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Coupon rate recommendation for 7 year bond in Euros? Company Rated AA to A+. Also convert Euros to US Dollars exchange rates at bottom of

Coupon rate recommendation for 7 year bond in Euros? Company Rated AA to A+. Also convert Euros to US Dollars exchange rates at bottom of exhibit 10, explain conversion (WHY is that the exchange rate).

Exhibit 5

Annual Yield Rate of Maturity (US Dollars, Euro British Pound) Feb 2009 in Percentage.

US Treasuries

Euro Benchmark

UK sovereign

7 years

2.18%

3.35%

3.06%

Exhibit 6

US yield spreads of US Industrial Corporate Bonds over Comparable Maturity of US Treasuries for S&P Bond Rating Categories, Feb 2009 (in Basis Points)

Rating

Years to Maturity

Basis Points

AA

7

224

A

7

243

Exhibit 10

Plan for currency and maturity of Roche bond offering tranches

Prevailing exchange rates at the time were: CHF 1.67/GBP1.00, CHF1.18/USD1.00 and CHF 1.48/EUR1.00

US Dominated

Maturity

Amount in Billions US

Coupon

1

3.00

Floating Rate

2

1.25

Floating Rate

3

2.50

Fixed

5

2.75

Fixed

10

4.50

Fixed

30

2.50

Fixed

Euro Dominated

Amount in billions of Euros

1 year

1.50

Floating Rate

4 years

5.25

Fixed

7 years

2.75

Fixed

12 years

1.75

Fixed

Sterling Dominated (in billions of Pounds

6 years

1.25

Fixed Rate

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