Christian Jebsen

Nomura International Plc provides a variety of financial services including advisement, investment banking and asset management. It trades in and sells fixed income and equity products, including related derivatives; and provides investment banking services, and corporate finance and private equity services. The company is also involved in asset and principal finance business. It offers investment advisory and management, custody, and employment services. Nomura International was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

VMETRO ASA engages in the development and distribution of electronic modules for advanced data processing. Its products include I/O systems, recorders and bus analyzers. The I/O systems are solutions for custom storage DSP/data storage applications with the MIDAS (Modular Intelligent Data Acquisition Systems) family of products. Real time recorders are used for high-performance sensor applications and disk array recording solutions for radar, sonar, imaging and intelligence systems. Bus analyzers offers test and debugging capabilities for development, system integration and manufacturing of computer systems. The Group's customers are system integrators and OEMs in the aerospace, military and telecommunications industries and manufacturers of medical diagnostics and seismic equipment. The company was founded by Arne-Kristian Mæland and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Part of Loxam SAS, Stavdal AS is a Norwegian company that specializes in scaffolding and lift equipment services. Based in Skjetten, NO, Stavdal has a flexible scaffolding department in Oslo that performs small and medium-sized projects, with a preference for roller scaffolding and light facade scaffolding. The private company also offers a wide selection of lifts, building machines, construction equipment, barracks, courses, and security equipment. Stavdal provides service and control of lifts, as well as repairs and technical maintenance of most types of lifts at all their workshops. Stavdal was acquired by Veidekke ASA on January 22, 2000 for $458.85 million.

Verdane Capital Advisors AS (Verdane Capital Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1985 by Birger Nergaard. The firm is headquartered in Oslo with additional offices in Berlin, Copenhagen, Helsinki, London, Munich and Stockholm.

Nordic Capital Partners II invests in small and mid-sized companies located in the Nordic region. It focuses on the oil & offshore services, food & nutrition, telecommunications, real estate, retail and outsourcing sectors. The company was founded on November 3, 1998 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Norway) (SEB Norway) is the Norwegian brokerage division of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (STO: SEB-A) in Sweden. Headquartered in Oslo, the firm provides full spectrum of brokerage services specifically tailored for corporate and institutional clients.