Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking announces today it has expanded its loan distribution team with the addition of two key loan sales professionals. The firm has hired John Gorham as a Director, and Roxana Pechero as a Vice President, both reporting to Terry Sanabria, Managing Director and Head of Loan Sales and Trading within the firm's U.S. Debt Capital Markets Group. The team is based in New York.

Gorham was previously with UBS's loan sales and trading group where he focused on the U.S. institutional investor market, and Pechero joins from BNP Paribas where she specialized in leveraged loan origination, structuring and distribution. "John and Roxana bring valuable relationships and experience to Societe Generale that will greatly enhance our distribution efforts and extend our debt franchise in the US," said Sanabria.

Earlier this month the firm announced the creation of an integrated debt origination and distribution platform in the U.S. encompassing all of the firm's loan and bond market activities under Neil Parekh. This new U.S. Debt Capital Markets Group, of which Loan Sales and Trading is an integral part, combines all of the firm's U.S. debt capital markets product expertise under one roof -- loan and structured debt syndicate, high yield and mezzanine debt, private placements, and euro bond origination -- to ensure that Societe Generale's clients are provided optimal solutions for their fund raising and investment needs. The Group's resources are aligned with Societe Generale's industry expertise in Media & Telecom, Gaming, Lodging & Leisure, Sports Finance, Real Estate, Utilities, and Oil & Gas, and work closely with the firm's product areas including Leveraged Finance, Securitization, Project Finance and Export and Commodity Finance, to ensure enhanced client coverage.

SOCIETE GENERALE

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Societe Generale

Societe Generale is one of the largest financial services groups in the euro-zone. The Group employs more than 103,000 people worldwide in three key businesses:

* Retail Banking & Financial Services: Societe Generale serves more

than 19,8 million individual customers worldwide.

* Global Investment Management & Services: Societe Generale is one of

the largest banks in the euro-zone in terms of assets under custody

(EUR 1,521 billion, March 2006) and under management (EUR 402 billion,

March 2006).

* Corporate & Investment Banking: Societe Generale ranks among the

leading banks worldwide in euro capital markets, derivatives and

structured finance.

Societe Generale is included in the five major socially-responsible investment indexes.

Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking

Present in over 45 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia, Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking is a reference bank specialising in:

* Euro capital markets. A top ten player in debt and equity segments

(bonds, securitisations, syndicated loans, equity-linked and equity

issues).

* Derivatives. Among the world leaders in equity derivatives and in many

interest rate, credit, foreign exchange and commodities derivatives.

* Structured finance. A worldwide leader in export, project and

structured commodity finance.

Combining innovation and quality of execution, Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking provides corporates, financial institutions and investors with value-added integrated financial solutions. http://www.sgcib.com

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