KBC Private Equity - the investment company of KBC Group - provides development capital and finances buy-outs to medium-sized companies in Belgium and in Central and Eastern Europe, KBC’s home markets. Boasting an experienced team of 29 people, it has more than 60 active investments in portfolio with a market value in excess of EUR 350 million. KBC Private Equity aims to become one of the leading private equity providers on KBC Group’s home markets. As an active shareholder with a long-term perspective, KBC Private Equity is involved in taking strategic decisions and providing support to management teams.

First Cash Financial Services, Inc. primarily operates pawn stores that lend money on the collateral of pledged personal property in the United States and Mexico. First Cash Financial Services, Inc. also engages in the retail of previously owned merchandise acquired through pawn forfeitures and purchased from the general public. First Cash Financial Services, Inc. pawn stores provide collateral consumer loans on pledged personal properties, such as jewelry, consumer electronics, tools, sporting goods, and musical instruments; consumer financial services, including credit services, check cashing, money orders, money transfers, and prepaid card products. First Cash Financial Services, Inc. also owns and operates kiosks inside convenience stores that offer credit services and check cashing. As of December 31, 2009, First Cash Financial Services owned and operated 383 pawn stores and 163 short-term loan stores, as well as 39 financial services kiosks. First Cash Financial Services, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in Arlington, Texas.

Scale Venture Partners makes mid- to late-stage investments in businesses mostly in the hardware, software, semiconductor, networking, biotechnology, and health care industries. Scale Venture Partners has invested in such companies as Bellamax, Picolight, Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, and Dynavax Technologies. The firm typically makes an initial investment between $5 million to $15 million and then keeps capital on hand for companies to use as they grow. Bank of America had been the majority owner of the company, but decided to sell its stake in a shift away from venture capital.

Harbour Centre Development puts its money behind hotels and restaurants, real estate development, and other investment opportunities in Hong Kong and Singapore. Harbour company's crown jewel is The Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel (which the company owns and manages). Other investments include commercial property development near the hotel and residential property development in Hong Kong through subsidiaries Manniwoth Company and Kowloon Properties Company. Harbour Centre Development is a subsidiary of The Wharf (Holdings) Limited through a 66% stake.

POCKET CARD CO., LTD. is the Tokyo-based financial services. POCKET CARD CO., LTD. provides credit cards, smart cards, loans, leasing, life insurance, and travel services to customers through roughly 200 automated terminals and staffed locations across Japan. POCKET CARD CO., LTD. sells its services through former parent MYCAL Group's SATY and VIVRE fashion and food stores, but is rapidly expanding via non-MYCAL outlets. POCKET CARD CO., LTD. credit cards are accepted at MasterCard locations in Japan and abroad. Sanyo Shinpan Finance Co. owns more than 50% of POCKET CARD's common stock; ITOCHU Finance Corp. is its second largest shareholder.

Guinness Peat Group plc is an investment holding company with a diversified range of strategic interests in a number of businesses, mainly in Europe and Australasia. GPG is listed on the London, Australian and New Zealand Stock Exchanges. As at 31 December 2009, it had a market capitalisation of approximately £584 million. Shareholders’ Funds at the same date were £867 million. GPG’s successful track record spans investments in various sectors including financial services, textiles and thread manufacture, food processing, building services, property development and fruit and produce distribution. GPG’s investment portfolio covers a spread of investments and is widely diversified both geographically and sectorially. GPG has a small but experienced group of prudent and professional executives operating with strong teamwork and close communication, which has been a proven formula for achieving steady growth in the value of shareholders’ funds.

Canaccord Genuity (formerly Canaccord Adams) provides equities research, sales, and trading services, and investment banking services such as securities underwriting, sales, trading, M&A advice, and industry research. Formed in 1969 through the merger of Weston W. Adams & Company and Harkness & Hill, the company specializes in the technology, metals, mining, life sciences, real estate, and financial services sectors. Canaccord Genuity also acts as a market maker for small- and mid-cap stocks in the US. Canaccord Capital (now Canaccord Financial) acquired Canaccord Adams in 2006. Four years later, it acquired M&A advisory firm Genuity Capital Markets and rebranded all of its capital markets businesses.

William Blair & Company, L.L.C. was founded in 1935. William Blair & Company, L.L.C. is an employee-owned financial services firm that offers investment banking, equity research, institutional and private brokerage, and asset management to individual, institutional, and issuing clients. The firm’s services include portfolio management, sales and trading, investment banking services, mutual funds, and venture capital financing. In addition, William Blair & Company, L.L.C. also makes private equity investments through its investment arm William Blair Capital Partners.

The Bessemer Group manages more than $55 billion in assets for wealthy individuals and families with more than $10 million to invest. Main subsidiary Bessemer Trust administers portfolios with holdings in domestic and international equities and bonds, as well as such alternative assets as hedge funds, real estate, and private equity funds of funds. The group also provides trust, custody, tax and estate planning, strategic philanthropy, and financial advisory services. The group has some 15 US offices in addition to locations in London and the Cayman Islands.

Kline Hawkes & Co. was founded in 1994 and is based in Los Angeles, California. Kline Hawkes & Co. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in middle market and expansion stage companies. It invests in buyouts, growth capital, and change of control situations. The firm prefers to invest in information technology with a focus on telecommunications, information technology infrastructure, hardware infrastructure, enterprise software; healthcare with a focus on healthcare services and home healthcare; and industrial and business services companies with a focus on business process outsourcing including billing, logistics, staffing, aerospace and defense, environmental, and industrial manufacturing. The firm seeks to in companies based in United States with a focus on Southern California. It typically invests in companies with revenues between $2 million and $75 million. The firm invests between $5 million and $10 million, but will consider investments up to $15 million with buyouts or in change of control situations.

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