Established in 1987, The Carlyle Group is a private global investment firm that originates, structures and acts as lead equity investor in management-led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings.The Carlyle Group is a global alternative asset manager with more than $90.5 billion under management. With 67 funds across four investment disciplines (buyouts, credit alternatives, growth capital and real estate), Carlyle combines global vision with local insight, relying on a top-flight team of 400+ investment professionals operating out of offices in 19 countries to uncover superior opportunities in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America.While open to opportunities wherever they can be found, Carlyle focuses on sectors in which it has demonstrated expertise: aerospace & defense, automotive & transportation, consumer & retail, energy & power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, real estate, technology & business services and telecommunications & media.

The Jones Financial Companies is the parent of Edward Jones, an investment brokerage network catering to individual investors. Serving some seven million clients, the "Wal-Mart of Wall Street" has thousands of offices (mainly in rural communities and suburbs) in all 50 states and Canada. Brokers preach a conservative buy-and-hold approach, offering relatively low-risk investment vehicles such as government bonds, blue-chip stocks, high-quality mutual funds, and annuities. The Jones Financial Companies, L.L.L.P. also sells insurance and engages in investment banking, underwriting and making markets for corporate securities and municipal bonds.

Numis Corporation Plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as an independent investment banking and stock broking company in the United Kingdom. It offers a range of research, execution, equity capital markets, corporate broking, and corporate finance services to quoted companies and their investors. The company also provides advisory services for fundraising and corporate finance transactions, including primary and secondary issues and mergers and acquisitions. Numis Corporation offers its services for aerospace and defense, building and property, engineering, fast moving consumer goods, life sciences, media, metals and mining, new energy and emissions, non-life insurance, oil and gas, retail, specialty and other financials, support services, technology, and travel and leisure sectors.

McAdams Wright Ragen was formed in 1998 by Brooks Ragen and Scott McAdams, both formerly associated with the regional firm Ragen MacKenzie. McAdams Wright Ragen, Inc., the regional broker-dealer offers equity and fixed-income trading, asset management, and investment banking services such as corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions advice to area companies. McAdams Wright Ragen, Inc. also performs equity research on northwestern and national stocks and acts as a market maker for some 550 community bank stocks. Offering investment management and financial planning services to retail clients, McAdams Wright Ragen, Inc. has some $3 billion in assets under management. Employee-owned MWR was founded in 1999 by Ragen MacKenzie alums Brooks Ragen and president and CEO Scott McAdams.

ICAP plc, the world's largest interdealer brokerage with more than $2 trillion in average daily volume, is a wholesale broker of OTC derivatives, money markets, and securities, focusing on foreign exchange, energy, credit, and equities markets. With operations in more than 30 countries, the firm is a major interdealer broker in US Treasury notes. Direct trade execution and processing are available to investment houses and major banks through the company's electronic trading services. Institutional clients include international, investment, and commercial banks. ICAP also has a joint venture with insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group.

The Ziegler Companies, Inc. was founded in 1902 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. The Ziegler Companies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides financial services in the United States. It operates in two segments, Capital Markets and Investment Services. The Capital Markets segment underwrites fixed income securities to finance senior living and healthcare providers, religious institutions, private schools, and alternative energy projects. It also offers risk management and financial advisory, merger and acquisition advisory, health care consulting, and corporate and public finance services. This segment provides its services to not-for-profit corporations, municipalities, and for-profit business corporations in the healthcare and alternative energy industries. The Investment Services segment offers investment advisory services to institutional and individual clients; and financial products and financial planning services, including equity and fixed-income securities, mutual funds, real estate investment trusts, affiliated and non-affiliated alternative investments, annuities, insurance products, and portfolio management services to retail and institutional clients through its retail branch distribution network.

InterWest Partners was founded in 1979 and is based at Menlo Park, California. InterWest Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage companies. It makes ongoing capital investments throughout the full range of venture investment stages including development stages. The firm seeks to invest in the information technology companies with a specific focus on systems, enterprise software and services, wireless and mobility, digital media and Internet, datacenter infrastructure, communications, semiconductors, and components; and life sciences companies with specific focus on biopharmaceuticals, drug discovery and tool discovery, medical devices and diagnostics, service, and healthcare information technology companies. Its investments range from $7 million to $15 million over several rounds of financing. The firm prefers to be the lead investor and typically serves on the Board of Directors of its portfolio companies.

The Sacramento Valley Board of Trade (SVBT) provides risk management and related collections information and services for member businesses in the food, beverage, and media industries. Founded in 1980 by sister firm Northern California Collections Service, SVBT helps clients prevent debt losses by compiling and distributing monthly reports containing total due, past due, and returned check information on accounts within the industries. Members can also submit and review credit alerts via the board's Web site.

WH Ireland is aiming at providing financial services to more countries than just Ireland or the UK. WH Ireland Group PLC offers customers stockbroker services, investment management consulting, and corporate financial planning products. WH Ireland Group PLC corporate finance segment assists businesses with a wide array of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, flotations, and fund raisings, while the company's Fitel Nominees Ltd subsidiary holds stocks and shares for the customer inside a safe depository. With $1.5 billion under management, WH Ireland owns and operates facilities throughout the UK and Australia.

Hargreaves Lansdown was founded in 1981 and is based in Bristol, the United Kingdom. Hargreaves Lansdown Plc, through its subsidiaries, provides a range of investment products, investment services, and financial planning and advice to private investors in the United Kingdom. Its flagship service, Vantage, is a direct-to-private investor fund supermarket and wrap platform. Vantage offers clients the administrative convenience of being able to hold and manage their investments, including unit trusts, OEICs, equities, bonds, investment trusts, and cash. The company also provides investment management, independent financial advisory, and stock broking services to private investors, and advisory services to companies in respect of group pension schemes.

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