Carol Frye

Ridgeview, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets a complete range of sports, rugged outdoor and heavyweight casual socks as well as a wide variety of women's hosiery products, including tights, trouser socks, pantyhose and knee-highs. The company is one of the leading vendors of sports socks to sporting goods and active apparel stores. The company also sells its products to department stores, discount stores and a variety of other retailers. It also produces sports socks for sale by others under such widely-recognized brand names as adidas, ASICS, Bass, Brooks, Fila, Head Sportswear, IZOD, New Balance & Reebok. The company produces and sells socks and women's hosiery directly to retailers under the brand names Coleman, Ellen Tracy, Evan-Picone, Rockport and Woolrich. The company estimates that approximately two-thirds of its net sales in the current fiscal year will be derived from sales of socks with the balance derived from sales of women's hosiery products.

Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC (WFAFN) is a SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 2001, the firm is a subsidiary of Wachovia Securities Financial Holdings LLC and is a non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC), a financial holding company and bank holding company created in 1852. WFAFN provides advisory services to individuals, pension or profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates or charitable organizations, corporations or other business entities, governmental entities and educational institutions, as well as banks or thrift institutions. The firm also sponsors several wrap fee advisory programs.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Investment Management) (JPM-IM) is the investment management division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in New York City. JPM-IM offers investment solutions to individuals, corporations, governments and institutions.

PB Realty Co., Inc. is a real estate company. The private company is based in Philadelphia, PA.

Boddie-Noell Enterprises Inc. operates fast food restaurants and land-development projects. The firm offers brands such as Hardeer's, Rose Hill, The Highway Diner, and BNE Land & Development. The company was founded by Carleton Noell, Nick B. Boddie and Ben Mayo Boddie, Sr. in 1962 and is headquartered in Rocky Mount, NC.

Capitala Investment Advisors LLC (Capitala Group) is a private equity firm founded by Joe B. Alala in 1998. The firm is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

JDRF International is a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, and is the largest charitable funder of and advocate for type 1 diabetes research. JDRF find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults suddenly, and can be fatal. Until a cure is found, people with type 1 diabetes have to test their blood sugar and give themselves insulin injections multiple times or use a pump each day, every day of their lives. And even with that intensive care, insulin is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its potential complications, which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation. It was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Flagship Brands LLC designs and markets socks. It markets products through specialty running stores throughout the U.S. The firm's products include high thread count, compression, coolfeet ventilation system and the perfect toe. The company was founded by Hugh R. Gaither in 2002 and is headquartered in Conover, NC.

Kincaid Furniture Co., Inc. manufactures solid wood furniture. It offers include dresser, beds, mirrors, dining seats, living room tables and entertainment products. The company was founded on February 7, 1980 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Inc. provides healthcare services. Its services include adult hearing evaluations, medicine, aesthetics, aquatic therapy, and birth control. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Lenoir, NC.

Protect Plus LLC provides air filtration related products and brands. It offers air filtration, water filtration, shelf liners and surface protection products. the company sells its products under the brand names include Arm & Hammer, Brita, DuPont, HDX and True Blue. Protect Plus was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Hickory, NC.

Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute operates colleges. The company is based in Hudson, NC and ultimately controlled by the State of North Carolina.

Broyhill Asset Management LLC (Broyhill) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm was founded in 1998 as Broyhill Wakin Capital Advisers LLC and changed its name to Broyhill Asset Management LLC in 2008. Broyhill provides investment services to individuals, trusts, foundations and other institutions on a discretionary basis.

Capitala Investment Advisors LLC provides investment advice. It specializes in sponsor-led buyouts, mezzanine, management buyouts, recapitalizations, equity securities issued by lower and traditional middle-market companies and growth financings in small and lower middle market companies. The company was founded by Joseph B. Alala and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Flagship Capital Partners LLC operates as a real estate agency. The private company is based in Charlotte, NC. The company was founded by William Charles Campbell. William Charles Campbell has been the CEO since incorporation.

Flagship Healthcare Real Estate Fund II LLC operates as a pooled investment fund. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Biltmore Family Office LLC (BFO) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and wealth management firm headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm was founded by Chris Cecil in 2008. BFO provides asset management services to high-net worth clients, families and their related entities.