Adam Saltzman

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

North Castle Partners LLC (North Castle Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Chip Baird. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

StoneCreek Capital, Inc. (StoneCreek Capital) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1992 by Bruce Lipian. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Allied Capital Corp, a business development company, invests in private middle market companies located in the US. The fund target companies across a broad range of sectors with an EBITDA of $5 - $150 million. It provides debt and equity financing for buyout transactions and also makes minority equity co-investments. It also invests in private equity and debt funds.