New Mountain Capital, together with its affiliates ("New Mountain"), manages private equity and public equity capital with aggregate assets under management totaling more than $8.5 billion. New Mountain's first private equity fund, the $770 million New Mountain Partners, L.P., began its investment period in January 2000. New Mountain's second private equity fund, the $1.55 billion New Mountain Partners II, L.P., began its investment period in January 2005. The firm believes that both funds rank among the highest returning private equity funds of their vintage years [1]. New Mountain's third private equity fund, New Mountain Partners III, L.P., with over $5.1 billion of aggregate commitments, began its investment period in August 2007. New Mountain manages public equity portfolios through New Mountain Vantage Advisers, L.L.C. ("Vantage"). Vantage is designed to apply New Mountain's established strengths as an acquirer and builder of businesses toward non-control positions in the U.S. public equity markets generally.

Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. was founded in April 2004 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Sherman Oaks, California. Epoch Holding Corporation (Epoch) is a holding company whose primary line of business is investment advisory and investment management services. The operations of the Company are conducted through its wholly owned subsidiary, Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. (EIP). EIP provides investment advisory and investment management services for retirement plans, mutual funds, endowments, foundations and high net worth individuals. As of June 30, 2009, EIP offered 11 separate investment products to its clients, including U.S. All Cap Value, U.S. Value, U.S. Smid (small/mid) Cap Value, U.S. Small Cap Value, U.S. Choice, International Small Cap, Global Small Cap, Global Choice, Global Absolute Return, Global Equity Shareholder Yield and Balanced Portfolios.

Clinton Group was founded in August 1991 and is based in New York City with additional offices in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, Washington, District Of Columbia, and London, United Kingdom. Clinton Group, Inc (CGI) is an employee owned hedge fund sponsor. The firm primarily provides its services to pooled investment vehicles. It also caters to corporations, banks, insurance companies, pension funds, and public funds. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income and hedging markets across the globe. For its fixed income investments, it primarily invests in collateralized debt obligations, mortgage-backed securities, convertible bonds, and sovereign debt. The firm employs long/short and arbitrage fixed income strategies to make its investments.

TA Associates, Inc. was founded in 1968. TA Associates, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed investments, management buyouts, leveraged recapitalization or liquidity with leverage for shareholders, purchasing stocks from owners, technology buyouts, growth capital, and acquisitions transactions. The firm primarily invests in private companies with a focus on consumer and retail, technology, financial services, business services, and healthcare businesses. However, it may also consider investments in other areas. The firm targets investments in companies based in North America, Europe, India, and other emerging markets. It may also consider opportunities in other parts of the world. The firm typically invests between $60 million and $600 million in equity and between $10 million and $75 million in subordinated debt transactions in the companies with values between $200 million and $5 billion. It can also make larger investments through its limited partners. The firm usually takes majority or minority positions, with ownership position ranging between 15 percent and 90 percent but never takes operating control of its portfolio companies.

Baker Capital, founded in 1995, is a New York-based private equity firm with $ 1.5 billion under management. Baker Capital invests in growth companies at all stages of development in both Europe and North America. The partners of Baker Capital have extensive private equity and operational experience, allowing the firm to provide its portfolio companies with not only capital but also strategic thinking and relationships.

HKEx is the holding company of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited and Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited. It brings together the market organisations which have transformed Hong Kong's financial services industry from a domestically focused market to become a central market place in Asia attracting investment funds from all over the world. HKEx was listed in June 2000 following the integration of Hong Kong's securities and derivatives markets. As a market-driven organisation, answerable to its shareholders, HKEx competes vigorously for opportunities in the region and around the world.HKEx's operations are organised into focused units, directly supervised and controlled by management and the board of directors. The board, the highest decision-making body, determines HKEx’s objectives, missions, strategies, policies and business plan and monitors their implementation by management. In its role as the operator and frontline regulator of the central securities and derivatives marketplace in Hong Kong, HKEx regulates listed issuers; administers listing, trading and clearing rules; and provides services, primarily at the wholesale level, to customers of the exchanges and clearing houses, including issuers and intermediaries – investment banks or sponsors, securities and derivatives brokers, custodian banks and information vendors – who service the investor directly. These services comprise trading, clearing and settlement, depository and nominee services, and information services.

Downing Corporate Finance Limited was founded in 1986 and is based in London, the United Kingdom. Downing Corporate Finance Limited offers financial services. It engages in launching venture capital trusts. Downing Corporate Finance company also promotes tax based and other investment schemes, including the EIS portfolio service, the Rathbones IHT portfolio services, and enterprise zone trusts. Downing Corporate Finance Limited was formerly known as Downing Corporate Services Limited.

POCKET CARD CO., LTD. is the Tokyo-based financial services. POCKET CARD CO., LTD. provides credit cards, smart cards, loans, leasing, life insurance, and travel services to customers through roughly 200 automated terminals and staffed locations across Japan. POCKET CARD CO., LTD. sells its services through former parent MYCAL Group's SATY and VIVRE fashion and food stores, but is rapidly expanding via non-MYCAL outlets. POCKET CARD CO., LTD. credit cards are accepted at MasterCard locations in Japan and abroad. Sanyo Shinpan Finance Co. owns more than 50% of POCKET CARD's common stock; ITOCHU Finance Corp. is its second largest shareholder.

Westchester Technology Advisors was founded in London in 1993 and expanded into the US (Westchester Associates) in 2002. Westchester Technology Advisors wants to bring the art of the deal to mid-market technology companies. The firm offers mergers and acquisitions assistance to both buyers and sellers, helping tech companies (with a focus on software and service providers) identify acquisition targets, perform due diligence, negotiate, and implement post-acquisition strategies. The company is active in Europe and the US; clients served include IT services provider Netstore and printer supplier Danka Business Systems.

In-Q-Tel, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. In-Q-Tel, Inc. is a non-profit private equity and venture capital firm specializing in start-ups, early venture, mid venture, late-stage investments. The firm also provides bridge financing. It seeks to invest in research and development programs, emerging and established companies, universities and research labs. The firm makes investments in application software and analytics including software applications for enterprise, departmental, and individual users; software-based analytics to automate and support human analysis; tools to exploit text, multimedia, and geospatial-based data in native language and format; knowledge management and collaboration; search; categorization and publishing; application integration; visualization; translation; geospatial design; and simulation and modeling. Within bio, nano, and chemical technologies, it seeks to invest in the extraction and characterization of trace materials from the environment, the characterization of unknown bulk materials, the on-site determination of individual human traits for IC purposes, point-of-care medical technologies outside of a laboratory or clinical environment, tracking and/or authentication of both individuals and objects, and the enablement of new IC capabilities from advances in material science.

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