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Netherlands

February 3, 2004

Barclays Capital was mandated by Heineken to assemble a package of financings

New Zealand

February 3, 2004

Morgan Stanley acted as sole financial adviser to ANZ on its $3.8bn acquisition of The National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ).

Philippines

February 3, 2004

HSBC was structure adviser and sole bookrunner to the Republic of the Philippines’ retail treasury bond issues.

Russia

February 3, 2004

Morgan Stanley and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein were joint lead managers and bookrunners for OAO Gazprom’s debut 144A $1.75bn transaction.

South Africa

February 3, 2004

Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan were joint global co-ordinators and bookrunners on the Telkom IPO. African Harvest, Legae Securities, Standard Bank and Wipcapital completed the lead consortium.

South Korea

February 3, 2004

Morgan Stanley and Samsung Securities acted as advisers to the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation on the sale of its 80.04% stake in Chohung Bank to Shinhan Financial Group.

Spain

February 3, 2004

ABN-Amro, Barclays and JP Morgan acted as joint lead-managers for Telefónica Europe’s 10-year and 30-year issues.

Sweden

February 3, 2004

Deutsche Bank acted as sole bookrunner and sole manager of a Svenska Cellulosa (SCA) 144A/Reg. S Note

Switzerland

February 3, 2004

Credit Suisse First Boston acted as financial adviser to Zimmer Holdings in acquisitions of Centerpulse and InCentive Capital.

Thailand

February 3, 2004

Deutsche Bank was mandated as financial adviser, rating adviser, risk management adviser and sole bookrunner for The Aromatics (Thailand) plc (ATC) note offering.

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