Lloyds Banking Group PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2017

Mar 15, 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

15 March 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 15 March 2017

re: Holding(s) in Company

| 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 | 14
March 2017 |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 14
March 2017 |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii | Below
3% |

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	2,775,972,160	2,775,972,160	2,104,606,310	2,104,606,310		2.95%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financialinstrument	Expirationdate xiii	Exercise/Conversion Period xiv	Number of votingrights that may be acquired 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
2,104,606,310			2.95%

| 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 2% and 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: 15 March 2017

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