Ryan Kilstein

Southpoint Capital Advisors (Southpoint) is an independent, SEC-registered independent investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 by John Clark, II. Southpoint provides discretionary investment advice to private investment funds.

Empyrean Capital Partners LP (Empyrean) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Michael Price and Amos Meron in 2004. Empyrean serves as the investment adviser with discretionary trading authority to private pooled investment vehicles, the securities of which are offered to investors on a private placement or other basis.

Founded by Richard Breeden in 2005, Breeden Capital Management LLC is a hedge fund manager located in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Marathon Partners Equity Management LLC (Marathon Partners) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Mario D. Cibelli in 1997 as Cibelli Capital Management LLC. Marathon Partners provides discretionary investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles intended for institutional and other sophisticated investors.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.