Citi Announces Final Results of Public Share Exchange and Completes Further Matching Exchange with U.S. Government.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Citi today announced the final results of its offers to exchange its publicly held convertible and non-convertible preferred and trust preferred securities for newly issued shares of its common stock and the completion of the previously announced further matching exchange offer with the U.S. Government. Approximately $20.3 billion in aggregate liquidation value Liquidation value Net amount that could be realized by selling the assets of a firm after paying the debt. of publicly held convertible and non-convertible preferred and trust preferred securities were validly tendered and not withdrawn in the public exchange. This represents 99% of the total liquidation value of securities that Citi was offering to exchange. Citi has accepted for exchange all publicly held convertible and non-convertible preferred and trust preferred securities that were validly tendered and not withdrawn and has issued 5,834,126,284 common shares in the public exchange offer. In the matching exchange, the U.S. Government exchanged an additional $12.5 billion in aggregate liquidation The collection of assets belonging to a debtor to be applied to the discharge of his or her outstanding debts. A type of proceeding pursuant to federal Bankruptcy preference of preferred stock Stock shares that have preferential rights to dividends or to amounts distributable on liquidation, or to both, ahead of common shareholders. Preferred stock is given preference over common stock. Holders of preferred stock receive dividends at a fixed annual rate. for interim securities, while the remaining $27.059 billion aggregate liquidation preference of preferred stock held by the U.S. Government was exchanged for an equal liquidation amount of new trust preferred securities bearing an annual coupon of 8 percent. With the expiration of the public exchange offers, the completion on July 23, 2009 of exchange offers with the U.S. Government and certain private holders and the completion of today's further exchange with the U.S. Government, Citi has completed exchanges of approximately $58 billion in aggregate liquidation value of preferred and trust preferred securities into common stock and interim securities that will convert into common stock and interim securities. The interim securities will convert into common stock upon authorization of the increase in Citi's authorized common stock. As a result of these exchanges, Citi Tier 1 Common will increase by approximately $64 billion and its Tangible Common Equity (TCE TCE trichloroethylene. TCE Environment A volatile chlorinated hydrocarbon that boils at 88ºC and is highly soluble–1000 ppm in water, with various industrial uses Toxicity Peripheral neuropathy, carcinogenic. ) will increase by approximately $60 billion. (TCE and Tier 1 Common are non-GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation of TCE and Tier 1 Common to total stockholders' equity Stockholders' Equity The portion of the balance sheet that includes capital received from investors in exchange for stock (paid-in capital), donated capital, and retained earnings. This is equal to total assets minus liabilities, preferred stock and intangible assets. and common stockholders' equity, respectively, is included below.) The liquidation preference of securities in each series of publicly held convertible and non-convertible preferred and trust preferred securities accepted by Citi in the public exchange offers are listed in the tables below. [TABLE OMITTED] Citi, the leading global financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. company, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 140 countries. Through Citicorp and Citi Holdings, Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com or www.citi.com. In connection with the exchange offers, which expired on July 24, 2009, Citi filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 that contains a prospectus and related exchange offer materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 17, 2009. This registration statement was declared effective on July 17, 2009. Citi has mailed the prospectus to the holders of its series of convertible and non-convertible public preferred stock and TRUPS TRUPS Capital Trust Pass-Through Securities and E-TRUPs that may be eligible to participate in the exchange offers. Holders of these series of preferred stock, TRUPs and E-TRUPs are urged to read the prospectus and related exchange offer materials because they contain important information. In connection with the solicitation solicitation In criminal law, the act of asking, inducing, or directing someone to commit a crime. The person soliciting another becomes an accomplice to the crime. The term also refers to the act of obtaining bribes, as well as to the crime of a prostitute who offers sexual of proxies for the proposed amendments to its certificate of incorporation certificate of incorporation n. some states issue a certificate to prove a corporation's existence upon the filing of Articles of Incorporation. In most states the Articles are sufficient proof. , Citi has filed definitive proxy statements Proxy Statement A document containing the information that a company is required by the SEC to provide to shareholders so they can make informed decisions about matters that will be brought up at an annual stockholder meeting. with the SEC. The definitive proxy statements and accompanying proxy cards A proxy card is an easily-acquired or home-made substitute for a collectible card. A proxy is used when a collectible card game player does not own a card, and it would be impractical for such purposes to acquire the card. have been mailed to stockholders of Citi. Investors and security holders of Citi are urged to read the proxy statements and other relevant materials because they contain important information. Citi and its directors and executive officers and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed amendments to its certificate of incorporation and the certificates of designations of its public preferred stock. Information regarding Citi's directors and executive officers is available in its Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2008, which was filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009, and its definitive proxy statement for its 2009 annual meeting of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 19, 2009. The proxy statements contain additional information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitations and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise. As stated above, TCE is a non-GAAP financial measure. Citigroup's management believes TCE is useful because it is a measure utilized by regulators and market analysts in evaluating a company's financial condition and capital strength. TCE, as defined by Citigroup, represents Common equity less Goodwill and intangible assets Intangible Asset An asset that is not physical in nature. Notes: Examples are things like copyrights, patents, intellectual property, and goodwill. These are the opposite of tangible assets. (excluding MSRs) net of the related deferred tax liabilities. Other companies may calculate TCE in a manner different from Citigroup. A reconciliation of Citigroup's total stockholders' equity to TCE follows: [TABLE OMITTED] [TABLE OMITTED] |
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