Citigroup Announces Final Distribution Ratio for Travelers Property Casualty Corp. Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock Being Distributed to Holders of Citigroup Common Stock.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2002 Citigroup (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : C) today announced the final distribution ratio relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc its previously announced distribution of 219,050,000 shares of class A common stock and 450,050,000 shares of class B common stock of Travelers Property Casualty Corp. (Travelers) to holders of Citigroup common stock. Based upon the 5,089,183,641 outstanding shares of Citigroup common stock held of record at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 9, 2002, the record date for the distribution, Citigroup will distribute, on August 20, 2002, a combination of 0.0430422 of a share of Travelers class A common stock and 0.0884326 of a share of Travelers class B common stock for each such outstanding share of Citigroup common stock. Immediately following the distribution, Citigroup will hold approximately 49,950,000 shares of Travelers class A common stock and approximately 49,950,000 shares of Travelers class B common stock, representing 9.99% of the outstanding shares of Travelers common stock and 9.99% of the outstanding voting power of Travelers. No fractional shares Fractional share Stocks amounting to less than one full share, usually resulting from splits, acquisitions, exchanges, or dividend reinvestment programs. fractional share Less than one share of stock, that is, one-third or one-half a share. of Travelers class A common stock or Travelers class B common stock will be delivered as part of the distribution. Instead, fractional shares will be aggregated and sold on behalf of all stockholders. The net sale proceeds will then be distributed on a pro-rata basis to the affected stockholders. As previously announced, Citigroup has received a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the distribution of Travelers class A common stock and class B common stock will be tax free to Citigroup and its stockholders for U.S. federal income-tax purposes. Cash received in lieu of Instead of; in place of; in substitution of. It does not mean in addition to. fractional shares will be taxable. Holders of Citigroup common stock will receive an information statement relating to the distribution. The information statement will also be available on Citigroup's website at http://www.citigroup.com. Stockholders who have questions about the Travelers distribution may also call Citibank, the distribution agent, toll-free at (888) 250-3985 (United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ) or (816) 843-4281 (International). Citigroup (NYSE: C), the preeminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae 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 with some 200 million customer accounts in more than 100 countries, provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, insurance, securities brokerage, and asset management. Major brand names under Citigroup's trademark red umbrella include Citibank, CitiFinancial, Primerica, Salomon Smith Barney Smith Barney is a division of Citigroup Global Capital Markets Inc., a global, full-service financial firm, that provides brokerage, investment banking and asset management services to corporations, governments and individuals around the world. , Banamex, and Travelers. Additional information may be found at: www.citigroup.com. |
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