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Citigroup in talks to recoup errant $500 million Revlon loan payment

Published 12/01/2022, 06:51 PM
Updated 12/01/2022, 08:17 PM
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By Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Citigroup Inc is negotiating the return of about $500 million it mistakenly paid a group of hedge funds and investment firms on a loan owed by Revlon Inc, the now-bankrupt cosmetics company controlled by billionaire Ronald Perelman.

In a Thursday filing in Manhattan federal court, lawyers for the bank and the lenders said they have been discussing a "consensual resolution" to end Citigroup (NYSE:C)'s August 2020 lawsuit to recoup the mistaken payment.

While no agreement has been reached, the lawyers said "material terms" of a settlement would provide for the return of Citigroup's money, with the bank transferring interest and amortization payments it began receiving in early 2021.

Talks to end the lawsuit had been disclosed on Nov. 10. The lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman to let them update the status by Dec. 5.

Citigroup, which was Revlon's loan agent, had accidentally used its own money in August 2020 to pay off the company's $894 million loan three years early instead of paying $7.8 million in interest.

The bank blamed human error, and some recipients returned their payments.

But 10 asset managers including Brigade Capital Management, HPS Investment Partners and Symphony Asset Management refused, saying the bank paid what they were owed.

Furman sided with them in February 2021, leading Citigroup to lower previously reported profit to reflect $390 million of added legal expenses.

But the federal appeals court in Manhattan overturned that ruling in September, saying it would leave the group with a "huge windfall" at Citigroup's expense.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Citigroup Inc (Citi) logo is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. Picture taken October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

Revlon filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on June 15.

The case is In re Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 20-06539.

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