"Most improved" in equity lending.

Global Investor/ISF magazine cited Citi as "Most Improved Lender" in its 2010 Equity Lending Survey. Respondents also ranked Citi as the number one provider in the "Market Knowledge: Emerging Markets" and the "Operations: Trade Support/Settlement" award categories. In all, Citi's equity lending capabilities were ranked among the top three in 17 categories surveyed by the publication.

The 2010 Equity Lending Survey measures perceptions by borrowers of the quality of the services provided to them by lenders. In addition to points rankings, the research also compiles verbatim comments from survey respondents.

Among the accolades Citi received were:

• "Citi has extraordinarily stable portfolios."
• "Excellent service and product knowledge."
• "Innovative and very willing to work with you."
• "Citi continues to improve its platforms year-after-year."
• "Always first into frontier markets and leads the development of the securities lending markets of Brazil and Chile."

"We are very pleased with our showing in this year's Global Investor/ISF Equity Lending survey," said Neeraj Sahai, Global Head of Securities and Fund Services, Citi. "The results, based on the real-world experience of clients, demonstrate our greatly improved stature in the marketplace and reflect the benefits that our innovative solutions, extensive product knowledge and unsurpassed global scope bring to our equity lending clients around the world."