The Blackstone Group, L.P. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in New York, New York. The Blackstone Group L.P. (Blackstone) is a manager of private capital and provider of financial advisory services. The Company is an independent manager of private capital with assets under management of $98.2 billion, as of December 31, 2009. Blackstone provides a range of financial advisory services, including corporate and mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and reorganization and fund placement services. The Company operates in four segments: Private Equity, Real Estate, Credit and Marketable Alternatives, which consists of its management of funds of hedge funds, credit-oriented funds and separately managed accounts, CLOs and publicly-traded closed-end mutual funds, and Financial Advisory, which consists of its corporate and mergers and acquisitions advisory services, restructuring and reorganization advisory services and Park Hill Group, which provides fund placement services for alternative investment funds.

The Gores Group, founded by Alec E. Gores in 1987, is a private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can benefit from the firm’s operating experience and flexible capital. Since its inception, Gores has acquired 60 companies worldwide with combined revenues in excess of 15 billion dollars. Currently, Gores has 2.7 billion dollars in equity under active management. Gores’ offices in North America and Europe serve its active investment programs in these regions.The firm combines the operational expertise and detailed due diligence capabilities of a strategic buyer with the seasoned M&A team of a traditional financial buyer. As a result, the firm looks to create value with its operating perspective, in addition to the more customary buy-out and financial engineering skills.Gores has become a leading investor, primarily in the technology, telecommunications, business services and industrial sectors, having demonstrated over time a reliable track record of creating substantial value in its portfolio companies alongside management. Private equity-backed companies, like those that Gores invests in, have been shown to grow faster than other types of companies and Gores' private equity returns have consistently and significantly outperformed publicly traded indices.

Mesirow Financial was founded in 1937 when Norman Mesirow purchased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Since then, the one-man brokerage firm has become a leading Chicago-based financial services firm and one of the largest independent financial services firms in the Midwest. For the past seven decades Mesirow Financial firm has remained committed to the fundamental principals upon which it was founded: integrity, service and performance. Throughout good times and bad, Mesirow Financial overriding mission is to help Mesirow Financial clients achieve their financial goals. Mesirow Financial do that by building long-term relationships and keeping sight of what's important to our clients. Mesirow Financial is a diversified financial services firm headquartered in Chicago. Mesirow Financial are an employee-owned, private company with more than 1,200 employees in offices across the country and in London.

Catapult Venture Managers Limited was formed in 1999 and is based at Leicester, United Kingdom with an additional office at Birmingham, United Kingdom. Catapult Venture Managers Limited is a priavte equity and venture capital firm specializing in equity investments in all stages of the business lifecycle with a focus on start ups, early stage, development capital, management buy-outs, and management buyins in small and medium sized companies. It invests in healthcare, medical devices, environmental or green propositions, and support services. The firm primarily invests in companies based in the East Midlands region. It typically invests between £200,000 ($292,124) and £2 million ($2.92 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to exit its investments within three years to five years. It takes a minority stake, can work with other investors, and can lead and be involved with investor syndicates.

First Quadrant was founded in 1988 and is based in Pasadena, California with an additional office in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. First Quadrant L.P. is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to institutional investors. It also caters to high net worth individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, pooled investment vehicles, state or municipal government entities, investment companies, charitable organizations, and foreign governments. The firm manages separate client focused equity and balanced portfolios. It also manages mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It makes its investments in growth and value stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. The firm seeks to invest in alternative investments markets including currencies, global index options, and options on future contracts. It employs currency management arbitrage, tactical asset allocation, policy allocation control, and long/short strategies to make its investments.

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.

Focused on the growth sectors of the economy, ThinkEquity provides research, equity financing, M&A advisory, institutional sales and trading, wealth management and asset management services to institutional investors, corporate and private clients, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and financial sponsors. As a Panmure Gordon company, ThinkEquity accesses the combined financial expertise of professionals based in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, London, Liverpool and Geneva. Research-driven, ThinkPanmure remain true to ThinkPanmure founding principles: the power of growth, focus, deep domain expertise and people.

Greenhill & Co., Inc. operates as an independent investment bank. Greenhill & Co, Inc. focuses on providing financial advice on mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, fund placement, financings, and capital raisings to corporations, partnerships, institutions, and governments. Greenhill & Co, Inc. acts for clients located worldwide from its offices in New York, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Toronto, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Greenhill & Co, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

easyGroup was founded in 1998 by self-avowed "serial entrepreneur" Stelios Haji-Ioannou, who owns the company. Haji-Ioannou (who is known simply as Stelios) in 2005 sold his stake in Stelmar Shipping (the original company he founded), but through easyGroup has continued to branch out into new "easy" areas, including men's grooming line easy4men. easyGroup is an umbrella company that explores ways to capitalize on the Web through a variety of low-cost business services. easyGroup brands include easyCar, easyCinema, easyHotel, easyInternetcafe, easyPizza, and easyValue. Airline easyJet is now publicly traded, but easyGroup holds a stake in the company

Growth Capital Partners, L.P. was founded in 1992 and is based in Houston, Texas with additional offices in Greenwich, Connecticut and Dallas and Austin, Texas. Growth Capital Partners, L.P. (GCP) is a boutique investment bank that offers financial advisory and merchant banking services to private and public middle market companies. The firm provides mergers and acquisitions, pre-IPO advisory, private placement, strategic advisory, management-led buyouts, recapitalization, restructuring, and strategic advisory services. The firm’s clientele include Roofing Supply Group, Silver Eagle Distributors, The SCOOTER Store, Critieria Labs, Ambion, Rennhack Marketing Services, American Central Gas Technologies, and Standard Fruit and Vegetable Co. GCP caters to energy, consumer and retail, business services, technology and software, healthcare, and manufacturing and distribution industries.

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