Casey K. C. Lai

Shore Capital Stockbrokers Ltd. (Shore Capital) is a broker-dealer firm headquartered in London, UK. Formerly known as Puma Securities Ltd., the firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of Shore Capital Group Ltd. (LON: SGR). Shore Capital offers corporate clients with edge electronic equities trading platform, which operates alongside a growing equity capital markets division.

Puma VCT II Plc, a listed fund, invests in a diversified portfolio of smaller UK companies, including AIM/OFEX-traded and unquoted companies. The fund provides financing in the form of mezzanine, equity and debt for growth capital requirements. It also makes non-qualifying investments which include a broad range of assets, including a diversified portfolio of hedge funds, property vehicles, and corporate bonds.

Puma VCT IV Plc is an investment company. Its principal activity is the making of investments in qualifying and non-qualifying holdings of shares or securities. The company invests in a diversified portfolio of smaller UK companies, including AIM/OFEX-traded and unquoted companies. Its investments include Bond Contracting Ltd., Forward Internet Group Ltd., Bruton Services Ltd., Kingly Services Ltd., Pollen Services Ltd., Puma Absolute Return Fund Ltd and Saville Services Ltd. Shore Capital Ltd. is the investment manager of the company. Puma VCT IV was founded in April 2006 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Pranalytica, Inc. develops ultra-sensitive gas sensing instruments. Its products address many needs in the detection of trace gases in medical, environmental, industrial and national security applications. The company was founded by C. Kumar N. Patel in February 2000 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Memeo, Inc. provides automatic data backup and synchronization, file sharing and sending services. It offers Memeo professional backup that allows the distribution of backup solutions across a company, which monitor backup status, view backup file configurations, and identify users who have installed backup software that do not protect critical company data; and Memeo AutoSync, which links computers, USB devices, and hard drives for easy access of business data across employee workstations. The company was founded by James Osborne and Hong Q. Bui in 2003 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Puma High Income VCT Plc invests in qualifying and non-qualifying holdings of shares or securities. The company seeks to achieve its overall investment objective of proactively managing the assets of the fund with an emphasis on realizing gains in the medium term to maximize distributions from capital gains and income generated by its assets. Puma High Income VCT was founded on October 7, 2009 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Puma VCT 8 Plc is a venture capital trust, which is managed by the Shore Capital Ltd. The company intends to maximize distributions to shareholders by investing in a diversified portfolio of smaller companies, principally unquoted companies also including stocks quoted on AIM or PLUS. Puma VCT 8 was founded in July 2011 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

E.SUN Commercial Bank Ltd. engages in the provision of banking services. Its business scopes include corporate banking, consumer banking, wealth management, digital banking, credit card and payment, and investment divisions. Its Corporate Banking business offers corporate lending, and foreign exchange services. Its Consumer Banking business covers deposit, mortgage loans, unsecured personal loans, and micro small and medium enterprise services. Its Wealth Management business provides mutual funds, bancassurance, and trust services. Its Digital Banking business involves in the digital payment and digital marketing services. Its Credit Card and Payment involves in the issuance of credit cards. Its Investment business invests in the following industries: futures exchange, asset management, finance, and mobile payment. The company was founded by Yung Jen Huang on January 16, 1992 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

Part of E.SUN Financial Holding Co., Ltd., E. Sun Bills Finance Corp. provides commercial banking services, foreign exchange banking services, investment and financial services, as well as financial agent services and other services. The company is based in Taipei, Taiwan.

Part of Deloitte LLP (New York), Deloitte, Haskins & Sells LLP provides accounting services. The company is based in Mumbai, India.

Puma VCT V Plc was a venture capital trust, which invested in smaller UK based established businesses in the form of equity & senior secured loans. The company was founded on April 1, 2004 and was headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Author-it Software Corp. Ltd. provides software for authoring, content management, publishing, and localization services. It offers product manuals and user assistance, training and eLearning, compliance documentation, operations manuals, customer support portals, and sales proposals. The firm provides solutions for life sciences and high-tech and manufacturing industries. The company was founded by Paul Trotter in 1996 and is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.

Part of Nestlé SA, Chengdu Hsu Chi Food Co. Ltd. is a company that manufactures cookies and crackers. The company is based in Chengdu, China.

Corp2000 engages in provision of nationwide public records, filing, and document retrieval service. It offers formation, amendments, conversion, tax clearance certificates, revivor service, and certification. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Sacramento, CA.

Mirfield Contracting Ltd. provides business support services. The private company is based in Weybridge, UK and was founded in 2011.

Saville Services Ltd. provides contracting services. It offers project team and management, monitoring, building contract, coordination of advice, and conduct monthly project meetings. The company was founded by Graham B. Shore and Terence Edward Rhodes on February 9, 2009 and is headquartered in Bradford, the United Kingdom.