Penson Worldwide, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Penson Worldwide, Inc. (Penson) is a holding company. The Company is a provider of a range of critical securities and futures processing infrastructure products and services to the global financial services industry. The Company’s products and services include securities and futures clearing and execution, financing and cash management technology and other related offerings. The Company conducts business, through its wholly owned subsidiary SAI Holdings, Inc. (SAI). SAI conducts business, through its principal direct and indirect operating subsidiaries, Penson Financial Services, Inc. (PFSI), Penson Financial Services Canada Inc. (PFSC), Penson Financial Services Ltd. (PFSL), Nexa Technologies, Inc. (Nexa), Penson GHCO (Penson GHCO), Penson Asia Limited (Penson Asia) and Penson Financial Services Australia Pty Ltd (PFSA).

Globis Capital Partners was created in 1999 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. Globis Capital Partners is the venture capital and private equity investment arm of Globis Corporation. It specializes in early stage, growth capital, later stage, incubation, mezzanine, corporate spin-offs and management buyouts. The firm prefers to invest in the service, technology, and IT industries. It primarily invests in Japan but exceptions are made where the Japan subsidiary is incorporated in Japan and operates with autonomy from the parent company. The firm typically invests between ¥1 million ($.01 million) to ¥ 1.8 billion ($18.78 million) in its portfolio companies. It generally does not invest in seed stage companies.

Waud Capital Partners, L.L.C. was founded in 1993. Waud Capital Partners, L.L.C. is a private equity firm specializing in partnering with management teams to invest in middle market buyouts, recapitalizations, industry consolidations, growth equity investments, acquisitions, add-on acquisitions, and ownership transitions of family owned businesses. The firm does not invest in turnarounds and companies in the biotechnology, high technology, hotels, oil and gas exploration and production, real estate, and restaurants sectors. It prefers to invest in business and consumer services, healthcare services, specialty distribution, and value-added manufacturing companies. Within these sectors, the firm prefers to invest in food and kindred products, textile mill products, apparel and other finished products, lumber and wood products, furniture and fixtures, paper and allied products, printing and publishing, chemicals and allied products, rubber and miscellaneous plastics, stone, clay and glass products, primary metal industries, fabricated metal products, industrial machinery and equipment, electronic and other electronic equipment, transportation equipment, instruments and related products, trucking and warehousing, U.S. postal services & transportation services.

Alliance Trust was founded in 1888 and is based in Dundee, United Kingdom. Alliance Trust PLC is a publicly owned investment manager with approximately £2.87 billion ($5.64 billion) in assets under management. The firm also provides pensions and ISA/PEP services to its clients. It manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income, private equity, and real estate markets across the globe. It employs a combination of a top-down and a bottom-up stock picking approach to create it portfolio mix. The firm makes its fixed income investments in government and corporate bonds. It does not benchmark the performance of its portfolios against any specific index. The firm conducts in-house research to make its investments.

MTS HEALTH PARTNERS, L.P. offers strategic advisory and capital raising services as well as private equity capital distinguished by unparalleled healthcare experience, senior level attention and a unique perspective as both an advisor as well as a principal. As an industry-focused merchant bank, MTS is free from the pressure to satisfy the competing institutional constituencies of a typical investment bank. The principals of MTS have spent their careers focused on the healthcare industry, with over 100 years of experience in acquiring, operating, advising, financing and selling healthcare companies. As such, MTS is uniquely positioned as the premier global healthcare-focused merchant bank.

Trellis Partners is a team of Texas-based, venture capital professionals whose focus is on helping build leading technology companies through early-stage investment. Working in true partnership with Trellis portfolio companies to provide strategic vision and support, rather than just financial resources, is fundamental to Trellis philosophy.Trellis Partners' strategy is investing with a smaller, more exclusive list of companies, while applying similar parameters to the amount of capital Trellis manage. This enables members of the Trellis team to work more closely and collaboratively with each portfolio company, to provide a new level of assistance, support, and sponsorship. In addition, it allows us to hand-craft investor groups with specific co-investment firms who offer optimal fit and balance. This commitment to a smaller, more exclusive list of partners ensures that each of Trellis' portfolio companies gets the highest level of service, from team members with the highest level of experience.

University College London is one of the premier universities in the UK for research and innovation, and is dedicated to harnessing its exceptional research for positive social and economic benefit. To this end it has created UCL Business PLC. A wholly-owned subsidiary of University College London, UCL Business has been formed to help industry and business make the most of UCL innovations. Through licensing technologies & innovations, engaging consultancy services, creating shared-risk joint-venture businesses, and utilising UCL’s specialist Subsidiaries, UCL Business promotes and supports the transfer into industry of expertise and knowledge over a wide range of disciplines.

Shore Capital Group Limited is independently owned with its management as substantial shareholders. Its shares are listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited, Shore Capital and Corporate Limited and Shore Capital Limited are all authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited is also a member of the London Stock Exchange.The emphasis throughout the Group is on a professional and personalised service and Shore Capital seek to offer Shore Capital expertise both responsively and pro-actively. Shore Capital believe that Shore Capital greatest asset is the experience, vigour and commitment of Shore Capital people. Shore Capital management and employees own a significant proportion of the business, and are committed to success.Shore Capital pride Shore Capital selves on Shore Capital network of clients, institutions, companies and high net worth individuals including entrepreneurs, and on Shore Capital esearch capability in the industry sectors where shore capital are expert. Shore Capital marketmaking operation has established a reputation within the broking and institutional community for offering a pro-active and responsive service.Shore Capital has offices in Guernsey, London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Berlin and an affiliate office in Dubai (Full Circle Investments).

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.

National Holdings provides securities brokerage services to high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors through subsidiaries National Securities Corporation, vFinance, and EquityStation. National Holdings Corporation also provides investment banking services to micro-, small-, and midcap companies and trades securities. Another subsidiary, National Asset Management, offers investors access to mutual funds, money manager accounts, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds, and real estate limited partnerships. With headquarters offices in New York, Seattle, and Boca Raton, Florida, National Holdings has more than 120 retail brokerage locations in the US, Europe, and Latin America.

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