Mark Prins

In May 2013, Kepler Capital Markets SA completed the acquisition of Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux SA from Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank SA, a unit of Crédit Agricole SA. Kepler Capital Markets intends to combine its business with Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux under a new entity, Kepler Cheuvreux, in 2013, and will be headquartered in Paris. They will have offices in Amsterdam, Boston, Frankfurt, Geneva, London, Madrid, Milan, New York, San Francisco, Stockholm, Vienna and Zurich.

Royal Bank of Scotland NV (Broker) is the Dutch-based international brokerage division of the Royal Bank of Scotland NV, a subsidiary of the UK Government's Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (LSE: RBS). The firm's investment banking business unit provides commercial clients in local markets as well as multinational corporations and financial institutions with advisory, financing and operational services. They have global expertise in the international capital markets and eco-markets as well as for transaction banking, asset management and private equity.

ABN AMRO Bank NV, established in 1824, is an international bank based in Amsterdam ABN AMRO Bank NV, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABN AMRO Holding NV (XA: AABA; NYSE: ABN). The firm's investment banking business unit provides commercial clients in local markets as well as multinational corporations and financial institutions whit advisory, financing and operational services. They have global expertise in the international capital markets and eco-markets as well as for transaction banking, asset management and private equity.

Kepler Cheuvreux SA (Netherlands) is the Netherlands-based brokerage division of Kepler Capital Markets SA in France. The firm is located in Amsterdam.