Since 1984, Onex has acquired and built great businesses as a private equity investor. Onex Corporation (Onex) is an investment firm. The Company focuses on investing its active ownership approach of acquiring and building businesses in partnership with management teams. Onex invests through Onex Partners, its private equity platform. Onex also invests through ONCAP, its mid-market private equity platform, Onex Real Estate Partners and Onex Credit Partners. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had invested approximately $7.5 billion. As December 31, 2009, it had completed more than 260 acquisitions. In October 2009, the Company sold its interest in Celestica Inc. In August 2009, it sold its interest in Emergency Medical Services Corporation (EMSC). In April 2009, it also sold its interest in Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company acquired Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino.

YFM Private Equity is a subsidiary of small and midsized business investor YFM Group. YFM Private Equity manages venture capital trusts (including the British Smaller Companies sister funds) that invest in a variety of UK businesses. The trusts provide financing for primarily early-stage technology companies but also more established businesses in other industries. YFM Private Equity typically invests up to £8 million and prefers to see business plans and exit strategies from target firms. YFM Private Equity's portfolio includes stakes in facilities manager Connaught, medical communications firm Fishawack, and gaming machine data manager Brulines.

Stephens was founded in 1933. Stephens Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Stephens Holding Company. Stephens Inc. offers investment banking and financial advisory services to corporations, state and local governments, financial institutions, and individual investors. The company’s services include merger and acquisition advisory, private placement of debt and equity, municipal and corporate securities underwriting, equity sales and trading, general securities brokerage, research, wealth management, investment advisory, and mutual fund services.

T. Rowe Price Group was founded in 1937 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland with additional offices in London, United Kingdom; Central Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Tokyo, Japan; and Singapore. T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. is a financial services holding company that provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional investors in the sponsored T. Rowe Price mutual funds and other investment portfolios. The Company operates its investment advisory business through its subsidiary companies, primarily T. Rowe Price Associates, T. Rowe Price International and T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services. The Company also manages a range of United States and international stock, blended asset, bond, and money market mutual funds and other investment portfolios, which are designed to meet the varied and changing needs and objectives of individual and institutional investors. On January 20, 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of 26% equity interest in UTI Asset Management Company.

Palamon Capital Partners was founded in 1999. Palamon Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in middle market companies. The firm invests in mid and late venture, development capital, recapitalizations, deleveraging transactions, turnarounds, and buyouts. It primarily invests in service sector businesses with a focus on specialty engineering, communications and media, financial services, leisure and entertainment, healthcare, information technology, and business services. The firm invests in companies based in Europe. It seeks to invest between €10 million ($15.45 million) and €80 million ($123.67 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm prefers to be the lead investor with either a majority or significant minority shareholding and at least two board seats in its portfolio companies.

Trident Capital, Inc. was founded in 1993. Trident Capital, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage growth capital and expansion stage companies and participates in buyout, spinout, recapitalization, and middle market transactions. It focuses its investment on healthcare services, clean tech, Internet, business services, information services, software including technology-leveraged outsourcing and processing for healthcare and insurance, communication and wireless, payment and transaction processing, innovation management, marketing and sales, and enterprise software and services for security, communications, and mobility. Within clean tech sector, the firm seeks to invest in solar, energy storage, fuel cells, green building materials, water, and carbon sequestration.

Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) is a bank holding company. Western Alliance provides a range of banking and related services to locally owned businesses, professional firms, real estate developers and investors, local non-profit organizations, high net worth individuals and other consumers through its subsidiary banks and financial services companies located in Nevada, Arizona, California and Colorado. Western Alliance also offers an array of financial products and services aimed at satisfying the needs of small to mid-sized businesses and their proprietors, including cash management, trust administration and estate planning, custody and investments and equipment leasing. Western Alliance also provides a range of banking services, as well as trust and investment advisory services, through its consolidated subsidiaries. On December 31, 2009, Western Alliance sold a 75% interest in Miller/Russell & Associates, Inc (MRA).

Established in 1979, Fisher Investments is a private money management firm serving Fortune 500 companies, foundations, and endowments, as well as wealthy individuals with at least $500,000 to invest. The firm is active in the US and in the UK, where it operates through subsidiary Fisher Wealth Management. In Germany, Fisher does business through its joint-venture affiliate, Greener Fisher Investments. At the helm of Fisher Investments is founder, CEO, and chief investment officer Ken Fisher, who has authored several books on investing and has written the "Portfolio Strategy" column for Forbes magazine for more than 20 years.

Hirtle, Callaghan & Co., Inc. provides investment management services for endowments, foundations, pension funds, health care organizations, and wealthy families, and takes pride in its assemblage of independent chief investment officers. Its services include global investment strategies, risk management, and access to alternative investments such as hedge funds and private equity. Founded in 1988, Hirtle, Callaghan & Co. has more than $17 billion in assets under management. The company has six US offices.

Mellon Capital is one of the leading institutional investment managers in the United States, with 550 clients representing $177.7 billion in assets under management as of May 31, 2010, which includes assets managed in overlay strategies ($9.4 billion).* Offering a range of investment portfolios, from traditional to alternative asset classes, MCMC are an acknowledged leader in MCMC field.

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