Brad Armstrong

Lovell Minnick Partners LLC (Lovell Minnick Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Lovell Minnick Holdings LLC founded in 1999 by Jeff Dale Lovell and Jim Edward Minnick. The firm is headquartered in Radnor, Philadelphia.

TortoiseEcofin Investments LLC engages in the provision of investment advisory services. It also offers investment vehicles which includes closed-end, open end, interval, and private funds. The company was founded by H. Kevin Birzer, David J. Schulte, Zachary A. Hamel, Kenneth P. Malvey, and Terry C. Matlack in December 2002 and is headquartered in Leawood, KS.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (MLPFS) is the SEC-registered broker/dealer subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in New York City. In 2010, Banc of America Securities LLC merged with MLPFS and the firm uses the trade name Bank of America Merrill Lynch. MLPFS's global strategy and economics team serves institutional and individual investors using a wide range of macroeconomic disciplines. Their analysis of global issues provides clients with investment ideas, market forecasts, macro overviews and specific sector recommendations across asset classes, regions and disciplines. Their equity research team conducts fundamental analysis on companies globally and provides institutional and retail clients with industry-specific and in-depth research and analysis on numerous industries. The firm's global fixed-income and equity-linked research focuses on fixed-income and equity derivatives, fixed-income strategy, convertibles, commodities, high-yield, mortgages, municipals and global foreign exchange.

Commercial Credit, Inc. provides equipment financing to the construction, transportation and waste industries. It offers leasing for debt consolidation loans, new and used equipment. The company was founded by Kevin T. McGinn, Daniel J. McDonough, Richard W. Radom and W. Joe Mattocks in 2004 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Wachovia Corp. provided commercial and retail banking services. It offered personal finance and wealth management services. The company was founded on June 16, 1879 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.