Share-based payments

Charge to the income statement

The charge to the income statement is set out below:


	2025 £m	2024 £m	2023 £m
Deferred bonus plan	186	206	241

Options and shares granted in the year	12	15	20
Options and shares granted in prior years	51	60	67
	63	75	87

Total charge to the income statement	249	281	328

During the year ended 31 December 2025 the Group operated the following share-based payment schemes, which are mainly

Group Performance Share plan

The Group operates a Group Performance Share plan that is part equity settled. Bonuses in respect of employee service in 2025 have been

recognised in the charge in line with the proportion of the deferral period completed.

Save-As-You-Earn schemes

Eligible employees may enter into contracts through the Save-As-You-Earn (SAYE) schemes to save up to £500 per month and, at the

expiry of a fixed term of three years, have the option to use these savings within six months of the expiry of the fixed term to acquire shares

in the Group at a discounted price of no less than 90% of the market price at the start of the invitation period.

Movements in the number of share options outstanding under the SAYE schemes are set out below:


	2025		2024
	Number of options	Weighted average exercise price (pence)	Number of options	Weighted average exercise price (pence)
Outstanding at 1 January	797,624,786	42.30	1,311,205,148	31.70
Granted	119,602,764	74.35	200,820,157	52.35
Exercised	(189,981,525)	39.40	(663,187,372)	24.60
Forfeited	(24,349,649)	43.66	(17,375,716)	39.01
Cancelled	(15,760,828)	47.99	(27,852,684)	40.70
Expired	(1,816,675)	39.45	(5,984,747)	35.40
Outstanding at 31 December	685,318,873	48.52	797,624,786	42.30
Exercisable at 31 December	178,806	39.40	955,281	24.25

The weighted average share price at the time that the options were exercised during 2025 was £0.61 (2024: £0.47). The weighted average

remaining contractual life of options outstanding at the end of the year was 1.88 years (2024: 1.85 years).

The weighted average fair value of SAYE options granted during 2025 was £0.15 (2024: £0.09). The fair values of the SAYE options have

been determined using a standard Black-Scholes model.

Other share option plans

Executive Share Plans – buyout and retention awards

Share options may be granted to senior employees under the Lloyds Banking Group Executive Share Plan 2003, Lloyds Banking Group

Executive Group Ownership Share Plan and Deferred Bonus Scheme 2021 specifically to facilitate recruitment (to compensate new recruits

for any lost share awards), and also to make grants to key individuals for retention purposes. In some instances, grants may be made

subject to individual performance conditions.

Participants are not entitled to any dividends paid during the vesting period.


	2025		2024
	Number of options	Weighted average exercise price (pence)	Number of options	Weighted average exercise price (pence)
Outstanding at 1 January	15,578,997	nil	26,131,255	nil
Granted	–	nil	768,170	nil
Exercised	(6,945,829)	nil	(10,815,436)	nil
Forfeited	(253,070)	nil	(488,091)	nil
Lapsed	–	nil	(16,901)	nil
Outstanding at 31 December	8,380,098	nil	15,578,997	nil
Exercisable at 31 December	200,359	nil	988,243	nil

The weighted average fair value of options granted in the year was £nil (2024: £0.46). The fair values of options granted have been

determined using a standard Black-Scholes model. The weighted average share price at the time that the options were exercised during

2025 was £0.75 (2024: £0.53). The weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding at the end of the year was 5.9 years

Included in the above are awards to the Group Chief Executive.

Note 11: Share-based payments continued

Charlie Nunn joined the Group on 16 August 2021 as Group Chief Executive. He was granted deferred share awards over 8,301,708 shares to

replace unvested awards from his former employer, HSBC, that were forfeited as a result of him joining the Group.


	2025 Number of options	2024 Number of options
Outstanding at 1 January	3,968,909	5,337,899
Exercised	(1,368,990)	(1,368,990)
Outstanding at 31 December	2,599,919	3,968,909

Other share plans

Lloyds Banking Group Executive Group Ownership Share Plan

The plan, introduced in 2006, is aimed at delivering shareholder value by linking the receipt of shares to an improvement in the

performance of the Group over a three-year period. Awards are made within limits set by the rules of the plan, with the limits determining

the maximum number of shares that can be awarded equating to three times annual salary. In exceptional circumstances this may increase

to four times annual salary.

The Executive Group Ownership awards were replaced by Long Term Share Plan awards in 2021.


	2025 Number of shares	2024 Number of shares
Outstanding at 1 January	22,123,194	39,804,293
Vested	(10,254,907)	(18,490,246)
Forfeited	–	(33,055)
Dividend award	–	842,202
Outstanding at 31 December	11,868,287	22,123,194

Lloyds Banking Group Long Term Share Plan

The plan, approved at the 2020 AGM and introduced in 2021, replaced the Executive Group Ownership Share Plan and is intended to

provide alignment to the Group’s aim of delivering sustainable returns to shareholders, supported by its values and behaviours.

The awards in respect of the 2023 grant are due to vest in 2026 at a rate of 100%. Details in relation to the plan are provided in the

directors’ remuneration report.


	2025 Number of shares	2024 Number of shares
Outstanding at 1 January	195,879,295	262,409,389
Vested	(62,272,967)	(53,608,504)
Forfeited	(4,809,902)	(12,921,590)
Outstanding at 31 December	128,796,426	195,879,295

Lloyds Banking Group Long Term Incentive Plan

The plan, approved at the 2023 AGM and introduced in 2024, replaced the Long Term Share Plan and is intended to deliver stronger

alignment between variable reward outcomes and the creation of shareholder value through the delivery of our strategy and the deepening

of our relationships with our customers.

The awards in respect of the 2024 grant are due to vest in 2027. Details in relation to the plan are provided in the directors’ remuneration report.


	2025 Number of shares	2024 Number of shares
Outstanding at 1 January	75,063,395	–
Granted	46,999,778	75,063,395
Outstanding at 31 December	122,063,173	75,063,395

The weighted average fair value of awards granted in the year was £0.48 (2024: £0.30).

Executive Share Plans – buyout and retention awards

Share awards in the form of conditional shares may be granted to senior employees under the Lloyds Banking Group Executive Group

Ownership Share Plan and Deferred Bonus Scheme 2021 specifically to facilitate recruitment (to compensate new recruits for any lost share

awards), and also to make grants to key individuals for retention purposes. In some instances, grants may be made subject to individual

performance conditions. Participants are not entitled to any dividends paid during the vesting period.


	2025	2024
	Number of shares	Number of shares
Outstanding at 1 January	2,865,027	–
Granted	3,679,148	3,593,397
Vested	(1,747,624)	(728,370)
Outstanding at 31 December	4,796,551	2,865,027

The weighted average fair value of awards granted in the year was £0.73 (2024: £0.51).

Note 11: Share-based payments continued

Assumptions at 31 December 2025

The fair value calculations at 31 December 2025 for grants made in the year, using Black-Scholes models and Monte Carlo simulation, are

based on the following assumptions:


	SAYE	Executive Share Plans	Long Term Share Plan
Weighted average risk-free interest rate	3.87%	3.81%	4.13%
Weighted average expected life	3.3 years	1.5 years	4.4 years
Weighted average expected volatility	25%	25%	27%
Weighted average expected dividend yield	5.0%	6.0%	6.0%
Weighted average share price	£0.84	£0.80	£0.71
Weighted average exercise price	£0.74	nil	nil

Expected volatility is a measure of the amount by which the Group’s shares are expected to fluctuate during the life of an option. The

expected volatility is estimated based on the historical volatility of the closing daily share price over the most recent period that is

commensurate with the expected life of the option. The historical volatility is compared to the implied volatility generated from market

traded options in the Group’s shares to assess the reasonableness of the historical volatility and adjustments made where appropriate.

Share Incentive Plans

The Group undertakes to match shares purchased by employees up to the value of £45 per month; these matching shares are held in trust

for a mandatory period of three years on the employee’s behalf, during which period the employee is entitled to any dividends paid on such

shares. The award is subject to a non-market based condition: if an employee leaves within this three-year period for other than a ‘good’

reason, all of the matching shares are forfeited. Similarly, if the employees sell their purchased shares within three years, their matching

shares are forfeited.

The number of shares awarded relating to matching shares in 2025 was 26,409,397 (2024: 38,464,042), with an average fair value of £0.74

(2024: £0.53), based on market prices at the date of award.

Fixed share awards were introduced in 2014 in order to ensure that total fixed remuneration is commensurate with role and to provide a

competitive reward package for certain Lloyds Banking Group employees, with an appropriate balance of fixed and variable remuneration,

in line with regulatory requirements. The fixed share awards are delivered in Lloyds Banking Group plc shares, and are released over three

years with one third being released each year following the year of award. The number of shares purchased in relation to fixed share awards

in 2025 was 1,470,573 (2024: 1,541,751) with an average fair value of £0.81 (2024: £0.55) based on market prices at the date of the award.

The fixed share award is not subject to any performance conditions, performance adjustment or clawback. On an employee leaving the

Group, there is no change to the timeline for which shares will become unrestricted.

Since the beginning of 2023 the number of recipients of these awards has been reduced to the executive directors only.

An award of shares may be made annually to employees up to a maximum of £3,600. The shares awarded are held in trust for a mandatory

period of three years on the employee’s behalf, during which period the employee is entitled to any dividends paid on such shares. The

award is subject to a non-market based condition. If an employee leaves the Group within this three-year period for other than a ‘good’

reason, all of the shares awarded will be forfeited.

There have not been any awards made since 2021.