KKR Financial Holdings LLC is a specialty finance company with focus in a range of asset classes. The Company invests in financial assets consisting primarily of below investment grade corporate debt, including senior secured and unsecured loans, mezzanine loans, high yield corporate bonds, distressed and stressed debt securities, marketable and non-marketable equity securities and credit default and total rate of return swaps. The corporate loans invested in are referred to as syndicated bank loans, or leveraged loans, and are purchased, through assignment or participation in either the primary or secondary market. The Company is externally managed and advised by KKR Financial Advisors LLC (the Manager), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (Fixed Income) LLC. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (Fixed Income) LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR).

Excalibur Fund Managers Limited was founded in 1996 and is based in London, United Kingdom with an additional office in Cardiff, United Kingdom. Excalibur Fund Managers Limited is a venture capital firm specializing in early, mid, and late stage investments. It seeks to invest in medical sciences, biotechnology, and life sciences sector. The firm prefers to invest in companies that bring human medicines or medical devices to the market. It prefers to invest in European companies. The firm prefers to be an active investor and seeks to take a seat on the board of directors of its portfolio companies.

Wells Fargo Securities, formerly Wachovia Capital Markets, provides investment banking and capital markets services for businesses. Offerings include financial and corporate advisory services, private capital and debt placement, underwriting, and equity investing. It also offers real estate financing, risk management services, and structured products such as asset-backed finance products. The firm has expertise with municipalities and in the retail, aerospace, financial services, energy, health care, real estate, media, and technology industries. Wells Fargo Securities and its former parent, Wachovia Corporation, were acquired by Wells Fargo in late 2008.

Eight Peaks seeks out and invests in near start up and small companies that are in sectors exhibiting long term growth. The investments must have the potential and catalysts to generate asymmetric returns. Once invested, Eight Peaks assists the companies to realise their potentials. Returns are generated on exits, which can be IPOs or trade sales. Eight Peaks makes investments in all sectors including technology, energy and natural resources, specifically in businesses and opportunities with the potential for substantial asymmetric capital appreciation. The focus is primarily on high growth companies, although investments may be made in anticipation of receiving dividends.

NVM Private Equity Limited is an independently-owned firm of venture capital managers with over 20 years experience of investing in UK businesses. We manage five investment funds, four of which are Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and our funds under management exceed £186 million. NVM is a generalist investor specialising in making equity investments between £2 million and £10 million in UK unquoted companies. Established in 1988, NVM is owned by its employees following a management buy-out from the Aberdeen Group in December 2003.

Archon Group, L.P. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas. Archon Group, L.P. operates as a commercial real estate investment management and mortgage loan company. Its services include due diligence and underwriting, portfolio management, structured finance, loan servicing, systems integration, environmental and structural analysis, investment management and reporting, risk management, property management, marketing and contract management, loan management, asset management, and financial and tax accounting. The company also develops and manages properties in various real estate markets, including multifamily properties, retail properties, mortgage servicing, mortgage and loan services, mezzanine investments, hotels and hospitality, and corporate loans.

CBOE Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the largest U.S. options exchange and creator of listed options, continues to set the bar for options trading through product innovation, trading technology and investor education. CBOE offers equity, index and ETF options, including proprietary products, such as S&P 500 options (SPX), the most active U.S. index option, and options on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), the world's barometer for market volatility. Other groundbreaking products engineered by CBOE include equity options, security index options, LEAPS options, FLEX options, and benchmark products, such as the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM).CBOE's Hybrid Trading System incorporates electronic and open outcry trading, enabling customers to choose their trading method. CBOE's Hybrid is powered by CBOEdirect, a proprietary, state-of-the-art electronic platform that also supports the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE), CBOE Stock Exchange (CBSX) and OneChicago. CBOE is home to the world-renowned Options Institute and CBOE.com, named "Best of the Web" for options information and education.

Boston Ventures Management, LLC was founded in 1983 with a simple premise, that deep knowledge of its industry sectors and a disciplined investment strategy focused on growing companies, will lead to differentiated returns. Through seven funds, and three decades, the Firm and its predecessor, Boston Ventures Management, LLC, have successfully executed on that strategy with over $2.6 billion of capital commitments. BV Investment Partners has acted as the lead investor in notable portfolio companies, including: Billboard Publications, Decision Resources, Marshall & Swift, Television Station Group, Vue Entertainment, and World Publications.

Established in 2001, Sovereign Capital is the UK's private equity Buy & Build specialist. Sovereign Capital have a significant track record and specific expertise in the defined UK service sectors of healthcare, education & training and outsourced business support services. As an independent private equity house with £650m under management, sovereign invest up to £40m in proven management teams who are committed to growing their businesses. Sovereign have developed a strong reputation for successfully building investee companies' scale: through geographic expansion and / or service diversification.

TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides securities brokerage services and technology-based financial services in the United States. TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation offers common and preferred stock, American depository receipts, exchange traded funds, option trades, futures and foreign exchange trades, trading on mutual funds and fixed income securities, margin lending, and cash management services.TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation client offerings comprise TD AMERITRADE for self-directed retail investors; TD AMERITRADE Institutional that provides brokerage and custody services; trading platforms that enables research and analysis; a suite of education products and services for stock, option, foreign exchange, futures, mutual fund, and fixed-income investors; Amerivest, an online advisory service that develops portfolios of exchange-traded funds to help long-term investors pursue their financial goals; and TD AMERITRADE Corporate Services, which offers self-directed brokerage services to employees and executives of corporations.TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation also provides services, such as trade execution, clearing, trustee, and trust-related services; and cash sweep products through third-party banking relationships. TD AMERITRADE Holding offers its products and services to retail investors, traders, financial planners, and institutions through the Internet, a network of retail branches, wireless telephone or personal digital assistant, interactive voice response, and independent registered advisors via telephone. TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

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