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Ranking of the Bund Issues Auction Group

In the first half of 2021 Federal securities (Federal bonds, Federal notes, Federal Treasury notes, Treasury discount paper and inflation-linked Federal securities) were issued in 61 auctions via the Bund Issues Auction Group.

The attached list shows the current ranking of the 33 group members. The ranking is based on the allotted amounts in the first half of 2021, weighted by the remaining term of the auctioned securities. The relevant weights were announced in December 2020.

The ranking will be published twice a year, towards the end of the months June and December.

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Bund Issues Auction Group Ranking first half of 2021 *

Rank Bund Issues Auction Group Member 1 BNP Paribas S.A. 2 AG 3 J.P. Morgan AG 4 Bank of America Securities Europe SA 5 AG 6 Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank 7 Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE 8 HSBC Continental Europe 9 Bank AG 10 Bank Ireland PLC 11 Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG 12 DZ Bank AG 13 Morgan Stanley Europe SE 14 Danske Bank A/S 15 Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. 16 DekaBank 17 Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen 18 Nomura Financial Products Europe GmbH 19 Société Générale S.A. 20 Nordea Bank Abp 21 NatWest Markets N.V. 22 Landesbank Baden-Württemberg 23 UBS Europe SE 24 Mizuho Securities Europe GmbH 25 Bankhaus Lampe KG 26 Norddeutsche Landesbank 27 Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. 28 Bayerische Landesbank 29 ABN AMRO Bank N.V. 30 Jefferies GmbH 31 ODDO BHF AG 32 33 S.A.

*) ranking on basis of weighted allotments in first half of 2021