The Permian Basin Royalty Trust’s (the “Trust”) principal assets are comprised of a 75% net overriding royalty interest carved out by Southland Royalty Company (“Southland”) from its fee mineral interest in the Waddell Ranch properties in Crane County, Texas (“Waddell Ranch properties”), and a 95% net overriding royalty interest carved out by Southland from its major producing royalty properties in Texas (“Texas Royalty properties”). The interests out of which the Trust’s net overriding royalty interests were carved were in all cases less than 100%. The Trust’s net overriding royalty interests represent burdens against the properties in favor of the Trust without regard to ownership of the properties from which the overriding royalty interests were carved. The net overriding royalties above are collectively referred to as the “Royalties.” The properties and interests from which the Royalties were carved and which the Royalties now burden are collectively referred to as the “Underlying Properties.”

Founded in 1981 as Citicorp's European private equity arm, CVC carried out its own buyout in 1993 and is now owned by its management. It has about 20 offices around the world. CVC Capital Partners is in the business of making other businesses its business. The private equity investor specializes in buyouts of firms in the UK, the US, Western Europe, Asia, and Australia. Its portfolio of more than 50 companies consists mainly of retail, manufacturing, and service firms. Holdings include UK department store chain Debenhams, US-based luggage maker Samsonite, and Japan-based restaurant chain operator Skylark. It acquired a 47.5% stake in Pilot Travel Centers (now Pilot Flying J) in 2008.

Franklin Resources, Inc. (Franklin) is an investment management company. The Company is a holding company that, together with its various subsidiaries (collectively, the Company), is referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments, a global investment management organization offering investment choices under the Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series, Bissett, Fiduciary and Darby brand names. In its primary business and operating segment, investment management and related services, it provides services to investment funds and institutional, high net-worth and separately managed accounts (collectively, its sponsored investment products) in the United States and internationally. In its secondary business and operating segment, banking/finance, it provides clients with select retail banking, private banking and consumer lending services through its bank subsidiaries.

Established in 1979, Fisher Investments is a private money management firm serving Fortune 500 companies, foundations, and endowments, as well as wealthy individuals with at least $500,000 to invest. The firm is active in the US and in the UK, where it operates through subsidiary Fisher Wealth Management. In Germany, Fisher does business through its joint-venture affiliate, Greener Fisher Investments. At the helm of Fisher Investments is founder, CEO, and chief investment officer Ken Fisher, who has authored several books on investing and has written the "Portfolio Strategy" column for Forbes magazine for more than 20 years.

Atlantic Trust Group helps the fabulously wealthy stay that way. A subsidiary of mutual fund manager Invesco, Atlantic Trust Group company oversees more than $15 billion of assets under management for wealthy individuals and families, as well as institutional investors such as foundations and endowments. Atlantic Trust Group company offers investment management products and services such as financial counseling, equity and fixed-income investments, trust and custody services, and tax and estate planning. Atlantic Trust Company also provides access to alternative investments such as hedge funds and private equity. Atlantic Trust has about a dozen offices in cities across the US.

Hummer Winblad Venture Partners was founded in 1989 as the first venture capital fund to invest exclusively in software companies. Through our history, Hummer Winblad Venture had the opportunity to invest in the pioneers and leaders of several generations of software applications, architectures, delivery methods and business models. Hummer Winblad Venture helped entrepreneurs build companies in desktop software, embedded systems, client-server, distributed network computing, internet, and software as a service. Hummer Winblad Venture earliest portfolio companies started shipping software on floppy disks and today HWVP investors in pioneering companies in cloud computing. Hummer seen everything from shrink-wrap licenses to enterprise-wide "big deals" to subscription pricing; from direct sales to highly-leveraged channel strategies to download driven inside sales.

Founded in 1959, China Development Financial Holding Corporation ("CDFH" ) has long played a pioneering role in Taiwan's economic development. China Development Financial Holding Corporation is a Taiwan-based company engaged in provision of financial and investment services. The Company operates its businesses through commercial banking, including deposits, loans, securities investment services, foreign exchange trading, corporate financing, investment consulting services, distribution of financial derivatives and venture capital services, among others, as well as security business, including underwriting, broking and trading of securities, short-term bills and futures.

Stone Point Capital is a private equity firm that has been making investments in the global financial services industry for more than twenty years. Led by Charles A. Davis, Stephen Friedman, Meryl D. Hartzband and James D. Carey, Stone Point have an extensive track record of investing throughout various financial services industries. Stone Point has raised and managed four private equity funds – the Trident Funds – with aggregate committed capital of $5.4 billion. In addition to the capital invested and committed by the Trident Funds, since 2001 Stone Point have secured approximately $4.5 billion of additional equity co-investments and commitments. Stone Point team of more than thirty investment professionals and senior advisors has a long and successful record of making private equity investments and managing businesses in the financial services industry.

In 1980, GTCR pioneered and investment thesis founded on the principle of growth through committed relationships with management partners. GTCR manages more than $8 billion in equity and mezzanine capital invested in a wide range of companies and industries. The firm principally invests in high-growth industries, including financial services and technology, healthcare, and information services and technology. Growth strategies are driven by industry dynamics and generally include a combination of acquisitions and internal growth.Capital under management is primarily provided by pension funds, endowments, and foundations. Portfolio company executives and the principals of GTCR have made significant investments in each of GTCR's funds. The firm's principals have invested in more than 100 companies, and are recognized for their ability to create value consistently throughout the investment life cycle.

Cavanagh Group is an independent financial advisor providing investment advice to private clients and businesses. With offices across the UK, the firm provides financial counseling for executives, employee benefit arrangement, pension structure advice, asset management, and development assistance. About a third of its business comes from corporations. Cavanagh has grown its client base and geographic reach through several acquisitions including Ernst & Young Financial Management (EYFM), the independent financial advisory arm of Ernst & Young L.L.P., in 2003, and Scottish corporate adviser JRG Financial Consulting in 2007.

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