The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is based in New York, New York. The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is a global exchange group that delivers trading, exchange technology, securities listing, and public company services across six continents. The Company’s offerings include trading across multiple asset classes, market data products, financial indexes, capital formation solutions, financial services and market technology products and services. It operates in three segments: Market Services, Issuer Services and Market Technology. In the United States, it operates The NASDAQ Stock Market, a registered national securities exchange. In addition, in the United States, it operates a second cash equities trading market, two options markets, a futures market and a derivatives clearinghouse. In Europe, it operates exchanges in Stockholm (Sweden), Copenhagen (Denmark), Helsinki (Finland), and Iceland as NASDAQ OMX Nordic and exchanges in Tallinn (Estonia), Riga (Latvia) and Vilnius (Lithuania) as NASDAQ OMX Baltic.

UBS investment banking arm of UBS AG, Switzerland's largest bank, the company offers equities trading and research, mergers and acquisitions advice, foreign exchange trading, and financing to corporate, institutional, and government clients. UBS Investment Bank has offices in some 30 countries in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. It boasts the world's largest trading floor at its complex in Stamford, Connecticut. UBS Investment Bank's dismal performance during the recession helped sink parent company UBS into a bad position.

Cortera, Inc. provides credit risk management software and services to credit and collections professionals. Cortera's online database allows users to make credit and lending decisions quickly by acessing financial infomation on public and private companies. Cortera, Inc. also allows its users to share feedback and rate their unique payment experiences. Cortera also assists with monitoring portfolio risk, resolving credit disputes, and collecting debts. Cortera, Inc., which has about 20,000 users, targets small businesses and large organizations by offering competitive prices and some free data. Venture capital firm Volition Capital holds stake in Cortera, which was founded in 1993.

Graphite Capital Management LLP was founded in 1981 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Graphite Capital Management LLP is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in middle market companies. The firm typically invests in management buyouts and buyins, whether as part of a corporate spin-off or from within a privately held business; replacement capital; and development capital and expansion funding. It also invests in turnaround, rollouts and buy-and-build transactions. The firm invests in established companies with opportunities for growth or through add-on acquisitions. It primarily invests in retail and consumer, Industrial and Engineering, services and distribution, financial services, healthcare, and leisure and property industries. The firm invests in companies based in United Kingdom and focuses on transactions valued between £25 million ($36.2 million) and £200 million ($405.60 million). It seeks a Board seat in the portfolio company. The firm seeks to exit its investments through flotation, trade sale, and secondary buyout.

Willis Stein & Partners, L.L.C. is a private equity firm specializing in acquiring and building middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in growth capital, industry consolidations, buy-outs, build-ups, non-core assets or carve-outs from large companies, public-to-private transactions, management buyouts, and acquisitions of family-owned businesses. It also invests in public and private companies, subsidiaries or divisions of larger public and private companies, and companies undergoing generational changes of ownership. The firm generally invests in consumer services including food retailing, distribution and food service, consumer finance, and loan services, consumer-facing health and dental care, veterinary services, travel and leisure services, retail-based consumer services businesses, relocation and moving services, and consumer services and products-oriented distribution businesses; education including post-secondary education, healthcare certification and training.

Vontobel Holding AG is a Swiss private bank. The Company is structured into three main business units: Private Banking, Investment Banking, and Asset Management/Investment Funds. Private Banking services include portfolio management and active investment advisory to integrated financial advice and inheritance planning. The Investment Banking business unit focuses on the derivatives and structured products business and on brokerage, as well as on selected corporate finance activities. Asset Management/Investment Funds specializes in active asset management based on asset allocation, stock selection and multi-manager approaches. Its products are distributed through wholesale channels and directly to institutional clients. Among its subsidiaries there are Bank Vontobel Cayman, Bank Vontobel Oesterreich AG, Bank Vontobel Europe AG, Vontobel Asset Management, Inc., Vontobel Fund Advisory S.A., Harcourt Investment Consulting AB and Harcourt Alternative Investments (HK) Ltd.

Brederode SA is a Belgium-based investment company that manages a portfolio of listed and unlisted investments. In 2009, the Company's investment portfolio consisted of listed holdings (56%), private equity (43%) and cash (1%). It invests primarily in companies active in the oil, electricity, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, insurances and construction materials industries. As of December 31, 2009, Brederode SA had four wholly owned, direct subsidiaries: Geyser SA, which is a Luxembourg-based holding company operating on the international capital markets; Brederode International SARL, which is also based in Luxembourg; Greenhill SA, which manages a portfolio of securities, and Athanor Ltd, which participates in a number of insurance syndicates.

Numis Corporation Plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as an independent investment banking and stock broking company in the United Kingdom. It offers a range of research, execution, equity capital markets, corporate broking, and corporate finance services to quoted companies and their investors. The company also provides advisory services for fundraising and corporate finance transactions, including primary and secondary issues and mergers and acquisitions. Numis Corporation offers its services for aerospace and defense, building and property, engineering, fast moving consumer goods, life sciences, media, metals and mining, new energy and emissions, non-life insurance, oil and gas, retail, specialty and other financials, support services, technology, and travel and leisure sectors.

Mittel S.p.A. was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. Mittel S.p.A, together with its subsidiaries, provides various financial services in Italy and internationally. It operates in five segments: Operating Finance, Real Estate, Private Equity, Corporate Finance, and Investment Management Advisory. The Operating Finance segment, through Mittel Generale Investimenti S.p.A., provides corporate lending and proprietary trading services. The Real Estate segment, through Mittel Investimenti Immobiliari S.p.A., manages property investments. The Private Equity segment invests in Italian companies through the means of stake acquisitions or closed investment funds. The Investment Management Advisory segment, through ECPI S.r.l., offers various consultancy services, including the production, maintenance, and release of financial indexes, primarily portfolio rating and screening, risk scores, and financial researching. The Corporate Finance segment, through Mittel Corporate Finance S.p.A., offers investment advisory services.

Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties Ltd. was founded in 1997 and is based in Cisco, Texas. Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties Ltd. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, production, and sale of oil and gas properties in Australia. Its properties are located in the Gippsland Basin of Victoria, the Cooper/Eromanga Basin of South Australia and Queensland, and the Carnarvon Basin of Western Australia.

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