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From: Daniel Sabba Sent: 2/10/2015 7:31:10 PM To: jeffrey E. [jeevacation@ mail.comj CC: Vahe Ste anian j; Paul Morris-; Richard Kahn ; Jay Lipman Subject: Swaps + high dividends • an interesting combination... [CI Classification: Confidential Jeffrey, We came across with the following structure that takes advantage of high dividends to finance the funding of an excess return swap with floored downside. I thought it was clever... Interested in hearing your thoughts. If you would

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From: Daniel Sabba Sent: 2/10/2015 7:31:10 PM To: jeffrey E. [jeevacation@ mail.comj CC: Vahe Ste anian j; Paul Morris-; Richard Kahn ; Jay Lipman Subject: Swaps + high dividends • an interesting combination... [CI Classification: Confidential Jeffrey, We came across with the following structure that takes advantage of high dividends to finance the funding of an excess return swap with floored downside. I thought it was clever... Interested in hearing your thoughts. If you would

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From: Daniel Sabba Sent: 2/10/2015 7:31:10 PM To: jeffrey E. [jeevacation@ mail.comj CC: Vahe Ste anian j; Paul Morris-; Richard Kahn ; Jay Lipman Subject: Swaps + high dividends • an interesting combination... [CI Classification: Confidential Jeffrey, We came across with the following structure that takes advantage of high dividends to finance the funding of an excess return swap with floored downside. I thought it was clever... Interested in hearing your thoughts. If you would like we can refresh pricing. Structure linked to Stoxx Low Beta High Dividend Index Index Description The STOXX Europe Low Beta High Div 50 Index is derived from the STOXX Europe 600 Index. To be eligible for inclusion in the new index, companies must have a net dividend yield for the past twelve months that is higher than the overall net dividend yield of the EURO STOXX 50 Index over the same time period. All those companies are then screened for their beta to the EURO STOXX 50 Index over the past twelve months, and only those 50 companies with the lowest beta are selected. A cap of eight companies per country is applied to ensure diversification in the index. The STOXX Europe Low Beta High Div 50 Index is weighted by liquidity measured through components' three month average daily trading volume (ADTV), with a single component's weight cap of 5 percent. The index is reviewed annually in December, with the cutoff date for dividend yield and beta data being the last trading day of the previous month. Structure Terms Tenor: 5 Yrs Counterparty: Deutsche Bank Format: Swap Ccy: USD Underlying: STOXX Europe low Beta High Div 50 Price Return Index (SDB50EP Index) Participation Factor : 120% to the positive performance of the underlying (PF) Performance: (Underlying Final - At Maturity: If Performance is positive: Client Receives + PF * max (0%, Performance) i.e. Client participates 1.2x in the upside performance of the index, uncapped If Performance is negative, no settlement Client Pays: USD3mLibor + 1.55% p.a. Benefits 1. Structure allows the client to participate 1.2 x times in the upside performance of the underlying index. i.e. At maturity, if the index is up 15%, Clients final redemption = 18% 2. The performance on the upside in uncapped 3. The Index allows participating clients to take a view on stocks which have low volatility, low beta and high dividend yield in the Eurozone area 4. Backtesting, the benefits of this index have been higher dividend, higher returns, lower volatility and lower drawdowns than Eurostwor50 Index and Stoxx600 Index CONFIDENTIAL — PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) DB-SDNY-0 115993 CONFIDENTIAL SDNY_GM_00262177 EFTA01456720

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