Citigroup (C)

Incremental Write-downs on Alt-A Mortgage Securities in S&B

        During the second quarter of 2008, Citigroup recorded additional pretax losses of approximately $325 million, net of hedges, on Alt-A mortgage securities held in S&B, bringing the year-to-date net loss to $1.3 billion. For these purposes, Alt-A mortgage securities are non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) where: (1) the underlying collateral has weighted average FICO scores between 680 and 720 or, (2) for instances where FICO scores are greater than 720, RMBS have 30% or less of the underlying collateral composed of full documentation loans.

        The Company had $16.4 billion in Alt-A mortgage securities carried at fair value at June 30, 2008 in S&B, which decreased from $19.5 billion at March 31, 2008. Of the $16.4 billion, $4.3 billion were classified as Trading assets, of which $193 million of fair value write-downs, net of hedging, were recorded in earnings, and $12.1 billion were classified as available-for-sale investments, on which $132 million of write-downs were recorded in earnings due to other-than-temporary impairments. In addition, $237 million of pretax fair value unrealized losses were recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (OCI).