Peter Brown

LabOne, Inc. provided laboratory testing and substance abuse testing services. Its services included risk assessment information, healthcare services to employers, HMOs and physicians, drug testing services and related products to employers. The company was founded in 1972 and was headquartered in Lenexa, KS.

TVAX Biomedical, Inc. manufactures and sells healthcare products. It is a biotechnology company, which focuses on the development of targeted cell-based immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and is performing clinical trials with specific focus on brain cancers. The firm’s proprietary immunologic treatment, TVAX Immunotherapy, uses a patient's cells to create activated, genetically unique cancer-killing T cells that can destroy the patient's cancer cells, including cancer stem cells, which are widely believed to be responsible for cancer growth, spread and metastasis. The company was founded by Gray W. Wood, Frank P. Holladay, Catherine E. Lucasey and Lowell Lynn Tilzer on July 14, 2011 and is headquartered in Lenexa, KS.

American Multi-Cinema, Inc. owns and operates a chain of theaters including multiplex theaters in the United States and Canada. The company is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Grassmere Acquisition Corp. is a newly organized blank check company. The company is formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It intends to identify, acquire and operate high-growth businesses, which provide products or services used by consumers in their leisure time, or which provide products, services and physical assets that support such businesses. The company was founded on April 15, 2011 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

MovieTickets.com, Inc. sells movie tickets and accesses show times, movie reviews and trailers. It provides services for MTV networks and VH1.com users throughout Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

Embarq Corp. provided telecommunication services. It offered local and long distance phone services, local voice and data services, internet services, satellite video services, data network services, voice and data communication equipment, managed network services, and payphone services. . The company was headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

National Association of Theatre Owners operates exhibition trade membership organization. It helps exhibition influence federal policy-making and work with movie distributors on all areas of mutual concern, from new technologies to legislation, marketing, and first amendment issues. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Digital Cinema Implementation Partners LLC operates as a joint venture company. The firm engages in the development of digital cinema infrastructure that provides software and management solutions to exhibitors and distributors. The company was founded in February 2007 and is headquartered in Rockaway, NJ.

Ecofit Lighting, LLC designs, manufactures, and sells high-output LED lighting modules for overhead streetlights. The company was founded on December 29, 2008 and is headquartered in Lenexa, KS.

United Telephone Company of the Northwest is engaged in telephone and data communications services. The company is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

Greentech Empire LLC develops computer software. The private company is based in Harrisburg, PA.

Grassmere Partners LLC (Grassmere Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Peter C. Brown. The firm is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

BATS Global Markets, Inc. operates as a global stock exchange operator. It offers trading between United States equities, options, European equities, and foreign exchange. The company was founded by Joseph P. Ratterman in June 2005 and is headquartered in Lenexa, KS.

Part of Lumen Technologies, Inc. (Louisiana), CenturyLink Ltd. is a British telecommunications company. The private company is based in Wokingham, UK.