Cross-Border Proxy/Consent Solicitations and Tender/Exchange Offers Experience

AES Corporation / CA Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela (CANTV)
AES Corporation / Gener
Alcan / Pechiney
Amerada Hess Corporation / LASMO
Aracruz Celulose S.A. / Arcel Finance Ltd.
BBVA / BBVA Bancomer
Banca Commerciale Italiana S.p.A. / Irving Trust Company
Banco Comercial Portugues SA / Banco BPI SA
Banco Comercial Português / Mundial Confiança
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria / Banco Ganadero
Banco Santander Central Hispano / Banco Rio de la Plata
Banque Nationale de Paris / Paribas / Société Générale
Bercy Investissement / Elior SA
Business Objects / Crystal Decisions
Canadian Oil Sands Trust / Canada Southern Petroleum
Cap Gemini / Transiciel
CDC Software / Onyx(R) Software Corporation
Commercial Federal Corp. / BancWest, BNP Paribas
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce / Vale Overseas Ltd.
Courtaulds / Products Research & Chemical Corporation
Crédit Agricole / Crédit Lyonnais
Daimler-Benz AG / Chrysler Corporation
The Children’s Investment Fund / Deutsche Börse AG
Endesa Internacional / Empresa Nacional de Electricidad
Endesa SA / Gas Natural SDG, S.A.
Ford Motor Company / Jaguar
Fresenius Medical Care AG / Renal Care Group Inc.
Hoffmann-LaRoche & Co. / Sterling Drug Inc.
HSBC / The Bank of Bermuda Ltd.
HypoVereinsbank / Bank Austria
IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation / Biogen, Inc.
Invensys Holdings Ltd. / BAAN Company
Investcorp / Dave & Buster’s Inc.
Investor Group led by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice / Rexel
ITT Industries / Wedeco Water Technology
Jefferson Smurfit Corporation / Stone Container Corporation
Koninklijke Ahold / Giant Food
Koninklijke Philips Electronics / ATL Ultrasound Inc.
Koninklijke Philips Electronics / Voice Control Systems
Logica / Carnegie Group Inc.
Lufthansa Technik AG / Hawker Pacific Aerospace
MAN AG / Scania
Mittal Steel Co. NV / Arcelor
National Grid Transco / Niagara Mohawk Holdings Inc.
Océ NV / Imagistics International Inc.
Pacific Internet Ltd. / Mediaring Ltd.
Portugal Telecom / ASLE SGPS
Renault Vehicules Industriels / Mack Trucks, Inc.
Repsol / YPF Sociedad Anonima
Reuters Holdings / Instinet Corporation
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer / Applied Immune Sciences
Rhone-Poulenc / Hoechst Corporation
Royal Bank of Canada / Tucker Anthony Sutro
Royal Bank of Scotland / National Westminster Bank
Royal Bank of Scotland / Ocwen UK
Sadia S.A. / Perdigao S.A.
Schlumberger Ltd. / SEMA Group
Smith & Nephew / Centerpulse
Société Nationale Elf Aquitaine / Pennwalt Corporation
Starwood Capital Group / Taittinger SA
Telefonica Mobile Inc. / Celular CRT Participacoes
Tetra Laval / Sidel
Texas Utilities Co. / HidroElectric a del Cantabrico
Texas Utilities Company / Energy Group
Total Fina / Elf Aquitaine
Total Fina Elf / Gener Assets in Argentina
Tyco International / ADT
UCB SA / Schwarz Pharma AG
UniCredit SpA / HVB Group AG
Unilever / Cheseborough-Ponds USA
Unilever / Richardson Vicks
Unilever / Best Foods
Vodafone Group / Airtouch
Vodafone Group / Mannesmann AG
Westfield Holdings Ltd. / Rodamco North America