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Deutsche Börse Group is far more than a mere marketplace organizer for the trading in shares and other securities. It is one of the largest exchange organizations worldwide. With advanced technology it affords access to the world's capital markets. Its product and service portfolio covers the entire process chain: including securities and derivatives trading and clearing, netting and transaction settlement, custody, the provision of market information, as well as the development and operation of electronic trading systems. With its process-oriented business model, Deutsche Börse increases the efficiency of capital markets: issuers benefit from low capital costs; investors enjoy the advantages of high liquidity and low transaction costs.

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The DZ BANK Group forms part of the German cooperative financial services network, which comprises over 1,100 local cooperative banks and is one of Germany’s largest private-sector financial services organizations. DZ BANK AG functions both as a central institution for over 900 cooperative banks and as a corporate bank. The DZ BANK Group includes Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall, DG HYP, DZ PRIVATBANK Gruppe, R+V Versicherung, TeamBank, Union Investment Group, VR LEASING and various other specialized institutions. With their strong brands, the companies of the DZ BANK Group constitute key pillars in the range of financial products and services offered by the cooperative financial services network.

• www.dzbank.com

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• www.frankfurter-sparkasse.de

Frankfurter Volksbank eG is a registered cooperative society having its registered place of business in Frankfurt/Main. The bank’s geographic business area includes large parts of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region. Frankfurter Volksbank not only is one of the largest but also one of the most efficient and successful cooperative banks in Germany, offering its approximately 450,000 clients the full range of banking services and the expertise of a modern and highly efficient full service bank. The bank was able to continuously enhance its position in the market by successfully acquiring and merging with 13 partnering cooperative banks from the region during past years.

• www.frankfurter-volksbank.de

With more than 6,000 employees and total assets of about € 170 billion, the Helaba Group ranks among the leading German Landesbanks. Its two head offices in Frankfurt am Main and Erfurt give the Bank a robust foothold in one of Europe's most important economic regions. The business strategy of the Bank is based on its business model of an integrated universal bank with a strong regional focus. Business activities focus on the three major segments "Wholesale Business", "Private Customers and SME Business" as well as "Public Development and Infrastructure Business". Across all segments, the business activities of Helaba focus on direct business with customers, accordingly resulting in close proximity to the real economy.

• www.helaba.de

• www.hessen.de

The Frankfurt-based bank B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. KGaA is the oldest private bank in Germany with an unbroken tradition of family ownership. Since its establishment in 1674, Metzler has evolved into a modern investment bank and asset management institution, specialising in individual advice for institutional customers and demanding private clients in its core areas of business: Asset Management, Corporate Finance, Equities, Financial Markets and Private Banking. The professional advice provided by all core business areas is based on a combination of specialist knowledge and independence: Metzler’s business structure is carefully aligned to ensure that no other business interests conflict with its customers’ interests.

• www.metzler.com

Morgan Stanley, one of the world’s largest financial services firms, has been active with clients in Germany and Austria for more than 20 years. Our range of services includes M&A, corporate finance, equity and debt capital markets, and sales and trading activities, as well as asset management and private wealth management. We offer our clients access to global opportunity and solutions to their most complex problems. The local presence is enhanced by our broad reach in the global capital markets, innovative thinking and unwavering focus on meeting our clients’ needs. By providing first-class advisory and corporate finance services we have earned leading roles in historic equity, debt and M&A transactions in Germany and Austria.

• www.morganstanley.com

Steubing AG is an independent securities trading bank based in Frankfurt am Main. Trading and electronic order routing in listed shares, bonds, certificates and warrants form the core of the company’s business activities. Steubing AG operates on all German stock exchanges and, in addition, has direct online access to around 50 international trading centres. The company’s other core operations include keeping stock records, Structured Products, Eurex Derivatives, Designated Sponsoring, Sales and Research, along with Equity Capital Markets and Corporate Advisory. Steubing AG supports small and mid-sized enterprises in an independent capacity with its expertise and competence in equityrelated matters.

• www.steubing.com

vwd group offers customised information, communications and technology solutions for the financial markets. As a leading European provider, it specialises in meeting individual customer requirements in the areas of asset management, retail banking, private banking and wealth management. It offers innovative solutions for financial service providers, investors and the media. vwd´s business is driven by innovation, flexibility, customer centricity and strong commitment to local needs. With around 430 employees at 15 locations in 5 countries vwd is a public company, listed at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The group’s best-known brands are: finanztreff.de, vwd fonds service, vwd market manager, vwd portfolio manager, vwd PortfolioNet, TradeLink and Tai-Pan.

• www.vwd.com