Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Dallas, Texas. Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (Westwood) manages investment assets and provides services for its clients through its two subsidiaries, Westwood Management Corp. (Westwood Management) and Westwood Trust. Westwood Management provides investment advisory services to corporate retirement plans, public retirement plans, endowments and foundations, a family of mutual funds, which the Company calls the WHG Funds, other mutual funds and clients of Westwood Trust. Westwood Trust provides trust and custodial services and participation in common trust funds that it sponsors to institutions and high net worth individuals. Westwood’s revenues are generally derived from fees based on a percentage of assets under management. On November 16, 2009, Westwood acquired Baxter Financial Corporation.

AWD Holding AG was founded in 1988 and is based in Hanover, Germany. AWD Holding AG operates as a subsidiary of Swiss Life Beteiligungs GmbH. AWD Holding AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides independent advice and financial planning services. It primarily advises private customers with various aspects of financial planning and retirement provision. The company’s advisory services cover various product categories, such as unit-linked products, investment funds, life insurance products, mortgages and financing, private health insurance, property and accident insurance, and property and tax-optimized products. It sells its products and services in the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and central and Eastern Europe. AWD Holding AG was formerly known as Allgemeiner Wirtschaftsdienst.

MMC is a venture capital firm that invests growth capital in UK companies. MMC are an active investor and look to work closely and in partnership with impressive management teams. Although MMC approach is generalist, MMC focus on growth leads us to invest particularly in healthcare, financial services, support services and technology, including cleantech and media.MMC have substantial capital available through managed funds and a Syndicate of private investors. MMC offers MMC investors a diversified and tax-efficient portfolio service. When risk is properly calibrated and management teams are well supported venture capital offers superior returns. Since MMC began investing in 2000 MMC has established a strong track record of growing and selling businesses. MMC was named EIS Fund Manager of the Year by the EISA in January 2009. MMC is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and is a member of the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) and Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA).

Iris Capital was founded in 1986 and is based in Paris, France. Iris Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in startup, early stage, late stage, growth capital, acquisition, and developmental capital investments. It also invests in middle market and mature companies. The firm prefers to invest in special situations such as public-to-private or secondary transactions. It focuses on media and entertainment, communications, electronics, and information technology sectors. Within media and entertainment, the firm invests in TV production and broadcasting, music, video games, cinema, publishing, advertising, and technical services and solutions. In communications, it seeks to invest in value-added service providers, telecoms, fixed and wireless operators, equipment, and software. Within IT, the firm invests in enterprise software, infrastructure and storage, security, IT services and ASPs, new technologies, and Internet Services sectors. It primarily invests in companies based in Europe with a focus on Continental Europe (France, Germany, Benelux, and Switzerland) and North America. It typically invests between €1 million ($1.47 million) and €4 million ($6.36 million) per round and can invest up to €20 million ($31.7 million) over the life of the company.

Hellman & Friedman LLC was founded in 1984 and is headquartered at San Francisco, California with offices in New York, New York and London, United Kingdom. Hellman & Friedman LLC is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged recapitalizations, acquisitions, buys and builds, traditional buyouts, financial restructurings, growth investments, and numerous types of minority investments. It invests in public and private companies. The firm makes investments in marketing and professional services, asset management and other business and financial services, insurance, energy, healthcare, industrials, vertical software and information services industries, internet, media, and communications. It targets investments in companies based in United States, Europe, and Australia. The firm seeks to invest between $200 million and $750 million in its portfolio companies. It may act as a controlling shareholder and as an influential minority investor. The firm prefers to invest alongside management in companies going through transitions including private or closely held businesses looking to institutionalize, to go public, to de-mutualize, or to undertake public to private transactions.

WRP Investments, Inc. is an independent brokerage/dealer based in Ohio that has about $125 million in assets under management. WRP Investments offers online trading, margin accounts, financial planning, and 401(k) services, as well as brokerage clearing through National Financial Services, LLC. WRP Investments, Inc. is an independent organization not owned by, affiliated with, or influenced by an insurance company or an investment company. WRP Investments, Inc. was founded in 1976.

Managing partner Ned Sherwood founded ZS Fund L.P. in 1985. ZS Fund helps middle-market companies build their business while remaining independent. The private equity firm targets private or closely held public companies with annual profits between $4 and $30 million; it takes both minority and majority interests in its investments. Portfolio companies include Industrial Air Tool, market research firm Research Horizons, transportation company Transervice Logistics, and VPSI, a provider of commuter vanpooling services. ZS Fund also possesses expertise in estate planning, management transitions, industry consolidations, and resoving shareholder disputes.

Established in 1979, Fisher Investments is a private money management firm serving Fortune 500 companies, foundations, and endowments, as well as wealthy individuals with at least $500,000 to invest. The firm is active in the US and in the UK, where it operates through subsidiary Fisher Wealth Management. In Germany, Fisher does business through its joint-venture affiliate, Greener Fisher Investments. At the helm of Fisher Investments is founder, CEO, and chief investment officer Ken Fisher, who has authored several books on investing and has written the "Portfolio Strategy" column for Forbes magazine for more than 20 years.

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.

Integrated Asset Management plc (Integrated) is an alternative investment company. The Company’s business includes asset management, specifically fund of hedge fund management and institutional brokerage. It operates through two segments: hedge fund management and brokerage. Through regulated subsidiaries in London, Integrated manages assets in a variety of Fund of Hedge Funds (FoHF) vehicles, as well as providing advisory and distribution services. Institutional brokerage provides services in Europe, in foreign exchange, interest rate derivatives, equities, and bonds. The wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company include Integrated Alternative Advisors Limited, Integrated Alternative Investments Limited, Integrated Financial Products Limited, Capital Management Limited and Attica Holdings (UK) Limited.

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