USI Group Holdings AG ("USI") is a specialist real estate investment and financing company listed on the SWX Swiss Stock Exchange. Its business strategy is to acquire real estate in the USA, the UK and Continental Europe and to lease it, on a long term basis, to tenants whose cash flow is primarily generated, directly or indirectly, from government sources. Its investment philosophy is to invest in opportunities which offer predictability and sustainability of cash flows, preservation of invested capital and potential capital appreciation.

Prior to March 2007, the USI Group owned 140 post offices in the USA, 36 nursing and residential care homes, a school and resource centre for children and adults with special learning needs and an assisted living business in the UK and a residential care home in Switzerland (the "Properties"). At that time, the Properties were spun out into a separate company called Public Service Properties Investments Limited ("PSPI") which is admitted to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (see www.pspiltd.com). USI owns approximately 25% of the outstanding shares of PSPI. With the cash generated from the sale of 75% of its interest in the Properties, USI acquired four buildings in Leipzig, Germany which are leased to the Free State of Saxony. USI is presently considering further acquisitions which are consistent with its business strategy and investment philosophy.

Historically, the USI Group has used a combination of financing techniques to maximize lease rental income over the financing costs on its investments and to generate attractive returns on equity from conservative real estate investments.