Legg Mason Investment Counsel provides trust and wealth management services for high-net-worth individuals and families and for institutional investors such as employee benefit plans. Legg Mason Investment company's investment strategy focuses on large cap and growth equities, fixed-income products of all investment grades and maturities, and balanced portfolios. It offers mutual funds managed by other units of parent company Legg Mason, as well as funds that it administers itself. Legg Mason Investment Counsel has offices in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia.

Shenzhen Investment Limited operates as an investment holding company in China. Shenzhen Investment company is a mid-market property developer in southern China, which is 47.42%-owned by Shenzhen’s city government. Shenzhen Investment during 2008, was involved in the following principal activities: property development, property investment, property management, provision of transportation services, and manufacture and sale of industrial and commercial products. The company, in addition to its own property development business, holds a 27.38% stake in Road King, and a 22.62% stake in Coastal Greenland. Its total land reserves include 10 million square meters (GFA), of which 1.97 million square meters are under construction. The company has ownership interests in Road King and Coastal Greenland. Road King has a land bank of 5.61 million square meters (GFA), and Coastal Greenland has a land bank of 3.07 million square meters (GFA). Segments The Property Development segment engages in the development of residential, industrial and commercial properties. The Property Investment segment invests in residential, industrial and commercial properties for their rental income potential. The Property Management segment engages in the management of both Group developed properties and non-Group developed properties. The Transportation Services segment consists of the provision of taxi and passenger transportation services, automobile maintenance, cargo services and other related services. The Manufacturing segment engages in the manufacture and sale of industrial and commercial products.

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.

Growth Capital Partners, L.P. was founded in 1992 and is based in Houston, Texas with additional offices in Greenwich, Connecticut and Dallas and Austin, Texas. Growth Capital Partners, L.P. (GCP) is a boutique investment bank that offers financial advisory and merchant banking services to private and public middle market companies. The firm provides mergers and acquisitions, pre-IPO advisory, private placement, strategic advisory, management-led buyouts, recapitalization, restructuring, and strategic advisory services. The firm’s clientele include Roofing Supply Group, Silver Eagle Distributors, The SCOOTER Store, Critieria Labs, Ambion, Rennhack Marketing Services, American Central Gas Technologies, and Standard Fruit and Vegetable Co. GCP caters to energy, consumer and retail, business services, technology and software, healthcare, and manufacturing and distribution industries.

ZelnickMedia is a partnership of experienced media executives and investors. The firm manages and owns interests in an array of media enterprises, including video games and interactive entertainment, television advertising, wireless network enabling software, business information, tradeshows and media-related business services in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia. Current portfolio companies include Take-Two Interactive Software, Airvana, Cannella Response Television, ITN Networks, Arkadium and Naylor Inc. The partnership is currently investing from ZM Capital, its media-focused private equity fund.

Primerica, Inc. provides financial products and services. It offers term life, auto and home owners, and long term care insurance, as well as pre-paid legal services. Primerica, Inc. also provides debt consolidation loans, mutual fund investments, variable annuities, and home mortgage loans, as well as financial needs analysis. Primerica acts as a distributor for Citigroup products, including debt consolidation loans from Citibank and mortgage loans from CitiMortgage. Primerica, Inc. also sells unaffiliated policies such as annuities from MetLife and mutual fund investments from Legg Mason and AGF. Primerica, Inc. markets its products through a network of more than 100,000 sales representatives. Primerica, Inc. was a subsidiary of Citigroup until it was spun-off in a $320 million IPO in 2010. Primerica, Inc. serves its clients in the United States, Canada, the Puerto Rico, and Spain. Primerica, Inc. was formerly known as American Can Company. Primerica, Inc. was founded in 1901 and is based in Duluth, Georgia.

Kleinwort Benson Private Bank Limited and Kleinwort Benson Channel Islands Holdings Limited represent the combined operations of Kleinwort Benson Private Bank Limited and Kleinwort Benson Channel Islands Holdings Limited in their sale to RHJ International SA. As of July 1, 2010, Kleinwort Benson Private Bank Limited and Kleinwort Benson Channel Islands Holdings Limited were acquired by RHJ International S.A. Kleinwort Benson Private Bank Limited provides banking and wealth management service. The company is based in London, United Kingdom. Kleinwort Benson Channel Islands Holdings Limited provides banking and financial service. Kleinwort Benson (Channel Islands) Ltd. company is based in Westbourne, Channel Islands.

MCG Capital Corporation is a solutions-focused commercial finance company that provides capital and advisory services to middle-market companies throughout the United States. The Company is an internally managed, non-diversified, closed-end investment company. It conducts some of its activities through wholly owned, special-purpose financing subsidiaries. Its investment portfolio is composed primarily of middle-market companies in which it has made up to $75 million of debt and equity investments. Typically, these middle-market companies have $20 million to $200 million in annual revenue. As of December 31, 2009, it had debt and equity investments in 59 portfolio companies. Its diversified investment portfolio spans 30 industries. Approximately 40% of its portfolio is composed of investments in industries that consist less than 5% of its portfolio.

First Reserve is a leading investment firm specializing in the energy industry. Throughout its 25-year history, First Reserve has developed an unparalleled franchise by investing exclusively in the energy industry and utilizing its broad base of specialized industry knowledge to the benefit of its portfolio companies and investors. First Reserve believes that strategic diversification across a wide range of energy industry sectors has been a major contributor to the long-term, superior investment record achieved by the First Reserve funds across economic cycles.First Reserve is an independently owned firm whose current management team, in place since 1983, collectively has more than 300 years of energy investment experience. The firm has developed a global platform by investing exclusively in the energy industry, having invested approximately $12.5 billion in equity. First Reserve has invested in over 100 platform acquisitions and First Reserve portfolio companies have completed approximately 300 add-on transactions.First Reserve generally targets investments in global energy companies with enterprise values of up to $10 billion. First Reserve’s investor base is predominately institutional and consists primarily of corporate and public retirement funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations.

Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. was founded in 1995. Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in special situation investments in middle-market companies in the form of buyouts, debt restructurings, asset consolidations, and growth capital. The firm invests in a variety of industries. It typically invests in companies based in United States and Israel. The firm prefers to invest between $20 million and $75 million in its portfolio companies, but it considers smaller and larger investments. It invests in companies experiencing financial stress, legal problems or operational challenges; businesses or assets whose value has been impacted by discrete events (e.g., a shareholder dispute, product recall, or cyclical downturn); and businesses or assets involved in bankruptcy proceedings. In Israel, the firm seeks to invest in water, renewable energy, and homeland security technology companies.

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