Established in 1972, Saha Pathana Inter-Holding Public Company Limited got its start developing industrial parks, still a component of its business today. Saha Pathana Inter-Holding (SPI) certainly isn't a proponent for putting all your eggs in one basket. Operating through its 100-plus companies, the conglomerate invests in consumer products and services, food, and industrial manufacturers. SPI's holdings include apparel and cosmetics makers, electrical appliance manufacturers, and producers of instant noodles. In addition, SPI companies are involved in securities trading, construction, advertising, wastewater treatment, and water supply.

Cravey, Green & Wahlen is a private equity investment firm which has supported management teams in acquisitions and recapitalizations of middle-market companies, typically involving transactions valued between $25 - 200 million. Cravey, Green and Wahlen's period for new investments is over and cravey, green & wahlen only managing our existing portfolio. The remaining CGW portfolio is co-managed by the principals of CGW and MSouth Equity Partners. As the successor to CGW, MSouth intends to build on the legacy of CGW with a similar focus on southern-based, lower middle market buyout opportunities.

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.

Summit Partners' dough rises a little later rather than earlier. Summit Partners funds later-stage companies, preferring those that are profitable and growing. It invests in a range of industries, including business and financial services, energy, health care, communications, media, industrial and consumer products, software, and semiconductors. Summit Partners' private equity investments range from $30 million to more than $500 million; venture capital investments range between $5 million to $30 million. Summit Partners also provides mezzanine debt financing. Its current portfolio includes stakes in more than 50 firms in North America, Europe, and Asia.

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.

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.

Informative Research Inc. is an information provider for lenders, brokers, and agents involved in the mortgage lending business. Informative Research helps mitigate the financial risk involved with mortgage lending by providing clients with credit reports on potential customers, and identifying fraudulent or invalid loan applications. Informative Research Inc. also offers flood zone determinations, including life of loan reports and portfolio monitoring, as well as automated valuation modeling, including property valuation reports and physical appraisal audits. Informative Research was founded in 1946.

Brait S.A. is an international investment company. The Company is engaged in the business of structuring, raising and management of investment funds that are classified as alternative assets. Its product portfolio includes private equity funds, mezzanine debt funds and a range of hedge fund solutions. In addition, the Company invests in investment programmes in these product areas. These investments are made predominantly in South Africa. Investors include global and South African institutions. The Company operates through two segments: Private Capital operations, which incorporates all activities in the private capital markets, and Public Markets operations, which incorporates all activities in the public or highly traded securities markets. Private Capital includes private equity funds, proprietary investing, sponsored funds, mezzanine debt, and fund of private equity funds. Public Markets includes multi-management and capital management.

The Jordan Company, L.P. was founded in 1982. The Jordan Company, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in traditional leverage buyouts, recapitalizations, restructuring, public-to-private transactions, industry consolidation, and growth capital transactions of middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in a wide range of sectors with a focus on aerospace and defense, automotive aftermarket parts, building products, business services, contract research organizations, electric motors and controls, equipment rental, industrial safety and controls, chemicals, consumer products, distribution, education, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial products and manufacturing, media and entertainment, insurance, metals, packaging, retail, transportation and logistics, and telecom. It prefers to invest in companies based in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. The firm typically invests between $75 million and $500 million of equity in transactions valued between $75 million and $2 billion. It invests in companies with an enterprise value between $100 million and $2 billion and a minimum EBITDA of $15 million.

American Capital, Ltd. (American Capital) is an equity firm and a global asset manager. The Company invests in private equity, private debt, private real estate investments, early and late-stage technology investments, special situation investments, alternative asset funds managed by the Company and structured finance investments. On April 1, 2009, the Company completed the combination of three portfolio companies within its Financial Services Group to create Core Financial Group, a diversified commercial finance holding company. On July 13, 2009, American Capital completed the sale of its portfolio company, People Media to Match.com. On September 15, 2009, it completed the sale of its portfolio company, Axygen BioScience Inc., including its subsidiaries Axygen Inc. and Sorenson BioScience Inc. On October 13, 2009, the Company completed the sale of its portfolio company, Imperial Supplies Holding Inc.

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