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.

Delaware Management Holdings, which does business as Delaware Investments, provides investment management services to institutional and individual clients. The company manages some 40 mutual funds with value, core, and growth equity, fixed income, and international strategies. Other products for consumers include managed accounts, insurance, and retirement plans. Delaware Investments also offers separate accounts and mutual funds to its more than 500 institutional clients, including corporations, retirement plans, endowments, foundations, and financial institutions. Macquarie Group bought the company in 2010 for nearly $430 million in cash.

ABC arbitrage knows the ABC's of arbitrage strategies in the global financial markets. It owns ABC arbitrage Asset Management, its principal subsidiary, which handles the company's trading activities and third-party portfolio management. The company employs quantitative investment techniques to take advantage of market turmoil or inefficiencies, such as when the same asset is traded at various prices on separate exchanges, or when a derivative has different maturity dates or is valued differently than its underlying asset. ABC arbitrage operates on more than 40 financial marketplaces; more than half of its transactions take place in the US, about a quarter in Europe.

N M Rothschild & Sons is the merchant banking arm and UK branch of the Rothschild family's financial empire. N M Rothschild & Sons company's services include investment banking, commercial banking, private banking, and asset management. Family company Rothschilds Continuation Holdings of Switzerland controls the firm, along with other Rothschild entities. The French and UK branches of the family consolidated their international banking operations through a joint venture known as Concordia, which owns a controlling interest in Rothschilds Continuation Holdings.

Panorama Capital invests in passionate entrepreneurs building leading companies in life sciences and technology. Founded in 2005 as the successor to the venture capital program of JPMorgan Partners, we take a hands on, highly collaborative approach to investing, bringing to bear the team's extensive operating and investing experience to each portfolio company. The firm is managed by a seasoned group of life sciences and technology investors who collectively possess over 140 years of investment and industry experience. In addition to our extensive investing experience, we possesses broad experience as executives, entrepreneurs, engineers, and physicians. This collective experience gives Panorama Capital a powerful combination of technical, entrepreneurial, operational, and transactional expertise to help foster the development of our portfolio companies.

Credit Saison Co., Ltd. is one of Japan's leading credit card companies, issuing Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and affinity cards carrying its Saison brand to some 26 million cardholders. In addition to issuing plastic, Credit Saison provides financial services and products including insurance and asset management. Subsidiary Saison Fundex issues loans, while Atrium provides loan servicing. Other subsidiaries and affiliates provide ticket sales, and collection and staffing services. Credit Saison was founded in 1951 as a retailer specializing in payment plan sales. Credit Saison is merging its credit card operations with Seven & i Holdings.

Focused on the growth sectors of the economy, ThinkEquity provides research, equity financing, M&A advisory, institutional sales and trading, wealth management and asset management services to institutional investors, corporate and private clients, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and financial sponsors. As a Panmure Gordon company, ThinkEquity accesses the combined financial expertise of professionals based in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, London, Liverpool and Geneva. Research-driven, ThinkPanmure remain true to ThinkPanmure founding principles: the power of growth, focus, deep domain expertise and people.

Scotia Capital was founded in 1999. Scotia Capital Inc. provides investment banking services to communications, media, technology, consumer products, real estate, forest products, infrastructure, industrial products, power, mining, and oil and gas sectors. The firm offers mergers and acquisitions advisory, private placement, negotiation assistance, due diligence, and restructuring services. Additionally, it provides research, equity sales and trading, foreign exchange management, merchant banking, short-term funding, investment research, and structured leasing services.

Grotech Management Company was founded in 1984 by managing general partner Frank Adams. Grotech Ventures invests in early, expansion, and growth stage technology companies. The company focuses on long-term investments in communications, information technology, software, and Internet businesses. Grotech's portfolio of about 30 companies includes telecommunications equipment provider Aztek Networks, voice-over-IP company BroadSoft, and broadcasting technology developer ibiquity Digital Radio. Investments range from $500,000 to $5 million.

Macquarie Private Wealth (formerly Blackmont Capital) provides equity sales, trading, and research, as well as capital raising and financial advisory services for corporate and institutional clients. Its research division focuses on the technology, media, communications, metals and minerals, energy, real estate, and financial services sectors. Macquarie Private Wealth company's wealth management activities include private client services and support for investment advisors. Products include money market instruments, bonds, public venture capital, retirement plans, and tax-free savings accounts. Australia-based Macquarie Group acquired Blackmont Capital from CI Financial at the end of 2009.

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