Marc F. Racicot

Allied Capital Corp, a business development company, invests in private middle market companies located in the US. The fund target companies across a broad range of sectors with an EBITDA of $5 - $150 million. It provides debt and equity financing for buyout transactions and also makes minority equity co-investments. It also invests in private equity and debt funds.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. is a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, is engaged primarily in the freight rail transportation business. The company operates various facilities and equipment to support its transportation system, including its infrastructure and locomotives and freight cars. It also owns or leases other equipment to support rail operations, including containers, chassis and vehicles. Support facilities for rail operations include yards and terminals throughout its rail network. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. provides financial life insurance services. It offers annuities, disability income insurance, investments, long term care and wealth management, and retirement plans. The company was founded on May 15, 1851 and is headquartered in Springfield, MA.

Siebel Systems, Inc. develops customer relationship management software that automates sales and customer-service operations of large corporations. It products enable companies to distribute customer information to call centers, direct sales teams, resellers, retailers and web-based sales forces. The company was founded in 1993 by Thomas M. Siebel & Patricia A. House and is located in San Mateo, CA

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. is a timberland owner in the United States of America. It involves in the harvesting of trees, selling the timberland and converting trees into lumber, plywood and other wood products. It operates through following business segments: Northern Resources, Southern Resources, The Real Estate, Manufacturing, and Energy and Natural Resources. The Northern Resources segment consists of timberlands in Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The Southern Resources segment consists of timberlands in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. It sells primarily softwood saw logs and pulpwood. The Real Estate segment comprises sales of higher timberlands and sales of non-strategic timberlands. The Manufacturing segment consists of two lumber mills, two plywood mills, and two medium density fiberboard facilities in Montana and one lumber remanufacturing facility in Idaho. The Energy and Natural Resources segment includes its natural resource businesses that focus on opportunities for oil and natural gas production, construction aggregates and mineral extraction, wind power and communication. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Ares Capital Corp., a traded fund, seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States and Canada with an EBITDA between $10 and $250 million. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of health care services, software & services, consumer durables & apparel, energy, food & beverage and retail. It provides financing in the form of debt and equity for mezzanine, buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, restructurings, rescue financing, growth capital and general refinancing with an investment size ranging from $10 to $500 million. The fund acquires controlling Interest. It acts as lead investor and takes a seat on the board of directors.

Allied Investments LP is a private equity firm headquartered in Washington, DC with additional offices in New York City. Los Angeles and Chicago. The firm is a subsidiary of Ares Partners Management Co. LLC.