AGM Statement

Lloyds TSB Group PLC 09 May 2007 57/07 9 May 2007 LLOYDS TSB Group annual general meeting statement Lloyds TSB is holding its annual general meeting in Glasgow today (9 May 2007). During 2006 the Group made considerable progress in the delivery of its organic growth strategy and in the development of its customer franchises. This resulted in good levels of sales growth throughout the organisation, positioning the Group to deliver stronger future revenue growth. The Group's focus on continuous productivity improvement, whilst continuing to invest in further business growth, was maintained. As a result, revenue growth was well ahead of cost growth. Overall asset quality remained satisfactory. The following is an extract from the statement made by Eric Daniels, Group Chief Executive: "In 2006, we delivered a good financial performance with strong trading momentum across all three divisions, whilst continuing to build our customer franchises to support future earnings growth. We operate a lower risk business model that delivers higher quality earnings based on the strength of our customer relationships and, as a result, we are well positioned to deliver sustainable revenue and earnings growth. In the first few months of 2007, we have continued to make strong progress across the Group and are confident that we will deliver another good trading performance for the half-year. We will continue to extend the reach and depth of our customer relationships whilst improving productivity and efficiency in 2007 and beyond. By doing so, we believe that we can deliver sustained double-digit economic profit growth over time." For further information:- Investor Relations Michael Oliver +44 (0) 20 7356 2167 Director of Investor Relations E-mail: michael.oliver@ltsb-finance.co.uk Sarah Pollard Senior Manager, Investor Relations E-mail: sarah.pollard@ltsb-finance.co.uk +44 (0) 20 7356 1571 Media Mary Walsh +44 (0) 20 7356 2121 Director of Corporate Relations E-mail: mary.walsh@lloydstsb.co.uk FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS This announcement contains forward looking statements with respect to the business, strategy and plans of the Lloyds TSB 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 TSB Group's 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 on circumstances that will occur in the future. Lloyds TSB Group's actual future results may differ materially from the results expressed or implied in these forward looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including UK domestic and global economic and business conditions, risks concerning borrower credit quality, market related risks such as interest rate risk and exchange rate risk in its banking businesses and equity risk in its insurance businesses, inherent risks regarding changing demographic developments, catastrophic weather and similar contingencies outside Lloyds TSB Group's control, any adverse experience in inherent operational risks, any unexpected developments in regulation or regulatory actions, changes in customer preferences, competition, industry consolidation, acquisitions and other factors. For more information on these and other factors, please refer to Lloyds TSB Group's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and to any subsequent reports furnished by Lloyds TSB Group to the US Securities and Exchange Commission or to the London Stock Exchange. The forward looking statements contained in this announcement are made as of the date hereof, and Lloyds TSB Group undertakes no obligation to update any of its forward looking statements. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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