Martin Fräss-Ehrfeld

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP also known as TCI Fund Management (TCI), is the Great Britain-based alternative investment management subsidiary of Tci Advisory Services LLP in Great Britain. Established in 2003 by Christopher Hohn, the firm is headquartered in London. TCI is known for their commitment to shareholder activism and for their involvement in charitable work. Part of the firm's management fees and profits is donated each year to CIFF-Children's Investment Fund Foundation, a large UK-based charity founded in 2002 by Jamie and Christopher Cooper-Hohn. CIFF aims to improve the lives of children in developing countries. The foundation's main areas of activity are the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on children, emergency humanitarian aid, access to sanitary water, education and the consequences of climate change. TCI manages a large Cayman-domiciled hedge fund. Their investors are high-net worth individuals and institutions, including U.S. and European pension funds, insurance companies and university endowments.

SilverBirch Energy Corp. is a pre-production oil sands company with a portfolio of mining and in-situ oil sands properties. The significant new discovery on the Audet Lands, with in situ potential, SilverBirch has a well-defined plan to add value to its existing barrels, to seek more barrels and to move its high quality oil sands properties toward commercial production. It has three projects: Frontier and Equinox Project, Exploration Lands and The Oil Sands. The company was founded on June 25, 2010 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Blackstone Corporate Private Equity (Blackstone Corporate) is a private equity division of The Blackstone Group Inc founded in 1985 by Stephen Allen Schwarzman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The Blackstone Group International Partners LLP (The Blackstone Group International) is a private equity subsidiary of Blackstone Corporate Private Equity founded in 2010. The firm in headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

SilverWillow Energy Corp. engages in the exploration and development of oil sands properties. The company was founded on January 5, 2012 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Children's Investment Fund, Inc. invests in early childhood education. The firm provides technical expertise and financing to non-profit child care centers planning to improve or expand their facilities. It offers training programs, access to professional consultants and funding to pay for predevelopment expenses, acquisition of property and permanent financing. The company was founded by Christopher Anthony Hohn in 2002 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.