| Issuer: | Kraft Foods Group Inc.
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| Size/structure: | $6 billion in four tranches of notes due 2015, 2017, 2022, 2042 (Baa2/BBB/BBB-) priced on May 30, 2012 via Rule 144A and Regulation S
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| Bookrunners: | Barclays, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBS Securities Inc.
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| • Notable because it was a big liability management trade, funding a spinoff of Kraft's grocery business
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| ABBVIE INC.
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| Issuer: | AbbVie Inc.
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| Size/structure: | $14.7 billion of senior notes (Baa1/A/) in six tranches priced on Nov. 5 via Rule 144A and Regulation S
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| Bookrunners: | Barclays, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Societe Generale
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| • Notable because of its size and being a large M&A trade with proceeds to complete separation from Abbott Laboratories
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| HEINEKEN NV
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| Issuer: | Heineken NV
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| Size/structure: | $3.25 billion of notes (Baa1/BBB+/) in tranches due 2015, 2017, 2023 and 2042 on Oct. 2 via Rule 144A and Regulation S
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| Bookrunners: | Barclays, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
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| • Notable because Heineken only had one U.S. dollar bond outstanding and its previous trade - $750 million of 10-year notes on March 29, 2012 - wasn't very big
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| GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
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| Issuer: | General Electric Co.
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| Size/structure: | $7 billion of notes (Aa3/AA+/) due 2015, 2022, 2042 on Oct. 1
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| Bookrunners: | Barclays, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | (active), Goldman Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (passive)
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| • Notable because GE usually does most of its funding through GE Capital Corp. and because of its size
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| INTEL CORP.
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| Issuer: | Intel Corp.
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| Size/structure: | $6 billion of senior notes (A1/A+/) in four maturities on Dec. 4
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| Bookrunners: | Bank of America Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
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| • Notable because of the use of proceeds for common stock share repurchases
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| COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP.
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| Issuer: | Costco Wholesale Corp.
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| Size/structure: | $3.5 billion of senior notes (A1/A+/A+) in notes due 2015, 2017, 2019 priced on Nov. 28
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| Bookrunners: | Bank of America Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Guggenheim
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| • Notable because of the use of proceeds to pay a special $7 cash dividend on common stock
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