| May 2008 | David Anderson, Chief Executive of Co-op Bank, initiates merger discussions with Neville Richardson, Chief Executive of Britannia.
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| August 2008 | Co-op Bank and Britannia boards commence merger due diligence.
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| January 2009 | Co-op Bank and Britannia sign a merger agreement.
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| August 2009 | Merger between Co-op Bank and Britannia completed. Neville Richardson becomes Chief Executive of Co-op Bank.
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| April 2010 | Paul Flowers appointed Chairman of Co-op Bank. Rodney Baker-Bates and David Davies appointed Deputy Chairmen.
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| June 2010 | Government announces that the Financial Services Authority (FSA) will be disbanded and replaced with the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
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| March 2011 | António Horta-Osório, Chief Executive of Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) announces an acceleration of the process to divest the Verde branches.
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| April 2011 | Andrew Bailey joins the FSA as Director of UK Banks and Building Societies.
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| May 2011 | Neville Richardson tells Andrew Bailey that Co-op Bank is considering a bid for Verde.
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| July 2011 | Andrew Bailey addresses Co-op Bank's strategy awayday.
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| July 2011 | Neville Richardson resigns as Chief Executive of Co-op Bank. Barry Tootell becomes acting Chief Executive.
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| July 2011 | Initial bids for Verde are submitted.
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| September - November 2011 | Round 2 bids for Verde are submitted.
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| November 2011 | LBG decides to progress with Verde bids from NBNK and Co-op Bank only.
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| December 2011 | LBG announces Co-op Bank as its preferred bidder for Verde branches. It commences a period of exclusive negotiation.
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| December 2011 | Andrew Bailey writes to Paul Flowers expressing concerns over Co-op Bank's ability to take on Verde.
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| April 2012 | Co-op Bank's period of exclusive Verde negotiations with LBG lapses. NBNK re-enters the bidding process.
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| June 2012 | Co-op Bank and NBNK submit final bids for the Verde branches.
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| June 2012 | Lloyds confirms Co-op Bank as its preferred bidder for Verde.
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| July 2012 | Rodney Baker-Bates and David Davies vote against Verde at Co-op Bank's board meeting. The rest of the board votes in favour. Co-op Bank and LBG sign 'Heads of Terms'.
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| Second half of 2012 | FSA performs its stress testing exercise, revealing that Co-op Bank has a capital shortfall.
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| November 2012 | FSA informs Co-op Bank that its capital guidance will increase significantly.
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| January 2013 | FSA gives Co-op Bank an indication of the size of its capital shortfall.
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| March 2013 | Co-op Bank reports losses of £674 million in its Financial Statements 2012.
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| April 2013 | FSA formally disbanded. The PRA and the FCA come into operation.
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| April 2013 | Co-op Bank announces its withdrawal from the Verde transaction.
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| May 2013 | Moody's downgrades Co-op Bank's debt rating to junk status.
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| May 2013 | Peter Marks, Co-op Group Chief Executive, retires. Euan Sutherland becomes new Group Chief Executive.
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| May 2013 | Barry Tootell steps down as Chief Executive of Co-op Bank.
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| June 2013 | Paul Flowers steps down as Chairman of Co-op Bank.
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| June 2013 | The Treasury Committee announces its inquiry into Project Verde.
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| June 2013 | PRA publicly announces the results of its stress testing exercise, revealing a capital shortfall for Co-op Bank of £1.5bn.
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| July 2013 | Sir Christopher Kelly appointed by Co-op Bank and Group to conduct an independent inquiry into Co-op Bank's capital shortfall.
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| September 2013 | Treasury Committee hearing with Neville Richardson.
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| October 2013 | Treasury Committee hearing with Peter Marks.
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| October 2013 | Treasury Committee hearing with Barry Tootell.
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| November 2013 | Treasury Committee hearing with Paul Flowers.
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| November 2013 | Treasury Committee hearing with David Anderson.
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| November 2013 | Len Wardle steps down as Chairman of Co-op Group
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| November 2013 | Treasury announces independent review into events at Co-op Bank. PRA and FCA announce that they are considering whether to launch enforcement action.
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| December 2013 | Co-op Bank successfully completes £1.5 billion recapitalisation.
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| December 2013 | Lord Myners commissioned by Co-op to conduct an independent review of the Group's governance.
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| January 2014 | The PRA and FCA announce enforcement investigations in relation to Co-op Bank.
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| January 2014 | The Financial Reporting Council launches an investigation into the preparation, approval and audit of Co-op Bank's financial statements.
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| March 2014 | Co-op Bank announces further conduct redress losses of over £400 million.
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| April 2014 | Sir Christopher Kelly publishes independent report into Co-op Bank's capital shortfall.
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| May 2014 | Lord Myners publishes independent review of Co-op Group's governance.
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| May 2014 | Co-op Bank completes additional capital raising of £400 million.
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