CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
of each class of securities to be registered |
Maximum
aggregate offering price |
Amount
of registration fee(1) (2) |
Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series G |
$2,575,000 |
$259.30 |
(1)
Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(r) of the Securities Act.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the $194,263.67 remaining of the relevant portion of the registration fees previously
paid with respect to unsold securities registered on Registration Statement File No. 333-172554, filed on March 2, 2011 by Citigroup
Funding Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., is being carried forward, of which $259.30 is offset against the registration
fee due for this offering and of which $194,004.37 remains available for future registration fee offset. No additional registration
fee has been paid with respect to this offering. See the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table accompanying
the filing of Pricing Supplement No. 2015-CMTNG0369 dated February 12, 2015, filed by Citigroup Inc. on February 17, 2015, for
information regarding the registration fees that are being carried forward.
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1, 2015
Medium-Term
Senior Notes, Series G
Pricing
Supplement No. 2015-CMTNG0705
Filed
Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)
Registration
Statement No. 333-192302 |
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MSCI EAFE ETF Due October 5, 2017
Overview
| ▪ | The securities offered by this pricing supplement are unsecured senior debt securities issued by Citigroup Inc. Unlike conventional
debt securities, the securities do not pay interest and do not repay a fixed amount of principal at maturity. Instead, the securities
offer a payment at maturity that may be greater than, equal to or less than the stated principal amount, depending on the performance
of shares of the iShares® MSCI EAFE ETF (the “underlying shares”) from the initial share price to the
final share price. |
| ▪ | The securities offer exposure to a limited range of potential appreciation of the underlying shares and a limited buffer against
the potential depreciation of the underlying shares as described below. In exchange for the limited buffer, investors in the securities
must be willing to forgo (i) any appreciation of the underlying shares in excess of the maximum return at maturity specified below
and (ii) any dividends that may be paid on the underlying shares. In addition, investors in the securities must be willing to accept
downside exposure to any depreciation of the underlying shares in excess of the 10.00% buffer. If the underlying shares depreciate
by more than the buffer amount from the pricing date to the valuation date, you will lose 1% of the stated principal amount of
your securities for every 1% by which that depreciation exceeds the buffer amount. |
| ▪ | In order to obtain the modified exposure to the underlying shares that the securities provide, investors must be willing to
accept (i) an investment that may have limited or no liquidity and (ii) the risk of not receiving any amount due under the securities
if we default on our obligations. All payments on the securities are subject to the credit risk of Citigroup Inc. |
KEY TERMS |
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Underlying shares: |
Shares of the iShares® MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSE Arca symbol: “EFA”) (the “underlying share issuer” or “ETF”) |
Aggregate stated principal amount: |
$2,575,000 |
Stated principal amount: |
$1,000 per security |
Strike date: |
September 30, 2015 |
Pricing date: |
October 1, 2015 |
Issue date: |
October 6, 2015 |
Valuation date: |
October 2, 2017, subject to postponement if such date is not a scheduled trading day or if certain market disruption events occur |
Maturity date: |
October 5, 2017 |
Payment at maturity: |
For each $1,000 stated principal amount security you
hold at maturity:
▪
If the final share price is greater than or equal to the initial share price:
$1,000 + the return amount, subject to the maximum return at maturity
▪
If the final share price is less than the initial share price by an amount less than or equal to the buffer
amount:
$1,000
▪
If the final share price is less than the initial share price by an amount greater than the buffer amount:
($1,000 × the share performance factor) + $100.00
If the final share price is less than the initial
share price by more than the buffer amount, your payment at maturity will be less, and possibly significantly less, than the $1,000
stated principal amount per security. You should not invest in the securities unless you are willing and able to bear the risk
of losing a significant portion of your investment. |
Initial share price: |
$57.32, the closing price of the underlying shares on the strike date |
Final share price: |
The closing price of the underlying shares on the valuation date |
Share performance factor: |
The final share price divided by the initial share price |
Share percent increase: |
The final share price minus the initial share price, divided by the initial share price |
Return amount: |
$1,000 × the share percent increase |
Maximum return at maturity: |
$400.00 per security (40.00% of the stated principal amount). Because of the maximum return at maturity, the payment at maturity will not exceed $1,400.00 per security. |
Buffer amount: |
10.00% |
Listing: |
The securities will not be listed on any securities exchange |
CUSIP / ISIN: |
17298C3B2 / US17298C3B28 |
Underwriter: |
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“CGMI”), an affiliate of the issuer, acting as principal |
Underwriting fee and issue price: |
Issue price(1) |
Underwriting fee(2) |
Proceeds to issuer |
Per security: |
$1,000.00 |
$23.50 |
$976.50 |
Total: |
$2,575,000.00 |
$60,512.50 |
$2,514,487.50 |
(1) On the date of this pricing
supplement, the estimated value of the securities is $968.90 per security, which is less than the issue price. The estimated value
of the securities is based on CGMI’s proprietary pricing models and our internal funding rate. It is not an indication of
actual profit to CGMI or other of our affiliates, nor is it an indication of the price, if any, at which CGMI or any other person
may be willing to buy the securities from you at any time after issuance. See “Valuation of the Securities” in this
pricing supplement.
(2) For more information on the
distribution of the securities, see “Supplemental Plan of Distribution” in this pricing supplement. In addition to
the underwriting fee, CGMI and its affiliates may profit from hedging activity related to this offering, even if the value of
the securities declines. See “Use of Proceeds and Hedging” in the accompanying prospectus.
Investing in the securities involves risks not associated
with an investment in conventional debt securities. See “Summary Risk Factors” beginning on page PS-3.
Neither
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved
of the securities or determined that this pricing supplement and the accompanying product supplement, underlying supplement, prospectus
supplement and prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
You should
read this pricing supplement together with the accompanying product supplement, underlying supplement, prospectus supplement and
prospectus, each of which can be accessed via the hyperlinks below:
Product Supplement No. EA-02-03 dated November 13, 2013 Underlying Supplement No. 3 dated November 13, 2013
Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus each dated November 13, 2013
The securities are not bank deposits and
are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, nor are they obligations
of, or guaranteed by, a bank.
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Additional
Information
General. The terms of the securities are set forth in
the accompanying product supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus, as supplemented by this pricing supplement. The accompanying
product supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus contain important disclosures that are not repeated in this pricing supplement.
For example, certain events may occur that could affect your payment at maturity, such as market disruption events and other events
affecting the underlying shares. These events and their consequences are described in the accompanying product supplement in the
sections “Description of the Securities—Certain Additional Terms for Securities Linked to ETF Shares or Company Shares—Consequences
of a Market Disruption Event; Postponement of a Valuation Date,” “—Dilution and Reorganization Adjustments”
and “—Delisting, Liquidation or Termination of an ETF,” and not in this pricing supplement. The accompanying
underlying supplement contains important disclosures regarding the underlying shares that are not repeated in this pricing supplement.
It is important that you read the accompanying product supplement, underlying supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus
together with this pricing supplement in connection with your investment in the securities. Certain terms used but not defined
in this pricing supplement are defined in the accompanying product supplement.
Dilution and Reorganization Adjustments. The initial share
price is a “Relevant Price” for purposes of the section “Description of the Securities—Certain Additional
Terms for Securities Linked to ETF Shares or Company Shares—Dilution and Reorganization Adjustments” in the accompanying
product supplement. Accordingly, the initial share price is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of any of the events described
in that section.
Hypothetical
Examples
The diagram below illustrates your payment at maturity for a
range of hypothetical percentage changes from the initial share price to the final share price.
Investors in the securities will not receive any dividends
on the underlying shares or the stocks held by the ETF. The diagram and examples below do not show any effect of lost dividend
yield over the term of the securities. See “Summary Risk Factors—You will not have voting rights, rights to receive
any dividends or other distributions or any other rights with respect to the ETF” below.
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Payment at Maturity Diagram |
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Your actual payment at maturity per security will depend on the
actual final share price. The examples below are intended to illustrate how your payment at maturity will depend on whether the
final share price is greater than or less than the initial share price and by how much.
Example 1—Upside Scenario A. The hypothetical final
share price is $60.19 (an approximately 5.00% increase from the initial share price), which is greater than the initial
share price.
Payment at maturity per security = $1,000 + the return amount,
subject to the maximum return at maturity of $400.00 per security
= $1,000 + ($1,000 × the share percent increase), subject
to the maximum return at maturity of $400.00 per security
= $1,000 + ($1,000 × 5.00%), subject to the maximum return
at maturity of $400.00 per security
= $1,000 + $50.00, subject to the maximum return at maturity
of $400.00 per security
= $1,050.00
Because the underlying shares appreciated from the initial share
price to the hypothetical final share price and the return amount of $50.00 per security results in a total return at maturity
of 5.00%, which is less than the maximum return at maturity of 40.00%, your payment at maturity in this scenario would be equal
to the $1,000 stated principal amount per security plus the return amount, or $1,050.00 per security.
Example 2—Upside Scenario B. The hypothetical final
share price is $85.98 (an approximately 50.00% increase from the initial share price), which is greater than the initial
share price.
Payment at maturity per security = $1,000 + the return amount,
subject to the maximum return at maturity of $400.00 per security
= $1,000 + ($1,000 × the share percent increase), subject
to the maximum return at maturity of $400.00 per security
= $1,000 + ($1,000 × 50.00%), subject to the maximum return
at maturity of $400.00 per security
= $1,000 + $500.00, subject to the maximum return at maturity
of $400.00 per security
= $1,400.00
Because the underlying shares appreciated from the initial share
price to the hypothetical final share price and the return amount of $500.00 per security would result in a total return at maturity
of 50.00%, which is greater than the maximum return at maturity of 40.00%, your payment at maturity in this scenario would equal
the maximum payment at maturity of $1,400.00 per security. In this scenario, an investment in the securities would underperform
a direct investment in the underlying shares.
Example 3—Par Scenario. The hypothetical final share
price is $54.45 (an approximately 5.00% decrease from the initial share price), which is less than the initial share price
by an amount that is less than the buffer amount of 10.00%.
Payment at maturity per security = $1,000
Because the underlying shares did not depreciate from the initial
share price to the hypothetical final share price by more than the 10.00% buffer amount, your payment at maturity in this scenario
would be equal to the $1,000 stated principal amount per security.
Example 4—Downside Scenario. The hypothetical final
share price is $17.20 (an approximately 70.00% decrease from the initial share price), which is less than the initial share
price by an amount that is more than the buffer amount of 10.00%.
Payment at maturity per security = ($1,000 × the share
performance factor) + $100.00
= ($1,000 × 30.00%) + $100.00
= $300.00 + $100.00
= $400.00
Because the underlying shares depreciated from the initial share
price to the hypothetical final share price by more than the 10.00% buffer amount, your payment at maturity in this scenario would
reflect 1-to-1 exposure to the negative performance of the underlying shares beyond the 10.00% buffer amount.
Summary Risk
Factors
An investment in the securities is significantly riskier than
an investment in conventional debt securities. The securities are subject to all of the risks associated with an investment in
our conventional debt securities, including the risk that we may default on our obligations under the securities, and are also
subject to risks associated with the underlying shares. Accordingly, the securities are suitable only for investors who are capable
of understanding the complexities and risks of the securities. You should consult your own financial, tax and legal advisers as
to the risks of an investment in the securities and the suitability of the securities in light of your particular circumstances.
The following is a summary of certain key risk factors for investors
in the securities. You should read this summary together with the more detailed description of risks relating to an investment
in the securities contained in the section “Risk Factors Relating to the
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Securities” beginning on page EA-6 in the accompanying
product supplement. You should also carefully read the risk factors included in the documents incorporated by reference in the
accompanying prospectus, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q,
which describe risks relating to our business more generally.
| ▪ | You may lose up to 90.00% of your investment. Unlike conventional debt securities, the securities do not repay a fixed
amount of principal at maturity. Instead, your payment at maturity will depend on the performance of the underlying shares. If
the underlying shares depreciate by more than the buffer amount, you will lose 1% of the stated principal amount of the securities
for every 1% by which that depreciation exceeds the buffer amount. |
| ▪ | The securities do not pay interest. Unlike conventional debt securities, the securities do not pay interest or any other
amounts prior to maturity. You should not invest in the securities if you seek current income during the term of the securities. |
| ▪ | Your potential return on the securities is limited. Your potential total return on the securities at maturity is limited
to the maximum return at maturity of 40.00%, which is equivalent to a maximum return at maturity of $400.00 per security. Any increase
in the final share price over the initial share price by more than 40.00% will not increase your return on the securities. |
| ▪ | You will not have voting rights, rights to receive any dividends or other distributions or any other rights with respect
to the ETF. As of October 1, 2015, the trailing 12-month dividend yield of the underlying shares was approximately 2.90%. While
it is impossible to know the future dividend yield of the underlying shares, if this trailing 12-month dividend yield were to remain
constant for the term of the securities, you would be forgoing an aggregate yield of approximately 5.80% (assuming no reinvestment
of dividends) by investing in the securities instead of investing directly in the underlying shares or in another investment linked
to the underlying shares that provides for a pass-through of dividends. The payment scenarios described in this pricing supplement
do not show any effect of lost dividend yield over the term of the securities. Because of this lost dividend yield, the securities
will underperform a direct investment in the underlying shares in any scenario in which the underlying shares appreciate over the
term of the securities. The securities will also underperform a direct investment in the underlying shares if the underlying
shares depreciate by less than the cumulative dividend yield over the term of the securities. |
| ▪ | Your payment at maturity depends on the closing price of the underlying shares on a single day. Because your payment
at maturity depends on the closing price of the underlying shares solely on the valuation date, you are subject to the risk that
the closing price of the underlying shares on that day may be lower, and possibly significantly lower, than on one or more other
dates during the term of the securities. If you had invested directly in the underlying shares or in another instrument linked
to the underlying shares that you could sell for full value at a time selected by you, or if the payment at maturity were based
on an average of closing prices of the underlying shares, you might have achieved better returns. |
| ▪ | The securities are subject to the credit risk of Citigroup Inc. If we default on our obligations under the securities,
you may not receive anything owed to you under the securities. |
| ▪ | The securities will not be listed on any securities exchange and you may not be able to sell them prior to maturity.
The securities will not be listed on any securities exchange. Therefore, there may be little or no secondary market for the securities.
CGMI currently intends to make a secondary market in relation to the securities and to provide an indicative bid price for the
securities on a daily basis. Any indicative bid price for the securities provided by CGMI will be determined in CGMI’s sole
discretion, taking into account prevailing market conditions and other relevant factors, and will not be a representation by CGMI
that the securities can be sold at that price, or at all. CGMI may suspend or terminate making a market and providing indicative
bid prices without notice, at any time and for any reason. If CGMI suspends or terminates making a market, there may be no secondary
market at all for the securities because it is likely that CGMI will be the only broker-dealer that is willing to buy your securities
prior to maturity. Accordingly, an investor must be prepared to hold the securities until maturity. |
| ▪ | The estimated value of the securities on the pricing date, based on CGMI’s proprietary pricing models and our internal
funding rate, is less than the issue price. The difference is attributable to certain costs associated with selling, structuring
and hedging the securities that are included in the issue price. These costs include (i) the selling concessions paid in connection
with the offering of the securities, (ii) hedging and other costs incurred by us and our affiliates in connection with the offering
of the securities and (iii) the expected profit (which may be more or less than actual profit) to CGMI or other of our affiliates
in connection with hedging our obligations under the securities. These costs adversely affect the economic terms of the securities
because, if they were lower, the economic terms of the securities would be more favorable to you. The economic terms of the securities
are also likely to be adversely affected by the use of our internal funding rate, rather than our secondary market rate, to price
the securities. See “The estimated value of the securities would be lower if it were calculated based on our secondary market
rate” below. |
| ▪ | The estimated value of the securities was determined for us by our affiliate using proprietary pricing models. CGMI
derived the estimated value disclosed on the cover page of this pricing supplement from its proprietary pricing models. In doing
so, it may have made discretionary judgments about the inputs to its models, such as the volatility of the underlying shares, dividend
yields on the underlying shares and the stocks held by the ETF and interest rates. CGMI’s views on these inputs may differ
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your or others’ views, and
as an underwriter in this offering, CGMI’s interests may conflict with yours. Both the models and the inputs to the models
may prove to be wrong and therefore not an accurate reflection of the value of the securities. Moreover, the estimated value of
the securities set forth on the cover page of this pricing supplement may differ from the value that we or our affiliates may determine
for the securities for other purposes, including for accounting purposes. You should not invest in the securities because of the
estimated value of the securities. Instead, you should be willing to hold the securities to maturity irrespective of the initial
estimated value.
| ▪ | The estimated value of the securities would be lower if it were calculated based on our secondary market rate. The estimated
value of the securities included in this pricing supplement is calculated based on our internal funding rate, which is the rate
at which we are willing to borrow funds through the issuance of the securities. Our internal funding rate is generally lower than
the market rate implied by traded instruments referencing our debt obligations in the secondary market for those debt obligations,
which we refer to as our secondary market rate. If the estimated value included in this pricing supplement were based on our secondary
market rate, rather than our internal funding rate, it would likely be lower. We determine our internal funding rate based on factors
such as the costs associated with the securities, which are generally higher than the costs associated with conventional debt securities,
and our liquidity needs and preferences. Our internal funding rate is not an interest rate that we will pay to investors in the
securities, which do not bear interest. |
| ▪ | The estimated value of the securities is not an indication of the price, if any, at which CGMI or any other person may be
willing to buy the securities from you in the secondary market. Any such secondary market price will fluctuate over the term
of the securities based on the market and other factors described in the next risk factor. Moreover, unlike the estimated value
included in this pricing supplement, any value of the securities determined for purposes of a secondary market transaction will
be based on our secondary market rate, which will likely result in a lower value for the securities than if our internal funding
rate were used. In addition, any secondary market price for the securities will be reduced by a bid-ask spread, which may vary
depending on the aggregate stated principal amount of the securities to be purchased in the secondary market transaction, and the
expected cost of unwinding related hedging transactions. As a result, it is likely that any secondary market price for the securities
will be less than the issue price. |
| ▪ | The value of the securities prior to maturity will fluctuate based on many unpredictable factors. The value of your
securities prior to maturity will fluctuate based on the price and volatility of the underlying shares and a number of other factors,
including the price and volatility of the stocks held by the ETF, the dividend yields on the underlying shares and the stocks held
by the ETF, changes in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and each of the currencies in which the stocks held by the ETF
trade, interest rates in the United States and in each of the markets of the stocks held by the ETF, the time remaining to maturity
and our creditworthiness, as reflected in our secondary market rate. You should understand that the value of your securities at
any time prior to maturity may be significantly less than the issue price. |
| ▪ | Immediately following issuance, any secondary market bid price provided by CGMI, and the value that will be indicated on
any brokerage account statements prepared by CGMI or its affiliates, will reflect a temporary upward adjustment. The amount
of this temporary upward adjustment will steadily decline to zero over the temporary adjustment period. See “Valuation of
the Securities” in this pricing supplement. |
| ▪ | The securities are subject to currency exchange risk. Because the price of the securities
is related to the U.S. dollar value of stocks of the index underlying the ETF, holders of the securities will be exposed to currency
exchange rate risk with respect to each of the currencies in which such component securities trade. Exchange rate movements for
a particular currency are volatile and are the result of numerous factors specific to that country including the supply of, and
the demand for, those currencies, as well as government policy, intervention or actions, but are also influenced significantly
from time to time by political or economic developments, and by macroeconomic factors and speculative actions related to each region.
An investor’s net exposure will depend on the extent to which the currencies of the component countries strengthen or weaken
against the U.S. dollar and the relative weight of each currency. If, taking into account such weighting, the dollar strengthens
against the currencies of the component securities represented in the index underlying the ETF, the closing value of the underlying
shares will be adversely affected and the payment at maturity on the securities may be reduced. |
Of particular importance to potential
currency exchange risk are:
| § | existing and expected rates of inflation; |
| § | existing and expected interest rate levels; |
| § | the balance of payments; and |
| § | the extent of governmental surpluses or deficits in the component countries
and the United States of America. |
All of these factors are in turn sensitive
to the monetary, fiscal and trade policies pursued by the governments of various component countries and the United States and
other countries important to international trade and finance.
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| ▪ | There are risks associated with investments in securities
linked to the value of foreign equity securities. Investments in securities linked to the value of foreign equity securities
involve risks associated with the securities markets in those countries, including risks of volatility in those markets, governmental
intervention in those markets and cross-shareholdings in companies in certain countries. Also, there is generally less publicly
available information about foreign companies than about U.S. companies that are subject to the reporting requirements of the SEC,
and foreign companies are subject to accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards and requirements different from those
applicable to U.S. reporting companies. The prices of securities issued in foreign markets may be affected by political, economic,
financial and social factors in those countries, or global regions, including changes in government, economic and fiscal policies
and currency exchange laws. |
| ▪ | Our offering of the securities does not constitute a recommendation of the underlying shares. The fact that we are offering
the securities does not mean that we believe that investing in an instrument linked to the underlying shares is likely to achieve
favorable returns. In fact, as we are part of a global financial institution, our affiliates may have positions (including short
positions) in the underlying shares or the stocks held by the ETF over the term of the securities or in instruments related to
the underlying shares or such stocks over the term of the securities and may publish research or express opinions, that in each
case are inconsistent with an investment linked to the underlying shares. These and other activities of our affiliates may affect
the price of the underlying shares in a way that has a negative impact on your interests as a holder of the securities. |
| ▪ | The price of the underlying shares may be adversely affected by our or our affiliates’ hedging and other trading activities.
We have hedged our obligations under the securities through CGMI or other of our affiliates, who have taken positions directly
in the underlying shares or the stocks held by the ETF and other financial instruments related to the underlying shares or such
stocks and may adjust such positions during the term of the securities. Our affiliates also trade the underlying shares or the
stocks held by the ETF and other financial instruments related to the underlying shares or such stocks on a regular basis (taking
long or short positions or both), for their accounts, for other accounts under their management or to facilitate transactions on
behalf of customers. These activities could affect the price of the underlying shares in a way that negatively affects the value
of the securities. They could also result in substantial returns for us or our affiliates while the value of the securities declines. |
| ▪ | We and our affiliates may have economic interests that are adverse to yours as a result of our affiliates’ business
activities. Our affiliates may currently or from time to time engage in business with the underlying share issuer or the issuers
of the stocks held by the ETF, including extending loans to, making equity investments in or providing advisory services to such
issuers. In the course of this business, we or our affiliates may acquire non-public information about such issuers, which we will
not disclose to you. Moreover, if any of our affiliates is or becomes a creditor of any such issuer, they may exercise any remedies
against such issuer that are available to them without regard to your interests. |
| ▪ | Even if the underlying share issuer pays a dividend that it identifies as special or extraordinary, no adjustment
will be required under the securities for that dividend unless it meets the criteria specified in the accompanying product supplement.
In general, an adjustment will not be made under the terms of the securities for any cash dividend paid on the underlying shares
unless the amount of the dividend per share, together with any other dividends paid in the same fiscal quarter, exceeds the dividend
paid per share in the most recent fiscal quarter by an amount equal to at least 10% of the closing price of the underlying shares
on the date of declaration of the dividend. Any dividend will reduce the closing price of the underlying shares by the amount of
the dividend per share. If the underlying share issuer pays any dividend for which an adjustment is not made under the terms of
the securities, holders of the securities will be adversely affected. See “Description of the Securities—Certain Additional
Terms for Securities Linked to ETF Shares or Company Shares—Dilution and Reorganization Adjustments—Certain Extraordinary
Cash Dividends” in the accompanying product supplement. |
| ▪ | The securities will not be adjusted for all events that could affect the price of the underlying shares. For example,
we will not make any adjustment for ordinary dividends or extraordinary dividends that do not meet the criteria described above.
Moreover, the adjustments we do make may not fully offset the dilutive or adverse effect of the particular event. Investors in
the securities may be adversely affected by such an event in a circumstance in which a direct holder of the underlying shares would
not. |
| ▪ | The securities may become linked to shares of an issuer other than the original underlying share issuer upon the occurrence
of a reorganization event or upon the delisting of the underlying shares. For example, if the underlying share issuer enters
into a merger agreement that provides for holders of the underlying shares to receive shares of another entity, the shares of such
other entity will become the underlying shares for all purposes of the securities upon consummation of the merger. Additionally,
if the underlying shares are delisted or the ETF is otherwise terminated, the calculation agent may, in its sole discretion, select
shares of another ETF to be the underlying shares. See “Description of the Securities—Certain Additional Terms for
Securities Linked to ETF Shares or Company Shares—Dilution and Reorganization Adjustments,” and “—Delisting,
Liquidation or Termination of an ETF” in the accompanying product supplement. |
| ▪ | The calculation agent, which is an affiliate of ours, will make important determinations with respect to the securities.
If certain events occur, such as market disruption events, events with respect to the underlying share issuer that may require
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judgments that could significantly
affect your payment at maturity. In making these judgments, the calculation agent’s interests as an affiliate of ours could
be adverse to your interests as a holder of the securities.
| ▪ | The price and performance of the underlying shares may not completely track the performance of its underlying index or the
net asset value per share of the underlying shares. The underlying share issuer does not fully replicate the underlying index
that it seeks to track and may hold securities different from those included in its underlying index. In addition, the performance
of the underlying shares will reflect additional transaction costs and fees that are not included in the calculation of the MSCI
EAFE® Index (the “underlying index”). All of these factors may lead to a lack of correlation between
the performance of the underlying shares and the underlying index. In addition, corporate actions with respect to the equity securities
constituting the underlying index or held by the underlying share issuer (such as mergers and spin-offs) may impact the variance
between the performances of the underlying shares and the underlying index. Finally, because the underlying shares are traded on
NYSE Arca, Inc. and are subject to market supply and investor demand, the market value of the underlying shares may differ from
the net asset value per share of the underlying shares. |
During periods of market volatility,
securities underlying the ETF may be unavailable in the secondary market, market participants may be unable to calculate accurately
the net asset value per share of the underlying shares and the liquidity of the underlying shares may be adversely affected. This
kind of market volatility may also disrupt the ability of market participants to create and redeem shares of the ETF. Further,
market volatility may adversely affect, sometimes materially, the prices at which market participants are willing to buy and sell
the underlying shares. As a result, under these circumstances, the market value of the underlying shares may vary substantially
from the net asset value per share of the underlying shares. For all of the foregoing reasons, the performance of the underlying
shares may not correlate with the performance of the underlying index and/or the net asset value per share of the underlying shares,
which could materially and adversely affect the value of the securities in the secondary market and/or reduce your payment at maturity.
| ▪ | Changes made by the investment adviser to the underlying share issuer or by the sponsor of the index underlying the ETF
may adversely affect the underlying shares. We are not affiliated with the investment adviser to the underlying share issuer
or with the sponsor of the index underlying the ETF. Accordingly, we have no control over any changes such investment adviser or
sponsor may make to the underlying share issuer or the index underlying the ETF. Such changes could be made at any time and could
adversely affect the performance of the underlying shares. |
| ▪ | The U.S. federal tax consequences of an investment in the securities are unclear. There is no direct legal authority
regarding the proper U.S. federal tax treatment of the securities, and we do not plan to request a ruling from the Internal Revenue
Service (the “IRS”). Consequently, significant aspects of the tax treatment of the securities are uncertain, and the
IRS or a court might not agree with the treatment of the securities as prepaid forward contracts. If the IRS were successful in
asserting an alternative treatment of the securities, the tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of the securities might
be materially and adversely affected. Even if the treatment of the securities as prepaid forward contracts is respected, a security
may be treated as a “constructive ownership transaction,” with consequences described below under “United States
Federal Tax Considerations.” In addition, in 2007 the U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS released a notice requesting comments
on various issues regarding the U.S. federal income tax treatment of “prepaid forward contracts” and similar instruments.
Any Treasury regulations or other guidance promulgated after consideration of these issues could materially and adversely affect
the tax consequences of an investment in the securities, including the character and timing of income or loss and the degree, if
any, to which income realized by non-U.S. persons should be subject to withholding tax, possibly with retroactive effect. You should
read carefully the discussion under “United States Federal Tax Considerations” and “Risk Factors Relating to
the Securities” in the accompanying product supplement and “United States Federal Tax Considerations” in this
pricing supplement. You should also consult your tax adviser regarding the U.S. federal tax consequences of an investment in the
securities, as well as tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or non-U.S. taxing jurisdiction. |
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Information
About the Underlying Shares
The iShares® MSCI EAFE ETF is an exchange-traded
fund that seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses,
of publicly traded securities in certain developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada, as measured by the MSCI EAFE®
Index. However, for purposes of the securities, the performance of the iShares® MSCI EAFE ETF will reflect only
its price performance, as any dividends paid on the shares of the iShares® MSCI EAFE ETF will not be factored into
a determination of the final share price. The MSCI EAFE® Index was developed by MSCI Inc. as an equity benchmark
for international stock performance, and is designed to measure equity market performance in certain developed markets, excluding
the United States and Canada.
The iShares® MSCI EAFE ETF is an investment portfolio
managed by iShares® Inc. BlackRock Fund Advisors is the investment adviser to the iShares® MSCI EAFE
ETF. iShares®, Inc. is a registered investment company that consists of numerous separate investment portfolios,
including the iShares® MSCI EAFE ETF. Information provided to or filed with the SEC by iShares®,
Inc. pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, can be located by
reference to SEC file numbers 333-92935 and 811-09729, respectively, through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. In
addition, information may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and
other publicly disseminated documents. The iShares® MSCI EAFE ETF trades on the NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol
“EFA.”
Please refer to the section “Fund Descriptions—iShares®
MSCI EAFE ETF” in the accompanying underlying supplement for important disclosures regarding the iShares®
MSCI EAFE ETF.
This pricing supplement relates only to the securities offered
hereby and does not relate to the underlying shares or other securities of the underlying share issuer. We have derived all disclosures
contained in this pricing supplement regarding the underlying shares and the underlying share issuer from the publicly available
documents described above. In connection with the offering of the securities, neither Citigroup Inc. nor CGMI has participated
in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to the underlying share issuer or the index
underlying the ETF.
The securities represent obligations of Citigroup Inc. only.
The underlying share issuer is not involved in any way in this offering and has no obligation relating to the securities or to
holders of the securities.
Neither we nor any of our affiliates makes any representation
to you as to the performance of the underlying shares.
Historical Information
The graph below shows the closing prices of the underlying shares
for each day such price was available from January 4, 2010 to October 1, 2015. The table that follows shows the high and low closing
prices of, and dividends paid on, the underlying shares for each quarter in that same period. We obtained the closing prices and
other information below from Bloomberg L.P., without independent verification. You should not take the historical prices of the
underlying shares as an indication of future performance.
iShares® MSCI EAFE ETF – Historical Closing Prices
January 4, 2010 to October 1, 2015 |
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iShares® MSCI EAFE ETF |
High |
Low |
Dividends |
2010 |
|
|
|
First Quarter |
$57.96 |
$50.45 |
$0.00000 |
Second Quarter |
$58.03 |
$46.29 |
$0.85863 |
Third Quarter |
$55.42 |
$47.09 |
$0.00000 |
Fourth Quarter |
$59.46 |
$54.25 |
$0.53819 |
2011 |
|
|
|
First Quarter |
$61.91 |
$55.31 |
$0.00000 |
Second Quarter |
$63.87 |
$57.10 |
$1.14099 |
Third Quarter |
$60.80 |
$46.66 |
$0.00000 |
Fourth Quarter |
$55.57 |
$46.45 |
$0.56923 |
2012 |
|
|
|
First Quarter |
$55.80 |
$49.15 |
$0.00000 |
Second Quarter |
$55.51 |
$46.55 |
$1.14909 |
Third Quarter |
$55.15 |
$47.62 |
$0.00000 |
Fourth Quarter |
$56.88 |
$51.96 |
$0.60952 |
2013 |
|
|
|
First Quarter |
$59.89 |
$56.90 |
$0.00000 |
Second Quarter |
$63.53 |
$57.03 |
$0.00000 |
Third Quarter |
$65.05 |
$57.55 |
$1.15150 |
Fourth Quarter |
$67.06 |
$62.71 |
$0.55171 |
2014 |
|
|
|
First Quarter |
$68.03 |
$62.31 |
$0.00000 |
Second Quarter |
$70.67 |
$66.26 |
$0.00000 |
Third Quarter |
$69.25 |
$64.12 |
$1.67620 |
Fourth Quarter |
$64.51 |
$59.53 |
$0.58518 |
2015 |
|
|
|
First Quarter |
$65.99 |
$58.48 |
$0.00000 |
Second Quarter |
$68.42 |
$63.49 |
$0.00000 |
Third Quarter |
$65.46 |
$56.25 |
$1.11129 |
Fourth Quarter (through October 1, 2015) |
$57.50 |
$57.50 |
$0.00000 |
The closing price of the underlying shares on October 1, 2015
was $57.50.
We make no representation as to the amount of dividends, if any,
that may be paid on the underlying shares in the future. In any event, as an investor in the securities, you will not be entitled
to receive dividends, if any, that may be payable on the underlying shares.
United States
Federal Tax Considerations
You should read carefully the discussion under “United
States Federal Tax Considerations” and “Risk Factors Relating to the Securities” in the accompanying product
supplement and “Summary Risk Factors” in this pricing supplement.
In the opinion of our counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP,
which is based on current market conditions, a security should be treated as a prepaid forward contract for U.S. federal income
tax purposes. By purchasing a security, you agree (in the absence of an administrative determination or judicial ruling to the
contrary) to this treatment. There is uncertainty regarding this treatment, and the IRS or a court might not agree with it.
Assuming this treatment of the securities is respected and subject
to the discussion in “United States Federal Tax Considerations” in the accompanying product supplement, the following
U.S. federal income tax consequences should result under current law:
| · | You should not recognize taxable income over the term of the securities prior to maturity, other than pursuant to a sale or
exchange. |
| · | Upon a sale or exchange of a security (including retirement at maturity), you should recognize gain or loss equal to the difference
between the amount realized and your tax basis in the security. Subject to the discussion below concerning the potential application
of the “constructive ownership” rules under Section 1260 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”),
any gain or loss recognized upon a sale, exchange or retirement of a security should be long-term capital gain or loss if you held
the security for more than one year. |
Even if the treatment of the securities as prepaid forward contracts
is respected, your purchase of a security may be treated as entry into a “constructive ownership transaction,” within
the meaning of Section 1260 of the Code, with respect to the underlying shares. In
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that case, all or a portion of any long-term capital gain you
would otherwise recognize in respect of your securities would be recharacterized as ordinary income to the extent such gain exceeded
the “net underlying long-term capital gain.” The “net underlying long-term capital gain” generally equals
the amount of long-term capital gain you would have realized if on the issue date you had purchased underlying shares for their
fair market value and subsequently sold those shares for their fair market value at the time your securities are sold, exchanged
or retired. Any long-term capital gain recharacterized as ordinary income under Section 1260 would be treated as accruing at a
constant rate over the period you held your securities, and you would be subject to an interest charge in respect of the deemed
tax liability on the income treated as accruing in prior tax years. Due to the lack of governing authority under Section 1260,
our counsel is not able to opine as to whether or how Section 1260 applies to the securities. You should read the section entitled
“United States Federal Tax Considerations—Tax Consequences to U.S. Holders—Potential Application of Section 1260
of the Code” in the accompanying product supplement for additional information and consult your tax adviser regarding the
potential application of the “constructive ownership” rule.
Subject to the discussion below, if you are a Non-U.S. Holder
(as defined in the accompanying product supplement) of the securities, you generally should not be subject to U.S. federal withholding
or income tax in respect of any amount paid to you with respect to the securities, provided that (i) income in respect of the securities
is not effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States, and (ii) you comply with the applicable
certification requirements.
The U.S. Treasury Department recently finalized the regulations
referred to in “United States Federal Tax Considerations—Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders—Possible Application
of Section 871(m) of the Code” in the accompanying product supplement, which require withholding on certain “dividend
equivalent” payments to non-U.S. persons. Based on the effective date in the final regulations, those regulations will not
apply to the securities assuming there is no significant modification to the securities’ terms that results in a deemed exchange
of the securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
As discussed in the section of the accompanying product supplement
entitled “United States Federal Tax Considerations,” withholding under legislation commonly referred to as “FATCA”
might (if the securities were recharacterized as debt instruments) apply to amounts treated as interest paid with respect to the
securities. However, under a recent IRS notice, withholding under “FATCA” will not apply to payments of gross proceeds
(other than any amount treated as interest) with respect to dispositions of the securities. You should consult your tax adviser
regarding the potential application of “FATCA” to the securities.
In 2007, the U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS released a
notice requesting comments on the U.S. federal income tax treatment of “prepaid forward contracts” and similar instruments.
The notice focuses in particular on whether to require holders of these instruments to accrue income over the term of their investment.
It also asks for comments on a number of related topics, including the character of income or loss with respect to these instruments;
whether short-term instruments should be subject to any such accrual regime; the relevance of factors such as the exchange-traded
status of the instruments and the nature of the underlying property to which the instruments are linked; the degree, if any, to
which income (including any mandated accruals) realized by non-U.S. investors should be subject to withholding tax; and whether
these instruments are or should be subject to the “constructive ownership” regime described above. While the notice
requests comments on appropriate transition rules and effective dates, any Treasury regulations or other guidance promulgated after
consideration of these issues could materially and adversely affect the tax consequences of an investment in the securities, including
the character and timing of income or loss and the degree, if any, to which income realized by non-U.S. persons should be subject
to withholding tax, possibly with retroactive effect. If withholding tax applies to the securities, we will not be required to
pay any additional amounts with respect to amounts so withheld.
You should read the section entitled “United States
Federal Tax Considerations” in the accompanying product supplement. The preceding discussion, when read in combination with
that section, constitutes the full opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP regarding the material U.S. federal tax consequences
of owning and disposing of the securities.
You should also consult your tax adviser regarding all aspects
of the U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences of an investment in the securities and any tax consequences arising under
the laws of any state, local or non-U.S. taxing jurisdiction.
Supplemental
Plan of Distribution
CGMI, an affiliate of Citigroup Inc. and the underwriter of the
sale of the securities, is acting as principal and will receive an underwriting fee of $23.50 for each $1,000 security sold in
this offering. From this underwriting fee, CGMI will pay selected dealers not affiliated with CGMI a fixed selling concession of
$23.50 for each $1,000 security they sell.
CGMI is an affiliate of ours. Accordingly, this offering will
conform with the requirements addressing conflicts of interest when distributing the securities of an affiliate set forth in Rule
5121 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Client accounts over which Citigroup Inc. or its subsidiaries have investment
discretion will not be permitted to purchase the securities, either directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of
the client.
See “Plan of Distribution; Conflicts of Interest”
in the accompanying product supplement and “Plan of Distribution” in each of the accompanying prospectus supplement
and prospectus for additional information.
A portion of the net proceeds from the sale of the securities
will be used to hedge our obligations under the securities. We have hedged our obligations under the securities through CGMI or
other of our affiliates. CGMI or such other of our affiliates may profit from
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this hedging activity even if the value of the securities declines.
This hedging activity could affect the closing price of the underlying shares and, therefore, the value of and your return on the
securities. For additional information on the ways in which our counterparties may hedge our obligations under the securities,
see “Use of Proceeds and Hedging” in the accompanying prospectus.
Valuation of
the Securities
CGMI calculated the estimated value of the securities set forth
on the cover page of this pricing supplement based on proprietary pricing models. CGMI’s proprietary pricing models generated
an estimated value for the securities by estimating the value of a hypothetical package of financial instruments that would replicate
the payout on the securities, which consists of a fixed-income bond (the “bond component”) and one or more derivative
instruments underlying the economic terms of the securities (the “derivative component”). CGMI calculated the estimated
value of the bond component using a discount rate based on our internal funding rate. CGMI calculated the estimated value of the
derivative component based on a proprietary derivative-pricing model, which generated a theoretical price for the instruments that
constitute the derivative component based on various inputs, including the factors described under “Summary Risk Factors—The
value of the securities prior to maturity will fluctuate based on many unpredictable factors” in this pricing supplement,
but not including our creditworthiness. These inputs may be market-observable or may be based on assumptions made by CGMI in its
discretionary judgment.
For a period of approximately three months following issuance
of the securities, the price, if any, at which CGMI would be willing to buy the securities from investors, and the value that will
be indicated for the securities on any brokerage account statements prepared by CGMI or its affiliates (which value CGMI may also
publish through one or more financial information vendors), will reflect a temporary upward adjustment from the price or value
that would otherwise be determined. This temporary upward adjustment represents a portion of the hedging profit expected to be
realized by CGMI or its affiliates over the term of the securities. The amount of this temporary upward adjustment will decline
to zero on a straight-line basis over the three-month temporary adjustment period. However, CGMI is not obligated to buy the securities
from investors at any time. See “Summary Risk Factors—The
securities will not be listed on any securities exchange and you may not be able to sell them prior to maturity.”
Validity of
the Securities
In the opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, as special products
counsel to Citigroup Inc., when the securities offered by this pricing supplement have been executed and issued by Citigroup Inc.
and authenticated by the trustee pursuant to the indenture, and delivered against payment therefor, such securities will be valid
and binding obligations of Citigroup Inc., enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency
and similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability
(including, without limitation, concepts of good faith, fair dealing and the lack of bad faith), provided that such counsel expresses
no opinion as to the effect of fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or similar provision of applicable law on the conclusions
expressed above. This opinion is given as of the date of this pricing supplement and is limited to the laws of the State of New
York, except that such counsel expresses no opinion as to the application of state securities or Blue Sky laws to the securities.
In giving this opinion, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has assumed
the legal conclusions expressed in the opinion set forth below of Michael J. Tarpley, Associate General Counsel–Capital Markets
of Citigroup Inc. In addition, this opinion is subject to the assumptions set forth in the letter of Davis Polk & Wardwell
LLP dated November 13, 2013, which has been filed as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Citigroup Inc. on November
13, 2013, that the indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid, binding and enforceable agreement
of the trustee and that none of the terms of the securities nor the issuance and delivery of the securities, nor the compliance
by Citigroup Inc. with the terms of the securities, will result in a violation of any provision of any instrument or agreement
then binding upon Citigroup Inc. or any restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over Citigroup
Inc.
In the opinion of Michael J. Tarpley, Associate General Counsel–Capital
Markets of Citigroup Inc., (i) the terms of the securities offered by this pricing supplement have been duly established under
the indenture and the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) of Citigroup Inc. has duly authorized the issuance
and sale of such securities and such authorization has not been modified or rescinded; (ii) Citigroup Inc. is validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; (iii) the indenture has been duly authorized, executed, and delivered
by Citigroup Inc.; and (iv) the execution and delivery of such indenture and of the securities offered by this pricing supplement
by Citigroup Inc., and the performance by Citigroup Inc. of its obligations thereunder, are within its corporate powers and do
not contravene its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other constitutive documents. This opinion is given as of the date
of this pricing supplement and is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Michael J. Tarpley, or other internal attorneys with whom he
has consulted, has examined and is familiar with originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to his satisfaction, of
such corporate records of Citigroup Inc., certificates or documents as he has deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions expressed
above. In such examination, he or such persons has assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures
(other than those of officers of Citigroup Inc.), the authenticity of all documents submitted to him or such persons as originals,
the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to him or such persons as certified or photostatic copies and the
authenticity of the originals of such copies.
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