Shareholder Information
Financial calendar
9 March 2006
Announcement of the full year results for 2005, the ordinary final dividend for 2005 and the first preference dividend for 2006
15 March 2006
Ex dividend date for the ordinary final dividend for 2005 and the first preference dividend for 2006
17 March 2006
Record date for the ordinary final dividend for 2005 and the first preference dividend for 2006
23 March 2006
Announcement of the scrip dividend price for the ordinary final dividend for 2005
3 April 2006
Payment date for the first preference dividend for 2006
10 May 2006
Deadline for sending scrip dividend mandates to Lloyds TSB Registrars (in relation to ordinary final dividend for 2005)
11 May 2006
Announcement of the results for the three months ended 31 March 2006
22 May 2006
Annual General Meeting
2 June 2006
Payment date for the ordinary final dividend for 2005 (subject to shareholder approval at the AGM)
9 June 2006
ADR payment date for the ordinary final dividend for 2005 (subject to shareholder approval at the AGM)
10 August 2006
Announcement of the interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2006, the ordinary interim dividend for 2006 and the second preference dividend for 2006
16 August 2006*
Ex dividend date for the ordinary interim dividend for 2006
18 August 2006*
Record date for the ordinary interim dividend for 2006
24 August 2006*
Announcement of the scrip dividend price for the ordinary interim dividend for 2006
30 August 2006*
Ex dividend date for the second preference dividend for 2006
1 September 2006*
Record date for the second preference dividend for 2006
2 October 2006*
Payment date for the second preference dividend for 2006
1 November 2006*
Deadline for sending scrip dividend mandates to Lloyds TSB Registrars (in relation to ordinary interim dividend 2006)
9 November 2006
Announcement of the results for the nine months ended 30 September 2006
30 November 2006*
Payment date for the ordinary interim dividend for 2006
7 December 2006*
ADR payment date for the ordinary interim dividend for 2006
*provisional date
