David John Kappler

Shire is a global specialty pharmaceutical company marketing products to defined customer groups (specialist doctors). Sales and marketing is a core Shire competence. Shire combines investment in product development with careful attention to risk management. Shire currently focuses on three therapeutic areas - central nervous system disorders (CNS), gastrointestinal (GI) and renal diseases. Shire has particular expertise in ADHD as a result of its development and marketing of the leading brand in the US market, ADDERALL and the new once a day version, ADDERALL XR. The group has a sales and marketing infrastructure with a broad portfolio of products targeting the US, Canada, UK, Republic of Ireland, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Shire covers other significant pharmaceutical markets indirectly through distributors. They have already appointed such distributors including, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Israel, Malaysia, Norway, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea and Thailand. It is founded in 1986

HMV Canada, Inc. operates music and DVD retail stores. The firm specializes in music, DVD, Blu-ray, Apparel, Electronics, Gifts & Collectibles. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Etobicoke, Canada.

The Group's principal activity is the researching, development and marketing of prescription medicines. The Group operations focuses on three therapeutic areas - central nervous system disorders, gastrointestinal and renal diseases. The Group's marketed products for such disorders include ADDERALL and ADDERALL XR, for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, REMINYL for Alzheimer's, co-marketed with Johnson and Johnson and CARBATROL. for epilepsy. The Group is also developing a range of treatments for ADHD which may treat children, adolescents and adults extending the use of its current brand as well as researching non-scheduled compounds. The Group operates in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Canada, the Netherlands and the Cayman Islands.

Shire Plc is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the research, development, licensing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, and sale of medicines. Its products include adderall, advate, adynovate, agrylin, antithrombin 3, aralast, bebulin, buccolam, feiba, firazyr, and foznol. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Mondelez UK Holdings & Services Ltd. manufactures and distributes branded confectionery and beverages. The company was incorporated on May 6, 1897 and is headquartered in Uxbridge, the United Kingdom.

HMV Group Plc owned and operated music, video and book retail stores. It engaged in distribution and retailing filmed entertainment, games, music and portable digital technology products, with a portfolio of live entertainment venues and music festivals. The company was founded on July 20, 1921 and was headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Camelot UK Lotteries Ltd. operates and promotes the UK national lottery. It manages the national lottery infrastructure, designs new games, develops the marketing support for lottery products, provide services for players and winners, and run the network that sells tickets to players. The firm also offers lottery operational expertise that includes private management, consultancy, interactive and commercial services. The company was founded on May 27, 1993 and is headquartered in Watford, the United Kingdom.