CITIGROUP INC.,
as Issuer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON,
as Trustee
Fifth Supplemental
Indenture
Dated as of December 9,
2008
Supplement to Indenture dated as of
March 15, 1987
providing for the issuance
of
Debt Securities
FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of
December 9, 2008 (this “ Fifth Supplemental Indenture
” ), between CITIGROUP INC., a Delaware corporation
(the “ Company ” ), and THE BANK OF NEW
YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, not in its individual
capacity but solely as trustee (the “ Trustee ”)
under the Indenture, dated as of March 15, 1987, supplemented
by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 15,
1988, a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 31,
1991, a Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 9,
1992, and a Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
November 2, 1998 (as supplemented, the “
Indenture ”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Company is required to supplement
the terms of the Indenture in order to issue Securities having the
benefit of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“
FDIC ”) debt guarantee (the “ FDIC Debt
Guarantee ”) under the FDIC’s Temporary Liquidity
Guarantee Program (“ TLG Program ”);
WHEREAS, the Company has delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate
pursuant to Sections 13.03 and 14.03 of the Indenture to the effect
that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture to the
Trustee’s execution and delivery of this Fifth Supplemental
Indenture have been complied with;
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the
Trustee execute and deliver this Fifth Supplemental Indenture and
satisfy all requirements necessary to make this Fifth Supplemental
Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms, and all
acts and things necessary have been done and performed to make this
Fifth Supplemental Indenture enforceable in accordance with its
terms, and the execution and delivery of this Fifth Supplemental
Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects:
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS;
GENERAL
Section 1.1
Definition of Terms .
Unless the
context otherwise requires (including for purposes of the
Recitals):
(a) a
term defined in the Indenture has the same meaning when used in
this Fifth Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise specified
herein;
(b) a
term defined anywhere in this Fifth Supplemental Indenture has the
same meaning throughout;
(c) the
singular includes the plural and vice versa; and
(d) headings
are for convenience of reference only and do not affect
interpretation.
Section 1.2
General . The terms of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture
shall apply to each series of Securities issued under the Indenture
the terms of which state that they have the benefit of the FDIC
Debt Guarantee (such Securities, “ Guaranteed
Securities ”) and shall not apply to any other series of
Securities.
ARTICLE II
ADDITIONAL TERMS UNDER TLG
PROGRAM
Section 2.1 FDIC
Debt Guarantee Program. The parties to this Fifth Supplemental
Indenture acknowledge that the Company has not opted out of the
debt guarantee program (the “ Debt Guarantee Program
”) established by the FDIC under its TLG Program. As a
result, each series of Guaranteed Securities is guaranteed under
the FDIC TLG Program and is backed by the full faith and credit of
the United States. The details of the FDIC guarantee are provided
in the FDIC’s regulations, 12 CFR Part 370, and at the
FDIC’s website, www.fdic.gov/tlgp. The expiration date of the
FDIC’s guarantee is the earlier of the maturity date of this
debt or June 30, 2012.
Section 2.2
Representative.
(a) The
Trustee is designated under this Fifth Supplemental Indenture as
the duly authorized representative of the holder of Guaranteed
Securities for purposes of making claims and taking other permitted
or required actions under the Debt Guarantee Program (the “
Representative ”). Any holder may elect not to be
represented by the Representative by providing written notice of
such election to the Representative.
(b) Upon
an uncured failure by the Company to make a timely payment of
principal or interest under any Guaranteed Securities (a “
Payment Default ”), the Trustee, on behalf of all
holders of such Guaranteed Securities that are represented by the
Trustee, shall submit to the FDIC a demand for payment by the FDIC
of such unpaid principal and interest, together with proof of such
claim and such other documentation as may be required by the FDIC
under the Debt Guarantee Program (i) in the case of any payment due
by the Company prior to the final maturity or redemption of such
Guaranteed Securities, on the date that the applicable cure period
ends (or if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately
succeeding Business Day) and (ii) in the case of any payment due by
the Company on the final maturity date or on a redemption date for
such Guaranteed Securities, on such final maturity date or
redemption date (or if such date is not a Business Day, the
immediately succeeding Business Day).
Section 2.3
Subrogation. The FDIC shall be subrogated to all of the
rights of the holders of Guaranteed Securities and the
Representative under this Fifth Supplemental Indenture against the
Company in respect of any amounts paid to the holders, or for the
benefit of the holders, by the FDIC pursuant to the Debt Guarantee
Program.
Section 2.4
Assignment.
(a) The
holders of Guaranteed Securities hereby authorize the
Representative, at such time as the FDIC shall commence making any
guarantee payments to the Representative for the benefit of the
holders pursuant to the Debt Guarantee Program, to execute an
assignment in the form attached to this Fifth Supplemental
Indenture as Annex A pursuant to which the Representative shall
assign to the FDIC its right as Representative to receive any and
all payments from the Company under the Indenture and this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the holders of Guaranteed
Securities. The Company hereby consents and agrees that the FDIC is
an acceptable transferee for all or any portion of the Guaranteed
Securities for all purposes of the Indenture, as supplemented by
this Fifth Supplemental Indenture and upon any such assignment, the
FDIC shall be deemed a holder under the Indenture, as supplemented
by this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, for all purposes hereof, and
the Company hereby agrees to take such reasonable steps as are
necessary to comply with any relevant provision of the Indenture
and of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture as a result of such
assignment.
(b) Each
holder of Guaranteed Securities that has exercised its right not to
be represented by the Representative hereby agrees that, at such
time as the FDIC sh