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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM
8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
February 13, 2024
 
 
Citigroup Inc
.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
Delaware
 
1-9924
 
52-1568099
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
388 Greenwich Street, New York,
New York
     
10013
(Address of principal executive offices)
   
(Zip Code)
(212)
559-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form
8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
 
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
 
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 formatted in Inline XBRL: See Exhibit 99.01
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule
12b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR
§240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 
 
 

Citigroup Inc.
Current Report on Form
8-K
 
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)
Exhibits:
 
Exhibit
No.
  
Description
 1.01    Terms Agreement, dated February 6, 2024, among Citigroup Inc. (the “Company”) and the underwriters named therein, relating to the offer and sale of the Company’s 5.827% Fixed Rate / Floating Rate Callable Subordinated Notes due February 13, 2035.
 4.01    Form of Note for the Company’s 5.827% Fixed Rate / Floating Rate Callable Subordinated Notes due February 13, 2035.
 5.01    Opinion of Karen Wang, Esq.
99.01    Citigroup Inc. securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as of the filing date.
104    The cover page of this Current Report on Form
8-K,
formatted in Inline XBRL.
 
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Dated: February 13, 2024     CITIGROUP INC.
    By:  
/s/ Karen Wang
      Karen Wang
      Assistant Secretary
 
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EX-1.01 2 d787806dex101.htm EX-1.01 EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

Execution Version

TERMS AGREEMENT

February 6, 2024

Citigroup Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

Attention: Assistant Treasurer

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We understand that Citigroup Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell US$2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.827% Fixed Rate / Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due 2035 (the “Securities”). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein or incorporated by reference herein, we, the entities listed on Annex A hereto, as underwriters (the “Underwriters”), offer to purchase, severally and not jointly, the principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite our respective names on the list attached as Annex A hereto at 99.550% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance. The Closing Date shall be February 13, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time). The closing shall take place at the offices of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP located at One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006.

The Securities shall have the terms set forth in Annex B hereto. The Securities shall be issuable as Registered Securities only. The Securities will be initially represented by one or more global Securities registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its nominees, as described in the Prospectus relating to the Securities. Beneficial interests in the Securities will be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC, Euroclear Bank SA/NV and Clearstream Banking S.A. and their respective participants. Owners of beneficial interests in the Securities will be entitled to physical delivery of Securities in certificated form only under the limited circumstances described in the Prospectus. Principal and interest on the Securities shall be payable in United States dollars, and the record date for the Securities shall be the business day immediately preceding each interest payment date. Sections 11.02 and 11.03 of the indenture, dated as of April 12, 2001, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”) (as amended from time to time, the “Indenture”) relating to defeasance and discharge and covenant defeasance, respectively, shall apply to the Securities.

All the provisions contained in the document entitled “Citigroup Inc.— Amended and Restated Debt Securities — Underwriting Agreement — Basic Provisions” dated March 7, 2023 (the “A&R Basic Provisions”), a copy of which you have previously received, are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if the A&R Basic Provisions had been set forth in full herein

Terms defined in the Basic Provisions are used herein as therein defined. The Execution Time means 3:20 p.m. (Eastern Time).


The Underwriters hereby agree in connection with the underwriting of the Securities to comply with the requirements set forth in any applicable sections of Rule 5121 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Selling Restrictions:

European Economic Area

Each Underwriter represents and agrees that no Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Prospectus Supplement may be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area. For the purposes of this provision:

(a) the expression “retail investor” means a person who is one (or more) of the following:

(1) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (“MiFID II”); or

(2) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (the “Insurance Distribution Directive”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or

(3) not a qualified investor as defined in the Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the “Prospectus Regulation”); and

(b) the expression “offer” includes the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities.

United Kingdom

Each Underwriter represents and agrees that no Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Prospectus Supplement may be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the United Kingdom. For the purposes of this provision:

(a) the expression “retail investor” means a person who is one (or more) of the following:

(1) a retail client as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the “EUWA”); or

(2) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”) and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement the Insurance Distribution Directive, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA; or

(b) the expression “offer” includes the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities.

 

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(3) not a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Regulation as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA; and Additionally, in the United Kingdom, the Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus is being distributed only to, and is directed only at qualified investors within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive who are, (i) persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19 (5) of the FSMA (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended, or the Order, and/or (ii) high net worth companies (or persons to whom it may otherwise be lawfully communicated) falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order, which persons together we refer to in this prospectus as “relevant persons.” Accordingly, each Underwriter represents and agrees that such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom. The Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus must not be acted on or relied on in the United Kingdom by persons who are not relevant persons. In the United Kingdom, any investment or investment activity to which the Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus relates is only available to, and will be engaged in with, relevant persons only.

Hong Kong

Each Underwriter:

(a) has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than to (i) “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (ii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and

(b) has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are or are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance.

Japan

The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (the “FIEA”). Each Underwriter represents and agrees that it has not and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any resident of Japan (including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan), or to, or for the account or benefit of, any resident of Japan for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any resident of Japan except (1) pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, or otherwise in compliance with, the FIEA and (2) in compliance with the other applicable laws, regulations and governmental guidelines of Japan.

 

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Singapore

The Prospectus Supplement and accompanying Prospectus relating to this offering have not been and will not be registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore under the Securities and Futures Act 2001 (the “SFA”). Accordingly, each Underwriter has not offered or sold any Securities or caused the Securities to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase and will not offer or sell any Securities or cause the Securities to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, and has not circulated or distributed, nor will it circulate or distribute, such Prospectus Supplement and accompanying Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA) pursuant to Section 274 of the SFA or (ii) to an accredited investor (as defined in Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA.

Solely for the purposes of its obligations pursuant to sections 309B(1)(a) and 309B(1)(c) of the SFA, the Company has determined, and hereby notifies all relevant persons (as defined in Section 309A of the SFA) that the Securities are “prescribed capital markets products” (as defined in the Securities and Futures (Capital Markets Products) Regulations 2018) and Excluded Investment Products (as defined in MAS Notice SFA 04-N12: Notice on the Sale of Investment Products and MAS Notice FAA-N16: Notice on Recommendations on Investment Products).

Certain of the Underwriters may not be U.S. registered broker-dealers and accordingly will not effect any sales within the United States except in compliance with applicable U.S. laws and regulations, including the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited (“ICBC Bank”) is restricted in its U.S. securities dealings under the United States Bank Holding Company Act and will not underwrite, subscribe, agree to purchase or procure purchasers to purchase securities that are offered or sold in the United States. Accordingly, ICBC Bank shall not be obligated to, and shall not, underwrite, subscribe, agree to purchase or procure purchasers to purchase securities that may be offered or sold by other underwriters in the United States. ICBC Bank shall offer and sell the Securities constituting part of its allotment solely outside the United States.

Karen Wang, Esq., Senior Vice President – Corporate Securities Issuance Legal of the Company, is counsel to the Company. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP is special tax counsel to the Company and counsel to the Underwriters.

Please accept this offer no later than 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on February 6, 2024 by signing a copy of this Terms Agreement in the space set forth below and returning the signed copy to us, or by sending us a written acceptance in the following form:

 

 

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“We hereby accept your offer, set forth in the Terms Agreement, dated February 6, 2024, to purchase the Securities on the terms set forth therein.”

 

Very truly yours,
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., on behalf of the Underwriters named herein
By:  

/s/ Adam D. Bordner

  Name: Adam D. Bordner
  Title: Managing Director

 

ACCEPTED:
CITIGROUP INC.
By:  

/s/ Elissa Steinberg

 

Name: Elissa Steinberg

Title: Assistant Treasurer


ANNEX A

 

Name of Underwriter

   Principal
Amount
of Securities
 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

   $ 1,758,750,000  

ANZ Securities, Inc.

   $ 15,000,000  

Barclays Capital Inc.

   $ 15,000,000  

BBVA Securities Inc.

   $ 15,000,000  

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

   $ 15,000,000  

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

   $ 15,000,000  

Capital One Securities, Inc.

   $ 15,000,000  

CIBC World Markets Corp.

   $ 15,000,000  

Danske Markets Inc.

   $ 15,000,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

   $ 15,000,000  

DZ Financial Markets LLC

   $ 15,000,000  

Fifth Third Securities, Inc.

   $ 15,000,000  

Intesa Sanpaolo IMI Securities Corp.

   $ 15,000,000  

Lloyds Securities Inc.

   $ 15,000,000  

Mediobanca—Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A.

   $ 15,000,000  

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

   $ 15,000,000  

Natixis Securities Americas LLC

   $ 15,000,000  

Netrex Capital Markets, LLC

   $ 15,000,000  

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

   $ 15,000,000  

PNC Capital Markets LLC

   $ 15,000,000  

Rabo Securities USA, Inc.

   $ 15,000,000  

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

   $ 15,000,000  

Santander US Capital Markets LLC

   $ 15,000,000  

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

   $ 15,000,000  

SG Americas Securities, LLC

   $ 15,000,000  

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

   $ 15,000,000  

Standard Chartered Bank

   $ 15,000,000  

TD Securities (USA) LLC

   $ 15,000,000  

Truist Securities, Inc.

   $ 15,000,000  

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

   $ 15,000,000  

ABN AMRO Capital Markets (USA) LLC

   $ 8,750,000  

Bancroft Capital, LLC

   $ 8,750,000  

Bank of China Limited, London Branch

   $ 8,750,000  

CaixaBank S.A.

   $ 8,750,000  

Citizens JMP Securities, LLC

   $ 8,750,000  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

   $ 8,750,000  


Desjardins Securities Inc.

   $ 8,750,000  

Drexel Hamilton, LLC

   $ 8,750,000  

Erste Group Bank AG

   $ 8,750,000  

Falcon Square Capital, LLC

   $ 8,750,000  

Great Pacific Securities

   $ 8,750,000  

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

   $ 8,750,000  

Huntington Securities, Inc.

   $ 8,750,000  

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited

   $ 8,750,000  

ING Financial Markets LLC

   $ 8,750,000  

KBC Securities USA LLC

   $ 8,750,000  

KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

   $ 8,750,000  

M&T Securities, Inc.

   $ 8,750,000  

MFR Securities, Inc.

   $ 8,750,000  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

   $ 8,750,000  

nabSecurities, LLC

   $ 8,750,000  

National Bank of Canada Financial Inc.

   $ 8,750,000  

NatWest Markets Securities Inc.

   $ 8,750,000  

Nordea Bank Abp

   $ 8,750,000  

RB International Markets (USA) LLC

   $ 8,750,000  

Regions Securities LLC

   $ 8,750,000  

San Blas Securities, LLC

   $ 8,750,000  

Security Capital Brokerage, Inc.

   $ 8,750,000  

Stern Brothers & Co.

   $ 8,750,000  

Swedbank AB (publ)

   $ 8,750,000  

Telsey Advisory Group LLC

   $ 8,750,000  

UBS Securities LLC

   $ 8,750,000  

UniCredit Capital Markets LLC

   $ 8,750,000  

United Overseas Bank Limited

   $ 8,750,000  

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

   $ 8,750,000  

Total

   $ 2,500,000,000  


ANNEX B

CITIGROUP INC.

$2,500,000,000

5.827% FIXED RATE / FLOATING RATE CALLABLE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2035

 

 

Terms and Conditions

 

Issuer:    Citigroup Inc.
Ratings*:    [Omitted]
Ranking:    Subordinated. See “Subordination” below.
Trade Date:    February 6, 2024
Settlement Date:    February 13, 2024 (T+5 days)
Maturity:    February 13, 2035
Par Amount:    $2,500,000,000
Treasury Benchmark:    4.500% due November 15, 2033
Treasury Price:    $103-12
Treasury Yield:    4.077%
Re-offer Spread to Benchmark:    T10+175 bp
Re-offer Yield:    5.827%
Fixed Rate Coupon:    5.827% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears on each February 13 and August 13, beginning on August 13, 2024, from, and including, the Settlement Date to, but excluding, February 13, 2034 (the “fixed rate period”). Following business day convention during the fixed rate period. Business days during fixed rate period New York.
Floating Rate Coupon:    From, and including, February 13, 2034 (the “floating rate period”), an annual floating rate equal to SOFR (as defined in the Issuer’s base prospectus dated March 7, 2023 (the “Prospectus”) and compounding daily over each interest period as described in the Prospectus) plus 2.056%, payable quarterly in arrears, on the second business day following each interest period end date, beginning on May 16, 2034 and ending at Maturity or any earlier redemption date. An “interest period end date” means the 13th of each February, May, August and November, beginning on May 13, 2034 and ending at Maturity or any earlier redemption date.
Public Offering Price:    100.000%
Net Proceeds to Citigroup:    $2,488,750,000 (before expenses)
Day Count:    30/360 during the fixed rate period, Actual/360 during the floating rate period
Defeasance:    Applicable. Provisions of Sections 11.02 and 11.03 of the Indenture apply
Redemption at Issuer Option:   

We may redeem the subordinated notes, at our option, (i) in whole, but not in part, on February 13, 2034, or (ii) in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on or after January 13, 2035 at a redemption price equal to the sum of 100% of the principal amount of the subordinated notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

SOFR for each calendar day from, and including, the Rate Cut-Off Date to, but excluding, the redemption date will equal SOFR in respect of the Rate Cut-Off Date.

Rate Cut-Off Date:    The second U.S. Government Securities Business Day prior to a redemption date and Maturity.
Redemption for Tax Purposes:    We may redeem the subordinated notes, at our option, in whole at any time, but not in part at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the subordinated notes plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the date of redemption, if, as a result of changes in U.S. tax law, withholding tax or information reporting requirements are imposed on payments on the subordinated notes to non-U.S. persons.
Subordination:    The subordinated notes will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to Citigroup’s Senior Indebtedness as defined in “Description of Debt Securities – Subordinated Debt” in the Prospectus.
Sinking Fund:    Not applicable


Minimum Denominations/Multiples:    $1,000 / multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof
CUSIP:    172967 PG0
ISIN:    US172967PG03
Sole Book Manager    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Senior Co-Managers   

ANZ Securities, Inc.

Barclays Capital Inc.

BBVA Securities Inc.

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

Capital One Securities, Inc.

CIBC World Markets Corp.

Danske Markets Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

DZ Financial Markets LLC

Fifth Third Securities, Inc.

Intesa Sanpaolo IMI Securities Corp.

Lloyds Securities Inc.

Mediobanca—Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A.

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

Natixis Securities Americas LLC

Netrex Capital Markets, LLC

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

PNC Capital Markets LLC

Rabo Securities USA, Inc.

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

Santander US Capital Markets LLC

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

SG Americas Securities, LLC

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

Standard Chartered Bank

TD Securities (USA) LLC

Truist Securities, Inc.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.


Junior Co-Managers   

ABN AMRO Capital Markets (USA) LLC

Bancroft Capital, LLC

Bank of China Limited, London Branch

CaixaBank S.A.

Citizens JMP Securities, LLC

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Desjardins Securities Inc.

Drexel Hamilton, LLC

Erste Group Bank AG

Falcon Square Capital, LLC

Great Pacific Securities

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

Huntington Securities, Inc.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited

ING Financial Markets LLC

KBC Securities USA LLC

KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

M&T Securities, Inc.

MFR Securities, Inc.

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

nabSecurities, LLC

National Bank of Canada Financial Inc.

NatWest Markets Securities Inc.

Nordea Bank Abp

RB International Markets (USA) LLC

Regions Securities LLC

San Blas Securities, LLC

Security Capital Brokerage, Inc.

Stern Brothers & Co.

Swedbank AB (publ)

Telsey Advisory Group LLC

UBS Securities LLC

UniCredit Capital Markets LLC

United Overseas Bank Limited

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

 

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Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

Citigroup Inc. has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in the registration statement and the other documents Citigroup has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Citigroup and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. The file number for Citigroup’s registration statement is No. 333-270327. Alternatively, you can request the prospectus by calling toll-free in the United States 1-800-831-9146.

EX-4.01 3 d787806dex401.htm EX-4.01 EX-4.01

Exhibit 4.01

This Subordinated Note is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depository named below or a nominee of the Depository. This Subordinated Note is not exchangeable for Subordinated Notes registered in the name of a Person other than the Depository or its nominee except in the limited circumstances described herein and in the Indenture, and no transfer of this Subordinated Note (other than a transfer of this Subordinated Note as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository) may be registered except in the limited circumstances described herein.

Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (the “Depository”), to Citigroup Inc. or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued in respect thereof is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depository (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depository), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

The Subordinated Notes are not savings accounts or deposits but are unsecured obligations of Citigroup Inc. The Subordinated Notes are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any other federal agency or instrumentality.

CITIGROUP INC.

5.827% Fixed Rate / Floating Rate Callable Subordinated Notes due February 13, 2035

 

REGISTERED

   REGISTERED
   CUSIP: 172967 PG0
   ISIN: US172967PG03

No. R-00*

   $

CITIGROUP INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[ ] on February 13, 2035 (the “Maturity Date”) and to pay interest thereon from and including February 13, 2024 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. The Company shall pay interest (i) from February 13, 2024 to, but excluding, February 13, 2034 (the “Fixed Rate Period”) at a fixed rate of 5.827% per annum semi-annually, on February 13th and August 13th of each year (each such date, a “Fixed Rate Period Interest Payment Date”), commencing August 13, 2024 and (ii) from, and including, February 13, 2034 (the “Floating Rate Period”), at an annual rate equal to Compounded SOFR (and defined on the reverse hereof) plus 2.056% quarterly, on the second business day following each Interest Period End Date (each such business day, a “Floating Rate Period Interest Payment Date” and together with any Fixed Rate Period Payment Date, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing May 16, 2034, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment and provided that the Interest Payment Date with respect to the final Interest Period will be a redemption date or the Maturity Date.


An Interest Period End Date is the 13th of each February, May, August, and November, beginning on May 13, 2034 and ending on a redemption date or the Maturity Date. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Subordinated Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest, which shall be the Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the holder on such Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Subordinated Note is registered at the close of business on a subsequent Record Date, such subsequent Record Date to be not less than five days prior to the date of payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to holders of Subordinated Notes of this series not less than fifteen days prior to such subsequent Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Subordinated Notes of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

During the Fixed Rate Period, interest hereon will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months, and an Interest Period shall be the period from and including an Interest Payment Date (or February 13, 2024 in the case of the first Interest Period) to and including the day immediately preceding the next Interest Payment Date. During the Fixed Rate Period, if an Interest Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date will be the next succeeding Business Day, and no further interest will accrue in respect of such postponement. For these purposes, “Business Day” means any day on which commercial banks settle payments and are open for general business in The City of New York.

During the Floating Rate Period, interest hereon will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in an interest period and a 360-day year, and an Interest Period shall be the period from and including an Interest Period End Date (or February 13, 2034 in the case of the first Interest Period during the Floating Rate Period) to, but excluding, the next succeeding Interest Period End Date; provided that the Interest Period following an election by the Company to redeem the Subordinated Notes and the final Interest Period will be the period from, and including, the immediately preceding Interest Period End Date to, but excluding, the redemption date or the Maturity Date; and provided further that SOFR for each calendar day from, and including, the Rate Cut-Off Date (as defined on the reverse hereof) to, but excluding, the redemption date or the Maturity Date will equal SOFR in respect of the Rate Cut-Off Date. In the event that any Interest Period End Date (other than a redemption date or the Maturity Date) is not a Business Day, then such date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day, unless that day falls in the next calendar month, in which case the interest period end date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. For these purposes, “Business Day” means any day on which commercial banks settle payments and are open for general business in The City of New York and a U.S. Government Securities Business Day (as defined on the reverse hereof)


Dollar amounts resulting from such calculations will be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward. In the event that the Maturity Date or a redemption date is not a Business Day, then such date will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day, and no further interest will accrue with respect to such postponement. No interest will accrue on any amounts payable for the period from and after the due date for payment of such principal or interest.

Payment of the principal of and interest on this Subordinated Note will be made at the office or agency of the paying agent maintained for that purpose in The City of New York.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Subordinated Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or by an authenticating agent on behalf of the Trustee by manual signature, this Subordinated Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

Dated: February 13, 2024

 

CITIGROUP INC.

By: _______________________

 

ATTEST:

By: _________________


This is one of the Notes of the series issued under the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: February 13, 2024

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee
By:_________________________________
-or-

CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Authenticating Agent

By:_________________________________


This Subordinated Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company (the “Subordinated Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under the subordinated debt indenture, dated as of April 12, 2001 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (as successor to J.P. Morgan Trust Company, N.A. and Bank One Trust Company, N.A.), as trustee (the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Subordinated Notes and of the terms upon which the Subordinated Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Subordinated Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited in aggregate principal to $2,500,000,000.

During the Floating Rate Period, this Subordinated Note will bear interest for each Interest Period at a rate determined by Citibank, N.A., London Branch, acting as Calculation Agent. The interest rate on this Subordinated Note for a particular Interest Period during the Floating Rate Period will be a per annum rate equal to Compounded SOFR (as defined below) plus 2.056%. Interest during the Floating Rate Period will be calculated by multiplying the principal amount of the Subordinated Notes by the product of (i) Compounded SOFR plus 2.056% multiplied by (ii) the quotient of actual number of calendar days in such interest period divided by 360; provided that in no event will the interest payable on the Subordinated Notes be less than zero. Promptly upon determination, the Calculation Agent will inform the Trustee and the Company of the interest rate for the next Interest Period. Absent manifest error, the determination of the interest rate by the Calculation Agent shall be binding and conclusive on the holders of Subordinated Notes, the Trustee and the Company.

For the purposes of calculating interest with respect to any Interest Period during the Floating Rate Period:

“Compounded SOFR” means a rate of return of a daily compounded interest investment calculated in accordance with the formula below, with the resulting percentage being rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point (0.00000005 being rounded upwards):

 

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where

“do”, for any Interest Period, is the number of U.S. Government Securities Business Days in the relevant Interest Period.

“i” is a series of whole numbers from one to do, each representing the relevant U.S. Government Securities Business Days in chronological order from, and including, the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day in the relevant Interest Period.

“SOFRi”, for any day “i” in the relevant Interest Period, is a reference rate equal to SOFR in respect of that day.


“ni”, for any day “i” in the relevant Interest Period, is the number of calendar days from, and including, such U.S. Government Securities Business Day “i” to, but excluding, the following U.S. Government Securities Business Day.

“d” is the number of calendar days in the relevant Interest Period.

“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in U.S. government securities.

“SOFR” means, with respect to any day, the rate determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance with the following provisions:

(B) (1) the Secured Overnight Financing Rate for trades made on such day that appears at approximately 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the NY Federal Reserve’s Website on the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately following such day (“SOFR Determination Time”); or

(2) if the rate specified in (1) above does not so appear, unless a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred as described in (3) below, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate published on the NY Federal Reserve’s Website for the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which the Secured Overnight Financing Rate was published on the NY Federal Reserve’s Website; or

(3) if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the relevant interest period end date, the Calculation Agent will use the Benchmark Replacement to determine the rate and for all other purposes relating to the Subordinated Notes.

In connection with the Compounded SOFR definition above, the following definitions apply:

“Benchmark” means, initially, Compounded SOFR; provided that if the Company (or one of its affiliates) determines that on or prior to the Reference Time that a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to Compounded SOFR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement.

“Benchmark Replacement” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by Citigroup (or one of its affiliates) as of the Benchmark Replacement Date:

(B) (1) the sum of: (a) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; or


(2) the sum of: (a) the ISDA Fallback Rate and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; or (3) the sum of: (a) the alternate rate of interest that has been selected by the Company (or one of its affiliates) as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark giving due consideration to any industry-accepted rate of interest as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated floating rate notes at such time and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Company (or one of its affiliates) as of the Benchmark Replacement Date:

(B) (1) the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement;

(2) if the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement is equivalent to the ISDA Fallback Rate, then the ISDA Fallback Adjustment;

(3) the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Company (or one of its affiliates) giving due consideration to any industry-accepted spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the then-current Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated floating rate notes at such time.

“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes that the Company (or one of its affiliates) decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption of such Benchmark Replacement in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Company (or such affiliate) decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Company (or such affiliate) determines that no market practice for use of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner as the Company (or such affiliate) determines is reasonably necessary).

“Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of the Benchmark permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide the Benchmark; or

(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.

For the avoidance of doubt, if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination.


“Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(B) (1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the Benchmark announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark;

(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Benchmark, the central bank for the currency of the Benchmark, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the Benchmark or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the Benchmark, which states that the administrator of the Benchmark has ceased or will cease to provide the Benchmark permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the Benchmark; or

(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the Benchmark announcing that the Benchmark is no longer representative.

“Business Day” means any weekday that is not a legal holiday in New York City and is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or required by law or regulation to be closed and is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.

“ISDA” means the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto.

“ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by ISDA, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time.

“ISDA Fallback Adjustment” means the spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be determined upon the occurrence of an index cessation event with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor.

“ISDA Fallback Rate” means the rate that would apply for derivatives transactions referencing the ISDA Definitions to be effective upon the occurrence of an index cessation date with respect to the Benchmark for the applicable tenor excluding the applicable ISDA Fallback Adjustment.

“NY Federal Reserve” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

“NY Federal Reserve’s Website” means the website of the NY Federal Reserve, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor website of the NY Federal Reserve or the website of any successor administrator of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate.

“Rate Cut-Off Date” means the second U.S. Government Securities Business Day prior to a redemption date or the Maturity Date.


“Reference Time” with respect to any determination of the Benchmark means (1) if the Benchmark is Compounded SOFR, the SOFR Determination Time and (2) if the Benchmark is not Compounded SOFR, the time determined by Citigroup (or one of its affiliates) in accordance with the Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.

“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NY Federal Reserve, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NY Federal Reserve or any successor thereto.

“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

Upon request from any Noteholder, the Calculation Agent will provide the interest rate in effect on this Subordinated Note for the current Interest Period during the Floating Rate Period and, if it has been determined, the interest rate to be in effect for the next Interest Period during the Floating Rate Period.

The Company covenants and agrees that the indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated Notes is subordinate and junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness to the extent provided in the Indenture, and each holder of Subordinated Notes, by his or her acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees to the subordination provided in the Indenture (including Article Fourteen thereof) and shall be bound by the provisions thereof.

“Senior Indebtedness” means:

 

  (B)

(1) the principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of (A) indebtedness for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by securities, notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments issued by the Company, including all indebtedness (whether now or hereafter outstanding) issued under (i) an indenture dated November 13, 2013 between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as the same has been or may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (ii) an indenture dated March 15, 1987, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor trustee, as the same has been or may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time;

(2) all capital lease obligations of the Company;

(3) all obligations of the Company issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of the Company and all obligations of the Company under any conditional sale or title retention agreement, but excluding trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business;

(4) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of the Company in respect of any letters of credit, bankers acceptances, security purchase facilities or similar credit transactions;

(5) all obligations of the Company in respect of interest rate swap, cap or other agreements, interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts or other similar agreements; (6) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above of other persons for the payment which the Company is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or otherwise; and


(7) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (6) above of other persons secured by any lien on any property or asset of the Company, whether or not such obligation is assumed by the Company; except that Senior Indebtedness does not include:

(A) any other indebtedness issued under the Indenture;

(B) all indebtedness (whether now or hereafter outstanding) issued to a Citigroup Trust under (i) the indenture, dated as of October 7, 1996, between Citigroup and The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee, as the same has been or may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time and (ii) the indenture, dated as of July 23, 2004, between Citigroup and The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee, as the same has been or may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time (collectively, the “junior subordinated debt indentures”);

(C) any guarantee in respect of any preferred securities, capital securities or preference stock of a Citigroup Trust; or

(D) any indebtedness or any guarantee that is by its terms subordinated to, or ranks equally with, the Subordinated Notes and the issuance of which (x) has received the concurrence or approval of the staff of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or the staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or (y) does not at the time of issuance prevent the Subordinated Notes from qualifying for Tier 2 capital treatment (irrespective of any limits on the amount of the Company’s Tier 2 capital) under the applicable capital adequacy guidelines, regulations, policies or published interpretations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any applicable concurrence or approval of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or its staff.

“Citigroup Trust” means each of Citigroup Capital III and Citigroup Capital XIII, each a Delaware statutory trust, or any other similar trust created for the purpose of issuing preferred securities in connection with the issuances of junior subordinated notes under the junior subordinated debt indentures.

In the event that the Company shall default in the payment of any principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Senior Indebtedness when the same becomes due and payable after any applicable grace period, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise, then, unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, no direct or indirect payment (in cash, property, securities, by set-off or otherwise) shall be made or agreed to be made on account of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated Notes, or in respect of any redemption, retirement or other acquisition of any of the Subordinated Notes, except that holders of Subordinated Notes may receive and retain (x) securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent provided in these subordination provisions with respect to the indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated Notes, to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding and to any securities issued in respect thereof under any such plan of reorganization or readjustment and (y) payments made from a defeasance trust created pursuant to Article Eleven of the Indenture.


In the event of:

(i) any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, readjustment, composition or other similar proceeding relating to the Company, its creditors or its property,

(ii) any proceeding for liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the Company, voluntary or involuntary, whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings,

(iii) any assignment by the Company for the benefit of creditors, or

(iv) any other marshalling of the assets of the Company,

all Senior Indebtedness (including any interest thereon accruing after the commencement of any such proceedings) shall first be paid in full before any payment or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be made to any Holder of any of the Subordinated Notes on account thereof (except as provided in the next sentence). Any payment or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than (x) securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent provided in these subordination provisions with respect to the indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated Notes, to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding and to any securities issued in respect thereof under any such plan of reorganization or readjustment and (y) payments made from a defeasance trust created pursuant to Article Eleven of the Indenture), which would otherwise (but for these subordination provisions) be payable or deliverable in respect of the Subordinated Notes shall be paid or delivered directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders until all Senior Indebtedness (including any interest thereon accruing after the commencement of any such proceedings) shall have been paid in full.

If an event of default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to Subordinated Notes of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Subordinated Notes of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Subordinated Note upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in Article Eleven thereof, which provisions apply to this Subordinated Note.


The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, without the consent of the holders of Securities, to establish, among other things, the form and terms of any series of Securities issuable thereunder by one or more supplemental indentures, and, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority of the principal amount of Securities at the time Outstanding which are affected thereby, to modify the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or the rights of the holders of Securities of such series to be affected, provided that no such modification shall, without the consent of the holder of each Outstanding Security so affected, (x) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium thereon, or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption on or after the Redemption Date) or modify the provisions of the Indenture with respect to the subordination of the Securities in a manner adverse to the Securityholders or (y) reduce the aforesaid percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of the holders of which is required for any supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose holders is required for any waiver provided for in the Indenture, or (z) modify certain other provisions of the Indenture, as set forth in Section 13.02 of the Indenture.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Subordinated Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Subordinated Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

This Subordinated Note is a Global Security registered in the name of a nominee of the Depository. This Subordinated Note is exchangeable for Subordinated Notes registered in the name of a person other than the Depository or its nominee only in the limited circumstances hereinafter described. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for definitive Subordinated Notes in certificated form, this Subordinated Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository.

The Subordinated Notes represented by this Global Security are exchangeable for definitive Subordinated Notes in certificated form of like tenor as such Subordinated Notes in denominations of $1,000 and whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof only if (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for the Notes and the Company is unable to appoint a successor depository or (ii) the Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or (iii) the Company in its sole discretion decides to allow the Subordinated Notes to be exchanged for definitive Subordinated Notes in registered form. Any Subordinated Notes that are exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence are exchangeable for certificated Subordinated Notes issuable in authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Depository shall direct. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of definitive Subordinated Notes in certificated form is registrable in the register maintained by the Company in The City of New York for such purpose, upon surrender of the definitive Subordinated Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the registrar, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the registrar duly executed by, the holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Subordinated Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. Subject to the foregoing, this Subordinated Note is not exchangeable, except for a Global Security or Global Securities of this issue of the same principal amount to be registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee.


No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Subordinated Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Subordinated Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Subordinated Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The Company will pay additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) to the beneficial owner of any Subordinated Note that is a non-United States person in order to ensure that every net payment on such Subordinated Note will not be less, due to payment of U.S. withholding tax, than the amount then due and payable. For this purpose, a “net payment” on a Subordinated Note means a payment by the Company or a paying agent, including payment of principal and interest, after deduction for any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge of the United States. These Additional Amounts will constitute additional interest on the Subordinated Note.

The Company will not be required to pay Additional Amounts, however, in any of the circumstances described in items (1) through (13) below.

(1) Additional Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a Subordinated Note is reduced as a result of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld solely by reason of the beneficial owner:

 

  (a)

having a relationship with the United States as a citizen, resident or otherwise;

 

  (b)

having had such a relationship in the past; or

 

  (c)

being considered as having had such a relationship.

(2) Additional Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a Subordinated Note is reduced as a result of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld solely by reason of the beneficial owner:

 

  (a)

being treated as present in or engaged in a trade or business in the United States;

 

  (b)

being treated as having been present in or engaged in a trade or business in the United States in the past; or

 

  (c)

having or having had a permanent establishment in the United States.

(3) Additional Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a Subordinated Note is reduced as a result of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld in whole or in part by reason of the beneficial owner being or having been any of the following (as such terms are defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended):

 

  (a)

personal holding company;

 

  (b)

foreign private foundation or other foreign tax-exempt organization;


  (c)

passive foreign investment company;

 

  (d)

controlled foreign corporation; or

 

  (e)

corporation which has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income tax.

(4) Additional Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a Subordinated Note is reduced as a result of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld solely by reason of the beneficial owner owning or having owned, actually or constructively, 10 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company entitled to vote or by reason of the beneficial owner being a bank that has invested in a Subordinated Note as an extension of credit in the ordinary course of its trade or business.

For purposes of items (1) through (4) above, “beneficial owner” means a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of the holder if the holder is an estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, corporation or other entity, or a person holding a power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary holder.

(5) Additional Amounts will not be payable to any beneficial owner of a Subordinated Note that is a:

 

  (a)

fiduciary;

 

  (b)

partnership;

 

  (c)

limited liability company; or

 

  (d)

other fiscally transparent entity

or that is not the sole beneficial owner of the Subordinated Note, or any portion of the Subordinated Note. However, this exception to the obligation to pay Additional Amounts will only apply to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor in relation to the fiduciary, or a beneficial owner or member of the partnership, limited liability company or other fiscally transparent entity, would not have been entitled to the payment of an Additional Amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment.

(6) Additional Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a Subordinated Note is reduced as a result of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld solely by reason of the failure of the beneficial owner or any other person to comply with applicable certification, identification, documentation or other information reporting requirements. This exception to the obligation to pay Additional Amounts will only apply if compliance with such reporting requirements is required by statute or regulation of the United States or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the United States is a party as a precondition to exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge.

(7) Additional Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a Subordinated Note is reduced as a result of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is collected or imposed by any method other than by withholding from a payment on a Subordinated Note by the Company or a paying agent.

(8) Additional Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a Subordinated Note is reduced as a result of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason of a change in law, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective more than 15 days after the payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later.


(9) Additional Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a Subordinated Note is reduced as a result of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason of the presentation by the beneficial owner of a Subordinated Note for payment more than 30 days after the date on which such payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later.

(10) Additional Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a Subordinated Note is reduced as a result of any:

 

  (a)

estate tax;

 

  (b)

inheritance tax;

 

  (c)

gift tax;

 

  (d)

sales tax;

 

  (e)

excise tax;

 

  (f)

transfer tax;

 

  (g)

wealth tax;

 

  (h)

personal property tax; or

 

  (i)

any similar tax, assessment, withholding, deduction or other governmental charge.

(11) Additional Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a Subordinated Note is reduced as a result of any tax, assessment, or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any paying agent from a payment of principal or interest on a Subordinated Note if such payment can be made without such withholding by any other paying agent.

(12) Additional Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a Subordinated Note is reduced as a result of any withholding, deduction, tax, duty assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for a failure by the holder or beneficial owner of a Subordinated Note (or any financial institution through which the holder or beneficial owner holds the Subordinated Note or through which payment on the Subordinated Note is made) to take any action (including entering into an agreement with the Internal Revenue Service, or a governmental authority of another jurisdiction if the holder is entitled to the benefits of an intergovernmental agreement between that jurisdiction and the United States) or to comply with any applicable certification, documentation, information or other reporting requirement or agreement concerning accounts maintained by the holder or beneficial owner (or any such financial institution), or concerning ownership of the holder or beneficial owner, or any substantially similar requirement or agreement.

(13) Additional Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a Subordinated Note is reduced as a result of any combination of items (1) through (12) above.

Except as specifically provided herein, the Company will not be required to make any payment of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by any government or a political subdivision or taxing authority of such government.

As used in this Subordinated Note, “United States person” means:

 

  (a)

any individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;

 

  (b)

any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof;


  (c)

any estate if the income of such estate falls within the federal income tax jurisdiction of the United States regardless of the source of such income; and

 

  (d)

any trust if (i) a United States court is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all of the substantial decisions of the trust; or (ii) it has a valid election in effect under applicable United States Treasury regulations to be treated as a United States person.

Additionally, “non-United States person” means a person who is not a United States person, and “United States” means the states of the United States of America and the District of Columbia, but excluding its territories and its possessions.

Except as provided below, the Subordinated Notes may not be redeemed prior to maturity.

 

  (1)

The Company may, at its option, redeem the Subordinated Notes if:

 

  (a)

the Company becomes or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts as described above;

 

  (b)

the obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises as a result of any change in the laws, regulations or rulings of the United States, or an official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which change is announced or becomes effective on or after February 6, 2024; and

 

  (c)

the Company determines, in its business judgment, that the obligation to pay such Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to it, other than substituting the obligor under the Subordinated Notes or taking any action that would entail a material cost to the Company.

 

  (2)

The Company may also redeem the Subordinated Notes, at its option, if:

 

  (a)

any act is taken by a taxing authority of the United States on or after February 6, 2024 whether or not such act is taken in relation to the Company or any subsidiary, that results in a substantial probability that the Company will or may be required to pay Additional Amounts as described above;

 

  (b)

the Company determines, in its business judgment, that the obligation to pay such Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to it, other than substituting the obligor under the Subordinated Notes or taking any action that would entail a material cost to the Company; and

 

  (c)

the Company receives an opinion of independent counsel to the effect that an act taken by a taxing authority of the United States results in a substantial probability that the Company will or may be required to pay the Additional Amounts described above, and delivers to the Trustee a certificate, signed by a duly authorized officer, stating that based on such opinion the Company is entitled to redeem the Subordinated Notes pursuant to their terms.

Any redemption of the Subordinated Notes as set forth in clauses (1) or (2) above shall be in whole,

and not in part, and will be made at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the

Subordinated Notes Outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption.


  (3)

The Company may also redeem the Subordinated Notes, at its option, (i) in whole, but not in part, on February 13, 2034, or (ii) in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on or after January 13, 2035 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Subordinated Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

Holders shall be given not less than 15 days’ nor more than 60 days’ prior notice by the Trustee of the date fixed for such redemption described in (1) and (2) above. Holders shall be given not less than 5 days’ nor more than 30 days’ prior notice by the Trustee of the date fixed for such redemption described in (3) and (4) above.

All terms used in this Subordinated Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. The Subordinated Notes are governed by the laws of the State of New York.


Schedule 1

Redemptions and Amount of Securities

 

Date of partial redemption

 

Aggregate principal
amount of Securities then
redeemed

 

Remaining
principal amount
of this Global
Security

  

Authorized Signature

EX-5.01 4 d787806dex501.htm EX-5.01 EX-5.01

Exhibit 5.01

February 13, 2024

Citigroup Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am a Senior Vice President—Corporate Securities Issuance of Citigroup Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). I refer to the offering of $2,500,000,000 5.827% Fixed Rate / Floating Rate Callable Subordinated Notes due February 13, 2035 of the Company (the “Securities”) pursuant to the registration statement on Form S-3ASR (No. 333-270327) and the prospectus dated March 7, 2023, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated February 6, 2024 (together, the “Prospectus”). The Securities were issued pursuant to the subordinated debt indenture dated as of April 12, 2001, as amended (the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor trustee.

I have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments and have conducted such other investigations of fact and law as I have deemed necessary or advisable for the purposes of this opinion. In such examination, I have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures (other than those of officers of the Company), the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to me as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the original of such copies.

Upon the basis of the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the Securities have been validly authorized and are validly issued and outstanding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).


Citigroup Inc.

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My opinion is limited to matters governed by the Federal laws of the United States of America, the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (including the applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and the reported judicial decisions interpreting the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and such applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution). I am not admitted to the practice of law in the State of Delaware.

I consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.01 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 13, 2024 and to the reference to my name in the Prospectus under the heading “Legal Matters.” In giving such consent, I do not thereby admit that I come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Karen Wang
Name: Karen Wang
Title: Senior Vice President—
Corporate Securities Issuance Legal

Exhibit 99.01
Citigroup Inc. securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
 
Title of each class
  
Ticker
Symbol(s)
  
Title for iXBRL
  
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share    C   
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
  
New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing 1/1,000th interest in a share of 7.125% Fixed/Floating Rate Noncumulative Preferred Stock, Series J    C Pr J   
Dep Shs, represent 1/1,000th interest in a share of 7.125% Fix/Float Rate Noncum Pref Stk, Ser J
  
New York Stock Exchange
7.625% Trust Preferred Securities of Citigroup Capital III (and registrant’s guaranty with respect thereto)    C/36Y   
7.625% TRUPs of Cap III (and registrant’s guaranty)
  
New York Stock Exchange
7.875% Fixed Rate / Floating Rate Trust Preferred Securities (TruPS
®
) of Citigroup Capital XIII (and registrant’s guaranty with respect thereto)
   C N   
7.875% FXD / FRN TruPS of Cap XIII (and registrant’s guaranty)
  
New York Stock Exchange
Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series N, Callable
Step-Up
Coupon Notes Due March 31, 2036 of CGMHI (and registrant’s guaranty with respect thereto)
   C/36A   
MTN, Series N, Callable
Step-Up
Coupon Notes Due Mar 2036 of CGMHI (and registrant’s guaranty)
  
New York Stock Exchange
Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series N, Callable
Step-Up
Coupon Notes Due February 26, 2036 of CGMHI (and registrant’s guaranty with respect thereto)
   C/36   
MTN, Series N, Callable
Step-Up
Coupon Notes Due Feb 2036 of CGMHI (and registrant’s guaranty)
  
New York Stock Exchange
Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series N, Callable Fixed Rate Notes Due December 18, 2035 of CGMHI (and registrant’s guaranty with respect thereto)    C/35   
MTN, Series N, Callable Fixed Rate Notes Due Dec 2035 of CGMHI (and registrant’s guaranty)
  
New York Stock Exchange
Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series N, Floating Rate Notes Due April 26, 2028 of CGMHI (and registrant’s guaranty with respect thereto)    C/28   
MTN, Series N, Floating Rate Notes Due Apr 26, 2028 of CGMHI (and registrant’s guaranty)
  
New York Stock Exchange
Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series N, Floating Rate Notes Due September 17, 2026 of CGMHI (and registrant’s guaranty with respect thereto)    C/26   
MTN, Series N, Floating Rate Notes Due Sept 2026 of CGMHI (and registrant’s guaranty)
  
New York Stock Exchange
Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series N, Floating Rate Notes Due September 15, 2028 of CGMHI (and registrant’s guaranty with respect thereto)    C/28A   
MTN, Series N, Floating Rate Notes Due Sept 2028 of CGMHI (and registrant’s guaranty)
  
New York Stock Exchange
 
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Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series N, Floating Rate Notes Due October 6, 2028 of CGMHI (and registrant’s guaranty with respect thereto)    C/28B   
MTN, Series N, Floating Rate Notes Due Oct 2028 of CGMHI (and registrant’s guaranty)
  
New York Stock Exchange
Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series N, Floating Rate Notes Due March 21, 2029 of CGMHI (and registrant’s guaranty with respect thereto)    C/29A   
MTN, Series N, Floating Rate Notes Due Mar 2029 of CGMHI (and registrant’s guaranty)
  
New York Stock Exchange
 
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