UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of September, 2008
Commission File Number 001-33434
CREDIT SUISSE
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
Paradeplatz 8, CH-8070 Zurich, Switzerland
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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Explanatory note
This Report on Form 6-K contains the exhibit set forth below. This report on Form 6-K and such exhibit are hereby incorporated by reference into Registration Statement No. 333-132936-14 of Credit Suisse.
Exhibit 99.1: Tax Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, September 9, 2008, relating to the registrant’s Notes Linked to a Weighted Basket of Three Buffered Return Enhanced Components, Consisting of the Dow Jones EURO Stoxx 50® Index, the FTSE 100™ Index and the TOPIX® Index due September 23, 2009.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
CREDIT SUISSE | ||||
| Date: September 9, 2008 | By: | /s/ Dennis Davitt | ||
| Name: | Dennis Davitt | |||
| Title: | Authorized Officer | |||
| By: | /s/ Sharon O’Connor | |||
| Name: | Sharon O’Connor | |||
| Title: | Authorized Officer | |||