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We are committed to building a leading universal bank and we're already one of the largest financial services companies in the world by market capitalisation.
Operating in over 50 countries and employing 123,000 people, we move, lend, invest and protect money for over 27 million customers and clients the world over.
Our business purpose is to help our customers and clients achieve their objectives. Our goal is to deliver top quartile total shareholder return relative to our peers, consistently over time.
Full Annual Report
Please note that this Annual Review
and Summary Financial Statement
does not contain sufficient information
to allow a full understanding of the
results of the Group and the state of
affairs of the Company or of the Group.
For further information consult the
Annual Report 2006.
You can obtain a copy of the Annual
Report 2006 and may also elect to
receive all future Annual Reports, free of
charge, by telephoning our Registrar on
0870 609 4535 or you can view a copy
on our Investor Relations website.
The Annual Report 2006 contains the
Directors' report, the Remuneration
report, and the Auditors' report and
the audited accounts.
The Auditors' report on the full
accounts for the year ended
31st December 2006 was unqualified
and did not include a statement under
sections 237(2) (accounting records
or returns inadequate or accounts not
agreeing with records and returns) or
237(3) (failure to obtain necessary
information and explanations) of the
UK Companies Act 1985.











