Bingham’s market-leading practices are focused on global fi nancial services fi rms and Fortune 100 companies. We have 1,100 lawyers in 13 offi ces in the U.S., Europe and Asia, including New York, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Hong Kong. We also have a signifi cant East Coast/West Coast presence in the United States. Bingham has earned a reputation as a go-to fi rm in key disciplines and has developed a workplace that has been widely and repeatedly recognized as one of the best — since 2005, we have been one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to work for. www.bingham.com

With more than 60 years in diverse global practice, Chapman and Cutler LLP is a nationally recognized leader in public and private finance. Attorneys in the firm’s Private Placement Group serve as special counsel to insurance companies, pension funds, and other financial institutions, and together comprise the largest group of attorneys engaged full-time in institutional private placement practice anywhere. In a representative year, Chapman and Cutler will complete between 250 and 300 transactions involving the issuance of $10 - 12 billion in securities, and the firm’s cross-border transactions include dealings in England, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Australia, India, Hong Kong, Ireland, Iceland, Malta, Greece, Japan, and Mexico."

Conway, Del Genio, Gries & Co., LLC ("CDG") is a leading restructuring advisory, turnaround management and M&A advisory firm. CDG focuses on advising companies and institutional lenders on their most critical strategic, financial and operational issues. Founded in 1998 on the belief that the right advice makes a difference, CDG provides senior level attention in a collaborative process that draws upon many years of engagement experience of its approximately 50 principals and professionals. CDG's unique skills and knowledge, derived from successfully completing over 200 financial restructurings, turnarounds and M&A transactions, provides clients with professional advice to effectively execute sound strategies.

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Dual-headquartered in New York and London, Fitch Ratings is part of the Fitch Group, a majority-owned subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A. headquartered in Paris, France. For additional information, visit www.fitchratings.com.

Latham & Watkins is a full-service international powerhouse with approximately 2,000 attorneys in 31 offices around the world, of which 20 are outside the United States. We are a global leader in domestic and cross-border corporate, bank and project finance, restructuring, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and complex business litigation.

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB), with $321 billion in assets as of June 30, 2011, is the parent
company of U.S. Bank, the fi fth largest commercial bank in the United States. The company
operates 3,086 banking offi ces in 25 states and 5,086 ATMs and provides a comprehensive
line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions.