Top mandated arrangers of mezzanine tranches of sponsor-driven LBO loans 01-01-2001 to 31-05-2001

Pos.

Bank name

Amt US$ m

No.

1

Lehman Brothers

263.15

2

2

Merrill Lynch & Co

217.46

2

3

UBS Warburg

212.49

3

4

Royal Bank of Scotland

211.03

9

5

Barclays

122.96

2

6

Intermediate Capital Group plc

121.50

4

7

CIBC World Markets

115.89

3

8

Deutsche Bank AG

103.34

2

9

BNP Paribas

100.02

3

10

Prudential

58.40

1

11

Nordea plc

56.70

1

12

WestLB

42.98

1

13

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein

39.43

2

14

Citigroup Inc

31.39

1

15

JP Morgan

18.42

1

16

SG

8.00

1

Total of items used in the table

1,723.16

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