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.

The Ayco Company was founded in 1971 and is based in Saratoga Springs, New York with additional offices in Albany, New York; Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Parsippany, New Jersey; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Troy, Michigan. The Ayco Company, L.P. is an asset management arm of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. It primarily provides its services to corporate executives and employees, high-net-worth individuals and families, banking or thrift institutions, pooled investment vehicles, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm manages separate client – focused equity portfolios. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The firm conducts in-house research to make its investments.

Meritech Capital Partners was founded in 1999. Meritech Capital Partners places late-stage venture capital investments in information technology and communications technology companies with proven track records and quality management teams. It also participates in buyouts and spinoffs. The firm manages almost $2 billion in committed capital. Portfolio holdings include interests in networking equipment maker BigBand Networks, optical switch maker Agility Communications, and data storage device maker BlueArc, and distributed antenna systems builder NextG Networks. Meritech has been investing heavily in companies based in, or with extensive operations in, foreign countries, including Canada, China, the Netherlands, and the UK.

CapitalSource, Inc., a specialized finance company, provides various financial products to small and medium-sized businesses in the United States. CapitalSource Inc. operates through three divisions: Corporate Finance, Healthcare and Specialty Finance, and Structured Finance. The Corporate Finance division provides senior and mezzanine loans to businesses backed by private equity sponsors. The Healthcare and Specialty Finance division offers asset-based revolving lines of credit, first mortgage loans, and senior and mezzanine loans to healthcare businesses and other companies. The Structured Finance division provides commercial and residential real estate lending, and asset-based lending to finance companies. CapitalSource Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

New Mountain Capital, together with its affiliates ("New Mountain"), manages private equity and public equity capital with aggregate assets under management totaling more than $8.5 billion. New Mountain's first private equity fund, the $770 million New Mountain Partners, L.P., began its investment period in January 2000. New Mountain's second private equity fund, the $1.55 billion New Mountain Partners II, L.P., began its investment period in January 2005. The firm believes that both funds rank among the highest returning private equity funds of their vintage years [1]. New Mountain's third private equity fund, New Mountain Partners III, L.P., with over $5.1 billion of aggregate commitments, began its investment period in August 2007. New Mountain manages public equity portfolios through New Mountain Vantage Advisers, L.L.C. ("Vantage"). Vantage is designed to apply New Mountain's established strengths as an acquirer and builder of businesses toward non-control positions in the U.S. public equity markets generally.

IGM Financial Inc. was founded in 1894. IGM Financial Inc., a personal financial services company, provides investment advisory and related services. The company’s activities are carried out through Investors Group Inc., Mackenzie Financial Corporation and Investment Planning Counsel Inc. IGM Financial Inc. is a member of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies. Investors Group Inc. (Investors Group) delivers personalized financial solutions to Canadians through a network of consultants located throughout Canada. In addition to a family of mutual funds and other investment vehicles, Investors Group offers a range of insurance, securities, mortgage products and services, and, through National Bank of Canada, also offers banking products and services. Mackenzie Financial Corporation (Mackenzie) is an investment management firm providing investment advisory and related services. Mackenzie distributes its products and services primarily through a diversified distribution network of third party financial advisors. Investment Planning Counsel Inc. (Investment Planning Counsel) is an independent distributor of financial products, services and advice in Canada.

The Evolution Group plc operates as a holding company for Evolution Securities Limited; Christows Limited; Evolution Securities China Limited; and Evolution Securities (US) Incorporated. The company operates as a financial service group in United Kingdom. It operates in investment banking, retail stockbroking, asset management and private equity divisions. It also has interests in IP2IPO, a company whose strategy is to exploit intellectual property created by academic institutions. The company's principal operating businesses are: Evolution Securities - Investment Banking and Christows - Private Client Stockbroking & Fund Management. EVOLUTION SECURITIES Evolution Securities is the investment banking business of Evolution Group plc providing equity research, institutional sales and trading and corporate finance advice. Evolution Securities Limited is an independent financial services group comprising investment banking, private client asset management and IP exploitation. The company provides investment banking services, advising a major number of clients across a variety of sectors. It works with entrepreneurs and growing companies to help them to develop their own strategies as businesses.

Numis Corporation Plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as an independent investment banking and stock broking company in the United Kingdom. It offers a range of research, execution, equity capital markets, corporate broking, and corporate finance services to quoted companies and their investors. The company also provides advisory services for fundraising and corporate finance transactions, including primary and secondary issues and mergers and acquisitions. Numis Corporation offers its services for aerospace and defense, building and property, engineering, fast moving consumer goods, life sciences, media, metals and mining, new energy and emissions, non-life insurance, oil and gas, retail, specialty and other financials, support services, technology, and travel and leisure sectors.

ThinkTank Holdings LLC was founded in 1999 by entrepreneur Scott Blum. ThinkTank is a venture capital firm with investments in about eight companies in entertainment, media, technology, and e-commerce. Among these are electronic retailers Buy.com and Sell.com as well as exercise site Yoga Today, and brand name developer ThinkBig Media. Four of its early investments have been sold. On top of raising capital for portfolio companies, ThinkTank provides merger and acquisitions advice, strategic business partnerships, legal support, business development, and marketing services. It also takes controlling positions in most of its portfolio companies.

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.

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