Loans Structuring and Syndications Our company''s leadership in loan syndications stems from ability to forge strong relationships not only with borrowers but also with bank investors. Because we understand our syndicate partners'' asset criteria, we help borrowers meet substantial financing needs by enabling them to reach the banks most interested in lending to their particular industry, geographic location and structure through syndicated debt offerings. Our syndication capabilities are complemented by our own capital strength and by industry teams who bring specialized knowledge to the structure of a transaction. To enhance your ability to meet your financial obligations and operate effectively, Our company offers assistance in the form of working capital loans, overdrafts, term loans (including real estate loans and other secured debt), backstops and revolvers. We work closely with you to understand the dynamics of your business so that we can anticipate and serve short-term and long-term funding needs in the most efficient manner, drawing from the full range of our global resources and capabilities.

An early pioneer of interest rate swaps and options, we remain a leader in interest rate derivatives, offering customers a full range of instruments: swaps, options, floors, caps, collars, swaptions and more complex structures. These services are delivered in the context of a long-term relationship based on an understanding of your evolving needs for liability management, yield enhancement, and implementation of market views. We emphasize customer focus, innovation, execution, global reach and superior talent.We have earned our position as the leading provider of foreign exchange services by going beyond the basic requirements of fair pricing, rapid execution and 24-hour delivery. We provide customers with the related risk assessment and risk management assistance, based upon our extensive knowledge and participation in global markets. The integration of our foreign exchange, capital markets and derivatives teams enables us to deliver comprehensive customer solutions.

Most of the leases are for a substantial part of the equipment''s useful life, and therefore the lessee needs to be very credit-worthy. Often the lessor will be in different jurisdictions than the lessee, and Citicorp will determine the optimum jurisdiction after taking into consideration the tax impact on the lessee of entering into the transaction. Principal investor jurisdictions include the U.S., Germany, Japan, the U.K. and France. Since leases are treated in many countries as off balance sheet finance, Citicorp has also designed some shorter term lease structures which we intended to be treated as leases for accounting purposes, but may be loans for tax purposes. Such leases allow a company to raise 100% finance, pay low rentals and have an option to acquire the equipment in the future at a predetermined price. This will result in an improvement in the income statement without a balance sheet impact. There will be some disclosure of lease rates which rating agencies will use to increase liabilities.

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