January 02, 2008

mergermarket league tables of fi nancial advisers to global M&A for Year End 2007

Table of Contents: Contacts: Global League Tables and Data 2-4 Europe European League Tables 5-13 Nancy Costantinopoli (deal queries, submissions, etc.) North American Tables 14-17 [email protected] Asia-Pacifi c League Tables 18-22 Global M&A Breakdown 23 Hannah Bagshawe (PR) Criteria 24 [email protected] About mergermarket 25 Tel: +44 20 7059 6118

North America Jennifer Ruiz (deal queries, submissions, etc.) [email protected] Tel: +1 212-686-3016

Hannah Bagshawe (PR) [email protected] Tel: +44 20 7059 6118

Asia-Pacifi c Carrie Ho (deal queries, submissions etc) [email protected] Tel: + 852 2158 9725

Seye Im (PR) [email protected] Tel: +852 2158 9706

mergermarket M&A league tables of fi nancial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 1 Global League Tables of Financial Advisers

League Table of Financial Advisers to Global M&A: Value League Table of Financial Advisers to Global M&A: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 1 1 1,151,312 383 3 1 976,600 386 2 2 1,016,651 283 10 2 Goldman Sachs 1,151,312 383 3 3 Citigroup 976,600 386 2 3 KPMG Corp Fin 109,119 369 4 4 JPMorgan 798,447 315 4 4 UBS 724,297 353 5 5 Lynch 774,265 292 5 5 JPMorgan 798,447 315 7 6 UBS 724,297 353 8 6 Deloitte 87,296 310 9 7 Lehman Brothers 715,249 225 6 7 Rothschild 374,868 307 6 8 670,039 294 7 8 Credit Suisse 670,039 294 8 9 Deutsche 620,428 207 12 9 Merrill Lynch 774,265 292 11 10 Rothschild 374,868 307 9 10 Morgan Stanley 1,016,651 283 10 11 322,796 228 1 11 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 103,745 268 14 12 ABN AMRO 284,072 184 11 12 Ernst & Young 102,353 258 30 13 Greenhill & Co 205,993 36 13 13 Lazard 322,796 228 13 14 Banc of America Securities 201,854 100 16 14 Lehman Brothers 715,249 225 12 15 BNP Paribas 191,325 120 14 15 620,428 207 33 16 RBC Capital Markets 178,464 109 15 16 ABN AMRO 284,072 184

32 17 CIBC World Markets 150,203 101 18 17 M&A International Inc 5,779 121 34 18 128,269 47 21 18 BNP Paribas 191,325 120 16 19 HSBC Bank 116,348 76 19 19 54,357 114 40 20 TD Securities 113,258 39 28 20 RBC Capital Markets 178,464 109

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League Table of Financial Advisers to Global Buyouts: Value League Table of Financial Advisers to Global Buyouts: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 1 1 Citigroup 285,954 54 2 1 Deloitte 36,383 63 6 2 Goldman Sachs 190,146 41 1 2 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 41,155 62 3 3 Deutsche Bank 177,215 27 5 3 Citigroup 285,954 54 10 4 Lehman Brothers 146,510 30 3 4 KPMG Corp Fin 9,437 54 7 5 Morgan Stanley 136,114 31 4 5 Ernst & Young 9,077 46 9 6 Merrill Lynch 126,274 28 6 6 Credit Suisse 84,881 42 5 7 JPMorgan 123,303 28 16 7 Goldman Sachs 190,146 41 4 8 Banc of America Securities 92,468 13 7 8 UBS 44,086 37

2 9 Credit Suisse 84,881 42 10 9 Morgan Stanley 136,114 31 - 10 TD Securities 48,471 3 11 10 Lehman Brothers 146,510 30 19 11 Group 48,059 1 13 11 Merrill Lynch 126,274 28 28 12 HSBC Bank 47,312 6 9 12 JPMorgan 123,303 28 14 13 UBS 44,086 37 8 13 Rothschild 12,434 28 23 14 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 41,155 62 12 14 Deutsche Bank 177,215 27 22 15 Deloitte 36,383 63 17 15 Grant Thornton 1,386 22 12 16 32,653 21 18 16 Macquarie Group 32,653 21 13 17 Bear, Stearns & Co 31,279 9 20 17 BDO Corporate Finance 953 18 41 18 Group 30,986 7 15 18 Lazard 11,069 16 8 19 Corporation 23,952 9 14 19 ABN AMRO 11,720 14 44 20 Perella Weinberg Partners 21,912 3 19 20 Banc of America Securities 92,468 13

Note: based on fi rms advising the bidder on buyout deals

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1,000 3,000 4,000 Global M&A Activity - Yearly 16,000 Global Buyout M&A Activity - Yearly

900 3,500 14,000 Value Value 2,500 Volume 800 Volume

3,000 12,000 700 2,000 2,500 10,000 600

2,000 8,000 500 1,500

400 1,500 6,000 Volume of Deals Volume of Deals Value of Deals ($bn) 1,000 Value of Deals ($bn) 300 1,000 4,000

200 500 500 2,000 100

0 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 0 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Top Announced Deals 2007 - All Regions

Deal Value Announced Date Bidder Company Bidder Financial Adviser Target Company Target/Seller Financial Adviser Seller Company USD (m) Royal Bank of Scotland Group Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller; ABN AMRO; Goldman Sachs; Lehman 29-May-07 plc; ; and Santander Central Greenhill & Co; Merrill Lynch; NIBC Bank; ABN AMRO Brothers; Morgan Stanley; Rothschild; 95,637 Hispano SA Santander Global Banking and Markets UBS ; Credit Suisse; Citigroup; Morgan Stanley; Advising 31-Jan-07 Altria Group Inc (Shareholders) Deutsche Bank; JPMorgan; Lehman Kraft Foods Inc Altria Group Inc 60,930 seller: Goldman Sachs Brothers Credit Suisse; Dresdner Kleinwort; BNP Paribas; Citigroup; Deutsche Goldman Sachs; Lazard; Mediobanca; Endesa SA 11-Apr-07 Enel SpA; and Acciona SA Bank; JPMorgan; Lehman Brothers; 54,656 Morgan Stanley; Santander Global Banking (46.05% stake) Merrill Lynch and Markets; UBS Teachers Private Capital; Goldman Sachs; BMO Capital Markets; Providence Equity Partners Inc; Citigroup; Deutsche Bank; Royal Bank of 30-Jun-07 BCE Inc CIBC World Markets; Greenhill & Co; 48,059 and Madison Dearborn Partners Scotland Group; TD Securities RBC Capital Markets LLC

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co; and Citigroup; Goldman Sachs; JPMorgan; 26-Feb-07 TXU Corp Credit Suisse; Lazard 44,161 TPG Lehman Brothers; Morgan Stanley mergermarket M&A league tables of fi nancial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 4 Pan-European League Tables

500 European M&A Activity - Quarterly 1,800

450 1,600 Value 400 Volume 1,400

350 1,200

300 1,000 250 800 200

600 Volume of Deals Value of Deals (€bn) 150

400 100

50 200

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Top Announced Deals 2007 - Europe

Deal Value Announced Date Bidder Company Bidder Financial Adviser Target Company Target Financial Adviser (EURm)

Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller; ABN AMRO; Goldman Sachs; Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc; Fortis; 29-May-07 Greenhill & Co; Merrill Lynch; NIBC Bank; ABN AMRO Lehman Brothers; Morgan Stanley; 71,121 and Santander Central Hispano SA Santander Global Banking and Markets Rothschild; UBS

Credit Suisse; Dresdner Kleinwort; BNP Paribas; Citigroup; Deutsche Goldman Sachs; Lazard; Mediobanca; 11-Apr-07 Enel SpA; and Acciona SA Endesa SA (46.05% stake) Bank; JPMorgan; Lehman 40,694 Morgan Stanley; Santander Global Banking Brothers; Merrill Lynch and Markets; UBS

Citigroup; Credit Suisse; 20-May-07 Unicredit Group Merrill Lynch; UniCredit Group Capitalia SpA 22,133 Mediobanca; Rothschild

AB Acquisitions Limited (consortium led Citigroup; Deloitte; JPMorgan Cazenove; Credit Suisse; Goldman Sachs; 20-Apr-07 by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and Alliance Boots plc 17,790 Merrill Lynch; UniCredit Group Greenhill & Co; UBS Stefano Pessina)

19-Apr-07 Sacyr Vallehermoso SA CALYON; Citigroup; JPMorgan Eiffage SA (66.68% stake) BNP Paribas; Lazard; 17,537

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League Table of Financial Advisers to European M&A: Value League Table of Financial Advisers to European M&A: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals 1 1 Morgan Stanley 444,732 141 1 1 KPMG Corp Fin 59,907 272 2 2 Goldman Sachs 418,328 151 4 2 Deloitte 60,685 271 5 3 UBS 384,316 180 3 3 Rothschild 261,175 258 4 4 Citigroup 381,652 149 5 4 Ernst & Young 64,058 200 6 5 Merrill Lynch 363,034 126 2 5 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 55,592 185 3 6 JPMorgan 302,691 135 9 6 UBS 384,316 180 7 7 Rothschild 261,175 258 15 7 Goldman Sachs 418,328 151 8 8 Deutsche Bank 247,957 131 8 8 Citigroup 381,652 149 9 9 Credit Suisse 245,744 118 11 9 ABN AMRO 183,741 142 16 10 Lehman Brothers 241,087 78 10 10 Morgan Stanley 444,732 141 13 11 ABN AMRO 183,741 142 7 11 JPMorgan 302,691 135 10 12 BNP Paribas 133,312 90 13 12 Deutsche Bank 247,957 131 11 13 Lazard 127,011 130 6 13 Lazard 127,011 130 24 14 Mediobanca 94,056 47 12 14 Merrill Lynch 363,034 126 18 15 Dresdner Kleinwort 81,590 50 14 15 Credit Suisse 245,744 118 25 16 Santander Global Banking and Markets 77,723 13 17 16 BNP Paribas 133,312 90 65 17 Perella Weinberg Partners 76,350 10 18 17 M&A International Inc 2,733 84 28 18 Greenhill & Co 74,949 21 22 18 Lehman Brothers 241,087 78 70 19 RBC Capital Markets 67,199 28 21 19 Grant Thornton Corporate Finance 7,414 66 31 20 Ernst & Young 64,058 200 19 20 9,858 65

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League Table of Financial Advisers to European Buyouts: Value League Table of Financial Advisers to European Buyouts: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 1 1 Citigroup 49,793 13 1 1 Deloitte 36,321 60 10 2 Deloitte 36,321 60 2 2 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 14,220 51 6 3 JPMorgan 31,922 8 3 3 KPMG Corp Fin 8,042 49 9 4 Goldman Sachs 31,211 18 4 4 Ernst & Young 7,523 42 30 5 UniCredit Group 30,986 7 5 5 Rothschild 8,791 22 25 6 Merrill Lynch 27,942 7 20 6 Goldman Sachs 31,211 18 20 7 HSBC Bank 20,348 5 13 7 UBS 18,769 18 5 8 Deutsche Bank 19,673 9 11 8 BDO Corporate Finance 953 16 2 9 Macquarie Group 18,966 5 6 9 Grant Thornton Corporate Finance 1,092 15 16 10 UBS 18,769 18 7 10 Citigroup 49,793 13 11 11 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 14,220 51 28 11 Credit Suisse 13,935 13 13 12 Credit Suisse 13,935 13 9 12 Lazard 8,515 13 15 13 Lexicon Partners 12,010 2 21 13 Close Brothers Group 693 10 45 14 Mediobanca 10,992 5 19 14 Deutsche Bank 19,673 9 19 15 Dresdner Kleinwort 10,314 7 - 15 Wyvern Partners 3,590 9 3 16 Rothschild 8,791 22 10 16 JPMorgan 31,922 8 12 17 Morgan Stanley 8,731 8 16 17 Morgan Stanley 8,731 8 22 18 Lazard 8,515 13 8 18 ABN AMRO 6,420 8 26 19 KPMG Corp Fin 8,042 49 14 19 BNP Paribas 6,069 8 18 20 Ernst & Young 7,523 42 45 20 UniCredit Group 30,986 7

Note: based on fi rms advising the bidder on buyout deals where the dominant geography of the target company is Europe

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Financial Advisers to UK M&A: Value Financial Advisers to UK M&A: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals 3 1 Morgan Stanley 232,103 54 3 1 Rothschild 148,332 129 5 2 UBS 227,719 82 4 2 Deloitte 40,625 117 8 3 Merrill Lynch 195,075 62 2 3 KPMG Corp Fin 15,505 108 6 4 Goldman Sachs 156,283 52 1 4 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 37,404 102 7 5 Citigroup 152,648 73 5 5 Ernst & Young 32,825 83 2 6 Rothschild 148,332 129 6 6 UBS 227,719 82 4 7 JPMorgan Cazenove 125,607 47 7 7 Citigroup 152,648 73 18 8 Lehman Brothers 118,540 34 11 8 Merrill Lynch 195,075 62 15 9 Credit Suisse 108,642 41 13 9 Morgan Stanley 232,103 54 1 10 Deutsche Bank 106,018 46 17 10 Goldman Sachs 156,283 52

Financial Advisers to French M&A: Value Financial Advisers to French M&A: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals 4 1 Goldman Sachs 82,113 28 1 1 Rothschild 49,413 76 1 2 BNP Paribas 79,556 66 3 2 BNP Paribas 79,556 66 2 3 JPMorgan 59,563 26 2 3 Lazard 46,545 40 16 4 Citigroup 51,188 16 5 4 Ernst & Young 8,941 33 3 5 Rothschild 49,413 76 12 5 CALYON 48,855 32 10 6 CALYON 48,855 32 16 6 UBS 35,860 30 7 7 Lazard 46,545 40 9 7 Goldman Sachs 82,113 28 5 8 Morgan Stanley 37,960 17 20 8 SG 3,507 28 11 9 UBS 35,860 30 6 9 Aforge Finance 3,111 27 15 10 ABN AMRO 24,494 22 4 10 JPMorgan 59,563 26

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Financial Advisers to German M&A: Value Financial Advisers to German M&A: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals 6 1 Goldman Sachs 70,592 29 1 1 Ernst & Young 43,901 60 2 2 Deutsche Bank 58,416 46 2 2 Deutsche Bank 58,416 46 1 3 Morgan Stanley 56,556 27 3 3 Rothschild 38,190 42 8 4 UBS 44,605 33 4 4 KPMG Corp Fin 18,561 42 17 5 Ernst & Young 43,901 60 12 5 UBS 44,605 33 14 6 Rothschild 38,190 42 5 6 Lazard 25,237 30 3 7 Citigroup 34,911 17 22 7 Goldman Sachs 70,592 29 5 8 JPMorgan 33,422 19 15 8 Morgan Stanley 56,556 27 13 9 Lehman Brothers 25,931 12 24 9 ABN AMRO 7,048 22 12 10 Lazard 25,237 30 9 10 Sal Oppenheim jr & Cie 6,115 20

Financial Advisers to Spanish M&A: Value Financial Advisers to Spanish M&A: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals 2 1 Citigroup 105,625 14 16 1 Deloitte 5,247 46 9 2 JPMorgan 95,233 15 1 2 KPMG Corp Fin 4,273 37 20 3 Lehman Brothers 67,792 7 3 3 Atlas Capital Close Brothers 941 19 1 4 Morgan Stanley 66,392 10 10 4 JPMorgan 95,233 15 15 5 BNP Paribas 63,638 9 12 5 Citigroup 105,625 14 12 6 Credit Suisse 58,948 8 28 6 ABN AMRO 7,314 13 13 7 Merrill Lynch 58,537 6 8 7 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 849 13 16 8 Santander Global Banking and Markets 54,671 10 19 8 UBS 48,442 12 4 9 UBS 48,442 12 5 9 Socios Financieros 1,372 12 11 10 Goldman Sachs 45,384 10 7 10 Rothschild 20,032 11

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Financial Advisers to Irish M&A: Value Financial Advisers to Irish M&A: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals 6 1 Morgan Stanley 6,877 4 1 1 IBI Corporate Finance 791 14 7 2 Goldman Sachs 6,363 4 2 2 Davy Corporate Finance 3,347 11 25 3 KPMG Corp Fin 5,879 10 7 3 KPMG Corp Fin 5,879 10 9 4 Credit Suisse 4,999 5 11 4 Global M&A 134 10 3 5 UBS 4,289 4 9 5 Deloitte 795 9 8 6 Citigroup 4,089 5 4 6 NCB Corp Finance 1,683 8 4 7 Davy Corporate Finance 3,347 11 15 7 Rothschild 1,291 7 38 8 Lehman Brothers 2,905 1 3 8 AIB Corporate Finance 232 7 2 9 Merrill Lynch 2,625 4 27 9 Credit Suisse 4,999 5 - 10 RBC Capital Markets 1,839 1 26 10 Citigroup 4,089 5

Financial Advisers to Italian M&A: Value Financial Advisers to Italian M&A: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals 1 1 Merrill Lynch 93,878 19 1 1 Mediobanca 89,122 44 3 2 Mediobanca 89,122 44 4 2 KPMG Corp Fin 4,029 29 7 3 Credit Suisse 84,753 14 2 3 Rothschild 45,993 27 2 4 Citigroup 81,597 16 5 4 Lazard 11,391 22 13 5 Deutsche Bank 60,279 10 8 5 Deloitte 7,212 22 15 6 Lehman Brothers 59,670 10 6 6 Merrill Lynch 93,878 19 10 7 Goldman Sachs 58,899 13 3 7 Banca IMI/Intesa Sanpaolo 11,809 19 8 8 Morgan Stanley 51,246 11 7 8 Citigroup 81,597 16 11 9 UBS 50,914 13 9 9 Credit Suisse 84,753 14 6 10 JPMorgan 50,105 11 22 10 Gruppo Banca Leonardo 12,948 14

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Financial Advisers to Nordic M&A: Value Financial Advisers to Nordic M&A: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals 3 1 Goldman Sachs 19,376 17 1 1 SEB Enskilda 8,019 40 13 2 Merrill Lynch 13,841 12 4 2 Carnegie Group 4,020 31 21 3 Handelsbanken Capital Markets 13,637 23 2 3 Ernst & Young 5,495 28 1 4 Morgan Stanley 12,048 11 5 4 Deloitte 2,045 27 2 5 Citigroup 11,807 9 6 5 KPMG Corp Fin 3,685 25 8 6 JPMorgan 11,334 12 3 6 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 4,971 24 6 7 Deutsche Bank 10,461 12 12 7 Handelsbanken Capital Markets 13,637 23 16 8 ABG Sundal Collier 9,849 17 10 8 UBS 9,808 23 4 9 UBS 9,808 23 15 9 Nordea Corporate Finance 1,558 20 7 10 SEB Enskilda 8,019 40 8 10 Danske Markets Corporate Finance 850 20

Financial Advisers to Swedish M&A: Value Financial Advisers to Swedish M&A: Volume

Value No of Y/E Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals 16 1 Handelsbanken Capital Markets 11,997 19 1 1 SEB Enskilda 4,164 21 10 2 Goldman Sachs 11,896 9 6 2 Handelsbanken Capital Markets 11,997 19 3 3 Morgan Stanley 9,357 6 7 3 UBS 6,695 17 5 4 UBS 6,695 17 4 4 Carnegie Group 1,240 16 26 5 ABG Sundal Collier 6,095 8 2 5 Ernst & Young 3,818 14 33 6 Greenhill & Co 6,022 2 5 6 KPMG Corp Fin 1,647 14 28 7 RBC Capital Markets 6,022 1 3 7 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 3,079 11 20 8 Credit Suisse 4,669 2 15 8 Lazard 1,339 11 - 9 HSBC Bank 4,296 4 9 9 M&A International Inc 104 11 2 10 Deutsche Bank 4,176 6 27 10 Goldman Sachs 11,896 9

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Financial Advisers to CEE M&A: Value Financial Advisers to CEE M&A: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals 2 1 Merrill Lynch 27,243 11 1 1 Deloitte 2,585 37 4 2 Credit Suisse 21,767 13 3 2 Deutsche Bank 18,118 19 3 3 Deutsche Bank 18,118 19 10 3 Rothschild 6,392 17 6 4 Morgan Stanley 17,648 16 2 4 UniCredit Group 5,780 17 14 5 Citigroup 17,165 10 7 5 Morgan Stanley 17,648 16 9 6 UBS 16,360 12 5 6 Credit Suisse 21,767 13 8 7 Renaissance Capital 11,152 12 17 7 UBS 16,360 12 1 8 JPMorgan 11,090 9 8 8 Renaissance Capital 11,152 12 23 9 ABN AMRO 9,918 7 21 9 M&A International Inc 299 12 7 10 Goldman Sachs 9,319 9 6 10 Merrill Lynch 27,243 11

Financial Advisers to Russian M&A: Value Financial Advisers to Russian M&A: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals 16 1 Merrill Lynch 24,695 7 1 1 Deutsche Bank 17,241 15 4 2 Deutsche Bank 17,241 15 3 2 Morgan Stanley 15,608 11 15 3 Citigroup 16,646 7 2 3 Renaissance Capital 11,049 11 3 4 Credit Suisse 16,122 6 8 4 JPMorgan 10,620 8 2 5 Morgan Stanley 15,608 11 10 5 Goldman Sachs 9,183 8 7 6 UBS 13,140 6 9 6 Merrill Lynch 24,695 7 6 7 Renaissance Capital 11,049 11 13 7 Citigroup 16,646 7 8 8 JPMorgan 10,620 8 4 8 Credit Suisse 16,122 6 22 9 ABN AMRO 9,774 4 6 9 UBS 13,140 6 5 10 Goldman Sachs 9,183 8 12 10 Deloitte 230 6

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Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (EURm) Deals 6 1 Goldman Sachs 170,492 31 2 1 ABN AMRO 138,314 58 2 2 Morgan Stanley 159,182 29 1 2 KPMG Corp Fin 23,578 45 10 3 ABN AMRO 138,314 58 3 3 ING 16,138 32 5 4 UBS 124,426 20 14 4 Goldman Sachs 170,492 31 11 5 Merrill Lynch 124,382 15 7 5 Rothschild 112,408 31 23 6 Lehman Brothers 120,610 23 9 6 Morgan Stanley 159,182 29 17 7 Rothschild 112,408 31 4 7 Deloitte 5,342 29 3 8 Citigroup 45,204 15 21 8 Lehman Brothers 120,610 23 - 9 Perella Weinberg Partners 41,720 3 6 9 Ernst & Young 5,473 23 4 10 Deutsche Bank 34,853 20 10 10 8,735 22

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700 1,400 North American M&A Activity - Quarterly (USA and Canada)

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Top Announced Deals 2007YTD - North America (US and Canada)

Deal Value Announced Date Bidder Company Bidder Financial Advisor Target Company Target/Seller Financial Advisor Seller Company USD (m)

Centerview Partners; Credit Suisse; Citigroup; Morgan Stanley; Advising 31-Jan-07 Altria Group Inc (Shareholders) Deutsche Bank; JPMorgan; Lehman Kraft Foods Inc Altria Group Inc 60,930 seller: Goldman Sachs Brothers

Teachers Private Capital; Citigroup; Deutsche Bank; Royal Goldman Sachs; BMO Capital Providence Equity Partners 30-Jun-07 Bank of Scotland Group; TD BCE Inc Markets; CIBC World Markets; 48,059 Inc; and Madison Dearborn Securities Greenhill & Co; RBC Capital Markets Partners LLC

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co; Citigroup; Goldman Sachs; JPMorgan; 26-Feb-07 TXU Corp Credit Suisse; Lazard 44,161 and TPG Lehman Brothers; Morgan Stanley

CIBC World Markets; Credit Suisse; JPMorgan; Morgan Stanley; RBC 12-Jul-07 Rio Tinto plc Alcan Inc 43,724 Deutsche Bank Capital Markets; UBS

Citigroup; Credit Suisse; Deutsche Bank; Goldman Sachs; HSBC First Data American Appraisal Associates; 02-Apr-07 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co 26,964 Bank; Lehman Brothers; Merrill Corporation Partners; Morgan Stanley Lynch mergermarket M&A league tables of fi nancial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 14 North American League Tables

League Table of Financial Advisers to North American M&A: Value League Table of Financial Advisers to North American M&A: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 1 1 Goldman Sachs 714,717 250 4 1 Goldman Sachs 714,717 250 2 2 Morgan Stanley 587,859 156 3 2 Citigroup 553,159 205 4 3 Citigroup 553,159 205 1 3 JPMorgan 521,689 202 3 4 JPMorgan 521,689 202 2 4 UBS 313,838 193 7 5 Lehman Brothers 447,407 168 5 5 Credit Suisse 408,840 184 5 6 Credit Suisse 408,840 184 7 6 Merrill Lynch 362,843 177 6 7 Merrill Lynch 362,843 177 10 7 Lehman Brothers 447,407 168 10 8 Deutsche Bank 352,667 99 6 8 Morgan Stanley 587,859 156 8 9 UBS 313,838 193 8 9 Lazard 168,124 121 9 10 Banc of America Securities 192,065 96 11 10 Houlihan Lokey 47,032 108 20 11 RBC Capital Markets 171,343 98 13 11 Deutsche Bank 352,667 99 11 12 Lazard 168,124 121 16 12 RBC Capital Markets 171,343 98 19 13 CIBC World Markets 149,770 97 15 13 CIBC World Markets 149,770 97 36 14 Greenhill & Co 127,053 21 12 14 Banc of America Securities 192,065 96 23 15 TD Securities 113,258 39 9 15 Jefferies & Company 25,963 83 13 16 Bear, Stearns & Co 103,024 56 14 16 Rothschild 54,592 70 150 17 Perella Weinberg Partners 80,050 8 25 17 KPMG Corp Fin 21,059 68 114 18 Centerview Partners 74,997 7 20 18 Sandler O'Neill & Partners 54,482 61 14 19 Wachovia Corporation 73,104 60 18 19 Wachovia Corporation 73,104 60 26 20 BMO Capital Markets 72,479 41 23 20 William Blair & Company 11,356 59

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League Table of Financial Advisers to North American Buyouts: League Table of Financial Advisers to North American Buyouts: Value Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 1 1 Citigroup 223,766 28 2 1 Citigroup 223,766 28 9 2 Goldman Sachs 154,911 19 1 2 Credit Suisse 64,747 23 3 3 Deutsche Bank 144,049 15 8 3 Lehman Brothers 137,596 20 13 4 Lehman Brothers 137,596 20 11 4 Goldman Sachs 154,911 19 7 5 Morgan Stanley 119,975 17 5 5 Morgan Stanley 119,975 17 4 6 Banc of America Securities 88,485 9 6 6 Deutsche Bank 144,049 15 5 7 JPMorgan 85,274 13 4 7 UBS 13,175 14 8 8 Merrill Lynch 75,932 13 3 8 JPMorgan 85,274 13 2 9 Credit Suisse 64,747 23 7 9 Merrill Lynch 75,932 13 - 10 TD Securities 48,471 3 9 10 Banc of America Securities 88,485 9 14 11 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 48,059 1 10 11 Wachovia Corporation 23,952 9 11 12 Bear, Stearns & Co 30,423 8 12 12 Bear, Stearns & Co 30,423 8 22 13 HSBC Bank 26,964 1 15 13 Houlihan Lokey 2,746 7 6 14 Wachovia 23,952 9 17 14 CIBC World Markets 198 6 16 15 UBS 13,175 14 14 15 Macquarie Group 8,789 5 10 16 Blackstone Group Holdings 9,847 2 29 16 20 5 20 17 Evercore Partners 9,500 4 23 17 Evercore Partners 9,500 4 45 18 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 8,851 4 18 18 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 8,851 4 19 19 Macquarie Group 8,789 5 - 19 BMO Capital Markets Corp 170 4 - 20 Atlas Advisors 7,750 1 31 20 Robert W & Co 71 4

Note: based on fi rms advising the bidder on buyout deals where the dominant geography of the target company is North America

mergermarket M&A league tables of fi nancial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 16 League Tables to Canadian M&A and Central/South American M&A

League Table of Financial Advisers to Canadian M&A: Value League Table of Financial Advisers to Canadian M&A: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 3 1 RBC Capital Markets 152,523 50 1 1 CIBC World Markets 138,887 63 1 2 CIBC World Markets 138,887 63 2 2 RBC Capital Markets 152,523 50 7 3 Goldman Sachs 109,491 22 7 3 TD Securities 107,474 35 5 4 TD Securities 107,474 35 3 4 Scotia Capital 27,568 32 6 5 Deutsche Bank 99,905 5 5 5 GMP Securities 11,473 28 2 6 JPMorgan 98,463 19 6 6 UBS 88,592 27 8 7 Morgan Stanley 98,079 12 4 7 BMO Capital Markets 71,452 26 9 8 Citigroup 91,075 17 23 8 Goldman Sachs 109,491 22 4 9 UBS 88,592 27 15 9 Merrill Lynch 28,983 22 13 10 BMO Capital Markets 71,452 26 14 10 Genuity Capital Markets 13,815 21

League Table of Financial Advisers to South and Central American League Table of Financial Advisers to South and Central American M&A: Value M&A: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 2 1 Citigroup 19,599 40 1 1 Citigroup 19,599 40 6 2 JPMorgan 17,397 28 2 2 JPMorgan 17,397 28 1 3 Credit Suisse 16,293 26 3 3 Credit Suisse 16,293 26 4 4 UBS 14,039 23 5 4 ABN AMRO 11,312 24 7 5 ABN AMRO 11,312 24 7 5 UBS 14,039 23 12 6 Merrill Lynch 6,568 14 4 6 Rothschild 6,210 17 11 7 Rothschild 6,210 17 6 7 Merrill Lynch 6,568 14 5 8 Goldman Sachs 4,384 13 8 8 Goldman Sachs 4,384 13 3 9 Morgan Stanley 3,923 7 30 9 BNP Paribas 1,282 10 34 10 CALYON 3,109 3 10 10 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 1,160 9

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140 700 Asia-Pacific M&A Activity - Quarterly (incl Japan) 120 600 Value Volume

100 500

80 400

60 300 Volume of Deals Value of Deals ($bn) 40 200

20 100

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Top Announced Deals 2007 - Asia-Pacifi c

Deal Value Announced Date Bidder Company Bidder Financial Advisor Target Company Target/Seller Financial Advisor Seller Company (USDm)

Gresham Advisory Partners; Coles Group Limited Deutsche Bank; Lazard Carnegie 02-Jul-07 Wesfarmers Limited 16,290 Macquarie Bank (88.70% stake) Wylie

Citigroup; Goldman Sachs; Morgan Vodafone International Hutchison Essar Ltd (67% Hutchison Telecommunica- 11-Feb-07 UBS Stanley; Advising seller: Deutsche 13,665 Holdings BV stake) tions International Limited Bank; Kotak

Babcock & Brown Deutsche Bank; Morgan Grant Samuel; JPMorgan; Lazard 30-Mar-07 Alinta Ltd 11,241 Infrastructure Ltd Stanley; UBS Carnegie Wylie

Nikko Cordial Corporation 06-Mar-07 Citigroup Inc Citigroup GCA Co 7,820 (56.15% stake)

Maxis Communications 03-May-07 Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd ABN AMRO; CIMB Group RHB Investment Bank Berhad 6,568 Berhad mergermarket M&A league tables of fi nancial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 18 Asia-Pacifi c League Tables

League Table of Financial Advisers to Asia-Pacifi c (ex Japan) M&A: League Table of Financial Advisers to Asia-Pacifi c (ex Japan) M&A: Value Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 3 1 UBS 85,478 58 3 1 Macquarie Group 80,533 74 5 2 Macquarie Group 80,533 74 4 2 Citigroup 73,921 66 4 3 Citigroup 73,921 66 1 3 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 9,719 63 6 4 Morgan Stanley 71,554 41 6 4 KPMG Corp Fin 12,624 59 7 5 Deutsche Bank 58,478 25 2 5 UBS 85,478 58 2 6 Goldman Sachs 57,861 42 12 6 Merrill Lynch 36,503 46 1 7 JPMorgan 48,065 36 5 7 Ernst & Young 7,659 46 9 8 Credit Suisse 37,186 36 11 8 Goldman Sachs 57,861 42 17 9 Lazard 36,669 21 7 9 Morgan Stanley 71,554 41 14 10 Merrill Lynch 36,503 46 8 10 JPMorgan 48,065 36 10 11 ABN AMRO 26,103 36 14 11 Credit Suisse 37,186 36 11 12 CIMB Group 23,558 31 9 12 ABN AMRO 26,103 36 41 13 Gresham Advisory Partners 20,823 18 13 13 Rothschild 10,979 32 15 14 HSBC Bank 20,001 21 32 14 Somerley 5,616 32 8 15 Grant Samuel 18,432 17 10 15 CIMB Group 23,558 31 144 16 Kotak Investment Banking 15,615 15 22 16 AmInvestment Bank 5,258 27 32 17 Lehman Brothers 12,843 17 16 17 Deloitte 2,519 27 34 18 KPMG Corp Fin 12,624 59 15 18 Deutsche Bank 58,478 25 12 19 Rothschild 10,979 32 20 19 DBS Bank 3,557 24 40 20 RHB Investment Bank 10,028 13 24 20 Lazard 36,669 21

mergermarket M&A league tables of fi nancial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 19 League Tables of Financial Advisers by Asia-Pacifi c Region

League Table of Financial Advisers to Asia-Pacifi c (ex Japan) League Table of Financial Advisers to Asia-Pacifi c (ex Japan) Buyouts: Value Buyouts: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 25 1 Deutsche Bank 12,083 2 3 1 Macquarie Group 4,898 11 6 2 UBS 11,807 3 1 2 Citigroup 8,510 10 5 3 Citigroup 8,510 10 9 3 Morgan Stanley 7,112 5 17 4 Morgan Stanley 7,112 5 8 4 ABN AMRO 4,663 4 9 5 Macquarie Group 4,898 11 2 5 Merrill Lynch 3,326 4 15 6 ABN AMRO 4,663 4 10 6 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 1,808 4 3 7 Merrill Lynch 3,326 4 - 7 Yuanta Core Pacifi c Securities Company 1,792 4 26 8 JPMorgan 2,734 3 4 8 UBS 11,807 3 1 9 Goldman Sachs 2,290 2 26 9 JPMorgan 2,734 3 23 10 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 1,808 4 7 10 Credit Suisse 916 3 - 11 Yuanta Core Pacifi c Securities Company 1,792 4 24 11 Rothschild 730 3 - 12 Caliburn Partnership 1,386 2 - 12 Grant Thornton Corporate Finance 294 3 10 13 Ernst & Young 1,215 2 25 13 Deutsche Bank 12,083 2 - 14= KTB Securities Company 1,014 1 6 14 Goldman Sachs 2,290 2 - 14= Phatra Securities Company 1,014 1 - 15 Caliburn Partnership 1,386 2

Note: based on fi rms advising the bidder on buyout deals where the dominant geography of the target company is Asia- Pacifi c (ex Japan)

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League Table of Financial Advisers to Asia (ex Japan and Austral- League Table of Financial Advisers to Asia (ex Japan and Austral- asia): Value asia): Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 3 1 Citigroup 51,189 44 3 1 Citigroup 51,189 44 2 2 Goldman Sachs 46,112 29 5 2 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 7,864 43 7 3 Morgan Stanley 43,148 32 8 3 Merrill Lynch 24,764 34 4 4 UBS 41,434 30 6 4 KPMG Corp Fin 2,243 34 5 5 Credit Suisse 25,918 25 4 5 Morgan Stanley 43,148 32 13 6 Merrill Lynch 24,764 34 27 6 Somerley 5,616 32 6 7 CIMB Group 23,558 31 1 7 CIMB Group 23,558 31 8 8 ABN AMRO 17,506 17 2 8 Ernst & Young 4,260 31 1 9 JPMorgan 17,327 24 9 9 UBS 41,434 30 110 10 Kotak Investment Banking 15,615 15 16 10 Goldman Sachs 46,112 29

League Table of Financial Advisers to Japanese M&A: Value League Table of Financial Advisers to Japanese M&A: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 9 1 Nomura 25,516 87 1 1 Nomura 25,516 87 7 2 Mizuho Financial Group 24,458 45 2 2 14,611 65 21 3 GCA Co 23,193 15 9 3 Mizuho Financial Group 24,458 45 3 4 Citigroup 20,841 34 3 4 Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co 12,164 39 4 5 Merrill Lynch 17,081 11 4 5 Citigroup 20,841 34 5 6 Daiwa Securities Group 14,611 65 7 6 KPMG Corp Fin 11,915 21 15 7 Morgan Stanley 13,113 15 6 7 Ernst & Young 9,413 21 17 8 Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co 12,164 39 5 8 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 6,310 16 37 9 Lehman Brothers 11,943 9 14 9 GCA Co 23,193 15 18 10 KPMG Corp Fin 11,915 21 10 10 Morgan Stanley 13,113 15

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League Table of Financial Advisers to Greater China: Value League Table of Financial Advisers to Greater China: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 5 1 Citigroup 25,506 20 16 1 Somerley 5,601 31 4 2 Goldman Sachs 25,112 14 3 2 Citigroup 25,506 20 2 3 Morgan Stanley 24,293 18 2 3 Morgan Stanley 24,293 18 3 4 UBS 19,912 10 10 4 KPMG Corp Fin 1,155 16 - 5 Kotak Investment Banking 13,665 1 8 5 Goldman Sachs 25,112 14 12 6 Deutsche Bank 12,297 8 170 6 Piper Jaffray Asia 2,119 13 9 7 Credit Suisse 11,068 9 6 7 Merrill Lynch 7,313 11 37 8 CIMB Group 8,585 9 13 8 BNP Paribas 3,568 11 8 9 JPMorgan 7,658 9 4 9 UBS 19,912 10 7 10 Merrill Lynch 7,313 11 12 10 HSBC Bank 4,698 10

League Table of Financial Advisers to Australasia: Value League Table of Financial Advisers to Australasia: Volume

Value No of Value No of Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals Y/E 2006 Y/E 2007 Company Name (USDm) Deals 1 1 Macquarie Group 73,489 61 1 1 Macquarie Group 73,489 61 3 2 UBS 44,044 28 2 2 UBS 44,044 28 6 3 Deutsche Bank 43,205 12 9 3 KPMG Corp Fin 10,411 26 7 4 Morgan Stanley 32,527 14 7 4 Citigroup 23,672 24 8 5 JPMorgan 30,738 12 3 5 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 1,888 21 11 6 Lazard 30,034 9 12 6 Gresham Advisory Partners 20,917 20 5 7 Citigroup 23,672 24 6 7 ABN AMRO 9,282 20 22 8 Gresham Advisory Partners 20,917 20 17 8 Ernst & Young 3,467 18 2 9 Grant Samuel 18,432 17 4 9 Grant Samuel 18,432 17 4 10 Goldman Sachs 13,543 17 5 10 Goldman Sachs 13,543 17

mergermarket M&A league tables of fi nancial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 22 Breakdown of Deals by Region and Industry

Mix of Announced Global Deals by Industry Sector 2007 - Value Construction Agriculture Mix of Announced Deals by Geographic Region 2007 - Value 3.8% 0.4% Defence South & Central South East Asia Pharma/Medical/ 0.3% Asia 1.6% Biotech Australasia 2.6% Industrials and Chemicals Africa & Middle East 4% 3.0% 14.0% 1.9% Transport Japan 2.1% North Asia 2.4% Leisure 3.5% 3.5% Central & Eastern Europe 4.3%

Northern Europe 2.4% North America 45.7% TMT 22.2% 15.3% Southern Europe 8.5%

Business Services Energy/Mining/Utilities 5.2% 16.8% Western Europe Consumer 23.7% Central & South America 10.5% 1.9%

Mix of Announced Global Deals by Industry Sector 2007 - Volume Mix of Announced Deals by Geographic Region 2007 - Volume

Construction Agriculture South & Central South East Asia Asia 2.4% 4.6% 0.9% Defence 1.5% 0.3% Africa & Middle East Pharma/Medical/Biotech Australasia 2.3% 6.4% 3.9% Industrials and Japan Chemicals 2.9% Transport 19% 3.4% North Asia North America Leisure 6.7% 34.9% 3.9%

Central & Eastern Europe 5.7% Financial Services TMT 12.2% 14.9% Northern Europe 5.2%

Southern Europe 6.9% Central & South America Business Services 3.4% Energy/Mining/Utilities 11.5% 9.3%

Consumer Western Europe 13.0% 24.1%

mergermarket M&A league tables of fi nancial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 23 Criteria

• The preliminary 2007 house league tables are based on announced transactions (where the bidder or target or parent of either is from the country or region to which the table refers), over USD 5m in the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007. Deals with undisclosed deal values are included where the target’s turn- over exceeds USD 10m. Activities excluded from the league tables include property transactions and restructur- ings where the ultimate shareholders’ interests are not changed.

• The trend graphs and pie charts are based on the dominant geography or industry of the target and include announced transactions over USD 5m in the given time period. Deals with undisclosed deal values are included where the target’s turnover exceeds USD 10m. Activities excluded from the graphs and charts include property transactions and restructurings where the ultimate shareholders’ interests are not changed.

• The top deals tables are based on announced transactions between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2007, and refl ect the dominant geography of the target company.

Nordic: Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland Benelux: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg Iberia: Portugal and Spain CEE: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

North America: USA, Canada

Greater China: China, , Macau, Taiwan

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