Stonington Partners is a New York based private equity firm with more than $1 billion of capital under management on behalf of public and corporate pension funds, private endowments and other financial institutions. Stonington Partners was formed in 1994 out of a desire of its Partners to establish an independent entity following a decade of managing the investment activities of Merrill Lynch Capital Partners, Inc. (MLCP), which had $1.6 billion of equity capital under management.Stonington focuses on identifying attractive investments in middle market companies with values between $50 million and $500 million. Stonington typically invests from $25 million to $150 million of equity per company either at the initial acquisition, or over time through add-on investments. While receptive to opportunities in across industries, Stonington focuses on sectors in which its team has proven expertise.Stonington’s investment professionals have over 90 years of cumulative private equity experience that were gained through Stonington Partners and their prior affiliation with MLCP. These experiences cover the past 20+ years of private equity investing through various market cycles. In addition to their roles with the portfolio investments made through Stonington Partners, stonington investment professionals played direct roles in over 20 investments of MLCP.

Silverfleet Capital Partners was founded in 1990. Silverfleet Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in middle market management buyouts, secondary buyouts, buyins, buy and build, and industry consolidation. It does not invest in development capital, minority shareholdings (unless as part of a consortium of investors), turnaround, or early stage financing. The firm seeks to invest in private companies operating in mature markets and going private transactions and supports its portfolio companies in product or geographic expansion organically or through acquisition. It prefers to invest in all sectors including industrial and commercial sectors with a focus on business and financial services, distribution, healthcare, leisure, consumer, and retail sectors. The firm primarily invests in Europe with a particular focus on the English, French, and German speaking countries and Nordic countries. It also invests in United States headquartered companies that either have or are developing significant activities in Europe. The firm typically invests in companies having enterprise value between €75 million ($97.25 million) and €500 million ($648.33 million).

CIR S.p.A. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. CIR S.p.A., through its subsidiaries, engages in the utilities, media, automotive components, healthcare, and financial services businesses. Its utilities business comprises the sourcing, marketing, and sale of electricity and gas for industries, small and medium enterprises, and micro-businesses. This business also has electricity generation plants. In the media sector, the company engages in publishing daily newspapers and periodicals; broadcasting radio and digital television networks; and the collection of advertising for the company’s and third party publications, as well as operates in the Internet sector. The company’s publications include la Repubblica, a daily newspaper; and L Espresso, a weekly magazine. It also offers automotive components, including filters and flexible suspension components. The company offers filters under the brands ‘FIAAM’, ’FRAM’, ‘PBR’, ‘COOPERS’, ‘PURFLUX’, ‘TECNOCAR’, and ‘CROSLAND’ with a range of oil, gasoline, gasoil, air, and cabin filters. In addition, it engages in the management of hospitals, nursing homes, physiological and psychiatric rehabilitation centers. Further, the company involves in the acquisition and management of non performing loans and trade receivables originated by banks, financial institutions, commercial companies, and public administrations; and in the creation, acquisition, and management of retail financing companies focusing on non-conforming customers in the product segments of residential mortgages and personal loans.

Infinity Capital Group, Inc. is a business development company specializing in venture capital and mezzanine investments. The firm prefers to make growth capital, late venture, emerging growth, mezzanine capital, and expansion financing investments in special situations. It seeks to invest in three distinct groups of emerging growth companies: publicly traded companies whose market for securities are thinly traded; publicly traded companies that have non-marginable securities and seek expansion or mezzanine capital to implement growth strategies executable within 12 to 24 months; and private companies seeking expansion or mezzanine financing and wishing to access the equity capital markets within the next 12 months. It prefers to invest in companies that are seeking to trade publicly through a reverse merger with an existing publicly traded company as well as small public traded companies seeking private investment (PIPE) financing. The firm does not restrict its investment to any single industry or sector. It typically invests in companies with minimum operating history of two years and annual revenues in excess of $1 million.

Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) provides intermediate capital -- as in mezzanine financing (a financing method that combines elements of the more traditional senior debt and equity methods of financing) -- to companies in Europe, North America, and the Asia/Pacific region. Founded in 1989, the firm finances mezzanine deals (generally in the E15 million to E500 million range) for acquisitions, buyouts, refinancing, and pre-IPO situations. ICG also manages a handful of collateralized debt obligation (CDO) funds, which blend senior debt, high-yield, and mezzanine investments. The investment company has more than E11 billion in direct investments and third-party funds under management.

T. Rowe Price Group was founded in 1937 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland with additional offices in London, United Kingdom; Central Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Tokyo, Japan; and Singapore. T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. is a financial services holding company that provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional investors in the sponsored T. Rowe Price mutual funds and other investment portfolios. The Company operates its investment advisory business through its subsidiary companies, primarily T. Rowe Price Associates, T. Rowe Price International and T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services. The Company also manages a range of United States and international stock, blended asset, bond, and money market mutual funds and other investment portfolios, which are designed to meet the varied and changing needs and objectives of individual and institutional investors. On January 20, 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of 26% equity interest in UTI Asset Management Company.

smac | partners - formerly known as Siemens Acceleration in Communications - is the ICT early stage venture capital investor based in Munich, Germany. smac | partners is one of the few venture capital companies with investment, management and exit experience in the US, China, India, Europe and Israel. Long-term studies show a significantly higher return from early-stage investments than from later-stage investments. Especially the early-stage investments in Europe have attractive valuations.However, early-stage investments require massive management attention and specific sector expertise from the investor. smac | partners has an impressive track record in leading entrepreneurs to success. The global ICT sector is a sizeable market environment in excess of € 2,000 billion and it is steadily growing. Even more important are the smaller innovation segments which allow start-ups to find an appropriate niche often show annual growth rates of 50% and more. The overall impact of the ICT sector on the European economy is substantial, as 50% of economic growth is attributed to it.

CalPERS was established in 1932 and is based in Sacramento, California with additional offices in San Francisco, California; Glendale, California; San Bernardino, California; San Diego, California; San Jose, California; Orange, California; and Fresno, California. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is a state owned investment manager. The firm provides a variety of retirement and health benefit programs and services, and administers other programs dedicated to protecting the financial security of its members. It also provides administrative support services; real estate asset management; real estate acquisitions and mortgage management; external management services; corporate relations; and internal research services. The firm provides its services to public employees, retirees, and families. It manages equity, fixed income, alternative portfolios, and hedge funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity, private equity, fixed income, and hedging markets of the United States and across the globe. It also invests in cash equivalents and real estate. The firm invests in emerging markets and small-cap companies for its externally and internally managed equity portfolios. It makes its domestic fixed income investments in investment grade securities that are rated at least Baa3 by Moody’s or BBB- by S&P or Fitch Ratings. For its global fixed income investments, the firm invests in securities with a minimum rating of Ba3 by Moody’s or BB- by S&P or Fitch Ratings. It specializes in private equity financing making partnership, direct, and fund-of-funds investments.

RHJ International SA is a Belgium-based diversified holding company focused on creating long-term value for its shareholders by acquiring and operating businesses. The Company’s investments are divided in investments in the financial services sector and older investments in the industries sectors. As of March 31, 2009, the Company had three wholly owned subsidiaries: Kleinwort Benson, Phoenix Seagaia Resort K.K. and KBC Asset Management Limited (Dublin). The Company’s investment portfolio further included stakes in Niles (78%), Asahi Tec Corporation (60%), Honsel AG (51%), Belval Capital and Arecon (both 50%), among others. These investments cover a range of sectors, such as the automotive components, hospitality, nutrition and financial service industries.

Matrix Asset Management was formed in early 2010 to group the assets of Matrix, SEAMARK, and GrowthWorks under one umbrella. The combined companies operate offices across Canada and manage about $3 billion in assets. Matrix Asset Management strives to be the investment point-of-origin for its clients. Part mutual fund manager, part private equity firm, Matrix Asset Management is the holding company for SEAMARK Asset Management, which offers portfolio management services to institutional and high-net-worth individuals; and GrowthWorks, a venture capital firm and fund manager. Other holdings include Mavrix Fund Management, a mutual funds manager and subsidiary of GrowthWorks.

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