Haas Wheat & Partners is a Dallas-based private investment firm specializing in strategic equity investments and leveraged buyouts of middle market companies. Since 1984, the Firm has compiled an impressive track record investing in both private and public companies including such notable successes as Dr Pepper Company, The Seven-Up Company, A&W Brands, AMN Healthcare Services, Nebraska Book Company, and Sybron International Corporation. The Firm’s investments have been of varying sizes and have included both minority and control equity positions.

The Pullman Group issues bonds secured by the future royalties of popular songs. The group garnered attention in 1997 when it launched "Bowie Bonds," which securitized future royalties of 300 David Bowie songs, including "Ziggy Stardust." Bonds have been issued for such artists as James Brown, the Isley Brothers, Motown hitmakers Holland-Dozier-Holland, and for TV and movie libraries. The Pullman Group also handles the sales and securitization of other intellectual properties such as trademarks and patents.

Barclays Private Equity Ltd. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with additional offices across Europe. Barclays Private Equity Ltd. is the private equity arm of Barclays Capital specializing in middle market and change of ownership transactions. It invests in management buyout, management buy-in, institutional buyout, equity release, expansion capital, and going private transactions of lower middle market companies. The firm also provides equity funding to privately financed infrastructure projects. It seeks to invest in support services, specialist engineering, financial services, consumer and travel, and other sectors. Within the support services sector, investments are sought in staffing- recruitment of temporary or permanent staff; BPO/FM– outsourcing, facilities management, and property services; asset rental- vehicle or equipment; logistics- supply chain management, freight forwarding, contract logistics, distribution, and haulage; professional and IT services; and other miscellaneous support services companies.

Shenzhen Expressway Company Limited was established on 30 December 1996. It is principally engaged in the investment, construction, operation and management of toll highways and roads. The Company aims at enhancing the ability of wealth creation by improving the quality of operation, obtaining reasonable returns through providing high-quality service to the society, and achieving satisfaction of customers, employees, shareholders and related parties by balancing their interests, so as to foster the Company’s sustainable development. Currently, the Company will maintain its market orientation, focus on the expressway industry, actively explore and engage in new investments in the industry for a synergistic growth in both its scale and efficiency.

Eurazeo has a zeal for Euros. The private equity firm buys stakes in mid-sized and large companies in a wide variety of industries, including hospitality, equipment distribution, and property management. It participates in deals including going-private transactions, spin-offs, and secondary buyouts. Eurazeo usually takes a long-term, lead investor role with an initial investment of up to E100 million (about $142 million). It then actively participates in the strategic, financial, and operational management of its portfolio companies. Through majority-owned subsidiary ANF, the company also invests in real estate. Eurazeo owns interest in telecom company Sirti and hotel operator Accor, among others.

Founded in 1994, Fenway Partners is a New York based middle-market private equity firm with $2.1 billion in capital under management. The team of 15 investment professionals has worked together for many years and has accumulated significant private equity experience.Fenway invests in profitable niche businesses with $100 million to $600 million in enterprise value, with a strong focus in two sectors: consumer branded products and transportation / logistics / distribution. Working in partnership with management, Fenway seeks to leverage its accumulated experience, industry-specific knowledge and network of value-added resources to help businesses enhance their performance and achieve their full potential.Some of the companies Fenway Partners have acquired include: Simmons Company (mattresses), Harry Winston (luxury jewelry retailer), American Achievement (Balfour class rings, Taylor yearbooks), 1-800-Contacts (direct-to-consumer contact lens distributor) and a number of transportation-related businesses.

Focus firm invests venture capital in expansion-stage technology companies, usually anywhere from $3 million-$15 million, particularly in the fields of semiconductors, communications, and software. The firm typically serves as the lead investor. Current holdings include supply management software maker Elance and engineering software maker Sequence Design. Focus Ventures' largest general partner is Asian investment firm the Cha Group.

The Yucaipa Companies is a premier investment firm that has established a record of fostering economic value through the growth and responsible development of companies. Founded in 1986 by Ron Burkle, the firm has completed mergers and acquisitions valued at more than $30 billion. As an investor, Yucaipa works with management to strategically reposition businesses and implement operational improvements, resulting in value creation for investors.

Mesabi Trust was founded in 1919 and is based in New York, New York. Mesabi Trust (the Trust) conserves and protects the Trust Estate, and collects and distributes the income and proceeds there from to the Trust’s certificate holders. The principal assets of Mesabi Trust consist of two different interests in certain properties in the Mesabi Iron Range: Mesabi Trust’s interest as assignor in the Amended Assignment of Peters Lease and the Amended Assignment of Cloquet Lease, which together cover properties aggregating approximately 9,750 largely contiguous acres in St. Louis County, Minnesota (the Peters Lease Lands and the Cloquet Lease Lands, respectively), and Mesabi Trust’s ownership of the entire beneficial interest in the Mesabi Land Trust, which has a 20% interest as fee owner in the Peters Lease Lands and a 100% fee ownership in certain non-mineral-bearing lands adjacent to the Peters and Cloquet Lease Lands (the Mesabi Lease Lands, together with the Peters Lease Lands and the Cloquet Lease Lands, the Trust Estate).

China Cinda Asset Management Corporation was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Beijing, China. China Cinda Asset Management Corporation, along with its subsidiaries, engages in non-performing asset undertaking, management, and disposal. Its services include acquiring and operating non-performing asset in local and foreign currencies stripped off from CCB and the state development bank; debts collection; assets leasing, transferring, and restructuring; swapping debts into equity and temporarily holding the equity; sponsoring stock listing and underwriting relevant bonds or stocks within its managed assets; non-performing asset securitization upon approval; issuance of financial bonds and borrowing from financial institutions; and financial/legal advisory services and asset evaluations. The company serves various industries, including real estate, coal, chemical, construction materials, textile, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, construction, and power industries.

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