The Riverside Company is the largest global private equity firm focused on the lower end of the middle market and is one of the industry's most experienced buyout investors. Riverside invests in premier SME companies valued up to $150/€150 million and partners with strong management teams to build companies through acquisitions and value-added growth. Since its founding in 1988, the firm has invested in 215 transactions with $5.8/€4.1 billion in enterprise value, and has a current portfolio in North America, Europe and Asia consisting of 68 companies. Riverside offers certainty to close and can complete acquisitions in as little as 45 days, thanks to its more than $3.4/€2.4 billion of capital under management, over 180 professionals in 18 offices (Atlanta, Brussels, Budapest, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Eindhoven, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Madrid, Munich, New York, Prague, San Francisco, Seoul, Stockholm, Tokyo and Warsaw), and long-standing relationships with partner lenders As of March 31, 2009, Riversides portfolio had combined annual sales of $3.5/€2.5 billion, EBITDA of $548/ €384 million and more than 14,000 employees. According to Thomson Venture Economics, as of December 31, 2008, seven of the firms nine mature vintages are top quartile performers on a net cash-on-cash basis. Riversides investors include the worlds leading pension funds, endowments, funds-of-funds, insurance companies and banks.

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