dealfolio digest 16 - 30 apr 2015
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DealFolio Digest April 16 – 30 2015
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Organised Insight into Lawyers’ Client Work
• DealFolio Digest for the second half of April 2015, with information on law firm client work in the following practice areas:
– Corporate and M&A – Debt Capital Markets – Equity Capital Markets – Infrastructure and Project Finance, – International Finance and Bank Credit – Real Estate and – Restructuring.
• Highlights include Allen & Overy, Slaughter and May and Linklaters advising on the purchase of Virgin Active by Brait and Clifford Chance advising on a landmark sovereign sukuk by The Government of Malaysia.
• Please refer to the index on slide 95 for deals classified by industry.
• Full information available at www.legaldealfolio.com.
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• Infrastructure and Project Finance – Project Finance…………………….…………..72 – Transfer of Project Assets………….…………73
• International Finance and Bank Credit – Acquisition Finance……………………….….75 – Real Estate Finance……….……………….….78 – Syndicated and Bilateral Loans……….…….80
• Real Estate – Real Estate Acquisitions and Disposals……87 – Real Estate Development…………….……...92
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• Corporate and M&A – Financial Buyer Acquisitions…………………5 – Joint Ventures………..……………………… 18 – Mergers………………………………………..21 – Strategic Buyer Acquisitions………………...23
• Debt Capital Markets – Bond Repurchase and Exchange Schemes…34 – Corporate Bonds……………………………...35 – Islamic Finance………………………….…….54 – Retail Bonds……………………………….…..55 – Securitisation and Structured Finance….…..56 – Sovereign and Public Sector Bonds…….…...58
• Equity Capital Markets – Initial Public Offerings…………………….…60 – Rights Issues…………………..………………64 – Secondary Offerings and Placings………..…66
Table of Contents
Corporate and M&A
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Allen & Overy Virgin Active - Purchase of 80% Stake by Brait
Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Secondary Buy-Out Travel & Leisure
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Andrew Ballheimer
Taylor Wessing WHEB Partners Leveraged Buy-Out of Dolan/European Carbon Fiber
Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Primary Buy-Out Chemicals
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Peter Hellich
Slaughter and May Virgin Group Sale of Virgin Active Stake to Brait
Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Secondary Buy-Out Travel & Leisure
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Mark Zerdin
Linklaters Brait Purchase of Stake in Virgin Active
Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Secondary Buy-Out Travel & Leisure
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Stuart Boyd
Cravath ThyssenKrupp AG Sale of VDM Group to Lindsay Goldberg LLC
Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Primary Buy-Out Chemicals
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Richard Hall
Simpson Thacher Snow Phipps Group, LLC Sale of Boyd Corporation
Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Secondary Buy-Out Industrial Engineering
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Andrew W Smith
Simpson Thacher New Mountain Capital Sale of Equity Portion in AmWINS
Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Minority Investment Nonlife Insurance
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Peter J Gordon
Davis Polk Metalmark Capital Investment in Kissner Milling Company Limited
Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Primary Buy-Out Chemicals
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Michael S Davis
Watson Farley & Williams Redbird Investments Unconditional Offer for Baobab Resources
Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Primary Buy-Out Mining
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Jan Mellmann
Shearman & Sterling Francisco Partners Proposed Acquisition of Procera Networks
Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Primary Buy-Out Software & Computer Services
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Michael J Kennedy
DLA Piper Sale of The Atlanta Hawks to Consortium
Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Primary Buy-Out Travel & Leisure
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Charles H Baker
Debevoise & Plimpton Sale of DE Shaw Group Equity Interest to Hillspire LLC
Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Minority Investment Financial Services
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Michael J Gillespie
Davis Polk Perfect World/Yufeng Chi Going-Private Transaction
Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Secondary Buy-Out Software & Computer Services
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Miranda So
Simpson Thacher Abengoa, S.A. Latin American JV with EIG Global Energy Partners
Joint Ventures – Continuing Business Partnership Electricity
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David L Williams
Trowers & Hamlins Breckland Council and Land Group - Breckland Bridge Joint Venture
Joint Ventures – Consortium Public Sector
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Helen Randall
DLA Piper Coolpad Group Joint Venture with Qihoo 360
Joint Ventures – Continuing Business Partnership Software & Computer Services
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Mike Suen
Slaughter and May Santander Asset Management/Pioneer Investments Europe/LatAm Merger
Mergers Financial Services
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Mark Zerdin
Davis Polk Banco Santander - Santander AM/Pioneer Investments Merger
Mergers Financial Services
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Luigi De Ghenghi
Davis Polk BBVA Acquisition of Spring Studio
Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Financial Services
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William L Taylor
Cahill Murray Energy Corporation Acquisition of Interest in Foresight Energy
Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Oil & Gas Producers
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William M Hartnett
Slaughter and May China Orient Asset Management - Offer for Shanghai Zendai Property
Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Public Company Recommended Offer Construction & Materials
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Neil Hyman
Clifford Chance Willis Group Holdings Firm Offer for Gras Savoye
Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Nonlife Insurance
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Thierry Schoen
Slaughter and May China Resources Acquisition of CRE Non-Beer Business
Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Public Company Recommended Offer General Retailers
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Benita Yu
Travers Smith Sale of Pace plc to ARRIS Group
Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Public Company Recommended Offer Media
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Spencer Summerfield
Latham & Watkins Amer International Group Investment in General Moly, Inc
Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Mining
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Allen Wang
Herbert Smith Freehills ARRIS Group, Inc Takeover of Pace plc
Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Public Company Recommended Offer Media
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Gavin Davies
Davis Polk MasterCard Acquisition of of Applied Predictive Technologies
Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Financial Services
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William H Aaronson
DLA Piper ProSiebenSat.1 Media Acquisition of Stake in Sonoma Internet
Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Media
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Florian Hirschmann
Debt Capital Markets
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Davis Polk Sunac China Holdings Limited Consent Solicitation
Bond Repurchase and Exchange Schemes – Repurchase Offers Real Estate Investment & Services
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William F Barron
Cahill Norbord Inc Offering of Senior Secured Notes due 2023
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Construction & Materials
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James J Clark
Dentons Faurecia Issuance of Senior Notes due 2022
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Automobiles & Parts
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Philippe Max
Shearman & Sterling Petroleos Mexicanos Dual Tranche Securities Offering
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Oil & Gas Producers
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Stuart K Fleischmann
Cravath Taylor Morrison Communities High-Yield Senior Debt Offering
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Household Goods & Home Construction
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William J Whelan III
Cahill WaveDivision Holdings Offering of Senior Notes due 2020
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Fixed Line Communications
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Stuart Downing
Ashurst STADA Arzneimittel AG Issuance of Bonds due 2022
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
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Tobias Krug
Cahill Charter Communications Senior Notes due 2023, due 2025, due 2027
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Media
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William M Hartnett
Davis Polk CSX Corporation Registered Offering of Senior Notes due 2050
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Industrial Transportation
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Richard D Truesdell Jr
Davis Polk Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Colombia Subordinated Notes due 2025
Corporate Bonds – Subordinated Debt Banks
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Maurice Blanco
Slaughter and May International Personal Finance plc Consolidated Senior Notes Issuance
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Financial Services
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Mark Dwyer
Slaughter and May Standard Chartered PLC Notes due 2018, due 2020, due 2025
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Banks
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Nilufer von Bismarck
White & Case Air France-KLM Issuance of Perpetual Subordinated Bonds - Tap Issuance
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Travel & Leisure
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Cenzi Gargaro
Shearman & Sterling Orange Switzerland Issuance of Senior Notes due 2022, due 2023
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Mobile Telecommunications
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Apostolos Gkoutzinis
Davis Polk General Mills Issuance of Notes due 2023, due 2027
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Food Producers
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John B Meade
Simpson Thacher United Group Issuance of Senior Secured Notes due 2020
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Media
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Nicholas J Shaw
Simpson Thacher Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co - KEXIM Guaranteed Notes due 2020
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Construction & Materials
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Youngjin Sohn
Cahill Carrols Restaurant Group Senior Second Lien Notes due 2022
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Travel & Leisure
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James J Clark
Simpson Thacher Blackstone Holdings Finance Issuance of Senior Notes due 2045
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Travel & Leisure
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Joshua Ford Bonnie
Simpson Thacher Credit Suisse - Orange Switzerland Senior Notes Offering
Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Mobile Telecommunications
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Nicholas J Shaw
Clifford Chance The Government of Malaysia Dual Tranche Sukuk Issuance
Islamic Finance Bonds and Sukuk Public Sector and Sovereign
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Qudeer Latif
White & Case Republic of Italy - BTP Italia Retail Offering
Retail Bonds Public Sector and Sovereign
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Paola Leocani
Davis Polk Ingram Micro Inc - Account Receivable-Backed Funding Programme
Securitisation and Structured Finance Technology Hardware & Equipment
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Meyer C Dworkin
Linklaters RBS - UK Real Estate Backed Financing for German Bank
Securitisation and Structured Finance Banks
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Andy Vickery
Simpson Thacher The Export-Import Bank of Korea Floating Rates due 2016
Sovereign and Public Sector Bonds – Development and Export Banks Banks
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Youngjin Sohn
Equity Capital Markets
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Davis Polk Etsy, Inc NASDAQ Initial Public Offering
Initial Public Offerings – NASDAQ General Retailers
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Sarah K Solum
Davis Polk Virtu Financial NASDAQ Initial Public Offering
Initial Public Offerings – NASDAQ Financial Services
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Michael Kaplan
Latham & Watkins The Government of Pakistan - Sale of Habib Bank Stake
Initial Public Offerings Banks
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Nomaan A Raja
Ashurst Fondul Proprietatea SA Admission to Trading on AIM
Initial Public Offerings - LSE Main Exchange Equity Investment Instruments
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Jonathan Parry
Clifford Chance Serco Group plc - Fully Underwritten Rights Issue
Rights Issues Support Services
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Patrick Sarch
Davis Polk Telefonica SEC-Registered Underwritten Rights Offering
Rights Issues Mobile Telecommunications
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Michael J Willisch
Simpson Thacher Blackstone Mortgage Trust Offering of Class A Common Stock
Secondary Offerings and Placings Real Estate Investment Trusts
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Andrew W Keller
Simmons & Simmons JP Morgan Cazenove/Numis - The Unite Group plc Placing of Shares
Secondary Offerings and Placings Support Services
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Chris Horton
Davis Polk CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited Placement of Shares
Secondary Offerings and Placings Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
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Paul Chow
Simpson Thacher Nielsen NV Secondary Offering of Common Stock
Secondary Offerings and Placings Media
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Joseph H Kaufman
Slaughter and May SVG Capital plc - Return of Capital via Tender Offer
Secondary Offerings and Placings Financial Services
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Robin Ogle
Infrastructure and Project Finance
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Watson, Farley & Williams Financing for 60MW Wind Farm, Silute, Lithuania
Project Finance – Renewable Energy (Wind Farms) Alternative Energy
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Stefan Kilgus
Clifford Chance Abertis Infraestructuras Sale of Desarrollo de Concesiones Aeroportuarias
Transfer of Project Assets – Airport Assets Travel & Leisure
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Joel Ziff
International Finance and Bank Credit
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Simpson Thacher Financing for ARRIS Group Acquisition of Pace
Acquisition Finance – Public Company Acquisition Media
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Euan Gorrie
Davis Polk Goldman Sachs - Mylan Proposal to Acquire Perrigo Company
Acquisition Finance – Public Company Acquisition Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
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Jason Kyrwood
Davis Polk Financing for XPO Logistics Acquisition of Norbert Dentressangle
Acquisition Finance – Private Company Acquisition Industrial Transportation
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Jason Kyrwood
Ashurst Cerberus Capital Management Refinancing of Metro Property Portfolio
Real Estate Finance – Shopping Centres and Retail General Retailers
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Stephan Kock
DLA Piper Aareal Financing for NorthStar Realty European Portfolio Purchase
Real Estate Finance – Office Real Estate Investment Trusts
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Helen Dyer
Clifford Chance Serco Group plc - Refinancing Revolving Credit Facility
Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Support Services
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Steven Fox
Cahill Endemol Shine Group - Term Loan Facilities
Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Media
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Jonathan J Frankel
Cravath JP Morgan - NBA League-Wide Revolving Credit Facility
Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Travel & Leisure
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B Robbins Kiessling
Trowers & Hamlins Financing for Triangle Investments Purchase of the New Oxford Street Estate
Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Real Estate Investment & Services
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Sarah Gooden
Simpson Thacher JP Morgan - Term Loan Facility for Financing for Coty Inc
Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Personal Goods
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James T Knight
DLA Piper Altus Group Limited Amended and Expanded Revolving Credit Facility
Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Support Services
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Eric Belli-Bivar
Real Estate
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Clifford Chance IVG Institutional Funds Acquisition of Eurotower, Frankfurt
Real Estate Acquisitions and Disposals – Office Real Estate Investment & Services
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Christian Kellich
Linklaters Brookfield Property Partners Acquisition of Unitech Indian Portfolio
Real Estate Acquisitions and Disposals Real Estate Investment & Services
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Narayan Iyer
Ashurst RFR Holding Acquisition of Kurfurstendamm 28, Berlin
Real Estate Acquisitions and Disposals - Office Real Estate Investment & Services
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Liane Muschter
Fladgate Sale of Hoole Hall Hotel and Spa, Chester
Real Estate Acquisitions and Disposals - Hotels Travel & Leisure
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Julian Lewis
Simpson Thacher Blackstone Real Estate Partners Acquisition of UK Logistics Assets
Real Estate Acquisitions and Disposals - Warehouses Real Estate Investment & Services
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Wheatly MacNamara
Dentons Aventicum Capital Management Purchase of the Mozaika Mokotow and sPlace, Warsaw
Real Estate Development Real Estate Investment & Services
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Tomasz Stasiak
Linklaters AustralianSuper Acquisition of Interest in King's Cross Project, London
Real Estate Development – Mixed Use Real Estate Investment & Services
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Mike Bienenfeld
Dentons John Lewis Partnership Redevelopment of Clearings Site, Chelsea
Real Estate Development – Shopping Centre Real Estate Investment & Services
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Richard Budge
• Alternative Energy…………………………………..72 Automobiles & Parts………………………………36 Banks………………………………….43, 45, 57, 58, 62
• Chemicals………………………………………….6, 12 • Construction & Materials…………………..25, 35 , 50 • Electricity……………………………………………..18 • Equity Investment Instruments…………………….63 • Financial Services………., 21, 22, 23, 31, 44, 52, 61,70 • Fixed Line Telecommunications……….…………...39 • Food Producers………………………………………48 • General Industrials…...……………………………….9 • General Retailers……………….……………27, 60, 78 • Household Goods & Home Construction………...38 • Industrial Engineering………………………...…….10 • Industrial Transportation……………………….42, 77
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• Media……………..……….28, 30, 32, 41, 49, 69, 75, 81 • Mining ……………………………………………13, 29 • Mobile Telecommunications………………..47, 53, 65 • Nonlife Insurance…………………..……………11, 26 • Oil & Gas Producers.…………………………… 24, 37 • Personal Goods……………………………………....84 • Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology.……....40, 68, 76 • Public Sector…………………………….……19, 54, 55 • Real Estate Invest./Services.,,34, 83, 87, 88, 89, 91-94 • Real Estate Investment Trusts……….………....66, 79 • Software & Computer Services…………….14, 17, 20 • Support Services…………………………64, 67, 80, 85 • Technology Hardware & Equipment…….….…….56 • Travel & Leisure……....…5, 7, 8, 15, 46, 51, 73, 82, 90
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