Warburg Pincus has been a leading private equity investor since 1971. The firm currently has approximately $20 billion of assets under management for investment in a range of sectors including technology, media and telecommunications, consumer and retail, industrial, healthcare, financial services, energy and real estate. Warburg Pincus has raised 12 private equity investment funds which have invested more than $37 billion in more than 585 companies in 30 countries around the world.

Throughout its 40-year history in private equity, Warburg Pincus has invested at all stages of a company's life-cycle, from founding start-ups and providing growth capital to leading restructurings, recapitalizations and buy-outs. The firm has an active portfolio of more than 100 companies.

Warburg Pincus, which was founded in 1966, has more than 60 partners and more than 150 professionals in offices in Beijing, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, New York, Mumbai, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo. For more information please visit www.warburgpincus.com.