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The Key Shareholders and Directors of Equity Partners Limited:

The Honorable Alexander Andrew McDonnell Fraser
Mr. Mark Reinecke
Dr. Marc Faber
Mr. Paul Ensor
Mr. Neil McLoughlin
Mr. William Phillips
Mr. Adam Reuterskiold Arnback
Mr. Douglas Polunin
Mr. Paul Parsons
Laton Securities
Waterford Partners LLP
Intergain Establishment
Weatherwise Offshore Holdings Limited
Mr. Abdul Majid Al-Fahim
Mr. Waheeb M. Ahmed
Mr. Thomas Hugger
Mr. Saiful Islam
Mr. Heinrich Looser

The Honorable Alexander Andrew McDonnell Fraser
The company was established under the guidance of The Honorable Alexander Andrew McDonnell Fraser, the former Chief Executive Officer of Baring Securities until 1996. Since his retirement from his former position, Mr. Fraser has been the Chief Executive of Andrew Fraser Management, his proprietary investment advisory firm, as well as being a Principal of a London-based Asian hedge fund. Mr. Fraser has long been associated with establishing and supervising Asian brokerage and corporate finance operations. Educated in Eton and Oxford, Mr. Fraser has worked for Kleinwort Benson, London (1968 - 1970); Vickers Da Costa, London (1970 - 1976); Sun Hung Kai Securities, London (1977 - 1983); Henderson Crosswaithe, London (1983 - 1984); Barings Securities, London (1984 - 1996); and Nava Securities (1996 -1997). Mr. Fraser is a British citizen.
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Mr. Mark Reinecke
Mr. Mark Reinecke is the Managing Director of, and an investor in, Equity Partners Limited. He was formerly the Managing Director of Indosuez W.I. Carr Securities for Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines, and, before that, the Senior Vice President of Asset Plus Securities Company Limited, the leading local merchant bank in Thailand. Educated in Law at London School of Economics, with a specialty in Islamic Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies, Mr. Reinecke has over 13 years of experience as an international stockbroker in Asia, having started his career with Baring Securities. Mr. Reinecke is a German citizen.
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Dr. Marc Faber
Dr. Marc Faber is a Director of, and an investor in, Equity Partners Limited. Dr. Faber is renowned as a highly respected commentator on global markets, but especially on emerging economies. Previously with Drexel Burnham Lambert, Dr. Faber's fund management and advisory company produces the widely-read Gloom, Boom and Doom Report. His opinions are highly sought after by the media, and Equity Partners Limited is fortunate to have a Director of his caliber.
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Mr. Paul Ensor
Paul Ensor has had a long and distinguished career as a journalist for the Far Eastern Economic Review and, since the 90s, as a stockbroker in Asia and London. Mr. Ensor has worked for some of the foremost brokerage houses, notably UBS, Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia, and Societe Generale. Mr. Ensor is now the Principal of a firm specialising in financial public relations, representing Asian companies in Europe. Mr. Ensor is a British citizen.
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Mr. Neil McLoughlin
Mr. Neil McLoughlin is an investor in Equity Partners Limited. Mr. McLoughlin is the former Investment Manager for Abu Dhabi Investment Company, in charge of Asian equities. ADIC is a para-statal investment vehicle for the Government of Abu Dhabi. Mr. McLoughlin has been a fund manager for over 20 years and brings with him a wealth of experience in selling Asian equities abroad. He is also a Director of Korea Online. He is a British citizen.
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Mr. William Phillips
Mr. William Phillips is shareholder of Equity Partners Limited. Mr. Phillips is currently a Principal in a London-based hedge fund, having been a stockbroker for over 26 years. Mr. Phillips latterly served as CEO of Baring Securities' Asian operations, and then fulfilled the same role for Solomon Smith Barney in Hong Kong. Mr. Phillips is a British citizen.
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Mr. Adam Reuterskiold Arnback
Adam Reuterskiold Arnback is a former management consultant whom Equity Partners Limited retained in 2002 for certain key investment banking mandates. Now based in Bangkok, Mr. Reuterskiold Arnback remains a shareholder of Equity Partners Limited.
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Mr. Douglas Polunin
Douglas Polunin is the Managing Partner in Polunin Capital Partners, and is one of the most experienced emerging market fund managers, having previously headed the Asian team at Pictet & Cie in London.
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Mr. Paul Parsons
Paul Parsons is a Partner in Plounin Capital Partners, and has vast experience in managing Asian funds, both in Singapore and London, having previously worked at Pictet & Cie.
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Mr. Laton Securities
Laton Securities is an off-shore investment vehicle representing a consortium of high profile Swiss bankers and fund managers.
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Waterford Partners LLP
Waterford Partners LLP of New York, USA, is one of the most experienced North American emerging markets investors. Waterford Partners has remained consecutively in the top 1% of all portfolio funds in the USA having provided a return of over 100% in US Dollar terms to its investors over the past three years.
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Intergain Establishment
Intergain Establishment is an investment vehicle located in Liechtenstein and is an investor in Equity Partners Limited, as well as in numerous other capital market ventures in Asia.
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Weatherwise Offshore Holdings Limited
Weatherwise Offshore Holdings Limited, an investor in Equity Partners Limited, is an investment company located in the Channel Islands for a group of high net worth investors from the United Kingdom.
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Mr. Abdul Majid Al-Fahim
Mr. Abdul Majid Al-Fahim is a shareholder of Equity Partners Limited. He is a fund manager for Abu Dhabi Investment Company, where he specializes in private equity. He is also the Managing Director of Abu Dhabi National Food Company Limited, which has substantial interests in Bangladesh. Mr. Al-Fahim has over 10 years experience as a fund manager in private equities and is a UAE citizen.
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Mr. Waheeb M. Ahmed
Mr. Waheeb M. Ahmed is a shareholder of Equity Partners Limited. He is the Commercial Loans Manager for ANZ Grindlays in Abu Dhabi. Mr. Ahmed has been a private equity specialist with ADIC and also worked for Barclays Bank in Abu Dhabi. He has also represented the UAE at OPEC. Mr. Ahmed is a citizen of the UAE and brings with him a wealth of contacts of corporate houses in the Middle East.
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Mr. Thomas Hugger
Mr. Thomas Hugger is a shareholder of Equity Partners Limited. Mr. Thomas Hugger is the COO of the Leopard Group, a fund management company specializing in frontier markets in Asia. He was formerly the Head of the Asian Trading Desk of Bank Julius Baer in Zurich. Mr Hugger is a Swiss citizen and lives in Hong Kong.Web Address is: www.leopardasia.com
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Mr. Saiful Islam
Mr. Saiful Islam is a Director of Equity Partners Limited. Mr. Islam was Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Union Capital Limited (UCL), a brokerage house, merchant bank and leasing company in Bangladesh from January 1998 to February 2000. Prior to UCL, Mr. Islam was head of Operations of Peregrine Capital Limited (PCL), Bangladesh Branch Office (July 1997 - January 1998), Manager, Securities Operations, of PCL (September 1996 - June 1997) and from July 1992 to August 1996, he was Manager, Settlements and Client Services, Custodial Services of Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh.
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Mr. Heinrich Looser
Mr. Looser recently retired from Bank Julius Baer in Zurich. Latterly he was a Director and Chief of Private Banking, in addition to being the Deputy Chairman of the Management of Bank Julius Baer and President of Julius Baer Swiss Capital Market Research Ltd. He furthermore served as President of Julius Baer Investment Advisors (Hong Kong) Ltd., and on the Board of Bank Julius Baer (Guernsey) Ltd. Mr. Looser also distinguished himself as President of the Swiss Association of Financial Analysis. Mr. Looser is a Swiss citizen.
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