Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. |
June
25, 2025
Medium-Term
Senior Notes, Series N
Pricing
Supplement No. 2025-USNCH27220
Filed
Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)
Registration
Statement Nos. 333-270327 and 333-270327-01 |
Autocallable Securities Linked to the S&P 500 Futures
35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER Due July 6, 2035
| ▪ | The securities offered by this pricing supplement are unsecured
debt securities issued by Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. and guaranteed by Citigroup Inc. Unlike conventional debt securities,
the securities do not pay interest, do not guarantee the repayment of principal at maturity and are subject to potential automatic early
redemption on a periodic basis on the terms described below. Your return on the securities will depend on the performance of the underlying
specified below. |
| ▪ | The securities offer the potential for automatic early redemption
at a premium following the first valuation date (other than the final valuation date) on which the closing value of the underlying is
greater than or equal to the initial underlying value. If the securities are not automatically redeemed prior to maturity, the securities
will provide for repayment of the stated principal amount plus a premium at maturity if the final underlying value is greater
than or equal to the final barrier value. However, if the securities are not automatically redeemed prior to maturity and 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 final underlying value is less than the initial underlying value. 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 S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index. The S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index tracks
futures contracts on the S&P 500® Index and is likely to underperform the S&P 500® 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. You should carefully review the section “Summary Risk Factors—Risks relating to the S&P 500 Futures
35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER” 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. |
KEY TERMS |
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 S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER |
Stated principal amount: |
$1,000 per security |
Pricing date: |
June 25, 2025 |
Issue date: |
June 30, 2025 |
Valuation dates: |
July 1, 2026, September 30, 2026, December 30, 2026, March 30, 2027, June 30, 2027, September 30, 2027, December 30, 2027, March 30, 2028, June 30, 2028, October 2, 2028, January 2, 2029, April 2, 2029, July 2, 2029, October 1, 2029, December 31, 2029, April 1, 2030, July 1, 2030, September 30, 2030, December 30, 2030, March 31, 2031, June 30, 2031, September 30, 2031, December 30, 2031, March 30, 2032, June 30, 2032, September 30, 2032, December 30, 2032, March 30, 2033, June 30, 2033, September 30, 2033, December 30, 2033, March 30, 2034, June 30, 2034, October 2, 2034, January 2, 2035, March 30, 2035 and July 2, 2035 (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, July 6, 2035 |
Automatic early redemption: |
If, on any valuation date prior to the final valuation date, the closing value of the underlying is greater than or equal to the initial underlying value, the securities will be automatically redeemed on the third business day immediately following that valuation date for an amount in cash per security equal to $1,000 plus the premium applicable to that valuation date. If the securities are automatically redeemed following any valuation date prior to the final valuation date, they will cease to be outstanding and you will not receive the premium applicable to any later valuation 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:
§
If the final underlying value is greater
than or equal to the final barrier value:
$1,000 + the premium applicable to the final
valuation date
§
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. |
Initial underlying value: |
428.6448, the closing value of the underlying on the pricing date |
Final underlying value: |
The closing value of the underlying on the final valuation date |
Final barrier value: |
257.187, 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 |
$50.00 |
$950.00 |
Total: |
$50,000.00 |
$2,500.00 |
$47,500.00 |
(Key Terms continued on next page)
(1) On the date of this pricing supplement, the estimated value of the
securities is $867.60 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-7.
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, underlying 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, underlying supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus, which can be accessed via the hyperlinks
below:
Product Supplement No. EA-02-10 dated March 7, 2023 |
Underlying Supplement No. 11 dated March 7, 2023 |
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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KEY TERMS (continued) |
Premium: |
The premium applicable to each valuation date is the percentage of the
stated principal amount indicated below. The premium may be significantly less than the appreciation of the underlying from the pricing
date to the applicable valuation date. |
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• July 1, 2026: |
19.60% of the stated principal amount |
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• September 30, 2026: |
24.50% of the stated principal amount |
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• December 30, 2026: |
29.40% of the stated principal amount |
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• March 30, 2027: |
34.30% of the stated principal amount |
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• June 30, 2027: |
39.20% of the stated principal amount |
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• September 30, 2027: |
44.10% of the stated principal amount |
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• December 30, 2027: |
49.00% of the stated principal amount |
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• March 30, 2028: |
53.90% of the stated principal amount |
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• June 30, 2028: |
58.80% of the stated principal amount |
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• October 2, 2028: |
63.70% of the stated principal amount |
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• January 2, 2029: |
68.60% of the stated principal amount |
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• April 2, 2029: |
73.50% of the stated principal amount |
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• July 2, 2029: |
78.40% of the stated principal amount |
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• October 1, 2029: |
83.30% of the stated principal amount |
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• December 31, 2029: |
88.20% of the stated principal amount |
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• April 1, 2030: |
93.10% of the stated principal amount |
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• July 1, 2030: |
98.00% of the stated principal amount |
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• September 30, 2030: |
102.90% of the stated principal amount |
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• December 30, 2030: |
107.80% of the stated principal amount |
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• March 31, 2031: |
112.70% of the stated principal amount |
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• June 30, 2031: |
117.60% of the stated principal amount |
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• September 30, 2031: |
122.50% of the stated principal amount |
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• December 30, 2031: |
127.40% of the stated principal amount |
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• March 30, 2032: |
132.30% of the stated principal amount |
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• June 30, 2032: |
137.20% of the stated principal amount |
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• September 30, 2032: |
142.10% of the stated principal amount |
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• December 30, 2032: |
147.00% of the stated principal amount |
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• March 30, 2033: |
151.90% of the stated principal amount |
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• June 30, 2033: |
156.80% of the stated principal amount |
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• September 30, 2033: |
161.70% of the stated principal amount |
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• December 30, 2033: |
166.60% of the stated principal amount |
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• March 30, 2034: |
171.50% of the stated principal amount |
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• June 30, 2034: |
176.40% of the stated principal amount |
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• October 2, 2034: |
181.30% of the stated principal amount |
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• January 2, 2035: |
186.20% of the stated principal amount |
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• March 30, 2035: |
191.10% of the stated principal amount |
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• July 2, 2035: |
196.00% of the stated principal amount |
Underlying return: |
(i) The final underlying value minus the initial underlying value, divided by (ii) the initial underlying value |
CUSIP / ISIN: |
17333KBG1 / US17333KBG13 |
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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 underlying supplement contains important disclosures regarding the S&P 500® Index,
on which the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER is ultimately based. It is important that you read the
accompanying product supplement, underlying 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.
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Hypothetical Payment Upon Automatic Early Redemption
The following table illustrates how the amount payable per security
upon automatic early redemption will be calculated if the closing value of the underlying on any valuation date prior to the final valuation
date is greater than or equal to the initial underlying value.
If the first valuation date on which the closing value of the underlying is greater than or equal to the initial underlying value is... |
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...then you will receive the following payment per security upon automatic early redemption: |
July 1, 2026 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $196.00 = $1,196.00 |
September 30, 2026 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $245.00 = $1,245.00 |
December 30, 2026 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $294.00 = $1,294.00 |
March 30, 2027 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $343.00 = $1,343.00 |
June 30, 2027 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $392.00 = $1,392.00 |
September 30, 2027 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $441.00 = $1,441.00 |
December 30, 2027 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $490.00 = $1,490.00 |
March 30, 2028 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $539.00 = $1,539.00 |
June 30, 2028 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $588.00 = $1,588.00 |
October 2, 2028 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $637.00 = $1,637.00 |
January 2, 2029 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $686.00 = $1,686.00 |
April 2, 2029 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $735.00 = $1,735.00 |
July 2, 2029 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $784.00 = $1,784.00 |
October 1, 2029 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $833.00 = $1,833.00 |
December 31, 2029 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $882.00 = $1,882.00 |
April 1, 2030 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $931.00 = $1,931.00 |
July 1, 2030 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $980.00 = $1,980.00 |
September 30, 2030 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,029.00 = $2,029.00 |
December 30, 2030 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,078.00 = $2,078.00 |
March 31, 2031 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,127.00 = $2,127.00 |
June 30, 2031 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,176.00 = $2,176.00 |
September 30, 2031 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,225.00 = $2,225.00 |
December 30, 2031 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,274.00 = $2,274.00 |
March 30, 2032 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,323.00 = $2,323.00 |
June 30, 2032 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,372.00 = $2,372.00 |
September 30, 2032 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,421.00 = $2,421.00 |
December 30, 2032 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,470.00 = $2,470.00 |
March 30, 2033 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,519.00 = $2,519.00 |
June 30, 2033 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,568.00 = $2,568.00 |
September 30, 2033 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,617.00 = $2,617.00 |
December 30, 2033 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,666.00 = $2,666.00 |
March 30, 2034 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,715.00 = $2,715.00 |
June 30, 2034 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,764.00 = $2,764.00 |
October 2, 2034 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,813.00 = $2,813.00 |
January 2, 2035 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,862.00 = $2,862.00 |
March 30, 2035 |
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$1,000.00 + applicable premium = $1,000.00 + $1,911.00 = $2,911.00 |
If, on any valuation date prior to the final valuation date, the
closing value of the underlying is less than the initial underlying value, you will not receive the premium indicated above following
that valuation date. In order to receive the premium indicated above, the closing value of the underlying on the applicable valuation
date must be greater than or equal to the initial underlying value.
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Payment at Maturity Diagram
The diagram below illustrates your payment at maturity of the securities,
assuming the securities have not previously been automatically redeemed, for a range of hypothetical underlying returns.
Investors in the securities will not receive any dividends with respect
to the underlying. The diagram and examples below do not show any effect of lost dividend yield over the term of the securities. See
“Summary Risk Factors—You will not receive dividends or have any other rights with respect to the underlying” below.
Payment at Maturity Diagram |
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n The Securities |
n The Underlying |
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Hypothetical Examples of the Payment at Maturity
The examples below are intended to illustrate how, if the securities
are not automatically redeemed prior to maturity, your payment at maturity will depend on the final underlying value. Your actual payment
at maturity per security, if the securities are not automatically redeemed prior to maturity, will depend on the actual final underlying
value. 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 or final barrier value. For the actual initial underlying 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 payment at maturity on the
securities will be calculated based on the actual initial underlying 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 final barrier value: |
60.00 (60.00% of the hypothetical initial underlying value) |
Example 1—Upside Scenario. The final underlying value is
80.00, resulting in a -20.00% underlying return. In this example, the final underlying value is less than the initial underlying
value but greater than the final barrier value.
Payment at maturity per security = $1,000 + the premium applicable
to the final valuation date
= $1,000 + $1,960
= $2,960
In this scenario, the underlying has depreciated from the initial underlying
value to the final underlying value so that the final underlying value is less than the initial underlying value but not below the final
barrier value. As a result, you would be repaid the stated principal amount of your securities at maturity plus the applicable
premium on the final valuation date.
Example 2—Downside Scenario. The final underlying value
is 30.00, resulting in a -70.00% underlying return. In this example, the final underlying value is less than the final barrier
value.
Payment at maturity per security = $1,000 + ($1,000 × the underlying
return)
= $1,000 + ($1,000 × -70.00%)
= $1,000 + -$700.00
= $300.00
In this scenario, the underlying has depreciated from the initial underlying
value to the final underlying value and the final underlying value is less than the final barrier value. As a result, your total return
at maturity in this scenario would be negative and would reflect 1-to-1 exposure to the negative performance of the underlying.
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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. 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. |
| § | Your potential return on the securities is limited. Your potential return on the securities is limited to the applicable premium
payable upon automatic early redemption or at maturity, as described on the cover page of this pricing supplement. If the closing value
of the underlying on one of the valuation dates prior to the final valuation date is greater than or equal to the initial underlying value,
or if the final underlying value is greater than or equal to the final barrier value, you will be repaid the stated principal amount of
your securities and will receive the fixed premium applicable to that valuation date, regardless of how significantly the closing value
of the underlying on that valuation date may exceed the initial underlying value. Accordingly, any premium may result in a return on the
securities that is significantly less than the return you could have achieved on a direct investment in the underlying. |
| § | The securities do not pay interest. Unlike conventional debt securities, the securities do not pay interest prior to maturity.
You should not invest in the securities if you seek current income during the term of the securities. |
| § | The securities may be automatically redeemed prior to maturity, limiting the term of the securities. If the closing value of
the underlying on any valuation date (other than the final valuation date) is greater than or equal to the initial underlying value, the
securities will be automatically redeemed. If the securities are automatically redeemed following any valuation date prior to the final
valuation date, they will cease to be outstanding and you will not receive the premium applicable to any later valuation date. Moreover,
you may not be able to reinvest your funds in another investment that provides a similar yield with a similar level of risk. |
| § | 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 applicable premium payable upon an automatic early redemption or at maturity and may be significantly less than the return
on the underlying over the term of the securities. |
| § | You will not receive dividends or have any other rights with respect to the underlying. You will not receive any dividends
with respect to the underlying. This lost dividend yield may be significant over the term of the securities. The payment scenarios described
in this pricing supplement do not show any effect of such lost dividend yield over the term of the securities. In addition, you will not
have voting rights or any other rights with respect to the underlying or the stocks included in the underlying. |
| § | The performance of the securities will depend on the closing values of the underlying solely on the valuation dates, which makes
the securities particularly sensitive to volatility in the closing values of the underlying on or near the valuation dates. Whether
the securities will be automatically redeemed prior to maturity will depend on the closing values of the underlying solely on the valuation
dates (other than the final valuation date), regardless of the closing values 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 values of the underlying on a limited number of dates, the securities will be particularly sensitive
to volatility in the closing values of the underlying on or near the valuation dates. 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. |
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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 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. |
| § | 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. |
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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”). 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 prepaid forward contracts. 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.
For
example, as discussed below, there is a substantial risk that the IRS could seek to treat the securities as debt instruments. Moreover, future legislation, Treasury regulations or IRS guidance could adversely affect the U.S. federal tax treatment of the securities,
possibly retroactively. |
If you are a non-U.S. investor, you should review the discussion
of withholding tax issues in “United States Federal Tax Considerations—Non-U.S. Holders” below.
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.
Risks Relating to the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6%
Decrement Index (USD) ER
The following discussion of risks relating to the S&P 500 Futures
35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER, which we refer to in this section as the “Index”, should be read together
with the description of the Index in Annex A to this pricing supplement, which defines and further describes a number of the terms and
concepts referred to in this section.
| § | The Index 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 Index tracks exposure to the S&P 500 Futures
Excess Return Index (which we refer to as the “Underlying Futures Index”) on a volatility targeted basis, less a decrement
of 6% per annum. The Index 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 S&P 500® 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 S&P 500®
Index is greater than the volatility target. It is expected that the implied volatility of the S&P 500® Index will
frequently be less than the volatility target, and therefore it is expected that the Index will frequently have leveraged (more than 100%)
exposure to the Underlying Futures Index. If the Underlying Futures Index declines at a time when the Index has leveraged exposure to
it, the decline in the Index 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 Index has 500%
leveraged exposure to the Underlying Futures Index, the Index 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 Index highly risky. |
| § | The Index 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 Index 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 S&P 500® Index, as derived from the
market prices of exchange-traded options on the S&P 500® 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 35% 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,
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the Index 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 Index may be adversely affected by a time lag in its volatility targeting mechanism. The Index resets the leveraged exposure
of each sub-index to the Underlying Futures Index on a weekly basis. If the implied volatility of the S&P 500® 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 S&P 500® 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-indexes
may have highly leveraged exposure to declines over multiple days, and the Index may experience poor performance as a result. Conversely,
if significant appreciation in the Underlying Futures Index follows closely on a period of high S&P 500® Index volatility,
the time lag may cause the Index to have low exposure to the Underlying Futures Index when that appreciation occurs. Taken together, these
factors may cause the Index to perform particularly poorly in a temporary market crash – a sudden significant decline that is quickly
reversed. In that scenario, the Index would participate on a highly leveraged basis in the decline and then fail to participate fully
in the recovery. |
| § | The Index may be adversely affected by a “decay” effect. If the Index 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 Index 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 Index 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 Index to
have increased exposure to that decline, and resetting leverage following a decline but in advance of an increase would cause the Index
to have decreased exposure to that increase. The more this fact pattern repeats, the lower the performance of the Index would be relative
to the performance of the Underlying Futures Index. |
| § | The Underlying Futures Index is expected to underperform the S&P 500® 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 S&P 500® 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 S&P 500® Index. |
| § | The performance of the Index will be reduced by a decrement of 6% per annum. The Index is a decrement index, which means that
the value of each sub-index of the Index will be reduced at a rate of 6% per annum. The decrement will be a significant drag on the performance
of the Index, potentially offsetting positive returns that would otherwise result from the Index methodology, exacerbating negative returns
of the Index methodology and causing the level of the Index to decline steadily if the return of the Index methodology would otherwise
be relatively flat. The Index will not appreciate unless the return of the Index methodology is sufficient to offset the negative effects
of the decrement, and then only to the extent that the return of the Index methodology is greater than the decrement. As a result of the
decrement, the level of the Index may decline even if the return of the Index methodology would otherwise have been positive. |
| § | The Index may not fully participate in any appreciation of the Underlying Futures Index. At any time when the implied volatility
of the S&P 500® Index is greater than the volatility target, the Index 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 Index
has 50% exposure to the Underlying Futures Index at a time when the Underlying Futures Index appreciates by 5%, the Index 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 Index has
less than 100% exposure to the Underlying Futures Index. |
| § | The Index 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 Index attempts to achieve its volatility target by
adjusting its exposure to the Underlying Futures Index based on the implied volatility of the S&P 500® Index. Implied
volatility represents market expectations of future volatility as derived from the price of exchange-traded options on the S&P 500®
Index. Market expectations of future volatility may not accurately forecast future volatility. Accordingly, relying on implied volatility
may cause the Index 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 Index may have lower participation in Underlying
Futures Index increases, and greater participation in Underlying Futures Index declines, resulting in less favorable overall Index performance,
than it would have had if another measure of volatility had been used. |
| § | The Index may significantly underperform the S&P 500® Index. It is important to understand that the Index
provides exposure to the S&P 500® 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 Index may significantly underperform the S&P 500® Index. The Index
is likely to significantly underperform the S&P 500® 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 Index may significantly underperform the S&P 500®
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 Index 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. |
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| § | The Index has limited actual performance information. The Index launched on May 10, 2024. Accordingly, the Index has limited
actual performance data. Because the Index is of recent origin with limited performance history, an investment linked to the Index 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 Index’s methodology. However,
any historical performance of the Index is not an indication of how the Index will perform in the future. |
| § | Hypothetical back-tested Index performance information is subject to significant limitations. All information regarding the
performance of the Index prior to May 10, 2024 is hypothetical and back-tested, as the Index did not exist prior to that time. It is important
to understand that hypothetical back-tested Index performance information is subject to significant limitations, in addition to the fact
that past performance is never a guarantee of future performance. In particular: |
| § | The sponsor of the Index developed the rules of the Index
with the benefit of hindsight—that is, with the benefit of being able to evaluate how the Index rules would have caused the Index
to perform had it existed during the hypothetical back-tested period. The fact that the Index 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 Index
methodology. |
| § | The hypothetical back-tested performance of the Index 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 Index performance information are not necessarily representative of the market conditions that will exist
in the future. |
| § | SPXW options were not published as frequently prior to May
11, 2022 as they are now, and as a result the calculation of the hypothetical back-tested values of the Index prior to that date differs
from the calculation of the Index today. The hypothetical back-tested performance of the Index prior to May 11, 2022 may therefore differ
from how the Index would have performed if SPXW options had been available with expirations on every weekday, as they are now. |
It is impossible to predict whether the Index will rise or
fall. The actual future performance of the Index may bear no relation to the historical or hypothetical back-tested levels of the Index.
| § | An affiliate of ours participated in the development of the Index. CGMI worked with the sponsor of the Index in developing
the guidelines and policies governing the composition and calculation of the Index, and in that role made judgments and determinations
about the Index methodology. Although CGMI no longer has a role in making any judgments and determinations relating to the Index, the
judgments and determinations previously made by CGMI could continue to have an impact, positive or negative, on the level of the Index
and the value of your securities. CGMI was under no obligation to consider your interests as an investor in the securities in its role
in developing the guidelines and policies governing the Index. |
| § | Changes that affect the Index may affect the value of your securities. The sponsor of the Index may at any time make methodological
changes or other changes in the manner in which it operates that could affect the value of the Index. We are not affiliated with the Index
sponsor and, accordingly, we have no control over any changes such sponsor may make. Such changes could adversely affect the performance
of the Index and the value of and your return on the securities. |
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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 S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER, 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 S&P 500 Futures
Excess Return Index or the S&P 500® 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.
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Information About the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility
6% Decrement Index (USD) ER
For information about the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6%
Decrement Index (USD) ER, see Annex A to this pricing supplement.
Hypothetical Back-tested and Historical Performance Information
This section contains hypothetical back-tested performance information
for the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC. All S&P 500
Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER performance information prior to May 10, 2024 is hypothetical and back-tested,
as the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER did not exist prior to that date. Hypothetical back-tested
performance information is subject to significant limitations. The sponsor of the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement
Index (USD) ER developed the rules of the index with the benefit of hindsight—that is, with the benefit of being able to evaluate
how the rules would have caused the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER to perform had it existed during
the hypothetical back-tested period. The fact that the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER 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 S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement
Index (USD) ER 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.
In addition, the SPXW options used by the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge
Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER to determine the implied volatility of the S&P 500® Index have traded with expirations
on every weekday only since May 11, 2022. When SPXW options were first launched in 2005, only Friday expirations were available. Wednesday
expirations were added on February 23, 2016; Monday expirations were added on August 15, 2016; Tuesday expirations were added on April
18, 2022; and Thursday expirations were added on May 11, 2022. For purposes of calculating the hypothetical back-tested performance of
the Index, the implied volatility for the one-week period ending on a weekday for which no SPXW option was then traded was calculated
by interpolating between the SPXW options expiring immediately before and immediately after that weekday. In addition, on September 30,
2016, due to data availability, the closing level of the S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index on that day was used in lieu of its time-weighted
average value. For these reasons, the hypothetical back-tested performance of the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement
Index (USD) ER prior to May 11, 2022 may differ from how the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER would
have performed if SPXW options had been available with expirations on every weekday, as they are now, and if the time-weighted average
value of the S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index had been available on September 30, 2016.
It is impossible to predict whether the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge
Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER will rise or fall. By providing the hypothetical back-tested and historical performance information
below, we are not representing that the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER 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 S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER may bear no relation to its hypothetical back-tested or historical
performance.
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Historical Information
The closing value of the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6%
Decrement Index (USD) ER on June 25, 2025 was 428.6448.
The graph below shows the hypothetical back-tested closing values of
the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER for the period from January 2, 2015 to May 9, 2024, and historical
closing values of the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER for the period from May 10, 2024 to June 25,
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
S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER as an indication of future performance.
S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER – Hypothetical Back-Tested and Historical Closing Values
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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 income tax consequences of an investment in the securities. In the opinion of our counsel, Davis
Polk & Wardwell LLP, which is based on current market conditions, it is reasonable under current law to treat a security as a prepaid
forward contract for U.S. federal income tax purposes. 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:
| · | You should not recognize taxable income over the term of the securities prior to maturity, other than pursuant to a sale or exchange. |
| · | 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. 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 particular, due to the terms
of the securities, there is a substantial risk that the IRS could seek to treat the securities as debt instruments for U.S. federal income
tax purposes. In that event, you would be required to accrue into income original issue discount on the securities every year at a “comparable
yield” determined as of the time of issuance and recognize all income and gain in respect of the securities as ordinary income.
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.
Non-U.S. Holders. Subject to the discussions below and in “United
States Federal Tax Considerations” in the accompanying product supplement, if you are a Non-U.S. Holder (as defined in the accompanying
product supplement) of the securities, you generally should not be subject to U.S. federal withholding or income tax in respect of any
amount paid to you with respect to the securities, provided that (i) income in respect of the securities is not effectively connected
with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States, and (ii) you comply with the applicable certification requirements.
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.
If withholding tax applies 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.
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 $50.00 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 $50.00
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
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Annex A
Description of the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER
Overview
The S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD)
ER, which we refer to in this Annex as the “Index”, is calculated, maintained and published by S&P Dow Jones Indices
LLC. All information contained in this pricing supplement regarding the Index has been derived from information provided by S&P Dow
Jones Indices LLC. This information reflects the policies of, and is subject to change by, S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC. S&P Dow
Jones Indices LLC has no obligation to continue to publish, and may discontinue publication of, the Index. The securities represent obligations
of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. (guaranteed by Citigroup Inc.) only. S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC is not involved in any way
in this offering and has no obligation relating to the securities or to holders of the securities. The Index was first published on May
10, 2024, and therefore has a limited performance history.
The Index tracks exposure to the S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index
(which we refer to as the “Underlying Futures Index”) on a volatility targeted basis, less a decrement of 6% per annum.
The Index 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 S&P 500® 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 S&P 500®
Index is greater than the volatility target.
The Underlying Futures Index tracks the performance of a hypothetical
investment, rolled quarterly, in futures contracts on the S&P 500® Index, and accordingly is expected to reflect the
performance of the S&P 500® Index less an implicit financing cost, as described in more detail in Annex B to this pricing
supplement. The S&P 500® Index consists of the common stocks of 500 issuers selected to provide a performance benchmark
for the large capitalization segment of the U.S. equity market. For more information about the S&P 500® Index, see
“Equity Index Descriptions—The S&P U.S. Indices” in the accompanying underlying supplement.
The Index 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 S&P 500®
Index, as derived from the market prices of exchange-traded options on the S&P 500® 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 35% 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 Index 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 Index
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.
If the Index 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 Index is also expected to be subject to a “decay” effect,
which will exacerbate the decline in the Index 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 Index resets its leveraged exposure to the Underlying Futures
Index on a weekly basis (as described in more detail below), 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 Index to have increased exposure to that decline, and resetting leverage following a decline but in advance
of an increase would cause the Index to have decreased exposure to that increase. The more this fact pattern repeats, the lower the performance
of the Index would be relative to the performance of the Underlying Futures Index.It is important to understand that the Index provides
exposure to the S&P 500® 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 Index may significantly underperform
the S&P 500® Index. The Index is likely to significantly underperform the S&P 500® 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 Index may significantly
underperform the S&P 500® 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 Index 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 Index – including the fact that it references
the Underlying Futures Index, and not the S&P 500® 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 Index 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 Index, 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.
The Index is reported by Bloomberg L.P. under the ticker symbol “SPXF3EV6.”
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There are no actual assets to which any investor is entitled by virtue
of an investment linked to the Index. The Index is merely a mathematical calculation that is performed in accordance with the methodology
described in this section.
This description of the Index is only a summary of the rules by which
the Index is calculated. You should understand that this summary is more general than the precise mathematical formulations used to calculate
the Index. The mathematical calculation of the Index is described in the Index rules, which are maintained and subject to change by S&P
Dow Jones Indices LLC. The Index will be governed by and calculated in accordance with the mathematical and other terms set forth in the
Index rules, and not this description of the Index. If this description of the Index conflicts with the Index rules, the Index rules control.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“CGMI”) worked with
the sponsor of the Index in developing the guidelines and policies governing the composition and calculation of the Index, and in that
role made judgments and determinations about the Index methodology. Although CGMI no longer has a role in making any judgments and determinations
relating to the Index, the judgments and determinations previously made by CGMI could continue to have an impact, positive or negative,
on the level of the Index and the value of your securities. CGMI was under no obligation to consider your interests as an investor in
the securities in its role in developing the guidelines and policies governing the Index.
Volatility Targeting
The Index seeks to reflect exposure to the Underlying Futures Index
while maintaining an Index volatility at its volatility target of 35%. The Index divides its exposure to the Underlying Futures Index
into five sub-indexes, each corresponding to a weekday. There is one sub-index for Monday, one for Tuesday, and so on. Each sub-index
is set to represent 20% of the Index value on the weekday corresponding to that sub-index, which we refer to as the “rebalancing
date” for that sub-index. The Index value on any given day is the weighted sum of the five sub-index values on that day.
On each weekday, the Index resets the leverage of the sub-index for
that weekday with respect to the performance of the Underlying Futures Index over the next week. We refer to the degree of exposure that
a given sub-index has to the Underlying Futures Index from one rebalancing date for that sub-index to the next as the “leverage”
of that sub-index. The leverage of each sub-index that is set on each rebalancing date for that sub-index will be equal to (a) the Index’s
volatility target of 35% divided by (b) the implied volatility of the S&P 500® Index as observed on that rebalancing
date, subject to a maximum of 500%.
For example, if the implied volatility of the S&P 500®
Index on the rebalancing date for a sub-index were 17.50%, that sub-index would reflect 200% leverage with respect to the performance
of the Underlying Futures Index from that rebalancing date to the next rebalancing date for that sub-index (calculated as the volatility
target of 35% divided by the implied volatility of 17.50%). If a sub-index were to have 200% leverage with respect to the performance
of the Underlying Futures Index from one rebalancing date to the next, that would mean that the change in value of that sub-index would
be 200% of the return of the Underlying Futures Index over that period, whether positive or negative, before giving effect to the decrement.
Accordingly, if the return of the Underlying Futures Index were -5% over that period, the change in value of that sub-index would be -10%
over that same period, before giving effect to the decrement.As an alternative example, if the implied volatility of the S&P 500®
Index on the rebalancing date for a sub-index were 43.75%, that sub-index would reflect 80% leverage with respect to the performance of
the Underlying Futures Index from that rebalancing date to the next rebalancing date for that sub-index (calculated as the volatility
target of 35% divided by the implied volatility of 43.75%). In this circumstance, the change in value of that sub-index from the applicable
rebalancing date to the next would be 80% of the return of the Underlying Futures Index over that period, whether positive or negative,
before giving effect to the decrement. Accordingly, if the return of the Underlying Futures Index were 5% over that period, the change
in value of that sub-index would be 4% over that same period, before giving effect to the decrement. At any time when any sub-index has
less than 100% leverage with respect to the Underlying Futures Index, a portion of the sub-index corresponding to the difference may be
thought of as effectively uninvested, and no interest or other return will accrue on that portion.
The leveraged exposure of a sub-index to the Underlying Futures Index
is reset intraday on each rebalancing date for that sub-index based on:
| § | the average of the implied volatility of the S&P 500® Index calculated every minute during a calculation window
from 11:30 a.m. to 11:35 a.m., Eastern time, on that rebalancing date; |
| § | the value of the Index and the applicable sub-index at 11:35 a.m., Eastern time, on that rebalancing date; and |
| § | the time-weighted average value (an average of snapshots of the value throughout the applicable window) of the Underlying Futures
Index during the window (the “rebalancing window”) from 12:50 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., Eastern time, on that rebalancing date. |
We refer to 1:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the rebalancing date for a sub-index
as the “rebalancing time” on that rebalancing date.
The closing value of a sub-index on any day after the most recent rebalancing
time for that sub-index, including on the rebalancing date on which the rebalancing time occurs, will reflect the performance of the Underlying
Futures Index from its time-weighted average value at that rebalancing time to its closing value on such day multiplied by the leverage
for that sub-index that was reset at that rebalancing time, less the decrement.
The value of each sub-index between rebalancing times is floored at
25% of the time-weighted average value of the sub-index at the immediately preceding rebalancing time (determined during the rebalancing
window). As a result, the maximum amount by which the value of any sub-index may decline from one rebalancing time to the next is 75%.
If a rebalancing date for any sub-index is a holiday, that rebalancing
date will be postponed to the next weekday that is not a holiday. In addition, for scheduled or unscheduled full-day market closures or
intraday closures (where the term “closure” is deemed to include a lack of data availability), the applicable sub-index will
rebalance on the next business day when all necessary data is available.
Implied Volatility
The Index resets the leverage of each sub-index with respect to the
Underlying Futures Index on each rebalancing date for that sub-index based on a measure of the implied volatility of the S&P 500®
Index over the next week as observed on that rebalancing date. Volatility is a measure of the magnitude and frequency of changes in the
value of an asset measured at specified intervals over a given time period. The greater the
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magnitude and frequency of changes in value, the greater the volatility.
Implied volatility is a measure of the expected future volatility of an asset that is derived from the price of options on that asset.
The theoretical value of an option is determined to a significant degree by the volatility of the underlying asset. Accordingly, if one
makes assumptions about the other inputs to the theoretical value of an option, one can derive the volatility of the underlying asset
that is implied by the market price of that option.
The Index derives the implied volatility of the S&P 500®
Index from the prices of S&P 500 Weeklys (SPXW) options traded on the Cboe options exchange. SPXW options are options on the S&P
500® Index with expiration dates (and a PM expiration time of 4:00 p.m.) on each weekday, except for market holidays. The
Index determines the implied volatility of the S&P 500® Index on a rebalancing date for a sub-index based on the market
prices of SPXW options expiring on the next rebalancing date for that sub-index.
The Index uses the following inputs to the Black theoretical option
pricing model to derive implied volatility:
| § | a risk-free interest rate based on US Treasury yield curve rates (captured from the US Department of the Treasury website around 6:00
p.m., New York time, every day and used for the following business day) to which linear interpolation is applied to derive the yield to
the next rebalancing date; |
| § | a forward price for the S&P 500® Index calculated at each minute from 11:30 a.m. to 11:35 a.m., Eastern time, based
on the difference between the mid-price (the average of bid and ask prices) of at-the-money call and put options on the S&P 500®
Index, where the at-the-money call and put options are the options with a strike price where the difference between the call and put mid-prices
is the smallest; and |
| § | a time to expiration equal to the amount of time from the rebalancing time on the current rebalancing date to the PM expiration time
of SPXW options on the next rebalancing date. |
The Index uses these inputs and the Black theoretical option pricing
model to derive implied volatility from the prices of SPXW call options that are at-the-money or have strike prices that are out-of-the-money
(i.e., are above the at-the-money strike) and SPXW put options that are at-the-money or have strike prices that are out-of-the-money (i.e.,
are below the at-the-money strike). (The Index excludes options with a “delta” of less than 1%, where “delta”
is a measurement of how sensitive the change in the value of the option is to changes in the value of the S&P 500®
Index.) The Index calculates an implied volatility from these prices at the end of every minute during a calculation window from 11:30
a.m. to 11:35 a.m., Eastern time. The average of those implied volatilities on a given rebalancing date is the implied volatility of the
S&P 500® Index that the Index uses to reset the leverage of the applicable sub-index on that rebalancing date.
The implied volatility measured by the Index is a one-week implied volatility
(subject to the following paragraph), in that it reflects market expectations of volatility over the one-week period from one rebalancing
date to the next, but is expressed in annualized terms.
If a given weekday is a holiday, then the sub-index that would normally
rebalance on that weekday will instead be rebalanced on the next weekday that is not a holiday. For example, if a Monday is a holiday,
then the Monday sub-index would rebalance instead on the following Tuesday. In that event, the Index would rebalance two sub-indexes on
that Tuesday – the Monday sub-index and the Tuesday sub-index. The Monday sub-index would be rebalanced based on the implied volatility
determined on that Tuesday for the period from that Tuesday to the next Monday (assuming the next Monday is not a holiday), and the Tuesday
sub-index would be rebalanced based on the implied volatility determined on that Tuesday for the period from that Tuesday to the next
Tuesday.
Decrement
The Index is a decrement index, which means that the value of each sub-index
of the Index will be reduced at a rate of 6% per annum. The 6% decrement is calculated between rebalancing dates on the time-weighted
average value of the applicable sub-index at the most recent rebalancing time.
The decrement will be a significant drag on the performance of the Index.
Comparison of Hypothetical Back-Tested and Historical S&P 500
Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER Performance Against Historical S&P 500® Index Performance
The following graphs set forth a comparison of the hypothetical back-tested
and historical performance of the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER against the historical performance
of the S&P 500® Index. The first graph shows comparative performance data for the period from January 2, 2015 through
June 25, 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 25, 2025, each normalized to have a closing value of 100.00
on January 3, 2022 to facilitate a comparison. The performance of the S&P 500® Index shown below is its price return
performance – i.e., its performance without reflecting dividends. The total return performance of the S&P 500®
Index (i.e., its performance reflecting dividends) would be greater than the price return performance shown below.All S&P 500 Futures
35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER performance information prior to May 10, 2024 is hypothetical and back-tested, as the
S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER did not exist prior to that date. Hypothetical back-tested performance
information is subject to the significant limitations described above under “Information About the S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge
Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER”.
In the graphs below, references to “SPXF3EV6” are to the
S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER and references to “SPX” are to the S&P 500®
Index.
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PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE S&P 500 FUTURES
35% EDGE VOLATILITY 6% DECREMENT INDEX (USD) ER AND RELATIVE PERFORMANCE BETWEEN THE S&P 500 FUTURES 35% EDGE VOLATILITY 6% DECREMENT
INDEX (USD) ER AND THE S&P 500 INDEX® ARE NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE
Using the historical
performance information from the graphs above, the table below shows the annualized (annually compounded) performance of the S&P
500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6% Decrement Index (USD) ER as compared to the S&P 500® Index for the last year, the
last three years and the last five years, each as of June 25, 2025.
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S&P 500 Futures 35% Edge Volatility 6%
Decrement Index (USD) ER |
S&P 500® Index |
Last 1 Year |
-14.25% |
11.39% |
Last 3 Years |
10.29% |
15.88% |
Last 5 Years |
10.50% |
14.58% |
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Annex B
Description of the S&P 500 Futures Excess
Return Index
We have derived all information contained in this pricing supplement
regarding the S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index, including, without limitation, its make-up, method of calculation and changes in
its components, from publicly available information. We have not independently verified such information. Such information reflects the
policies of, and is subject to change by, S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (“S&P Dow Jones”). The S&P 500 Futures Excess
Return Index was developed by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) and is calculated, maintained
and published by S&P Dow Jones. S&P Dow Jones has no obligation to continue to publish, and may discontinue the publication of,
the S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index.
The S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index tracks futures contracts
on the S&P 500® Index. The S&P 500® Index is reported by Bloomberg L.P. under the ticker symbol
“SPX.” The S&P 500® Index consists of the common stocks of 500 issuers selected to provide a performance
benchmark for the large capitalization segment of the U.S. equity market. For more information about the S&P 500® Index,
see “Equity Index Descriptions—The S&P U.S. Indices” in the accompanying underlying supplement. We refer to the
S&P 500® Index as the “reference index” for the S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index.
The S&P 500 Futures Excess Return 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 S&P 500® 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 S&P 500 Futures Excess Return 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 S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index. Because
of this implicit financing cost, the S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index is expected to underperform the total return performance
of the S&P 500® Index.
The S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index launch date was August 2,
2010, and it is reported by Bloomberg L.P. under the ticker symbol “SPXFP.”
Index Calculation
The S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index tracks the performance of
a hypothetical position, rolled quarterly, in the nearest-to-expiration E-mini S&P 500 futures contract. Constructed from E-mini S&P
500 futures contracts, the S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index includes provisions for the replacement of the current E-mini S&P
500 futures contract in the S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index as such futures contract approaches expiration (also referred to as
“rolling”). This replacement occurs over a one-day rolling period every quarter, which is five days prior to the last trade
date of the futures contract.
The S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index is calculated from the price
change of the underlying E-mini S&P 500 futures contract. On any trading date, t, the value of the S&P 500 Futures Excess Return
Index is calculated as follows:

Where:

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The value of the S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index on the current day, t |

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The value of the S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index on the preceding day on which the S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index was calculated, t-1 |

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The Contract Daily Return from day t-1 to day t, defined as:

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The daily contract reference price of the futures contract, which is the official closing price, as designated by the exchange |
Market disruptions are situations where the exchange has failed to open
so that no trading is possible due to unforeseen events, such as computer or electric power failures, weather conditions or other events.
If any such event happens on the roll date, the roll will take place on the next business day on which no market disruptions exist.
The S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index is an excess return index,
which in this context means that its performance will be based solely on changes in the settlement price of its underlying futures contract.
An excess return index is distinct from a total return index, which, in addition to changes in the settlement price of the underlying
futures contract, would reflect interest on a hypothetical cash position collateralizing that futures contract.
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E-mini S&P 500 futures contracts
E-mini S&P 500 futures contracts were introduced in 1997 and are
traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange under the ticker symbol “ES.” The Chicago Mercantile Exchange trades E-mini S&P
500 futures contracts with expiration dates in March, June, September and December of each year.
E-mini S&P 500 futures contracts differ from the futures contracts
described below under “—Futures Contracts Generally” in that E-mini S&P 500 futures contracts are cash settled only,
meaning that the 500 stocks composing the S&P 500 Index are not actually delivered upon settlement of the futures contract. Therefore,
the E-mini S&P 500 futures contracts are not contracts to actually buy and sell the stocks in the S&P 500 Index. In all other
relevant respects, however – including daily “mark to market” and realization of gains or losses based on the difference
between the current settlement price and the initial futures price – the E-mini S&P 500 futures contracts are similar to those
described below under “—Futures Contracts Generally.”
Futures Contracts Generally
Generally speaking, a futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell
an underlying asset on a future expiration date at a price that is agreed upon today. If the underlying asset is worth more on the expiration
date than the price specified in the futures contract, then the purchaser of that contract will achieve a gain on that contract, and if
it is worth less, the purchaser will incur a loss.
For example, suppose that a futures contract entered into in January
calls for the purchaser to buy the underlying asset in April at a price of $1,000. If the underlying asset is worth $1,200 in April, then
upon settlement of the futures contract in April the purchaser will buy for $1,000 an underlying asset worth $1,200, achieving a $200
gain. Conversely, if the underlying asset is worth $800 in April, then upon settlement of the futures contract in April the purchaser
will buy for $1,000 an underlying asset worth only $800, incurring a $200 loss.
The gain or loss to the purchaser of this futures contract is different
from the gain or loss that could have been achieved by the direct purchase of the underlying asset in January and the sale of that underlying
asset in April. This is because a futures contract is a “leveraged” way to invest in the underlying asset. In other words,
purchasing a futures contract is similar to borrowing money to buy the underlying asset, in that (i) it enables an investor to gain exposure
to the underlying asset without having to pay the full cost of it up front and (ii) it entails a financing cost.
This financing cost is implicit in the difference between the spot price
of the underlying asset and the futures price. A “futures price” is the price at which market participants may agree today
to buy or sell the underlying asset in the future, and the “spot price” is the current price of the underlying asset for immediate
delivery. The futures price is determined by market supply and demand and is independent of the spot price, but it is nevertheless generally
expected that the futures price will be related to the spot price in a way that reflects a financing cost (because if it did not do so
there would be an opportunity for traders to make sure profits, known as “arbitrage”). For example, if January’s futures
price is $1,000, January’s spot price may be $975. If the underlying asset is worth $1,200 in April, the gain on the futures contract
would be $200 ($1,200 minus $1,000), while the gain on a direct investment made at the January spot price would have been $225 ($1,200
minus $975). The lower return on the futures contract as compared to the direct investment reflects this implicit financing cost. Because
of this financing cost, it is possible for a purchaser to incur a loss on a futures contract even if the spot price of the underlying
asset increases over the term of the futures contract. The amount of this financing cost is expected to increase as general market interest
rates increase.
Futures contracts are standardized instruments that are traded on an
exchange. On each trading day, the exchange determines a settlement price (which may also be referred to as a closing price) for that
futures contract based on the futures prices at which market participants entered into that futures contract on that day. Open positions
in futures contracts are “marked to market” and margin is required to be posted on each trading day. This means that, on each
trading day, the current settlement price for a futures contract is compared to the futures price at which the purchaser entered into
that futures contract. If the current settlement price has decreased from the initial futures price, then the purchaser will be required
to deposit the decrease in value of that futures contract into an account. Conversely, if the current settlement price has increased,
the purchaser will receive that cash value in its account. Accordingly, gains or losses on a futures contract are effectively realized
on a daily basis up until the point when the position in that futures contract is closed out.
Because futures contracts have expiration dates, one futures contract
must be rolled into another if there is a desire to maintain a continuous position in futures contracts on (rather than take delivery
of) a particular underlying asset. This is typically achieved by closing out the position in the existing futures contract as its expiration
date approaches and simultaneously entering into a new futures contract (at a new futures price based on the futures price then prevailing)
with a later expiration date.
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Comparison of Historical S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index
Performance Against Historical S&P 500® Index Performance
The following graph sets forth a comparison of the historical performance
of the S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index against the historical performance of the S&P 500® Index from January
2, 2015 through June 25, 2025, each normalized to have a closing value of 100.00 on January 2, 2015 to facilitate a comparison. The performance
of the S&P 500® Index shown below is its price return performance – i.e., its performance without reflecting
dividends. The total return performance of the S&P 500® Index (i.e., its performance reflecting dividends) would be
greater than the price return performance shown below.
In the graph below, references to “SPXFP” are to the S&P
500 Futures Excess Return Index and references to “SPX” are to the S&P 500® Index.

PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE S&P 500 FUTURES
EXCESS RETURN INDEX AND RELATIVE PERFORMANCE BETWEEN THE S&P 500 FUTURES EXCESS RETURN INDEX AND THE S&P 500® INDEX
ARE NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE
Using the historical performance information from the graph above, the
table below shows the annualized (annually compounded) performance of the S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index as compared to the S&P
500® Index for the last year, the last three years and the last five years, each as of June 25, 2025.
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S&P 500 Futures Excess Return Index |
S&P 500® Index |
Last 1 Year |
6.62% |
11.39% |
Last 3 Years |
11.68% |
15.88% |
Last 5 Years |
12.53% |
14.58% |