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Correction: Fitch Affirms Citigroup & Subsidiaries IDRs at 'AA+'.


CHICAGO -- (This amends a press release issued on Friday May 19 as Associates Capital B.V. no longer has outstanding subordinated debt Subordinated Debt

A loan (or security) that ranks below other loans (or securities) with regard to claims on assets or earnings. Also known as "junior security" or "subordinated loan".
. The description on Citibank International plc's long-term 'AA+' rating is also amended to reflect it as a Long-Term IDR IDR

In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Indonesian Rupiah.

Notes:
The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion.
.)

Fitch affirms all ratings of Citigroup Inc. and its subsidiaries. The Rating Outlook is Stable. A complete list of ratings is included below.

Fitch's ratings for Citigroup incorporate an expectation of strong financial performance accompanied by a high level of stability. The sustainability of this performance will depend on many factors, including market share expansion in global consumer and investment banking, the maintenance of good asset quality, efficient operations, and accretive acquisitions. The breadth of Citigroup's products and its disciplined credit and market risk management are also integral to the ratings. Fitch believes these factors also contribute to its strong financial performance.

The following ratings have been affirmed:

Citigroup Inc.

-- Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) 'AA+';

-- Senior unsecured 'AA+';

-- Subordinated debt 'AA';

-- 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.
 'AA';

-- Short-term rating 'F1+';

-- Individual 'A';

-- Support '5'.

Citigroup Funding Inc.

-- Long-term IDR 'AA+'

-- Senior unsecured 'AA+';

-- Short-term rating 'F1+';

Citigroup Capital Trust II through X

-- Preferred stock 'AA';

Citicorp Capital Trusts I through II

-- Preferred stock 'AA';

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.

-- Senior unsecured 'AA+';

-- Subordinated debt 'AA'.

Citibank N.A.

Citibank (Nevada) N.A.

Citibank (South Dakota South Dakota (dəkō`tə), state in the N central United States. It is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), and Wyoming and Montana (W). ) N.A.

Citibank Delaware

Citibank FSB (FrontSide Bus) See system bus.

FSB - front side bus
 

Citibank West FSB

-- Long-term deposits 'AAA';

-- Long-term IDR 'AA+';

-- Short-term deposits 'F1+';

-- Short-term 'F1+';

-- Individual 'A'

-- Support '1'.

Citibank International PLC

-- Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) 'AA+';

-- Short-term 'F1+';

-- Support '1'.

CitiFinancial Europe PLC

-- Senior unsecured 'AA+';

-- Subordinated debt 'AA'.

Associates First Capital B.V.

-- Senior unsecured 'AA+'.

Associates Corp of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  

-- Senior unsecured 'AA+';

-- Subordinated debt 'AA'.

Arcadia Financial LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability .

-- Senior unsecured 'B'.

Commercial Credit Company

-- Senior unsecured 'AA+'

Adams Capital Trust I - III

-- Preferred 'AA'

Adams Statutory Trust I-v

-- Preferred 'AA'

Primerica Life Insurer

-- Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) 'AA+'

The Outlook on all Ratings is Stable.

The following Ratings are withdrawn:

Citibank (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
 State)

-- Long-term deposits 'AAA';

-- Long-term senior 'AA+';

-- Short-term deposits 'F1+';

-- Short-term 'F1+';

-- Individual 'A';

-- Support '1'.

Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of use Terms of Use are rules set up by the owner of an intellectual property or service to govern how they may be legally used.

In many cases, terms of service are used as a contractual agreement between a company and users of a service they provide.
 of such ratings are available on the agency's public site, www.fitchratings.com. Published ratings, criteria and methodologies are available from this site, at all times. Fitch's code of conduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall, compliance and other relevant policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental  are also available from the 'Code of Conduct' section of this site.
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