BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock) is an investment management firm. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had 3.346 trillion of assets under management (AUM). The Company offers an array of equity, fixed income, multi-asset class, alternative investment and cash management products, as well as its BlackRock Solutions investment systems, risk management and advisory services. It offers its investment products directly and through intermediaries in a variety of vehicles, including open-end and closed-end mutual funds, iShares exchange-traded funds1 (ETFs), collective investment trusts and separate accounts. Its clients include taxable, tax-exempt and official institutions, high net worth individuals and retail investors. It offers a spectrum of investment management and risk management products and services. Investment management offerings include single- and multi-asset class portfolios. On December 1, 2009, BlackRock acquired Barclays Global Investors (BGI) from Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays).

Founded in 1988 by President Kay Chandler, the firm has some $2 billion under management. Chandler Asset Management is an investment adviser specializing in the management of fixed-income portfolios for institutional investors. The firm offers portfolio management, analysis, and accounting as well as cash flow modeling, compliance reporting, and client training. Its investment strategies include short-term fixed income, core fixed income, and 1-5 year fixed income. Public agencies, healthcare companies, foundations, endowments, and corporations make up Chandler's customer base.

Global Life Science Ventures was founded in 1996 and is based at München, Germany with an additional office at Zug, Switzerland. Global Life Science Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments originating from universities, scientific institutions or industry. The firm also makes selected investments in late stage companies including buyouts. It primarily invests in the life science sector. The firm invests in companies based in United States and Europe with a focus on United Kingdom, Switzerland, and home markets in German speaking countries. It prefers to invest between €2 million ($2.57 million) and €5 million ($6.43 million) in a company per round of financing. The firm invests up to 10 percent of the total volume in a company. In the European home market, it seeks to be a lead investor or an active co-investor but prefers to be co-investor outside the home market. The firm prefers to be a pro-active syndicate partner in its portfolio companies. It also provides follow-on financing and seeks a board seat in its portfolio companies.

RFE Investment Partners was founded in 1979. RFE Investment Partners is a private equity firm specializing in acquisition of smaller middle market companies. The firm typically invests in platform and add-on acquisitions, management led buyouts, and recapitalizations. It does not invest in turnaround situations and businesses whose products or services are subject to a substantial risk of rapid technological obsolescence. The firm prefers to invest in business services, niche manufacturing, and healthcare service sectors. It typically makes equity investments between $5 million and $30 million in companies with at least $5 million of annual cash flow. The firm seeks to hold a majority ownership position in the portfolio companies. It prefers to be a lead investor however the firm can also invest in transactions led by another equity group or as part of a syndicate.

Guardian Capital Group Limited (Guardian) is a diversified financial services company which operates in the investment management and financial services industry.. It serves the needs of clients in different sectors of the financial services market through its four operating businesses. Guardian ’s operating business, Guardian Capital Inc (GCI), is an institutional investment counsellor. Based in Toronto, GCI provides institutional investment management services to clients that include pension plan sponsors, open and closed-end mutual funds, operating and endowment funds, and retail managed asset programs. GCI has a broad range of products among Canadian institutional investment managers spanning Canadian and foreign equity, fixed-income, and balanced portfolio mandates. Guardian Capital Advisors Inc (GCA) provides investment and asset management services to high net worth clients, foundations and endowment funds. Over the past several years, GCA has created a comprehensive global investment management platform to provide clients with sophisticated separate account management. In addition, GCA has launched ETFolios, an Internet- based service utilizing exchange-traded funds to create tailored investment portfolios for clients. GCA has also established a national presence through offices in Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa. Alexandria Bancorp Limited (Alexandria) is a non-Canadian entity that operates an international bank, trust and corporate services and investment management business. Guardian has a majority interest in a fourth operating business, Worldsource Wealth Management Inc (WWM), which operates a mutual fund dealer and a securities dealer.

Lightyear Capital Inc. is an investment banking firm that focuses on small and mid-cap companies. The firm provides merger and acquisition, fairness opinions, sourcing and valuation, turnaround and divestiture, privatization, management buyout (MBOs), initial public offering, secondary financing, private placement, private equity and venture capital financing, reverse take over (RTO) transaction, reorganization and re-capitalization, and strategic advisory services. It also offers investment research, institutional sales and brokerage, and private client services.

China Direct Industries, Inc. (China Direct Industries) manages a portfolio of Chinese entities. It also provides consulting services to Chinese businesses. The Company operates in three business segments: Magnesium, Basic Materials and Consulting. Magnesium segment produces, sells and distributes magnesium ingots, magnesium powders and magnesium scraps. Basic Materials segment sells and distributes a variety of products, including industrial grade synthetic chemicals, steel products, non ferrous metals, recycled materials, and industrial commodities. This segment also includes zinc ore mining property and zinc concentrate distribution businesses, which have not commenced operations. Consulting segment provides a suite of consulting services to United States public companies that operate primarily in China. Its wholly owned subsidiaries include CDI China, Inc. (CDI), CDII Trading, Inc., China Direct Investments, Inc. and International Magnesium Group, Inc.

Paris Orleans SA, Private Equity Arm is a private equity arm of Paris Orleans S.A. specializing in leveraged buyouts, growth capital, mezzanine, and middle market investments in medium-sized companies. It invests across all industries, with a focus on real estate, industrial goods and services, manufactured goods, financials, service sectors, transport and consumer goods. The firm invests in companies based in Asia and Europe with a focus on France. It structures its investments in the form of equity and/or in mezzanine debt. The firm invests between €3 million ($4.52 million) and €15 million ($22.63 million) with an average of €5 million ($7.54 million) in its portfolio companies. It seeks to co-invest. The firm makes investments through its balance sheet and acquires minority stakes.

BinckBank (formerly Binck) provides online brokerage services to customers in The Netherlands and Belgium. Some 70,000 private customers trade on its Web site, which offers access to all major global financial markets. BinckBank N.V. also provides professional services to banks and professional asset managers; it sold its propietary bond trading operations in 2007. Dutch trading specialist AOT (Amsterdan Options Traders) merged with BinckBank and established holding company Binck in 2004; two years later Binck and BinckBank merged into a single company. BinckBank plans to expand its operations into France.

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.

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