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Lloyds shareholders get legal

Eric Daniels

Some institutional shareholders were less than enthusiastic about the takeover. For instance, the £600m City of London Investment Trust wrote to Lloyds TSB following the announcement of the takeover but prior to the shareholder vote, stating it thought the merger was not a wise move.