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MLI Income Range Accrual (MLI 2010 - 01)

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Overview

The MLI Income Range Accrual offers the opportunity to gain an enhanced yield, while providing Conditional Protection to protect Investors from market risk. It is a short term product designed for Investors seeking exposure to four large Australian stocks: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ), Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), BHP Billiton Limited (BHP), and QBE Insurance Group Limited (QBE).

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Indicative Terms

  • Maturity : 28 February 2011 (1 Year)
  • Currency : AUD
  • Conditional Protection
  • Type : Deferred Purchase Agreement
Issuer: Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Limited
Guarantor: Citigroup Inc.
Reference Shares: A share in the following Australian companies is a “Reference Share” and together they are the “Reference Shares”:
  • Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
  • BHP Billiton Limited
  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia
  • QBE Insurance Group Limited
Offer Opens Date: 27 January 2010 at 9:00 am (Sydney time)
Offer Close Date: 22 February 2010 at 5:00 pm (Sydney time)
Issue Date: 26 February 2010
Maturity Date: 28 February 2011 (N.B. If a Call Event occurs on any Call Event Observation Date, the Maturity Date will be deemed to be the Call Event Observation Date on which the Call Event occurs).
Term: 12 months
Denomination: Australian Dollars
Investment: The MLI which is an agreement between the Investor and the Issuer governed by the Terms.
Issue Price: AUD 1.00 per MLI Unit
Minimum Investment Amount: AUD 10,000 and multiples of AUD 1,000 thereafter
Investment Amount: The actual amount paid by the Investor to the Issuer by the Offer Close Date.
Lower Coupon Rate: A simple (non-compounding) fixed 4% per annum.
Upper Coupon Rate: A simple variable (non-compounding) rate to be determined by the Issuer on the Issue Date but to not be less than the Minimum Upper Coupon Rate. The issue of this MLI will not proceed if the Upper Coupon Rate is less than the Minimum Upper Coupon Rate. As an indication, if this product had been issued on 21 January 2010, the Upper Coupon Rate would have been a simple (non-compounding) rate of 13% per annum.
Minimum Upper Coupon Rate: A simple (non-compounding) fixed 11% per annum.
Upper Accrual Barrier Level: In respect of each Reference Share, 90% of its Initial Price.
Lower Accrual Barrier Level: In respect of each Reference Share, 85% of its Initial Price.
Coupon Amount: On each Coupon Payment Date, a Coupon Amount will be payable per MLI Unit in accordance with the following formula:

Coupon Amount =
[(Upper Coupon Rate / 4) x (n/N) + (Lower Coupon Rate / 4) x (m/N)] x Issue Price

where:

n = the number of Trading Days in the relevant Coupon Payment Period on which the Reference Price of the Worst Performing Reference Share is greater than, or equal to, its Upper Accrual Barrier Level.

m = the number of Trading Days in the relevant Coupon Payment Period on which the Reference Price of the Worst Performing Reference Share is greater than, or equal to, its Lower Accrual Barrier Level but less than its Upper Accrual Barrier Level.

N = the number of Trading Days in the relevant Coupon Payment Period.

The Coupon Amount will be paid quarterly on each Coupon Payment Date.

Note that if the Reference Price of the Worst Performing Reference Share on a Trading Day is below its Lower Accrual Barrier Level, the Investor will receive a Coupon Amount of nil in respect of that Trading Day.
Coupon Payment Period: The period starting from (and including) the latter of the Issue Date or the previous Coupon Observation Date up to (but not including) the next Coupon Observation Date.
Coupon Payment Period Start Date: The first Business Day in a Coupon Payment Period.
Coupon Payment Period End Date: The last Business day in a Coupon Payment Period.
Coupon Observation Dates: The Coupon Observation Dates are the dates set out below: 26 May 2010, 26 August 2010, 26 November 2010, 28 February 2011
Coupon Payment Dates: 5 Business Days after each Coupon Observation Date.
Initial Price: In respect of each Reference Share, the Official Closing Level of the Reference Share on the Issue Date.
Reference Price: In respect of each Reference Share, the Official Closing Level of the Reference Share as at the date on which it is observed.
Percentage Performance: In respect of each Reference Share:

Percentage Performance (%) = (Reference Price - Initial Price) / Initial Price
Worst Performing Reference Share: The Worst Performing Reference Share is the Reference Share with the lowest Percentage Performance, as determined by the Issuer. The Worst Performing Reference Share as at the Maturity Date is not necessarily the Reference Share (if any) that has triggered a Knock-In Event.
Call Event: A Call Event will occur if the Reference Price of each Reference Share on a Call Observation Date is greater than 100% of its respective Initial Price If a Call Event occurs on any Call Event Observation Date, the Maturity Date will be deemed to be the Call Event Observation Date on which the Call Event occurs and Final Value per MLI will be as specified below.
Call Event Observation Dates: The Call Event Observation Dates are the dates set out below: 26 May 2010, 26 August 2010 and 26 November 2010
Final Value per MLI : The Final Value per MLI will be determined in the following manner:

Call Event occurs

The Final Value per MLI on the Call Event Observation Date on which a Call Event occurs will be equal to:

Issue Price x 100%

This will be the case even if a Knock-In Event has occurred during the investment period prior to the Call Event.

Knock-In Event and Call Event do not occur

If neither a Knock-In Event nor a Call Event has occurred on, or prior to, the Maturity Date, then the Final Value per MLI will be equal to:
Issue Price x 100%

Knock-In Event does occur but Call Event does not occur

If a Knock-In Event has occurred on, or prior to, the Maturity Date but no Call Event has occurred, then the Final Value per MLI will be equal to:

Issue Price x Max (90%, 100% + Percentage Performance of the Worst Performing Reference Share on the Maturity Date), subject to a cap of 100% of the Issue Price
Knock-In Event: A Knock-In Event will occur if, on any day on, or prior to, the Maturity Date, the Percentage Performance of the Worst Performing Reference Share is less than or equal -20%. Numerically, a Knock-In Event will occur if:

Percentage Performance of the Worst Performing Reference Share < 20%
Conditional Protection+: Conditional Protection means that the Issuer will deliver to an Investor the Delivery Assets with a value equal to the Investment Amount if the requirements below for Conditional Protection apply. The value of each MLI Unit will not be principal protected in all cases but is conditionally protected if:
  • a Knock-In Event has not occurred; or
  • both a Knock-In Event and Call Event have occurred.
Delivery Asset: Ordinary shares in Commonwealth Bank of Australia (“CBA”) (an ASX listed share, ASX code: CBA).
Fees: Distributor Fee - An upfront fee payable by the Issuer of up to 2.00% (including GST) of the Investment Amount.

This fee will be paid by Citi to the distributors at no additional cost to Investors.

* Potential returns in the MLI are linked to the Percentage Performance of the Worst Performing Reference Share. Hence Investors should be aware that their exposure is not based on the average performance of the Reference Shares and therefore the negative performance of one Reference Share may not be offset by the positive performance of other Reference Shares.
+ The Conditional Protection only applies to Investments held at Maturity provided no Early Maturity occurs and no Knock-In Event occurs in the absence of a Call Event. Conditional Protection safeguards the MLI from market risks but is subject to the credit worthiness of Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Limited and Citigroup Inc. For more details, please refer to Section 2 of this PDS.

Investment Profile

Time Horizon (Years)
1 or Less
1-3
3-4
4-5
5 or more
Open-ended
Risk
Very Low
Low
Moderate
High
Very High
Speculative
Investment Objective
Full Protection
Partial Protection
Conditional Protection
No Protection
Income
Growth
The above table is a quick reference guide to certain parameters of the product relating to maturity, risk and type of investment goals this product will seek to meet. This is not a recommendation of the product, does not constitute investment advice and should not be construed as doing so.

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Phone : 1300 30 70 70.
Email : citifirst.au@citi.com
Mail : GPO Box 40, Sydney NSW 1027

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