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ALL GLOBAL AND EUROMARKET YEN BONDS

BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share

bank or group issues ¥(m) (%)

1 Sumitomo Mitsui Finl 6 63,650.03 19.6

2 Nomura 10 60,233.33 18.5

3 Mizuho 9 47,433.36 14.6

4 BAML 2 31,833.33 9.8

5 Daiwa Securities 7 23,916.67 7.3

6 MUFG 1 21,833.33 6.7

7 HSBC 2 15,000.00 4.6

8 Barclays 4 11,650.00 3.6

9 Goldman Sachs 1 10,000.00 3.1

10 Mitsubishi UFJ MS 2 6,666.67 2.0

Total 23 325,536.30

Excluding equity-related debt. Including preferreds.

Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: K10

ALL SAMURAI BONDS

BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share

bank or group issues ¥(m) (%)

1 Sumitomo Mitsui Finl 28 278,401.67 22.3

2 Mizuho 29 240,055.00 19.3

3 Mitsubishi UFJ MS 28 228,921.67 18.4

4 Daiwa Securities 27 191,846.67 15.4

5 Nomura 27 189,130.00 15.2

6 Natixis 11 47,120.00 3.8

7 BAML 2 30,000.00 2.4

8 BNP Paribas 3 16,125.00 1.3

9 Credit Agricole 4 14,500.00 1.2

10 Citigroup 2 10,000.00 0.8

Total 40 1,246,100.00

Excluding equity-related debt.

Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: K11

ALL INTERNATIONAL YEN BONDS

BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share

bank or group issues ¥(m) (%)

1 Sumitomo Mitsui Finl 34 342,051.69 21.8

2 Mizuho 38 287,488.36 18.3

3 Nomura 37 249,363.33 15.9

4 Mitsubishi UFJ MS 30 235,588.33 15.0

5 Daiwa Securities 34 215,763.33 13.7

6 BAML 4 61,833.33 3.9

7 Natixis 11 47,120.00 3.0

8 MUFG 1 21,833.33 1.4

9 BNP Paribas 3 16,125.00 1.0

10 Citigroup 3 15,486.25 1.0

Total 63 1,571,636.30

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

debt.

Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: K12