Founder and CEO Tom Gores, who started Platinum Equity in 1995, is the brother of Alec Gores, who founded another investment firm, Gores Technology Group. Platinum Equity typically seeks to acquire private companies, public firms that want to become private, and units that large corporations are looking to divest; these companies usually have established brands and customer bases, and most importantly, recurring revenues. Platinum Equity also looks for acquisitions as strategic add-ons to its portfolio companies, which have operations worldwide. It focuses on such sectors as manufacturing, distribution, technology services, and communications.

Astaire Group Plc is a United Kingdom-based company. Its principal activities include investment banking, private client stock broking and wealth management. It has two divisions: Investment banking, and Private client and wealth management. Investment banking is engaged in London-based corporate finance, corporate broking and United Kingdom and international equities business. Private client and wealth management is engaged in the London and South West-focused branch network of executives providing personalized stock broking and wealth management services to individuals, charities and pension funds. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company sold its Australian business, Inteq Limited. On July 22, 2009, it has acquired Ruegg & Co Limited and on October 23, 2009 it has acquired Dowgate Capital Plc.

North European Oil Royalty Trust was founded in 1975 and is based in Red Bank, New Jersey. North European Oil Royalty Trust (the Trust) is a grantor trust, which, on behalf of the owners of beneficial interest in the Trust (the unit owners), holds overriding royalty rights covering gas and oil production in certain concessions or leases in the Federal Republic of Germany. The rights are held under contracts with German exploration and development subsidiaries of Exxon Mobil Corp. (Exxon Mobil) and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (Royal Dutch/Shell Group). Under these contracts the Trust receives various percentage royalties on the proceeds of the sales of certain products from the areas involved. As of October 31, 2009, it received royalties for sales of gas well gas, oil well gas, crude oil, distillate and sulfur. The Trust does not conduct any active business activities or operations.

Founded in the late 1800s as The West Point Telephone and Electric Company, a telephone and electric concern that would eventually rival AT&T in the long distance industry, ITC today answers to an altogether different call -- that of a financial holding group. It has invested in several telecom companies, including MindSpring, headhunter.net, and knology. Current holdings include ITC Commercial Funding, which provides commercial mortgages for income-producing properties in the South; restaurant supplier Instawares; and Realview TV, a streaming video system developer. ITC Holding also has interests in the Gro-Eco growing system and venture capital firm Kinetic Ventures.

Mohr Davidow invests in entrepreneurs creating businesses that address significant challenges and opportunities associated with Driving the Digital World, Personalizing Medicine and Powering the Planet. For 25 years Mohr Davidow has partnered with entrepreneurs and taken a hands-on approach to architect and help build successful companies. Mohr Davidow's team and the firm's extended network of industry experts bring years of real-world experience to accelerate each company's time to market and optimize its long-term success. The firm has $2 billion under management.Among the many Mohr Davidow funded companies that have gone public or been acquired are: Actuate; Agile; Auspex; Broadbase (KANA); Brocade; Epigram (BRCM); FormFactor; Freshwater Software (MERQ); Ipsilon Networks (NOK); Kalpana (CSCO); Numerical Technologies (SNPS); ONI Systems (CIEN); Pivotal Technologies (BRCM); Rambus; Vantive; Vitesse; and Zip2 (AltaVista).

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board was founded in December 1997 and is based in Toronto, Ontario. CPP Investment Board is a state owned pension fund sponsor. The firm invests in the public and private markets across Canada. It invests in the public equity, fixed income and alternative markets of Canada. The firm also invests in private equity, real estate and infrastructure projects, and energy and natural resources. It also makes limited partnership investments in venture capital, private equity, and other investment vehicles. The firm is also known as Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

MTI has been investing since 1983, helping entrepreneurs realise their visions and stakeholders create value. MTI’s hands-on approach ensures that it is a leader in the field of technology venture capital. MTI team, consisting of proven business builders and experienced leaders in the technology sector, are all technically qualified, making sure that MTI all have the knowledge and skill set to help realise latent potential. MTI takes a highly proactive stance towards its portfolio, guiding and assisting companies through all of the challenges that every rapidly growing business faces, at every stage.Headquartered in the UK, and with a US office in Boston, the portfolio of investments includes global companies in the Materials Technology, ITEC and Medical Technology sectors. MTI can invest at any stage of a company’s growth cycle, and across all geographies. Its typical investment over the life of a portfolio company is £5m/$10m, an amount that is multiplied by our ability to lead a syndicate.

Arlington Asset Investment (formerly Friedman, Billings, Ramsey) is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, invests mostly in residential mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Prior to 2009, Arlington Asset Investment Corporation operated as a real estate investment trust, but it dropped that status in order to gain more flexibility to acquire assets and retain earnings. About one-fourth of its MBS holdings are through agencies such as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, with the rest being private-label funds. Arlington also manages merchant bank holdings, including interest in equity securities, mezzanine debt, and senior loans. Arlington Asset Investment Corporation changed its name in 2009 to Arlington Asset Investment Corporation.

RBC Wealth Management company offers private banking, asset management, brokerage, and estate and trust services in more than 20 countries. About half of the company's revenue, however, comes from outside Canada, where the company caters to more than 35,000 individuals and institutions. It has about $500 billion of assets under administration and about $245 billion of assets under management. RBC Wealth Management boasts more than 4,500 financial consultants, advisors, private bankers, and trust officers, and has about 200 offices throughout the US.

CITIC Pacific Limited was founded in 1990. CITIC Pacific Limited engages in the special steel manufacturing and iron ore mining operations primarily in Hong Kong and Mainland China. The company’s segments include Special Steel, Iron Ore Mining, Property, Aviation, Power Generation, Civil Infrastructure, Communications, and Marketing and Distribution. Special Steel CITIC Pacific Special Steel operates as a special steel manufacturer in China. Special Steel is used in a range of industries, including auto components, machinery manufacturing, transportation, energy, railways and shipping. The major products are bearing steel, gear steel, spring steel and seamless steel tubes. These are used in a range of different industries, including auto components, machinery manufacturing, oil, petrochemicals, transportation, energy, railways and shipping. The company’s three operating plants, Jiangyin Xingcheng Special Steel, Xin Yegang Steel and Shijiazhuang Steel, are ideally located to cover the main markets for special steel in eastern, central and northern China. Special steel refers to steel that has added or extra benefits, such as heat resistance, anti corrosion and anti fatigue. Categorised by shape, special steel includes bar steel, plate, strip steel, tube steel and wire steel. Customers: The company’s customers include Jiangsu Zhenda Seamless Tube; Pangang Group Chengdu Iron and Steel; Yangzhou Chengde Steel Tube; Dongfeng Motor; and Jiangxi Hongdu Steelworks. Iron Ore Mining The Sino Iron project is the most advanced magnetite development in Australia. CITIC Pacific has rights to two billion tonnes of resource.

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