Investec Limited is an international banking group that provides a range of financial products and services. The Company is organized into five business divisions: Private Client Activities, Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Asset Management and Property Activities. In addition, its head office provides certain group-wide integrating functions, such as risk management, information technology, finance, investor relations, marketing, human resources and organizational development. It is also responsible for the Company’s central funding, as well as other activities, such as trade finance.

The Operating Engineers Funds are, in fact, for operating engineers not the kind who run trains, but those who operate other large machinery. Operating Engineers Funds company administers employee benefits, including pensions, health, welfare, vacation, and holiday benefit, for more than 35,000 active or retired members of the International Union of Operating Engineers (I.U.O.E.), Local 12, as well as their beneficiaries and dependents. The union consists of individuals in construction-related trades, including heavy equipment operators, soil testers, concrete pumpers, inspectors, and surveyors.

Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc. provides investment services to a network of more than 1,000 independent financial advisors throughout the US. Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc. has about $50 billion in assets under management. Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc. also provides support services to its financial advisors that include marketing, compliance, and practice management. Founded by Chairman Joe Deitch in 1979, Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc. is owned by its principals.

Encore Capital Group, Inc. purchases and manages charged-off consumer receivable portfolios. Encore Capital Group, Inc receivable portfolios include unsecured, charged-off domestic consumer credit cards, auto loan deficiency, and telecom receivables purchased from national financial institutions, major retail credit corporations, telecom companies, and resellers. Encore Capital Group, Inc, through its subsidiary, Ascension Capital Group, Inc., also provides bankruptcy services to the finance industry, including negotiating bankruptcy plans, monitoring and managing the consumer's compliance with bankruptcy plans, and recommending courses of action to clients. Encore Capital Group, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Alerion Industries S.p.A. company operates with stakes in such companies as Alerion Energie Rinnovable (renewable energy), Reno De Medici (a recycled cardboard producer), RdM Realty (real estate), and Mediapason (media). Alerion also invests in companies in the banking and financial services industries. Formed in 1995 as IBI, the company was publicly traded in 2003 and changed its name to Alerion.

The Cypress Group L.L.C. firm owns stakes in companies in the automotive, financial services, manufacturing, and media and entertainment industries. Its portfolio includes holdings in about 10 firms, including Cooper-Standard Automotive, Republic National Cabinet, and Scottish Re Group Limited. Cypress Group is an active investor that often becomes involved in the day-to-day management of its portfolio companies. The firm has made more than $4 billion in investments since it was founded in 1989. One of its most well-known past investments includes Cinemark.

SPARK Ventures is one of the leading early-stage venture capital investors in Europe, providing equity investment to high growth technology, media and healthcare companies in the UK and Europe. SPARK Ventures manages approximately £190 million across several investment vehicles including: two Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs); an AIM listed investment company (SPARK Ventures plc), University Funds on behalf of leading UK universities including Oxford; and a Limited Partnership on behalf of major institutional investors. SPARK Ventures has been investing in early-stage businesses for 12 years and has a wealth of expertise in backing and developing companies from start-up through to eventual trade sale or IPO.SPARK’s core expertise lies in identifying promising early-stage businesses and leading their funding right from the earliest stages. SPARK Ventures’ team is one of the most experienced in the early-stage investment space. It brings its portfolio businesses the necessary capital, combined with strategic and operational management support as well as commercial and marketing expertise to help them succeed. Its founding management team has worked together for more than 10 years, and during that time has helped many entrepreneurs to realise their ambitions.

FX Solutions, LLC was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Saddle River, New Jersey. As of February 5, 2008, FX Solutions, LLC operates as a subsidiary of City Index Holdings, Ltd. FX Solutions, LLC operates as an online foreign exchange brokerage company. It offers Global Trading System (GTS), a mobile Forex trading platform that provides trading and risk management services. FX Solutions company offers institutional services, including white label, introducing broker, institutional trading, and API solutions. It serves retail clients, white label partners, and institutional trading partners.

E. ohman J:or Fondkommission offers products and services to help its customers invest in Swedish equities and bonds -- including government and corporate bonds -- and structured finance products. Its offerings include brokerage, research, and corporate advisory services. ohman Fondkommission serves corporate clients in Sweden and institutional investors. The company is part of the ohman Group, which includes publicly traded parent company, investment bank E. ohman J:or AB. The company is controlled by Sweden's Dinkelspiel family. Emric ohman founded E. ohman J:or AB in 1906.

Eurovestech Plc was founded in 2000 and is based in London, United Kingdom. Eurovestech plc is an investment company, which focuses on technology businesses. Eurovestech plc's subsidiaries include ToLuna plc (ToLuna), Knowledge Support Systems Limited (KSS Ltd) and KSS Retail Limited (KSS Retail). ToLuna is European provider of online panels and services to the market research industry. ToLuna operates and builds online panels, and designs and operates application services that enable research to be undertaken online. KSS Ltd is a provider of price optimization technology and services to the oil and gas sectors. KSS Retail is a provider of price optimization technology and services to the convenience store, grocery and chain drug sectors. Its other investments include Magenta Corporation Limited, D-Pharm Limited, ARKeX Limited, MIST Technologies SA and LogNet Information Systems plc. On June 18, 2008, the Company’s subsidiary ToLuna purchased the entire issued share capital of Common Knowledge Inc.

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