The Adams Express Company was founded in 1840 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Adams Express Company (the Fund) is a closed-end investment company. The Fund is an internally managed fund, whose investment objectives are preservation of capital, the attainment of reasonable income from investments and an opportunity for capital appreciation. The Fund invests in various sectors, which includes consumer, energy, financial, healthcare, industrials, information technology, materials, telecom services and utilities. The Fund invests in common stocks and convertible securities, non-controlled affiliate, short-term investments and securities lending collateral.

Lupus Capital believes in industrial strength finances. Lupus Capital plc company invests in manufacturing and services firms in the industrial sector. Holdings include Gall Thomson Environmental, which manufactures marine and industrial components for the oil industry; Schlegel Building Products, maker of sealing systems for the building, automotive, and other industries; and Laird Security Systems (LSS), a maker of locks and other security hardware for residential uses.

Thomas Weisel Partners company operates in four segments: investment banking, brokerage, equity research, and asset management. Focusing on the technology, industrial growth, health care, mining, and consumer products and services sectors, the company offers services including mergers and acquisition advisory, institutional sales, and wealth management. The firm also offers venture capital investing and other opportunities to affluent private investors and institutional clients. Thomas Weisel Partners was acquired by Stifel Financial for more than $300 million in 2010. Thomas Weisel is now a subsidiary of Stifel.

U.S. Venture Partners was founded in 1981. U.S. Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage companies. It typically invests in information technology, life science and technologies for adapting to or mitigating climate change with a focus on energy-related products and services, components, software, systems, semiconductors, web-enabled services for businesses and consumers, storage, wireless communication, sustainable agriculture, the Internet version 2.0, biomedical devices, and new drugs with profound social benefits. The firm seeks to invest in markets with revenue potential in excess of $1 billion and rarely invests in companies focusing on a market smaller than $300 million. It prefers to avoid investing in companies that compete directly with each other. The firm prefers to take a board seat in its portfolio companies and typically invests for a period of three to ten years.

Citi has had a presence in the United Kingdom since 1902. Smith Barney opened its first office in London in 1968, and Salomon Brothers established its U.K. headquarters in London in 1971. In 1997, Smith Barney merged with Salomon Inc. to form Salomon Smith Barney. Citigroup Global Markets Limited is an investment banking and securities brokerage firm providing investment banking services to supranationals, governments, financial institutions and large- and mid-capitalization corporate clients. The company was founded in 2000, and is headquartered in London with additional offices in Amsterdam, Budapest, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Paris, Warsaw and Zurich. Citigroup acquired Schroders' Investment Banking business. As a result of this acquisition this unit is known as Schroders Salomon Smith Barney. As of 05/01/2000, Citigroup Global Markets Limited was a subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc. It now operates as a subsidiary of Citigroup Global Markets Europe Limited.

Vestar Capital Partners is on a quest to invest. Specializing in management buyouts, growth capital investments, and recapitalizations, the firm targets middle-market firms (valued between $250 million and $3 billion) in the consumer products, financial services, media and communications, health care, and manufacturing sectors. It typically invests up to $700 million per transaction. An active, long-term investor that partners with the management of its portfolio companies, Vestar company oversees some $7 billion of committed equity capital on behalf of financial institutions, endowments, foundations, funds of funds, and public and private pension plans.

Burns, Philp & Company Pty Limited and its subsidiaries engage in the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of food ingredients, and consumer branded food and related products primarily in New Zealand. Its products include snack foods, such as salty and nutritious snacks; baking products, such as packaged loaf bread, other baked goods, and frozen meals; and spreads and oils, including fats and oils, bulk and retail flour, margarine and spreads, cake mixes, mayonnaise, dressings, chickens, and ice cream. Burns, Philp & Company’s customers include supermarket chains and convenience stores in New Zealand.

Argent Trading, Inc. was founded in 1958 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Columbia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Argent Trading Inc., a corporate trading company, purchases underperforming assets using its trading currency, Asset Purchase Credits (APC's) in the United States and internationally. The company provides trading solutions, including real estate and remarketing solutions, as well as helps clients to use trade credits in various media vehicles. Its client companies use their APC's towards the purchase of budgeted goods and services, including media, manufacturing materials, capital equipment, packaging, transportation, distribution, and sales and administrative expenses.

As a pioneering investor in Northern Ireland, Enterprise Equity is one of Northern Ireland's longest established fund managers, with an enviable investment record in both technology businesses such as BCO Technologies Ltd, as well as traditional industries such as Balcas. Enterprise Equity was originally established as an evergreen investment fund in 1987 by the International Fund for Ireland. Since the initial £7 million capitalisation in 1987, £28 million has been invested in 40 companies producing a very attractive return after covering running costs and considerable taxes. In 2008, the Enterprise Equity Team conducted its own management buy-out of the fund management business from the International Fund for Ireland.

Matrix Asset Management was formed in early 2010 to group the assets of Matrix, SEAMARK, and GrowthWorks under one umbrella. The combined companies operate offices across Canada and manage about $3 billion in assets. Matrix Asset Management strives to be the investment point-of-origin for its clients. Part mutual fund manager, part private equity firm, Matrix Asset Management is the holding company for SEAMARK Asset Management, which offers portfolio management services to institutional and high-net-worth individuals; and GrowthWorks, a venture capital firm and fund manager. Other holdings include Mavrix Fund Management, a mutual funds manager and subsidiary of GrowthWorks.

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