CITIGROUP FUNDING INC.,
as Issuer
CITIGROUP INC.,
as Guarantor
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON,
as Successor Trustee
First Supplemental
Indenture
Dated as of January 21,
2009
Supplement to Indenture dated as of
June 1, 2005
providing for the issuance
of
Debt Securities
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of
January 21, 2009 (this “ Supplemental Indenture
” ), among CITIGROUP FUNDING INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”),
CITIGROUP INC., a Delaware corporation (the “
Guarantor ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON, a New York banking corporation, not in its individual
capacity but solely as trustee, as successor to JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., (the “ Trustee ”) under the
Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2005 (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, each
of the Company and the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate pursuant to Section 14.03 of the
Indenture to the effect that this Supplemental Indenture has been
duly authorized and executed;
WHEREAS, the Company has delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate
pursuant to Section 16.02 of the Indenture to the effect that all
conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture to the
Trustee’s execution and delivery of this Supplemental
Indenture have been complied with;
WHEREAS, the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel pursuant
to Section 16.02 stating that this Supplemental Indenture complies
with, and the execution is authorized and permitted by, the
provisions of the Indenture;
WHEREAS, the
Company and the Guarantor have requested that the Trustee execute
and deliver this Supplemental Indenture and satisfy all
requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid
instrument in accordance with its terms, and all acts and things
necessary have been done and performed to make this Supplemental
Indenture enforceable in accordance with its terms, and the
execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly
authorized in all respects;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company, the Guarantor 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 Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise specified
herein;
(b) a
term defined anywhere in this 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 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, “ FDIC 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 Supplemental
Indenture acknowledge that the Company is an eligible entity
pursuant to the debt guarantee program (the “ Debt
Guarantee Program ”) established by the FDIC under its
TLG Program and that the Company has not opted out of the Debt
Guarantee Program. As a result, each series of FDIC 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. The Trustee is designated under this
Supplemental Indenture as the duly authorized representative of the
holders of FDIC 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.
Section 2.3 Demand
for Payment. Upon an uncured failure by the Company and
the Guarantor to make a timely payment of principal or interest
under any FDIC Guaranteed Securities (a “ Payment
Default ”), the Representative, on behalf of all holders
of such FDIC Guaranteed Securities that are represented by the
Representative, 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 and the Guarantor prior to the final
maturity or redemption of such FDIC 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 and the Guarantor on the
final maturity date or on a redemption date for such FDIC
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 2.4
Subrogation. The FDIC shall be subrogated to all of the
rights of the holders of FDIC Guaranteed Securities and the
Representative under this Supplemental Indenture against the
Company and the Guarantor 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 2.5
Assignment.
(a) The
holders of FDIC 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 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 or the Guarantor under the Indenture and this
Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the holders of FDIC Guaranteed
Securities. Each of the Company and the Guarantor hereby consents
and agrees that the FDIC is an acceptable transferee for all or any
portion of the FDIC Guaranteed Securities for all purposes of the
Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture and upon
any such assignment, the FDIC shall be deemed a holder under the
Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, for all
purposes hereof, and each of the Company and the Guarantor hereby
agrees to take such reasonable steps as are necessary to comply
with any relevant provision of the Indenture and of this
Supplemental Indenture as a result of such assignment.
(b) Each
holder of FDIC Guaranteed Securities that