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Top 25 Underwriters in New York

Ranked by principal amount of long-term bonds issued from January 1 through October 31, 1997; credit to lead manager only. Private placements are excluded. Source: Securities Data Co., The Bond Buyer

1 Lehman Brothers

Address: World Financial Center

American Express Tower, 20th Fl.

New York, NY 10285-2000

Telephone: (212) 526-7000

Facsimile: (212) 526-3738

Web Site: www.lehman.com

E-Mail: None

Head of Public Finance: James Hearty

Public Finance Bankers: 54

Municipal Traders: 26

Retail Sales Personnel: 85

Institutional Sales Personnel: 17

Other Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $3,887.5 million

Number of Issues: 16

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $14,067.4 million

Ranking: 6th

Number of Issues: 61

2 Smith Barney Inc.

Address: 390 Greenwich St., 2d Fl.

New York, NY 10013

Telephone: (212) 816-6000

Facsimile: (212) 723-8939

Web Site: www.smithbarney.com

E-Mail: None

Head of Public Finance: Francis Y. Chin

Public Finance Bankers: 67

Municipal Traders: 12

Retail Sales Personnel: 14

Institutional Sales Personnel: 20

Other Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $3,773.8 million

Number of Issues: 25

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $16,133.7 million

Ranking: 1st

Number of Issues: 204

3 Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Address: 85 Broad St., 24th Fl.

New York, NY 10004

Telephone: (212) 902-1000

Facsimile: (212) 357-8350

Web Site: www.goldmansachs.com

E-Mail: None

Head of Public Finance: Michael McCarthy

Public Finance Bankers: 67

Municipal Traders: 16

Retail Sales Personnel: 6

Institutional Sales Personnel: 11

Other Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $3,446.6 million

Number of Issues: 20

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $14,789.9 million

Ranking: 2d

Number of Issues: 65

4 J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

Address: 60 Wall St.

New York, NY 10260

Telephone: (212) 648-4408

Facsimile: (212) 648-5253

Web Site: www.jpmorgan.com

E-Mail: info jpmorgan.com

Head of Public Finance: John K. McColloch

Public Finance Bankers: 27

Municipal Traders: 12

Retail Sales Personnel: 27

Institutional Sales Personnel: 15

Other Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $2,128.6 million

Number of Issues: 9

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $11,925.5 million

Ranking: 10th

Number of Issues: 47

5 PaineWebber Inc.

Address: 1285 Ave. of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 713-4477

Facsimile: (212) 713-6051

Web Site: www.painewebber.com

E-Mail: None

Head of Public Finance: Terry Atkinson

Public Finance Bankers: 109

Municipal Traders: 10

Retail Sales Personnel: n/a

Institutional Sales Personnel: 21

Other Offices in New York: Albany

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $1,622.4 million

Number of Issues: 23

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $14,794.0 million

Ranking: 3d

Number of Issues: 119

6 Bear, Stearns & Co.

Address: 245 Park Ave., 10th Fl.

New York, NY 10167

Telephone: (212) 272-6222

Facsimile: (212) 272-5948

Web Site: www.bearstearns.com

E-Mail: None

Head of Public Finance: Daniel L. Keating

Public Finance Bankers: 44

Municipal Traders: 10

Retail Sales Personnel: 5

Institutional Sales Personnel: 18

Other Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $1,445.5 million

Number of Issues: 15

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $13,745.7 million

Ranking: 7th

Number of Issues: 58

7 Merrill Lynch & Co.

Address: World Financial Center, North Tower

Merrill Lynch World Headquarters, 9th Fl.

New York, NY 10281-1309

Telephone: (212) 449-0667

Facsimile: (212) 449-3774

Web Site: www.merrilllynch.com

E-Mail: None

Head of Public Finance: Samuel B. Corliss Jr.

Public Finance Bankers: 79

Municipal Traders: 22

Retail Sales Personnel: 1,616

Institutional Sales Personnel: 20

Other Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $1,275.8 million

Number of Issues: 20

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $14,473.9 million

Ranking: 4th

Number of Issues: 86

8 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Address: 1221 Ave. of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Telephone: (212) 761-4000

Facsimile: (212) 761-0444

Web Site: www.ms.com

E-Mail: msir ms.com

Head of Public Finance: Andrew F. Rowley

Public Finance Bankers: 35

Municipal Traders: 10

Retail Sales Personnel: 15

Institutional Sales Personnel: 185

Other Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $1,153.3 million

Number of Issues: 16

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $13,499.4 million

Ranking: 8th

Number of Issues: 100

9 Roosevelt & Cross Inc.

Address: 20 Exchange Place

New York, NY 10005

Telephone: (212) 344-2500

Facsimile: (212) 480-9385

Web Site: www.roosevelt-cross.com

E-Mail: info roosevelt-cross.com

Head of Public Finance: Herman J. Charbonneau

Public Finance Bankers: 7

Municipal Traders: 5

Retail Sales Personnel: 14

Institutional Sales Personnel: 16

Other Offices in New York: Buffalo

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $821.9 million

Number of Issues: 195

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $10,847.0 million

Ranking: 13th

Number of Issues: 259

10 Prudential Securities Inc.

Address: One New York Plaza

New York, NY 10292-2014

Telephone: (212) 778-3688

Facsimile: (212) 778-7355

Web Site: www.prusec.com

E-Mail: None

Head of Public Finance: Gerald P. McBride

Public Finance Bankers: 13

Municipal Traders: 15

Retail Sales Personnel: 56

Institutional Sales Personnel: 12

Other Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $692.0 million

Number of Issues: 12

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $12,177.8 million

Ranking: 9th

Number of Issues: 167

11 First Albany Corp.

Address: 30 S. Pearl St.

Albany, NY 12207

Telephone: (518) 447-8500

Facsimile: (518) 447-7932

Web Site: www.fac.com

E-Mail: info fac.com

Head of Public Finance: Ken Gibbs

Public Finance Bankers: 18

Municipal Traders: 9

Retail Sales Personnel: 4

Institutional Sales Personnel: 34

Other Offices in New York: Buffalo, Elmira, Garden City, Johntown, New York City, Norwich, Oneonta, Syracuse

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $601.9 million

Number of Issues: 23

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $14,095.3 million

Ranking: 5th

Number of Issues: 85

12Fleet Securities Inc.

Address: 14 Wall St.

New York, NY 10005

Telephone: (212) 384-0760

Facsimile: (212) 384-0769

Web Site: www.fleet.com

E-Mail: None

Head of Public Finance: Maria Nolan

Public Finance Bankers: 9

Municipal Traders: 4

Retail Sales Personnel: 6

Institutional Sales Personnel: n/a

Other Offices in New York: Melville, Rochester

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $528.7 million

Number of Issues: 90

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $5,888.9 million

Ranking: 21st

Number of Issues: 128

13 Dillon, Read & Co.

(no longer in public finance)

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $350.0 million

Number of Issues: 1

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $1,805.0 million

Ranking: 25th

Number of Issues: 8

14 Cain Brothers & Co.

Address: 452 Fifth Ave., 25th Fl.

New York, NY 10018

Telephone: (212) 869-5600

Facsimile: (212) 869-6418

Web Site: None

E-Mail: cainbrosny aol.com

Head of Public Finance: James E. Cain

Public Finance Bankers: 12

Municipal Traders: 2

Retail Sales Personnel: None

Institutional Sales Personnel: 7

Other Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $305.9 million

Number of Issues: 12

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $401.1 million

Ranking: 40th

Number of Issues: 13

15 Advest Inc.

Address: 12 E. 49th St.

New York, NY 10017

Telephone: (212) 584-4142

Facsimile: (212) 584-4213

Web Site: www.advest.com

E-Mail: david.weprin advest.com

Head of Public Finance: David I. Weprin

Public Finance Bankers: 3

Municipal Traders: 4

Retail Sales Personnel: 5

Institutional Sales Personnel: 10

Other Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $76.3 million

Number of Issues: 4

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $6,433.3 million

Ranking: 20th

Number of Issues: 60

16 George K. Baum & Co.

Address: 120 Broadway, Suite 3040

New York, NY 10271

Telephone: (212) 374-9200

Facsimile: (212) 374-9208

Web Site: None

E-Mail: None

Head of Public Finance: Joseph C. Bosch

Public Finance Bankers: 3

Municipal Traders: None

Retail Sales Personnel: None

Institutional Sales Personnel: None

Other Offices in New York: Cold Spring Hills

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $21.4 million

Number of Issues: 4

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $1,019.2 million

Ranking: 32d

Number of Issues: 11

17 Greenwich Partners, LLC

Address: 1 Pickwick Plaza, Suite 250

Greenwich, CT 06830

Telephone: (203) 625-7700

Facsimile: (203) 625-3434

Web Site: None

E-Mail: greenwichpartners mindspring.com

Head of Public Finance: Robert E. Christie

Public Finance Bankers: 6

Municipal Traders: None

Retail Sales Personnel: None

Institutional Sales Personnel: None

Offices in New York: Albany

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $19.8 million

Number of Issues: 2

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $2,870.2 million

Ranking: 24th

Number of Issues: 19

18 First Chicago Capital Markets Inc.

Address: One First National Plaza, 7th Fl.

Suite 0826

Chicago, IL 60670

Telephone: (312) 732-6955

Facsimile: (312) 732-2343

Web Site: www.fccm.com

E-Mail: neil a pritz fcnbd.com

Head of Public Finance: Neil Pritz

Public Finance Bankers: 3

Municipal Traders: 2

Retail Sales Personnel: 68

Institutional Sales Personnel: 6

Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $19.0 million

Number of Issues: 1

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $169.0 million

Ranking: 46th

Number of Issues: 2

19 Herbert J. Sims & Co.

Address: 1221 Post Rd.

Westport, CT 06880-5430

Telephone: (203) 221-5000

Facsimile: (203) 226-8839

Web Site: None

E-Mail: bonds hjsims.com

Head of Public Finance: William B. Sims

Public Finance Bankers: 12

Municipal Traders: 3

Retail Sales Personnel: 6

Institutional Sales Personnel: 6

Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $18.1 million

Number of Issues: 2

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $34.6 million

Ranking: 70th

Number of Issues: 4

20 Edward Jones

Address: 12555 Manchester Rd.

St. Louis, MO 63131

Telephone: (314) 515-2000

Facsimile: (314) 515-2674

Web Site: www.edwardjones.com

E-Mail: None

Head of Public Finance: Alan Wright

Public Finance Bankers: 5

Municipal Traders: 6

Retail Sales Personnel: 40

Institutional Sales Personnel: None

Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $14.0 million

Number of Issues: 1

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $14.0 million

Ranking: 76th

Number of Issues: 1

21 CIBC Oppenheimer Corp.

Address: World Financial Center, Oppenheimer Tower

200 Liberty St., 8th Fl.

New York, NY 10281

Telephone: (212) 667-5250

Facsimile: (212) 667-5302

Web Site: www.oppenheimer.com

E-Mail: info cibcopco.com

Head of Public Finance: William H. Frazier

Public Finance Bankers: 2

Municipal Traders: 12

Retail Sales Personnel: 275

Institutional Sales Personnel: 20

Other Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $13.8 million

Number of Issues: 2

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $7,211.6 million

Ranking: 18th

Number of Issues: 166

22 Samuel A. Ramirez & Co.

Address: 61 Broadway

New York, NY 10006

Telephone: (212) 248-0500

Facsimile: (212) 248-0528

Web Site: None

E-Mail: sarbonds aol.com

Head of Public Finance: George W. Graham

Public Finance Bankers: 2

Municipal Traders: 6

Retail Sales Personnel: 14

Institutional Sales Personnel: 12

Other Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $12.3 million

Number of Issues: 1

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $10,748.0 million

Ranking: 14th

Number of Issues: 154

23 BNY Capital Markets Inc.

Address: One Wall St., 17th Fl.

New York, NY 10286

Telephone: (212) 635-6345

Facsimile: (212) 635-6550

Web Site: None

E-Mail: None

Head of Public Finance: Gary Shumeyer

Public Finance Bankers: 1

Municipal Traders: 2

Retail Sales Personnel: 5

Institutional Sales Personnel: 2

Other Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $8.6 million

Number of Issues: 6

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $1,014.3

Ranking: 33d

Number of Issues: 41

24 Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co.

Address: 222 W. Adams, Suite 1700

Chicago, IL 60606

Telephone: (312) 443-1565

Facsimile: (312) 443-7225

Web Site: None

E-Mail: None

Head of Public Finance: Richard A. Funke

Public Finance Bankers: 7

Municipal Traders: 2

Retail Sales Personnel: 8

Institutional Sales Personnel: 8

Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $7.0 million

Number of Issues: 1

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $7.0 million

Ranking: 79th

Number of Issues: 1

25 Evergreen Bank

Address: 237 Glen St.

Box 311

Glens Falls, NY 12801-3507

Telephone: (518) 792-1151

Facsimile: (518) 792-4837

Web Site: www.evergreenbank.com

E-Mail: gfredette evergreenbank.com

Head of Public Finance: George L. Fredette

Public Finance Bankers: 3

Municipal Traders: None

Retail Sales Personnel: None

Institutional Sales Personnel: None

Other Offices in New York: None

Deals as Lead Manager:

Principal Amount: $5.0 million

Number of Issues: 2

Deals as Co-Manager:

Principal Amount: $5.0 million

Ranking: 80th

Number of Issues: 2

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