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Lloyds Banking Group needs to launch “Operation 61 pence.” The U.K. bank’s chief executive officer, Antonio Horta-Osorio, and its main shareholder, the British taxpayer, have a lot riding on the shares adding 10 pence to their current 51-pence price. That’s one of the key conditions for Horta-Osorio to receive a £1.5-million ($2.3-million) share-based bonus. And the government would no longer be sitting on a loss on its rescue. The snag is that Lloyds has few levers to pull to get there.