Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC ("MDP"), based in Chicago, is one of the most experienced and successful private equity investment firms in the United States. MDP has raised over $18 billion of capital since its formation in 1992. Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in buyouts of private or publicly held companies, or divisions of larger companies; recapitalizations of family-owned or closely held companies; balance sheet restructurings; acquisition financings; and growth capital investments in mature companies. The firm prefers to invest in basic industries, communications, consumer, financial services, healthcare, and real estate sectors. Within the basic industries sectors, it focuses on energy and power, paper, packaging and forest products, chemicals, building products, metals and mining, diversified industrial, natural resources, automotive, food, refining, and general manufacturing industries. In the communications sector, the firm invests in media including broadcast television, radio station groups, and publishing companies; wireless communications sector including mobile telephone operators, paging service providers, high-capacity data and voice transmission service providers, and satellite service providers; and wireline telecommunications including local exchange carriers, rural telephone operators, and cable television system operators.

Since its inception in 1975, Samsung C&T America Inc.’s philosophy of creative marketing, determined self-development, and entrepreneurship has enabled its remarkable growth and success as a global trading and investment company. Attuned to the pulse of the transforming economy and the changing needs of its customers, SCTA continues to venture away from traditional methods but remains committed to service and quality.Samsung C&T America Inc. (SCTA), is a global trading and investment company that functions as an independent American subsidiary of the Korean conglomerate Samsung C&T Corporation, one of the Samsung Group companies. SCTA is divided into three modes of operation: international commodities trading, product marketing and distribution, and new business development. In trade, SCTA specializes in a variety of commodities such as chemicals and steel. SCTA's strength lies in its expertise in dealing with foreign markets. Sharing Samsung C&T Corp.'s international network spanning 82 offices in 55 countries, SCTA is able to operate both as a major trading intermediary and as a conduit for an immense volume of information. In 2008, Samsung C&T America’s total revenue was $331 million.

Oak Investment Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm. The primary investment focus is on high growth opportunities in Broadband Internet and Wireless Communications, Information Technology and Software Outsourced Services, Consumer Internet/New Media, Financial Services Technology, Healthcare Information and Services, Clean Energy, and Retail. Over a 31-year history, Oak has achieved a strong track record as a stage-independent investor funding more than 481 companies at key points in their lifecycle. Oak has been involved in the formation of companies, funded spinouts of operating divisions and technology assets, and provided growth equity to mid- and late-stage private businesses and to public companies through PIPE investments.

Founded in 1932, Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. is unrelated to investment bank Duff & Phelps Corporation. Duff & Phelps Investment Management manages mutual funds, closed-end funds, and institutional accounts with investments real estate investment trusts (REITs) -- its specialty -- global utilities and infrastructure stocks, large-cap equities, and investment-grade fixed-income products. Clients include individual investors, corporations, retirement funds, endowments, and not-for-profits. A subsidiary of Virtus Investment Partners, the company has approximately $6 billion in assets under management. Both Duff & Phelps and Virtus (formerly Phoenix Investment Partners) were spun off from The Phoenix Companies in 2008.

MEAG is a major asset management force in the European financial sector with responsibility for round EUR 198 billion (31 March 2010). We are also the asset manager for the Munich Re Group. We invest in securities, real estate and funds, offering our expertise to both institutional and private investors. MEAG are the ideal partner for both private and institutional investors, bundling extensive know-how in all key asset classes under one roof and ensuring that your money is in good hands. MEAG compile fund, security and real-estate portfolios based on your earnings specifications. MEAG size and the volume of funds under MEAG management enable us to offer you highly competitive conditions for the reinvestment and security of your investments.

Securities broker Siam City Securities (SCS) opens its doors to both the domestic and foreign investor. A subsidiary of Thailand's Siam City Bank, SCS provides securities brokerage and trading for the Stock Exchange of Thailand as well as underwriting and investment advisory services. Siam City Securities Co., Ltd. brokerage activities include cash and credit balance accounts and Internet trading operations. Siam City Securities Co., Ltd. steers its trading efforts toward investments in government and state enterprise securities, private company debt, and other equities. Meanwhile, SCS offers investment advice about securities value and trading, while it underwrites common shares, debentures, and warrants (among others) for its clients.

Forward Ventures, founded in 1993, has a team of five investment professionals with extensive experience in venture capital and operations. Forward has invested in over 50 companies since it was founded in 1993 and currently has approximately $500 million in capital under management. The most recent fund, Forward V, continues Forward Ventures’ program of life sciences and health care venture investing in companies of all stages. The firm is headquartered in a 40,000 square-foot research building that also serves as an incubator for its portfolio companies.

DynaFund provides promising technology companies throughout the United States with the investment capital and active management support they need to grow and succeed. The DynaFund team members have extensive experience as company founders, technologists, financiers, strategic planners, marketers, legal advisors and venture capitalists. In addition, DynaFund provides critical competitive advantages to our portfolio companies by offering access to key engineering, manufacturing, and marketing resources in the U.S. and Asia through business networks established over DynaFund Ventures two decades of successful venture investing.

Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales has privatized numerous state holdings since it was established in 1995 through private equity sales, IPOs, and other transaction. SEPI's Cofivacasa arm is responsible for winding down companies that are no longer viable enterprises, such as steel concerns Sofesa and ENSIDESA. Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) is the holding company for all businesses owned or partially owned by Spain's government. Its portfolio includes Latin America media company Agencia EFE, tobacco grower Cetarsa, and commercial financing firm Sodian. Other assets have included energy, real estate, infrastructure, aerospace, and ship building businesses.

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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