Cypress Sharpridge Investments, Inc. is a specialty finance company that was created with the objective of achieving consistent risk-adjusted investment income. The Company will seek to achieve this objective by investing on a leveraged basis exclusively in whole-pool residential mortgage pass-through certificates for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or Freddie Mac, or the Government National Mortgage Association, or Ginnie Mae, and collateralized by residential mortgage loans. We refer to these securities as Agency RMBS.
The company's initial public offering was on June 11, 2009.
Its stock is traded on the NYSE under the symbol "CYS".
The Company is currently managed and advised by Cypress Sharpridge Advisors LLC, and
is organized and conducts its operations to qualify as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes.
Freshpet is a leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of fresh, refrigerated, all-natural pet food. The Company, headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey, manufactures a range of pet food products in a state-of-the-art facility located in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Freshpet products are sold throughout the United States and in Canada under the Deli Fresh and
Freshpet Select brands. Customers include supermarket chains, pet specialty stores and mass merchants. The Freshpet investors include management, affiliates of Cypress,
Tyson Foods, and other private investors. For more information, please visit Freshpet’s website:
www.freshpet.com.
On December 13, 2005, affiliates of
The Cypress Group and certain investor partners
(collectively, “Cypress”) invested $191 million in
Lancashire Holdings Limited (“Lancashire” or the “Company”),
a newly-formed Bermuda-based insurance company focused on
property risks in the insurance and reinsurance markets.
Cypress’ investment was part of a $926 million capital raise
which included $576 million of private equity capital from
the founding investors and $350 million raised in the public
market through a simultaneous initial public offering on the
AIM, a marketplace associated with the London Stock
Exchange. The Company trades under the ticker symbol “LRE”.
Lancashire has been formed in response to the dislocation and capacity reduction in the property insurance and reinsurance markets following Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma in 2005. The combination of a significant reduction in supply in the property insurance markets (estimated at $60 billion to $80 billion) and the imposition of higher capital requirements by the rating agencies as they refined their capital and risk assessment models
resulted in a significant increase in property insurance
rates.
Medicus Insurance Holdings, Inc. is the parent company of Medicus Insurance Company, an Austin, Texas-based provider of specialty medical liability insurance to physicians and other medical professionals. Founded in 2006, Medicus offers competitive rates, comprehensive coverages and superior service to its policyholders and their insurance agents. The company’s leadership team is comprised of insurance and medical leaders with more than 125 years of experience dedicated to providing affordable malpractice coverage that supports and protects medical practitioners in today’s complex health care environment. The Medicus investor group
includes its management, affiliates of The Cypress Group, and CHL Medical Partners.
www.medicusins.com
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