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The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1932, the firm has long been at the forefront of shareholder activism in the US. CalPERS provides retirement and health benefit services to private individuals and employers, specifically active, inactive and retired employees of California state and local public agencies. They routinely put pressure on companies to achieve better corporate performance corporate governance.

Thomas Properties Group, Inc. operates as a real estate company that owns, acquires, develops and manages primarily office, as well as mixed-use and residential properties on a nationwide basis. It engages in the acquisition and ownership of premier properties, both on a consolidated basis and through its strategic joint ventures, property development and redevelopment and property management, and leasing activities. The company's property operations comprises of its primary source of cash flow and provides revenue through rental operations, property management, asset management, leasing and other fee income. Thomas Properties Group was founded by James A. Thomas in 1996 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Optimal Technologies International, Inc. provides power network optimization products and services. Its products enable power utilities, businesses, and consumers to optimize energy usage. The firm's AEMPFAST optimization and analysis software give utilities the technology to plug into the Smart Grid. The company was founded in 2000 by Roland Schoettle and is headquartered in Bridgetown, Barbados

Green Energy Acquisition Corp. operates as a blank check company. The firm does not have any specific business combination under consideration or contemplation. It was formed for the purpose of acquiring, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase or other similar business combination, one or more operating businesses. The company was founded in November 2007 and is headquartered in Annapolis, MD.

Paladin Capital Group (Paladin Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Penn Ave Investments LLC founded by Mark Maloney and Michael Steed in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices in New York City, Silicon Valley, London and Luxembourg.

Part of Société Générale SA, Alex, Brown Kleinwort Benson Realty Advisors Corp. is a real estate management services company. The private company is based in Baltimore, MD. Alex, Brown Kleinwort Benson Realty Advisors was acquired by Kleinwort Benson Group Plc from Alexander Brown Inc on November 30, 1994 for $9.75 million.