Delaware
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1-9924
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52-1568099
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(State
or other
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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jurisdiction
of
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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incorporation)
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399 Park Avenue, New York, New
York
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10043
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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o
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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o
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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o
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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o
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Item
9.01
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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(d)
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Exhibits:
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Exhibit
No
.
|
Description
|
|
Terms
Agreement, dated December 2, 2008, among Citigroup Inc. (the “Company”)
and the
underwriters named therein
, relating to the offer and sale of the
Company's 2.875% Notes due December 9,
2011.
|
|
Terms
Agreement, dated December 2, 2008, among the Company and the underwriters
named therein
, relating to the offer and sale of the Company's
Floating Rate Notes due December 9,
2010.
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|
Terms
Agreement, dated December 3, 2008, among the Company and the underwriter
named therein
, relating to the offer and sale of the Company's
Floating Rate Notes due December 9,
2010.
|
|
Terms
Agreement, dated December 2, 2008, among the Company and the underwriters
named therein
, relating to the offer and sale of the Company's
Floating Rate Notes due December 9,
2011.
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Form
of Note for the Company's 2.875% Notes due December 9,
2011.
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|
Form
of Note for the Company's Floating Rate Notes due December 9,
2010.
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Form
of Note for the Company's Floating Rate Notes due December 9,
2011.
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Fifth
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 9, 2008, between the Company
and The Bank of New York Mellon, as
trustee.
|
CITIGROUP INC. | |||
Date:
December 11, 2008
|
By:
|
/s/ Charles E. Wainhouse | |
Charles E. Wainhouse | |||
Assistant Treasurer | |||
Title:
|
2.875%
Senior Notes Due 2011
Guaranteed
under the FDIC’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
|
Maturity:
|
December
9, 2011
|
Interest
Rate:
|
2.875%
per annum
|
Interest
Payment Dates:
|
Semi-annually
on the 9th day of each June and December, commencing June 9,
2009
|
Initial
Price to Public:
|
99.752%
of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from
December 9, 2008
|
Redemption
Provisions:
|
The
Securities are not redeemable by the Company prior to Maturity, except
upon the occurrence of certain events involving United States taxation, as
set forth in the Prospectus dated March 2, 2006
|
Record
Date:
|
The
June 1
st
and December 1
st
preceding each Interest Payment
Date
|
|
(a)
|
the
proceeds of the sale of the Securities will not be used to prepay Company
debt that is not FDIC-guaranteed
debt;
|
(b)
|
payment
of all assessments associated with the Company’s participation in the TLGP
and the issuance of the Securities will be made within the time period and
in the manner required by 12 CFR Section
370.6;
|
|
(c)
|
notice
of the issuance of the Securities will be provided to the FDIC within five
(5) calendar days of the date of issuance, as required by 12 CFR
Section 370.6 and the FDIC’s Financial Institution Letter 139-2008;
and
|
|
(d)
|
the
Company will comply with all other procedures and requirements of the
TLGP.
|
|
(1)
|
to
an institutional investor (for corporations, under Section 274 of the SFA
)or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any
person pursuant to an offer that is made on terms that such shares,
debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or such
rights and interest in that trust are acquired at a consideration of not
less than $200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each
transaction, whether such amount is to be paid for in cash or by exchange
of securities or other assets, and further for corporations, in accordance
with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the
SFA;
|
|
(2)
|
where
no consideration is given for the transfer;
or
|
|
(3)
|
by
operation of law.
|
Very
truly yours,
|
|||
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., | |||
on behalf of the Underwriters named herein | |||
|
By:
|
/s/ Jack D. McSpadden, Jr. | |
Name: Jack D. McSpadden, Jr. | |||
Title: Managing Director | |||
By: |
/s/
Charles E. Wainhouse
|
|
|||
Charles
E. Wainhouse
|
|
||||
Assistant
Treasurer
|
|
Name of Underwriter
|
Principal Amount
of Securities
|
|||
Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.
|
$ | 2,634,375,000 | ||
Banc
of America Securities LLC
|
150,000,000 | |||
Goldman,
Sachs & Co.
|
150,000,000 | |||
Greenwich
Capital Markets, Inc.
|
150,000,000 | |||
J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc.
|
150,000,000 | |||
Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated
|
150,000,000 | |||
Barclays
Capital Inc.
|
28,125,000 | |||
Blaylock
Robert Van, LLC
|
28,125,000 | |||
BNP
Paribas Securities Corp.
|
28,125,000 | |||
Cabrera
Capital Markets, LLC
|
28,125,000 | |||
CastleOak
Securities L.P.
|
28,125,000 | |||
Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
|
28,125,000 | |||
Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc.
|
28,125,000 | |||
Loop
Capital Markets, LLC
|
28,125,000 | |||
RBC
Capital Markets Corporation
|
28,125,000 | |||
Muriel
Siebert & Co., Inc.
|
28,125,000 | |||
TD
Securities (USA) LLC
|
28,125,000 | |||
UBS
Securities LLC
|
28,125,000 | |||
The
Williams Capital Group
|
28,125,000 | |||
28,125,000 | ||||
Total
|
$ | 3,750,000,000 | ||
Title:
|
Senior
Floating Rate Notes Due 2010 Guaranteed under the FDIC’s Temporary
Liquidity Guarantee Program
|
Maturity:
|
December
9, 2010
|
Interest
Rate:
|
Three-month
LIBOR (Reuters LIBOR01) plus 0.55% determined as set forth in the
Prospectus dated March 2, 2006 and the Prospectus Supplement dated
December 2, 2008
|
Interest
Payment Dates:
|
Quarterly
on the 9
th
day of each March, June, September and December, commencing March 9,
2009
|
Initial
Price to Public:
|
100%
of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from
December 9, 2008
|
Redemption
Provisions:
|
The
Securities are not redeemable by the Company prior to Maturity, except
upon the occurrence of certain events involving United States taxation, as
set forth in the Prospectus dated March 2, 2006
|
Record
Date:
|
The
business day immediately preceding each Interest Payment
Date
|
|
(a)
|
the
proceeds of the sale of the Securities will not be used to prepay Company
debt that is not FDIC-guaranteed
debt;
|
(b)
|
payment
of all assessments associated with the Company’s participation in the TLGP
and the issuance of the Securities will be made within the time period and
in the manner required by 12 CFR Section
370.6;
|
|
(c)
|
notice
of the issuance of the Securities will be provided to the FDIC within five
(5) calendar days of the date of issuance, as required by 12 CFR
Section 370.6 and the FDIC’s Financial Institution Letter 139-2008;
and
|
|
(d)
|
the
Company will comply with all other procedures and requirements of the
TLGP.
|
|
(1)
|
to
an institutional investor (for corporations, under Section 274 of the SFA
)or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any
person pursuant to an offer that is made on terms that such shares,
debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or such
rights and interest in that trust are acquired at a consideration of not
less than $200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each
transaction, whether such amount is to be paid for in cash or by exchange
of securities or other assets, and further for corporations, in accordance
with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the
SFA;
|
|
(2)
|
where
no consideration is given for the transfer;
or
|
|
(3)
|
by
operation of law.
|
Very
truly yours,
|
|||
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., | |||
on behalf of the Underwriters named herein | |||
|
By:
|
/s/ Jack D. McSpadden, Jr. | |
Name: Jack D. McSpadden, Jr. | |||
Title: Managing Director | |||
By: |
/s/
Charles E. Wainhouse
|
|
|||
Charles
E. Wainhouse
|
|
||||
Assistant
Treasurer
|
|
Name of Underwriter
|
Principal Amount
of Securities
|
|||
Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.
|
$ | 717,500,000 | ||
Banc
of America Securities LLC
|
40,000,000 | |||
Goldman,
Sachs & Co.
|
40,000,000 | |||
Greenwich
Capital Markets, Inc.
|
40,000,000 | |||
J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc.
|
40,000,000 | |||
Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated
|
40,000,000 | |||
Barclays
Capital Inc.
|
7,500,000 | |||
BNP
Paribas Securities Corp.
|
7,500,000 | |||
Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
|
7,500,000 | |||
Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc.
|
7,500,000 | |||
Samuel
A. Ramirez & Co., Incorporated
|
7,500,000 | |||
RBC
Capital Markets Corporation
|
7,500,000 | |||
SBK-Brooks
Investment Corp
|
7,500,000 | |||
TD
Securities (USA) LLC
|
7,500,000 | |||
Toussaint
Capital Partners, LLC
|
7,500,000 | |||
UBS
Securities LLC
|
7,500,000 | |||
Utendahl
Capital Group, LLC
|
7,500,000 | |||
Total
|
$ | 1,000,000,000 | ||
Title:
|
Senior
Floating Rate Notes Due 2010 Guaranteed under the FDIC’s Temporary
Liquidity Guarantee Program
|
Maturity:
|
December
9, 2010
|
Interest
Rate:
|
Three-month
LIBOR (Reuters LIBOR01) plus 0.55% determined as set forth in the
Prospectus dated March 2, 2006 and the Prospectus Supplement dated
December 2, 2008
|
Interest
Payment Dates:
|
Quarterly
on the 9
th
day of each March, June, September and December, commencing March 9,
2009
|
Initial
Price to Public:
|
100%
of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from
December 9, 2008
|
Redemption
Provisions:
|
The
Securities are not redeemable by the Company prior to Maturity, except
upon the occurrence of certain events involving United States taxation, as
set forth in the Prospectus dated March 2, 2006
|
Record
Date:
|
The
business day immediately preceding each Interest Payment
Date
|
|
(a)
|
the
proceeds of the sale of the Securities will not be used to prepay Company
debt that is not FDIC-guaranteed
debt;
|
(b)
|
payment
of all assessments associated with the Company’s participation in the TLGP
and the issuance of the Securities will be made within the time period and
in the manner required by 12 CFR Section
370.6;
|
|
(c)
|
notice
of the issuance of the Securities will be provided to the FDIC within five
(5) calendar days of the date of issuance, as required by 12 CFR
Section 370.6 and the FDIC’s Financial Institution Letter 139-2008;
and
|
|
(d)
|
the
Company will comply with all other procedures and requirements of the
TLGP.
|
|
(1)
|
to
an institutional investor (for corporations, under Section 274 of the SFA
)or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any
person pursuant to an offer that is made on terms that such shares,
debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or such
rights and interest in that trust are acquired at a consideration of not
less than $200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each
transaction, whether such amount is to be paid for in cash or by exchange
of securities or other assets, and further for corporations, in accordance
with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the
SFA;
|
|
(2)
|
where
no consideration is given for the transfer;
or
|
|
(3)
|
by
operation of law.
|
Very
truly yours,
|
|||
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | |||
|
By:
|
/s/ Jack D. McSpadden, Jr. | |
Name: Jack D. McSpadden, Jr. | |||
Title: Managing Director | |||
By: |
/s/
Charles E. Wainhouse
|
|
|||
Charles
E. Wainhouse
|
|
||||
Assistant
Treasurer
|
|
Name of Underwriter
|
Principal Amount
of Securities
|
|||
Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.
|
$ | 250,000,000 | ||
Total
|
$ | 250,000,000 | ||
Title:
|
Senior
Floating Rate Notes Due 2011 Guaranteed under the FDIC’s Temporary
Liquidity Guarantee Program
|
Maturity:
|
December
9, 2011
|
Interest
Rate:
|
One-month
LIBOR (Reuters LIBOR01) plus 0.80% determined as set forth in the
Prospectus dated March 2, 2006 and the Prospectus Supplement dated
December 2, 2008
|
Interest
Payment Dates:
|
Monthly
on the 9
th
day of each month, commencing January 9, 2009
|
Initial
Price to Public:
|
100%
of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from
December 9, 2008
|
Redemption
Provisions:
|
The
Securities are not redeemable by the Company prior to Maturity, except
upon the occurrence of certain events involving United States taxation, as
set forth in the Prospectus dated March 2, 2006
|
Record
Date:
|
The
business day immediately preceding each Interest Payment
Date
|
|
(a)
|
the
proceeds of the sale of the Securities will not be used to prepay Company
debt that is not FDIC-guaranteed
debt;
|
(b)
|
payment
of all assessments associated with the Company’s participation in the TLGP
and the issuance of the Securities will be made within the time period and
in the manner required by 12 CFR Section
370.6;
|
|
(c)
|
notice
of the issuance of the Securities will be provided to the FDIC within five
(5) calendar days of the date of issuance, as required by 12 CFR
Section 370.6 and the FDIC’s Financial Institution Letter 139-2008;
and
|
|
(d)
|
the
Company will comply with all other procedures and requirements of the
TLGP.
|
|
(1)
|
to
an institutional investor (for corporations, under Section 274 of the SFA
)or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any
person pursuant to an offer that is made on terms that such shares,
debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or such
rights and interest in that trust are acquired at a consideration of not
less than $200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each
transaction, whether such amount is to be paid for in cash or by exchange
of securities or other assets, and further for corporations, in accordance
with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the
SFA;
|
|
(2)
|
where
no consideration is given for the transfer;
or
|
|
(3)
|
by
operation of law.
|
Very
truly yours,
|
|||
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., | |||
on behalf of the Underwriters named herein | |||
|
By:
|
/s/ Jack D. McSpadden, Jr. | |
Name: Jack D. McSpadden, Jr. | |||
Title: Managing Director | |||
By: |
/s/
Charles E. Wainhouse
|
|
|||
Charles
E. Wainhouse
|
|
||||
Assistant
Treasurer
|
|
Name of Underwriter
|
Principal Amount
of Securities
|
|||
Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.
|
$ | 538,125,000 | ||
Banc
of America Securities LLC
|
30,000,000 | |||
Goldman,
Sachs & Co.
|
30,000,000 | |||
Greenwich
Capital Markets, Inc.
|
30,000,000 | |||
J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc.
|
30,000,000 | |||
Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated
|
30,000,000 | |||
Barclays
Capital Inc.
|
5,625,000 | |||
BNP
Paribas Securities Corp.
|
5,625,000 | |||
Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
|
5,625,000 | |||
Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc.
|
5,625,000 | |||
Samuel
A. Ramirez & Co., Incorporated
|
5,625,000 | |||
RBC
Capital Markets Corporation
|
5,625,000 | |||
SBK-Brooks
Investment Corp
|
5,625,000 | |||
TD
Securities (USA) LLC
|
5,625,000 | |||
Toussaint
Capital Partners, LLC
|
5,625,000 | |||
UBS
Securities LLC
|
5,625,000 | |||
Utendahl
Capital Group, LLC
|
5,625,000 | |||
Total
|
$ | 750,000,000 | ||
REGISTERED
|
REGISTERED
|
CUSIP:
17313U AA7
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ISIN:
US17313U AA79
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|
Common
Code: 040421742
|
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No.
R-0001
|
$
|
|
(1)
|
Additional
Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a 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 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 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
personal holding company;
|
|
(c)
|
foreign
private foundation or other foreign tax-exempt
organization;
|
|
(d)
|
passive
foreign investment company;
|
|
(e)
|
controlled
foreign corporation or
|
|
(f)
|
corporation
which has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income
tax.
|
|
(4)
|
Additional
Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a 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 Note as
an extension of credit in the ordinary course of its trade or
business.
|
|
(5)
|
Additional
Amounts will not be payable to any beneficial owner of a 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 Note, or any portion of the
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 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 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 Note
by the Company or a paying
agent.
|
|
(8)
|
Additional
Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a 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 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 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 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 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
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 Note is reduced as a result
of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is required to be
made pursuant to any European Union directive on the taxation of savings
income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced to conform
to, any such directive.
|
|
(13)
|
Additional
Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a Note is reduced as a result
of any combination of items (1) through (12)
above.
|
|
(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;
|
|
(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 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.
|
|
(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 December 2, 2008 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
Notes or taking any action that would entail a material cost to the
Company.
|
|
(2)
|
The
Company may also redeem the Notes, at its option,
if:
|
|
(a)
|
any
act is taken by a taxing authority of the United States on or after
December 2, 2008, whether or not such act is taken in relation to the
Company or any affiliate, 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
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 under 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 Notes pursuant to their
terms.
|
REGISTERED
|
REGISTERED
|
CUSIP:
17313U AB 5
|
|
ISIN:
US17313UAB52
|
|
Common
Code: 040422374
|
|
No.
R-0001
|
$
|
|
(1)
|
Additional
Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a 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 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 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
personal holding company;
|
|
(c)
|
foreign
private foundation or other foreign tax-exempt
organization;
|
|
(d)
|
passive
foreign investment company;
|
|
(e)
|
controlled
foreign corporation or
|
|
(f)
|
corporation
which has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income
tax.
|
|
(4)
|
Additional
Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a 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 Note as
an extension of credit in the ordinary course of its trade or
business.
|
|
(5)
|
Additional
Amounts will not be payable to any beneficial owner of a 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 Note, or any portion of the
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 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 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 Note
by the Company or a paying agent.
|
|
(8)
|
Additional
Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a 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 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 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 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 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
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 Note is reduced as a result
of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is required to be
made pursuant to any European Union directive on the taxation of savings
income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced to conform
to, any such directive.
|
|
(13)
|
Additional
Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a Note is reduced as a result
of any combination of items (1) through (12)
above.
|
|
(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;
|
|
(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 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.
|
|
(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 December 2, 2008 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
Notes or taking any action that would entail a material cost to the
Company.
|
|
(2)
|
The
Company may also redeem the Notes, at its option,
if:
|
|
(a)
|
any
act is taken by a taxing authority of the United States on or after
December 2, 2008, whether or not such act is taken in relation to the
Company or any affiliate, 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
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 Notes pursuant to their
terms.
|
REGISTERED
|
REGISTERED
|
CUSIP:
17313U AC 3
|
|
ISIN:
US17313UAC36
|
|
Common
Code: 040422331
|
|
No.
R-0001
|
$
|
|
(1)
|
Additional
Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a 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 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 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
personal holding company;
|
|
(c)
|
foreign
private foundation or other foreign tax-exempt
organization;
|
|
(d)
|
passive
foreign investment company;
|
|
(e)
|
controlled
foreign corporation or
|
|
(f)
|
corporation
which has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income
tax.
|
|
(4)
|
Additional
Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a 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 Note as
an extension of credit in the ordinary course of its trade or
business.
|
|
(5)
|
Additional
Amounts will not be payable to any beneficial owner of a 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 Note, or any portion of the
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 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 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 Note
by the Company or a paying agent.
|
|
(8)
|
Additional
Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a 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 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 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 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 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
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 Note is reduced as a result
of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is required to be
made pursuant to any European Union directive on the taxation of savings
income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced to conform
to, any such directive.
|
|
(13)
|
Additional
Amounts will not be payable if a payment on a Note is reduced as a result
of any combination of items (1) through (12)
above.
|
|
(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;
|
|
(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 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.
|
|
(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 December 2, 2008 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
Notes or taking any action that would entail a material cost to the
Company.
|
|
(2)
|
The
Company may also redeem the Notes, at its option,
if:
|
|
(a)
|
any
act is taken by a taxing authority of the United States on or after
December 2, 2008, whether or not such act is taken in relation to the
Company or any affiliate, 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
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 Notes pursuant to their
terms.
|
1.
|
Without
the FDIC’s prior written consent, the Assignor has
not:
|
(a)
|
agreed
to any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of a provision that
is related to the principal, interest, payment, default or ranking of the
Guaranteed Securities, or any other provision of the Agreement that is
required to be included in the Agreement pursuant to the Master Agreement
or to any material deviation from the provisions thereof;
or
|
(b)
|
accelerated
the maturity of the Note.
|
1
|
This
Form of Assignment shall be modified as appropriate if the assignment is
being made by an individual debt holder rather than the Representative or
if the debt being assigned is not in certificated form or otherwise
represented by a written
instrument.
|
Very
truly yours,
|
|
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
|
|
|
By:
___________________________________
|
|
Name:
________________________________
|
|
Title:
__________________________________
|