Lehman Brothers Named "Best Investment Bank in the Consumer Sector," "Best M&A Deal: TXU Leveraged Buyout"

10 April 2007
Global Finance named Lehman Brothers the "Best Investment Bank in the Consumer Sector" and recognized the Firm as an advisor to Texas Pacific Group and KKR in the transaction awarded "Best M&A Deal: TXU - Leveraged Buyout." *

"We have identified the banks that the best companies choose to get things done. We're not just picking the biggest; we're choosing the best, based on profitability, financial strength, as well as quality of staff dedicated to investment banking," wrote Global Finance publisher Joseph D. Giarraputo.

*Selection of the "World's Best Investment Banks 2007" based on Global Finance's editors' assessment of: market share (including number and size of deals); customer service and advice; structuring capabilities; distribution network; efforts to address market conditions; innovation; pricing and after-market performance of underwriting. This announcement appears as a matter of record only.