Proxy/Consent Solicitations and Tender/Exchange Offers Experience

AES Corporation / CA Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela (CANTV)
AES Corporation / Gener S.A.
AES Corporation / IPALCO Enterprises Inc.
Alcan Inc. / Pechiney
Alcoa Inc. / Cordant Technologies Inc.
Alcoa Inc. / Reynolds Metals Co.
Allianz AG / Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management
Allianz AG / Pimco Advisors Holdings LP
Ambase Corporation / The Home Insurance Company
Amerada Hess Corporation / LASMO plc
Amerada Hess Corporation / Triton Energy Ltd.
Amerada Petroleum / Hess Oil & Chemical Corporation
America Online Inc. / Time Warner
America West Holdings Corp. / US Airways Group, Inc.
American Barrick Resources / LAC Minerals Ltd.
American Home Products / American Cyanamid
Ames Department Stores Inc. / Hills Stores Co.
Analysts International Corp. / Computer Horizons Corp.
Andrx Corporation / Watson Pharmaceuticals
Anthem Inc. / Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Hampshire
ArvinMeritor Inc. / Dana Corporation
Ask Computer Systems, Inc. / Ingres Corporation
AT&T Corporation / MediaOne Group Inc.
AT&T Inc. / BellSouth Corporation
Atlantic Richfield Co. / Union Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc.
Automatic Data Processing Inc. / ProBusiness Services Inc.
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. / Avert Inc.
Avery Dennison Corporation / Stimsonite Corporation
Axa Financial Inc. / The Mony Group Inc.
Banco Comercial Português / Mundial Confiança
Banca Commerciale Italiana SpA / Irving Trust Company
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. / Banco Ganadero S.A.
Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. / Banco Rio de la Plata
Bank of America Corporation / FleetBoston Financial Corporation
Banta Corporation / R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
Banque Nationale de Paris / Paribas / Société Générale
Barrick Gold Corporation / Homestake Mining Company
Barrington Companies Equity Partners LP / Payless ShoeSource Inc.
BP Amoco / Atlantic Richfield Co.
BellAtlantic / GTE Corporation
Best Buy Company Inc. / SCI Systems Inc.
Bestfoods / Arisco Products Alimenticios S.A.
Biogen, Inc. / IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Biosource International / Invitrogen Corporation
Black & Decker Corporation / American Standard Inc.
Black & Decker Corporation / Emhart Corporation
Blackstone Real Estate Partners / Meristar Hospitality Corp.
BNP Paribas / Community First Bankshares Inc.
Boeing Co. / McDonnell Douglas Corporation
Bone Care International Inc. / Genzyme Inc.
Boston Scientific Corporation / BEI Medical Systems Co., Inc.
Bowne & Co., Inc. / Donnelley Enterprise Solutions, Inc.
Broadwing Corporation / Level 3 Communications, Inc.
Brooks Automation, Inc. / Helix Technology Corp.
Burlington Resources Inc. / ConocoPhillips
Business Objects / Crystal Decisions
C III Communications LLC / Broadwing Communications
Calpine Corporation / Sheridan Energy Inc.
Cap Gemini / Transiciel
Carl Icahn / Hallwood Realty Partners L.P.
Carl Icahn / Phillips Petroleum Company
Carl Icahn / Uniroyal Inc.
Carl Icahn & Bennett LeBow / RJR Nabisco
Cascade Natural Gas Corp. / MDU Resources Group, Inc.
CentraCore Properties Trust / The GEO Group, Inc.
Chesapeake Corporation / Shorewood Packaging Corporation
Choicepoint Inc. / DBT Online Inc.
CNL Retirement Properties, Inc. / Health Care Property Investors, Inc.
Comcast Corporation / AT&T Broadband LLC
Comcast Corporation / Jones Intercable Inc.
Comcast Corporation / The Walt Disney Company
Commercial Federal Corporation / First Colorado Bancorp. Inc.
Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises Inc. / Citizens Communications Company
Courtaulds plc / Products Research & Chemical Corporation
Crédit Suisse Group / Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Inc.
CSX Corporation / Conrail Inc.
Daimler Benz AG / Chrysler Corporation
Danaher Corporation / American Precision Instruments
Danaher Corporation / Kollmorgen Corporation
Danaher Corporation / Lifschultz Industries
Danaher Corporation / Mark Controls Corporation
Dex Media, Inc. / R.H. Donnelly Corporation
Dillards, Inc. / Mercantile Stores
Dole Food Company / Castle & Cooke Inc.
Donnelley RR & Sons / Moore Wallace Inc.
Dow Corning Corporation / Claimants Committee
Dow Chemical Co. / Union Carbide Corporation
DuPont E.I. de Nemours & Co., / Combichem Inc.
E*Trade Group Inc. / Telebanc Financial Corp.
Eastman Kodak Co. / Practiceworks Inc.
Eaton Corporation / Aeroquip-Vickers Inc.
EDO Corporation / AIL Technologies Inc.
El Paso Energy Corporation / Sonat Inc.
Eli Lilly & Co. / McKesson Corporation
Emeritus / ARV Assisted Living
Endesa Internacional S.A. / Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A.
Fleet Financial Group Inc. / BankBoston Corporation
Ford Motor Company / Automobile Protection Corporation (APCO)
Ford Motor Company / Jaguar plc
Forstmann Little & Co. / General Instrument Corporation
Franklin Mutual Advisers / ICN Pharmaceuticals
Fresh Brands, Inc. / Certified Grocers Midwest, Inc.
Gables Residential Trust / ING Clarion Partners
General Re Corporation / National Re Corporation
Genesis Eldercare Corporation / The Multicare Companies, Inc.
Georgia Pacific Corporation / Fort James Corporation
Glenborough Realty Trust Incorporated / Morgan Stanley Real Estate
Goodwood Inc. / Cenveo, Inc.
Grupo Mexico S.A. de C.V. / ASARCO Inc.
GTE Corporation / BBN Corporation
Guy Wyser-Pratte / Rexene Corporation
Halliburton / Dresser Industries
Haggar Corp. / Infinity Associates LLC
Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. / Caesar’s Entertainment Inc.
Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. / Players International Inc.
Harvey’s Casino Resorts / Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.
Hasbro Inc. / Galoob Toys, Inc.
Hilton Hotels Corporation / Bally Entertainment
Hilton Hotels Corporation / Promus Hotel Corporation
Hexion Specialty / Resolution Performance Products LLC
Hoffmann-LaRoche & Co. / Sterling Drug Inc.
Homestake Mining Company / International Corona Corporation
Homestake Mining Company / North American Metals Corporation
House of Fabrics, Inc. / Fabricland, Inc.
HSBC / The Bank of Bermuda Ltd.
Hughes Supply / The Home Depot
HypoVereinsbank / Bank Austria
IBM Corporation / Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
Identix Incorporated / Viisage Technology, Inc.
IDT Corp. / Net2Phone, Inc.
InfoSpace Inc. / Go2Net Inc.
Insight Communications Co Inc. / New Insight LLC
Intel Corporation / DSP Communications
Intel Corporation / Excalibur Technologies Corporation
Intel Corporation / Xircom Inc.
Intel Corporation / Dialogic
Interpublic Group of Companies / True North Communications Inc.
Invensys Holdings Ltd. / BAAN Co. N.V.
Investcorp S.A. / Dave & Buster’s Inc.
Investor Group led by Clayton Dubilier & Rice / Rexel S.A.
Irving Bank Corporation / The Bank of New York Company
iPCS, Inc. / Horizon PCS
ITT Industries / Wedeco Water Technology
iVillage Inc. / Promotions.com
iVillage Inc. / Women.com Networks
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. / Fays Inc.
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. / Eckerd Corporation
The J. Jill Group, Inc. / The Talbots, Inc.
Jefferson Smurfit Corporation / Stone Container Corporation
JLG Industries, Inc. / Oshkosh Truck Corporation
John Wiley & Sons Inc. / Hungry Minds Inc.
Kansas City Power & Light / Western Resources
Kemper Corporation / GE Capital Corporation
KeySpan Corporation / NationalGrid
Keyspan Energy Corporation / Brooklyn Union Gas Co.
Kinder Morgan, Inc. / Richard D. Kinder, Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners, AIG Global Asset Management Holdings Corp., The Carlyle Group, Riverstone Holdings LLC
Knight-Ridder, Inc. / The McClatchy Company
King Pharmaceuticals Inc. / Medco Research Inc.
Kmart Corporation / Sears, Roebuck & Co.
KN Energy Inc. / Kinder Morgan Inc.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. / Borden, Inc.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. / Macmillan, Inc.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. / Stop & Shop Companies, Inc.
Koninklijke Ahold N.V. / Giant Food
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. / ATL Ultrasound Inc.
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. / Voice Control Systems
Kraft Foods Inc. / Balance Bar Company
La Quinta Corporation / Blackstone Group
LabOne Inc. / Quest Diagnostics Inc.
Lens Fund / The Pioneer Group
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners III / Fox & Hound Restaurant Group
Litton Industries, Inc. / Intermec Corporation
Lockheed Martin / COMSAT
Logica plc / Carnegie Group Inc.
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation / ABT Building Products Corporation
LSI Logic Corporation / C Cube Microsystems Inc.
LTM Holdings (Loews) / Cineplex Odeon Corporation
Lufthansa Technik AG / Hawker Pacific Aerospace
Luxottica / U. S. Shoe Corporation
Lyondell Chemical Company / Millennium America
MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings / Marvel Entertainment
MAI Basic Four, Inc. / Prime Computer, Inc.
Marietta Corporation / Dickstein Partners
Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. / Skybox International Inc.
Mattel Inc. / Learning Company Inc.
MAXXAM Group / The Pacific Lumber Company
May Department Stores / Associated Dry Goods Corporation
May Department Stores Co. / David’s Bridal Inc.
May Department Store / Federated Department Store
McDATA Corp. / Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
McKesson Corporation / Moore Medical Corporation
MetLife Inc. / St. Paul Company (personal lines)
The MONY Group Inc. / Advest Inc.
Morgan Stanley Capital International / Barra Inc.
MortgageIT Holdings, Inc. / Deutsche Bank
Mpower Holding Corporation / TelePacific Communications
Mylan Laboratories Inc. / King Pharmaceuticals Inc. / Carl Icahn
National Grid Transco plc / Niagara Mohawk Holdings Inc.
National Intergroup Inc. / Foxmeyer Corporation
NationsBank Corporation / BankAmerica Corporation
New Valley Corporation / Insignia Douglas Elliman
Nippon Mining Company, Ltd / Gould Inc.
North Fork Bancorporation / Fleet Boston Corporation
North Fork Bancorporation / Greenpoint Financial Group
North Fork Bancorporation, Inc. / Capital One Financial Corporation
North Fork Bancorporation, Inc. / Dime Bancorp Inc.
North Fork Bancorporation, Inc. / New York Bancorp
Northrop Grumman Corporation / Electronic and Information Systems Group (Aerojet)
Northrop Grumman Corporation / Newport News Shipbuilding Inc.
Northrop Grumman Corporation / TRW
NTL Inc. / Telewest Global, Inc.
OfficeMax Inc. / Boise Cascade Corporation
Ogden Corporation / Providence Capital
Omnicare / Neighborcare
Omnicom Group Inc. / MARC Inc.
Pacific Energy Partners, L.P. / Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
PeopleSoft Inc. / Vantive Corporation
Peregrine Systems, Inc. / Hewlett-Packard Co.
Perry Ellis International Inc. / Salant Corporation
Phelps Dodge Corporation / Inco Limited and Falconbridge Limited
Premium Standard Farms, Inc. / Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Prentice Capital Management / Whitehall Jewelers, Inc.
Prentiss Capital Management and GMM Capital LLC / Goody's Family Clothing, Inc.
Provident Senior Living Trust / Ventas Inc.
Portugal Telecom S.A. / ASLE SGPS S.A.
Protective Life Corporation / United Dental Care Inc.
Qwest Communications International Inc. / Frontier Corporation
Qwest Communications International Inc. / U S West Inc.
Radiologix, Inc. / Primedex Health Systems, Inc.
Ranger Governance (Sam Wyly) / Computer Associates International Inc.
Regions Financial Corporation / AmSouth Bancorporation
Renault Vehicules Industriels S.A. / Mack Trucks, Inc.
Repsol S.A. / YPF Sociedad Anonima
Reuters Holdings plc / Instinet Corporation
Rhone Poulenc Rorer / Applied Immune Sciences
Rhone-Poulenc S.A. / Hoechst Corporation
Royal Bank of Canada / Tucker Anthony Sutro
Royal Bank of Scotland plc / National Westminster Bank plc
Royal Bank of Scotland plc / Ocwen UK plc
Ryder System Inc. / Saunders Systems Inc.
Sabre Holdings Corporation / Travelocity Com Inc.
Santa Fe Pacific Corporation / Union Pacific Corporation
Sante Fe Pacific Corporation / Burlington Northern
SBC Communications / Ameritech Corporation
SBC Communications Inc. / Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico
Schlumberger Ltd. / Convergent Group Corporation
Schlumberger Ltd. / SEMA Group plc
School Specialty, Inc. / Bain Capital Partners, LLC
Sears Roebuck & Co. / Lands’ End Inc.
Security Capital Corporation / Sedgwick CMS Holdings, Inc.
Segue Software, Inc. / Borland Software
Serena Software, Inc. / Silver Lake Partners
Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc. / Public Storage, Inc.
Siebel Systems Inc. / Scopus Technology
Société Nationale Elf Aquitaine, Inc. / Pennwalt Corporation
The Sportsman's Guide Inc. / Redcats USA
Sprint Corporation / Nextel Communications Inc.
Sprint Corporation / EarthLink Network, Inc.
Sprint Corporation / US Unwired, Inc.
Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide Inc. / Westin Hotels LP
State Financial Services Corp. / Associated Bancorp
Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) / Shareholder Committee
Sungard Data Systems Inc. / Caminus Corporation
Sungard Data Systems Inc. / HTE Inc.
SunGard Data Systems / Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Silver Lake Partners
Telefonica Mobile Inc. / Celular CRT Participacoes S.A.
Temple Inland Inc. / Gaylord Container Corporation
Texaco Stockholders (Carl Icahn) / Texaco Inc.
Tetra Laval / Sidel
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries / Ivax Corp.
Texas Utilities Co. / HidroElectric a del Cantabrico S.A.
Texas Utilities Company / Energy Group plc
The Limited Inc. and Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation / Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc.
Thermo Electron Corporation / Fisher Scientific International Inc.
Thomas Nelson, Inc. / InterMedia Partners VII, LP
Time Inc./ Warner Communications Inc.
Total Fina / Elf Aquitaine
Total Fina Elf S.A. / Gener Assets in Argentina
Tracinda Corporation (Kirk Kerkorian) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Transport Corporation of America, Inc. / Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison Inc.
Tyco International / ADT
Tyson Foods, Inc. / Holly Farms Corporation
Ultrapar / LPG International Inc.
Unilever N.V. / Cheseborough-Ponds USA
Unilever N.V. / Richardson - Vicks
Unilever plc / Best Foods
Union Pacific Corporation / Southern Pacific Rail Corporation
Union Pacific Resources / Pennzoil
UnitedHealth Group Inc. / Humana Inc.
Unocal Corporation / Pure Resources Inc.
Valero L.P. / Kaneb Pipe Line Partners L.P.
Valhi Inc. / Tremont Corporation
Valueclick, Inc. / Fasclick Inc.
Vicuron Pharmaceuticals Inc. / Pfizer, Inc.
Vodafone Group plc / Mannesmann AG
Vodafone Group plc / Airtouch
Wachovia Corp. / Republic Security Financial Corp.
Warner Lambert / Agouron Pharmaceuticals
Washington Mutual Inc. / H. F. Ahmanson & Co.
WebVan Group Inc. / HomeGrocer.com Inc.
Western Resources / ADT, Inc.
Westfield Holdings Ltd. / Rodamco North America
Westvaco Corporation / Temple-Inland Inc.
Wickes Companies Inc. / National Gypsum Company
WLR Foods Inc. / Tyson Foods, Inc.
Wyndham International / Blackstone Group
X-Rite, Incorporated / Amazys Holding AG