BB BIOTECH AG is a Switzerland-based investment company, which principal activity is to invest in companies active in the biotechnology industry. BB BIOTECH AG invests mainly in companies operating in such sectors as oncology, cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases. As of December 31, 2009, the Company’s portfolio comprised 23 companies, including Actelion, Gilead, Celgene, Genentech, Biogen Idec, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Elan, Basilea Pharmaceuticals and Roche Holding GS, among others. The investments are held through its wholly owned subsidiaries, which include Biotech Focus NV, Biotech Invest NV, Biotech Target NV and Biotech Growth NV.

BC Partners is a leading private equity firm with advised funds of €10bn. Established in 1986, BC Partners has played an active role in developing the European buy-out market for over 20 years. BC Partners executives operate as an integrated team through offices in Europe and North America, acquiring and developing European or multinational businesses to create value in partnership with management. Since inception, BC Partners has invested in 71 companies with a total enterprise value of €66 billion.

Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in middle market buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth stage transactions. Within recapitalization and buyouts, the firm seeks to invest in small to medium sized companies and focuses on leveraged acquisitions of corporate subsidiaries, recapitalizations of founder-owned and operated entities, and management-led acquisitions of independent companies. It typically invests in healthcare industry with a focus on specialty distribution including alternate site (non-hospital) and pharmaceutical niches; provider and payor outsourcing including contract management, staffing, utilization and disease management, billing, collections, and other financial service providers.

Behrman Capital was formed in 1991 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in San Francisco, California. Behrman Capital is a private equity firm specializing in industry consolidation, management buyout, leveraged buildup, growth capital, and recapitalizations in growth companies. The firm does not invest in turnarounds or hostile situations. It also invests in spinoff of a division from a parent company and recapitalization of a closely held business where the transaction is driven by a desire for growth capital, estate planning, liquidity or other reasons. The firm also seeks to provide additional equity for add-on acquisitions. It makes investments in information technology, business to business outsourcing, defense or homeland security, specialty packaging, contract manufacturing, health care including healthcare services, specialty manufacturing, and other related industries that provide opportunities for internal or external growth. For management buyouts, leveraged buildups, and recapitalization transactions, the firm invests in companies that have revenue between $50 million and $500 million. For equity, it invests between $20 million and $70 million. The firm typically, prefers to take majority stake in its portfolio companies but may take minority stake in companies with revenues between $20 million and $250 million and an EBITDA between $6 million and $60 million.

Beluga NV is a Belgium-based investment trust that specializes in the acquisition and management of a diversified portfolio of shares with a focus on private equity investment. As per December 31, 2009, the Company’s portfolio consisted entirely of private equity participation in various companies, including Network Global Management, BNLfood Investments, IT-Partners, Lamifil, TRG, PR Pharmaceuticals and Technowledge. As of that same date Beluga had two subsidiaries: Distribution d’Eau de la Troupette (La Troupette), a real-estate investment holding, and Comptoir Houiller Bruxellois, a real-estate society that was wholly owned by La Troupette.

Benchmark Capital was founded in 1995 and is based in Menlo Park, California with additional offices in London, United Kingdom and Herzliya Pituach, Israel. Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in technology driven companies in the areas of enterprise software and services, communications and security, semiconductors, mobile computing, consumer services, and financial services. It mainly seeks to invest in companies based in U.S. and Europe. The firm typically seeks to make initial investments between $3 million and $5 million, with investments between $5 million and $15 million over the life of its portfolio companies. Its investments can range between $100,000 and $10 million or $15 million. The firm seeks to be the first investor in the portfolio companies.

Benefit Capital Companies founded in 1984, has participated more than $5 billion worth of transactions. Benefit Capital company provides a variety of investment and merchant banking services, including support for mergers and acquisitions, financial advisory, and private placements. A major focus for the firm is helping companies develop employee stock purchase plans. Target companies are typically worth somewhere between $10 million and $900 million. Benefit Capital also provides equity financing for management and employee buyouts. In addition to its Logandale, Nevada headquarters, Benefit Capital has offices in Irvine and Los Angeles, California; New York; Dallas; and Honolulu.

Berkery Noyes & Company was founded in 1980 and is based in New York City. The firm has offices in Newton, San Francisco, and Wiesbaden, Germany. Berkery, Noyes & Co., LLC is a boutique investment-banking firm. The firm focuses on providing merger and acquisition, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, recapitalizing, financing, and valuation advice to companies in information, publishing, and communications industries.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Berkshire) is a holding company owning subsidiaries engaged in a number of diverse business activities. The most important of these are insurance businesses conducted on both a primary basis and a reinsurance basis. Berkshire also owns and operates a large number of other businesses engaged in a variety of activities. Berkshire’s insurance and reinsurance business activities are conducted through approximately 70 domestic and foreign-based insurance entities. Berkshire’s insurance businesses provide insurance and reinsurance of property and casualty risks world-wide and also reinsure life, accident and health risks world-wide. Berkshire’s insurance underwriting operations are comprised of sub-groups: GEICO and its subsidiaries, General Re and its subsidiaries, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group and Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group. On February 12, 2010, the Company acquired all of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF).

Berkshire Partners, LLC was founded in 1986 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Berkshire Partners, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in private companies, public companies, and special situations. Within private companies, the firm seeks to invest in leveraged buyouts, acquisition; management buyouts; recapitalizations of a business in which management retains significant ownership either as a majority or a minority partner; growth capital; and privatization investments. It invests in companies where founder is seeking liquidity from his or her business for estate purposes; a company owned by another financial buyer seeking a realization on an investment; and a divestiture of a business line or segment from a larger corporation. In public companies, the firm primarily invests in going private transactions and PIPES. It also purchases preferred stock, common stock, and other public or non-public securities issued by public companies. Within special situations, the firm invests in private and public companies experiencing stress from financial or operating issues, requiring growth capital for new initiatives, requiring capital for internal expansion, minority investments in pre-IPO companies, and joint ventures with strategic operating partners.

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