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This excerpt taken from the C DEF 14A filed Jun 18, 2009.

Effect of the Director Amendment on Stockholders

Upon the filing of the proposed Director Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and delisting of the applicable series of Public Preferred Stock (except in the case of the Series E Public Preferred Stock, in which case the Director Amendment will be effective immediately upon the filing of the Director Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware), such delisted series of Public Preferred Stock will no longer have the right to appoint directors to Citigroup’s board upon Citigroup’s failure to pay dividends for six quarterly dividend periods (or, in the case of the Series E Public Preferred Stock, for three semi-annual dividend periods). Since the Series E Public Preferred Stock is not currently listed, the Director Amendment, if approved, will become effective immediately upon approval and filing of the amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State.

As noted above, Public Preferred Depositary Shares that are tendered and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offers will be exchanged for shares of common stock on the settlement date of the Exchange Offers. Therefore, although holders of these securities will be entitled to vote on the Public Preferred Stock Amendments as holders of Public Preferred Depositary Shares because the Record Date will occur prior to the settlement date, they will only be affected by the Director Amendment, if approved, as holders of common stock. Holders of any Public Preferred Depositary Shares that are not tendered, or that are not accepted for exchange, in the Exchange Offers will be affected by these amendments as holders of Public Preferred Depositary Shares.

Approximately 5,509,820,439 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding as of the close of business on the Record Date. Each of these shares of common stock will be affected by the Public Preferred Stock Amendments because the Director Amendment, if approved, ensures that management of Citigroup remains with a board of directors elected by the holders of the common stock in the event that Citigroup determines that it is not in the best interest of stockholders to pay dividends on the Public Preferred Depositary Shares.

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