Goldman Sachs International and UBS AG acted as Joint Global Coordinators in the placement of the new convertible bonds and as dealer managers in the public repurchase offer of the existing convertible bonds. Bär & Karrer acted as Swiss legal counsel to Goldman Sachs and UBS in these transactions. The team included Thomas U. Reutter, Roland Truffer, Annette Weber, Marvin Kanku and Fabian Wild (all Capital Markets) as well as Susanne Schreiber and Elena Kumashova (both Tax).