Current Investments
ACTS Aero Technical Support & Services Inc. is the leading independent maintenance, repair and overhaul provider to the commercial aviation industry in the Americas. The Company offers a full suite of airframe maintenance, component maintenance, engine maintenance and ancillary services. Originally formed in 1937 as the in-house maintenance division of Air Canada, ACTS has served non-Air Canada customers since 1968. The Company has approximately 4,800 employees located in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver and San Salvador. |
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Aeroplan Income Fund operates a coalition loyalty marketing program with more than 4 million members in Canada. The Aeroplan Program was created in July 1984 by Air Canada as an incentive program for its frequent flyer customers. Aeroplan's operations were formally separated from those of Air Canada in 2002. Today, members can accumulate Aeroplan Miles with 70 commercial partners representing over 150 brands. Aeroplan's key commercial partners are CIBC, American Express, and Air Canada. In 2007, approximately 2 million rewards were issued to members, including over 1.5 million round-trip flights. More than 80% of Canadian households with incomes greater than $100,000 per year are Aeroplan members. Aeroplan also owns UK-based Loyalty Marketing Group, which manages the Nectar coalition loyalty marketing program. Over 50% of UK households are Nectar members. |
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Energy Future Holdings Corp., formerly TXU Corp., manages a portfolio of energy businesses, primarily in Texas. TXU Energy Holdings provides electricity and related services to more than 2.1 million competitive electricity customers in Texas. TXU Power has over 18,100 MW of generation in Texas, including 2,300 MW of nuclear and 5,800 MW of coal-fired generation capacity. TXU Wholesale optimizes the purchases and sales of energy for TXU Energy and TXU Power and provides related services to other market participants. TXU Wholesale and its affiliate, TXU Renew, are the largest purchasers of wind-generated electricity in Texas and the fifth largest in the United States. TXU Corp.'s regulated segment, TXU Electric Delivery, is an electric distribution and transmission business that uses superior asset management skills to provide reliable electricity delivery to consumers. TXU Electric Delivery operates the largest distribution and transmission system in Texas, providing power to 3 million electric delivery points over more than 100,000 miles of distribution and 14,300 miles of transmission lines. |
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Invitrogen Corporation provides products and services that support academic and government research institutions, and pharmaceutical and biotech companies worldwide in their efforts to improve the human condition. The Company is a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of essential reagents, kits, and other applications to customers engaged in life sciences research, drug discovery, and diagnostics through its BioDiscovery segment. Additionally, Invitrogen is a leading supplier of sera, cell and tissue culture media and reagents used in life sciences research, as well as in processes to grow cells in the laboratory and produce pharmaceuticals and other highly valued proteins via its Cell Culture Research segment. Invitrogen's own research and development efforts are focused on breakthrough innovation in all major areas of biological discovery including functional genomics, proteomics, bio-informatics and cell biology. Founded in 1987, Invitrogen has approximately 5,000 employees and sells its products in 70 different countries. |
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KKR Financial Holdings LLC is a specialty finance company that invests primarily in corporate loans and debt securities. The Company also makes opportunistic investments in other asset classes, including marketable and non-marketable equity securities . The Company uses leverage with the objective of generating competitive, risk-adjusted returns. KKR Financial Advisors LLC manages the Company pursuant to a management agreement. KKR Financial Holdings LLC and KKR Financial Advisors LLC are affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. |
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Pool Corporation is the largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool and related backyard products. PoolCorp distributes more than 100,000 national brand and private label products to roughly 70,000 wholesale customers. These products include a comprehensive selection of pool equipment, a complete line of chemicals and replacement parts, as well as a full array of irrigation and landscape products. Founded in 1993, PoolCorp has grown to over 280 sales center locations in North America and Europe and over 3,600 employees. |
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Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. is an international specialty retailer and distributor of professional beauty supplies with revenues of more than $2.5 billion annually. Through more than 2,500 Sally Beauty Supply stores, the Company offers 5,400 products for hair, skin and nails to consumers and salon professionals. Products in Sally Beauty Supply stores range from professional lines to an extensive selection of proprietary merchandise. Through its Beauty Systems Group stores and sales consultants, the Company sells 9,800 professionally branded products targeted exclusively for professional and salon use and resale to their customers. The Company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Denton, TX. |
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