Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC ("MDP"), based in Chicago, is one of the most experienced and successful private equity investment firms in the United States. MDP has raised over $18 billion of capital since its formation in 1992. Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in buyouts of private or publicly held companies, or divisions of larger companies; recapitalizations of family-owned or closely held companies; balance sheet restructurings; acquisition financings; and growth capital investments in mature companies. The firm prefers to invest in basic industries, communications, consumer, financial services, healthcare, and real estate sectors. Within the basic industries sectors, it focuses on energy and power, paper, packaging and forest products, chemicals, building products, metals and mining, diversified industrial, natural resources, automotive, food, refining, and general manufacturing industries. In the communications sector, the firm invests in media including broadcast television, radio station groups, and publishing companies; wireless communications sector including mobile telephone operators, paging service providers, high-capacity data and voice transmission service providers, and satellite service providers; and wireline telecommunications including local exchange carriers, rural telephone operators, and cable television system operators.

BNP Paribas Asset Management has approximately E250 billion (more than $340 billion) in assets under management in products such as money market investments, equities, bonds and convertible securities, and structured and alternative investments. Institutional investors make up for more than half of the unit's customer base; its retail network and private banking clients account for most of the remainder. BNP Paribas Asset Management also offers its investment products through third-party providers. It has offices in more than two dozen countries, and has been looking to countries such as Brazil and China for growth. The firm is part of BNP Paribas Investment Partners.

First Investors Corporation operates as a financial broker/dealer in the United States. It sells mutual fund and life insurance products. The company’s products include mutual funds, including stock, bond, money market, equity, income, and municipal bond funds; insurance and annuity products; retirement programs; pension and profit sharing plans; and college-funding programs. It serves individual and business customers. First Investors Corporation was formerly known as Financial Independence Founders and it changed its name January 1948. The company was founded in 1930 and is based in New York, New York. First Investors Corporation operates as a subsidiary of First Investors Consolidated Corporation.

Founded in 1988 by President Kay Chandler, the firm has some $2 billion under management. Chandler Asset Management is an investment adviser specializing in the management of fixed-income portfolios for institutional investors. The firm offers portfolio management, analysis, and accounting as well as cash flow modeling, compliance reporting, and client training. Its investment strategies include short-term fixed income, core fixed income, and 1-5 year fixed income. Public agencies, healthcare companies, foundations, endowments, and corporations make up Chandler's customer base.

Investec Limited is an international banking group that provides a range of financial products and services. The Company is organized into five business divisions: Private Client Activities, Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Asset Management and Property Activities. In addition, its head office provides certain group-wide integrating functions, such as risk management, information technology, finance, investor relations, marketing, human resources and organizational development. It is also responsible for the Company’s central funding, as well as other activities, such as trade finance.

First Savings Financial Group, Inc. (First Savings Financial Group) is a holding company for First Savings Bank, F.S.B. (the Bank). The Bank operates as a community-oriented financial institution offering traditional financial services to consumers and businesses in its primary market area. The Bank attracts deposits from the general public and uses those funds to originate residential mortgage loans, commercial mortgage loans and commercial business loans. The Bank also originates residential and commercial construction loans, multi-family loans, land and land development loans, and consumer loans. The Bank conducts its lending and deposit activities primarily with individuals and small businesses in its primary market area. On September 30, 2009, the Bank acquired Community First Bank (Community First).

BlueBay Asset Management was founded in 2001 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Tokyo, Japan and New York, New York. BlueBay Asset Management plc is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm provides its services to institutions, corporations, Pension and profit sharing plans, pooled investment vehicles, white label funds, and high net worth individuals. It manages fixed income credit funds and structured products for its clients. The firm also manages separate client focused portfolios. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It also invests in emerging and alternative markets. The firm specializes in fixed income credit. It employs a combination of fundamental and technical analysis with a combination of top-down and bottom-up approach to make its investments.

Nikko Asset Management Co. Ltd. was founded on December 1, 1959 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. Nikko Asset Management Co. Ltd. is an asset management arm of The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. It provides its services primarily to pooled investment vehicles. The firm also caters to pension and profit sharing plans, banking or thrift institutions, charitable organizations, state or municipal government entities, government affiliated agencies, and other businesses. It manages separate client focused equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm also manages investment trusts and exchange traded funds for its clients. It invests in the public equity, fixed income, and real estate markets of Asia including Japan. The firm invests in growth and value stocks of small and mid cap companies. It employs a combination of fundamental and quantitative analysis alongwith a bottom-up stock selection approach while making its investments.

Capricorn Management was formed by managing general partner Herbert "Pug" Winokur in 1987. Capricorn Management was born under the dollar sign. Capricorn Management company is a private equity firm that targets companies valued between $50 and $500 million and holds them for about four to eight years. It looks for undervalued investments with strong customer bases. Investors in the firm include endowments, financial institutions, corporate pension funds, and select families and individuals. Capricorn generally invests $3 million to $35 million per transaction. Portfolio companies include snack food company Mrs. Fields and incontinence products maker Whitestone.

Capital Z Management company holds significant minority interests in about 15 US and European alternative investment management firms that specialize in long/short equity positions, managed futures, private equity, emerging markets, special situations, and other investment strategies. Capital Z typically acquires an ownership stake of 20% to 50% in its sponsored asset managers, takes seats on their boards of directors, and provides input on the management of their funds and on other major business decisions. Capital Z Management company also makes private equity investments through its CZR Capital and Union Square Partners affiliates.

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