GIMV (www.gimv.be) is one of the leading private equity houses in Belgium. The company was founded in 1980 and is one of the oldest private equity firms in Continental Europe. GIMV is listed on Euronext Brussels (stock symbol : GIMB). Its head office is in Antwerp.

VTB Bank Europe (VTBE) is an English bank majority owned by VTB (www.vtb.ru), the second largest bank in Russia. VTBE is an authorised person under the UK's Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FMSA) and is regulated pursuant to the FMSA by the Financial Services Authority. Its head office is in London. VTBE holds its investment in Eagle Russia Fund through its wholly-owned subsidiary VTB Europe Strategic Investments Ltd.