The Clearing Corporation (TCC) has no problem coming between buyers and sellers of over-the-counter traded derivatives (such as futures and options). As trades are continuously matched throughout the day, TCC substitutes itself as buyer and seller for the trade and thus guarantees the performance of every trade it accepts. The independent clearinghouse serves major dealers and participants in the worldwide derivatives market, most of which are stockholders. The company was formed in 1925 as The Board of Trade Clearing Corporation and became the first independent clearinghouse for futures markets in the US. TCC was bought by the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) in 2009.

Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. was founded in 1989 and is based in Los Angeles, California. Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in restructurings, public to private transactions, recapitalizations of privately held companies, growth capital, acquisitions, turnarounds, and acquisitions of divisions and assets from large corporations. The firm seeks to invest in established companies. It invests in a range of industries including retail, consumer products, distribution, media, business services, and healthcare. The firm focuses its investments in North America. It prefers to invest between $500 million and $2 billion per transaction, in enterprise value, but can complete transactions in excess of $5 billion in enterprise value, as well. It seeks to invest in companies which have an ability to grow by at least 50 percent over a five year period.

KBC Ancora SCA is a Belgium-based company that holds approximately 23% of the shares in the listed KBC Group and, together with Cera SCRL, Maatschappij voor Roerend Bezit van de Boerenbond SCRL (MRBB) and other permanent shareholders, ensures the shareholder stability and continuity of KBC Group. KBC Group is a Belgian company that specializes in retail banking, insurance and asset management activities, as well as in the provision of services to businesses, principally in Belgium and Central and Eastern Europe. KBC Group is also active in private banking and services to businesses in other countries in Europe.

Federated Investors, Inc. (Federated), together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is a provider of investment management products and related financial services. The Company sponsors, markets and provides investment-related services to various investment products, including mutual funds and Separate Accounts (which include separately managed accounts, institutional accounts, sub-advised funds and other managed products). Federated provided investment advisory services to 145 Federated-sponsored funds (the Federated Funds) as of December 31, 2009. Federated markets these funds to banks, broker/dealers and other financial intermediaries. Of the 145 Federated Funds, as of December 31, 2009, Federated’s investment advisory subsidiaries managed 50 money market funds totaling $281.5 billion in assets, 47 fixed-income funds with $28.4 billion in assets and 48 equity funds with $21.0 billion in assets.

Scotia Waterous (formerly Waterous & Co.) provides investment banking services to companies in the energy industry. The firm offers support for mergers & acquisitions and divestitures, private placements, and other corporate finance services. In 2005, The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) acquired Waterous, combining Scotiabank's Scotia Capital division with the global financial counseling business of Waterous. Scotia Waterous owns and operates facilities in Canada, Latin America, Singapore, the UK, and the US. Scotia Waterous company maintains offices in Calgary, Houston, Denver, London, Latin America, Singapore, and Beijing.

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.

RS Investment Management Co. LLC was founded in 1986 and is based in San Francisco, California with an additional office in New York. RS Investment Management Co. LLC, doing business as RS Investments, is a privately owned investment manager. It provides its services to pension and profit sharing plans, investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, endowments, foundations, high net worth individuals, corporations, and banks. The firm manages separate client-focused equity and fixed income portfolios. It also manages mutual funds for its clients. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It invests in growth and value stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies. The firm employs a fundamental analysis to create its portfolio. It conducts an in-house research to make its investments.

Melrose PLC, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an engineering company. The Dynacast segment supplies die-cast parts and components for computing, consumer electronics, healthcare, automotive, and telecommunications industries. The Energy segment provides energy industrial products, such as turbogenerators, transformers, and switchgear units. This segment serves gas turbine producers and specialist generators; and oil and gas, mining, defense, telecommunications, utilities, and industrial contracting sectors. The Lifting segment manufactures wire and rope solutions, such as crane, fishing, marine, mining, and oil and gas wire and fiber ropes; and high carbon wire and construction products. This segment also provides accessories used in the lifting and material handling industry. It serves onshore and offshore oil and gas, deep shaft and surface mining, petrochemical, alternative energy, general industrial, construction, fishing and marine, and material handling industries. The Other Industrial segment offers window hardware, and storm and screen door hardware; automated material handling solutions for airports, post and parcel distribution facilities, manufacturing and warehouse operations, and library automation; and designs, manufactures, and supplies scrap processing and recycling equipment for ferrous, non-ferrous, and paper industries.

Manhattan Bridge Capital, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides short term, secured, non–banking, commercial loans to small businesses in the United States. Manhattan Bridge Capital, Inc. loans are secured by collateral, such as real estate, receivables, and marketable securities, as well as accompanied by personal guarantees from the principals of the businesses. Manhattan Bridge Capital, Inc. also develops Nextyellow, a software solution; and Nextyellow.com, a related Web site, which allow retail businesses and other service providers to reach prospective customers and clients for their goods and services. Manhattan Bridge Capital offers its loan products primarily through the company’s officers and independent loan brokers. Manhattan Bridge Capital, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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.

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