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Communications Equity Associates was founded in 1973 by CEO Rick Michaels. Communications Equity Associates (CEA) provides investment banking, merchant banking, and private equity services to global companies in the communications, entertainment, and media industries. Communications Equity Associates company offers mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, divestment, and fund-raising services from 10 offices in the US and Europe. Its private equity division manages a family of funds with more than $1 billion under management. CEA has completed more than 900 transactions, most of which are cross-border arrangements. Customers have included such big names as AT&T, IBM, EDS, and Siemens.

Community Bankers Trust Corporation was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia. Community Bankers Trust Corporation (CBTC) is a bank holding company for Essex Bank (the Bank). The Bank engages in commercial banking business and provides a range of financial services primarily to individuals and small businesses, including individual and commercial demand and time deposit accounts, commercial and consumer loans, travelers checks, safe deposit box facilities, investment services and fixed rate residential mortgages. On January 30, 2009, the Bank acquired Suburban Federal Savings Bank, Crofton, Maryland (SFSB). Essex Services, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank and was formed to sell title insurance to the Bank’s mortgage loan customers. Essex Services, Inc. also offers insurance products through an ownership interest in Bankers Insurance, LLC and investment products through an affiliation with VBA Investments, LLC.

Founded in 1906, NPM/CNP is controlled by the Frere family. Compagnie Nationale a Portefeuille SA (CNP) is a Belgium-based investment holding company. The Company's portfolio of assets splits into two categories: the direct investments and the investments through the Pargesa/GBL Group. The direct investments are represented by CNP’s consolidated participations in various companies, including Distripar, Belgian IceCream Group and Transcor Astra Group, as well as by other smaller investments in such companies as Total, M6, Iberdrola and Arkema, among others. The second category of the Company’s portfolio is represented by its investments through the Pargesa/GBL Group, which is jointly controlled by CNP and the Power Group (Canada), and which has large or controlling holdings in international companies, such as GDF Suez, Lafarge, Imerys, Suez Environnement and Pernod Ricard.

Compass Diversified Holdings was founded in 2005 and is based in Westport, Connecticut. Compass Diversified Holdings operates as a subsidiary of The Compass Group LLC. Compass Diversified Holdings (the Trust) acquires controlling interests in and actively manages businesses. The Trust’s manager is Compass Group Management LLC (CGM). As of December 31, 2009, the Company had six business segments: Compass AC Holdings, Inc. (ACI or Advanced Circuits), American Furniture Manufacturing, Inc. (AFM or American Furniture), Anodyne Medical Device, Inc. (Anodyne), Fox Factory, Inc. (Fox) HALO Branded Solutions, Inc. (HALO) and CBS Personnel Holdings, Inc. (CBS or CBS Personnel). In March 2010, the Company announced that its subsidiary, Advanced Circuits, acquired Circuit Express, Inc. In April 2010, the Company acquired Liberty Safe and Security Products, Inc.

Computershare Limited (Computershare) is engaged in the operation of investor services, plan services, communication services, shareholder relationship management services and technology services. The investor services operations comprise the provision of registry and related services. The plan services operations comprise the provision and management of employee share and option plans. The communication services operations comprise laser imaging, intelligent mailing, scanning and electronic delivery. The shareholder relationship management services group provides investor analysis, investor communication and management information services to companies, including employees, shareholders and security industry participants. Its technology services include the provision of software specializing in share registry, financial services and stock markets. In February 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of HBOS Employee Equity Solutions (HBOS EES) from Lloyds Banking Group plc.

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