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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.

Eos Partners was founded in 1994 as a private investment partnership. It offers a variety of value-added capital solutions for businesses at an inflection point during corporate development. The company provides financial market analysis and strategic consultation services. It prepares investment solutions to meet the individualized needs of sellers, management teams and companies. Eos Partners also offers assistance with executing transactions, closing investments and maintaining long-term investment perspectives. It invests in various management buyouts, recapitalizations, acquisitions and shareholder liquidities. The company additionally focuses on the business process outsourcing, health care, financial, energy, alternative media and marketing, transportation and logistics, and infrastructure and environmental service industries.

Wholly owned by the Malkin family, and founded by Lawrence A. Wien and Peter L. Malkin in 1965, W&M Properties and its affiliates represent four generations of one family's involvement as owners and operators of real estate and as fiduciaries for partnerships and financial institutions involved with real estate. Drawing upon more than 70 years of Malkin family experience as building owners/operators and fiduciaries, Wien created the concept of real estate investment syndication in 1933. W&M Properties knows the opportunities and requirements for success and endurance in this highly competitive and cyclical industry. The financial strength and reputation of the Malkin family is the foundation for each new acquisition and undertaking. W&M Properties is dynamic, proactive and positioned to prosper through the 21st century.