-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, OhVFFSar0LtJLrDYb24FnKxo1JrmTzmPhJwNMgwq20H/02T3HIm2iJsvHxnaKuTu Ara47NYpwR1BFFOsgT9iPQ== 0001193125-06-039590.txt : 20060227 0001193125-06-039590.hdr.sgml : 20060227 20060227114116 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-06-039590 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060224 ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060227 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060227 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CITIGROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000831001 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 521568099 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09924 FILM NUMBER: 06645422 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 399 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10043 BUSINESS PHONE: 2125591000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 399 PARK AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10043 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TRAVELERS GROUP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950519 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TRAVELERS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940103 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PRIMERICA CORP /NEW/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 8-K

 


CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) February 24, 2006

 


Citigroup Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   1-9924   52-1568099

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

399 Park Avenue, New York, New York   10043
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(212) 559-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 



CITIGROUP INC.

Current Report on Form 8-K

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibits:

 

Exhibit No.  

Description

1.01   Terms Agreement, dated February 21, 2006, among Citigroup Funding Inc., Citigroup Inc., as guarantor, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as the underwriter, relating to the offer and sale of Citigroup Funding Inc.’s 14% per Annum Equity LinKed Securities (ELKS®) Based Upon American Depositary Receipts Representing the Preferred Shares of Banco Bradesco S.A. Due August 24, 2006.
4.01   Form of Note for Citigroup Funding Inc.’s 14% per Annum Equity LinKed Securities (ELKS®) Based Upon American Depositary Receipts Representing the Preferred Shares of Banco Bradesco S.A. Due August 24, 2006.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: February 24, 2006   CITIGROUP INC.
  By:  

/s/ Charles E. Wainhouse

  Name:   Charles E. Wainhouse
  Title:   Assistant Treasurer
EX-1.01 2 dex101.htm TERMS AGREEMENT Terms Agreement

Exhibit 1.01

TERMS AGREEMENT

February 21, 2006

Citigroup Funding Inc.

388 Greenwich Street, 38th Floor

New York, New York 10013

Attn: Treasury Capital Markets

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We understand that Citigroup Funding Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell $48,300,000 aggregate principal amount of its 14% per Annum Equity LinKed Securities (ELKS®) Based Upon American Depositary Receipts Representing the Preferred Shares of Banco Bradesco S.A. Due August 24, 2006 (the “ELKS”). The payments due under the ELKS will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Citigroup Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein or incorporated by reference herein, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the “Underwriter”) offers to purchase 4,830,000 ELKS for an amount equal to $47,696,250 (98.75% of the aggregate principal amount). The Closing Date shall be February 24, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. at the offices of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, One Liberty Plaza, New York, New York 10006.

The ELKS shall have the following terms:

 

Title:    14% per Annum Equity LinKed Securities (ELKS®) Based Upon American Depositary Receipts Representing the Preferred Shares of Banco Bradesco S.A. Due August 24, 2006
Maturity:    August 24, 2006
Coupon:    Each ELKS will pay a coupon of $0.70 in cash on the Coupon Payment Date. The coupon will be composed of $0.2404 of interest and $0.4596 of an option premium.

 

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Maturity Payment:    Holders of the ELKS will be entitled to receive at maturity the Maturity Payment (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement dated February 21, 2006 relating to the ELKS)
Coupon Payment Date:    August 24, 2006
Regular Record Date:    August 21, 2006
Initial Price To Public:    100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest from February 24, 2006 to date of payment and delivery
Redemption Provisions:    The ELKS are not redeemable by the Company prior to maturity
Trustee:    The Bank of New York
Indenture:    Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2005

All the provisions contained in the document entitled “Citigroup Funding Inc. – Debt Securities - Underwriting Agreement Basic Provisions” and dated May 3, 2005 (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. Terms defined in the Basic Provisions are used herein as therein defined.

Basic provisions varied with respect to this Terms Agreement:

(a) In Section 1, insert the following:

(c) As of 4:00 p.m. on February 21, 2006, the Preliminary Final Prospectus dated January 24, 2006, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and the document listed in Schedule I hereto, considered together with the amount, the public offering price, the annual coupon rate and the amount of coupon payment, the delivery date and the maturity date of the Securities, each as set forth on the front cover of the Final Prospectus, and the initial ADR price, the trading price of Banco Bradesco ADRs equal to approximately 80% of the initial ADR price and the exchange ratio, as set forth

 

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under the heading “Summary Information—Q&A” in the Final Prospectus (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature contained therein), 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.

(b) in Section 5, insert the following:

(i) Each of the Company and the Guarantor represents and agrees that, unless it has obtained or will obtain, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Representative, and each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, represents and 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 Securities that would constitute an issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433 under the Act (“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 405 under the Act (“Free Writing Prospectus”) required to be filed by the Company or the Guarantor with the Commission or retained by the Company or the Guarantor under Rule 433 under the Act; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectus included in Schedule I hereto.

(c) delete the text of Section 6(b) (including subsections (i) through (x)) and insert in lieu thereof the following:

(b) The Company and the Guarantor shall have requested and caused the counsel for the Company and the Guarantor to have furnished to the Representative an opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representative, to the effect set forth in Annex A hereto.

(d) in the tenth line of Section 8(a), delete “or the Final Prospectus” and insert in lieu thereof “, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”

The Underwriter hereby agrees in connection with the underwriting of the ELKS to comply with the requirements set forth in any applicable sections of Section 2720 to the By-Laws of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

Michael S. Zuckert, Esq. is General Counsel, Finance and Capital Markets of the Guarantor and legal counsel to the Company. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP is counsel to the Underwriter. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP is special tax counsel to the Company and the Guarantor.

 

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Please accept this offer no later than 9:00 p.m. on February 21, 2006, 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 February 21, 2006, to purchase the ELKS on the terms set forth therein.”

 

Very truly yours,
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
By:  

/s/ Richard T. Chang

Name:   Richard T. Chang
Title:   Managing Director

ACCEPTED:

CITIGROUP FUNDING INC.

 

By:  

/s/ Geoffrey S. Richards

Name:   Geoffrey S. Richards
Title:   Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

CITIGROUP INC.

 

By:  

/s/ Charles E. Wainhouse

Name:   Charles E. Wainhouse
Title:   Assistant Treasurer

 

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ANNEX A

Form of Company Opinion to the Underwriters

(i) each of the Company and the Guarantor has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;

(ii) each of the Company and the Guarantor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all jurisdictions in which it owns or leases substantial properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification and the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable;

(iii) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor, has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

(iv) the Securities have been validly authorized and, when duly executed by the proper officers of the Company, duly authenticated by the Trustee and delivered as contemplated by the Agreement and by the Indenture, will be validly issued and outstanding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus and any “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Act);

(v) the Guarantee has been duly authorized and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

 

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(vi) the Indenture conforms in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus;

(vii) the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor;

(viii) no consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company and the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated herein or in the Indenture, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the sale of the Securities;

(ix) the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture and the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) and the issuance and sale of the Securities in compliance with the terms and provisions thereof, will not result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any of the agreements or instruments of the Company and the Guarantor, as the case may be, filed by the Guarantor with the Securities and Exchange Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement and to its (i) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005; (ii) Current Reports on Form 8-K filed from January 13, 2006 to the Closing Date; (iii) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-117615); (iv) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-126744); and (v) registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-106510), or result in a violation of the charter or By-Laws of the Guarantor or any of its material subsidiaries, including the Company, or any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Guarantor or any of its material subsidiaries, including the Company, or any of their properties; provided, however, that no opinion is expressed in this paragraph with respect to (i) the rights to indemnity and contribution contained in the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), which may be limited by federal or state securities laws or the public policy underlying such laws; or (ii) any state securities or blue sky laws;

(x) such counsel has no reason to believe that as of 4:00 p.m. on the date of the Terms Agreement, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, subject to completion, dated January 24, 2006, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and the document listed in Schedule I hereto (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature contained therein, as to which no opinion is expressed) contained any untrue statement of a

 

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material fact or omitted 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; and

(xi) the Registration Statement was declared effective under the Act, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or have been communicated by the Commission to the Company as being contemplated by it under the Act. The Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the Final Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature or the Statements of Eligibility (Forms T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee, as to which no opinion is expressed); and such counsel has no reason to believe that the Registration Statement, as of its most recent effective date determined pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Act, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Final Prospectus, as of its date or on the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except as to the financial statements or other data of a financial or statistical nature, as to which no opinion is expressed). The description in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown; and such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Final Prospectus which are not described as required or of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described and filed as required.

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (i) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and the Guarantor and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.

 

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SCHEDULE I

1. Offering Summary dated January 24, 2006, as first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act

 

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EX-4.01 3 dex401.htm FORM OF NOTE Form of Note

Exhibit 4.01

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO CITIGROUP FUNDING INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

No. R-1     INITIAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
CUSIP: 17308C 67 6     REPRESENTED $48,300,000
ISIN: US17308C6764     representing 4,830,000 ELKS
    ($10 per ELKS)

CITIGROUP FUNDING INC.

14% per Annum Equity LinKed Securities (ELKS®) Based Upon American Depositary Receipts

Representing the Preferred Shares of Banco Bradesco S.A. Due August 24, 2006

Citigroup Funding Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture herein referred to), for value received and on condition that this Note is not redeemed by the Company prior to August 24, 2006 (the “Stated Maturity Date”), hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the Maturity Payment (as defined below), on the Stated Maturity Date. This Note will pay one semi-annual coupon payment, is not subject to any sinking fund, is not subject to redemption at the option of the holder thereof prior to the Stated Maturity Date, and is not subject to the defeasance provisions of the Indenture. The payments due on this note are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Citigroup Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”).

Payment of the Maturity Payment with respect to this Note shall be made upon presentation and surrender of this Note at the corporate trust office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts or, if applicable, in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) representing the preferred shares of Banco Bradesco S.A. (“Banco Bradesco ADRs”).


This Note is one of the series of 14% per Annum Equity LinKed Securities Based Upon American Depositary Receipts Representing the Preferred Shares of Banco Bradesco S.A. Due August 24, 2006 (the “ELKS”).

COUPON

A coupon of $0.70 per ELKS will be paid in cash on August 24, 2006. The coupon will be composed of $0.2404 of interest and $0.4596 of an option premium. Coupon payment will be payable to the persons in whose names the ELKS are registered at the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Coupon Payment Date. If the Coupon Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the coupon payment to be made on the Coupon Payment Date will be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Coupon Payment Date, and no additional interest will accrue as a result of such delayed payment.

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which securities exchanges or banking institutions or trust companies in the City of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

The interest portion of the coupon will represent interest accruing at a rate of 4.808% per annum from February 24, 2006 until the Stated Maturity Date. The interest portion of the coupon will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

PAYMENT AT MATURITY

On the Stated Maturity Date, holders of the ELKS will receive for each ELKS the Maturity Payment described below.

DETERMINATION OF THE MATURITY PAYMENT

The Maturity Payment for each ELKS will equal either:

 

    a number of Banco Bradesco ADRs equal to the Exchange Ratio, if the Trading Price of Banco Bradesco ADRs on any Trading Day after February 21, 2006 up to and including the third Trading Day before the Stated Maturity Date (whether intra-day or at the close of trading on any day) is less than or equal to $33.61 (approximately 80% of the Initial ADR Price), which price will be referred to as the “Downside Trigger Price,” or

 

    $10 in cash.

In lieu of any fractional Banco Bradesco ADRs otherwise payable in respect of any ELKS, at the Stated Maturity Date, the holder of this Note will receive an amount in cash equal to the value of such fractional ADRs. The number of full Banco Bradesco ADRs, and any cash in lieu of a fractional ADR, to be delivered at the Stated Maturity Date to the holder of this Note will be calculated based on the aggregate number of ELKS held by such holder.

 

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The “Initial ADR Price” equals $42.01, the price per Banco Bradesco ADR at the market close on February 21, 2006.

The “Exchange Ratio” equals 0.23804.

A “Market Disruption Event” means the occurrence or existence of any suspension of or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by any exchange or market or otherwise) of, or the unavailability, through a recognized system of public dissemination of transaction information, of accurate price, volume or related information in respect of, (1) Banco Bradesco ADRs or preferred shares (or any other security for which a Trading Price or Closing Price must be determined) on any exchange or market, or (2) any options contracts or futures contracts relating to Banco Bradesco ADRs or preferred shares (or other security), or any options on such futures contracts, on any exchange or market if, in each case, in the determination of the calculation agent, any such suspension, limitation or unavailability is material.

A “Trading Day” means a day, as determined by the calculation agent, on which trading is generally conducted (or was scheduled to have been generally conducted, but for the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event) on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and in the over-the-counter market for equity securities in the United States, or (in the case of a security traded on one or more non-U.S. securities exchanges or markets) on the principal non-U.S. securities exchange or market for such security.

The “Trading Price” of Banco Bradesco ADRs (or any other security for which a Trading Price must be determined) on any date of determination will be (1) if the ADRs are listed on a national securities exchange on that date of determination, any reported sale price, regular way, of the principal trading session on that date on the principal U.S. exchange on which the ADRs are listed or admitted to trading, (2) if the ADRs are not listed on a national securities exchange on that date of determination, or if the reported sale price on such exchange is not obtainable (even if the ADRs are listed or admitted to trading on such exchange), and the ADRs are quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, any reported sale price of the principal trading session on that date as reported on the Nasdaq, and (3) if the ADRs are not quoted on the Nasdaq on that date of determination, or if the reported sale price on the Nasdaq is not obtainable (even if the ADRs are quoted on the Nasdaq), any reported sale price of the principal trading session on the over-the-counter market on that date as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board, the National Quotation Bureau or a similar organization, provided that, if the trading price of Banco Bradesco ADRs cannot be determined by the methods described in (1), (2) or (3) above, then the Trading Price will be any reported sale price of the principal trading session of Banco Bradesco S.A. preferred shares on that date on the São Paulo Stock Exchange in Brazil expressed in U.S. dollars as converted from the relevant currency using the 12:00 noon buying rate in New York certified by the New York Federal Reserve Bank for customs purposes on that date, or if this rate is unavailable, such rate as the calculation agent may determine, provided, however, that the Trading Price will be determined as described in this paragraph and with regard to the number of Banco Bradesco S.A. preferred shares represented by each Banco Bradesco ADR at the time the determination of the Trading Price is made, provided further that, if the Trading Price of any

 

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other security for which a Trading Price must be determined cannot be determined by the methods described in (1), (2) or (3) above and if the security for which a trading price must be determined is traded on one or more non-U.S. securities exchanges or markets, then the Trading Price of such security will be any reported sale price of the principal trading session on that date on the principal non-U.S. securities exchange or market on which the security is traded, expressed in U.S. dollars as converted from the relevant currency using the 12:00 noon buying rate in New York certified by the New York Federal Reserve Bank for customs purposes on that date, or if this rate is unavailable, such rate as the calculation agent may determine. The determination of the Trading Price by the calculation agent in the event of a Market Disruption Event may be deferred by the calculation agent for up to five consecutive Trading Days on which a Market Disruption Event is occurring, but not past the Trading Day prior to the Stated Maturity Date. If no reported sale price of the principal trading session is available pursuant to clauses (1), (2) or (3) above or the provisos above or if there is a Market Disruption Event, the Trading Price on any date of determination, unless deferred by the calculation agent as described in the preceding sentence, will be the arithmetic mean, as determined by the calculation agent, of the bid prices of the ADRs obtained from as many dealers in such ADRs (which may include Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or any of the Company’s other affiliates or subsidiaries), but not exceeding three such dealers, as will make such bid prices available to the calculation agent. A security “quoted on the Nasdaq National Market” will include a security included for listing or quotation in any successor to such system and the term “OTC Bulletin Board” will include any successor to such service. If the Banco Bradesco ADR program is terminated, the Trading Price will be calculated by substituting Banco Bradesco S.A. preferred shares for the ADRs and using the determination method described in the proviso above. Upon the occurrence of certain events described under “Dilution Adjustments” below, the Trading Price will be calculated by substituting the relevant security for the ADRs. In the event that the Banco Bradesco ADR program is terminated or the Trading Price is otherwise calculated by substituting Banco Bradesco S.A. preferred shares for the ADRs, if the Trading Price of Banco Bradesco ADRs at any time after February 21, 2006 up to and including the third Trading Day before the Stated Maturity Date is less than or equal to the Downside Trigger Price, at the Stated Maturity Date, you will receive an amount in cash equal to the Trading Price of Banco Bradesco ADRs on the third Trading Day before the Stated Maturity Date, determined as described in this paragraph, multiplied by the Exchange Ratio.

DILUTION ADJUSTMENTS

If Banco Bradesco S.A., after February 21, 2006,

(1) pays a share dividend or makes a distribution with respect to its preferred shares in such shares,

(2) subdivides or splits the outstanding preferred shares into a greater number of shares,

(3) combines the outstanding preferred shares into a smaller number of shares, or

(4) issues by reclassification of its preferred shares any other preferred shares of Banco Bradesco S.A.,

 

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then, in each of these cases, the Exchange Ratio will be multiplied by a dilution adjustment equal to a fraction, the numerator of which will be the number of preferred shares outstanding immediately after the event, plus, in the case of a reclassification referred to in (4) above, the number of other preferred shares of Banco Bradesco S.A., and the denominator of which will be the number of preferred shares outstanding immediately before the event. In the event of a reclassification referred to in (4) above as a result of which no preferred share is outstanding, the Exchange Ratio will be determined by reference to the other shares of Banco Bradesco S.A. issued in the reclassification. The Initial ADR Price and the Downside Trigger Price will also be adjusted in that case in the manner described below.

If Banco Bradesco S.A., after February 21, 2006, issues, or declares a record date in respect of an issuance of, rights or warrants to all holders of its preferred shares entitling them to subscribe for or purchase its preferred shares at a price per share less than the Then-Current Market Price of the preferred shares, other than rights to purchase preferred shares pursuant to a plan for the reinvestment of dividends or interest, then, in each case, the Exchange Ratio will be multiplied by a dilution adjustment equal to a fraction, the numerator of which will be the number of preferred shares outstanding immediately before the adjustment is effected by reason of the issuance of such rights or warrants, plus the number of additional preferred shares offered for subscription or purchase pursuant to the rights or warrants, and the denominator of which will be the number of preferred shares outstanding immediately before the adjustment is effected by reason of the issuance of the rights or warrants, plus the number of additional preferred shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of preferred shares offered for subscription or purchase pursuant to the rights or warrants would purchase at the Then-Current Market Price of the preferred shares, which will be determined by multiplying the total number of shares so offered for subscription or purchase by the exercise price of the rights or warrants and dividing the product obtained by the Then-Current Market Price. To the extent that, after the expiration of the rights or warrants, the preferred shares offered thereby have not been delivered, the Exchange Ratio will be further adjusted to equal the Exchange Ratio which would have been in effect had the adjustment for the issuance of the rights or warrants been made upon the basis of delivery of only the number of preferred shares actually delivered. The Initial ADR Price and the Downside Trigger Price will also be adjusted in that case in the manner described below.

If Banco Bradesco S.A., after February 21, 2006, declares or pays a dividend or makes a distribution to all holders of the preferred shares of any class of its capital shares, the capital shares of one or more of its subsidiaries, evidences of its indebtedness or other non-cash assets, excluding any dividends or distributions referred to in the above paragraph and excluding any issuance or distribution to all holders of its preferred shares, in the form of Marketable Securities, of capital shares of one or more of its subsidiaries, or issues to all holders of its preferred shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any of its or one or more of its subsidiaries’ securities, other than rights or warrants referred to in the above paragraph, then, in each of these cases, the Exchange Ratio will be multiplied by a dilution adjustment equal to a fraction, the numerator of which will be the Then-Current Market Price of one preferred share, and the denominator of which will be the Then-Current Market Price of one preferred share, less the fair market value as of the time the adjustment is effected of the portion of the capital shares, assets, evidences of indebtedness, rights or warrants so distributed or issued applicable to one preferred share. The Initial ADR Price and the Downside Trigger Price will also be adjusted in

 

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that case in the manner described below. If any capital shares declared or paid as a dividend or otherwise distributed or issued to all holders of Banco Bradesco S.A. preferred shares consists, in whole or in part, of Marketable Securities, then the fair market value of such Marketable Securities will be determined by the calculation agent by reference to the Trading Price of such capital shares. The fair market value of any other distribution or issuance referred to in this paragraph will be determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company, whose determination will be final.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that, with respect to any dividend or distribution to which the above paragraph would otherwise apply, the denominator in the fraction referred to in the above formula is less than $1.00 or is a negative number, then the Company may, at its option, elect to have the adjustment provided by the above paragraph not be made and in lieu of this adjustment, the Trading Price of Banco Bradesco ADRs on any Trading Day thereafter up to and including the third Trading Day before the Stated Maturity Date will be deemed to be equal to the fair market value of the capital shares, evidences of indebtedness, assets, rights or warrants (determined, as of the date this dividend or distribution is made, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company, whose determination will be final) so distributed or issued applicable to one Banco Bradesco ADR and, if the Trading Price of Banco Bradesco ADRs on any Trading Day thereafter, up to and including the third Trading Day before the Stated Maturity Date, is less than or equal to the Downside Trigger Price, each holder of the ELKS will have the right to receive at the Stated Maturity Date cash in an amount per ELKS equal to the Exchange Ratio multiplied by such fair market value.

If Banco Bradesco S.A., after February 21, 2006, declares a record date in respect of a distribution of cash, other than any Permitted Dividends described below, any cash distributed in consideration of fractional preferred shares and any cash distributed in a Reorganization Event referred to below, by dividend or otherwise, to all holders of its preferred shares, or makes an Excess Purchase Payment, then the Exchange Ratio will be multiplied by a dilution adjustment equal to a fraction, the numerator of which will be the Then-Current Market Price of the preferred shares, and the denominator of which will be the Then-Current Market Price of the preferred shares on the record date less the amount of the distribution applicable to one preferred share which would not be a Permitted Dividend, or, in the case of an Excess Purchase Payment, less the aggregate amount of the Excess Purchase Payment for which adjustment is being made at the time divided by the number of preferred shares outstanding on the record date. The Initial ADR Price and the Downside Trigger Price will also be adjusted in that case in the manner described below.

For the purposes of these adjustments:

A “Permitted Dividend” is any cash dividend in respect of Banco Bradesco S.A. preferred shares, other than a cash dividend that exceeds the immediately preceding cash dividend, and then only to the extent that the per share amount of this dividend results in an annualized dividend yield on the preferred shares in excess of 10%.

 

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An “Excess Purchase Payment” is the excess, if any, of (x) the cash and the value (as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company, whose determination will be final) of all other consideration paid by Banco Bradesco S.A. with respect to one preferred share acquired in a tender offer or exchange offer by Banco Bradesco S.A., over (y) the Then-Current Market Price of the preferred share.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that, with respect to any dividend, distribution or Excess Purchase Payment to which the sixth paragraph in this section would otherwise apply, the denominator in the fraction referred to in the formula in that paragraph is less than $1.00 or is a negative number, then the Company may, at its option, elect to have the adjustment provided by the sixth paragraph in this section not be made and in lieu of this adjustment, the Trading Price of Banco Bradesco ADRs on any Trading Day thereafter up to and including the third Trading Day before the Stated Maturity Date will be deemed to be equal to the sum of the amount of cash and the fair market value of other consideration (determined, as of the date this dividend or distribution is made, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company, whose determination will be final) so distributed or applied to the acquisition of the preferred shares in the tender offer or exchange offer applicable to one Banco Bradesco ADR and, if the Trading Price of Banco Bradesco ADRs on any Trading Day thereafter, up to and including the third Trading Day before the Stated Maturity Date, is less than or equal to the Downside Trigger Price, each holder of the ELKS will have the right to receive at the Stated Maturity Date cash in an amount per ELKS equal to the Exchange Ratio multiplied by such sum.

If any adjustment is made to the Exchange Ratio as set forth above, an adjustment will also be made to the Initial ADR Price and the Downside Trigger Price. The required adjustment will be made by dividing the Initial ADR Price and the Downside Trigger Price by the relevant dilution adjustment.

If Banco Bradesco S.A., after February 21, 2006, issues or makes a distribution to all holders of its preferred shares of the capital shares of one or more of its subsidiaries, in each case in the form of Marketable Securities, and if the Trading Price of Banco Bradesco ADRs on any Trading Day after February 21, 2006 up to and including the third Trading Day before the Stated Maturity Date (whether intra-day or at the close of trading on any day) is less than or equal to the Downside Trigger Price, then, in each of these cases, each holder of the ELKS will receive at the Stated Maturity Date for each ELKS a combination of Banco Bradesco ADRs equal to the Exchange Ratio and a number of shares of such Banco Bradesco S.A. subsidiaries’ capital shares equal to the Exchange Ratio times (x) the number of preferred shares represented by each Banco Bradesco ADR and (y) the number of shares of such subsidiaries’ capital shares distributed per Banco Bradesco S.A. preferred share. Following the record date for an event described in this paragraph, the Trading Price of Banco Bradesco ADRs will equal the Trading Price of Banco Bradesco ADRs, plus the Trading Price of such subsidiaries’ capital shares times (x) the number of preferred shares represented by each Banco Bradesco ADR and (y) the number of shares of such subsidiaries’ capital shares distributed per Banco Bradesco S.A. preferred share. In the event a distribution pursuant to this paragraph occurs, following the record date for such distribution, the adjustments described in “Dilution Adjustments” will also apply to such subsidiaries’ capital shares if any of the events described in “Dilution Adjustments” occurs with respect to such capital shares.

 

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Each dilution adjustment will be effected as follows:

 

    in the case of any dividend, distribution or issuance, at the opening of business on the Business Day next following the record date for determination of holders of Banco Bradesco S.A. preferred shares entitled to receive this dividend, distribution or issuance or, if the announcement of this dividend, distribution, or issuance is after this record date, at the time this dividend, distribution or issuance was announced by Banco Bradesco S.A.,

 

    in the case of any subdivision, split, combination or reclassification, on the effective date of the transaction,

 

    in the case of any Excess Purchase Payment for which Banco Bradesco S.A. announces, at or prior to the time it commences the relevant share repurchase, the repurchase price per share for shares proposed to be repurchased, on the date of the announcement, and

 

    in the case of any other Excess Purchase Payment, on the date that the holders of the repurchased shares become entitled to payment in respect thereof.

All dilution adjustments will be rounded upward or downward to the nearest 1/10,000th or, if there is not a nearest 1/10,000th, to the next lower 1/10,000th. No adjustment in the Exchange Ratio will be required unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent therein, provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this sentence are not required to be made will be carried forward (on a percentage basis) and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. If any announcement or declaration of a record date in respect of a dividend, distribution, issuance or repurchase requiring an adjustment as described herein is subsequently canceled by Banco Bradesco S.A., or this dividend, distribution, issuance or repurchase fails to receive requisite approvals or fails to occur for any other reason, then, upon the cancellation, failure of approval or failure to occur, the Exchange Ratio, the Initial ADR Price and the Downside Trigger Price will be further adjusted to the Exchange Ratio, the Initial ADR Price and the Downside Trigger Price which would then have been in effect had adjustment for the event not been made. If a Reorganization Event described below occurs after the occurrence of one or more events requiring an adjustment as described herein, the dilution adjustments previously applied to the Exchange Ratio will not be rescinded but will be applied to the Reorganization Event as provided for below.

The “Then-Current Market Price” of the preferred shares, for the purpose of applying any dilution adjustment, means the average Closing Price per Banco Bradesco S.A. preferred share for the ten Trading Days immediately before this adjustment is effected or, in the case of an adjustment effected at the opening of business on the Business Day next following a record date, immediately before the earlier of the date the adjustment is effected and the related Ex-Date. For purposes of determining the Then-Current Market Price, the determination of the Closing Price

 

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by the calculation agent in the event of a Market Disruption Event, as described in the definition of Closing Price, may be deferred by the calculation agent for up to five consecutive Trading Days on which a Market Disruption Event is occurring, but not past the Trading Day prior to the Stated Maturity Date.

The “Closing Price” of Banco Bradesco S.A. preferred shares (or any other security for which a Closing Price must be determined) on any date of determination will be (1) if the preferred shares are listed on a national securities exchange on that date of determination, the closing sale price or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price on that date on the principal U.S. exchange on which the preferred shares are listed or admitted to trading, (2) if the preferred shares are not listed on a national securities exchange on that date of determination, or if the closing sale price or last reported sale price is not obtainable (even if the preferred shares are listed or admitted to trading on such exchange), and the preferred shares are quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, the closing sale price or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price on that date as reported on the Nasdaq, and (3) if the preferred shares are not quoted on the Nasdaq on that date of determination, or if the closing sale price or last reported sale price is not obtainable (even if the preferred shares are quoted on the Nasdaq), the last quoted bid price for the preferred shares in the over-the-counter market on that date as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board, the National Quotation Bureau or a similar organization, provided that, if the Closing Price of Banco Bradesco S.A. preferred shares cannot be determined by the methods described in (1), (2) or (3) above, then the Closing Price will be the closing sale price or last reported sale price, as the case may be, reported on that date on the São Paulo Stock Exchange in Brazil expressed in U.S. dollars as converted from the relevant currency using the 12:00 noon buying rate in New York certified by the New York Federal Reserve Bank for customs purposes on that date, or if this rate is unavailable, such rate as the calculation agent may determine, provided, however, that the Closing Price will be determined as described in this paragraph, provided further that, if the Closing Price of any other security for which a Closing Price must be determined cannot be determined by the methods described in (1), (2) or (3) above and if the security for which a Closing Price must be determined is traded on one or more non-U.S. securities exchanges or markets, then the Closing Price of such security will be the closing sale price, last reported sale price or last quoted bid price, as the case may be, reported on that date on the principal non-U.S. securities exchange or market on which the security is traded, expressed in U.S. dollars as converted from the relevant currency using the 12:00 noon buying rate in New York certified by the New York Federal Reserve Bank for customs purposes on that date, or if this rate is unavailable, such rate as the calculation agent may determine. The determination of the Closing Price by the calculation agent in the event of a Market Disruption Event may be deferred by the calculation agent for up to five consecutive Trading Days on which a Market Disruption Event is occurring, but not past the Trading Day prior to the Stated Maturity Date. If no closing sale price or last reported sale price is available pursuant to clauses (1), (2) or (3) above or the provisos above or if there is a Market Disruption Event, the Closing Price on any date of determination, unless deferred by the calculation agent as described in the preceding sentence, will be the arithmetic mean, as determined by the calculation agent, of the bid prices of the preferred shares obtained from as many dealers in such preferred shares (which may include Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or any of the Company’s other affiliates or subsidiaries), but not exceeding three such dealers, as will make such bid

 

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prices available to the calculation agent. A security “quoted on the Nasdaq National Market” will include a security included for listing or quotation in any successor to such system and the term “OTC Bulletin Board” will include any successor to such service. If, during any period of ten Trading Days used to calculate the Then-Current Market Price, there occurs any event requiring an adjustment to be effected as described herein, then the Closing Price for each Trading Day in such period of ten Trading Days occurring prior to the day on which such adjustment is effected will be adjusted by being divided by the relevant dilution adjustment.

The “Ex-Date” relating to any dividend, distribution or issuance is the first date on which the preferred shares trade in the regular way on their principal market without the right to receive this dividend, distribution or issuance.

In the event of any of the following “Reorganization Events:”

 

    any consolidation or merger of Banco Bradesco S.A., or any surviving entity or subsequent surviving entity of Banco Bradesco S.A., with or into another entity, other than a merger or consolidation in which Banco Bradesco S.A. is the continuing corporation and in which the preferred shares outstanding immediately before the merger or consolidation is not exchanged for cash, securities or other property of Banco Bradesco S.A. or another issuer,

 

    any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another corporation of the property of Banco Bradesco S.A. or any successor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety,

 

    any statutory exchange of securities of Banco Bradesco S.A. or any successor of Banco Bradesco S.A. with another issuer, other than in connection with a merger or acquisition, or

 

    any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Banco Bradesco S.A. or any successor of Banco Bradesco S.A.,

the Trading Price of Banco Bradesco ADRs on any Trading Day thereafter up to and including the third Trading Day before the Stated Maturity Date will be deemed to be equal to the Transaction Value.

The “Transaction Value” will equal the number of preferred shares represented by each Banco Bradesco ADR times the sum of:

(1) for any cash received in a Reorganization Event, the amount of cash received per preferred share,

(2) for any property other than cash or Marketable Securities received in a Reorganization Event, an amount equal to the fair market value on the date the Reorganization Event is consummated of that property received per preferred share, as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company, whose determination will be final, and

 

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(3) for any Marketable Securities received in a Reorganization Event, an amount equal to the Closing Price per share of these Marketable Securities on the applicable Trading Day multiplied by the number of these Marketable Securities received for each preferred share.

Marketable Securities” are any perpetual equity securities or debt securities with a stated maturity after the Stated Maturity Date, in each case that are listed on a U.S. national securities exchange or reported by the Nasdaq National Market. The number of shares of any equity securities constituting Marketable Securities included in the calculation of Transaction Value pursuant to clause (3) above will be adjusted if any event occurs with respect to the Marketable Securities or the issuer of the Marketable Securities between the time of the Reorganization Event and the Stated Maturity Date that would have required an adjustment as described above, had it occurred with respect to Banco Bradesco S.A. preferred shares or Banco Bradesco S.A. Adjustment for these subsequent events will be as nearly equivalent as practicable to the adjustments described above.

If Banco Bradesco S.A. preferred shares have been subject to a Reorganization Event and the Trading Price of Banco Bradesco ADRs on any Trading Day thereafter, up to and including the third Trading Day before the Stated Maturity Date, is less than or equal to the Downside Trigger Price, then each holder of the ELKS will have the right to receive per $10 principal amount of ELKS (i) cash in an amount equal to the Exchange Ratio multiplied by the sum of clauses (1) and (2) in the definition of “Transaction Value” above and (ii) the number of Marketable Securities received for each preferred share in the Reorganization Event multiplied by (x) the number of preferred shares represented by each Banco Bradesco ADR and (y) the Exchange Ratio.

The adjustments described herein assume that each Banco Bradesco ADR will continue to represent, directly or indirectly, one Banco Bradesco S.A. preferred share. If the number of preferred shares represented by an ADR changes, whether in conjunction with one of the foregoing adjustment events or otherwise, then all dilution adjustments relating to the Exchange Ratio, the Initial ADR Price and the Downside Trigger Price will reflect the new ratio of preferred shares to ADRs. If any of the events described above occurs with respect to Banco Bradesco ADRs and not with respect to or with proportional effect on Banco Bradesco S.A. preferred shares, then the calculation agent will effect the applicable dilution adjustments based on the Trading Price and the outstanding number of Banco Bradesco ADRs.

For the purpose of adjustments described herein, each non-U.S. dollar value (whether a value of cash, property, securities or otherwise) shall be expressed in U.S. dollars as converted from the relevant currency using the 12:00 noon buying rate in New York certified by the new York Federal Reserve Bank for customs purposes on the date of valuation, or if this rate is unavailable, such rate as the calculation agent may determine.

 

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GENERAL

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company, issued and to be issued in one or more series under a Senior Debt Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2005 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor, and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the holders of the ELKS, and the terms upon which the ELKS are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

In case an Event of Default with respect to the ELKS shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of the ELKS may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. In such case, the amount declared due and payable upon any acceleration permitted by the Indenture will be determined by the calculation agent and will be equal to, with respect to this Note, the Maturity Payment calculated as though the Stated Maturity Date of this Note were the date of early repayment. In case of default at the Stated Maturity Date of this Note, this Note shall bear interest, payable upon demand of the beneficial owners of this Note in accordance with the terms of the ELKS, from and after the Stated Maturity Date through the date when payment of such amount has been made or duly provided for, at the rate of 5.25% per annum on the unpaid amount (or the cash equivalent of such unpaid amount) due.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company, the Guarantor and the rights of the holders of the Debt Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company, the Guarantor and a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time Outstanding of each series affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the holders of all Debt Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company and the Guarantor with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

The holder of this Note may not enforce such holder’s rights pursuant to the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, or, failing which, the Guarantor to pay the Maturity Payment with respect to this Note, and to pay any interest on any overdue amount thereof at the time, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture but not in this Note shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purposes.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

 

    CITIGROUP FUNDING INC.
    By:  

/s/ Geoffrey S. Richards

    Name:   Geoffrey S. Richards
    Title:   Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
Corporate Seal    
Attest:    
By:  

/s/ Douglas C. Turnbull

   
Name:   Douglas C. Turnbull    
Title:   Assistant Secretary    
Dated  February 24, 2006    

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

   
   

The Bank of New York,

as Trustee

   
By:  

/s/ Geovanni Barris

   
  Authorized Signatory    

 

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