Thomas Cressey Bravo is a private equity firm specializing in equity investments in growth capital, family business or other recapitalizations, going-private transactions, roll-overs of a portion of existing equity, management buyouts (full or partial), buy and build, and industry consolidations. The firm invests in business services, software, healthcare, consumer products and services, education, and media sectors. Within consumer products and services, it 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. In the healthcare sector, the firm invests in healthcare services (including hospitals, outpatient services, and managed care); pharmaceutical products and services (including branded and generic pharmaceuticals, marketing services, and specialty distribution); medical products and technologies (including disposables/consumables, medical technologies, and durable medical equipment); life-science instruments (including analytical instruments, consumables/reagents, and services).

IDB Holdings Corporation Ltd. (IDB Holding) part of the IDB Group is an Israel-based company engaged in diversified investment, financial and other related operations. IDB Holding Corporation owns a 100% interest in IDB Development Corporation Ltd., which holds and centralizes the Group’s investment activities. Through its interest in IDB Development, IDB Holding’s business interests include insurance through Clal Insurance, financial activities through Credit Suisse and Clal Finance, communications through 013 NetVision and Cellcom Communications, technology through several of its subsidiaries, industry through Makhteshim Agan Industries, Nesher, Taavura and several other companies, real estate development through Property & Building Corp. and Gav-Yam, and retail trade and tourism through Shufersal, Golf & Co. and Clal Tourism.

Oak Associates, ltd. is a nationally recognized growth equity investment advisor. From its founding in 1985, Oak Associates has provided quality growth portfolios to national endowments, public pension plans, private clients, and mutual fund investors. A concentration in key growth areas, diligent research and a focus on a long-term performance have been integral to the company’s success.The firm has managed a ‘best-ideas’ portfolio for institutional clients under a large-cap growth approach since its inception in 1985. Oak Associates expanded its institutional strategies to include a small-cap growth portfolio in 2009. The small-cap growth strategy was launched in 2005 and offered to retail investors through Oak’s family of no-load mutual funds. Oak Associates also provides health care and technology sector-specific strategies through subadvisor relationships or direct accounts.

Goldman Sachs Group Holdings (U.K.) company's London office, opened in 1970, serves as the regional headquarters for Goldman's European business. In September 2008, Goldman Sachs converted to a bank holding company. Goldman Sachs Group Holdings is the UK subsidiary of US investment banking power Goldman Sachs. The unit is one of the top mergers and acquisitions advisors in Europe and provides a range of capital markets services, as well as brokerage and asset management services to corporations, governments, and wealthy individuals.

Freeman Spogli & Co. was founded in 1983 and is based in Los Angeles, California with an additional office in New York, New York. Freeman Spogli & Co. is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts, and acquisitions of middle market companies. The firm may also invest in add-on acquisition opportunities. It invests in retail, direct marketing, and distribution companies. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in the United States. It typically makes equity investments between $40 million and $150 million in companies with enterprise values between $100 million and $700 million. The firm seeks to take a seat on the board of directors of its portfolio companies.

BGC Partners, Inc. operates as a financial intermediary to the financial markets specializing in the brokering of various financial products. BGC Partners, Inc. provides electronic marketplaces, including government bond markets, spot foreign exchange, foreign exchange options, and credit default swaps in various financial markets through its eSpeed- and BGC Trader- branded trading platform which can be accessed through its high speed data network, over the Internet, or third party communication networks.BGC Partners, Inc. serves banks, professional trading firms, futures commission merchants, professional market participants, financial institutions, investment banks, brokerage firms, asset managers, hedge funds, investment analysts, and financial advisors in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and other Americas. BGC Partners, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in New York, New York.

Gulf International Bank B.S.C. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Manama, Bahrain. Gulf International Bank B.S.C., through its subsidiaries, provides wholesale commercial and investment banking services primarily in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The company’s Merchant Banking segment engages in the provision of project financing and other credit facilities for corporate and institutional customers in various sectors, including oil and gas, liquefied natural gas, petrochemicals, power and water, infrastructure, and telecom and technology-based projects, as well as asset-based financing for aircrafts and ships. It also offers financial advisory services relating to structured financing, project finance, privatizations, initial public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. In addition, this segment provides various debt finance products, such as syndicated debt finance, Islamic finance, export credit, and capital markets. Its Treasury segment provides a range of treasury and capital market products and services to corporate and financial institution clients, including deposits and placements, Euro-commercial paper, spot and forward foreign exchange transactions, fixed and floating rate debt securities, structured debt securities, and foreign exchange and interest rate derivatives.

Towry was founded in 1958. Its principal shareholders are its employees and Palomon Capital Partners. Towry is a financial services firm with more than 500 private and corporate wealth advisors in 10 locations throughout the UK. Towry, which manages some $4.5 billion ($7 billion), offers fee-based wealth advice and investment management services such as retirement planning, life insurance, tax services, property/casualty insurance, and employee benefits consultancy. Its 2009 acquisition of the UK business of Edward Jones added some 1,000 associates and boosted Towry's wealth advisory business.

Government of Singapore Investment Corporation was founded in 1981 and is based in Singapore with additional offices in South Korea, United Kingdom, United States, Japan, and China. Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd. (GIC) is a sovereign wealth fund of the Government of Singapore. The firm manages foreign exchange reserves of the Government of Singapore. It invests in the public and private equity, real estate, fixed income, and alternative markets including foreign exchange, commodity, and money markets across the globe. The firm invests through its subsidiaries GIC Asset Management Pte Ltd., GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd., and GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd.

In-Q-Tel, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. In-Q-Tel, Inc. is a non-profit private equity and venture capital firm specializing in start-ups, early venture, mid venture, late-stage investments. The firm also provides bridge financing. It seeks to invest in research and development programs, emerging and established companies, universities and research labs. The firm makes investments in application software and analytics including software applications for enterprise, departmental, and individual users; software-based analytics to automate and support human analysis; tools to exploit text, multimedia, and geospatial-based data in native language and format; knowledge management and collaboration; search; categorization and publishing; application integration; visualization; translation; geospatial design; and simulation and modeling. Within bio, nano, and chemical technologies, it seeks to invest in the extraction and characterization of trace materials from the environment, the characterization of unknown bulk materials, the on-site determination of individual human traits for IC purposes, point-of-care medical technologies outside of a laboratory or clinical environment, tracking and/or authentication of both individuals and objects, and the enablement of new IC capabilities from advances in material science.

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