13 th July 2006 Contact Information: Janice Tsang or Milly Taylor (deal queries, submissions etc) janice.tsang@mergermarket.com milly.taylor@mergermarket.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7059 6179 Elisabeth Nygren (PR) elisabeth.nygren@mergermarket.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7059 6151 mergermarket s Q2 2006 M&A House League Tables of Financial Advisers to European M&A Regional league tables provided for Europe, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Ireland, Nordic Region, Benelux Region, Italy, and Portugal & Spain. EUROPE: in Europe in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 7 1 Citigroup 261,334 71 4 2 JPMorgan 248,986 74 2 3 Morgan Stanley 239,007 64 5 4 Merrill Lynch 220,087 55 3 5 UBS 192,502 69 11 6 BNP Paribas 190,861 38 6 7 Deutsche Bank 180,898 52 8 8 Rothschild 161,700 112 1 9 Goldman Sachs 155,786 41 9 10 Lazard 140,433 73 13 11 HSBC Bank 138,279 31 12 12 Credit Suisse 126,928 44 21 13 SG 101,375 15 10 14 Lehman Brothers 100,558 28 17 15 CALYON 78,172 9 14 16 Dresdner Kleinwort 63,961 20 15 17 ABN AMRO 60,576 62 44 18 Santander Central Hispano 47,177 4 22 19 Mediobanca 40,309 20 26 20 Toulouse & Associes 35,839 1 1
in Europe in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 3 1 Rothschild 161,700 112 2 2 KPMG Corp Fin 17,158 107 1 3 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 10,269 102 4 4 Deloitte 23,075 80 6 5 JPMorgan 248,986 74 12 6 Lazard 140,433 73 9 7 Citigroup 261,334 71 7 8 UBS 192,502 69 10 9 Morgan Stanley 239,007 64 5 10 Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Services 5,936 64 13 11 ABN AMRO 60,576 62 14 12 Merrill Lynch 220,087 55 11 13 Deutsche Bank 180,898 52 18 14 Credit Suisse 126,928 44 8 15 Goldman Sachs 155,786 41 15 16 BNP Paribas 190,861 38 22 17 Grant Thornton Corporate Finance 1,097 34 17 18 Global M&A 851 34 24 19 SEB Enskilda 10,462 33 23 20 HSBC Bank 138,279 31 2
UNITED KINGDOM: in the United Kingdom in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 6 1 Deutsche Bank 63,214 18 8 2 Rothschild 51,142 51 7 3 UBS 50,215 28 12 4 Lazard 48,463 25 4 5 Citigroup 45,056 30 2 6 JPMorgan Cazenove 41,618 28 3 7 Morgan Stanley 33,404 16 40 8 Macquarie Bank 24,399 5 5 9 Merrill Lynch 23,437 17 19 10 Deloitte 21,021 59 1 11 Goldman Sachs 20,447 11 13 12 Dresdner Kleinwort 20,079 11 n/a 13 TD Securities 13,360 1 140 14 Nikko Citigroup Limited 12,541 1 21 15 KPMG Corp Fin 10,066 59 in the United Kingdom in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 1 1 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 7,283 60 4 2 Deloitte 21,021 59 2 3 KPMG Corp Fin 10,066 59 3 4 Rothschild 51,142 51 9 5 Citigroup 45,056 30 6 6 UBS 50,215 28 5 7 JPMorgan Cazenove 41,618 28 7 8 Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Services 2,489 27 18 9 Lazard 48,463 25 19 10 ABN AMRO 5,353 24 15 11 Grant Thornton Corporate Finance 599 24 10 12 Deutsche Bank 63,214 18 12 13 Merrill Lynch 23,437 17 22 14 Hawkpoint Partners 2,933 17 17 15 Global M&A 601 17 3
GERMANY: in Germany in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 6 1 Citigroup 83,099 9 4 2 JPMorgan 70,907 8 2 3 Deutsche Bank 68,483 13 3 4 Merrill Lynch 63,043 7 7 5 Lehman Brothers 52,562 5 33 6 HSBC Bank 46,851 2 5 7 Morgan Stanley 46,791 8 85 8 BNP Paribas 45,456 3 12 9 Dresdner Kleinwort 30,429 8 15 10 Credit Suisse 25,781 7 22 11 Greenhill & Co 17,131 3 13 12 Lazard 7,619 8 10 13 UBS 7,529 11 8 14 Rothschild 4,955 10 1 15 Goldman Sachs 3,173 3 in Germany in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 1 1 Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Services 2,485 19 2 2 Deutsche Bank 68,483 13 13 3 UBS 7,529 11 3 4 KPMG Corp Fin 2,066 11 4 5 Rothschild 4,955 10 5 6 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 101 10 12 7 Citigroup 83,099 9 8 8 JPMorgan 70,907 8 6 9 Morgan Stanley 46,791 8 11 10 Dresdner Kleinwort 30,429 8 7 11 Lazard 7,619 8 19 12 Global M&A - 8 15 13 Merrill Lynch 63,043 7 24 14 Credit Suisse 25,781 7 10 15 Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA 772 6 4
FRANCE: in France in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 6 1 JPMorgan 78,601 19 1 2 BNP Paribas 77,965 22 7 3 Rothschild 69,695 35 4 4 Morgan Stanley 66,727 11 10 5 Merrill Lynch 64,557 14 11 6 SG 58,518 9 2 7 Goldman Sachs 56,786 10 15 8 Lazard 56,683 22 5 9 HSBC Bank 50,473 12 3 10 UBS 48,058 10 8 11 CALYON 39,379 7 16 12 Toulouse & Associes 35,839 1 9 13 Lehman Brothers 32,857 7 26 14 ABN AMRO 32,025 7 12 15 Citigroup 31,439 15 in France in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 1 1 Rothschild 69,695 35 2 2 BNP Paribas 77,965 22 3 3 Lazard 56,683 22 5 4 JPMorgan 78,601 19 14 5 Citigroup 31,439 15 18 6 Merrill Lynch 64,557 14 24 7 Deutsche Bank 10,583 14 12 8 HSBC Bank 50,473 12 11 9 Morgan Stanley 66,727 11 22 10 Grant Thornton Corporate Finance 551 11 13 11 Goldman Sachs 56,786 10 8 12 UBS 48,058 10 6 13 SG 58,518 9 16 14 Deloitte 770 9 4 15 CALYON 39,379 7 5
IRELAND: in Ireland in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 7 1 Goodbody Corp Fin 2,219 3 6 2 Morgan Stanley 1,960 1 26 3 Davy Corporate Finance 1,210 6 16 4 Rothschild 1,053 2 11 5 JPMorgan 999 1 source:mergermarket in Ireland in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 2 1 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 359 7 31 2 Davy Corporate Finance 1,210 6 5 3 Goodbody Corp Fin 2,219 3 15 4 Rothschild 1,053 2 38 5 Ion Equity 310 2 6
NORDIC REGION*: in the Nordic Region in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 5 1 Morgan Stanley 18,648 6 6 2 Citigroup 18,438 10 4 3 SEB Enskilda 10,462 33 8 4 Carnegie Group 9,574 19 10 5 Lazard 5,513 8 52 6 Pareto 5,126 9 9 7 Merrill Lynch 4,423 5 2 8 JPMorgan 4,101 9 1 9 Goldman Sachs 4,018 2 16 10 UBS 2,978 8 31 11 ABG Sundal Collier 2,501 10 7 12 ABN AMRO 2,416 9 36 13 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 2,279 14 33 14 KPMG Corp Fin 2,167 15 23 15 Rothschild 1,873 7 in the Nordic Region in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 1 1 SEB Enskilda 10,462 33 2 2 Carnegie Group 9,574 19 3 3 KPMG Corp Fin 2,167 15 6 4 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 2,279 14 16 5 Citigroup 18,438 10 17 6 ABG Sundal Collier 2,501 10 26 7 Pareto 5,126 9 9 8 JPMorgan 4,101 9 5 9 ABN AMRO 2,416 9 27 10 Lazard 5,513 8 18 11 UBS 2,978 8 12 12 Nordea Corporate Finance 191 8 25 13 Rothschild 1,873 7 19 14 Danske Markets Corporate Finance 1,449 7 7 15 Deloitte 995 7 * The Nordic Region includes Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Norway. 7
BENELUX REGION**: in Benelux in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 15 1 Citigroup 62,231 9 4 2 Morgan Stanley 58,392 14 8 3 Deutsche Bank 42,534 10 3 4 UBS 41,794 12 16 5 Credit Suisse 40,780 5 9 6 BNP Paribas 40,044 5 14 7 CALYON 38,933 3 n/a 8 SG 38,793 2 1 9 Goldman Sachs 36,624 8 10 10 HSBC Bank 32,170 2 13 11 Merrill Lynch 31,320 2 n/a 12= Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria 31,320 1 35 12= Hawkpoint Partners 31,320 1 30 12= Santander Central Hispano 31,320 1 6 13 ABN AMRO 21,054 24 5 14 JPMorgan 15,792 9 2 15 Rothschild 12,736 13 in Benelux in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 1 1 ABN AMRO 21,054 24 2 2 KPMG Corp Fin 875 16 4 3 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corp Fin 666 16 13 4 Morgan Stanley 58,392 14 7 5 Rothschild 12,736 13 3 6 ING 9,403 13 24 7 Fortis Bank 956 13 15 8 Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Services 409 13 9 9 UBS 41,794 12 17 10 Deutsche Bank 42,534 10 20 11 Citigroup 62,231 9 10 12 JPMorgan 15,792 9 5 13 Deloitte 317 9 6 14 Goldman Sachs 36,624 8 19 15 Bank Degroof 352 7 ** The Benelux region includes Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg. 8
ITALY: in Italy in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 6 1 Mediobanca 40,309 20 5 2 Rothschild 39,020 13 12 3 UBS 35,426 6 16 4 BNP Paribas 33,236 3 4 5 JPMorgan 32,965 3 17 6 Credit Suisse 31,438 9 7 7 Citigroup 29,476 4 1 8 Merrill Lynch 28,864 8 8 9 Morgan Stanley 27,501 5 22 10 Unicredit Banca Mobiliare 24,557 4 13 11 Lazard 24,335 10 n/a 12= Capitalia 23,666 1 15 12= Dresdner Kleinwort 23,666 1 3 13 Lehman Brothers 6,458 7 11 14 Deutsche Bank 5,523 3 n/a 15 Houlihan Lokey Howard Zukin 3,985 2 in Italy in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 2 1 Mediobanca 40,309 20 3 2 Rothschild 39,020 13 4 3 KPMG Corp Fin 2,368 11 1 4 Lazard 24,335 10 24 5 Credit Suisse 31,438 9 8 6 Merrill Lynch 28,864 8 6 7 Lehman Brothers 6,458 7 18 8 UBS 35,426 6 49 9 HSBC Bank 2,191 6 10 10 Vitale & Associati 391 6 13 11 Morgan Stanley 27,501 5 11 12 Banca di Intermediazione Mobiliare IMI 3,197 5 9 13 Citigroup 29,476 4 20 14 Unicredit Banca Mobiliare 24,557 4 23 15 ABN AMRO 2,433 4 9
PORTUGAL and SPAIN: in Portugal and Spain in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 6 1 Citigroup 117,445 9 5 2 JPMorgan 98,209 12 4 3 Merrill Lynch 92,332 7 9 4 BNP Paribas 72,468 4 2 5 UBS 66,029 5 14 6 Deutsche Bank 60,582 5 29 7 HSBC Bank 51,170 3 7 8 Morgan Stanley 49,133 12 11 9 Lehman Brothers 48,841 3 3 10 Lazard 48,537 9 24 11 Rothschild 47,145 7 8 12 Credit Suisse 32,021 6 1 13 Goldman Sachs 29,669 7 15 14 Dresdner Kleinwort 23,910 2 n/a 15 Mediobanca 23,810 2 in Portugal and Spain in the period 01 January 2006 30 June 2006 (1) 4 1 JPMorgan 98,209 12 8 2 Morgan Stanley 49,133 12 5 3 Citigroup 117,445 9 7 4 Lazard 48,537 9 9 5 Merrill Lynch 92,332 7 12 6 Rothschild 47,145 7 25 7 Goldman Sachs 29,669 7 10 8 Atlas Capital Close Brothers 157 7 20 9 Credit Suisse 32,021 6 3 10 KPMG Corp Fin 4,361 6 19 11 Nmas1 344 6 14 12 UBS 66,029 5 26 13 Deutsche Bank 60,582 5 2 14 Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento 15,478 5 13 15 BNP Paribas 72,468 4 10
Notes to Editors 1. Criteria: The half year league tables are based on announced transactions (where the bidder or target or parent of either is from the country or region to which the table refers), over EUR 5m in the period from 1 January 2006 to 30 June 2006. Deals with undisclosed deal values are included where the target s turnover exceeds EUR 10m. Activities excluded from the league tables include property transactions and restructurings where the ultimate shareholders interests are not changed. About mergermarket mergermarket is part of The Mergermarket Group which has over 400 employees worldwide and regional head offices in London, New York and Hong Kong. mergermarket is an unparalleled mergers and acquisitions (M&A) intelligence service, unique for its provision of origination intelligence to the investment banking, legal, private equity, acquisition finance, public relation and corporate markets. With an unrivalled network of analysts covering M&A in Europe, the Americas and Asia- Pacific, mergermarket generates proprietary intelligence and delivers it on its mergermarket.com platform and by real-time email alerts to subscribers. This wealth of intelligence, together with a series of historical deal databases, individual and house league tables, profiles and editorial have proven time and time again that this product can and does generate real revenues for clients. This is confirmed by the fact that mergermarket s services are used by over 1,000 of the world s foremost advisory firms to assist in their origination process. Visit us at: www.mergermarket.com Contact Information: Janice Tsang or Milly Taylor (deal queries, submissions etc) janice.tsang@mergermarket.com milly.taylor@mergermarket.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7059 6179 Elisabeth Nygren (PR) elisabeth.nygren@mergermarket.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7059 6151 11