Roth Capital Partners, LLC was founded in 1984. Roth Capital Partners, LLC (ROTH) is an investment banking firm that focuses on the small-cap public market. The firm offers IPO underwriting services to small-cap companies; capital raising services for public companies; and placement services of PIPE transactions. Additionally, it provides investment banking services including capital raising, research coverage, trading and market making, merger and acquisition advisory, and investor conferences. ROTH has raised over $10.6 billion for small-cap public companies and over $3 billion through PIPE transactions. The firm has completed transactions totaling more than $2 billion for US-listed Chinese companies. It offers financing services to small-cap Chinese companies.

The Options Clearing Corporation was founded in 1973. he Options Clearing Corporation (OCC), the world's largest equity derivatives clearinghouse. The OCC serves some 130 broker-dealers, futures commission merchants, and securities firms in the US and abroad. It is owned by options trading participants NYSE Amex, Chicago Board Options Exchange, International Securities Exchange Holdings, and Nasdaq OMX PHLX. The OCC also manages the Options Industry Council, a not-for-profit organization sponsored by several securities and options exchanges to educate investors and brokers about the options industry.

i-Hatch Ventures was formed in February of 1999 to provide experienced capital to early-stage technology ventures, primarily in the mobile and broadband sectors. i-Hatch approach is to match experienced practitioners with the founding teams of technology ventures, inject capital, and provide hands-on support from the i-Hatch team. In addition i-Hatch leverages the substantial contact base it has developed through its focus on on the mobile and broadband sections. i-Hatch investment filters focus on early-stage technology ventures in the doing business in key industry categories: mobile data services, wireless/cellular infrastructure, and broadband.

Sprout Group is a venture capital and private equity investment firm focused on emerging technology companies from startups to management buyouts. The firm seeks to invest in sectors in healthcare technology (biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, laboratory infrastructure and technology, other healthcare investments), communications (components, equipment & software, service providers), and software (applications, infrastructure, electronic design automation). The firm frequently serves as the lead investor in its portfolio companies and serves on its company's Board of Directors. The Sprout Group is a venture capital affiliate of Credit Suisse First Boston. Sprout Group is no longer making new investments, but works actively with associated funds; New Leaf Ventures, which invests in Healthcare Technology, and DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, which focuses on a broad range of equity investment opportunities.

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.

Astaire Group Plc is a United Kingdom-based company. Its principal activities include investment banking, private client stock broking and wealth management. It has two divisions: Investment banking, and Private client and wealth management. Investment banking is engaged in London-based corporate finance, corporate broking and United Kingdom and international equities business. Private client and wealth management is engaged in the London and South West-focused branch network of executives providing personalized stock broking and wealth management services to individuals, charities and pension funds. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company sold its Australian business, Inteq Limited. On July 22, 2009, it has acquired Ruegg & Co Limited and on October 23, 2009 it has acquired Dowgate Capital Plc.

Silverfleet Capital Partners was founded in 1990. Silverfleet Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in middle market management buyouts, secondary buyouts, buyins, buy and build, and industry consolidation. It does not invest in development capital, minority shareholdings (unless as part of a consortium of investors), turnaround, or early stage financing. The firm seeks to invest in private companies operating in mature markets and going private transactions and supports its portfolio companies in product or geographic expansion organically or through acquisition. It prefers to invest in all sectors including industrial and commercial sectors with a focus on business and financial services, distribution, healthcare, leisure, consumer, and retail sectors. The firm primarily invests in Europe with a particular focus on the English, French, and German speaking countries and Nordic countries. It also invests in United States headquartered companies that either have or are developing significant activities in Europe. The firm typically invests in companies having enterprise value between €75 million ($97.25 million) and €500 million ($648.33 million).

Credit Saison Co., Ltd. is one of Japan's leading credit card companies, issuing Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and affinity cards carrying its Saison brand to some 26 million cardholders. In addition to issuing plastic, Credit Saison provides financial services and products including insurance and asset management. Subsidiary Saison Fundex issues loans, while Atrium provides loan servicing. Other subsidiaries and affiliates provide ticket sales, and collection and staffing services. Credit Saison was founded in 1951 as a retailer specializing in payment plan sales. Credit Saison is merging its credit card operations with Seven & i Holdings.

Paris Orleans SA, Private Equity Arm is a private equity arm of Paris Orleans S.A. specializing in leveraged buyouts, growth capital, mezzanine, and middle market investments in medium-sized companies. It invests across all industries, with a focus on real estate, industrial goods and services, manufactured goods, financials, service sectors, transport and consumer goods. The firm invests in companies based in Asia and Europe with a focus on France. It structures its investments in the form of equity and/or in mezzanine debt. The firm invests between €3 million ($4.52 million) and €15 million ($22.63 million) with an average of €5 million ($7.54 million) in its portfolio companies. It seeks to co-invest. The firm makes investments through its balance sheet and acquires minority stakes.

Evergreen Investment Management was founded in 1932 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Dallas, Texas; Jacksonville, Florida; Malvern, Pennsylvania; New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Richmond, Virginia. Evergreen Investment Management Co., LLC is an asset management arm of Wachovia Bank, NA. The firm provides its services to investment companies; corporations; pension and profit sharing plans; state and municipal government entities; individuals, including high net worth individuals; banking and thrift institutions; pooled investment vehicles; and charitable organizations. It manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. The firm also manages a family of mutual funds, hedge funds, and variable annuities for its clients. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. The firm also invests in the alternative investments markets, typically limiting such investments to private equity, private real estate, commodities markets, and managed futures. For its equity investments, it typically invests in growth and value stocks of all-cap companies, including small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. For its small/mid cap growth portfolio, the firm makes investments in companies with market capitalizations below $6 billion. It benchmarks the performance of its enhanced index portfolio against the S&P 500 index.

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