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Close Brothers Seydler Bank AG awarded Best German SME House 2012 by Capital Market Daily - Seite 3

corporate bonds.

With more than 210 mandates, Close Brothers Seydler Bank AG has been the
market leader in Designated Sponsoring since a number of years. In this
function, it supports active trading and increased liquidity in the shares
of its clients.

Close Brothers Seydler Research AG, a subsidiary of the Bank, has a
reputation for being one of the most prominent analyst houses for mid-sized
German companies. The experienced research analyst team maintains a
three-digit number of companies under coverage and is considered by the
investment community in Germany and abroad as well as the financial media
to be one of the most demanded and competent market and sector experts.

Awards:
  - Winner Best German SME House 2012 - Capital Market Daily Portal

  - Top Stock Picker 2012 - Thomson Reuters Starmine Ranking in the
    machinery sector (pan-European)

  - Best Bookrunner Mittelstandsanleihen 2011 - Bond Magazine

  - First place - Thomson Reuters Starmine Ranking 2011 for best
    recommendations in TecDAX and SDAX

  - First place - Going Public League Table 2011 for placement of
    Mittelstands bonds by both volume and number of transactions

  - First place - Dealogic German Equity Capital Markets (ECM) Bookrunner
    Ranking 2010 covering equity issues in the German market of up to USD
    100 million in value

For more information on Close Brothers Seydler Bank AG please refer to:
http://www.cbseydler.com

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