Audiolux luxuriates in Luxembourg-based investments -- including a number that deal in audio. The investment outfit takes minority stakes in media and communications companies, especially those headquartered in its own tiny grand duchy. Audiolux invests in both startups and more advanced companies; it has taken stakes in SES Global, RTL Group, and Utopia, among others. In some cases, Audiolux takes an active advisory role as it helps to build the business of its portfolio companies. Financial firm Luxempart owns more than 70% of Audiolux.

Winmill & Co. manages three mutual funds and two closed-end funds (Foxby Corp. and Global Income Fund). Most of the assets of the company's Midas mutual fund are invested in gold, silver, and platinum bullion, or in firms involved in precious metals and natural resources mining, processing, and distribution. The Midas Special Fund focuses on stock of emerging growth companies and firms undergoing restructuring or liquidation. Winmill & Co. also administers a money market fund.

Westchester Technology Advisors was founded in London in 1993 and expanded into the US (Westchester Associates) in 2002. Westchester Technology Advisors wants to bring the art of the deal to mid-market technology companies. The firm offers mergers and acquisitions assistance to both buyers and sellers, helping tech companies (with a focus on software and service providers) identify acquisition targets, perform due diligence, negotiate, and implement post-acquisition strategies. The company is active in Europe and the US; clients served include IT services provider Netstore and printer supplier Danka Business Systems.

Mohr Davidow invests in entrepreneurs creating businesses that address significant challenges and opportunities associated with Driving the Digital World, Personalizing Medicine and Powering the Planet. For 25 years Mohr Davidow has partnered with entrepreneurs and taken a hands-on approach to architect and help build successful companies. Mohr Davidow's team and the firm's extended network of industry experts bring years of real-world experience to accelerate each company's time to market and optimize its long-term success. The firm has $2 billion under management.Among the many Mohr Davidow funded companies that have gone public or been acquired are: Actuate; Agile; Auspex; Broadbase (KANA); Brocade; Epigram (BRCM); FormFactor; Freshwater Software (MERQ); Ipsilon Networks (NOK); Kalpana (CSCO); Numerical Technologies (SNPS); ONI Systems (CIEN); Pivotal Technologies (BRCM); Rambus; Vantive; Vitesse; and Zip2 (AltaVista).

Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., along with its affiliates, is one of the world's leading private investment firms. Through its team of investment and operations professionals, Cerberus specializes in providing both financial resources and operational expertise to help transform undervalued companies into industry leaders for long-term success and value creation. Cerberus holds controlling or significant minority interests in companies around the world. Cerberus is headquartered in New York City with affiliate and/or advisory offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL or the Company) is a holding company listed on the Brussels Stock Exchange since 15 October 1956. GBL strives to stimulate and promote the growth of a valuable and balanced portfolio of industrial investments, focusing on a small number of major companies, operating in a diversified range of sectors, in which it is able to play its role as a strategic shareholder. The Company’s portfolio consists of four participations, namely Bertelsmann, Total, Suez and Imerys. TotalFina Elf formed by the successive consolidations of the Total, PetroFina and Elf Aquitaine groups, TotalFinaElf is a global oil and gas group and a major player in the chemicals sector. Activities TotalFina Elf is one of the major integrated oil companies. Its activities are based in more than 100 countries and cover the entire oil industry chain, from upstream - exploration, development and production of oil and gas – to downstream - refining and distribution of oil products and international trading of crude oil and refined oil products. TotalFina Elf is also an important operator in the chemicals industry. Upstream, TotalFina Elf’s hydrocarbon reserves amount to some 11.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Present in the liquefied natural gas industry, TotalFina Elf is also expanding its activities to related market segments such as gas distribution and electricity generation. Downstream, the group has a refining capacity of 2.3 million barrels a day and sales of 3.7 million barrels a day of refined products. TotalFinaElf has interests in 27 refineries and operates a network of some 16,700 service stations under the Total, Fina and Elf brands, primarily in Europe.

Frontiers Capital provides venture capital and consulting services to European technology companies. They like to invest in companies representing three distinct business segments: communications hardware (routers, terminals, semiconductors), communications software (operations support systems), and enterprise software (middleware, supply chain management, and customer relationship management systems). The venture capital firm has about E130 million in three funds: Frontiers Capital I, II, and III. Frontiers Capital merged with nCoTec Ventures in 2003.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. was established in 1978 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in George Town, Cayman Islands and London, United Kingdom. Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts, acquisitions, and growth capital financings of mature and underperforming companies. The firm does not invest in middle market. It invests in the manufacturing, services, and information technology sectors. The firm invests in companies based in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy. It also identifies and evaluates potential opportunities in France and the Benelux countries. The firm focuses on non-core divisions of large corporations.

Archon Group, L.P. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas. Archon Group, L.P. operates as a commercial real estate investment management and mortgage loan company. Its services include due diligence and underwriting, portfolio management, structured finance, loan servicing, systems integration, environmental and structural analysis, investment management and reporting, risk management, property management, marketing and contract management, loan management, asset management, and financial and tax accounting. The company also develops and manages properties in various real estate markets, including multifamily properties, retail properties, mortgage servicing, mortgage and loan services, mezzanine investments, hotels and hospitality, and corporate loans.

Munder Capital Management was founded in 1985 and is based in Birmingham, Michigan with an additional office in Boston, Massachusetts. Munder Capital Management is a privately owned investment manager. The firm provides its services to individuals. It also caters to high net worth individuals, banking or thrift institutions, investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, other pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, corporations and state or municipal government entities. It manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. The firm also manages equity mutual funds for its clients. It invests the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. The firm also makes investments in REITs. It primarily invests in growth and value stocks of micro-cap. small-cap, mid-cap and large-cap companies. The firm employs combination a fundamental and quantitative analysis along with bottom-up stock picking approach to make its investments.

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