RBC Wealth Management company offers private banking, asset management, brokerage, and estate and trust services in more than 20 countries. About half of the company's revenue, however, comes from outside Canada, where the company caters to more than 35,000 individuals and institutions. It has about $500 billion of assets under administration and about $245 billion of assets under management. RBC Wealth Management boasts more than 4,500 financial consultants, advisors, private bankers, and trust officers, and has about 200 offices throughout the US.

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL or the Company) is a holding company listed on the Brussels Stock Exchange since 15 October 1956. GBL strives to stimulate and promote the growth of a valuable and balanced portfolio of industrial investments, focusing on a small number of major companies, operating in a diversified range of sectors, in which it is able to play its role as a strategic shareholder. The Company’s portfolio consists of four participations, namely Bertelsmann, Total, Suez and Imerys. TotalFina Elf formed by the successive consolidations of the Total, PetroFina and Elf Aquitaine groups, TotalFinaElf is a global oil and gas group and a major player in the chemicals sector. Activities TotalFina Elf is one of the major integrated oil companies. Its activities are based in more than 100 countries and cover the entire oil industry chain, from upstream - exploration, development and production of oil and gas – to downstream - refining and distribution of oil products and international trading of crude oil and refined oil products. TotalFina Elf is also an important operator in the chemicals industry. Upstream, TotalFina Elf’s hydrocarbon reserves amount to some 11.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Present in the liquefied natural gas industry, TotalFina Elf is also expanding its activities to related market segments such as gas distribution and electricity generation. Downstream, the group has a refining capacity of 2.3 million barrels a day and sales of 3.7 million barrels a day of refined products. TotalFinaElf has interests in 27 refineries and operates a network of some 16,700 service stations under the Total, Fina and Elf brands, primarily in Europe.

Established in 1987, The Carlyle Group is a private global investment firm that originates, structures and acts as lead equity investor in management-led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings.The Carlyle Group is a global alternative asset manager with more than $90.5 billion under management. With 67 funds across four investment disciplines (buyouts, credit alternatives, growth capital and real estate), Carlyle combines global vision with local insight, relying on a top-flight team of 400+ investment professionals operating out of offices in 19 countries to uncover superior opportunities in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America.While open to opportunities wherever they can be found, Carlyle focuses on sectors in which it has demonstrated expertise: aerospace & defense, automotive & transportation, consumer & retail, energy & power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, real estate, technology & business services and telecommunications & media.

Pacific Venture Group was founded in 1995. Pacific Venture Group is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in early and expansion-stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in companies at all stages of financing from start-up to leveraged buyout, recapitalizations, and consolidations. It typically invests across all segments of healthcare and information systems including healthcare information technology, medical devices, biopharmaceuticals, and healthcare services. Within healthcare information technology, the firm focuses on infrastructure solutions, leverage professional staffing, technology based outsource solutions, and clinical quality improvement. Within medical devices, it focuses on unmet therapeutic needs and disposables, cost effective medical devices, small equipments, and medical devices that enhance quality of life. Within biopharmaceuticals, the firm invests in drug delivery, drug discovery, specialty pharmaceuticals, and in licensing. Within healthcare services, it focuses on new care delivery models, outsourcing, healthcare staffing solutions, and recapitalizations and spinouts from larger companies.

General Finance Corporation was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California. General Finance Corporation (GFN) has two operating subsidiaries, Royal Wolf and Pac-Van, that leases and sells storage container products, modular buildings and mobile offices through 18 customer service centers (CSCs) in Australia, six CSCs in New Zealand and 26 branch locations across 18 states in the United States. As of June 30, 2009, the Company had 28,227 and 11,347 lease fleet units in the Asia-Pacific area and United States, respectively. The Company does business in two distinct, but related industries; modular space and mobile storage. Pac-Van leases and sells modular space products. In October 2008, the Company acquired Pac-Van, Inc., through a merger of Mobile Office Acquisition Corp., the parent company of Pac-Van, and GFN's wholly owned subsidiary GFN North America Corp.

ECI Partners LLP was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with an additional office in Manchester, United Kingdom. ECI Partners LLP is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in expansion and development capital, finance for acquisitions, management buyouts and buy-ins, institutional buyout, turnarounds, middle market, and refinancing deals. It does not invest in early-stage companies. The firm seeks to make investments in all sectors except property with a focus on consumer and leisure, support services, manufacturing, software, IT and communications services, healthcare, outsourcing, and business improvement. Within the support services sector it prefers to invest in document management education, environmental services, financial services, inspection services, media, recruitment, services benefiting from the aging population, specialist logistics, and white collar outsourcing. Within healthcare it focuses investments in healthcare services, pharmaceuticals, medical technology including devices and diagnostics, and healthcare IT. It primarily invests in unquoted and smaller quoted companies based in the United Kingdom or has substantial United Kingdom business. It also seeks to make investments in companies based in South Wales.

Investment bank Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin soldiers on for mergers on the economic front. Operating as Houlihan Lokey, the firm provides advisory services for primarily mid-market companies involved in M&A deals and corporate restructurings, including the sale of distressed assets and other turnaround situations. Houlihan Lokey also raises private and public equity for midsized private and small-cap public companies. The company is among the top M&A advisors in the US, especially for deals valued at less than $1 billion. Houlihan Lokey operates about 15 offices in the US, Europe, and Asia. Japanese financial services company ORIX acquired control of the company in 2007.

Shenzhen Investment Limited operates as an investment holding company in China. Shenzhen Investment company is a mid-market property developer in southern China, which is 47.42%-owned by Shenzhen’s city government. Shenzhen Investment during 2008, was involved in the following principal activities: property development, property investment, property management, provision of transportation services, and manufacture and sale of industrial and commercial products. The company, in addition to its own property development business, holds a 27.38% stake in Road King, and a 22.62% stake in Coastal Greenland. Its total land reserves include 10 million square meters (GFA), of which 1.97 million square meters are under construction. The company has ownership interests in Road King and Coastal Greenland. Road King has a land bank of 5.61 million square meters (GFA), and Coastal Greenland has a land bank of 3.07 million square meters (GFA). Segments The Property Development segment engages in the development of residential, industrial and commercial properties. The Property Investment segment invests in residential, industrial and commercial properties for their rental income potential. The Property Management segment engages in the management of both Group developed properties and non-Group developed properties. The Transportation Services segment consists of the provision of taxi and passenger transportation services, automobile maintenance, cargo services and other related services. The Manufacturing segment engages in the manufacture and sale of industrial and commercial products.

Scott & Stringfellow is the investment banking and brokerage subsidiary of regional bank BB&T, serving individual, corporate, and municipal clients. To consumers, Scott & Stringfellow, LLC offers brokerage services and investment products such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, IRAs, annuities, and insurance. For high-net-worth clients with at least $100,000 to invest, it provides asset management, trust services, estate planning, and financial advice. BB&T Capital Markets is the company's investment banking and corporate and public finance division. Services include equity research, market making, and underwriting and trading securities. Scott & Stringfellow, LLC Bergen Capital division underwrites and distributes bonds.

The Cypress Group L.L.C. firm owns stakes in companies in the automotive, financial services, manufacturing, and media and entertainment industries. Its portfolio includes holdings in about 10 firms, including Cooper-Standard Automotive, Republic National Cabinet, and Scottish Re Group Limited. Cypress Group is an active investor that often becomes involved in the day-to-day management of its portfolio companies. The firm has made more than $4 billion in investments since it was founded in 1989. One of its most well-known past investments includes Cinemark.

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