TradeCard, Inc. was founded in 1994. TradeCard, Inc. delivers a software-as-a-service supply chain collaboration platform that synchronizes financial transactions with physical events in the supply chain to help customers automate trade transactions from purchase order to payment and chargebacks. The company’s platform offers trading partner management services, including purchase order and terms management, settlement options, invoice presentment, 3PL integration, factory and supplier integration, partner and systems integration, and workflow and event management. Its platform also offers accounts payable and accounts receivable management services, such as document collection and match, discrepancy and resolution management, workflow and approvals, automated payments, and pay discount management. In addition, the company’s platform offers financial management services, including credit management, payment protection programs, financing programs, cash management and forecasting, end-of-period reporting, SOX reporting, and bank integration.

U.S. Global Investors was founded in 1968 and is based in San Antonio, Texas.U.S. Global Investors, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to investment companies. It also manages accounts for other pooled investment vehicles, individuals, and corporations. The firm manages family of equity and fixed income mutual funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity, fixed income, gold, and natural resources markets across the globe. The firm invests in growth and core stocks to make its equity investments. For its fixed income securities, the firm invests in short and intermediate municipal debt, and U.S. government money market.

Pzena Investment Management, Inc., incorporated on May 8, 2007, operates its business through Pzena Investment Management, LLC. Pzena Investment Management, LLC is an investment management company. As of December 31, 2009, it managed assets in 13 investment strategies across a range of market capitalizations in both United States and non-United States capital markets. The Company constructs concentrated portfolios selected through a fundamental research process similar to the approach of a private equity investor. Its assets under management (AUM) were $14.3 billion at December 31, 2009. It managed money on behalf of institutions and high-net-worth individuals and acted as sub-investment adviser to a range of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-registered mutual funds and offshore funds.

Landmark Global Financial Corporation operates as an investment company. The company invests in companies that are participating in potentially high growth markets. Its portfolio includes companies in the fields of health, consumer marketing and media. Portfolio Investments The company, within the Investment Segment, also has an interest in various companies: Serica Energy Corporation is an international oil and gas exploration and production company with projects in various locales such as, Indonesia, the UK North Sea and Spain. Fifth Window Media, Inc. (FWMI) is in the process of developing an internet based advertising product. The company is a party to a letter of intent whereby the company would own a portion of FWMI and would provide management services. MedX Health Corp. is a medical technology company that develops, manufactures and distributes phototherapy devices that are FDA approved. The company also has 8% interest in Salumatics, Inc. Salumatics, Inc.: Salumatics, Inc. provides software and related services to the health care business, primarily in the area of health record management. Salumatics has resale agreements with major providers of Electronic Health Record software and also sells its own internally developed software.

Questar Capital wants to be a shining example of a financial services provider. Questar Capital Corporation offers a full range of investment products -- including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, annuities, and insurance -- via a network of more than 500 representatives throughout the country. Customers of Questar Capital can choose products from about 90 mutual fund companies, some 70 variable life and annuity companies, and 15 fee-based money managers. Insurance provider Allianz Life acquired Questar Capital in 2005, combined it with USAllianz Securities, and gave the combined entity the Questar Capital name.

New Horizons Venture Capital, one of the Mid-Atlantic region’s premier venture capital firms, invests in early stage firms with unique models that deliver high value-added, differentiated services while generating longer-term, sustainable earnings. New Horizons aims to serve as a long-term, value-added partner to its portfolio companies. This long-term relationship is reinforced by extensive on-going strategic, financial, and operational support. New Horizons, with its sister leveraged buy-out firm Capitol Partners, manages $200 million in assets.

Foresight, which was founded in 1984 by Bernard Fairman and Peter English, manages four capital trusts and owns more than £90 million under management. Foresight Group, formerly Foresight Venture Partners, provides venture capital primarily to technology companies. Its portfolio includes companies involved in manufacturing, IT services, environmental, retail, and communications. The group's investments include nanoscale engineering company Oxonica, retail payment systems designer Nomad, generator services provider Ozone, investment bank software designer BlueCurve, and telephone and energy services supplier Telecom plus.

Founded in 1988, Riverside Partners, LLC has completed approximately 210 deals and has more than $3 billion under management in four funds. Riverside Partners (also known as the Riverside Company) is a private equity firm that invests in small and middle-market companies generally valued at less than $150 million. Its holdings include about 70 firms in a variety of industries; Riverside typically closes around 25 to 30 transactions per year, mainly add-ons to its existing portfolio companies. Investors include banks, endowments, insurance companies, and pension funds. Riverside has nearly 20 offices in the US, the Asia/Pacific region, and Europe.

Acorn Ventures, Inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in seed stage, start-ups, series A or first round, series B or second round, and series C or third round investments in early stage companies. The firm does not invest in idea, later stage, mezzanine, and public companies. It seeks to invest in technology, Internet, and education sectors. In technology sector, the firm focuses on broadband, infrastructure, wireless, and software. In education sector, it focuses on enterprise and consumer. In Internet sector, the firm focuses on enterprise, consumer, and retail. It prefers to invest in the United States. The firm typically invests between $1 million and $5 million per round. The funding requirement of more than $5 million is fulfilled along with other venture capital firms. It seeks to invest only in equity but can sometimes supplement with debt instruments but not only debt investments. The firm typically takes a Board seat in the portfolio company. It seeks to exit its investments within three to seven years through initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions.

China Direct Industries, Inc. (China Direct Industries) manages a portfolio of Chinese entities. It also provides consulting services to Chinese businesses. The Company operates in three business segments: Magnesium, Basic Materials and Consulting. Magnesium segment produces, sells and distributes magnesium ingots, magnesium powders and magnesium scraps. Basic Materials segment sells and distributes a variety of products, including industrial grade synthetic chemicals, steel products, non ferrous metals, recycled materials, and industrial commodities. This segment also includes zinc ore mining property and zinc concentrate distribution businesses, which have not commenced operations. Consulting segment provides a suite of consulting services to United States public companies that operate primarily in China. Its wholly owned subsidiaries include CDI China, Inc. (CDI), CDII Trading, Inc., China Direct Investments, Inc. and International Magnesium Group, Inc.

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