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July 20, 2004
For Immediate Release

Contact:  Kelly O’Neill
800.669.1154


Goldman Sachs & Co Tops Financial Advisor Rankings Released By Global Securities Information, Inc.

Global Securities Information, Inc. announces the following financial advisors finished the first half of 2004 with the highest total transaction value of mergers and acquisitions. According to the rankings, Goldman Sachs & Co.'s 37 year-to-date deals totaled almost $138 billion, enough to top Morgan Stanley, whose 35 deals totaled over $99 billion.

Financial Advisor Rankings for Merger and Acquisition Transactions Completed in the First Half of 2004
Ranked By Total Transactional Value

Rank   Name of Financial Advisor No. of Deals  Transaction Value
 
1
  Goldman Sachs & Co 37 $137,989,110,282
2
  Morgan Stanley 35 $99,724,297,332
3
  Banc of America Securities LLC 21 $64,286,533,330
4
  J P Morgan Securities Inc 27 $46,801,022,170
5
  Merrill Lynch & Co 25 $43,318,064,668
6
  Lehman Brothers Inc 28 $41,500,131,684
7
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc 20 $36,908,570,945
8
  Credit Suisse First Boston 31 $32,789,366,005
9
  UBS Investment Bank 24 $17,775,461,449
10
  AGM Partners 2 $16,600,000,000
11
  Lazard Freres & Co LLC 15 $16,089,642,708
12
  BNP Paribas 1 $14,000,000,000
13
  CIBC World Markets Corp 14 $13,067,714,655
14
  Deutsche Bank Securities Inc 13 $12,306,686,552
15
  Scotia Capital Inc 3 $10,964,225,674
16
  Bear Stearns & Co Inc 11 $9,424,310,511
17
  William Blair & Co LLC 4 $8,036,660,786
18
  Petrie Parkman 6 $6,974,643,774
19
  Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc 22 $5,793,961,374
20
  Rothschild Inc 7 $5,643,890,644
21
  Sandler O'Neill  20 $4,666,395,261
22
  Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin Capital 10 $3,829,655,214
23
  Jefferies & Company 4 $2,733,771,615
24
  Piper Jaffray & Co 8 $2,591,970,236
25
  Close Brothers 1 $1,904,976,900


View these and other rankings on LIVEDGAR’s Mergers & Acquisitions Database. In addition to providing these rankings, Global Securities Information’s premier SEC research platform, LIVEDGAR, provides the actual source documents upon which the rankings are based.

Founded in 1988, Global Securities Information is the leading provider of online securities information and research. By specializing within the securities information sector, GSI offers unmatched breadth, accuracy and currency of relevant information, as well as personal support services and research assistance. Superior understanding of the underlying information has allowed GSI to develop award-winning search, alert, and retrieval technology, delivering our expertise to clients on their desktops.

GSI’s clients (attorneys, investment bankers, analysts, librarians, paralegals, reporters and executives) use GSI products and services to obtain business, financial and competitive information about public companies, public offerings, M&A transactions, private offerings, individuals and material contracts. Customers include all of the top 100 law firms, over 30 investment banks, each of the “big five” accounting firms, and the financial and legal media. The GSI website is www.gsionline.com.

The set of transactions consists of all deals registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission that have completion dates that fall within the specified time period for this report and result in a change in control. The dollar amounts consist of estimated transaction values as disclosed by the filing party. All deals that have been registered with the SEC have been included, including international transactions. Only the lead advisor or counsel to the acquiring and target party is credited with the dollar value and count of each transaction, and each transaction is credited only once. While Global Securities Information has obtained the information from sources it believes to be reliable, we do not guarantee its accuracy, and such information may be incomplete or condensed.

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