Lion Capital is a consumer-focused investment firm that seeks to make control investments in mid and large-sized, consumer-oriented businesses in Europe and North America. The Firm aims to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns through the application of deep investment and operating expertise in the consumer sector. Lion’s senior team has over 200 years of collective experience investing in and operating consumer businesses, providing an effective base from which to lead successful investments in the industry. Our focus on the consumer sector differentiates us from other investment firms and gives us a number of advantages in our pursuit of value-creation strategies in the companies in which we invest.Within Lion Capital’s partnership are long-standing professional relationships that extend back over seventeen years in some cases, and certain of the Lion Partners have been investing in Europe since the early 1990s. Over this time, Lion’s Partners have led the investment of over €4.5 billion in companies representing €17 billion of enterprise value. Lion Capital is currently managing two active pools of investment capital: Lion Capital Fund I (formed in 2004) and Lion Capital Fund II (formed in 2007), which combined give Lion over €2.8 billion of assets under management.

James Brearley & Sons offers a wide portfolio of financial services including asset management services, online brokerage through its ICON service, individual savings accounts, options trading, and pension planning. James Brearley, an investor in cotton mill stocks, founded the company in 1919. James Brearley & Sons company owns and operates about 8 offices throughout the UK.

Gresham offers a helping hand to mid-market businesses around the UK. The private equity investment firm, which is known for its partnership approach, specializes in management buyouts up to £100 million ($160 million). The company particularly focuses on business services, consumer and financial services, industrial products, healthcare, and energy. Past investments include 2e2, stair lift manufacturer Minivator, and building services supplier Warings Contractors. In 2009 Gresham led a £20.8 million ($35.3 million) management buyout of the entertainment and sports management businesses of financial advisory firm Formation Group. Gresham has offices in Birmingham, London, and Manchester.

Computershare Limited (Computershare) is engaged in the operation of investor services, plan services, communication services, shareholder relationship management services and technology services. The investor services operations comprise the provision of registry and related services. The plan services operations comprise the provision and management of employee share and option plans. The communication services operations comprise laser imaging, intelligent mailing, scanning and electronic delivery. The shareholder relationship management services group provides investor analysis, investor communication and management information services to companies, including employees, shareholders and security industry participants. Its technology services include the provision of software specializing in share registry, financial services and stock markets. In February 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of HBOS Employee Equity Solutions (HBOS EES) from Lloyds Banking Group plc.

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.

InnoCal could almost be short for "in or around California," which is where the venture capital firm focuses on investing in early- and expansion-stage information technology companies. The company tends to focus on businesses involved with enterprise software and hardware, semiconductors, wireless and Internet technologies, and broadband communications. The firm's criteria for investing, besides geography, includes strong management teams, exclusive proprietary technologies, and market-dominating potential. InnoCal generally invests between $1 million and $5 million per company, and it limits the number of investments it makes in order to focus its attention on developing strategies for portfolio companies.

JAFCO Co., Ltd. was founded in 1973, has offices in Japan and other parts of Asia. US subsidiary JAFCO Ventures focuses on US investments. Nomura Holdings and its affiliates together own about 30% of the company. JAFCO manages funds for investors including corporations, insurance companies, pension funds, and financial institutions. It invests in a wide variety of industries including manufacturing, media, electronics, retail, computer technology, and pharmaceuticals. The firm, with $530 billion (nearly $6 billion) under management, has seen more than 850 of its investments go public.

F&C Asset Management one of the top asset managers in the UK and Europe. F&C Asset Management company has more than $100 billion in assets under management, more than one-third of which comes from insurance giant Friends Provident, which spun off the company to shareholders in 2009. F&C Asset Management primarily manages insurance and institutional pension funds. In addition to its Baronsmead brand of venture capital trusts, F&C Asset Management also offers corporate bonds, UK and European equities, and ethical funds. It serves institutional and private investors from offices located throughout Europe and the US.

General Finance Corporation was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California. General Finance Corporation (GFN) has two operating subsidiaries, Royal Wolf and Pac-Van, that leases and sells storage container products, modular buildings and mobile offices through 18 customer service centers (CSCs) in Australia, six CSCs in New Zealand and 26 branch locations across 18 states in the United States. As of June 30, 2009, the Company had 28,227 and 11,347 lease fleet units in the Asia-Pacific area and United States, respectively. The Company does business in two distinct, but related industries; modular space and mobile storage. Pac-Van leases and sells modular space products. In October 2008, the Company acquired Pac-Van, Inc., through a merger of Mobile Office Acquisition Corp., the parent company of Pac-Van, and GFN's wholly owned subsidiary GFN North America Corp.

TRS was founded in 1939. Teachers Retirement System of The State of Illinois is a public pension benefit plan that provides retirement, disability, and survivor benefits for Illinois public school teachers, administrators, and personnel. Funded by contributions from members, employers, and the State of Illinois, as well as by investment income, TRS manages approximately $30 billion in assets. The system serves more than 350,000 members from all public schools except those in the city of Chicago. TRS is one of five state-funded retirement systems; the others are the State Universities Retirement System, the State Board of Investments, the State Employees' Retirement System, and the Judges Retirement System.

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