Spanning over five decades of contributing to the country’s economic growth, Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad (MIDF) today has strengthened its foothold in many segments of the financial services industry. MIDF was incorporated on 30 March 1960 mainly for the purpose of ensuring access to financing for manufacturing-based small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) as part of Malaysia’s strategy to expedite the industrial sector development. From boasting the status as Malaysia’s maiden development finance institution, MIDF has over the years transformed into a diversified group.Following its merger with Amanah Capital Partners Berhad in 2003, the acquisition of Utama Merchant Bank Berhad (UMBB) in 2004, and the establishment of MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Berhad (MIDF Investment) in 2006, the MIDF Group accentuated its ambition to become a leading financial services provider in three core business areas, namely investment banking, asset management and development finance. A subsidiary of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), MIDF has total assets of over RM9 billion and shareholders’ funds of over RM2 billion.

Nikko Cordial Securities trades in equities, fixed-income products, and investment trusts for retail and institutional investors. Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. has about $300 billion of assets under management in some 2,500 client accounts. Formerly part of Citigroup, which acquired the company in 2008, Nikko Cordial was sold to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group the following year for some $8.7 billion, including cash and debt considerations. Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. sold most of its stake in private equity investment subsidiary Nikko Antfactory for $140 million in 2008. The relatively small divestiture portended Citigroup's sale of non-core operations in Japan, including Nikko Cordial.

Thompson Street Capital Partners was founded in 2000. Thompson Street Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm specializing in family businesses in transition, growth capital, recapitalizations, management buyouts, corporate divestitures, and take privates investments in middle market companies. The firm does not invest in start-up and early-stage companies. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the manufacturing, distribution, and services companies. The firm invests in niche manufacturers and value-added distributors, military and homeland security providers, business-to-business catalog companies, home healthcare distributors, clinical labs, and business process outsourcing providers. It invests in companies based in the North America region. The firm does not invest in the real estate sector. It seeks to invest between $7.5 million and $40 million in companies having revenues between $20 million and $200 million and EBITDA of $5 million and $15 million.

CalPERS was established in 1932 and is based in Sacramento, California with additional offices in San Francisco, California; Glendale, California; San Bernardino, California; San Diego, California; San Jose, California; Orange, California; and Fresno, California. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is a state owned investment manager. The firm provides a variety of retirement and health benefit programs and services, and administers other programs dedicated to protecting the financial security of its members. It also provides administrative support services; real estate asset management; real estate acquisitions and mortgage management; external management services; corporate relations; and internal research services. The firm provides its services to public employees, retirees, and families. It manages equity, fixed income, alternative portfolios, and hedge funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity, private equity, fixed income, and hedging markets of the United States and across the globe. It also invests in cash equivalents and real estate. The firm invests in emerging markets and small-cap companies for its externally and internally managed equity portfolios. It makes its domestic fixed income investments in investment grade securities that are rated at least Baa3 by Moody’s or BBB- by S&P or Fitch Ratings. For its global fixed income investments, the firm invests in securities with a minimum rating of Ba3 by Moody’s or BB- by S&P or Fitch Ratings. It specializes in private equity financing making partnership, direct, and fund-of-funds investments.

City Capital Corporation operates as a professional management and diversified holding company. It manages various assets and holdings, including real estate developments; self-enrichment companies; and the buying, selling, and drilling of oil and gas properties. City Capital Corporation company owns an apartment building in Cleveland, Ohio. It was formerly known as Synthetic Turf Corporation and changed its name to City Capital Corporation in December 2006.

FirstLink Investments Corporation Limited began in 1973 as Singatronics Pte Ltd, a manufacturer of consumer electronic products, such as pocket calculators, toys and games. On 5 October 1978, Singatronics (Singapore) Pte Ltd was incorporated as a private limited company to take over the entire undertakings of Singatronics Pte Ltd. The Company was converted to a public company, known as Singatronics Limited on 7 September 1987 and listed on the Secondary Board of the Singapore Stock Exchange, SESDAQ on 19 October 1987. It was subsequently upgraded to the Main Board on 5 November 1990. The principal activity of the Company is investment holding. The principal activities of the corporations in the Group consist of the mining of the salt, manufacturing and distribution of edible salts & food seasonings and industrial salts.

Fred Alger Management was founded in 1964 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Jersey City, New Jersey and Boston, Massachusetts. Fred Alger Management, Inc. is an asset management arm of Fred Alger & Company Incorporated. The firm provides its services primarily to individuals. It also caters to investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, high net worth individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, endowments and foundations, and state or municipal government entities. The firm manages separate client-focused equity portfolios. It also manages equity, fixed income, and balanced mutual funds for its clients. The firm primarily invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It invests in growth stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. The firm employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolios. It uses in-house research to make its investments.

Iris Capital was founded in 1986 and is based in Paris, France. Iris Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in startup, early stage, late stage, growth capital, acquisition, and developmental capital investments. It also invests in middle market and mature companies. The firm prefers to invest in special situations such as public-to-private or secondary transactions. It focuses on media and entertainment, communications, electronics, and information technology sectors. Within media and entertainment, the firm invests in TV production and broadcasting, music, video games, cinema, publishing, advertising, and technical services and solutions. In communications, it seeks to invest in value-added service providers, telecoms, fixed and wireless operators, equipment, and software. Within IT, the firm invests in enterprise software, infrastructure and storage, security, IT services and ASPs, new technologies, and Internet Services sectors. It primarily invests in companies based in Europe with a focus on Continental Europe (France, Germany, Benelux, and Switzerland) and North America. It typically invests between €1 million ($1.47 million) and €4 million ($6.36 million) per round and can invest up to €20 million ($31.7 million) over the life of the company.

Symphony Technology Group (STG) is a strategic private equity firm with the mission of investing in and being a partner in building great software and services companies. In addition to capital, STG provides transformation expertise to enable its portfolio companies to deliver more value to clients to retain and attract the best talent and to achieve best-in-class business performance. All STG portfolio companies are expected to grow through innovation. STG's current portfolio consists of nine global companies with combined revenue of $2.5 Billion and 15,000 employees spread evenly across North America, Europe and Asia.

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners is an independent investment firm that invests in middle market companies located in the United States. LLCP manages approximately $5 billion of institutional capital on behalf of itself and its worldwide network of investors. These investors include state and corporate pension plans, insurance companies, fund of funds, family offices, foundations and endowments. Established in California in 1984 by Arthur E. Levine and Lauren B. Leichtman, the Firm has expanded geographically with offices in Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, and New York. The Firm has a proven business philosophy of investing along side entrepreneurs who believe in their company’s growth and want substantial equity ownership.LLCP’s private equity activities are conducted through Levine Leichtman Capital Partners III, L.P. (Structured Equity Fund), Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Deep Value Fund, L.P. (Distressed Debt Fund) and Levine Leichtman Capital Partners California Growth Fund (California focused Small Cap Fund). LLCP’s leveraged finance activities include the management of bank loans, high yield bonds and special situation investments through structured investment products. LLCP’s ability to invest senior floating rate debt through common equity provides us the flexibility to finance the entire capital structure thereby shortening the investment process and bringing more certainty to transaction closings.

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