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

January 02, 2008 mergermarket league tables of financial advisers to global M&A for Year End 2007 Contacts: Europe Nancy Costantinopoli (deal queries, submissions, etc.) nancy.costantinopoli@mergermarket.com Hannah Bagshawe (PR) hannah.bagshawe@mergermarket.com Tel: +44 20 7059 6118 Table of Contents: Global League Tables and Data 2-4 European League Tables 5-13 North American Tables 14-17 Asia-Pacifi c League Tables 18-22 Global M&A Breakdown 23 Criteria 24 About mergermarket 25 North America Jennifer Ruiz (deal queries, submissions, etc.) jennifer.ruiz@mergermarket.com Tel: +1 212-686-3016 Hannah Bagshawe (PR) hannah.bagshawe@mergermarket.com Tel: +44 20 7059 6118 Asia-Pacific Carrie Ho (deal queries, submissions etc) carrie.ho@mergermarket.com Tel: + 852 2158 9725 Seye Im (PR) seye.im@mergermarket.com Tel: +852 2158 9706 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 1

Global League Tables of Financial Advisers League Table of Financial Advisers to Global M&A: League Table of Financial Advisers to Global M&A: Volume 1 1 Goldman Sachs 1,151,312 383 2 2 Morgan Stanley 1,016,651 283 3 3 Citigroup 976,600 386 4 4 JPMorgan 798,447 315 5 5 Merrill Lynch 774,265 292 7 6 UBS 724,297 353 9 7 Lehman Brothers 715,249 225 6 8 Credit Suisse 670,039 294 8 9 Deutsche Bank 620,428 207 11 10 Rothschild 374,868 307 10 11 Lazard 322,796 228 14 12 ABN AMRO 284,072 184 30 13 Greenhill & Co 205,993 36 13 14 Banc of America Securities 201,854 100 12 15 BNP Paribas 191,325 120 33 16 RBC Capital Markets 178,464 109 32 17 CIBC World Markets 150,203 101 34 18 Mediobanca 128,269 47 16 19 HSBC Bank 116,348 76 40 20 TD Securities 113,258 39 3 1 Citigroup 976,600 386 10 2 Goldman Sachs 1,151,312 383 2 3 KPMG Corp Fin 109,119 369 4 4 UBS 724,297 353 5 5 JPMorgan 798,447 315 8 6 Deloitte 87,296 310 6 7 Rothschild 374,868 307 7 8 Credit Suisse 670,039 294 12 9 Merrill Lynch 774,265 292 9 10 Morgan Stanley 1,016,651 283 1 11 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 103,745 268 11 12 Ernst & Young 102,353 258 13 13 Lazard 322,796 228 16 14 Lehman Brothers 715,249 225 14 15 Deutsche Bank 620,428 207 15 16 ABN AMRO 284,072 184 18 17 M&A International Inc 5,779 121 21 18 BNP Paribas 191,325 120 19 19 Houlihan Lokey 54,357 114 28 20 RBC Capital Markets 178,464 109 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 2

Global League Tables of Financial Advisers League Table of Financial Advisers to Global Buyouts: League Table of Financial Advisers to Global Buyouts: Volume 1 1 Citigroup 285,954 54 6 2 Goldman Sachs 190,146 41 3 3 Deutsche Bank 177,215 27 10 4 Lehman Brothers 146,510 30 7 5 Morgan Stanley 136,114 31 9 6 Merrill Lynch 126,274 28 5 7 JPMorgan 123,303 28 4 8 Banc of America Securities 92,468 13 2 9 Credit Suisse 84,881 42-10 TD Securities 48,471 3 19 11 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 48,059 1 28 12 HSBC Bank 47,312 6 14 13 UBS 44,086 37 23 14 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 41,155 62 22 15 Deloitte 36,383 63 12 16 Macquarie Group 32,653 21 13 17 Bear, Stearns & Co 31,279 9 41 18 UniCredit Group 30,986 7 8 19 Wachovia Corporation 23,952 9 44 20 Perella Weinberg Partners 21,912 3 2 1 Deloitte 36,383 63 1 2 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 41,155 62 5 3 Citigroup 285,954 54 3 4 KPMG Corp Fin 9,437 54 4 5 Ernst & Young 9,077 46 6 6 Credit Suisse 84,881 42 16 7 Goldman Sachs 190,146 41 7 8 UBS 44,086 37 10 9 Morgan Stanley 136,114 31 11 10 Lehman Brothers 146,510 30 13 11 Merrill Lynch 126,274 28 9 12 JPMorgan 123,303 28 8 13 Rothschild 12,434 28 12 14 Deutsche Bank 177,215 27 17 15 Grant Thornton Corporate Finance 1,386 22 18 16 Macquarie Group 32,653 21 20 17 BDO Corporate Finance 953 18 15 18 Lazard 11,069 16 14 19 ABN AMRO 11,720 14 19 20 Banc of America Securities 92,468 13 Note: based on firms advising the bidder on buyout deals mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 3

Global M&A Trend Data and Top Global M&A Activity - Yearly Global Buyout M&A Activity - Yearly 4,000 3,500 Volume 16,000 14,000 1,000 900 Volume 3,000 3,000 12,000 800 2,500 of ($bn) 2,500 2,000 1,500 10,000 8,000 6,000 Volume of of ($bn) 700 600 500 400 2,000 1,500 Volume of 1,000 4,000 300 1,000 500 2,000 200 500 100 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 0 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 0 Top Announced 2007 - All Regions Announced Date Bidder Company Bidder Financial Adviser Target Company Target/Seller Financial Adviser Seller Company 29-May-07 31-Jan-07 11-Apr-07 30-Jun-07 Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc; Fortis; and Santander Central Hispano SA Altria Group Inc (Shareholders) Enel SpA; and Acciona SA Teachers Private Capital; Providence Equity Partners Inc; and Madison Dearborn Partners LLC Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller; Greenhill & Co; Merrill Lynch; NIBC Bank; Santander Global Banking and Markets Centerview Partners; Credit Suisse; Deutsche Bank; JPMorgan; Lehman Brothers Credit Suisse; Dresdner Kleinwort; Goldman Sachs; Lazard; Mediobanca; Morgan Stanley; Santander Global Banking and Markets; UBS Citigroup; Deutsche Bank; Royal Bank of Scotland Group; TD Securities ABN AMRO Kraft Foods Inc Endesa SA (46.05% stake) BCE Inc ABN AMRO; Goldman Sachs; Lehman Brothers; Morgan Stanley; Rothschild; UBS Citigroup; Morgan Stanley; Advising seller: Goldman Sachs BNP Paribas; Citigroup; Deutsche Bank; JPMorgan; Lehman Brothers; Merrill Lynch Goldman Sachs; BMO Capital Markets; CIBC World Markets; Greenhill & Co; RBC Capital Markets Deal USD (m) 95,637 Altria Group Inc 60,930 54,656 48,059 26-Feb-07 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co; and TPG Citigroup; Goldman Sachs; JPMorgan; Lehman Brothers; Morgan Stanley TXU Corp Credit Suisse; Lazard 44,161 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 4

Pan-European League Tables European M&A Activity - Quarterly 500 450 Volume 1,800 1,600 of ( bn) 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 Volume of 50 200 0 03 03 Qtr 3 03 Qtr 4 03 04 04 Qtr 3 04 Qtr 4 04 05 05 Qtr 3 05 Qtr 4 05 06 06 Qtr 3 06 Qtr 4 06 07 07 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 07 07 0 Top Announced 2007 - Europe Announced Date Bidder Company Bidder Financial Adviser Target Company Target Financial Adviser Deal 29-May-07 Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc; Fortis; and Santander Central Hispano SA Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller; Greenhill & Co; Merrill Lynch; NIBC Bank; Santander Global Banking and Markets ABN AMRO ABN AMRO; Goldman Sachs; Lehman Brothers; Morgan Stanley; Rothschild; UBS 71,121 11-Apr-07 Enel SpA; and Acciona SA Credit Suisse; Dresdner Kleinwort; Goldman Sachs; Lazard; Mediobanca; Endesa SA (46.05% stake) Morgan Stanley; Santander Global Banking and Markets; UBS BNP Paribas; Citigroup; Deutsche Bank; JPMorgan; Lehman Brothers; Merrill Lynch 40,694 20-May-07 Unicredit Group Merrill Lynch; UniCredit Group Capitalia SpA Citigroup; Credit Suisse; Mediobanca; Rothschild 22,133 20-Apr-07 AB Acquisitions Limited (consortium led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and Stefano Pessina) Citigroup; Deloitte; JPMorgan Cazenove; Merrill Lynch; UniCredit Group Alliance Boots plc Credit Suisse; Goldman Sachs; Greenhill & Co; UBS 17,790 19-Apr-07 Sacyr Vallehermoso SA CALYON; Citigroup; JPMorgan Eiffage SA (66.68% stake) BNP Paribas; Lazard; Natixis 17,537 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 5

Pan-European League Tables League Table of Financial Advisers to European M&A: League Table of Financial Advisers to European M&A: Volume 1 1 Morgan Stanley 444,732 141 2 2 Goldman Sachs 418,328 151 5 3 UBS 384,316 180 4 4 Citigroup 381,652 149 6 5 Merrill Lynch 363,034 126 3 6 JPMorgan 302,691 135 7 7 Rothschild 261,175 258 8 8 Deutsche Bank 247,957 131 9 9 Credit Suisse 245,744 118 16 10 Lehman Brothers 241,087 78 13 11 ABN AMRO 183,741 142 10 12 BNP Paribas 133,312 90 11 13 Lazard 127,011 130 24 14 Mediobanca 94,056 47 18 15 Dresdner Kleinwort 81,590 50 25 16 Santander Global Banking and Markets 77,723 13 65 17 Perella Weinberg Partners 76,350 10 28 18 Greenhill & Co 74,949 21 70 19 RBC Capital Markets 67,199 28 31 20 Ernst & Young 64,058 200 1 1 KPMG Corp Fin 59,907 272 4 2 Deloitte 60,685 271 3 3 Rothschild 261,175 258 5 4 Ernst & Young 64,058 200 2 5 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 55,592 185 9 6 UBS 384,316 180 15 7 Goldman Sachs 418,328 151 8 8 Citigroup 381,652 149 11 9 ABN AMRO 183,741 142 10 10 Morgan Stanley 444,732 141 7 11 JPMorgan 302,691 135 13 12 Deutsche Bank 247,957 131 6 13 Lazard 127,011 130 12 14 Merrill Lynch 363,034 126 14 15 Credit Suisse 245,744 118 17 16 BNP Paribas 133,312 90 18 17 M&A International Inc 2,733 84 22 18 Lehman Brothers 241,087 78 21 19 Grant Thornton Corporate Finance 7,414 66 19 20 Close Brothers Group 9,858 65 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 6

Pan-European League Tables League Table of Financial Advisers to European Buyouts: League Table of Financial Advisers to European Buyouts: Volume 1 1 Citigroup 49,793 13 10 2 Deloitte 36,321 60 6 3 JPMorgan 31,922 8 9 4 Goldman Sachs 31,211 18 30 5 UniCredit Group 30,986 7 25 6 Merrill Lynch 27,942 7 20 7 HSBC Bank 20,348 5 5 8 Deutsche Bank 19,673 9 2 9 Macquarie Group 18,966 5 16 10 UBS 18,769 18 11 11 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 14,220 51 13 12 Credit Suisse 13,935 13 15 13 Lexicon Partners 12,010 2 45 14 Mediobanca 10,992 5 19 15 Dresdner Kleinwort 10,314 7 3 16 Rothschild 8,791 22 12 17 Morgan Stanley 8,731 8 22 18 Lazard 8,515 13 26 19 KPMG Corp Fin 8,042 49 18 20 Ernst & Young 7,523 42 1 1 Deloitte 36,321 60 2 2 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 14,220 51 3 3 KPMG Corp Fin 8,042 49 4 4 Ernst & Young 7,523 42 5 5 Rothschild 8,791 22 20 6 Goldman Sachs 31,211 18 13 7 UBS 18,769 18 11 8 BDO Corporate Finance 953 16 6 9 Grant Thornton Corporate Finance 1,092 15 7 10 Citigroup 49,793 13 28 11 Credit Suisse 13,935 13 9 12 Lazard 8,515 13 21 13 Close Brothers Group 693 10 19 14 Deutsche Bank 19,673 9-15 Wyvern Partners 3,590 9 10 16 JPMorgan 31,922 8 16 17 Morgan Stanley 8,731 8 8 18 ABN AMRO 6,420 8 14 19 BNP Paribas 6,069 8 45 20 UniCredit Group 30,986 7 Note: based on firms advising the bidder on buyout deals where the dominant geography of the target company is Europe mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 7

League Tables of Financial Advisers by European Region Financial Advisers to UK M&A: Financial Advisers to UK M&A: Volume 3 1 Morgan Stanley 232,103 54 5 2 UBS 227,719 82 8 3 Merrill Lynch 195,075 62 6 4 Goldman Sachs 156,283 52 7 5 Citigroup 152,648 73 2 6 Rothschild 148,332 129 4 7 JPMorgan Cazenove 125,607 47 18 8 Lehman Brothers 118,540 34 15 9 Credit Suisse 108,642 41 1 10 Deutsche Bank 106,018 46 3 1 Rothschild 148,332 129 4 2 Deloitte 40,625 117 2 3 KPMG Corp Fin 15,505 108 1 4 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 37,404 102 5 5 Ernst & Young 32,825 83 6 6 UBS 227,719 82 7 7 Citigroup 152,648 73 11 8 Merrill Lynch 195,075 62 13 9 Morgan Stanley 232,103 54 17 10 Goldman Sachs 156,283 52 Financial Advisers to French M&A: Financial Advisers to French M&A: Volume 4 1 Goldman Sachs 82,113 28 1 2 BNP Paribas 79,556 66 2 3 JPMorgan 59,563 26 16 4 Citigroup 51,188 16 3 5 Rothschild 49,413 76 10 6 CALYON 48,855 32 7 7 Lazard 46,545 40 5 8 Morgan Stanley 37,960 17 11 9 UBS 35,860 30 15 10 ABN AMRO 24,494 22 1 1 Rothschild 49,413 76 3 2 BNP Paribas 79,556 66 2 3 Lazard 46,545 40 5 4 Ernst & Young 8,941 33 12 5 CALYON 48,855 32 16 6 UBS 35,860 30 9 7 Goldman Sachs 82,113 28 20 8 SG 3,507 28 6 9 Aforge Finance 3,111 27 4 10 JPMorgan 59,563 26 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 8

League Tables of Financial Advisers by European Region Financial Advisers to German M&A: Financial Advisers to German M&A: Volume 6 1 Goldman Sachs 70,592 29 2 2 Deutsche Bank 58,416 46 1 3 Morgan Stanley 56,556 27 8 4 UBS 44,605 33 17 5 Ernst & Young 43,901 60 14 6 Rothschild 38,190 42 3 7 Citigroup 34,911 17 5 8 JPMorgan 33,422 19 13 9 Lehman Brothers 25,931 12 12 10 Lazard 25,237 30 1 1 Ernst & Young 43,901 60 2 2 Deutsche Bank 58,416 46 3 3 Rothschild 38,190 42 4 4 KPMG Corp Fin 18,561 42 12 5 UBS 44,605 33 5 6 Lazard 25,237 30 22 7 Goldman Sachs 70,592 29 15 8 Morgan Stanley 56,556 27 24 9 ABN AMRO 7,048 22 9 10 Sal Oppenheim jr & Cie 6,115 20 Financial Advisers to Spanish M&A: Financial Advisers to Spanish M&A: Volume 2 1 Citigroup 105,625 14 9 2 JPMorgan 95,233 15 20 3 Lehman Brothers 67,792 7 1 4 Morgan Stanley 66,392 10 15 5 BNP Paribas 63,638 9 12 6 Credit Suisse 58,948 8 13 7 Merrill Lynch 58,537 6 16 8 Santander Global Banking and Markets 54,671 10 4 9 UBS 48,442 12 11 10 Goldman Sachs 45,384 10 16 1 Deloitte 5,247 46 1 2 KPMG Corp Fin 4,273 37 3 3 Atlas Capital Close Brothers 941 19 10 4 JPMorgan 95,233 15 12 5 Citigroup 105,625 14 28 6 ABN AMRO 7,314 13 8 7 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 849 13 19 8 UBS 48,442 12 5 9 Socios Financieros 1,372 12 7 10 Rothschild 20,032 11 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 9

League Tables of Financial Advisers by European Region Financial Advisers to Irish M&A: Financial Advisers to Irish M&A: Volume 6 1 Morgan Stanley 6,877 4 7 2 Goldman Sachs 6,363 4 25 3 KPMG Corp Fin 5,879 10 9 4 Credit Suisse 4,999 5 3 5 UBS 4,289 4 8 6 Citigroup 4,089 5 4 7 Davy Corporate Finance 3,347 11 38 8 Lehman Brothers 2,905 1 2 9 Merrill Lynch 2,625 4-10 RBC Capital Markets 1,839 1 1 1 IBI Corporate Finance 791 14 2 2 Davy Corporate Finance 3,347 11 7 3 KPMG Corp Fin 5,879 10 11 4 Global M&A 134 10 9 5 Deloitte 795 9 4 6 NCB Corp Finance 1,683 8 15 7 Rothschild 1,291 7 3 8 AIB Corporate Finance 232 7 27 9 Credit Suisse 4,999 5 26 10 Citigroup 4,089 5 Financial Advisers to Italian M&A: Financial Advisers to Italian M&A: Volume 1 1 Merrill Lynch 93,878 19 3 2 Mediobanca 89,122 44 7 3 Credit Suisse 84,753 14 2 4 Citigroup 81,597 16 13 5 Deutsche Bank 60,279 10 15 6 Lehman Brothers 59,670 10 10 7 Goldman Sachs 58,899 13 8 8 Morgan Stanley 51,246 11 11 9 UBS 50,914 13 6 10 JPMorgan 50,105 11 1 1 Mediobanca 89,122 44 4 2 KPMG Corp Fin 4,029 29 2 3 Rothschild 45,993 27 5 4 Lazard 11,391 22 8 5 Deloitte 7,212 22 6 6 Merrill Lynch 93,878 19 3 7 Banca IMI/Intesa Sanpaolo 11,809 19 7 8 Citigroup 81,597 16 9 9 Credit Suisse 84,753 14 22 10 Gruppo Banca Leonardo 12,948 14 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 10

League Tables of Financial Advisers by European Region Financial Advisers to Nordic M&A: Financial Advisers to Nordic M&A: Volume 3 1 Goldman Sachs 19,376 17 13 2 Merrill Lynch 13,841 12 21 3 Handelsbanken Capital Markets 13,637 23 1 4 Morgan Stanley 12,048 11 2 5 Citigroup 11,807 9 8 6 JPMorgan 11,334 12 6 7 Deutsche Bank 10,461 12 16 8 ABG Sundal Collier 9,849 17 4 9 UBS 9,808 23 7 10 SEB Enskilda 8,019 40 1 1 SEB Enskilda 8,019 40 4 2 Carnegie Group 4,020 31 2 3 Ernst & Young 5,495 28 5 4 Deloitte 2,045 27 6 5 KPMG Corp Fin 3,685 25 3 6 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 4,971 24 12 7 Handelsbanken Capital Markets 13,637 23 10 8 UBS 9,808 23 15 9 Nordea Corporate Finance 1,558 20 8 10 Danske Markets Corporate Finance 850 20 Financial Advisers to Swedish M&A: Financial Advisers to Swedish M&A: Volume 16 1 Handelsbanken Capital Markets 11,997 19 10 2 Goldman Sachs 11,896 9 3 3 Morgan Stanley 9,357 6 5 4 UBS 6,695 17 26 5 ABG Sundal Collier 6,095 8 33 6 Greenhill & Co 6,022 2 28 7 RBC Capital Markets 6,022 1 20 8 Credit Suisse 4,669 2-9 HSBC Bank 4,296 4 2 10 Deutsche Bank 4,176 6 Y/E 2006 1 1 SEB Enskilda 4,164 21 6 2 Handelsbanken Capital Markets 11,997 19 7 3 UBS 6,695 17 4 4 Carnegie Group 1,240 16 2 5 Ernst & Young 3,818 14 5 6 KPMG Corp Fin 1,647 14 3 7 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 3,079 11 15 8 Lazard 1,339 11 9 9 M&A International Inc 104 11 27 10 Goldman Sachs 11,896 9 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 11

League Tables of Financial Advisers by European Region Financial Advisers to CEE M&A: Financial Advisers to CEE M&A: Volume 2 1 Merrill Lynch 27,243 11 4 2 Credit Suisse 21,767 13 3 3 Deutsche Bank 18,118 19 6 4 Morgan Stanley 17,648 16 14 5 Citigroup 17,165 10 9 6 UBS 16,360 12 8 7 Renaissance Capital 11,152 12 1 8 JPMorgan 11,090 9 23 9 ABN AMRO 9,918 7 7 10 Goldman Sachs 9,319 9 1 1 Deloitte 2,585 37 3 2 Deutsche Bank 18,118 19 10 3 Rothschild 6,392 17 2 4 UniCredit Group 5,780 17 7 5 Morgan Stanley 17,648 16 5 6 Credit Suisse 21,767 13 17 7 UBS 16,360 12 8 8 Renaissance Capital 11,152 12 21 9 M&A International Inc 299 12 6 10 Merrill Lynch 27,243 11 Financial Advisers to Russian M&A: Financial Advisers to Russian M&A: Volume 16 1 Merrill Lynch 24,695 7 4 2 Deutsche Bank 17,241 15 15 3 Citigroup 16,646 7 3 4 Credit Suisse 16,122 6 2 5 Morgan Stanley 15,608 11 7 6 UBS 13,140 6 6 7 Renaissance Capital 11,049 11 8 8 JPMorgan 10,620 8 22 9 ABN AMRO 9,774 4 5 10 Goldman Sachs 9,183 8 1 1 Deutsche Bank 17,241 15 3 2 Morgan Stanley 15,608 11 2 3 Renaissance Capital 11,049 11 8 4 JPMorgan 10,620 8 10 5 Goldman Sachs 9,183 8 9 6 Merrill Lynch 24,695 7 13 7 Citigroup 16,646 7 4 8 Credit Suisse 16,122 6 6 9 UBS 13,140 6 12 10 Deloitte 230 6 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 12

Financial Advisers to Benelux M&A: Financial Advisers to Benelux M&A: Volume 6 1 Goldman Sachs 170,492 31 2 2 Morgan Stanley 159,182 29 10 3 ABN AMRO 138,314 58 5 4 UBS 124,426 20 11 5 Merrill Lynch 124,382 15 23 6 Lehman Brothers 120,610 23 17 7 Rothschild 112,408 31 3 8 Citigroup 45,204 15-9 Perella Weinberg Partners 41,720 3 4 10 Deutsche Bank 34,853 20 2 1 ABN AMRO 138,314 58 1 2 KPMG Corp Fin 23,578 45 3 3 ING 16,138 32 14 4 Goldman Sachs 170,492 31 7 5 Rothschild 112,408 31 9 6 Morgan Stanley 159,182 29 4 7 Deloitte 5,342 29 21 8 Lehman Brothers 120,610 23 6 9 Ernst & Young 5,473 23 10 10 Rabobank 8,735 22 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 13

North American League Tables North American M&A Activity - Quarterly (USA and Canada) 700 Volume 1,400 600 1,200 500 1,000 of ($bn) 400 300 800 600 Volume of 200 400 100 200 0 03 03 Qtr 3 03 Qtr 4 03 04 04 Qtr 3 04 Qtr 4 04 05 05 Qtr 3 05 Qtr 4 05 06 06 Qtr 3 06 Qtr 4 06 07 07 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 07 07 0 Top Announced 2007YTD - North America (US and Canada) Announced Date Bidder Company Bidder Financial Advisor Target Company Target/Seller Financial Advisor Seller Company Deal USD (m) 31-Jan-07 Altria Group Inc (Shareholders) Centerview Partners; Credit Suisse; Deutsche Bank; JPMorgan; Lehman Brothers Kraft Foods Inc Citigroup; Morgan Stanley; Advising seller: Goldman Sachs Altria Group Inc 60,930 30-Jun-07 Teachers Private Capital; Providence Equity Partners Inc; and Madison Dearborn Partners LLC Citigroup; Deutsche Bank; Royal Bank of Scotland Group; TD Securities BCE Inc Goldman Sachs; BMO Capital Markets; CIBC World Markets; Greenhill & Co; RBC Capital Markets 48,059 26-Feb-07 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co; and TPG Citigroup; Goldman Sachs; JPMorgan; Lehman Brothers; Morgan Stanley TXU Corp Credit Suisse; Lazard 44,161 12-Jul-07 Rio Tinto plc CIBC World Markets; Credit Suisse; Alcan Inc Deutsche Bank JPMorgan; Morgan Stanley; RBC Capital Markets; UBS 43,724 02-Apr-07 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co Citigroup; Credit Suisse; Deutsche Bank; Goldman Sachs; HSBC Bank; Lehman Brothers; Merrill Lynch First Data Corporation American Appraisal Associates; Evercore Partners; Morgan Stanley 26,964 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 14

North American League Tables League Table of Financial Advisers to North American M&A: League Table of Financial Advisers to North American M&A: Volume 1 1 Goldman Sachs 714,717 250 2 2 Morgan Stanley 587,859 156 4 3 Citigroup 553,159 205 3 4 JPMorgan 521,689 202 7 5 Lehman Brothers 447,407 168 5 6 Credit Suisse 408,840 184 6 7 Merrill Lynch 362,843 177 10 8 Deutsche Bank 352,667 99 8 9 UBS 313,838 193 9 10 Banc of America Securities 192,065 96 20 11 RBC Capital Markets 171,343 98 11 12 Lazard 168,124 121 19 13 CIBC World Markets 149,770 97 36 14 Greenhill & Co 127,053 21 23 15 TD Securities 113,258 39 13 16 Bear, Stearns & Co 103,024 56 150 17 Perella Weinberg Partners 80,050 8 114 18 Centerview Partners 74,997 7 14 19 Wachovia Corporation 73,104 60 26 20 BMO Capital Markets 72,479 41 4 1 Goldman Sachs 714,717 250 3 2 Citigroup 553,159 205 1 3 JPMorgan 521,689 202 2 4 UBS 313,838 193 5 5 Credit Suisse 408,840 184 7 6 Merrill Lynch 362,843 177 10 7 Lehman Brothers 447,407 168 6 8 Morgan Stanley 587,859 156 8 9 Lazard 168,124 121 11 10 Houlihan Lokey 47,032 108 13 11 Deutsche Bank 352,667 99 16 12 RBC Capital Markets 171,343 98 15 13 CIBC World Markets 149,770 97 12 14 Banc of America Securities 192,065 96 9 15 Jefferies & Company 25,963 83 14 16 Rothschild 54,592 70 25 17 KPMG Corp Fin 21,059 68 20 18 Sandler O'Neill & Partners 54,482 61 18 19 Wachovia Corporation 73,104 60 23 20 William Blair & Company 11,356 59 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 15

North American League Tables League Table of Financial Advisers to North American Buyouts: 1 1 Citigroup 223,766 28 9 2 Goldman Sachs 154,911 19 3 3 Deutsche Bank 144,049 15 13 4 Lehman Brothers 137,596 20 7 5 Morgan Stanley 119,975 17 4 6 Banc of America Securities 88,485 9 5 7 JPMorgan 85,274 13 8 8 Merrill Lynch 75,932 13 2 9 Credit Suisse 64,747 23-10 TD Securities 48,471 3 14 11 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 48,059 1 11 12 Bear, Stearns & Co 30,423 8 22 13 HSBC Bank 26,964 1 6 14 Wachovia 23,952 9 16 15 UBS 13,175 14 10 16 Blackstone Group Holdings 9,847 2 20 17 Evercore Partners 9,500 4 45 18 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 8,851 4 19 19 Macquarie Group 8,789 5-20 Atlas Advisors 7,750 1 League Table of Financial Advisers to North American Buyouts: Volume 2 1 Citigroup 223,766 28 1 2 Credit Suisse 64,747 23 8 3 Lehman Brothers 137,596 20 11 4 Goldman Sachs 154,911 19 5 5 Morgan Stanley 119,975 17 6 6 Deutsche Bank 144,049 15 4 7 UBS 13,175 14 3 8 JPMorgan 85,274 13 7 9 Merrill Lynch 75,932 13 9 10 Banc of America Securities 88,485 9 10 11 Wachovia Corporation 23,952 9 12 12 Bear, Stearns & Co 30,423 8 15 13 Houlihan Lokey 2,746 7 17 14 CIBC World Markets 198 6 14 15 Macquarie Group 8,789 5 29 16 Lincoln International 20 5 23 17 Evercore Partners 9,500 4 18 18 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 8,851 4-19 BMO Capital Markets Corp 170 4 31 20 Robert W Baird & Co 71 4 Note: based on firms advising the bidder on buyout deals where the dominant geography of the target company is North America mergermarket M&A league tables of financial 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: League Table of Financial Advisers to Canadian M&A: Volume 3 1 RBC Capital Markets 152,523 50 1 2 CIBC World Markets 138,887 63 7 3 Goldman Sachs 109,491 22 5 4 TD Securities 107,474 35 6 5 Deutsche Bank 99,905 5 2 6 JPMorgan 98,463 19 8 7 Morgan Stanley 98,079 12 9 8 Citigroup 91,075 17 4 9 UBS 88,592 27 13 10 BMO Capital Markets 71,452 26 1 1 CIBC World Markets 138,887 63 2 2 RBC Capital Markets 152,523 50 7 3 TD Securities 107,474 35 3 4 Scotia Capital 27,568 32 5 5 GMP Securities 11,473 28 6 6 UBS 88,592 27 4 7 BMO Capital Markets 71,452 26 23 8 Goldman Sachs 109,491 22 15 9 Merrill Lynch 28,983 22 14 10 Genuity Capital Markets 13,815 21 League Table of Financial Advisers to South and Central American M&A: 2 1 Citigroup 19,599 40 6 2 JPMorgan 17,397 28 1 3 Credit Suisse 16,293 26 4 4 UBS 14,039 23 7 5 ABN AMRO 11,312 24 12 6 Merrill Lynch 6,568 14 11 7 Rothschild 6,210 17 5 8 Goldman Sachs 4,384 13 3 9 Morgan Stanley 3,923 7 34 10 CALYON 3,109 3 League Table of Financial Advisers to South and Central American M&A: Volume 1 1 Citigroup 19,599 40 2 2 JPMorgan 17,397 28 3 3 Credit Suisse 16,293 26 5 4 ABN AMRO 11,312 24 7 5 UBS 14,039 23 4 6 Rothschild 6,210 17 6 7 Merrill Lynch 6,568 14 8 8 Goldman Sachs 4,384 13 30 9 BNP Paribas 1,282 10 10 10 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 1,160 9 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 17

Asia-Pacific League Tables Asia-Pacific M&A Activity - Quarterly (incl Japan) 140 Volume 700 120 600 100 500 of ($bn) 80 60 400 300 Volume of 40 200 20 100 0 03 03 Qtr 3 03 Qtr 4 03 04 04 Qtr 3 04 Qtr 4 04 05 05 Qtr 3 05 Qtr 4 05 06 06 Qtr 3 06 Qtr 4 06 07 07 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 07 07 0 Top Announced 2007 - Asia-Pacific Announced Date Bidder Company Bidder Financial Advisor Target Company Target/Seller Financial Advisor Seller Company Deal 02-Jul-07 Wesfarmers Limited Gresham Advisory Partners; Macquarie Bank Coles Group Limited (88.70% stake) Deutsche Bank; Lazard Carnegie Wylie 16,290 11-Feb-07 Vodafone International Holdings BV UBS Hutchison Essar Ltd (67% stake) Citigroup; Goldman Sachs; Morgan Stanley; Advising seller: Deutsche Bank; Kotak Investment Banking Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited 13,665 30-Mar-07 Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Ltd Deutsche Bank; Morgan Stanley; UBS Alinta Ltd Grant Samuel; JPMorgan; Lazard Carnegie Wylie 11,241 06-Mar-07 Citigroup Inc Citigroup Nikko Cordial Corporation (56.15% stake) GCA Co 7,820 03-May-07 Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd ABN AMRO; CIMB Group Maxis Communications Berhad RHB Investment Bank Berhad 6,568 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 18

Asia-Pacific League Tables League Table of Financial Advisers to Asia-Pacific (ex Japan) M&A: 3 1 UBS 85,478 58 5 2 Macquarie Group 80,533 74 4 3 Citigroup 73,921 66 6 4 Morgan Stanley 71,554 41 7 5 Deutsche Bank 58,478 25 2 6 Goldman Sachs 57,861 42 1 7 JPMorgan 48,065 36 9 8 Credit Suisse 37,186 36 17 9 Lazard 36,669 21 14 10 Merrill Lynch 36,503 46 10 11 ABN AMRO 26,103 36 11 12 CIMB Group 23,558 31 41 13 Gresham Advisory Partners 20,823 18 15 14 HSBC Bank 20,001 21 8 15 Grant Samuel 18,432 17 144 16 Kotak Investment Banking 15,615 15 32 17 Lehman Brothers 12,843 17 34 18 KPMG Corp Fin 12,624 59 12 19 Rothschild 10,979 32 40 20 RHB Investment Bank 10,028 13 League Table of Financial Advisers to Asia-Pacific (ex Japan) M&A: Volume 3 1 Macquarie Group 80,533 74 4 2 Citigroup 73,921 66 1 3 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 9,719 63 6 4 KPMG Corp Fin 12,624 59 2 5 UBS 85,478 58 12 6 Merrill Lynch 36,503 46 5 7 Ernst & Young 7,659 46 11 8 Goldman Sachs 57,861 42 7 9 Morgan Stanley 71,554 41 8 10 JPMorgan 48,065 36 14 11 Credit Suisse 37,186 36 9 12 ABN AMRO 26,103 36 13 13 Rothschild 10,979 32 32 14 Somerley 5,616 32 10 15 CIMB Group 23,558 31 22 16 AmInvestment Bank 5,258 27 16 17 Deloitte 2,519 27 15 18 Deutsche Bank 58,478 25 20 19 DBS Bank 3,557 24 24 20 Lazard 36,669 21 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 19

League Tables of Financial Advisers by Asia-Pacific Region League Table of Financial Advisers to Asia-Pacific (ex Japan) Buyouts: 25 1 Deutsche Bank 12,083 2 6 2 UBS 11,807 3 5 3 Citigroup 8,510 10 17 4 Morgan Stanley 7,112 5 9 5 Macquarie Group 4,898 11 15 6 ABN AMRO 4,663 4 3 7 Merrill Lynch 3,326 4 26 8 JPMorgan 2,734 3 1 9 Goldman Sachs 2,290 2 23 10 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 1,808 4-11 Yuanta Core Pacific Securities Company 1,792 4-12 Caliburn Partnership 1,386 2 10 13 Ernst & Young 1,215 2-14= KTB Securities Company 1,014 1-14= Phatra Securities Company 1,014 1 League Table of Financial Advisers to Asia-Pacific (ex Japan) Buyouts: Volume 3 1 Macquarie Group 4,898 11 1 2 Citigroup 8,510 10 9 3 Morgan Stanley 7,112 5 8 4 ABN AMRO 4,663 4 2 5 Merrill Lynch 3,326 4 10 6 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 1,808 4-7 Yuanta Core Pacific Securities Company 1,792 4 4 8 UBS 11,807 3 26 9 JPMorgan 2,734 3 7 10 Credit Suisse 916 3 24 11 Rothschild 730 3-12 Grant Thornton Corporate Finance 294 3 25 13 Deutsche Bank 12,083 2 6 14 Goldman Sachs 2,290 2-15 Caliburn Partnership 1,386 2 Note: based on firms advising the bidder on buyout deals where the dominant geography of the target company is Asia- Pacifi c (ex Japan) mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 20

League Tables of Financial Advisers by Asia-Pacific Region League Table of Financial Advisers to Asia (ex Japan and Australasia): 3 1 Citigroup 51,189 44 2 2 Goldman Sachs 46,112 29 7 3 Morgan Stanley 43,148 32 4 4 UBS 41,434 30 5 5 Credit Suisse 25,918 25 13 6 Merrill Lynch 24,764 34 6 7 CIMB Group 23,558 31 8 8 ABN AMRO 17,506 17 1 9 JPMorgan 17,327 24 110 10 Kotak Investment Banking 15,615 15 League Table of Financial Advisers to Asia (ex Japan and Australasia): Volume 3 1 Citigroup 51,189 44 5 2 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 7,864 43 8 3 Merrill Lynch 24,764 34 6 4 KPMG Corp Fin 2,243 34 4 5 Morgan Stanley 43,148 32 27 6 Somerley 5,616 32 1 7 CIMB Group 23,558 31 2 8 Ernst & Young 4,260 31 9 9 UBS 41,434 30 16 10 Goldman Sachs 46,112 29 League Table of Financial Advisers to Japanese M&A: League Table of Financial Advisers to Japanese M&A: Volume 9 1 Nomura 25,516 87 7 2 Mizuho Financial Group 24,458 45 21 3 GCA Co 23,193 15 3 4 Citigroup 20,841 34 4 5 Merrill Lynch 17,081 11 5 6 Daiwa Securities Group 14,611 65 15 7 Morgan Stanley 13,113 15 17 8 Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co 12,164 39 37 9 Lehman Brothers 11,943 9 18 10 KPMG Corp Fin 11,915 21 1 1 Nomura 25,516 87 2 2 Daiwa Securities Group 14,611 65 9 3 Mizuho Financial Group 24,458 45 3 4 Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co 12,164 39 4 5 Citigroup 20,841 34 7 6 KPMG Corp Fin 11,915 21 6 7 Ernst & Young 9,413 21 5 8 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 6,310 16 14 9 GCA Co 23,193 15 10 10 Morgan Stanley 13,113 15 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 21

League Tables of Financial Advisers by Asia-Pacific Region League Table of Financial Advisers to Greater China: League Table of Financial Advisers to Greater China: Volume 5 1 Citigroup 25,506 20 4 2 Goldman Sachs 25,112 14 2 3 Morgan Stanley 24,293 18 3 4 UBS 19,912 10-5 Kotak Investment Banking 13,665 1 12 6 Deutsche Bank 12,297 8 9 7 Credit Suisse 11,068 9 37 8 CIMB Group 8,585 9 8 9 JPMorgan 7,658 9 7 10 Merrill Lynch 7,313 11 16 1 Somerley 5,601 31 3 2 Citigroup 25,506 20 2 3 Morgan Stanley 24,293 18 10 4 KPMG Corp Fin 1,155 16 8 5 Goldman Sachs 25,112 14 170 6 Piper Jaffray Asia 2,119 13 6 7 Merrill Lynch 7,313 11 13 8 BNP Paribas 3,568 11 4 9 UBS 19,912 10 12 10 HSBC Bank 4,698 10 League Table of Financial Advisers to Australasia: League Table of Financial Advisers to Australasia: Volume 1 1 Macquarie Group 73,489 61 3 2 UBS 44,044 28 6 3 Deutsche Bank 43,205 12 7 4 Morgan Stanley 32,527 14 8 5 JPMorgan 30,738 12 11 6 Lazard 30,034 9 5 7 Citigroup 23,672 24 22 8 Gresham Advisory Partners 20,917 20 2 9 Grant Samuel 18,432 17 4 10 Goldman Sachs 13,543 17 1 1 Macquarie Group 73,489 61 2 2 UBS 44,044 28 9 3 KPMG Corp Fin 10,411 26 7 4 Citigroup 23,672 24 3 5 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 1,888 21 12 6 Gresham Advisory Partners 20,917 20 6 7 ABN AMRO 9,282 20 17 8 Ernst & Young 3,467 18 4 9 Grant Samuel 18,432 17 5 10 Goldman Sachs 13,543 17 mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 22

Breakdown of by Region and Industry Mix of Announced Global by Industry Sector 2007 - Leisure 3.5% Construction 3.8% Pharma/Medical/ Biotech 4% Transport 2.1% Agriculture 0.4% Defence 0.3% Industrials and Chemicals 14.0% Mix of Announced by Geographic Region 2007 - North Asia 3.5% Australasia 3.0% Central & Eastern Europe 4.3% Japan 2.4% South & Central Asia 2.6% South East Asia 1.6% Africa & Middle East 1.9% TMT 15.3% Financial Services 22.2% Northern Europe 2.4% Southern Europe 8.5% North America 45.7% Energy/Mining/Utilities 16.8% Consumer 10.5% Business Services 5.2% Western Europe 23.7% Central & South America 1.9% Mix of Announced Global by Industry Sector 2007 - Volume Construction 4.6% Agriculture 0.9% Defence Pharma/Medical/Biotech 0.3% 6.4% Transport 3.4% Leisure 3.9% Industrials and Chemicals 19% Mix of Announced by Geographic Region 2007 - Volume South & Central Asia 1.5% Australasia 3.9% Japan 2.9% North Asia 6.7% South East Asia 2.4% Africa & Middle East 2.3% North America 34.9% Central & Eastern Europe 5.7% TMT 14.9% Financial Services 12.2% Northern Europe 5.2% Energy/Mining/Utilities 9.3% Business Services 11.5% Southern Europe 6.9% Central & South America 3.4% Consumer 13.0% Western Europe 24.1% mergermarket M&A league tables of financial 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. with undisclosed deal values are included where the target s turnover exceeds USD 10m. Activities excluded from the league tables include property transactions and restructurings 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. 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, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan mergermarket M&A league tables of financial advisers - Year End 2007 - January 02, 2008 Page 24

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