Invesco Ltd. (Invesco) is an independent global investment management company. Invesco provides a range of investment products for retail, institutional and high-net-worth clients worldwide. The Company has presence in the institutional and retail segments of the investment management industry in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, with clients in more than 100 countries. Invesco offers multiple investment objectives within the range of asset classes and products that it manages. Its asset classes include money market, fixed income, balanced, equity and alternatives. Invesco is a provider of retail investment solutions to clients through its distribution channels, Invesco Aim in the United States., Invesco Trimark in Canada, Invesco Perpetual in the United Kingdom, Invesco in Europe and Asia, and Invesco PowerShares (for it exchange-traded fund (ETF) products). In May 2010, Invesco acquired Morgan Stanley's retail asset management business.

BinckBank (formerly Binck) provides online brokerage services to customers in The Netherlands and Belgium. Some 70,000 private customers trade on its Web site, which offers access to all major global financial markets. BinckBank N.V. also provides professional services to banks and professional asset managers; it sold its propietary bond trading operations in 2007. Dutch trading specialist AOT (Amsterdan Options Traders) merged with BinckBank and established holding company Binck in 2004; two years later Binck and BinckBank merged into a single company. BinckBank plans to expand its operations into France.

Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. was founded in 1995. Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in special situation investments in middle-market companies in the form of buyouts, debt restructurings, asset consolidations, and growth capital. The firm invests in a variety of industries. It typically invests in companies based in United States and Israel. The firm prefers to invest between $20 million and $75 million in its portfolio companies, but it considers smaller and larger investments. It invests in companies experiencing financial stress, legal problems or operational challenges; businesses or assets whose value has been impacted by discrete events (e.g., a shareholder dispute, product recall, or cyclical downturn); and businesses or assets involved in bankruptcy proceedings. In Israel, the firm seeks to invest in water, renewable energy, and homeland security technology companies.

Sprott Physical Gold Trust (the Trust) is a closed-end mutual fund trust. The Trust was created to invest and hold substantially all of its assets in physical gold bullion. The Trust seeks to provide an exchange-traded investment alternative for investors interested in holding physical gold bullion. The Trust invests primarily in long-term holdings of unencumbered, fully allocated, physical gold bullion and will not speculate with regard to short-term changes in gold prices. Sprott Asset Management LP (the Manager) is the manager and RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust (RBC Dexia), a trust company, is the trustee of the Trust. As of December 31, 2009, the Trust held 97% of its total net assets in physical gold bullion in London Good Delivery bar form. The Trust does not invest in gold certificates or other financial instruments that represent gold or that may be exchanged for gold.

Texas Pacific Land Trust was created in 1888 as a result of the bankruptcy of the Texas and Pacific Railway Company. Holders of Texas and Pacific Railway Company bonds received 3.5 million acres of land in Texas which had been earned by the railroad and pledged as security against bonds. The bondholders created the Trust and converted bonds to shares of proprietary interest in the Trust. The Trust was created to manage and sell the land. Today the Trust is one of the largest landowners in Texas with around 965,000 acres located in twenty different counties. Texas Pacific Land Trust derives revenue from all avenues of managing the land, i.e. oil and gas royalties, grazing leases, easements, sundry and specialty leases, and land sales. The Trust has a perpetual oil and gas royalty interest in some 387,000 acres.

Towry was founded in 1958. Its principal shareholders are its employees and Palomon Capital Partners. Towry is a financial services firm with more than 500 private and corporate wealth advisors in 10 locations throughout the UK. Towry, which manages some $4.5 billion ($7 billion), offers fee-based wealth advice and investment management services such as retirement planning, life insurance, tax services, property/casualty insurance, and employee benefits consultancy. Its 2009 acquisition of the UK business of Edward Jones added some 1,000 associates and boosted Towry's wealth advisory business.

Harbour Centre Development puts its money behind hotels and restaurants, real estate development, and other investment opportunities in Hong Kong and Singapore. Harbour company's crown jewel is The Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel (which the company owns and manages). Other investments include commercial property development near the hotel and residential property development in Hong Kong through subsidiaries Manniwoth Company and Kowloon Properties Company. Harbour Centre Development is a subsidiary of The Wharf (Holdings) Limited through a 66% stake.

The Tai Cheung Group has been engaged in property developments and investments in Hong Kong for over 40 years. The Group was initially a construction company set up in 1956, subsequently became a publicly listed company under the name of Tai Cheung Properties Limited in 1972. Consequent upon a scheme of reorganisation, Tai Cheung Holdings Limited became the ultimate holding company of the Group and was listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited since 27th February, 1990.Throughout its long history, the Group has established a reputation for developing prestigious properties including office towers, industrial and residential buildings. In addition, the Group has interest in Sheraton-Hong Kong Hotel, a five star hotel located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. was founded in 1953. Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in expansion financing, growth capital, management buyout, recapitalization, industry consolidation, corporate spinout, and early stage financing transactions. The firm prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the technology and life sciences sectors. Within the technology sector, it invests in software as a service, technology enabled services, Internet/new media, financial services information technology, healthcare information technology with capital requirements of up to $25 million, and internet-based businesses. Within the life sciences sector, the firm invests in molecular and point-of-care diagnostics, medical devices, regenerative medicine, and specialty pharmaceuticals. It invests throughout United States and Canada. The firm primarily invests between $10 million and $25 million in growth equity financing and between $5 million and $10 million in early-stage financing. It typically invests in the capital structures including owner financed and bootstrapped companies, corporate division or business unit, and venture capital-backed seeking a growth partner.

President, CEO, and chief investment officer Timothy Burt founded Cardinal Capital Management in 1992. Cardinal Capital Management, Inc firm offers wealthy individuals and institutional investors fee-based investment counseling and management services, specializing in separate accounts. The firm invests in Canadian, US, and international stocks and bonds and has more than $1 billion in assets under management.

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