Calamos Asset Management, Inc. (CAM) provides investment advisory services to individuals and institutional investors through open-end funds (the Funds), closed-end funds (the Closed-End Funds), separate accounts, offshore funds and partnerships. CAM operates and controls all of the business and affairs of Calamos Holdings LLC (Holdings). The Company’s clients include institutional and individual clients with long-term investment horizons. The Company makes its range of investment strategies and services available to its clients, directly and through intermediaries, by offering a range of investment products designed to suit their investment needs. The Company markets its investment strategies to its clients through a range of products designed to suit their individual investment needs. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company offered four types of investment products that fall into the categories of mutual funds and separate accounts.

Capital Management and Investment plc (CMI) is a United Kingdom-based investment holding company. In October 2007, Algeco Scotsman was formed following the merger of Algeco, Europe’s modular construction and mobile storage business, with Williams Scotsman, the modular storage rental business in North America. CMI, through its investment in Yola Investments Sarl (Yola) indirectly owns 7% of Magticom, a provider of mobile telephone services in the Republic of Georgia.

VTC is a fast growing and independent industrial group. Through its lean entrepreneurial structures the portfolio companies can react quickly to customers needs and changing market environments. The portfolio companies act fully independent and only receive strategic or M&A support from the holding. Owned by four private individuals, VTC is fully independent and focuses on profitable, long-term growth. Besides promoting organic growth, VTC is constantly evaluating new investment oppurtunities both in its current and in new segments.

Ackermans & van Haaren NV is a Belgian holding company that invests in companies active in various sectors, including dredging, construction and concessions, financial services, private equity, as well as real estate and related services. Ackermans & van Haaren N.V. Company also provides management support to other companies for specific operational and strategic projects. As of 31 December 2009, Ackermans & van Haaren NV held interests in a number of companies, including DEME, Extensa, Algemene Aannemingen Van Laere, Asco Life, Rent-A-Port, Nationale Maatschappij der Pijpleidingen (NMP), Financiere Trasys, Cobelguard, Groupe Financiere Duval, Bank Delen, Bank J. van Breda & Co, GIB and Henschel Engineering, among others.

Since 1998, Selby Ventures has been investing in passionate entrepreneurs who want to build the next generation of category defining companies. The firm invests through all stages of a company's growth, focusing primarily in the Digital Media, IT/Communications, and Sustainable Technology industries.

Sutter Hill Ventures has financed technology-based start-ups and assisted entrepreneurs in building market-leading companies since 1964. Through our decades of experience, Sutter Hill have developed strong industry networks, considerable operating and venture capital experience, and an understanding of the challenges that early-stage and high-growth companies face. Sutter Hill offer expertise in developing business strategy and partnerships, building management teams, and financing companies in both public and private markets.Sutter Hill Ventures are experienced operating executives who love building companies. Sutter Hill approach is straightforward. Sutter Hill have a collegial and uncomplicated operating style that is direct and results-driven. Sutter Hill work as a team to respond quickly to new investment proposals and to Sutter Hill portfolio companies' needs. Once sutter hill invest in a company, sutter hill bring to bear sutter hill bring to bear sutter hill time, expertise, and extensive industry networks to help these companies succeed. Building companies is sutter top priority and sutter favorite occupation.

Camellia Plc, through its subsidiaries, operates in agriculture and horticulture, engineering, food storage and distribution, insurance, pharmaceuticals, and private banking and financial services businesses. Its agriculture and horticulture business includes production of tea, edible nuts, avocados, rubber, soya, wheat, citrus products, wine grapes, table grapes, and other horticultural produce; and general farming operations. The company’s engineering business comprises the provision of metal finishing, fabrication, precision engineering, and heat treatment services primarily for the aerospace, and oil and gas industries. It has operations in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, India, Kenya, Malawi, Bangladesh, North America, Bermuda, South Africa, and South America.

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ameriprise Financial, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides financial planning, products, and services primarily in the United States. The company operates in four principal segments: Advice & Wealth Management, Asset Management, Annuities, and Protection. The Advice & Wealth Management segment offers financial planning and advice, as well as full service brokerage and banking services to retail clients through its affiliated financial advisors. The Asset Management segment provides investment advice and products to retail and institutional clients. The Annuities segment offers variable and fixed annuity products to retail customers primarily through financial advisors. The Protection segment provides various protection products through financial advisors to address the protection and risk management needs of retail clients, including life, disability income, and property-casualty insurance. The company was formerly known as American Express Financial Corporation and changed its name to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. in September 2005.

Allegis Capital was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with additional offices in Santa Monica, California and San Francisco, California. Allegis Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in seed and early-stage startup companies. The firm also provides incubation services. It typically invests in developing enabling technology and infrastructure, which serve emerging information technology markets with a focus on enabling hardware devices, enterprise software solutions, broadband and wireless delivery technologies, wired and wireless communications, digital media and commerce enablers, internet delivery platforms and services, security, and information services. The firm prefers to invest in the western region of United States and selected investments in Asia. It seeks to invest between $3 million and $5 million in its first investment to acquire an initial 20 % ownership stake in companies and provides capital support for subsequent financings. The firm typically acts as the lead investor and will partner with other venture capital firms. It prefers a board seat on its portfolio companies.

The Catalyst Group wants to be a catalyst for your investment needs. The Catalyst group provides investment banking services (mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and corporate partnering) and specializes in midsized companies in the information technology and telecommunications industries. Some of the companies the group has assisted in past transactions include Ericsson (integration into the French market), SSA Global Technologies (European expansion), Peritus Software Services (provided financial advice), and Alcatel-Lucent (formerly Lucent; evaluated strategic partners).

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