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Interest Rate and Credit Default Swap Litigation
Beginning in 2015, Citigroup, Citibank, CGMI, CGML and numerous other parties were named as defendants in a number of
industry-wide putative class actions related to interest rate swap (IRS) trading. These actions have been consolidated in the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under the caption IN RE INTEREST RATE SWAPS
ANTITRUST LITIGATION. The actions allege that defendants colluded to prevent the development of exchange-like trading
for IRS and assert federal and state antitrust claims and claims for unjust enrichment. Also consolidated under the same caption
are individual actions filed by swap execution facilities, asserting federal and state antitrust claims, as well as claims for unjust
enrichment and tortious interference with business relations. Plaintiffs in these actions seek treble damages, fees, costs, and
injunctive relief. Lead plaintiffs in the class action moved for class certification in 2019 and subsequently filed an amended
complaint. On December 15, 2023, the court denied plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. On July 11, 2024, the district
court granted preliminary approval of the parties’ settlement of the class action. On October 10, 2024, the district court issued
an order granting the motion to approve preliminarily the plans of allocation and preliminarily providing for notice to the
settlement class. Additional information concerning these actions is publicly available in court filings under the docket
numbers 18-CV-5361 (S.D.N.Y.) (Oetken, J.) and 16-MD-2704 (S.D.N.Y.) (Oetken, J.) and 24-81 (2d Cir.).
Madoff-Related Litigation
In 2008, a Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) trustee was appointed for the SIPA liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff
Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Beginning
in 2010, the SIPA trustee commenced actions against multiple Citi entities, including Citibank, Citicorp North America, Inc.,
and CGML, captioned PICARD v. CITIBANK, N.A., ET AL., seeking recovery of monies that originated at BLMIS and were
allegedly received by the Citi entities as subsequent transferees.
In February 2022, the SIPA trustee filed an amended complaint against Citibank, Citicorp North America, Inc., and CGML.
In April 2022, these Citi entities moved to dismiss the amended complaint, which the bankruptcy court denied. In November
2022, the remaining Citi entities moved to file an interlocutory appeal of the bankruptcy court’s decision, which the district
court denied on March 14, 2024, and answered the amended complaint. Additional information concerning these actions is
publicly available in court filings under the docket numbers 10-5345 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.) (Beckerman, J.) and 22-9597
(S.D.N.Y.) (Gardephe, J.).
Beginning in 2010, the British Virgin Islands liquidators of Fairfield Sentry Limited, whose assets were invested with BLMIS,
commenced multiple actions against CGML, Citibank (Switzerland) AG, Citibank, NA London, Citivic Nominees Ltd.,
Cititrust Bahamas Ltd., and Citibank Korea Inc., captioned FAIRFIELD SENTRY LTD., ET AL. v. CITIGROUP GLOBAL
MARKETS LTD., ET AL.; FAIRFIELD SENTRY LTD., ET AL. v. CITIBANK (SWITZERLAND) AG, ET AL.;
FAIRFIELD SENTRY LTD., ET AL. v. ZURICH CAPITAL MARKETS COMPANY, ET AL.; FAIRFIELD SENTRY
LTD., ET AL. v. CITIBANK NA LONDON, ET AL.; FAIRFIELD SENTRY LTD., ET AL. v. CITIVIC NOMINEES LTD.,
ET AL.; FAIRFIELD SENTRY LTD., ET AL. v. DON CHIMANGO SA, ET AL.; and FAIRFIELD SENTRY LTD., ET AL.
v. CITIBANK KOREA INC. ET AL., in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The
actions seek recovery of monies that were allegedly received directly or indirectly from Fairfield Sentry.
In August 2022, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York affirmed various decisions of the
bankruptcy court, which dismissed claims against CGML, Citibank (Switzerland) AG, Citibank, NA London, Citivic
Nominees Ltd., Cititrust Bahamas Ltd., and Citibank Korea Inc., and permitted a single claim against Citibank, NA London,
CGML, Citivic Nominees Ltd., and Citibank (Switzerland) AG to proceed. In September 2022, the liquidators appealed the
district court’s decision dismissing the liquidators’ claims. In September 2022, CGML, Citibank (Switzerland) AG, Citibank,
NA London, and Citivic Nominees Ltd. moved for leave to appeal the district court’s decision permitting the single claim to
proceed against them. In July 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted CGML, Citibank
(Switzerland) AG, Citivic Nominees Ltd., and Citibank, NA London leave to appeal the district court’s decision permitting a
single claim to proceed against them and ordered those appeals to be heard in tandem with the liquidators’ pending
consolidated direct appeal.
In May 2023, the liquidators voluntarily dismissed the single pending claim against Citibank (Switzerland) AG and Citivic
Nominees Ltd. without prejudice, but the action continued against other defendants. On January 9, 2025, the liquidators
voluntarily dismissed the entire action with prejudice, thereby permanently disposing of the single pending claim the
liquidators previously voluntarily dismissed without prejudice. The claims previously dismissed by the bankruptcy court
against Citibank (Switzerland) AG and Citivic Nominees Ltd. remain subject to the pending consolidated direct appeal in the
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and are unaffected by the liquidators’ voluntary dismissals. Additional
information is publicly available in court filings under the docket numbers 10-13164, 10-3496, 10-3622, 10-3634, 10-4100,
10-3640, 11-2770, 12-1142, 12-1298 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.) (Mastando, J.); 19-3911, 19-4267, 19-4396, 19-4484, 19-5106, 19-
5135, 19-5109, 21-2997, 21-3243, 21-3526, 21-3529, 21-3530, 21-3998, 21-4307, 21-4498, 21-4496 (S.D.N.Y.) (Broderick,
J.); and 22-2101 (consolidated lead appeal), 22-2557, 22-2122, 23-697, 22-2562, 22-2216, 22-2545, 22-2308, 22-2591, 22-