Cognetas LLP was founded in 1989 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Frankfurt, Germany; Milan, Italy; and Paris, France. Cognetas LLP is a private equity firm specializing in management buyouts, buy-ins, public to private transactions, and restructurings of mid-cap mid-market companies. The firm primarily focuses on consumer, industrial, business services, financial services, and healthcare sectors. Within the consumer sector it seeks to invest in the leisure, retail, household and consumer goods, and food and drink sectors. In the industrial sector, the firm’s investments include building materials, automotive, manufacturing, and chemical sectors. Its investment in the financial services sectors includes outsourced financial services, insurance, and financing companies. Within business services sector, the firm prefers to invest in outsourced services, logistics and transportation, facilities management, and other business services. In the healthcare sector, the firm prefers to invest in the healthcare services and equipment sectors.

Ascendant Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1997. Ascendant Solutions, Inc. ("Ascendant") is a value oriented investment firm focused on making equity investments in underperforming or distressed U.S. lower middle-market businesses. Ascendant is primarily interested in investing or acquiring, in manufacturing, distribution, service, healthcare, finance and retail industries with $20 to $150 million in annual revenues that require access to capital or capital restructuring, and strategic support to improve operational performance. Ascendant currently has approximately $40 million in net operating loss carryforwards, which can be used to shelter future income, thus enhancing free cash flow or debt service capabilities.

CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC was formed on August 1, 2006 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in London, United Kingdom and Woodlands, Texas. CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts and growth equity transactions in middle market companies. The firm invests in consumer, retail, and services; media and telecom; industrial; energy; healthcare infrastructure; and financial services sectors. Within the consumer, retail, and services industry, it focuses on specialty retail, direct marketing, consumer packaged goods, Internet, and services industries. For its media and telecom investments, the firm focuses on consumer and trade publishing, content and programming, broadcasting, cable, and wireless and wireline communications sectors.

Fimalac has stepped away from its manufacturing businesses in favor of financial services after selling Facom, a manufacturer of hand tools and garage equipment, to what is now Stanley Black & Decker for more than $485 million in 2006. Fimalac now provides risk management and international credit ratings through its majority-held subsidiaries Algorithmics and Fitch Ratings. Fimalac focus on financial services has shifted its revenue base from Europe to North America. A shareholders' group led by Fimalac president Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere owns about 80% of the company and controls about 80% of its voting rights.

Duchossois Technology Partners (DTEC) is affiliated with the The Duchossois Group (www.duch.com), which represents over 60 years of entrepreneurship and the development of dozens of companies with an aggregate value in excess of three billion dollars. The Duchossois Group (TDG), headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois, is privately held and holds interests in a diversified portfolio of companies, including The Chamberlain Group, Inc. (consumer and commercial access control products), AMX LLC (consumer and commercial advanced control and automation technology), Heath-Zenith LLC (security and lighting products), Milestone AV Technologies (audio visual mounting equipment) and Duchossois Capital Partners (investments). TDG also holds a strategic interest in Churchill Downs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHDN).

Retail Decisions Limited issues fuel and pre-paid cards in several world markets and provides retailers and financial institutions with services including payment processing, fraud prevention, database development, and IT consulting. ReD operates in Australia, Europe, South Africa, and the US. It also has partnered operations in Japan, India, China, and in South America. Retail Decisions Limited works with banks, oil companies, e-commerce retailers, and telecommunications firms. Corporate customers include Wal-Mart, Tesco, Macy's, Shell, and Virgin Mobile. ReD was founded in 2000.

Atlantic Trust Group helps the fabulously wealthy stay that way. A subsidiary of mutual fund manager Invesco, Atlantic Trust Group company oversees more than $15 billion of assets under management for wealthy individuals and families, as well as institutional investors such as foundations and endowments. Atlantic Trust Group company offers investment management products and services such as financial counseling, equity and fixed-income investments, trust and custody services, and tax and estate planning. Atlantic Trust Company also provides access to alternative investments such as hedge funds and private equity. Atlantic Trust has about a dozen offices in cities across the US.

Technology Crossover Ventures was founded in 1995. Technology Crossover Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in public and private internet technology companies. The firm seeks to invest in majority and minority positions by providing capital for, minority growth equity; full or partial recapitalizations for both diversification of capital structure and modifying shareholder equity); acquisition financings to supplement complementary add-on acquisitions; buyouts; later stages of growth capital development; and other majority and public market transactions. It seeks to provide growth and acquisition capital to publicly trading companies in the form of PIPEs and also invests in its portfolio companies at the IPO stage and beyond. The firm seeks to invest in companies operating in the information technology sector, with a focus on, internet; financial technology; infrastructure and communications including equipment and communications businesses; software and services; semiconductors; enterprise software; healthcare IT; e-commerce; financial services; wireless technology; and consumer internet sectors.

Bill Gross started Idealab in 1996 to create and operate pioneering technology companies. The structure of Idealab has allowed us to test many ideas at once and turn the best of them into companies, attracting the human and financial capital necessary to bring them to market. Many of these companies were among the first to introduce new business ideas to the market. CitySearch, now a part of IAC, established the category of local online community directories. eToys demonstrated the tremendous potential for online consumer retail and became one of the most recognized brands during the early days of e-commerce. Overture Services, which began life as GoTo.com, was the first company to introduce the concept of paid search — the business model that powers the multibillion-dollar online search market.Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. New models for improving the search experience are at the core of several companies currently growing inside of Idealab. Moving beyond the Internet, we have spawned companies with breakthrough technologies in robotics, renewable energy and automotive design and production among others. Idealab also continues to partner with leading venture capital firms and other strategic investors to provide the resources to maximize the potential of these companies.In addition to capital, Idealab provides a full range of resources to infuse start-ups with the support they need to rapidly introduce innovative products and services. Resources include office space and the accompanying office services, development and technology, product and graphic design, marketing, financial advice, human resources, competitive research, legal, accounting and business development support and services. In addition, Idealab provides advice on strategy, branding and corporate structure.

CapitalSource, Inc., a specialized finance company, provides various financial products to small and medium-sized businesses in the United States. CapitalSource Inc. operates through three divisions: Corporate Finance, Healthcare and Specialty Finance, and Structured Finance. The Corporate Finance division provides senior and mezzanine loans to businesses backed by private equity sponsors. The Healthcare and Specialty Finance division offers asset-based revolving lines of credit, first mortgage loans, and senior and mezzanine loans to healthcare businesses and other companies. The Structured Finance division provides commercial and residential real estate lending, and asset-based lending to finance companies. CapitalSource Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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