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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 Nomura 12 115,733.33 17.1

2 Sumitomo Mitsui Finl 10 111,696.71 16.5

3 Mizuho 13 104,480.04 15.5

4 BNP Paribas 2 55,500.00 8.2

5 Mitsubishi UFJ MS 5 45,713.35 6.8

6 Daiwa Securities 10 32,716.67 4.8

7 BAML 2 31,833.33 4.7

8 MUFG 2 29,833.33 4.4

9 Goldman Sachs 3 28,680.02 4.2

10 HSBC 2 15,000.00 2.2

Total 48 676,229.39

Excluding equity-related debt. Including preferreds.

Source: Refinitiv SDC code: K10

ALL SAMURAI BONDS

BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share

bank or group issues ¥(m) (%)

1 Mizuho 47 432,381.67 21.1

2 Sumitomo Mitsui Finl 39 410,761.67 20.1

3 Mitsubishi UFJ MS 40 345,281.67 16.9

4 Nomura 38 317,456.67 15.5

5 Daiwa Securities 36 298,653.33 14.6

6 Natixis 11 47,120.00 2.3

7 BAML 3 46,666.67 2.3

8 HSBC 3 40,000.00 2.0

9 SG 3 32,000.00 1.6

10 Barclays 2 29,520.00 1.4

Total 58 2,047,800.00

Excluding equity-related debt.

Source: Refinitiv SDC code: K11

ALL INTERNATIONAL YEN BONDS

BOOKRUNNERS: 1/1/2018 TO DATE

Managing No of Total Share

bank or group issues ¥(m) (%)

1 Mizuho 60 536,861.71 19.7

2 Sumitomo Mitsui Finl 49 522,458.38 19.2

3 Nomura 50 433,190.00 15.9

4 Mitsubishi UFJ MS 45 390,995.02 14.4

5 Daiwa Securities 46 331,370.00 12.2

6 BAML 5 78,500.00 2.9

7 BNP Paribas 5 71,625.00 2.6

8 HSBC 5 55,000.00 2.0

9 Natixis 11 47,120.00 1.7

10 Barclays 6 41,170.00 1.5

Total 106 2,724,029.39

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

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Source: Refinitiv SDC code: K12