Citigroup Inc. (“ Citigroup”) today announced the commencement of offers to purchase for cash certain of its notes of the series set forth in the table below (each offer with respect to any series set forth in the table below, an “ Offer” and, collectively, the “ Offers”). We refer to our offer to purchase each series of Notes as an “Offer” and collectively as the “Offers.” The Notes have an aggregate principal amount outstanding of approximately $11.5 billion as of August 13, 2013. These Offers, currently totaling up to $ 3,070,000,000, are consistent with Citigroup’s liability management strategy, and reflect its ongoing efforts to enhance the efficiency of its funding and capital structure. Since the beginning of 2012, Citigroup has retired approximately US $25 billion of senior debt, subordinated debt, preferred and trust preferred securities, reducing Citigroup’s overall funding costs and efficiently deploying its ample liquidity. Citigroup will continue to consider opportunities to redeem or repurchase securities, based on several factors, including without limitation, the economic value, potential impact on Citigroup’s net interest margin and borrowing costs, the overall remaining tenor of Citigroup’s debt portfolio, as well as overall market conditions.
| Title of Security | CUSIP / ISIN | Exchange Listing | PrincipalAmountOutstanding | MaximumSeries TenderCap | ReferenceU.S. TreasurySecurity | BloombergReferencepage | FixedSpread(basispoints) | |||||||
| 6.375% Notes due 2014 | 172967 EY 3 / US172967EY38 | Luxembourg Stock Exchange | $2,325,450,000 | $510,000,000 | 0.500% Treasury due 08/15/2014 | FIT4 | 40 | |||||||
| 5.500% Notes due 2014 | 172967 EZ 0 / US172967EZ03 | Luxembourg Stock Exchange | $1,927,004,000 | $580,000,000 | 0.250% Treasury due 07/31/2015 | FIT1 | 45 | |||||||
| 6.010% Notes due 2015 | 172967 FA 4 / US172967FA43 | Luxembourg Stock Exchange | $1,693,491,000 | $275,000,000 | 0.250% Treasury due 07/31/2015 | FIT1 | 65 | |||||||
| 4.750% Notes due 2015 | 172967 FD 8/ US172967FD81172967 FJ 5/ USU172967FJ51U17406 GU 4/ USU17406GU47 | Luxembourg Stock Exchange | $2,185,809,000 | $655,000,000 | 0.250% Treasury due 07/31/2015 | FIT1 | 65 | |||||||
| 5.850% Notes due 2034 | 172967 CT 6 / US172967CT60 | Luxembourg Stock Exchange | $542,526,000 | $165,000,000 | 2.875% Treasury due 05/15/2043 | FIT1 | 120 | |||||||
| 5.875% Notes due 2037 | 172967 EC 1 / US172967 EC18 | Luxembourg Stock Exchange | $618,728,000 | $185,000,000 | 2.875% Treasury due 05/15/2043 | FIT1 | 125 | |||||||
| 6.875% Notes due 2038 | 172967 EP 2/ US172967 EP21 | Luxembourg Stock Exchange | $2,238,746,000 | $700,000,000 | 2.875% Treasury due 05/15/2043 | FIT1 | 130 | |||||||
Payment for Notes tendered prior to the Expiration Date and accepted for purchase will be made on the settlement date, which is anticipated to be September 16, 2013 (such date, unless the Offers are extended, the “ Settlement Date”). Payment for purchased Notes will include accrued and unpaid interest from, and including, the last interest payment date for the Notes up to, but not including the Settlement Date.
Subject to applicable law, Citigroup may increase the Maximum Series Tender Cap for one or more series of Notes at any time prior to the Settlement Date. Such increase need not be made equally or on a pro rata basis among the Maximum Series Tender Caps for all series of Notes. The obligation of Citigroup to accept for purchase, and to pay the Tender Offer Consideration or the Total Consideration, as the case may be, for Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Offers is subject to, and conditional upon, the satisfaction or, where applicable, waiver of a number of conditions described in the Offer to Purchase, including the condition that Holders validly tender an aggregate principal amount of each series of Notes equal to the Maximum Series Tender Cap applicable to each such series of Notes (the “ Minimum Tender Condition”). Citigroup reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to waive any one or more of the conditions, including the Minimum Tender Condition, at any time. Citigroup has retained its affiliate Citigroup Global Markets Inc. to serve as the dealer manager for the Offers. Global Bondholder Services Corporation has been retained to serve as the depositary and information agent with respect to the Notes. For additional information regarding the terms of the Offers, please contact Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at either (800) 558-3745 (toll free) or (212) 723-6106. Requests for documents and questions regarding the tender of Notes may be directed to Global Bondholder Services Corporation at (866) 807- 2200 (toll free) or (212) 430-3774 (collect).The Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal are expected to be distributed to holders of Notes and published on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange ( www.bourse.lu) beginning August 14, 2013. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal may also be obtained at no charge from Global Bondholder Services Corporation.
None of Citigroup, its boards of directors, the dealer manager, the depository or the information agent makes any recommendation as to whether any holder of the Notes should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of the principal amount of the Notes. This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation to buy any of these Notes nor is it a solicitation for acceptance of any of the Offers. Citigroup is making the Offers only by, and pursuant to the terms of, the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal. The Offers are not being made to (nor will tenders of Notes be accepted from or on behalf of) holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. This announcement must be read in conjunction with the Offer to Purchase and, where applicable, the related Letter of Transmittal. United Kingdom. The communication of the Offer to Purchase and any other documents or materials relating to the Offers is not being made and such documents and/or materials have not been approved by an authorized person for the purposes of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Accordingly, 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 communication of such documents and/or materials as a financial promotion is only being made to those persons in the United Kingdom falling within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “ Order”) or within Article 43(2) of the Order, or to other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated in accordance with the Order. Citigroup, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citigroup provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com. Certain statements in this release, including without limitation the anticipated consummation and successful completion of the Offers (including the satisfaction of the conditions described in the Offers to Purchase), the possible amendment, extension or abandonment of one or more of the Offers, and Citigroup’s successful execution of its liability management strategy, are “ forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from those included in these statements due to a variety of factors, including without limitation (i) the level of participation in the Offers, and (ii) the precautionary statements included in this release and those contained in Citigroup’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation the “Risk Factors” section of Citigroup’s 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K.