Tony Lomas, who is overseeing Lehman's U.K. administration, a process similar to Chapter 11 in the U.S., said a number of settlements with other Lehman affiliates in the past six months helped clear the way for an initial £1.8 billion ($2.76 billion) payment to unsecured creditors last November, and that a strengthened financial position "now suggests that…there would be sufficient funds to settle in full all provable claims," excluding those by shareholders and claims for interest