HBOS fast facts
Resiliant performance
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Underlying profit before tax at HBOS is up 3% to £5,708m (2007) from £5,537m (2006).
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Underlying earnings per share are up 6% to 106.2p from 100.5p (2006).
Delivering For Our Shareholders
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HBOS has over 2m private shareholders, the biggest private shareholder base in the UK. 80% of these shareholders are also HBOS customers.
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The total dividend is 48.9p, up 18%. Each small shareholder will receive on average £183 in total for 2007.
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The total dividend payout for the year is £1.8bn.
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HBOS small shareholders account for more than 7% (£5.66bn) of the total value of all the shares held by private individuals in FTSE 100 companies (£80bn).
Value For Money For Customers
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Two out of every five UK households are HBOS customers.
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Halifax and Bank of Scotland appeared over 4,600 times in “best buy” tables during 2007, significantly more than any of the Big Four banks.
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The Group has opened over two million new accounts across its savings brands. In the same period, it has opened more than one million bank accounts (22% of switcher market) and around 690,000 new credit card accounts.
A Major Contribution To society
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In 2007, the UK Exchequer received a total of £1,656m in tax from HBOS and its staff. That equates to £3,150 a minute in tax. The HBOS tax contribution would pay for the salaries of over 46,500 secondary teachers for a year.
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Through directly employed staff and the indirect jobs created at suppliers, HBOS supports 105,000 full-time equivalent jobs in the UK.
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