primary dealers of the Federal Reserve System

 current primary dealers of the Federal Reserve System:

US
Bank of America Securities LLC
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Jefferies & Company, Inc.
J. P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.

Britain
Barclays Capital Inc.
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

Switzerland
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
UBS Securities LLC.

Japan
Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
Nomura Securities International, Inc.

Germany
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

France
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Canada
RBC Capital Markets Corp.

Scotland
RBS Securities Inc.

“These institutions are the current primary dealers of the Federal Reserve System.