Earth Day with Citi Poland: Customers Give Up Paper Statements, Bank Handlowy to Plant 40,000 Trees in the Spring

Kronenberg Foundation
The Kronenberg Foundation was established in 1996. On behalf of Citi Handlowy, it provides assistance for programs promoting the public good in the following areas: education, local development and preservation of the national heritage. Its activities include, among others, a financial education program for secondary school students called "My Finances", organized in cooperation with the National Bank of Poland and the Junior Achievement Foundation; seminars "Vademecum of the Benefactor", programs: Employee Volunteer Program and Students Adopt Museums; competitions: Wokulski, Microentrepreneur of the Year and the Competition for the Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A. Award in the Theory of Economics, which is made for outstanding achievements in the area of economics and finance, as well as the Prof. Aleksander Gieysztor Award, made for outstanding contribution to the preservation of the Polish cultural heritage.

Bank Handlowy
Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A. is one of the major financial institutions in Poland and offers under the Citi Handlowy brand a broad range of state-of-the-art products in corporate, investment and consumer banking. Through its modern distribution channels and a network of over 188 branches, Bank Handlowy services 20,000 corporate customers and 800,000 individual ones. The Bank's group includes Dom Maklerski Banku Handlowego (brokerage house) and Handlowy Leasing. Being a member of Citi enables the customers of Bank Handlowy access to financial services provided in over 100 countries. Further information is available at www.citihandlowy.pl.

Citi
Citi, the leading global financial services company, has some 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. Citi's major brand names include Citibank, CitiFinancial, Primerica, Smith Barney, Banamex, and Nikko. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com or www.citi.com.


	Printer Friendly Page		FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) April 21, 2008 Earth Day with Citi Poland: Customers Give Up Paper Statements, Bank Handlowy to Plant 40,000 Trees in the Spring On April 22, 2008, as part of the Earth Day celebration, Citi Handlowy, together with its employees and invited guests, will inaugurate a tree planting project called "More Trees Thanks To You." Tomorrow, in the Uroczysko-Bemowo forest, the participants of this initiative will plant the first few hundred oaks. And that is just a beginning because as part of the "More Trees Thanks To You" project this spring as many as 40,000 trees will be planted in the Mazowieckie Province alone. "Citi Handlowy is a socially responsible bank and this puts a great responsibility on us. Our latest initiative called ‘More Trees Thanks To You' is a perfect example of what business can do for the environment," said Slawomir S. Sikora, CEO of Citi Handlowy. "'More Trees Thanks To You' is a comprehensive program promoting environmental protection through various activities – every day we encourage our clients to give up paper statements and tomorrow we will be planting trees together," he said. The main objective of the "More Trees Thanks To You" Program is to promote pro-environmental behavior among the Bank's employees, clients and local communities. As part of the program, Citi Handlowy has undertaken to plant a tree on behalf of each client who has gone paperless and switched to e-statement. The tree-planting project will be inaugurated on Earth Day. "We are proud of our clients. They not only give up paper statements in favor of electronic ones, but also they want to take an active role in our project and plant trees with us. With such great enthusiasm of Citi Handlowy clients, we will manage to establish not only one but many forests," said Sonia Wedrychowicz–Horbatowska, Vice President of the Management Board responsible for consumer banking at Citi Handlowy. "More Trees Thanks To You" is a partnership program of Citi Handlowy, its Kronenberg Foundation and the "Our Earth" Foundation. As part of this initiative in the spring of 2008 some areas of the Mazowieckie Province, which suffers from the lack of "green corridors" (enabling the migration of species and plants), will be afforested. Other afforesting initiatives aimed at creating or enhancing "green corridors" are also planned in subsequent years in other provinces. Trees are planted under the supervision and according to the plan of afforestation/reforestation and creation of "green corridors" approved by Lasy Panstwowe/The State Forests/. All tree-planting participants take part in special workshops aimed at increasing the knowledge on the importance of trees and forests for the environment, climate protection and economy. # # # Kronenberg Foundation The Kronenberg Foundation was established in 1996. On behalf of Citi Handlowy, it provides assistance for programs promoting the public good in the following areas: education, local development and preservation of the national heritage. Its activities include, among others, a financial education program for secondary school students called "My Finances", organized in cooperation with the National Bank of Poland and the Junior Achievement Foundation; seminars "Vademecum of the Benefactor", programs: Employee Volunteer Program and Students Adopt Museums; competitions: Wokulski, Microentrepreneur of the Year and the Competition for the Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A. Award in the Theory of Economics, which is made for outstanding achievements in the area of economics and finance, as well as the Prof. Aleksander Gieysztor Award, made for outstanding contribution to the preservation of the Polish cultural heritage. Bank Handlowy Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A. is one of the major financial institutions in Poland and offers under the Citi Handlowy brand a broad range of state-of-the-art products in corporate, investment and consumer banking. Through its modern distribution channels and a network of over 188 branches, Bank Handlowy services 20,000 corporate customers and 800,000 individual ones. The Bank's group includes Dom Maklerski Banku Handlowego (brokerage house) and Handlowy Leasing. Being a member of Citi enables the customers of Bank Handlowy access to financial services provided in over 100 countries. Further information is available at www.citihandlowy.pl. Citi Citi, the leading global financial services company, has some 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. Citi's major brand names include Citibank, CitiFinancial, Primerica, Smith Barney, Banamex, and Nikko. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com or www.citi.com.