Unified Financial Services, Inc., a holding company, provides financial products and services in the United States. It offers back-office and shareholder services for the assets of third-party mutual fund families, as well as its affiliated series funds, including mutual fund distribution services. In addition, the fund manages and administers 401(k) and other ERISA-directed assets, and wealth for individuals through portfolio management and a suite of family-office services. As of December 31, 2003, it provided mutual fund services, transfer agency, fund accounting, administration, and distribution services to 31 mutual fund families consisting of 176 portfolios. As of the above date, the fund provided trust and retirement services to approximately 1,800 clients. Unified Financial was organized in 1989 as Unified Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Unified Financial Services, Inc. in 1997. The fund is headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky.

KBW, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an investment bank specializing in the financial services industry in the United States and Europe. KBW, Inc. provides various investment banking services, including mergers and acquisitions and other strategic advisory services, equity and fixed income securities offerings, and mutual thrift conversions; and equity and fixed income sales and trading. KBW, Inc. also offers research services comprising fundamental and objective analysis that identifies investment opportunities and assists investor to make investment decisions; and asset management services consisting of investment management and other advisory services to institutional clients, private high net worth clients, and various investment vehicles. KBW, Inc. serves bank and thrift holding companies, banking and insurance companies, thrift institutions, broker-dealers, mortgage banks, asset management companies, mortgage and equity real estate investment trusts, consumer and specialty finance firms, financial processing companies, and securities exchanges. KBW, Inc. was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

JatoTech Ventures is a venture capital company specializing in technology startups. JatoTech Ventures company typically invests $500,000 to $3 million initially and between $5 million and $8 million over the life of its partner companies. The firm looks for those businesses that are creating new markets with the their products and services focusing its resources toward early stage investing. To better provide its portfolio companies with a full range of services, JatoTech limits the size of its portfolio. Wireless communications technology developer Bandspeed is one of JatoTech's holdings.

Sterling Investment Partners was founded in 1991 and is based in Westport, Connecticut. Sterling Investment Partners is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions and consolidations of middle market companies. The firm also seeks to invest in international expansions and joint venture investments. It prefers to invest in companies operating in the, outsourcing and business services; niche manufacturing and industrial companies; transportation and logistics; unique distribution; technology-related companies; energy services; and consumer products and services industries. The firm seeks to invest in companies with revenues between $50 million and in excess of $300 million and EBITDA between $10 million and in excess of $40 million.

Co-chairman Lawrence Lawson III and Robert Barr, president of North American operations, founded the company in 1996. Lincoln International LLC is a boutique investment banking firm that provides financial advisory services. The firm offers strategic alliances, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions advisory; private placements; fairness opinions; valuations; Initial Public Offerings (IPO); and financial restructuring services. Lincoln International is based in Chicago, Illinois with additional offices in New York, New York; Los Angeles, California; Frankfurt, Germany; Vienna, Austria; and Paris, France.

Rutland Partners provides UK-based businesses with funding for acquisitions, restructurings, and expansions. Rutland typically targets underperforming companies that have underpinning assets (including market position, intellectual property, and physical assets) that can be capitalized upon. Rutland Partners company usually funds businesses that are valued from £20 million to £150 million. Past investments include pigments and coating manufacturer Wolstenholme Rink (sold to Altana), musical instruments leader The Music Group Limited, and health care database provider Advantage Healthcare Group.

First Atlantic Capital, Ltd. is a leading middle-market private equity firm with offices in New York City. Since its founding in 1989, the firm has invested over $830 million, resulting in 56 transactions across four funds. The First Atlantic team is composed of fourteen members, including nine investment professionals and five operating partners, who have a combined 240 years of consulting and operating experience.First Atlantic focuses on the plastics and packaging, food and beverage, industrial products, business services, and consumer products industries with transaction values between $100 million and $500 million. Working in partnership with strong operating management teams, First Atlantic seeks to build value in its portfolio companies through strategic add-on acquisitions, modifications in business strategy, and improvements in operating performance.The firm’s consulting heritage, extensive operational expertise, and strong focus on portfolio company's development are mainstays of the firm’s investment approach, which has consistently yielded first-quartile returns for its investors since inception.

Three Cities Research, Inc. was founded in 1976. Three Cities Research, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions of medium sized business. The firm seeks to invest in transactions that involve a change of control in unexploited growth situations that can benefit from the infusion of substantial equity capital which can fund growth involving both internal expansion and acquisitions; under performing companies due to poor operating performance, excess leverage, or failed strategies; companies with poor operating management; and complicated transactions including strategic issues, legal complications, capital problems, operating issues, and shareholder or debt holder issues. It seeks to invest in industrial manufacturing, distribution, apparel, publishing, services, and retailing. The firm seeks to invest a minimum of $20 million in companies that have the potential of generating at least $15 million of operating income. It prefers to be an all-cash buyer in transactions of up to $100 million. The firm typically targets transactions that have values up to $200 million. It does not invest in high technology, natural resources, or regulated industries.

Founded in 1994, Legacy Capital, LLC assists with mergers & acquisitions, as well as recapitalizations, valuations, and capital raising. Legacy Capital provides investment banking and advisory services to small and middle-market companies, with a focus on closely held businesses with sales ranging from $5 million to $150 million in the Southeast and the Midwest. The firm prides itself on its extensive and individualized industry research for clients. It has served companies in a variety of industries, including health services, information technology, oil and gas, and retail.

Since 1982, Sierra has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs around the world begin—and grow—successful technology companies. Sierra Ventures capital firm invests in early-stage technology companies, focusing on such sectors as telecommunications, software, semiconductors, security, storage, and Internet-related and mobile applications in North America, Europe, China, and India. Its initial investments typically range between $2 million and $25 million. Financial institutions, university endowments, pension funds, and high net-worth individual investors make up most of Sierra Ventures' investment partners.

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