TERMS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.01
| August 23, 2004 |
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Treasurer
Dear Sirs:
We understand that Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc., a New York corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell $34,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Stock Market Upturn NotesSM (3,400,000 notes) Based Upon the S&P 500 Index® Due February 28, 2006 (the “Notes”). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein or incorporated by reference herein, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the “Underwriter”) offers to purchase 3,400,000 Notes in the principal amount of $34,000,000 at 98.25% of the principal amount. The Closing Date shall be August 26, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. at the offices of Cleary, Gottlieb, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
The Notes shall have the following terms:
| Title: | Stock Market Upturn NotesSM Based Upon the S&P 500 Index® Due February 28, 2006 | |
| Maturity: | February 28, 2006 | |
| Maturity Payment: | Holders of the Notes will be entitled to receive at maturity the Maturity Payment (as defined in the Prospectus Supplement dated August 23, 2004 relating to the Notes) | |
| Interest Rate: | Not Applicable | |
| Initial Price To Public: | 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest from August 26, 2004 to date of payment and delivery | |
| Redemption Provisions: | The Notes are not redeemable by the Company prior to maturity | |
| Trustee: | The Bank of New York | |
| Indenture: | Indenture, dated as of October 27, 1993, as amended from time to time | |
All the provisions contained in the document entitled “Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Holdings Inc. - Debt Securities - Underwriting Agreement Basic Provisions” and dated December 1, 1997 (the “Basic Provisions”), a copy of which you have previously received, are, except as indicated below, herein incorporated by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if the Basic Provisions had been set forth in full herein. Terms defined in the Basic Provisions are used herein as therein defined.
Basic Provisions varied with respect to this Terms Agreement:
| (A) | All references to “Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Holdings Inc.” in the Basic Provisions shall refer to the Company. |
| (B) | Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 3 of the Basic Provisions, the Company and the Underwriter hereby agree that the Notes will be in the form of Book-Entry Notes and shall be delivered on August 26, 2004 against payment of the purchase price to the Company by wire transfer in immediately available funds to such accounts with such financial institutions as the Company may direct. |
| (C) | Paragraph 4(j) of the Basic Provisions shall be amended and restated as follows: “The Company will not, without the consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., offer, sell, contract to offer or sell or otherwise dispose of any securities, including any backup undertaking for such securities, of the Company, in each case that are substantially similar to the Notes or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Notes or such substantially similar securities, during the period beginning the date of the Terms Agreement and ending the Closing Date.” |
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| (D) | Paragraph 5(g) of the Basic Provisions shall be amended and restated as follows: “You shall have received on the Closing Date a letter from KPMG LLP covering the matters set forth in Exhibit II hereto, with respect to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus at the time of the Terms Agreement.” |
The Underwriter hereby agrees in connection with the underwriting of the Notes to comply with the requirements set forth in any applicable sections of Section 2720 to the By-Laws of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq., is counsel to the Company. Cleary, Gottlieb, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx is counsel to the Underwriter. Cleary, Gottlieb, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx is special tax counsel to the Company.
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Please accept this offer no later than 9:00 p.m. on August 23, 2004, by signing a copy of this Terms Agreement in the space set forth below and returning the signed copy to us, or by sending us a written acceptance in the following form:
“We hereby accept your offer, set forth in the Terms Agreement, dated August 23, 2004, to purchase the Notes on the terms set forth therein.”
| Very truly yours, | ||
| CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
| Title: | Managing Director | |
ACCEPTED:
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS HOLDINGS INC.
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Treasurer |
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