Sterling Investment Partners was founded in 1991 and is based in Westport, Connecticut. Sterling Investment Partners is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions and consolidations of middle market companies. The firm also seeks to invest in international expansions and joint venture investments. It prefers to invest in companies operating in the, outsourcing and business services; niche manufacturing and industrial companies; transportation and logistics; unique distribution; technology-related companies; energy services; and consumer products and services industries. The firm seeks to invest in companies with revenues between $50 million and in excess of $300 million and EBITDA between $10 million and in excess of $40 million.

Three Cities Research, Inc. was founded in 1976. Three Cities Research, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions of medium sized business. The firm seeks to invest in transactions that involve a change of control in unexploited growth situations that can benefit from the infusion of substantial equity capital which can fund growth involving both internal expansion and acquisitions; under performing companies due to poor operating performance, excess leverage, or failed strategies; companies with poor operating management; and complicated transactions including strategic issues, legal complications, capital problems, operating issues, and shareholder or debt holder issues. It seeks to invest in industrial manufacturing, distribution, apparel, publishing, services, and retailing. The firm seeks to invest a minimum of $20 million in companies that have the potential of generating at least $15 million of operating income. It prefers to be an all-cash buyer in transactions of up to $100 million. The firm typically targets transactions that have values up to $200 million. It does not invest in high technology, natural resources, or regulated industries.

Pershing marshals its forces in the service of securities clearing, execution, and settlement for broker/dealers and registered investment advisors worldwide. Pershing company deals in domestic and international equities, fixed-income products, options, annuities, and foreign exchange. Pershing also performs compliance support, custody, brokerage account reporting, and prime brokerage services, and offers programs that assist brokerages and investment advisors in supplying mutual funds, retirement planning, managed accounts, and other investment products and services to their clients. Pershing is a member of more than 60 exchanges.

Eurovestech Plc was founded in 2000 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Eurovestech plc is an investment company, which focuses on technology businesses. Eurovestech plc's subsidiaries include ToLuna plc (ToLuna), Knowledge Support Systems Limited (KSS Ltd) and KSS Retail Limited (KSS Retail). ToLuna is European provider of online panels and services to the market research industry. ToLuna operates and builds online panels, and designs and operates application services that enable research to be undertaken online. KSS Ltd is a provider of price optimization technology and services to the oil and gas sectors. KSS Retail is a provider of price optimization technology and services to the convenience store, grocery and chain drug sectors. Its other investments include Magenta Corporation Limited, D-Pharm Limited, ARKeX Limited, MIST Technologies SA and LogNet Information Systems plc. On June 18, 2008, the Company’s subsidiary ToLuna purchased the entire issued share capital of Common Knowledge Inc.

ABRY Partners, LLC was co-founded in 1989 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. ABRY Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in late stage; total buy-outs of financial investors, families, publicly-traded or strategic owners; acquisition roll-ups, platform acquisitions; leveraged buyouts; industry consolidations; add-on acquisitions; mezzanine, recapitalizations, turnaround; and growth capital investments. It prefers to invest in media, communication, business services, education, entertainment, healthcare services, information services, and online media industries with a focus on television and radio broadcasting, cable television, business-to-business, magazine publishing, newsletter publishing, conventions/trade shows, for-profit training, couponing, monitoring services, telephone companies, communications towers, consumer magazine publishing, recorded music libraries, proprietary database providers, wireless communications, and in-store advertising. The firm typically invests between $25 million and $150 million of equity in case of the private equity fund or between $15 million and $50 million of mezzanine/senior equity capital in its portfolio companies.

Draper Fisher Jurvetson was founded in 1985 and is based in Menlo Park, California. Draper Fisher Jurvetson is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, start-up, and early stage investments in emerging markets. The firm primarily invests in information technology, energy, clean technology, consumer media and advertising, consumer services and transactions, life sciences, mobile and wireless, new media, Internet content, e-commerce, telecommunications, nanotechnology, enterprise applications and services. Within information technology, it focuses on web-based applications and services, software infrastructure including peer-to-peer infrastructure, data communications and bandwidth enhancement, information services, and wireless applications, services, and technologies. Within nanotechnology and life sciences, the firm invests in bio-nano and biomimetic innovations, MEMS, novel materials, molecular electronics, medical devices and therapeutics, molecular diagnostics, bioinformatics, agbio, bio-energy, and various platforms and tools. Within clean energy technologies, it invests in energy generation, transmission, utilization and storage, water purification, grid optimization, industrial sensing and monitoring, and advanced materials and catalysts.

Founded in 1982, Investcorp has enjoyed a track record of consistent innovation and performance, having arranged investments with a combined value of approximately $43 billion. Investcorp Bank is a Bahrain-based holding company that provides investment and advisory services related to money market operations, corporate, real estate and managed funds. The Company acts as an intermediary by bringing global alternative investment opportunities to its clients, and acts as a principal investor by co-investing with its clients in each of its investment products. It provides its products primarily through three investment asset classes: Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Real Estate. The Private Equity asset class offers three main products, namely US and European Buyouts, Technology Small Cap investments and Gulf Grown Capital. The Hedge Funds class undertakes diversified investment activities in hedge funds and managed accounts.

Artio Global Investors, Inc. was founded in 1962. Artio Global Investors, Inc., an asset management company, provides investment management services to institutional and mutual fund clients. It primarily involves in managing and advising Julius Baer Investment Funds. Artio Global Investors Inc company offers various investment strategies, including International Equity strategies, Global High Grade Fixed Income, Global High Yield, Global Equity, and the U.S. Equity. It delivers investment management services to various vehicles, including registered investment management companies, commingled vehicles, and separate accounts. Artio Global Investors distributes its products and services through intermediaries, including investment consultants, broker dealers, RIAs, mutual fund platforms, and sub-advisory relationships.

TPG Capital, also known as Texas Pacific Group, has staked its claim on the buyout frontier. The firm, which does not get involved in the day-to-day operations of its portfolio companies, usually holds onto its investments for at least five years, although consistent moneymakers may be kept indefinitely. It is not picky about the industries in which it invests. Acting in concert with other private equity firms, TPG has stakes in notable enterprises such as Avaya, Biomet, Energy Future Holdings, Freescale Semiconductor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Neiman Marcus, Sabre Holdings, SunGard Data Systems, Univision, and Aleris International.

CITIC Group was founded in 1979 and is based in Beijing, China with additional offices in New York, New York; Tokyo, Japan; and Almaty, Kazakhstan. CITIC Group Company operates as an industrial conglomerate that offers banking, financial, manufacturing, and communication services through its subsidiaries. It provides securities, insurance, and trusts and funds related services. Additionally, CITIC Group offers construction contracting; and real estate and infrastructure development, trading, and information technology related services. Its subsidiaries include China CITIC Bank, CITIC Asset Management Corporation, Ltd, CITIC USA Holding Inc, CITIC Construction, CITIC Metal Co., Ltd., CITIC East China Group, CITIC Machinery Manufacturing Co.,Ltd., CITIC Digital Technology Co.,Ltd., CITIC Travel Co.,Ltd., and CITIC Automobile Co., Ltd.

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