Amended and Restated Global Selling Agency Agreement – Citigroup
CITIGROUP FUNDING INC.
Medium-Term Notes, Series D and Series E
AMENDED AND RESTATED GLOBAL SELLING AGENCY AGREEMENT
August 26, 2011
New York, New York
To the Agents listed on Schedule I hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Amended and Restated Global Selling Agency Agreement (the
“Agreement“) amends and restates in its entirety the Global Selling
Agency Agreement, dated as of April 20, 2006, among Citigroup Funding Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company“), Citigroup Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Guarantor“), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the
“Lead Agent“) and Citigroup Global Markets Limited, as amended by
Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of March 10, 2009, and Amendment No. 2 thereto,
dated as of May 16, 2011.
The Company and the Guarantor confirm their agreement with each of you (each,
an “Agent“) with respect to the issue and sale by the Company of its
Medium-Term Notes, Series D and Series E, in registered form (the
“Notes“), which Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed (the
“Guarantee“) by the Guarantor. The Notes may be denominated in U.S.
dollars, foreign currencies or composite currencies (the “Specified
Currency“) as may be specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement (as
defined herein) relating to any particular issue of Notes.
The Notes, Series D, will be issued under an indenture (the “Senior Debt
Indenture“), dated as of June 1, 2005, among the Company, the Guarantor, and
The Bank of New York Mellon as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
The Notes, Series E, will be issued under an indenture (the “Subordinated
Debt Indenture,” and, together with the Senior Debt Indenture, the
“Indentures“), dated as of June 1, 2005, among the Company, the
Guarantor, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (together with
The Bank of New York Mellon, the “Trustees“). Unless otherwise
specifically provided for and set forth in a supplement to the Prospectus
referred to below, the Notes will be issued in minimum denominations of
U.S.$1,000 (or the approximate equivalent thereof in the Specified Currency) and
in denominations exceeding such amount by integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 (or
the approximate equivalent thereof in the Specified Currency) and will be issued
only in fully registered form, the Notes will have the interest rates,
maturities, redemption provisions and other terms set forth in the applicable
Pricing Supplement (as defined herein).
The Notes will be issued, and the terms thereof established, in accordance
with the Indentures and the Notes Administrative Procedures attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the “Procedures“) (unless a Terms Agreement (as defined
in Section 2(b)) modifies or otherwise supersedes such Procedures with respect
to the Notes issued pursuant to such Terms Agreement).
The Procedures may only be amended by written agreement of the Company, the
Guarantor and the Lead Agent after notice to, and with the approval of, the
Trustees.
Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any
Prospectus Supplement or any Pricing Supplement (each, as defined below) shall
be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference
therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act
of 1934 (the “Exchange Act“) on or before the most recent date and time
that the Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments
thereto became or become effective (the “Effective Date“) or the issue
date of the Base Prospectus, any Prospectus Supplement or any Pricing
Supplement, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend,”
“amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base
Prospectus, any Prospectus Supplement or any Pricing Supplement shall be deemed
to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after
the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base
Prospectus, any Prospectus Supplement or any Pricing Supplement, as the case may
be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. For purposes of this
Agreement, the term “you” shall refer to you and any other Agent
collectively and, in acting under this Agreement, each of you is acting
individually and not jointly.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company and the Guarantor
jointly and severally represent and warrant to, and agree with, each of you as
set forth below:
(a) The Company and the Guarantor meet the requirements for use of Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act“) and have prepared
and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission“)
a shelf registration statement (File No. 333-172554), including a form of base
prospectus and form of prospectus supplement relating to the Notes, for
registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale of the Notes.
Such shelf registration statement, including exhibits and financial statements
but excluding all Forms T-1, the base prospectus and any prospectus supplement
or pricing supplement relating to the Notes that is filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such shelf registration statement
pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended on each Effective Date is referred to herein
as the “Registration Statement“. Such Registration Statement, including
any amendments thereto filed prior to the date of this Agreement, have been
declared effective by the Commission. The Company and the Guarantor have filed
with the Commission a final base prospectus (the “Base Prospectus“) and
prospectus supplement relating to the Medium-Term Notes and the plan of
distribution thereof (the “Prospectus Supplement,” together with the Base
Prospectus, the “Prospectus“). As filed, such Prospectus Supplement
contained all information required by the Securities Act and the rules
thereunder, and, was in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you
prior to the date of filing; provided that the terms of a particular offering of
the Notes will be set forth in a supplement to the relevant Prospectus
Supplement (a “Pricing Supplement“) which the Company and the Guarantor
will file with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b). The Registration
Statement, as of the date of this Agreement, meets the requirements set forth in
Rule 415(a)(1)(x). The initial Effective Date of the Registration Statement was
not earlier than the date three years before the date of this Agreement;
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(b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they
became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be,
conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or
the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder, and any further documents so filed and incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus, or any further amendment or supplement thereto,
when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the
case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder;
(c) On each Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the
Prospectus Supplement was first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the
Commencement Date (as defined in Section 2(a) below) and on the date of delivery
of and payment for a particular issue of Notes (the “Settlement Date“),
the Prospectus Supplement did and any supplements thereto will comply in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Trust Indenture
Act“) and the respective rules thereunder; on each Effective Date and at the
time sales of a particular offering of the Notes are confirmed (the “Time of
Sale“), the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading; and on the Effective Date, on the Commencement Date and on the
Settlement Date, the Indenture did or will comply in all material respects with
the applicable requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules thereunder;
on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b), on the Commencement Date and
on the Settlement Date, the Prospectus did not and any supplement thereto will
not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided,
however, that the Company and the Guarantor make no representations or
warranties as to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which shall
constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the
Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee or (ii) the information contained in or
omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus Supplement or
applicable Pricing Supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Agents
specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or Prospectus (and any
supplement thereto);
(d) As of the Time of Sale, the Disclosure Package (as defined below), when
taken together with the final terms of the Notes set forth in the applicable
Pricing Supplement, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions
from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by the Agents specifically for use therein.
The “Disclosure Package” means (i) the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented
most recently prior to the Time of Sale, (ii) any relevant prospectus
supplement, (iii) the related preliminary Pricing Supplement, if any, used most
recently prior to the Time of Sale and (iv) any applicable issuer free writing
prospectus, as defined in Rule
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433 under the Securities Act (each an “Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus“), filed with the Commission under Rule 433 prior to the Time of
Sale;
(e) (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement
that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide
offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Notes and (ii) as of the
Time of Sale (with such time being used as the determination date for purposes
of this clause (ii)), each of the Company and the Guarantor met the requirements
set forth in Rule 164(e)(2) with respect to ineligible issuer use of free
writing prospectuses that contain only descriptions of the terms of the
securities in the offering or the offering.
(f) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and Final Term Sheet (as defined in
Section 4(g) below) does not include any information that conflicts with the
information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document
incorporated therein and any prospectus supplement or pricing supplement deemed
to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing
sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or Final Term Sheet based upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by any Agent specifically for use therein;
(g) The Notes have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated
in accordance with the applicable Indenture and delivered to and duly paid for
by the purchasers thereof, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and entitled to
the benefits of the applicable Indenture (subject, as to enforcement, to
applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar
laws affecting creditors153 rights generally and to general principles of equity
regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law); the Indentures have been duly authorized by the Company and
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; the Indentures conform to the
descriptions thereof in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented to relate to
such issuance of Notes; and this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor;
(h) The Guarantees have been duly authorized and, when the Notes have been
executed, authenticated and delivered by the Company in accordance with the
applicable Indenture, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with their terms and entitled to the
benefits of the applicable Indenture;
(i) Since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the
Prospectus or the Disclosure Package, each as amended or supplemented, there has
not been any material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition or
results of operations of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
which is not disclosed in the Prospectus or the Disclosure Package, each as
amended or supplemented;
(j) (A) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with the necessary power
and authority to own its properties and conduct its business in all material
respects as currently conducted;
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(B) The Guarantor has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the necessary power
and authority to own its properties and conduct its business in all material
respects as currently conducted, and except as has not, individually or in the
aggregate, had and would not reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect (as defined in this Section), has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the
laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or
conducts any business so as to require such qualification;
(C) Except as has not had and would not reasonably be likely to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, each subsidiary of
the Guarantor that is a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule
1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act (each, a “Significant
Subsidiary”) has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization;
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the
Company, the Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not
arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set
forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(k) The issue and sale of the Notes, the compliance by each of the Company
and the Guarantor with all of the provisions of the Notes, the Indentures, the
Guarantees and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein and therein will not (A) violate, conflict with, or result
in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which,
with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or
result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or
result in a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of, or result in
the loss of a benefit under, or result in the creation of, any lien, security
interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the
Company or the Guarantor under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (1)
its organizational documents or (2) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of
trust, license, lease, permit, agreement or other instrument or obligation to
which the Company or the Guarantor or any subsidiary of the Guarantor is a party
or by which the Company or the Guarantor may be bound, or to which any of the
property or assets of either the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, is
subject, or (B) violate any statute, rule or regulation or any judgment, ruling,
order, writ, injunction or decree applicable to the Company or the Guarantor or
any of their respective properties or assets except, in the case of clauses
(A)(2) and (B) as applied to the Guarantor, for those occurrences that,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(l) Neither the Company nor the Guarantor is in violation of its
organizational documents or in default in the performance or observance of any
material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be
bound, except with respect to the Guarantor with respect to the Guarantor, as
would not have and would not reasonably be likely, individually or in the
aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(m) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented,
and the documents incorporated by reference therein, there is no litigation or
similar proceeding pending or, to the Company or the Guarantor153s knowledge,
threatened to which the Company or the Guarantor is a party or of which any
property of the Company, the Guarantor is the subject which the Company or the
Guarantor153s management believes, individually or in the aggregate, has had or
would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(n) Each of the Company and the Guarantor is not and, after giving effect to
each offering and sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof,
will not be an “investment company”, as such term is defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act“).
The Guarantor represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of you as set
forth below:
(o) Neither the Guarantor nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the Guarantor153s
knowledge, any affiliate, director, officer, employee, agent or representative
of the Guarantor or of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, including the
Company, has taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment,
promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money,
property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any
“government official” (including any officer or employee of a government or
government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization,
or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the
foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political
office) to influence official action or secure an improper advantage; and the
Guarantor and its subsidiaries and affiliates have conducted their businesses in
compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain
and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and
achieve compliance with such law;
(p) The operations of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries are and have been
conducted at all times in material compliance with all applicable financial
recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy
Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of
2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of
jurisdictions where the Guarantor and its subsidiaries conduct business, the
rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations
or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency
(collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws“), and no action, suit or
proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or
any arbitrator involving the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries with respect
to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Guarantor, threatened;
(q) (A) The Guarantor represents that neither the Guarantor nor any of its
subsidiaries (collectively, the “Entity“) or, to the knowledge of the
Entity, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative of
the Entity, is an individual or entity (“Person“) that is, or is owned or
controlled by a Person that is:
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(i) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S.
Department of Treasury153s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC“) or
other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions“), nor
(ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the
subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran,
Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).
(B) The Guarantor represents and covenants that, except as detailed in
Schedule II, for the past 5 years, it has not knowingly engaged in, is not now
knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with
any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or
transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.
2. Appointment of Agents. Subject to the terms and conditions stated
herein and subject to the reservation by the Company of the right to sell Notes
to any of you acting as principal at a discount for its own account or for
resale to one or more investors or other dealers and the Company153s right to sell
Notes directly to investors on its own behalf or through other agents, the
Company hereby appoints and authorizes Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and the
other Agents listed in Schedule I hereto to act as its agents to solicit offers
for the purchase of all or part of the Notes from the Company.
(a) Solicitations of Offers to Purchase Notes. At any time following
the Commencement Date (defined below), the Company shall notify each Agent from
time to time as to the commencement of a period during which the Notes may be
offered and sold by the Agents (each period, commencing with such a notification
and ending at such time as the authorization for offers and sales through the
Agents shall have been suspended by the Company or the Agents as provided
hereunder, being herein referred to as an “Offering Period“). The initial
Offering Period began on April 20, 2006 (the “Commencement Date“). On the
basis of the representations and warranties, and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, each of the Agents agrees, as agent of the Company,
to use its reasonable efforts to solicit offers to purchase Notes from the
Company upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus (and any
supplement thereto) and in the Procedures. Each Agent shall communicate to the
Company, orally or in writing, each reasonable offer or indication of interest
to purchase Notes received by such Agent as agent The Company shall have the
sole right to accept offers to purchase the Notes and may reject any such offer
in whole or in part. Each Agent shall have the right to reject, in its
discretion reasonably exercised, any offer received by it to purchase the Notes,
in whole or in part, and any such rejection shall not be deemed a breach of its
agreements contained herein. In soliciting offers to purchase the Notes in its
capacity as agent of the Company, each Agent is acting solely as agent for the
Company, and not as principal, and does not assume any obligation toward or
relationship of agency or trust with any purchaser of the Notes (other than any
such obligation or relationship which the Agent assumes independently of this
Agreement). Each Agent shall make reasonable efforts to assist the Company in
obtaining performance by each purchaser whose offer to purchase Notes has been
solicited by such Agent and accepted by the Company, but such Agent shall not,
except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, be obligated to disclose the
identity of any purchaser or have any liability to the Company in the event any
such purchase is not consummated for any reason. Except as provided in Section
2(b), under no circumstances will any Agent be obligated to purchase any Notes
for its own account.
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It is understood and agreed, however, that any of you may purchase Notes as
principal or agent pursuant to Section 2(b).
The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to instruct the
Agents to suspend at any time, for any period of time or permanently, the
solicitation of offers to purchase Notes. Upon receipt of instructions from the
Company, such Agent will forthwith suspend solicitation of offers to purchase
Notes from the Company until such time as the Company has advised them that such
solicitation may be resumed.
The Company agrees to pay each Agent a commission, on the Settlement Date
with respect to each sale of Notes by the Company as a result of a solicitation
made by such Agent, in an amount agreed upon by the Agent and the Company. Such
commission shall be payable as specified in the Procedures. Without the prior
approval of the Company, no Agent (acting on an agency basis) may reallow any
portion of the commission payable pursuant hereto to dealers or purchasers in
connection with the offer and sale of any Notes.
Subject to the provisions of this Section 2 and to the Procedures, offers for
the purchase of Notes may be solicited by an Agent as agent for the Company at
such time and in such amounts as such Agent shall deem advisable. The Company
may from time to time offer Notes for sale otherwise than through an Agent;
provided, however, that so long as this Agreement is in effect the Company shall
not solicit or accept offers to purchase Notes through any agent other than an
Agent.
If the Company defaults in its obligations to deliver Notes to a purchaser
whose offer it has accepted, the Company and the Guarantor shall indemnify and
hold each of the Agents harmless against any loss, claim or damage arising from
or as a result of such default by the Company.
(b) Purchases of Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions stated
herein, whenever the Company and any of you determine that the Company shall
sell Notes directly to any of you as principal or agent (in such capacity, the
“Purchaser“), each such sale of Notes shall be made in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement and a supplemental agreement relating to such sale.
Each such supplemental agreement (which may be either an oral or written
agreement) is herein referred to as a “Terms Agreement“. Each Terms
Agreement shall describe the Notes to be purchased by the Purchaser pursuant
thereto and shall specify the terms of the offered Notes. A Terms Agreement may
also specify certain provisions relating to the reoffering of such Notes by the
Purchaser. Any written Terms Agreement may be in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B. The Purchaser153s commitment to purchase Notes shall be deemed
to have been made on the basis of the representations and warranties of the
Company and the Guarantor herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth.
Delivery of the Notes sold to the Purchaser pursuant to a Terms Agreement
shall be made not later than the Settlement Date specified in the Terms
Agreement against payment of funds to the Company in the net amount due to the
Company for such Notes by the method and in the form set forth in the Procedures
unless otherwise agreed to between the Company and the Purchaser.
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Unless otherwise agreed to between the Company and the Purchaser in a Terms
Agreement, any Note sold to a Purchaser (i) shall be purchased by such Purchaser
at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof less a percentage equal
to the applicable commission and (ii) may be resold by such Purchaser at varying
prices from time to time or, if set forth in the applicable Terms Agreement and
Pricing Supplement, at a fixed public offering price. In connection with any
resale of Notes purchased, a Purchaser may use a selling or dealer group and may
reallow to any broker or dealer any portion of the discount or commission
payable pursuant hereto.
(c) Additional Agents. Notwithstanding paragraph 2(a) or 2(b) above,
the Company may from time to time appoint one or more additional financial
institutions experienced in the distribution of securities as an Agent under
this Agreement, for the duration of this Agreement (subject to Section 7 hereof)
or on an issue by issue basis, pursuant to a letter (an “Agent Accession
Confirmation“) substantially in the form of Exhibit C or Exhibit
E to this Agreement, as appropriate, provided that any such additional party
shall have first requested appointment as such upon the terms and conditions of
this Agreement in writing to the Company pursuant to a letter (an “Agent
Accession Letter“) substantially in the form of Exhibit D or
Exhibit F to this Agreement, as appropriate, whereupon it shall, subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the relevant Agent Accession
Letter and the relevant Agent Accession Confirmation, become a party to this
Agreement as an Agent, vested with all the authority, rights and powers and
subject to all the duties and obligations of an Agent as if originally named as
an Agent hereunder. The Company shall promptly notify the Guarantor, the
Trustees and the other Agents of any such appointment, but only in the event
that any such additional Agent is appointed for the duration of this Agreement.
3. Offering and Sale of Notes. Each Agent and the Company agree to
perform the respective duties and obligations specifically provided to be
performed by them in the Procedures.
4. Agreements. (A) The Company and the Guarantor agree with each of
you that:
(a) At any time during an Offering Period or during the time a prospectus
relating to the Notes is required to be delivered under the Securities Act
(including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to
Rule 172), prior to amending or supplementing either Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, the Company and the Guarantor will furnish the Agents and Cleary
Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel to the Agents, with a copy of each
proposed amendment or supplement (other than an amendment or supplement to be
made pursuant to incorporation by reference of a document filed under the
Exchange Act, or a Pricing Supplement or an amendment or supplement relating
solely to an offering of securities other than the Notes) and will not file any
such proposed amendment or supplement to which they reasonably object. The
Company and the Guarantor will promptly cause each amendment of or supplement to
the Prospectus to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b). If the
Prospectus is amended or supplemented (other than by a Pricing Supplement or an
amendment or supplement relating solely to an offering of securities other than
the Notes), each Agent shall be furnished with such information relating to such
filing as it may reasonably request, and no Agent shall be obligated to solicit
offers to purchase Notes so long as
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it is not reasonably satisfied that such amendment or supplement complies in
all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act. At any time during an Offering Period or during the time a prospectus
relating to the Notes is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, the
Company and the Guarantor will promptly advise each Agent of (i) the filing of
any amendment or supplement to either Prospectus (other than a Pricing
Supplement or an amendment or supplement to be made pursuant to incorporation by
reference of a document filed under the Exchange Act or relating solely to an
offering of securities other than the Notes), (ii) the filing of any amendment
to the Registration Statement, (iii) the receipt by the Company or the Guarantor
of comments from the Commission relating to or requests by the Commission for
any amendment of the Registration Statement or any amendment of or supplement to
either Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or
threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) the receipt by the
Company or the Guarantor of any notification with respect to the suspension of
the qualification of the Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company and the Guarantor
will use their reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop
order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the
Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of
objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or
relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an
amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and
using their best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement
declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) If, at any time prior to the filing of the related Pricing Supplement
pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure
Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, the
Company will (1) notify promptly each Agent so that any use of the Disclosure
Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (2) amend or supplement
the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission; and (3) supply any
amendment or supplement to each Agent in such quantities as such Agent may
reasonably request.
(c) At any time during an Offering Period, the Company and the Guarantor will
comply with all requirements imposed upon them by the Securities Act, as now and
hereafter amended, and by the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the
continuance of sales of or dealings in the Notes as contemplated by the
provisions hereof and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as
a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then
existing, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of the Company or the Guarantor,
during such period it is necessary to amend or supplement the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or file a new registration statement to comply with
the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, the
Company promptly will notify each Agent to suspend the solicitation of offers to
purchase the Notes and to cease sales of any Notes. To the extent required under
the provision in the last
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sentence of this subsection (c), the Company and the Guarantor promptly will
amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the relevant Prospectus or
file a new registration statement (at the expense of the Company and the
Guarantor ) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance and will use their best efforts to have any amendment to the
Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon
as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in use of the Prospectus (and
any supplements thereto). If such amendment or supplement, and any documents,
certificates, opinions and letters furnished to the Agents pursuant to
subsections (m), (n) and (o) of this Section 4(A) in connection with the
preparation and filing of such amendment or supplement, are reasonably
satisfactory in all respects to the Lead Agent, in its sole discretion, upon the
filing of such amendment or supplement with the Commission or effectiveness of
an amendment to the Registration Statement, the Agents will resume solicitation
of offers to purchase Notes hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither
the Company nor the Guarantor shall be required to comply with the provisions of
subsection (c) of this Section 4(A) during any period from the time any Agent
shall have been notified to suspend the solicitation of offers to purchase the
Notes in its capacity as Agent (whether under this subparagraph (c) or otherwise
under this Agreement) to the time the Company shall determine that solicitation
of offers to purchase the Notes should be resumed; provided that if any Agent
holds any Notes purchased as principal or agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement,
the Company and the Guarantor shall comply with the provisions of subsection (c)
of this Section 4(A) during the period when a prospectus relating to the Notes
is required to be delivered pursuant to the Securities Act (including in
circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172).
(d) The Guarantor will comply, in a timely manner, with all applicable
requirements under the Exchange Act relating to the filing with the Commission
of the Guarantor153s reports pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act and, if then applicable, of the Guarantor153s proxy statements
pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act.
(e) The Company and the Guarantor will use their best efforts to qualify the
Notes for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Lead Agent
or other Agent participating in the offer and sale of a series of Notes may
reasonably designates in connection with the offer and sale of such series of
Notes, to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the
distribution of the Notes and, if requested by the Lead Agent or other Agent
participating in the offer and sale of such series of Notes, to arrange for the
determination of the legality of the Notes for purchase by institutional
investors, except that neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall be required
in connection therewith to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it
is not now so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to general
or unlimited service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so
subject.
(f) Upon request, the Company and the Guarantor will furnish to the Agents
and counsel for the Agents, without charge, signed copies of the Registration
Statement (including exhibits thereto) and the Prospectus and, so long as
delivery of a prospectus relating to the Notes by an Agent may be required by
the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be
satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each additional prospectus
supplement, Pricing Supplement and Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any
supplements thereto as each Agent may reasonably request. The Company will
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pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to
each offering that are required to be prepared, furnished or delivered by it.
(g) Upon request, the Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing
solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof
(a “Final Term Sheet“), in a form approved by the relevant Agent and will
file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such
Rule.
(h) (i) Each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees that, unless it has
obtained or will obtain, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the
Lead Agent, and (ii) each Agent, severally and not jointly, agrees with the
Company and the Guarantor that, unless it has obtained or will obtain, as the
case may be, the prior written consent of the Company and the Guarantor, it has
not made and will not make any offer relating to the Notes that would constitute
an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free
writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company
or the Guarantor with the Commission or retained by the Company or the Guarantor
under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto
shall be deemed to have been given in respect of any Final Term Sheet and any
free writing prospectus prepared by an Agent in connection with a specific
offering of the Notes and approved for use by the Company and the Guarantor. Any
such free writing prospectus consented to by the relevant Agent or the Company
and the Guarantor is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus.” Each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees that (x) it has
treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will
comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433
applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of
timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Guarantor agrees to
furnish to each Agent, upon its reasonable request, as soon as available, all
reports and financial statements filed by or on behalf of the Guarantor with the
Commission or any national securities exchange. The Guarantor shall be deemed to
have furnished such information to such Agent if (i) such reports and financial
statements are generally available on, and can be printed and/or downloaded
from, the Securities and Exchange Commission153s internet website,
www.sec.gov (or any other website of which the Guarantor notifies such
Agent), and (ii) such Agent has been notified by the Guarantor that such reports
and financial statements have been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
(j) The Company and the Guarantor shall, whether or not any sale of Notes is
consummated or this Agreement is terminated, pay all expenses incident to the
performance of their obligations under this Agreement and under any Terms
Agreement, including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements of its
accountants and counsel; the cost of printing (or other production) and delivery
of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Pricing Supplements, Final
Term Sheets or Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, all amendments thereof and
supplements thereto, the Indentures, and all other documents relating to the
offering, the cost of preparing, printing, packaging and delivering the Notes;
the fees and disbursements (including reasonable fees of counsel) incurred in
connection with the qualification of the Notes for sale and determination of
eligibility for investment of the Notes under the securities or blue sky laws of
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such jurisdictions as the relevant Agent may reasonably designate; the fees
and disbursements of the Trustees; the fees of any agency that rates the Notes;
the fees and expenses in connection with any listing of the Notes on The NASDAQ
Stock Market, NYSE Arca, Luxembourg Stock Exchange or such other securities
exchange agreed to by the Company; the fees and expenses incurred with respect
to any filing with the Financial Regulatory Authority, Inc.; the reasonable fees
and disbursements of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, as counsel for
the Agents, or other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Agent, the
Company and the Guarantor; and such other expenses, including, without
limitation, advertising expenses as may be agreed upon by the Agents, the
Company and the Guarantor; provided, however, that with respect to any purchase
of Notes by one of you as principal or agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the
fees and disbursements of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP or other
counsel to you shall not be paid by either the Company or the Guarantor.
(k) During the term of this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantor shall
furnish to each Agent such relevant documents and certificates of officers of
the Company and the Guarantor relating to the business, operations and affairs
of the Company and the Guarantor, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus,
any Pricing Supplement, Final Term Sheet and Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any
amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the Indentures, the Notes, this
Agreement, the Procedures, any Terms Agreement and the performance by the
Company and the Guarantor of their obligations hereunder or thereunder as the
Agents may from time to time reasonably request. The Company and the Guarantor
shall promptly notify the Agents orally, followed by written notice, of any
downgrading or of the receipt by either of them of any notice of any intended
downgrading in the rating accorded any securities of either the Company or the
Guarantor by Moody153s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor153s Ratings
Services or, if one of them no longer rates the securities of either the Company
or the Guarantor, another “nationally recognized statistical rating
organization”, as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2).
(l) If any issue of Notes is to be listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market, NYSE
Arca or such other securities exchange agreed to by the Company, as specified in
the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Company and the Guarantor will use their
best efforts to obtain the listing of such issue of Notes on such securities
exchange, to furnish to such securities exchange all documents, information and
undertakings that may be reasonably necessary in order to effect such listing,
and to cause such listing to be continued so long as any of the Notes of such
issue remain outstanding.
(m) Each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus are amended or
supplemented (other than by filing with the Commission: (i) a Pricing
Supplement, (ii) an amendment or supplement relating solely to an offering of
securities other than the Notes, (iii) a Current Report on Form 8-K (or any
successor item thereto), or (iv) any other amendment or supplement that the Lead
Agent reasonably deems immaterial), the Company and the Guarantor will deliver
or cause to be delivered forthwith to the Agents a certificate of the Company
and the Guarantor, signed by (A) on behalf of the Company, the Chairman, the
President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer,
the Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary and, (B) on behalf of
the Guarantor, the Chairman, any Vice Chairman, any Vice President, the
principal financial officer, the General Counsel, the Controller, any Deputy
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Controller or the principal accounting officer and by the Treasurer, any
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary (or another
officer or officers acceptable to the Lead Agent), dated as of the date of the
effectiveness of such amendment or the date of filing with the Commission of
such supplement or document, as the case may be, in form reasonably satisfactory
to the Lead Agent, to the effect that the statements contained in the
certificate referred to in Section 5(b) (iii) that was last furnished to the
Agents (either pursuant to Section 5(b) (iii) or pursuant to this Section
4(A)(m)) are true and correct at the time of the effectiveness of such amendment
or the time of filing of such supplement or document, as the case may be, as
though made at and as of such time (except that such statements shall be deemed
to relate to the Registration Statement, as amended as of the time of
effectiveness of such amendment, and to the relevant Prospectus, as amended and
supplemented as of the date of such certificate) or, in lieu of such
certificate, a certificate of the same tenor as the certificate referred to in
Section 5(b) (iii) but modified, if necessary, to relate to the Registration
Statement, as amended as of the time of the effectiveness of such amendment, and
to the relevant Prospectus, as amended and supplemented as of the date of such
certificate.
(n) Each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus are amended or
supplemented (other than by filing with the Commission: (i) a Pricing
Supplement, (ii) an amendment or supplement relating solely to an offering of
securities other than the Notes, (iii) a Current Report on Form 8-K (or any
successor item thereto), or (iv) any other amendment or supplement that the Lead
Agent reasonably deems immaterial), the Company and the Guarantor shall furnish
to or cause to be furnished forthwith to the Agents the written opinion of the
Associate General Counsel-Capital Markets & Corporate Reporting of the
Guarantor, or, in connection with the filing of the Guarantor153s Annual Report on
Form 10-K, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, or in either case, other
counsel for the Company and/or the Guarantor or other external counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Agent, dated as of the date of the
effectiveness of such amendment or the date of filing with the Commission of
such supplement or document, as the case may be, in form reasonably satisfactory
to the Lead Agent. In lieu of such opinion, counsel last furnishing such an
opinion to the Agents may furnish to the Agents a letter to the effect that the
Agents may rely on such last opinion to the same extent as though it were dated
as of the date of such letter and authorizing reliance on such last opinion
(except that statements in such last opinion will be deemed to relate to the
Registration Statement, as amended at the time of the effectiveness of such
amendment, and to the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented as of the date of
such letter).
(o) Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus are amended
or supplemented to set forth amended or supplemental financial information
supplemented (other than by filing with the Commission: (i) a Pricing
Supplement, (ii) an amendment or supplement relating solely to an offering of
securities other than the Notes, (iii) a Current Report on Form 8-K (or any
successor item thereto), or (iv) any other amendment or supplement that the
Agents reasonably deems immaterial), the Guarantor shall cause KPMG LLP,
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, forthwith to furnish the Agents a
letter, dated as of the date of the effectiveness of such amendment or the date
of filing of such supplement or document, as the case may be, in form
satisfactory to the Lead Agent, of the same tenor as the letter of such
independent public accountants referred to in Section 5(b)(iv) hereof but
modified to relate to the Registration Statement and Prospectus, as amended and
supplemented to the date of such letter,
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with such changes as may be necessary to reflect changes in the financial
statements and other information derived from the accounting records of the
Guarantor; provided, however, that if the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus are amended or supplemented solely to include or incorporate by
reference financial information with respect to a fiscal quarter, KPMG LLP may
limit the scope of such letter to the unaudited financial statements included in
such amendment or supplement.
(p) Each solicitation of an offer to purchase Notes by you, each acceptance
by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Notes, each sale of Notes to any
Purchaser and each Settlement Date shall be deemed to be an affirmation that the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantor contained in or
made pursuant to this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at
the time of such solicitation, acceptance, sale or issuance and delivery, as the
case may be, as though made at and as of such time (and it is understood that
such representations and warranties shall relate to the Registration Statement
and the Prospectuses as amended and supplemented to each such time).
(q) Anything to the contrary in this Section 4 notwithstanding, if, at the
time of any required notice, amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectuses, the Company shall have instructed the Agents to
suspend solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes in each Agent153s capacity as
agent of the Company and either Agent does not then hold any Notes acquired by
it as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement, neither the Company nor the
Guarantor shall be obligated to furnish or cause to be furnished any notice,
certificate, opinion or letter otherwise required until such time as it shall
determine that solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes should be resumed;
and provided, further, that, prior to resuming such solicitation the Agents
shall be entitled to receive any such notices, certificates, opinions or letters
not previously furnished, accurate as of the date of such notice, certificate,
opinion or letter.
(B) Each Agent represents to and agrees with the Company and the Guarantor
that it will comply with all relevant selling restrictions included in the
Prospectus or Pricing Supplement for each series of Notes such Agent offers or
sells.
(C) Each Agent acknowledges and agrees with the Company and the Guarantor
that it has the sole responsibility to ensure, to the extent that such Agent
makes offers or sales of the Notes directly to investors, prior to any offer or
sale of the Notes, that it has a reasonable basis to believe that the Notes are
suitable for the investors to whom the Notes are being sold, that it is lawful
for such investors to purchase the Notes and that the investors are capable of
evaluating the risks and merits of any investment in the Notes. Further, each
Agent undertakes that it will only make offers and sales of the Notes through
broker-dealers that acknowledge to and agree with such Agent to comply with all
applicable United States federal and state securities laws, the applicable rules
and regulations of any regulatory body promulgated thereunder and the applicable
rules and regulations of FINRA.
5. Conditions to the Obligations of the Agents. Each Agent153s
obligations to solicit offers to purchase Notes as agent of the Company, any
Agent153s obligation to purchase Notes as principal pursuant to any Terms
Agreement or otherwise, and the obligation of any other Agent to purchase Notes
from the Company will be subject to the accuracy in all material
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respects of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and
the Guarantor herein contained, to the accuracy of the statements of the
officers of the Company and the Guarantor made in each certificate furnished
pursuant to the provisions hereof and to the performance and observance by the
Company and the Guarantor of all covenants and agreements herein contained on
their part to be performed and observed (in the case of the Agents153 obligations
to solicit offers to purchase Notes, at the time of such solicitation, and, in
the case of any Purchaser153s obligation to purchase Notes, at the time the
Company accepts the offer to purchase such Notes and at the time of purchase)
and (in each case) to the following additional conditions precedent when and as
specified:
(a) On the corresponding Settlement Date:
(i) The Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, have been filed in the
manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) and any other material
required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d), shall have been
filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such
filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued
and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
(ii) There shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise),
earnings, business or properties of the Company, the Guarantor and their
respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or
contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any Pricing
Supplements (exclusive of any supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any
case referred to above, is, in the sole judgment of the Lead Agent after
consultation with the Company, so material and adverse as to make it impractical
or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Notes as
contemplated by the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, except, in the case
of any purchase of Notes by any Agent as principal, as disclosed to such Agent
in writing by the Company and the Guarantor before the Company accepted the
offer to purchase such Notes.
(iii) There shall not have occurred any (x) suspension or material limitation
of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any
setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange, or any suspension of
trading of the Guarantor153s common stock by the Commission or the New York Stock
Exchange, (y) declaration of a general moratorium on commercial banking
activities by either federal or New York state authorities or exchange controls
shall have been imposed by the United States or (z) any outbreak or escalation
of hostilities, any declaration by the United States of war or national
emergency or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets
is such to as to make it, in the Lead Agent153s sole judgment, after consultation
with the Company, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering of
the Notes as contemplated by the relevant Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, except, in the case of any purchase of Notes by any Agent as
principal, for any such event occurring before the Company accepted the offer to
purchase such Notes.
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(iv) There shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the
Company153s or the Guarantor153s senior or subordinated debt securities by any
“nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes
of Rule 436(g)) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any
such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate
the direction of the possible change, except as disclosed to the Agents in
writing by the Company and the Guarantor before the Company accepted the offer
to purchase such Notes.
(b) On the Commencement Date and, if called for by any Terms Agreement on the
corresponding Settlement Date:
(i) The Company and the Guarantor shall have furnished to the Agents such
customary opinion or opinions of the Associate General Counsel : Capital Markets
& Corporate Reporting of the Guarantor (or other counsel for the Company
and/or the Guarantor reasonably acceptable to the Lead Agent) on the
Commencement Date as the Agents may reasonably require, and, on the Settlement
Date will furnish such customary opinion or opinions of the Associate General
Counsel : Capital Markets & Corporate Reporting of the Guarantor (or other
counsel for the Company and/or the Guarantor reasonably acceptable to the
Agents) as the Agents may reasonably require and, if called for by a Terms
Agreement, such customary opinion or opinions of other counsel, dated the
Commencement Date or the Settlement Date, as the case may be, as the Agents may
reasonably require.
(ii) Each Agent shall have received from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
LLP, counsel for the Agents (or other counsel reasonably acceptable to such
Agent, the Company and the Guarantor), such customary opinion or opinions dated
the Commencement Date or the Settlement Date, as the case may be, as the Agents
may reasonably require.
(iii) The Company and the Guarantor shall have furnished to the Agents a
certificate of the Company and the Guarantor, signed by (A) on behalf of the
Company:the Chairman, the President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer,
any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary and (B) on behalf of the Guarantor:the Chairman, any Vice Chairman,
the President, any Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting
Officer, the General Counsel, the Controller or any Deputy Controller and by the
Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary (or
another officer or officers acceptable to the Lead Agent), dated the
Commencement Date or the Settlement Date, as the case may be, to the effect that
each signatory of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration
Statement, as amended as of the date of such certificate, the Prospectuses, as
amended and supplemented as of the date of such certificate, the Disclosure
Package and this Agreement and that: the respective representations and
warranties of the Company and the Guarantor in this Agreement are true and
correct on and as of the date of such certificate with the same effect as if
made on the date of such certificate and the Company and the Guarantor have
complied in all material respects with all the respective agreements and
satisfied all the conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied as a
condition to the obligations of the Agents under this Agreement; no stop order
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suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice
objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have
been instituted or, to their knowledge, have been threatened or communicated by
the Commission to the Company or the Guarantor as being contemplated by it under
the Securities Act; and since the date of the most recent financial statements
included in the relevant Prospectus or the Disclosure Package, each as amended
and supplemented, there has been no material adverse change in the consolidated
financial condition or results of operations of the Guarantor and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which is not disclosed in the relevant
Prospectus or the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented.
(iv) KPMG LLP or another nationally recognized independent registered public
accounting firm shall have furnished to the Agents a letter or letters, dated
the Commencement Date or the Settlement Date, as the case may be, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents.
(v) The Company and the Guarantor shall have furnished to each Agent such
appropriate further information, certificates and documents as such Agent may
reasonably request.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 5 shall be delivered
at the office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel for the
Agents, at One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006, on the Commencement Date
or the Settlement Date, as the case may be.
6. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company and the Guarantor
agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent, the directors, officers,
employees and agents of each Agent and each person who controls any Agent within
the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and each of your
affiliates within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act against any
and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they
or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or
other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the
registration of the Notes as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in
the Base Prospectus, any prospectus supplement, any preliminary or final Pricing
Supplement or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse
each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the
Company and the Guarantor will not be liable in any such case to the extent that
any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any
such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company or the Guarantor by any Agent specifically
for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which the Company and the Guarantor may otherwise have.
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(b) Each Agent severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company and the Guarantor, each of their respective directors, each
of their respective officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each
person who controls the Company or the Guarantor within the meaning of either
the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing
indemnity from the Company and the Guarantor to each Agent, but only with
reference to written information relating to such Agent furnished to the Company
or the Guarantor by such Agent specifically for inclusion in the documents
referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability that any Agent may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
Section 6, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from
liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not
otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the
indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any
event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified
party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b)
above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the
indemnifying party153s choice at the indemnifying party153s expense to represent the
indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which
case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and
expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties
except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be
satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party153s
election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the
indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including
local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs
and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the
indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel
with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or
targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified
parties which are different from or additional to those available to the
indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel
satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within
a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the
indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate
counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will
not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending
or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which
indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the
indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action)
unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release
of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action,
suit or proceeding.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of
this Section 6 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party for any reason, the Company, the Guarantor and the Agents severally agree
to contribute to the aggregate losses,
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claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively
“Losses“) to which the Company, the Guarantor and one or more of the
Agents may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and
by the Agents on the other from the offering of the Notes; provided, however,
that in no case shall (i) any Agent (except as may be provided in any agreement
among Agents relating to the offering of the Notes) be responsible for any
amount in excess of the discount or commission applicable to the Notes purchased
by such Agent hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding
sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company, the Guarantor and the
Agents severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the
Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and of the Agents on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the
Company and the Guarantor shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds
from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, and
benefits received by the Agents shall be deemed to be equal to the total
discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth in the Pricing Supplement.
Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the
Company and the Guarantor on the one hand or the Agents on the other, the intent
of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The
Company, the Guarantor and the Agents agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other
method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this
Section 6, each person who controls an Agent within the meaning of either the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and
agent of an Agent shall have the same rights to contribution as such Agent, and
each person who controls the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, within the
meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the
Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, who shall have signed the Registration
Statement and each director of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable,
shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company or the Guarantor, as
applicable, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this
paragraph (d).
7. Termination. (a) This Agreement will continue in effect until
terminated as provided in this Section 7. This Agreement may be terminated by
either the Company or the Guarantor as to any Agent, or by any Agent, insofar as
this Agreement relates to such Agent, by giving written notice of such
termination to such Agent or the Company and the Guarantor, as the case may be.
The termination of this Agreement shall not require termination of any agreement
by any of you to purchase Notes as principal, and the termination of any such
Agreement shall not require termination of this Agreement. If this Agreement is
terminated, neither the Company and the Guarantor, on the one hand, nor any
Agent, on the other hand, shall have any liability to each other, except as
provided in the first sentence of the third paragraph of Section 2(a) and
Sections 4(A)(b), 4(A)(g), 4(A)(h), 6, 8 and 11, and except that, if at the time
of
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termination an offer to purchase any of the Notes has been accepted by the
Company but the time of delivery to the purchaser or its agent of the Note or
Notes relating thereto has not occurred, the representations and warranties of
the Company and the Guarantor stated in Section 2 and the Company153s obligations
under the Procedures, and in Sections 2(c), 4(A)(a), 4(A)(b), 4(A)(c), 4(A)(d),
4(A)(e), 4(A)(f), 4(A)(g), 4(A)(i), 4(A)(j), 4(A)(k), 4(A)(1), 4(A)(m), 4(A)(o),
4(A)(q) and 5 shall also remain in full force and effect and not be terminated
until the delivery of such Notes.
8. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective
agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the
Company and the Guarantor or their officers and of any of you set forth in or
made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless
of any investigation made by or on behalf of you, the Company, the Guarantor or
any of the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 6
hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Notes. The provisions
of Section 4(j) and Section 6 hereof shall survive the termination or
cancellation of this Agreement.
9. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and
effective only on receipt, and, if sent to an Agent, will be delivered or sent
by mail or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication and confirmed
to such Agent, at the address specified on Schedule I hereto; or, if sent to the
Company or the Guarantor, will be delivered or sent by mail or transmitted by
any standard form of telecommunication and confirmed to it at 153 E. 53rd
Street, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10043, Attention: Assistant Treasurer (fax
no.: (212) 793-5629), with a copy to Citigroup Inc., One Court Square, 45th
Floor, Long Island City, New York 11120, Attn: Associate General Counsel :
Capital Markets and Corporate Reporting (fax no.: (718) 248-2705.
10. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 6 hereof. Nothing
expressed or implied in this Agreement or any Terms Agreement is intended or
shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the
parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons and
officers and directors referred to in Section 6 and their heirs and legal
representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Agreement or any Terms Agreement or any provision herein or
therein contained. This Agreement and any Terms Agreement and all conditions and
provisions hereof and thereof except to the extent provided for in Section 5
hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors and said controlling persons and officers
and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of
no other person, firm or corporation. No Purchaser of Notes shall be deemed to
be a successor by reason merely of such purchase. This Agreement and the rights
and obligations of any of you hereunder may not be assigned without the prior
written consent of the Company and the Guarantor.
11. Waivers. Neither any failure nor delay on the part of any party to
exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement (singly and
collectively referred to as a “Right“) shall operate as a waiver of such
Right, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any Right preclude any other
or further exercise of any Right, nor shall any waiver of any Right
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with respect to any occurrence be construed as a waiver of any Right with
respect to any other occurrence.
12. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company and the Guarantor hereby
acknowledge that (i) the purchase and sale of the Notes pursuant to this
Agreement is an arm153s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the
Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Agents and any affiliate through which it
may be acting, on the other, (ii) the Agents are acting as principal and not as
an agent or fiduciary of the Company or the Guarantor and (iii) the Company153s
engagement of the Agents in connection with the offering and the process leading
up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity.
Furthermore, each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees that it is solely
responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering
(irrespective of whether any of the Agents has advised or is currently advising
the Company or the Guarantor on related or other matters). The Company and the
Guarantor agree that they will not claim that the Agents have rendered advisory
services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty
to the Company or the Guarantor, in connection with such transaction or the
process leading thereto.
13. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Guarantor and
the Agents, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts
made and to be performed within the State of New York.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
16. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
17. Notice of New Registration Statement. (a) Upon
delivery by the Company and the Guarantor to the Agents of a properly executed
notice in the form attached as Exhibit G hereto (a “Notice of New Registration
Statement”), (i) the file number contained in the first sentence of Section 1(a)
of this Agreement shall thereafter be deemed to refer to the file number of the
registration statement specified in such Notice of New Registration Statement
(the “New Registration Statement”), (ii) all references in this Agreement to the
“Registration Statement” shall thereafter be deemed to refer to the New
Registration Statement.
(b) Together with the notice required by Section 17(a), the Company and the
Guarantor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agents the documents
required under Section 4(A)(m), 4(A)(n) and 4(A)(o) of the Agreement, provided
that such Section 4(A)(m), 4(A)(n) and 4(A)(o) shall remain unchanged and shall
apply to the New Registration Statement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement,
please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this
letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the
Company, the Guarantor and you.
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CITIGROUP FUNDING INC. |
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/s/Charles E. Wainhouse |
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Charles E. Wainhouse |
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Executive Vice President & Treasurer |
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CITIGROUP INC. |
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/s/ John C. Gerspach |
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John C. Gerspach |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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The foregoing Amended and Restated
Global Selling Agency Agreement is
hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date hereof:
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as Lead Agent |
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/s/ Jack D. McSpadden, Jr. |
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Jack D. McSpadden, Jr. |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Eric Glicksman |
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Name: |
Eric Glicksman |
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Title: |
Managing Director |
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/s/ Jorge A. Ramirez |
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Jorge A. Ramirez |
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Managing Director |
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WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC |
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/s/ Donald T. Brudie, Jr. |
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Name: |
Donald T. Brudie, Jr. |
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Managing Director |
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CFI Amended and Restated GSAA
August 26, 2011
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SCHEDULE I
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
UBS Financial Services Inc.
800 Harbor Boulevard, Third Floor
Weehawken, NJ 07086
Attention: Structured Products Group
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Attention: Don Brudie
375 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10152
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SCHEDULE II
Transactions Subject to Sanctions
None.
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EXHIBIT A
CITIGROUP FUNDING INC.
Medium-Term Notes, Series D and Series E, Administrative
Procedures
August 26, 2011
The Medium-Term Notes, Series D (the “Series D Notes“) and Medium-Term
Notes, Series E (the “Series E Notes,” and, together with the Series D
Notes, the “Notes“) of Citigroup Funding Inc. (the “Company“), any
payments due on which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by (the
“Guarantee“) Citigroup Inc. (the “Guarantor“), are to be offered
on a continuing basis. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. has agreed, as agent, to
solicit purchases of Notes issued in fully registered form. (The term
“Agent” when used in these Administrative Procedures, means Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.) The Agent will not be obligated to purchase Notes for its
own account. The Notes are being sold pursuant to a Global Selling Agency
Agreement among the Company, the Guarantor, and the agents named therein
(including the Agent) dated the date hereof (the “Agency Agreement“). The
Notes have been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission“). The Bank of New York Mellon is the successor trustee under
the Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2005, under which the Series D Notes will be
issued (the “Senior Debt Indenture“). Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas is the trustee (together with The Bank of New York Mellon, the
“Trustees“) under the Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2005, under which
the Series E Notes will be issued (the “Subordinated Debt Indenture,”
and, together with the Senior Debt Indenture, the “Indentures“). The
Series D Notes will constitute part of the senior debt of the Company and will
rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated debt of the Company.
The Guarantee of the Series D Notes will constitute part of the senior debt of
the Guarantor and will rank equally with all other unsecured and unsubordinated
debt of the Guarantor. The Series E Notes will be subordinate and junior in the
right of payment to all Citigroup Funding Senior Indebtedness, to the extent and
in the manner set forth in the Subordinated Debt Indenture. The Guarantee of the
Series E Notes will be subordinate and junior in the right of payment to all
Citigroup Senior Indebtedness, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the
Subordinated Debt Indenture.
The Agency Agreement provides that Notes may also be purchased by the Agent
acting solely as principal and not as agent. In the event of any such purchase,
the functions of both the Agent and the beneficial owner under the
administrative procedures set forth below shall be performed by the Agent acting
solely as principal, unless otherwise agreed to between the Company, the
Guarantor and the Agent acting as principal.
Each Note will be represented by either a Global Security (as defined
hereinafter) or a certificate delivered to the Holder thereof or a Person
designated by such Holder (a “Certificated Note“). Each Global Security
representing Series D Notes will be delivered to Citibank, N.A., and each Global
Security representing Series E Notes will be delivered to Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, each acting as agent for The Depository Trust Company or any
successor depositary selected by the Company (“DTC“, which term, as used
herein, includes any successor depositary selected by the Company), and will be
recorded in the
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book-entry system maintained by DTC (a “Book-Entry Note“). An owner of
a Book-Entry Note will not be entitled to receive a certificate representing
such Note.
The procedures to be followed during, and the specific terms of, the
solicitation of orders by the Agent and the sale as a result thereof by the
Company are explained below. Administrative and record-keeping responsibilities
will be handled for the Company by its Treasury Department. The Company will
advise the Agent and the Trustees in writing of those persons handling
administrative responsibilities with whom the Agent and the Trustees are to
communicate regarding orders to purchase Notes and the details of their
delivery. The term “Trustees” as used in these procedures means the
Trustees and any other agents appointed by the Trustees or the Company.
Administrative procedures and specific terms of the offering are explained
below. Book-Entry Notes will be issued in accordance with the administrative
procedures set forth in Part I hereof, as adjusted in accordance with changes in
DTC153s operating requirements, and Certificated Notes will be issued in
accordance with the administrative procedures set forth in Part II hereof.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Indentures, the Agency
Agreement, the Notes or the Prospectus Supplement relating to the Notes shall be
used herein as therein defined. Notes for which interest is calculated on the
basis of a fixed interest rate, which may be zero, are referred to herein as
“Fixed Rate Notes“. Notes for which interest is calculated on the basis
of a floating interest rate are referred to herein as “Floating Rate
Notes“. To the extent the procedures set forth below conflict with the
provisions of the Notes, the Indentures, DTC153s operating requirements or the
Agency Agreement, the relevant provisions of the Notes, the Indentures, DTC153s
operating requirements and the Agency Agreement shall control.
PART I
Administrative Procedures for
Book-Entry Notes
In connection with the qualification of the Book-Entry Notes for eligibility
in the book-entry system maintained by DTC, Citibank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas (together, the “DTC Agents“) will perform the
custodial, document control and administrative functions described below for the
Series D Notes and the Series E Notes, respectively. Citibank, N.A. will perform
such functions in accordance with its respective obligations under a Letter of
Representations from the Company and Citibank, N.A. to DTC dated as of the date
hereof and a Medium-Term Note Certificate Agreement between Citibank, N.A. and
DTC, dated as of October 31, 1988 and as amended to date, and its obligations as
a participant in DTC, including DTC153s Same-Day Funds Settlement system
(“SDFS“). Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas will perform such
functions in accordance with its respective obligations under a Letter of
Representations from the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to DTC
to be executed on a future date and a Certificate Agreement between DTC and
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, dated as of December 5, 1997 and as
amended to date, and its obligations as a participant in DTC, including DTC153s
SDFS.
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Issuance: |
On any date of settlement (as defined under “Settlement” below) for |
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Identification Numbers: |
The Company has arranged with the CUSIP Service Bureau of Standard & |
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needed, and to DTC. |
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Registration: |
Global Securities will be issued only in fully registered form without |
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Transfers: |
Transfers of a Book-Entry Note will be accomplished by book entries made by |
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Exchanges: |
Each DTC Agent may deliver to DTC and the CUSIP Service Bureau at any time a |
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shall be the last date to which interest has been paid on the underlying |
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Maturities: |
Each Book-Entry Note will mature on a date nine months or more after the |
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Denominations: |
Unless otherwise agreed to by the Company, Book-Entry Notes will be issued in |
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Notice of Redemption Dates: |
Each DTC Agent will, with respect to the Notes for which it is Trustee, give |
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Interest: |
General. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Pricing |
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Standard & Poor153s Ratings Services will use the information received in |
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Regular Record Dates. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable |
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Payments of Principal and Interest: |
Payment of Interest Only. Promptly after each Regular Record Date, |
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Payment Date by reference to the appropriate (daily or weekly) bond reports |
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Payments at Maturity or Upon Redemption. On or about the first |
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Manner of Payment. The total amount of any principal and interest |
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10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the Maturity Date or as soon as possible |
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DTC will notify the applicable Trustee on or prior to the fifth |
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business day after the record date for payment of interest and ten days prior |
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Withholding Taxes. The amount of any taxes required under applicable |
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Procedures upon Company153s Exercise of Optional Reset or Optional Extension of |
Company Notice to Trustee regarding Exercise of Optional Reset. Not |
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Company Notice to Trustee regarding Exercise of Optional Extension of |
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Note, and will further indicate (i) the new Stated Maturity; (ii) the |
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Trustee Notice to DTC regarding Company153s Exercise of Optional Extension |
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Trustee Notice to Company regarding Option to be Repaid. If, after |
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Company Notice regarding New Interest Rate or New Spread or Spread |
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Trustee Notice to Company regarding DTC Revocation of Option to be |
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Book-Entry Notes for which tender for repayment has been revoked. |
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Deposit of Repayment Price. On or before any old Stated Maturity |
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Procedures upon Company Notice to Trustee regarding Company153s Exercise of |
Company Notice to Trustee regarding Company153s Exercise of Optional |
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Trustee Notice to DTC regarding Company153s Exercise of Optional |
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Deposit of Redemption Price. On or before any redemption date, the |
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Payments of Principal and Interest Upon Exercise of Optional Repayment |
Trustee Notice to Company of Option to be Repaid. Upon receipt of |
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Optional Repayment Date. |
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Deposit of Repayment Price. On or prior to any Optional Repayment |
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Procedure for Rate Setting and Posting: |
The Company and the Agent will discuss from time to time the aggregate |
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Acceptance and Rejection of Orders: |
Unless otherwise instructed by the Company, the Agent will advise the Company |
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Preparation of Pricing Supplement: |
If any order to purchase a Book-Entry Note is accepted by or on behalf of the |
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Outdated Pricing Supplements and the Prospectuses to which they are attached |
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Copies of the appropriate number of Pricing Supplements shall be delivered to |
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York City time) on the Business Day following the acceptance of an offer by |
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Suspension of Solicitation; Amendment or Supplement: |
Subject to the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company and |
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In the event that at the time the Company suspends solicitation of purchases |
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Delivery of Prospectus: |
A copy of the Prospectus and a Pricing Supplement relating to a Book-Entry |
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Confirmation: |
For each order to purchase a Book-Entry Note solicited by the Agent and |
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Settlement: |
The receipt by the Company of immediately available funds in payment for a |
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Settlement Procedures: |
Settlement Procedures with regard to each Book-Entry Note sold by the Company |
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A. The Agent will advise the Company by telephone (or by facsimile or other |
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Principal or face amount. |
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Series. |
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Stated Maturity. |
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In the case of a Fixed Rate Book-Entry Note, the interest rate and reset, |
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Interest Payment Dates and the Interest Payment Period. |
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Amortization provisions, if any. |
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Settlement date and Issue Date, if different. |
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Specified currency. |
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Denominated currency, Indexed Currency, Base Exchange Rate, and the |
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Price. |
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Agent153s commission, determined as provided in the Agency Agreement. |
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Whether, in the case of Series D Notes, the Notes will have a Survivor153s |
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Whether such Book-Entry Note is an OID Note and, if so, the total amount of |
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Any other terms necessary to describe the Book-Entry Note. |
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B. The Company will advise the relevant DTC Agent by telephone (confirmed in |
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C. Such DTC Agent will enter a pending deposit message through DTC153s |
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The information set forth in Settlement Procedure “A”. |
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Identification as a Fixed Rate Book-Entry Note or a Floating Rate Book-Entry |
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The Initial Interest Payment Date for such Book-Entry Note, number of days by |
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The Interest Payment Period. |
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The CUSIP number of the Global Security representing such Book-Entry Note. |
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The participant account numbers maintained by DTC on behalf of such Trustee |
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Whether such Global Security will represent any other Book-Entry Note (to the |
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D. To the extent the Company has not already done so, the Company will |
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E. Such Trustee will complete such Book-Entry Note, stamp the appropriate |
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F. DTC will credit such Book-Entry Note to such DTC Agent153s participant |
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G. Such DTC Agent will enter an SDFS deliver order through DTC153s Participant |
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H. Unless the Agent is purchasing such Note as principal, the Agent will |
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Participant Terminal System instructing DTC (i) to debit such Book-Entry Note |
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I. Transfers of funds in accordance with SDFS deliver orders described in |
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J. Such DTC Agent will, upon receipt of funds from the Agent in accordance |
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K. Unless the Agent is purchasing such Book-Entry Note as principal, the |
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L. Monthly, each DTC Agent will send to the Company a statement setting forth |
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Settlement Procedures Timetable: |
For sales by the Company of Book-Entry Notes solicited by the Agent and |
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11:00 A.M. on the sale date |
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2:00 P.M. on the sale date |
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3:00 P.M. on the day before settlement |
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9:00 A.M. on settlement date |
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10:00 A.M. on settlement date |
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2:00 P.M. on settlement date |
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4:45 P.M. on settlement date |
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If a sale is to be settled more than one Business Day after the sale date, |
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If settlement of a Book-Entry Note is rescheduled or canceled, the DTC Agent |
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Failure to Settle: |
If settlement of a Book-Entry Note is rescheduled and the DTC Agent for such |
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canceled and not immediately reassigned. |
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If a withdrawal message is processed with respect to one or more, but not |
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If the purchase price for any Book-Entry Note is not timely paid to the |
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Trustees Not to Risk Funds: |
Nothing herein shall be deemed to require either Trustee to risk or expend |
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Authenticity of Signatures: |
The Company will cause each of the Trustees to furnish the Agent from time to |
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such Trustee to authenticate Book-Entry Notes, but the Agent will not have |
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Payment of Expenses: |
The Agent shall forward to the Company, on a monthly basis, a statement of |
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Advertising Costs: |
The Company will determine with the Agents the amount of advertising that may |
PART II
Administrative Procedures for Certificated Notes
Each Trustee will serve as registrar and transfer agent in connection with
the Certificated Notes for which it serves as Trustee.
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Issuance: |
Each Certificated Note will be dated and issued as of the date of its |
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Registration: |
Certificated Notes will be issued only in fully registered form without |
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Maturities: |
Each Certificated Note will mature on a date nine months or more after the |
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Currency: |
The Specified Currency for a Certificated Note shall be as set forth therein |
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Denominations: |
Unless otherwise agreed to by the Company, the denomination of any |
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Interest: |
General. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Pricing |
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Regular Record Dates. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable |
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Payments of Interest: |
The applicable Trustee will pay the principal amount of each Certificated |
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delivered to the Company. All interest payments on a Certificated Note (other |
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Withholding Taxes. The amount of any taxes required under applicable |
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The Company will be responsible for withholding taxes on interest paid on |
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If any interest Payment Date for or the Maturity of a Certificated Note is |
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Procedure for Rate Setting and Posting: |
The Company and the Agent will discuss from time to time the aggregate |
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Acceptance and Rejection of Orders: |
Unless otherwise instructed by the Company, the Agent will advise the Company |
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Certificated Note to be settled in less than three Business Days, the Company |
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Preparation of Pricing Supplement: |
If any order to purchase a Certificated Note is accepted by or on behalf of |
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Copies of the appropriate number of Pricing Supplements shall be delivered to |
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Outdated Pricing Supplements and the Prospectuses to which they are attached |
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Suspension of Solicitation; Amendment or Supplement: |
Subject to the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company and |
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In the event that at the time the Company suspends solicitation of purchases |
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copies of such Prospectus (or the notice provided for in Rule 173(a) under |
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Delivery of Prospectus: |
A copy of the Prospectus and a Pricing Supplement relating to a Certificated |
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Confirmation: |
For each order to purchase a Certificated Note solicited by the Agent and |
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Settlement: |
The receipt by the Company of immediately available funds in exchange for an |
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Settlement Procedures: |
Settlement Procedures with regard to each Certificated Note sold by the |
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such Note is a Certificated Note and of the following settlement information, |
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Name in which such Certificated Note is to be registered (“Registered |
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Address of the Registered Owner and address for payment of principal and |
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Taxpayer identification number of the Registered Owner (if available). |
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Principal or face amount. |
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Series. |
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Stated Maturity. |
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In the case of a Fixed Rate Certificated Note, the Interest Rate and reset |
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Interest Payment Dates and the Interest Payment Period. |
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Specified Currency. |
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Denominated Currency, Indexed Currency, Base Exchange Rate and the |
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Redemption, repayment, amortization or extension provisions, if any. |
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Settlement date. |
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Price (including currency). |
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Agent153s commission, if any, determined as provided in the Agency Agreement. |
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Whether such Certificated Note an OID Note, and, if so, the total amount of |
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Any other terms necessary to describe the Certificated Note. |
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B. The Company will advise the relevant Trustee by telephone, (confirmed in |
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telecommunication or electronic transmission of the information set forth in |
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Certificated Note with customer confirmation. |
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Stub One 190 For Trustee. |
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Stub Two 190 For Agent. |
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Stub Three 190 For the Company. |
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D. The relevant Trustee will complete such Certificated Note and will |
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F. The relevant Trustee will send Stub Three to the Company by first-class |
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For orders of Certificated Notes solicited by the Agent, as agent, and |
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will mail a notice, first class, postage prepaid, to the Holder of such |
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Trustee Notice to Company regarding Option to be Repaid. If, after |
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Company Notice regarding New Interest Rate or New Spread or Spread |
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Trustee Notice to Company regarding Holder Revocation of Option to be |
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Deposit of Repayment Price. On or before any old Stated Maturity |
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Trustee will use such money to repay such Certificated Notes pursuant to the |
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Procedures upon Company153s Exercise of Optional Redemption: |
Company Notice to Trustee regarding Exercise of Optional |
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Trustee Notice to Holders regarding Company153s Exercise of Optional |
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Payments of Principal and Interest Upon Exercise of Optional Repayment |
Trustee Notice to Company of Option to be Repaid. Upon receipt of |
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Failure to Settle: |
If a purchaser fails to accept delivery of and make payment for any |
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applicable Trustee153s records and send such Note to the Company. |
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Trustees Not to Risk Funds: |
Nothing herein shall be deemed to require either Trustee to risk or expend |
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Authenticity of Signatures: |
The Company will cause each Trustee to furnish the Agent from time to time |
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Payment of Expenses: |
The Agent shall forward to the Company, on a monthly basis, a statement of |
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Advertising Costs: |
The Company will determine with the Agent the amount of advertising that may |
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF TERMS AGREEMENT
Citigroup Funding Inc.
153 E. 53rd Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10043
Attention: Assistant Treasurer
Subject in all respects to the terms and conditions contained in the Amended
& Restated Global Selling Agency Agreement dated August 26, 2011 (the
“Global Selling Agency Agreement“), among Citigroup Funding Inc.,
Citigroup Inc. and the Agents named therein, the undersigned agrees to purchase
the following Notes of Citigroup Funding Inc.:
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Principal Amount: |
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Purchaser: |
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Issue Price: |
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Original Issue Date: |
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Stated Maturity: |
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CUSIP: |
Terms of the Notes: As described in the [Preliminary Pricing
Supplement/Offering Summary] dated [ ], 20[ ] attached hereto, as supplemented
by and the Final Term Sheet dated the date hereof and attached hereto.
[Requirements for delivery, if any, of opinions of counsel, certificates from
the Company and the Guarantor or their respective officers or a letter from the
Guarantor153s independent registered public accountants:]
Other terms:
The provisions of the Global Selling Agency Agreement and the related
definitions are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to have the
same force and effect as if set forth in full herein. By accepting this Terms
Agreement by signing below, the Company additionally represents and warrants
that this Terms Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
it.
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[Purchaser] |
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Accepted: CITIGROUP FUNDING INC. |
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF AGENT ACCESSION CONFIRMATION : PROGRAM
To: [Name and address of new Agent]
[date]
Citigroup Funding Inc.
Series D and Series E Medium-Term Note Program
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to the Amended & Restated Global Selling Agency Agreement dated
as of August 26, 2011 (which agreement, as amended from time to time, is herein
referred to as the “Agency Agreement“) entered into in respect of the
above Medium-Term Note Program and hereby acknowledge receipt of your Agent
Accession Letter to us dated [ ].
In accordance with Section 2(c) of the Agency Agreement we hereby confirm
that, with effect from the date hereof, you shall become a party to, and an
Agent under, the Agency Agreement, vested with all the authority, rights and
powers, and subject to all the duties and obligations of an Agent as if
originally named as such under the Agency Agreement.
Yours faithfully,
CITIGROUP FUNDING INC.
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF AGENT ACCESSION LETTER : PROGRAM
To: Citigroup Funding Inc.
153 E. 53rd Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10043
[date]
Citigroup Funding Inc.
Series D and Series E Medium-Term Note Program
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to the Amended & Restated Global Selling Agency Agreement dated
as of August 26, 2011, entered into in respect of the above Medium-Term Note
Program and made among Citigroup Funding Inc. (the “Company“), Citigroup
Inc. and the Agents party thereto (which agreement, as amended from time to
time, is herein referred to as the “Agency Agreement“).
We confirm that we are in receipt of the documents referenced below (except
to the extent we have waived delivery of such documents):
– a copy of the Agency Agreement;
– a copy of all documents referred to in Section 5 of the Agency Agreement;
and : a letter in a form approved by ourselves from each of the legal advisers
referred to in Section 5 of the Agency Agreement addressed to ourselves and
giving us the full benefit of the existing legal opinions as of the date of such
existing legal opinions, and have found them to our satisfaction.
For the purposes of Section 9 of the Agency Agreement our notice details are
as follows: (insert name, address, telephone, fax, email address and attention).
In consideration of the Company appointing us as an Agent under the Agency
Agreement, we hereby undertake, for the benefit of the Company, the Guarantor
and each of the other Agents, that we will perform and comply with all the
duties and obligations expressed to be assumed by an Agent under or pursuant to
the Agency Agreement. We also undertake to deliver to The Depository Trust
Company of New York such pricing letters as it may reasonably require from us in
connection with the offer and sale of the Notes.
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This letter is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of New York.
Yours faithfully,
[Name of new Agent]
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF AGENT ACCESSION CONFIRMATION : NOTE ISSUE
To: [Name and address of new Agent]
[date]
Citigroup Funding Inc.
Series D and Series E Medium-Term Note Program
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to the Amended & Restated Global Selling Agency Agreement dated
as of August 26, 2011 (which agreement, as amended from time to time, is herein
referred to as the “Agency Agreement“) entered into in respect of the
above Medium-Term Note Program and hereby acknowledge receipt of your Agent
Accession Letter to us dated [ ].
In accordance with Section 2(c) of the Agency Agreement we hereby confirm
that, with effect from the date hereof solely in respect of the issue of [ ]
Notes due [ ] (the “Issue“), you shall become a party to, and an Agent
under, the Agency Agreement, vested with all the authority, rights and powers,
and subject to all duties and obligations of an Agent in relation to the Issue
as if originally named as such under the Agency Agreement.
Such appointment is limited to the Issue and is not for any other issue of
Notes of the Company pursuant to the Agency Agreement and such appointment will
terminate upon issue of the Notes comprising the Issue but without prejudice to
any rights, duties or obligations which have arisen prior to such termination.
Yours faithfully,
CITIGROUP FUNDING INC.
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Guarantor |
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EXHIBIT F
FORM OF AGENT ACCESSION LETTER : NOTE ISSUE
Citigroup Funding Inc.
153 E. 53rd Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10043
Attention: Assistant Treasurer
Series D and Series E Medium-Term Note Program
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to the Amended & Restated Global Selling Agency Agreement dated
as of August 26, 2011, entered into in respect of the above Medium-Term Note
Program and made among the Company, Citigroup Inc. and the Agents party thereto
(which agreement, as amended from time to time, is herein referred to as the
“Global Selling Agency Agreement“).
We confirm that we are in receipt of the documents referenced below (except
to the extent that we have waived delivery of such documents): a copy of the
Agency Agreement; and a copy of all documents referred to in Section 5 of the
Agency Agreement and have found them to our satisfaction.
For the purposes of Section 9 of the Agency Agreement our notice details are
as follows: (insert name, address, telephone, fax, email address and attention).
In consideration of the Company appointing us as an Agent solely in respect
of the issue of [ ] Notes due [ ] (the “Issue“) under the Agency
Agreement, we hereby undertake, for the benefit of the Company, the Guarantor
and each of the other Agents, that in relation to the Issue we will perform and
comply with all the duties and obligations expressed to be assumed by an Agent
under or pursuant to the Agency Agreement.
We acknowledge that such appointment is limited to the Issue and is not for
any other issue of Notes of the Company pursuant to the Agency Agreement and
that such appointment will terminate upon issue of the Notes comprising the
Issue but without prejudice to any rights, duties or obligations which have
arisen prior to such termination.
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This letter is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of New York.
Yours faithfully,
[Name of new Agent]
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Title: |
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Trustees |
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Guarantor |
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EXHIBIT G
[date]
To the Agents listed on Schedule I of the Agency Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Re: Notice of New Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. [ ])
In accordance with the provisions of the Amended and Restated Global Selling
Agency Agreement (the “Agency Agreement”) dated as of August 26, 2011, as
supplemented and amended from time to time, among Citigroup Funding Inc. (the
“Company”), Citigroup Inc. (the “Guarantor”) and the Agents listed in Schedule I
thereto, we hereby notify you that a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. [
]) relating to the Notes was filed by the Company and the Guarantor with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on [date], [also
identify any amendments filed] (the “New Registration Statement”) and was
declared effective by the Commission as of [time] on [date].
Accordingly, the file number contained in the first sentence of Section 1(a)
of the Agency Agreement shall be hereafter deemed to refer to the file number of
the New Registration Statement, and all references in the Agency Agreement to
the “Registration Statement” shall be hereafter deemed to refer to the New
Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
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CITIGROUP FUNDING INC. |
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By: |
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Name: |
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Title: |
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CITIGROUP INC. |
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By: |
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