Prism Capital Corporation was founded in 1999. Prism Capital Corporation is a private equity firm specializing in growth finance, recapitalizations and buyouts. It is a Small Business Investment Company (SBIC). The firm invests through its funds. The Prism Opportunity Fund, L.P. specializes in expansion capital, mid and late ventures, and acquisition investments. It does not invest in start-ups. The fund primarily invests in information technology, healthcare, specialty manufacturing, and service industries. It seeks to invest in Midwest region including Illinois within the United States. It seeks to make equity investments between $1 million and $3 million in transactions valued between $2 million and $15 million and can also invest in exceptional young companies. Prism Mezzanine Fund SBIC, L.P. specializes in recapitalizations, internal growth, mergers, acquisitions, ownership changes, and subordinated debt financing to private middle market and mature companies. It primarily invests in industrial, healthcare, distribution, and business services industries.

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.

Dinamia Capital Privado, Sociedad de Capital Riesgo, S.A. is a Spain-based holding company. Dinamia Capital Privado SCR SA is engaged in private equity, which consists of the acquisition and sells of equity investments in unlisted companies with the ultimate goal of generating capital gains over the medium to long term. As of December 31, 2009, the Company’s investments portfolio included Gestion Integral Novolux Internacional SL, The Beauty Bell Chain SL, High Tech Hotels & Resorts SA, Enfasis Billing & Marketing Services SL, Saint German Grupo de Inversiones SL, Colegios Laude SL, Hortus Mundi SL, TBBC Helena Investments SL, Limestone Spain SL, Miser SL, Leucorodia SL, Ronda Corporate SL and Helena Debtco, among others. In addition, the Company is 16.71%-owned by Ventos SA.

Today, time is the most valuable contribution one company can give another – and time is a rare commodity. WEDGE offers its companies flexibility so that its investments can develop and appreciate in value. Repeatedly, WEDGE demonstrates that time enables its companies to gain noteworthy competitive advantages and achieve strong returns. Acquiring controlling or large minority interests in companies and helping them grow, WEDGE manages its business lines to earn returns on investment far in excess of various indices. Its investments have extended into a wide range of industries and markets. Its practice and patience have gained it a position that is significantly distinct from ordinary investment and private equity firms: one that is time-tolerant, not-time-driven.

Morgan Keegan is keen on more gain for its clients. A subsidiary of Regions Financial, Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. offers a range of financial advisory, brokerage, and investment banking services. Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. Private Client Group serves individual investors in the South, Midwest, and Texas. Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. Investment Banking segment performs equity and fixed-income sales, trading, and research for institutional clients across the US, as well as overseas. Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc. also manages mutual funds and offers access to IPOs, secondary offerings, and private placements. Morgan Keegan has more than 300 offices in nearly 20 states and some $125 billion of client and trust assets under management.

Fleming Family & Partners (FF&P) is an independent, privately-owned investment house. it manages funds and trusts for a host of extremely wealthy clients and advises on their direct investments. FF&P manages some $5 billion ($8 billion) in assets and trusts for affluent families, including the Fleming family; individuals, charities, and institutional investors. FF&P was set up in 1873 as the investment business of Scottish financier Robert Fleming. It was sold to Chase Manhattan Bank in 2000 and was established as FF&P. Fleming's grandson, Ian Fleming, authored the famous James Bond novels; FF&P manages part of his estate. In addition to the UK, FF&P has offices in Moscow, Zurich, and Liechtenstein.

Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) provides intermediate capital -- as in mezzanine financing (a financing method that combines elements of the more traditional senior debt and equity methods of financing) -- to companies in Europe, North America, and the Asia/Pacific region. Founded in 1989, the firm finances mezzanine deals (generally in the E15 million to E500 million range) for acquisitions, buyouts, refinancing, and pre-IPO situations. ICG also manages a handful of collateralized debt obligation (CDO) funds, which blend senior debt, high-yield, and mezzanine investments. The investment company has more than E11 billion in direct investments and third-party funds under management.

Founded in 1965, Greylock has helped build more than 300 companies, nearly half of which have gone on to initial public offerings. Its current portfolio consists of interests in more than 60 companies, including interests in Digg, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pandora, Red Bend Software, Zend, and Zipcar. Greylock Management believes it holds the key to venture capital investing. Also doing business as Greylock Partners, the firm provides funding development-stage companies involved in such sectors as information technology, software, semiconductors, the Internet, clean technology, and consumer services, with a focus on the San Francisco Bay area and Boston, as well as emerging markets China, India, and Israel.

Liu Chong Hing Investment Limited ("LCHI"), founded in 1970, was established to engage in the investment and development of residential and commercial buildings both in Hong Kong and China, including Guangzhou, Shanghai, etc. It became a listed company in 1972 and subsequently expanded its investment and development to other business fields, such as investment holding, property management and agency, money lending, hotel management, manaufacturing of magnetic materials, share investment, etc., with more than 30 subsidiaries.

Conning & Company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut with additional offices in Dublin and London. Conning & Company was formerly a subsidiary of Swiss Reinsurance Co. Conning & Company provides insurance asset management and investment management services, and insurance-related research publications. It specializes in fixed-income products for institutional investors. The company, through its subsidiaries, offers insurance research, including information products, and insights and analyses of issues confronting the insurance industry, as well as provides insurance asset management, including portfolio management, and investment accounting and reporting services in the United States and Europe. It also provides access to various financial investment products, such as structured securities, derivative strategies and investment banking, and insurance and banking equity research.

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