PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED JUNE 6, 1994)
$250,000,000
7 3/4% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE JUNE 15, 2006
Interest on the Subordinated Notes is payable semiannually on June 15 and
December 15, commencing December 15, 1994. The Subordinated Notes will mature
on June 15, 2006 and will not be subject to redemption by Citicorp prior to
maturity. See "Supplemental Description of Subordinated Notes".
The Subordinated Notes are unsecured and subordinated obligations of
Citicorp as described in the accompanying Prospectus under "Description of
Notes". Payment of the principal of the Subordinated Notes may be accelerated
only in thecase of certain events involving the bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of Citicorp. There is no right of acceleration in the case of
default in the performance of any covenant of Citicorp, including the payment
of principal or interest. See "Description of Notes -- Defaults; Events of
Default" in the Prospectus.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF
THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR THE PROSPECTUS.
ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS
A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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THE SUBORDINATED NOTES OFFERED HEREBY ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
BUT ARE UNSECURED DEBT OBLIGATIONS OF CITICORP AND ARE NOT INSURED
BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.
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PRICE TO UNDERWRITING PROCEEDS TO
PUBLIC (1) DISCOUNTS (2) CITICORP (1)(3)
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Per Subordinated Note . . . 100.00% .65% 99.35%
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . $250,000,000 $1,625,000 $248,375,000
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(1) Plus accrued interest, if any, from June 13, 1994.
(2) Citicorp has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933. See
"Underwriting".
(3) Before deduction of expenses payable by Citicorp.
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The Subordinated Notes are offered by the Underwriters subject to prior
sale, withdrawal, cancellation or modification of the offer without notice,
and delivery to and acceptance by the Underwriters and to certain further
conditions. It is expected that the Subordinated Notes will be ready for
delivery through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company on or about
June 13, 1994.
CITICORP SECURITIES, INC.
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
MORGAN STANLEY & CO.
INCORPORATED
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
The date of this Prospectus Supplement is June 6, 1994
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IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING, THE UNDERWRITERS MAY OVER-ALLOT OR
EFFECT TRANSACTIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE
SUBORDINATED NOTES OFFERED HEREBY AT A LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE
PREVAIL IN THE OPEN MARKET. SUCH STABILIZING, IF COMMENCED, MAY BE
DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
FOR NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS: THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE
OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THIS OFFERING NOR HAS THE
COMMISSIONER PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT OR THE PROSPECTUS.
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SUPPLEMENTAL DESCRIPTION OF SUBORDINATED NOTES
General
The 7 3/4% Subordinated Notes due June 15, 2006 (the "Subordinated
Notes") offered hereby will be issued under the Indenture (the "Original
Indenture"), dated as of April 1, 1991, between Citicorp and Chemical Bank, as
Trustee, as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture (the "First
Supplemental Indenture"), dated as of November 27, 1992, between Citicorp and
the Trustee (the Original Indenture together with the First Supplemental
Indenture, the "Indenture") referred to in the accompanying Prospectus.
Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the accompanying Prospectus.
The Subordinated Notes will constitute a single series for purposes of
the Indenture and will be limited to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount.
The Subordinated Notes will mature on June 15, 2006 and will bear interest
from June 13, 1994 at the rate per annum shown on the front cover of this
Prospectus Supplement, payable semiannually on June 15 and December 15 of each
year, commencing December 15, 1994, and at Maturity, to the Person in whose
name the Subordinated Note (or any predecessor Subordinated Note) is
registered at the close of business on the June 1 or December 1 next preceding
such Interest Payment Date. The Subordinated Notes will not be subject to any
sinking fund or provide for redemption at the option of Citicorp or the Holder
prior to Maturity. The Subordinated Notes will be issued in the form of one or
more permanent global notes registered in the name of The Depository Trust
Company, as depositary (the "Depositary") or its nominee, located in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.
The Subordinated Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or
exchange at the offices of Citibank in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York.
The provisions of the Indenture described under "Description of Notes --
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance" in the accompanying Prospectus apply to
the Subordinated Notes.
For a description of the rights attaching to different series of
Subordinated Notes under the Indenture (including the Subordinated Notes), see
"Description of Notes" in the accompanying Prospectus.
Book-Entry System
The Subordinated Notes will be issued in the form of one or more
permanent global securities (the "Global Securities"), which will be deposited
with, or on behalf of, the Depositary and will be registered in the name of
the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. Except as set forth below, the
Subordinated Notes will be available for purchase in denominations of $1,000
and integral multiples thereof in book-entry form only.
Ownership of Subordinated Notes will be limited to institutions that have
accounts with such Depositary or its nominee ("participants") or persons that
may hold interests through participants. In addition, ownership of Subordinated
Notes by participants will only be evidenced by, and the transfer of that
ownership interest will be effected only through, records maintained by the
Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be. Ownership of Subordinated Notes
by persons that hold through participants will only be evidenced by, and the
transfer of that ownership interest within such participant will be effected
only through, records maintained by such participant. The laws of some
jurisdictions require that certain purchasers of securities take physical
delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such laws may impair the
ability to transfer Subordinated Notes.
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Citicorp has been advised by the Depositary that upon the issuance of the
Global Securities, and the deposit of such Global Securities with or on behalf
of the Depositary, the Depositary will immediately credit, on its book-entry
registration and transfer system, the respective principal amounts of the
Subordinated Notes represented by the Global Securities to the accounts of
participants. The accounts to be credited shall be designated by the
Underwriters.
Payments of principal of and interest on the Subordinated Notes
represented by the Global Securities registered in the name of or held by the
Depositary or its nominee will be made to the Depositary or its nominee, as
the case may be, as the registered owner and the Holder of the Subordinated
Notes represented by the Global Securities. Such payments to the Depositary or
its nominee, as the case may be, will be made in immediately available funds
at the offices of Citibank, as Paying Agent, in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, provided that, in the case of payments of principal, the
Global Securities are presented to the Paying Agent in time for the Paying
Agent to make such payments in such funds in accordance with its normal
procedures. None of Citicorp, the Trustee or any agent of Citicorp or the
Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
Depositary's records or any participant's records relating to or payments made
on account of beneficial ownership interests in the Subordinated Notes
represented by the Global Securities or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any of the Depositary's records or any participant's records
relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Citicorp has been advised by the Depositary that upon receipt of any
payment of principal of or interest in respect of the Global Securities, the
Depositary will immediately credit, on its book-entry registration and
transfer system, accounts of participants with payments in amounts
proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in Subordinated Notes
represented by the Global Securities as shown on the records of the
Depositary. Payments by participants to owners of the Subordinated Notes held
through such participants will be governed by standing instructions and
customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts
of customers registered in "street name", and will be the responsibility of
such participants.
The Global Securities may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to
another nominee of the Depositary.
Subordinated Notes represented by the Global Securities are exchangeable
for definitive Subordinated Notes in registered form, of like tenor and of an
equal aggregate principal amount, only if (x) the Depositary notifies Citicorp
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global
Securities or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency
registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), (y) Citicorp in its sole discretion determines that such
Subordinated Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Subordinated Notes in
registered form or (z) any event shall have happened and be continuing which,
after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default with
respect to the Subordinated Notes. If the Global Securities become exchangeable
pursuant to the preceding sentence, they shall be exchangeable in whole
for definitive Subordinated Notes in registered form, of like tenor and of an
equal aggregate principal amount, in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples thereof. Such definitive Subordinated Notes shall be registered in
the name or names of such person or persons as the Depositary shall instruct
the security registrar. It is expected that such instructions may be based
upon directions received by the Depositary from its participants with respect
to ownership of Subordinated Notes.
Except as provided above, owners of Subordinated Notes will not be
entitled to receive physical delivery of Subordinated Notes in definitive form
and will not be considered the Holders thereof for any purpose under the
Indenture, and the Global Securities shall not be exchangeable, except for
another Global Security of like denomination and tenor to be registered in the
name of the Depositary or its nominee. Accordingly, each person owning a
Subordinated Note must rely on the procedures of the Depositary and, if such
person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through
which such person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a Holder under
the Indenture. The Indenture provides that the Depositary, as a Holder, may
appoint agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture.
Citicorp understands that under existing industry practices, in the event that
Citicorp requests any action of Holders or an owner of a Subordinated Note
desires to give or take any action a Holder is entitled to give or take under
the Indenture, the Depositary would authorize the participants owning the
relevant Subordinated Notes to give or take such action, and such participants
would authorize beneficial owners owning through such participants to give or
take such action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial
owners owning through them.
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The Depositary has advised Citicorp that the Depositary is a
limited-purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New
York, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within
the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a "clearing agency"
registered under the Exchange Act. The Depositary was created to hold
securities of its participants and to facilitate the clearance and settlement
of securities transactions among its participants in such securities through
electronic book-entry changes in accounts of the participants, thereby
eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. The
Depositary's participants include securities brokers and dealers (including
the Underwriters), banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain
other organizations, some of whom (and/or their representatives) own the
Depositary. Access to the Depositary's book-entry system is also available to
others, such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through
or maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, either directly or
indirectly.
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SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA
The following table sets forth, in summary form, certain financial data
for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1993 and for
the three months ended March 31, 1994 and March 31, 1993. This summary is
qualified in its entirety by the detailed information and financial statements
included in the documents incorporated by reference; this summary is not
covered by the Report of Independent Auditors incorporated herein by
reference. See "Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference" in the
Prospectus. The consolidated financial data at and for the three months ended
March 31, 1994 and March 31, 1993 is derived from unaudited financial
statements. The results for the three months ended March 31, 1994 are not
necessarily indicative of the results for the full year or any other interim
period.
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THREE
MONTHS ENDED
MARCH 31, YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1994 1993 1993 1992 1991
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(IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net Interest Revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,085 $1,847 $ 7,690 $ 7,456 $ 7,265
Fees, Commissions and Other Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,776 2,038 8,385 8,165 7,485
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Total Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,861 $3,885 $16,075 $15,621 $14,750
Provision for Credit Losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 689 2,600 4,146 3,890
Operating Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,447 2,526 10,615 10,057 11,097
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Income (Loss) Before Taxes and Cumulative Effects of
Accounting Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 999 $ 670 $ 2,860 $ 1,418 $ (237)
Income Taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 300 941 696 677
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Income (Loss) Before Cumulative Effects of Accounting Changes . . $ 609 $ 370 $ 1,919 $ 722 $ (914)
Cumulative Effects of Accounting Changes(A) . . . . . . . . . . . (56) 300 300 -- 457
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Net Income (Loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 553 $ 670 $ 2,219 $ 722 $ (457)
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Income (Loss) Applicable to Common Stock. . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 466 $ 595 $ 1,900 $ 497 $ (649)
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Earnings (Loss) Per Share(B):
On Common and Common Equivalent Shares:
Income (Loss) Before Cumulative Effects of Accounting Changes. $ 1.24 $ .71 $ 3.82 $ 1.35 $ (3.22)
Cumulative Effects of Accounting Changes(A). . . . . . . . . . (.13) .67 .68 -- 1.33
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Net Income (Loss). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1.11 $ 1.38 $ 4.50 $ 1.35 $ (1.89)
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Assuming Full Dilution
Income (Loss) Before Cumulative Effects of Accounting Changes. $ 1.12 $ .67 $ 3.53 $ 1.35 $ (3.22)
Cumulative Effects of Accounting Changes(A). . . . . . . . . . (.11) .57 .58 -- 1.33
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Net Income (Loss). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1.01 $ 1.24 $ 4.11 $ 1.35 $ (1.89)
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Period-End Balances: (IN BILLIONS)
Total Loans, Net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $132.8 $134.0 $ 134.6 $ 135.9 $ 147.6
Total Assets(C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241.1 217.2 216.6 213.7 216.9
Total Deposits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.0 144.1 145.1 144.2 146.5
Preferred Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9 3.2 3.9 3.2 2.1
Total Stockholders' Equity(D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.7 11.9 14.0 11.2 9.5
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(A) Refers to accounting changes for postemployement benefits in 1994, income
taxes in 1993 and venture capital subsidiaries in 1991.
(B) Based on net income (loss) after deducting preferred stock dividends,
expect where conversion is assumed, and, unless anti-dilutive, the
after-tax dividend equivalents on shares issuable under Citicorp's
Executive Incentive Compensation Plan.
(C) Effective January 1, 1994, Citicorp adopted FASB Interpretation No. 39,
"Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain Contracts", which increased
assets and liabilities by approximately $14.7 billion at March 31, 1994.
(D) Effective January 1, 1994, Citicorp adopted SFAS No. 115, "Accounting for
Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities", which increased
stockholders' equity by $227 million after tax at March 31, 1994.
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UNDERWRITING
The Underwriters named below have severally agreed, subject to the terms
and conditions contained in the Underwriting Agreement, to purchase from
Citicorp the respective principal amounts of Subordinated Notes set forth
below:
PRINCIPAL
UNDERWRITER AMOUNT
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Citicorp Securities, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . $ 40,000,000
Goldman, Sachs & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,000,000
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,000,000
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. . . . . . . . 40,000,000
Salomon Brothers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,000,000
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000,000
Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated . . . . . . . 10,000,000
Lehman Brothers Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000,000
Smith Barney Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000,000
UBS Securities Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000,000
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Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250,000,000
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Citicorp has been advised by the Underwriters that the several
Underwriters propose initially to offer the Subordinated Notes to the public
at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus
Supplement and to certain dealers, including any Underwriter, at such public
offering price less a concession not in excess of .40% of the principal
amount. The Underwriters may allow, and such dealers may reallow, a discount
not in excess of .25% of the principal amount. After the initial public
offering of the Subordinated Notes, the public offering price, concession and
discount to dealers may be changed by the Underwriters.
The Subordinated Notes are a new issue of securities with no established
trading market. Citicorp has been advised by the Underwriters that they intend
to make a market in the Subordinated Notes, but are not obligated to do so
and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. No assurance
can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for the Subordinated
Notes.
Citicorp has agreed to indemnify the several Underwriters against or
contribute toward certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act of 1933.
This Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus may be used by Citicorp
Securities, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Citicorp, in connection with
offers and sales related to secondary market transactions in the Subordinated
Notes. Citicorp Securities, Inc. may act as principal or agent in such
transactions. Such sales will be made at prices related to prevailing market
prices at the time of sale.
The participation of Citicorp Securities, Inc. in offers and sales of the
Subordinated Notes will comply with the requirements of Schedule E of the
By-laws of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD")
regarding underwriting securities of an affiliate.
Each NASD member participating in offers and sales of the Subordinated
Notes will not execute a transaction in the Subordinated Notes in a
discretionary account without the prior written specific approval of the
member's customer.
The Underwriters each engage in transactions with and perform services
for Citicorp in the ordinary course of business.
See "Plan of Distribution" in the accompanying Prospectus for further
information regarding the distribution of the Subordinated Notes offered
hereby.
VALIDITY OF THE SUBORDINATED NOTES
The validity of the Subordinated Notes will be passed upon for Citicorp
by Stephen E. Dietz, Associate General Counsel of Citibank, N.A., and for the
Underwriters by Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, New York. Mr. Dietz owns or has
the right to acquire a number of shares of common stock of Citicorp equal to
less than .01% of the outstanding common stock of Citicorp.
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PROSPECTUS
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SENIOR NOTES
SUBORDINATED NOTES
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Citicorp from time to time may offer in one or more series its unsecured
debt securities, which may be either senior (the "Senior Notes") or
subordinated (the "Subordinated Notes", which with the Senior Notes are herein
referred to as the "Notes"). As used herein, Notes shall include Notes
denominated in U.S. dollars or, at the option of Citicorp and so specified in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement, in any other currency or composite
currency, including the European Currency Unit. The Notes may be offered,
separately or together, in separate series in amounts, at prices and on terms
determined at the time of sale and set forth in the accompanying supplement to
this Prospectus (a "Prospectus Supplement"). Pursuant to the terms of the
Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part, Citicorp may
also issue series of its preferred stock, shares of its common stock, par
value $1.00 per share, warrants to purchase separately either of the
foregoing, convertible notes, note warrants, currency warrants and capital
securities under such Registration Statement.
The Senior Notes will rank equally with all other unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness of Citicorp. The Subordinated Notes will be
subordinate to all existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated Senior
Indebtedness (as defined herein). See "Description of Notes."
The specific terms of each series of Notes offered pursuant to this
Prospectus will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, which in
each case will identify the underwriter or underwriters or agent or agents for
the Notes being offered thereby and their compensation, the public offering or
purchase price and any specific terms in connection with the offer and sale of
such series of Notes.
With respect to each series of Notes, the related Prospectus Supplement
will set forth the aggregate principal amount offered, the rate and time of
payment of interest, if any, the authorized denominations, the maturity,
priority, premium, if any, any terms for redemption at the option of Citicorp
or the holder, the form of such series of Notes (which may be registered,
bearer or permanent global form), the initial public offering price and any
mandatory or optional sinking fund or analogous provisions.
The Prospectus Supplement will also contain information, where
applicable, concerning certain United States federal income tax considerations
relating to, and as to any listing on a securities exchange of, the Notes
covered by such Prospectus Supplement.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF
THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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THE NOTES OFFERED HEREBY ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR SAVINGS ACCOUNTS BUT ARE
UNSECURED DEBT OBLIGATIONS OF CITICORP AND ARE NOT INSURED BY
THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.
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The Notes may be offered by Citicorp directly to purchasers, through
agents designated from time to time, through underwriting syndicates led by
one or more managing underwriters or through one or more underwriters acting
alone. If Citicorp, directly or through agents, solicits offers to purchase
Notes, Citicorp reserves the sole right to accept and, together with its
agents, to reject in whole or in part any proposed purchase of Notes.
Affiliates of Citicorp may from time to time act as agents or underwriters in
connection with the sale of Notes to the extent permitted by applicable law.
(Continued on next page)
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THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS JUNE 6, 1994
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If any agent of Citicorp, or any underwriter, is involved in the sale of
Notes offered hereby, the name of such agent or underwriter and any applicable
commissions or discounts will be set forth in, or will be calculable from, the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, and the net proceeds to Citicorp from such
sale will be the purchase price of such offered Notes less such commissions or
discounts and other attributable issuance and distribution expenses. Citicorp
may also issue Notes to one or more persons in exchange for outstanding debt
securities of Citicorp acquired by such persons from third parties in open
market transactions or in privately negotiated transactions. The newly issued
Notes in such cases may be offered pursuant to this Prospectus and the
applicable Prospectus Supplement by such persons, acting as principal for
their own accounts, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices
otherwise negotiated or at fixed prices. Unless otherwise indicated in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, Citicorp will receive only outstanding debt
securities and will not receive cash proceeds in connection with such
exchanges and resales. See "Plan of Distribution" for possible indemnification
arrangements for agents, underwriters and their controlling persons.
This Prospectus and related Prospectus Supplement may be used by direct
or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Citicorp in connection with offers
and sales related to secondary market transactions in the Notes. Such
subsidiaries may act as principal or agent in such transactions. Such sales
will be made at prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of
sale.
This Prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of Notes unless
accompanied by a Prospectus Supplement. The delivery of this Prospectus
together with a Prospectus Supplement relating to particular Notes in any
jurisdiction shall not constitute an offer in that jurisdiction of any of the
other Notes covered by this Prospectus.
FOR NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS: THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE
OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS NOT APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THIS OFFERING NOR HAS THE
COMMISSIONER PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
Citicorp is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"). Information, as of particular dates, concerning
directors and officers, their remuneration, options granted to them, the
principal holders of securities of Citicorp and any material interest of such
persons in transactions with Citicorp is disclosed in proxy statements
distributed to stockholders of Citicorp and filed with the Commission. Such
reports, proxy statements and other information can be inspected and copied at
the public reference facilities of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549; 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois
60661; and Seven World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10048.
Copies of such material can be obtained by mail from the Public Reference
Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549,
at prescribed rates. Such reports, proxy statements and other information
concerning Citicorp also may be inspected at the offices of the New York Stock
Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Midwest Stock Exchange and the
Pacific Stock Exchange.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the Commission by Citicorp are
incorporated as of their respective filing dates in this Prospectus by
reference:
(1) Annual Report and Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1993, filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act;
(2) Financial Review and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
1994, filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act; and
(3) Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 18, 1994 and April 19,
1994, filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act.
All reports subsequently filed by Citicorp pursuant to Sections 13(a) and
(c) of the Exchange Act and any definitive proxy or information statements
filed pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act in connection with any
subsequent stockholders' meeting and any reports filed pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Prospectus and prior to the
termination of the offering of the Notes offered hereby shall be incorporated
by reference into this Prospectus and be a part hereof. Any statement
contained herein or in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is incorporated by reference herein or in the accompanying Prospectus
Supplement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not, except as so modified or superseded,
constitute a part of this Prospectus.
Citicorp will provide without charge to each person to whom this
Prospectus is delivered, on the request of any such person, a copy of any and
all of the foregoing documents incorporated herein by reference (other than
exhibits to such documents). Written or telephone requests should be directed
to Citicorp, 399 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10043, Attention: Investor
Relations Department, (212) 559-2718.
CITICORP
Citicorp, whose principal subsidiary is Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank"), is a
holding company incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on
December 4, 1967. The principal office of Citicorp is located at 399 Park
Avenue, New York, New York 10043; its telephone number is (212) 559-1000.
Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, including Citibank, Citicorp is a
global financial services organization serving the financial needs of
individuals, businesses, governments and financial institutions in the United
States and throughout the world.
Holding Company
Citicorp is a legal entity separate and distinct from Citibank and its
other subsidiaries and affiliates. The proceeds of Citicorp debt and equity
issuances are provided to its subsidiaries both as equity investments and
advances or are held in liquid investments. Citicorp derives revenues through
interest payments and dividends on its subsidiary advances and investments and
from earnings on its liquid asset portfolio. These revenues are used to defray
Citicorp's operating expenses, service its debt and pay dividends to holders
of its preferred and common shares.
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There are various legal limitations on the extent to which Citicorp's bank
subsidiaries may extend credit, pay dividends or otherwise supply funds to
Citicorp. The approval of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is
required if total dividends declared by a national bank in any calendar year
exceed net profits (as defined) for that year combined with its retained net
profits for the preceding two years. In addition, dividends for such a bank may
not be paid in excess of the bank's undivided profits after deducting statutory
bad debts in excess of the bank's allowance for credit losses. State-chartered
bank subsidiaries are subject to dividend limitations imposed by applicable
state law. As of March 31, 1994, Citicorp's national and state-chartered bank
subsidiaries could have declared dividends to their respective parent companies
without regulatory approval, of approximately $2.5 billion. In determining
whether and to what extent to pay dividends, each bank subsidiary must also
consider the effect of dividend payments on applicable risk-based capital and
leverage ratio requirements as well as policy statements of the federal
regulatory agencies that indicate that banking organizations should generally
pay dividends out of current operating earnings. Consistent with these
considerations, Citicorp estimates that as of March 31, 1994 its bank
subsidiaries could have declared approximately $1.6 billion of the available
$2.5 billion in dividends.
Citicorp also derives dividends from its non-bank subsidiaries, including
the holding company that owns many of Citicorp's domestic banks. These
subsidiaries are not subject to regulatory restrictions on their payment of
dividends to Citicorp, except that the approval of the Office of Thrift
Supervision may be required if total dividends declared by a savings
association in any calendar year exceed amounts specified in that agency's
regulations. In addition, there are numerous governmental requirements and
regulations that affect the activities of Citicorp and its bank and non-bank
subsidiaries.
Under longstanding policy of The Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, a bank holding company is expected to act as a source of
financial strength for its subsidiary banks and to commit resources to support
such banks. As a result of such policy, Citicorp may be required to commit
resources to its subsidiary banks in circumstances where it might not do so
absent such policy.
Because Citicorp is a holding company, its rights and the rights of its
creditors, including the holders of the Notes offered hereby, to participate
in the assets of any subsidiary upon the latter's liquidation or
recapitalization will be subject to the prior claims of the subsidiary's
creditors, except to the extent that Citicorp may itself be a creditor with
recognized claims against the subsidiary.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Citicorp intends to apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to
its general funds to be used by its management for corporate purposes,
principally to fund investments in, or extensions of credit to, banking and
non-banking subsidiaries. Except as otherwise described in a Prospectus
Supplement, specific allocations of the proceeds to such purposes will not
have been made at the date of the applicable Prospectus Supplement, although
the management of Citicorp will have determined that funds should be borrowed
at that time in anticipation of future funding requirements of the
subsidiaries. The precise amount and timing of such investments in and
extensions of credit to the subsidiaries will depend upon their funding
requirements and the availability of other funds to Citicorp and its
subsidiaries.
If Notes are issued to one or more persons in exchange for outstanding
debt securities and resold by such persons, the accompanying Prospectus
Supplement will set forth the aggregate principal amount of securities which
Citicorp will receive in exchange therefor and which will thereupon cease to
be outstanding, the residual cash payment, if any, which Citicorp may receive
from such person or such person may receive from Citicorp, as the case may be,
the date from which Citicorp will pay to such person interest accrued on the
debt securities to the closing date and an estimate of Citicorp's expenses in
respect of the offering of the Notes.
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RATIOS OF INCOME TO FIXED CHARGES
For the three months ended March 31, 1994 and the fiscal years ended
December 31, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990 and 1989, Citicorp's consolidated ratios
of income to fixed charges, computed as set forth below, were as follows:
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Three
months
ended Year ended December 31,
March 31, ---------------------------------------------------
1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
Income to Fixed Charges: -------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
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Excluding Interest on Deposits ............. 1.51 1.44 1.24 0.96 1.09 1.13
Including Interest on Deposits ............. 1.23 1.18 1.09 0.99 1.03 1.06
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Income for the year ended December 31, 1991 was inadequate to cover fixed
charges by $237 million. For purposes of computing the consolidated ratio of
income to fixed charges, income represents net income (loss) (before
extraordinary item and cumulative effects of accounting changes) plus income
taxes and fixed charges. Fixed charges, excluding interest on deposits,
represent interest expense (except interest paid on deposits) and the interest
factor included in rents. Fixed charges, including interest on deposits,
represent all interest expense and the interest factor included in rents.
DESCRIPTION OF NOTES
The Senior Notes offered hereby are to be issued under an indenture dated
as of September 1, 1989, between Citicorp and United States Trust Company of
New York, as trustee (the "Senior Trustee"), as supplemented by a first
supplemental indenture dated as of September 25, 1990 between Citicorp and the
Senior Trustee (such indenture, together with the first supplemental indenture
thereto, is referred to herein as the "Senior Indenture").
The Subordinated Notes offered hereby are to be issued under an indenture
dated as of April 1, 1991 (the "Original Subordinated Indenture"), between
Citicorp and Chemical Bank, as trustee (the "Subordinated Trustee" and,
together with the Senior Trustee, the "Trustees"), as supplemented by a first
supplemental indenture dated as of November 27, 1992 (the "First Supplemental
Indenture") between Citicorp and the Subordinated Trustee (the Original
Subordinated Indenture together with the First Supplemental Indenture is
referred to herein as the "Subordinated Indenture"). The First Supplemental
Indenture was entered into in response to an interpretation of the staff of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System concerning capital
treatment of subordinated debt and amended the Original Subordinated Indenture
by removing a restrictive covenant relating to liens on the stock of Citibank
and by narrowing the definition of "Event of Default" to provide that the
appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or
similar official) for Citicorp or substantially all of its property (rather
than a substantial part of its property) is an Event of Default. These
amendments do not apply to any series of Subordinated Notes issued prior to
the execution of the First Supplemental Indenture (the "Original Subordinated
Notes") and, therefore, holders of Original Subordinated Notes could be
entitled to demand immediate payment of their securities upon the occurrence
of certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency which would not entitle the
holders of Subordinated Notes offered hereby or issued since the execution of
the First Supplemental Indenture to demand such payment.
A copy of each of the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture
(each an "Indenture" and together the "Indentures") is incorporated by
reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus
is a part. The following summaries of certain provisions of the Indentures do
not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their
entirety by reference to, all provisions of the applicable Indenture,
including the definition therein of certain terms.
Each Indenture provides that Notes, in addition to the Notes previously
issued under such Indenture, may be issued in separate series thereunder
without limitation as to aggregate principal amount, as authorized from time
to time by, or pursuant to resolutions of, Citicorp's Board of Directors.
(Indentures [SectionMark]301).
The Notes may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The
particular terms of each series of Notes offered by a Prospectus Supplement
will be described in such Prospectus Supplement relating to such series.
The Senior Notes of each series will be unsecured and will rank pari
passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of Citicorp.
The Subordinated Notes of each series will be unsecured and will rank pari
passu with all other unsecured and subordinated indebtedness of Citicorp other
than subordinated indebtedness as to which,
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in the instrument creating or evidencing the same, or pursuant to which the same
is outstanding, it is provided that such indebtedness is junior to the
Subordinated Notes.
Citicorp may offer under this Prospectus series of Notes under indentures
or documentation containing provisions which may differ from those included in
the Indentures or any indenture or documentation applicable to other
outstanding series of Citicorp indebtedness, provided that the material
provisions of the indenture or documentation under which such series of Notes
is issued are described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such series
of Notes.
General
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe the following terms of
the Notes of each series: (1) the title of the Notes and whether they are
Subordinated Notes or Senior Notes; (2) any limit on the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes; (3) whether the Notes are to be issuable as Registered
Notes or Bearer Notes (each as defined below) or both, whether any of the
Notes are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any of
the Notes are to be issuable in permanent global form; (4) the price or prices
(expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount thereof) at which
the Notes will be issued; (5) the date or dates on which the Notes will
mature; (6) the rate or rates per annum at which the Notes will bear interest,
if any, or the formula pursuant to which such rate or rates will be
determined, and the date or dates from which any such interest will accrue;
(7) the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest on the Notes will be
payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any Registered
Notes on any Interest Payment Date; (8) the Person to whom any interest on any
Registered Note of such series will be payable, if other than the Person in
whose name that Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, the manner in
which, or the Person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Note of such series
will be payable, if otherwise than upon presentation and surrender of coupons
appertaining thereto, and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any
interest payable on a temporary global Note on an Interest Payment Date will
be paid if other than in the manner described under "Temporary Global Notes"
below and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on
a permanent global Note on an Interest Payment Date will be paid; (9) each
office or agency where, subject to the terms of the applicable Indenture as
described below under "Payment and Paying Agents", the principal of and any
premium and interest on the Notes will be payable and each office or agency
where, subject to the terms of the applicable Indenture as described below
under "Form, Exchange, Registration and Transfer", the Notes may be presented
for registration of transfer or exchange; (10) the period or periods within
which and the price or prices at which the Notes may, pursuant to any optional
redemption provisions, be redeemed, in whole or in part, and the other
detailed terms and provisions of any such optional redemption provisions; (11)
the obligation, if any, of Citicorp to redeem or purchase the Notes pursuant
to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the holder
thereof and the period or periods within which and the price or prices at
which the Notes will be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant
to such obligation, and the other detailed terms and provisions of such
obligation; (12) the denominations in which any Registered Notes will be
issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, and the denomination or denominations in which Bearer Notes will be
issuable, if other than denominations of $5,000; (13) the currency or currency
units of payment of principal of and any premium and interest on the Notes, if
other than U.S. dollars; (14) any index or formula used to determine the
amount of payments of principal of and any premium on the Notes; (15) if
applicable, the fact that the terms of the applicable Indenture described
below under "Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance" will not apply to such
series; (16) the application, if any, of the terms of the applicable Indenture
described below under "Assumption of Obligations" to any series of Notes
issuable as Bearer Notes; (17) any additional restrictive covenants included
for the benefit of the holders of such Notes; (18) any additional Events of
Default provided with respect to such Notes; (19) information with respect to
book-entry procedures, if any; and (20) any other terms of the Notes not
inconsistent with the provisions of the applicable Indenture. (Indentures
[SectionMark]301). Any such Prospectus Supplement will also describe any special
provisions for the payment of additional amounts with respect to the Notes of
such series. If Citicorp has an obligation to redeem or purchase the Notes at
the option of the holder thereof as provided in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement pursuant to clause (11) above, Citicorp will comply with any
applicable provisions of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and the related
rules and regulations in connection with such redemption or purchase.
Notes of any series may be issued as Original Issue Discount Notes. An
Original Issue Discount Note is a Note, including any zero-coupon Note, which
is issued at a price lower than the amount payable upon the Stated Maturity
thereof and which provides that upon redemption or acceleration of the
Maturity thereof an amount less than the amount payable upon the Stated
Maturity thereof and determined in accordance with the terms of such Note
shall
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become due and payable. United States Holders of Original Issue Discount
Notes having a maturity of more than one year from their date of issue will
have to include original issue discount in income as it accrues, generally
before receipt of cash attributable to such income. Additional special United
States federal income tax considerations applicable to Notes issued at an
original issue discount, including Original Issue Discount Notes, and certain
special United States tax considerations applicable to any Notes which are
denominated in a currency or currency unit other than United States dollars,
are described below under "United States Taxation".
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
covenants contained in the applicable Indenture would not necessarily afford
holders of either the Senior Notes or the Subordinated Notes protection in the
event of a sudden and dramatic decline in credit quality resulting from
takeovers, recapitalizations or similar restructurings.
Form, Exchange, Registration and Transfer
Notes of a series may be issued in registered form ("Registered Notes"), or
bearer form with coupons ("Bearer Notes") or any combination thereof. Each
Indenture also will provide that Notes of a series may be issued in temporary or
permanent global form. Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus
Supplement, Bearer Notes (other than Bearer Notes in temporary or global form)
will have interest coupons attached. (Indentures [SectionMark]201). See
"Temporary Global Notes" and "Permanent Global Notes".
In connection with its sale during the restricted period (as defined below
under "Limitations on Issuance of Euro-Notes"), no Euro Security issued under
either Indenture (together, "Euro-Notes") shall be delivered to any location in
the United States or its possessions and a Euro-Note (not including a Note in
temporary global form) may be delivered in definitive form only if, prior to
such delivery, the owner of such Euro-Note or the financial institution or
clearing organization through which the owner holds such Euro-Note, directly or
indirectly, provides a written certificate to Citicorp, in the form required by
the applicable Indenture, to the effect that (a) such Euro-Note is owned by a
person (other than a financial institution for purposes of resale during the
restricted period) who is not a United States person; (b) such Euro-Note is
owned by a United States person (other than a financial institution for purposes
of resale during the restricted period) who is (i) a foreign branch of a United
States financial institution or (ii) a United States person who acquired such
Euro-Note through the foreign branch of a United States financial institution
and who for purposes of this certification holds such Euro-Note through such
financial institution on the date of certification and, in either case, such
United States financial institution provides a certificate to Citicorp or the
distributor selling the Euro-Note stating that it agrees to comply with the
requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as from time to time amended (the "Internal Revenue Code"), and the
regulations thereunder; or (c) such Euro-Note is owned by a financial
institution for purposes of resale during the restricted period and such
financial institution certifies that it has not acquired such Euro-Note for
purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a
person within the United States or its possessions. Upon exchange of a portion
of a temporary global Note for an interest in a Euro-Note in permanent global
form, such certification must be given in connection with the exchange. In the
case of a Euro-Note in permanent global form, such certification must be given
in connection with the notation of a beneficial ownership interest therein upon
exchange of a portion of a temporary global Euro-Note. (Indentures
[SectionSectionMark]303, 304). See "Temporary Global Notes" and "Limitations on
Issuance of Euro-Notes".
At the option of the holder, subject to the terms of the applicable
Indenture, Registered Notes of any series will be exchangeable for other
Registered Notes of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a
like aggregate principal amount and tenor. In addition, if Notes of any series
are issuable as both Registered Notes and Bearer Notes, at the option of the
holder, subject to the terms of such Indenture, Bearer Notes (with all unmatured
coupons, except as provided below, and with all matured coupons in default) of
such series will be exchangeable for Registered Notes of the same series of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor.
Bearer Notes surrendered in exchange for Registered Notes between a Regular
Record Date or a Special Record Date and the relevant date for payment of
interest shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such date for
payment of interest and interest will not be payable in respect of the
Registered Note issued in exchange for such Bearer Note, but will be payable
only to the holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the terms of the
applicable Indenture. Registered Notes, including Registered Notes received in
exchange for Bearer Notes, may not be exchanged for Bearer Notes. (Indentures
[SectionMark]305). Each Bearer Note and any coupons appertaining thereto will
bear a legend to the following effect: "Any United States person who holds this
obligation will be subject to limitations under the United States
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income tax laws, including the limitations provided in Sections 165(j)
and 1287(a) of the Internal Revenue Code". (Indentures [SectionMark]201).
Notes may be presented for exchange as provided above, and Registered Notes
may be presented for registration of transfer (with the form of transfer
endorsed thereon duly executed), at the office of the Security Registrar or at
the office of any transfer agent designated by Citicorp for such purpose with
respect to any series of Notes and referred to in an applicable Prospectus
Supplement without a service charge and upon payment of any taxes and other
governmental charges as described in the applicable Indenture. Such transfer or
exchange will be effected upon the Security Registrar or such transfer agent, as
the case may be, being satisfied with the documents of title and identity of the
person making the request. Citicorp has appointed Citibank as Security
Registrar. (Indentures [SectionMark]305). If a Prospectus Supplement refers to
any transfer agents (in addition to the Security Registrar) initially designated
by Citicorp with respect to any series of Notes, Citicorp may at any time
rescind the designation of any such transfer agent or approve a change in the
location through which any such transfer agent acts, except that if Notes of a
series are issuable solely as Registered Notes, Citicorp will be required to
maintain a transfer agent in each Place of Payment for such series and, if Notes
of a series are issuable as Bearer Notes, Citicorp will be required to maintain
(in addition to the Security Registrar) a transfer agent in a Place of Payment
for such series located outside the United States and its possessions. Citicorp
may at any time designate additional transfer agents with respect to any series
of Notes. (Indentures [SectionMark]1002).
In the event of any redemption in part, Citicorp shall not be required to
(i) issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection for
redemption of Notes of like tenor and of the series of which such Note is a
part, and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which the
relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all holders of
Notes of like tenor and of such series to be redeemed; (ii) register the
transfer of or exchange any Registered Note so selected for redemption, in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in
part; or (iii) exchange any Bearer Note so selected for redemption, except to
exchange such Bearer Note for a Registered Note of that series and like tenor
which is immediately surrendered for redemption. (Indentures [SectionMark]305).
Payment and Paying Agents
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement and
provided that the certificate described above under "Form, Exchange,
Registration and Transfer" has been received, principal of and any premium and
interest on Bearer Notes will be payable, subject to any applicable laws and
regulations, at the offices of such Paying Agents outside the United States and
its possessions as Citicorp may designate from time to time, at the option of
the holder, by check or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a
financial institution located outside the United States and its possessions.
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment of
interest on a Bearer Note on any Interest Payment Date will be made only against
surrender to the Paying Agent of the coupon relating to such Interest Payment
Date. (Indentures [SectionMark]1001). No payment with respect to any Bearer Note
will be made at any office or agency of Citicorp in the United States or its
possessions or by check mailed to any address in the United States or its
possessions or by transfer to any account maintained with a financial
institution located in the United States or its possessions. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, payments of principal of and any premium and interest on Bearer Notes
denominated and payable in U.S. dollars will be made at the office of the Paying
Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if)
payment of the full amount thereof in U.S. dollars at all offices or agencies
outside the United States and its possessions is illegal or effectively
precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions. (Indentures
[SectionMark]1002).
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement,
principal of and any premium and interest on Registered Notes will be payable,
subject to any applicable laws and regulations, at the office of such Paying
Agent or Paying Agents as Citicorp may designate from time to time, except
that at the option of Citicorp payment of any interest may be made by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall
appear in the Security Register. (Indentures [SectionMark]201). Unless otherwise
indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment of interest on a
Registered Note on any Interest Payment Date will be made to the Person in
whose name such Registered Note (or Predecessor Note) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. (Indentures
[SectionMark]307).
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Corporate Trust Office of Citibank in The City of New York will be designated
as a Paying Agent for Citicorp for payments with respect to Notes of each
series which are issuable solely as Registered Notes and as a Paying
Agent for payments with respect to Notes of each
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series (subject to the limitations described above in the case of Bearer Notes)
which are issuable solely as Bearer Notes or as both Registered Notes and Bearer
Notes. Any Paying Agents outside the United States and its possessions and any
other Paying Agents in the United States or its possessions initially designated
by Citicorp for the Notes of each series will be named in an applicable
Prospectus Supplement. Citicorp may at any time designate additional Paying
Agents or rescind the designation of any Paying Agent or approve a change in the
office through which any Paying Agent acts, except that if Notes of a series are
issuable solely as Registered Notes, Citicorp will be required to maintain a
Paying Agent in each Place of Payment for such series and, if Notes of a series
are issuable as Bearer Notes, Citicorp will be required to maintain (i) a Paying
Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for payments with
respect to any Registered Notes of the series (and for payments with respect to
Bearer Notes of the series in the circumstances described above, but not
otherwise) and (ii) a Paying Agent in a Place of Payment located outside the
United States and its possessions where Notes of such series and any coupons
appertaining thereto may be presented and surrendered for payment; provided,
however, that if the Notes of such series are listed on The International Stock
Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Limited (the "London
Stock Exchange"), the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange
located outside the United States and its possessions and such stock exchange
shall so require, Citicorp will maintain a Paying Agent in London, Luxembourg or
any other required city located outside the United States and its possessions,
as the case may be, for the Notes of such series. (Indentures
[SectionMark]1002).
After notice by publication, all moneys paid by Citicorp to a Paying
Agent for the payment of the principal of and any premium or interest on any
Note of any series which remain unclaimed at the end of two years after such
principal, premium or interest shall have become due and payable will be
repaid to Citicorp and the holder of such Note or any coupon appertaining
thereto will thereafter look only to Citicorp for payment thereof. (Indentures
[SectionMark]1003).
Temporary Global Notes
All Euro-Notes will initially be represented by one or more temporary
global Notes, without interest coupons, to be deposited with a common
depositary in London for the Euroclear System ("Euroclear") and CEDEL S.A.
("CEDEL") for credit to the designated accounts. On and after the date
determined as provided in any such temporary global Note and described in an
applicable Prospectus Supplement (the "Exchange Date"), each such temporary
global Note will be exchanged for definitive Bearer Notes, definitive
Registered Notes or all or a portion of a permanent global Note, or any
combination thereof, as specified in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, but,
unless otherwise specified in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, only upon
receipt by Euroclear or CEDEL of written certification in the form and to the
effect described above under "Form, Exchange, Registration and Transfer". No
Note delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary global Note shall be
delivered to any location in the United States or its possessions in
connection with such exchange. (Indentures [SectionMark]304).
Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Prospectus Supplement,
interest in respect of any portion of a temporary global Note payable in
respect of an Interest Payment Date occurring prior to the issuance of
definitive Notes (including a permanent global Note) will be payable to the
bearer and thus, while such temporary global Note is deposited with the common
depositary for Euroclear and CEDEL, will be paid to each of Euroclear and
CEDEL with respect to the portion of the temporary global Note held for its
account for which it provides certification in the form described above under
"Form, Exchange, Registration and Transfer". If an Interest Payment Date
occurs prior to the issuance of definitive Notes (including a permanent global
Note), written certification in the form and to the effect described above
under "Form, Exchange, Registration and Transfer" will be required to obtain
an interest payment, and upon receipt of such certification Euroclear or
CEDEL, as the case may be, will exchange the portion of the temporary global
Note relating to such certification for an interest in a permanent global Note
(unless the account holder requests that such portion be exchanged for a
definitive Registered Note or Notes or a definitive Bearer Note or Notes).
(Indentures [SectionMark]304).
Permanent Global Notes
If any Notes of a series are issuable in permanent global form, the
applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe the circumstances, if any,
under which beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent global Note
may exchange such interests for Notes of such series and of like tenor and
principal amount in any authorized form and denomination. No Bearer Note
delivered in exchange for any portion of a permanent global Note shall be
delivered to any location in the United States or its possessions in
connection with such exchange. (Indentures [SectionMark]305). Principal of
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and any premium and interest on any permanent global Note will be payable
in the manner described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. (Indentures
[SectionMark]304).
Limitations on Liens on Stock of Citibank
Citicorp has covenanted in the Senior Indenture that, so long as any of the
Senior Notes issued thereunder which mature more than ten years after their
issuance are Outstanding, it will not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
any mortgage, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance, as security for
indebtedness for borrowed money, upon any shares of Voting Stock of Citibank
owned by Citicorp, without effectively providing that the Senior Notes issued
under such Indenture which mature more than ten years after their issuance shall
be secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, such indebtedness; provided,
however, that Citicorp shall be permitted to create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any such mortgage, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance without
regard to the foregoing provisions so long as after giving effect thereto
Citicorp will own at least 80% of the Voting Stock of Citibank then issued and
outstanding, free and clear of any such mortgage, pledge, security interest or
other encumbrance. For the purpose of this covenant, the term "Voting Stock" of
Citibank shall mean stock of any class or classes, however designated, having
ordinary voting power for the election of a majority of the board of directors
of Citibank, other than stock having such power only by reason of the happening
of a contingency. (Senior Indenture [SectionMark]1005). The foregoing covenant
also applies to the Original Subordinated Notes but is not a provision of the
Subordinated Indenture and does not apply to any series of Subordinated Notes.
Defaults; Events of Default
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
following will be Events of Default under the Senior Indenture with respect to
any series of Senior Notes: (a) failure to pay principal of or any premium on
any Senior Note of that series at maturity; (b) failure to pay any interest on
any Senior Note of that series when due, continued for 30 days; (c) failure to
deposit any sinking fund payment, when due, in respect of any Senior Note of
that series; (d) failure to perform any other covenant of Citicorp in the
Senior Indenture (other than a covenant included in the Senior Indenture
solely for the benefit of series of Senior Notes other than that series)
continued for 60 days after written notice of such default; (e) certain events
of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Citicorp or Citibank; and (f)
any other Event of Default provided with respect to Senior Notes of that
series. (Senior Indenture [SectionMark]501).
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
following will be "Defaults" under the Subordinated Indenture with respect to
any series of Subordinated Notes: (a) failure to pay principal of or any premium
on any of the Subordinated Notes of that series at maturity; (b) failure to pay
any interest on any Subordinated Note of that series when due, continued for 30
days; (c) failure to perform any other covenant of Citicorp in the Subordinated
Indenture (other than a covenant included in the Subordinated Indenture solely
for the benefit of series of Subordinated Notes other than that series)
continued for 60 days after written notice of such default; (d) any Event of
Default; and (e) any other Default provided with respect to Subordinated Notes
of that series. (Subordinated Indenture [SectionMark]503). Unless otherwise
provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the following will be the
Events of Default under the Subordinated Indenture with respect to any series of
Subordinated Notes: (x) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of Citicorp; and (y) any other Event of Default provided with
respect to Subordinated Notes of that series. (Subordinated Indenture
[SectionMark]501). Unless an Event of Default has occurred and shall be
continuing with respect to a series of Subordinated Notes, neither the holders
of such Subordinated Notes nor the Subordinated Trustee may declare the
acceleration of the payment of principal or premium, if any, of such
Subordinated Notes under the Subordinated Indenture.
Subject to the provisions of the applicable Indenture relating to the
duties of the related Trustee, in case an Event of Default with respect to
either the Senior Notes or the Subordinated Notes shall occur, or in case a
Default with respect to the Subordinated Notes shall occur and be continuing,
such Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers
under such Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of Notes
of any series or any related coupons unless such holders shall have offered to
such Trustee reasonable indemnity. (Indentures [SectionSectionMark] 601, 603).
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes
of any series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising
any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to Notes of that
series, provided that such direction does not conflict with applicable law or
the applicable Indenture or have a substantial likelihood of involving the
related Trustee in personal liability. (Indentures [SectionMark] 512).
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If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of any series at the time
Outstanding shall occur and be continuing, either the related Trustee or the
holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes
of that series may declare the principal, or, if any such Notes are Original
Issue Discount Notes, such lesser amounts as may be described in an applicable
Prospectus Supplement, of all such Outstanding Notes of that series to be due
and payable immediately. At any time after a declaration of acceleration with
respect to Notes of any series has been made but before a judgment or decree
for payment of money due has been obtained by such Trustee, the holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes of that series may
rescind any declaration of acceleration and its consequences, if all payments
due (other than those due as a result of acceleration) have been made and all
Events of Default have been remedied or waived. (Indentures [SectionMark]502).
No holder of any Notes of any series or any related coupons will have any
right to institute any proceeding with respect to the applicable Indenture or
for any remedy thereunder, unless such holder shall have previously given to the
related Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default, with respect to
the Senior Notes or the Subordinated Notes of that series, or of a continuing
Default with respect to the Subordinated Notes of that series, the holders of at
least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of that series
shall have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity, to the
Trustee to institute such proceeding as Trustee, and the Trustee shall not have
received from the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes of that series a direction inconsistent with such request and
shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days. (Indentures
[SectionMark]507). However, such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted
by a holder of an Outstanding Note of that series for enforcement of payment of
the principal of, or any premium or interest on, such Note on or after the
respective due dates expressed in such Note. (Indentures [SectionMark]508).
Citicorp is required to furnish to each Trustee annually a statement as
to its performance or fulfillment of covenants, agreements or conditions in
the applicable Indenture and as to the absence of defaults thereunder.
(Indentures [SectionMark]1004).
Meetings, Modification and Waiver
Modifications and amendments of each Indenture may be made by Citicorp and
the related Trustee with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of each series affected
by such modification or amendment; provided, however, that no such modification
or amendment may, without the consent of the holders of each Outstanding Note
affected thereby, (a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of principal of or interest on, any Note, (b) reduce the principal
amount of, or premium or interest on, any Note, (c) change any obligation of
Citicorp to pay additional amounts, (d) reduce the amount of principal of an
Original Issue Discount Note payable upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof,
(e) change the coin or currency in which any Note or any premium or interest
thereon is payable, (f) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement
of any payment on or with respect to any Note, (g) reduce the percentage in
principal amount of Outstanding Notes of any series, the consent of whose
holders is required for modification or amendment of the applicable Indenture or
for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of such Indenture or for waiver
of certain defaults, (h) reduce the requirements contained in such Indenture for
quorum or voting, (i) change any obligation of Citicorp to maintain an office or
agency in the places and for the purposes required by such Indenture, or (j)
modify any of the above provisions. (Indentures [SectionMark]902). Under certain
limited circumstances and only upon the fulfillment of certain conditions,
modifications and amendments of such Indenture may be made by Citicorp and the
related Trustee without the consent of any holders of Outstanding Notes.
(Indentures [SectionMark]901).
The holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes of a series may, on behalf of the holders of all the Notes of
that series, waive, insofar as that series is concerned, compliance by Citicorp
with certain restrictive provisions of the applicable Indenture. (Indentures
[SectionMark]1007). The holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of a series may, on behalf of all
holders of Notes of that series and any coupons appertaining thereto, waive any
past default under the applicable Indenture with respect to Notes of that
series, except a default (a) in the payment of principal of or any premium or
interest on any Note of such series or (b) in respect of a covenant or provision
of the applicable Indenture which cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the holders of each Outstanding Note of such series affected.
(Indentures [SectionMark]513).
Each Indenture provides that in determining whether the holders of the
requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver thereunder or are
present at a meeting of holders of Notes for quorum purposes, (i) the
principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
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Note that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the
principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such
determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof, and (ii) the
principal amount of a Note denominated in a foreign currency or currency unit
shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined on the date of original
issuance of such Note, of the principal amount of such Note or, in the case of
an Original Issue Discount Note, the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined on the
date of original issuance of such Note, of the amount determined as provided
in (i) above. (Indentures [SectionMark]101).
Each Indenture contains provisions for convening meetings of the holders of
Notes of a series if Notes of that series are issuable as Bearer Notes.
(Indentures [SectionMark]1301). A meeting may be called at any time by the
Trustee, and also, upon request, by Citicorp or the holders of at least 10% in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of such series, in any such
case upon notice given in accordance with "Notices" below. (Indentures
[SectionMark]1302). Except for any consent which must be given by the holder of
each Outstanding Note affected thereby, as described above, any resolution
presented at a meeting or adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present may be
adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of that series; provided, however,
that, except for any consent which must be given by the holder of each
Outstanding Note affected thereby, as described above, any resolution with
respect to any consent, waiver, request, demand, notice, authorization,
direction or other action which may be given by the holders of not less than a
specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes of a
series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting at which a quorum is
present only by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than such
specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of
that series. Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of holders
of Notes of any series duly held in accordance with the applicable Indenture
will be binding on all holders of Notes of that series and the related coupons.
The quorum at any meeting called to adopt a resolution, and at any adjourned
meeting, will be Persons holding or representing a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of a series; provided, however, that
if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent, waiver,
request, demand, notice, authorization, direction or other action which may be
given by the holders of not less than a specified percentage in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of a series, the Persons holding or
representing such specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Notes of such series will constitute a quorum. (Indentures
[SectionMark]1304).
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
Citicorp may, without the consent of the holders of any of the Outstanding
Notes of a series, consolidate with, merge into or transfer its assets
substantially as an entirety to any corporation organized under the laws of any
domestic or foreign jurisdiction, provided that (i) the successor corporation
assumes Citicorp's obligations on the Notes of each series and under the
applicable Indenture, (ii) after giving effect thereto, with respect to the
Senior Notes, no Event of Default and no event which, after notice or lapse of
time, or both, would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, (iii) after giving effect thereto, with respect to the Subordinated
Notes, no Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both,
would become a Default, shall have happened and be continuing, and (iv) certain
other conditions are met. (Indentures [SectionSectionMark]801, 802).
Assumption of Obligations
If so specified in an applicable Prospectus Supplement for a series of
Notes issuable as Bearer Notes, Citicorp may elect at any time to assign to a
Subsidiary or an Affiliate of Citicorp, and cause such Subsidiary or Affiliate
to assume, the obligations of Citicorp for the due and punctual payment of the
principal of and any premium and interest on all the Notes of such series and
the performance of every covenant of the applicable Indenture, except as
described below, on the part of Citicorp to be performed or observed with
respect to the Notes of such series, provided that (i) Citicorp has the right
to redeem the Notes of such series in the event of certain changes involving
United States taxes or the imposition of certain reporting requirements as
expressly described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement and the
circumstances and conditions expressly described in such Prospectus Supplement
giving rise to Citicorp's right so to redeem the Notes of such series have
occurred, are in effect and have been satisfied, as the case may be, (ii) no
payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Notes of such
series is overdue, (iii) Citicorp unconditionally guarantees the performance
of the obligations of such Subsidiary or Affiliate under the applicable
Indenture and under the Notes of such series, (iv) Citicorp and such
Subsidiary or Affiliate each agrees to indemnify the holder of each Note of
such series against (A) any tax, assessment or governmental charge which is
imposed on such holder by a jurisdiction other than the United States or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
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therein with respect to, and which is withheld on the making of, the payment of
the principal of or any premium or interest on such Note, and which would not
have been so imposed and withheld had such assignment and assumption not been
made, (B) any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on or relating to
the act of assignment and assumption and (C) any costs or expenses of the act of
assignment and assumption, (v) after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default
with respect to the Senior Notes or the Subordinated Notes and no Default with
respect to the Subordinated Notes, and no event which, after notice or lapse of
time, or both, would become an Event of Default or Default, respectively, shall
have occurred and be continuing, and (vi) certain other conditions are met.
(Indentures [SectionMark]803). Notwithstanding any assignment and assumption
with respect to the Notes of a series as described in this paragraph, Citicorp
will remain unconditionally obligated to comply with such provisions of each
Indenture as may be required to comply with applicable law and, with respect to
the Senior Notes and the Original Subordinated Notes, Citicorp shall remain
unconditionally obligated to comply with the covenant described above under
"Limitations on Liens on Stock of Citibank" with respect to the Senior Notes and
Original Subordinated Notes. (Indentures [SectionSectionMark]803, 804).
Notices
Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Indenture, notices to
holders of Bearer Notes will be given by publication at least twice in a daily
newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York and in such other
city or cities as may be specified in such Notes. Notices to holders of
Registered Notes will be given by mail to the addresses of such holders as
they appear in the Security Register. (Indentures [SectionSectionMark]101, 106).
Title
Title to any Bearer Notes (including Bearer Notes in temporary global
form and in permanent global form) and any coupons appertaining thereto will
pass by delivery. Citicorp, the related Trustee and any agent of Citicorp or
such Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Note and the bearer of any
coupon and the registered owner of any Registered Note as the absolute owner
thereof (whether or not such Note or coupon shall be overdue and
notwithstanding any notice to the contrary) for the purpose of making payment
and for all other purposes. (Indentures [SectionMark]308).
Replacement of Notes and Coupons
Any mutilated Note or a Note with a mutilated coupon appertaining thereto
will be replaced by Citicorp at the expense of the holder upon surrender of
such Note to the related Trustee. Notes or coupons that become destroyed, lost
or stolen will be replaced by Citicorp at the expense of the holder upon
delivery to such Trustee of evidence of the destruction, loss or theft thereof
satisfactory to Citicorp and such Trustee; in the case of any coupon which
becomes destroyed, lost or stolen, such coupon will be replaced by issuance of
a new Note in exchange for the Note to which such coupon appertains. In the
case of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note or coupon, an indemnity satisfactory
to such Trustee and Citicorp may be required at the expense of the holder of
such Note or coupon before a replacement Note will be issued. (Indentures
[SectionMark]306).
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
Unless otherwise specified in an applicable Prospectus Supplement for a
series of Notes, Citicorp may cause itself (i) to be discharged from any and
all obligations with respect to such Notes (subject to the terms of the
applicable Indenture) ("defeasance") and/or (ii) to be released from its
obligations described above under "Limitations on Liens on Stock of Citibank"
with respect to the Senior Notes or Original Subordinated Notes ("covenant
defeasance"), upon the deposit with the related Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee), in trust for such purpose, of money and/or U.S. Government
Obligations which through the payment of principal and interest in accordance
with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient, without
reinvestment, to pay the principal of and any premium or interest on such
Notes to Maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and any mandatory sinking
fund or analogous payments thereon. As a condition to defeasance or covenant
defeasance, Citicorp must deliver to the related Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that the holders of such Notes will not recognize income, gain
or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of such
defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject to United States federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as
would have been the case if such defeasance or covenant defeasance had not
occurred. Such Opinion, in the case of defeasance under clause (i) above, must
refer to and be based upon a published ruling of the Internal Revenue Service
or changes in applicable United States federal income tax law occurring after
the date of the applicable Indenture. (Indentures Article Fourteen).
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Defeasance by Citicorp with respect to the Notes of a series is permitted
notwithstanding Citicorp's prior covenant defeasance with respect to such
series. Following a defeasance, payment of such Notes may not be accelerated
because of an Event of Default or a Default. (Indentures [SectionMark]1402).
Following a covenant defeasance, payment of Senior Notes or the Original
Subordinated Notes may not be accelerated by reference to the covenant noted
under clause (ii) above. (Senior Indenture [SectionMark]1403, Original
Subordinated Indenture [SectionMark]1403). However, if such an acceleration were
to occur, the realizable value at the acceleration date of the money and U.S.
Government Obligations in the defeasance trust could be less than the principal
and interest then due on such Notes, in that the required deposit in the
defeasance trust is based upon scheduled cash flows rather than market value,
which will vary depending upon interest rates and other factors.
Subordination
With respect to Notes issued pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture, such
Subordinated Notes shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the
extent set forth in such Indenture, to all Senior Indebtedness (as defined
below) of Citicorp. In the event that Citicorp shall default in the payment of
any principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Senior Indebtedness
when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed
for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise, then, unless and until such
default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, no direct
or indirect payment (in cash, property, securities, by set-off or otherwise)
shall be made or agreed to be made on account of the principal of or interest on
the indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated Notes, or in respect of any
redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any of the Subordinated
Notes. In the event of (a) any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership,
liquidation, reorganization, readjustment, composition or other similar
proceeding relating to Citicorp, its creditors or its property, (b) any
proceeding for the liquidation, dissolution or other winding-up of Citicorp,
voluntary or involuntary, whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy
proceedings, (c) any assignment by Citicorp for the benefit of creditors or (d)
any other marshalling of the assets of Citicorp, all Senior Indebtedness
(including any interest thereon accruing after the commencement of any such
proceedings) shall first be paid in full before any payment or distribution
under the Subordinated Notes, whether in cash, securities or other property,
shall be made to any Subordinated Note holders. In such event, any payment or
distribution under the Subordinated Notes, whether in cash, securities or other
property (other than securities of Citicorp or any other corporation provided
for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is
subordinate at least to the extent provided in the subordination provisions with
respect to the Subordinated Notes to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness at
the time outstanding, and to any securities issued in respect thereof under any
such plan of reorganization or readjustment), which would otherwise (but for
those subordination provisions) be payable or deliverable in respect of the
Subordinated Notes, shall be paid or delivered directly to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders
until all Senior Indebtedness (including any interest thereon accruing after the
commencement of any such proceedings) shall have been paid in full. If any
payment or distribution under the Subordinated Notes, of any character whether
in cash, securities or other property (other than securities of Citicorp or any
other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment the
payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent provided in the
subordination provisions with respect to the Subordinated Notes, to the payment
of all Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding and to any securities issued
in respect thereof under any such plan of reorganization or readjustment), shall
be received by any holder of any Subordinated Notes in contravention of any of
the terms hereof and before all the Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in
full, such payment or distribution or security shall be received in trust for
the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered and transferred, to the
holders of the Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding in accordance with
the priorities then existing among such holders for application to the payment
of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all
such Senior Indebtedness in full (Subordinated Indenture [SectionMark]1501).
"Senior Indebtedness" means any obligation of Citicorp to its creditors,
whether now outstanding or subsequently incurred, other than (a) all
subordinated securities and subordinated capital notes issued or which may be
issued under the respective Indentures, dated as of April 15, 1985 and April 1,
1986, each between Citicorp and the Subordinated Trustee, as the same may be
amended from time to time; (b) any obligation as to which, in the instrument
creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it
is provided that such obligation is not Senior Indebtedness (including, without
limitation, all other unsecured and subordinated indebtedness of Citicorp); (c)
obligations evidenced by the guarantees of the (i) Floating Rate Guaranteed
Subordinated Capital Notes Due May 10, 1996 issued by Citicorp Person-to-Person,
Inc. ("Person-to-Person") under the indenture, dated as of April 1, 1984, among
Person-to-Person, Citicorp and the Subordinated Trustee (on September 30, 1987,
Person-to-
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Person was merged into Citicorp Mortgage, Inc. ("CMI") and CMI assumed all
obligations of Person-to-Person), (ii) Guaranteed Floating Rate Subordinated
Capital Notes Due January 30, 1997 issued under the indenture, dated as of
January 30, 1985, among Person-to-Person, Citicorp and Morgan Guaranty Trust
Company of New York, as trustee (as of April 30, 1985, Citicorp Banking
Corporation ("CBC") assumed such obligations of Person-to-Person), (iii)
Guaranteed Floating Rate Subordinated Capital Notes Due July 10, 1997 issued by
CBC under the indenture, dated as of July 10, 1985, among CBC, Citicorp and
Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as trustee, and (iv) all other
guarantees of other notes or obligations which may be issued under such
indentures as the same may be amended from time to time; and (d) any
subordinated securities issued under the Original Subordinated Indenture or the
Subordinated Indenture, including Subordinated Notes. (Subordinated Indenture
[Section Mark]101).
Neither Indenture limits the issuance of additional Senior
Indebtedness.
Because Citicorp is a holding company, its rights and the rights of its
creditors, including the holders of the Subordinated Notes to be offered, to
participate in the assets of any subsidiary upon the latter's liquidation or
recapitalization will be subject to the prior claims of the subsidiary's
creditors, except to the extent that Citicorp may itself be a creditor with
recognized claims against the subsidiary.
Governing Law
Each Indenture, the Notes and the coupons will be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. (Indentures
[Section Mark]113).
Concerning the Trustees
United States Trust Company of New York, the Senior Trustee, has its
principal corporate trust office at 114 West 47th Street, New York, New York
10036 and is also trustee under several other Citicorp indentures under which
unsecured debt securities are currently outstanding.
Chemical Bank, the Subordinated Trustee, has its principal corporate
trust office at 450 West 33rd Street, New York, New York 10001, and is also
trustee under several other Citicorp indentures under which subordinated
unsecured debt securities are currently outstanding and under several other
indentures of an affiliate of Citicorp under which securities are currently
outstanding that are guaranteed on a subordinated and unsecured basis by
Citicorp.
Citicorp or its affiliates maintain certain accounts and other banking
relationships with each Trustee or certain affiliates of each Trustee.
Limitations on Issuance of Euro-Notes
In compliance with United States federal tax laws and regulations,
Euro-Notes may not be offered or sold during the restricted period (as defined
below) in the United States or its possessions or to a United States person
(each as defined below) other than an exempt purchaser (as defined below).
Furthermore, in compliance with such federal tax laws and regulations,
Euro-Notes may not be delivered, in connection with the sale thereof during
the restricted period, in definitive form within the United States or its
possessions.
Citicorp will not offer or sell the Euro-Notes during the restricted period
to a person who is within the United States or its possessions or to a United
States person other than an exempt purchaser, and any underwriter, agent and
dealer participating in the offering of Euro-Notes must covenant that: (i) it
has not and will not offer or sell the Euro-Notes during the restricted period
to a person who is within the United States or its possessions or to a United
States person other than an exempt purchaser; (ii) it has in effect, in
connection with the offer and sale of the Euro-Notes during the restricted
period, procedures reasonably designed to ensure that its employees or agents
who are directly engaged in selling the Euro-Notes are aware that the Euro-Notes
cannot be offered or sold during the restricted period to a person who is within
the United States or its possessions or who is a United States person (other
than an exempt purchaser); (iii) it will not permit any affiliate (within the
meaning of Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(4)(iii) of the regulations issued under
the Internal Revenue Code (the "Treasury Regulations")) to acquire any Euro-Note
for the purpose of offering or selling it during the restricted period unless
such affiliate provides it (for the benefit of Citicorp) with the covenants
contained in this paragraph; (iv) it will not deliver any Euro-Notes, in
connection with the sale thereof during the restricted period, in definitive
form within the United States or its possessions; (v) it will not enter into any
written contract with another distributor (within the meaning of Section
1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(4) of the Trea-
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sury Regulations) to offer or sell the Euro-Notes during the restricted period
unless such distributor provides it (for the benefit of Citicorp) with the
covenants contained in this paragraph; and (vi) if it is a United States person,
it is acquiring the Euro-Notes for purposes of resale in connection with their
original issuance and if it retains the Euro-Notes for its own account, it will
only do so in accordance with the requirements of Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(6)
of the Treasury Regulations.
For purposes of the selling restrictions described in this section, an
offer or sale will be considered to be made to a person who is within the
United States or its possessions if the offeror or seller of the Euro-Notes
has an address within the United States or its possessions for the offeree or
buyer of the Euro-Notes with respect to the offer or sale. Bearer Notes and
any coupons appertaining thereto (including Euro-Notes in permanent global
form exchangeable for Bearer Notes) will bear a legend to the following
effect: "Any United States person who holds this obligation will be subject to
limitations under the United States income tax laws, including the limitations
provided in Sections 165(j) and 1287(a) of the Internal Revenue Code".
Purchasers of Euro-Notes may be affected by certain limitations under
United States tax laws. See "United States Taxation".
As used herein, "United States person" means a citizen or resident of the
United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized
in or under the laws of the United States and an estate or trust the income of
which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its
source, "United States" means the United States of America (including the
States and the District of Columbia) and "possessions" of the United States
include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake
Island and Northern Mariana Islands, "restricted period" means with respect to
a Note, the period beginning on the earlier of the closing date or the first
date on which the Note is offered to persons other than distributors and
ending on the expiration of the 40-day period beginning on the closing date,
except that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any offer or sale of the Notes by
Citicorp or a distributor shall be deemed to be made during the restricted
period if Citicorp or the distributor holds the Note as part of an unsold
allotment or subscription, and "exempt purchaser" means (A) an exempt
distributor (as defined in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(5) of the Treasury
Regulations) that covenants that it is buying the Euro-Notes for the purpose
of resale in connection with the original issuance thereof, and that if it
retains the Euro-Notes for its own account, it will do so only in accordance
with the requirements of Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(6) of the Treasury
Regulations; (B) an international organization described in Section
7701(a)(18) of the Internal Revenue Code; (C) a foreign central bank (as
defined in Section 895 of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury
Regulations thereunder); (D) a foreign branch of a United States financial
institution as described in Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(6)(i) of the Treasury
Regulations; and (E) a United States person who acquires the Euro-Notes
through the foreign branch of a United States financial institution and who
holds the Euro-Notes through such financial institution. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, however, (i) a person described in (A) of this paragraph will not
be considered an exempt purchaser with respect to offers to a non-United
States office of such person; (ii) a person described in (B) or (C) of this
paragraph will not be considered an international organization or a foreign
central bank, as the case may be, with respect to offers that are not made
directly and specifically to such person; (iii) a person described in (E) of
this paragraph will be considered an exempt purchaser only with respect to
sales of the Euro-Notes; and (iv) in the case of persons described in (D) or
(E) of this paragraph, the financial institution holding the Euro-Note
provides a certificate to Citicorp or the distributor selling the Euro-Note
stating that it agrees to comply with the requirements of Section
165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury
Regulations thereunder.
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FOREIGN CURRENCY RISKS
General
Notes may be denominated in such foreign currencies or currency units as
may be designated by Citicorp at the time of offering (the "Foreign Currency
Securities").
PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN FINANCIAL AND LEGAL
ADVISORS AS TO THE RISKS ENTAILED BY AN INVESTMENT IN FOREIGN CURRENCY
SECURITIES. FOREIGN CURRENCY SECURITIES ARE NOT AN APPROPRIATE INVESTMENT
FOR INVESTORS WHO ARE UNSOPHISTICATED WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN CURRENCY
TRANSACTIONS.
The information set forth below is directed to prospective purchasers of
Foreign Currency Securities who are United States residents and Citicorp
disclaims any responsibility to advise prospective purchasers who are
residents of countries other than the United States with respect to any
matters that may affect the purchase or holding of a Foreign Currency Security
or the receipt of payments of principal of and any premium and interest on a
Foreign Currency Security in a Specified Currency (as defined below under
"United States Taxation -- Payments of Interest"). Such persons should consult
their own legal advisors with regard to such matters.
Exchange Rates and Exchange Controls
An investment in Foreign Currency Securities entails significant risks
that are not associated with a similar investment in a security denominated in
U.S. dollars. Such risks include, without limitation, the possibility of
significant changes in the rate of exchange between the U.S. dollar and the
Specified Currency and the possibility of the imposition or modification of
foreign exchange controls by either the United States or foreign governments.
Such risks generally depend on economic and political events over which
Citicorp has no control. In recent years, rates of exchange between the U.S.
dollar and certain foreign currencies have been highly volatile and such
volatility may be expected in the future. Fluctuations in any particular
exchange rate that have occurred in the past are not necessarily indicative,
however, of fluctuations in the rate that may occur during the term of any
Foreign Currency Security. Changes in the exchange rate of the Specified
Currency applicable to a Foreign Currency Security against the U.S. dollar
would generally result in changes in the U.S. dollar-equivalent market value
of such Security.
UNITED STATES TAXATION
The following is a summary of the principal United States federal income
tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of Notes and is included
herein in reliance upon the opinion of E. Noel Harwerth, Esq., Chief Tax
Officer of Citibank. It deals only with Notes held as capital assets by
initial purchasers and does not deal with special classes of holders, such as
dealers in securities or currencies, life insurance companies, tax-exempt
organizations, persons holding Notes as a hedge or hedged against currency
risks or as part of a straddle or conversion transaction, or persons whose
functional currency is not the U.S. dollar. The summary is based on the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), its legislative
history, existing and proposed Treasury regulations thereunder, published
rulings and court decisions, as currently in effect, all of which are subject
to change, possibly with retroactive effect. In particular, the discussion of
original issue discount ("OID") is based in part on Treasury regulations under
the OID and related provisions of the Code (the "final regulations"). The
final regulations adopt, with certain changes, the proposed regulations on the
same subjects that were published in the Federal Register on December 21, 1992
(the "proposed regulations"). Generally, the final regulations apply to debt
instruments issued on or after April 4, 1994. The discussion below applies
only to Notes having a term of 30 years or less; the United States federal
income tax consequences of ownership of Notes having a term in excess of 30
years will be discussed in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
Persons considering the purchase of Notes should consult their own tax
advisors concerning the application of the United States federal income tax
laws to their particular situations, as well as the application of state or
local laws or the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.
United States Holders
As used herein, "United States Holder" means a beneficial owner of a Note
who or which is (i) a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a
corporation organized in or under the laws of the United States or any
political subdivi-
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sion thereof, or (iii) a person otherwise subject to United States
federal income taxation on a net income basis in respect of a Note. It is
assumed that the functional currency of a United States Holder is the U.S.
dollar.
Payments of Interest
Interest on a Note (whether payable in U.S. dollars or in a currency,
composite currency or basket of currencies other than U.S. dollars (a
"Specified Currency")), other than interest on a discount Note (as defined
below) that is not "qualified stated interest" (as defined below) will be
taxable to a United States Holder as ordinary interest income at the time it
is accrued or is received depending on the United States Holder's method of
accounting for tax purposes. If an interest payment is denominated in, or
determined by reference to, a Specified Currency, the amount of income
recognized by a cash basis United States Holder will be the U.S. dollar value
of the interest payment based on the interest rate in effect at the time such
payment is received, regardless of whether the payment is in fact converted to
U.S. dollars. Unless an election described in the next succeeding paragraph is
made, accrual basis United States Holders recognize interest income based on
the average exchange rate for the interest accrual period (or, with respect to
an accrual period that spans two taxable years, the partial period within the
taxable year). Upon the receipt of an interest payment (including a payment
attributable to accrued but unpaid interest upon the sale or retirement of a
Note) denominated in, or determined by reference to, a Specified Currency, an
accrual basis United States Holder will recognize foreign currency gain or
loss to the extent of the difference, if any, between such average exchange
rate and the exchange rate at the time of receipt, which gain or loss will be
treated as ordinary income or loss, regardless of whether the payment is in
fact converted into U.S. dollars.
An accrual basis United States Holder may elect to translate interest
income into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the last day of the
accrual period, or, in the case of an accrual period that spans two taxable
years, at the exchange rate in effect on the last day of the partial period
within the taxable year. Additionally, if a payment of interest is actually
received within 5 business days of the last day of the accrual period or
taxable year, an electing accrual basis United States Holder may instead
translate such accrued interest into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in
effect on the day of actual receipt. Any such election will apply to all debt
instruments held by the United States Holder at the beginning of the first
taxable year to which the election applies or thereafter acquired by the
United States Holder and will be irrevocable without the consent of the
Internal Revenue Service (the "Service").
Original Issue Discount
General. For United States federal income tax purposes, a Note, other
than a Note with a term of one year or less (a "short term note"), will be
treated as issued at an original issue discount (a "discount Note") if the
excess of its "stated redemption price at maturity" over its issue price is
more than a "de minimis amount" (as defined below). Generally, the issue price
of a Note will be the first price at which a substantial amount of Notes
included in the issue of which the Note is a part is sold. The stated
redemption price at maturity of a Note is the total of all payments provided
by the Note that are not payments of "qualified stated interest". A qualified
stated interest payment is generally any one of a series of stated interest
payments on a Note that are unconditionally payable at least annually at a
single fixed rate (with certain exceptions for lower rates paid during some
periods) applied to the outstanding principal amount of the Note. Special
rules are provided for "variable rate Notes" (as defined below).
In general, if the excess of a Note's stated redemption price at maturity
over its issue price is less than 1/4 of 1 percent of the Note's stated
redemption price at maturity multiplied by the number of complete years to its
maturity (the "de minimis amount"), then such excess, if any, constitutes "de
minimis OID" and the Note is not a discount Note. Unless the election
described below under "Election to Treat All Interest as OID" is made, a
United States Holder of a Note with de minimis OID must include such de
minimis OID in income as stated principal payments on the Note are made. The
includible amount with respect to each such payment will equal the product of
the total amount of the Note's de minimis OID and a fraction, the numerator of
which is the amount of the principal payment made and the denominator of which
is the stated principal amount of the Note.
Inclusion of Original Issue Discount in Income. United States Holders
(including cash basis United States Holders) of discount Notes having a
maturity of more than one year from their date of issue must include OID in
income as it accrues on a constant yield basis, generally before the receipt
of cash attributable to such income and generally in increasingly greater
amounts over the life of the Note. The amount of discount includible in income
by the holder of a discount Note is the sum of the daily portions of discount
with respect to the discount Note for each day during the taxable year or
portion of the taxable year in which it holds such Note ("accrued OID"). The
daily portion
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is determined by allocating to each day in any "accrual period" a pro
rata portion of the OID allocable to such accrual period.
Accrual periods with respect to a Note may be of any length selected by
the United States Holder, as long as (i) no accrual period is longer than one
year and (ii) each scheduled payment of interest or principal on the Note
occurs on either the first or last day of an accrual period. The amount of OID
allocable to any accrual period is an amount equal to the excess of (a) the
product of the discount Note's "adjusted issue price" (as defined below) at
the beginning of such accrual period and its yield to maturity (determined on
the basis of compounding at the close of each accrual period and adjusted for
the length of such period) over (b) the sum of the payments of qualified
stated interest, if any, allocable to the accrual period. The "adjusted issue
price" of a discount Note at the beginning of any accrual period is the issue
price of the Note increased by (i) the amount of accrued OID for each prior
accrual period and decreased by (ii) the amount of any payments previously
made on the Note that were not qualified stated interest payments. For
purposes of determining the amount of OID allocable to an accrual period if an
interval between payments of qualified stated interest on the Note contains
more than one accrual period, the amount of qualified stated interest payable
at the end of the interval (including any qualified stated interest that is
payable on the first day of the accrual period immediately following the
interval) is allocated pro rata on the basis of relative length to each
accrual period in the interval, and the adjusted issue price at the beginning
of each accrual period must be increased by the amount of any qualified stated
interest that has accrued prior to the first day of the accrual period but
that is not payable until the end of the interval. The amount of OID allocable
to an initial short accrual period may be computed using any reasonable method
if all other accrual periods other than a final short accrual period are of
equal length. The amount of OID allocable to the final accrual period is the
difference between the amount payable at the maturity of the Note (other than
any payment of qualified stated interest) and the Note's adjusted issued price
as of the beginning of the final accrual period.
Acquisition Premium. A United States Holder that purchases a Note for an
amount less than or equal to the sum of all amounts payable on the Note after
the purchase date other than payments of qualified stated interest but in
excess of its adjusted issue price (any such excess being "acquisition
premium") and that does not make the election described below under "Election
to Treat All Interest as Original Issue Discount" is permitted to reduce the
daily portions of OID by a fraction, the numerator of which is the excess of
the United States Holder's adjusted basis in the Note immediately after its
purchase over the adjusted issue price of the Note, and the denominator of
which is the excess of the sum of all amounts payable on the Note after the
purchase date, other than payments of qualified stated interest, over the
Note's adjusted issue price.
Market Discount. A Note, other than a short-term Note, will be treated as
purchased at a market discount (a "market discount Note") if (i) the amount
for which a United States Holder purchased the Note is less than the Note's
issue price (as determined above under "Original Issue Discount--General") and
(ii) the Note's stated redemption price at maturity or, in the case of a
discount Note, the Note's "revised issue price", exceeds the amount for which
the United States Holder purchased the Note by at least 1/4 of 1 percent of
such Note's stated redemption price at maturity or revised issue price,
respectively, multiplied by the number of complete years to the Note's
maturity. If such excess is not sufficient to cause the Note to be a market
discount Note, then such excess constitutes "de minimis market discount". The
Code provides that, for these purposes, the "revised issue price" of a Note
generally equals its issue price, increased by the amount of any OID that has
accrued on the Note.
Any gain recognized on the maturity or disposition of a market discount
Note will be treated as ordinary income to the extent that such gain does not
exceed the accrued market discount on such Note. Alternatively, a United
States Holder of a market discount Note may elect to include market discount
in income currently over the life of the Note. Such an election shall apply to
all debt instruments with market discount acquired by the electing United
States Holder on or after the first day of the first taxable year to which the
election applies. This election may not be revoked without the consent of the
Service.
Market discount on a market discount Note will accrue on a straight-line
basis unless the United States Holder elects to accrue such market discount on
a constant-yield to maturity basis. Such an election shall apply only to the
Note with respect to which it is made and may not be revoked without the
consent of the Service. A United States Holder of a market discount Note that
does not elect to include market discount in income currently generally will
be required to defer deductions for interest on borrowings allocable to such
Note in an amount not exceeding the accrued market discount on such Note until
the maturity or disposition of such Note.
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Pre-Issuance Accrued Interest. If (i) a portion of the initial purchase
price of a Note is attributable to pre-issuance accrued interest, (ii) the
first stated interest payment on the Note is to be made within one year of the
Note's issue date and (iii) the payment will equal or exceed the amount of
pre-issuance accrued interest, then the United States Holder may elect to
decrease the issue price of the Note by the amount of pre-issuance accrued
interest. In that event, a portion of the first stated interest payment will
be treated as a return of the excluded pre-issuance accrued interest and not
as an amount payable on the Note.
Notes Subject to Contingencies Including Optional Redemption. In general,
if a Note provides for an alternative payment schedule or schedules applicable
upon the occurrence of a contingency or contingencies and the timing and
amounts of the payments that comprise each payment schedule are known as of
the issue date, the yield and maturity of the Note are determined by assuming
that the payments will be made according to the Note's stated payment
schedule. If, however, based on all the facts and circumstances as of the
issue date, it is more likely than not that the Note's stated payment schedule
will not occur, then, in general, the yield and maturity of the Note are to be
computed based on the payment schedule most likely to occur.
Notwithstanding the general rules for determining yield and maturity in
the case of Notes subject to contingencies, if Citicorp has an unconditional
option or options to redeem a Note, or the holder has an unconditional option
or options to cause a Note to be repurchased, prior to the Note's stated
maturity, then (i) in the case of an option or options of Citicorp, Citicorp
will be deemed to exercise or not exercise an option or combination or options
in the manner that minimizes the yield on the Note and (ii) in case of an
option or options of the holder, the holder will be deemed to exercise or not
exercise an option or combination of options in the manner that maximizes the
yield on the Note. For purposes of those calculations, the yield on the Note
is to be determined by using any date on which the Note may be redeemed or
repurchased as the maturity date and the amount payable on such date in
accordance with the terms of the Note as the principal amount payable at
maturity.
If a contingency (including the exercise of an option) actually occurs or
does not occur contrary to an assumption made according to the above rules (a
"change in circumstances") then, solely for purposes of the accrual of OID,
the yield and maturity of the Note are to be redetermined by treating the Note
as reissued on the date of the change in circumstances for an amount equal to
the Note's adjusted issue price on that date, except to the extent that a
portion of the Note is repaid as a result of a change in circumstances.
Election to Treat All Interest as OID. A United States Holder may elect
to include in gross income all interest that accrues on a Note using the
constant-yield method described above under the heading "Original Issue
Discount--General", with the modifications described below. For the purposes
of this election, interest includes stated interest, OID, de minimis OID,
market discount, de minimis market discount and unstated interest, as adjusted
by any amortizable bond premium (described below under "Notes Purchased at a
Premium") or acquisition premium.
In applying the constant-yield method to a Note with respect to which
this election has been made, the issue price of the Note will equal the
electing United States Holder's adjusted basis in the Note immediately after
its acquisition, the issue date of the Note will be the date of its
acquisition by the electing United States Holder, and no payments on the Note
will be treated as payments of qualified stated interest. This election will
generally apply only to the Note with respect to which it is made and may not
be revoked without the consent of the Service. If this election is made with
respect to a Note with amortizable bond premium, then the electing United
States Holder will be deemed to have elected to apply amortizable bond premium
against interest with respect to all debt instruments with amortizable bond
premium (other than debt instruments the interest on which is excludible from
gross income) held by the electing United States Holder as of the beginning of
the taxable year in which the Note with respect to which the election is made
is acquired or thereafter acquired. The deemed election with respect to
amortizable bond premium may not be revoked without the consent of the
Service.
If the election to apply the constant-yield method to all interest on a
Note is made with respect to a market discount Note, the electing United
States Holder will be treated as having made the election discussed above
under "Original Issue Discount--Market Discount" to include market discount in
income currently over the life of all debt instruments held or thereafter
acquired by such United States Holder.
Variable Rate Notes. A "variable rate Note" is a Note that: (i) has an
issue price that does not exceed the total noncontingent principal payments by
more than the lesser of (1) the product of (x) the total noncontingent
principal payments, (y) the number of complete years to maturity from the
issue date and (z) .015, or (2) 15 percent of the total noncontingent
principal payments, and (ii) provides for stated interest compounded or paid
at least annually at (1) one
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or more "qualified floating rates", (2) a single fixed rate and one or
more qualified floating rates, (3) a single "objective rate" or (4) a single
fixed rate and a single objective rate that is a "qualified inverse floating
rate".
A qualified floating rate or objective rate in effect at any time during
the term of the instrument must be set at a "current value" of that rate. A
"current value" of a rate is the value of the rate on any day that is no
earlier than three months prior to the first day on which that value is in
effect and no later than one year following that first day.
A variable rate is a "qualified floating rate" if (i) variations in the
value of the rate can reasonably be expected to measure contemporaneous
variations in the cost of newly borrowed funds in the currency in which the
Note is denominated or (ii) it is equal to the product of such a rate and
either (a) a fixed multiple that is greater than zero but not more than 1.35,
or (b) a fixed multiple greater than zero but not more than 1.35, increased or
decreased by a fixed rate. A rate is not a qualified floating rate, however,
if the rate is subject to certain restrictions (including caps, floors, or
other similar restrictions) unless such restrictions are fixed throughout the
term of the Note or are not reasonably expected to significantly affect the
yield on the Note.
An "objective rate" is a rate, other than a qualified floating rate,
determined using a single, fixed formula and based on (i) one or more
qualified floating rates, (ii) one or more rates each of which would be a
qualified floating rate for a debt instrument denominated in a currency other
than the currency in which the debt instrument is denominated, (iii) the yield
or changes in the price of one or more actively traded items of personal
property other than stock or debt of the issuer or a related party or (iv) a
combination of objective rates. A variable rate is not an objective rate,
however, if it is reasonably expected that the average value of the rate
during the first half of the Note's term will be either significantly less
than or significantly greater than the average value of the rate during the
final half of the Note's term. An objective rate is a "qualified inverse
floating rate" if (i) the rate is equal to a fixed rate minus a qualified
floating rate and (ii) the variations in the rate can reasonably be expected
to inversely reflect contemporaneous variations in the cost of newly borrowed
funds.
In general, if a variable rate Note provides for stated interest at a
single qualified floating rate or objective rate, all stated interest on the
Note is qualified stated interest and the amount of OID, if any, is determined
by using, in the case of a qualified floating rate or qualified floating
inverse rate, the value as of the issue date of the qualified floating rate or
qualified inverse floating rate, or in the case of any other objective rate, a
fixed rate that reflects the yield reasonably expected for the Note.
If a variable rate Note does not provide for stated interest at a single
qualified floating rate or objective rate, or at a fixed rate (other than at a
single fixed rate for an initial period), the amount of interest and OID
accruals on the Note are generally determined by (i) determining a fixed rate
substitute for each variable rate provided under the variable rate Note
(generally, the value of each variable rate as of the issue date or, in the
case of an objective rate that is not a qualified inverse floating rate, a
rate that reflects the reasonably expected yield on the Note), (ii)
constructing the equivalent fixed rate debt instrument (using the fixed rate
substitute described above), (iii) determining the amount of qualified stated
interest and OID with respect to the equivalent fixed rate debt instrument and
(iv) making the appropriate adjustments for actual variable rates during the
applicable accrual period.
If a variable rate Note provides for stated interest either at one or
more qualified floating rates or at a qualified inverse floating rate, and in
addition provides for stated interest at a single fixed rate (other than at a
single fixed rate for an initial period), the amount of interest and OID
accruals are determined as in the immediately preceding paragraph, except that
the variable rate Note is treated, for purposes of the first three steps of
the determination, as if it provided for a qualified floating rate (or a
qualified inverse floating rate, as the case may be) rather than the fixed
rate. The qualified floating (or qualified inverse floating rate) replacing
the fixed rate must be such that the fair market value of the Variable Rate
Note as of the issue date would be approximately the same as the fair market
value of an otherwise identical debt instrument that provides for the
qualified floating rate (or qualified inverse floating rate) rather than the
fixed rate.
Short-Term Notes. In general, an individual or other cash basis United
States Holder of a short-term Note is not required to accrue OID (as
specifically defined below for the purposes of this paragraph) for United
States federal income tax purposes unless it elects to do so (but may be
required to include any stated interest in income as the interest is
received). Accrual basis United States Holders and certain other United States
Holders, including banks, regulated investment companies, dealers in
securities, common trust funds, United States Holders who hold Notes as part
of certain identified hedging transactions, certain pass-through entities and
cash basis United States Holders who so elect, are required to accrue OID on
short-term Notes on either a straight-line basis or under the constant-yield
method
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(based on daily compounding), at the election of the United States
Holder. In the case of a United States Holder not required and not electing to
include OID in income currently, any gain realized on the sale or retirement
of the short-term Note will be ordinary income to the extent of the OID
accrued on a straight-line basis (unless an election is made to accrue the OID
under the constant-yield method) through the date of sale or retirement.
United States Holders who are not required and do not elect to accrue OID on
short-term Notes will be required to defer deductions for interest on
borrowings allocable to short-term Notes in an amount not exceeding the
deferred income until the deferred income is realized. For purposes of
determining the amount of OID subject to these rules, all interest payments on
a short-term Note, including stated interest, are included in the short-term
Note's stated redemption price at maturity.
Specified Currency Discount Notes. OID for any accrual period on a
discount Note that is determined in, or determined by reference to, a
Specified Currency will be determined in the Specified Currency and then
translated into U.S. dollars in the same manner as stated interest accrued by
an accrual basis United States Holder, as described under "Payments of
Interest". Upon receipt of an amount attributable to OID (whether in
connection with a payment of interest or the sale or retirement of a Note), a
United States Holder may recognize ordinary income or loss.
Notes Purchased at a Premium
A United States Holder that purchases a Note for an amount in excess of
its principal amount may elect to treat such excess as "amortizable bond
premium", in which case the amount required to be included in the United
States Holder's income each year with respect to interest on the Note will be
reduced by the amount of amortizable bond premium allocable (based on the
Note's yield to maturity) to such year. In the case of a Note that is
denominated in a Specified Currency, bond premium will be computed in units of
the Specified Currency, and amortizable bond premium will reduce interest
income in units of the Specified Currency. At the time amortizable bond
premium offsets interest income, a United States Holder may realize exchange
gain or loss (taxable as ordinary income or loss), measured by the difference
between exchange rates at that time and at the time of the acquisition of the
Note. Any election to amortize bond premium shall apply to all bonds (other
than bonds the interest on which is excludible from gross income) held by the
United States Holder at the beginning of the first taxable year to which the
election applies or thereafter acquired by the United States Holder, and is
irrevocable without the consent of the Internal Revenue Service.
Indexed Notes
The applicable Prospectus Supplement or Prospectus Supplements will
contain a discussion of any special United States federal income tax rules
with respect to Notes, payments on which are determined by reference to the
value of any currencies, commodities, securities or any index thereof.
Purchase, Sale and Retirement of Notes
A United States Holder's tax basis in a Note will be its U.S. dollar cost
(as defined below) increased by the amount of any OID or market discount
previously included in the United States Holder's income with respect to the
Note and the amount, if any, of income attributable to de minimis original
issue discount or de minimis market discount included in the United States
Holder's income with respect to the Note, and reduced by (i) the amount of any
payments that are not qualified stated interest payments, and (ii) the amount
of any amortizable bond premium applied to reduce interest on the Note. The
U.S. dollar cost of a Note purchased with a Specified Currency will generally
be the U.S. dollar value of the purchase price on the date of purchase or, in
the case of Notes traded on an established securities market (as defined in
the final regulations) that are purchased by a cash basis United States Holder
(or an accrual basis United States Holder that so elects), on the settlement
date for the purchase. Gain or loss will be recognized upon the sale or
retirement of a Note equal to the difference between the amount realized upon
the sale or retirement and the tax basis in the Notes. The amount realized on
a sale or retirement for an amount in Specified Currency will be the U.S.
dollar value of such amount on the date of sale or retirement or, in the case
of Notes traded on an established securities market sold by a cash basis
United States holder (or an accrual basis United States Holder that so
elects), on the settlement date for the sale. Except to the extent described
under "Original Issue Discount--Short-Term Notes" or in the next paragraph,
such gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if, at the time of
sale or retirement, the Note has been held for more than one year.
In general, gain or loss recognized by a United States Holder on the sale
or retirement of a Note which is attributable to changes in exchange rates
will be ordinary income or loss. However, exchange gain or loss is recognized
only to the extent of total gain or loss realized on the transaction.
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Exchange of the Specified Currency
Specified Currency received as interest or on the sale or retirement of a
Note will have a tax basis equal to its U.S. dollar value at the time such
interest is received or at the time of such sale or retirement. Specified
Currency that is purchased will generally have a tax basis equal to the U.S.
dollar value of the Specified Currency on the date of purchase. Any gain or
loss realized on a sale or other disposition of a Specified Currency
(including its use to purchase Notes or upon exchange for U.S. dollars) will
be ordinary income or loss.
Bearer Notes
Under Sections 165(j) and 1287(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, a Holder
that is a United States person generally will not be entitled to deduct any
loss on Bearer Notes (including for purposes of this paragraph Notes in global
form exchangeable for Bearer Notes) or coupons (other than Bearer Notes or
coupons having a maturity of one year or less from their date of issuance) and
must treat as ordinary income any gain realized on the sale or other
disposition (including a retirement of the Note) of Bearer Notes or coupons
(other than Bearer Notes or coupons having a maturity of one year or less from
their date of issue).
United States Alien Holders
Under present United States federal income and estate tax law and subject
to the discussion of backup withholding below:
(a) payments of principal (including any OID) and any premium and
interest on the Notes by Citicorp or any of its Paying Agents to any
Holder that is a United States Alien Holder (as defined below) will not
be subject to United States federal withholding tax, provided that in the
case of interest or OID, (1) the holder does not actually or
constructively own 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock of Citicorp entitled to vote, (2) the holder is not a
controlled foreign corporation that is related to Citicorp through stock
ownership, and (3) if the Note is a Registered Note (including such Notes
which were received in exchange for Bearer Notes), either (i) the
beneficial owner of the Notes certifies to Citicorp or its agent, under
penalties of perjury, that he is not a United States person (as defined
under "Limitations on Issuance of Euro-Notes") and provides his name and
address, or (ii) a securities clearing organization, bank or other
financial institution that holds customers' securities in the ordinary
course of its trade or business (a "financial institution") and holds the
Notes on behalf of the beneficial owner certifies to Citicorp or its
Paying Agent under penalties of perjury that such statement has been
received from the beneficial owner by it or by a financial institution
between it and the beneficial owner and furnishes the payor with a copy
thereof;
(b) a United States Alien Holder will not be subject to United
States federal withholding tax on gain realized on the sale, exchange or
redemption of a Note; and
(c) a Note or coupon held by an individual who at the time of death
is not a citizen or resident of theUnited States will not be subject to
United States federal estate tax as a result of such individual's death
if, at the time of such death, the individual does not actually or
constructively own 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock of Citicorp entitled to vote and the income on the Notes
would not have been effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or
business by the individual in the United States.
As used herein, a "United States Alien Holder" is a holder who is a
United States Alien (as defined below). As used herein, a "United States
Alien" is any person who, for United States federal income tax purposes, is a
foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a foreign estate or
trust or a foreign partnership, in each case not subject to United States
federal income tax on a net income basis in respect of a Note.
Backup Withholding and Information Reporting
Payments of principal (including OID, if any) and any premium and
interest made within the United States by Citicorp or any of its Paying Agents
are generally subject to information reporting and possibly to "backup
withholding" at a rate of 31%. Information reporting and backup withholding do
not apply to payments of principal (including OID, if any) and any premium and
interest made outside the United States by Citicorp or a Paying Agent on a
Bearer Note or coupon, or to payments made on a Registered Note (including
such Notes which were received in exchange for Bearer Notes) if the
certification described in clause (a)(3) under "United States Alien Holders"
is received, pro-
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vided, in each case, that the payor does not have actual knowledge that the
holder is a United States person. In addition, if payments are collected outside
the United States by a foreign office of a custodian, nominee or other agent
acting on behalf of a beneficial owner of a Bearer Note or coupon, such
custodian, nominee or other agent will not be required to deduct backup
withholding from payments made to such owner. However, if the custodian, nominee
or other agent is a United States person, a controlled foreign corporation for
United States tax purposes or a foreign person 50% or more of whose gross income
is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the
United States for a specified three-year period, information reporting will be
required with respect to payments made to such owner unless such custodian,
nominee or other agent has documentary evidence in its files of the owner's
foreign status and has no actual knowledge to the contrary, or the owner
otherwise establishes an exemption.
Payment of the proceeds from the sale of a Note to or through a foreign
office of a broker will not be subject to information reporting or backup
withholding, except that if the broker is a United States person, a controlled
foreign corporation for United States tax purposes or a foreign person 50% or
more of whose gross income is effectively connected with the conduct of a
trade or business within the United States for a specified three-year period,
information reporting will apply to such payments unless such broker has
documentary evidence in its files of the owner's foreign status and has no
actual knowledge to the contrary, or the owner otherwise establishes an
exemption. Payment of the proceeds from a sale of a Note to or through the
United States office of a broker is subject to information reporting and
backup withholding unless the holder or beneficial owner certifies as to its
non-United States status or otherwise establishes an exemption from
information reporting and backup withholding.
Backup withholding will generally not apply to United States Holders
other than certain noncorporate Holders who fail to supply an accurate
taxpayer identification number or who fail to report all interest and dividend
income required to be shown on their federal income tax returns.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Citicorp may offer and sell the Notes by any of three means of
distribution: (1) through agents, (2) through underwriters or dealers or (3)
directly to one or more purchasers. Such underwriters, dealers or agents may
be affiliates of Citicorp. The applicable Prospectus Supplement will set forth
the terms of the offering of the Notes to which such Prospectus Supplement
relates, including the name or names of any underwriters or agents with whom
Citicorp has entered into arrangements with respect to the sale of such Notes,
the public offering or purchase price of such Notes, the net proceeds to
Citicorp from such sale, any underwriting discounts and other items
constituting underwriters' compensation, any discounts and commissions allowed
or paid to dealers, if any, any commissions allowed or paid to agents, the
initial public offering price and any securities exchanges, if any, on which
such Notes will be listed. Citicorp may also issue Notes to one or more
persons in exchange for outstanding securities of Citicorp acquired by such
persons from third parties in open market transactions or in privately
negotiated transactions. The newly issued Notes in such cases may be offered
pursuant to this Prospectus and the applicable Prospectus Supplement by such
persons, acting as a principal for their own accounts, at market prices
prevailing at the time of sale, at prices otherwise negotiated or at fixed
prices. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
Citicorp will receive only outstanding securities and will not receive cash
proceeds in connection with such exchanges or resales. Dealer trading may take
place in certain of the Notes, including Notes not listed on any securities
exchange.
The Notes may be purchased to be reoffered to the public through
underwriting syndicates led by one or more managing underwriters, or through
one or more underwriters acting alone. The underwriter or underwriters with
respect to an underwritten offering of the Notes will be named in the
Prospectus Supplement relating to such offering and, if an underwriting
syndicate is used, the managing underwriter or underwriters will be set forth
on the cover page of such Prospectus Supplement. Unless otherwise indicated in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the obligations of the underwriters to
purchase the Notes will be subject to certain conditions precedent and each of
the underwriters with respect to a sale of Notes will be obligated to purchase
all of its Notes if any are purchased. Any initial public offering price and
any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be
changed from time to time.
Notes may be offered and sold by Citicorp directly or through agents
designated by Citicorp from time to time, which agents may be affiliates of
Citicorp. Any agent involved in the offer and sale of the Notes in respect of
which this Prospectus is being delivered will be named, and any commissions
payable by Citicorp to such agent will be set forth in or be calculable from,
the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Unless otherwise indicated in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, any such agent will be acting on a reasonable
efforts basis for the period of its appointment (ordinarily five business days
or less).
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Each underwriter and agent participating in the distribution of any Notes
of a series which are issuable in bearer form will agree that it will not
offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, Notes of such series in bearer
form, in connection with the sale thereof during the restricted period, in the
United States or to United States persons other than the United States offices
of certain exempt distributors, certain international organizations, certain
foreign central banks, certain foreign branches of United States financial
institutions and certain United States persons who acquire such Notes through
foreign branches of United States financial institutions. See "Limitations on
Issuance of Euro-Notes".
If so indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, Citicorp will
authorize underwriters or agents to solicit offers by certain institutions to
purchase Notes from Citicorp pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts providing
for payment and delivery at a future date.
Any underwriter or agent participating in the distribution of the Notes
may be deemed to be an underwriter, as that term is defined in the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), of the Notes so offered and
sold and any discounts or commissions received by them from Citicorp and any
profit realized by them on the sale or resale of the Notes may be deemed to be
underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act.
Underwriters, agents and their controlling persons may be entitled, under
agreements entered into with Citicorp, to indemnification by Citicorp against
certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
This Prospectus and related Prospectus Supplements may be used by direct
or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Citicorp in connection with offers
and sales related to secondary market transactions in the Notes. Such
subsidiaries may act as principal or agent in such transactions. Such sales
will be made at prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of
sale.
The participation of an affiliate or subsidiary of Citicorp in the offer
and sale of the Notes will comply with the requirements of Schedule E of the
By-laws of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD")
regarding underwriting securities of an affiliate. No NASD member
participating in offers and sales of the Securities will execute a transaction
in the Notes in a discretionary account without the prior written specific
approval of the member's customer.
Underwriters, agents or their controlling persons may engage in
transactions with and perform services for Citicorp in the course of business.
See the accompanying Prospectus Supplement for further information
regarding the distribution of the Notes.
VALIDITY OF SECURITIES
The validity of the Notes will be passed upon for Citicorp by Stephen E.
Dietz, as an Associate General Counsel of Citibank, N.A., and for any
underwriters or agents by Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, New York. Certain
federal income tax matters will be passed upon for Citicorp by E. Noel
Harwerth, Esq., Chief Tax Officer of Citibank. Each of Mr. Dietz and Ms.
Harwerth owns or has the right to acquire a number of shares of Common Stock
of Citicorp equal to less than 0.01% of the outstanding Common Stock of
Citicorp.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Citicorp and subsidiaries
included in Citicorp's Annual Report and Form 10-K for 1993 have been
incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon the report set forth therein
of KPMG Peat Marwick, independent certified public accountants, and upon the
authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. The report of
KPMG Peat Marwick covering the December 31, 1993 financial statements refers
to changes in Citicorp's accounting practices for postretirement benefits and
income taxes.
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NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS
OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT OR THE PROSPECTUS AND, IF GIVEN OR
MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION MUST
NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED.
THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND THE PROSPECTUS
DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY
SECURITIES OTHER THAN THE SECURITIES
DESCRIBED IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR AN
OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER
TO BUY SUCH SECURITIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS
UNLAWFUL. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PRO-
SPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR THE PROSPECTUS NOR ANY
SALE MADE HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER SHALL,
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY
IMPLICATION THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN OR THEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME
SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE OF SUCH INFORMATION.
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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
Supplemental Description of
Subordinated Notes. . . . . . . . . . . S-2
Summary Financial Data . . . . . . . . . S-5
Underwriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S-6
Validity of Subordinated Notes . . . . . S-6
PROSPECTUS
Available Information. . . . . . . . . . 3
Incorporation of Certain Documents
by Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Citicorp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Use of Proceeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Ratios of Income to Fixed Charges. . . . 5
Description of Notes . . . . . . . . . . 5
Foreign Currency Risks . . . . . . . . . 17
United States Taxation . . . . . . . . . 17
Plan of Distribution . . . . . . . . . . 24
Validity of Securities . . . . . . . . . 25
Experts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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$250,000,000
[LOGO]
7 3/4% SUBORDINATED NOTES
DUE JUNE 15, 2006
CITICORP SECURITIES, INC.
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
MORGAN STANLEY & CO.
INCORPORATED
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
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DATED JUNE 6, 1994
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