Life Partners Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Waco, Texas. Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (Life Partners) is a financial services company and the parent company of Life Partners, Inc. (LPI). LPI is engaged in the secondary market for life insurance known generally as life settlements. LPI facilitates the sale of life settlements between sellers and purchasers, but does not take possession or control of the policies. The purchasers acquire the life insurance policies at a discount to their face value for investment purposes. Life settlement transactions involve the sale of an existing life insurance policy to another party. By selling the policy, the policyholder receives an immediate cash payment to use as he or she wishes. The purchaser takes an ownership interest in the policy at a discount to its face value and receives the death benefit under the policy when the insured dies.

Evercore Partners Inc. (Evercore), incorporated on July 20, 2005, is an independent investment banking advisory firms in the world based on the dollar volume of announced worldwide merger and acquisition (M&A). The Company provides advisory services to multinational corporations on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, financings and other strategic corporate transactions. Evercore also includes an Investment Management business through which it manages institutional assets for institutional investors, provide wealth management services for net-worth individuals, provide specialized investment management, independent fiduciary and trustee services to employee benefit plans of large corporations and manage private equity funds.The Company operates in two business segments: Advisory and Investment Management. In April 2010, the Company announced that the acquisition of MJC Associates, a commercial real estate advisory boutique.

Harbinger Group Inc., formerly known as Zapata Corporation, is a holding company which has approximately $148.7 million in cash, cash equivalents and investments as of March 31, 2010, including 98% of Zap.Com Corporation. Harbinger Group Inc. is currently searching for acquisition candidates.Zap.Com is a public shell company which does not have any existing business operations. Zap.Com may search for assets or businesses that it can acquire so that it can become an operating company. Zap.Com may also consider developing a new business suitable for its situation. Zap.Com trades on the OTCBB under the symbol "ZPCM."

Banc of America Securities makes its marc as the investment banking arm of Bank of America. Operating as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the firm offers trading and brokerage services; securities underwriting; debt and equity research; and advice on public offerings, leveraged buyouts, and M&A deals. It has several offices in Australasia, Europe, and North America. The firm's client list includes corporations (including many Fortune 500 firms), institutional investors, and government entities. In a notorious deal that caused widespread ripple effects, Bank of America acquired troubled investment bank Merrill Lynch for some $50 billion in early 2009.

Israel Corp. is Israel's largest holding company and one of the top ten companies listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: ILCO) in terms of market capitalization.* It is also a global player with 50% of its manufacturing activities and close to 70% of its consolidated revenues derived from worldwide operations. The company's core holdings focus on industries that meet basic human, industrial and economic needs: fertilizers and specialty chemicals, energy, shipping and transportation.Israel Corp. is a long term investor with a strong reinvestment approach that balances the pursuit of economic value with environmental and social responsibility. Over the past forty years, Israel Corp. has played a pivotal role in the privatization of government-owned enterprises, helping their managements to transform them into multi-billion dollar global companies that are among the most innovative, profitable and responsible of their respective peer groups.

Criteria CaixaCorp is an investment group with holdings in financial and industrial companies. The company's core shareholder is "la Caixa"; it has been listed on the continuous market of the Spanish stock exchange since October 2007. Criteria has a firm commitment to international growth, active management of its portfolio within a framework of controlled risk, and boosting the growth, development and returns of the companies it invests in.The company is now a consolidated business reality and has set its sights on becoming a European benchmark for investment and development in companies which are leaders in their respective markets with proven capacity to create value and recurrent profitability. Criteria has a significant knowledge of the sectors in which it operates, a proven track record that affords a privileged position as an investment company, and experienced management teams. This is a goal towards which Criteria works day in day out and for which it is constantly identifying, analysing, studying and assessing new business and investment opportunities.

Cressey & Company LP was founded in 2007 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with an additional office in Nashville, Tennessee. Cressey & Company LP is a private equity firm specializing in buy-and-build, add-on acquisitions, and growth equity investments. It prefers to make control investments, but can also make minority investments in special situations. The firm prefers to invest in healthcare services, facilities, and provider businesses. It also invests in software, education, distribution, financial services and consumer products industries. The firm prefers to invest in the United States healthcare market. It prefers to invest between $10 million and $100 million with an average investment of $50 million in the companies with more than $10 million of EBITDA. The firm prefers to exit its investments between three years and seven years.

Newtek is one of the premier providers of business services and financial products to small and medium-sized businesses throughout the United States. Since 1999, Newtek has helped business owners realize their potential by providing them with the essential tools they need to manage and grow their business.Newtek's suite of business solutions provides business owners with the high-quality services and top-level customer care that have traditionally only been affordable by larger companies. Whether a business is a startup or well-established, Newtek can help them reach their business goals.The U.S. Small Business Administration estimates that there are 26.8 million small businesses in the United States, which in total represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms, generate 60 to 80 percent of all new jobs annually and generate more than 50 percent of non-farm private gross domestic GDP. Newtek is a direct distribution channel into this market.

The Cross-Harbour (Holdings) Limited, an investment holding company, operates motoring schools, tunnels, and an electronic toll collection system in Hong Kong. It offers driver training lessons for individual learners; and fleet training for operators from various commercial and public organizations by operating a fleet of training vehicles, including private cars, light goods vehicles, medium goods vehicles, motorcycles, buses, skid cars, and articulated vehicles. The company also operates the Western Harbour Tunnel located at West Kowloon reclamation area; and manages the Cross-Harbour Tunnel at Hunghom. In addition, it provides electronic toll clearing facilities in Hong Kong for 11 toll roads and tunnels; and global positioning system service that offers fleet management service to corporate customers, as well as develops a data exchange platform, On-Board Trucker Information System.

Three Cities Research, Inc. was founded in 1976. Three Cities Research, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions of medium sized business. The firm seeks to invest in transactions that involve a change of control in unexploited growth situations that can benefit from the infusion of substantial equity capital which can fund growth involving both internal expansion and acquisitions; under performing companies due to poor operating performance, excess leverage, or failed strategies; companies with poor operating management; and complicated transactions including strategic issues, legal complications, capital problems, operating issues, and shareholder or debt holder issues. It seeks to invest in industrial manufacturing, distribution, apparel, publishing, services, and retailing. The firm seeks to invest a minimum of $20 million in companies that have the potential of generating at least $15 million of operating income. It prefers to be an all-cash buyer in transactions of up to $100 million. The firm typically targets transactions that have values up to $200 million. It does not invest in high technology, natural resources, or regulated industries.

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