Ascendant Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1997. Ascendant Solutions, Inc. ("Ascendant") is a value oriented investment firm focused on making equity investments in underperforming or distressed U.S. lower middle-market businesses. Ascendant is primarily interested in investing or acquiring, in manufacturing, distribution, service, healthcare, finance and retail industries with $20 to $150 million in annual revenues that require access to capital or capital restructuring, and strategic support to improve operational performance. Ascendant currently has approximately $40 million in net operating loss carryforwards, which can be used to shelter future income, thus enhancing free cash flow or debt service capabilities.

Spectrum Equity Investors was founded in 1994. Spectrum Equity Investors is a private equity firm specializing in middle market, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and dividends, acquisition financings for growth either organically or by acquisition, and privately negotiated investments in public companies in independent private companies or divisions of larger companies. The firm seeks to invest in the media, communications, entertainment, software, information technology, information and business services, and related growth sectors. It targets investments in companies based in North America and Western Europe. The firm typically, makes investments between $30 million and $150 million and can also make underwriting of a much larger equity amount in conjunction with limited partners. It prefers to be a lead investor, either as a minority or majority investor and acquires a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm also assists its portfolio companies with debt and equity financings. It seeks to invest in the form of secondary share purchases from early shareholders.

Capital Southwest Corporation was founded in 1961 and is based in Dallas, Texas. Capital Southwest Corporation (CSC) is a business development company. The Company’s investment interests are focused on expansion financings, management buyouts, minority recapitalizations, industry consolidations and early-stage financings in a range of industry segments. The portfolio is a composite of companies, in which it has interests, as well as a number of developing companies and marketable securities of publicly-traded companies. The Company makes available managerial assistance to the companies, in which it invests. As of March 31, 2010, the 12 largest investments the Company owned represented 90.3% of the value of its consolidated investment portfolio. Capital Southwest Management Company (CSMC), a wholly owned subsidiary of CSC, is the management company for CSC and Capital Southwest Venture Corporation (CSVC). In June 2010, NorthStar Memorial Group, LLC acquired the Company’s wholly owned portfolio company, Lifemark Group.

Spanning over five decades of contributing to the country’s economic growth, Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad (MIDF) today has strengthened its foothold in many segments of the financial services industry. MIDF was incorporated on 30 March 1960 mainly for the purpose of ensuring access to financing for manufacturing-based small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) as part of Malaysia’s strategy to expedite the industrial sector development. From boasting the status as Malaysia’s maiden development finance institution, MIDF has over the years transformed into a diversified group.Following its merger with Amanah Capital Partners Berhad in 2003, the acquisition of Utama Merchant Bank Berhad (UMBB) in 2004, and the establishment of MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Berhad (MIDF Investment) in 2006, the MIDF Group accentuated its ambition to become a leading financial services provider in three core business areas, namely investment banking, asset management and development finance. A subsidiary of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), MIDF has total assets of over RM9 billion and shareholders’ funds of over RM2 billion.

T. Rowe Price Group was founded in 1937 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland with additional offices in London, United Kingdom; Central Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Tokyo, Japan; and Singapore. T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. is a financial services holding company that provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional investors in the sponsored T. Rowe Price mutual funds and other investment portfolios. The Company operates its investment advisory business through its subsidiary companies, primarily T. Rowe Price Associates, T. Rowe Price International and T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services. The Company also manages a range of United States and international stock, blended asset, bond, and money market mutual funds and other investment portfolios, which are designed to meet the varied and changing needs and objectives of individual and institutional investors. On January 20, 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of 26% equity interest in UTI Asset Management Company.

Value Line, Inc. was founded in 1931 and is based in New York, New York. Value Line, Inc. is a subsidiary of Arnold Bernhard & Co., Inc. Value Line, Inc. (Value Line) is principally engaged in the business of producing investment-related periodical publications and making available copyrighted data, including Value Line ranking system information and other information under agreements to third parties for use in selecting securities for third party marketed products, such as unit investment trusts, closed-end fund products and exchange traded funds, and providing investment management services to the Value Line Funds and other managed accounts. The Company is organized in two segments: Investment Periodicals, Related Publications and Copyright Data, and Investment Management. The investment-related periodicals offered by Value Line Publishing Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, cover investments, including stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities. As of April 30, 2009, the Company was the investment adviser for the Value Line Mutual Funds, which consisted of 14 mutual funds.

National Bank Financial provides brokerage services to consumer, corporate, government, and institutional clients in Canada. National Bank Financial Inc. offers sales and trading of fixed-income products, equities, and derivatives, and performs third-party clearing services for other financial institutions. National Bank Financial Inc. provides investment banking and corporate finance services as well. National Bank Financial Inc. retail advisory business serves individual investors through some 90 offices throughout Canada (with a concentration in Quebec), managing more than $50 billion on behalf of approximately 275,000 clients. National Bank Financial Inc. also has operations in the US and Europe. National Bank Financial is a subsidiary of National Bank of Canada.

Hong Leong Group Malaysia was founded in 1963 and is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hong Leong Group Malaysia, a conglomerate, operates in manufacturing, trading and distribution, semiconductor assembly, banking and financial services, insurance, stock broking and investment banking, property development, and hotel and resort sectors. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides banking, investment management, stock and share broking, corporate advisory, fund management, unit trust, share financing, and futures and options broking services, as well as offers life and general insurance products; manufactures and sells ceramic, wall, and flooring tiles; designs, manufactures, assembles, tests, and sells integrated circuits, semiconductor devices, electronic components, and lead frames; and manufactures and assembles motorcycles, scooters, motorcycle engines, and spare parts, as well as distributes motorcycles and motorcycle components. It also manufactures newsprint for newspaper publishers; distributes building material products; develops leasehold condominiums, residential developments, and homes, as well as engages in property investment and development; produces edible oils and fats, and operates flour mills; manufactures asbestos cement sheets and pipe products; manufactures furniture; and operates hotels and resorts.

Reliance Capital Limited is a financial services company. Reliance Capital Company has interests in asset management and mutual funds, life and general insurance, private equity investments, stock broking and depository services, consumer finance, asset reconstruction, institutional broking and distribution of financial products. The Company operates in five segments: finance and investment, asset management, general insurance, consumer finance and others. It provides financial services and solutions, giving customers access to equities, equity options, commodities futures, wealth management, portfolio management services, mutual funds, initial public offerings (IPOs), life and general insurance products, offshore investments, credit cards, money transfer, currency exchange and gold coins. Reliance Capital Limited is a part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.

The United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds (the "Funds") is a group of five multi employer plans that provide health and pension benefits to retired coal miners and their eligible dependents. The Funds has been in existence since 1946. The Funds is headquartered in Washington D.C. and has Field Service Offices located in the coalfield areas of Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia. The Funds has approximately 200 employees, most of whom are located in the Washington, D.C. office. The Funds is separate and distinct from the United Mine Workers of America (“UMWA”) and the Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association, Inc. (“BCOA”).

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