Financial Services Compensation Scheme

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Important information about compensation arrangements

Eligible Depositors/Limits of Compensation

We are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). The FSCS can pay compensation to depositors if a bank is unable to meet its financial obligations.

Most depositors - including most individuals and small businesses - are covered by the scheme. In respect of deposits, an eligible depositor is entitled to claim up to £50,000.

For joint accounts each account holder is treated as having a claim in respect of their share so, for a joint account held by two eligible depositors, the maximum amount that could be claimed would be £50,000 each (making a total of £100,000).

The £50,000 limit relates to the combined amount in all the eligible depositor's accounts with the bank, including their share of any joint account, and not to each separate account.

Non-Eligible Depositors

Large companies

A body corporate which does not qualify as a small company under section 247 of the Companies Act 1985, or section 382 of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable**.

Large mutual associations

A mutual association or unincorporated association with net assets of more than £1.4 million (or its equivalent in any other currency at the relevant time.

Large partnerships

A partnership or unincorporated association with net assets of more than £1.4 million (or its equivalent in any other currency at the relevant time).

Overseas financial services institutions

Supranational institutions, governments and central administrative authorities

Provincial, regional, local and municipal authorities

For further information about the scheme (including the amounts covered and eligibility to claim) please ask at your local branch, refer to the FSCS website - please see External link section above - or call (020) 7892 7300.

**A company qualifies as a 'small company' under the provisions of section 247 of the Companies Act 1985 (which still applies to any company whose financial year commences before 6 April 2008) if it fulfils two of the following three criteria:

it has a turnover of not more than £5.6 million;
it has a balance sheet total of not more than £2.8 million; and
it has not more than 50 employees.

**A company qualifies as a small company under the provisions of section 382 of the Companies Act 2006 if it fulfils two of the following three criteria:

it has a turnover of not more than £6.5 million;
it has a balance sheet total of not more than £3.26 million; and
it has not more than 50 employees.

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