LendingClub Corp

The prudent management of capital is fundamental to the successful achievement of our business initiatives. We actively review capital through a process that continuously assesses and monitors the Company’s overall capital adequacy. Our objective is to maintain capital at an amount commensurate with our risk profile and risk tolerance objectives, and to meet both regulatory and market expectations.

The formation of LC Bank as a nationally chartered association and the organization of the Company as a bank holding company subjects us to various capital adequacy guidelines issued by the OCC and the FRB, including the requirement to maintain regulatory capital ratios in accordance with the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision standardized approach for U.S. banking organizations (Basel III). As a Basel III standardized approach institution, we selected the one-time election to opt-out of the requirements to include all the components of accumulated other comprehensive income included in common stockholder’s equity. The minimum capital requirements under the Basel III capital framework are: a Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) risk-based capital ratio of 4.5%, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 6.0%, a total risk-based capital ratio of 8.0%, and a Tier 1 leverage ratio of 4.0%. Additionally, a capital conservation buffer of 2.5% must be maintained above the minimum risk-based capital requirements in order to avoid certain limitations on capital distributions, share repurchases, and certain discretionary bonus payments. In addition to these guidelines, the banking regulators may require a banking organization to maintain capital at levels higher than the minimum ratios prescribed under the Basel III capital framework. See “Part I – Item 1. Business – Regulation and Supervision – Capital and Liquidity Requirements and Prompt Corrective Action” in our Annual Report and “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Note 18. Regulatory Requirements”of this Report for additional information regarding regulatory capital requirements.

The following table presents the actual capital amounts and ratios of the Company and LC Bank as well as LC Bank’s regulatory capital minimum and “well capitalized” requirements (dollars in millions):

N/A – Not applicable

(1) Required minimums presented for risk-based capital ratios include the required capital conservation buffer of 2.5%.

(2) CET1 capital consists of common stockholders’ equity as defined under U.S. GAAP and certain adjustments made in accordance with regulatory capital guidelines, including deductions for goodwill and other intangible assets.

The higher risk-based capital ratios for the Company reflect higher capital at LendingClub Corporation as compared with LC Bank.