Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown is part of the Private Wealth Management segment of German giant Deutsche Bank. The company provides a range of advisory, brokerage, and investment services to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individual investors, as well as institutional and corporate clients in the US. For corporate clients, Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown provides cash management, foreign exchange, investment consulting, custody, and prime brokerage services. The company also administers employee stock and stock option purchase plans. It has more than 15 US offices and approximately $43 billion of assets under control.

Evolution Securities is a leading investment bank specialising in the UK and European equity and debt markets. Evolution Securities services include equity and fixed income research, institutional sales and trading, equity market making, corporate finance and corporate broking. In addition, Evolution Securities is an acknowledged leader in investment banking activities for UK small and mid cap companies and institutional investors.Evolution Securities is a subsidiary of The Evolution Group plc, a FTSE 250 UK listed holding company for UK based financial services companies. Utilising the significant financial strength of the Group and taking advantage of the recent dislocation in capital markets, Evolution Securities has substantially transformed its profile with material increases in the scale of business and range of services offered in both the equity and debt markets in UK and Europe. The core strategic objective is to maintain a balanced business, between equities and fixed income, servicing the needs of institutional and corporate customers in both these product areas. Evolution Securities is committed to providing clients with the highest quality of service based on a deep understanding of their needs, delivering independent ideas and propositions and offering best in class trading and execution.

Vision Capital's focus is clear: finance high-tech firms looking to go global. The venture capital firm specializes in funding European technology companies wanting to expand into the US and vise-versa. It focuses on the communications, semiconductor, software, and Internet sectors. Active investors who prefer to take seats on the boards of portfolio companies, Vision Capital's multinational, multilingual team looks for high-growth ventures, which it defines as greater than 35% compound annual growth, before it sinks its typical $3 million to $8 million in any given firm.

MF Global gives its clients access to the world's marketplaces Monday through Friday (and weekends, too). MF Global Holdings Ltd. provides trade execution, clearing, and settlement services for cash, equity derivatives, commodities, and fixed-income products on more than 70 exchanges, as well as over the counter. MF Global Holdings Ltd. also makes markets for fixed-income instruments and conducts equity research. MF Global's clients include institutional and individual investors, corporations, professional traders, hedge funds, and asset managers. MF Global Holdings Ltd. handles an average of nearly five million contracts per day. MF Global has about a dozen offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Burrill & Company is a life sciences merchant bank focused exclusively on companies involved in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, devices, human healthcare and related medical technologies, nutraceuticals and wellness, agricultural biotechnology, and industrial biotechnology (biomaterials/bioprocesses) with over $950 million under management. Burrill's technical and venture investing competence spans the entire spectrum of life sciences. The expertise of the firm's investment team, strategic partners and Advisory Boards is unparalleled in depth and breadth. In addition, Burrill is a leader in life science strategic partnering, an invaluable practice to build value in portfolio companies and to accelerate their growth and development.Burrill is also the sponsor and facilitator of several leading annual industry conferences and publishes the seminal annual report on the state of the biotechnology industry. This combination of resources and capabilities has helped Burrill develop a unique and highly effective platform for finding and making outstanding life science investments.G. Steven Burrill founded Burrill & Company as a logical extension of his 40-year involvement in the growth and prosperity of the biotechnology industry. Mr. Burrill has been an active advisor and catalyst in some of the industry's most notable companies and transactions. Mr. Burrill's close involvement and respected position within the industry has positioned the firm as a prominent deal-maker and facilitator of industry partnerships and alliances, all of which fosters a robust deal flow. Further contributing to this deal flow are: the scientific and business networks of its investment team; the Advisory Boards; the strategic and financial network of its limited partners; and the close relationships developed with numerous life science companies and management as a result of Burrill's visibility, reputation, and the firm's partnering and alliance work.

Community Bankers Trust Corporation was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia. Community Bankers Trust Corporation (CBTC) is a bank holding company for Essex Bank (the Bank). The Bank engages in commercial banking business and provides a range of financial services primarily to individuals and small businesses, including individual and commercial demand and time deposit accounts, commercial and consumer loans, travelers checks, safe deposit box facilities, investment services and fixed rate residential mortgages. On January 30, 2009, the Bank acquired Suburban Federal Savings Bank, Crofton, Maryland (SFSB). Essex Services, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank and was formed to sell title insurance to the Bank’s mortgage loan customers. Essex Services, Inc. also offers insurance products through an ownership interest in Bankers Insurance, LLC and investment products through an affiliation with VBA Investments, LLC.

Founded in 1987, Canaan closed its eighth fund in 2008. Notable past investments include Acme Packet, Amicus Therapeutics, DoubleClick, and Match.com. Canaan Management (alslo known as Canaan Partners) is a venture capital firm that invests primarily in early-stage technology and health care companies, with a focus on digital media, mobile communications, enterprise software, clean technology, biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, and diagnostics. Canaan company typically invests $1 million to $20 million per transaction and has approximately $3 billion in capital under management.

Corporacion Financiera Alba SA is a Spain-based investment holding company. Corporacion Financiera Alba Company is engaged in the real estate sector and its activities include the acquisition, management, promotion and lease of non-residential and commercial properties located in Madrid and Barcelona. As of December 31, 2008, the Company’s properties had a combined floor area of approximately 82,000 square meters. Through its wholly owned subsidiary Alba Participaciones SA, the Company holds interests in such entities as Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (ACS), Acerinox SA, Prosegur Compania de Seguridad SA, Clinica Baviera SA, Antevenio SA and Deya Capital SCR. In addition, the Company is a member of Grupo March.

Spectrum Equity Investors was founded in 1994. Spectrum Equity Investors is a private equity firm specializing in middle market, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and dividends, acquisition financings for growth either organically or by acquisition, and privately negotiated investments in public companies in independent private companies or divisions of larger companies. The firm seeks to invest in the media, communications, entertainment, software, information technology, information and business services, and related growth sectors. It targets investments in companies based in North America and Western Europe. The firm typically, makes investments between $30 million and $150 million and can also make underwriting of a much larger equity amount in conjunction with limited partners. It prefers to be a lead investor, either as a minority or majority investor and acquires a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm also assists its portfolio companies with debt and equity financings. It seeks to invest in the form of secondary share purchases from early shareholders.

Tudor Ventures is the venture capital and private equity arm of Tudor Investment Corporation, an internationally recognized, $10 billion in assets, diversified investment management firm. Tudor has been investing in venture capital and other private equity opportunities since the early 1990's. Over this time, Tudor and its principals have invested in over 75 companies, with a strong record of investment success, and currently manage over $700 million in capital commitments. Tudor Ventures announced the closing of our third fund, Tudor Ventures III L.P., in June 2007 with $262 million in capital commitments. Limited partners in this fund include large institutional, endowment, fund of funds, and high net-worth individual investors along with significant investments from Tudor's proprietary capital and the Tudor Ventures' principals.

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