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.

Charter Oak Equity and its predecessor funds have invested in private equity since 1992. These little acorns might grow into mighty oaks too! Charter Oak Private Equity targets small and middle-market companies. Its investment vehicles, Charter Oak Capital Partners, Charter Oak Equity, and Charter Oak International Partners, invest in the health care, chemicals, consumer products, and industrial manufacturing industries. Investments include Daisy Manufacturing (the air rifle maker) and Aylward Enterprises (pharmaceuticals packaging). The company's Revere Industries holds several of its industrial manufacturing companies. Charter Oak Partners still exists as a hedge fund manager focused on long/short equity.

Advanced Equities Financial Corp. was founded in 1999 by independent business owners and securities industry executives Keith Daubenspeck and Dwight Badger, whose entrepreneurial spirit led them to defy old-line traditions and convention by starting a different kind of firm. Advanced Equities soon became the pioneer in providing qualified high-net-worth individuals access to late-stage private equity offerings—opportunities previously available only to institutional investors. AEFC has developed a reputation for being led by entrepreneurs who want to help other entrepreneurs.Blazing a new trail in the world of private equity was followed by a singular approach to retail brokerage through the acquisition of First Allied Securities, Inc., which helped AEFC reinvent the independent advisor model. The First Allied model focuses on meeting the requirements of entrepreneurs with a deep understanding of their need for choices, providing access to opportunities in an ecosystem where initiative and autonomy reign supreme. AEFC made its first of many acquisitions in 2003 and by 2006 was named as the nation's No. 1 fastest growing brokerage firm by Inc. magazine.

Janus Capital Group was founded in 1969 and is based in Denver Colorado with additional offices in the United States, Hong Kong; London; Milan; and Tokyo, Japan. Janus Capital Group, Inc. is a publicly owned asset management holding company with approximately $167.7 billion in assets under management. It also provides retirement planning, investment planning, tax planning, investment for college, and tax planning services to its clients. The firm primarily provides its services to investment companies, retail investors, institutions, and individuals. Through its subsidiaries, it manages equity, fixed income, money markets, and balanced mutual funds for its clients and invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. The firm was formerly known as Stilwell Financial Incorporated.

Since 1998, Selby Ventures has been investing in passionate entrepreneurs who want to build the next generation of category defining companies. The firm invests through all stages of a company's growth, focusing primarily in the Digital Media, IT/Communications, and Sustainable Technology industries.

Cordova Ventures was founded in 1989 and is based at Alpharetta, Georgia. Cordova Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in privately-held companies at varying stages of development, including seed and start-up, early-stage and later-stage growth, and small to medium size buyout. The firm focuses on companies in the information technology, communications, financial services, healthcare services, telecommunications, industrial technologies, and real estate development equity financing. It seeks to invest in United States based companies, but prefers companies located in the Southeast. The firm typical participates as the minority investor with typical investments ranging from $1 million to $5 million. It prefers to invest in companies with proprietary technology. The firm seeks to exit its investments within 5 years through acquisition and IPO.

Since its founding in 1990, CapStreet has led or co-led investments in 29 portfolio companies, which have completed more than 250 add-on acquisitions. CapStreet is located in Houston, Texas. The CapStreet Group is a lower middle market private equity firm committed to delivering above-market investment returns to its partners. CapStreet typically makes control investments in companies with enterprise values of less than $150 million. CapStreet primarily invests in businesses that were previously owned by entrepreneurs, families or other non-institutional investors. In many cases, the sellers retain an equity stake, and are looking for a partner with the expertise to help them take the business into its next phase of growth. CapStreet also backs experienced management teams with a track record of success within a specific industry.CapStreet targets companies with recurring and growing revenues, high operating margins and proven cash flows, operating in industries with significant barriers to entry or opportunities for consolidation. CapStreet looks for opportunities to partner with a management team to accelerate growth and improve profitability. CapStreet adds value by: Setting strategic direction and financial objectives, Ongoing involvement in operational improvements, Building out experienced management teams and aligning interests, Attracting industry-knowledgeable outside directors, Leading acquisitions and business integration, Developing multiple exit opportunities.

EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. (“EBC”) is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., Municipal Securities Rule Making Board, and Securities Insurance Protection Corporation. EBC is a boutique investment bank that has developed an expertise in working with smaller capitalization companies, special situation investments and Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs™), a new concept we pioneered and developed that involves publicly-traded, industry-specific acquisition funds. EBC has two main goals: to provide innovative, creative investment banking services to EBC corporate clients, and to provide EBC high net-worth and institutional clients with access to proprietary investment opportunities. EBC achieve both goals by applying innovative solutions to achieve corporate strategies and by linking successful entrepreneurs and businesses with the capital they need to continue growing. EBC is a small team of specialists. EBC take pride in EBC professionalism and expertise, which is best measured by the number of transactions that EBC participate in that reach completion and their performance thereafter.

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.

Goldman Sachs Group Holdings (U.K.) company's London office, opened in 1970, serves as the regional headquarters for Goldman's European business. In September 2008, Goldman Sachs converted to a bank holding company. Goldman Sachs Group Holdings is the UK subsidiary of US investment banking power Goldman Sachs. The unit is one of the top mergers and acquisitions advisors in Europe and provides a range of capital markets services, as well as brokerage and asset management services to corporations, governments, and wealthy individuals.

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