been mis-sold, comprising, where applicable, the refund of premium, compound interest charged and interest at 8 per cent per annum. Actuals are based on the six months to June 2015. The increase in future average redress is influenced by a shift in the reactive complaint mix towards older, and therefore more expensive, policies.
7 Remediation to date is based on cases reviewed as at 30 June 2015, but not necessarily settled. The sensitivity is based on the expected future average cost of a remediation case. It is an average of full payments, top-up payments and nil payouts where the original decision is retained. It is lower than experienced to date as future remediation largely comprises top-up payments on previously redressed cases.

 

Other regulatory provisions

Litigation in relation to insurance branch business in Germany

Clerical Medical Investment Group Limited (CMIG) has received a number of claims in the German courts relating to policies issued by CMIG but sold by independent intermediaries in Germany, principally during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Following decisions in July 2012 from the Federal Court of Justice in Germany the Group recognised provisions totalling £520 million during the period to 31 December 2014. Recent experience has been broadly in line with expectations and, accordingly, no further provision has been recognised in the half-year to 30 June 2015. The remaining unutilised provision as at 30 June 2015 is £137 million.

 

The validity of the claims facing CMIG depends upon the facts and circumstances in respect of each claim. As a result the ultimate financial effect, which could be significantly different from the current provision, will only be known once all relevant claims have been resolved.

 

Interest rate hedging products

In June 2012, a number of banks, including the Group, reached agreement with the FSA (now FCA) to carry out a review of sales made since 1 December 2001 of interest rate hedging products (IRHP) to certain small and medium-sized businesses. As at 30 June 2015 the Group had identified 1,723 sales of IRHPs to customers within scope of the agreement with the FCA which have opted in and are being reviewed and, where appropriate, redressed. The Group agreed that it would provide redress to any in-scope customers where appropriate. The Group continues to review the remaining cases within the scope of the agreement with the FCA and has met all of the regulator’s requirements to date.

 

At 30 June 2015, the total amount provided for redress and related administration costs for in-scope customers was £680 million (31 December 2014: £680 million). As at 30 June 2015, the Group has utilised £617 million (31 December 2014: £571 million), with £63 million (31 December 2014: £109 million) of the provision remaining.

 

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12.Provisions for liabilities and charges (continued)

 

FCA review of complaint handling

On 5 June 2015 the FCA announced a settlement with the Group totalling £117 million following its investigation into aspects of the Group’s PPI complaint handling process during the period March 2012 to May 2013. The FCA did not find that the Group acted deliberately.  The Group has reviewed all customer complaints fully defended during the Relevant Period. The remediation costs of reviewing these affected cases are not materially in excess of existing provisions.

 

Other legal actions and regulatory matters

In the course of its business, the Group is engaged in discussions with the PRA, FCA and other UK and overseas regulators and other governmental authorities on a range of matters. The Group also receives complaints and claims from customers in connection with its past conduct and, where significant, provisions are held against the costs expected to be incurred as a result of the conclusions reached. During the half-year to 30 June 2015, the Group charged an additional £318 million (half-year to 30 June 2014: £225 million) in respect of a number of matters affecting the Retail, Commercial Banking and Consumer Finance divisions. This includes a provision of £175 million for customer redress and associated administration costs in response to complaints concerning Packaged Bank Accounts. At 30 June 2015, provisions for other legal actions and regulatory matters of £732 million remained unutilised.

 

13.Contingent liabilities and commitments

 

Interchange fees

With respect to interchange fees, the Group is following closely the course of investigations, litigation and recent regulation (as described below) which involve card schemes such as Visa and MasterCard. The Group is not directly involved in these matters but is a member of certain card schemes, in particular, Visa and MasterCard. The matters referred to above include the following:

 

·A new European Regulation to regulate cross-border and domestic fallback multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) in the EU. This regulation came into force on 8 June 2015 and it will introduce interchange fee caps for credit card MIFs (to 30 bps) and debit card MIFs (to 20bps). The interchange fee caps come in to force on 9 December 2015;

·The European Commission also continues to pursue other competition investigations into MasterCard and Visa probing, amongst other things, interchange paid in respect of cards issued outside the EEA;

·Litigation continues in the English High Court against both Visa and MasterCard. This litigation has been brought by several retailers who are seeking damages for allegedly ‘overpaid’ MIFs;

·The new UK payments regulator may exercise its powers to regulate domestic interchange fees. In addition, the FCA has undertaken a market study in relation to the UK credit cards market.

 

The ultimate impact on the Group of the above investigations, regulatory or legislative developments and the litigation against VISA and MasterCard can only be known at the conclusion of these matters.

 

LIBOR and other trading rates

In July 2014, the Group announced that it had reached settlements totalling £217 million (at 30 June 2014 exchange rates) to resolve with UK and US federal authorities legacy issues regarding the manipulation several years ago of Group companies’ submissions to the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and Sterling Repo Rate. The Group continues to cooperate with various other government and regulatory authorities, including the Serious Fraud Office, the Swiss Competition Commission, and a number of US State Attorneys General, in conjunction with their investigations into submissions made by panel members to the bodies that set LIBOR and various other interbank offered rates.

 

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Certain Group companies, together with other panel banks, have also been named as defendants in private lawsuits, including purported class action suits, in the US in connection with their roles as panel banks contributing to the setting of US Dollar, Japanese Yen and Sterling LIBOR. The lawsuits, which contain broadly similar allegations, allege violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), as well as various state statutes and common law doctrines. Certain of the plaintiffs’ claims, including those asserted under US anti-trust laws, have been dismissed by the US Federal Court for Southern District of New York (the District Court). That court’s dismissal of plaintiffs’ anti-trust claims has been appealed to the New York Federal Court of Appeal.

 

Certain Group Companies are also named as defendants in UK based claims raising LIBOR manipulation allegations in connection with interest rate hedging products.

 

The Group also reviewed its activities in relation to the setting of certain foreign exchange daily benchmark rates and related matters. The Group has been co-operating with the FCA and other regulators and has been providing information about the Group’s review to those regulators. In addition, the Group, together with a number of other banks, was named as a defendant in several actions filed in the District Court between late 2013 and February 2014, in which the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants manipulated WM/Reuters foreign exchange rates in violation of US antitrust laws. On 31 March 2014, plaintiffs effectively withdrew their claims against the Group (but not against all defendants) by filing a superseding consolidated and amended pleading against a number of other defendants without naming any Group entity as a defendant.

 

It is currently not possible to predict the scope and ultimate outcome on the Group of the various outstanding regulatory investigations not encompassed by the settlements, any private lawsuits or any related challenges to the interpretation or validity of any of the Group’s contractual arrangements, including their timing and scale.

 

UK shareholder litigation

In August 2014, the Group and a number of former directors were named as defendants in a claim filed in the English High Court by a number of claimants who held shares in Lloyds TSB Group plc (LTSB) prior to the acquisition of HBOS plc, alleging breaches of fiduciary and tortious duties in relation to information provided to shareholders in connection with the acquisition and the recapitalisation of LTSB. The claim is at an early stage and so it is currently not possible to determine the ultimate impact on the Group (if any), but it intends to defend the claim vigorously.

 

Financial Services Compensation Scheme

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is the UK’s independent statutory compensation fund of last resort for customers of authorised financial services firms and pays compensation if a firm is unable or likely to be unable to pay claims against it. The FSCS is funded by levies on the authorised financial services industry. Each deposit-taking institution contributes towards the FSCS levies in proportion to their share of total protected deposits on 31 December of the year preceding the scheme year, which runs from 1 April to 31 March.

 

Following the default of a number of deposit takers in 2008, the FSCS borrowed funds from HM Treasury to meet the compensation costs for customers of those firms. At 31 March 2015, the principal balance outstanding on these loans was £15,797 million (31 March 2014: £16,591 million). Although the substantial majority of this loan will be repaid from funds the FSCS receives from asset sales, surplus cash flow or other recoveries in relation to the assets of the firms that defaulted, any shortfall will be funded by deposit-taking participants of the FSCS. The amount of future levies payable by the Group depends on a number of factors including the amounts recovered by the FSCS from asset sales, the Group’s participation in the deposit-taking market at 31 December, the level of protected deposits and the population of deposit-taking participants.

 

PRA/FCA report on HBOS

On 12 September 2012 the FSA announced that it was starting work on a public interest report on HBOS. That report is now being produced as a joint PRA/FCA report but has not yet been published.

 

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Tax authorities

The Group provides for potential tax liabilities that may arise on the basis of the amounts expected to be paid to tax authorities. This includes open matters where Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) adopt a different interpretation and application of tax law which might lead to additional tax. The Group has an open matter in relation to a claim for group relief of losses incurred in its former Irish banking subsidiary, which ceased trading on 31 December 2010. In the second half of 2013 HMRC informed the Group that their interpretation of the UK rules, permitting the offset of such losses, denies the claim; if HMRC’s position is found to be correct management estimate that this would result in an increase in current tax liabilities of approximately £600 million and a reduction in the Group’s deferred tax asset of approximately £400 million. The Group does not agree with HMRC's position and, having taken appropriate advice, does not consider that this is a case where additional tax will ultimately fall due.

 

Residential mortgage repossessions

In August 2014, the Northern Ireland High Court handed down judgment in favour of the borrowers in relation to three residential mortgage test cases, concerning certain aspects of the Group’s practice with respect to the recalculation of contractual monthly instalments of customers in arrears. The Group is reviewing the issues raised by the judgment and will respond as appropriate to any investigations or proceedings that may in due course be instigated as a result of these issues.

 

Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Limited

On 27 May 2015 the FCA gave an update on its announcement from January 2015 that it would be collecting evidence on current trends in PPI complaints to assess whether the current approach to PPI complaint handling is continuing to meet its objectives. The FCA stated that it expects to give its view in the summer. In that announcement the FCA also noted that in November 2014 the Supreme Court had ruled in Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Limited [2014] UKSC 6 (Plevin) that the lender’s failure to disclose a large commission payment on a single premium PPI policy made the relationship between that lender and the borrower unfair under section 140A of the Consumer Credit Act 1974. The FCA is considering whether additional rules and/or guidance are required to deal with the potential impact of the Plevin decision on complaints about PPI and indicated that it expects to announce its views on this aspect, including next steps, in its announcement in the summer. The Financial Ombudsman Service are also considering the implications for PPI complaints. Given the current uncertainty, it is not presently possible to estimate the financial impact of the Plevin decision and accordingly no additional provision has been established at this stage, but it is possible that the impact could be material.

 

Other legal actions and regulatory matters

In addition, during the ordinary course of business the Group is subject to other complaints and threatened or actual legal proceedings (including class or group action claims) brought by or on behalf of employees, customers, investors or other third parties, as well as regulatory reviews, challenges, investigations and enforcement actions, both in the UK and overseas. All such material matters are periodically reassessed, with the assistance of external professional advisers where appropriate, to determine the likelihood of the Group incurring a liability. In those instances where it is concluded that it is more likely than not that a payment will be made, a provision is established to management's best estimate of the amount required at the relevant balance sheet date. In some cases it will not be possible to form a view, for example because the facts are unclear or because further time is needed properly to assess the merits of the case, and no provisions are held in relation to such matters. However the Group does not currently expect the final outcome of any such case to have a material adverse effect on its financial position, operations or cash flows.

 

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13.Contingent liabilities and commitments (continued)

 

Contingent liabilities and commitments arising from the banking business

 

   

At 

30 June 

2015 

 

At 

31 Dec 

2014 

    £m    £m 
Contingent liabilities        
Acceptances and endorsements   130    59 
Other:        
Other items serving as direct credit substitutes   405    330 
Performance bonds and other transaction-related contingencies   2,034    2,293 
    2,439    2,623 
Total contingent liabilities   2,569    2,682 
         
Commitments        
Documentary credits and other short-term trade-related transactions   42    101 
Forward asset purchases and forward deposits placed   428    162 
         
Undrawn formal standby facilities, credit lines and other commitments to lend:        
Less than 1 year original maturity:        
Mortgage offers made   10,463    8,809 
Other commitments   59,901    64,015 
    70,364    72,824 
1 year or over original maturity   35,679    34,455 
Total commitments   106,513    107,542 

 

Of the amounts shown above in respect of undrawn formal standby facilities, credit lines and other commitments to lend, £55,027 million (31 December 2014: £55,029 million) was irrevocable.

 

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14.Fair values of financial assets and liabilities

 

The valuations of financial instruments have been classified into three levels according to the quality and reliability of information used to determine those fair values. Note 51 to the Group’s 2014 financial statements describes the definitions of the three levels in the fair value hierarchy.

 

Valuation control framework

 

Key elements of the valuation control framework, which covers processes for all levels in the fair value hierarchy including level 3 portfolios, include model validation (incorporating pre-trade and post-trade testing), product implementation review and independent price verification. Formal committees meet quarterly to discuss and approve valuations in more judgemental areas.

 

Transfers into and out of level 3 portfolios

 

Transfers out of level 3 portfolios arise when inputs that could have a significant impact on the instrument’s valuation become market observable; conversely, transfers into the portfolios arise when consistent sources of data cease to be available.

 

Valuation methodology

 

For level 2 and level 3 portfolios, there is no significant change to what was disclosed in the Group’s 2014 Annual Report and Accounts in respect of the valuation methodology (techniques and inputs) applied to such portfolios.

 

The table below summarises the carrying values of financial assets and liabilities presented on the Group’s balance sheet. The fair values presented in the table are at a specific date and may be significantly different from the amounts which will actually be paid or received on the maturity or settlement date.

 

    30 June 2015   31 December 2014
    Carrying  value    Fair  value    Carrying  value    Fair  value 
    £m    £m    £m    £m 
Financial assets                
Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss   147,849    147,849    151,931    151,931 
Derivative financial instruments   27,980    27,980    36,128    36,128 
Loans and receivables:                
Loans and advances to banks   23,548    23,892    26,155    26,031 
Loans and advances to customers   452,427    450,322    482,704    480,631 
Debt securities   1,569    1,491    1,213    1,100 
Available-for-sale financial instruments   32,173    32,173    56,493    56,493 
Held-to-maturity investments   19,960    19,785    −    − 
Financial liabilities                
Deposits from banks   16,966    16,978    10,887    10,902 
Customer deposits   416,595    416,933    447,067    450,038 
Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss   63,328    63,328    62,102    62,102 
Derivative financial instruments   27,778    27,778    33,187    33,187 
Debt securities in issue   77,776    80,400    76,233    80,244 
Liabilities arising from non-participating investment contracts   26,131    26,131    27,248    27,248 
Financial guarantees   44    44    51    51 
Subordinated liabilities   22,639    26,751    26,042    30,175 

 

The carrying amount of the following financial instruments is a reasonable approximation of fair value: cash and balances at central banks, items in the course of collection from banks, items in course of transmission to banks and notes in circulation.

 

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14.Fair values of financial assets and liabilities (continued)

 

The Group manages valuation adjustments for its derivative exposures on a net basis; the Group determines their fair values on the basis of their net exposures. In all other cases, fair values of financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value are determined on the basis of their gross exposures.

 

The following tables provide an analysis of the financial assets and liabilities of the Group that are carried at fair value in the Group’s consolidated balance sheet, grouped into levels 1 to 3 based on the degree to which the fair value is observable.

 

Financial assets

 

    Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Total 
    £m    £m    £m    £m 
At 30 June 2015                
Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss:                
Loans and advances to customers   −    26,601    −    26,601 
Loans and advances to banks   −    6,564    −    6,564 
Debt securities   24,155    22,949    3,670    50,774 
Equity shares   62,071    337    1,480    63,888 
Treasury and other bills   22    −      −    22 
Total trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss   86,248    56,451    5,150    147,849 
Available-for-sale financial assets:                
Debt securities   24,896    5,366    −    30,262 
Equity shares   47    709    303    1,059 
Treasury and other bills   852    −    −    852 
Total available-for-sale financial assets   25,795    6,075    303    32,173 
Derivative financial instruments   51    25,696    2,233    27,980 
Total financial assets carried at fair value   112,094    88,222    7,686    208,002 
                 
At 31 December 2014                
Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss:                
Loans and advances to customers   −    28,513    −    28,513 
Loans and advances to banks   −    8,212    −    8,212 
Debt securities   24,230    24,484    3,457    52,171 
Equity shares   59,607    322    1,647    61,576 
Treasury and other bills   1,459    −    −    1,459 
Total trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss   85,296    61,531    5,104    151,931 
Available-for-sale financial assets:                
Debt securities   47,437    7,151    −    54,588 
Equity shares   45    727    270    1,042 
Treasury and other bills   852    11    −    863 
Total available-for-sale financial assets   48,334    7,889    270    56,493 
Derivative financial instruments   94    33,263    2,771    36,128 
Total financial assets carried at fair value   133,724    102,683    8,145    244,552 

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14.Fair values of financial assets and liabilities (continued)

 

Financial liabilities

 

    Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Total 
    £m    £m    £m    £m 
At 30 June 2015                
Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss:                
Liabilities held at fair value through profit or loss   −    7,393      7,394 
Trading liabilities   3,592    52,342    −    55,934 
Total trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss   3,592    59,735      63,328 
Derivative financial instruments   108    26,337    1,333    27,778 
Financial guarantees   −    −    44    44 
Total financial liabilities carried at fair value   3,700    86,072    1,378    91,150 
                 
At 31 December 2014                
Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss:                
Liabilities held at fair value through profit or loss   −    6,739      6,744 
Trading liabilities   2,700    52,658    −    55,358 
Total trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss   2,700    59,397      62,102 
Derivative financial instruments   68    31,663    1,456    33,187 
Financial guarantees   −    −    51    51 
Total financial liabilities carried at fair value   2,768   91,060    1,512    95,340 

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14.Fair values of financial assets and liabilities (continued)

 

Movements in level 3 portfolio

 

The tables below analyse movements in the level 3 financial assets portfolio.

 

 

Trading 

and other 

financial 

assets at fair 
value through  profit or loss

  Available- 
for-sale 

financial 

assets 
  Derivative  assets    Total 
financial 
assets 

carried at 
fair value 
    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                 
At 1 January 2015   5,104    270    2,771    8,145 
Exchange and other adjustments   (1)   −    (44)   (45)
Losses recognised in the income statement within other income   (61)   −    (534)   (595)
Gains recognised in other comprehensive income within the revaluation reserve in respect of available-for-sale financial assets   −      −   
Purchases   785    38    182    1,005 
Sales   (649)   (6)   (105)   (760)
Transfers into the level 3 portfolio   20    −    −    20 
Transfers out of the level 3 portfolio   (48)   −    (37)   (85)
At 30 June 2015   5,150    303    2,233    7,686 
Losses recognised in the income statement within other income relating to those assets held at 30 June 2015   (39)   −    (533)   (572)
                 
 

Trading 
and other 
financial 

assets at fair 
value  through 
profit or loss 

  Available- 
for-sale 
financial 

assets 
  Derivative 
assets 
  Total 
financial 
assets 
 carried at 
fair value 
    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                 
At 1 January 2014   4,232    449    3,019    7,700 
Exchange and other adjustments   −    (9)   (10)   (19)
Gains recognised in the income statement within other income   167    (78)   277    366 
Gains recognised in other comprehensive income within the revaluation reserve in respect of available-for-sale financial assets   −    15    −    15 
Purchases   432    199    10    641 
Sales   (367)   (173)   (1,072)   (1,612)
Transfers into the level 3 portfolio   441    −    22    463 
Transfers out of the level 3 portfolio   −    (74)   (53)   (127)
At 30 June 2014   4,905    329    2,193    7,427 
Gains recognised in the income statement within other income relating to those assets held at 30 June 2014   140    −    50    190 

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14.Fair values of financial assets and liabilities (continued)

 

The tables below analyse movements in the level 3 financial liabilities portfolio.

 

 

Trading and

other financial

liabilities

at fair value

through profit

or loss

  Derivative liabilities   Financial
 
guarantees
  Total 
financial
liabilities carried at
fair value
    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                 
At 1 January 2015     1,456    51    1,512 
Exchange and other adjustments   −    (33)   −    (33)
(Gains) losses recognised in the income statement within other income   −    (100)   (7)   (107)
Additions   −    124    −    124 
Redemptions   (4)   (102)   −    (106)
Transfers into the level 3 portfolio   −        −    − 
Transfers out of the level 3 portfolio   −    (12)   −    (12)
At 30 June 2015     1,333    44    1,378 
Gains recognised in the income statement within other income relating to those liabilities held at 30 June 2015   −    (100)   (7)   (107)
                 
 

Trading and 

other financial 

liabilities 

at fair value 

through profit 

or loss 

  Derivative
liabilities
  Financial 
guarantees 
  Total
financial
liabilities
carried at
fair value
    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                 
At 1 January 2014   39    986    50    1,075 
Exchange and other adjustments   –    (5)   –    (5)
(Gains) losses recognised in the income statement within other income   (2)   78    (2)   74 
Additions   –      –   
Redemptions   (25)   (53)   –    (78)
Transfers into the level 3 portfolio   –      –   
At 30 June 2014   12    1,016    48    1,076 
Gains (losses) recognised in the income statement within other income relating to those liabilities held at 30 June 2014   −    (78)   −    (78)

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14.Fair values of financial assets and liabilities (continued)

 

The tables below set out the effects of reasonably possible alternative assumptions for categories of level 3 financial assets and financial liabilities which have an aggregated carrying value greater than £500 million.

 

            At 30 June 2015
                Effect of reasonably
possible alternative
assumptions1
  Valuation technique(s) Significant unobservable inputs   Range2   Carrying  value    Favourable  changes  Unfavourable  changes 
            £m    £m    £m 
Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss:          
Equity and venture capital investments Market approach Earnings multiple   4/16    2,179    75    (75)
Unlisted equities and debt securities, property partnerships in the life funds Underlying asset/net asset value (incl. property prices)3 n/a       2,615    −    (6)
Other           356         
            5,150         
Available for sale financial assets         303         
                   
Derivative financial assets:                  
Embedded equity conversion feature Lead manager or broker quote Equity conversion feature spread 183/406    256    15    (15)
Interest rate derivatives Discounted cash flow Inflation swap rate – funding component (bps)   6/177    1,409    12    (13)
  Option pricing model Interest rate volatility   0%/76%    568      (4)
            2,233         
Financial assets carried at fair value       7,686         
           
Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss        
Derivative financial liabilities:                  
Interest rate derivatives Discounted cash flow Inflation swap rate – funding component (bps) 6/177  846         
  Option pricing model Interest rate volatility   0%/76%    487         
          1,333         
Financial guarantees         44         
Financial liabilities carried at fair value       1,378         
1 Where the exposure to an unobservable input is managed on a net basis, only the net impact is shown in the table.
2 The range represents the highest and lowest inputs used in the level 3 valuations.
3 Underlying asset/net asset values represent fair value.

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14.Fair values of financial assets and liabilities (continued)

 

            At 31 December 2014
                Effect of reasonably possible alternative assumptions1
  Valuation technique(s) Significant unobservable inputs   Range2   Carrying  value    Favourable 
changes 
Unfavourable 
changes 
            £m    £m    £m 
Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss:          
Equity and venture capital investments Market approach Earnings multiple   4/14    2,214    75    (75)
Unlisted equities and debt securities, property partnerships in the life funds Underlying asset/net asset value (incl. property prices)3 n/a   n/a    2,617      (2)
Other           273         
            5,104         
Available for sale financial assets         270         
                   
Derivative financial assets:                  
Embedded equity conversion feature Lead manager or broker quote Equity conversion feature spread 175/432    646    21    (21)
Interest rate derivatives Discounted cash flow Inflation swap rate – funding component (bps)   3/167    1,382    17    (16)
  Option pricing model Interest rate volatility   4%/120%    743      (6)
            2,771         
Financial assets carried at fair value       8,145         
Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss        
                   
Derivative financial liabilities:                  
Interest rate derivatives Discounted cash flow Inflation swap rate – funding component (bps) 3/167    807         
  Option pricing model Interest rate volatility   4%/120%   649         
          1,456         
Financial guarantees         51         
Financial liabilities carried at fair value       1,512         
1 Where the exposure to an unobservable input is managed on a net basis, only the net impact is shown in the table.
2 The range represents the highest and lowest inputs used in the level 3 valuations.
3 Underlying asset/net asset values represent fair value.

 

Unobservable inputs

Significant unobservable inputs affecting the valuation of debt securities, unlisted equity investments and derivatives are unchanged from those described in the Group’s 2014 financial statements.

 

Reasonably possible alternative assumptions

Valuation techniques applied to many of the Group’s level 3 instruments often involve the use of two or more inputs whose relationship is interdependent. The calculation of the effect of reasonably possible alternative assumptions included in the table above reflects such relationships and are unchanged from those described in the Group’s 2014 financial statements.

 

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15.Related party transactions

 

UK government

 

In January 2009, the UK government through HM Treasury became a related party of the Company following its subscription for ordinary shares issued under a placing and open offer. As at 30 June 2015, HM Treasury held an interest of 16.87 per cent in the Company’s ordinary share capital, with its interest having fallen below 20 per cent on 11 May 2015. As a consequence of HM Treasury no longer being considered to have a significant influence, it ceased to be a related party of the Company for IAS 24 purposes at that date.

 

In accordance with IAS 24, UK government-controlled entities were related parties of the Group; the Group regarded the Bank of England and entities controlled by the UK government, including The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS), NRAM plc and Bradford & Bingley plc, as related parties.

 

The Group has participated in a number of schemes operated by the UK government and central banks and made available to eligible banks and building societies.

 

National Loan Guarantee Scheme

The Group has participated in the UK government’s National Loan Guarantee Scheme, which was launched on 20 March 2012. Through the scheme, the Group is providing eligible UK businesses with discounted funding, subject to continuation of the scheme and its financial benefits, and based on the Group’s existing lending criteria. Eligible businesses who have taken up the funding benefit from a 1 per cent discount on their funding rate for a pre-agreed period of time.

 

Funding for Lending

In August 2012, the Group announced its support for the UK Government’s Funding for Lending Scheme and confirmed its intention to participate in the scheme. The Funding for Lending Scheme represents a further source of cost effective secured term funding available to the Group. The original initiative supported a broad range of UK based customers, providing householders with more affordable housing finance and businesses with cheaper finance to invest and grow. In November 2013, the Group entered into extension letters with the Bank of England to take part in an extension of the Funding for Lending Scheme until the end of January 2015. This extension of the Funding for Lending Scheme focused on providing businesses with cheaper finance to invest and grow. In December 2014, the Bank of England announced a further extension to the Funding for Lending Scheme running to the end of January 2016 with an increased focus on supporting small businesses. At 30 June 2015, the Group had drawn down £24 billion (31 December 2014: £20 billion) under the Funding for Lending Scheme, of which £14 billion had been drawn down under the extension to the scheme announced in 2013.

 

Enterprise Finance Guarantee

The Group participates in the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme which was launched in January 2009 as a replacement for the Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme. The scheme is a UK government-backed loan guarantee, which supports viable businesses with access to lending where they would otherwise be refused a loan due to a lack of lending security. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (formerly the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) provides the lender with a guarantee of up to 75 per cent of the capital of each loan subject to the eligibility of the customer within the rules of the scheme. As at 30 June 2015, the Group had offered 6,378 loans to customers, worth over £539 million. Under the most recent renewal of the terms of the scheme, Lloyds Bank plc and Bank of Scotland plc, on behalf of the Group, contracted with The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.

 

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15.Related party transactions (continued)

 

Help to Buy

On 7 October 2013, Bank of Scotland plc entered into an agreement with The Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury by which it agreed that the Halifax Division of Bank of Scotland plc would participate in the Help to Buy Scheme with effect from 11 October 2013 and that Lloyds Bank plc would participate from 3 January 2014. The Help to Buy Scheme is a scheme promoted by the UK government and is aimed to encourage participating lenders to make mortgage loans available to customers who require higher loan-to-value mortgages. Halifax and Lloyds are currently participating in the Scheme whereby customers borrow between 90 per cent and 95 per cent of the purchase price. In return for the payment of a commercial fee, HM Treasury has agreed to provide a guarantee to the lender to cover a proportion of any loss made by the lender arising from a higher loan-to-value loan being made. £2,484 million of outstanding loans at 30 June 2015 (31 December 2014: £1,950 million) had been advanced under this scheme.

 

Business Growth Fund

The Group has invested £151 million (31 December 2014: £118 million) in the Business Growth Fund (under which an agreement was entered into with RBS amongst others) and, as at 30 June 2015, carries the investment at a fair value of £142 million (31 December 2014: £105 million).

 

Big Society Capital

The Group has invested £33 million in the Big Society Capital Fund under which an agreement was entered into with RBS amongst others.

 

Housing Growth Partnership

The Group has committed to invest up to £50m into the Housing Growth Partnership under which an agreement was entered into with the Homes and Communities Agency.

 

Central bank facilities

In the ordinary course of business, the Group may from time to time access market-wide facilities provided by central banks.

 

Other government-related entities

There were no significant transactions with other UK government-controlled entities (including UK government-controlled banks) during the year that were not made in the ordinary course of business or that were unusual in their nature or conditions.

 

Other related party transactions

Other related party transactions for the half-year to 30 June 2015 are similar in nature to those for the year ended 31 December 2014.

 

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16.Disposal of interest in TSB Banking Group plc

 

On 20 March 2015 the Group announced that it had agreed to sell a 9.99 per cent interest in TSB Banking Group plc (TSB) to Banco de Sabadell S.A. (Banco Sabadell) and that it had entered into an irrevocable undertaking to accept Banco Sabadell’s recommended cash offer in respect of its remaining 40.01 per cent interest in TSB. The offer by Banco Sabadell was conditional upon, amongst other things, regulatory approval.

 

The sale of the 9.99 per cent interest completed on 24 March 2015, reducing the Group’s holding in TSB to 40.01 per cent; this sale led to a loss of control and the deconsolidation of TSB. The Group’s residual investment in 40.01 per cent of TSB was then recorded at fair value, as an asset held for sale. The Group recognised a loss of £660 million reflecting the net costs of the Transitional Service Agreement between Lloyds and TSB, the contribution to be provided by Lloyds to TSB in moving to alternative IT provision and the net result on sale of the 9.99 per cent interest and fair valuation of the residual investment.

 

The Group announced on 30 June 2015 that all relevant regulatory clearances had been received and that the sale was therefore unconditional in all respects, so that at 30 June 2015 the Group was carrying a receivable from Banco Sabadell in respect of the final proceeds of sale. The proceeds were received on 10 July 2015.

 

17.Ordinary dividends

 

An interim dividend for 2015 of 0.75 pence per ordinary share (half-year to 30 June 2014: nil) will be paid on 28 September 2015. The total amount of this dividend is £535 million.

 

Shareholders who have already joined the dividend reinvestment plan will automatically receive shares instead of the cash dividend. Key dates for the payment of the dividend are:

 

Shares quoted ex-dividend 13 August 2015
Record date 14 August 2015
Final date for joining or leaving the dividend reinvestment plan 28 August 2015
Interim dividend paid 28 September 2015

 

On 19 May 2015, a dividend in respect of 2014 of 0.75 pence per ordinary share was paid to shareholders. This dividend totalled £535 million.

 

18.Events since the balance sheet date

 

On 30 July 2015, the Group announced that it had agreed the sale of a portfolio of Irish commercial loans, with a book value of £724 million, for a cash consideration of approximately £827 million; after transaction and other costs the gain on disposal is not expected to be significant. The transaction is expected to complete in the fourth quarter of 2015.

 

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19.Future accounting developments

 

The following pronouncements are not applicable for the year ending 31 December 2015 and have not been applied in preparing these financial statements. Save as disclosed below, the full impact of these accounting changes is being assessed by the Group.

 

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments

IFRS 9 replaces IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement. IFRS 9 requires financial assets to be classified into one of three measurement categories, fair value through profit or loss, fair value through other comprehensive income and amortised cost, on the basis of the objectives of the entity’s business model for managing its financial assets and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the instruments. These changes are not expected to have a significant impact on the Group.

 

IFRS 9 also replaces the existing ‘incurred loss’ impairment approach with an expected credit loss approach. This change is likely to result in an increase in the Group’s balance sheet provisions for credit losses although the extent of any increase will depend upon, amongst other things, the composition of the Group’s lending portfolios and forecast economic conditions at the date of implementation. In February 2015, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a consultative document outlining supervisory expectations regarding sound credit risk practices associated with implementing and applying an expected credit loss accounting framework. A final version is expected to be issued at the end of 2015.

 

The hedge accounting requirements of IFRS 9 are more closely aligned with risk management practices and follow a more principle-based approach than IAS 39. The revised requirements are not expected to have a significant impact on the Group.

 

IFRS 9 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018.

 

IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers

IFRS 15 replaces IAS 18 Revenue and IAS 11 Construction Contracts. IFRS 15 establishes principles for reporting useful information about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from an entity’s contracts with customers. Revenue is recognised at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for goods and services. Financial instruments, leases and insurance contracts are out of scope and so this standard is not expected to have a significant impact on the Group.

 

IFRS 15 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2017, although in May 2015, the IASB issued an exposure draft proposing to defer the effective date to 1 January 2018. In addition, on 30 July 2015 another exposure draft was issued proposing targeted amendments to the standard.

 

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20.Condensed consolidating financial information

 

Lloyds Bank plc (Lloyds Bank) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and intends to offer and sell certain securities in the US from time to time utilising a registration statement on Form F-3 filed with the SEC by the Company. This will be accompanied by a full and unconditional guarantee by the Company.

 

Lloyds Bank intends to utilise an exception provided in Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X which allows it to not file its financial statements with the SEC. In accordance with the requirements to qualify for the exception, presented below is condensed consolidating financial information for:

 

·The Company on a stand-alone basis as guarantor;

·Lloyds Bank on a stand-alone basis as issuer;

·Non-guarantor subsidiaries of the Company and non-guarantor subsidiaries of Lloyds Bank on a combined basis (Subsidiaries);

·Consolidation adjustments; and

·Lloyds Banking Group’s consolidated amounts (the Group).

 

Under IAS 27, the Company and Lloyds Bank account for investments in their subsidiary undertakings at cost less impairment. Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X requires a company to account for its investments in subsidiary undertakings using the equity method, which would increase/(decrease) the result for the period of the Company and Lloyds Bank in the information below by £444 million and £344 million, respectively, for the half-year to 30 June 2015; £516 million and £413 million for the half-year to 30 June 2014; and £517 million and £(1,134) million for the half-year to 31 December 2014. The net assets of the Company and Lloyds Bank in the information below would also be increased by £4,891 million and £2,855 million, respectively, at 30 June 2015; and £5,309 million and £2,957 million at 31 December 2014.

 

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20.Condensed consolidating financial information (continued)

 

Income statements

 

For the half-year ended 30 June 2015   Company   

Lloyds 

Bank 

Subsidiaries  Consolidation 
adjustments 
  Group 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                     
Net interest (expense) income   142    2,148    3,374    (172)   5,492 
Other income   63    2,460    5,602    (1,812)   6,313 
Total income   205    4,608    8,976    (1,984)   11,805 
Insurance claims       (2,998)     (2,998)
Total income, net of insurance claims 205    4,608    5,978    (1,984)   8,807 
Operating expenses   (12)   (3,897)   (3,438)   (106)   (7,453)
Trading surplus   193    711    2,540    (2,090)   1,354 
Impairment     (65)   (133)   37    (161)
Profit (loss) before tax   193    646    2,407    (2,053)   1,193 
Taxation   40    45    (495)   142    (268)
Profit (loss) for the period   233    691    1,912    (1,911)   925 

 

Income statements (continued)

 

For the half-year ended 30 June 2014   Company    Lloyds Bank  Subsidiaries  Consolidation 
adjustments 
  Group 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                     
Net interest (expense) income   146    1,942    3,515    (341)   5,262 
Other income   (135)   3,293    10,436    (4,822)   8,772 
Total income   11    5,235    13,951    (5,163)   14,034 
Insurance claims   −    −    (6,338)   −    (6,338)
Total income, net of insurance claims 11    5,235    7,613    (5,163)   7,696 
Operating expenses     (3,834)   (2,959)   596    (6,192)
Trading surplus   16    1,401    4,654    (4,567)   1,504 
Impairment   −    (263)   (619)   241    (641)
(Loss) profit before tax   16    1,138    4,035    (4,326)   863 
Taxation   133    (151)   (385)   239    (164)
(Loss) profit for the period   149    987    3,650    (4,087)   699 
                 
For the half-year ended 31 December 2014   Company    Lloyds Bank  Subsidiaries  Consolidation 
adjustments 
  Group 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                     
Net interest (expense) income   109    2,078    3,423    (212)   5,398 
Other income   418    3,887    9,603    (3,448)   10,460 
Total income   527    5,965    13,026    (3,660)   15,858 
Insurance claims   −    −    (7,155)   −    (7,155)
Total income, net of insurance claims 527    5,965    5,871    (3,660)   8,703 
Operating expenses   (270)   (4,093)   (3,643)   313    (7,693)
Trading surplus   257    1,872    2,228    (3,347)   1,010 
Impairment   −    (322)   (158)   369    (111)
Profit (loss) before tax   257    1,550    2,070    (2,978)   899 
Taxation   (27)   (36)   (287)   251    (99)
Profit (loss) for the period   230    1,514    1,783    (2,727)   800 

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20.Condensed consolidating financial information (continued)

 

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income

 

Half-year ended 30 June 2015   Company    Lloyds Bank    Subsidiaries 

Consolidation 

adjustments 

  Group 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                     
Profit (loss) for the period   233    691    1,912    (1,911)   925 
Other comprehensive income                    
Items that will not subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss:                    
Post-retirement defined benefit scheme remeasurements (note 11):                    
Remeasurements before taxation   −    (111)   (191)   −    (302)
Taxation   −    22    38    −    60 
    −    (89)   (153)   −    (242)
Items that may subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss:                    
Movements in revaluation reserve in respect of available-for-sale financial assets:                    
Change in fair value   −    (7)   (21)   12    (16)
Income statement transfers in respect of disposals   −    (15)   (34)   −    (49)
Income statement transfers in respect of impairment   −    −      (9)   − 
Taxation   −    (2)     (2)   (2)
    −    (24)   (44)     (67)
Movements in cash flow hedging reserve:                    
Effective portion of changes in fair value   −    (308)   156    (252)   (404)
Net income statement transfers   −    (239)   (322)   80    (481)
Taxation   −    109    33    33    175 
    −    (438)   (133)   (139)   (710)
Currency translation differences (tax: nil)   −    (12)   44    (5)   27 
Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax   −    (563)   (286)   (143)   (992)
Total comprehensive income for the period   233    128    1,626    (2,054)   (67)
                     
Total comprehensive income attributable to ordinary shareholders   36    128    1,575    (2,054)   (315)
Total comprehensive income attributable to other equity holders   197    −    −    −    197 
Total comprehensive income attributable to equity holders   233    128    1,575    (2,054)   (118)
Total comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests   −    −    51    −    51 
Total comprehensive income for the period   233    128    1,626    (2,054)   (67)

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20.Condensed consolidating financial information (continued)

 

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income (continued)

 

Half-year ended 30 June 2014   Company    Lloyds Bank  Subsidiaries 

Consolidation 

adjustments 

  Group 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                     
Profit (loss) for the period   149    987    3,650    (4,087)   699 
Other comprehensive income                    
Items that will not subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss:                    
Post-retirement defined benefit scheme remeasurements:                    
Remeasurements before taxation   −    (333)   (266)   −    (599)
Taxation   −    67    53    −    120 
    −    (266)   (213)   −    (479)
Items that may subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss:                    
Movements in revaluation reserve in respect of available-for-sale financial assets:                    
Change in fair value   −    427    123      557 
Income statement transfers in respect of disposals   −    12    (90)   (7)   (85)
Income statement transfers in respect of impairment   −    −      (1)  
Taxation   −    (55)     −    (51)
    −    384    40    (1)   423 
Movements in cash flow hedging reserve:                    
Effective portion of changes in fair value   −    −    (114)   1,122    1,008 
Net income statement transfers   −    −    (218)   (354)   (572)
Taxation   −    −    66    (152)   (86)
    −    −    (266)   616    350 
Currency translation differences (tax: nil)   −      (7)     (1)
Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax   −    119    (446)   620    293 
Total comprehensive income for the period   149    1,106    3,204    (3,467)   992 
                     
Total comprehensive income attributable to ordinary shareholders   58    1,106    3,170    (3,467)   867 
Total comprehensive income attributable to other equity holders   91    −    −    −    91 
Total comprehensive income attributable to equity holders   149    1,106    3,170    (3,467)   958 
Total comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests   −    −    34    −    34 
Total comprehensive income for the period   149    1,106    3,204    (3,467)   992 

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20. Condensed consolidating financial information (continued)

 

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income (continued)

 

Half-year ended 31 December 2014   Company    Lloyds Bank    Subsidiaries 

Consolidation 

adjustments 

  Group
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                     
Profit (loss) for the period   230    1,514    1,783    (2,727)   800 
Other comprehensive income                    
Items that will not subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss:                    
Post-retirement defined benefit scheme remeasurements:                    
Remeasurements before taxation   −    642    631    −    1,273 
Taxation   −    (129)   (126)   −    (255)
    −    513    505    −    1,018 
Items that may subsequently be reclassified to profit or loss:                    
Movements in revaluation reserve in respect of available-for-sale financial assets:                    
Change in fair value   −    (63)   133    63    133 
Income statement transfers in respect of disposals   −    (1)   (39)   (6)   (46)
Income statement transfers in respect of impairment   −        (5)   − 
Taxation   −    41    (5)     38 
    −    (22)   93    54    125 
Movements in cash flow hedging reserve:                    
Effective net portion of changes in fair value   −    1,799    58    1,031    2,888 
Net income statement transfers   −    (227)   (256)   (98)   (581)
Taxation   −    (315)   40    (188)   (463)
    −    1,257    (158)   745    1,844 
Currency translation differences (tax: nil)   −      (6)     (2)
Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax   −    1,750    434    801    2,985 
Total comprehensive income for the period   230    3,264    2,217    (1,926)   3,785
                     
Total comprehensive income attributable to ordinary shareholders   34    3,264    2,164    (1,926)   3,536 
Total comprehensive income attributable to other equity holders   196    −    −    −    196 
Total comprehensive income attributable to equity holders   230    3,264    2,164    (1,926)   3,732 
Total comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests   −    −    53    −    53 
Total comprehensive income for the period   230    3,264    2,217    (1,926)   3,785 

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20. Condensed consolidating financial information (continued)

 

Balance sheets

 

At 30 June 2015   Company   

Lloyds 

Bank  

Subsidiaries 

Consolidation 

adjustments 

  Group 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                     
Assets                    
Cash and balances at central banks   –    62,495    5,192    –    67,687 
Items in course of collection from banks   –    815    344    –    1,159 
Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss   –    65,644    119,711    (37,506)   147,849 
Derivative financial instruments   332    33,940    21,342    (27,634)   27,980 
Loans and receivables:                    
Loans and advances to banks   –    3,969    19,549    30    23,548 
Loans and advances to customers   –    159,424    288,136    4,867    452,427 
Debt securities   –    397    1,091    81    1,569 
Due from fellow Lloyds Banking Group undertakings   13,960    132,327    103,565    (249,852)   − 
    13,960    296,117    412,341    (244,874)   477,544 
Available-for-sale financial assets   –    29,574    5,538    (2,939)   32,173 
Held-to-maturity investments   –    19,960    –    –    19,960 
Investment properties   –    –    4,702    –    4,702 
Goodwill   –    –    2,343    (327)   2,016 
Value of in-force business   –    –    4,520    343    4,863 
Other intangible assets   –    675    285    982    1,942 
Tangible fixed assets   –    3,262    4,825    67    8,154 
Current tax recoverable   –    961    23    (789)   195 
Deferred tax assets   41    3,704    1,554    (1,260)   4,039 
Retirement benefit assets   –    287    667    (46)   908 
Investment in subsidiary undertakings   40,892    38,253    –    (79,145)   – 
Other assets   806    2,174    19,411    (730)   21,661 
Total assets   56,031    557,861    602,798    (393,858)   822,832 

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20. Condensed consolidating financial information (continued)

 

Balance sheets (continued)

 

At 30 June 2015   Company   

Lloyds 

Bank 

Subsidiaries 

Consolidation 

adjustments 

  Group 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                     
Equity and liabilities                    
                     
Liabilities                    
Deposits from banks   –    15,347    1,621    (2)   16,966 
Customer deposits   −    199,715    217,010    (130)   416,595 
Due to fellow Lloyds Banking Group undertakings 11,065    84,929    121,812    (217,806)   – 
Items in course of transmission to banks –    420    370    –    790 
Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss   –    78,933    16,653    (32,258)   63,328 
Derivative financial instruments   –    35,816    19,596    (27,634)   27,778 
Notes in circulation   –      1,090    –    1,090 
Debt securities in issue   557    70,536    28,939    (22,256)   77,776 
Liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts –    –    81,209    (26)   81,183 
Liabilities arising from non-participating investment contracts   –    –    26,131    –    26,131 
Unallocated surplus within insurance businesses   –    –    290    –    290 
Other liabilities   –    4,211    32,825    (1,785)   35,251 
Retirement benefit obligations   –    205    96    166    467 
Current tax liabilities   26      938    (946)   24 
Deferred tax liabilities   –      40    –    40 
Other provisions   –    2,651    1,720    72    4,443 
Subordinated liabilities   1,663    19,894    14,483    (13,401)   22,639 
Total liabilities   13,311    512,663    564,823    (316,006)   774,791 
                     
Equity                    
Shareholders’ equity   37,365    45,198    37,545    (77,852)   42,256 
Other equity instruments   5,355    –    –    –    5,355 
Total equity excluding non-controlling interests   42,720    45,198    37,545    (77,852)   47,611 
Non-controlling interests   –    –    430    –    430 
Total equity   42,720    45,198    37,975    (77,852)   48,041 
                     
Total equity and liabilities   56,031    557,861    602,798    (393,858)   822,832 

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20. Condensed consolidating financial information (continued)

 

Balance sheets (continued)

 

At 31 December 2014   Company    Lloyds Bank  Subsidiaries  Consolidation 
adjustments 
  Group 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                     
Assets                    
Cash and balances at central banks   −    40,965    9,527    −    50,492 
Items in course of collection from banks   −    802    371    −    1,173 
Trading and other financial assets at fair value through profit or loss   −    66,321    115,737    (30,127)   151,931 
Derivative financial instruments   752    40,150    26,155    (30,929)   36,128 
Loans and receivables:                    
Loans and advances to banks   −    4,591    21,539    25    26,155 
Loans and advances to customers   −    165,967    312,697    4,040    482,704 
Debt securities   −    −    1,148    65    1,213 
Due from fellow Lloyds Banking Group undertakings   14,110    130,636    113,164    (257,910)   − 
    14,110    301,194    448,548    (253,780)   510,072 
Available-for-sale financial assets   −    51,412    7,187    (2,106)   56,493 
Investment properties   −    −    4,492    −    4,492 
Goodwill   −    −    2,343    (327)   2,016 
Value of in-force business   −    −    4,502    362    4,864 
Other intangible assets   −    647    277    1,146    2,070 
Tangible fixed assets   −    3,089    4,896    67    8,052 
Current tax recoverable   −    918    280    (1,071)   127 
Deferred tax assets   19    3,596    3,295    (2,765)   4,145 
Retirement benefit assets   −    351    827    (31)   1,147 
Investment in subsidiary undertakings   41,102    38,818    −    (79,920)   − 
Other assets   791    2,451    19,419    (967)   21,694 
Total assets   56,774    550,714    647,856    (400,448)   854,896 

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Balance sheets (continued)

 

At 31 December 2014   Company    Lloyds Bank  Subsidiaries  Consolidation 
adjustments 
  Group 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                     
Equity and liabilities                    
Liabilities                    
Deposits from banks   −    8,206    2,683    (2)   10,887 
Customer deposits   −    194,699    252,586    (218)   447,067 
Due to fellow Lloyds Banking Group undertakings 10,944    91,882    120,591    (223,417)   − 
Items in course of transmission to banks −    560    419    −    979 
Trading and other financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss   −    73,227    14,464    (25,589)   62,102 
Derivative financial instruments   −    41,320    22,796    (30,929)   33,187 
Notes in circulation   −    −    1,129    −    1,129 
Debt securities in issue   561    66,062    32,875    (23,265)   76,233 
Liabilities arising from insurance contracts and participating investment contracts −    −    86,941    (23)   86,918 
Liabilities arising from non-participating investment contracts   −    −    27,248    −    27,248 
Unallocated surplus within insurance businesses   −    −    320    −    320 
Other liabilities   93    4,358    24,827    (1,173)   28,105 
Retirement benefit obligations   −    190    197    66    453 
Current tax liabilities   107      1,288    (1,331)   69 
Deferred tax liabilities   −    −    1,268    (1,214)   54 
Other provisions   −    2,795    1,990    (585)   4,200 
Subordinated liabilities   1,688    21,590    16,907    (14,143)   26,042 
Total liabilities   13,393    504,894    608,529    (321,823)   804,993 
                     
Equity                    
Shareholders’ equity   38,026    45,820    38,114    (78,625)   43,335 
Other equity instruments   5,355    −    −    −    5,355 
Total equity excluding non-controlling interests   43,381    45,820    38,114    (78,625)   48,690 
Non-controlling interests   −    −    1,213    −    1,213 
Total equity   43,381    45,820    39,327    (78,625)   49,903 
Total equity and liabilities   56,774    550,714    647,856    (400,448)   854,896 

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Cash flow statements

 

For the half-year ended 30 June 2015   Company   

Lloyds 

Bank 

Subsidiaries  Consolidation 
adjustments 
  Group 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                     
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   (265)   21,719    (3,204)   3,070    21,320 
                     
Cash flows from investing activities:                    
Purchase of financial assets   –    (5,159)   (8,046)   847    (12,358)
Proceeds from sale and maturity of financial assets   –    6,241    8,597    –    14,838 
Purchase of fixed assets   –    (567)   (997)   –    (1,564)
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets   –    35    491    –    526 
Dividends received from subsidiaries   540    659    –    (1,199)   – 
Additional capital injections to subsidiaries   –    (64)   –    64    − 
Capital lending to Lloyds Bank   (38)   –    –    38    − 
Capital repayments by Lloyds Bank   41    –    –    (41)   – 
Return of capital contribution   431    –    –    (431)   − 
Disposal of businesses, net of cash disposed   –    170    11    (4,463)   (4,282)
Net cash provided by investing activities   974    1,315    56    (5,185)   (2,840)
                     
Cash flows from financing activities:                    
Dividends paid to ordinary shareholders   (535)   (540)   (659)   1,199    (535)
Distributions on other equity instruments   (197)   –    –    –    (197)
Dividends paid to non-controlling interests   –    –    (10)   –    (10)
Interest paid on subordinated liabilities   (64)   (907)   (912)   633    (1,250)
Repayment of subordinated liabilities   –    (1,087)   (981)   –    (2,068)
Capital contribution received   –    –    64    (64)   − 
Return of capital contribution   –    (431)   –    431    − 
Capital borrowing from the Company   –    38    –    (38)   – 
Capital repayments to the Company   –    (41)   –    41    – 
Change in non-controlling interests   –    –      –   
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities   (796)   (2,968)   (2,497)   2,202    (4,059)
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents   –    (1)   (1)   –    (2)
Change in cash and cash equivalents   (87)   20,065    (5,646)   87    14,419 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period   195    42,972    22,175    (195)   65,147 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   108    63,037    16,529    (108)   79,566 

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Cash flow statements (continued)

 

For the half-year ended 30 June 2014   Company   

Lloyds 

Bank 

Subsidiaries  Consolidation 
adjustments 
  Group 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                     
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   968    6,633    (4,779)   4,798    7,620 
                     
Cash flows from investing activities:                    
Purchase of financial assets   –    (5,008)   (2,554)   199    (7,363)
Proceeds from sale and maturity of financial assets   –    642    5,788    (4,745)   1,685 
Purchase of fixed assets   –    (624)   (1,027)   –    (1,651)
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets   –    101    624    –    725 
Additional capital injections to subsidiaries   (6,543)   (390)   –    6,933    – 
Capital repayments by subsidiaries   124    1,930    –    (2,054)   – 
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash disposed   –    (360)   (1)   360    (1)
Disposal of businesses, net of cash disposed   –    725    898    (1,087)   536 
Net cash provided by investing activities   (6,419)   (2,984)   3,728    (394)   (6,069)
                     
Cash flows from financing activities:                    
Distributions on other equity instruments   (91)   –    –    –    (91)
Dividends paid to non-controlling interests   –    –    (8)   –    (8)
Interest paid on subordinated liabilities   (47)   (885)   (1,216)   732    (1,416)
Issue of other equity instruments   5,329    –    (5,329)   –    − 
Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares     –    –    –   
Repayment of subordinated liabilities   –    (365)   (875)   –    (1,240)
Capital contribution received   –    –    6,933    (6,933)   – 
Capital repayments to the Company   –    (124)   (1,930)   2,054    – 
Sale of non-controlling interest in TSB   –    430    –    –    430 
Change in non-controlling interests   –    –    10    –    10 
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities   5,194    (944)   (2,415)   (4,147)   (2,312)
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents   –      (2)   –   
Change in cash and cash equivalents   (257)   2,711    (3,468)   257    (757)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period   511    44,491    22,306    (511)   66,797 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   254    47,202    18,838    (254)   66,040 

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Cash flow statements (continued)

 

For the half-year ended 31 December 2014   Company    Lloyds Bank  Subsidiaries  Consolidation 
adjustments 
  Group 
    £m    £m    £m    £m    £m 
                     
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   (2,960)   (1,782)   13,113    (5,638)   2,733 
                     
Cash flows from investing activities:                    
Return of capital contributions   198    −    −    (198)   − 
Purchase of financial assets   −    (1,044)   (3,103)   (23)   (4,170)
Proceeds from sale and maturity of financial assets   −    984    1,988    11    2,983 
Purchase of fixed assets   −    (559)   (1,232)   −    (1,791)
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets   −    −    1,318    −    1,318 
Additional capital lending to subsidiaries   (1,349)   (360)   −    1,709    − 
Capital repayments by subsidiaries   4,296    −    −    (4,296)   − 
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired   −    360    −    (360)   − 
Disposal of businesses, net of cash disposed   −        (3)  
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities   3,145    (616)   (1,022)   (3,160)   (1,653)
                     
Cash flows from financing activities:                    
Distributions on other equity instruments   (196)   −    −    −    (196)
Dividends paid to non-controlling interests   −    −    (19)   −    (19)
Interest paid on subordinated liabilities   (81)   (947)   (408)   647    (789)
Proceeds from issue of subordinated liabilities   629    −    −    −    629 
Repayment of subordinated liabilities   (596)   (1,015)   (5,597)   5,425    (1,783)
Capital contributions received   −    −    1,709    (1,709)   − 
Sale of non-controlling interest in TSB   −    204    −    −    204 
Other changes in non-controlling interests   −    −    (9)   −    (9)
Return of capital contributions   −    (74)   1,930    (1,856)   − 
Capital repayments to the Company   −    −    (6,350)   6,350    − 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities   (244)   (1,832)   (8,744)   8,857    (1,963)
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents   −    −    (10)   −    (10)
Change in cash and cash equivalents   (59)   (4,230)   3,337    59    (893)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period   254    47,202    18,838    (254)   66,040 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   195    42,972    22,175    (195)   65,147 

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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 authorised.

 

  LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc  
     
         
  By: /s/ G Culmer  
  Name: George Culmer  
  Title: Chief Financial Officer  
         
  Dated: 31 July 2015  

 

 

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