Portfolio

Investment date: January 2007

Commitment: GBP 15m

Fund size: GBP 308m

Ownership share: 4.9 %

Advisory board member: Klaus Rühne

Investment strategy: Abingworth Bioventure primarily invests in the life sciences and healthcare sectors in US, UK and Europe. The firm invests across all stages of company development including early and late-stage venture financing, growth equity and public companies.

Investment date: September 2005

Commitment: USD 75m

Fund size: USD 10,136m

Ownership share: 0.7 %

Advisory board member: Torben Vangstrup

Investment strategy: Apollo is an American sector focused fund with offices in New York, Los Angeles and London. The firm targets investments in companies in the US, EU and to some extend other regions. Apollo makes classic, corporate partner, and distressed buyouts depending on the macroeconomic conditions.

Investment date: May 2007

Commitment: USD 25m

Fund size: USD 171m

Ownership share: 14.6%

Advisory board member: Søren Brøndum Andersen

Investment strategy: Arbor is a Chicago based Buyout fund targeting acquisitions of small food and beverage companies in North America.

Investment date: September 2006

Commitment: USD 40m

Fund size: USD 500m

Ownership share: 8.0%

Advisory board member: Søren Brøndum Andersen

Investment strategy: Arsenal is a New York-based buyout fund focusing on acquisition of small and medium-sized companies within niche manufacturing, specialty chemicals, health care and financial services.

Investment date: June 2005

Commitment:  DKK 250m

Fund size: DKK 3,017m

Ownership share: 8.3 %

Advisory board member: Nils Johannessen

Investment strategy: Axcel focuses on diversified investment activities in opportunity-focused medium-sized Danish and Southern Swedish companies in relation to business succession, delisting and expansion. The fund is headquartered in Copenhagen.

Investment date: June 2005

Commitment: EUR 75m

Fund size: EUR 5,881m

Ownership share: 1.3 %

Advisory board member: No

Investment strategy: BC Partners is a buyout fund targeting a diverse range of industries with defensive growth characteristics in the European and US large cap segment. Typical transactions are multi-country. The fund has four offices in Europe and one in New York.

Investment date: May 2006

Commitment: USD 25m

Fund size: USD 400m

Ownership share: 6.3 %

Advisory board member: Søren Brøndum Andersen

Investment strategy: Brazos is a Dallas-based buyout fund focusing on acquisition of small and medium-sized companies within the manufacturing, service and distribution industries. The geographical focus is primarily on South-Western USA.

Investment date: April 2005

Commitment: EUR 75m

Fund size: EUR 2,500m

Ownership share: 3 %

Advisory board member: Torben Vangstrup

Investment strategy: Bridgepoint has an opportunistic investment strategy towards European mid-market buyout companies within consumer, media & tech, healthcare, industrial and financial service sectors. The fund has ten offices across Europe and is headquartered in London.

Investment date: July 2006

Commitment: USD 20m

Fund size: USD 111m

Ownership share: 18 %

Advisory board member: Jesper Voss Hansen

Investment strategy: CHL Medical Partners makes early-stage investments in US based companies operating within the development of biotechnology, healthcare service or medical & surgical instrumentation. The fund is located in Stamford, CT.

Investment date: November 2006

Commitment: USD 75m

Fund size: USD 4,775m

Ownership share: 1.6 %

Advisory board member: Søren Brøndum Andersen

Investment strategy: Coller Capital is among the leading global investors in the private equity secondary market – or ‘secondaries’ as it is usually known. The fund operates out of its head office in London and another office in New York. 

Investment date: December 2005

Commitment: USD 12m

Fund size: USD 200m

Ownership share: 6 %

Advisory board member: Nils Johannessen

Investment strategy: Core Capital participates in early and later-stage investment rounds in IT companies. The fund focuses primarily on investment opportunities in the Mid-Atlantic region, but occasionally also undertakes investments in other parts of the USA.

Investment date: December 2005

Commitment: EUR 30m

Fund size: EUR 434m

Ownership share: 6.9 %

Advisory board member: Søren Brøndum Andersen

Investment strategy: DBAG is a Frankfurt-based buyout fund focusing on acquisition of small and medium-sized companies in Germany/Austria within traditional manufacturing/engineering.

Investment date: October 2006

Commitment: EUR 70m

Fund size: EUR 4,250m

Ownership share: 1.7 %

Advisory board member: No

Investment strategy: EQT focuses on medium to large-sized companies in a variety of sectors. The fund primarily invests in buyouts based in Scandinavia, Germany and Eastern Europe. The fund is headquartered in Stockholm.

Investment date: July 2006

Commitment: USD 95m

Fund size: USD 7,800m

Ownership share: 1.2 %

Advisory board member: No

Investment strategy: First Reserve is a buyout fund targeting investments in a wide range of energy companies. The fund has offices in Greenwich, Houston and London.

Investment date: Frebruary 2006

Commitment: EUR 60m

Fund size: EUR 6,500m

Ownership share: 0.9 %

Advisory board member: Klaus Rühne

Investment strategy: Cinven is a pan-European buyout firm headquartered in London, with offices in Paris, Milan, Frankfurt and Hong Kong. The firm focuses on six sectors across Europe: Business Services, Consumer, Financial Services, Healthcare, Industrials, and TMT.

Investment date: February 2006

Commitment: USD 35.1m

Fund size: USD 799.2m

Ownership share: 11.3 %

Advisory board member: No

Investment strategy: Goldman Sachs is a fund-of-funds investing in buyout, venture capital, secondary funds and direct investments primarely in the US and Europe. The firm has several offices throughout the US, Europe and Asia.

Investment date: June 2006

Commitment: GBP 35m

Fund size: GBP 347m

Ownership share: 10.1 %

Advisory board member: Klaus Rühne

Investment strategy: Gresham invests in mid-market buyout companies throughout the UK in a wide range of sectors. The firm has offices in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Bristol.

Investment date: June 2007

Commitment: USD 25m

Fund size: USD 262m

Ownership share: 9.6 %

Advisory board member: Torben Vangstrup

Investment strategy: Housatonic focuses on investment opportunities in US mid-sized buyout and growth enterprises with a particular interest in service, media and communication. The firm is based in Boston and San Francisco.

Investment date: August 2005

Commitment: EUR 45m

Fund size: EUR 500m

Ownership share: 9 %

Advisory board member: Klaus Rühne

Investment strategy: InvestIndustrial is a buyout fund investing in mid-sized companies primarily focusing on Italy and Spain. The fund has offices throughout Europe and in China.

Investment date: May 2009

Commitment: EUR 9m

Fund size: EUR 100m

Ownership share: 9 %

Advisory board member: Klaus Rühne

Investment strategy: InvestIndustrial is a buyout fund investing in mid-sized companies primarily focusing on Italy and Spain. The fund has offices throughout Europe and in China.

Investment date: September 2006

Commitment: USD 25m

Fund size: USD 204m

Ownership share: 12.2 %

Advisory board member: Nils Johannessen

Investment strategy: JK&B; is a venture capital firm focused on the software, IT and communications markets in the US and to a limited extent outside of the USA. The fund is based in Chicago and is divided into two investment teams focusing on communications (semiconductors) and software, respectively.

Investment date: July 2006

Commitment: USD 100m

Fund size: USD 3,086m

Ownership share: 3.2 %

Advisory board member: Torben Vangstrup

Investment strategy: Lindsay Goldberg has a diversified strategy targeting mid-market buyout enterprises which may grow based on a buy-and-build strategy. Geographical focus is primarily on businesses located in North America and on selected businesses in Western Europe. The firm operates from offices in the US, Canada and Europe.

Investment date: May 2005

Commitment: USD 60m

Fund size: USD 1,200m

Ownership share: 5 %

Advisory board member: Søren Brøndum Andersen

Investment strategy: LS Power Equity Partners is a New York based buyout fund focusing on investments in gas and coal-fired power plants and related activities in North America.

Investment date: December 2005

Commitment: EUR 70m

Fund size: EUR 1,900m

Ownership share: 3.7 %

Advisory board member: Torben Vangstrup

Investment strategy: Nordic Capital invests in large and medium-sized companies, primarily in the Nordic region, and in the rest of Europe. Its industry focus is diversified, with focus on the healthcare sector. The Stockholm based firm targets operating improvements, restructurings, consolidations and strategic new orientation and also buy-and-build strategies.

Investment date: October 2006

Commitment: USD 11m

Fund size: USD 227m

Ownership share: 4.9 %

Advisory board member: No

Investment strategy: Novak Biddle’s strategy is primarily to invest in early-stage IT companies in North America. The investments are concentrated on wireless communication, security and software. The firm is based in Baltimore, Maryland.

Investment date: December 2006

Commitment: USD 100m

Fund size: USD 12,099m

Ownership share: 0.8 %

Advisory board member: No

Investment strategy: Providence focuses on major transactions in media, entertainment, communications and information companies around the world. The fund invests in companies across different stages in their development, from growth capital and complex recapitalizations of family-owned businesses to large buyouts and take-privates. Headquarter in Providence, US.

Investment date: November 2005

Commitment: USD 25m

Fund size: USD 858m

Ownership share: 2.9 %

Advisory board member: No

Investment strategy: Quad-C is a buyout fund investing in small to mid-sized US companies in various sectors. The firm has offices in Charlottesville and New York.

Investment date: November 2007

Commitment: USD 4.6m

Fund size: USD 158m

Ownership share: 2.9 %

Advisory board member: No

Investment strategy: Quad-C is a buyout fund investing in small to mid-sized US companies in various sectors. The firm has offices in Charlottesville and New York.

Investment date: July 2007

Commitment: USD 50m

Fund size: USD 1,004m

Ownership share: 5 %

Advisory board member: Søren Brøndum Andersen

Investment strategy: Roark Capital Partners is an Atlanta-based buyout fund focusing on acquisitions of small and medium-sized consumer and business service companies.

Investment date: May 2006

Commitment: USD 30m

Fund size: USD 311m

Ownership share: 9.6 %

Advisory board member: Klaus Rühne

Investment strategy: Shamrock invests in enterprises in the lower middle market media, entertainment and communications sectors where they typically take lead or minority positions. The fund’s investment strategy is split between growth and management buyouts. Headquarter in Los Angeles.

Investment date: January 2007

Commitment: USD 100m

Fund size: USD 9,357m

Ownership share: 1.1 %

Advisory board member: Torben Vangstrup

Investment strategy: Silver Lake is an American buyout fund focused on investments in the technology sector. The investments are directed towards companies that are market leaders in their respective niches. The firm is headquartered in California with offices in the US, Europe and Asia.

Investment date: March 2007

Commitment: USD 20m

Fund size: USD 706m

Ownership share: 2.8 %

Advisory board member: No

Investment strategy: W Capital is a New York-based fund that acquires direct private equity investments in the secondary market. The firm focuses on technology, manufacturing and healthcare sectors in North America.

Investment date: November 2006

Commitment: EUR 2m

Fund size: EUR 171m

Ownership share: 1.8 %

Advisory board member: Torben Vangstrup

Investment strategy: Waterland is a Dutch mid-market buyout fund focused on companies with revenue of EUR 10–150m in which the fund can invest EUR 5–15m. The companies are situated in the Rhineland area and relate to the following trends: outsourcing & efficiency, ageing population sustainability and leisure & luxury. The fund is a majority investor.

Investment date: February 2006

Commitment: EUR 50m

Fund size: EUR 404m

Ownership share: 12.4 %

Advisory board member: Torben Vangstrup

Investment strategy: Waterland is a Dutch mid-market buyout fund focused on companies with revenue of EUR 10–150m in which the fund can invest EUR 5–15m. The companies are situated in the Rhineland area and relate to the following trends: outsourcing & efficiency, ageing population sustainability and leisure & luxury. The fund is a majority investor.