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Credit Suisse AG, et al. – ‘20-F’ for 12/31/12 – ‘XML’

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/22/13  Credit Suisse AG                  20-F       12/31/12  203:98M                                    MDD Mgmt Digital … AG/FA
          Credit Suisse Group AG

Annual Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer   —   Form 20-F   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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90: R8          Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML    142K 
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174: R21         Securities borrowed, lent and subject to            HTML     65K  
                repurchase agreements                                            
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                differences between US GAAP and Swiss GAAP banking               
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                interest entities (Tables)                                       
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                differences between US GAAP and - Swiss GAAP                     
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