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FACTBOX: Top 10 largest recipients of AIG money

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(Reuters) - American International Group Inc disclosed on Sunday that U.S. and European banks have been among the biggest beneficiaries of the up to $180 billion U.S. taxpayer bailout of the insurer.

AIG disclosed that more than $90 billion has been paid to banks through collateral postings under credit default swaps, payments to CDS counterparties and payments to securities lending counterparties from September 16, 2008 to December 31, 2008.

The following lists the largest recipients of funds from those entities combined. The figures are estimates based on data provided by AIG:

Counterparty Amount ($ BLN)

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Goldman Sachs Group $12.9

Societe Generale 11.9

Deutsche Bank 11.8

Barclays PLC 8.5

Merrill Lynch 6.8

Bank of America Corp 5.2

UBS AG 5.0

BNP Paribas SA 4.9

HSBC Holdings PLC 3.5

Dresdner 2.6

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Total Payments to Top 10 $73.1

Source: AIG

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