Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Dallas, Texas. Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (Westwood) manages investment assets and provides services for its clients through its two subsidiaries, Westwood Management Corp. (Westwood Management) and Westwood Trust. Westwood Management provides investment advisory services to corporate retirement plans, public retirement plans, endowments and foundations, a family of mutual funds, which the Company calls the WHG Funds, other mutual funds and clients of Westwood Trust. Westwood Trust provides trust and custodial services and participation in common trust funds that it sponsors to institutions and high net worth individuals. Westwood’s revenues are generally derived from fees based on a percentage of assets under management. On November 16, 2009, Westwood acquired Baxter Financial Corporation.

GLG Partners, Inc. (GLG) is an asset management company. The Company offers a range of investment products and managed account services. GLG manages global investment funds and accounts. It derives revenue primarily from management fees and administration fees charged to the GLG Funds and accounts it manages based on the value of assets in these funds and accounts, and performance fees charged to the GLG Funds and accounts it manages based on the performance of these funds and accounts. On April 3, 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of 100% of Societe Generale Asset Management Group Ltd.’s share capital to acquire Societe Generale Asset Management UK (SGAM UK), Societe Generale’s United Kingdom asset management business.

Brederode SA is a Belgium-based investment company that manages a portfolio of listed and unlisted investments. In 2009, the Company's investment portfolio consisted of listed holdings (56%), private equity (43%) and cash (1%). It invests primarily in companies active in the oil, electricity, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, insurances and construction materials industries. As of December 31, 2009, Brederode SA had four wholly owned, direct subsidiaries: Geyser SA, which is a Luxembourg-based holding company operating on the international capital markets; Brederode International SARL, which is also based in Luxembourg; Greenhill SA, which manages a portfolio of securities, and Athanor Ltd, which participates in a number of insurance syndicates.

Berkery Noyes & Company was founded in 1980 and is based in New York City. The firm has offices in Newton, San Francisco, and Wiesbaden, Germany. Berkery, Noyes & Co., LLC is a boutique investment-banking firm. The firm focuses on providing merger and acquisition, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, recapitalizing, financing, and valuation advice to companies in information, publishing, and communications industries.

Vontobel Holding AG is a Swiss private bank. The Company is structured into three main business units: Private Banking, Investment Banking, and Asset Management/Investment Funds. Private Banking services include portfolio management and active investment advisory to integrated financial advice and inheritance planning. The Investment Banking business unit focuses on the derivatives and structured products business and on brokerage, as well as on selected corporate finance activities. Asset Management/Investment Funds specializes in active asset management based on asset allocation, stock selection and multi-manager approaches. Its products are distributed through wholesale channels and directly to institutional clients. Among its subsidiaries there are Bank Vontobel Cayman, Bank Vontobel Oesterreich AG, Bank Vontobel Europe AG, Vontobel Asset Management, Inc., Vontobel Fund Advisory S.A., Harcourt Investment Consulting AB and Harcourt Alternative Investments (HK) Ltd.

George Mairs, Jr. founded the firm in 1931, and George Power joined in 1944. Mairs and Power's two flagship funds -- Mairs and Power Growth Fund (opened in 1958) and the Mairs and Power Balanced Fund (1961) -- have some $2 billion in assets under management. The firm also manages about $3 billion in assets for retail customers, benefits managers, and charitable foundations. Mairs and Power relies on a conservative investment strategy, where it seeks growth stocks that it holds for long periods of time. It invests heavily in companies based in the Midwest, where the firm is based, because of its familiarity with the region.

Unique Investment Corp. believes that each venture capital investment opportunity is unique and special. Unique Investment company targets both growing ventures and small and middle-market companies in the manufacturing and business services industries for investment. Unique Investment firm has taken stakes in Acorn-Gencon Plastics, CPI International, Gold Canyon Candles, and Qqest Software Systems.

Founded in 1977, Matrix Partners venture capital firm primarily funds startups in the software, Internet infrastructure, communications equipment, and semiconductor markets. Matrix Partners company likes to get in on the ground floor of a new business, and it enjoyed success even during the tech wreck because it generally stays away from dot-coms. Its Matrix Partners India fund invests in a range of industries (not just tech) in that country. Matrix, which typically invests more than $10 million per company in a series of stages, has offices in the high-tech hotbeds of the Silicon Valley and Boston. It opened an office in Beijing in 2008.

Incorporated in 1974, Temasek Holdings is an Asia investment company headquartered in Singapore. Supported by 12 affiliates and offices in Asia and Latin America, Temasek owns a diversified S$186 billion portfolio as at 31 March 2010, concentrated principally in Singapore, Asia and the emerging economies. Temasek's investment themes centre on Transforming Economies, Growing Middle Income Populations, Deepening Comparative Advantages and Emerging Champions. Its portfolio covers a broad spectrum of industries: financial services; telecommunications, media & technology; transportation & industrials; life sciences, consumer & real estate; energy & resources. Total shareholder return for Temasek since its inception in 1974 has been a healthy 17% compounded annually. It has a corporate credit rating of AAA/Aaa by rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Moody's respectively.

GIP was founded in 2006 as a joint venture between Credit Suisse and General Electric. It is owned and managed by affiliates of the two companies. Global Infrastructure Management gives its investments the power to grow. Doing business as Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), the company is a private equity firm that makes infrastructure-focused investments in the power and utilities, energy, air transport, water/wastewater, and transportation sectors. Its portfolio consists of about a dozen companies, most of which are located in North America and the UK. The firm typically makes long-term investments; its partners sit on the boards of, and work with management at, its portfolio companies.

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