DN Partners LLC was founded in 1995 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. DN Partners is an investment banking and merchant banking firm. It focuses on mergers and acquisition advisory, capital raising projects, and in selected leveraged acquisitions. DN Partners LLC provides strategic advice on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and partnering relationships including joint ventures. DN Partners LLC also performs targeted acquisition programs, reorganizations, restructurings, fairness opinions, defense strategies, and other strategic considerations.

Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts. Boston Financial Data Services, Inc., an investor services outsourcing company, provides back-office and transfer agency services for mutual funds, 529 plans, retirement plans, settlement administration, business continuity, real estate investment trusts, and contractual plans. Its services include mail processing, image/cash processing, distribution and dealer, transaction processing, correspondence, investor, financial reconciliation and control, corporate actions, compliance, systems reporting and statements, NSCC processing support, disaster recovery, settlement, and consulting, as well as tax withholding, submission, and reporting. Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. serves institutional and retail-based customers representing the mutual fund, insurance, retirement provider, and banking industries.

Private Equity is the common term used to refer to a specific type of long-term investment activity. Typically private equity firms take a controlling stake in companies with a view to transforming their performance over a number of years such that they can be sold at a premium to the acquisition price. The private equity investor will generally be represented on the board of the company so that they can actively support management in determining the strategic direction of the business.Private equity investments can be sub-divided according to the size of the company acquired, its development stage and the type of financing provided by the private equity firm. The Permira funds are primarily involved in medium to large buy-outs. This means that they tend to acquire sizeable businesses with a long-standing trading history and a strong market position. In addition, private equity firms traditionally finance their acquisitions with a mix of equity, provided by their institutional investors, and debt.Private Equity ownership is recognised to offer a number of benefits, which stem from its long-term investment horizon and a governance structure which fully aligns management’s and shareholders’ interests for the long-term benefit of a company and its employees. For more details on the industry, please visit our 3rd Party Research section.

SCM Advisors LLC was founded in 1989 and is based in San Francisco, California. SCM Advisors LLC is a privately owned investment manager. The firm provides its services to foundations, endowments, corporations, multi-employer plans, private clients, high net worth individuals, investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, charitable organizations, state or municipal government entities, and structured financial products. It manages separate client-focused equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm also manages mutual funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. The firm invests in the growth stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. For its micro-cap equity portfolios, it invests in companies with market capitalization of $500 million and below. For its fixed income investments, the firm invests in tax advantaged bonds, government securities, investment grade corporate bonds, municipal bonds, mortgages, asset-backed securities, high yield securities, and non-U.S. bonds. It employs fundamental analysis with a combination of top down macro-economic analysis and bottom up issue research to create its portfolios.

In 1980, GTCR pioneered and investment thesis founded on the principle of growth through committed relationships with management partners. GTCR manages more than $8 billion in equity and mezzanine capital invested in a wide range of companies and industries. The firm principally invests in high-growth industries, including financial services and technology, healthcare, and information services and technology. Growth strategies are driven by industry dynamics and generally include a combination of acquisitions and internal growth.Capital under management is primarily provided by pension funds, endowments, and foundations. Portfolio company executives and the principals of GTCR have made significant investments in each of GTCR's funds. The firm's principals have invested in more than 100 companies, and are recognized for their ability to create value consistently throughout the investment life cycle.

Stonington Partners is a New York based private equity firm with more than $1 billion of capital under management on behalf of public and corporate pension funds, private endowments and other financial institutions. Stonington Partners was formed in 1994 out of a desire of its Partners to establish an independent entity following a decade of managing the investment activities of Merrill Lynch Capital Partners, Inc. (MLCP), which had $1.6 billion of equity capital under management.Stonington focuses on identifying attractive investments in middle market companies with values between $50 million and $500 million. Stonington typically invests from $25 million to $150 million of equity per company either at the initial acquisition, or over time through add-on investments. While receptive to opportunities in across industries, Stonington focuses on sectors in which its team has proven expertise.Stonington’s investment professionals have over 90 years of cumulative private equity experience that were gained through Stonington Partners and their prior affiliation with MLCP. These experiences cover the past 20+ years of private equity investing through various market cycles. In addition to their roles with the portfolio investments made through Stonington Partners, stonington investment professionals played direct roles in over 20 investments of MLCP.

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.

Fiduciary Trust Company International was founded in 1931 and is based in New York, New York. Fiduciary Trust Company International operates as a subsidiary of Franklin Resources Inc. Fiduciary Trust Company International is a privately owned investment manager. The firm also provides financial planning, trust and estate planning and administration, tax planning, custody, and supporting services. It primarily provides its services to individuals, families, foundations, and institutions. The firm manages separate client-focused equity and fixed income portfolios. It invests in the public equity, fixed income, and alternative markets across the globe. The firm typically makes its equity investments in growth-oriented value stocks of small-cap and large-cap companies. It primarily makes its fixed income investments in municipal bonds. The firm employs a top-down approach to select its sector and currency allocations with a fundamental analysis and a bottom-up approach to create its equity and fixed income portfolios. It makes its alternative investments in hedge funds and publicly trade and private real estate securities. The firm uses in-house research to make its investments.

Clerical Medical targets the practical and economical, helping to make sure their retirement years are more paradisiacal than ascetical. Clerical Medical, which started out serving clergy members and physicians, today provides middle-class professionals and other clients from all walks of life with tools to build their nest eggs. The company's products include group and individual pension plans and other investment products, such as life insurance, offshore investment funds, and a variety of bonds (flexible growth, income, and others); it has more than $39 billion under management. Clerical Medical is a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group.

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.

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