Portfolio Companies

Marathon Fund Limited Partnership V

Wilsons Leather
Date of investment:
June 2007
Wilsons Leather is the leading specialty retailer of leather outerwear, accessories and apparel in the United States. Wilsons Leather operates approximately 400 stores located in 45 states, including mall stores, outlet stores and airport stores. The multi-channel store locations are designed to target a broad customer base with a superior level of customer service. Through worldwide leather sourcing network and in-house design capabilities, Wilsons Leather is able to consistently provide customers with quality, fashionable merchandise at attractive prices.
http://www.wilsonsleather.com

Remmele Engineering, Inc.
Date of investment:
March 2007
Remmele Engineering is a leader in the design and production of highly engineered, precision-manufactured components and complex automated assembly systems. Founded in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1949 as a two-person tool and die shop, the company has grown to become a leading provider of highly complex and close tolerance parts, tooling and assembly systems for some of the largest companies in the pharmaceutical, medical, aerospace and defense industries.
http://www.remmele.com

Allen Edmonds Shoe Corporation
Date of investment: July 2006
Allen Edmonds is a manufacturer and retailer of premier quality, branded men's footwear and accessories. Founded in 1922, the company is headquartered in Port Washington, Wisconsin (north of Milwaukee) and manufactures its products in facilities in Port Washington and Lewiston, Maine. The company markets its products through two primary channels: wholesale and Company-owned retail stores. The wholesale channel includes department stores such as Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue and specialty retail stores such as shoe stores and men's-apparel stores.
http://www.allenedmonds.com

Transport Corporation of America, Inc.
Date of investment:
February 2006
Transport America provides a wide range of truckload freight carriage and logistics services to customers in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The company focuses on providing time-definite and other responsive services with the support of its dedicated and committed employees, state-of-the-art technology and information systems.
http://www.transportamerica.com

Houlihan's Restaurants, Inc.
Date of investment: January, October, December 2006
Houlihan's is a privately-owned restaurant company based in Leawood, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. Houlihan's develops, operates and services a system of full-service, casual dining restaurants specializing in the sale of high-quality, moderately priced food and alcoholic beverages in an attractive and casual setting. Houlihan's operates corporate owned restaurants and also has franchised Houlihan's restaurants in 16 states and Mexico.
http://www.houlihans.com

Westlake Hardware, Inc.
Date of investment:
January 2006
Westlake Hardware, based in Lenexa, Kansas, was founded in 1905. It is the largest Ace Hardware dealer in the country and one of the largest retail hardware chains nationwide. The company currently operates over 80 stores in a seven state region of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico.
http://www.westlakehardware.com

Petermann Holding Co., LLC.
Date of investment:
December 2004
Petermann, a Cincinnati-based provider of transportation services for school districts and special needs county agencies in Ohio, has annual revenues of approximately $65 million. As the 7th largest contractor in the country, the company has nearly 50% share of the privatized transportation systems in the state of Ohio. Petermann was honored in 2002 as School Bus Fleet Magazine's "Contractor of the Year."
http://www.petermannbus.com

Marathon Fund Limited Partnership IV

Vitality Foodservice, Inc.
Date of investment:
September 2004
Vitality provides non-alcoholic beverages to 18,000 foodservice customers throughout the world. Based in Tampa, Vitality offers a broad selection of high quality beverages through its "total beverage system" which includes state-of-the-art dispensing machines, proprietary packaging and a dedicated international sales and service network. Vitality's revenues exceed $220 million.
http://www.vitalityfoodservice.com

Union Metal Corporation
Date of investment: August 2000
Union Metal designs and manufactures steel and aluminum poles for traffic lights, roadway lighting, cellular communications and other commercial applications. Headquartered in Canton, Ohio, the company has annual sales of approximately $65 million.
http://www.unionmetal.com