Carsten Olberding

IKB Invest GmbH (IKB-PE) is the private equity arm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG (FR: IKB). The bank's activities include domestic corporate lending, real estate finance, structured finance, private equity, treasury and financial markets. KfW holds a significant minority interest in the IKB group, and both banks have established a strategic partnership. Another significant shareholder is Stiftung Industrieforschung, a foundation established in 1974 following the merger between IKB-Industriekreditbank and Deutsche Industriebank, for the purpose of promoting commercial enterprise. Established in 1987, IKB-PE is headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany.

ae group AG develops and manufactures diecast aluminum components. It offers services that include design, simulation, diecasting, processing and assembly. The firm serves the automotive and aviation industries. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Gerstungen, Germany.

Helmers Beteiligungs GmbH provides business and economic services. The private company is based in Osnabrück, Germany. The CEOs of the German company are Klaus Runzer, Hubertus Lübbert zur Lage, Stefan Nötzel.

Morgan Stanley Bank AG (MSB-AG) is a brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Frankfurt, with an additional office in Munich, Germany. They originated in 1987 and was formally established in 1994. The Munich office opened in 2001. The firm is one of the Morgan Stanley Banks and is a subsidiary of New York-based Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSB-AG provides a variety of products and services to German institutions, government entities, multinational corporations and international high-net worth individuals. The bank's activities include corporate finance advisory, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity capital raising, and European real estate advisory and investment. The firm offers sales and trading capacities in equity, bonds, derivatives, commodities and currencies. They have specific expertise in German blue-chip equity trading. Their research teams cover a wide variety of industries and leverage the group's global network of offices and contacts.

Odewald & Compagnie Gesellschaft für Beteiligungen mbH (Odewald) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Dr. Jens Odewald. The firm is headquartered in Berlin.