O'Connor & Co

Third Avenue Management is a Registered Investment Adviser that offers investment advisory services to institutional and private clients through a variety of investment vehicles. Its investment strategies are value equity, real estate value, small-cap value and international value. Third Avenue offers several investment vehicles, including mutual funds, separate accounts and limited partnerships. The company s research approach is opportunistic and not constrained by market capitalization, industry sector or geographic location. Third Avenue was founded in 1986 and is based in New York. The company is a subsidiary of Affiliated Managers Group, an asset management firm holding company located in Prides Crossing, Mass.

Investcorp is a global investment group with offices in London, New York and Bahrain. The firm pursues a focused approach and has four lines of business: corporate investment in North America and Western Europe; real estate investment in the United States; technology investment in North America and Western Europe and global asset management. Since its establishment in 1982, Investcorp has completed transactions with an aggregate value of nearly $25 billion. Investcorp acts as a principal and an intermediary in investment transactions on both sides of the Atlantic. It forms a bridge between those who seek, and those who provide, opportunities in alternative investments. Its investment products are offered to institutional and individual clients, primarily in the Arabian Gulf.