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Established in 1993, Highland Capital Management, L.P. is an SEC-registered investment adviser which, together with its affiliates, has approximately $19 billion of assets under management. Highland is one of the largest and most experienced global alternative credit managers. The firm specializes in credit strategies, such as credit hedge funds, long-only funds and separate accounts, distressed for control private equity, and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).  Highland also offers alternative investments, including emerging markets, long/short equities, and natural resources.
 
Highland's diversified client base includes public pension plans, foundations and endowments, corporations, financial institutions, fund of funds, governments, high net-worth individuals, and mutual fund investors. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and maintains offices in New York, London, Singapore, and Seoul.

www.hcmlp.com
(972) 628-4100
cshumway@hcmlp.com

PwC’s Deals practitioners help corporate and private equity executives navigate transactions to increase value and returns. In today's increasingly daunting economic and regulatory environment, our experienced M&A specialists assist clients on a range of transactions from smaller and mid-sized deals to the most complex transactions, including domestic and cross-border acquisitions, divestitures and spin-offs, capital events such as IPOs and debt offerings, and bankruptcies and other business reorganizations. We help clients with strategic planning around their growth and investment agendas and advise on business-wide risks and value drivers in their transactions for more empowered negotiations, decision-making and execution. We help clients expedite their deals, reduce their risks, capture and deliver value to their stakeholders and quickly return to business as usual. Our local and global deal strength is derived from over 1,400 deal professionals in 21 cities in the U.S. and over 9,800 deal professionals acoss a global network of firms in 75 countries.

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pwcdeals@us.pwc.com

Denning & Company LLC is a FINRA registered global private equity advisory fi rm headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2001, Denning & Company, LLC serves the private equity fundraising needs of both veteran General Partners seeking only to broaden their L.P. base as well as the next generation of Private Equity Managers, requiring a more elaborate fundraising effort. With over 70 years of combined industry experience, the Denning and Company team has raised capital in excess of $9 billion for General Partners based in the U.S., Japan/Asia, UK/Europe, Russia, and Israel from a Limited Partner base similarly diversified.

Founded in 1976 and led by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, KKR is a leading global investment firm with $66.3 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2012. With offices around the world, KKR manages assets through a variety of investment funds and accounts covering multiple asset classes. KKR seeks to create value by bringing operational expertise to its portfolio companies and through active oversight and monitoring of its investments. KKR complements its investment expertise and strengthens interactions with investors through its client relationships and capital markets platform. For additional information, please visit KKR's website at www.kkr.com.

Z Capital Partners, L.L.C. is a leading privately held Chicago, Illinois based private equity firm that makes special situations controlling investments in distressed companies including turnarounds, restructurings, and bankruptcies. Z Capital adheres to the basic tenet of being a highly effective specialized firm to deliver superior returns to investors.

Z Capital's Investment team has more than a sixteen year track record investing in distressed private equity and credit related strategies, and having in excess of 200 years combined experience. Industries where the principals of Z Capital have invested in include consumer products, steel, steel processors, agricultural, gaming, leisure - real estate, manufacturing, specialty services and automotive.

Z Capital portfolio companies currently have aggregate annual revenues of approximately $2.0 billion, selling products in 98 countries, and employ 25,000 associates directly and through joint ventures worldwide.

The BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service includes a suite of tools designed specifically for the Private Equity community. General Partners, Funds and Limited Partners are profiled and connected intuitively with complete data transparency. Additionally, Bloomberg provides Fundraising and Limited Partner databases and publishes a dedicated weekly PE Newsletter. This functionality, combined with high-quality data, creates a powerful platform for investment monitoring, sourcing, due diligence, and fundraising activities.