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Koch Supply & Trading, an affiliate of Koch Industries, is a chain of companies that serves customers worldwide. The chain trades and provides risk management services in crude oil, refined petroleum products, and natural gases and liquids. It also deals in steel, power, energy, industrial metals and financial instruments. In addition, Koch Supply & Trading owns and operates a refinery in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Koch Industries is one of the largest private companies in the United States. The parent company owns and operates several business units that are engaged in the refining, chemical, minerals, fertilizer, polymers, fibers and financial sectors. It has operations in more than 55 countries and a work force of over 65,000 employees.

Merrill Lynch & Company is a Delaware-based financial corporation that, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. Merrill Lynch is one of the world s leading financial management and advisory companies, with offices in 36 countries and territories and total client assets of more than $1.6 trillion. Merrill Lynch has three core businesses global private client, global markets and investment banking group and Merrill Lynch investment managers offering a range of services for private clients, small businesses, institutions and corporations, and financial intermediaries. As an investment bank, the company is a leading global underwriter of debt and equity securities and strategic advisor to corporations, governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. Charles Merrill founded Merrill Lynch in 1914.