Stephen Capp

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. owns, operates, and develops casinos, related hospitality and entertainment facilities. Its casinos include Belterra Casino Resort & Spa, Boomtown Hotel & Casino, Boomtown Casino, Heartland Poker Tour, L'Auberge Casino & Hotel, L'Auberge Casino Resort, Lumière Place Casino & Hotels, Retama Park Racetrack, River City Casino and River Downs are located in Lake Charles, New Orleans, Bossier City, Louisiana, St. Louis, Missouri, and Southeastern Indiana. The company also owns and operates a racetrack facility in Ohio. Pinnacle Entertainment was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Premier Entertainment Biloxi LLC owns and operates the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi, a full service gaming and entertainment resort built along the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Biloxi. It was located in Biloxi, MS.

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.

UTGR, Inc. provides gaming, dining, and entertainment services. The firm offers headline entertainment, a comedy club, a lighthouse bar, a cigar bar, a steakhouse, a sport bar, and a bar and grill facilities. It also provides slot machines, virtual gaming options with black jack and roulette tables, and thoroughbred and greyhound racing. The company was founded on April 06, 2004 and is headquartered in Lincoln, RI.

Security Pacific Merchant Bank operates as a merchant bank. The private company is based in Los Angeles, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States.