TEXT-EXTRACT 2 filename2.txt Mail Stop 4628 August 8, 2019 Via E-mail Mark Mason Chief Financial Officer Citigroup Inc. 388 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10013 Re: Citigroup Inc. 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2018 Filed February 22, 2019 File No. 1-09924 Dear Mr. Mason: We have limited our review of your filing to your contacts with countries that have been identified as state sponsors of terrorism, and we have the following comments. Our review with respect to this issue does not preclude further review by the Assistant Director group with respect to other issues. In our comments, we ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to these comments within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments. General 1. In a letter to the staff dated July 12, 2016, you discussed providing financial services in connection with your clients' transactions involving Sudan and Syria. Additionally, third party websites indicate that your subsidiary Citibank, N.A. has an office in Sudan. As you know, Sudan and Syria are designated by the Department of State as state sponsors of terrorism, and are subject to U.S. economic sanctions and/or export controls. Please describe to us the nature and extent of your past, current and anticipated contacts with those countries since your 2016 letter, including contacts with their governments, whether through affiliates, subsidiaries, partners, customers or other direct or indirect arrangements. In this regard, we note that Byblos Bank, which provides information about majority-owned subsidiaries in both Sudan and Syria in its 2017 annual report, identifies Citigroup subsidiary Citibank as a correspondent bank in its 2018 annual report. Mark Mason Citigroup Inc. August 8, 2019 Page 2 Additionally, we are aware of a news report stating that a federal court granted U.S. prosecutors' application for "damming" seizure warrants against banks including Citigroup, to seize millions of dollars associated with several companies that deal with North Korea. North Korea is a U.S.-designated state sponsor of terrorism, and is subject to U.S. economic sanctions and export controls. Please describe to us the nature and extent of your past, current, and anticipated contacts with North Korea, if any, including contacts with its governments, whether through subsidiaries, partners, customers or other direct or indirect arrangements. 2. Please discuss the materiality of any contacts with North Korea, Sudan and Syria, in quantitative terms and in terms of qualitative factors that a reasonable investor would deem important in making an investment decision. Tell us the approximate dollar amounts of revenues, assets and liabilities associated with those countries for the last three fiscal years and the subsequent interim period. Address for us the potential impact of the investor sentiment evidenced by divestment and similar initiatives that have been directed toward companies that have operations associated with U.S.-designated state sponsors of terrorism. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. You may contact Daniel Leslie, Staff Attorney, at (202) 551-3876 or me at (202) 551- 3470 if you have any questions about the comments or our review. Sincerely, /s/ Cecilia Blye Cecilia Blye, Chief Office of Global Security Risk cc: Rohan Weerasinghe General Counsel