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FACTBOX - Citigroup at a glance

Mon Nov 5, 2007 6:18am EST

(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc Chairman and Chief Executive Charles Prince resigned on Sunday, following mounting losses from subprime mortgages and other debt.

The following are selected facts about Citigroup:

COMPANY:

Founded: 1812, as City Bank of New York, with $2 million of capital

Created: 1998, from the merger of Travelers Group and Citicorp

Headquarters: New York City

Chairman: Robert Rubin

Acting Chief Executive: Sir Win Bischoff.

Size: Largest U.S. bank by assets, second-largest U.S. bank by market value.

Major business lines: (1) Global consumer, including retail branches, credit cards and mortgages; (2) Institutional clients, comprising commercial and investment banking, trading, transaction services and alternative investments, among other areas; (3) Global wealth management, including the Smith Barney brokerage, private banking and research.

Employees: About 327,000 in April, ahead of announcement of 17,000 planned job cuts, plus an additional 9,500 jobs being moved to less expensive locations.

Number of countries where operating: More than 100.

U.S. network as of September 30: 1,015 Citibank branches, 2,467 CitiFinancial branches; 803 Smith Barney brokerage offices.

International branch network as of September 30: 3,134

Assets as of September 30: $2.35 trillion

Market value, based on shares reported in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings: $188 billion, compared with Bank of America Corp's $200 billion; JPMorgan Chase & Co's $146 billion, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc's, $91 billion.

COMMENTS FROM EXECUTIVES:

"When the music stops, in terms of liquidity, things will be complicated. But as long as the music is playing, you've got to get up and dance. We're still dancing." -- Prince, in the Financial Times on July 9, rejecting concern the boom in private equity buyouts would end soon.

"I would give you long odds -- I would bet you $100 that he will be the CEO at the annual meeting five years from now, and as long past that as he wants to be." -- Robert Rubin, chairman of Citigroup's executive committee, in the New York Times on Oct 12, on whether Prince would remain chief executive.

I am responsible for the conduct of our businesses. It is my judgment that the size of these charges makes stepping down the only honorable course for me to take as chief executive officer." -- Prince, in a November 4 memo to employees, as Citigroup announced a potential $8 billion to $11 billion write-down for subprime mortgages, equal to $5 billion to $7 billion after taxes. This was on top of a $6.5 billion third-quarter write-down for subprime and other losses.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

2006 net income: $21.54 billion

2006 net income per share: $4.31

Jan-Sept 2007 net income: $13.61 billion (includes alternative investments and other items)

Jan-Sept 2007 net income per share: $2.72

Jan-Sept 2007 U.S. net income: $6.72 billion

Jan-Sept 2007 international net income: $7.74 billion

Jan-Sept 2007 net revenue: $74.75 billion (includes alternative investments and other items)

Jan-Sept 2007 U.S. revenue: $37.61 billion

Jan-Sept 2007 international revenue: $35.88 billion

July-Sept 2007 net income: $2.38 billion

July-Sept 2007 net income per share: 47 cents

July-Sept 2006 net income: $5.51 billion

July-Sept 2006 net income per share: $1.10

Sources: Citigroup Web site, statements, internal memos and regulatory filings; The Financial Times; The New York Times.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel)



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