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Exhibit 1: My so-called life as an intern at Merrill Lynch

The death of young banking hopeful Moritz Erhardt brought back memories to Polly Courtney that were both painful and surreal

POLLY COURTNEY

FRIDAY 23 AUGUST 2013

On Monday night, Moritz Erhardt, 21, was found dead in his east London flat.

He was a week away from finishing a summer internship at the London office of Merrill Lynch. The exact cause of his death is not known, but it is claimed that Mr. Moritz had worked three “all-nighters” in a row before his death and was determined to earn himself a full-time role at the bank.

I too interned in the London offices of Merrill Lynch before accepting a job on the graduate scheme.

I was one of 30 bright, keen twentysomethings who were opting to spend the summer hunched over desks, deep in financial equations. Like Mr. Erhardt, I threw myself into the internship programme, relishing the challenge that awaited me.

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