Cleary Gottlieb represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets, in a registered offering by Citigroup Inc. (Citi) of £750 million of 2.75% fixed-rate notes due 2024 and an EMTN green bond offering of €1 billion of fixed-rate notes due 2022.
The transactions closed on January 24, 2019, and January 29, 2019, respectively, and the securities were offered for sale in the United States, Europe, Asia, and elsewhere. This was Citi’s first green bond offering.
Citi, a global diversified financial services holding company, provides a broad range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions. It has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions.