UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

Amendment No. 4 to

SCHEDULE TO

 

(RULE 14d-100)

TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


LBG CAPITAL NO. 1 PLC

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

 

LBG CAPITAL NO. 1 PLC

LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC

(Name of Filing Person (Offeror))

 

LBG Capital No. 1 plc 8.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Undated Enhanced Capital Notes (ISIN XS0473106283 and XS0471767276)

LBG Capital No. 1 plc 8.50% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Undated Enhanced Capital Notes (ISIN XS0473103348 and XS0471770817)

(Title and CUSIP No. of Class of Securities)

 

 

  

Lloyds Banking Group plc
25 Gresham Street
London EC2V 7HN
United Kingdom
011-44-207-626-1500

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Person)

 

Copies to:

John W. Banes
Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP
5 Aldermanbury Square
London EC2V 7HR
United Kingdom
Tel. No.: 011-44-207-418-1300

 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

Transaction Valuation

Amount of Filing Fee

$ 968,699,161 (1) $97,548.01 (2)
(1)This transaction valuation assumes, solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee for this Schedule TO, that (i) all of the 8.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Undated Enhanced Capital Notes, issued by LBG Capital No. 1 plc and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Lloyds Banking Group plc (the “Series 1 ECNs”) will be purchased at the purchase price of $1,020.00 in cash per $1,000 principal amount of Series 1 ECNs being tendered, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding the settlement date, and (ii) all of the 8.50% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Undated Enhanced Capital Notes, issued by LBG Capital No. 1 plc and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Lloyds Banking Group plc (the “Series 2 ECNs”) will be purchased at the purchase price of $1,020.00 in cash per $1,000 principal amount of Series 2 ECNs tendered, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the settlement date. As of January 29, 2016, there were $656,811,000 aggregate principal amount of Series 1 ECNs outstanding and $276,658,000 aggregate principal amount of Series 2 ECNs outstanding.

(2)The amount of the filing fee was calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11(a)(2) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Fee Rate Advisory # 1 for Fiscal Year 2016, issued August 27, 2015.

xCheck box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

 

Amount Previously Paid: $97,548.01 Filing Party: Lloyds Banking Group plc
Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO-I Date Filed: January 29, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
☐Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

☐third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

xissuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

☐going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

☐amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: ☐

If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:

☐Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)

☐Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

 

This Amendment No. 4 (this “Amendment No. 4”) amends and supplements the tender offer statement on Schedule TO filed on January 29, 2016 (the “Original Schedule TO”), as amended by the Amendment No. 1 to the Original Schedule TO filed with the SEC on February 9, 2016 (the “Amendment No. 1”), the Amendment No. 2 filed with the SEC on February 16, 2016 (the “Amendment No. 2”) and the Amendment No. 3 filed with the SEC on February 22, 2016 (the “Amendment No. 3” and, together with the Original Schedule TO, the Amendment No. 1, the Amendment No. 2 and this Amendment No. 4, the “Schedule TO”) filed pursuant to Rule 13e-4 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in connection with the following transactions (the “Offer”) by LBG Capital No. 1 plc (the “Offeror”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (“LBG”):

 

The Offeror’s offer to purchase for cash, on the terms and conditions described in the offer to purchase dated January 29, 2016 (the “Original Offer to Purchase”), as supplemented by the Supplement No. 1 dated February 16, 2015 to the Offer to Purchase (the “Supplement No. 1”), and the Supplement No. 2 to the Offer to Purchase dated February 22, 2016 (the “Supplement No. 2”) and the Supplement No. 3 to the Offer to Purchase dated February 25, 2016 (the “Supplement No. 3” and, together with the Original Offer to Purchase, the Supplement No. 1 and the Supplement No. 2, the “Offer to Purchase”), any and all of the outstanding (1) 8.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Undated Enhanced Capital Notes issued by the Offeror and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by LBG (the “Series 1 ECNs”) and (2) 8.50% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Undated Enhanced Capital Notes issued by the Offeror and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by LBG (the “Series 2 ECNs” and, together with the Series 1 ECNs, the “ECNs”).

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Original Schedule TO and the Offer to Purchase, as applicable. Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment No. 4 does not modify any of the information previously reported in the Original Schedule TO.

 

Item 1.   Summary Term Sheet.

 

The information set forth in the Supplement No. 3 to the Offer to Purchase, dated February 25, 2016, which is Exhibit (a)(1)(iv) to the Schedule TO, is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.

 

Item 4.   Terms of the Transaction.

 

(a)   Material Terms. The information set forth in the Supplement No. 3 to the Offer to Purchase, dated February 25, 2016, which is Exhibit (a)(1)(iv) to the Schedule TO, is incorporated by reference into this Item 4(a).

 

Item 10.   Financial Statements.

 

The information set forth in Exhibit (a)(5)(v) to the Schedule TO is incorporated by reference into this Item 10.

   

Item 11.   Additional Information.

 

(b)   Other Material Information. The information set forth in the Supplement No. 3 to the Offer to Purchase, dated February 25, 2016, is incorporated by reference into this Item 11(b).

 

Item 12.   Exhibits.

 

Item 12 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following exhibits thereto:

 

Number 

Description 

(a)(1)(iv) Supplement No. 3 to the Offer to Purchase, dated February 25, 2016.
(a)(5)(v) Press release, dated February 25, 2016.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

After due inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Date: February 25, 2016

 

  LBG CAPITAL NO. 1 plc
         
         
  By: /s/ Richard Shrimpton  
    Name: Richard Shrimpton  
    Title: Group Capital Markets Issuance Director  
         
  LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC
         
         
  By: /s/ Vishal Savadia  
    Name: Vishal Savadia  
    Title: Head of Capital Issuance and Structuring  

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number 

Description 

(a)(1)(i)* Offer to Purchase, dated January 29, 2016.
(a)(1)(ii)* Supplement No. 1 to the Offer to Purchase, dated February 16, 2016.
(a)(1)(iii)* Supplement No. 2 to the Offer to Purchase, dated February 22, 2016.
(a)(1)(iv) Supplement No. 3 to the Offer to Purchase, dated February 25, 2016.
(a)(2) Not applicable.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
(a)(4) Not applicable.
(a)(5)(i)* Press release, dated January 29, 2016.
(a)(5)(ii)* Press release, dated January 29, 2016.
(a)(5)(iii)* Press release, dated February 9, 2016.
(a)(5)(iv)* Press release, dated February 9, 2016.
(a)(5)(v) Press release, dated February 25, 2016.
(b) Not applicable.
(d)(1)* Trust Deed dated December 1, 2009 among LBG Capital No. 1 plc, LBG Capital No. 2 plc, Lloyds Bank plc, LBG and BNY Corporate Trustee Services Limited related to, among others, the Series 1 ECNs and Series 2 ECNs under the £5,000,000,000 Enhanced Capital Note Programme.
(d)(2)* Deed Poll dated December 1, 2009, entered into by LBG related to, among others, the Series 1 ECNs and Series 2 ECNs under the £5,000,000,000 Enhanced Capital Note Programme.
(d)(3)* Final Terms dated December 14, 2009 in respect of the Series 1 ECNs.
(d)(4)* Final Terms dated December 16, 2009 in respect of the Series 2 ECNs.
(g) Not applicable.
(h) Not applicable.

  

 
*Previously filed.