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Bär & Karrer Advises the Joint Bookrunners in the Offering of an Aggregate of USD 8,000,000,000 Not

Bär & Karrer acted as Swiss legal advisor to the Joint Bookrunners, which were represented by Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated. The team included Thomas U. Reutter, Roland Truffer, Daniel Raun and Anna Capaul (all Capital Markets) as well as Susanne Schreiber and Hanna Brozzo (both Tax).