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The government is to inject up to £37bn of new capital into Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB and HBOS. | The government is to inject up to £37bn of new capital into Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB and HBOS. |
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to raise £20bn - with the government buying £5bn of preference shares and underwriting £15bn of ordinary shares. | Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to raise £20bn - with the government buying £5bn of preference shares and underwriting £15bn of ordinary shares. |
RBS chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin has quit the firm after the move. | RBS chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin has quit the firm after the move. |
A further £17bn of taxpayer cash will be injected into HBOS and Lloyds TSB - Barclays has announced plans to raise £6.5bn without government help. | A further £17bn of taxpayer cash will be injected into HBOS and Lloyds TSB - Barclays has announced plans to raise £6.5bn without government help. |
The announcement means taxpayers will end up owning about 60% of RBS and about 40% of the merged Lloyds TSB and HBOS, BBC business editor Robert Peston said. | |
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He said the announcement would "count as perhaps the most extraordinary day in British banking history" and was "an absolute humiliation" for the banks. | |
As a condition of the deal, the government has insisted that senior directors should get no cash bonuses this year, with future bonuses to be paid in the form of shares - a move aimed at encouraging management to take a more long-term approach. | As a condition of the deal, the government has insisted that senior directors should get no cash bonuses this year, with future bonuses to be paid in the form of shares - a move aimed at encouraging management to take a more long-term approach. |
Dividend cancelled | Dividend cancelled |
Lloyds TSB will raise £11.5bn from taxpayers - made up of £8.5bn in ordinary shares and £3bn in preference shares. while HBOS is to get £5.5bn. | |
Meanwhile, Lloyds TSB has said it has renegotiated the terms of its takeover of HBOS. | |
A £12.2bn deal was agreed last month, but the value of HBOS shares has since plunged and the extent of the recapitalisation highlights its weakness. | |
Under the revised deal, HBOS shareholders will get 0.605 Lloyds TSB shares for every 1 HBOS share. Under the original deal they would have received 0.83 Lloyds TSB shares. | |
Barclays has said it is to raise £6.5bn of new capital. The bank is to raise the money from shareholders and investors, rather than going to the government - meaning it will not have the government influencing its day-to-day decisions. | |
Barclays also said it would scrap its final dividend payout for 2008, saving it £2bn. |