Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley has earned a worldwide reputation for excellence in financial advice and market execution. The 58,000 members of Morgan Stanley in 28 countries connect people, ideas and capital to help its clients achieve their financial aspirations.

The Mergers & Acquisitions Department is responsible for structuring and executing a wide range of complex domestic and international transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, shareholder relations, recapitalizations, spin-offs, exchange offers, leveraged buyouts and defences against unsolicited takeover attempts. The department also establishes and maintains strategic dialogues with existing and potential clients, provides financial advice and solutions to strategic problems and assists clients in achieving short- and long-term strategic objectives. The M&A group is oriented to provide the best solution for each individual client, and works closely with the Banking group and other Product Group Areas to best serve clients.

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Deloitte

Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, its member firms, and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is an organisation of member firms around the world devoted to excellence in providing professional services and advice, focused on client service through a global strategy executed locally in nearly 140 countries. With access to the deep intellectual capital of approximately 135,000 people worldwide, Deloitte delivers services in four professional areas - audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services - and serves more than 80 per cent of the world’s largest companies, as well as large national enterprises, public institutions, locally important clients and successful, fast-growing global growth companies. Services are not provided by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Verein and, for regulatory and other reasons, certain member firms do not provide services in all four professional areas.

As a Swiss Verein (association), neither Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu nor any of its member firms has any liability for each other’s acts or omissions. Each of the member firms is a separate and independent legal entity operating under the names Deloitte, Deloitte & Touche, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu or other related names.

For more information please visit www.deloitte.com.



Thomson Scientific

The Thomson Corporation is a leading global provider of integrated information solutions to business and professional customers.

Thomson provides must-have information, with technology and applications that help its customers make better decisions, faster. We serve more than 20 million information users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, higher education, reference information, corporate training and assessment, financial services, scientific research and healthcare.

For further information, please visit www.thomson.com



NASDAQ

Since its launch in 1971 as the world's first electronic stock market, the NASDAQ stock market has been at the forefront of innovation, using technology to bring millions of investors together with the world's leading companies.

Today NASDAQ is the largest stovck market in the US, listing nearly 4,000 of the world's most innovative companies. Over the past five years, NASDAQ has outpaced all other US markets in listing IPOs. It is also home to category-defining companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, transportation, media and healthcare industries.

NASDAQ is a key driver of global capital formation. For more information please visit www.nasdaq.com


Moody's Investors Service

Moody’s Investors Service is among the world's most respected, widely utilized sources for credit ratings, research and risk analysis. In addition to our core ratings business, Moody’s publishes market-leading credit opinions, deal research and commentary, serving more than 9,000 customer accounts at some 2,400 institutions around the globe.

Moody's independence and integrity have earned us the trust of capital market participants worldwide. Our ratings and analysis track debt covering more than:

    • 100 sovereign nations;
    • 11,000 company issuers;
    • 25,000 public finance issuers; and
    • 70,000 structured finance obligations.



    For further information, please visit www.moodys.com