Current Equity Shareholders

Since it was incorporated in 1995, Performance Plants has received significant private equity investment to accelerate the commercialization of high yield and stress tolerant food technologies as well as the development of optimized bioenergy feedstocks. Its investors include a broad range of Canadian and American venture capital funds and high wealth individuals.

The company’s strength is its ability to develop commercially valuable traits and bring them quickly to market

	Ceres Global Ag Corp. Ceres Global Ag Corp. of Toronto, ON was established in 2007 to invest in leading global public and non-public agricultural businesses. It is listed on the TSX (TSX-CRP) and is managed by Front Street Capital and Muir Detlefsen & Associates.
	Eastwood Capital Corp. Eastwood Capital Corp. is an investment holding company owned by William T. Holland of Toronto, Ont.
	Saturn Asset Management Saturn is a Boston-based venture capital and private equity firm committed to generating significant returns for its investors. Since 1994, the company has arranged equity financing of over $100 million for more than 20 emerging growth companies. It also invests opportunistically in sectors that it believes have growth potential.
	Dynex Capital Corp. Dynex Capital Corporation is a Canadian venture capital firm which invests primarily in biotechnology. The firm has produced 20% to 35% compounded returns on its funds for Canadian institutional investors over the past 30 years.It believes Canadian biotechnology is globally competitive and that Canadian companies and research organizations generate world-class research.
	Golden Opportunities Fund Inc. Golden Opportunities Fund Inc is a registered labour-sponsored investment corporation in Saskatchewan, Canada. The firm’s mandate is to create a pool of valuable capital to small to medium-sized businesses to grow and expand their corporations; to provide investors a vehicle by which funds can be invested in Canada and to maximize shareholder returns.
	PARTEQ innovations PARTEQ Iinnovations was founded by Queen’s University at Kingston, ON to commercialize intellectual property arising from university-generated research.Since its inception, this not-for-profit organization has returned more than $20 million to the university and its inventors.
	VentureLink Funds Venture Link Funds is a diverse group of labour-sponsored funds which gives investors access to well-diversified portfolios of established companies operating in traditional industries such as financial and manufacturing as well as dynamic industries like alternative energy and technology.