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BONTEN
MEDIA GROUP, LLC
Bonten Media Group, LLC was formed in November 2006 by Diamond Castle
in partnership with Randall D. (Randy) Bongarten to acquire and
operate network-affiliated television stations. Mr. Bongarten is
a veteran broadcasting executive with a highly successful track
record of managing and operating television and radio assets. Most
recently prior to the formation of Bonten Media Group, Mr. Bongarten
served as President of Emmis Television, a station group comprised
of 16 television stations in 14 markets across the United States.
Bonten Media Group is headquartered in New York, New York.
On May 31,
2007, Bonten Media Group completed its first acquisition, BlueStone
TV Holdings, Inc. The Company owns or has joint sales and shared
services agreements with 14 television stations (including three
digital multicast stations) with multiple network affiliations in
eight markets nationwide. The Company's markets include Tri-Cities
in Tennessee and Virginia; Greenville, New Bern and Washington in
North Carolina; Chico, Redding and Eureka in California; Abilene,
Sweetwater and San Angelo in Texas; and Missoula, Butte, and Bozeman
in Montana.
Bonten Media
Group continues to seek out acquisition opportunities in order to
grow its portfolio of assets and leverage the talents of its management
team.
CATAMOUNT
ENERGY CORPORATION
Catamount Energy
Corporation is a developer, owner, and operator of wind energy
projects. Based in Vermont, Catamount has been in the business of
providing clean, cost-competitive electricity in the United States
and Europe since 1986.
Since 2001,
Catamount has focused its experienced independent power production
team on developing wind projects in the United States and Europe.
Today, wind power is the least expensive form of renewable energy
and is anticipated to be the fastest growing segment of the power
generation industry. This rapid growth is being driven by significant
cost improvements in wind power, growing demand for domestic fuel
sources and increased government support for fuel diversification
and energy security. Catamount is building on its experience in
the energy industry to become a leader in the wind power generation
business.
CHECKSMART
FINANCIAL COMPANY
Checksmart Financial
Company, based in Dublin, Ohio and founded in 1987, is one of
the leading consumer finance companies in the United States. Checksmart
provides payday loans, check cashing and other services in approximately
200 locations throughout nine states. Checksmart's founder, Jim
Frauenberg, has been integrally involved in the growth and development
of the check cashing and payday lending industries, serving as a
Board member of both the Community Financial Services Association
(CFSA) and the Financial Service Centers of America (FiSCA). Subsequent
to the acquisition of Checksmart by Diamond Castle, Jim and other
members of management continue to run the day-to-day operations
of Checksmart and have retained a significant equity stake. The
investment in Checksmart reflects Diamond Castle's interest in companies
which serve the very large "unbanked" or "underbanked" population
of the United States, estimated at approximately 70 million people.
HARBOR
POINT LIMITED
Harbor Point
Limited is a Bermuda-based reinsurance company that was formed
in late 2005 from The Chubb Corporation's former reinsurance business,
Chubb Re, by Stone Point Capital, Chubb and a group of investors
which includes Diamond Castle. Harbor Point acquired the business
and continuing operations of Chubb Re, including the renewal rights
to Chubb Re's substantial in-force book of business and its world
class management team, led by John Berger. Harbor Point received
a financial strength rating of "A" (Excellent) and an issuer credit
rating of "a" from A.M. Best.
Harbor Point
was formed to capitalize on the significant supply and demand imbalance
in the reinsurance industry following Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and
Wilma. Harbor Point offers many of the benefits of investing in
a new reinsurer with an unencumbered capital base, but with less
risk as a result of its well-established reinsurance business and
its proven management team. The Company expects to have a balanced
book of both property and casualty business, reducing its exposure
to the volatility inherent in companies focused exclusively on property
reinsurance.
MANAGED
HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATES, INC.
Managed Health Care
Associates, Inc. (MHA) is the largest Alternate Site GPO in
the country servicing the Long Term Care, Home Infusion, Combo Pharmacy
and Specialty Pharmacy industries. MHA is also the leading Long
Term Care Pharmacy Network Manager with focus on serving the Medicare
D patient population. MHA success is driven by unparalleled member
support, competitive contracts, and the ability to create sophisticated,
customized, web tools and reports, designed to increase savings
and promote profitability. Members utilize MHA services to assist
in the purchasing of a complete line of pharmaceuticals, medical
supplies, capital equipment, and nutritional food, as well as network
access to the majority of the largest national and regional prescription
drug plans managing the newly created Medicare Part D drug benefit.
MHA also offers a variety of services to medical supply, pharmaceutical
manufacturers and prescription drug plan organizations, including
contract administration, marketing, and continuing education.
NES
RENTALS HOLDINGS, INC.
NES Rentals
Holdings, Inc. is one of the largest participants in the highly
fragmented, $35 billion U.S. equipment rental industry. The company
specializes in renting aerial equipment, such as booms, scissor
lifts and rough terrain forklifts, to customers ranging from large
industrial companies to regional and local contractors operating
in a wide variety of industries. NES Rentals also distributes new
equipment for nationally recognized original equipment manufacturers,
sells used equipment and complementary parts, supplies and merchandise,
and provides repair and maintenance services to its customers. The
company is a leading competitor in many of the geographic markets
it reaches with 80 locations in 30 states and a fleet consisting
of more than 30,000 units.
PRC,
LLC
PRC, LLC, based
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and founded in 1982, is a leading provider
of customer management solutions. PRC markets its services to brand
focused, Fortune 500 U.S. corporations and delivers these services
through a global network of call centers in the U.S., the Philippines,
India, and the Dominican Republic.
With over 20
years of experience, PRC delivers solutions that support communications
to target, acquire, grow, retain and develop customer relationships
that deliver a positive return on their clients' investment. The
Company is organized into two groups: Business-to-Consumer solutions
team focused directly on building customer relationships and the
Business-to-Business solutions team focused directly on enhancing
sales and marketing efforts.
The outsourced
customer care and sales and marketing segments of the overall BPO
industry are large and growing rapidly. Companies are increasingly
turning to third-party outsourcing firms in an effort to lower costs,
improve the quality of their services and to focus on their core
competencies; however, the level of outsourced penetration is still
relatively low. PRC is well positioned to take advantage of these
favorable industry trends due to its reputation for superior quality,
its strong and experienced senior management team, its mix of onshore
and off-shore facilities, and access to capital from Diamond Castle.
PUBLIC
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
Public Safety
Equipment is a leading highway safety solutions business. PSE
designs, assembles and markets a broad range of branded electrical
and electronic systems and solutions to support police forces and
other emergency services, including traffic enforcement, in-car
police video, speed measurement and emergency lighting products.
The Company employs nearly 800 people and operates from four principal
locations in the United States and the United Kingdom, with additional
sales and marketing operations in Europe, Australia and Asia. Approximately
half of the Company's revenues are generated in the United States.
Through its
proven ability to design a range of leading highway safety solutions
to meet the diverse requirements of its core markets around the
world, PSE has built up an intimate knowledge of its long-standing
and stable customer base and channels to market. PSE's product portfolio
comprises a suite of highly regarded brand names which are synonymous
with high quality and reliability within each of their respective
markets.
TYGRIS
COMMERCIAL FINANCE GROUP
Tygris Commercial
Finance Group, Inc. is a middle market commercial finance company
formed in early 2008 by a group of investors, including Diamond
Castle, Aquiline Capital Partners, New Mountain Capital, TPG Capital
and Hamilton Lane, with initial equity commitments of over $2 billion.
Tygris intends to create, through acquisitions and organic growth,
a scaled and diversified platform to support the financing needs
of middle market companies in the United States. The Company intends
to initially concentrate on corporate finance, small ticket and
middle market equipment leasing and finance businesses in selected
industries.
Tygris is being
formed in response to the current credit market dislocation. The
diminished liquidity for commercial lenders in the middle market
has created broad repricing of risk, resulting in wider spreads
of loan rates over their cost. This has created an opportunity to
invest in the middle market commercial finance industry through
a well capitalized and well managed new entrant, taking advantage
of the weakened positioning of competitors. Tygris intends to acquire
assets and platforms at attractive prices, and to originate loans
at attractive risk-adjusted spreads.
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