The Banker Magazine
“Deal of the Year” Award

Awarded: May 2, 2007

FirstCaribbean Capital Markets was awarded the “Deal of the Year Trinidad & Tobago” title for 2007 by The Banker magazine and the Financial Times Group. This is the first time it has been awarded to FirstCaribbean. In addition, this year marks the first time the honour has been presented to financial institutions in the Caribbean region.

Capital Markets received the award for the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad & Tobago (UDECOTT) short-term financing facility completed in 2006.

“Deal of the Year” titles for 2007 were awarded to financial institutions in 60 countries across the globe from a pool of 650 applicants. Judging criteria for the honour range from speed of deal execution and customer service quality.

Capital Markets continues to raise US$ hundreds of millions in debt capital for governments, state-owned enterprises and private and public companies. In addition to debt underwriting and structured project finance, the unit’s product and service suite includes Equity Underwriting, Syndicated Loans and Structured Finance offerings.