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ALL SOVEREIGN BONDS IN EUROS

BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share

bank or group issues €(m) (%)

1 Barclays 14 11,302.98 11.8

2 Citigroup 16 9,560.05 9.9

3 JP Morgan 13 9,541.35 9.9

4 BNP Paribas 12 7,660.47 8.0

5 HSBC 11 7,339.59 7.6

6 NatWest Markets 6 6,826.39 7.1

7 SG 11 5,984.29 6.2

8 Santander Global  5 4,589.15 4.8

9 BBVA 3 3,813.65 4.0

10 Goldman Sachs 7 3,723.50 3.9

Total 33 96,141.70

Excluding ABS/MBS.

Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: N4

ALL INTERNATIONAL US$ BONDS

BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share

bank or group issues US$(m) (%)

1 JP Morgan 417 119,495.70 9.8

2 Citigroup 431 118,181.59 9.7

3 BAML 355 95,181.43 7.8

4 Barclays 255 84,755.49 6.9

5 Goldman Sachs 243 74,939.85 6.1

6 HSBC 250 68,335.23 5.6

7 Morgan Stanley 237 63,785.12 5.2

8 Wells Fargo 229 57,731.07 4.7

9 Deutsche Bank 224 53,645.93 4.4

10 Credit Suisse 215 42,790.21 3.5

Total 1,431 1,220,236.02

Including Euro, foreign and global issues. Excluding equity-related debt,

US Global ABS/MBS.

Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: O1