Tom Robert Wall

Peebles, Inc. owns and operates retail departmental stores. It provides soft apparel fashion merchandise for the entire family and selected decorative home accessories. The company has 170 stores in about 23 states namely Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia. Peebles was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in South Hill, VA.

BWAY Corp. designs and produces metal and plastic containers. The firm offers plastic, metal and hybrid products. It also manufactures rigid plastic packaging including pails, drums and hybrid paint cans. The company was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

TransDigm, Inc. designs and manufactures aircraft components. Its products include ignition systems, gear pumps, mechanical/electromechanical actuators, power conditioning devices, hold-open rods and locking devices, engineered connectors, and cockpit security devices. The company was founded by Douglas W. Peakcock and W. Nicholas Howley on September 27, 1993 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Ellis Communications Group LLC owns and operates KDOC television. It offers movies, sports and reality shows, and local syndicated programs. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Kelso & Co LP (Kelso) is a private equity firm is founded in 1971 by Louis Kelso. The firm is headquartered in New York, US.

Cygnus Publishing, Inc. publishes business magazines. The firm offers its magazines to business executives, professionals, manufacturers, and retail outlets. It also publishes industry directories. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Fort Atkinson, WI.

Ellis Communications, Inc. owns and operates 13 television stations, two radio stations and Raycom, a sports production and marketing firm which was purchased by it in 1996

21st Century Newspapers, Inc. publishes newspapers. 21st Century Newspapers was acquired by Journal Register Co., Inc. on August 13, 2004 for $415 million.