Hotung Investment Holdings Ltd, a venture capital firm with operations in Taiwan, the US and China, was incorporated in March 1997 and has been listed on the Main Board of SGX-ST since August 1997. It is the first and only Taiwan venture capital firm listed on the Singapore Exchange. The Group's two business divisions are Venture Capital Investment and Fund Management Operation. In Venture Capital Investment Business, it works through its 3 subsidiaries, Hotung Venture Capital, Daitung Development and Investment and Huitung Investments (BVI) Ltd. In Fund Management Operations, through Hotung International Co Ltd. (“HIC”) one of Taiwan’s largest venture capital investment managers, currently manages and/or advises 8 funds globally and internationally. HIC, a value-added partner to our portfolio of companies, provides management and advisory services in respect of hundreds of investee companies.The Group’s investment portfolio is focused on key industry sectors that include semiconductor, LCD and communications etc. Over 65% of the Group’s portfolio investments are in the greater China region, while the rest is based in the US. Hotung Group was formerly known as Hotung Venture Capital Corp ("Hotung VC"). Hotung VC was founded by Tai Lung Capital Inc. (formally known as Tai Lung Corp.), Daiwa Corporate Investment Co., Ltd. (formally known as Daiwa SMBC Capital Co.,Ltd.) and Mega International Commercial Bank (formally known as Chiao Tung Commercial Bank Co Ltd) in June 1987. In 1997, as part of the restructuring exercise conducted for purposes of the Company's public offering, the venture capital fund management contracts were transferred from Hotung VC to Hotung International Co.,Ltd. and Hotung VC became purely a venture capital fund. Hotung Investment Holdings Ltd was incorporated in Bermuda on 5 March 1997.

Luxor Industrial Corp. was founded in 1979. Luxor Industrial Corporation manufactures and markets the Interlocking Bridging System (IBS2000). IBS2000 The IBS2000 controls bounce and vibration in floors. A row of IBS interlocks all the joists together, resulting in a stiff floor assembly - performing floor with increased span. Luxor Architectural Details are crafted from selected western Red Cedar or Douglas Fir timbers. In addition to a range of standard sizes and products the company manufactures custom sizes and patterns. The company manufactures various wood products, including survey stakes, conventional bridging, rainscreen, fireplace and door mantles, prefabricated window and door openings, as well as specialty products for the natural resource sector. The company offers specialty cutting services, such as multi-ripping, customripping, custom cutting, and precision end trimming. Subsidiaries Western Interlok Systems Ltd., the company’s wholly owned subsidiary (WIS), manufactures and distributes a patented engineered bridging system. These products are distributed to building material distributors located in Canada and the United States of America. J.E.J. Holdings Inc., the company’s wholly owned subsidiary (JEJ), holds a worldwide license under patent applications in the United States of America and Canada, to manufacture, market and distribute an engineered bridging system utilized in the building construction industry. JEJ has licensed the North American rights to western Interlok Systems Ltd. Eastern Brake Alert Systems Ltd., the company’s 75% owned subsidiary (EBAS), has acquired the North American manufacturing and marketing rights for an air-brake warning system for the trucking industry.

Enterprise Partners Venture Capital was founded in 1985 and is based in La Jolla, California. Enterprise Partners Venture Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage companies. It invests in later stage companies and buyout opportunities on a case-by-case basis. The firm typically invests in the life sciences and technology sectors with a focus on new technology fields including digital media, wireless networks, specialized energy and materials, consumer products and applications, and digital home technologies and services. It seeks to invest in California. The firm primarily invests between $3 million and $10 million in its portfolio companies and will occasionally invest as little as $300,000 in a seed stage venture. It seeks to take a board seat in its portfolio company and often serves as a lead investor. The firm primarily invests for a period between four years and seven years.

Alliance Technology Ventures IV, L.P. specializes to make early, seed, and start up investments. It seeks to invest in communications, semiconductor, and life science companies with a focus on devices, systems, infrastructure, networks, and applications. It prefers to invest in broadband access and infrastructure with focus on wireless, cable, xDSL, and optical and in companies helping to advance Moore's Law. In life sciences, it seeks to invest in later-stage drug development programs, nanotech-based diagnostic and therapeutic innovations, and targeted protein-based therapeutics. The fund prefers to invest in the companies based in south-eastern U.S. It does not invest in publicly traded companies or companies located outside of the continental U.S. The fund typically invests between $1 million and $5 million in its portfolio companies.

Principal Financial Group, Inc. (PFG) is a provider of retirement savings, investment and insurance products and services. PFG’s United States and international operations concentrate primarily on asset accumulation and asset management. In addition, it offers a range of individual and group life insurance, group health insurance, individual and group disability insurance and group dental and vision insurance. PFG primarily focus on small and medium-sized businesses providing an array of retirement and employee benefit solutions to meet the needs of the business, the business owner and their employees. PGF has four segments: U.S. Asset Accumulation, Global Asset Management, International Asset Management and Accumulation, and Life and Health Insurance.

Abingworth Management Limited was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Menlo Park, California; Waltham, Massachusetts; Boston, Massachusetts; and Cambridge, United Kingdom. Abingworth Management Limited is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in early and late-stage venture financing, growth equity, expansion capital, VIPE, and acquisition financing. The firm also provides financing for recapitalizations, build-ups, and growth buyouts. The firm also seeks to invest in undervalued public companies. It invests in healthcare services and information technology with a focus on providers, payors, specialty services, software, and related services and on life sciences with a focus on specialty pharmaceuticals, medical products and devices, lab instrumentation, and consumables. The firm also invests in platform and enabling technologies, healthcare services, biomedical, biotechnology, and companies developing therapeutics.

Versant Venture is a leading healthcare-focused venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in medical devices, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, healthcare services, and healthcare information technology. The firm, founded in 1999, consists of a seasoned team of twelve managing directors with more than 130 years of venture capital investing experience and more than 150 years of operating experience. Versant Ventures currently manages over $1.6 billion in committed capital having recently raised its fourth fund in July 2008, and is currently managing over 75 companies in its portfolio.

Blum Capital Partners was founded in 1975 and is based in San Francisco, California. Blum Capital Partners is a private equity firm that specializes in investments in both public and private companies. It typically invests in small and mid-capitalization companies that have a market capitalization between $350 million and $3 billion. The firm takes a substantial position in each business, either through the acquisition of strategic blocks of common shares in the public market, privately-negotiated minority investment, or a private control position. It seeks to invest in fundamentally good companies that are undervalued. The firm prefers to have a seat on the boards of the portfolio companies. It typically invests with a two to more than four years holding period in its portfolio companies.

Established in 1987, The Carlyle Group is a private global investment firm that originates, structures and acts as lead equity investor in management-led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings.The Carlyle Group is a global alternative asset manager with more than $90.5 billion under management. With 67 funds across four investment disciplines (buyouts, credit alternatives, growth capital and real estate), Carlyle combines global vision with local insight, relying on a top-flight team of 400+ investment professionals operating out of offices in 19 countries to uncover superior opportunities in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America.While open to opportunities wherever they can be found, Carlyle focuses on sectors in which it has demonstrated expertise: aerospace & defense, automotive & transportation, consumer & retail, energy & power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, real estate, technology & business services and telecommunications & media.

Weatherly Asset Management provides financial services such as investment advice, insurance, tax planning, and trust services to individual investors and to institutions such as charities, trusts, and pension and profit-sharing plans. It offers a range of investment strategies, including equity management, asset allocation, fixed-income management, and commodity investments. Founded in 1994, Weatherly Asset Management has more than $100 million in client assets under management. President Carolyn Taylor owns a majority of the firm.

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