Thomson Reuters Announces DEALWATCH AWARDS 2014 Winners
The Dai-ichi Life Insurance wins Issuer of the Year andNomura Securities wins House of the YearTokyo, March 31, 2015 –Thomson Reuters today announced that The Dai-ichi Life Insurance has won
its coveted ‘Issuer of the Year’ award and Nomura Securities has won ‘House of the Year’ award in its
annual DEALWATCH AWARDS 2014.
The annual DEALWATCH AWARDS were established in 1995 with the aim of rewarding excellence andinnovation in Japan’s capital markets over the course of a financial year. Since then, it has become theindustry standard in recognising achievements in Japan’s investment banking community. DealWatchAwards are based on a number of criteria such as innovation, appropriateness of pricing, and secondary
market reaction.
DEALWATCH AWARDS 2014 comprises seven award categories, including Overall, Bond, Local
Government Bond, Samurai Bond, Equity-linked Bond, Equity and J-REIT.
Screening starts with a questionnaire sent to underwriting houses with lead managers and/orsyndication experience, and institutional investors. Suitable candidates are then selected among public
transactions completed in the past fiscal year. Underwriting houses may nominate their deals if theywish to do so. Finally, DealWatch editors carefully assess the transactions and select winners based on
the criteria outlined above.
The major award winners will be presented with the trophies at the annual DealWatch Gala Awards
Dinner, which will take place at Hotel Okura Tokyo on Thursday, May 14, 2015.
A complete list of all winners of DEALWATCH AWARDS 2014 is attached.

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###DealWatch Awards 2014 – List of Winners
TopIssuer of the Year
- The Dai-ichi Life Insurance
House of the Year
- Nomura Securities

BondBond Issuer of the Year
- Japan Finance Corporation
Bond House of the Year
- Nomura Securities
Bond of the Year
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Series 1 Basel Ⅲ Compliant Unsecured Subordinated Bond
(Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities)- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Series 2 Basel Ⅲ Compliant Unsecured Subordinated Bond
(Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities)
Debut Debt Deal of the Year
- H.I.S. Series 1 Unsecured Straight Bond
(Nomura Securities/ Daiwa Securities/ SMBC Nikko Securities)
H.I.S. Series 2 Unsecured Straight Bond
(Nomura Securities)
Innovative Debt Deal of the Year- East Nippon Expressway Series 29 Secured Straight Bond
(Mizuho Securities/ Nomura Securities/ Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities/ Citigroup
Global Markets Japan)
Offshore Bond of the Year
- Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities Series 45 Euro-denominated Notes due 2021
(Barclays/ BNP Paribas/ BofA Merrill Lynch/ Nomura International)

Local Government Bond
Local Government Bond Issuer of the Year
- City of Kobe
Local Government Bond House of the Year
- Nomura Securities
Local Government Bond of the Year
- Sakai City 30 year Series 1 FY2014(Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities/ Mizuho Securities/ Daiwa Securities)

Samurai Bond
Samurai Bond Issuer of the Year
- Rabobank Nederland
Samurai Bond House of the Year
- Daiwa Securities

DEALWATCH AWARDS 2014 Winners

Samurai Bond of the Year
- Renault Japanese Yen Bonds Series 15(Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities/ Mizuho Securities)
Renault Japanese Yen Bonds Series 16(Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities/ Mizuho Securities)

Equity-Linked Bond
Equity-linked Bond Issuer of the Year
- LIXIL Group
Equity-linked Bond of the Year
- Toray Industries Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds due 2019
(Nomura International/ Daiwa Capital Markets Europe/ SMBC Nikko Capital Markets)
Toray Industries Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds due 2021
(Nomura International/ Goldman Sachs International/ SMBC Nikko Capital Markets)

EquityEquity Issuer of the Year
- Mitsui Fudosan
Equity House of the Year
- Nomura Securities
Equity Deal of the Year
- The Dai-ichi Life Insurance(Goldman Sachs Japan/ Nomura Securities)
IPO of the Year
- SEIBU HOLDINGS(UBS Securities Japan/ Mizuho Securities)IPO Issuer of the Year
- Recruit Holdings
Innovative Equity Deal of the Year- CYBERDYNE(Deutsche Bank)CYBERDYNE Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds due 2017
(Deutsche Bank)

J-ReitJ-REIT Issuer of the Year
- Invincible Investment Corporation
J-REIT House of the Year
- SMBC Nikko Securities
J-REIT Deal of the Year
- Nippon Healthcare Investment Corporation(Daiwa Securities)………….

DEALWATCH AWARDS 2014 Winners