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Taco Bueno Opens First Franchise Unit In Fayetteville, Arkansas

Taco Bueno opened its very first franchise unit in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The franchise is the result of a 10-month-old partnership between Dallas-based Taco Bueno and Tulsa-based U.S. Beef Corporation. The agreement between U.S. Beef Corporation and Taco Bueno represents the first of three franchise contracts since January of this year. Growing concentrically from its core markets in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas is part of the chain’s national growth strategy. The opening marks a leap forward in the plan to take the Mexican quick-service restaurant into parts of Northern Arkansas, Central Missouri, Kansas, North Carolina, Nebraska, and New Mexico

Palladium acquired TB Corporation, parent of the Taco Bueno restaurant chain in August 2005. Founded in 1967 and based in Dallas, Taco Bueno is an established market leader, distinguished by the high quality and freshness of its food, scope of menu, speed and convenience of its service, and reputation for consumer value.

Prince Mineral Holding Corp.

New York, NY
www.princeminerals.com

Prince Mineral Holding Corp. (“PMHC”), through its operating subsidiaries, is a leading producer of mineral based colorants and additives supplying a wide variety of customers and industries throughout North America and Europe. PMHC is a portfolio company of Palladium Equity Partners II, L.P. and consists of two wholly owned operating subsidiaries, Prince Minerals, Inc. (“PMI”) and Prince Minerals Limited (“PML”). PMI is a leading producer and marketer of specialty mineral products with a particular focus on naturally occurring minerals and pigment applications. Formed through the acquisition of The Prince Manufacturing Company in 2003, and American Minerals, Inc. (“AMI”) in 2005, PMI is the North American subsidiary of PMHC. PMHC also owns a European subsidiary, Prince Minerals Limited, which was formed through the acquisition of Tarmac Minerals and Materials in April 2006. Headquartered in New York City, PMHC is dedicated to building a world-class specialty minerals producer and marketer via complementary acquisitions and internal growth.

Jordan Health Services

Mount Vernon, TX
www.jhsi.com

Based in Mount Vernon, Texas, and founded in 1975, Jordan Health Services provides home health services, including personal care and skilled nursing, to Medicaid and Medicare eligible populations throughout the state of Texas. With over 12,000 employees in 28 locations serving thousands of clients, Jordan is one of the largest home healthcare providers in the state of Texas.

Taco Bueno

Dallas, TX
www.tacobueno.com

Taco Bueno is a premium quality, quick service restaurant chain offering fast, casual, quality Mexican cuisine that is convenient, fast and affordable. Founded in 1967, Taco Bueno is an established market leader distinguished by the high quality and freshness of its food, scope of menu, speed and convenience of its service, and reputation for consumer value. With 162 company owned restaurants and 25 franchise stores in eight states — Texas, Oklahoma,Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, Indiana and New Mexico — operations are currently clustered in Taco Bueno’s primary markets of Dallas/Ft. Worth, Abilene, Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

DolEx Dollar Express, Inc.

Arlington, TX

DolEx is a leading provider of electronic funds transfer services through over 700 branch locations and over 1,000 agent locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and, through its Europhil affiliate, Europe. The Company’s services allow customers to quickly and safely send money to beneficiaries in North America, Latin America, North Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean through itssettlement relationships with thousands of banks, exchange houses and retail locations. DolEx also offers ancillary products and services including phone cards, bill payments, money orders, prepaid mobile e-pins, and its Amigo Latino Plus prepaid card.

Wise Foods, Inc.

Atlanta, GA
www.wisesnacks.com

Wise Foods, Inc., is one of the premier regional salty snack companies in the United States. Founded in 1921, the company is one of the largest manufacturers of potato chips and salty snacks, with the number two or three market position in 21 eastern states from Florida to Maine. The company manufactures and sells a full line of salty snack products under some of the most recognizable brand names in the salty snack food industry, including WISE® and CHEEZ DOODLES®.

ATC Panels

Moncure, NC
www.atcpanels.com

ATC Panels is a leading producer of particleboard, low density fiberboard, medium density fiberboard, high density fiberboard, and thermally fused melamine panels with over 600 employees throughout North America. ATC was founded in May 2004 by a partnership of proven industry leaders. Until 2002, the partners controlled the Chilean company MASISA (NYSE: MYS), the largest wood panel manufacturer in Latin America. Fueled by a 20-year track record of success, the partners formed ATC Panels to bring a high level of quality, innovation and service to the North American market. With the acquisition of five plants over the last two years, ATC Panels has aggressively positioned itself to be an industry leader modernizing mills and integrating them with value added operations.

PROMÉRICA Bank

Los Angeles, CA
www.promericabank.com

PROMÉRICA Bank is a full-service commercial bank, dedicated to building family wealth by empowering entrepreneurs with the requisite financial services and capital infusion for the success of their small to mid-size business, including real estate and construction loans, lines of credit, term loans and SBA loans, as well as a full complement of deposit products and business services. To better serve Latino clients, the Bank provides bicultural service, not just bilingual service, financial education and empowerment for both clients and future clients. It is Latina-led and was the first primarily Latino-owned commercial bank to form in California in more than 30 years. The headquarters and first location, at 888 S. Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles, began operations in November 2006.

Sahale Snacks

Seattle, WA
www.sahalesnacks.com

Sahale Snacks was founded in 2003 by Josh Schroeter and Edmond Sanctis after climbing Mt. Rainier and enduring days of uninspiring trail mix and energy bars. The two set out to create a natural and healthy snack that tasted like great food. The Company follows a simple product philosophy: start with all-natural ingredients, add a dash of “culinary magic” and produce great tasting healthy snacks. Sahale Snacks is dedicated to helping people “Snack Better™.”

Winner of Health Magazine’s “Best of Food” award in the snack category in 2006, Sahale Snacks produces unique products that intersect important consumer trends in natural and gourmet foods. The Sahale Snacks branded line of six nut blends combines nuts and fruit with ingredients inspired by regional cuisines, such as Moroccan Harissa and Chipotle. This product line captured the top four positions in the all-natural trail mix category among 134 SKUs within two years of launch, according to SPINS, a leading provider of information on the natural products industry.

Todobebé

Miami, FL
www.todobebe.com

Todobebé, Inc., the family brand dedicated to families who are planning, expecting and raising babies, is a multimedia company that includes properties such as: Todobebé TV, the only network TV show on child rearing, airing weekly nationwide on the Telemundo Network in the U.S. and via Televisa Networks in Mexico; Todobebe.com, the leading Internet destination for Spanish-speaking families expecting and raising babies since 1999; Todobebé radio capsules syndicated via ABC Radio Networks and Todobebé radio shows distributed in South and Central America; The Todobebé Book, the parenting guide for babies 0-12 months published by Harper Collins-Rayo in English and Spanish; Todobebé Parenting Tips, airing hourly in over 550 Wal-Mart stores nationwide in the U.S. via the Premier Retail Network, and in hospitals nationwide in Mexico via the closed circuit Hospital TV network Canal Angeles.

Headquartered in Miami and known for its award-winning, proprietary content, Todobebé provides valuable information to families raising babies through television, radio, publications, digital media and grassroots events. The most recent addition to the company’s properties include Todobebé parenting DVDs and children’s music in Spanish, through a distribution partnership with NBC Universal Television Group.

Regional Management Corp.

Greenville, SC
www.getregionalcash.com

Regional Management Corporation (RMC) is a consumer finance company which offers installment loans and insurance products through a footprint of 195 office branches in South Carolina, North Carolina, Texas and Tennessee. The Company’s credit products are offered to consumers who have limited access to traditional sources of credit to finance auto purchases or repairs, pay medical bills, and fill other short-term credit needs. RMC also provides consumer financing on behalf of auto dealers, and selectively purchases other consumer debt such as auto and furniture loans from other regional retailing or lending companies. The Company is led by an experienced management team and prides itself on excellent service, competitive products and disciplined underwriting standards. RMC is expanding its offices within the current states of operation, opening new offices in other contiguous states and actively acquiring other locations or companies.

Starfire Systems, Inc.

Malta, NY
www.starfiresystems.com

Starfire Systems, Inc. is the leading global developer and manufacturer of break-through nanostructured ceramic materials and finished products. Starfire’s patented pre-ceramic polymer technology simplifies the production of nanostructured silicon carbide (SiC) fiber-reinforced composites, monoliths, and coatings. For the first time, the design and cost advantages long associated with polymer-based plastics are combined with the superior performance properties of leading edge ceramics. This translates into new materials options that are both light-weight and tough while critical performance characteristics for hardness and thermal stability are maintained. Starfire is pioneering nanostructured ceramics in key markets for transportation, aerospace, electronics, and others. Their clients are forward thinking companies who recognize that new materials solutions are vital to enhance the capabilities of their products and ensure the future success of their companies.

Carpio Solutions Inc.

Cary, NC
www.carpio.com

Carpio Solutions Inc. is a Pan-American software and services company, operating in the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Panama. Carpio offers consulting services and development of solutions aimed at intelligence and maturity of corporate financial management. The main solution of the company, GesFin Planning, specializes in the financial planning and monitoring of corporate performance. It provides managers with advanced business analysis and boasts a wide predictive capability through the creation of scenarios and simulations. It manages sales forecast, cash management, expenses, budgets, investment analysis, in addition to monitoring and balancing of performance indicators.

American Gilsonite Company

Bonanza, UT
www.americangilsonite.com

American Gilsonite Company (“AGC”) is an industrial minerals company and a leading producer of a specialty hydrocarbon, marketed under the “Gilsonite®” trademark. Gilsonite is used as a specialty additive in a variety of applications across several industries, including oil & gas drilling, inks and paints, asphalt and foundry markets.

Mission Community Bank

San Luis Obispo, CA
www.missioncommunitybank.com

Mission Community Bank is a locally owned and operated community bank with offices in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles and a Business Banking Center in San Luis Obispo. The bank has received several awards for its success in meeting community needs in small business lending and development banking services, has earned an outstanding rating for its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) activities, and is an SBA Preferred Lender.

Herald National Bank

New York, NY
www.heraldnb.com

Led by an experienced team of metropolitan New York banking executives, Herald National Bank, member FDIC, is a relationship-based banking institution dedicated to serving the commercial and private banking needs of small to mid-size businesses and high net worth individuals in the New York metropolitan area. Herald National Bank began operations after setting a new capital record ($62 million) for an independent start-up bank in New York State.

Raymond A. Nielsen serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Nielsen was the lead independent director at North Fork Bancorporation and the former President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Reliance Bancorp.

Cannella Response Television

Burlington, WI
www.drtv.com

Cannella Response Television (www.drtv.com), formed in 1985, specializes in television direct response media placement on national cable networks and broadcast stations, with in-depth results analysis on its proprietary Media Star™ software. The company places media for many of the industry’s biggest hits and often supplements media to other agencies. Cannella is unique in that it goes beyond the typical media placement services by adding value through a broad range of consulting services — all at no additional fee to its clients. Cannella works with clients as a project manager to guide them through the infomercial process, lending expertise to such areas as product assessment, script analysis, rough-cut evaluation, telemarketing scripting and fulfillment recommendations. Cannella Response Television is based in Burlington, Wisconsin with regional offices in Los Angeles and New York.

Celeritas, LLC

Purchase, NY
www.ancsports.com

Celeritas acquires and develops businesses in sports, marketing and entertainment. Through its main subsidiary, ANC Sports Enterprises Holdings, Inc. (“ANC”), Celeritas operates one of the leading providers of signage and marketing services for professional sports organizations. Founded in 1997, ANC offers light emitting diode (“LED”) visual displays supported by advanced media control systems, marketing agency services and consultation, graphic design and printing production. Key clients include the Boston Red Sox, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Nationals, and State Farm Insurance.

Capital Contractors, Inc.

www.capitalcontractors.com

Capital Contractors, Inc. and its affiliates (“CCI”), is one of the largest privately held providers of janitorial and facilities maintenance services in North America. With offices throughout the U.S. and Canada, CCI maintains thousands of facilities and has been successfully serving customers for more than 75 years.

CCI offers a comprehensive range of cleaning and maintenance solutions to thousands of facilities throughout the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. With the resources of a large firm and the benefits of a local office network from coast to coast, the Company’s customers range from Fortune 500 companies with hundreds of locations throughout the country to local single-location start-ups. Founded and privately held since 1932, CCI specializes in simplifying the lives of its customers with cost-effective and complete cleaning and maintenance solutions, including recently expanded facility maintenance capabilities.

Teasdale

www.teasdale.net

Headquartered in Atwater, CA, Teasdale Quality Foods is the largest producer and marketer of canned hominy and beans in the Western United States primarily serving the Hispanic market under its Teasdale brand and other branded products such as Aunt Penny’s, and Emilio’s. Teasdale Quality Foods’ roots can be traced back to the 1930’s. Inspired by the rich agricultural Central Valley of California, Teasdale Quality Foods is the Western United States premier packer of Hominy and Dry Soak Beans. Teasdale Quality Foods is strategically located and positioned to keep pace with consumer trends, provide unparalleled service, quality and value. The Company is recognized as a leader and innovator servicing Retail, Food Service and Industrial customers with a full line of Hominy and Dry Soak Beans.

ABRA Auto Body & Glass

Minneapolis, MN
www.abraauto.com

ABRA is a leading provider of vehicle damage repair services in the U.S. Founded in 1984, ABRA provides collision repair, paintless dent removal, and auto glass repair and replacement services through 75 company-owned centers and 38 franchised centers in 12 states. ABRA distinguishes itself by providing a solution that seeks to enable its insurance company partners to substantially improve customer satisfaction and drive policyholder retention, while simultaneously reducing repair costs and realizing substantial efficiencies in the claims management process. ABRA’s commitment to operational excellence allows it to consistently offer high quality service to its customers and insurance partners.

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