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Screening Criteria 1 Investment Type: Private Equity Investing 2 Geographic Locations: Boston Area (Primary) OR New York City Area (Primary) 3 Private Equity Funds: Fund Launch Date [All History]: AND Fund Size ($mm) is greater than 300 4 Industries of Interest: Energy OR Industrials

ABRY Partners, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 111 Huntington Avenue 30th floor Boston, Massachusetts 02199 United States Main Phone: 617-859-2959 Main Fax: 617-859-8797 Business Description: ABRY Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in late stage; total buy-outs of financial investors, families, publicly-traded or strategic owners; acquisition roll-ups, platform acquisitions; leveraged buyouts; industry consolidations; add-on acquisitions; mezzanine, recapitalizations, turnaround; middle markets, and growth capital investments. It prefers to invest in media, communication, business services, education, entertainment, healthcare services, information services, and online media industries with a focus on television and radio broadcasting, cable television, business-to-business, magazine publishing, newsletter publishing, conventions/trade shows, for-profit training, couponing, monitoring services, telephone companies, communications towers, consumer magazine publishing, recorded music libraries, proprietary database providers, wireless communications, and in-store advertising. The firm typically invests between $25 million and $150 million of equity in case of the private equity fund or between $15 million and $50 million of mezzanine/senior equity capital in its portfolio companies. It seeks to invest for a period between three years and seven years. ABRY Partners, LLC was founded in 1989 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Excel Company ID: IQ18545

ACI Capital Co., LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 666 Third Avenue 29th Floor New York, New York 10017 United States Main Phone: 212-634-3333 Main Fax: 212-634-3330 Business Description: ACI Capital Co., LLC is a private equity firm specializing in buyout, mezzanine, growth capital, recapitalization, PIPE, secondary purchase, bridge financing, acquisitions of companies operating in chapter 11 bankruptcy, family-owned businesses, acquisitions of divisions or subsidiaries of large corporations through divestitures, spin-offs or carve-outs, go-private transactions, stock or asset purchases of private, and private or public, mature, middle and lower-middle market companies. It also invests in industries with negative investor sentiment, entrepreneur-owned businesses that lack the appropriate level of infrastructure and operational focus, and businesses in “failed-auction” processes. The firm prefers to invest in companies engaged in the consumer, industrial, and services sectors. In consumer it focuses on direct marketing, consumer products, restaurants, franchising, and healthy living. In industrial the firm focuses on niche manufacturing, transportation, infrastructure, and alternative energy. Under services it focuses on business services, healthcare services, financial services, logistics, and media. The firm seeks to invest in companies headquartered in or with significant operations in North America. It typically invests between $20 million and $50 million per transaction in portfolio companies that have annual revenues between $25 million and $500 million, operating cash flow or EBITDA above $5 million, and enterprise value between $50 million and $300 million. The firm may invest in larger transactions through co-investments with limited partners, affiliates or other investors. It prefers to act as a lead investor and make investments in which it has economic and voting control or minority investments with appropriate control. The firm prefers to invest in equity securities, securities convertible into equity or securities throughout a company’s capital structure, including debt. ACI Capital Co., LLC was founded in 1995 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ432389

Advent International Corporation Primary Address: Headquarters 75 State Street Boston, Massachusetts 02109 United States Main Phone: 617-951-9400 Main Fax: 617-951-0566 Business Description: Advent International Corporation is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in growth buyout, mid market, management buyouts, buyins, company succession, strategic repositioning, and venture capital funds. It seeks to invest in business and financial services, retail, leisure, and consumer, IT services and technology, media, and telecom, healthcare and life sciences, and industrial sectors. Within venture capital investments, it invests in healthcare, life sciences, and technology sectors focusing on biotechnology, emerging pharmaceuticals, medical devices, business application software, infrastructure software, information technology, and business services companies. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in Western Europe with a focus on United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and Spain; Central Europe focusing, on Czech and Slovak Republics, Poland, Romania, Ukraine; Latin America, investing primarily in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina; Asia Pacific/ South Asia focusing on Japan, China, and India; and North America. For developing market buyout, it invests in Central Europe, with a focus on Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, and Turkey and Latin America, with a focus on Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. For venture capital investments, the firm primarily invests in North America, with selective investments in Europe and other markets. It typically invests between €100 million ($149.49 million) and €500 million ($747.46 million) in companies with enterprise value up to €2 billion ($3,185.66 million) or $2 billion and revenues between €200 million ($266.54 million) and €2 billion ($2665.4 million). Within developing market buyout, it typically, makes equity investments between $20 million and $60 million in companies with enterprise value between $20 million and $250 million. For venture capital investments, the firm seeks to make equity investment between $5 million and $20 million. The firm prefers to exit an investment between three years and five years either through a trade sale to another company or through flotation or IPO's. It may also acquire a majority stake in firms. Advent International Corporation was founded in 1984 and is headquartered at Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices across Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. Excel Company ID: IQ18613

AEA Investors LP Primary Address: Headquarters 55 East 52nd Street New York, New York 10055 United States Main Phone: 212-644-5900 Main Fax: 212-888-1459 Business Description: AEA Investors LP is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts of middle market companies and smaller middle market companies and mezzanine investments. It seeks to make control buyouts in value-added industrial (including manufacturing, service, and distribution), specialty chemicals, consumer products, and business services. In consumer products, the firm focuses primarily on branded food, beverage, personal care, and household product companies. In addition, it also seeks investment opportunities among manufacturers of private label products in certain categories, selected semi-durable goods manufacturers, and service providers in the consumer goods sector. In the services sector, the firm seeks to make investments in distribution, outsourcing, and retail services companies that deliver essential, value-added solutions to their clients. Among services companies that it focuses on are typically non-cyclical businesses that have recurring customer relationships, generate highly predictable earnings, and deliver high returns on invested capital. The firm prefers to invest in companies headquartered in the United States and Europe, and may selectively invest in Asia. The firm was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices in Stamford, Connecticut; Shanghai Province, China; Munich, Germany; London, United Kingdom; and Hong Kong, Hong Kong. AEA Investors LP operates as a subsidiary of AEA Holdings. Excel Company ID: IQ18635

Aisling Capital Primary Address: Headquarters 888 Seventh Avenue 30th Floor New York, New York 10106 United States Main Phone: 212-651-6380 Main Fax: 212-651-6379 Business Description: Aisling Capital is a private equity firm specializing in investments in product acquisitions, positioning companies in the public stock markets, follow-on financings, and industry consolidations. It invests in private and public healthcare companies, biopharmaceutical products, lifescience, companies with products in clinical development, and therapeutics. The firm typically invests between $20 million and $50 million or more in new capital. It usually participates in further rounds of financing following the initial investment. The firm prefers to be a lead or co-lead investor in its transactions. It seeks a board seat in its portfolio companies. Aisling Capital is based at New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ3118641

Alinda Capital Partners LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 150 East 58th Street 39th Floor New York, New York 10155 United States Main Phone: 212-838-6400 Main Fax: 212-838-6480 Business Description: Alinda Capital Partners LLC is a private equity firm specializing in middle market investments. It provides infrastructure capital to businesses, governments, and communities. The firm prefers to make investments in infrastructure assets of the transportation, energy, power, water and wastewater, and utility services for residential, commercial, and industrial customers. It also seeks to invest in infrastructure supporting government services and onsite at manufacturing operation sectors. The firm typically invests in companies based in the North America and Europe. Alinda Capital Partners LLC was founded in 2005 and is based in New York City with an additional office in the United Kingdom. Excel Company ID: IQ25778336

American Industrial Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 535 Fifth Avenue 32nd Floor Suite 3200 New York, New York 10017 United States Main Phone: 212-627-2360 Main Fax: 212-627-2372 Business Description: American Industrial Partners is a private equity firm specializing in investments in mature companies and turnaround transactions. The firm also finances leveraged buyouts; structured preferred equity investments; equity bridging transactions; add-on investments; debt with warrants; public equity and Canadian income trust offerings. It seeks to invest in privately and publicly held leading middle market companies. The firm prefers to invest in industrial services and manufacturing companies that are primarily engaged in selling to other businesses and have business-to-business selling relationships. The firm primarily invests in companies based in the North America. It makes equity investment between $10 million and $70 million with additional amounts available from investment partners. The firm invests in companies with an EBITDA between $10 million and $70 million and acquisition values between $50 million and $500 million. The firm would also invest in companies having a negative or $0 EBITDA if revenue is more than $100 million. The firm seeks to make control investments. American Industrial Partners was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ18763

American Securities Primary Address: Headquarters 299 Park Avenue 34th Floor New York, New York 10171 United States Main Phone: 212-476-8000 Main Fax: 212-697-5524 Business Description: American Securities is the investment arm of American Securities, L.P. specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. The firm specializes in senior debt and equity investments in leveraged buyouts, recapitalization, going private transactions, industry consolidations, growth capital investment, and middle market investments. It does not invest in subordinate debt or other junior securities. It seeks to invest in companies operating in the, general consumer and restaurants; healthcare; industrial including, general industrial, aerospace and defense, agriculture, environmental, recycling paper and packaging, power and energy, and specialty chemicals; information and media; business services; commercial manufacturing; consumer durable goods; consumer products; direct marketing and business-to-business commerce; industrial and agricultural equipment; communications; and franchising sectors. The firm prefers to make investments in public and private companies based in China, Asia-Pacific, North America, Canada, and the United States. It typically makes equity investments between $35 million and $150 million in companies having revenues between $100 million and $1 billion and an EBITDA between $20 million and $50 million. The firm invests expansion capital in companies having at least $10 million of operating cash flow. It targets transactions valued between $75 million and $350 million and also invests in transactions between $50 million and $500 million. The firm seeks to acquire both majority and minority stakes in its portfolio companies. American Securities was founded in 1994 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Shanghai, China. Excel Company ID: IQ18771

Angelo, Gordon & Co., Private Equity Group Primary Address: Headquarters 245 Park Avenue New York, New York 10167 United States Main Phone: 212-692-2000 Main Fax: 212-867-9328 Other Phone: 800-805-0024 Business Description: Angelo, Gordon & Co., Private Equity Group is a private equity firm specializing in small and middle market transactions. The firm prefers to acquire businesses and assets from financially distressed sellers and through divestitures from large corporations. It seeks to invest in management buyouts, private company recapitalizations, corporate orphans, distressed debt, complex structural situations, special situations, partnerships with fundless sponsors and industry executives, corporate lift-outs, difficult or non-traditional deal situations, and asset pool purchases. The firm seeks to invest in specialty finance, retail, consumer and retail, financial services, healthcare services and facilities, and business services. It invests between $10 million and $250 million in companies having enterprise values of $30 million to $500 million. The firm makes control investments as a sole investor or co-investor in transactions. Angelo, Gordon & Co., Private Equity Group was founded in 1996 and is based in New York, New York. Angelo, Gordon & Co., Private Equity Group is an operating subsidiary of Angelo, Gordon & Co. Excel Company ID: IQ18809

Apollo Management, L.P. Primary Address: Headquarters 9 West 57th Street 43rd Floor Suite 4100 New York, New York 10019 United States Main Phone: 212-515-3200 Main Fax: 212-515-3251 Business Description: Apollo Management, L.P. is a privately owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to pension and endowment funds, institutional investors, individual investors, pooled investment vehicles, and corporations. It manages client focused portfolios, hedge funds, real estate funds, and private equity funds for its clients. The firm invests in the fixed income and alternative investment markets across the globe. Its alternative investments include investment in private equity and real estate markets. The firm's private equity investments include traditional buyouts, distressed buyouts and debt investments, corporate partner buyouts, distressed asset, turnaround, corporate restructuring, special situation, acquisition, and industry consolidation transactions. Its fixed income investments include distressed debt, senior bank loans, and value oriented fixed income securities. The firm seeks to invest in chemicals; commodities; consumer and retail; distribution and transportation; financial and business services; manufacturing and industrial; media, cable, and leisure; packaging and materials; and satellite and wireless. It seeks to invest in companies based in the United States. The firm employs a combination of contrarian, value, and distressed strategies to make its investments. It conducts an in-house research to create its investment portfolio. The firm seeks to acquire minority positions in its portfolio companies. Apollo Management, L.P. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in New York, New York with nine additional offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Excel Company ID: IQ18833

ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 200 Clarendon Street 55th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02117 United States Main Phone: 617-531-6300 Main Fax: 617-867-4698 Business Description: ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in the energy sector. The firm prefers to invest in power generation; production; midstream; transmission; and distribution. In the power generation sector, it invests in power plants and related assets including gas, coal, hydro, wind, geothermal, and other renewable sources of energy. For production sector investments, the firm invests in extraction and production of oil; natural gas; coal; and related products. Within the midstream sector, it focuses on gathering; processing; storage, and transportation of oil; natural gas; coal; and related products. In the transmission sector, the firm invests in interstate and intrastate gas and electric transportation systems. Within the distribution sector, it invests in electric and gas distribution companies and related businesses. The firm primarily invests in companies based in North America, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. It typically invests between $10 million and $300 million in its portfolio companies. ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC was founded in 2001 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices in New York, New York, Luxembourg, and Barcelona, Spain. Excel Company ID: IQ3207406

Ares Capital Corporation (NasdaqGS:ARCC) Primary Address: Headquarters 280 Park Avenue 22nd Floor Building East New York, New York 10017 United States Main Phone: 212-750-7300 Main Fax: 212-750-1777 Business Description: Ares Capital Corporation is a private equity firm specializing in acquisition, recapitalization, mezzanine debt, restructurings, rescue financing, and leveraged buyout transactions of middle market companies. It also makes growth capital and general refinancing. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the basic and growth manufacturing, business services, consumer products, health care products and services, and information technology service sectors. The firm will also consider investments in industries such as restaurants, retail, oil and gas, and technology sectors. It focuses on investments in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southwest regions from its New York office, the Midwest region, from the Chicago office, and the Western region from the Los Angeles office. The firm typically invests between $20 million and $200 million and a maximum of $400 million in companies with an EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million. It makes debt investments between $10 million and $100 million The firm invests through revolvers, first lien loans, warrants, unitranche structures, second lien loans, mezzanine debt, private high yield, junior capital, subordinated debt, and non-control preferred and common equity. The firm also selectively considers third-party-led senior and subordinated debt financings and opportunistically considers the purchase of stressed and discounted debt positions. The firm prefers to be an agent and/or lead the transactions in which it invests. The firm also seeks board representation in its portfolio companies. Ares Capital Corporation was founded in 2004 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; Washington, District Of Columbia; and Atlanta, Georgia. The firm operates as a subsidiary of ARES Private Debt Group. Excel Company ID: IQ9771238

Arlon Capital Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 277 Park Avenue New York, New York 10172 United States Main Phone: 212-207-5200 Business Description: Arlon Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts and expansion capital. The firm seeks to invest in basic industries, consumer products, financial services, food and agribusiness, and media and communications sectors. It prefers to invest in the United States, Western Europe, and China. Arlon Capital Partners is based in New York, New York. It operates as a subsidiary of Arlon Capital, LLC. Excel Company ID: IQ44495373

Arsenal Capital Partners, Inc. Primary Address: Headquarters 320 Park Avenue 30th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-771-1717 Main Fax: 212-771-1718 Business Description: Arsenal Capital Partners, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in buyout, recapitalization, and growth equity investments in the middle market companies. The firm typically invests in information technology, healthcare, specialty industrial and financial services companies. Within healthcare, it focuses on manufacturing and service companies within pharmaceutical, medical devices, and healthcare services markets such as contract research, manufacturing, and testing services, medical and diagnostic devices and supplies, specialty distribution and logistics, alternative site care providers, healthcare information technology, and outsourced services to payors and providers. Within specialty industrial, the firm focuses on providers of specialty products and services across a range of sectors such as specialty chemicals and materials, aerospace and defense, transportation and logistics, outsourced industrial services, specialty packaging, and environmental products and services. Within financial services, it focuses on both non-balance sheet as well as balance-sheet providers of financial and business services including transaction processing, business services, insurance and brokerage, financial technology, commercial and consumer finance, and asset management. The firm targets equity investments of $25 million to $75 million in each portfolio company and seeks to invest in companies with revenues ranging from $30 million to $400 million and an enterprise value ranging between $30 million and $400 million and EBITDA between $40 million and $500 million. It seeks to ensure that its portfolio companies have appropriate capital structures to foster growth both organically and through add-on acquisitions. Arsenal Capital Partners, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Shanghai, China. Excel Company ID: IQ1371619

Auda Private Equity, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 888 Seventh Avenue 41st Floor New York, New York 10106 United States Main Phone: 212-863-2300 Main Fax: 212-593-2974 Business Description: Auda Private Equity L.L.C. is an investment firm specializing in direct investments, secondary investments, fund of funds, and co-investments. For Direct investments, the firm invests in leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, growth capital, and venture capital investments. It makes equity investments in both public and private companies. For fund of fund investments, the firm invests in private equity, buyout, distressed, mezzanine, and venture capital funds. For co-investments, it invests in buyouts and growth equity investments. The firm primarily focuses on investments in the United States. It also invests in Europe and Asia. It prefers to invest upto $50 million. The firm prefers to represent itself on its portfolio’s board of directors and fund advisory boards. Auda Private Equity L.L.C. was founded in 1989 and is based in New York, New York, with additional offices in Stockholm, Sweden; London, United Kingdom; Central, Hong Kong; and Bad Homburg, Germany. Excel Company ID: IQ95213

Audax Group Primary Address: Headquarters 101 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02199 United States Main Phone: 617-859-1500 Main Fax: 617-859-1600 Business Description: Audax Group is a private equity firm specializing in investments in middle market and mature companies. The firm invests in leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations, corporate divestitures spin-offs, and roll-outs through its groups: Audax Private Equity and Audax Mezzanine. Through Audax Private Equity, it seeks to invest in small cap, lower-middle market companies, and leveraged investments in growth-oriented buyouts, complex succession planning transactions, corporate carve-outs, and in situations where the value of the company revolves around a central technology or particular intellectual property. The firm seeks to invest in under performing and under managed companies and in turnaround situations. It invests in middle market industries with a focus on energy, aerospace, defense, business services, consumer products, consumer services, direct marketing, healthcare products including devices and services, industrial manufacturing, non-asset based logistics, outsurcing of industrial services, technology including fully developed products, and software sectors. The firm seeks to invest between $10 million and $100 million per transaction in companies having enterprise values between $15 million and $250 million, EBITDA of at least $5 million, and minimum cash flow of $5 million. It also invests in companies which have the ability to reach $5 million of EBITDA within 12 months or in underperforming companies with at least $50 million revenue. The firm also makes platform investments in the media, building products, distribution, manufacturing, business services, and healthcare sectors. It seeks to have a controlling stake in the portfolio companies. Through Audax Mezzanine, it typically invests in leveraged and management buyouts, growth financings, acquisitions financings for middle market companies, and recapitalization and refinancing of private and public middle market companies. The firm does not invest in start-up and highly cylindrical industries. It typically invests between $10 million and $50 million in companies valued between $60 million and $350 million. The firm invests in current pay or payment-in-kind subordinated debt, second lien or junior secured debt, preferred stock, and common equity, in conjunction with subordinated capital. It seeks to be the sole or lead investor, but can also participate with other mezzanine debt investors. Audax Group was established in 1999 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts with an additional office in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ95501

Avista Capital Holdings, L.P. Primary Address: Headquarters 65 East 55th Street 18th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-593-6900 Main Fax: 212-593-6901 Business Description: Avista Capital Holdings, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, build-ups, add-on acquisitions, and growth capital investments. The firm typically invests in growth-oriented energy, healthcare, and media as well as select industrial and consumer businesses. It seeks to invest in mid-sized media, energy, and healthcare companies. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in the United States. It prefers to make controlling or influential minority stakes in its portfolio companies. Avista Capital Holdings, L.P. was founded in 2005 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Houston, Texas and London, United Kingdom. Excel Company ID: IQ22000191

Bain Capital Ventures Primary Address: Headquarters 111 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02199 United States Main Phone: 617-516-2000 Main Fax: 617-516-2010 Business Description: Bain Capital Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing across all stages of a company's growth from providing seed capital through late stage growth equity and leveraged buyouts. It typically invests in business services, consumer, healthcare, Internet and mobile, and software businesses. The firm prefers to invest up to a maximum of $50 million in its portfolio companies and through partnering can also lead transactions requiring equity capital in excess of $100 million. Bain Capital Ventures was founded in 2001 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. It operates as a subsidiary of Bain Capital, LLC. Excel Company ID: IQ30445259

BAML Capital Partners Primary Address: Headquarters Four World Financial Center 23rd Floor New York, New York 10080 United States Main Phone: 212-449-6938 Main Fax: 980-386-6432 Business Description: BAML Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct and fund investments. It typically does not invest in real estate, project finance, early-stage companies, turnaround situations, and fad and fashion related businesses. In direct investments, the firm seeks to invest in companies at all stages of the business cycle from mid venture to mezzanine financings to late stage investments. It typically participate in growth financings; management and leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations to address the liquidity and diversification needs of shareholders through one time dividends, share repurchases, or other similar payouts financed with new equity or equity linked junior capital, as well as revising debt agreements or new lending relationships; restructuring through subordinated debt or equity; generational change of ownership; industry consolidation strategies; and disposition of corporate subsidiaries or division. The firm invests in the form of customized debt and equity structures. It seeks to invest in basic industries, business services, communication services, industrials, information technology, agribusiness, air transportation, chemicals, construction, contractors, consumer products, retail, department and specialty stores, distributors, energy, power, natural resources, entertainment, media, financial services, grocery and drug stores, health care, manufacturing, insurance, motor vehicle, personal services, food services, primary metals, printing and publishing, securities brokers and dealers, technology communications and wireless, textiles, and truck, rail transportation. The firm seeks to invest in European market and greater China regions. It seeks to invest between $25 million and $200 million in each company with enterprise value between $50 million and $5 billion. Within fund investments, the firm typically invests in large and middle market buyout, venture capital, special situations including real estate, and international funds. It seeks to exit the investment within three to seven years. The firm also looks for direct co-investment opportunities while investing in a fund. It can act as a sponsor and co-sponsor and a lead equity investor. The firm seeks to provide structured equity-linked junior capital on a stand-alone basis, and will invest on a minority basis. BAML Capital Partners was founded in 1993 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina with additional offices in Dallas, Texas; New York, New York; London, United Kingdom; Central, Hong Kong; and Shanghai, China. The firm operates as a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation, Asset Management Arm. Excel Company ID: IQ21997

Behrman Capital Primary Address: Headquarters 126 East 56th Street 27th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-980-6500 Main Fax: 212-980-7024 Business Description: Behrman Capital is a private equity firm specializing in middle market investments, industry consolidation, management buyout, leveraged buildup, growth capital, and recapitalizations in growth companies. The firm does not invest in turnarounds or hostile situations. It also invests in spinoff of a division from a parent company and recapitalization of a closely held business where the transaction is driven by a desire for growth capital, estate planning, liquidity or other reasons. The firm also seeks to provide additional equity for add-on acquisitions. It makes investments in information technology, business to business outsourcing, defense or homeland security, specialty packaging, contract manufacturing, health care including healthcare services, specialty manufacturing, and other related industries that provide opportunities for internal or external growth. For management buyouts, leveraged buildups, and recapitalization transactions, the firm invests in companies that have revenue between $50 million and $500 million. For equity, it invests between $20 million and $70 million. The firm typically, prefers to take majority stake in its portfolio companies but may take minority stake in companies with revenues between $20 million and $250 million and an EBITDA between $6 million and $60 million. It seeks to exit its investments between three and seven years. The firm acts as the lead investor and prefers to take a board seat in its portfolio companies. Behrman Capital was formed in 1991 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in San Francisco, California. Excel Company ID: IQ19143

Berkshire Partners, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 200 Clarendon Street 35th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02116 United States Main Phone: 617-227-0050 Main Fax: 617-227-6105 Business Description: Berkshire Partners, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in private companies, public companies, and special situations. Within private companies, the firm seeks to invest in leveraged buyouts, acquisition; management buyouts; recapitalizations of a business in which management retains significant ownership either as a majority or a minority partner; growth capital; and privatization investments. It invests in companies where founder is seeking liquidity from his or her business for estate purposes; a company owned by another financial buyer seeking a realization on an investment; and a divestiture of a business line or segment from a larger corporation. In public companies, the firm primarily invests in going private transactions and PIPES. It also purchases preferred stock, common stock, and other public or non-public securities issued by public companies. Within special situations, the firm invests in private and public companies experiencing stress from financial or operating issues, requiring growth capital for new initiatives, requiring capital for internal expansion, minority investments in pre-IPO companies, and joint ventures with strategic operating partners. It prefers to invest in consumer products; retailing and related services; business services; transportation; energy including energy services companies, renewable, and alternative technologies; industrial manufacturing; communications; healthcare; and also considers investments in other sectors. The firm typically invests in companies headquartered in the United States, Canada, and Europe. It seeks to make equity investments between $50 million and $500 million in companies with enterprise and acquisition value between $200 million and $2 billion, revenues of $100 million or greater, and EBITDA level of $25 million or greater. The firm can make both majority and minority investments in its portfolio companies. It prefers to exit from its investments between three years and five years. Berkshire Partners, LLC was founded in 1986 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Excel Company ID: IQ19167

Boston Millennia Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 30 Rowes Wharf Suite 400 Boston, Massachusetts 02110 United States Main Phone: 617-428-5150 Business Description: Boston Millennia Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in early rounds, late stage, and growth stage companies. The firm invests in companies at various stages of development from the first round of institutional funding to later stage expansion opportunities. It also seeks investment opportunities that allow it to pursue an industry consolidation strategy. The firm invests in telecommunications, information technology, business services, healthcare, healthcare information technology, and life sciences companies. Within healthcare information technology and business services, it focuses on pharmaceutical outsourcing, private pay healthcare services such as dental and medical, consumer driven health plan, revenue cycle services such as coding and billing, predictive modeling, disease management, and HEDIS reporting. Within life sciences, it focuses on medical devices and drug development. The firm also prefers to invest in telecommunications enhanced services, telecommunications software, information technology consulting and integration services, computer-based education and training services, customer services management, pharmaceutical and drug development services, and utility management software and services. The firm invests in the United States and Canada with a preference for companies located in the Eastern United States. It seeks to invest up to $15 million in a portfolio company. The firm invests $3 million to $10 million in first round of financing, with follow-on financings often doubling the original capital commitment. The firm makes minimum investments of $1 million in selected cases, but significantly increases investments through later commitments. It seeks to be a lead investor and often as the first institutional investor. The firm seeks a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm co-invests in syndicated investments. Boston Millennia Partners was founded in 1979 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Excel Company ID: IQ19259

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Investment Arm Primary Address: Headquarters 140 Broadway 16th Floor New York, New York 10005-1101 United States Main Phone: 212-493-8896 Main Fax: 212-493-7293 Business Description: Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Investment Arm is the private equity and venture capital arm of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. specializing in direct investments in lower middle companies and fund of fund investments. It seeks to invest in management and leveraged buyout; recapitalization, including dividend recaps; acquisition and industry consolidation; expansion and growth capital transactions; balance sheet refinancing; ownership transitions and generational transfers; and buy and build strategies. It also seeks to invest in buyout, venture capital, and distressed/mezaanine funds and make secondary investments. The firm invests through two groups, namely Mezzanine Capital and Private Equity. Mezzanine Capital includes the 1818 Mezzanine Funds and the 1818 SBIC Funds. Through its 1818 Mezzanine Funds, the firm makes private equity and mezzanine investments in middle market companies. The funds prefer to invest in companies engaged in the business services, consumer products and services, healthcare services, and niche manufacturing and distribution sectors. Within the business services sector investments are sought in education, information, media, and publishing; financial services and insurance; government services; logistics; and outsourced business services. Consumer products and services investments include automotive aftermarket; branded consumer products; food and beverage; and restaurant and specialty retail. Investments in the healthcare services sector comprise of behavioral healthcare; dialysis clinics; disease management; healthcare business services and healthcare IT; home health and hospice; and outpatient surgery centers or rehabilitation clinics. Within the niche manufacturing and distribution industry investments are sought in low capital intensity; niche-oriented or specialty manufacturing; and value-added distribution sectors. The 1818 Mezzanine Fund typically invests between $5 million and $30 million of mezzanine and minority equity capital in companies with enterprise value of $20 million and $200 million. It can provide larger amounts with other mezzanine funds or through co-investments by limited partners. The 1818 SBIC Fund specializes in junior capital investments in management and leveraged buyout, recapitalization, acquisition, and expansion and growth capital transactions. It prefers to invest in companies engaged in the manufacturing, distribution, and business services industry based in the United States, meeting the Small Business Administration's criteria. The fund typically invests between $3 million and $5 million in companies with enterprise values between $5 million and $100 million and seeks representation on or observation rights on the portfolio company’s board of directors. It holds its investments over a period of five to seven years. The Private Equity Group, through the 1818 equity funds specializes in growth capital transactions. It prefers to invest in companies engaged in the telecommunication services, media and cable television, healthcare services and medical products, energy, outsourced business services, and financial services sectors. The firm does not invest in early stage ventures, emerging or undeveloped technologies, turnarounds, and hostile situations. The fund typically participates in equity control and provides minority investments of up to $100 million to portfolio companies and can organize investment syndicates of up to $300 million. The firm targets investments across a broad range of industries. It seeks to invest between $10 million to $25 million in companies with enterprise values ranging between $20 million and $200 million. It can also invest substantially larger amounts with co-investments and limited partners. The firm aims at investing in companies headquartered in North America, although they may have international operations. It also invests in companies based in Europe. The firm invests in the form of debt and equity securities including subordinated notes, with or without warrants, and preferred and common stock. It can invest in a range of securities including equity, subordinated debt, or some combination of the two. The firm prefers to make control transactions, minority or non-control transactions, and also seeks to partner with operating executives or other investors. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., Investment Arm is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ19331

Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. L.L.C. Primary Address: Headquarters 126 East 56th Street 29th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-521-3700 Main Fax: 212-521-3799 Business Description: Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.L.C. is a private equity firm specializing in mature stage investments in middle market companies. The firm makes investments in leveraged buyouts; management buyouts of public and privately held companies and divisions of larger companies; acquisitions of companies seeking financing required to execute consolidation strategies in fragmented industries; recapitalizations of closely held businesses; build-ups through acquisitions; add-on acquisitions; and equity financings of growth companies. It invests in consumer goods and services, commercial and industrial goods and services, specialty sectors, restaurants, and healthcare sectors. Within consumer goods and services, the firm prefers to invest in restaurants, packaged food, specialty retailing, leisure activities, home furnishings, and textiles and apparel. For commercial and industrial goods and services, it invests in equipment manufacturing, industrial and construction equipment rental, and production of basic industrial materials and components. Within healthcare sector, the firm seeks to invest in pharmaceutical manufacture and distribution, hospital and alternate care services, and equipment rental. It targets investments in companies having significant operations in the United States. The firm seeks to invest in companies with enterprise value between $50 million and $250 million. It prefers to make control investments in companies and acquire a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to exit its investments through a public offering, private sale, or a recapitalization. Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.L.C. was founded in 1995 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ19339

Butler Capital Corporation Primary Address: Headquarters 745 5th Avenue Suite 1702 New York, New York 10151 United States Main Phone: 212-980-0606 Main Fax: 212-759-0876 Business Description: Butler Capital Corporation is a private equity firm specializing in senior, mezzanine, and equity investments. It seeks to invest in emerging growth to middle-market companies through leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, growth capital, and industry consolidations. The firm seeks to invest in niche manufacturing, wholesale distribution, electronics, pharmaceuticals, consumer and commercial products, and business services companies. It prefers to invest in North America. The firm typically invests between $10 million and $100 million in companies with EBITDA between $2 million and $40 million, but will invest as little as $2 million in some circumstances. It is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ19373

BV Investment Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 125 High Street 17th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02110 United States Main Phone: 617-350-1500 Main Fax: 617-350-1509 Business Description: BV Investment Partners is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts, recapitalizations, growth equity investments, and industry roll-ups of middle market companies. The firm typically invests in information and business services, communications, publishing, media, and entertainment sectors. In the media sector, it makes investments in radio; television; and out-of-home advertising. Within the information and business sector, the firm invests in data and content, software analytics, outsourced services, and education. In the entertainment sector, it seeks to invest in movie exhibition; recorded music; out-of-home entertainment; and film libraries. In communications sector, the firm invests in cable operators; telecommunications; wireless operators; metro fiber; and tower operators. Within publishing, it seeks to invest in business-to-business, events, education, and consumer special interest. It prefers to be a lead investor in its investments. BV Investment Partners was founded in 1983 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts with an additional office in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ19263

Capital Resource Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 31 State Street 6th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02109 United States Main Phone: 617-478-9600 Main Fax: 617-478-9605 Business Description: Capital Resource Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm that provides debt, equity capital, and mezzanine financing to lower middle-market companies, specializing in incremental acquisitions, recapitalizations, and later stage expansions. The firm prefers to invest in business services, consumer products and services, healthcare services, healthcare technology, proprietary industrial products and services, and software and information services. It seeks to invest in companies throughout the United States. The firm prefers to invest in companies requiring between $5 million and $25 million in junior capital, having a minimum EBITDA of $5 million, and revenue of at least $15 million. It structures its investments in the form of subordinated debt with warrants and preferred equity. Capital Resource Partners was founded in 1987 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Excel Company ID: IQ19473

Capital Z Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 230 Park Avenue South 11th Floor New York, New York 10003 United States Main Phone: 212-965-2400 Main Fax: 212-965-2301 Business Description: Capital Z Partners is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts and PIPES investments in middle markets. It does not invest in the financial service technology sector. The firm seeks to invest in mid market insurance like property and casualty, life and health and reinsurance; specialty finance like mortgage, credit card, and leasing; securities like asset management and brokerag; and services-related like distribution and other services industries. The firm primarily invests in companies based in United States and Europe. It prefers to be the controlling shareholder or the largest minority shareholder in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to take a board seat in its portfolio companies. It was formed in February 2007 and is based in New York, New York. Capital Z Partners is a subsidiary of Capital Z Management, LLC. Excel Company ID: IQ32409672

Carl Marks & Co. Primary Address: Headquarters 900 Third Avenue 33rd Floor New York, New York 10022-4775 United States Business Description: Carl Marks & Co. is holding investment firm operating through its following subsidiaries: Carl Marks Venture Capital, CM Equity Partners, Carl Marks Management Company, Carl Marks Real Estate Group, and Carl Marks Advisory Group LLC. Carl Marks Venture Capital specializes in later stage and growth capital investments in middle market companies. It prefers to invest in manufacturing, service, and distribution companies. The firm seeks to invest in acquisition opportunities of under $25 million in purchase price. CM Equity Partners specialize in private equity investments in the middle market companies. Carl Marks Management Company invests in debt securities of financially distressed businesses over a long-term investment horizon. Carl Marks Real Estate Group specializes in property acquisitions. The Carl Marks Advisory Group LLC provides corporate revitalization and investment banking services to middle market companies and other companies. The firm's services include business assessment, performance improvement, reorganization services, and investment banking. Carl Marks & Co was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ19505

Castle Harlan, Inc. Primary Address: Headquarters 150 East 58th Street 37th Floor New York, New York 10155 United States Main Phone: 212-644-8600 Main Fax: 212-207-8042 Business Description: Castle Harlan, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in buyout, divestitures under duress, restructurings, turnarounds, workouts, bankruptcies, mature and development capital in middle market companies. The firm focuses on manufacturing, industrial, energy services, specialty chemicals, and restaurants. It does not consider investments in heavily regulated companies. It typically invests in companies based in North America and Europe. The firm invests in transactions with a minimum value of $50 million. It prefers to hold controlling positions in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to exit its portfolio companies through a strategic sale or public offerings. Castle Harlan, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ19519

CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 245 Park Avenue 16th Floor New York, New York 10167-2403 United States Main Phone: 212-600-9600 Main Fax: 212-599-3481 Business Description: CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts and growth equity transactions in middle market companies. The firm invests in consumer, retail, and services; media and telecom; industrial; energy; healthcare infrastructure; and financial services sectors. Within the consumer, retail, and services industry, it focuses on specialty retail, direct marketing, consumer packaged goods, Internet, and services industries. For its media and telecom investments, the firm focuses on consumer and trade publishing, content and programming, broadcasting, cable, and wireless and wireline communications sectors. Within industrial, it makes investments in the manufacturing, distribution, chemicals, and automotive sectors. For investments in the energy industry, the firm focuses on exploration and production, power generation, renewable energy, and services sectors. Within the healthcare infrastructure industry, it focuses on services, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices sectors. Within financial services, the firm focuses on insurance, asset management, and services sectors. It prefers to make investments in North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. It typically invests between $100 million and $500 million in companies with enterprise values between $500 million and $3 billion. CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC was formed on August 1, 2006 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in London, United Kingdom and Woodlands, Texas. Excel Company ID: IQ28674590

Centre Partners Management LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 30 Rockefeller Plaza 50th Floor New York, New York 10020 United States Main Phone: 212-332-5800 Main Fax: 212-332-5801 Business Description: Centre Partners Management LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in middle market companies, private family owned companies, management buyouts, acquisitions, growth capital, management investment partnerships, and going private transactions. Within management investment partnerships, the firm prefers to invest in renal disease, fixed base operations for general aviation, liquid waste collection and treatment, and midstream segment of the energy industry. It focuses on companies engaged in the consumer; business services; energy; industrial products and services; financial services; healthcare; cable and media; and multi-unit sectors including retail, restaurant, and drugstore. The firm primarily invests in companies based in North America. It typically invests between $15 million and $85 million in the portfolio companies and for management investment partnerships, the firm generally invests a smaller amount, with a final investment amount of over $50 million. Centre Partners Management LLC was founded in 1986 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Los Angeles, California and Dallas, Texas. Excel Company ID: IQ19567

Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. Primary Address: Headquarters 299 Park Avenue 28th floor New York, New York 10171-0002 United States Main Phone: 212-891-2100 Main Fax: 212-891-5212 Business Description: Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in undervalued companies. The firm seeks to invest in aerospace and defense, apparel, automotive and industrial, building products, commercial services, consumer and retail, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and distribution, paper, packaging, and printing, real estate, food service, logistics, media, hospitality, technology and telecommunications, transportation, and travel and leisure sectors. It holds controlling or significant minority interests in its investee companies. Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Excel Company ID: IQ139449

Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 200 Clarendon Street 54th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02116 United States Main Phone: 617-619-5400 Main Fax: 617-619-5402 Business Description: Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in mature middle-market companies, management-led buy-outs, and growth financings. It provides bridge financing. The firm invests in privately held companies seeking to accelerate growth through expansion, acquisition or market consolidation, leveraged acquisitions of businesses with strong market positions, including orphan divisions of public companies, restructurings of fundamentally sound businesses with complex financial or operating issues, family-owned companies seeking to facilitate generational ownership changes or to recapitalize late-stage high-potential ventures not dependent on unproven technologies, and small and mid capitalization public companies seeking negotiated placement of preferred equity. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the business services, consumer products, industrial manufacturing and distribution, energy and related services, financial services, food and agribusiness, for-profit education, industrial products, healthcare products and services, manufacturing, media and communications, and retail and related industries. The firm seeks to invest in the United States and Canada. It typically invests between $50 million and $150 million per transaction in companies which have valuations between $100 million and $750 million. The firm generally takes a board seat in its portfolio companies. It seeks to hold its investments over a period of three years to seven years and exits through public offerings, strategic sales to other companies, and sale to other private equity firms. Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC was founded in 1998 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ19601

Charterhouse Group, Inc. Primary Address: Headquarters 535 Madison Avenue 28th Floor New York, New York 10022-4299 United States Main Phone: 212-584-3200 Main Fax: 212-750-9704 Business Description: Charterhouse Group, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in middle market companies. The firm typically invests in buyout, buildup platform acquisitions, buy-and-build, growth capital financing, and recapitalization transactions. It seeks to invest in business services, telecommunication services, healthcare services, and consumer products and service sectors. Within the business service sector, the firm focuses on business process outsourcing including document management, benefit administration, billing, customer relationship management, and legal support; information management services including regulation, risk management, and compliance oriented models; logistics including non-asset based, brokerage models; marketing services including direct marketing and loyalty programs; Specialty Distribution; specialty maintenance, distribution, and repair; specialty staffing; energy services including asset-light, non-commodity price risk opportunities, and energy management and procurement services; vendor management including outsourced repair and maintenance; waste management, janitorial, and landscaping services; specialty maintenance and repair; transaction processing and information processing; specialty leasing; education; security and related service; telecommunication services; information management services including regulation, risk management, and compliance oriented models; specialty waste management; and transaction processing. Within the telecommunications sector, it seeks to invest in tower and site management, network infrastructure services, wireless consulting service, and cable television systems. Within healthcare services sector, the firm seeks to invest in provider, payer, and other outsourcing services; alternate site healthcare including inpatient and outpatient; disease and utilization management services; contract and program management service; behavioral health and alternative education services; home healthcare; specialty payers and related services; pharmacy benefit management; pharmaceutical outsourcing services; specialty distribution and supply services; healthcare information technology services; and long term care. Within the consumer products and service sector, it focuses on food and beverage including health and wellness products, natural and organic products, fresh and refrigerated products, specialty and ethnic products, candy and confectionary, specialty beverage, ingredients, and food and beverage service and processing; household and office product including cleaning and care products, other home and office supplies, pet products, and environmentally sustainable products; health and beauty aids including personal care products, beauty products, and dietary and nutritional supplements; general merchandise or durables including automotive products, educational products, house wares and home related products including hard and soft goods, lawn and garden products, luxury products, pet products, select areas within accessories and specialty apparel, sports and recreational products, and travel products; and consumer services including direct marketing within alternative and emerging channels, catalog retailing, and private label. The firm invests in North America. It seeks to invest at least $30 million of equity over the life of each investment and can invest up to $150 million. The firm seeks to invest on an average between $40 million and $60 million. It prefers to invest in companies with an enterprise value between $75 million and $300 million. The firm can also make investments where the enterprise value is initially less than $75 million if the company is suited for rapid growth through a strategy such as joint ventures or build-up, where add-on acquisitions are identifiable and achievable within the specific industry. It can also invest in larger transactions through co-investments with its limited partners and strategic corporate partners. Charterhouse Group, Inc was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ19619

Chartwell Investments Primary Address: Headquarters 830 Third Avenue New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-521-5500 Main Fax: 212-521-5533 Business Description: Chartwell Investments is a private equity firm specializing in investments in middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in acquisition of ownership position, buyouts, recapitalizations, growth equity investments, operational turnarounds, restructurings, and industry consolidations. It generally does not invest in venture capital and high technology investments. The firm will consider investment in virtually any industry but has a particular interest in branded commercial and consumer products, manufacturing, light manufacturing, energy and natural resources, infrastructure related products and services, building products, chemicals, business services and distribution. It prefers to invest in United States and considers international investments if there is a United States element to it or any United States partner participating. The firm seeks to invest between $25 million and over $200 million of equity in transactions sizes between $25 million and $500 million in companies with EBITDA between $10 million and over $50 million, enterprise value between $100 million and $500 million, and sales between $50 million and $500 million. It will consider transactions requiring larger equity components. The firm prefers negotiated transactions as opposed to auctions. Chartwell Investments was founded in 1992 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ19625

CI Capital Partners LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 500 Park Avenue 8th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-752-1850 Main Fax: 212-832-9450 Business Description: CI Capital Partners LLC is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts of middle-market companies. The firm prefers to invest in industries and business sectors which include: business services, consumer services, distribution, government services and defense, light manufacturing, advertising and media, aerospace– commercial and military, auto parts suppliers, chemicals, database and directory companies, foodservice, government contracting– products and services, government regulated industries, electrical equipment manufacturing, energy and power– assets and services, environmental and solid waste services, financial services, forest products, paper and packaging, healthcare products and services, industrial materials and machinery, information technology services– commercial and government, manufacturing– heavy and light, packaging, newspaper, periodical, business and textbook publishing, service businesses, subscriber media and services, transportation and transportation equipment, utilities. The firm primarily invests in companies based in North America. The firm seeks to make equity investments of $50 million to $100 million, and if there is the potential to efficiently deploy additional capital or the potential for a significant capital gain, the firm will pursue companies where as little as $25 million is required for the initial equity investment. It seeks to invest in companies with an enterprise value of $150 million to $2 billion. It invests private capital rather than pension and insurance funds. The firm seeks to make control investments and also seeks to reinvest in its portfolio companies for add-on acquisitions and growth opportunities. CI Capital Partners LLC was founded in 1993 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ19537

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. Primary Address: Headquarters 375 Park Avenue 18th Floor New York, New York 10152 United States Main Phone: 212-407-5200 Main Fax: 212-407-5252 Business Description: Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in middle market investments, buyouts, acquisitions, and growth capital financings of mature and underperforming companies. It invests in the manufacturing, services, and information technology sectors. The firm invests in companies based in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy. It also identifies and evaluates potential opportunities in France and the Benelux countries. The firm focuses on non-core divisions of large corporations. Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. was established in 1978 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in George Town, Cayman Islands and London, United Kingdom. Excel Company ID: IQ19707

Conduit Capital Partners, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 488 Madison Avenue 22nd Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-485-8900 Main Fax: 212-485-8939 Business Description: Conduit Capital Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in buyout investments in medium-sized independent electric power plants and pipelines. The firm also provides development equity for greenfield investments and acquisitions. It does not invest in independent power plants that involve nuclear energy. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in Latin America, with a focus on Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Mexico, for greenfield construction projects and the Caribbean. It generally invests in a consortium of private, local, and multinational sponsors in projects that are insurable by World Bank's MIGA, U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation, or other reliable insurers. The firm typically invests in projects that require total investment between $60 million and $1000 million for the power generation facilities. In a typical greenfield project and acquisition transactions, it invests between $20 million and $200 million with local partners and foreign strategic investors to acquire 51 percent-90 percent ownership. The firm targets investments in hydroelectric plant and natural gas with capacity of 50MW-500MW and borrowed debt of 60 percent-80 percent. It prefers to take a majority representation on board or majority control of projects. Conduit Capital Partners, LLC was founded in 2003 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ8059273

Corinthian Capital Group, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 601 Lexington Avenue 59th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-920-2300 Main Fax: 212-920-2399 Business Description: Corinthian Capital Group, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in buyout, recapitalization, industry consolidation, acquisitions, growth capital, working capital investments and add-on acquisitions in small and middle market companies. The firm makes investments in manufacturing, distribution, service, and consumer products sectors. It targets investments in companies based in North America. For stand-alone investments, the firm seeks to invest in companies having revenues between $50 million and $250 million and EBITDA between $5 million and $30 million. For add-on investments, it prefers to invest in companies having revenues between $10 million and $250 million and EBITDA between $1 million and $30 million. The firm seeks to acquire a board seat in its portfolio companies and also acts as a trusted counsel. Corinthian Capital Group, LLC was founded in 2005 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Chicago, Illinois and Hingham, Massachusetts. Excel Company ID: IQ23882006

Corporate Partners LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 45 Rockefeller Plaza Suite 1919 New York, New York 10111 United States Main Phone: 212-632-6131 Main Fax: 212-332-5863 Business Description: Corporate Partners LLC is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in buyouts, industry consolidations, and late-stage growth capital transactions. The firm prefers to invest in consumer; financial services; general industrial and business services; health care; power and energy; and technology, media, and telecommunications industries. It seeks to invest in the companies based in North America and selected European companies with presence in United States. The firm prefers to take a board seat on its portfolio companies. They will target minority stake investments, usually between $25 million and $100 million of equity and equity-related capital, or larger with co-investors. The firm targets between 5% and 49% of total equity ownership. Corporate Partners LLC was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ21483

Cortec Group Primary Address: Headquarters 200 Park Avenue 20th Floor New York, New York 10166 United States Main Phone: 212-370-5600 Main Fax: 212-682-4195 Business Description: Cortec Group is a private equity firm specializing in acquisition of lower middle-market companies. The firm actively seeks add-on acquisitions for the companies it owns, which may include product line extensions, acquisitions of competitors, or the purchase of complementary businesses. It may also seek investments in firms undergoing management transitions, which may be overleveraged or require growth equity. The firm does not invest in retail stores, fashion products, software or capital intensive companies, and manufacturers of commodity products. It will consider investments in manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, and service companies with proprietary products or services. The firm seeks to invest in companies with revenues between $40 million and $300 million and EBITDA of at least $5 million. It invests in firms with enterprise values between $30 million and $300 million. Cortec Group was founded in 1984 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ19875

Court Square Capital Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 55 East 52nd Street 34th Floor Park Avenue Plaza New York, New York 10055 United States Main Phone: 212-752-6110 Main Fax: 212-752-6184 Business Description: Court Square Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm. The firm does not consider investments in the alcohol and tobacco, gambling, finance, real estate sectors, and start-up company sectors. It has a generalist approach though prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the building products, business services, chemicals, consumer products, food products and services, healthcare, manufacturing, industrials, media, technology and telecommunications, and transportation sectors in the United States. The firm does not invest globally from its New York and London offices. It typically invests between $50 million and $300 million in equity per transaction in companies with minimum enterprise values of $50 million to acquire a controlling interest. The firm was previously known as Citigroup Venture Capital, Ltd. Court Square Capital Partners was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in New York, New York with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. Excel Company ID: IQ19695

Cowen Capital Partners, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 1221 Avenue of the Americas 14th Floor New York, New York 10020 United States Main Phone: 646-562-1189 Main Fax: 646-562-1132 Business Description: Cowen Capital Partners, LLC is an investment arm of Cowen & Co., LLC specializing in leveraged buyout and growth equity investments in the middle and lower middle market companies. The firm invests in businesses undergoing ownership transition, divestitures, management buyouts, recapitalizations, as well as companies that need financing for projected growth initiatives. It also seeks to invest in select turnaround situations with a focus on companies suffering from navigable issues, such as temporary market fluctuations, management turnover, and end-market problems. The firm prefers to invest in business services, healthcare services, specialty manufacturing, software, education services, and biotechnology sectors. It typically invests in the companies based in United States. Within leveraged buyouts, the firm’s invests between $5 million and $40 million with transactions valued between $30 million and $200 million and in firms having annual revenues between $30 million and $200 million and EBITDA between $5 million and $20 million. For its growth equity investments, it invests between $2 million and $20 million in firms with revenue of at least $10 million and having positive operating cash flows and annual organic growth in excess of 10 percent. The firm prefers to make control investments as well as selective minority investments. It may also partner with other investors and seeks to participate actively at the board or strategic level. Cowen Capital Partners, LLC was founded in 1996 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ19887

CSFB Private Equity Primary Address: Headquarters Eleven Madison Avenue New York, New York 10010-3629 United States Main Phone: 212-325-2000 Main Fax: 212-325-6665 Business Description: CSFB Private Equity specializes in domestic and international buyouts, structured equity, mezzanine, real estate, venture capital, and growth capital investments. It also invests in private equity funds. Through its DLJ Merchant Banking Partners Fund, the firm invests in leveraged buyouts and related transactions of middle market companies. It prefers to invest in companies engaged in the financial services; industrial; media, publishing and education; healthcare; retail and consumer products; energy and power; and technology, telecommunications, and services sectors. It primarily invests in companies based in North America and Europe. The firm typically invests between $20 million and $200 million of equity capital in companies with enterprise values ranging from $200 million to $2 billion. The firm focuses on control equity investments in middle-market companies. The DLJ Investment Partners Fund specializes in providing mezzanine debt primarily used to finance middle market buyout transactions. The firm, through the firm, participates in leveraged acquisition and recapitalization, add-on acquisition, growth financing, and structured equity investments. It prefers to invest in companies based in North Amercia. The firm typically invests between $25 million and $75 million in subordinated debt or preferred stock with warrants. Through its DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners Fund, the firm invests in real estate. It considers investments structured either as equity or debt or a combination thereof, if it meets its return criteria. The firm focuses on single asset repositionings, corporate divestitures, international acquisitions, joint venture programs, entity investments, development opportunities, and capital market dislocations. It makes investments in both technology and global real estate private equity businesses. The firm typically focuses its international investments in Western Europe and Japan. It typically invests in excess of $20 million and holds its investments over a period of three years to five years. Through the CSFB Strategic Partners Fund, it pursues secondary investments in leveraged buyouts, mezzanine, real estate, venture capital, fund of funds, infrastructure, and distressed debt. It primarily invests in North America and Europe. It invests opportunistically in investments where the seller's original commitment may range in size from a single L.P. interest of $250,000 to complex portfolios of up to $500 million. The firm has a global investment mandate, however, most of its commitments are made to funds managed by United States’ and Western European sponsors. Through the Customized Fund Investment Group, the firm focuses on the fund-of-fund private equity investment activities. It invests in venture capital, leveraged buyout, mezzanine, real estate, secondary and distressed debt funds, and co-investments world-wide. The firm was founded in 1997 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Zurich, Switzerland; Tokyo, Japan; London, United Kingdom; Central, Hong Kong; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Los Angeles, California. CSFB Private Equity is an operating subsidiary of Credit Suisse, Investment Banking and Securities Investments. Excel Company ID: IQ19897

Denham Capital Management LP Primary Address: Headquarters 200 Clarendon Street 25th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02116 United States Main Phone: 617-531-7200 Business Description: Denham Capital Management LP is a private equity firm specializing in direct investments across all stages of the corporate and asset lifecycle from development projects to mature, middle market, buyouts, and operating businesses and from private to public, and domestic to international. The firm typically invests in energy and commodities sectors with a focus on natural resources, energy infrastructure, and power and renewables. Within natural resources, it focuses in oil and gas, coal, metals and mineral mining, timber, agriculture, and water. Within energy infrastructure, the firm focuses on transportation, distribution, processing, storage, and terminalling operations within the energy and commodities value chains which includes midstream assets (pipelines, processing, and storage), liquefied natural gas, fuel preparation, transportation, storage, oil field services, biofuels, biochemicals, gasification, and petrochemicals. Within power and renewables, it focuses on opportunities in traditional power generation, renewables, waste-to-energy, energy efficiency, combined heat and power, district heating and cooling, transmission and distribution, and other power-related investment opportunities. The firm invests globally. The firm seeks to invest between $50 million and $250 million in its portfolio companies. Denham Capital Management LP was founded on July 1, 2007 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices in Houston, Texas; Short Hills, New Jersey; São Paulo, Brazil; and London, United Kingdom. Excel Company ID: IQ30887821

Deutsche Bank AG, Investment Arm Primary Address: Headquarters 31 West 52nd Street 26th floor New York, New York 10019 United States Business Description: Deutsche Bank AG, Investment Arm is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in growth financing, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, mezzanine, and secondary funds. It invests in sectors where the firm or its affiliates have significant expertise including consumer and business services, energy and utilities, technology, financial institutions, healthcare, and telecommunications. The firm seeks to invest between $10 million and $125 million in equity per transaction, adopting a lead or co-investment role. It invests over $1 billion annually. The firm was formerly known as DB Capital Partners. Deutsche Bank AG, Investment Arm is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ736788

Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 280 Park Avenue 25th Floor East Tower New York, New York 10017 United States Main Phone: 212-300-1900 Main Fax: 212-983-1234 Business Description: Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in leveraged and management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth capital, equity-like investments in public and private companies, corporate divestitures, under-invested businesses, expansion capital, complementary business acquisitions, and special situations in public and private companies. The firm primarily invests across a wide range of industries with a particular focus in energy and power, financial services, media and communications, healthcare, and other diversified industries. Within the energy and power sector, it invests in electricity generation, equipment manufacturing, and outsourced services for the electric power and oil and gas industries, and transportation and logistics services associated with the delivery of energy-related products. In the financial services sector, the firm focuses on retail (consumer-facing services, such as asset management, banking, and insurance); wholesale (corporate and market-facing services providing access to capital and risk management, such as capital markets, trading, exchanges, investment banking, and wholesale insurance); and processing and services (operational and business support services, such as transaction handling, information, payment and settlement processing, marketing services, and other outsourced business services) sectors. Within media and communication, it focuses on content and distribution services, as well as providers of products and services to companies. In the healthcare sector, the firm invests in healthcare products including pharmaceuticals, specialty pharmaceuticals, medical devices, equipment, and supplies and also focuses on service providers such as manufacturing, marketing, distribution, information, and business support services to healthcare companies. Within diversified industries, it focuses on sectors with temporarily depressed valuations or that are out-of-favor with investors. The firm invests in companies based in North America, the U.S., and Canada and in businesses having substantial international operations. It typically invests between $50 million to $200 million in transactions, but can invest up to $500 million. The firm prefers to invest in companies with enterprise values between $200 million and $2 billion. It can invest smaller amounts in businesses that require follow-on capital. The firm seeks to make control or minority equity investments. Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC was founded in 2004 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ11855749

DLJ Merchant Banking Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 1 Madison Avenue 11th Floor New York, New York 10010 United States Main Phone: 212-538-2870 Business Description: DLJ Merchant Banking Partners is a private equity arm of Credit Suisse. It specializes in investments in leveraged buyouts and related transactions in the middle market companies. It seeks to invest in a broad range of industries with a focus on financial services, industrials, media, energy and power, and healthcare. The firm primarily invests in North America and Europe. It typically invests between $20 million and $200 million of equity capital with enterprise values ranging from $200 million to $2 billion in a variety of value-added co-investment and other investment alternatives in its portfolio companies. The firm focuses primarily on control equity investments and in addition to lead equity investments, the firm will selectively complete both minority equity and structured equity investments. DLJ Merchant Banking Partners was founded in 1985 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices at London, United Kingdom; Los Angeles, California; and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Excel Company ID: IQ20053

Energy Trust Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 551 Fifth Avenue 37th Floor New York, New York 10176 United States Main Phone: 212-557-0875 Main Fax: 212-557-0876 Business Description: Energy Trust Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed, startup, early venture, mid venture, and middle market investments. The firm prefers to invest in the oil and gas sector. Energy Trust Partners was founded in 2002 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Dallas, Texas. Excel Company ID: IQ1206580

Eos Partners, L.P. Primary Address: Headquarters 320 Park Avenue 9th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-832-5800 Main Fax: 212-832-5815 Business Description: Eos Partners, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital, middle market and lower middle market investments, management buyouts, shareholder liquidity investments, businesses under-going ownership transition, subsidiary divestitures, and recapitalization opportunities. The firm also targets investments in later-stage growth companies. It also provides additional growth capital to fund both internal growth and acquisitions. The firm prefers to invest across all industries, but focuses on industrials, consumer discretionary, diversified consumer services, aerospace and government services, defense services, business services and outsourcing, energy and energy services, alternative energy, healthcare providers and services, alternative media and marketing services, infrastructure and environmental services, financial services, technology and technology services, utilities, transportation and logistics sectors, and out of favour sectors. It seeks to invest in companies based in United States and Canada. The firm typically invests between $30 million and $100 million in companies having enterprise value between $50 million and $500 million, revenues between $30 million and $500 million, and an EBITDA between $5 million and $30 million. It prefers to make control investments and seeks both minority and majority equity positions. The firm seeks board membership in its portfolio companies. Eos Partners, L.P. was founded in 1994 and is based in New York, New York. It operates as a subsidiary of Eos Management L.P. Excel Company ID: IQ20221

Evercore Capital Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 55 East 52nd Street 43rd Floor New York, New York 10055 United States Main Phone: 212-857-3100 Main Fax: 212-857-3101 Business Description: Evercore Capital Partners is the private equity and venture capital arm of Evercore Partners Inc. specializing in investments in middle market companies. It seeks to invest across United States and Mexico. The firm seeks to invest in companies with an enterprise value of at least $100 million. Evercore Capital Partners was founded in 1996 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Los Angeles, California and San Francisco, California. Excel Company ID: IQ20285

FdG Associates LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 605 Third Avenue 15th Floor New York, New York 10158 United States Main Phone: 212-940-6864 Main Fax: 212-940-6803 Business Description: FdG Associates LLC is a private equity firm specializing in recapitalizations, management buyouts, industry consolidations, corporate divestitures, and growth capital investments of middle market businesses. The firm will consider investments in companies engaged in business and financial services, consumer products, consumer services, health services, light manufacturing, value-added distribution, and retail sectors. It prefers to invest in businesses located in United States and Canada. The firm typically invests between $15 million and $50 million per transaction. It targets companies with an enterprise value between $40 million and $200 million and a minimum EBITDA of $8 million. The firm will consider investments in businesses as small as $25 million or as large as $300 million in revenue. It prefers to take a controlling stake in its investments, however it will consider exceptions where growth opportunity is compelling and it can structure appropriate risk control and liquidity options. FdG Associates LLC was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ20327

Fenway Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 152 West 57th Street 59th Floor New York, New York 10019 United States Main Phone: 212-698-9400 Main Fax: 212-581-1205 Business Description: Fenway Partners is a private equity firm specializing in middle market, leveraged buyouts, and industry consolidation. The firm also seeks add-on acquisitions and industry consolidations for its existing portfolio companies. It focuses mainly on two sectors including consumer branded products and transportation, logistics, and value-added distribution. The firm typically invests in the United States. It prefers to make equity investments ranging between $20 million and $100 million in companies with sales between $75 million and $750 million, enterprise value between $100 million and $600 million, and EBITDA between $10 million and $100 million. The firm primarily invests in markets with low cyclicality. It seeks to make control investments with the expected investment horizon being four to six years. The firm prefers to invest in companies with leading stable franchises. Fenway Partners was founded in 1994 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Los Angeles, California. Excel Company ID: IQ20331

First Atlantic Capital, Ltd. Primary Address: Headquarters 135 East 57th Street New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-207-0300 Main Fax: 212-207-8842 Business Description: First Atlantic Capital, Ltd. is a private equity firm specializing in add-on acquisitions in middle-market companies. The firm invests in private and publicly owned and subsidiaries and divisions of large corporations. The firm does not invest in distressed or turnaround opportunities but seeks investments in under managed companies. It does not limit its investments to any specific industry focus, but focuses on industrial and consumer goods, plastics and packaging, branded foods and beverage, food processing, business services, general manufacturing, and value-added distribution industries. The firm also targets investments in service industries, particularly those with a business-to-business focus. It seeks to invest in companies based in the United States. The firm typically invests in companies with enterprise values between $75 million and $300 million and transaction values between $100 million and $500 million. However, it may also participate in larger or smaller transactions. It prefers to acquire a board seat or controlling positions through its funds in i.ts portfolio companies. First Atlantic Capital, Ltd. was formed in 1989 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ20385

Forstmann Little & Co. Primary Address: Headquarters 767 Fifth Avenue 44th Floor New York, New York 10153 United States Main Phone: 212-355-5656 Main Fax: 212-759-9059 Business Description: Forstmann Little & Co. is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, equity and subordinated debt financings for recapitalizations, and growth capital investments in middle market companies. The firm prefers to invest in technology, education, telecommunications, and health care sector. Forstmann Little & Co. was founded in 1978 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ20489

Fortress Investment Group, Private Equity Arm Primary Address: Headquarters 1345 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10105 United States Main Phone: 212-798-6100 Business Description: Fortress Investment Group, Private Equity Arm is the private equity firm specializing in investments in public and private companies. The firm seeks to acquire assets on a stand-alone basis. It also invests in corporate restructuring and recapitalization opportunities in distressed situations through purchase of corporate debt, acquiring assets, and rescue financing including debtor-in-possession financing. It typically invests in companies operating in the financial services, residential and commercial real estate, senior living, transportation, energy and power, and media and telecommunications sectors. The firm primarily invests in companies based in Western Europe and North America with a focus on the United States. It prefers to make control oriented investments. Fortress Investment Group, Private Equity Arm was founded in 1998 and is based in New York, New York. It operates as a subsidiary of Fortress Investment Group LLC. Excel Company ID: IQ23926630

GCP Capital Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 300 Park Avenue 23rd Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-389-1500 Other Phone: 212-389-1800 Business Description: GCP Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in investments in buyouts, recapitalizations, PIPE transactions, and growth capital financing in middle market and mature companies. The firm seeks to invest in energy, financial services, insurance, business services, telecommunications, education, and other specialized services sectors. It invests in companies based in North America with a focus on United States and Canada. The firm makes equity investments between $10 million and $75 million per transaction and can invest more if required. It seeks to invest in companies with enterprise values between $50 million and $500 million. The firm generally makes controlling or influential minority investments. GCP Capital Partners was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ866726

General Catalyst Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 20 University Road Suite 450 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 United States Main Phone: 617-234-7000 Main Fax: 617-234-7040 Business Description: General Catalyst Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in incubation, seed/start-ups, early stage, mid venture, growth stage, later stage, mature, leveraged recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, special situations, management-led buyouts, take-privates of public companies, and industry consolidations. The firm seeks to invest in technology with a focus on advanced materials, clean energy solutions, environment related technologies, energy, technology enabled services, value-added manufacturing, hardware, software and systems platforms, enterprise software applications and subsystems, software connectivity platforms, application software, infrastructure software, open source, IP TV services, software on-demand business models, consumer services, Internet and new media, disruptive technology, security and defense, communications and wireless, internet communications, business services, information technology services, financial services, media, network infrastructure, interactive marketing, enterprise information technology, travel and leisure, transportation, e-commerce, and online services. It prefers to invest in the Northeast United States and Canada. The firm seeks to make minority and majority growth equity investments in the portfolio companies. General Catalyst Partners was founded in 2000 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Excel Company ID: IQ138823

GenNx360 Capital Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 590 Madison Avenue 27th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 888-215-6992 Main Fax: 212-572-6472 Business Description: GenNx360 Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts of industrial business to business companies in the middle market. The firm considers national and global opportunities in the following industries: industrial water treatment (equipment and services), specialty chemical and engineered materials, industrial machinery and equipment components (products and services), industrial security services (monitoring and devices), global transportation component parts and services (aerospace, auto and rail), and business services (business process outsourcing and logistics). It seeks to invest between $25 million and $100 million in companies having revenues between $100 million and $1 billion. GenNx360 Capital Partners was founded in January 2006 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Seattle, Washington; Cambridge, Massachusetts; New York, New York; Gurgaon, India, and Bangalore, India. Excel Company ID: IQ29780112

Goldman Sachs Group, Merchant Banking Division Primary Address: Headquarters 85 Broad Street New York, New York 10004 United States Main Phone: 212-902-8890 Main Fax: 212-357-9429 Business Description: Goldman Sachs Group, Merchant Banking Division is the private equity and venture capital firm specializing in corporate and real estate investments. The firm invests through Principal Investment Area, the Real Estate Principal Investment Area, Infrastructure Investment Group, and the Real Estate Alternatives. The Principal Investment Area includes GS Capital Partners and GS Mezzanine Partners funds managing the private corporate equity and mezzanine investment activities, respectively on a global basis, and GS Technology Partners. The GS Capital Partners focuses on investments in take privates, leveraged buyouts or management buyouts, expansion or growth investments in private or public companies, acquisitions, build-ups, recapitalizations, private closely held companies, stressed/distressed investments, restructurings and special situations, and GS direct. The firm also selectively invests in smaller, less control-oriented situations, including venture technology. In GS direct, it invests across a broad range of industries in different forms of private equity or mezzanine investments. The firm typically invests between $25 million and $200 million, using the firm's balance sheet. It prefers to invest in America, Europe, and Asia including India. The firm typically invests between $200 million and $800 million in a portfolio company. It prefers to take a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks both control and minority investments, with an emphasis on co-investing alongside other clients. The GS Mezzanine Partners focuses on investments in leveraged buyouts or management buyouts, expansion or growth financings, recapitalizations, acquisitions, restructurings for private equity firms, private family companies and corporate issuers, public-to-private transactions, private closely held companies, special situations, and middle-market transactions. In leveraged buyouts or management buyout transaction, it provides subordinated debt capital. The firm primarily invests in opportunities in the North America and Europe. It invests up to $1000 million and can also invest greater amounts in companies with enterprise value between $500 million and at least $1000 million. The firm typically invests between $250 million and 750 million. It invests in mezzanine securities, often with an equity component such as warrants or common equity and on a recurring basis; and in a combination of cash and pay-in-kind securities and multiple currencies. The firm also considers equity co-investments alongside other financial sponsor partners and can provide large anchor orders in syndications or club deals. It prefers to take an observer or a board seat in the portfolio companies. The GS Technology Partners invests across many stages of a company's lifecycle, from early stage venture capital opportunities to later-stage companies and large mature private equity situations. It focuses on investments in innovative technology and significant intellectual property companies. The firm primarily invests in enterprise infrastructure equipment, software, and services; semiconductors and components, including electronic design automation tools, integrated circuits, equipment, and manufacturing services; and communications equipment and components, including telecommunications service providers, wireless operators, cable operators, and communications equipment. Its typical investment size ranges from $2 million in early-stage venture opportunities to over $250 million in mature private equity situations. The firm prefers to lead investment rounds, but may also follow other investors in certain situations. In Real Estate Principal Investment Area, it focuses on proprietary capital investments in real estate opportunities. The firm invests in real estate companies, projects, loan portfolios, debt recapitalizations, and direct property. It can invest across broad range of markets and product types including hospitality, retail, office, golf, and multifamily. The firm seeks to invest in companies focusing on high-growth platform opportunities, including hotel, parking, and storage companies. It invests throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The firm typically acquires real estate assets and management companies through the purchase of equity interests, mortgages, and operating companies. It co-invests with Goldman Sachs in real estate and real estate related assets. The Infrastructure Investment Group makes direct investments in infrastructure and infrastructure related assets and companies. The firm invests in traditional infrastructure sectors including transport infrastructure, such as toll roads, airports and ports, as well as regulated gas, water and electrical utilities. The Real Estate Alternatives focuses on the management of targeted real estate related funds and separate accounts for important clients of Goldman Sachs and also makes strategic real estate related investments. It makes minority investments with real estate operators, developers, and investment managers. Goldman Sachs Group, Merchant Banking Division was founded in 1998 and is based at New York, New York with additional offices in London, United Kingdom; San Francisco, California; Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and Tokyo, Japan. It operates as a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Banking and Securities Investments. Excel Company ID: IQ20705

Golub Capital Primary Address: Headquarters 551 Madison Avenue 6th floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-750-6060 Main Fax: 212-750-5505 Business Description: Golub Capital is a private equity firm specializing in refinancing, recapitalizations, middle market, growth capital, and buyouts transactions in mature companies. It is an SBIC. The firm seeks to invest in the form of one-loan debt financings through gold facility, subordinate debt, senior debt, junior debt, last out senior debt, second lien senior debt, stretch mezzanine debt, preferred equity financing, common equity co-investments, and senior secured bank loan. It does not pursue investments in high technology, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, telecommunications infrastructure, oil and gas exploration, re-lending, or passive real estate businesses. The firm prefers to invest in both privately and publicly held companies in business and consumer services, consumer products, aerospace and defense, manufacturing, value-added distribution, media, healthcare services, restaurants and specialty retail, and established software companies. It seeks to invest in middle market companies based in the United States. The firm also targets investments in non-control debt and equity financings as well as controlling equity investments in the United States and Canada. It typically, makes investments between $10 million and $75 million per transaction with additional capital available for growth and initial investments per deal range from $5 million to $50 million for subordinated debt in the form of subordinated notes with or without warrants for a maximum of nine years. For last out and second lien senior debt investments, the firm prefers to invest between $5 million to $50 million initially per deal in the form of an independent facility or a junior branch of the senior facility. It prefers to make an initial investment of $5 million to $25 million per deal for stretch mezzanine debt in the form of junior notes or redeemable while for equity financings, between $3 million to $25 million per deal as redeemable preferred with warrants. Within one stop debt financing, the firm prefers an initial investment in the range of $5 million to $35 million. It seeks to invest in companies with a minimum operating cash flow of $5 million; minimum EBITDA of $4 million; and enterprise values between $30 million to $300 million. The firm underwrites and syndicates first lien and senior loans up to $200 million. It makes equity co-investments on a stand-alone basis and in combination with debt financing. For larger transactions, the firm provides additional capital on a co-investment basis. Golub Capital was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in the New York, New York with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; and San Francisco, California. Excel Company ID: IQ20711

Great Hill Partners, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters One Liberty Square Boston, Massachusetts 02109 United States Main Phone: 617-790-9400 Main Fax: 617-790-9401 Business Description: Great Hill Partners, LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage, mid stage, late stage, growth capital, buyouts, recapitalizations, PIPEs, go private, acquisitions, and industry consolidations in growth oriented private or public companies. It typically invests in business service, Internet, software, consumer services, financial technology, logistics, education, healthcare, media and communications, and transaction processing. The firm seeks to invest primarily in the United States but also considers Europe and Latin America for special situations. It invests between $50 million and $150 million per transaction in its portfolio companies. It invests in companies with valuations between $50 million and $500 million. However this range is smaller when the firm is consolidating acquisitions. It prefers to make both minority and control investments, with ownership between ten percent and 85 percent and usually over 30 percent. The firm seeks to act as a lead investor and takes a board seat in its portfolio companies. It exits its investments between three years and seven years. The firm was founded in 1999 when M/C Partners split into two separate firms, Great Hill Partners and M/C Ventures Partners. Great Hill Partners, LLC is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Excel Company ID: IQ20735

Halpern, Denny & Co. Primary Address: Headquarters 399 Boylston Street 3rd Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02116 United States Main Phone: 617-536-6602 Main Fax: 617-536-8535 Business Description: Halpern, Denny & Co. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in management buyouts and later stage expansion financings in middle markets. It prefers to invest in companies operating in the consumer; media and communications; distribution; specialty manufacturing; and healthcare sector and also prefers industries with significant entry barriers. The firm seeks to invest between $5 million and $50 million in its portfolio companies and can also invest less than $5 million in cases where there is an opportunity of a follow-on investment. The firm also invests up to $100 million through co-investments. The firm seeks to invest in companies that are profitable or projected to be profitable within one year. Halpern, Denny & Co. was founded in 1991 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Excel Company ID: IQ20835

Halyard Capital Primary Address: Headquarters 600 Fifth Avenue 17th Floor New York, New York 10020 United States Main Phone: 212-554-2121 Main Fax: 212-554-2120 Business Description: Halyard Capital is a private equity firm specializing in consolidations, growth equity investments, go private transactions, leveraged buyouts, and structured equity investments in middle market companies. The firm prefers to invest in companies operating in the education, media, communications and information, healthcare, government, and business services sectors. Within the media sector, it focuses on print and electronic publishing (newspapers, consumer magazines, business magazines, trade shows, niche publishing, online news, and yellow pages/directories); broadcasting (television and radio); cable (MSO's, broadband cable network , and networks); out-of-home (traditional outdoor, in-store media, and alternative digital media); and entertainment (traditional and interactive entertainment, content/libraries, programming, production, distribution, theaters, theme parks; and other leisure time activities) sectors. Within the communications sector, the firm seeks to invest in wireless (mobile services, broadband data services, tower management, and applications); wireline (incumbent carriers, competitive carriers, and data/broadband applications); digital network (video-on-demand and home networking); and IT and infrastructure services (integrated solutions providers, enterprise wireless services, managed data services, and security). In business services segment, the firm primarily invests in marketing services (interactive marketing, customer acquisition/lead generation, database marketing, market research/analytics, and advertising agencies); business process outsourcing (transaction processing, CRM, and outsourced functionality such as human resources, billing etc.); information services (database products and services, interactive directories, and data analytic tools and measurement); education (K-12, post-secondary, corporate, online/distance learning, educational services, and supplemental materials/content); and IT outsourcing. The firm typically invests in companies based in North America, United States, Canada, and Europe. It seeks to invest in control positions or non-control investments with strong governance rights. The firm invests up to $40 million in its portfolio companies with a focus on investments between $15 million and $40 million in firms with enterprise values between $25 million and $250 million. The firm seeks to take a seat on the Board of Directors of its portfolio companies and holds an investment for a period of three to five years. Halyard Capital was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ1052496

Harvest Partners, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 280 Park Avenue 25th Floor New York, New York 10017 United States Main Phone: 212-599-6300 Main Fax: 212-812-0100 Business Description: Harvest Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, growth capital financings, and recapitalizations. The firm primarily invests in middle market companies such as public and private businesses, family-owned companies, or subsidiaries and divisions of larger enterprises. It seeks to invest in distribution, banking, energy, consumer goods, building products, manufacturing, specialty services, value-added distribution, general industrial, business services, and consumer or retail sectors with sub-sector expertise in industries such as healthy living, multi-level marketing, specialty retail, and industrial services. The firm invests in companies with headquarters located in North America, the United States, and Western Europe and typically having substantial sales or substantial operations in the United States. It prefers to make equity investments of $25 million to $100 million in companies with an enterprise value between $100 million to $600 million, revenues between $100 million and $750 million, and a minimum EBITDA of $10 million. The firm pursues transactions that typically require a combination of equity and debt financing. It provides expertise in structuring, negotiating, and financing transactions. The firm seeks to be a control investor and prefers to become a partner in its portfolio companies. Harvest Partners, LLC was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ20891

Heritage Partners Primary Address: Headquarters Prudential Tower 800 Boylston Street Suite 1535 Boston, Massachusetts 02199 United States Main Phone: 617-439-0688 Main Fax: 617-439-0689 Business Description: Heritage Partners is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital investments and acquisitions, minority equity based recapitalization, low leverage management buyouts, and industry consolidation of mature and middle market businesses. The firm prefers to invest in family owned or founder controlled businesses and may also consider investments in other private companies. It prefers to invest in consolidating or fragmented industries. The firm does not invest in high technological risk or start up businesses. It seeks to invest in aerospace, manufacturing, value added distribution, healthcare and healthcare services, consumer products, food and beverage, light manufacturing, printing, plastic, packaging, pet products and services, and media and publishing industries. The firm seeks to invest a minimum of $20 million, in preferred and common stock to acquire minority and majority stakes in portfolio companies with minimum revenues of $30 million, a minimum enterprise value of $40 million, and a minimum EBITDA of $5 million. Heritage Partners was founded in 1993 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Excel Company ID: IQ20933

HSBC Capital (USA) Inc. Primary Address: Headquarters 452 Fifth Avenue 4th Floor New York, New York 10018 United States Main Phone: 212-525-5969 Main Fax: 212-525-8047 Business Description: HSBC Capital (USA) Inc. is a private equity firm. It does not invest in startup and venture capital. The firm specializes in buyouts, recapitalizations, real estate development and acquisitions, change of ownership transactions, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, mezzanine, and expansion capital investments. It prefers to invest in manufacturing, services, and distribution sectors. It also invests in healthcare, consumer products, and business services. The firm typically invests in the smaller end of middle market companies based in the United States and Latin America. It seeks to invest between $5 million and $25 million in companies having enterprise values between $20 million and $75 million, minimum revenues of $10 million, and EBITDA between $3 million and $10 million. The firm acquires both control and minority stakes in its portfolio companies. It seeks to take board membership or observation rights in its portfolio companies. The firm prefers to exit its private equity investments within three years and six years and its mezzanine investments within six years. It seeks to exit its private equity investments through a strategic sale, merger, refinancing, repurchase, or public offering. The firm exits its mezzanine investments through repayment at maturity. It was founded in 1991 and is based in New York, New York. HSBC capital (USA) Inc. operates as a subsidiary of HSBC Investments (North America) Inc. Excel Company ID: IQ10460028

ICV Capital Partners, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 666 Third Avenue The Chrysler Center 29th Floor New York, New York 10017 United States Main Phone: 212-455-9600 Main Fax: 212-455-9603 Business Description: ICV Capital Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in management buyouts, owner recapitalizations, family succession, corporate divestitures, going private transactions, and growth capital investments in small middle market companies. It seeks to invest in healthcare, food processing, consumer products and services, commercial services, and industrial manufacturing sectors. The firm does not invest in startups, technology, and real estate companies. It seeks to invest between $5 million and $25 million in companies with revenues between $25 million and $200 million; an EBITDA between $3 million and $30 million; and superior profit margins greater than 13 percent of the EBITDA margin. The firm prefers to be a lead investor or acquire controlling interests in its portfolio company. It seeks to acquire a board seat representation in its portfolio companies. The firm may also take minority positions in companies for expansion capital and acquisitions. It makes significant cash equity investments in portfolio companies, typically between 40 percent and 50 percent of the acquisition price and for the balance of the purchase price or when the firm capitalize a company, it employs only senior bank debt which does not include subordinated or mezzanine debt. ICV Capital Partners, LLC was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ21099

Investcorp Bank BSC, Private Equity Primary Address: Headquarters 280 Park Avenue New York, New York 10017 United States Main Phone: 212-599-4700 Main Fax: 212-983-7073 Business Description: Investcorp Bank BSC, Private Equity is a private equity firm specializing in middle market investments in mid sized companies. The firm seeks to invest in acquisitions. It generally invests in family owned, entrepreneur owned, non- core subsidiaries, and divisions of large corporations. The firm seeks to invest in companies in almost any industry based in North America and Western Europe. It typically invests in companies with enterprise values between $300 million and $1 billion. The firm invests in a combination of debt and equity. It generally arranges debt financing and underwrites the equity portion of transaction. The firm prefers to take equity ownership in the portfolio companies and generally targets three to five investments in a year. It prefers to partner and co-invest with the management of the portfolio companies. The firm prefers to hold an investment over a period of three to seven years and generally exits its investments through a private sale or a public offering. Investcorp Bank BSC, Private Equity is based in the New York City with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. Investcorp Bank BSC, Private Equity is an operating subsidiary of Investcorp Bank BSC. Excel Company ID: IQ33040026

Irving Place Capital Primary Address: Headquarters 277 Park Avenue 39th Floor New York, New York 10172 United States Main Phone: 212-551-4500 Business Description: Irving Place Capital is a private equity firm specializing in equity investments in middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in add-on acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, recapitalizations, growth capital opportunities, and other ownership liquidity situations. It makes investments in companies operating in the, retail, consumer products, financial services, healthcare services, industrial distribution, industrials, packaging, transportation and logistics, and energy sectors. The firm also seeks to invest in companies in the other old economy and service sectors including restaurants; business services; chemicals; natural resources; specialty finance; apparel; financial technology; food and beverages; healthcare; and security and defense industries. It targets investments in companies primarily based in North America and Western Europe. The firm makes equity investments between $75 million and $250 million in companies with EBITDA in excess of $20 million. It prefers to acquire a board seat and a flexible control or substantial minority positions for preferred or common limited partnership interests in its portfolio companies. The firm also invests in situations where the existing management team or ownership group seeks to monetize a portion of their holdings. It typically, holds its portfolio companies for more than five years and exists through sales to strategic or financial buyers, initial public offerings, and recapitalizations. Irving Place Capital was founded in 1997 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ474102

J.F. Lehman & Company Primary Address: Headquarters 450 Park Avenue 6th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-634-0100 Main Fax: 212-634-1155 Business Description: J.F. Lehman & Company is a private equity firm specializing in acquiring lower middle market companies. It invests through buyout transactions and does not invest in turnaround situations. The firm typically invests in the defense, aerospace, and maritime industries and the technologies that originate from them. It prefers to invest in the U.S. and U.K. defense markets. The firm seeks to make control investments in its portfolio companies. J.F. Lehman & Company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices in Arlington, Virginia and London, United Kingdom. Excel Company ID: IQ21275

Jefferies Capital Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 520 Madison Avenue 12th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-284-1700 Main Fax: 212-284-1717 Business Description: Jefferies Capital Partners is a private equity arm of Jefferies & Company, Inc. specializing in management buyouts, growth capital financing, recapitalizations, expansion financing, industry consolidation, and investments in companies that require special financing. The firm does not invest in start-ups, early-stage ventures, and real estate. It prefers to invest in middle market and later-stage growth companies. The firm focuses on consumer and restaurants, distribution and logistics, energy, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media and telecommunications, and transportation sectors. It typically makes equity investments between $10 million and $100 million in companies with revenues between $10 million and $500 million. The firm seeks to be active on the board of the portfolio companies. Jefferies Capital Partners was founded in 1994 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ20549

JLL Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 450 Lexington Avenue 31st floor New York, New York 10017 United States Main Phone: 212-286-8600 Main Fax: 212-286-8626 Business Description: JLL Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in middle market companies. The firm prefers to invest in balance sheet restructurings, buyouts, operational turnarounds, acquisitions, add-on acquisitions, industry consolidations, growth capital, and strategic co-investments. It invests in companies which are significantly over-leveraged; companies lacking committed sponsorship; companies requiring strategic and/or operational refocusing; companies in out-of-favor industries; businesses being divested from a larger corporate entity; and companies seeking a financial partner to pursue their strategies. The firm seeks to invest in manufacturing and services, financial services, healthcare and medical services, and building products. It seeks to take a majority stake in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to make control equity investments. It has no predetermined time frame or preferred method for exiting its investments. The firm was formerly known as Joseph, Littlejohn, & Levy. JLL Partners was founded in 1988 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ21305

Jupiter Partners LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 12 East 49th Street 36th Floor New York, New York 10017 United States Main Phone: 212-300-1000 Main Fax: 212-300-1001 Business Description: Jupiter Partners LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in growth capital, management buyouts, industry consolidation, recapitalization, and middle market companies. The firm also does not invest in startups, natural resources, real estate, construction, automobile related supply, and other cyclical sectors. It seeks to invest in service industries and healthcare services which includes health care service providers and pharmaceutical service companies; consumer products and services; distribution and logistics; specialty retail or consumer; and business services and solutions companies that provide complete, value-added outsourced solutions to businesses. In business services and solutions, the firm seeks to make late stage and mature investments and does not invest in early stage outsourcing companies that are heavily dependent on emerging technologies. It does not invest in pure Internet companies but invests in companies that use the Internet for their functioning. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in United States but can also make international investments through co-investments. It typically invests between $15 million and $80 million however seeks to invest up to $400 million in an individual transaction. The firm also invests in companies requiring less than its minimum investment. It does not engage in hostile takeover attempts and prefers majority stakes in public companies other than in negotiated transactions. The firm also makes non-controlling investments alongside other investment groups, industrial partners, or directly in public or private companies. It makes follow-on investments and prefers a board seat in its portfolio companies. It seeks to exit an investment within a period of three to seven years through public offering of securities, the sale or merger of the company, a repurchase of securities by the company, a recapitalization, or an exchange for securities that are readily marketable. Jupiter Partners LLC was founded in 1994 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ21313

Kelso & Company Primary Address: Headquarters 320 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-751-3939 Main Fax: 212-223-2379 Business Description: Kelso & Company is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged acquisitions and management buyouts and purchase of significant ownership of private companies, divisions, or subsidiaries of public or private companies; public companies through recapitalizations or going private transactions. It prefers to invest in industrial and consumer products companies. The firm also seeks to purchase significant blocks of stock from public or private companies seeking equity capital or persons seeking liquidity. It does not pursue hostile transactions, substantial dismantling or liquidation of companies, and break-up opportunities. The firm invests for a period of over five years and exits its investments through an IPO, recapitalization, or strategic sale. It takes a board seat and usually has control through majority ownership in its portfolio companies. The firm can also make minority investments in conjunction with board representation or other significant shareholders' rights, or may join with other investors as a member of a control group. Kelso & Company was founded in 1971 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ21339

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (NYSE:KKR) Primary Address: Headquarters 9 West 57 Street Suite 4200 New York, New York 10019 United States Main Phone: 212-750-8300 Main Fax: 212-750-0003 Business Description: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, and mezzanine investments in large cap companies. The firm will consider investments in all industries, with a focus on infrastructure. It seeks a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm holds a controlling interest in its portfolio companies after they go public. It typically holds its investment for a period of five years and more and exits through initial public offerings, secondary offerings, and sales to strategic buyers. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. was founded in 1976 and is based at New York, New York with additional offices across United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Excel Company ID: IQ21401

KPS Capital Partners, LP Primary Address: Headquarters 485 Lexington Avenue 31st Floor New York, New York 10017 United States Main Phone: 212-338-5100 Main Fax: 646-307-7100 Other Phone: 212-521-4800 Business Description: KPS Capital Partners, LP is a private equity firm specializing in investments in turnarounds, financial restructurings, businesses in bankruptcies, follow on acquisitions, employee buyouts, failed acquisitions, corporate divestitures, carve-outs, and spin-offs of middle market companies. In case of turnarounds, the firm seeks to invest in of underperforming or distressed businesses. It targets business facing closure, liquidation, and with a history of operating losses. In case of business in bankruptcies, it seeks to invest in, fund reorganizations of, and create new companies to purchase operating assets of, companies facing bankruptcy or asset sale under Section 363. The firm targets businesses burdened with, insufficient liquidity; excessive debt; operating in default of obligations to creditors; or lacking capital for investment, modernization, or growth, in order to eliminate, reduce or restructure the company's liabilities. The firm also seeks to invest in operating businesses, including divisions, subsidiaries or individual plants of larger companies capable of operating as stand-alone companies. It also provides exit financing to banks and other creditors, secured or unsecured loans in connection with obtaining control pursuant to a purchase transaction, and considers extending Debtor-In-Possession (DIP) financing. The firm does not invest high technology, financial services, telecommunications, broadcast media, real estate, and natural resources (exploration) sectors and start- up ventures or re-starts. It prefers to invest in companies operating in the manufacturing, transportation, and service industries and industries that are out of favor, having low-growth, cyclical, contracting, or burdened with over-capacity. The firm primarily invests in companies based in the United States and Canada. It prefers to invest between $25 million and $150 million per transaction in companies having revenues of at least $200 million. The firm seeks to invest in transaction sizes up to $1 billion. It sponsors larger transactions by co-investing. The firm’s investments are structured in the form of common stock or securities that are convertible into common stock, including preferred stock debentures. The firm prefers to be a control investor and takes a board seat in its portfolio companies. KPS Capital Partners, LP was founded in 1997 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ21337

Leeds Equity Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 350 Park Avenue 23rd Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-835-2000 Main Fax: 212-835-2020 Business Description: Leeds Equity Partners is a private equity firm specializing in the acquisition of growth oriented middle market and lower middle market companies. The firm prefers to invest in the education, training, information services, and business services sectors. Within the education sector the firm invests in the K-12, postsecondary, At-Risk and special education, instructional materials, and testing and assessment sectors. In case of its investments in the training sector, the firm invests in corporate training, professional certification and continuing education, and language training. Within the business and information services space the firm invests in the business-to-business and professional publishing, professional information databases and research, tradeshows and conferences, human resources and business process outsourcing, consulting and staffing, marketing services. It typically invests in companies based in the United States and Canada. The firm was formerly known as Leeds Weld & Co. Leeds Equity Partners was founded in 1993 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ23409

Lehman Brothers, Private Equity Division Primary Address: Headquarters 745 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10019 United States Main Phone: 212-526-7000 Main Fax: 646-758-4296 Business Description: Lehman Brothers, Private Equity Division is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in fund of funds investments, secondary investments, and co-investments. In fund of fund investments, the firm seeks to invest in third-party buyout, venture capital, mezzanine and special situation funds. It invests in funds diversified across many factors including asset class, vintage year, investment stage, geography, and industry. In secondaries, the firm purchases private equity fund portfolios from investors desiring liquidity prior to termination of those funds. The firm typically invests in buyout funds with a focus on primarily with interest in venture, mezzanine, distressed, real estate, and fund of funds. It primarily invests in funds of net asset value between $100,000 and $1 billion. LP interests that are greater than 50% funded with less funded interests are considered as part of a larger portfolio. The firm also makes co-investments to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns through investing in transactions led by premier private equity firms. Lehman Brothers, Private Equity Division was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in New York City. Excel Company ID: IQ21463

Lexington Partners Inc. Primary Address: Headquarters 660 Madison Avenue 23rd Floor New York, New York 10065 United States Main Phone: 212-754-0411 Main Fax: 212-754-1494 Business Description: Lexington Partners Inc. is an investment firm specializing in direct and fund of funds investments. The firm does not invest in real estate or early stage technology. It also specializes in fund-of-funds investments, secondary investments, and equity co-investments. Within direct investments, it primarily invests in buyout, venture capital, and mezzanine. In equity co-investments, the firm seeks to invest alongside private equity sponsors such as buyout sponsor. It co-invests in refinancing, change of control, follow-on investments, build-ups, and corporate re-organizations. Within fund of funds investments, the firm seeks to make investments in newly formed large and mega buyout, small and middle market buyout, mezzanine, and venture capital partnerships. In secondary investments, it seeks to make secondary purchases of global buyout, venture capital, and mezzanine funds and direct private investments of minority interests. The firm makes both domestic and international investments. It focuses on the manufacturing, media, telecommunications, distribution, energy, financial services, healthcare, and business services sectors. The firm primarily invests in the United States, Asia Pacific, the United Kingdom, Western Europe, and emerging markets. It makes equity co-investments in the United States and Europe. The firm seeks fund of funds investments in the United States, Europe, and Asia Pacific. For equity co-investments, it invests between $10 million and $100 million per transaction. The firm makes co-investments on a minority basis alongside private equity sponsors and does not seek to control transactions. Lexington Partners Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Menlo Park, California; and London, United Kingdom. Excel Company ID: IQ21481

Liberty Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 485 Lexington Avenue 2nd Floor New York, New York 10017 United States Main Phone: 212-541-7676 Main Fax: 212-649-6076 Business Description: Liberty Partners is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, corporate divestitures, recapitalizations, going private transactions, acquisition, add-on acquisition, build-ups, industry and market consolidations, and organic growth and growth financings in middle market companies. The firm typically makes equity investments in the niche manufacturing, business services, healthcare, low-medium technology, and education (including K-12, post-secondary, corporate training, etc.) sectors. It primarily invests in companies headquartered in or which generate majority of their revenues in North America. However, the firm can consider add-on opportunities internationally. It seeks to invest between $20 million and $75 million in companies having revenues of at least $50 million and EBITDA of at least $6 million. The firm invests in transactions ranging between $50 million and $250 million. However, there is no minimum size for add-on acquisitions. It seeks to hold a board seat and acquires controlling stakes or substantial minority positions in its portfolio companies. The firm can also co-invest with limited partners, sponsors, and deal sources. Liberty Partners was founded in 1992 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ21495

Lightyear Capital LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 375 Park Avenue 11th Floor New York, New York 10152 United States Main Phone: 212-328-0555 Main Fax: 212-328-0516 Business Description: Lightyear Capital LLC is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital, recapitalizations, and leveraged buyout investments. The firm focuses on companies in the financial services including asset management, banking, brokerage, financial technology, insurance, leasing, and related business services. It invests between $25 million and $100 million in companies with enterprise values under $500 million, but can invest larger amounts. Lightyear Capital LLC was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ1011949

Lincolnshire Management, Inc. Primary Address: Headquarters 780 Third Avenue 40th Floor New York, New York 10017 United States Main Phone: 212-319-3633 Main Fax: 212-755-5457 Business Description: Lincolnshire Management, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions, growth capital, corporate divestitures, management buyouts, recapitalizations, and mergers of small and middle market private and closely held public companies. The firm also funds shareholders exiting or reducing stakes in their business; add-on acquisitions; companies facing difficulties in restructuring their debt, where it takes equity stake in exchange of debt reduction; loan restructuring; and owners desiring liquidity via change in the capital structure. It seeks to invest in companies engaged in the basic niche manufacturing, distribution, and service sectors. The firm primarily invests in companies based in the United States, North America, Asia, and Europe. The firm typically invests between $5 million and $50 million in companies with sales between $50 million and $500 million, enterprise values between $50 million and $300 million, and an operating cash flow between $5 million and $50 million. The firm prefers to hold investments for three to five years. It prefers to take a majority or a minority stake and also co-invests. Lincolnshire Management, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Los Angeles, California; Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; and Boston, Massachusetts. Excel Company ID: IQ21511

Lindsay Goldberg Primary Address: Headquarters 630 Fifth Avenue 30th Floor New York, New York 10111 United States Main Phone: 212-651-1100 Main Fax: 212-651-1101 Business Description: Lindsay Goldberg is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts, acquisitions; follow on acquisitions; recapitalizations; industry consolidation financing and investments in family owned business undergoing a generational ownership change; and in publicly traded companies. The firm does not provide venture capital and does not consider investments in high technology companies. It prefers to invest in manufacturing, commodity-based manufacturing, financial and business services, and healthcare sectors. The firm typically invests in companies based in North America and in selected companies in Western Europe. It invests between $50 million and $250 million per investment, as the initial investment or as multiple equity investments over time in its portfolio companies. The firm prefers to be a lead investor in its portfolio companies. It seeks to hold board seats in its portfolio companies. The firm investment period in its portfolio companies is typically equal to or greater than ten years. Lindsay Goldberg was founded in 2001 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ102388

Metalmark Capital Primary Address: Headquarters 1177 Avenue of the Americas 40th Floor New York, New York 10036 United States Main Phone: 212-823-1930 Main Fax: 212-823-1931 Business Description: Metalmark Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in all stages of development in middle market businesses. It seeks to invest organically or through acquisition and platform investments for internal investments and operational improvements. It targets investments in sectors including industrials, healthcare, financial services, consumer products, and energy or natural resources. The firm also manages the Morgan Stanley Capital Partners funds. The firm formerly, operated as Morgan Stanley Capital Partners. Metalmark Capital LLC was founded in 1985 and is based in New York, New York. Metalmark Capital operates as a subsidiary of Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC. Excel Company ID: IQ21915

MidOcean Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 320 Park Avenue 17th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-497-1402 Main Fax: 212-497-1376 Business Description: MidOcean Partners is a private equity firm specializing in investments in middle market companies. It typically invests in consumer and leisure, media and communications, business services, financial services, industrials, niche industrials, transportation, and healthcare sectors. Within the business services sector, the firm focuses on information services, outsourced services, environmental services, educational services, and marketing services. Within the consumer and leisure space, the firm is focused on products and services. Within the niche industrial space, the firm seeks to invest in service and logistic companies likely to benefit from a change in supply chain. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in United States and Europe. The firm seeks to invest a minimum of $25 million in equity. It prefers to make control investments. MidOcean Partners was founded in February 2003 and is based in New York, New York with two additional offices in London, United Kingdom. Excel Company ID: IQ5547878

Moelis Capital Partners LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 399 Park Avenue 5th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-883-4501 Business Description: Moelis Capital Partners LLC is a private equity arm of Moelis & Company LLC specializing in leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, growth equity, acquisition capital, and recapitalizations. The firm focuses on small to middle market buyout and growth equity investments, strategic development, financing, and follow-on acquisitions. It primarily invests in business services, consumer and retail, financial services, healthcare services, industrial, and telecom sectors. Within business services, the firm invests in information and marketing services; technology-enabled services (SaaS, BPO, IT services); diversified industrial services; human capital management; and asset light logistics. Within consumer and retail, it seeks to invests in specialty food and beverage; food, drug, and convenience retail; health and wellness; specialty retail; household and personal products; and non-financial consumer services. Within financial services, the firm invests in insurance; specialty finance; community banking; and asset management. Within healthcare services, it seeks to invest in physician services; payor support services; specialty pharmacies and home infusion; behavioral health; education and training; and revenue cycle management. Within industrial, the firm invests in aerospace and defense; chemicals; manufacturing; and capital goods. Within telecom, it seeks to invest in wire line service providers; managed services providers; mobile telecom operators; and wireless tower operators. The firm typically invests in the United States and Europe. It can also invest globally. The firm primarily invests between $25 million and $100 million in companies with EBITDA greater than $7 million. It may also invest over $100 million in exceptional situations. The firm primarily makes minority equity investments to provide liquidity to existing shareholders. It seeks to control or co-lead its investments. Moelis Capital Partners LLC was founded in 2007 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Los Angeles, California. Excel Company ID: IQ36655359

Monomoy Capital Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 142 West 57th Street 17th Floor New York, New York 10019 United States Main Phone: 212-699-4000 Main Fax: 212-699-4010 Business Description: Monomoy Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in turnaround, recapitalization, bankruptcy, corporate divestiture, plain-vanilla stock or asset purchases, out-of-court restructurings, Article 9 transactions, add-on transactions, and acquisitions of family owned business transactions of small middle market companies. The firm prefers to invest in companies engaged in manufacturing, service, distribution, consumer products. It seeks investment opportunities in companies headquartered in the United States or Canada or companies with significant operations in North America. The firm typically invests between $10 million and $50 million per transaction in companies with annual revenues between $50 million and $300 million. It makes add-on investments in companies with revenues of more than $5 million. It also invests in companies having negative EBIDTA with maximum size of $20 million. It generally holds its investments over a period of five to seven years and exits through sale to financial and industrial buyers. Monomoy Capital Partners was founded in 2005 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ20337494

Morgan Stanley Private Equity Primary Address: Headquarters 1585 Broadway 38th Floor New York, New York 10036 United States Main Phone: 212-761-6003 Main Fax: 212-761-9606 Other Phone: 212-761-4000 Business Description: Morgan Stanley Private Equity is the private equity arm of Morgan Stanley specializing in investments in large and middle market transactions. The firm makes investments in media and communications, financial services, healthcare, industrials, and energy sectors. It targets investments globally. The firm typically invests between $100 million and $500 million in companies with enterprise values between $500 million to $5 billion. It seeks to acquire a board seat in its portfolio companies. Morgan Stanley Private Equity was founded in 1985 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in London, United Kingdom; Mumbai, India; Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Seoul, South Korea; Menlo Park, California; and Tokyo, Japan. Excel Company ID: IQ6711728

New Mountain Capital, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 787 Seventh Avenue 49th Floor New York, New York 10019 United States Main Phone: 212-720-0300 Main Fax: 212-582-2277 Business Description: New Mountain Capital, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in buyouts, growth capital, add-on acquisitions, and middle market. The firm seeks to invest in education, health care, business services, federal information technology services, logistics, media, software, insurance, consumer products, financial services and technology, infrastructure, and energy. It generally invests between $100 million and $500 million per transaction in the portfolio companies. The firm seeks to acquire control of companies without an auction. New Mountain Capital, LLC was founded in January 2000 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ95940

Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 280 Park Avenue West Tower 38th Floor New York, New York 10017 United States Main Phone: 212-351-7900 Main Fax: 212-351-7925 Business Description: Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC is private equity firm specializing in leveraged acquisitions, growth financings, and recapitalizations in middle-market companies. It invests in industrial manufacturing, distribution, insurance services, healthcare services, industrial, energy, packaging, safety products, supply chain management, business and financial services, aerospace and defense products and services, rental businesses, and route-based services sectors. The firm seeks majority or control investment in its portfolio companies. It prefers to invest in industries or markets poised to benefit from economic changes, secular trends, regulatory changes or market dislocations. The fund typically invests in companies with EBITDA in the range of $20million to $80million. Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC was founded in 1997 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Los Angeles, California. Excel Company ID: IQ22199

Olympus Capital Holdings Asia Primary Address: Headquarters 485 Madison Avenue 18th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-201-8533 Main Fax: 212-201-8534 Business Description: Olympus Capital Holdings Asia is a private equity firm specializing in middle market investments. It primarily invests in the manufacturing, agribusiness, business services, environmental services, and financial services sectors. The firm prefers to invest in the Asia region. Olympus Capital Holdings Asia was founded in 1997 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in California, United States; Beijing, China; Hong Kong, China; Tokyo, Japan; Gurgaon, India; Seoul, South Korea; and Shanghai Province, China. Excel Company ID: IQ553357

OrbiMed Advisors, L.L.C. Primary Address: Headquarters 767 Third Avenue 30th Floor New York, New York 10017 United States Main Phone: 212-739-6400 Main Fax: 212-739-6444 Business Description: OrbiMed Advisors, L.L.C. is a private equity and venture capital firm. It primarily provides its services to pooled investment vehicles. It also caters to investment companies. The firm manages mutual, hedge, venture capital, and private equity funds for its clients. It primarily invests in the public equity and hedging markets across the globe. The firm primarily invests in global health science industry including pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. OrbiMed Advisors, L.L.C. was founded in 1989 and is based in the New York, New York and has additional offices in Mumbai, India; San Francisco, California; Shanghai, China; and Israel. Excel Company ID: IQ115650

Palladium Equity Partners, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 1270 Avenue of the Americas Rockefeller Center Suite 2200 New York, New York 10020 United States Main Phone: 212-218-5150 Main Fax: 212-218-5155 Business Description: Palladium Equity Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, corporate spinouts, growth financings, and restructurings in middle market and mature companies. It also focuses on mezzanine and PIPEs transactions. The firm typically invests in business services, financial services, consumer and retail, food, beverage, restaurants, healthcare, industrial manufacturing, media and entertainment, and telecommunication companies. In the business services sector, it focuses on business process outsourcing, transaction processing, and engineering services. Within the financial services sector, the firm invests in transactional services, money transfer, consumer and specialty finance, and casualty, life, and health insurance, and financial services targeting underserved segments. For its investments in the consumer and retail sector, it focuses on manufacturers and marketers of consumer products, consumer services companies, direct marketed products, and multi-unit retail chains and franchise opportunities. Within the food and beverage sector, the firm targets manufacturers and marketers of branded food products, multi-unit restaurant chains, specialty beverages and spirits, and suppliers of raw materials and ingredients to food manufacturers. In the healthcare sector, it focuses on administrative outsourcing, revenue cycle management, low-tech information technology, and specialty alternative providers. Within the industrial manufacturing sector, the firm invests in industrial manufacturers, specialty chemical producers, metal and mineral processors, automotive suppliers and related segments, packaging manufacturers, and restructurings and special situations. In the media and entertainment sector, it targets direct marketing firms, content and library production, broadcasters including network and distribution, niche publishers, event marketing and trade show producers, sports and entertainment companies, and marketing, information, and data management. The firm primarily invests in companies located in the United States Hispanic Market along with Mexico, Spain, and Brazil. It seeks to make equity investment between $15 million and $75 million in companies generating revenues between $25 million and $500 million with EBITDA between $5 million and $40 million. The firm may also execute larger transactions with the participation of investors and other relationships. It seeks to hold a board seat or act as an advisor in its portfolio companies. Palladium Equity Partners, LLC was founded in 1997 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Los Angeles, California. Excel Company ID: IQ22307

Paragon Capital LP Primary Address: Headquarters 110 East 59th Street 29th floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-593-3157 Main Fax: 212-202-5022 Business Description: Paragon Capital LP is a privately owned hedge fund sponsor. The firm invests in the private equity markets of the United States. It specializes in private investments in public entities (PIPEs); reverse mergers and alternative public offerings; and bridge loans. The firm primarily invests in small-cap and middle market companies. It typically invests in telecom, wireless communications, healthcare, biotechnology, medical device, Internet, technology, media, oil and gas, apparel, textile, defense, precious metals, manufacturing, and alternative energy companies. The firm primarily invests between $500,000 and $10 million in total with partner investors. Paragon Capital LP is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ26879007

Patriarch Partners, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 32 Avenue of the Americas 17th Floor New York, New York 10013 United States Main Phone: 212-825-0550 Other Phone: 212-825-6533 Business Description: Partriarch Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts and turnarounds. The firm acquires both minority and majority stakes in distressed companies. It also provides portfolio management services to funds. Partriarch Partners was founded in 2000 by Ms. Lynn Tilton and is based in New York with an additional office in Texas and Charlotte, North Carolina. Excel Company ID: IQ6658923

Pine Brook Road Partners, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 60 East 42nd Street 50th Floor New York, New York 10165 United States Main Phone: 212-847-4333 Main Fax: 212-847-4334 Business Description: Pine Brook Road Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital investments. It typically invests in the energy and financial services sectors. The firm invests in newly-formed or established businesses to finance internal growth, acquisitions and the development of new products or projects. In the energy sector, it focuses on exploration and production, oilfield services, crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products, transportation and storage, power generation, distribution and transmission, bio fuels, and renewable resources. In the financial services sector, the firm primarily invests in property, casualty and specialty insurance and reinsurance, life and health insurance, depository institutions including banks and thrifts, asset management, specialty finance including consumer and commercial, servicing, distribution, and origination. In cyclical opportunities under the financial services investment theme, the firm is currently focusing on insurance capacity shortages, regulatory and rating agency constraints, credit and liquidity contractions, and out-of-favor asset classes and businesses. In growth opportunities under the financial services investment theme, it is currently focusing on sourcing, distribution, origination, asset management, and niche and demographic opportunities. The firm prefers to invest as a lead or control investor averaging equity capital commitments between $100 million and $200 million, and where possible, generates co-investment opportunities. Pine Brook Road Partners, LLC was founded in 2006 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ30610121

Pinebridge Capital Partners, Inc. Primary Address: Headquarters 175 Water Street 23rd Floor New York, New York 10038 United States Main Phone: 212-770-7000 Main Fax: 212-458-2153 Business Description: Pinebridge Capital Partners, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in private equity, venture capital, growth equity, mezzanine, secondaries, equity co-investments, and incubation investments. In equity co-investments and mezzanine finance, it typically invests in leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, acquisitions, middle market buyouts, growth stage, and consolidation transactions. The firm primarily invests in energy, transportation infrastructure, retail, information technology, healthcare, and telecommunication services sectors. In equity co-investments, it focuses on media, entertainment, business services, and life sciences companies. The firm will principally invest in United States, Western Europe, Asia, Japan, Africa, Central Asia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Central America and Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Puerto Rico. In co-investments and mezzanine, it invests in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific. The firm prefers to invest between $10 million and $100 million per transaction for equity co-investments. It also invests between $10 million and $100 million per transaction for mezzanine investments in companies with a minimum EBITDA of $10 million in senior or junior securities; secured or unsecured; cash and/or payment-in-kind; with warrants; and with maturities of up to ten years. The firm seeks to lead equity transactions. It can acquire significant minority or majority stakes in companies with strong market share, brand equity, or other comparative advantages. The firm often invests alongside management or major international companies. Pinebridge Capital Partners, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based at New York, New York with additional offices at District of Columbia, Washington; São Paulo, Brazil; Mexico, Mexico; and New York, New York. Pinebridge Capital Partners, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of AIG Global Asset Management Holdings Corp. Excel Company ID: IQ18659

Prospect Capital Corporation (NasdaqGS:PSEC) Primary Address: Headquarters 10 East 40th Street 44th Floor New York, New York 10016 United States Main Phone: 212-448-0702 Main Fax: 212-448-9652 Business Description: Prospect Capital Corporation is a mezzanine finance and private equity firm that specializes in late venture, middle market, mature, mezzanine, buyouts, recapitalizations, growth capital, development, and bridge transactions. It makes secured debt and equity investments. The firm typically invests across all industry sectors, with a particular expertise in the energy and industrial sectors. It invests in oil and gas production, coal production, materials, industrials, consumer discretionary, information technology, utilities, pipeline, storage, power generation and distribution, renewable and clean energy, oilfield services, healthcare, food and beverage, education, business services, and other select sectors. The firm prefers to invest in the United States and Canada. It seeks to invest between $5 million to $50 million in companies with EBITDA between $4 million and $75 million, sales value up to $500 million, and enterprise value of up to $250 million. The firm also co-invests for larger deals. It seeks control acquisitions by providing multiple levels of the capital structure. Prospect Capital Corporation was founded in 1988 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ9732251

Quadrangle Capital Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 375 Park Avenue New York, New York 10152 United States Main Phone: 212-418-1700 Main Fax: 212-418-1701 Business Description: Quadrangle Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in investments in global media, information services, and communications industries.The firm typically invests in content and distribution companies. It prefers to invest in Europe, India, China, and Australia. The firm seeks to invest between $100 million and $250 million in its portfolio companies. It is based in the New York, New York with additional offices in London, United Kingdom; Hong Kong, Hong Kong; San Francisco, California, and Palo Alto, California. Quadrangle Capital Partners is a subsidiary of Quadrangle Group LLC. Excel Company ID: IQ30334043

Rho Capital Partners, Inc. Primary Address: Headquarters Carnegie Hall Tower 152 West 57th Street 23rd Floor New York, New York 10019 United States Main Phone: 212-751-6677 Main Fax: 212-751-3613 Business Description: Rho Capital Partners, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. For its direct investments, it prefers investments in early, mid, late venture, and growth capital stages. The firm prefers to invest in new media, healthcare, IT, communications, energy technology, and other disruptive technologies. It seeks to invest across the globe. Rho Capital Partners, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Palo Alto, California and Montreal, Canada. Excel Company ID: IQ22685

Rhone Capital, L.L.C. Primary Address: Headquarters 45 Rockefeller Plaza Suite 2710 New York, New York 10111 United States Main Phone: 212-218-6700 Business Description: Rhone Capital, L.L.C. is an investment arm of Rhone Group LLC. The firm specializes in middle market leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, and partnership financings. The firm seeks to invest in energy, materials, industrials, retailing, consumer staples, healthcare, and financial sectors. It focuses on investments in European and trans-Atlantic companies. The firm seeks to invest between $50 million and $200 million in companies with enterprise values between $200 million and $1.3 billion. It prefers to invest in companies having a sales value between $100 million and $750 million and EBITDA between $25 million and $100 million. Rhone Capital, L.L.C. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices in London, United Kingdom and Paris, France. Excel Company ID: IQ22689

Ripplewood Investments L.L.C. Primary Address: Headquarters 1 Rockefeller Plaza 32nd Floor New York, New York 10020 United States Main Phone: 212-582-6700 Main Fax: 212-582-4110 Business Description: Ripplewood Investments L.L.C. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in late ventures, growth capital, acquisitions, buyouts, management buy-ins, recapitalizations, turnarounds, and consolidations investments. The firm typically invests in consumer products, education, financial services, medical services, electronic equipment and components, food manufacturing, chemicals, technology, industrial equipment, publishing, advertising, auto, and general retail companies. It primarily invests in companies based in Japan, Europe, and United States. The firm seeks to invest a minimum of $50 million per transaction in its portfolio companies. For buyout transactions, the firm primarily invests in companies with sales between $50 million and $500 million. Ripplewood Investments L.L.C. was founded in 1995 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Tokyo, Japan. Excel Company ID: IQ22717

Riverside Partners LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 699 Boylston Street One Exeter Plaza 8th floor Suite 800 Boston, Massachusetts 02116 United States Main Phone: 617-351-2800 Main Fax: 617-351-2801 Business Description: Riverside Partners LLC is a private equity firm specializing in growth capital, recapitalizations, divestitures, take-private transactions, strategic add on acquisitions, and partial and complete buyouts. It seeks to invest in growing middle market companies that are founder and family-owned in the healthcare and technology sectors. Within the healthcare sector, the firm seeks to invest in medical device companies; niche services; reagents; instrumentation and consumables; tools used by biopharma; healthcare information technology; healthcare software; outsourced manufacturing and services; differentiated facilities; diagnostics; disposables; life sciences equipment and supplies; laboratories and contract research services; and specialized healthcare services. Within the technology sector, it prefers to invest in industrial technology; wireless; software; renewable energy; communications equipment; information technology services; electronics; defense and homeland security; industrial test and measurement; and telecom equipment. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in North America. It typically seeks to invest in companies generating sales revenue between $10 million and $100 million and an EBITDA between $5 million and $25 million. The firm prefers to invest in companies having enterprise values between $15 million and $200 million. It seeks to take a board seat and have a controlling position but is flexible on transaction structure and management succession. Riverside Partners LLC was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with an additional office in California. Excel Company ID: IQ22729

Riverstone Holdings LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 712 Fifth Avenue 51st Floor New York, New York 10019 United States Main Phone: 212-993-0076 Main Fax: 212-993-0077 Business Description: Riverstone Holdings LLC is a private equity firm specializing in buyout, middle market, mature, turnaround, and growth capital investments. It prefers to invest in energy and power industry with a focus on oil and gas exploration, midstream pipeline, electric generation, energy and power services, and renewable and alternative energy. The firm invests in specific sectors that are under-exploited and highly fragmented, companies involved in the search, drilling, completion, management, and re-completion of crude oil and natural gas wells, manufacturers of equipment such as pipes, pumps and other specialty tools for all segments of the energy industry, midstream companies that transport crude oil, natural gas, refined products, coal and other commodities, providers of a diverse range of specialty services ranging from production control to fluids handling and pollution management; power service companies involved in the engineering, construction and maintenance service for generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure, companies undertaking hardware or software developments and diverse projects, including the development of advanced drilling equipment, the application of emissions scrubbers, and other innovative technologies; renewable energy technologies including wind, biofuels, biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric, solar photovoltaic and solar thermal. Riverstone Holdings LLC was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in London, United Kingdom and Houston, Texas. Excel Company ID: IQ4218463

Sandler Capital Management, Private Equity Primary Address: Headquarters 711 Fifth Avenue 15th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-754-8100 Main Fax: 212-826-0280 Business Description: Sandler Capital Management, Private Equity is a principal investment firm making investments in media, communications, entertainment, and marketing and information services sectors. It also invests in vendors that supply products and services to these sectors. The firm invests between $10 million to $75 million and prefers to take a majority or a minority stake in its portfolio companies. It operates as a subsidiary of Sandler Capital Management. Sandler Capital Management, Private Equity was founded in 1989 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ22821

Sentinel Capital Partners, L.L.C. Primary Address: Headquarters 330 Madison Avenue 27th Floor New York, New York 10017 United States Main Phone: 212-688-3100 Main Fax: 212-688-6513 Business Description: Sentinel Capital Partners, L.L.C. is a private equity firm specializing in equity investments in mature and lower middle market private and public companies. The firm seeks to invest in management buyouts; recapitalizations; corporate divestitures; growth financings; industry consolidations; turnarounds; PIPEs, restructurings; special situations; and going private transactions. It prefers to invest in companies operating in the, outsourcing; consumer products; business and marketing services; consumer services; consumer discretionary; healthcare; consumer staples; materials; food and restaurants; outsourced manufacturing; franchising; distribution; outsourced manufacturing; and manufacturing sectors. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in the United States and Canada. It invests up to $75 million in equity investments but prefers a range between $20 million and $50 million in companies with EBITDA between $5 million and $50 million and enterprise values ranging between $25 million and $250 million with minimum $6 million annual cash flows. It prefers to be a majority investor, but co-invests selectively, and takes a seat on the board of directors of its portfolio companies. The firm prefers to exit its investments between five and seven years through alternative exit strategies, such as sales, mergers or recapitalizations or an initial public offering. It may hold its investments for up to ten years. Sentinel Capital Partners, L.L.C. was founded in 1995 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ22893

Snow Phipps Group, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 667 Madison Avenue 18th Floor New York, New York 10021-8029 United States Main Phone: 212-508-3300 Business Description: Snow Phipps Group, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions of middle market companies. It prefers to invest in specialty franchising, basic and process industries, apparel and luxury retail, media technology, specialty finance, IT services and telecommunications equipment, and industrial components sectors. The firm seeks to invest between $50 million and $75 million per deal in enterprise values between $100 million to $500 million. It prefers to take controlling stake in its portfolio company. The firm was formerly known as SPG Partners, LLC. Snow Phipps Group, LLC was founded in 2005 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ24809400

Spectrum Equity Investors Primary Address: Headquarters One International Place 29th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02110 United States Main Phone: 617-464-4600 Main Fax: 617-464-4601 Business Description: Spectrum Equity Investors is a private equity firm specializing in middle market, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations and dividends, acquisition financings for growth either organically or by acquisition, and privately negotiated investments in public companies in independent private companies or divisions of larger companies. The firm seeks to invest in the media, communications, entertainment, software, information technology, information and business services, and related growth sectors. It targets investments in companies based in North America and Western Europe. The firm typically, makes investments between $30 million and $150 million and can also make underwriting of a much larger equity amount in conjunction with limited partners. It prefers to be a lead investor, either as a minority or majority investor and acquires a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm also assists its portfolio companies with debt and equity financings. It seeks to invest in the form of secondary share purchases from early shareholders. Spectrum Equity Investors was founded in 1994 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts; Menlo Park, California; and White Plains, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ23063

Spire Capital Partners, LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 1500 Broadway Suite 1811 New York, New York 10036 United States Main Phone: 212-218-5454 Main Fax: 212-218-5455 Business Description: Spire Capital Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in acquisition and buyout of small market platform companies. The firm typically invests in business services, information services, and media and communications industries including transaction processing, security services, database management, digital media, broadcasting, publishing, wireless communications, and cable television. It primarily invests in companies based in the United States with enterprise value less than $150 million. The firm prefers to invest between $15 million and $30 million and co-invests with limited partners in transactions that require additional equity capital. It seeks to make add-on acquisitions and majority investments in its portfolio companies and prefers to be the lead investor. The firm prefers to have a board seat in its portfolio companies and seeks to exit its investments between three years and seven years through a sale, public offering, or recapitalization. Spire Capital Partners, LLC was founded in April 2000 and is based at New York, New York with an additional office at West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Excel Company ID: IQ133140

Summit Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 222 Berkeley Street 18th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02116 United States Main Phone: 617-824-1000 Main Fax: 617-824-1100 Business Description: Summit Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in later stage venture capital, private equity, and mezzanine debt investments. The firm primarily invests in growth capital, recapitalizations, shareholder liquidity, management buyouts, acquisition financing, spin-off transactions, and divestitures. It invests across all industry categories with a focus on software, communications technology and services, semiconductors and electronics, Internet and information services, energy, media and entertainment, business services, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, industrial products, consumer products, and other growth industries. The firm prefers to invest in private companies based in North America, Europe, and Asia. It seeks to make private equity investments between $30 million and $500 million; venture capital investments between $5 million and $30 million; and mezzanine debt financing of up to $125 million in conjunction with equity investment. The firm typicaly invests between $5 million and in excess of $800 million per company in combination of equity, subordinated debt, and senior debt financing. It prefers to be a lead or sole investor and can take a minority ownership position or controlling majority stake in its investee companies. The firm seeks to take a board seat and prefers to be a first institutional investor in its portfolio companies. Summit Partners was founded in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices in Palo Alto, California and London, United Kingdom. Excel Company ID: IQ23183

TA Associates, Inc. Primary Address: Headquarters 200 Clarendon Street John Hancock Tower 56th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02116 United States Main Phone: 617-574-6700 Main Fax: 617-574-6728 Business Description: TA Associates, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed investments, management buyouts, leveraged recapitalization or liquidity with leverage for shareholders, purchasing stocks from owners, technology buyouts, growth capital, mid-market, and acquisitions transactions. The firm primarily invests in private companies with a focus on consumer and retail, technology, financial services, business services, and healthcare businesses. However, it may also consider investments in other areas. The firm targets investments in companies based in North America, Europe, India, and other emerging markets. It may also consider opportunities in other parts of the world. The firm typically invests between $60 million and $600 million in equity and between $10 million and $75 million in subordinated debt transactions in the companies with values between $200 million and $5 billion. It can also make larger investments through its limited partners. The firm usually takes majority or minority positions, with ownership position ranging between 15 percent and 90 percent but never takes operating control of its portfolio companies. It seeks to invest in companies growing at the rate of at least 15 percent per year, acting as the lead investor. The firm makes investments with other investment firms, strategic investors, and angel investors as well and prefers to acquire a board seat in its portfolio companies. It typically exits its investments between three years and five years generating between three and five times of the capital invested. TA Associates, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices in Menlo Park, California; Mumbai, India; and London, United Kingdom. Excel Company ID: IQ23219

Tailwind Capital LP Primary Address: Headquarters 485 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017 United States Main Phone: 212-271-3800 Main Fax: 212-271-4911 Business Description: Tailwind Capital LP is a private equity firm specializing in investments in middle market companies. The firm typically invests in companies operating in the healthcare, media, communications, and business services sectors. It seeks to invest between $25 million and $100 million of equity in companies with total enterprise value between $50 million and $250 million. The firm seeks to make control investments in its portfolio companies. Tailwind Capital LP was founded in 2003 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ895492

TH Lee Putnam Ventures Primary Address: Headquarters 200 Madison Avenue Suite 1900 New York, New York 10016 United States Main Phone: 212-951-8600 Business Description: TH Lee Putnam Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in early and late stages, add-on acquisitions, public entities, PIPES, middle market buyouts, recapitalizations, and spinouts of corporate divisions. It invests in companies operating in the financial services, technology, retail and consumer products, distribution and logistics, and business process outsourcing companies which primarily deploye and use information technologies. The firm seeks to invest in the companies based in Europe, Northeast United States, and South America. It typically invests between $20 million and $50 million per investment. It structures its investments in form of preferred stock, acts as the lead investor, and takes significant stakes in its portfolio companies. TH Lee Putnam Ventures was founded in 1999 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Boston, Massachusetts and London, United Kingdom. Excel Company ID: IQ95504

The Blackstone Group, Private Equity Group Primary Address: Headquarters 345 Park Avenue 31st Floor New York, New York 10154 United States Main Phone: 212-583-5000 Main Fax: 212-583-5712 Business Description: The Blackstone Group, Private Equity Group is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, turnarounds, minority investments, corporate partnerships, industry consolidations, start-ups in established industries, recapitalizations, and growth capital investments. The firm also prefers to invest in out-of-favor, under-appreciated industries. It seeks to invest in a broad range of industries including commodity chemicals, communications, energy, entertainment, healthcare, insurance, lodging, manufacturing, technology, transportation, rural telephony, oil refining, coal and automotive parts, business process outsourcing, commercial property, constructions, consumer and retail, consumer products, financial services, food and beverage, media and publishing, packaging, pharmaceuticals, security, theme parks, and waste management. The firm prefers to invest in companies located primarily in North America and Western Europe. It also invests in Latin American, emerging European markets, and India and also pursues transactions throughout the world. The firm invests between $250 million and $1.25 billion, but it also considers both smaller and larger transactions. The Blackstone Group, Private Equity Group was founded in 1987 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in London, United Kingdom; Hamburg, Germany; Madrid, Spain; Beijing, China; Menlo Park, California; Paris, France; Dallas, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Boston, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Tokyo, Japan; Mumbai, India; New South Wales, Australia; and Hong Kong. The firm operates as a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group, Asset Management Arm. Excel Company ID: IQ23323

The Cypress Group Primary Address: Headquarters 437 Madioson Avenue Floor 33 New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-705-0150 Main Fax: 212-705-0199 Business Description: The Cypress Group is a private equity firm specializing in investments in the aerospace and defense, automotive, building products, business services, construction materials, consumer products, financial services, general industrial, healthcare, lodging and leisure, media and entertainment, packaging, and retail sectors. The Cypress Group was founded in 1994 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ23349

The Jordan Company, L.P. Primary Address: Headquarters 767 Fifth Avenue 48th Floor New York, New York 10153 United States Main Phone: 212-572-0800 Main Fax: 212-755-5263 Business Description: The Jordan Company, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in traditional leverage buyouts, recapitalizations, restructuring, public-to-private transactions, industry consolidation, and growth capital transactions of middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in a wide range of sectors with a focus on aerospace and defense, automotive aftermarket parts, building products, business services, contract research organizations, electric motors and controls, equipment rental, industrial safety and controls, chemicals, consumer products, distribution, education, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial products and manufacturing, media and entertainment, insurance, metals, packaging, retail, transportation and logistics, and telecom. It prefers to invest in companies based in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. The firm typically invests between $75 million and $500 million of equity in transactions valued between $75 million and $2 billion. It invests in companies with an enterprise value between $100 million and $2 billion and a minimum EBITDA of $15 million. It seeks to act as a co-investor in its portfolio companies. The Jordan Company, L.P. was founded in 1982 and is based in New York, New York with additional with additional offices in Chicago, Illinois; Beijing, China; and Shanghai, China. Excel Company ID: IQ23405

The Riverside Company Primary Address: Headquarters 45 Rockefeller Center 630 Fifth Avenue Suite 2400 New York, New York 10111 United States Main Phone: 212-265-6575 Main Fax: 212-265-6478 Business Description: The Riverside Company is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and add-on acquisitions of small and medium sized lower middle market companies. The firm does not invest in start-ups, companies requiring venture capital, and companies with significant technology, regulatory, and commodity risks. It will consider investments in manufacturing and service companies or in stable products not subject to rapid obsolescence including sectors like health, leisure, education, and training, franchising, and specialized service. The firm seeks to invest in companies headquartered in the United States, Europe, North America, and Asia and have been in operation for a minimum of five years. It typically invests between $40 million and $60 million in companies having enterprise values under $200 million with an EBITDA between $1 million and $15 million. It seeks to exit its investments between four years and eight years. The firm typically invests in the form of cash, notes, and stock or contingent payments and raises senior or subordinated debt to finance a portion of the cash purchase price. The Riverside Company was founded in 1988 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices all across Europe, North America, and Asia. Excel Company ID: IQ23435

The Wicks Group of Companies, L.L.C. Primary Address: Headquarters 405 Park Avenue Suite 702 New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-838-2100 Main Fax: 212-223-2109 Business Description: The Wicks Group of Companies, L.L.C., is a private equity firm specializing in investments in companies operating in mid size geographic markets. The firm seeks to invest in businesses that are privately held or are non-core divisions of large corporations and are underdeveloped, carrying excess costs, suffering from a lack of resources, and facing less competition. It also invests in add on acquisitions. The firm typically invests in selected segments of communications, information, and media industries. Within media, it focuses on television broadcasting; radio broadcasting; newspaper publishing, shoppers, free newspapers, local yellow pages, and local business publications; and other local media, including outdoor advertising and cable systems. The firm’s investment in specialty markets include special interest publishing with a focus on educational publishing (supplemental educational material); professional publishing (including business, engineering, scientific, legal, and medical); library and reference publishing; and special interest trade, consumer magazines, and related properties; and business information services, including market information, specialized databases and knowledge research services for specific industries; marketing and consumer research databases and information; legal, tax, and public record information; and current awareness news and research information. It typically invests in companies having operating margins between 20 percent and 35 percent in print businesses and between 35 percent to more than 50 percent in electronic content businesses. The firm seeks to invest in companies with annual revenues between $10 million and $100 million. The Wicks Group of Companies, L.L.C was founded in 1989 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ23463

Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. Primary Address: Headquarters 100 Federal Street 35th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02110 United States Main Phone: 617-227-1050 Main Fax: 617-227-3514 Business Description: Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in management-led buyouts, growth capital, turnarounds, special situations, industry consolidations, and recapitalizations for growth companies. It also provides bridge loans. The firm seeks to invest in media and telecommunications, financial services, healthcare, industrial, distribution, manufacturing, consumer and retail, business and information services, education, pharmaceuticals, and entertainment sectors. It targets companies based throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. The firm typically invests between $100 million and $400 million, but will consider equity commitments starting at $25 million. For buyouts, it targets companies with annual sales between $5 million and $3 billion and transaction values ranging between $50 million and $3 billion. The firm seeks to acquire substantial ownership positions and board seat in its portfolio companies. It generally, makes investments for five years and exit through outright sales, public offerings, recapitalizations, and joint ventures. THL and Putnam Investments have a joint-venture, TH Lee Putnam Ventures, which invests in technology companies. In 2001, THL and Putnam Investments formed a second joint venture with Groupe Arnault. TH Lee Groupe Arnault Partners was formed to provide private equity to European companies. Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. was founded in 1974 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional office in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ23473

Three Cities Research, Inc. Primary Address: Headquarters 350 Fifth Avenue 71st Floor Suite 7108 New York, New York 10118 United States Main Phone: 212-838-9660 Main Fax: 212-980-1142 Business Description: Three Cities Research, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions of medium sized business. The firm seeks to invest in transactions that involve a change of control in unexploited growth situations that can benefit from the infusion of substantial equity capital which can fund growth involving both internal expansion and acquisitions; under performing companies due to poor operating performance, excess leverage, or failed strategies; companies with poor operating management; and complicated transactions including strategic issues, legal complications, capital problems, operating issues, and shareholder or debt holder issues. It seeks to invest in industrial manufacturing, distribution, apparel, publishing, services, and retailing. The firm seeks to invest a minimum of $20 million in companies that have the potential of generating at least $15 million of operating income. It prefers to be an all-cash buyer in transactions of up to $100 million. The firm typically targets transactions that have values up to $200 million. It does not invest in high technology, natural resources, or regulated industries. The firm seeks to have controlling interests in the acquired company. Three Cities Research, Inc. was founded in 1976 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ23487

Tinicum Capital Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 800 Third Avenue 40th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-446-9300 Main Fax: 212-750-9264 Business Description: Tinicum Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions, turnarounds, restructuring, and fragmented industries poised for consolidation. The firm does not invest in retail sales, unproven technology, venture capital, real estate, and fad; fashion; and trend. It seeks to invest in middle market and mature companies. The firm to invest in aerospace, cellular communications infrastructure, financial services, fasteners and fastener manufacturing tools, magazine fulfillment, electrical equipment, HVAC components, general manufacturing, pumps, valves and other process control equipment, specialty machinery, media and other advertising related businesses, medical devices, motors and motion control equipment, specialty industrial products or components, specialty metals and magnetics, and telecommunications. It typically invests between $25 million and $75 million but will consider smaller and larger investments on a case by case basis. The firm prefers to acquire both controlling and minority stakes in its portfolio companies. In minority positions, it prefers to have representation on the company’s board. The firm seeks to invest in private, public, and subsidiaries or divisions of public companies. It invests in the form of equity and debt securities. The firm was founded in 1998 and is headquartered at New York, New York. Tinicum Capital Partners operates as a subsidiary of Tinicum Inc. Excel Company ID: IQ1011203

TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. Primary Address: Headquarters 65 East 55th Street Park Avenue Tower 27th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-699-2200 Main Fax: 646-282-0517 Other Phone: 212-333-3810 Business Description: TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in growth capital, leveraged buy-outs, leveraged build-ups, and distressed situations financing in middle market companies. The firm seeks to invest in the restaurant sector. It typically invests in European and North American companies. The firm prefers to make control oriented investments. TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in San Francisco, California; and London, United Kingdom. Excel Company ID: IQ23025

Trilantic Capital Management LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 399 Park Avenue 15th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Business Description: Trilantic Capital Management LLC is a private equity firm specializing in management buyouts, recapitalizations, growth equity, middle market investments, and corporate divestitures investments. The firm invests through equity and equity-linked securities transactions. It prefers to invest in the business services, consumer, energy, and financial services sectors. The firm invests in companies based in the North America and Western Europe region. Within North America, it seeks to invest between $50 million and $180 million in companies with enterprise value of between $100 million and $1,000 million. Within Europe, the firm seeks to invest between €50 million ($72.96 million) and €150 million ($218.88 million) in companies with enterprise value of between €100 million ($145.92 million) and €1000 million ($1459.17 million). It typically invests for a period of between three years to five years. The firm prefers to have a board representation in its portfolio companies and holds minority investments. It was formerly known as Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking. Trilantic Capital Management LLC is based in New York, New York with additional offices in Milan, Italy, Guernsey, Channel Islands, London, United Kingdom, and Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Excel Company ID: IQ32280519

Trimaran Capital Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 1325 Avenue of the Americas 34th Floor New York, New York 10019 United States Main Phone: 212-616-3700 Main Fax: 212-616-3701 Other Phone: 212-616-3737 Business Description: Trimaran Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, project financing, and growth financing investments in middle market companies. The firm also invests in follow-on investments. It typically makes equity or equity-oriented investments between $25 million and $100 million in transactions ranging between $100 million and $1 billion in value. The firm typically takes a controlling stake or a joint controlling stake with other investors in its portfolio companies. Trimaran Capital Partners was founded in 1995 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ810907

Tudor Ventures Primary Address: Headquarters 50 Rowes Wharf 5th Floor Suite 600 Boston, Massachusetts 02110 United States Main Phone: 617-391-6300 Main Fax: 617-391-6390 Business Description: Tudor Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in investments in growth capital and acquisitions in mid and late stage and growth companies. It will also invest in special situations involving PIPEs, consolidation opportunities, corporate spin-outs, management-sponsored buyouts, leveraged acquisitions, and founder's liquidity or recapitalizations. The firm seeks investment opportunities in technology, communications, internet infrastructure, semiconductors, enterprise applications, information technology services, financial and business services, media, healthcare, and retail or consumer sectors. It primarily invests in companies based in North America. The firm invests between $7 million and $20 million, generally investing $15 million per portfolio company. It can also participate in larger transactions and can also invest as part of a syndicate of other investors, including both strategic partners and other financial investors. The firm's investments typically take the form of structured equity securities. It prefers to be the lead investor and take a board seat in its portfolio companies. Tudor Ventures was founded in 1995 and is based at Boston, Massachusetts with an additional office at Greenwich, Connecticut. It operates as a subsidiary of Tudor Investment Corporation. Excel Company ID: IQ814365

UBS Capital Americas Primary Address: Headquarters 299 Park Avenue New York, New York 10171 United States Main Phone: 212-821-6307 Main Fax: 212-821-3073 Business Description: UBS Capital Americas is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, strategic acquisitions, and growth capital investments in middle market companies. The firm prefers to invest in business services, transportation, consumer durables, distribution and logistics, general industrials, healthcare, and media sectors. In the business services sector, it invests in business process outsourcing; information technology and other professional services; government services; education; and environmental services. In consumer durable sector, the firm invests in sport and recreational products; specialty products; and orphan branded products. In general industrial sector, it invests in manufacturing; performance chemicals; container and packaging; and building products. In the healthcare sector, the firm invests in medical and surgical devices and equipment; specialty and generic pharmaceuticals; life sciences materials and drug delivery; specialty patient care services; laboratory testing services; and business services to medical device, drugs, and medical products industries (CMO, CRO, and CSO). In media sector, it invests in broadcasting (radio and television), cable, industrial publications, and outdoor media. The firm typically invests in companies based in North American region. It invests in companies with revenues between $50 million and $500 million and with an EBITDA of a minimum $10 million. The firm structures its investments in the form of common and preferred stock in its portfolio companies. It acts as a lead or a co-lead investor and prefers to hold controlled equity investments in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks majority or significant minority stakes. It prefers to hold a board seat in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks to exit its portfolio companies between five years to seven years. UBS Capital Americas was founded in 1993 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Stamford, Connecticut. Excel Company ID: IQ2443355

Veritas Capital Primary Address: Headquarters 590 Madison Avenue 41st Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-415-6700 Main Fax: 212-688-9411 Business Description: Veritas Capital is a private equity firm specializing in investments in leveraged recapitalizations, buyouts, and growth capital investments. The firm seeks to invest in companies involved in technology and outsourcing services to the government, primarily in the areas of defense and aerospace; media; security; and infrastructure. Veritas Capital was founded in 1992 and is based in New York, New York, with additional office in Washington, District Of Columbia. Excel Company ID: IQ23771

Veronis Suhler Stevenson Primary Address: Headquarters 55 East 52nd Street Park Avenue Plaza 33rd Floor New York, New York 10055 United States Main Phone: 212-935-4990 Main Fax: 212-381-8168 Business Description: Veronis Suhler Stevenson is a private equity firm specializing in private equity and mezzanine investments in middle market companies. The firm provides capital for management buyouts, management buyins, leveraged recapitalization, growth financings, expansion capitalization, going private transactions, entrepreneur led build-ups and consolidations, and strategic acquisitions. It primarily makes buy and build investments in companies that can grow both organically and through add-on acquisition. The firm typically invests in media, communication, information, and education industries with a focus on business information services; business magazines and e-Media; business services; cable and satellite towers; consumer book publishing; consumer internet; consumer magazines; educational publishing; marketing services; movie theaters; newspapers; out of home and alternative advertising; professional publishing and information; radio broadcasting; television broadcasting; tradeshows and exhibitions; wireless communications towers; and yellow page directories. It invests in companies based in the North America, Europe, and Canada. The firm seeks to invest between $15 million and $100 million in companies with EBITDA between $5 million and $75 million with enterprise values between $25 million and $1 billion. It seeks to make control and minority equity investments. Veronis Suhler Stevenson was founded in 1981 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. Excel Company ID: IQ23825

Vestar Capital Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 245 Park Avenue 41st Floor New York, New York 10167 United States Main Phone: 212-351-1600 Business Description: Vestar Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in management buyouts, growth capital investments, management buyouts, buyins, acquisitions or recapitalizations of public and private companies, corporate divestitures, and family successions and partnerships in mid sized companies. The firm invests in a wide variety of industries with a focus on consumer, diversified industries, healthcare, financial, and media and communications sector. Within the financial sector, it prefers to invest in specialty finance, insurance, savings management, leasing, and factoring. Within diversified industries sector, the firm seeks to invest from traditional industrial products and services to aerospace, packaging, chemicals, software, natural resources, and alternative energy. Within media and communication sector, it seeks to invest in publishing companies, cable and radio networks, and telecommunications and marketing services. The firm invests around the globe with focus in the U.S. and Europe. It prefers to invest in companies with valuations in the range of $250 million to $3 billion. The firm seeks to invest as much as $700 million in one transaction. The firm prefers to take control or minority stake in the portfolio companies. Vestar Capital Partners was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Excel Company ID: IQ23787

W Capital Partners Primary Address: Headquarters One East 52nd Street 5th Floor New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-561-5240 Main Fax: 212-561-5241 Business Description: W Capital Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in acquiring direct private equity investments in the secondary market and fund of fund investments. It focuses on mid-stage, late stage, growth capital investments, middle market, mature, and buyout stage companies. The firm prefers to invest in financial services, business services, industrial, consumer, retail, energy, technology, healthcare, enterprise-software, technology-enabled business services, and hardware companies. It seeks to invest in companies based in the United States, but considers European and Asian investments also. The firm typically invests between $10 million and $250 million with ownership range between 5 percent and 30 percent and generally considers 1 to 20 investments in a portfolio. It also provides follow on financings. The firm prefers to take a board seat in its portfolio companies. W Capital Partners was founded in 2001 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ4779500

Warburg Pincus LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 450 Lexington Avenue 34th Floor New York, New York 10017-3147 United States Main Phone: 212-878-0600 Main Fax: 212-878-9351 Business Description: Warburg Pincus LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in all stages of a company’s life cycle from founding startups, early-stage financings, growth equity investments, and developing companies to restructurings, recapitalizations, and management buyouts of mature businesses. The firm also invests in change in control leveraged buyout transactions, divisional spin-outs of non-core corporate assets, minority private investments in public companies, and special situations transactions with a focus on acquisition of undervalued companies. It typically invests in financial services; healthcare; media, information and communication technology, and telecommunications; energy; consumer and industrials; and real estate sectors. Within healthcare and life sciences, the firm seeks to invest in healthcare services, medical devices, biotechnology, and specialty pharmaceuticals. In medical devices, it focuses on investments in diabetes, interventional cardiology, interventional neurology, orthopedics, and urology/gynecology. Within financial services, the firm primarily invests in specialty and consumer finance, private banking, payment and transaction processing companies, insurance companies, financial technology, exchanges, banks, depository institutions, and asset and wealth management. Within technology, media, and telecommunications, it typically invests in software, financial technology, business services, semiconductors and systems, and information and Internet. In software, the firm invests in industry-specific enterprise applications, information security, SaaS, open source, and alternative business models, data center automation, and business intelligence, analytic applications, and decision support. Within financial technology, it focuses on technology/ technology-enabled solutions or software, transaction processing/outsourcing/utilities/exchanges, and data. Within telecommunications, the firm invests in enabling technologies, enabling services, and service providers. In business services, it seeks opportunities in business process outsourcing, financial technology and services, human capital management, information services, marketing services, regulatory and compliance services, risk management systems and services, specialty consulting and advisory services, supply chain and logistics services, and transaction processing. In systems, the firm focuses on semiconductor devices for the china wireless market, programmable processors for audio, video, and data processing, mixed-signal, RF, and analog semiconductors, semiconductor-related software (embedded software, EDA Tools, and IP licensing), and systems and sub-systems driven by semiconductors (SoC, sensors, and optical components). Within energy, it seeks to invest in oil and gas exploration and production, refining, midstream and oilfield services, power generation and transmission, alternative energy and renewables, and innovative energy technologies. Within real estate, the firm typically invests in homebuilding, retail, senior housing and assisted living facilities, lodging, self-storage development and real estate services, entity-level and asset-level investments and target distressed assets, non-performing loans, resort development, and hospitality. It seeks to invest globally with a focus on North America, Europe, and Asia. The firm has an average investment period between five years and seven years. It typically invests as a lead investor in transactions and takes a board seat in its portfolio companies. Warburg Pincus LLC was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America. Excel Company ID: IQ20117

Wasserstein & Co., LP Primary Address: Headquarters 1301 Avenue of the Americas 41st Floor New York, New York 10019 United States Main Phone: 212-702-5600 Main Fax: 212-702-5635 Business Description: Wasserstein & Co., LP is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in seed or startups, early, mid, late, and mature stage, middle markets, leveraged buyouts, add-on acquisitions, and PIPEs financing. It also seeks to provide growth capital to later and expansion-stage technology businesses. The firm typically invests in semiconductor device products including products for consumer, embedded, multimedia, military and aerospace, and telecommunications applications; enterprise software including applications and infrastructure; wire line telecommunications infrastructure components and systems; information technology security appliances and software; hardware and software solutions for wireless networks; enterprise networking systems including storage networking; electronic design automation software (EDA); semiconductor process equipment or technologies; media; water; and consumer products sectors. It also seeks to invest in companies based in India. The firm invests between $30 million and $150 million in a portfolio company and provides up to $15 million over an investment’s life cycle. It prefers to take a significant controlling stake in its investments. The firm seeks to co-invest and also undertake minority co-investments. Wasserstein & Co., LP was founded in January 2001 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Los Angeles, California. Excel Company ID: IQ23865

Wellspring Capital Management LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 390 Park Avenue Lever House New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-318-9800 Main Fax: 212-318-9810 Business Description: Wellspring Capital Management LLC is a private equity firm specializing in equity investments in middle market companies. The firm invests in management-led buyouts of private companies or divisions of larger companies; acquisition of divisions or subsidiaries of public companies; recapitalizations of family-owned or closely held companies; turnarounds of companies experiencing financial difficulty or liquidity constraints (including funding Chapter 11 reorganization plans) or distressed companies; going private transactions; companies that are attempting to consolidate a fragmented industry by expansion through acquisitions; going-private transactions of under-valued public companies; expansion capital; acquiring divisions of larger companies out of bankruptcy or restructuring; and underperforming or under managed companies. It does not invest in telecommunications, high technology, real estate, and commodity-based businesses. The firm invests in companies based in North America. It seeks to invest in firms with revenues of at least $50 million and total acquisition or transaction values of more than $75 million and can complete transactions ranging from $50 million to $2 billion. It prefers to take a seat on the board of directors of its portfolio companies. Wellspring Capital Management LLC was founded in 1995 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ23891

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe Primary Address: Headquarters 320 Park Avenue Suite 2500 New York, New York 10022-6815 United States Main Phone: 212-893-9500 Main Fax: 212-893-9575 Business Description: Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe is a private equity firm specializing in mezzanine investments, management buy-outs, acquisitions, growth equity financings, public-to-private transactions, corporate carveouts, follow on investments, financial restructurings, joint ventures, and recapitalization investments. It also invests in middle market and mature companies. The firm typically invests in the information and business services and healthcare, primarily on the services side sectors. It will also consider investments in communications sectors. The firm also provides subordinated debt to its portfolio companies. It prefers to be a majority stakeholder in its portfolio companies. The firm typically invests in companies within the United States but does consider investments abroad if they meet certain criteria. It seeks to hold a board seat in its portfolio companies. Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe was founded in 1979 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ23893

Weston Presidio Primary Address: Headquarters 200 Clarendon Street John Hancock Tower 50th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02116 United States Main Phone: 617-988-2500 Main Fax: 617-988-2515 Business Description: Weston Presidio is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in early stage, late stage, growth capital, management buyouts, and recapitalization transactions. The firm seeks to invest in companies in the consumer, business services, manufacturing and industrial, media and publishing, healthcare, and technology sectors. It seeks to invest in companies throughout United States. The firm typically invests between $10 million and $100 million per transaction and can co-invest larger amounts with its limited partners. It prefers to make minority and non-control investments and acts as the lead investor. Weston Presidio was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices in Menlo Park, California and San Francisco, California. Excel Company ID: IQ23933

WestView Capital Partners Primary Address: Headquarters 125 High Street High Street Tower 26th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02110 United States Main Phone: 617-261-2050 Main Fax: 617-261-2060 Business Description: WestView Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in equity investments in recapitalization, growth capital financings, acqusitions, leveraged buyouts, industry consolidations, and lower middle market companies. The firm invests in business services, industrial and manufacturing, software and information technology, technology enabled companies, distribution and logistics, consumer products and retail, healthcare services, environmental services, and media and publishing. It prefers to invest in companies based in North America. The firm typically invests between $5 million and $30 million and can structure larger transactions through direct co-investment of its limited partners and other co-investors. It invests in companies with operating profits between $3 million and $15 million. The firm prefers to be the lead investor in its transactions. It seeks to be a board member in its portfolio companies. The firm invests in both majority and minority ownership situations. WestView Capital Partners was founded in 1990 and is based at Boston, Massachusetts. Excel Company ID: IQ20340519

WL Ross and Co. LLC Primary Address: Headquarters 1166 Avenue of the Americas 27th Floor New York, New York 10036 United States Main Phone: 212-826-1100 Main Fax: 212-317-4891 Business Description: WL Ross and Co. LLC is a private equity firm specializing in restructurings, buyouts, turnarounds, and industry consolidations. The firm invests in financially distressed companies. It prefers to invest in financial services and mineral companies. The firm seeks to invest with co-investors in case of larger transactions. WL Ross & Co LLC was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices in New York, New York and Mumbai, India. The firm operates as a subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. Excel Company ID: IQ991598

Yorktown Partners, L.L.C. Primary Address: Headquarters 410 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 United States Main Phone: 212-515-2100 Main Fax: 212-515-2105 Business Description: Yorktown Partners, L.L.C. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in buyout, recapitalization, industry consolidation, late venture, growth capital, and middle market investments. The firm seeks to invest in energy sector with a focus on oil and gas, pipelines, and midstream businesses. It seeks to invest in companies based in North America. The firm prefers to make investments between $10 million and $70 million in its portfolio companies. Yorktown Partners, L.L.C. was founded in 1983 and is based in New York, New York. Excel Company ID: IQ24055