Nomura Securities International has its eye on fixed income, and we're not talking Social Security. The US-based division of Nomura Holdings, a top Japanese brokerage, provides securities research and trading, asset management, and capital markets services to individual, institutional, corporate, and government clients. Nomura Securities International, Inc. is a leading seller of Japanese equities in the US. Nomura Securities International, Inc. fixed income division underwrites and trades government bonds and derivatives. Nomura Securities International, Inc. ceased trading mortgage-related securities in 2007. Nomura Securities International opened its first US office in New York in 1927, and has expanded its reach to entail all of North and South America.

Nikko Cordial Securities trades in equities, fixed-income products, and investment trusts for retail and institutional investors. Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. has about $300 billion of assets under management in some 2,500 client accounts. Formerly part of Citigroup, which acquired the company in 2008, Nikko Cordial was sold to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group the following year for some $8.7 billion, including cash and debt considerations. Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. sold most of its stake in private equity investment subsidiary Nikko Antfactory for $140 million in 2008. The relatively small divestiture portended Citigroup's sale of non-core operations in Japan, including Nikko Cordial.

Brederode SA is a Belgium-based investment company that manages a portfolio of listed and unlisted investments. In 2009, the Company's investment portfolio consisted of listed holdings (56%), private equity (43%) and cash (1%). It invests primarily in companies active in the oil, electricity, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, insurances and construction materials industries. As of December 31, 2009, Brederode SA had four wholly owned, direct subsidiaries: Geyser SA, which is a Luxembourg-based holding company operating on the international capital markets; Brederode International SARL, which is also based in Luxembourg; Greenhill SA, which manages a portfolio of securities, and Athanor Ltd, which participates in a number of insurance syndicates.

Founded in 1999, Silver Lake is a global private investment firm with approximately $14 billion in assets under management. With offices in Menlo Park, New York, London, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Tokyo, Silver Lake employs over 75 investment professionals across its strategies. The firm's investing strategies derive from specialization in three primary areas.Silver Lake Partners is the leader in private investments in technology, technology-enabled, and related growth industries. Its funds' portfolio companies include or have included technology industry leaders such as Ameritrade, Avago, Avaya, Business Objects, Flextronics, Gartner, Gerson Lehrman Group, Instinet, Intelsat, IPC Systems, MCI, NASDAQ OMX, NetScout, NXP, Sabre Holdings, Seagate Technology, Serena Software, SunGard Data Systems, Thomson and UGS.Silver Lake Sumeru invests in middle market technology companies with established business models and attractive growth prospects where there is an opportunity to create value through operational transformation. Silver Lake Sumeru combines specialized technology sector knowledge, rigorous due diligence processes and a network of industry relationships to create a significant competitive advantage in executing its investment strategy.

Stonehenge Partners, Inc. was founded in August 1999. Stonehenge Partners, Inc. is a private equity arm of Stonehenge Financial Holdings, Inc. specializing in private equity and mezzanine capital transactions. The firm typically invests in management and leveraged buyouts, leveraged acquisition, recapitalizations, and expansion and growth capital of middle market companies. It primarily invests in manufacturing, distribution, business services, and healthcare companies. The firm does not invest in real estate, oil and gas, high technology, and industries that are susceptible to a high degree of cyclicality. It seeks to invest in companies based in the United States with a focus on the Midwest region. The firm seeks to invest in companies with revenues exceeding $10 million and cash flow in excess of $2 million. It seeks to invest between $3 million to $15 million in its portfolio companies. The firm can invest in control and minority equity positions in the form of common stock or preferred stock as well as coupon only mezzanine with or without warrants. It also seeks to make co-investments in the form of mezzanine with common stock.

Founded in 2001, the firm focuses on middle-market management buyouts, buyins, and expansion capital transactions. Phoenix is a hands-on investor and often advises its portfolio companies. The firm seeks investments in consumer, health care, financial services, leisure and retail, media, and industrial sectors. Current and past portfolio companies include Vivid Imaginations, NFT Distribution, Covenant Healthcare and the Gaucho Grill restaurant. Phoenix Equity Partners manages private equity funds and invests in privately held UK-based companies valued at up to £200 million ($290 million).

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. founded in 1931, is quiet (it doesn't advertise or grant many interviews), stable (it prides itself on consistency and believes investment decisions should not be taken lightly), and faithful (most of its investments and its executives are long-term). Subsidiary Capital Research and Management manages The American Funds, a family of more than 30 mutual funds that ranks among the largest groups of mutual funds by assets in the US. Other Capital Group units offer mutual funds in Canada and Europe, and investment trusts in Japan.

AEA is a pioneer in the private equity industry, having been founded in 1968 by the Rockefeller, Mellon, and Harriman family interests and S.G. Warburg & Co. With over 40 years of investing experience, AEA has established a track record of achieving superior returns as a leading private equity partner to middle market companies. AEA focuses on control buyouts in four industry sectors: value-added industrial products, specialty chemicals, consumer products and services involved in these sectors.AEA's investors, whom it calls “Participants,” include an extraordinary network of more than 70 of the world's leading business executives, industrial families and influential institutional investors. Since its inception, AEA has relied on its Participants to provide advice and insights on a broad range of issues that are essential to its investment mission. Their considerable experience in operating businesses and global network of relationships are invaluable assets that assist AEA to both evaluate prospective investment opportunities and work with portfolio company management teams to achieve superior investment returns.At the core of AEA is a strong focus on improving all aspects of a business by working closely with the management teams of AEA's portfolio companies to improve operations, strategies, and financial performance, as well as by drawing on AEA's network of Participants for their industry expertise and relationships.

Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties Ltd. was founded in 1997 and is based in Cisco, Texas. Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties Ltd. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, production, and sale of oil and gas properties in Australia. Its properties are located in the Gippsland Basin of Victoria, the Cooper/Eromanga Basin of South Australia and Queensland, and the Carnarvon Basin of Western Australia.

Standard Life Investments are committed to achieving positive outcomes for SLIL clients, through a robust investment process and the quality of our people. A strong track record and proven industry expertise underpin our determination to deliver on the promises we make to you. SLIL experience of different investment cycles and a variety of market conditions reflects SLIL durability and resilience. SLIL unique, proven and repeatable Focus on Change philosophy affords us the freedom to think independently. While we listen to the same market noise and analyse similar data to SLIL industry peers, it’s what SLIL do with it that makes us different. Based in Edinburgh, SLIL have a number of offices worldwide including Boston, Dublin, London, Montreal, Hong Kong and Sydney. SLIL also have representative offices in Beijing and Seoul and a joint venture in India. Worldwide, over five million clients have entrusted us to look after assets of £138.7 billion*, based on SLIL ability to meet their needs.

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