European Investment Bank (EIB) is the financial backbone of the European Union (EU). Led by finance ministers from EU countries, the bank makes loans for trans-European enterprise and infrastructure projects, focusing on less-developed EU countries. About 90% of the loans go to projects located within the EU; major loan categories are transportation and energy. The bank also offers development aid to some non-European countries. The EIB owns a majority of the European Investment Fund (EIF), which invests in venture capital funds and debt financing for small businesses in the EU.

Wells Fargo Advisors (formerly Wachovia Securities) is the securities brokerage arm of Wells Fargo & Company. Wells Fargo merged its brokerage with Wachovia Securities in 2009 after it acquired Wachovia. With more than $1 trillion worth of assets under management and more than 6 million client accounts, Wells Fargo Advisors offers a range of brokerage, asset management, and financial advisory services. Its Envision program tailors investment plans for mostly affluent clients. Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Capital Markets unit performs investment banking services.

Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in middle market buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth stage transactions. Within recapitalization and buyouts, the firm seeks to invest in small to medium sized companies and focuses on leveraged acquisitions of corporate subsidiaries, recapitalizations of founder-owned and operated entities, and management-led acquisitions of independent companies. It typically invests in healthcare industry with a focus on specialty distribution including alternate site (non-hospital) and pharmaceutical niches; provider and payor outsourcing including contract management, staffing, utilization and disease management, billing, collections, and other financial service providers.

Wells Capital Management Incorporated was founded in 1996 and is based in San Francisco, California. Wells Capital Management Incorporated primarily provides its services to corporations and charitable organizations. It also manages accounts for high net worth individuals, investment companies, pension and profit sharing plans, pooled investment vehicles, state or municipal government entities, and brokerage firms. The firm manages separate client-focused equity and fixed income portfolios. It also manages mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It invests in growth and value stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap equity portfolios for its clients. The firm employs a fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to create its equity portfolios. It benchmarks the performance of its equity portfolio against the Russell 1000 Value Index, Russell 1000 Growth Index, Russell Mid Cap Growth Index, Russell 2500 Growth Index, Russell 2000 Value Index, and various other Russell Indices.

Atlas Venture LLP was founded in 1980 and is headquartered at Waltham, Massachusetts. Atlas Venture LLP is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, early-stage, and select late stage investments. It seeks to invest in the technology and life sciences sectors. Within the technology sector, the firm focuses on components, including silicon, MEMs, nanotechnology, and new materials; systems, including enterprise storage and security appliances, networking and wireless systems, alternative energy and clean-tech, and consumer electronics devices that are created from components and software; software, including business applications, infrastructure, tools, and software for vertical industries like communications, healthcare, and consumer markets; and services for businesses and consumers, typically on the Internet and including E-commerce and digital media. In the life sciences sector, it focuses on: pharmaceuticals; product companies with clinical candidates or molecules in the clinic; drug discovery companies with best in class technologies to accelerate and improve lead generation and optimization, make new targets accessible to drug intervention, and shorten the path to the clinic or change the overall cost equation; select medical device, technology, and tool companies.

Greenlight Capital is a hedge fund firm that invests primarily in publicly traded North American corporate debt offerings and equities. Founded in 1996, the $6 billion Greenlight Capital also manages a fund of funds and a private equity fund through its affiliates, Greenlight Masters and Greenlight Private Equity Partners. It also operates Greenlight Capital Re, a property/casualty reinsurer. The company is led by activist investor David Einhorn, who has made a name for himself both in the boardroom and at the card table (as a finalist in the World Series of Poker).

Private Equity Investor PLC is an investment company, incorporated in the UK, which invests principally in early to pre-IPO stage information technology companies and has the tax benefits of investment trust status.Information technology encompasses internet, e-commerce, intranet technologies, communications, information services and high value-added electronic components. Private Equity Investor invests principally in unquoted, specialist venture capital funds and limited partnerships focusing on early, expansion, late and pre-IPO stage information technology companies primarily in the United States of America.The directors believe that Private Equity Investor provides UK investors with an outstanding opportunity to invest in a diversified portfolio of mainly US information technology related investments which, because of their early to pre-IPO stage, can be acquired at valuations which give the opportunity of significant capital appreciation.

The Jordan Company, L.P. was founded in 1982. The Jordan Company, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in traditional leverage buyouts, recapitalizations, restructuring, public-to-private transactions, industry consolidation, and growth capital transactions of middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in a wide range of sectors with a focus on aerospace and defense, automotive aftermarket parts, building products, business services, contract research organizations, electric motors and controls, equipment rental, industrial safety and controls, chemicals, consumer products, distribution, education, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial products and manufacturing, media and entertainment, insurance, metals, packaging, retail, transportation and logistics, and telecom. It prefers to invest in companies based in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. The firm typically invests between $75 million and $500 million of equity in transactions valued between $75 million and $2 billion. It invests in companies with an enterprise value between $100 million and $2 billion and a minimum EBITDA of $15 million.

Henderson Group plc is engaged in the provision of investment management services. Henderson Global Investors (Henderson) is an investment manager, operating throughout Europe and with operations in North America and Asia. It manages a range of actively managed investment products for institutional and retail investors, across multiple asset classes, including equities, fixed income, property and private equity. Its subsidiaries include Henderson Global Group Limited, Henderson Administration Limited, Henderson Alternative Investment Advisor Limited, Henderson Equity Partners Limited, Henderson Fund Management Plc and Henderson Holdings Limited. On 9 April 2009, the Company acquired New Star Asset Management Group PLC.

Ohio Public Employees Retirement System was founded in 1935 and is based in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio Public Employees Retirement System is a privately owned investment manager. The firm also provides retirement, disability, and survivor benefit programs to its clients. It primarily provides its services to public employees, retirees, and beneficiaries. The firm manages pension funds and principal investment funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. The firm also invests in the alternative investments markets, typically limiting such investments to private equity, including venture capital; real estate; currency markets; derivatives; hedge fund-of funds; and commodities. It also invests in exchange traded funds and ADRs while making its investments. For its equity investments, the firm typically invests in the large-cap and small-cap companies. It also invests in warrants, initial public offerings, and preferred securities. For its fixed income investments, the firm typically invests in investment-grade securities, high yield debt, treasury inflation protected securities, corporate bonds, government bonds, short-term securities. It also makes limited partnership investments. The firm seeks to commit between $5 million and $15 million per partnership and has a net internal rate of return target of 20%.

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