Everett Smith Group owns Eagle Ottawa Leather, which makes upholstery leather for major carmakers. Other Everett Smith portfolio companies include OEM Worldwide, which manufactures electronic assemblies for medical and industrial applications, and Maysteel, which makes power distribution equipment and sheet metal enclosures for the utility industry. Everett Smith typically invests up to $75 million per transaction and maintains a longterm buy-and-hold philosophy. Dickten Masch Plastics, which makes thermoplastic products for cars and hand tools, and Trostel, which makes rubber components rounds out Everett Smith's portfolio.

HIFX PLC was founded in 1998 and is based in Windsor, the United Kingdom. It has operations in Europe, North America, and Australasia. HiFX Plc was formerly known as HiFX Limited and changed its name to HiFX Plc in January 2004. HiFX Plc provides foreign exchange advisory services. It offers advisory services on identifying the nature of risks, foreign currency forecasting, and foreign currency exchange rates, as well as provides advisory services for foreign exchange structured products and managing surplus funds. The company also provides online and international money transfer services; news and information on various aspects of the currency markets, foreign exchange, emigrating, and overseas property; overseas property insurance services; and foreign exchange services for property purchase and emigration.

Thoma Bravo LLC is a private equity firm specializing in buy-outs, recapitalizations, roll-overs of a portion of existing equity, management buy-outs, growth equity, industry consolidation, acquisitions, buy and build, and take-private transactions. It does not invest in start-ups and distressed businesses. The firm prefers to invest in the companies based in United States, but can consider opportunities globally as well. It seeks to invest in business services, enterprise and infrastructure software, education, distribution, financial services, and consumer goods and services. In the business services sector, the firm invests in financial services, information services, and transaction processing. In education, it prefers to invest in postsecondary education; early childhood learning, K-12 schools; educational products manufacturing and distribution; behavioral schools; and corporate training. Within consumer products and services, the firm invests in food and beverages; health, wellness and beauty aids, and services; automotive aftermarket; sports, leisure, entertainment and hobby products, and services; catalog and internet retailing; house wares, home repair and home furnishings; gardening and crafts; and pet care.

Harbinger Group Inc., formerly known as Zapata Corporation, is a holding company which has approximately $148.7 million in cash, cash equivalents and investments as of March 31, 2010, including 98% of Zap.Com Corporation. Harbinger Group Inc. is currently searching for acquisition candidates.Zap.Com is a public shell company which does not have any existing business operations. Zap.Com may search for assets or businesses that it can acquire so that it can become an operating company. Zap.Com may also consider developing a new business suitable for its situation. Zap.Com trades on the OTCBB under the symbol "ZPCM."

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.

Founded in 1988, JLL Partners is among the leading private equity investment firms in the country. JLL Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in middle market companies. The firm prefers to invest in balance sheet restructurings, buyouts, operational turnarounds, acquisitions, add-on acquisitions, industry consolidations, growth capital, and strategic co-investments. It invests in companies which are significantly over-leveraged; companies lacking committed sponsorship; companies requiring strategic and/or operational refocusing; companies in out-of-favor industries; businesses being divested from a larger corporate entity; and companies seeking a financial partner to pursue their strategies. The firm seeks to invest in manufacturing and services, financial services, healthcare and medical services, and building products. It seeks to take a majority stake in its portfolio companies.

Boom Securities (H.K.) Ltd. was founded in 1997. BOOM Securities (H.K.) Limited, is a fully licensed Broker / Dealer regulated by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong and headquartered in Hong Kong. Boom Securities (H.K.) Ltd. is the first company to offer online trading in Asia, the Hong Kong-based firm provides access to most major exchanges located throughout the Asia/Pacific region and the US. Its inventory includes stocks, mutual funds, index funds, warrants, equity-linked notes, and currencies. Major investors in Boom Securities include William Hambrecht of WR Hambrecht Co., which is owned by JP Morgan Chase.

Cognetas LLP was founded in 1989 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Frankfurt, Germany; Milan, Italy; and Paris, France. Cognetas LLP is a private equity firm specializing in management buyouts, buy-ins, public to private transactions, and restructurings of mid-cap mid-market companies. The firm primarily focuses on consumer, industrial, business services, financial services, and healthcare sectors. Within the consumer sector it seeks to invest in the leisure, retail, household and consumer goods, and food and drink sectors. In the industrial sector, the firm’s investments include building materials, automotive, manufacturing, and chemical sectors. Its investment in the financial services sectors includes outsourced financial services, insurance, and financing companies. Within business services sector, the firm prefers to invest in outsourced services, logistics and transportation, facilities management, and other business services. In the healthcare sector, the firm prefers to invest in the healthcare services and equipment sectors.

Institut de Participations de l’Ouest SA was founded in 1980 and is based in Nantes, France. Company Overview Institut de Participations de l’Ouest SA is a private equity arm of CIC Credit Industriel & Commercial, specializing in growth capital, management and owner buyout and buy-in transactions, and recapitalization. The firm usually invests in all the sectors. It typically invests in the following western region of France: Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Poitou-Charentes, Limousin, and Normandie. The firm invests between €0.5 million ($0.74 million) and €15 million ($22.27 million) per transaction in companies and seeks minority control in the businesses it acquires.

Lightyear Capital and its affiliated investment funds specialize in providing buyout and growth capital to companies across the financial services industry. Founded in 2000, Lightyear Capital has managed approximately $3 billion in committed capital. With its Principals averaging over 25 years of experience across the financial services industry, Lightyear Capital is ideally positioned to respond to the challenges and opportunities of financial services investing. Lightyear Capital has fully invested The Lightyear Fund, L.P. and is currently investing Lightyear Fund II, L.P.

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