United Western Bancorp, Inc. (United Western Bancorp) is a unitary thrift holding company. The Company’s operations are conducted primarily through United Western Bank (United Western Bank or the Bank), UW Trust Company (UW Trust), Matrix Financial Services Corporation (Matrix Financial), UWBK Fund Management, Inc., (Fund Management) and UW Investment Services Inc. (UWIS), all of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company. As of December 31, 2009, it had eight full service banking locations in the Colorado Front Range marketplace (downtown Denver, Cherry Creek, Hampden, Centennial, Boulder, Loveland, Fort Collins and Longmont), and a loan production office servicing the Aspen and Roaring Fork Valley market areas.

Midas Capital plc (MDS) is a United Kingdom-based company. MDS is the ultimate parent Company of a Fund Management group trading under, the Midas and Miton brands, operating from offices in Liverpool and Reading. The Company’s subsidiaries include Midas ESOP Limited, Exeter Investment Group ESOP Trustee Limited and Midas Capital Partners Limited. In May 2010, the Company sold Midas Capital International Ltd, together with its subsidiary Midas Capital (Guernsey) Ltd and Midas Capital Asset Management (Pty) Ltd. On October 1, 2009, the Company disposed of Intelli Corporate Finance. On January 25, 2010, the Company disposed of iimia Wealth Management. The Corporate Services division acted as financial advisor to the Company in the acquisition of Midas Capital Partners Ltd (Midas).

The TCW Group, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is based in Los Angeles, California with additional offices in Los Angeles, California; New York City; and Houston, Texas. The TCW Group, Inc. operates as a privately owned investment manager. It provides its services to corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions, endowments, foundations, foreign investors, and high net worth individuals. The firm manages separate client focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. It also manages mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It invests in the growth and value stocks of small cap, mid cap, and large cap companies while making its equity portfolios. The firm also invests in fixed income securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage backed securities, and floating rate debt obligations. For its alternative investing, it also does mezzanine investing and invests in special situations, energy, and infrastructure sectors.

Baylake Corp. was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Baylake Corp. is the bank holding company of Baylake Bank (the Bank) and provides a range of banking and related business activities through its bank and its other subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had total assets of approximately $1.0 billion. The Bank is an independent community bank offering a range of financial services primarily to small businesses and individuals located in its market area. The Company conducts its community banking business through 28 financial centers located throughout Northeast Wisconsin, in Brown, Door, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Waupaca, and Waushara Counties. It has eight financial centers in Door County, which is known for its tourism-related services. It has eight financial centers in Brown County, which includes the city of Green Bay. The Company serves a range of service, manufacturing and retail job segments in the Brown County market.

Alliance Data Systems Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides data-driven and transaction-based marketing and customer loyalty solutions primarily in the United States and Canada. Alliance Data Systems Corporation operates through four segments: Loyalty Services, Epsilon Marketing Services, Private Label Services, and Private Label Credit. The Loyalty Services segment includes AIR MILES Reward Program. The AIR MILES Reward Program enables consumers to earn AIR MILES reward miles as they shop within a range of retailers and other sponsors participating in the AIR MILES Reward Program. These AIR MILES reward miles could be redeemed by its collectors for travel or other awards. Alliance Data Systems Corporation primarily serves financial services, specialty retail, grocery and drugstore chains, petroleum retail, technology, hospitality and travel, media, and pharmaceuticals markets. Alliance Data Systems Corporation was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

American Century Companies, Inc. was founded in 1958 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri. American Century Companies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides investment advisory, management, and administrative services for American Century mutual funds. It administers fixed income, value, quantitative, U.S growth, and international growth funds. The company's brokerage services offer investors access to mutual funds from other firms. American Century Companies, Inc. was formerly known as Twentieth Century Companies, Inc.

Mission Venture Management ministers to early-stage technology companies involved in software, information technology, enterprise applications, and infrastructure. The firm invests primarily in emerging companies in Southern California, providing them with capital and counsel. It usually serves as the lead investor and often takes a seat on the boards of the companies in which it invests, helping them to develop their management teams and to establish professional relationships. Typical initial investments range between $2 million and $10 million. Mission Ventures has some $500 million in capital under management. Portfolio companies have included Akonix Systems, CalAmp, and Entropic Communications.

Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing (GSEC) provides trade execution and clearing services to institutional clients such as corporations, mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, central banks, and other broker-dealers. Through the company's Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading affiliate, customers can trade equities, options, currencies, futures, and commodities, and view prices and positions in real time. Its services are performed both electronically and by brokers. The company also offers algorithmic trading. GSEC is active in the US, Europe, and Asia. In 2008 parent Goldman Sachs converted from an investment bank to a bank holding company.

The family-owned company was founded in 1926 by Reuben Anderson, father of chairman Lee Anderson. APi Group has a piece of the action in two main sectors: industrial and specialty construction services and life safety. APi has more than 30 subsidiaries, which operate as independent companies across the US, UK, and Canada. Services provided by the company's construction subsidiaries include energy conservation; electrical, industrial, and mechanical contracting; industrial insulation; and overhead door installation. Other units install fire protection, security, and alarm systems; fabricate structural steel; and distribute building materials.

Collins Stewart focuses on four main areas: advisory, corporate broking, securities, and wealth management. Collins Stewart plc research tool, Quest, is a proprietary online database and valuation model containing about 3,000 European, US, and Asian companies. Collins Stewart traces its roots to 1991. Collins Stewart plc demerged in 2006, and as a result Tullett Prebon also was formed. Following the demerger, Collins Stewart completed its acquisition of corporate finance advisory firm Hawkpoint. In 2010 Collins Stewart announced plans to grow again with the acquisition of independent wealth management firm Andersen Charnley.

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