SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16a
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
30
January 2026
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP plc
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
5th Floor
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 Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form
20-F..X.. Form 40-F
Index
to Exhibits
Item
No.
1 Regulatory News Service Announcement, 30 January
2026
re: Commencement
of Share Buyback Programme
30th January
2026
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP COMMENCES SHARE BUYBACK PROGRAMME
Lloyds Banking Group plc (the "Company") is today launching a share
buyback programme to repurchase up to £1.75 billion of
ordinary shares. The Company previously announced its intention to
commence the programme on 29 January 2026.
The Company has entered into an agreement with Goldman
Sachs International (the
"Broker") to conduct the share buyback programme on its behalf and
to make trading decisions under the programme independently of the
Company. Under the terms of the programme, the maximum
consideration is £1.75 billion. The programme will commence on
30 January 2026 and will end no later than 31 December 2026. The
sole purpose of the programme is to reduce the ordinary share
capital of the Company.
The Broker will purchase the Company's ordinary shares as principal
and sell them on to the Company in accordance with the terms of
their engagement. The Company intends to cancel the shares it
purchases through the programme.
Any purchases of ordinary shares by the Company in relation to this
announcement will be made in accordance with certain pre-set
parameters set out in the terms of the Broker's engagement, the
general authority of the Company to repurchase shares granted by
shareholders at the Company's annual general meeting held on 15 May
2025 (which permits the Company to purchase no more than
6,059,214,381 of the Company's ordinary shares), the EU Market
Abuse Regulation (596/2014), the Commission Delegated Regulation
(2016/1052), in each case as such legislation forms part of
assimilated law (as defined in the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018), and
Chapter 9 of the Financial Conduct Authority's UK Listing Rules.
The buyback is subject to the continuing approval of the Prudential
Regulatory Authority.
For the avoidance of doubt, no repurchases will be made in the
United States or in respect of the Company's American Depositary
Receipts.
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For further information:
Investor Relations
Douglas Radcliffe
+44 (0)20 7356 1571
Group Investor Relations Director
douglas.radcliffe@lloydsbanking.com
Corporate Affairs
Matt Smith
+44 (0)20 7356 3522
Head of Media Relations
matt.smith@lloydsbanking.com
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This document contains certain forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, with respect to the business, strategy, plans and/or
results of Lloyds Banking Group plc together with its subsidiaries
(the Group) and its current goals and expectations. Statements that
are not historical or current facts, including statements about the
Group's or its directors' and/or management's beliefs and
expectations, are forward-looking statements. Words such as,
without limitation, 'believes', 'achieves', 'anticipates',
'estimates', 'expects', 'targets', 'should', 'intends', 'aims',
'projects', 'plans', 'potential', 'will', 'would', 'could',
'considered', 'likely', 'may', 'seek', 'estimate', 'probability',
'goal', 'objective', 'deliver', 'endeavour', 'prospects',
'optimistic' and similar expressions or variations on these
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
These statements concern or may affect future matters, including
but not limited to: projections or expectations of the Group's
future financial position, including profit attributable to
shareholders, provisions, economic profit, dividends, capital
structure, portfolios, net interest margin, capital ratios,
liquidity, risk-weighted assets (RWAs), expenditures or any other
financial items or ratios; litigation, regulatory and governmental
investigations; the Group's future financial performance; the level
and extent of future impairments and write-downs; the Group's ESG
targets and/or commitments; statements of plans, objectives or
goals of the Group or its management and other statements that are
not historical fact and statements of assumptions underlying such
statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve
risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend upon
circumstances that will or may occur in the future.
Factors that could cause actual business, strategy, targets, plans
and/or results (including but not limited to the payment of
dividends) to differ materially from forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to: general economic and business
conditions in the UK and internationally (including in relation to
tariffs); imposed and threatened tariffs and changes to global
trade policies; acts of hostility or terrorism and responses to
those acts, or other such events; geopolitical unpredictability;
the war between Russia and Ukraine; the escalation of conflicts in
the Middle East; the tensions between China and Taiwan; political
instability including as a result of any UK general election;
market related risks, trends and developments; changes in client
and consumer behaviour and demand; exposure to counterparty risk;
the ability to access sufficient sources of capital, liquidity and
funding when required; changes to the Group's credit ratings;
fluctuations in interest rates, inflation, exchange rates, stock
markets and currencies; volatility in credit markets; volatility in
the price of the Group's securities; natural pandemic and other
disasters; risks concerning borrower and counterparty credit
quality; risks affecting insurance business and defined benefit
pension schemes; changes in laws, regulations, practices and
accounting standards or taxation; changes to regulatory capital or
liquidity requirements and similar contingencies; the policies and
actions of governmental or regulatory authorities or courts
together with any resulting impact on the future structure of the
Group; risks associated with the Group's compliance with a wide
range of laws and regulations; assessment related to resolution
planning requirements; risks related to regulatory actions which
may be taken in the event of a bank or Group failure; exposure to
legal, regulatory or competition proceedings, investigations or
complaints; failure to comply with anti-money laundering, counter
terrorist financing, anti-bribery and sanctions regulations;
failure to prevent or detect any illegal or improper activities;
operational risks including risks as a result of the failure of
third party suppliers; conduct risk; technological changes and
risks to the security of IT and operational infrastructure,
systems, data and information resulting from increased threat of
cyber and other attacks; technological failure; inadequate or
failed internal or external processes or systems; risks relating to
ESG matters, such as climate change (and achieving climate change
ambitions) and decarbonisation, including the Group's ability along
with the government and other stakeholders to measure, manage and
mitigate the impacts of climate change effectively, and human
rights issues; the impact of competitive conditions; failure to
attract, retain and develop high calibre talent; the ability to
achieve strategic objectives; the ability to derive cost savings
and other benefits including, but without limitation, as a result
of any acquisitions, disposals and other strategic transactions;
inability to capture accurately the expected value from
acquisitions; assumptions and estimates that form the basis of the
Group's financial statements; and potential changes in dividend
policy. A number of these influences and factors are beyond the
Group's control. Please refer to the latest Annual Report on Form
20-F filed by Lloyds Banking Group plc with the US Securities and
Exchange Commission (the SEC), which is available on the SEC's
website at www.sec.gov, for a discussion of certain factors and
risks. Lloyds Banking Group plc may also make or disclose written
and/or oral forward-looking statements in other written materials
and in oral statements made by the directors, officers or employees
of Lloyds Banking Group plc to third parties, including financial
analysts. 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 the Group expressly disclaims any
obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or
revisions to any forward-looking statements contained in this
document whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise. The information, statements and opinions contained in
this document do not constitute a public offer under any applicable
law or an offer to sell any securities or financial instruments or
any advice or recommendation with respect to such securities or
financial instruments.
Goldman Sachs International is acting on behalf of the Group in
relation to the programme and no-one else and will not be
responsible to anyone other than the Group for providing the
protections offered to clients of Goldman Sachs International nor
for providing advice in relation to such programme.
Signatures
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
LLOYDS
BANKING GROUP plc
(Registrant)
By: Douglas
Radcliffe
Name: Douglas
Radcliffe
Title: Group
Investor Relations Director
Date:
30 January 2026
