TERMS AGREEMENT

Exhibit 1.01

June 3, 2015

000 Xxxx Xxxxxx

Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000

Attention: Assistant Treasurer

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We understand that Citigroup Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell US $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its debt securities (the “Securities”). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein or incorporated by reference herein, we, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Apto Partners, LLC, X.X. Xxxx & Associates, Inc., Xxxxxxx Capital Markets, LLC, Xxxxxx & Company and Loop Capital Markets LLC, as underwriters (the “Underwriters”), offer to purchase, severally and not jointly, the principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite our respective names on the list attached as Annex A hereto at 99.700% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance. The Closing Date shall be June 10, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time). The closing shall take place at the offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP located at Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.

The Securities shall have the following terms:


Title:		Senior Floating Rate Notes Due 2019

Maturity:		December 20, 2019

Interest Rate:		Three-month LIBOR (Reuters LIBOR01) (determined as set forth in the Prospectus dated November 13, 2013 and the Prospectus Supplement dated June 3, 2015) plus 77 basis points per annum

Interest Payment Dates:		Quarterly on the 20th of each March, June, September and December, commencing September 20, 2015

Initial Price to Public:		100.000% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from June 10, 2015

Redemption Provisions:		The Securities are not redeemable by the Company prior to Maturity, except upon the occurrence of certain events involving United States taxation, as set forth in the Prospectus dated November 13, 2013

Record Date:		The business day immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date

Additional Terms:

The Securities shall be issuable as Registered Securities only. The Securities will be initially represented by one or more global Securities registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its nominees, as described in the Prospectus relating to the Securities. Beneficial interests in the Securities will be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC, Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. and Clearstream International and their respective participants. Owners of beneficial interests in the Securities will be entitled to physical delivery of Securities in certificated form only under the limited circumstances described in the Prospectus. Principal and interest on the Securities shall be payable in United States dollars. Sections 12.02 and 12.03 of the indenture, dated as of November 13, 2013, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”) (the “Indenture”) relating to defeasance and discharge and covenant defeasance, respectively, shall apply to the Securities.

All the provisions contained in the document entitled “Citigroup Inc.— Debt Securities — Underwriting Agreement — Basic Provisions” and dated March 2, 2006 (the “Basic Provisions”), a copy of which you have previously received, are 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, except for:

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Clause (i) of the fourth sentence of the first paragraph of the Basic Provisions, which is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “in the case of senior debt securities, an indenture dated as of November 13, 2013, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (such trustee or such other replacement or successor trustee as may be named for such senior debt securities, the “Senior Debt Trustee”) (such indenture, as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented by one or more indentures supplemental thereto, the “Senior Debt Indenture”),”;

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The first parenthetical in Section 1(a), which is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “(File No. 333-192302)”;

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The final clause of Section 1(e) is hereby deleted in its entirety;

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Section 1(g) is hereby added in its entirety as follows: “(g) On each Effective Date, at the Execution Time and on the Closing Date, the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.”;

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Section 1(h) is hereby added in its entirety as follows: “(h) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director,

officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation or a sanction for violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or the U.K. Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, each as may be amended, or similar law of any other relevant jurisdiction, or the rules and regulations thereunder; and the Company and its subsidiaries have instituted and maintained policies and procedures to ensure continued compliance therewith. No part of the proceeds of the offering will be used, directly or indirectly, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or the U.K. Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, each as may be amended, or similar law of any other relevant jurisdiction, or the rules or regulations thereunder.”;

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Section 1(j) is hereby added in its entirety as follows: “(j) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.”;

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Section 1(k) is hereby added in its entirety as follows: “(k) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (i) is, or is controlled or 50% or more owned by, or is acting on behalf of, an individual or entity that is currently subject to any sanctions administered imposed by the United States (including any administered or enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Department of State, or the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, or the United Kingdom (including sanctions administered or controlled by Her Majesty’s Treasury) or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions” and such persons, “Sanction Persons”), (ii) is located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (collectively, “Sanctioned Countries” and each, a “Sanctioned Country”), or (iii) will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of this offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person in any manner that would result in a violation of any economic Sanctions by, or could result in the imposition of Sanctions against, any person (including any person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).” by, or could result in the imposition of Sanctions against, any person (including any person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).”; and

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Section 1(l) is hereby added in its entirety as follows: “(l) Except as has been disclosed to the Underwriters through the Representatives or through publicly available information or is not material to the analysis under any Sanctions, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has engaged in any dealings or transactions with or for the benefit of a Sanctioned Person, or with or in a Sanctioned Country, in the preceding 3 years, nor does the Company or any of its subsidiaries have any plans to increase its dealings or transactions with Sanctioned Persons, or with or in Sanctioned Countries.”

Terms defined in the Basic Provisions are used herein as therein defined. The Execution Time means 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).

The Company agrees to use its best efforts to have the Securities approved for listing on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to maintain such listing so long as any of the Securities are outstanding; provided, however, that if it is impracticable or unduly burdensome, in the good faith determination of the Company, to maintain such listing due to changes in applicable law or listing requirements occurring after the original issue date of the Securities, the Company may de-list the Securities from the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain an alternative admission to listing, trading and/or quotation of the Securities by another listing authority, exchange or system within or outside the European Union as it may decide. If such an alternative admission is not available or is, in the Company’s opinion, unduly burdensome, such an alternative admission will not be obtained, and the Company shall have no further obligation in respect of any listing, trading or quotation for the Securities.

The Underwriters hereby agree in connection with the underwriting of the Securities to comply with the requirements set forth in any applicable sections of Rule 5121 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Selling Restrictions:

European Economic Area

Each Underwriter represents and agrees that in relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer to the public of Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by this Terms Agreement in that Relevant Member State except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer to the public in that Relevant Member State:

(a)	at any time to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;

(b)	at any time to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive; or

(c)	at any time in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive,

provided that no such offer of Securities referred to in (a) to (c) above shall require the Company or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive.

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer to the public” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.

This EEA selling restriction is in addition to any other selling restrictions set out below.

United Kingdom

Each Underwriter represents and agrees that the Prospectus Supplement and accompanying Prospectus relating to this offering is only being distributed to, and is only directed at, persons in the United Kingdom that are qualified investors within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive that are also (i) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”) or (ii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as “Relevant Persons”).

France

No prospectus (including any amendment, supplement or replacement thereto) has been prepared in connection with the offering of the Securities that has been approved by the Autorité des marchés financiers or by the competent authority of another State that is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and notified to the Autorité des marchés financiers; each Underwriter represents and agrees that no Securities have been offered or sold nor will be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in France; each Underwriter represents and agrees that the prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities have not been distributed or caused to be distributed and will not be distributed or caused to be distributed to the public in France; such offers, sales and distributions have been and shall only be made in France to persons licensed to provide the investment service of portfolio management for the account of third parties, qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) and/or a restricted circle of investors (cercle restreint d’investisseurs), in each case investing for their own account, all as defined in Articles L. 411-2, D. 411-1, D. 411-2, D. 411-4, D. 734-1, D.744-1, D. 754-1 and D. 764-1 of the Code monétaire et financier. Each Underwriter represents and agrees that the direct or indirect distribution to the public in France of any so acquired Securities may be made only as provided by Articles L. 411-1, L. 411-2, L. 412-1 and L. 621-8 to L. 621-8-3 of the Code monétaire et financier and applicable regulations thereunder.

Hong Kong

Each Underwriter:

(a) has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than to (i) “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (ii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and

(b) has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are or are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance.

Japan

The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (the “FIEA”). Each Underwriter represents and agrees that it has not and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any resident of Japan (including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan), or to, or for the account or benefit of, any resident of Japan for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any resident of Japan except (1) pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, or otherwise in compliance with, the FIEA and (2) in compliance with the other applicable laws, regulations and governmental guidelines of Japan.

Singapore

The Prospectus Supplement and accompanying Prospectus relating to this offering have not been and will not be registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore under the Securities and Futures Act (Chapter 289 of Singapore) (the “SFA”). Accordingly, each Underwriter has not offered or sold any Securities or caused the Securities to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase and will not offer or sell any Securities or cause the Securities to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, and has not circulated or distributed, nor will it circulate or distribute, such Prospectus Supplement and accompanying Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA, (ii) to a Relevant Person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA.

Each Underwriter will notify (whether through the distribution of the Prospectus Supplement and accompanying Prospectus relating to this offering or otherwise) each of the following Relevant Persons specified in Section 275 of the SFA which has subscribed or purchased Securities from or through that Underwriter, namely a person which is:

(a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or

(b) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary is an accredited investor, that shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest in that trust shall not be transferable for 6 months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the Securities under Section 275 of the SFA except:

(1) to an institutional investor (for corporations, under Section 274 of the SFA) or to a Relevant Person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person pursuant to an offer that is made on terms that such shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or such rights and interest in that trust are acquired at a consideration of not less than $200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each transaction, whether such amount is to be paid for in cash or by exchange of securities or other assets, and further for corporations, in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the SFA; or

(2) where no consideration is given for the transfer; or

(3) by operation of law.

In addition to the legal opinions required by Sections 6(b) and 6(c) of the Basic Provisions, the Underwriters shall have received an opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that although the discussion set forth in the Prospectus under the headings “United States Federal Income Tax Considerations – Introduction” and “– Non-United States Holders” and in the final three paragraphs under the heading “Description of Notes” in the Prospectus Supplement dated June 3, 2015, does not purport to discuss all possible United States federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Securities to non-United States holders of the Securities, such discussion constitutes, in all material respects, a fair and accurate summary of the United States federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Securities to non-United States holders of the Securities.

Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq., Assistant General Counsel – Capital Markets of the Company, is counsel to the Company. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP has also acted as counsel to the Company in connection with matters related to the issuance of the Securities. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP is counsel to the Underwriters.

Please accept this offer no later than 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on June 3, 2015 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 June 3, 2015, to purchase the Securities on the terms set forth therein.”


Very truly yours,

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., on behalf of the Underwriters named herein

By:	/s/ Xxxx X. XxXxxxxxx, Xx.
	Name:	Xxxx X. XxXxxxxxx, Xx.
	Title:	Managing Director


ACCEPTED:

CITIGROUP INC.

By:	/s/ Le Xxx Xxxxx
	Name:	Le Xxx Xxxxx
	Title:	Assistant Treasurer

ANNEX A


Name of Underwriter	Principal Amount of Securities
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.	$	487,500,000
Apto Partners, LLC	$	2,500,000
X.X. Xxxx & Associates, Inc.	$	2,500,000
Xxxxxxx Capital Markets, LLC	$	2,500,000
Xxxxxx & Company	$	2,500,000
Loop Capital Markets LLC	$	2,500,000

Total	$	500,000,000

ANNEX B

FINAL TERM SHEET

CITIGROUP INC.

$500,000,000

FLOATING RATE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2019


Terms and Conditions

Issuer:		Citigroup Inc.

Ratings:		[Reserved]

Ranking:		Senior

Trade Date:		June 3, 2015

Settlement Date:		June 10, 2015 (T+5 days)

Maturity:		December 20, 2019

Par Amount:		$500,000,000

Floating Rate:		3 month USD –BBA–LIBOR Reuters LIBOR01

Coupon:		3 month LIBOR + 77 bps

Public Offering Price:		100.000%

Net Proceeds to Citigroup:		$498,500,000 (before expenses)

Interest Payment Dates:		Quarterly on the 20^th of each March, June, September and December thereafter until maturity, with adjustment for period end dates on a modified following New York Business Day Convention

First Interest Payment Date:		September 20, 2015 (long first coupon)

Day Count:		Act / 360

Interest Determination Date:		Two London Business Days prior to each Interest Payment Date

Defeasance:		Applicable. Provisions of Sections 12.02 and 12.03 of the Indenture apply

Redemption at Issuer Option:		Only for tax purposes

Redemption for Tax Purposes:		Applicable at issuer option if, as a result of changes in U.S. tax law, withholding tax or information reporting requirements are imposed on payments on the notes to non-U.S. persons. Redemption as a whole, not in part

Sinking Fund:		Not applicable

Listing:		Application will be made to list the notes on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange

Minimum Denominations/Multiples:		$1,000 / multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof

CUSIP:		000000XX0

ISIN:		US172967JR32

Sole Book Manager:		Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Co-Managers:		Apto Partners, LLC
		X.X. Xxxx & Associates, Inc.
		Xxxxxxx Capital Markets, LLC
		Xxxxxx & Company
		Loop Capital Markets LLC

*	Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

Citigroup Inc. has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in the registration statement and the other documents Citigroup has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Citigroup and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting XXXXX on the SEC Web site at xxx.xxx.xxx. The file number for Citigroup’s registration statement is No. 333-172562. Alternatively, you can request the prospectus by calling toll-free in the United States 0-000-000-0000.

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