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Employee Option Grant Agreement – Citigroup

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Citigroup Inc.
Employee Option Grant Agreement

1. Award Agreement. Citigroup Inc. (“Citigroup“)
hereby grants to {NAME} (the “Participant“), the award(s) summarized
below, pursuant to the terms of the Executive Option Grant
Program
(the “Program“). The terms, conditions and
restrictions of your award are contained in this Employee Option Grant
Agreement, including the attached Appendix (together, the
Agreement“), and are summarized, along with additional information, in
the Executive Option Grant Program prospectus dated February 14,
2011
, and any applicable prospectus supplements (together, the
Prospectus“). Your award is also governed by the Citigroup 2009 Stock
Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective February 9, 2011, and as it
may be further amended from time to time (the “Plan“). For the award to
be effective, you must accept below, acknowledging that you have received and
read the Prospectus and this Agreement, including the Appendix.

2. Executive Option Grant Summary*

Grant Date:

February 14, 2011

Grant Price:

$xx.xx per share

Number of Shares:

{#OPTION SHARES}

Vesting Dates (1/3 each vesting date):

February 14, 2012

February 14, 2013

February 14, 2014

Option Expiration Date:

February 14, 2017

3. Acceptance and Agreement by Participant. I hereby accept
the award described above, and agree to be bound by the terms, conditions, and
restrictions of such award as set forth in this Agreement, including the
Appendix, and in the Prospectus (acknowledging hereby that I have read and that
I understand such documents), the Plan and Citigroup’s policies, as in effect
from time to time, relating to the administration of the Program and the Plan. I
understand that vesting is conditioned upon continuous employment with the
Company, and that an Award may be cancelled if there is a break in or
termination of my employment with the Company.

CITIGROUP INC.

PARTICIPANT’S SIGNATURE:

By:



[Name]
[Title]

Name:
GEID:


* The terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to your award, including
what happens in the event of a termination or suspension of your employment, are
contained in this Agreement, which includes the Appendix hereto, and are also
summarized in the Prospectus. The Award is also subject to any limitations,
adjustments or clawback provisions required under the Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008, as amended, agreements between the Company and the
United States Treasury Department and/or the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, Company policy, other legal, regulatory or governmental
requirements, stock exchange listing requirements, or that are required to
enable the Company to qualify for any government loan, subsidy, investment or
other program.


CITIGROUP INC.
EMPLOYEE OPTION GRANT AGREEMENT
APPENDIX

This Appendix constitutes part of the Employee Option Grant Agreement (the
Agreement“) and is applicable to the Executive Option Grant
Program
award summarized on the first page of this Agreement. This
Appendix is part of the Agreement and sets forth the terms and conditions and
other information applicable to the non-qualified stock option (the
Option“), granted to Participant under the Program, as described in
the Award Summary on page 1. All Options are denominated in shares of Citigroup
common stock, par value $.01 per share (referred to herein as “shares
or “Citigroup stock“). The “Company“, for purposes of this
Agreement, shall mean Citigroup and its subsidiaries that participate in the
Program, except where provided otherwise herein.

1. Terms and Conditions. The terms, conditions, and
restrictions of the Option are set forth below. Certain of these provisions,
along with other important information, are summarized in the Executive
Option Grant Program prospectus dated February 14, 2011
(the
Prospectus“), and any applicable prospectus supplement that may be
published from time to time. The terms, conditions, and restrictions of the
Option include, but are not limited to, provisions relating to amendment,
vesting, and cancellation of the Option, restrictions on the transfer of the
Option, and additional restrictions that may be imposed on the Option pursuant
to Sections 4(j) and 4(k) of this Agreement, as further described below.

By accepting an Option, Participant acknowledges that he or she has
read and understands the Prospectus and the terms and conditions set forth in
this Appendix. Participant understands that this Option and all other incentive
awards are entirely discretionary and that no right to receive the Option, or
any incentive award, exists absent a prior written agreement to the
contrary.

Participant understands that the value that may be realized from the
Option, if any, is contingent and depends on the future market price of
Citigroup stock, among other factors, and that because equity awards are
discretionary, and intended to promote employee retention and stock ownership
and to align employees’ interests with those of stockholders, equity awards are
subject to vesting conditions and will be canceled if such conditions are not
satisfied.

Any monetary value assigned to the Option in any communication
regarding the Option is contingent, hypothetical, and for illustrative purposes
only and does not express or imply any promise or intent by the Company to
deliver, directly or indirectly, any certain or determinable cash value to
Participant. Receipt of an Option covered by this Agreement, or any other
incentive award, is neither an indication nor a guarantee that an incentive
award of any type or amount will be made in the future, and absent a written
agreement to the contrary, the Company is free to change its practices and
policies regarding incentive awards at any time in its sole discretion.

Any actual, anticipated, or estimated financial benefit to
Participant from the Option is not and shall not be deemed to be a normal or an
integral part of Participant’s regular or expected salary or compensation from
employment for any purposes, including, but not limited to, calculating any
statutory, common law or other employment-related payment to Participant,
including any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, end-of-service,
bonus, long-service awards, pension, superannuation or retirement or welfare or
similar payments, benefits or entitlements, and in no event should be considered
as compensation for, or relating in any way to, past services for the
Company.

2. Vesting. If conditions to vesting are satisfied, the
Option will vest in the installment amounts and on the vesting dates set forth
in the Stock Option Grant Summary. Vesting in each case is subject to receipt of
the information necessary to make any required tax payments and confirmation by
Citigroup that all conditions to vesting have been satisfied.

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Vesting is conditioned on Participant’s continuous employment with
the Company up to and including the scheduled vesting date, unless otherwise
provided below, and subject to Section 4(j).

3. Exercise of Option. Vested Option shares may be
exercised in whole or in part by Participant upon notice to the Company,
together with provision for payment of the grant price (as set forth in the
Stock Option Grant Summary). Such notice shall be given in the manner prescribed
by Citigroup and shall specify the date and method of exercise and the number of
Option shares that are being exercised. The currently available option exercise
methods, which are subject to change at any time, are described in the
Prospectus. All stock option exercises will be processed in accordance with the
Citigroup Equity Compensation administrative procedures and deadlines then in
effect. If Participant uses a broker-assisted exercise method that may be
available from time to time, Participant acknowledges and agrees that option
proceeds from any broker-assisted exercises will be net of applicable
commissions and fees associated with these transactions. The applicable
commissions and fees will be disclosed to Participant at or prior to the time of
exercise or will be available to Participant upon request. The laws of the
country in which Participant is working at the time of grant, vesting, and/or
exercise of the Option (including any rules or regulations governing securities,
foreign exchange, tax or labor matters), and Citigroup accounting or other
policies, whether dictated by such country’s political or regulatory climate or
otherwise, may restrict or prohibit any one or more of the stock option exercise
methods described in the Prospectus; such restrictions may apply differently if
Participant is a resident or expatriate employee, and are subject to change at
any time. If the last day on which an Option may be exercised pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement is not a trading day on the New York Stock Exchange,
then the immediately preceding New York Stock Exchange trading day shall be the
last day on which an Option may be exercised. Under no circumstances may an
Option be exercised after the Option Expiration Date set forth in the Stock
Option Grant Summary (the “Option expiration date“). The
Company is not obligated to notify a Participant (or his or her estate or
personal representatives) that an Option is nearing expiration.

4. Continuous Employment and other Vesting and Post-Vesting
Conditions.
The vesting of the Option shares and the Participants right
to exercise Option shares is conditioned upon Participant’s continuous
employment with the Company and/or subject to other conditions, as provided
below.

The vesting of Option shares and Participant’s right to exercise Option
shares is conditioned upon Participant’s continuous employment with the Company,
except as otherwise provided below.

If Participant’s employment with the Company terminates or is interrupted for
any reason described below, Participant’s rights with respect to the Option will
be affected as indicated below. If Participant’s employment with the Company
terminates for any reason not described below, the Option will be canceled.

(a) Voluntary Resignation. If Participant voluntarily
terminates his or her employment with the Company and at such time does not
satisfy the conditions of Section 4(i) below, vesting of Option shares will
cease and all unvested Option shares will be canceled on the date Participant’s
employment is so terminated. Participant may exercise vested Option shares until
the Option expiration date.

(b) Disability. Option shares will continue to vest on
schedule and may be exercised, subject to all other provisions of this
Agreement, during Participant’s approved disability leave pursuant to a Company
disability policy (but not later than the Option expiration date). If
Participant’s disability ends with Participant’s termination of employment on
account of the disability, any unvested Option shares will vest immediately.
Vested Option shares may be exercised until the Option expiration date.

(c) Approved Personal Leave of Absence (Non-Statutory
Leave).

(i) Unvested Option shares will continue to vest on schedule and may be
exercised, subject to all other provisions of this Agreement, during the first
six months of an approved personal leave of absence, provided that Participant’s
leave of absence was approved by management of

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Participant’s business unit in accordance with the leave of absence policies
applicable to Participant (an “approved personal leave of absence“).
Unvested Option shares will be canceled as soon as the approved personal leave
of absence has exceeded six months, except as provided in paragraph (ii) below.

(ii) If Participant’s employment terminates for any reason specified
elsewhere in this Section 4 during the first six months of an approved personal
leave of absence, the Award will be treated as described in the applicable
provision of this Section 4. If Participant meets the “Rule 75” as defined in
Section 4(i) before the approved personal leave of absence exceeds six months,
unvested shares will continue to vest on schedule, subject to all other
provisions of this agreement.

(d) Statutory Leave of Absence. Unvested Option shares will
continue to vest on schedule and may be exercised, subject to all other
provisions of this agreement, during a leave of absence that is approved by
management of Participant’s business unit, provided by applicable law and is
taken in accordance with such law and applicable Company policy (a
statutory leave of absence“). If Participant meets the “Rule of 75” as
defined in Section 4(i) during a statutory leave of absence, unvested shares
will continue to vest on schedule, subject to all other provisions of this
agreement.

(e) Death. If Participant’s employment terminates by reason
of Participant’s death, any unvested Option shares will vest and vested Option
shares may be exercised only by the lawful representative of Participant’s
estate until the Option expiration date.

(f) Involuntary Termination for Gross Misconduct.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Company
terminates Participant’s employment because of Participant’s “gross
misconduct
” (as defined below), vesting of the Option, and the
Participant’s right to exercise vested Option shares will cease on the date
Participant’s employment is so terminated; all unvested and unexercised Option
shares will be canceled as of date Participant’s employment is terminated, and
Participant shall have no further rights of any kind with respect to the Option.
For purposes of this Agreement, “gross misconduct” means any conduct
that (i) is in competition with the Company’s business operations, (ii) that
breaches any obligation that Participant owes to the Company or Participant’s
duty of loyalty to the Company, (iii) is materially injurious to the Company or
(iv) is otherwise determined by the Personnel and Compensation Committee of the
Citigroup Board of Directors (the “Committee“), in its sole discretion,
to constitute gross misconduct. For purposes of this Section 4(f),
Company” shall mean Citigroup and any of its subsidiaries.

(g) Employment by Company Ends as a Result of a “Qualifying
Transaction.”
If Participant is no longer employed by the Company as a
direct result of a “qualifying transaction” (as defined below), all
unvested Option shares will vest on the date Participant’s employment status
changes as a result of the qualifying transaction. Vested Option shares may be
exercised until the Option expiration date. For these purposes, a
qualifying transaction” means any one of the following events or
combination of events:

(i) The stock or other equity interest in the Citigroup subsidiary that
employs Participant is sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction that
results in Citigroup ceasing to control or own a significant equity interest in
the subsidiary. In these circumstances, Participant’s employment by the Company
will end on the date Citigroup ceases to control or own a significant equity
interest in the subsidiary. For these purposes, the Committee will determine, in
its sole discretion, whether Citigroup ceases to control, or own a significant
equity interest in, a subsidiary.

(ii) Either (a) a sale or other disposition of assets comprising the business
unit to which Participant provides substantial services, or (b) the transfer to
an external service provider of Participant’s job function in connection with
the Company’s entering into a services agreement with the external service
provider, and (c) the involuntary termination of Participant’s employment

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by the Company other than for “gross misconduct” in connection with the sale
or other disposition of assets or the Company’s entering into a services
agreement covering Participant’s job function. In these circumstances,
Participant will not be eligible for the treatment described above if the
Company determines that Participant has rejected an employment opportunity with
the buyer or external services provider on terms and conditions that are
comparable to the terms and conditions of Participant’s employment by the
Company, and in such case paragraph (h) (or other applicable paragraph) of this
Section 4 will apply.

(h) Involuntary Termination Other than for Gross
Misconduct.
Unless paragraph (g) above applies, if Participant’s
employment is terminated by the Company involuntarily other than for gross
misconduct including under a reduction in force or job discontinuance program,
and Participant has not met the “Rule of 75” as defined in Section 4(i), a
prorated portion of the unvested Option shares will immediately vest and any
vested Option shares may be exercised until the Option expiration date. The
prorated portion of unvested Option shares that vest in accordance with the
preceding sentence shall be calculated (1) by assuming that the portion of the
Option shares scheduled to vest on each different vesting date is a separate
award, and (2) for each separate award, by multiplying the number of unvested
Option shares that are subject to such separate award by a fraction, the
numerator of which is equal to the number of days the Participant was employed
by the Company during the vesting period applicable to such separate award and
the denominator of which is equal to the number of days in the entire vesting
period applicable to such separate award. For these purposes, the vesting period
is the period of time starting on and including the grant date and ending on and
including the applicable vesting date.

(i) Termination after meeting the “Rule of 75.” If
Participant’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason other than
involuntary termination for “gross misconduct,” and on or before such
date Participant’s age plus full years of service with the Company equals at
least 75 (the “Rule of 75“), then any unvested Option shares will vest
on the date Participant’s employment terminates. Vested Option shares may be
exercised until the Option expiration date.

(j) Clawback; Misconduct; Error; Downturn in Performance or Failure
of Risk Management.
Any unvested shares subject to the Option and any
vested but unexercised Option shares will be canceled or forfeited if the
Committee determines that (1) Participant received the Option based on
materially inaccurate financial statements (which includes, but is not limited
to, statements of earnings, revenues, or gains) or any other materially
inaccurate performance metric criteria, (2) Participant knowingly engaged in
providing inaccurate information (including knowingly failing to timely correct
inaccurate information) relating to financial statements or performance metrics,
or (3) Participant materially violated any risk limits established or revised by
senior management, a business head and/or risk management, or any balance sheet
or working or regulatory capital guidance provided by a business head.

(k) One-Year Sale Restriction on Incremental Shares from Exercises
before February 14, 2016.
If Participant exercises the Option before
the fifth anniversary of the grant date (February 14, 2016), the shares issued
after covering the option cost (equal to the grant price, as set forth in the
Stock Option Grant Summary, times the number of option shares exercised),
applicable taxes, and any brokerage commission and fees (“incremental
shares
“) will be subject to a restriction on sale or transfer beginning on
the exercise date and ending one year thereafter. In the event of Participant’s
death, the sale restriction imposed on Option shares will cease to apply and
will not be imposed on any shares that may be acquired by Participant’s estate
in a future exercise of the Option.

5. Non-Transferability. The Option and any sale-restricted
incremental shares relating to the Option may not be sold, pledged,
hypothecated, assigned, margined or otherwise transferred, other than by will or
the laws of descent and distribution, and no Option or interest or right therein
shall be subject to the debts, contracts or engagements of Participant or his or
her successors in interest or shall

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be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge,
encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary
or involuntary or by operation of law, by judgment, lien, levy, attachment,
garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy or
divorce), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void, of no
effect, and not binding on the Company in any way. Participant agrees that any
purported transfer shall be null and void, and shall constitute a breach of this
Agreement causing damage to the Company for which the remedy shall be a
cancelation of the Option. During Participant’s lifetime, all rights with
respect to the Option shall be exercisable only by Participant, and any and all
payments in respect of the Option shall be to Participant only. The Company
shall be under no obligation to entertain, investigate, respect, preserve,
protect or enforce any actual or purported rights or interests asserted by any
creditor of Participant or any other third party in the Option, and Participant
agrees to take all reasonable measures to protect the Company against any such
claims being asserted in respect of Participant’s Option and to reimburse the
Company for any and all reasonable expenses it incurs defending against or
complying with any such third-party claims if Participant could have reasonably
acted to prevent such claims from being asserted against the Company.

6. Stockholder Rights. Participant shall have no rights as
a stockholder of Citigroup over any shares covered by an Option, unless and
until shares are distributed to Participant in connection with an Option
exercise.

7. Right of Set Off. Participant agrees that the Company
may, to the extent determined by the Company to be permitted by applicable law,
retain for itself funds or securities otherwise payable to Participant pursuant
to this Option or any award under any equity award program administered by
Citigroup to offset any amounts paid by the Company to a third party pursuant to
any award, judgment, or settlement of a complaint, arbitration, or lawsuit of
which Participant was the subject; to satisfy any obligation or debt that
Participant owes the Company or its affiliates; or in the event any equity award
is canceled pursuant to its terms. The Company may not retain such funds or
securities and set off such obligations or liabilities, as described above,
until such time as they would otherwise be distributable to Participant in
accordance with the applicable award terms.

8. Consent to Electronic Delivery. In lieu of receiving
documents in paper format, Participant hereby agrees, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, to accept electronic delivery of any documents that Citigroup
may be required to deliver (including, but not limited to, prospectuses,
prospectus supplements, grant or award notifications and agreements, account
statements, annual and quarterly reports, and all other forms or communications)
in connection with the Option(s) covered by this Agreement and any other prior
or future incentive award or program made or offered by Citigroup or its
predecessors or successors. Electronic delivery of a document to Participant may
be via a Company e-mail system or by reference to a location on a Company
intranet or secure internet site to which Participant has access.

9. Plan Administration. The Option described in this
Agreement has been granted subject to the terms of the Plan. The shares
deliverable to Participant upon the exercise of an Option will be from the
shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

10. Adjustments. In the event of any change in Citigroup’s
capital structure on account of (i) any extraordinary dividend, stock dividend,
stock split, reverse stock split or any similar equity restructuring; or (ii)
any combination or exchange of equity securities, merger, consolidation,
recapitalization, reorganization, divestiture or other distribution (other than
ordinary cash dividends) of assets to stockholders, or any other similar event
affecting Citigroup’s capital structure, to the extent necessary to prevent the
enlargement or diminution of the rights of Participants, the Committee shall
make such appropriate equitable adjustments as may be permitted by the terms of
the Plan and applicable law, to the number or kind of shares subject to an
Option and/or the grant price applicable to an Option. All such adjustments
shall conform to the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal

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Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code“), to the extent
applicable, and with respect to Options intended to qualify as
“performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, such
adjustments or substitutions shall be made only to the extent that the Committee
determines that such adjustments or substitutions may be made without causing
the Company to be denied a tax deduction on account of Section 162(m) of the
Code. Citigroup shall give each Participant notice of an adjustment hereunder
and, upon notice, such adjustment shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its discretion,
decline to adjust any Option granted to a Participant, if it determines that
such adjustment would violate applicable law or result in adverse tax
consequences to the Participant or the Company, and neither the Committee nor
Citigroup shall be bound to compensate any Participant for any such adjustment
not made, nor shall they be liable to Participant for any additional personal
tax or other consequences of any adjustments that are made to an Option.

11. Taxes and Tax Residency Status. By accepting the
Option, Participant agrees to pay all applicable income taxes (or hypothetical
tax, if Participant is subject to tax equalization or tax protection pursuant to
a Citigroup Expatriate policy) and file all required tax returns in all
jurisdictions where Participant is subject to tax and/or an income tax filing
requirement. To assist Citigroup in achieving full compliance with its
obligations under the laws of all relevant taxing jurisdictions, Participant
agrees to keep complete and accurate records of his or her income tax residency
status and the number and location of workdays outside his or her country of
income tax residency from the date of an Option grant until the later of the
date of its last exercise or the subsequent sale of any shares upon any exercise
of the Option. By accepting the Option, Participant also agrees to provide, upon
request, information about his or her tax residency status to Citigroup during
such period. Participant will be responsible for any income tax due, including
penalties and interest, arising from any misstatement by Participant regarding
such information.

12. Entire Agreement; No Right to Employment. The
Prospectus and the Agreement constitute the entire understanding between the
Company and Participant regarding the Option and supersede all previous written,
oral, or implied understandings between the parties hereto about the subject
matter hereof, including any written or electronic agreement, election form or
other communication to, from or between Participant and the Company. Nothing
contained herein, in the Plan, the Prospectus, or in any prospectus supplement
or any other communication about the Option shall confer upon Participant any
rights to continued employment or employment in any particular position, at any
specific rate of compensation, or for any particular period of time.

13. Amendment. The Committee may in, its sole discretion,
modify, amend, terminate or suspend the Option or the Program at any time,
except that no termination, suspension, modification or amendment of the Option
or the Program shall (i) cause the Option or the Program to become subject to,
or violate, Section 409A of the Code, or (ii) adversely affect Participant’s
rights with respect to the Option, as determined by the Committee, without
Participant’s written consent.

14. Compliance with Regulatory Requirements.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Option will
be subject to any limitations, adjustments or clawback provisions applicable to
Participant to the extent required under (a) the Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008, as amended, and any applicable rules or regulations
thereunder, (b) any agreement entered into between the Company and the United
States Treasury Department in connection with the Company’s participation in,
the Troubled Asset Relief Program or the Exchange Agreement dated June 9, 2009,
between the Company and the United States Treasury Department and the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, or (c) any policy implemented at any time by the
Company in its discretion to (i) comply with any other legal, regulatory or
governmental requirements, directions, supervisory comments, guidance or
promulgations specifically including but not limited to guidance on remuneration
practices or sound incentive compensation practices promulgated by any U.S. or
non-U.S. governmental agency or authority, (ii) comply with the listing
requirements of any stock exchange on

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which the Company’s common stock is traded or (iii) comply with or enable the
Company to qualify for any government loan, subsidy, investment or other
program.

15. Arbitration; Conflict; Governing Law. Any disputes
related to the Option shall be resolved by arbitration in accordance with the
Company’s arbitration policies. In the absence of an effective arbitration
policy, Participant understands and agrees that any dispute related to an Option
shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American
Arbitration Association, if so elected by the Company in its sole discretion. In
the event of a conflict between the Prospectus and this Agreement, this
Agreement shall control. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and
the Plan the Plan shall control. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of
the State of New York (regardless of conflict of laws principles) as to all
matters, including, but not limited to, the construction, application, validity
and administration of the Program.

16. Disclosure Regarding Use of Personal Information and
Participant’s Consent.

(a) Definition and Use of “Personal Information.” In
connection with the grant of this Option, and any other award under the Program
or any other equity award program, and the implementation and administration of
any such program, including, without limitation, Participant’s actual
participation, or consideration by the Company for potential future
participation, in any program at any time, it is or may become necessary for
the Company to collect, transfer, use, and hold certain personal information
regarding Participant in and/or outside of Participant’s home country
.

The “personal information” that Citigroup may collect, process,
store and transfer for the purposes outlined above may include Participant’s
name, nationality, citizenship, tax or other residency status, work
authorization, date of birth, age, government/tax identification number,
passport number, brokerage account information, GEID or other internal
identifying information, home address, work address, job and location history,
compensation and equity award information and history, business unit, employing
entity, and Participant’s beneficiaries and contact information. Participant may
obtain more details regarding the access and use of his/her personal
information, and may correct or update such information, by contacting his/her
human resources representative or local equity coordinator.

Use, transfer, storage and processing of personal information, electronically
or otherwise, may be in connection with the Company’s internal administration of
its equity award programs, or in connection with tax or other governmental and
regulatory compliance activities directly or indirectly related to an equity
award program. For such purposes only, personal information may be used by third
parties retained by the Company to assist with the administration and compliance
activities of its equity award programs, and may be transferred by the company
that employs (or any company that has employed) Participant from Participant’s
home country to other Citigroup entities and third parties located in the United
States and in other countries. Specifically, those parties that may have access
to Participant’s information for the purposes described herein include, but are
not limited to, (i) human resources personnel responsible for administering the
equity award programs, including local and regional equity award coordinators,
and global coordinators located in the United States; (ii) Participant’s U.S.
broker and equity account administrator and trade facilitator; (iii)
Participant’s U.S., regional and local employing entity and business unit
management, including Participant’s supervisor and his/her superiors; (iv) the
Committee or its designee, which is responsible for administering the Plan; (v)
Citigroup’s technology systems support team (but only to the extent necessary to
maintain the proper operation of electronic information systems that support the
equity award programs); and (vi) internal and external legal, tax and accounting
advisors (but only to the extent necessary for them to advise the Company on
compliance and other issues affecting the equity award programs in their
respective fields of expertise). At all times, Company personnel and third
parties will be obligated to maintain the confidentiality of Participant’s
personal information except to the extent the Company is required to provide
such information to governmental agencies or other parties. Such action will
always be undertaken only in accordance with applicable law.

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(b) Participant’s Consent. BY ACCEPTING THIS AWARD,
PARTICIPANT EXPLICITLY CONSENTS (I) TO THE USE OF PARTICIPANT’S PERSONAL
INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING CONSIDERED FOR PARTICIPATION IN FUTURE
EQUITY AWARDS (TO THE EXTENT HE/SHE IS ELIGIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE PROGRAM
GUIDELINES, AND WITHOUT ANY GUARANTEE THAT ANY AWARD WILL BE MADE); AND (II) TO
THE USE, TRANSFER, PROCESSING AND STORAGE, ELECTRONICALLY OR OTHERWISE, OF
HIS/HER PERSONAL INFORMATION, AS SUCH USE HAS OCCURRED TO DATE, AND AS SUCH USE
MAY OCCUR IN THE FUTURE, IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OR ANY OTHER EQUITY AWARD, AS
DESCRIBED ABOVE.

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