The Gores Group, founded by Alec E. Gores in 1987, is a private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can benefit from the firm’s operating experience and flexible capital. Since its inception, Gores has acquired 60 companies worldwide with combined revenues in excess of 15 billion dollars. Currently, Gores has 2.7 billion dollars in equity under active management. Gores’ offices in North America and Europe serve its active investment programs in these regions.The firm combines the operational expertise and detailed due diligence capabilities of a strategic buyer with the seasoned M&A team of a traditional financial buyer. As a result, the firm looks to create value with its operating perspective, in addition to the more customary buy-out and financial engineering skills.Gores has become a leading investor, primarily in the technology, telecommunications, business services and industrial sectors, having demonstrated over time a reliable track record of creating substantial value in its portfolio companies alongside management. Private equity-backed companies, like those that Gores invests in, have been shown to grow faster than other types of companies and Gores' private equity returns have consistently and significantly outperformed publicly traded indices.

Waud Capital Partners, L.L.C. was founded in 1993. Waud Capital Partners, L.L.C. is a private equity firm specializing in partnering with management teams to invest in middle market buyouts, recapitalizations, industry consolidations, growth equity investments, acquisitions, add-on acquisitions, and ownership transitions of family owned businesses. The firm does not invest in turnarounds and companies in the biotechnology, high technology, hotels, oil and gas exploration and production, real estate, and restaurants sectors. It prefers to invest in business and consumer services, healthcare services, specialty distribution, and value-added manufacturing companies. Within these sectors, the firm prefers to invest in food and kindred products, textile mill products, apparel and other finished products, lumber and wood products, furniture and fixtures, paper and allied products, printing and publishing, chemicals and allied products, rubber and miscellaneous plastics, stone, clay and glass products, primary metal industries, fabricated metal products, industrial machinery and equipment, electronic and other electronic equipment, transportation equipment, instruments and related products, trucking and warehousing, U.S. postal services & transportation services.

Credit Solutions was established in 2003. Credit Solutions helps consumers dig their way out of debt. One of North America's largest for-profit debt management companies, Credit Solutions offers programs that enable people to lower their monthy bills and, in many cases, get out of debt in three years or less. It also offers a built-in savings plan to help families reach their long-term financial goals, with no home ownership or credit check required. Credit Solutions has more than $1.7 billion of unsecured debt under management for about 80,000 active clients.

Brewin Dolphin Holdings owns Brewin Dolphin Limited (formerly Brewin Dolphin Securities), which is one of the UK's largest investment and brokerage firms. Founded in the 18th century, Brewin Dolphin serves more than 130,000 private, corporate, and institutional clients and has more than 1,100 representatives. The company's primary services include discretionary or representative investing, tax efficiency savings accounts, financial planning, and advisory services. Brewin Dolphin has nearly 40 offices around the UK and manages more than $33 billion for its clients.

The Operating Engineers Funds are, in fact, for operating engineers not the kind who run trains, but those who operate other large machinery. Operating Engineers Funds company administers employee benefits, including pensions, health, welfare, vacation, and holiday benefit, for more than 35,000 active or retired members of the International Union of Operating Engineers (I.U.O.E.), Local 12, as well as their beneficiaries and dependents. The union consists of individuals in construction-related trades, including heavy equipment operators, soil testers, concrete pumpers, inspectors, and surveyors.

CompuCredit Holdings Corp. provides credit and related financial services and products to underserved consumer credit market, a market represented by credit risks that regulators classify as sub-prime, in the United States. CompuCredit Holdings Corporation operates in five segments: Credit Cards, Investments in Previously Charged-Off Receivables, Retail Micro-Loans, Auto Finance, and Internet Micro-Loans. The Credit Cards segment consists of credit card investment and servicing activities conducted with respect to receivables underlying accounts originated and portfolios purchased by the company. CompuCredit Holdings Corporation was formerly known as CompuCredit Corp. and changed its name to CompuCredit Holdings Corp. in June 2009. CompuCredit Holdings was founded in 1996 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

First Eagle Investment Management, LLC was founded in 1803 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Tokyo, Japan. First Eagle Investment Management, LLC is a privately owned investment manager. The firm provides its services to high net worth individuals, investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, corporations, foundations, endowments, major retirement programs, state or municipal government entities. It manages client-focused equity portfolios. The firm also manages mutual funds and foreign and domestic hedge funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity and alternative markets across the globe. The firm invests in value stocks of companies. It employs fundamental analysis with bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolio.

Benefit Capital Companies founded in 1984, has participated more than $5 billion worth of transactions. Benefit Capital company provides a variety of investment and merchant banking services, including support for mergers and acquisitions, financial advisory, and private placements. A major focus for the firm is helping companies develop employee stock purchase plans. Target companies are typically worth somewhere between $10 million and $900 million. Benefit Capital also provides equity financing for management and employee buyouts. In addition to its Logandale, Nevada headquarters, Benefit Capital has offices in Irvine and Los Angeles, California; New York; Dallas; and Honolulu.

LMS Capital plc was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with an additional office in San Francisco, California. LMS Capital plc is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct and fund of funds investments. The firm seeks to invest in mid venture, late venture, middle market, mature, turnarounds, and buyouts. It makes balance sheet investments. It typically invests in energy and industrial, applied technology, media and leisure, healthcare and medical sectors, consumer services, software and services, commercial and professional services, and financial services. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in the United States and Canada, United Kingdom, Israel, and European Developed Markets. It invests in public and private companies. The firm seeks to hold a board seat in its portfolio companies and actively manages significant stakes in its portfolio companies. The firm typically invests between £5 million ($9.98 million) and £15 million ($29.93 million) in companies with an enterprise value between £10 million ($19.95 million) and £50 million ($99.77 million), minimum revenue of £5 ($9.98 million), and minimum EBITDA of £1 million ($1.995 million).

Capital Management and Investment plc (CMI) is a United Kingdom-based investment holding company. In October 2007, Algeco Scotsman was formed following the merger of Algeco, Europe’s modular construction and mobile storage business, with Williams Scotsman, the modular storage rental business in North America. CMI, through its investment in Yola Investments Sarl (Yola) indirectly owns 7% of Magticom, a provider of mobile telephone services in the Republic of Georgia.

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