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ALL US$ DENOMINATED HIGH-YIELD BONDS

BOOKRUNNERS – 1/1/2018 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share

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

1 JP Morgan 97 13,973.28 10.7

2 Goldman Sachs 77 9,406.11 7.2

3 BAML 85 8,558.12 6.6

4 Wells Fargo 64 8,464.82 6.5

5 Barclays 65 8,432.44 6.5

6 Deutsche Bank 72 8,323.19 6.4

7 Citigroup 71 7,965.62 6.1

8 Credit Suisse 67 7,892.83 6.1

9 Morgan Stanley 62 7,532.59 5.8

10 RBC 44 5,112.15 3.9

Total 254 130,295.15

Including US domestics, Euro, foreign, globals. Excluding equity-related

debt.

Source: Thomson Reuters SDC code: B5