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CITIGROUP INC — Prospectus 2012
Aug 16, 2012
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This Amended Pricing Supplement is being filed to revise the MTN number.
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)
Registration Nos. 333-172554 and 333-172554-01
Pricing Supplement No. 2012 – MTNDG0283 , Dated August 13, 2012
(To Prospectus Supplement Dated May 12, 2011 and Prospectus Dated May 12, 2011)
US$11,200,000 Stated Principal Amount
Citigroup Funding Inc.
Medium-Term Notes, Series D
Any Payments Due from Citigroup Funding Inc. Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by Citigroup Inc.
Notes Based Upon the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM Due September 23, 2013
§ The return on the notes, if any, will be based upon the performance of the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM (the “index”). Unless redeemed by you or called by us, the notes will mature on September 23, 2013.
§ All payments on the notes are subject to the credit risk of Citigroup Inc.
§ The notes will bear interest at a floating rate equal to one-month USD LIBOR minus 0.35%. Interest on the notes will be paid on the 20th day of each month (except that the final interest payment will be made on the maturity date or the date of earlier redemption or call), commencing September 20, 2012. If the floating rate of interest payable for any such month is determined to be less than 0.00%, which will occur if one-month USD LIBOR is less than or equal to 0.35%, that negative coupon amount will be carried forward and deducted from any payment you receive at maturity or upon earlier redemption or call of the notes. The amount you receive at maturity or upon your redemption or our call of the notes may be less than your initial investment in the notes.
§ On any commodity business day during the term of the notes you may redeem the notes you then hold, in whole, in exchange for (i) the principal amount of the notes, plus (ii) the supplemental return amount as determined on the commodity business day on which the notice of redemption is received by us or on the following commodity business day, as applicable, provided that the supplemental return amount may be negative, zero or positive. Therefore, the amount you receive upon your redemption of the notes may be less than your initial investment in the notes. If you elect to exercise your redemption option, you must offer to redeem at least 11,200 notes (US$11,200,000 aggregate principal amount) at one time.
§ If on any commodity business day during the term of the notes the closing value of the index is less than or equal to 85% of the starting value of the index, we will call the notes in exchange for (i) the principal amount of the notes you then hold, plus (ii) the supplemental return amount as determined on the commodity business day following that commodity business day, provided that the supplemental return amount may be negative, zero or positive. Therefore, the amount you receive upon our call of the notes may be less than your initial investment in the notes.
§ If you do not redeem and we do not call the notes, you will receive at maturity (i) the principal amount of the notes you then hold, plus (ii) the supplemental return amount as determined on September 16, 2013, provided that the supplemental return amount may be negative, zero or positive. Therefore, the amount you receive at maturity may be less than your initial investment in the notes.
§ On any commodity business day during the term of the notes, the supplemental return amount includes a leverage factor of three times the principal amount of the notes, will be based on the change in the value of the index from the pricing date to that commodity business day and will be determined after deducting (a) the hypothetical interest accrued on the 13 week U.S. Treasury Bills from but excluding the pricing date to but including that commodity business day, (b) a 0.20% annual fee accrued from but excluding the pricing date to but including that commodity business day and (c) the cumulative negative coupon amounts. See “Description of the Notes—Supplemental Return Amount.”
§ The notes will be issued in minimum denominations and integral multiples of US$1,000.
§ We will not apply to list the notes on any exchange.
§ The CUSIP for the notes is 1730T0YM5. The ISIN for the notes is US1730T0YM51.
§ Investing in the notes involves a number of risks. See “Risk Factors Relating to the Notes” beginning on page PS-2.
§ Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the notes or determined that this prospectus, prospectus supplement and pricing supplement is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
§ The notes are not deposits or savings accounts but are unsecured debt obligations of Citigroup Funding Inc. The notes are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any other governmental agency or instrumentality.
| Public Offering Price | $1,000.00 | $11,200,000.00 |
|---|---|---|
| Underwriting Discount (1) | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Proceeds to Citigroup Funding Inc. | $1,000.00 | $11,200,000.00 |
(1) Citigroup Global Markets Inc., an affiliate of the issuer, is the underwriter of the notes and is acting as principal. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and its affiliates may profit from expected hedging activity related to this offering, even if the value of the notes declines.
We expect that delivery of the notes will be made against payment therefor on or about August 20, 2012. Because the notes will not settle in T+3, purchasers who wish to trade the notes on the date hereof or the following business day will be required to specify an alternative settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement, and should consult their own investment advisor.
Investment Products Not FDIC Insured May Lose Value No Bank Guarantee
RISK FACTORS RELATING TO THE NOTES
Because the terms of the notes differ from those of conventional debt securities, an investment in the notes entails significant risks not associated with similar investments in a conventional debt security, including, among other things, fluctuations in the value of the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM and other events that are difficult to predict and beyond our control.
You May Receive Less than Your Initial Investment at Maturity or Upon Your Redemption or Our Call of the Notes if the Value of the Index Declines or Does Not Increase Significantly
The amount payable at maturity or upon your exercise of the redemption option or our call of notes, if any, will be based on the performance of the index from the pricing date to the relevant commodity business day and will be determined after deducting certain amounts as described under “Description of the Notes—Supplemental Return Amount” below. As a result, if the value of the index declines, remains the same or does not increase significantly, the amount you receive for each note will be less than the US$1,000 you paid for each note. This will be true even if the value of the index at one or more times during the term of the notes exceeds the value of the index on the pricing date.
The Calculation of the Supplemental Return Amount Will Have the Effect of Reducing Your Return on the Notes
Because the supplemental return amount on the relevant commodity business day will be determined after deducting (i) the hypothetical interest accrued on the 13-week U.S. Treasury Bills from but excluding the pricing date to and including the relevant commodity business day, (ii) a 0.20% annual fee accrued from but excluding the pricing date to and including the relevant commodity business day, and (iii) the cumulative negative coupon amounts, the value of the index must significantly increase for the amount payable at maturity or upon your redemption or our call of the notes to be greater than your initial investment in the notes.
Leverage Increases the Sensitivity of Your Notes to Changes in the Value of the Index
Because the supplemental return amount includes a leverage factor of three times the principal amount of the notes , changes in the value of the index will have a greater impact on the amount payable at maturity, your redemption, or our call than on a payout on securities that are not so leveraged. In particular, any decrease in the value of the index would result in a significantly greater decrease in the supplemental return amount and you would suffer losses on your investment in the notes substantially greater than you would if the supplemental return amount did not contain a leverage component.
The Redemption Option Must be for at Least US$11,200,000 Notes Per Holder
If you elect to exercise your redemption option, you must offer to redeem at least 11,200 notes (US$11,200,000 aggregate principal amount) at one time. To redeem your notes on any commodity business day, you must instruct your broker to take the following steps through normal clearing system channels: (1) fill out an official notice of redemption; (2) deliver your official notice of redemption to us (which must be acknowledged by us) on any day during the term of the notes; and (3) transfer your book-entry interest in the notes to the trustee on our behalf on the fifth commodity business day following the day on which your redemption is effective. If we receive your official notice of redemption at or before 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any commodity business day, your redemption will be effective on that commodity business day. If we receive your official notice of redemption on a day that is not a commodity business day or after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any commodity business day, your redemption will be effective on the first commodity business day following that day.
The Notes are Subject to the Credit Risk of Citigroup Inc., and Any Actual or Anticipated Changes to its Credit Ratings and Credit Spreads May Adversely Affect the Value of the Notes
You are subject to the credit risk of Citigroup Inc., Citigroup Funding Inc.’s parent company and the guarantor of any payments due on the notes. The notes are not guaranteed by any entity other than Citigroup Inc. If we default on our obligations and Citigroup Inc. defaults on its guarantee obligations under the notes, your
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investment would be at risk and you could lose some or all of your investment. As a result, the value of the notes prior to maturity will be affected by changes in the market’s view of Citigroup Inc.’s creditworthiness. Any decline, or anticipated decline, in Citigroup Inc.’s credit ratings or increase, or anticipated increase, in the credit spreads charged by the market for taking Citigroup Inc. credit risk is likely to adversely affect the value of the notes.
The Historical Performance of the Index Is Not an Indication of the Future Performance of the Index
The historical performance of the index, which is included in this pricing supplement, should not be taken as an indication of the future performance of the index during the term of the notes. Changes in value of the index will affect the value of the notes, but it is impossible to predict whether the value of the index will fall or rise.
The Notes have a Mandatory Call Feature, Which Increases the Likelihood of Loss on Your Investment
We will call the notes on any commodity business day on which the closing value of the index is less than or equal to 85% of the initial index value in exchange for (i) the principal amount of the notes you then hold, plus (ii) the supplemental return amount as determined on the commodity business day following that commodity business day. Therefore, upon our call of the notes, the likelihood of loss on your investment in the notes would be greater because the closing value of the index on the relevant commodity business day is very likely to be significantly lower than the initial index value.
The Yield on the Notes May Be Lower Than the Yield on a Standard Debt Security of Comparable Maturity
You will receive a coupon at a floating rate equal to one-month USD LIBOR minus 0.35%. As a result, if you do not redeem and we do not call the notes, the effective yield on the notes may be less than that which would be payable on a conventional fixed-rate, non-callable debt security of Citigroup Funding Inc. (guaranteed by Citigroup Inc.) of comparable maturity.
Higher Future Prices of the Futures Contracts Underlying the Index Relative to Their Current Prices May Decrease Your Return on the Notes
Unlike equities, which typically entitle the holder to a continuing stake in a corporation, commodity futures contracts normally specify a certain date for delivery of the underlying physical commodity. As the futures contracts underlying the index approach expiration, they are replaced by futures contracts that have a later expiration. Thus, for example, a futures contract purchased and held in August may specify September expiration. As time passes, the contract expiring in September is replaced by a contract for delivery in November. This process is referred to as “rolling.” If the market for these contracts is (putting aside other considerations) in “backwardation,” where the prices are lower in the distant delivery months than in the nearer delivery months, the sale of the September contract would take place at a price that is higher than the price of the November contract, thereby creating a “roll yield,” without necessarily being indicative of the performance of the contracts. While many of the contracts included in the index have historically exhibited consistent periods of backwardation, backwardation will most likely not exist at all times. Moreover, certain of the commodities included in the index, have historically traded in markets in which the prices of contracts are higher in the distant delivery months than in the nearer delivery months. The absence of backwardation in the commodity markets could result in negative “roll yields,” which could adversely affect the value of the index and, accordingly, decrease your return on the notes, if any.
The Prices of Precious Metals Commodities Are Highly Volatile and Affected by Many Complex Factors
The market prices of the underlying precious metal commodity interests are volatile and may fluctuate rapidly based on numerous factors. These include, among other things, changes in supply and demand relationships; weather; agricultural, trade, fiscal, monetary and exchange control programs; domestic and foreign political and economic events and policies; and changes in interest rates. This may in turn result in volatile changes in the index and thus, the supplemental return amount and the value of the notes.
Changes in the Composition and Valuation of the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM May Adversely Affect the Amount You Receive at Maturity and the Value of the Notes
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The composition of the index may change over time, as additional commodities satisfy the eligibility criteria or commodities currently included in the index fail to satisfy such criteria. The weighting factors applied to each commodity included in the index may change annually, based on changes in commodity production and volume statistics. In addition, UBS Securities LLC (“UBS”), Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (“Dow Jones”) and CME Group Index Services LLC (“CME Indexes”), may modify the methodology for determining the composition and weighting of the index and for calculating their value in order to assure that the index represents a measure of the performance over time of the markets for the underlying commodities. A number of modifications to the methodology for determining the contracts to be included in the commodity indices, and for valuing the commodity indices, have been made in the past several years and further modifications may be made in the future. Such changes could adversely affect the supplemental return amount and the value of the notes.
The Notes Will Not Be Regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Unlike an investment in the notes, an investment in a collective investment vehicle that invest in futures contracts on behalf of its participants may be regulated as a commodity pool and its operator may be required to be registered with and regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) as a commodity pool operator. Because the notes are not interests in a commodity pool, they will not be regulated by the CFTC as a commodity pool, we will not be registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator, and you will not benefit from the CFTC’s or any non-U.S. regulatory authority’s regulatory protections afforded to persons who trade in futures contracts or who invest in regulated commodity pools.
The Notes Will Not Be Listed On Any Securities Exchange and You May Not Be Able to Sell Your Notes Prior to Maturity.
The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange. Therefore, there may be little or no secondary market for the notes.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. intends to make a secondary market in relation to the notes and to provide an indicative bid price on a daily basis. Any indicative bid prices provided by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. shall be determined in Citigroup Global Markets Inc.’ sole discretion, taking into account prevailing market conditions, and shall not be a representation by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. that any instrument can be purchased or sold at such prices (or at all).
Notwithstanding the above, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. may suspend or terminate making a market and providing indicative bid prices without notice, at any time and for any reason. Consequently, there may be no market for the notes and investors should not assume that such a market will exist. Accordingly, an investor must be prepared to hold the notes until the maturity date. Where a market does exist, to the extent that an investor wants to sell the notes, the price may, or may not, be at a discount from the stated principal amount
The Value of the Notes Prior to Maturity Will Fluctuate Based on Many Unpredictable Factors.
The value of your notes prior to maturity will fluctuate based on the value of the index and a number of other factors. Some of these factors are interrelated in complex ways. As a result, the effect of any one factor may be offset or magnified by the effect of another factor. The following paragraphs describe what we expect to be the impact on the value of the notes of a change in a specific factor, assuming all other conditions remain constant.
Value of the Index. We expect that the value of the notes will depend substantially on the relationship between the closing value of the index on the pricing date and the future value of the index. However, changes in the value of the index may not always be reflected, in full or in part, in the value of the notes. If you choose to sell your notes when the value of the index exceeds its starting value, you may receive substantially less than the amount that would be payable at maturity based on that value because of expectations that the value of the index will continue to fluctuate from that time to the time when the ending value of the index is determined. If you choose to sell your notes when the value of the index is less than its closing value on the pricing date, you are likely to receive less than the amount you originally invested.
Trading prices of the futures contracts underlying the index will be influenced by both the complex and interrelated political, economic, financial and other factors that can affect the capital markets generally and the trading markets on which the underlying future contracts are traded. These factors are described in more detail in
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“—The Prices of Precious Metals Commodities Are Highly Volatile and Affected by Many Complex Factors” above.
Volatility of the Index. Volatility is the term used to describe the size and frequency of market fluctuations. If the expected volatility of the value of the index changes during the term of the notes, the value of the notes may decrease.
Interest Rates. We expect that the value of the notes will be affected by changes in U.S. interest rates. In general, if U.S. interest rates increase, the value of the notes may decrease, and if U.S. interest rates decrease, the value of the notes may increase.
Suspension or Disruption of Futures Trading May Adversely Affect the Value of the Notes. The futures markets are subject to temporary distortions or other disruptions due to various factors, including the lack of liquidity in the markets, the cessation of trading in futures contracts, the participation of speculators and government and futures exchange regulation and intervention, any of which could reduce the value of the notes. In addition, U.S. futures exchanges and some foreign exchanges have regulations that limit the amount of fluctuations in futures contract prices that may occur during a single business day. These limits are generally referred to as “daily price fluctuations” and the maximum or minimum price of a contract on any given day as a result of these limits is referred to as a “limit price”. Once a limit price has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be made at a different price. Limit prices have the effect of precluding trading in a particular contract or forcing the liquidation of contracts at disadvantageous times or prices. These distortions or disruptions may affect one or more components of the index or the value of the index itself.
Time Premium or Discount. As a result of a “time premium” or “discount,” the notes may trade at a value above or below that which would be expected based on the level of interest rates and the value of the index the longer the time remaining to maturity. A “time premium” or “discount” results from expectations concerning the value of the index during the period prior to the maturity of the notes. However, as the time remaining to maturity decreases, this “time premium” or “discount” may diminish, increasing or decreasing the value of the notes.
Hedging Activities. Hedging activities related to the notes by one or more of our affiliates will likely involve trading in one or more of the futures contracts underlying the index or in other instruments, such as options, swaps or futures, based upon the index or the futures contracts underlying the index. This hedging activity could affect the value of the index and therefore the value of the notes. It is possible that our affiliates or we may profit from our hedging activity, even if the value of the notes declines.
Credit Ratings, Financial Condition and Results. Actual or anticipated changes in the financial condition or results of Citigroup Funding Inc. or the credit ratings, financial condition or results of Citigroup Inc. may affect the value of the notes. The notes are subject to the credit risk of Citigroup Inc., the guarantor of the payments due on the notes.
We want you to understand that the impact of one of the factors specified above may offset some or all of any change in the value of the notes attributable to another factor.
Citigroup Funding Inc.’s Hedging Activity Could Result in a Conflict of Interest
In anticipation of the sale of the notes, we expect one or more of our affiliates to enter into hedge transactions. This hedging activity will likely involve trading in the futures contracts or commodities underlying the index , such as options, swaps or futures, based upon the futures contracts or commodities underlying the index . This hedging activity may present a conflict between your interest in the notes and the interests our affiliates have in executing, maintaining and adjusting their hedge transactions because it could affect the price of the futures contracts or commodities underlying the index and therefore the value of the notes.
The Inclusion of Projected Profit from Hedging in the Issue Price is Likely to Adversely Affect Secondary Market Prices
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Assuming no change in market conditions or any other relevant factors, the price, if any, at which Citigroup Global Markets Inc. may be willing to purchase the notes in secondary market transactions will likely be lower than the public offering price because the public offering price of the notes includes, and secondary market prices are likely to exclude, the cost of hedging our obligations under the notes. The cost of hedging includes the projected profit that our affiliates may realize in consideration for assuming the risks inherent in managing the hedging transactions. Any secondary market price for the notes is also likely to be reduced by the costs of unwinding the related hedging transactions at the time of the secondary market transaction. Our affiliates may realize a profit from the expected hedging activity even if investors do not receive a favorable investment return under the terms of the notes or in any secondary market transaction. Any secondary market prices may differ from values determined by pricing models used by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as a result of dealer discounts, mark-ups or other transaction costs.
You Will Not Have Any Rights with Respect to Any Futures Contracts or Commodities Underlying the Index
You will not own or have any beneficial or other legal interest in, and will not be entitled to any rights with respect to, the future contracts or commodities underlying the index. The notes are debt securities issued by Citigroup Funding Inc., not an interest in the futures contracts or commodities underlying the index.
You Will Not Have Any Rights Against the Publishers of the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM
You will have no rights against the publishers of the index , even though the amount you receive at maturity, redemption or call will depend upon the closing value of the index on the applicable relevant commodity business day . By investing in the notes, you will not own or have any beneficial or other legal interest in, and will not be entitled to any rights with respect to the future contracts or commodities underlying the index, or options, swaps or futures, based upon the future contracts or commodities underlying the index . The publishers of the index are not in any way involved in this offering and have no obligations relating to the notes or the holders of the notes. The notes are debt securities issued by Citigroup Funding Inc., not an interest in the futures contracts or commodities underlying the index or options, swaps or futures, based upon the futures contracts or commodities underlying the index .
The Calculation Agent, Which is an Affiliate of the Issuer, Will Make Determinations With Respect to the Notes
Citibank, N.A. – Commodity Derivatives Calculations, which is acting as the calculation agent for the notes, is an affiliate of ours. As calculation agent, Citibank, N.A. will make certain determinations with respect to the Notes. Any of these determinations made by Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as calculation agent, including with respect to the calculation of the index level in the event of its unavailability, may adversely affect any payments to you.
The U.S. Federal Tax Consequences of an Investment in the Notes are Uncertain
There is no direct legal authority regarding the proper U.S. federal income tax treatment of the notes, and we do not plan to request a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”). Consequently, significant aspects of the tax treatment of the notes are uncertain, and the IRS or a court might not agree with the treatment of the notes as prepaid financial contracts that are not debt, with associated coupon payments by us to you, as described in the section of this pricing supplement entitled “U.S. Federal Tax Consequences.” If the IRS were successful in asserting an alternative treatment, the tax consequences of ownership and disposition of the notes could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, as described in “U.S. Federal Tax Consequences,” in 2007 Treasury and the IRS released a notice requesting comments on various issues regarding the U.S. federal income tax treatment of “prepaid forward contracts” and similar instruments, which may include the notes. Any Treasury regulations or other guidance promulgated after consideration of these issues could materially and adversely affect the tax consequences of an investment in the notes, possibly with retroactive effect. You should consult your tax adviser regarding the U.S. federal tax consequences of an investment in the notes (including possible alternative treatments and the issues
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presented by the 2007 notice), as well as tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or non-U.S. taxing jurisdiction.
DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES
The description in this pricing supplement of the particular terms of the notes supplements, and to the extent inconsistent therewith replaces, the descriptions of the general terms and provisions of the debt securities set forth in the accompanying prospectus and prospectus supplement.
General
The Notes Based Upon the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM Due September 23, 2013 (the “Notes”) are index-linked securities issued by Citigroup Funding Inc. (“Citigroup Funding”) that have a maturity of approximately thirteen months, unless earlier redeemed or called. At maturity or upon your earlier redemption or our call, you might receive less than the principal amount of your investment in the Notes.
The Notes will bear interest at a floating rate equal to one-month USD LIBOR minus 0.35%. Interest on the Notes will be paid on the 20th day of each month (except that the final interest payment will be made on the maturity date or the date of earlier redemption or call), commencing September 20, 2012. If the floating rate of interest payable for any such month is determined to be less than 0.00%, which will occur if one-month USD LIBOR is less than or equal to 0.35%, that negative coupon amount will be carried forward and deducted from any payment you receive at maturity or upon earlier redemption or call of the Notes.
At maturity or upon your redemption or our call of the Notes you will receive (i) the principal amount of the Notes plus (ii) the Supplemental Return Amount. The Supplemental Return Amount may be negative, zero or positive. Therefore, the amount you receive at maturity or upon your redemption or our call of the Notes may be less than your initial investment in the Notes.
The Supplemental Return Amount includes a leverage factor of three times the principal amount of the Notes, will be based on the change in the value of the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM (the “Index”) from the date of this pricing supplement (the “Pricing Date”) to the relevant Commodity Business Day and will be determined after deducting (i) the hypothetical interest accrued on the 13 week U.S. Treasury Bills from but excluding the Pricing Date to and including that Commodity Business Day, (ii) a 0.20% annual fee accrued from but excluding the Pricing Date to and including that Commodity Business Day and (iii) the cumulative negative coupon amounts. The deduction of the aforementioned factors will reduce the Supplemental Return Amount and therefore the return on your Notes, if any.
The aggregate principal amount of Notes issued will be US$11,200,000 (11,200 Notes). The Notes will be issued only in fully registered form and in denominations of US$1,000 per Note and integral multiples thereof. The Notes are a series of unsecured debt securities issued by Citigroup Funding under the senior debt indenture described in the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus. Any payments due on the Notes, including the repayment of principal, are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Citigroup Inc., Citigroup Funding’s parent company. The Notes will rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated debt of Citigroup Funding and, as a result of the guarantee, any payments due under the Notes will rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated debt of Citigroup Inc. The return of the principal amount of your investment in the Notes is not guaranteed. All payments on the Notes are subject to the credit risk of Citigroup Inc. The CUSIP for the Notes is 1730T0YM5. The ISIN for the Notes is US1730T0YM51.
Reference is made to the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus for a detailed summary of additional provisions of the Notes and of the senior debt indenture under which the Notes will be issued.
Coupon
You will receive a coupon at a floating rate of one-month USD LIBOR (USD-LIBOR-BBA) minus 0.35%. Interest on the Notes will be paid in cash on the 20th day of each month (except that the final interest payment will
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be made on the maturity date or the date of earlier redemption or call) (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing September 20, 2012. The one-month USD LIBOR rate applicable to any monthly interest period will be determined on the second Business Day prior to August 20, 2012 (the “Issue Date”), in the case of the initial interest period, or each Interest Payment Date, in the case of all other interest periods. An interest period is the period from, and including, each Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, the following Interest Payment Date; provided that the initial interest period is the period from, and including, the Issue Date to, but excluding, the first Interest Payment Date.
The amount of each coupon payment (the “Coupon Amount”) will be calculated as follows:
Principal Amount * [ (One-month USD LIBOR minus 0.35%)* Elapsed Days/360 ]
If the floating rate of interest payable for any month is determined to be less than 0.00%, which will occur if one-month USD LIBOR is less than or equal to 0.35% for that month, we will not pay any Coupon Amount for that month, and the negative Coupon Amount will be carried forward and deducted from any payment you receive at maturity or upon earlier redemption or call of the Notes. The sum of the absolute value of all negative Coupon Amounts is referred to herein as the “Negative Coupon Amount.”
“Elapsed Days” are the number of calendar days from and including the prior Interest Payment Date (or, with respect to the initial interest period, the Issue Date), to but excluding the current Interest Payment Date.
A “Business Day” is any day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or London, England are open for business.
Payment at Maturity
Unless redeemed by you or called by us, the Notes will mature on September 23, 2013. You will receive at maturity (i) the principal amount of the Notes you then hold, plus (ii) the Supplemental Return Amount as determined on September 16, 2013 (the “Final Valuation Date”).
Payment Upon Your Redemption
On any Commodity Business Day during the term of the Notes you may redeem the Notes you then hold, in whole only, in exchange for (i) the principal amount of the Notes you then hold, plus (ii) the Supplemental Return Amount as determined on the same Commodity Business Day on which the notice of redemption is received by us or the next Commodity Business Day, as applicable.
Exercise of Your Redemption Option
If you elect to exercise your redemption option, you must offer to redeem at least 11,200 Notes (US$11,200,000 aggregate principal amount) at one time. To redeem your Notes on any Commodity Business Day, you must instruct your broker to take the following steps through normal clearing system channels: (1) fill out an official notice of redemption; (2) deliver your official notice of redemption to us (which must be acknowledged by us) on any Commodity Business Day during the term of the Notes; and (3) transfer your book-entry interest in the Notes to the trustee on our behalf on the fifth Commodity Business Day following the day on which your redemption is effective. If we receive your official notice of redemption at or before 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Commodity Business Day, your redemption will be effective on that Commodity Business Day. If we receive your official notice of redemption on a day that is not a Commodity Business Day or after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Commodity Business Day, your redemption will be effective on the first Commodity Business Day following that day. You will receive the amount payable to you upon your redemption on the fifth Business Day following the date your redemption is effective.
Payment Upon Our Call
If on any Commodity Business Day during the term of the Notes the closing value of the Index is less than or equal to 85% of the Index Initial, we will call the Notes for (i) the principal amount of the Notes you then hold,
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plus (ii) the Supplemental Return Amount as determined on the Commodity Business Day following that Commodity Business Day (such following Commodity Business Day, the “Call Date”). You will receive the amount payable to you upon our call on the fifth Business Day following the Call Date.
Supplemental Return Amount
The Supplemental Return Amount will be calculated as follows, whether at maturity, upon your redemption or our call:
The Index Initial, also called the Initial Index Value, is the closing value of the Index published by the Index Sponsors or any successor and displayed on Bloomberg Screen page DJUBPRTR on the Pricing Date, which was 488.2051.
The Index Final, also called the Final Index Value, is the closing value of the Index published by the Index Sponsors or any successor and displayed on Bloomberg Screen page DJUBPRTR on any relevant Commodity Business Day.
The Index Sponsors are UBS Securities LLC (“UBS”) and CME Group Index Services LLC (“CME Indexes”).
The Tbill Amount on any Commodity Business Day is determined as follows:
“c” means, with respect to a Commodity Business Day d, the number of calendar days from (but excluding) the prior Commodity Business Day to (and including) such Commodity Business Day d.
“TBill (d-1) ” means, with respect to a Commodity Business Day d, the most recent weekly auction high rate for 13 Week U.S. Treasury Bills, as reported on the website www.treasurydirect.gov/RI/OFBills under the column headed “Discount Rate %” published by the Bureau of Public Debt of the U.S. Treasury, or any successor source, on such Commodity Business Day d, provided, that if such auction high rate is not published on such Commodity Business Day d, TBill (d-1) shall be the rate published for the most recent previous auction.
“Commodity Business Day” means a day, as determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent, on which trading is generally conducted on the Relevant Exchanges (as defined below) for each Index Contract (as defined below) comprising the Index.
If a Market Disruption Event relating to or one or more of the commodities contracts underlying the Index or any Successor Index (each an “Index Contract”) is in effect on any relevant Commodity Business Day, the Calculation Agent will calculate the closing Index value in good faith in accordance with the formula for and method of calculating the Index last in effect prior to commencement of the Market Disruption Event, using:
· for each Index Contract that did not suffer a Market Disruption Event on the relevant Commodity Business Day, the settlement price on the applicable Relevant Exchange of such Index Contract on such relevant Commodity Business Day, and
· for each Index Contract that did suffer a Market Disruption Event on the relevant Commodity Business Day, the settlement price of such Index Contract on the applicable Relevant Exchange on the immediately succeeding trading day on which no Market Disruption Event occurs or is continuing with respect to such
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Index Contract (which settlement price for such Index Contract shall be used to determine the Final Index Value);
provided however that if a Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing with respect to such Index Contract on each of the five scheduled trading days following the relevant Commodity Business Day, then the Calculation Agent will determine the price for such Index Contract on such fifth scheduled trading day acting in good faith and commercially reasonable manner, taking into account the latest available quotation for the settlement price of such Index Contract and any other information that in good faith it deems relevant (which price shall be used to determine the Final Index Value).
A “Market Disruption Event” means any of the following events, as determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent:
(A) the termination or suspension of, or material limitation or disruption in the trading on a Relevant Exchange of an Index Contract;
(B) the settlement price on a Relevant Exchange of an Index Contract has increased or decreased by an amount equal to the maximum permitted price change from the previous day’s settlement price; or
(C) the settlement price of an Index Contract is not published by the Relevant Exchange.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following events will not constitute Market Disruption Events:
(1) a limitation on the hours in a trading day and/or number of days of trading, if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the Relevant Exchange; or
(2) a decision to permanently discontinue trading in an Index Contract or options or futures contracts relating to the Index or any commodity underlying the Index.
For purposes of the above, (a) “Relevant Exchange” means any organized exchange or market of trading for any futures contract (or any combination thereof) then included in the Index or any Successor Index; and (b) “trading day” means a day, as determined in good faith by the Calculation Agent, on which trading is generally conducted on the Relevant Exchange applicable to the affected Index Contract.
Discontinuance of the Index
If the Index Sponsors discontinue publication of the Index, and if the Index Sponsors or another entity publish a successor or substitute index that the Calculation Agent determines, in good faith, to be comparable to the relevant index, then the value of the relevant index will be determined by reference to the value of that index, which we refer to as a “Successor Index.”
Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Index, the Calculation Agent will cause notice to be furnished to the registered holders of the Notes. If the Index Sponsors discontinue the publication of the Index and a Successor Index is not selected by the Calculation Agent or is no longer published on any date of determination of the value of the Index, the value to be substituted for the Index for that date will be a value computed by the Calculation Agent for that date in accordance with the procedures last used to calculate the relevant Index prior to any such discontinuance.
If the Index Sponsors discontinue publication of the Index prior to the determination of the Supplemental Return Amount and the Calculation Agent determines that no Successor Index is available at that time, then on each Commodity Business Day until the earlier to occur of (a) the determination of the Supplemental Return Amount and (b) a determination by the Calculation Agent that a Successor Index is available, the Calculation Agent will determine the value that is to be used in computing the value of the Index or the relevant index as described in the preceding paragraph. If a Successor Index is selected or the Calculation Agent calculates a substitute for the relevant index as described above, the Successor Index or value will be substituted for the relevant index for all purposes, including for purposes of determining whether a Commodity Business Day or Market Disruption Event occurs. Notwithstanding these alternative arrangements, discontinuance of the publication of the Index may adversely affect the value of the Notes. All determinations made by the Calculation Agent will be at the sole discretion of the Calculation Agent and will be conclusive for all purposes and binding on us, Citigroup Inc. and the beneficial owners of the Notes, absent manifest error.
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Alteration of Method of Calculation
If at any time the method of calculating the Index or a Successor Index is changed in any material respect, or if the Index or a Successor Index is in any other way modified so that the value of the Index or a Successor Index does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent the value of that index had the changes or modifications not been made, then, from and after that time, the Calculation Agent will, at the close of business in New York, New York, make those adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a calculation of a value of an index comparable to the Index or the Successor Index as if the changes or modifications had not been made, and calculate the value of the index with reference to the Index or the Successor Index. Accordingly, if the method of calculating the Index or the Successor Index is so modified that the value of the Index or the Successor Index is a fraction or a multiple of what it would have been if it had not been modified, then the Calculation Agent will adjust that index in order to arrive at a value of the index as if it had not been modified.
Defeasance
The Notes are not subject to the defeasance provisions described in the accompanying prospectus under “Description of Debt Securities—Defeasance.”
Default Interest Rate
In case of default in payment at maturity of the Notes, the Notes shall bear interest, payable upon demand of the beneficial owners of the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes, from and after the maturity date through the date when payment of the unpaid amount has been made or duly provided for, at the rate of 1.93% per annum on the unpaid amount due. If default interest is required to be calculated for a period of less than one year, it will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
Paying Agent and Trustee
Citibank, N.A. will serve as paying agent and registrar for the Notes and will also hold the global security representing the Notes as custodian for DTC. The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor trustee under an indenture dated as of June 1, 2005, will serve as trustee for the Notes.
Calculation Agent
The Calculation Agent for the Notes will be Citibank, N.A – Commodity Derivatives Calculations. All determinations made by the Calculation Agent will be made in good faith and will, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and binding on Citigroup Funding, Citigroup Inc. and the holders of the Notes. Citibank, N.A. is obligated to carry out its duties and functions as Calculation Agent in good faith and using its reasonable judgment.
Potential Future Events
It is possible that Citigroup Funding will merge into Citigroup Inc. in the near future. If a merger occurs, Citigroup Inc. will assume all the obligations of Citigroup Funding under the Notes, as required by the indenture under which the Notes are issued.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE DOW JONES-UBS PRECIOUS METALS TOTAL RETURN SUB-INDEX SM
As a sub-index of the total return version of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM , the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM is constructed and valued in the same way as the total return version of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM , except that it is specifically limited to gold and silver. The description below relates generally to the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM , which is currently composed of commodity futures contracts on twenty different commodities. Investors in the Notes should understand that the Index is composed only of commodity futures contracts on gold and silver.
The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM is a proprietary index that is designed to be a benchmark for commodities as an asset class. It is composed of futures contracts on physical commodities and is intended to reflect the returns that are potentially available through (1) an unleveraged investment in those contracts plus (2) the rate of interest that could be earned on cash collateral invested in specified Treasury Bills.
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM
We have derived all information regarding the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM and its sub-indices (each a “DJ-UBS Commodity Index” and collectively, the “DJ-UBS Commodity Indices”), including, without limitation, their make-up, methods of calculation and changes in their components from (i) publicly available sources and (ii) a summary of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM Handbook (a document that is considered proprietary to UBS Securities LLC (“UBS”) and CME Group Index Services LLC (“CME Indexes”) and is available to those persons who enter into a license agreement available at www.djindexes.com/ubs/index.cfm?go=handbook). Such information reflects the policies of, and is subject to change by, UBS and CME Indexes. We have not independently verified this information. You, as an investor in the Notes, should make your own investigation into the DJ-UBS Commodity Indices, UBS and CME Indexes. UBS and CME Indexes are not involved in the offer of the Notes in any way and have no obligation to consider your interests as a holder of the Notes. UBS and CME Indexes have no obligation to continue to publish the DJ-UBS Commodity Indices, and may discontinue publication of the DJ-UBS Commodity Indices at any time in their sole discretion. Information contained on the Dow Jones website is not incorporated by reference in, and should not be considered a part of, this pricing supplement. We make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of information contained on the Dow Jones website.
In May 2009, UBS completed its acquisition of the commodity index business of AIG Financial Products Corp. (“AIG-FP”), including AIG-FP’s rights to the Dow Jones—AIG Commodity Index SM , its single-commodity sub-indices and the forward-month versions of Dow Jones—AIG Commodity Index SM and its single-commodity sub-indices. The Dow Jones—AIG Commodity Index SM was rebranded as “Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM ” and the related indices were similarly rebranded. In addition, UBS and Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (“Dow Jones”) entered into an agreement to jointly market the DJ-UBS Commodity Indices. Dow Jones subsequently assigned all its interest in the joint marketing agreement to CME Indexes.
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“McGraw-Hill”), the owner of the S&P Indices business, and CME Group Inc. (“CME Group”), the 90% owner of CME Indices, recently entered into a new joint venture, S&P/Dow Jones Indices, which owns the S&P Indices business and the Dow Jones Indexes business.
Overview
The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM was introduced in July of 1998. The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM currently is composed of the prices of twenty exchange-traded futures contracts on physical commodities. A futures contract is a bilateral agreement providing for the purchase and sale of a specified type and quantity of a commodity or financial instrument during a stated delivery month for a fixed price. For a general description of the commodity futures markets, please see “—The Commodity Futures Markets” below. The commodities included in the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM for 2012 are as follows: aluminum, Brent crude oil, coffee, copper, corn, cotton, unleaded gasoline, gold, heating oil, lean hogs, live cattle, natural gas, nickel, silver, soybean oil, soybeans, sugar, wheat, WTI crude oil and zinc. Futures contracts and options on futures contracts on the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM are currently listed for trading on the Chicago Board of Trade (“CBOT”), New York Board of Trade (“NYBOT”), Commodities Exchange division of the New York Mercantile Exchange
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(“COMEX”), New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”), London Metals Exchange (“LME”) and ICE Futures Europe.
The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM is a proprietary index that AIG International, Inc. developed and that UBS and CME Indexes calculate. The methodology for determining the composition and weighting of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM and for calculating its value is subject to modification by UBS and CME Indexes at any time.
The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM is composed of exchange-traded futures contracts on physical commodities and is designed to be a highly liquid and diversified benchmark for commodities as an asset class. Its component weightings are determined primarily based on liquidity data, which is the relative amount of trading activity of a particular commodity.
The single-commodity sub-indices of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM follow the methodology of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM , except that the calculation of each single-commodity sub-index utilizes the prices of the relevant futures contracts (listed under “—Designated Contracts for Each Commodity”) and the relevant Commodity Index Multiplier (determined as described under “—Commodity Index Multipliers”). The single-commodity sub-indices of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM are published by Bloomberg L.P.
UBS and CME Indexes publish both a total return version and excess return version of each of the DJ-UBS Commodity Indices. The total return version of each DJ-UBS Commodity Index reflects the returns on a fully collateralized investment in the excess return version of such DJ-UBS Commodity Index. Accordingly, the total return version of each DJ-UBS Commodity Index combines the returns of the relevant excess return version with returns on cash collateral invested in Treasury Bills. The cash collateral returns are calculated using the most recent weekly auction high rate for 3 Month U.S. Treasury Bills, as reported on the website www.treasurydirect.gov/RI/OFBills under the column heading “Discount Rate %,” published by the Bureau of the Public Debt of the U.S. Treasury (or any successor source). Information contained on the Bureau of the Public Debt of the U.S. Treasury website is not incorporated by reference in, and should not be considered a part of, this pricing supplement. We make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of information contained on the Bureau of the Public Debt of the U.S. Treasury website. Weekly auction high rates are generally published once each week on Monday.
UBS and its affiliates actively trade futures contracts and options on futures contracts on the commodities that underlie the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM , as well as commodities, including commodities included in the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM . This trading may affect the value of the DJ-UBS Commodity Indices.
The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Supervisory and Advisory Committees
UBS and CME Indexes have established the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Supervisory Committee (the “Supervisory Committee”) and the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Advisory Committee (the “Advisory Committee”) to assist them in connection with the operation of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM . The Supervisory Committee is comprised of three members, two of whom are appointed by UBS and one of whom is appointed by CME Indexes, and makes all final decisions related to the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM , with advice and recommendations from the Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee includes six to twelve members drawn from the financial and academic communities. Both the Supervisory and Advisory Committees meet annually to consider any changes to be made to the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM for the coming year. These committees may also meet at such other times as may be necessary.
Designated Contracts for Each Commodity
A futures contract known as a Designated Contract is selected by UBS for each commodity available for inclusion in the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM . UBS may select more than one Designated Contract for certain commodities or may select Designated Contracts that are traded outside of the United States or in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. Additionally, in the event that changes in regulations concerning position limits materially affect the ability of market participants to replicate the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM in the underlying futures markets, it may become appropriate to include multiple Designated Contracts for one or more commodities in order to enhance liquidity.
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Historically, through and including the composition of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM for 2011, UBS has chosen as the Designated Contract for each Commodity one contract that is traded in North America and denominated in U.S. dollars (with the exception of several LME contracts). Beginning with the composition of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM for 2012, UBS has added the Brent crude contract listed below as an additional Designated Contract with respect to the crude oil component.
The termination or replacement of a futures contract on an established exchange occurs infrequently; if a Designated Contract were to be terminated or replaced, a comparable futures contract, if available, would be selected to replace that Designated Contract. The Supervisory Committee may, however, terminate, replace or otherwise change a Designated Contract, or make other changes to the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM , pursuant to special meetings.
The Designated Contracts for the 2012 Dow Jones-UBS Commodities are set forth below.
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM Breakdown by Commodity
| Commodity | Designated Contract | Exchange | Units | Price quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum | High Grade Primary Aluminum | LME | 25 metric tons | $/metric ton |
| Coffee | Coffee “C” | NYBOT* | 37,500 lbs | cents/ pound |
| Copper** | Copper | COMEX*** | 25,000 lbs | cents/ pound |
| Corn | Corn | CBOT | 5,000 bushels | cents/ bushel |
| Cotton | Cotton | NYBOT | 50,000 lbs | cents/ pound |
| WTI Crude Oil | WTI (West Texas Intermediate) Crude Oil | NYMEX | 1,000 barrels | $/barrel |
| Brent Crude Oil | Brent Crude Oil | ICE Futures Europe | 1,000 barrels | $/barrel |
| Gold | Gold | COMEX | 100 troy oz. | $/troy oz. |
| Heating Oil | Heating Oil | NYMEX | 42,000 gallons | cents/ gallon |
| Live Cattle | Live Cattle | CME^ | 40,000 lbs | cents/ pound |
| Lean Hogs | Lean Hogs | CME^ | 40,000 lbs | cents/ pound |
| Natural Gas | Henry Hub Natural Gas | NYMEX | 10,000 mmbtu | $/mmbtu |
| Nickel | Primary Nickel | LME | 6 metric tons | $/metric ton |
| Silver | Silver | COMEX | 5,000 troy oz. | cents/troy oz. |
| Soybeans | Soybeans | CBOT | 5,000 bushels | cents/ bushel |
| Soybean Oil | Soybean Oil | CBOT | 60,000 lbs | cents/ pound |
| Sugar | World Sugar No. 11 | NYBOT | 112,000 lbs | cents/ pound |
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| Commodity | Designated Contract | Exchange | Units | Price quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unleaded Gasoline (RBOB) | Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygen Blending † | NYMEX | 42,000 gal | cents/gallon |
| Wheat | Wheat | CBOT | 5,000 bushels | cents/ bushel |
| Zinc | Special High Grade Zinc | LME | 25 metric tons | $/metric ton |
- The New York Board of Trade (“NYBOT”) located in New York City.
** The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM uses the High Grade Copper Contract traded on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange for copper contract prices and LME volume data in determining the weighting for the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM .
*** The New York Commodities Exchange (“COMEX”) located in New York City.
^ The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (“CME”) located in Chicago, Illinois.
† Represents a replacement of the New York Harbor Unleaded Gasoline contract. This replacement occurred during the regularly scheduled roll of futures contracts comprising the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM in April 2006.
In addition to the commodities set forth in the above table, cocoa, lead, platinum and tin also are considered annually for inclusion in the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM .
Annual Reweightings and Rebalancings of The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM
The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM is reweighted and rebalanced each year in January on a price-percentage basis. The annual weightings for the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM are determined each year in the third or fourth quarter by UBS under the supervision of the Supervisory Committee following advice from the Advisory Committee and are published as promptly as practicable following the calculation. The annual weightings for the next calendar year are implemented the following January.
Information concerning the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM , including weightings and composition, may be obtained at the Dow Jones website. Information contained on the Dow Jones website is not incorporated by reference in, and should not be considered part of, this pricing supplement. We make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of information contained on the Dow Jones website.
Determination of Relative Weightings
The relative weightings of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodities are determined annually according to both liquidity and dollar-adjusted production data in 2/3 and 1/3 shares, respectively. Each June, for each commodity designated for potential inclusion in the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM , liquidity is measured by the Commodity Liquidity Percentage (“CLP”) and production by the Commodity Production Percentage (“CPP”). The CLP for each commodity is determined by taking a five-year average of the product of trading volume and the historical dollar value of the Designated Contract for that commodity, and dividing the result by the sum of such products for all commodities which were designated for potential inclusion in the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM . The CPP is determined for each commodity by taking a five-year average of annual world production figures, adjusted by the historical dollar value of the Designated Contract, and dividing the result by the sum of such production figures for all the commodities which were designated for potential inclusion in the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM . The CLP and the CPP are then combined (using a ratio of 2:1) to establish the Commodity Index Percentage (“CIP”) for each commodity. This CIP is then adjusted in accordance with certain diversification rules in order to determine the commodities which will be included in the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM (the “Dow Jones-UBS Commodities”) and their respective percentage weights.
Calculations
The price return version of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM is calculated by Dow Jones, in conjunction with UBS, by applying the impact of the changes to the futures prices of commodities included in the
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Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM (based on their relative weightings). Once the CIMs are determined as discussed above, the calculation of the price return version of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM is a mathematical process whereby the CIMs for the Dow Jones-UBS Commodities are multiplied by the prices in U.S. dollars for the applicable Designated Contracts. These products are then summed. The percentage change in this sum is then applied to the prior Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM price return level to calculate the new Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM price return level.
The total return version of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM is calculated by Dow Jones, in conjunction with UBS, by applying the impact of the changes in the level of the price return version of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM and adding interest that could be earned on funds committed to the trading of the underlying futures contracts. Once the level of the price return version of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM is determined as discussed above, the daily return on a 3-month T-bill is added to the percentage change in the price return version of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM (as compared with the prior Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM price return level) to obtain the total return. The total return is then applied to the prior Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM total return level to calculate the new Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM total return level.
Dissemination and Publication
Dow Jones disseminates the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM level approximately every fifteen (15) seconds (assuming the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM level has changed within such fifteen-second interval) from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (New York time), and publishes the final Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM level for each DJ-UBS Business Day at approximately 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on each such day. Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM levels can also be obtained from the official websites of both UBS and Dow Jones Indexes and are also published in The Wall Street Journal .
A “DJ-UBS Business Day” is a day on which the sum of the Commodity Index Percentages (as defined below in “Annual Reweightings and Rebalancings of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM ”) for the Dow Jones-UBS Commodities that are open for trading is greater than 50%. For example, based on the weighting of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodities for 2011, if the CBOT and the New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) are closed for trading on the same day, a DJ-UBS Business Day will not exist.
The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM Is a Rolling Index
The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM is composed of futures contracts on physical commodities. Unlike equities, which typically entitle the holder to a continuing stake in a corporation, commodity futures contracts normally specify a certain date for the delivery of the underlying commodity. In order to avoid delivering the underlying physical commodities and to maintain exposure to the underlying physical commodities, periodically futures contracts on physical commodities specifying delivery on a nearby date must be sold and futures contracts on physical commodities that have not yet reached the delivery period must be purchased. The rollover for each contract occurs over a period of five DJ-UBS Business Days each month according to a pre-determined schedule. This process is known as “rolling” a futures position. The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM is a “rolling index.”
Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM Calculation Disruption Events
From time to time, disruptions can occur in trading futures contracts on various commodity exchanges. The daily calculation of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM will be adjusted in the event that UBS determines that any of the following index calculation disruption events exists:
(a) the termination or suspension of, or material limitation or disruption in the trading of any futures contract used in the calculation of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM on that day;
(b) the settlement price of any futures contract used in the calculation of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM reflects the maximum permitted price change from the previous day’s settlement price;
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(c) the failure of an exchange to publish official settlement prices for any futures contract used in the calculation of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM ; or
(d) with respect to any futures contract used in the calculation of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM that trades on the LME, a business day on which the LME is not open for trading.
License Agreement
“Dow Jones ® ,” “DJ,” “UBS,” “Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index SM ” and “Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM ” are service marks of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (“Dow Jones”) and UBS AG (“UBS AG”), as the case may be, and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
The Notes are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones, UBS AG, UBS Securities LLC (“UBS Securities”) or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates. None of Dow Jones, UBS AG, UBS Securities or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of or counterparts to the Notes or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities or commodities generally or in the Notes particularly. The only relationship of Dow Jones, UBS AG, UBS Securities or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. is the licensing of certain trademarks, trade names and service marks and of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return SM , which is determined, composed and calculated by Dow Jones in conjunction with UBS Securities without regard to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or the Notes. Dow Jones and UBS Securities have no obligation to take the needs of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or the owners of the Notes into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return SM . None of Dow Jones, UBS AG, UBS Securities or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates is responsible for or has participated in the determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of the Notes to be issued or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the Notes are to be converted into cash. None of Dow Jones, UBS AG, UBS Securities or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates shall have any obligation or liability, including, without limitation, to the purchasers of the Notes, in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, UBS AG, UBS Securities and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates may independently issue and/or sponsor financial products unrelated to the Notes currently being issued by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., but which may be similar to and competitive with the Notes. In addition, UBS AG, UBS Securities and their subsidiaries and affiliates actively trade commodities, commodity indexes and commodity futures (including the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM and Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return SM ), as well as swaps, options and derivatives which are linked to the performance of such commodities, commodity indexes and commodity futures. It is possible that this trading activity will affect the value of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return SM and the Notes.
This pricing supplement relates only to the Notes and does not relate to the exchange-traded physical commodities underlying any of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return SM components. Purchasers of the Notes should not conclude that the inclusion of a futures contract in the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return SM is any form of investment recommendation of the futures contract or the underlying exchange-traded physical commodity by Dow Jones, UBS AG, UBS Securities or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates. The information in this pricing supplement regarding the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return SM components has been derived solely from publicly available documents. None of Dow Jones, UBS AG, UBS Securities or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates has made any due diligence inquiries with respect to the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return SM components in connection with the Notes. None of Dow Jones, UBS AG, UBS Securities or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates makes any representation that these publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return SM components, including without limitation a description of factors that affect the prices of such components, are accurate or complete.
NONE OF DOW JONES, UBS AG, UBS SECURITIES OR ANY OF THEIR SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES GUARANTEES THE ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE DOW JONES-UBS COMMODITY INDEX TOTAL RETURN SM OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO AND NONE OF DOW JONES, UBS AG, UBS SECURITIES OR ANY OF THEIR SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR INTERRUPTIONS THEREIN. NONE OF DOW
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JONES, UBS AG, UBS SECURITIES OR ANY OF THEIR SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., PURCHASERS OF THE NOTES, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE DOW JONES-UBS COMMODITY INDEX TOTAL RETURN SM OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. NONE OF DOW JONES, UBS AG, UBS SECURITIES OR ANY OF THEIR SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES MAKES ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO THE DOW JONES-UBS COMMODITY INDEX TOTAL RETURN SM OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL DOW JONES, UBS AG, UBS SECURITIES OR ANY OF THEIR SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. THERE ARE NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF ANY AGREEMENTS OR ARRANGEMENTS AMONG DOW JONES, UBS SECURITIES AND CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., OTHER THAN UBS AG.
The Commodity Futures Markets
Contracts on physical commodities are traded on regulated futures exchanges, in the over-the-counter market and on various types of physical and electronic trading facilities and markets. As of the date of this pricing supplement, all of the contracts included in the DJ-UBS Commodity Indices are exchange-traded futures contracts. An exchange-traded futures contract is a bilateral agreement providing for the purchase and sale of a specified type and quantity of a commodity or financial instrument during a stated delivery month for a fixed price. A futures contract on an index of commodities typically provides for the payment and receipt of a cash settlement based on the value of such commodities. A futures contract provides for a specified settlement month in which the commodity or financial instrument is to be delivered by the seller (whose position is described as “short”) and acquired by the purchaser (whose position is described as “long”) or in which the cash settlement amount is to be made.
There is no purchase price paid or received on the purchase or sale of a futures contract. Instead, an amount of cash or cash equivalents must be deposited with the broker as “initial margin.” This amount varies based on the requirements imposed by the exchange clearing houses, but may be as low as 5% or less of the value of the contract. This margin deposit provides collateral for the obligations of the parties to the futures contract.
By depositing margin in the most advantageous form (which may vary depending on the exchange, clearing house or broker involved), a market participant may be able to earn interest on its margin funds, thereby increasing the potential total return that may be realized from an investment in futures contracts. The market participant normally makes to, and receives from, the broker subsequent payments on a daily basis as the price of the futures contract fluctuates. These payments are called “variation margin” and make the existing positions in the futures contract more or less valuable, a process known as “marking to market.”
Futures contracts are traded on organized exchanges, known as “contract markets” in the United States, through the facilities of a centralized clearing house and a brokerage firm which is a member of the clearing house. The clearing house guarantees the performance of each clearing member which is a party to the futures contract by, in effect, taking the opposite side of the transaction. At any time prior to the expiration of a futures contract, subject to the availability of a liquid secondary market, a trader may elect to close out its position by taking an opposite position on the exchange on which the trade obtained the position. This operates to terminate the position and fix the trader’s profit or loss.
U.S. contract markets, as well as brokers and market participants, are subject to regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Futures markets outside the United States are generally subject to regulation by comparable regulatory authorities. However, the structure and nature of trading on non-U.S. exchanges may differ from the foregoing description. From their inception to the present, the DJ-UBS Commodity Indices have been composed exclusively of futures contracts traded on regulated exchanges.
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Historical Data on the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM
The following table sets forth, for each of the quarterly periods indicated, the high and low closing values of Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM , as reported by Reuters. These historical data on the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM are not indicative of the future performance of the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM or what the value of the Notes may be. Any historical upward or downward trend in the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM during any period set forth below is not an indication that the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM is more or less likely to increase or decrease at any time during the term of the Notes.
| High | Low | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | ||
| Quarter | ||
| First | 191.144 | 164.630 |
| Second | 236.905 | 176.213 |
| Third | 209.647 | 184.061 |
| Fourth | 214.770 | 180.364 |
| 2007 | ||
| Quarter | ||
| First | 226.522 | 196.452 |
| Second | 224.549 | 204.980 |
| Third | 235.291 | 203.249 |
| Fourth | 263.799 | 230.196 |
| 2008 | ||
| Quarter | ||
| First | 322.970 | 267.102 |
| Second | 299.829 | 267.602 |
| Third | 309.104 | 215.578 |
| Fourth | 257.729 | 198.578 |
| 2009 | ||
| Quarter | ||
| First | 292.254 | 228.558 |
| Second | 295.856 | 248.153 |
| Third | 310.772 | 261.747 |
| Fourth | 360.980 | 300.605 |
| 2010 | ||
| Quarter | ||
| First | 344.688 | 303.837 |
| Second | 369.480 | 334.563 |
| Third | 393.052 | 338.965 |
| Fourth | 460.320 | 394.889 |
| 2011 | ||
| Quarter | ||
| First | 488.061 | 419.853 |
| Second | 555.099 | 481.864 |
| Third | 616.855 | 482.937 |
| Fourth | 564.696 | 472.858 |
| 2012 | ||
| Quarter | ||
| First | 568.637 | 494.477 |
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| Second | 526.457 | 468.874 |
|---|---|---|
| Third (through August 13) | 493.427 | 475.746 |
The closing value of the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM as of August 13, 2012 was 488.2051.
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U.S. FEDERAL TAX CONSEQUENCES
You should note that the discussion under the section called “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the accompanying prospectus supplement does not apply to the Notes issued under this pricing supplement and is superseded by the following discussion.
The following discussion constitutes the full opinion of our tax counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, regarding the material U.S. federal tax consequences of ownership and disposition of the Notes. It applies to you only if you hold the Notes as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “ Code ”). This discussion is based on the Code, administrative pronouncements, judicial decisions and currently effective and proposed Treasury regulations, changes to any of which subsequent to the date of this pricing supplement may affect the tax consequences described below, possibly with retroactive effect. It does not address all aspects of U.S. federal taxation that may be relevant to you in light of your particular circumstances, including different consequences that may apply if you are a beneficial owner of the Notes who is subject to special treatment under the U.S. federal income tax laws, such as a financial institution, a regulated investment company, a tax-exempt entity, a dealer in securities, a trader in securities who elects to apply a mark-to-market method of tax accounting, an entity classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a person who holds the Notes as a part of a straddle or conversion transaction or a U.S. holder (as defined below) that has a “functional currency” other than the U.S. dollar.
Tax Treatment of the Notes
Due to the lack of direct legal authority, there is substantial uncertainty regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the Notes. Our tax counsel believes that it is reasonable to treat the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes as prepaid financial contracts that are not debt, with associated coupon payments by us to you, with the consequences described below. Our tax counsel has advised, however, that it is unable to conclude that it is more likely than not that this treatment will be upheld, and that alternative treatments are possible that could materially and adversely affect the timing and character of income or loss on your Notes. We do not plan to request a ruling from the IRS, and the IRS or a court might not agree with this treatment, in which case the timing and character of income or loss on your Notes could be materially and adversely affected. You should consult your tax adviser regarding the U.S. federal tax consequences of an investment in the Notes, including possible alternative treatments, as well as tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or non-U.S. taxing jurisdiction. Unless otherwise stated, the following discussion is based on the treatment of the Notes as prepaid financial contracts that are not debt with associated coupon payments.
Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders
You are a “U.S. holder” if, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, you are a beneficial owner of a Note and are: (i) a citizen or resident of the United States; (ii) a corporation, or other entity taxable as a corporation, created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State therein or the District of Columbia; or (iii) an estate or trust the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source.
Treatment as Prepaid Financial Contracts That Are Not Debt with Associated Coupon Payments
Coupons . There is no direct authority under current law addressing the proper tax treatment of the Coupons or comparable payments on instruments similar to the Notes. The Coupons may in whole or in part be treated as ordinary income to you when received or accrued, in accordance with your method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In the event that we are required to file information returns with respect to certain U.S. holders, we intend to treat the Coupons as ordinary income. You should consult your tax adviser concerning the treatment of the Coupons, including the possibility that they may be treated, in whole or in part, as not includible in income on a current basis. The latter treatment would affect the amount of your gain or loss upon a sale, exchange or retirement of the Notes.
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Sale, Exchange or Retirement of the Notes. Upon a sale, exchange or retirement of the Notes, you will recognize taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized on such sale, exchange or retirement (other than any Coupon payment) and your tax basis in the Notes. Your tax basis in the Notes should equal the amount you paid to acquire them. This gain or loss should generally be capital gain or loss and should be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held the Notes for more than one year (although the treatment of any sales proceeds attributable to an accrued but unpaid Coupon is unclear). The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations.
Uncertainty Regarding Treatment as Prepaid Financial Contracts That Are Not Debt with Associated Coupon Payments
Due to the lack of direct legal authority there is significant uncertainty regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of your ownership and disposition of the Notes. You may be required to include amounts in income during the term of the Notes in addition to the Coupons you receive and/or to treat all or a portion of your gain or loss on the sale or retirement of the Notes (in addition to any amounts attributable to an unpaid Coupon, as discussed above) as ordinary income or loss or as short-term capital gain or loss, without regard to how long you have held the Notes. For instance, it is possible that any reweighting, rebalancing, reconstitution, change in methodology of, or substitution of a successor to, the Index could result in a “deemed” taxable exchange, causing you to recognize gain or loss (subject, in the case of loss, to the possible application of the “wash sale” rules) as if you had sold or exchanged the Notes.
In addition, in 2007 Treasury and the IRS released a notice requesting comments on various issues regarding the U.S. federal income tax treatment of “prepaid forward contracts” and similar instruments, which may include the Notes. The notice focuses in particular on whether holders of these instruments should be required to accrue income over the term of their investment. It also asks for comments on a number of related topics, including the character of income or loss with respect to these instruments; the relevance of factors such as the nature of the underlying property to which the instruments are linked; and whether these instruments are or should be subject to the “constructive ownership” regime, which very generally can operate to recharacterize certain long-term capital gain as ordinary income and impose an interest charge . While the notice requests comments on appropriate transition rules and effective dates, any Treasury regulations or other guidance promulgated after consideration of these issues could materially and adversely affect the tax consequences of an investment in the Notes, possibly with retroactive effect .
Consequences if the Notes are Treated as Debt Instruments
If the Notes are treated as debt instruments issued by us, they will be governed by Treasury regulations relating to the taxation of contingent payment debt instruments. In that event, even if you are a cash-method taxpayer, in each year that you hold the Notes you will be required to accrue into income “original issue discount” based on our comparable yield for similar non-contingent debt, determined as of the time of issuance of your Notes, even though this amount would likely exceed the Coupon payments in each year. In addition, any income from the sale, exchange or retirement of the Notes will be treated as ordinary in character. Moreover, if you recognize a loss above certain thresholds, you could be required to file a disclosure statement with the IRS.
Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders
You are a “non-U.S. holder” if, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, you are a beneficial owner of Notes who is: (i) a nonresident alien individual, (ii) a foreign corporation or (iii) a foreign estate or trust. This discussion does not apply to a non-U.S. holder who is an individual present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of disposition. Such a non-U.S. holder should consult his or her tax adviser regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of the Notes. In reading the discussion below, please bear in mind that we will not pay additional amounts on account of any withholding tax imposed on you.
Coupons . The U.S. federal income tax treatment of Coupon payments is uncertain. In the event that we have responsibility as a withholding agent, we intend to treat the Coupon payments made to you as subject to withholding at a rate of 30% unless you provide a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for a reduction of or
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an exemption from withholding under an applicable income tax treaty. You should consult your tax adviser regarding these certification requirements and the possibility of obtaining a refund of any amounts withheld.
Sale, Exchange or Retirement of the Notes. Any gain from the sale, exchange or retirement of the Notes generally should not be subject to U.S. federal withholding or income tax, unless such gain is effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States, as described below. Any amount attributable to an accrued but unpaid Coupon may be subject to withholding tax.
Income Effectively Connected with a Trade or Business in the United States. If you are engaged in a trade or business in the United States, and income from the Notes is effectively connected with your conduct of that trade or business (and, if an applicable treaty so requires, is attributable to a permanent establishment in the United States), you generally will be taxed in the same manner as a U.S. holder. If this paragraph applies to you, you should consult your tax adviser with respect to other U.S. tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of the Notes, including the possible imposition of a 30% branch profits tax if you are a corporation.
Possible Alternative Treatments. If the Notes are treated as indebtedness, any income from the Notes generally will not be subject to U.S. federal withholding or income tax if (i) you have provided a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN and (ii) any income from the Notes is not effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States.
As described above under “ — Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders—Uncertainty Regarding Treatment as Prepaid Financial Contracts That Are Not Debt with Associated Coupon Payments,” in 2007 Treasury and the IRS released a notice requesting comments on various issues regarding the U.S. federal income tax treatment of “prepaid forward contracts” and similar instruments, which may include the Notes. The notice focuses, among other things, on the degree, if any, to which income realized with respect to such instruments by non-U.S. persons should be subject to withholding tax. It is possible that any Treasury regulations or other guidance promulgated after consideration of these issues might require non-U.S. holders to accrue income in excess of the Coupons, subject to withholding tax, over the term of the Notes, possibly on a retroactive basis.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
The proceeds received from a sale, exchange or retirement of the Notes will be subject to information reporting unless you qualify for an exemption. We expect that Coupon payments will be subject to information reporting unless you are a U.S. holder who qualifies for an exemption. These amounts may also be subject to backup withholding at the rate specified in the Code unless you provide certain identifying information (such as a correct taxpayer identification number, if you are a U.S. holder) and otherwise satisfy the requirements of the backup withholding rules. If you are a non-U.S. holder and you provide a properly executed IRS Form W-8 appropriate to your circumstances, you will generally establish an exemption from backup withholding. Amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules are not additional taxes and may be refunded or credited against your U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the required information is furnished to the IRS.
Federal Estate Tax
If you are an individual non-U.S. holder, or an entity the property of which is potentially includible in such an individual’s gross estate for U.S. federal estate tax purposes (for example, a trust funded by such an individual and with respect to which the individual has retained certain interests or powers), you should note that, absent an applicable treaty benefit, a Note is likely to be treated as U.S. situs property, subject to U.S. federal estate tax. If you are such an individual or entity, you should consult your tax adviser regarding the U.S. federal estate tax consequences of investing in the Notes.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
The terms and conditions set forth in the Amended and Restated Global Selling Agency Agreement dated August 26, 2011 among Citigroup Funding, Citigroup Inc. and the agents named therein, including Citigroup Global Markets Inc., govern the sale and purchase of the Notes.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., acting as principal, has agreed to purchase from Citigroup Funding, and Citigroup Funding has agreed to sell to Citigroup Global Markets, $11,200,000 aggregate stated principal amount of Notes (11,200 Notes), any payments due on which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Citigroup Inc. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. proposes to offer the Notes directly to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this pricing supplement.
The Notes will not be listed on any exchange.
In order to hedge its obligations under the Notes, Citigroup Funding expects to enter into one or more swaps or other derivatives transactions with one or more of its affiliates. You should refer to the section “Risk Factors—The inclusion of underwriting fees and projected profit from hedging in the issue price is likely to adversely affect secondary market prices” in this pricing supplement, “Risk Factors—Citigroup Funding’s Hedging Activity Could Result in a Conflict of Interest” in the accompanying prospectus supplement and the section “Use of Proceeds and Hedging” in the accompanying prospectus.
Citigroup Global Markets is an affiliate of Citigroup Funding. Accordingly, the offering will conform to the requirements addressing conflicts of interest when distributing the securities of an affiliate set forth in Rule 5121 of the Conduct Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Client accounts over which Citigroup Inc., its subsidiaries or affiliates of its subsidiaries have investment discretion are not permitted to purchase the Notes, either directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the client.
ERISA MATTERS
Each purchaser of the Notes or any interest therein will be deemed to have represented and warranted on each day from and including the date of its purchase or other acquisition of the Notes through and including the date of disposition of such Notes that either:
(a) it is not (i) an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, (ii) an entity with respect to which part or all of its assets constitute assets of any such employee benefit plan by reason of C.F.R. 2510.3-101 or otherwise, (iii) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) (for example, individual retirement accounts, individual retirement annuities or Keogh plans), or (iv) a government or other plan subject to federal, state or local law substantially similar to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (such law, provisions and Section, collectively, a “Prohibited Transaction Provision” and (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), collectively, “Plans”); or
(b) if it is a Plan, either (A)(i) none of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., its affiliates or any employee thereof is a Plan fiduciary that has or exercises any discretionary authority or control with respect to the Plan’s assets used to purchase the Notes or renders investment advice with respect to those assets, and (ii) the Plan is paying no more than adequate consideration for the Notes or (B) the representations and warranties described in the section “ERISA Matters” in the accompanying prospectus supplement are true.
Please also refer to the section “ERISA Matters” in the accompanying prospectus.
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VALIDITY OF THE NOTES
In the opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, as special products counsel to Citigroup Funding Inc., when the Notes offered by this pricing supplement have been executed and issued by Citigroup Funding Inc. and authenticated by the trustee pursuant to the indenture, and delivered against payment therefor, such Notes and the related guarantee of Citigroup Inc. will be valid and binding obligations of Citigroup Funding Inc. and Citigroup Inc. respectively, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability (including, without limitation, concepts of good faith, fair dealing and the lack of bad faith), provided that such counsel expresses no opinion as to the effect of fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or similar provision of applicable law on the conclusions expressed above. This opinion is given as of the date of this pricing supplement and is limited to the laws of the State of New York, except that such counsel expresses no opinion as to the application of state securities or Blue Sky laws to the Notes.
In giving this opinion, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has assumed the legal conclusions expressed in the opinion set forth below of Douglas C. Turnbull, Associate General Counsel—Capital Markets and Corporate Reporting of Citigroup Inc. and counsel to Citigroup Funding Inc. In addition, this opinion is subject to the assumptions set forth in the letter of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP dated April 26, 2012, which has been filed as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Citigroup Inc. on April 26, 2012, that the indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the trustee and that none of the terms of the Notes nor the issuance and delivery of the Notes and the related guarantee, nor the compliance by Citigroup Funding Inc. and Citigroup Inc. with the terms of the Notes and the related guarantee respectively, will result in a violation of any provision of any instrument or agreement then binding upon Citigroup Funding Inc. and Citigroup Inc., as applicable, or any restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over Citigroup Funding Inc. and Citigroup Inc., as applicable.
In the opinion of Douglas C. Turnbull, Associate General Counsel—Capital Markets and Corporate Reporting of Citigroup Inc. and counsel to Citigroup Funding Inc., (i) the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) of Citigroup Funding Inc. has duly established the terms of the Notes offered by this pricing supplement and duly authorized the issuance and sale of such Notes and such authorization has not been modified or rescinded; (ii) each of Citigroup Funding Inc. and Citigroup Inc. is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; (iii) the indenture dated as of June 1, 2005, among Citigroup Funding Inc., as issuer, Citigroup Inc., as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., has been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by Citigroup Funding Inc. and Citigroup Inc.; and (iv) the execution and delivery of such indenture by Citigroup Funding Inc. and Citigroup Inc. and of the Notes offered by this pricing supplement by Citigroup Funding Inc., and the performance by each such party of its obligations thereunder, are within its corporate powers and do not contravene its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other constitutive documents. This opinion is given as of the date of this pricing supplement and is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Douglas C. Turnbull, or other internal attorneys with whom he has consulted, have examined and are familiar with originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to his satisfaction, of such corporate records of Citigroup Funding Inc. and Citigroup Inc., certificates or documents as he has deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions expressed above. In such examination, he or such persons have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures (other than those of officers of Citigroup Funding Inc. or Citigroup Inc.), the authenticity of all documents submitted to him or such persons as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to him or such persons as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.
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| We are responsible for the information contained and incorporated by reference in this pricing supplement and the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus and in any related free writing prospectus we prepare or authorize. We have not authorized anyone to give you any other information, and we take no responsibility for any other information that others may give you. You should not assume that the information contained or incorporated by reference in this pricing supplement or the accompanying prospectus supplement or prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of the document. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. | Citigroup Funding Inc. Medium-Term Notes, Series D US$11,200,000 Principal Amount Notes Based Upon the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM Due September 23, 2013 (US$1,000 Principal Amount per Note) Any Payments Due from Citigroup Funding Inc. Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by Citigroup Inc. Pricing Supplement August 13, 2012 (Including Prospectus Supplement dated May 12, 2011 and Prospectus dated May 12, 2011) | |
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| TABLE OF CONTENTS | ||
| Page | ||
| Pricing Supplement | ||
| Risk Factors Relating to the Notes | PS-2 | |
| Description of the Notes | PS-7 | |
| Description of the Dow Jones-UBS Precious Metals Total Return Sub-Index SM | PS-12 | |
| U.S. Federal Tax Consequences | PS-21 | |
| Plan of Distribution; Conflicts of Interest | PS-24 | |
| ERISA Matters | PS-24 | |
| Validity of the Notes | PS-25 | |
| Prospectus Supplement | ||
| Risk Factors | S-3 | |
| Important Currency Information | S-7 | |
| Description of the Notes | S-8 | |
| Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations | S-34 | |
| Plan of Distribution; Conflicts of Interest | S-41 | |
| Validity of the Notes | S-42 | |
| ERISA Matters | S-42 | |
| Prospectus | ||
| Prospectus Summary | 1 | |
| Forward-Looking Statements | 8 | |
| Citigroup Inc. | 8 | |
| Citigroup Funding Inc. | 8 | |
| Use of Proceeds and Hedging | 9 | |
| European Monetary Union | 10 | |
| Description of Debt Securities | 10 | |
| Description of Index Warrants | 21 | ● |
| Description of Debt Security and Index Warrant Units | 24 | |
| Plan of Distribution; Conflicts of Interest | 25 | |
| ERISA Matters | 28 | |
| Legal Matters | 28 | |
| Experts | 28 |