Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. | June 6, 2025 Medium-Term Senior Notes, Series N Pricing Supplement No. 2025-USNCH27153 Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) Registration Statement Nos. 333-270327 and 333-270327-01 |
Autocallable Contingent Coupon Equity Linked Securities Linked to the Nasdaq-100 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement™ Index ER Due June 10, 2032
▪ | The securities offered by this pricing supplement are unsecured debt securities issued by Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. and guaranteed by Citigroup Inc. The securities offer the potential for periodic contingent coupon payments at an annualized rate that, if all are paid, would produce a yield that is generally higher than the yield on our conventional debt securities of the same maturity. In exchange for this higher potential yield, you must be willing to accept the risks that (i) your actual yield may be lower than the yield on our conventional debt securities of the same maturity because you may not receive one or more, or any, contingent coupon payments, (ii) the value of what you receive at maturity may be significantly less than the stated principal amount of your securities, and may be zero, and (iii) the securities may be automatically called for redemption prior to maturity on any trading day during the autocall period specified below. Each of these risks will depend on the performance of the underlying specified below. Although you will have downside exposure to the underlying, you will not receive dividends with respect to the underlying or participate in any appreciation of the underlying. |
▪ | The underlying is highly risky because it may reflect highly leveraged exposure to any decline in the Citi Equity US Tech Large Cap QX Market Tracker Series 4 Index, which we refer to as the “underlying futures index”. The underlying futures index tracks futures contracts on the Nasdaq-100 Index® and is likely to underperform the Nasdaq-100 Index® because of an implicit financing cost. In addition, the underlying is subject to a decrement of 6% per annum, which will be a significant drag on its performance. Each of the underlying and the underlying futures index is published by Citigroup Global Markets Limited, an affiliate of ours. You should carefully review the section “Summary Risk Factors—Summary of Key Risks Relating to the Underlying” in this pricing supplement. |
▪ | Investors in the securities must be willing to accept (i) an investment that may have limited or no liquidity and (ii) the risk of not receiving any payments due under the securities if we and Citigroup Inc. default on our obligations. All payments on the securities are subject to the credit risk of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. and Citigroup Inc. |
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Issuer: | Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. | ||
Guarantee: | All payments due on the securities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Citigroup Inc. | ||
Underlying: | The Nasdaq-100 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement™ Index ER | ||
Stated principal amount: | $1,000 per security | ||
Pricing date: | June 6, 2025 | ||
Issue date: | June 11, 2025 | ||
Valuation dates: | The 6th day of each month, beginning in July 2025 and ending in June 2032, provided that the June 2032 valuation date will be June 7, 2032 (the “final valuation date”), each subject to postponement if such date is not a scheduled trading day or certain market disruption events occur | ||
Maturity date: | Unless earlier redeemed, June 10, 2032 | ||
Contingent coupon payment dates: | The third business day after each valuation date, except that the contingent coupon payment date following the final valuation date will be the maturity date | ||
Contingent coupon: | On each contingent coupon payment date, unless previously redeemed, the securities will pay a contingent coupon equal to 1.4583% of the stated principal amount of the securities (equivalent to a contingent coupon rate of approximately 17.50% per annum) if and only if the closing value of the underlying on the immediately preceding valuation date is greater than or equal to the coupon barrier value. If the closing value of the underlying on any valuation date is less than the coupon barrier value, you will not receive any contingent coupon payment on the immediately following contingent coupon payment date. | ||
Payment at maturity: |
If the securities are not automatically redeemed prior to maturity, you will receive at maturity for each security you then hold (in addition to the final contingent coupon payment, if applicable): § If the final underlying value is greater than or equal to the final barrier value: $1,000 § If the final underlying value is less than the final barrier value: $1,000 + ($1,000 × the underlying return) If the securities are not automatically redeemed prior to maturity and the final underlying value is less than the final barrier value, you will receive significantly less than the stated principal amount of your securities, and possibly nothing, at maturity, and you will not receive any contingent coupon payment at maturity. | ||
Initial underlying value: | 1,327.08, the closing value of the underlying on the pricing date | ||
Final underlying value: | The closing value of the underlying on the final valuation date | ||
Coupon barrier value: | 928.956, 70.00% of the initial underlying value | ||
Final barrier value: | 796.248, 60.00% of the initial underlying value | ||
Listing: | The securities will not be listed on any securities exchange | ||
Underwriter: | Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“CGMI”), an affiliate of the issuer, acting as principal | ||
Underwriting fee and issue price: | Issue price(1) | Underwriting fee(2) | Proceeds to issuer |
Per security: | $1,000.00 | $20.00 | $980.00 |
Total: | $3,695,000.00 | $73,900.00 | $3,621,100.00 |
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(1) On the date of this pricing supplement, the estimated value of the is $909.30 per security, which is less than the issue price. The estimated value of the securities is based on CGMI’s proprietary pricing models and our internal funding rate. It is not an indication of actual profit to CGMI or other of our affiliates, nor is it an indication of the price, if any, at which CGMI or any other person may be willing to buy the securities from you at any time after issuance. See “Valuation of the Securities” in this pricing supplement.
(2) For more information on the distribution of the securities, see “Supplemental Plan of Distribution” in this pricing supplement. In addition to the underwriting fee, CGMI and its affiliates may profit from hedging activity related to this offering, even if the value of the securities declines. See “Use of Proceeds and Hedging” in the accompanying prospectus.
Investing in the securities involves risks not associated with an investment in conventional debt securities. See “Summary Risk Factors” beginning on page PS-6.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the securities or determined that this pricing supplement and the accompanying product supplement, index supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus are truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
You should read this pricing supplement together with the accompanying product supplement, index supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus, which can be accessed via the hyperlinks below:
Product
Supplement No. EA-04-10 dated March 7, 2023 Index
Supplement No. IS-16-01 dated May 7, 2025
Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus each dated March 7, 2023
The securities are not bank deposits and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, nor are they obligations of, or guaranteed by, a bank.
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Automatic early redemption: | If, on any trading day during the autocall period, the closing value of the underlying is greater than or equal to the initial underlying value, each security you then hold will be automatically called for redemption on the third business day immediately following that trading day (the “automatic early redemption date”) for an amount in cash equal to the $1,000 stated principal amount. If the closing value of the underlying is greater than or equal to the initial underlying value on a trading day during the autocall period that is not a valuation date, you will not receive any contingent coupon payment in respect of the period from and including the immediately preceding contingent coupon payment date to but excluding the automatic early redemption date. The automatic early redemption feature may significantly limit your potential return on the securities. If the underlying performs in a way that would otherwise be favorable, the securities are likely to be automatically called for redemption prior to maturity, cutting short your opportunity to receive contingent coupon payments. The securities may be automatically called for redemption as early as the first trading day during the autocall period specified below. |
Autocall period: | The period from and including June 8, 2026 to but excluding the final valuation date |
Trading day: | Any scheduled trading day other than a day on which a market disruption event occurs |
Underlying return: | (i) The final underlying value minus the initial underlying value, divided by (ii) the initial underlying value |
CUSIP / ISIN: | 17333JE48 / US17333JE488 |
Additional Information
The terms of the securities are set forth in the accompanying product supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus, as supplemented by this pricing supplement. The accompanying product supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus contain important disclosures that are not repeated in this pricing supplement. For example, the accompanying product supplement contains important information about how the closing value of the underlying will be determined and about adjustments that may be made to the terms of the securities upon the occurrence of market disruption events and other specified events with respect to the underlying. The accompanying index supplement contains information about the underlying that is not repeated in this pricing supplement. It is important that you read the accompanying product supplement, index supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus together with this pricing supplement in connection with your investment in the securities. Certain terms used but not defined in this pricing supplement are defined in the accompanying product supplement or the accompanying index supplement.
Summary Description of the Underlying
The underlying is published by Citigroup Global Markets Limited, an affiliate of ours. The underlying was first published on April 28, 2025, and therefore has a limited performance history.
The underlying tracks exposure to the Citi Equity US Tech Large Cap QX Market Tracker Series 4 Index, which we refer to as the “underlying futures index”, on a volatility-targeted basis, less a decrement of 6% per annum. The underlying has a volatility target of 35%, which it attempts to achieve by applying leverage to its exposure to the underlying futures index (up to a maximum of 500%) when the implied volatility of the Nasdaq-100 Index is less than its volatility target, and by reducing its exposure to the underlying futures index below 100% when the implied volatility of the Nasdaq-100 Index is greater than its volatility target.
The underlying futures index is also published by Citigroup Global Markets Limited and tracks the performance of a hypothetical investment, rolled quarterly, in futures contracts on the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Nasdaq-100 Index, which is published by Nasdaq, Inc., is designed to measure the performance of the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market. Because the underlying futures index tracks futures contracts on the Nasdaq-100 Index, rather than the Nasdaq-100 Index directly, it is expected to be negatively impacted by an implicit financing cost, which is likely to cause the underlying futures index to underperform the Nasdaq-100 Index.
The methodology of the underlying is premised on the following key assumptions: (1) that there will be an inverse relationship between performance and volatility, so that the underlying futures index will tend to increase in times of lower volatility and decline in times of higher volatility; (2) that the implied volatility of the Nasdaq-100 Index, as derived from the market prices of exchange-traded options on the Nasdaq-100 Index on each weekly rebalancing date, will be an effective predictor of future volatility of the underlying futures index over the next week; and (3) that the volatility target of the underlying will be an effective level of volatility at which to draw the line between leveraged exposure and deleveraged exposure to the underlying futures index. If these assumptions prove to be consistently correct, then the underlying has the potential to outperform the underlying futures index by participating in increases on a leveraged basis and declines on a deleveraged basis. There is no guarantee, however, that these assumptions will be proven correct over any given time period. If any of these assumptions does not prove to be consistently correct, then the underlying may perform poorly as a result of having highly leveraged exposure to the underlying futures index at a time of declines and/or having reduced exposure to the underlying futures index at a time of increases. The underlying may also be subject to a “decay” effect, which will exacerbate the decline in the underlying that results from having highly leveraged exposure to declines in the underlying futures index, as described in more detail in the accompanying index supplement.
It is important to understand that the underlying provides exposure to the Nasdaq-100 Index that:
1. | may be leveraged up to 500%, or alternatively may reflect less than 100% participation, in an attempt to maintain its volatility target; |
2. | is reduced by an implicit financing cost; |
3. | may be subject to a decay effect; and |
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4. | is reduced by a decrement of 6% per annum. |
As a result of these features, the underlying may significantly underperform the Nasdaq-100 Index. The underlying is likely to significantly underperform the Nasdaq-100 Index if it is not consistently successful in increasing exposure to the underlying futures index in advance of increases in the underlying futures index and reducing exposure to the underlying futures index in advance of declines in the underlying futures index. The underlying may significantly underperform the Nasdaq-100 Index even if it is consistently successful in these respects because of the implicit financing cost and the decrement, or because the reduced exposure the underlying has to the underlying futures index at a time of a decline may nevertheless reflect significantly greater than 100% participation in the decline of the underlying futures index.
Certain features of the underlying – including the fact that it references the underlying futures index, and not the Nasdaq-100 Index directly, and the decrement of 6% per annum – are designed to reduce the cost to us and our affiliates of hedging transactions that we intend to enter into in connection with the securities as compared to an otherwise comparable index without these features. These features will reduce the performance of the underlying as compared to an otherwise comparable index without these features. The reduced cost of hedging may make it possible for certain terms of the securities to be more favorable to you than would otherwise be the case. However, there can be no assurance that these more favorable terms will offset the negative effects of these features on the performance of the underlying, and your return on the securities may ultimately be less favorable than it would have been without these more favorable terms but with an index that does not contain these features.
This section contains only a summary description of the underlying and does not describe all of its important features in detail. Before investing in the securities, you should carefully review the more detailed description of the underlying in the accompanying index supplement.
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Hypothetical Examples
The examples in the first section below illustrate how to determine whether a contingent coupon will be paid following various valuation dates and whether the securities will be automatically called for redemption during the autocall period. The examples in the second section below illustrate how to determine the payment at maturity on the securities, assuming the securities are not automatically redeemed prior to maturity. The examples are solely for illustrative purposes, do not show all possible outcomes and are not a prediction of any payment that may be made on the securities.
The examples below are based on the following hypothetical values and do not reflect the actual initial underlying value, coupon barrier value or final barrier value. For the actual initial underlying value, coupon barrier value and final barrier value, see the cover page of this pricing supplement. We have used these hypothetical values, rather than the actual values, to simplify the calculations and aid understanding of how the securities work. However, you should understand that the actual payments on the securities will be calculated based on the actual initial underlying value, coupon barrier value and final barrier value, and not the hypothetical values indicated below. For ease of analysis, figures below have been rounded.
Hypothetical initial underlying value: | 100.00 |
Hypothetical coupon barrier value: | 70.00 (70.00% of the hypothetical initial underlying value) |
Hypothetical final barrier value: | 60.00 (60.00% of the hypothetical initial underlying value) |
Hypothetical Examples of Contingent Coupon Payments and any Payment upon Automatic Early Redemption
Example 1 — The securities are automatically redeemed on the first trading day during the autocall period, which is also a valuation date.
Date | Hypothetical closing value of the underlying | Hypothetical payment per $1,000 security on related contingent coupon payment date |
First valuation date | 85 (greater than coupon barrier value) |
$14.583 (contingent coupon is paid; securities not redeemed) |
Second valuation date | 45 (less than coupon barrier value) |
$0.00 (no contingent coupon; securities not redeemed) |
Third valuation date | 110 (greater than coupon barrier value) |
$14.583 (contingent coupon is paid; securities not redeemed) |
Fourth valuation date |
95
(greater than coupon barrier value)
|
$14.583 (contingent coupon is paid; securities not redeemed) |
Fifth through eleventh valuation dates |
Various
(all less than coupon barrier value)
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$0.00 (no contingent coupons; securities not redeemed) |
Twelfth valuation date (first trading day during the autocall period) | 110 (greater than coupon barrier value and initial underlying value) |
$1,014.583 (contingent coupon is paid; securities redeemed) |
Total payment: | $1,058.332 |
Because the closing value of the underlying on the first trading day during the autocall period, which is also the twelfth valuation date, is greater than or equal to the initial underlying value, the securities would be automatically redeemed and you would receive $1,014.583 per security (or $1,000 plus the applicable contingent coupon payment). When added to the contingent coupon payments received with respect to the prior valuation dates, the total amount you would receive for each security is $1,058.332. No further payments will be made on the securities.
Example 2 — The securities are automatically redeemed on the fifteenth trading day during the autocall period (which is not a valuation date).
Date | Hypothetical closing value of the underlying | Hypothetical payment per $1,000 security on related contingent coupon payment date |
First valuation date | 90 (greater than coupon barrier value) |
$14.583 (contingent coupon is paid; securities not redeemed) |
Second through eleventh valuation dates |
Various
(all less than coupon barrier value)
|
$0.00 (no contingent coupons; securities not redeemed) |
Twelfth valuation date (first trading day during the autocall period) | 50 (less than coupon barrier value and initial underlying value) |
$0.00 (no contingent coupon; securities not redeemed) |
Fifteenth trading day during the autocall period (which is not a valuation date) | 110 (greater than initial underlying value) |
$1,000.00 (no contingent coupon; securities redeemed) |
Total payment: | $1,014.583 |
Because the closing value of the underlying on the fifteenth trading day during the autocall period is greater than or equal to the initial underlying value, the securities would be automatically redeemed and you would receive the $1,000 stated principal amount per security. You would not
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receive any contingent coupon payment on the automatic early redemption date. When added to the contingent coupon payment received with respect to the prior valuation dates, the total amount you would receive for each security is $1,014.583. No further payments will be made on the securities.
Hypothetical Examples of the Payment at Maturity on the Securities
The next four hypothetical examples illustrate the calculation of the payment at maturity on the securities, assuming that the securities have not been earlier automatically redeemed and that the final underlying value is as indicated below.
Hypothetical final underlying value | Hypothetical payment at maturity per $1,000 security | |
Example 3 | 110 (greater than coupon barrier value and final barrier value) |
$1,014.583 (contingent coupon is paid) |
Example 4 | 65 (greater than final barrier value; less than coupon barrier value) |
$1,000.00 |
Example 5 | 30 (less than final barrier value) |
$300.00 |
Example 6 | 20 (less than final barrier value) |
$200.00 |
Example 3: The final underlying value is greater than the final barrier value. Accordingly, at maturity, you would receive the stated principal amount of the securities plus the contingent coupon payment due at maturity, but you would not participate in the appreciation of the underlying.
Example 4: The final underlying value is less than the coupon barrier value but greater than the final barrier value. Accordingly, at maturity, you would receive the stated principal amount of the securities, but would not receive any contingent coupon payment at maturity.
Example 5: The final underlying value is less than the final barrier value. Accordingly, at maturity, you would receive a payment per security calculated as follows:
Payment at maturity = $1,000 + ($1,000 × the underlying return)
= $1,000 + ($1,000 × -70.00%)
= $1,000 + -$700.00
= $300.00
In this scenario, because the final underlying value is less than the final barrier value, you would lose a significant portion of your investment in the securities. In addition, because the final underlying value is below the coupon barrier value, you would not receive any contingent coupon payment at maturity.
Example 6: The final underlying value is less than the final barrier value. Accordingly, at maturity, you would receive a payment per security calculated as follows:
Payment at maturity = $1,000 + ($1,000 × the underlying return)
= $1,000 + ($1,000 × -80.00%)
= $1,000 + -$800.00
= $200.00
In this scenario, because the final underlying value is less than the final barrier value, you would lose a significant portion of your investment in the securities. In addition, because the final underlying value is below the coupon barrier value, you would not receive any contingent coupon payment at maturity.
It is possible that the closing value of the underlying will be less than the coupon barrier value on each valuation date and less than the final barrier value on the final valuation date, such that you will not receive any contingent coupon payments over the term of the securities and will receive significantly less than the stated principal amount of your securities, and possibly nothing, at maturity.
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Summary Risk Factors
An investment in the securities is significantly riskier than an investment in conventional debt securities. The securities are subject to all of the risks associated with an investment in our conventional debt securities (guaranteed by Citigroup Inc.), including the risk that we and Citigroup Inc. may default on our obligations under the securities, and are also subject to risks associated with the underlying. Accordingly, the securities are suitable only for investors who are capable of understanding the complexities and risks of the securities. You should consult your own financial, tax and legal advisors as to the risks of an investment in the securities and the suitability of the securities in light of your particular circumstances.
The following is a summary of certain key risk factors for investors in the securities. You should read this summary together with the more detailed description of risks relating to an investment in the securities contained in the section “Risk Factors Relating to the Securities” beginning on page EA-7 in the accompanying product supplement and “Risk Factors Relating to the Indices” beginning on page IS-4 in the accompanying index supplement. You should also carefully read the risk factors included in the accompanying prospectus supplement and in the documents incorporated by reference in the accompanying prospectus, including Citigroup Inc.’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which describe risks relating to the business of Citigroup Inc. more generally.
Risks Relating to the Securities
§ | You may lose a significant portion or all of your investment. Unlike conventional debt securities, the securities do not provide for the repayment of the stated principal amount at maturity in all circumstances. If the securities are not automatically redeemed prior to maturity, your payment at maturity will depend on the final underlying value. If the final underlying value is less than the final barrier value, you will lose 1% of the stated principal amount of your securities for every 1% by which the underlying has declined from the initial underlying value. There is no minimum payment at maturity on the securities, and you may lose up to all of your investment. |
§ | You will not receive any contingent coupon on the contingent coupon payment date following any valuation date on which the closing value of the underlying is less than the coupon barrier value. A contingent coupon payment will be made on a contingent coupon payment date if and only if the closing value of the underlying on the immediately preceding valuation date is greater than or equal to the coupon barrier value. If the closing value of the underlying on any valuation date is less than the coupon barrier value, you will not receive any contingent coupon payment on the immediately following contingent coupon payment date. If the closing value of the underlying on each valuation date is below the coupon barrier value, you will not receive any contingent coupon payments over the term of the securities. |
§ | Higher contingent coupon rates are associated with greater risk. The securities offer contingent coupon payments at an annualized rate that, if all are paid, would produce a yield that is generally higher than the yield on our conventional debt securities of the same maturity. This higher potential yield is associated with greater levels of expected risk as of the pricing date for the securities, including the risk that you may not receive a contingent coupon payment on one or more, or any, contingent coupon payment dates and the risk that the value of what you receive at maturity may be significantly less than the stated principal amount of your securities and may be zero. The volatility of the closing value of the underlying is an important factor affecting these risks. Greater expected volatility of the closing value of the underlying as of the pricing date may result in a higher contingent coupon rate, but would also represent a greater expected likelihood as of the pricing date that the closing value of the underlying on one or more valuation dates will be less than the coupon barrier value, such that you will not receive one or more, or any, contingent coupon payments during the term of the securities and that the final underlying value will be less than the final barrier value, such that you will not be repaid the stated principal amount of your securities at maturity. |
§ | You may not be adequately compensated for assuming the downside risk of the underlying. The potential contingent coupon payments on the securities are the compensation you receive for assuming the downside risk of the underlying, as well as all the other risks of the securities. That compensation is effectively “at risk” and may, therefore, be less than you currently anticipate. First, the actual yield you realize on the securities could be lower than you anticipate because the coupon is “contingent” and you may not receive a contingent coupon payment on one or more, or any, of the contingent coupon payment dates. Second, the contingent coupon payments are the compensation you receive not only for the downside risk of the underlying, but also for all of the other risks of the securities, including the risk that the securities may be automatically redeemed prior to maturity, interest rate risk and our and Citigroup Inc.’s credit risk. If those other risks increase or are otherwise greater than you currently anticipate, the contingent coupon payments may turn out to be inadequate to compensate you for all the risks of the securities, including the downside risk of the underlying. |
§ | The securities may be automatically redeemed prior to maturity, limiting your opportunity to receive contingent coupon payments. On any trading day during the autocall period, the securities will be automatically called for redemption if the closing value of the underlying on that trading day is greater than or equal to the initial underlying value. As a result, if the underlying performs in a way that would otherwise be favorable, the securities are likely to be automatically redeemed, cutting short your opportunity to receive contingent coupon payments. If the securities are automatically redeemed prior to maturity, you may not be able to reinvest your funds in another investment that provides a similar yield with a similar level of risk. |
§ | If the securities are automatically redeemed on a trading day during the autocall period that is not a valuation date, you will not receive any contingent coupon payment on the automatic early redemption date. If the closing value of the underlying is greater than or equal to the initial underlying value on a trading day during the autocall period that is not a valuation date, the securities will be automatically redeemed and you will not receive any contingent coupon payment in respect of the period from and including the immediately preceding contingent coupon payment date to but excluding the automatic early redemption date. In addition, you will not be entitled to receive any further contingent coupon payments after the securities have been automatically redeemed. |
§ | The securities offer downside exposure to the underlying, but no upside exposure to the underlying. You will not participate in any appreciation in the value of the underlying over the term of the securities. Consequently, your return on the securities will be limited to the contingent coupon payments you receive, if any, and may be significantly less than the return on the underlying over the term of the securities. In addition, as an investor in the securities, you will not receive any dividends or other distributions or have any other rights with respect to the underlying. |
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§ | The performance of the securities will depend on the closing value of the underlying solely on the valuation dates and the trading days during the autocall period, which makes the securities particularly sensitive to volatility in the closing value of the underlying on or near the valuation dates and the trading days during the autocall period. Whether the contingent coupon will be paid on any given contingent coupon payment date and whether the securities will be automatically redeemed prior to maturity will depend on the closing value of the underlying solely on the applicable valuation dates and the trading days during the autocall period, regardless of the closing value of the underlying on other days during the term of the securities. If the securities are not automatically redeemed prior to maturity, what you receive at maturity will depend solely on the closing value of the underlying on the final valuation date, and not on any other day during the term of the securities. Because the performance of the securities depends on the closing value of the underlying on a limited number of dates, the securities will be particularly sensitive to volatility in the closing value of the underlying on or near the valuation dates and the trading days during the autocall period. You should understand that the closing value of the underlying has historically been highly volatile. |
§ | The securities are subject to the credit risk of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. and Citigroup Inc. If we default on our obligations under the securities and Citigroup Inc. defaults on its guarantee obligations, you may not receive anything owed to you under the securities. |
§ | The securities are riskier than securities with a shorter term. The securities are relatively long-dated. Because the securities are relatively long-dated, many of the risks of the securities are heightened as compared to securities with a shorter term, because you will be subject to those risks for a longer period of time. In addition, the value of a longer-dated security is typically less than the value of an otherwise comparable security with a shorter term. |
§ | The securities will not be listed on any securities exchange and you may not be able to sell them prior to maturity. The securities will not be listed on any securities exchange. Therefore, there may be little or no secondary market for the securities. CGMI currently intends to make a secondary market in relation to the securities and to provide an indicative bid price for the securities on a daily basis. Any indicative bid price for the securities provided by CGMI will be determined in CGMI’s sole discretion, taking into account prevailing market conditions and other relevant factors, and will not be a representation by CGMI that the securities can be sold at that price, or at all. CGMI may suspend or terminate making a market and providing indicative bid prices without notice, at any time and for any reason. If CGMI suspends or terminates making a market, there may be no secondary market at all for the securities because it is likely that CGMI will be the only broker-dealer that is willing to buy your securities prior to maturity. Accordingly, an investor must be prepared to hold the securities until maturity. |
§ | The estimated value of the securities on the pricing date, based on CGMI’s proprietary pricing models and our internal funding rate, is less than the issue price. The difference is attributable to certain costs associated with selling, structuring and hedging the securities that are included in the issue price. These costs include (i) any selling concessions or other fees paid in connection with the offering of the securities, (ii) hedging and other costs incurred by us and our affiliates in connection with the offering of the securities and (iii) the expected profit (which may be more or less than actual profit) to CGMI or other of our affiliates in connection with hedging our obligations under the securities. These costs adversely affect the economic terms of the securities because, if they were lower, the economic terms of the securities would be more favorable to you. The economic terms of the securities are also likely to be adversely affected by the use of our internal funding rate, rather than our secondary market rate, to price the securities. See “The estimated value of the securities would be lower if it were calculated based on our secondary market rate” below. |
§ | The estimated value of the securities was determined for us by our affiliate using proprietary pricing models. CGMI derived the estimated value disclosed on the cover page of this pricing supplement from its proprietary pricing models. In doing so, it may have made discretionary judgments about the inputs to its models, such as the volatility of the closing value of the underlying, the dividend yield on the underlying and interest rates. CGMI’s views on these inputs may differ from your or others’ views, and as an underwriter in this offering, CGMI’s interests may conflict with yours. Both the models and the inputs to the models may prove to be wrong and therefore not an accurate reflection of the value of the securities. Moreover, the estimated value of the securities set forth on the cover page of this pricing supplement may differ from the value that we or our affiliates may determine for the securities for other purposes, including for accounting purposes. You should not invest in the securities because of the estimated value of the securities. Instead, you should be willing to hold the securities to maturity irrespective of the initial estimated value. |
§ | The estimated value of the securities would be lower if it were calculated based on our secondary market rate. The estimated value of the securities included in this pricing supplement is calculated based on our internal funding rate, which is the rate at which we are willing to borrow funds through the issuance of the securities. Our internal funding rate is generally lower than our secondary market rate, which is the rate that CGMI will use in determining the value of the securities for purposes of any purchases of the securities from you in the secondary market. If the estimated value included in this pricing supplement were based on our secondary market rate, rather than our internal funding rate, it would likely be lower. We determine our internal funding rate based on factors such as the costs associated with the securities, which are generally higher than the costs associated with conventional debt securities, and our liquidity needs and preferences. Our internal funding rate is not an interest rate that is payable on the securities. |
Because there is not an active market for traded instruments referencing our outstanding debt obligations, CGMI determines our secondary market rate based on the market price of traded instruments referencing the debt obligations of Citigroup Inc., our parent company and the guarantor of all payments due on the securities, but subject to adjustments that CGMI makes in its sole discretion. As a result, our secondary market rate is not a market-determined measure of our creditworthiness, but rather reflects the market’s perception of our parent company’s creditworthiness as adjusted for discretionary factors such as CGMI’s preferences with respect to purchasing the securities prior to maturity.
§ | The estimated value of the securities is not an indication of the price, if any, at which CGMI or any other person may be willing to buy the securities from you in the secondary market. Any such secondary market price will fluctuate over the term of the securities based on the market and other factors described in the next risk factor. Moreover, unlike the estimated value included in this pricing supplement, any value of the securities determined for purposes of a secondary market transaction will be based on our secondary market rate, which will likely result in a lower value for the securities than if our internal funding rate were used. In addition, any secondary market price for the securities will be reduced by a bid-ask spread, which may vary depending on the aggregate stated principal amount of the securities to be purchased in |
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the secondary market transaction, and the expected cost of unwinding related hedging transactions. As a result, it is likely that any secondary market price for the securities will be less than the issue price.
§ | The value of the securities prior to maturity will fluctuate based on many unpredictable factors. The value of your securities prior to maturity will fluctuate based on the closing value of the underlying, the volatility of the closing value of the underlying, the dividend yield on the underlying, interest rates generally, the time remaining to maturity and our and Citigroup Inc.’s creditworthiness, as reflected in our secondary market rate, among other factors described under “Risk Factors Relating to the Securities—Risk Factors Relating to All Securities—The value of your securities prior to maturity will fluctuate based on many unpredictable factors” in the accompanying product supplement. Changes in the closing value of the underlying may not result in a comparable change in the value of your securities. You should understand that the value of your securities at any time prior to maturity may be significantly less than the issue price. |
§ | Immediately following issuance, any secondary market bid price provided by CGMI, and the value that will be indicated on any brokerage account statements prepared by CGMI or its affiliates, will reflect a temporary upward adjustment. The amount of this temporary upward adjustment will steadily decline to zero over the temporary adjustment period. See “Valuation of the Securities” in this pricing supplement. |
§ | If a material modification event occurs during the term of the securities, we may redeem the securities early for an amount that may result in a significant loss on your investment. See “Additional Terms of the Securities—Material modification of the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices” in this pricing supplement for information about the events that may constitute a material modification event. If a material modification event occurs, we may redeem the securities prior to the maturity date for an amount equal to the early redemption amount determined as of the early redemption notice date. The early redemption amount will be determined in a manner based upon (but not necessarily identical to) CGMI’s then contemporaneous practices for determining secondary market bid prices for the securities and similar instruments, subject to the exceptions and more detailed provisions set forth under “Additional Terms of the Securities—Material modification of the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices” below. As discussed above, any secondary market bid price is likely to be less than the issue price and, absent favorable changes in market conditions and other relevant factors, is also likely to be less than the estimated value of the securities set forth on the cover page of this pricing supplement. Accordingly, if a material modification event occurs, there is a significant likelihood that the early redemption amount you receive will result in a loss on your investment in the securities. The early redemption amount may be significantly less than the amount you would have received had we not elected to redeem the securities and had you been able instead to hold them to maturity. You may lose up to all of your investment. |
§ | The calculation agent may make determinations in connection with a material modification event and the early redemption amount that could adversely affect your return upon early redemption. The calculation agent will be required to determine whether a material modification event has occurred. If the calculation agent determines that a material modification event has occurred and as a result we elect to redeem the securities upon the occurrence of a material modification event, you may incur a significant loss on your investment in the securities. In addition, the calculation agent has broad discretion to determine the early redemption amount, including the ability to make adjustments to proprietary pricing models and inputs to those models in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. The fact that the calculation agent is our affiliate may cause it to have interests that are adverse to yours as a holder of the securities. Under the terms of the securities, the calculation agent has the authority to make determinations that may protect our economic interests while resulting in a significant loss to you on your investment in the securities. |
§ | Our offering of the securities is not a recommendation of the underlying. The fact that we are offering the securities does not mean that we believe that investing in an instrument linked to the underlying is likely to achieve favorable returns. In fact, as we are part of a global financial institution, our affiliates may have positions (including short positions) in the underlying or in instruments related to the underlying, and may publish research or express opinions, that in each case are inconsistent with an investment linked to the underlying. These and other activities of our affiliates may affect the closing value of the underlying in a way that negatively affects the value of and your return on the securities. |
§ | The closing value of the underlying may be adversely affected by our or our affiliates’ hedging and other trading activities. We have hedged our obligations under the securities through CGMI or other of our affiliates, who have taken positions in the underlying or in financial instruments related to the underlying and may adjust such positions during the term of the securities. Our affiliates also take positions in the underlying or in financial instruments related to the underlying on a regular basis (taking long or short positions or both), for their accounts, for other accounts under their management or to facilitate transactions on behalf of customers. These activities could affect the closing value of the underlying in a way that negatively affects the value of and your return on the securities. They could also result in substantial returns for us or our affiliates while the value of the securities declines. |
§ | We and our affiliates may have economic interests that are adverse to yours as a result of our affiliates’ business activities. Our affiliates engage in business activities with a wide range of companies. These activities include extending loans, making and facilitating investments, underwriting securities offerings and providing advisory services. These activities could involve or affect the underlying in a way that negatively affects the value of and your return on the securities. They could also result in substantial returns for us or our affiliates while the value of the securities declines. In addition, in the course of this business, we or our affiliates may acquire non-public information, which will not be disclosed to you. |
§ | The calculation agent, which is an affiliate of ours, will make important determinations with respect to the securities. If certain events occur during the term of the securities, such as market disruption events and other events with respect to the underlying, CGMI, as calculation agent, will be required to make discretionary judgments that could significantly affect your return on the securities. In making these judgments, the calculation agent’s interests as an affiliate of ours could be adverse to your interests as a holder of the securities. See “Risk Factors Relating to the Securities—Risk Factors Relating to All Securities—The calculation agent, which is an affiliate of ours, will make important determinations with respect to the securities” in the accompanying product supplement. |
§ | The U.S. federal tax consequences of an investment in the securities are unclear. There is no direct legal authority regarding the proper U.S. federal tax treatment of the securities, and we do not plan to request a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”). |
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Consequently, significant aspects of the tax treatment of the securities are uncertain, and the IRS or a court might not agree with the treatment of the securities as described in “United States Federal Tax Considerations” below. If the IRS were successful in asserting an alternative treatment of the securities, the tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of the securities might be materially and adversely affected. Moreover, future legislation, Treasury regulations or IRS guidance could adversely affect the U.S. federal tax treatment of the securities, possibly retroactively.
Non-U.S. investors should note that persons having withholding responsibility in respect of the securities may withhold on any coupon payment paid to a non-U.S. investor, generally at a rate of 30%. To the extent that we have withholding responsibility in respect of the securities, we intend to so withhold.
You should read carefully the discussion under “United States Federal Tax Considerations” and “Risk Factors Relating to the Securities” in the accompanying product supplement and “United States Federal Tax Considerations” in this pricing supplement. You should also consult your tax adviser regarding the U.S. federal tax consequences of an investment in the securities, as well as tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or non-U.S. taxing jurisdiction.
Summary of Key Risks Relating to the Underlying
The following is a summary of key risks relating to the underlying. The summary below should be read together with the more detailed risk factors relating to the underlying described in “Risk Factors Relating to the Indices” in the accompanying index supplement. The following discussion of risks should also be read together with the section “Description of the Nasdaq-100 Futures Edge Volatility Indices” in the accompanying index supplement, which defines and further describes a number of the terms and concepts referred to below.
§ | The underlying is highly risky because it may reflect highly leveraged exposure to the underlying futures index and may therefore experience a decline that is many multiples of any decline in the underlying futures index. The underlying tracks exposure to the underlying futures index on a volatility targeted basis, less a decrement of 6% per annum. The underlying has a volatility target, which it attempts to achieve by applying leverage to its exposure to the underlying futures index (up to a maximum of 500%) when the implied volatility of the Nasdaq-100 Index® is less than the volatility target, and by reducing its exposure to the underlying futures index below 100% when the implied volatility of the Nasdaq-100 Index® is greater than the volatility target. It is expected that the implied volatility of the Nasdaq-100 Index® will frequently be less than the volatility target, and therefore it is expected that the underlying will frequently have leveraged (more than 100%) exposure to the underlying futures index. If the underlying futures index declines at a time when the underlying has leveraged exposure to it, the decline in the underlying will be equal to the decline in the underlying futures index multiplied by the leverage (subject to further reduction as a result of the decrement). For example, if the underlying futures index declines by 5% at a time when the underlying has 500% leveraged exposure to the underlying futures index, the underlying will decline by 25% over that time (subject to further reduction as a result of the decrement). This potential for losses on a highly leveraged basis makes the underlying highly risky. |
§ | The underlying may realize significant losses if it is not consistently successful in increasing exposure to the underlying futures index in advance of increases in the underlying futures index and reducing exposure to the underlying futures index in advance of declines in the underlying futures index. The underlying methodology is premised on the following key assumptions: (1) that there will be an inverse relationship between performance and volatility, so that the underlying futures index will tend to increase in times of lower volatility and decline in times of higher volatility; (2) that the implied volatility of the Nasdaq-100 Index®, as derived from the market prices of exchange-traded options on the Nasdaq-100 Index® on each weekly rebalancing date, will be an effective predictor of future volatility of the underlying futures index over the next week; and (3) that the underlying’s volatility target will be an effective level of volatility at which to draw the line between leveraged exposure and deleveraged exposure to the underlying futures index. There is no guarantee that these assumptions will be proven correct over any given time period. If any of these assumptions does not prove to be consistently correct, then the underlying may perform poorly as a result of having highly leveraged exposure to the underlying futures index at a time of declines and/or having reduced exposure to the underlying futures index at a time of increases. |
§ | The underlying may be adversely affected by a time lag in its volatility targeting mechanism. The underlying resets the leveraged exposure of each sub-index to the underlying futures index on a weekly basis. If the implied volatility of the Nasdaq-100 Index® at the rebalancing time on the rebalancing date for a given sub-index is relatively low, that sub-index will retain relatively high leveraged exposure to the underlying futures index for the next week even if the volatility of the Nasdaq-100 Index® spikes and the underlying futures index declines significantly in value immediately after the rebalancing time on that rebalancing date. That sub-index may consequently have highly leveraged exposure to a week’s worth of declines in the value of the underlying futures index before it has a chance to reset its leverage. In the case of a sudden increase in volatility and a sudden decline in value, multiple sub-indices may have highly leveraged exposure to declines over multiple days, and the underlying may experience poor performance as a result. Conversely, if significant appreciation in the underlying futures index follows closely on a period of high Nasdaq-100 Index® volatility, the time lag may cause the underlying to have low exposure to the underlying futures index when that appreciation occurs. Taken together, these factors may cause the underlying to perform particularly poorly in a temporary market crash – a sudden significant decline that is quickly reversed. In that scenario, the underlying would participate on a highly leveraged basis in the decline and then fail to participate fully in the recovery. |
§ | The underlying may be adversely affected by a “decay” effect. If the underlying is not consistently successful in increasing exposure to the underlying futures index in advance of increases in the underlying futures index and reducing exposure to the underlying futures index in advance of declines in the underlying futures index, then the underlying is also expected to be subject to a “decay” effect, which will exacerbate the decline that results from having highly leveraged exposure to declines in the underlying futures index. The decay effect would result from the fact that each sub-index of the underlying resets its leveraged exposure to the underlying futures index on a weekly basis, and would manifest any time the underlying futures index moves in one direction one week and another direction the next. The decay effect would result because resetting leverage after an increase but in advance of a decline would cause the underlying to have increased exposure to that decline, and resetting leverage following a decline but in advance of an increase would cause the underlying to have decreased exposure to |
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that increase. The more this fact pattern repeats, the lower the performance of the underlying would be relative to the performance of the underlying futures index.
§ | The underlying futures index is expected to underperform the Nasdaq-100 Index® because of an implicit financing cost. The underlying futures index is a futures-based index. As a futures-based index, it is expected to reflect not only the performance of its reference index (the Nasdaq-100 Index®), but also the implicit cost of a financed position in that reference index. The cost of this financed position will adversely affect the value of the underlying futures index. Any increase in market interest rates will be expected to further increase this implicit financing cost and will increase the negative effect on the performance of the underlying futures index. Because of this implicit financing cost, the underlying futures index is expected to underperform the total return performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index®. Any leverage applied to the underlying futures index will also be applied to the implicit financing cost. |
§ | The underlying may realize significant losses because it may reflect leveraged exposure to the implicit financing cost. If the underlying has leveraged exposure to the underlying futures index, the implicit financing cost will be amplified by the leverage. Even during a time when the Nasdaq-100 Index® does not decline, the underlying may realize significant losses if it has leveraged exposure to the underlying futures index because of a leveraged exposure to the implicit financing cost. |
§ | The closing value of the underlying futures index is based on the fixing price of its reference futures contract, rather than the settlement price. The value of the underlying is determined by the closing value of the underlying futures index, which is based on the fixing price of its reference futures contract rather than the settlement price of such contract. Although the fixing price of the reference futures contract is expected to be similar to the settlement price of such contract, they may vary. Therefore, the value of the underlying may be different, and may be less than, the value of the underlying if the closing price were determined by reference to the settlement price of the reference futures contract. |
§ | The performance of the underlying will be reduced by a decrement of 6% per annum. The underlying is a decrement index, which means that the value of each sub-index of the underlying will be reduced at a rate of 6% per annum. The decrement will be a significant drag on the performance of the underlying, potentially offsetting positive returns that would otherwise result from the underlying methodology, exacerbating negative returns of the underlying methodology and causing the level of the underlying to decline steadily if the return of the underlying methodology would otherwise be relatively flat. The underlying will not appreciate unless the return of the underlying methodology is sufficient to offset the negative effects of the decrement, and then only to the extent that the return of the underlying methodology is greater than the decrement. As a result of the decrement, the level of the underlying may decline even if the return of the underlying methodology would otherwise have been positive. |
§ | The underlying may not fully participate in any appreciation of the underlying futures index. At any time when the implied volatility of the Nasdaq-100 Index® is greater than the volatility target, the underlying will have less than 100% exposure to the underlying futures index and therefore will not fully participate in any appreciation of the underlying futures index. For example, if the underlying has 50% exposure to the underlying futures index at a time when the underlying futures index appreciates by 5%, the underlying would appreciate by only 2.5% (before giving effect to the decrement). The decrement is deducted daily at a rate of 6% per annum even when the underlying has less than 100% exposure to the underlying futures index. |
§ | The underlying may perform less favorably than it would if its volatility targeting mechanism were based on an alternative volatility measure, such as actual realized volatility, rather than implied volatility. The underlying attempts to achieve its volatility target by adjusting its exposure to the underlying futures index based on the implied volatility of the Nasdaq-100 Index®. Implied volatility represents market expectations of future volatility as derived from the price of exchange-traded options on the Nasdaq-100 Index®. Market expectations of future volatility may not accurately forecast future volatility. Accordingly, relying on implied volatility may cause the underlying to be less successful in maintaining its volatility target than it would have been if it had relied instead on an alternative measure of volatility, such as actual realized volatility. As a result, the underlying may have lower participation in underlying futures index increases, and greater participation in underlying futures index declines, resulting in less favorable overall underlying performance, than it would have had if another measure of volatility had been used. |
§ | The underlying may significantly underperform the Nasdaq-100 Index®. It is important to understand that the underlying provides exposure to the Nasdaq-100 Index® that: (1) may be leveraged up to 500%, or alternatively may reflect less than 100% participation; (2) is reduced by an implicit financing cost; (3) may be subject to a decay effect; and (4) is reduced by a decrement of 6% per annum. As a result of these features, the underlying may significantly underperform the Nasdaq-100 Index®. The underlying is likely to significantly underperform the Nasdaq-100 Index® if it is not consistently successful in increasing exposure to the underlying futures index in advance of increases in the underlying futures index and reducing exposure to the underlying futures index in advance of declines in the underlying futures index. The underlying may significantly underperform the Nasdaq-100 even if it is consistently successful in these respects because of the implicit financing cost and the decrement, or because the reduced exposure the underlying has to the underlying futures index at a time of a decline may nevertheless reflect significantly greater than 100% participation in the decline of the underlying futures index. |
§ | The underlying has limited actual performance information. The underlying launched on April 28, 2025. Accordingly, the underlying has limited actual performance data. Because the underlying is of recent origin with limited performance history, an investment linked to the underlying may involve a greater risk than an investment linked to one or more indices with an established record of performance. A longer history of actual performance may have provided more reliable information on which to assess the validity of the underlying’s methodology. However, any historical performance of the underlying is not an indication of how the underlying will perform in the future. |
§ | Hypothetical back-tested underlying performance information is subject to significant limitations. All information regarding the performance of the underlying prior to April 28, 2025 is hypothetical and back-tested, as the underlying did not exist prior to that time. It is |
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important to understand that hypothetical back-tested underlying performance information is subject to significant limitations, in addition to the fact that past performance is never a guarantee of future performance. In particular:
o | Citigroup Global Markets Limited developed the rules of the underlying with the benefit of hindsight—that is, with the benefit of being able to evaluate how the underlying rules would have caused the underlying to perform had it existed during the hypothetical back-tested period. The fact that the underlying generally appreciated over any portion of the hypothetical back-tested period may not therefore be an accurate or reliable indication of any fundamental aspect of the underlying methodology. |
o | The hypothetical back-tested performance of the underlying might look different if it covered a different historical period. The market conditions that existed during the historical period covered by the hypothetical back-tested underlying performance information are not necessarily representative of the market conditions that will exist in the future. |
o | NDXP options were not published for each weekday prior to August 8, 2022, and NDXP options were not published at all prior to February 2, 2018. As a result, the calculation of the hypothetical back-tested values of the underlying prior to August 8, 2022 differs from the calculation of the underlying today. The hypothetical back-tested performance of the underlying prior to August 8, 2022 may therefore differ from how the underlying would have performed if NDXP options had been available with expirations on every weekday, as they are now. |
It is impossible to predict whether the underlying will rise or fall. The actual future performance of the underlying may bear no relation to the historical or hypothetical back-tested levels of the underlying.
§ | The index administrator and index calculation agent of the underlying, which is our affiliate, may exercise judgments under certain circumstances in the calculation of the underlying. Although the underlying is rules-based, there are certain circumstances under which the index administrator or index calculation agent may be required to exercise judgment in calculating the underlying. In exercising these judgments, the index administrator’s status as our affiliate may cause its interests to be adverse to yours. The index administrator and index calculation agent are not your fiduciaries and are not obligated to take your interests into account in calculating the underlying. Any actions taken by the index administrator or index calculation agent in calculating the level of the underlying could adversely affect the performance of the underlying. |
Citigroup Global Markets Limited may be required to make similar types of judgments in its capacity as index administrator and calculation agent for the underlying futures index.
§ | Changes that affect the Nasdaq-100 Index®, futures contracts on the Nasdaq-100 Index®, the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices or NDXP options may adversely affect the performance of the underlying. The sponsor of the Nasdaq-100 Index® or the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices may at any time make methodological changes or other changes in the manner in which one or more of those indices is calculated that could affect the value of the Nasdaq-100 Index® or the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices, as the case may be. The CME, on which the futures contracts tracked by the underlying futures index trade, and the Nasdaq options exchanges, on which the NDXP options used to calculate the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices trade, may at any time change the terms of those contracts or options or make other changes that could affect their value. We are not affiliated with Nasdaq or Cboe and, accordingly, we have no control over any such changes they may make. Such changes could adversely affect the performance of the underlying and the value of and your return on securities linked to the underlying. |
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Additional Terms of the Securities
Market disruption events. For purposes of determining whether a market disruption event occurs with respect to the underlying, each reference to the “Underlying Index” in the section “Description of the Securities—Certain Additional Terms for Securities Linked to an Underlying Index—Definitions of Market Disruption Event and Scheduled Trading Day and Related Definitions” in the accompanying product supplement shall be deemed replaced with a reference to the “Underlying Index, the Citi Equity US Tech Large Cap QX Market Tracker Series 4 Index or the Nasdaq-100 Index®”. References in the section “Description of the Securities—Certain Additional Terms for Securities Linked to an Underlying Index—Definitions of Market Disruption Event and Scheduled Trading Day and Related Definitions” in the accompanying product supplement to the securities comprising an Underlying Index shall be deemed to include futures contracts comprising an Underlying Index.
Material modification of the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices. If the sponsor of the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices announces that it will make, or that it will undertake a consultation with respect to, a material change in the formula for or the method of calculating the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices or any other material modification of the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices (other than a modification prescribed in that formula or method to maintain the indices in the event of changes in an index component and other routine events) (any such announcement, a “material modification event”), then we will have the right, but not the obligation, to redeem the securities, in whole and not in part, by providing written notice of our election to exercise that right to the trustee (the date of such notice, the “early redemption notice date”) on a redemption date of our election that is no later than the 30th business day immediately following the early redemption notice date or earlier than the fifth business day following the early redemption notice date. A material modification event need not be continuing on the early redemption notice date or on the redemption date. The amount due and payable on the securities upon such redemption will be equal to the early redemption amount determined as of the early redemption notice date. Any modification to the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices will be treated as a material modification unless made under the following circumstances: (i) to exercise routine judgment in the administration of the rules, provided that such routine judgment will not include deviations or alterations to the rules designed to improve the financial performance of the underlying or any other index; (ii) to correct errors in implementation of the rules or calculations made pursuant to the rules; or (iii) to make an adjustment to respond to an unanticipated event outside of the control of the sponsor of the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices, such as a disruption in the financial markets for specific assets or in a particular jurisdiction, regulatory compliance requirement, force majeure or any other unanticipated event of similar magnitude and significance.
The “early redemption amount” will be the fair value of the securities determined by the calculation agent as of the early redemption notice date in good faith and in a manner based upon (but not necessarily identical to) CGMI’s then contemporaneous practices for determining a secondary market bid price for the securities and similar instruments. In determining the early redemption amount, the calculation agent may take into account proprietary pricing models and may make adjustments to those models or inputs to those models in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. The calculation agent may also take into account other facts, whether or not unique to us or our affiliates, in determining the early redemption amount so long as it is in good faith and commercially reasonable. The early redemption amount may result in a significant loss on your securities. See “Summary Risk Factors—If a material modification event occurs during the term of the securities, we may redeem the securities early for an amount that may result in a significant loss on your investment” in this pricing supplement.
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Hypothetical Back-Tested and Historical Performance Information About the Underlying
Hypothetical Back-tested and Historical Performance Information
This section contains hypothetical back-tested performance information for the underlying calculated by Citigroup Global Markets Limited. All underlying performance information prior to April 28, 2025 is hypothetical and back-tested, as the underlying did not exist prior to that date. Hypothetical back-tested performance information is subject to significant limitations. The sponsor of the underlying developed the rules of the underlying with the benefit of hindsight—that is, with the benefit of being able to evaluate how the rules would have caused the underlying to perform had it existed during the hypothetical back-tested period. The fact that the underlying appreciated at any time during the hypothetical back-tested period may not therefore be an accurate or reliable indication of any fundamental aspect of the index methodology. Furthermore, the hypothetical back-tested performance of the underlying might look different if it covered a different historical period. The market conditions that existed during the hypothetical back-tested period may not be representative of market conditions that will exist in the future.
The hypothetical back-tested performance information has been calculated by Citigroup Global Markets Limited, in its capacity as index administrator, by applying the methodology substantially as described in the accompanying index supplement to the actual and hypothetical back-tested values of the underlying futures index and utilizing the actual and hypothetical back-tested values of the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices during the back-tested period. The underlying futures index was first published on January 24, 2025, and the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices were first published on March 24, 2025. All values of the underlying futures index and the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices prior to the dates of their initial publication and utilized in the calculation of the hypothetical back-tested performance of the underlying are themselves hypothetical and back-tested.
Citigroup Global Markets Limited, as index administrator of the underlying futures index, calculated the hypothetical back-tested values of the underlying futures index by applying the methodology substantially as described in the accompanying index supplement to the actual published prices of the futures contracts tracked by the underlying futures index during the period prior to its initial publication.
Cboe, as publisher of the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices, calculated the hypothetical back-tested values of the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices by applying the methodology substantially as described in the accompanying index supplement to the actual published prices of NDXP options during the back-tested period, except that:
· | NDXP options have been available for any weekday only since February 2, 2018. Prior to that time, hypothetical back-tested values of the Cboe Implied Volatility Indices have been calculated by treating AM-settled NDX option contracts as PM-settled. |
· | NDXP options have traded on every weekday only since August 8, 2022. Prior to that time, the implied volatility for the one-week period ending on a weekday for which no NDXP option was then traded was calculated by interpolating between the NDXP options expiring immediately before and immediately after that weekday. |
For these reasons, the hypothetical back-tested performance of the underlying prior to August 8, 2022 may differ from how the underlying would have performed if NDXP options had been available with expirations on every weekday, as they are now.
It is impossible to predict whether the underlying will rise or fall. By providing hypothetical back-tested and historical performance information in connection with the securities, we are not representing that the underlying is likely to achieve gains or losses similar to those shown. In fact, there are frequently sharp differences between hypothetical performance results and the actual results subsequently achieved by any particular investment. One of the limitations of hypothetical performance information is that it did not involve financial risk and cannot account for all factors that would affect actual performance. The actual future performance of the underlying may bear no relation to the hypothetical or historical back-tested performance of the underlying.
Historical Information
The closing value of the underlying on June 6, 2025 was 1,327.08. The graph below shows the hypothetical back-tested closing values of the underlying for the period from January 2, 2015 to April 25, 2025, and historical closing values of the underlying for the period April 28, 2025 to June 6, 2025. All data to the left of the vertical red line in the graph below are hypothetical and back-tested. We obtained the closing values from Bloomberg L.P., without independent verification. You should not take the hypothetical back-tested and historical values of the underlying as an indication of future performance.
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Nasdaq-100 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement™ Index ER – Hypothetical Back-Tested and Historical Closing Values January 2, 2015 to June 6, 2025 |
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Comparison of Hypothetical Back-Tested and Historical Nasdaq-100 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement™ Index ER Performance Against Historical Nasdaq-100 Index® Performance
The following graphs set forth a comparison of the hypothetical back-tested and historical performance of the underlying against the historical performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index®. The first graph shows comparative performance data for the period from January 2, 2015 through June 6, 2025, each normalized to have a closing value of 100.00 on January 2, 2015 to facilitate a comparison. The second graph shows comparative performance data for the period from January 3, 2022 through June 6, 2025, each normalized to have a closing value of 100.00 on January 3, 2022 to facilitate a comparison. The performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index® shown below is its price return performance – i.e., its performance without reflecting dividends. The total return performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index® (i.e., its performance reflecting dividends) would be greater than the price return performance shown below.
All underlying performance information prior to April 28, 2025 is hypothetical and back-tested, as the underlying did not exist prior to that date. Hypothetical back-tested performance information is subject to the significant limitations described above.
January 2, 2015 to June 6, 2025
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January 3, 2022 to June 6, 2025
PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE UNDERLYING AND RELATIVE PERFORMANCE BETWEEN THE UNDERLYING AND THE NASDAQ-100 INDEX® ARE NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE OR RELATIVE PERFORMANCE
Using the hypothetical back-tested and historical performance information from the graphs above, the table below shows the annualized (annually compounded) performance of the underlying as compared to the Nasdaq-100 Index® for the last year, the last three years and the last five years, each as of June 6, 2025.
Nasdaq-100 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement™ Index ER | Nasdaq-100 Index® | |
Last 1 Year | -5.95% | 14.41% |
Last 3 Years | 12.32% | 19.96% |
Last 5 Years | 11.36% | 17.22% |
Comparison of Historical Underlying Futures Index Performance Against Historical Nasdaq-100 Index® Performance
The following graph sets forth a comparison of the hypothetical back-tested and historical performance of the underlying futures index against the historical performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index® to illustrate the implicit financing cost reflected in the performance of the underlying futures index. The graph below shows comparative performance data for the period from January 2, 2015 through June 6, 2025, each normalized to have a closing value of 100.00 on January 2, 2015 to facilitate a comparison. The performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index® shown below is its price return performance – i.e., its performance without reflecting dividends. The total return performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index® (i.e., its performance reflecting dividends) would be greater than the price return performance shown below.
All underlying futures index performance information prior to January 24, 2025 is hypothetical and back-tested as the underlying futures index did not exist prior to that time. Hypothetical back-tested performance information is subject to the significant limitations described above.
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January 2, 2015 to June 6, 2025
PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE UNDERLYING FUTURES INDEX AND RELATIVE PERFORMANCE BETWEEN THE UNDERLYING FUTURES INDEX AND THE NASDAQ-100 INDEX® ARE NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE OR RELATIVE PERFORMANCE
Using the hypothetical back-tested and historical performance information from the graph above, the table below shows the annualized (annually compounded) performance of the underlying futures index as compared to the Nasdaq-100 Index® for the last year, the last three years and the last five years, each as of June 6, 2025.
Citi Equity US Tech Large Cap QX Market Tracker Series 4 Index | Nasdaq-100 Index® | |
Last 1 Year | 8.24% | 13.74% |
Last 3 Years | 14.11% | 19.06% |
Last 5 Years | 14.93% | 17.79% |
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United States Federal Tax Considerations
You should read carefully the discussion under “United States Federal Tax Considerations” and “Risk Factors Relating to the Securities” in the accompanying product supplement and “Summary Risk Factors” in this pricing supplement.
Due to the lack of any controlling legal authority, there is substantial uncertainty regarding the U.S. federal tax consequences of an investment in the securities. In connection with any information reporting requirements we may have in respect of the securities under applicable law, we intend (in the absence of an administrative determination or judicial ruling to the contrary) to treat the securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes as prepaid forward contracts with associated coupon payments that will be treated as gross income to you at the time received or accrued in accordance with your regular method of tax accounting. In the opinion of our counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, which is based on current market conditions, this treatment of the securities is reasonable under current law; however, our counsel has advised us that it is unable to conclude affirmatively that this treatment is more likely than not to be upheld, and that alternative treatments are possible.
Assuming this treatment of the securities is respected and subject to the discussion in “United States Federal Tax Considerations” in the accompanying product supplement, the following U.S. federal income tax consequences should result under current law:
· | Any coupon payments on the securities should be taxable as ordinary income to you at the time received or accrued in accordance with your regular method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
· | Upon a sale or exchange of a security (including retirement at maturity), you should recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount realized and your tax basis in the security. For this purpose, the amount realized does not include any coupon paid on retirement and may not include sale proceeds attributable to an accrued coupon, which may be treated as a coupon payment. Such gain or loss should be long-term capital gain or loss if you held the security for more than one year. |
We do not plan to request a ruling from the IRS regarding the treatment of the securities. An alternative characterization of the securities could materially and adversely affect the tax consequences of ownership and disposition of the securities, including the timing and character of income recognized. In addition, the U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS have requested comments on various issues regarding the U.S. federal income tax treatment of “prepaid forward contracts” and similar financial instruments and have indicated that such transactions may be the subject of future regulations or other guidance. Furthermore, members of Congress have proposed legislative changes to the tax treatment of derivative contracts. Any legislation, Treasury regulations or other guidance promulgated after consideration of these issues could materially and adversely affect the tax consequences of an investment in the securities, possibly with retroactive effect. You should consult your tax adviser regarding possible alternative tax treatments of the securities and potential changes in applicable law.
Withholding Tax on Non-U.S. Holders. Because significant aspects of the tax treatment of the securities are uncertain, persons having withholding responsibility in respect of the securities may withhold on any coupon payment paid to Non-U.S. Holders (as defined in the accompanying product supplement), generally at a rate of 30%. To the extent that we have (or an affiliate of ours has) withholding responsibility in respect of the securities, we intend to so withhold. In order to claim an exemption from, or a reduction in, the 30% withholding, you may need to comply with certification requirements to establish that you are not a U.S. person and are eligible for such an exemption or reduction under an applicable tax treaty. You should consult your tax adviser regarding the tax treatment of the securities, including the possibility of obtaining a refund of any amounts withheld and the certification requirement described above.
As discussed under “United States Federal Tax Considerations—Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders” in the accompanying product supplement, Section 871(m) of the Code and Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder (“Section 871(m)”) generally impose a 30% withholding tax on dividend equivalents paid or deemed paid to Non-U.S. Holders with respect to certain financial instruments linked to U.S. equities (“U.S. Underlying Equities”) or indices that include U.S. Underlying Equities. Section 871(m) generally applies to instruments that substantially replicate the economic performance of one or more U.S. Underlying Equities, as determined based on tests set forth in the applicable Treasury regulations. However, the regulations, as modified by an IRS notice, exempt financial instruments issued prior to January 1, 2027 that do not have a “delta” of one. Based on the terms of the securities and representations provided by us, our counsel is of the opinion that the securities should not be treated as transactions that have a “delta” of one within the meaning of the regulations with respect to any U.S. Underlying Equity and, therefore, should not be subject to withholding tax under Section 871(m).
A determination that the securities are not subject to Section 871(m) is not binding on the IRS, and the IRS may disagree with this treatment. Moreover, Section 871(m) is complex and its application may depend on your particular circumstances, including your other transactions. You should consult your tax adviser regarding the potential application of Section 871(m) to the securities.
We will not be required to pay any additional amounts with respect to amounts withheld.
You should read the section entitled “United States Federal Tax Considerations” in the accompanying product supplement. The preceding discussion, when read in combination with that section, constitutes the full opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP regarding the material U.S. federal tax consequences of owning and disposing of the securities.
You should also consult your tax adviser regarding all aspects of the U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences of an investment in the securities and any tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or non-U.S. taxing jurisdiction.
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Supplemental Plan of Distribution
CGMI, an affiliate of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. and the underwriter of the sale of the securities, is acting as principal and will receive an underwriting fee of $20.00 for each security sold in this offering. From this underwriting fee, CGMI will pay selected dealers not affiliated with CGMI a fixed selling concession of $20.00 for each security they sell. For the avoidance of doubt, any fees or selling concessions described in this pricing supplement will not be rebated if the securities are automatically redeemed prior to maturity.
See “Plan of Distribution; Conflicts of Interest” in the accompanying product supplement and “Plan of Distribution” in each of the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus for additional information.
Valuation of the Securities
CGMI calculated the estimated value of the securities set forth on the cover page of this pricing supplement based on proprietary pricing models. CGMI’s proprietary pricing models generated an estimated value for the securities by estimating the value of a hypothetical package of financial instruments that would replicate the payout on the securities, which consists of a fixed-income bond (the “bond component”) and one or more derivative instruments underlying the economic terms of the securities (the “derivative component”). CGMI calculated the estimated value of the bond component using a discount rate based on our internal funding rate. CGMI calculated the estimated value of the derivative component based on a proprietary derivative-pricing model, which generated a theoretical price for the instruments that constitute the derivative component based on various inputs, including the factors described under “Summary Risk Factors—The value of the securities prior to maturity will fluctuate based on many unpredictable factors” in this pricing supplement, but not including our or Citigroup Inc.’s creditworthiness. These inputs may be market-observable or may be based on assumptions made by CGMI in its discretionary judgment.
For a period of approximately twelve months following issuance of the securities, the price, if any, at which CGMI would be willing to buy the securities from investors, and the value that will be indicated for the securities on any brokerage account statements prepared by CGMI or its affiliates (which value CGMI may also publish through one or more financial information vendors), will reflect a temporary upward adjustment from the price or value that would otherwise be determined. This temporary upward adjustment represents a portion of the hedging profit expected to be realized by CGMI or its affiliates over the term of the securities. The amount of this temporary upward adjustment will decline to zero on a straight-line basis over the twelve-month temporary adjustment period. However, CGMI is not obligated to buy the securities from investors at any time. See “Summary Risk Factors—The securities will not be listed on any securities exchange and you may not be able to sell them prior to maturity.”
Validity of the Securities
In the opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, as special products counsel to Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc., when the securities offered by this pricing supplement have been executed and issued by Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. and authenticated by the trustee pursuant to the indenture, and delivered against payment therefor, such securities and the related guarantee of Citigroup Inc. will be valid and binding obligations of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. and Citigroup Inc., respectively, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability (including, without limitation, concepts of good faith, fair dealing and the lack of bad faith), provided that such counsel expresses no opinion as to the effect of fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or similar provision of applicable law on the conclusions expressed above. This opinion is given as of the date of this pricing supplement and is limited to the laws of the State of New York, except that such counsel expresses no opinion as to the application of state securities or Blue Sky laws to the securities.
In giving this opinion, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has assumed the legal conclusions expressed in the opinions set forth below of Alexia Breuvart, Secretary and General Counsel of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc., and Karen Wang, Senior Vice President – Corporate Securities Issuance Legal of Citigroup Inc. In addition, this opinion is subject to the assumptions set forth in the letter of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP dated February 14, 2024, which has been filed as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Citigroup Inc. on February 14, 2024, that the indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of, the trustee and that none of the terms of the securities nor the issuance and delivery of the securities and the related guarantee, nor the compliance by Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. and Citigroup Inc. with the terms of the securities and the related guarantee respectively, will result in a violation of any provision of any instrument or agreement then binding upon Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. or Citigroup Inc., as applicable, or any restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. or Citigroup Inc., as applicable.
In the opinion of Alexia Breuvart, Secretary and General Counsel of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc., (i) the terms of the securities offered by this pricing supplement have been duly established under the indenture and the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. has duly authorized the issuance and sale of such securities and such authorization has not been modified or rescinded; (ii) Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York; (iii) the indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.; and (iv) the execution and delivery of such indenture and of the securities offered by this pricing supplement by Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc., and the performance by Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. of its obligations thereunder, are within its corporate powers and do not contravene its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other constitutive documents. This opinion is given as of the date of this pricing supplement and is limited to the laws of the State of New York.
Alexia Breuvart, or other internal attorneys with whom she has consulted, has examined and is familiar with originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to her satisfaction, of such corporate records of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc., certificates or documents as she has deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions expressed above. In such examination, she or such persons has assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures (other than those of officers of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.), the authenticity of all
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documents submitted to her or such persons as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to her or such persons as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.
In the opinion of Karen Wang, Senior Vice President – Corporate Securities Issuance Legal of Citigroup Inc., (i) the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) of Citigroup Inc. has duly authorized the guarantee of such securities by Citigroup Inc. and such authorization has not been modified or rescinded; (ii) Citigroup Inc. is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; (iii) the indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Citigroup Inc.; and (iv) the execution and delivery of such indenture, and the performance by Citigroup Inc. of its obligations thereunder, are within its corporate powers and do not contravene its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other constitutive documents. This opinion is given as of the date of this pricing supplement and is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Karen Wang, or other internal attorneys with whom she has consulted, has examined and is familiar with originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to her satisfaction, of such corporate records of Citigroup Inc., certificates or documents as she has deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions expressed above. In such examination, she or such persons has assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures (other than those of officers of Citigroup Inc.), the authenticity of all documents submitted to her or such persons as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to her or such persons as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.
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