Lloyds Banking Group PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2017

Apr 3, 2017

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

03 April 2017

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information

contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the

Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes No ..X..

If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule

12g3-2(b): 82- __

Index to Exhibits

Item

No. 1 Regulatory News Service Announcement, dated 03 April 2017

re: Holding(s) in Company

This TR-1 is being issued by Lloyds Banking Group plc (“the Group”) on a voluntary basis and is based on information disclosed to the Group by UK Financial Investments Limited (“UKFI”), a company wholly-owned by Her Majesty’s Treasury. The Group may make further discretionary disclosures if the percentage of voting rights of UKFI in the Group falls below 1% or reaches 0% as a result of further disposals of shares. The Group does not anticipate making such disclosures in respect of any other shareholders in similar circumstances.

| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST
IN SHARES i | |
| --- | --- |
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing
shares to which voting rights areattached: ii | Lloyds
Banking Group plc |
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate
box or boxes): | |
| An
acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Yes |
| An
acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which
may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which
voting rights are attached | |
| An
acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect
to qualifying financial instruments | |
| An
event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |
| Other
(please specify): | |
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification
obligation: iii | The
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from
3.): iv | The
Solicitor for the Affairs of Her Majesty’s
Treasury |
| 5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is
crossed orreached: v | 31
March 2017 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 31
March 2017 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii | Below
2% |

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type ofshares if
possible usingthe ISIN CODE	Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	NumberofShares	NumberofVotingRights	Numberof shares	Number of votingrights		% of voting rights x
			Direct	Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
GB0008706128	2,104,606,310	2,104,606,310	1,410,483,319	1,410,483,319		1.97%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financialinstrument	Expirationdate xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv		Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument
isexercised/ converted.		% of votingrights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financialinstrument	Exercise price	Expiration date xvii	Exercise/Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to		% of voting rights xix, xx
						Nominal	Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights			Percentage of voting rights
1,410,483,319			1.97%

| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if
applicable: xxi | |
| --- | --- |
| UK Financial Investments Limited, a
company wholly-owned by Her Majesty’s Treasury, is entitled
to exercise control over the voting rights which are the subject of
this notification (pursuant to certain management arrangements with
Her Majesty’s Treasury). | |
| Proxy Voting: | |
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | |
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto
hold: | |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting
rights: | |
| 13. Additional information: | Her
Majesty’s Treasury may make discretionary disclosures if the
percentage of its voting rights in Lloyds Banking Group plc falls
below 1% or reaches 0% as a result of further disposals of shares.
The disclosures, if made, will be issued by Lloyds Banking Group
plc on a voluntary basis, on behalf of Her Majesty’s
Treasury, via RNS The
Solicitor for the Affairs of Her Majesty’s Treasury is acting
as nominee for Her Majesty’s Treasury |
| 14. Contact name: | James
Neilson |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020
7270 5813 |

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: 03 April 2017

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