DAR FIXED INCOME FUND made a bridge loan in STV in 2008 convertible into an equity position. The capital structure was designed to produce an attractive risk-adjusted returns, adhering to the funds policy of prudent leverage with maximum flexibility to preserve investor capital.

STV Networks is a Philadelphia based company that offers a series of HD Network Players that provide affordable and flexible methods for delivery of High Definition MPEG4/2, H.264, and WM9 streaming media. The devices support either real-time streaming from a centralized network data source or localized playback from internal 80GB hard drives, flash drives, or attached USB drives.

The SmartBox-HD was developed by STV Networks through their Silicon Valley division - a leading design firm with a successful history of creating entertainment hardware for a worldwide market. Using state-of-the-art technology, this next-generation device satisfies a growing consumer desire to download programs on demand and watch them on wide screen television sets in high definition quality .

DAR Group took an equity interest in a U.S. broker dealer in 2007. The intent was to gain access to domain knowledge in the areas of biotechnology and ag-bio, in addition to using their distribution capabilities to get additional investors for our various sector funds.

The BIOIB platform includes investment banking, and advisory services for our North American clients. BIOIB LLC is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker dealer and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation ("SIPC".)Since its founding in 2005, BIOIB has become a highly specialized vehicle with domain expertise in the area of Ag-Bio, biotech and healthcare information technology.

Today, BIOIB has expanded into other markets, advising various US institution on investment strategies for emerging markets taking advantage of DARs expertise and understanding of emerging markets.

Spread over 400 acres, AgBio is a joint initiative, between DAR Capital Group & the Valuable Group, in the discipline of modern agriculture techniques and Green houses for controlled condition farming. Additionally, observing the recent growth in Eco/Agro related tourism activities, this project further incorporates, tourism opportunities within its primary purview.

The site is just about two hours from Mumbai city and provides a perfect week-end getaway place into the realms of natural surroundings. It is bounded by forest on one side and valley on the other. The Altitude varies from 112m above sea level to almost 300m above sea level. Furthermore, its favourable soil structure, weather conditions, irrigation facilities, etc are also ideal for profitable controlled conditions farming. The AgBio project has been envisaged to comprise Cultivation of High value Horticulture crops under greenhouses and agro-themed guides. Produce from this project will also be sold through the propriety brand.

As part of its ongoing investments in the media sector DAR has recently decided to enter the high-potential Indian content business through a slew of full-length feature film and television projects aimed at both the domestic, as well as the increasingly lucrative international markets. To this end DAR Media, a fully owned subsidiary of the Group has signed a three-feature film deal with leading film director Mahesh Manjrekar. All of these projects are currently in pre-production stage, and the first will go on the floors by end October, 2009. All the films are slated to be released in 2010.

Valuable Destinations is an investment company focused on the real estate & infrastructure development sector. The company, in a short time since its inception, has already garnered a sizeable land bank and is in the process of rolling out its development related plans & initiatives.

Valuable Media Ltd is a company focused on primarily on media investments across various verticals including Outdoor, Exhibitions as well as other movie related technology ventures. Key investments of Valuable Media include MagiKwand, UFO Moviez and Valuable Infotainment Pvt. Ltd. amongst others.

Valuable Technologies Ltd. (VTL) is Indias leading media company focused on technology enabled business innovation in the field of digital media distribution and entertainment. VTL has pioneered a range of businesses including:

• UFO Moviez - Largest Satellite based digital cinema network in the world 1500 theaters
• Valuable Technologies Inc. (US) - Digital video on demand service for the hospitality industry in the US, addressing over 1.8 MM rooms
• Impact Media Exchange Ltd.- Worlds first financial platform for the media and entertainment sector.
• BoxTech - Digital Cinema and Set Top Box service division of VTL that manufactures the proprietary Set Top Box and Digital Cinema equipment and services the digital movie rental businesses around the world

Beyond the above businesses VTL has deployed substantial investment outlays into complementary technology oriented businesses. VTLs IP division also owns patents and trademarks that bring royalty and technology revenues to VTL.