Ulrike Brouzi

Norddeutsche Landesbank Luxembourg SA provides commercial banking and investment services. It offers investment advice, portfolio management and investment funds. The firm also offers treasury, corporate sales, fixed income sales and structured products and cover pool management. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale provides financial and commercial banking services to private, corporate, institutional, as well as public sector customers. It offers structured financing for the ship and aircraft industries, as well as for the energy, infrastructure, industry and real estate sectors in international projects. The company also functions as a central bank for savings banks. In addition, it is also active in the development business, where it offers consulting services for all issues related to development, including support services for filing of applications for programs. Norddeutsche Landesbank was founded on July 1, 1970 and is headquartered in Hannover, Germany.

NORD/LB Capital Management GmbH is the investment management branch and a wholly-owned subsidiary of NORD/LB Asset Management Holding GmbH, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the NORD/LB group, controlled by Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband eV. Previously known as NORDCON Investment Management AG, NORD/LB Capital was established in 1999 and is based in Hannover. Their clients are primarily medium-sized and large institutions including insurance companies, savings banks (particularly Spakassen), businesses, pension funds, religious and philanthropic organizations, workers' unions and statutory social security providers. The firm operates is close cooperation with their fellow subsidiary NORD/LB KAG, which provides fund aministration services.

Bantleon Invest AG is the German asset management subsidiary of Bantleon AG in Switzerland. The firm was founded in 1999 and formerly known as NORD/LB Asset Management and AG Warburg Invest AG. Headquartered in Hannover, Bantleon Invest provides asset management and fund administration services to German institutional investors and distribution partners.

Nord/LB Covered Finance Bank SA provides banking services. The firm offers individual portfolio management, safe deposit boxes, currency trading and collateralized loans. The company is headquartered in Luxembourg.

Part of Salzgitter AG, Mannesmann Verwaltung GmbH is a German company that manufactures metal and stainless tubes. The company is based in Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany.

DZ BANK AG operates as a central and commercial bank. It provides retail banking, equity sales, relationship management, transaction banking, commercial paper programs, consulting, research, front, back office and exchange-traded derivatives. The firm specializes in fixed income and private-customer-focused securities services. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

Bausparkasse Schwäbisch-Hall AG provides various financial services in Germany and internationally. It offers mortgage finance, private construction finance, services related to credit, building society, and promotional loans. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Schwabisch Hall, Germany.