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REPRESENTATIVE TRANSACTIONS IN THE RECENT PAST
* Altius acted for Eni S.p.A. with respect to the mandatory tender offer on the shares of Distrigaz S.A. after the acquisition by Eni S.p.A. of a stake of 57.243% of the shares of Distrigaz S.A. (May 2008).
* Altius also acted for Eni S.p.A. on this acquisition alongside Slaughter and May. This tender offer will be terminated around the first part of 2009.
* Altius acted for the founding shareholders of the Belgian company Best NV, a world-player in the sorting industry, in respect of the exit of its financial partner KBC Private Equity and the introduction of a new financial partner (Pentahold).
* Altius acted for Citigroup with respect to security to be provided by Fortis Bank S.A. (September 2008).
* Altius organized an auction for Hidari Holding, the holding company of the Belgian entrepreneurial family Hendrickx, in relation to the sale of Henco to Aalberts Industries. Henco is a leading European producer of multilayer tubes and fittings for inside building systems. Aalberts Industries is AEX listed.
* Altius acted for Citigroup with respect to a Secured Note issue of USD 100,000,000 in October 2006 and an additional USD 32,500,000 in May 2007 by Gateway Telecommunications Plc.
* Altius acted for Barclays Capital, Merrill Lynch International and Morgan Stanley Bank International in relation to EUR 5,540,000,000 and USD 2,494,000,000 senior credit facilities in relation to the acquisition by Ineos of certain companies (Innovene Group) and businesses from BP, including the olefins and derivative operations, the Hobbs fractionation operations, the ethylene oxyde operations and glycols operations. This transaction included the set-up of a bridge loan, replaced by the issue of high-yield bond notes to the value of EUR 1,750,000,000 (7.875% senior notes, due 2016) and USD 750,000,000 (8.5% senior notes, due 2016).
* Altius acted for Dresdner Bank AG London Branch and Dresdner Bank AG Niederlassung Luxemburg as mandated lead arrangers in relation to a EUR 112,500,000 senior facilities agreement and a EUR 22,500,000 mezzanine facility agreement.
* Altius acted as Belgian counsel to Yildiz Holding of the Ulker group, a diversified consumer goods group based in Turkey, in relation to the acquisition of the Godiva Chocolatier business from Campbell Soup Company for USD 850 million.
* Altius also advised Yildiz Holding on the Belgian law aspects of the financing of the above-mentioned acquisition.
* Altius acted for Deutsche Bank with respect to the amendment and increase of a EUR 80,000,000 revolving collateralised credit agreement, including a securitisation program lead by UBS.
* Altius acted with respect to finance and corporate matters for Kappa Group as borrowers in relation to a EUR 3,796,818,558 senior credit facility lead by Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch resulting in the acquisition of the Kappa Group by JSG Acquisitions (Smurfit Group).
* Altius acted for Rockspring PIM in relation to its acquisition, in joint venture with AIG Global Real Estate Investment, of two large real estate portfolios from Befimmo and Cofinimmo for a total amount of € 149 million.
* Altius acted for Fortis Bank in relation to a ship financing for Oiltrans in the acquisition of the current largest oil tanker in the world.
* Altius assisted Axa Group with respect to a reinsurance agreement and subsequent securitisation of its motor insurance contracts on group level (July 2007).
* Altius acted, and continues to act for the acquisition financing by Citigroup, ING & ABN Amro of the Vendex Group, including the reorganisation of the group into a DIY group and Fashion group and the sale of the Hema group (May 2007).
* Altius acted for the Belgian subsidiaries of Heiploeg Beheer B.V. with respect to the EUR 101,000,000 refinancing by Rabobank International.
* Altius acted and continues to act for JP Morgan Plc with respect to TI Refinancing.
* Altius acted for Rockspring Property Investment Managers Ltd with respect to a EUR 4,000,000 Mezzanine Loan Agreement (May 2007).
* Altius acted for Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. with respect to the financing of the Fenwal Group (April 2007).
* Altius acted, and continues to act for the lenders of the Noriant Consortium for the largest ever PPP in Belgium for road and infrastructure works by BAM for an amount of approximately EUR 3.8 billion (still ongoing).
* Altius acted for Fortis Bank as Dealer with respect to the issuance of (CDO) notes under the EUR 10,000,000,000 Debt Issuance Programme by Astir B.V.
* Altius acted for Citigroup Global Markets Limited with respect to the issue of Senior Secured Notes due 2013 by Gateway Telecommunications plc.
* Altius acted for Barclays Leveraged Finance with respect to the financing of the acquisition of Nicholl Food Packaging Limited by Andax Group. The financing included a EUR 50,000,000 senior facilities agreement and a EUR 10,000,000 mezzanine facility agreement.
* Altius acted for EDF with respect to a EUR 1,500,000,000 Belgian joint venture with Natixis (December 2007).
* Altius acted for AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group NV (Sudamin Group) with respect to the refinancing by Crédit Suisse of a multicurrency term and revolving facility of US$ 275,000,000 (August 2007).
* Altius acted for Blackstone in relation to the Belgian law aspects of the worldwide acquisition of Hilton.
* Altius acted for Dresdner Bank for a EUR 165,000,000 financing and refinancing Multicurrency Term and Revolving Credit Facility for the Biotronik Group (December 2007).
* Altius acted for KBC Bank for a 29,000,000 Medium Term Acquisition Finance Facility Agreement for Siat NV (August 2007).
* Altius acted for Ceva Group Plc for a financing and refinancing of Crédit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Bear Sterns, Morgan Stanley Securities, UBS Securities and Goldman Sachs (August 2007).
* Altius acted for Blackstone Group with respect to a EUR 364,500,000 Facility Agreement from Merrill Lynch, Capmark and Capita Trust.
* Altius acted for Natixis with respect to a Senior Facility Agreement to Cerba European Lab.
* Altius acted for Ableco with respect to a financing agreement to Capco group US$ 70,000,000 (July 2007).
* Altius acted for the refinancing by Mizuho of the Fitness First Group (last amendment dates from October 2007).
* Altius acted for DVB Bank AG for the purchase by Aircap BV of 10 Fokker F100 aircrafts (December 2007).
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