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Salem Investment Partners (Salem Investment Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Phillip W. Martin. The firm is headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina.

SunTrust Banks, Inc. is a bank and financial holding company that engages in the provision of financial services. It offers deposit, credit, mortgage banking, trust and investment, asset management, securities brokerage, and capital market services. It operates through the following segments: Consumer, Wholesale, and Corporate Other. The Consumer segment consists of consumer banking, lending, wealth management, and mortgage banking services. The Wholesale segment relates to advisory, capital raising, and financial risk management; commercial and business banking, commercial real estate; as well as treasury and payment solutions. The Corporate Other segment covers management of the company's investment securities portfolio, long-term debt, end user derivative instruments, short-term liquidity and funding activities, balance sheet risk management, and most real estate assets. The company was founded in July 12, 1984 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Suntrust Equity Funding LLC (Suntrust Equity Funding) is the private equity and mezzanine investing arm of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey which is founded in 1995 by Robert L. Dudiak. Their ultimate parent is Truist. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta.

Route 2 Capital Management LLC (Route 2 Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina.

Salem Halifax Capital Partners LP, an SBIC Fund, invests in small to medium-sized companies located in the US. The fund focuses with minimum EBITDA of $1.5 million, revenues of $10 - $75 million, products or services with stable demand, defensible market positions, and experienced management teams. It targets companies operating in the field of traditional manufacturing, distribution, and services. The fund makes co-investments and provides financing in the form of preferred, common equity and mezzanine debt with warrants for acquisitions, LBOs, MBOs, recapitalizations, bridge, and expansion financings with an investment size of $2 - $10 million per transaction.