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This excerpt taken from the C 10-Q filed Aug 1, 2008.

Subprime Mortgage-Related Litigation

        Derivative Actions.    The Company filed a motion to dismiss the Consolidated Amended Derivative Complaint in the matter IN RE CITIGROUP INC. SHAREHOLDER DERIVATIVE LITIGATION, pending in Delaware Chancery Court, on April 21, 2008.

        Other Matters.    On June 3, 2008, plaintiffs in IN RE AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE SECURITIES LITIGATION, pending in the Eastern District of New York, filed a consolidated amended class action complaint.

        On April 11, 2008, plaintiffs in IN RE COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORP. SECURITIES LITIGATION, pending in the Central District of California, filed a consolidated amended class action complaint. Defendants, including the Company, filed motions to dismiss on June 10, 2008.

This excerpt taken from the C 10-Q filed May 2, 2008.

Subprime Mortgage-Related Litigation

        Derivative Actions.    On February 5, 2008, the four derivative actions filed in Delaware Chancery Court were consolidated under the caption In re Citigroup Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation. A consolidated amended derivative complaint was filed on February 19, 2008.

        Other Matters.    Putative class actions brought by shareholders of American Home Mortgage Investment Corp., pending in the Eastern District of New York, were consolidated on March 21, 2008. On April 4, 2008, lead plaintiff in the multi-district litigation filed a new putative class action complaint alleging violations of the securities laws arising out of underwriting activity by the Company and other investment banks, on behalf of American Home Mortgage. A consolidated amended complaint is scheduled to be filed by May 20, 2008.

        Two of three putative class actions brought by shareholders of Countrywide Financial Corp. were consolidated under the caption In re Countrywide Financial Corp. Securities Litigation. The third, Luther v. Countrywide Financial Corp., et al., was remanded to California state court on February 28, 2008.

        On February 22, 2008, Citibank, N.A. filed a complaint against the City of Cleveland, Ohio seeking declaratory and injunctive relief on the ground that the City of Cleveland's public nuisance claim, asserted in a separate action, is preempted by federal law and may not be asserted against national banks and their operating subsidiaries.

        On April 14, 2008, a putative class action was filed against the Company in the Southern District of Florida, alleging that the Company violated the federal securities laws and Florida state law in connection with its marketing of the Falcon Strategies Two B hedge fund.

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