Terms Agreement, dated May 15, 2018, among Citigroup Inc. (the Company) and the underwriters named therein, relating to the offer and sale of the Companys 4.450% Subordinated Notes due September 29, 2027
Exhibit 1.01
TERMS AGREEMENT
May 15, 2018
Citigroup Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Assistant Treasurer
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We understand that Citigroup Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell US$350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its subordinated debt securities (the “Securities”). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein or incorporated by reference herein, we, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Academy Securities, Inc., Drexel Hamilton, LLC, Mischler Financial Group, Inc. and Multi-Bank Securities, Inc., as underwriters (the “Underwriters”), offer to purchase, severally and not jointly, the principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite our respective names on the list attached as Annex A hereto at 97.626% of the principal amount thereof, plus $2,292,986.11 accrued interest from March 29, 2018. The Securities form a part of the same series of the Company’s outstanding 4.450% Subordinated Notes due 2027, issued on September 29, 2015 and on October 30, 2015. The Closing Date shall be May 22, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time). The closing shall take place at the offices of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP located at One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006.
The Securities shall have the following terms:
| Title: | 4.450% Subordinated Notes Due 2027 |
| Maturity: | September 29, 2027 |
| Interest Rate: | 4.450% per annum |
| Interest Payment Dates: | Semi-annually on the 29th of each March and September, commencing September 29, 2018 |
| Initial Price to Public: | 98.076% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest from March 29, 2018 |
| Redemption Provisions: | The Securities are not redeemable by the Company prior to Maturity, except upon the occurrence of certain events involving United States taxation, as set forth in the Prospectus dated May 14, 2018 (the “Prospectus”) |
| Record Date: | The business day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date |
Additional Terms:
The Securities shall be issuable as Registered Securities only. The Securities will be initially represented by one or more global Securities registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its nominees, as described in the Prospectus relating to the Securities. Beneficial interests in the Securities will be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC, Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. and Clearstream International and their respective participants. Owners of beneficial interests in the Securities will be entitled to physical delivery of Securities in certificated form only under the limited circumstances described in the Prospectus. Principal and interest on the Securities shall be payable in United States dollars. Sections 11.02 and 11.03 of the indenture, dated as of April 12, 2001, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor trustee (the “Trustee”) (as amended from time to time, the “Indenture”) relating to defeasance and discharge and covenant defeasance, respectively, shall apply to the Securities.
All the provisions contained in the document entitled “Citigroup Inc.—Debt Securities—Underwriting Agreement—Basic Provisions” and dated October 17, 2016 (the “Basic Provisions”), a copy of which you have previously received, are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if the Basic Provisions had been set forth in full herein, except for:
| • | Section 1(a), which is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Act and has prepared and filed with the Commission a shelf registration statement (File No. 333-224495) for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including all amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, have become effective. The Company has filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), a base prospectus related to the Securities, which has been previously furnished to you. The Company may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Act and the rules thereunder, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, 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 Execution Time.”; |
| • | Section 1(d), which is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with “Reserved”; |
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| • | Section 1(e), which is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “(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 Securities and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such time being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company 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”; |
| • | Section 1(h), which is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “In connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has, as far as they are aware, breached or violated in any material way any applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws or regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, each as may be amended (“Anti-Bribery Laws”), and the Company and its subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to achieve compliance therewith. No part of the proceeds of the offering of the Securities will be used in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, each as may be amended.”; |
| • | Section 1(i), which is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “The Company and its subsidiaries have and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to achieve compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”).”; |
| • | Section 1(j), which is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (i) is, or is 50% or more owned by, an individual or entity that is currently the subject of any sanctions administered or imposed by the United States (including any administered or enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department or the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, or the United Kingdom (including sanctions administered or controlled by Her Majesty’s Treasury) or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”) or (ii) is located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory or (iii) will use the proceeds of this offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person to fund any activities or business with any individual or entity, or |
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| in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, except to the extent permissible under the Sanctions.”; and |
| • | Section 1(k), which is hereby deleted in its entirety. |
Terms defined in the Basic Provisions are used herein as therein defined. The Execution Time means 4:15 p.m. (Eastern Time).
The Company agrees to use its best efforts to have the Securities approved for listing on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to maintain such listing so long as any of the Securities are outstanding; provided, however, that if it is impracticable or unduly burdensome, in the good faith determination of the Company, to maintain such listing due to changes in applicable law or listing requirements occurring after the original issue date of the Securities, the Company may de-list the Securities from the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain an alternative admission to listing, trading and/or quotation of the Securities by another listing authority, exchange or system within or outside the European Union as it may decide. If such an alternative admission is not available or is, in the Company’s opinion, unduly burdensome, such an alternative admission will not be obtained, and the Company shall have no further obligation in respect of any listing, trading or quotation for the Securities.
The Underwriters hereby agree in connection with the underwriting of the Securities to comply with the requirements set forth in any applicable sections of Rule 5121 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Selling Restrictions:
European Economic Area
Each Underwriter represents and agrees that in relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area, with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer to the public of Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by this Terms Agreement in that Member State except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer to the public in that Member State:
| (a) | at any time to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive; |
| (b) | at any time to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive); or |
| (c) | at any time in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, |
provided that no such offer of Securities referred to in (a) to (c) above shall require the Company or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive.
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For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer to the public” in relation to any Securities in any Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, and the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Member State.
This EEA selling restriction is in addition to any other selling restrictions set out below.
Solely for the purposes of the requirements of Article 9(8) of the MIFID Product Governance Rules under EU Delegated Directive 2017/593 (the “Product Governance Rules”) regarding mutual responsibilities under the Product Governance Rules, the Underwriters note the application of the Product Governance Rules and acknowledge the target market and distribution channels identified as applying to the Securities and the related information set out in the Prospectus Supplement and accompanying Prospectus in connection with the Securities.
United Kingdom
Each Underwriter represents and agrees that the Prospectus Supplement and accompanying Prospectus relating to this offering is only being distributed to, and is only directed at, persons in the United Kingdom that are qualified investors within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive that are also (i) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”) or (ii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as “Relevant Persons”).
Each Underwriter has represented, warranted and agreed that:
| (a) | it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Order) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the Order does not apply to the Company; and |
| (b) | it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the Order with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom. |
France
No prospectus (including any amendment, supplement or replacement thereto) has been prepared in connection with the offering of the Securities that has been approved by the Autorité des marchés financiers or by the competent authority of another State that is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and notified to the Autorité des marchés financiers; each Underwriter represents and agrees that no Securities have been offered or sold nor will be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in France; each Underwriter represents and agrees that the prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities
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have not been distributed or caused to be distributed and will not be distributed or caused to be distributed to the public in France; such offers, sales and distributions have been and shall only be made in France to persons licensed to provide the investment service of portfolio management for the account of third parties, qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) and/or a restricted circle of investors (cercle restreint d’investisseurs), in each case investing for their own account, all as defined in Articles L. 411-2, D. 411-1, D. 411-2, D. 411-4, D. 734-1, D.744-1, D. 754-1 and D. 764-1 of the Code monétaire et financier. Each Underwriter represents and agrees that the direct or indirect distribution to the public in France of any so acquired Securities may be made only as provided by Articles L. 411-1, L. 411-2, L. 412-1 and L. 621-8 to L. 621-8-3 of the Code monétaire et financier and applicable regulations thereunder.
Hong Kong
Each Underwriter:
(a) has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than to (i) “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (ii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and
(b) has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are or are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance.
Japan
The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (the “FIEA”). Each Underwriter represents and agrees that it has not and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any resident of Japan (including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan), or to, or for the account or benefit of, any resident of Japan for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any resident of Japan except (1) pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, or otherwise in compliance with, the FIEA and (2) in compliance with the other applicable laws, regulations and governmental guidelines of Japan.
Singapore
The Prospectus Supplement and accompanying Prospectus relating to this offering have not been and will not be registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore
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under the Securities and Futures Act (Chapter 289 of Singapore) (the “SFA”). Accordingly, each Underwriter has not offered or sold any Securities or caused the Securities to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase and will not offer or sell any Securities or cause the Securities to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, and has not circulated or distributed, nor will it circulate or distribute, such Prospectus Supplement and accompanying Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA, (ii) to a Relevant Person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA.
Each Underwriter will notify (whether through the distribution of the Prospectus Supplement and accompanying Prospectus relating to this offering or otherwise) each of the following Relevant Persons specified in Section 275 of the SFA which has subscribed or purchased Securities from or through that Underwriter, namely a person which is:
(a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or
(b) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary is an accredited investor, that shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest in that trust shall not be transferable for 6 months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the Securities under Section 275 of the SFA except:
| (1) | to an institutional investor (for corporations, under Section 274 of the SFA) or to a Relevant Person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person pursuant to an offer that is made on terms that such shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or such rights and interest in that trust are acquired at a consideration of not less than $200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each transaction, whether such amount is to be paid for in cash or by exchange of securities or other assets, and further for corporations, in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the SFA; or |
| (2) | where no consideration is given for the transfer; or |
| (3) | by operation of law. |
Barbara Politi, Esq., Assistant General Counsel – Capital Markets of the Company, is counsel to the Company. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP is special tax counsel to the Company and counsel to the Underwriters.
Please accept this offer no later than 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on May 15, 2018 by signing a copy of this Terms Agreement in the space set forth below and returning the signed copy to us, or by sending us a written acceptance in the following form:
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“We hereby accept your offer, set forth in the Terms Agreement, dated May 15, 2018, to purchase the Securities on the terms set forth therein.”
| Very truly yours, | ||||
| CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., on behalf of the Underwriters named herein | ||||
| By: | /s/ Jack D. McSpadden, Jr. | |||
| Name: | Jack D. McSpadden, Jr. | |||
| Title: | Managing Director | |||
| ACCEPTED: | ||||
| CITIGROUP INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Elissa Steinberg | |||
| Name: | Elissa Steinberg | |||
| Title: | Assistant Treasurer | |||
ANNEX A
| Name of Underwriter | Principal Amount of Securities | |||
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $ | 322,000,000 | ||
| Academy Securities, Inc. | $ | 7,000,000 | ||
| Drexel Hamilton, LLC | $ | 7,000,000 | ||
| Mischler Financial Group, Inc. | $ | 7,000,000 | ||
| Multi-Bank Securities, Inc. | $ | 7,000,000 | ||
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| Total | $ | 350,000,000 | ||
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ANNEX B
FINAL TERM SHEET
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