Alexander Defelice

Fir Tree Capital Management LP, do-business-as Fir Tree Partners (Fir Tree), is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Jeffery Tannenbaum in 1994 and formerly known as Fir Tree, Inc. They are a subsidiary of FTCM GP LLC. Fir Tree manages assets on behalf of endowments, foundations, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds.

MaltinPatterson Global Advisers LLC (MaltinPatterson Global Advisers) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Mattinpatterson PE Holdings LLC, founded in 2002 by David Jeffrey Matlin and Mark R. Patterson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

KCA DEUTAG Drilling Group Ltd. operates as a holding company with interest in drilling and related well and facilities engineering services. It offers jack-up drilling rigs, self-erect tenders, offshore platform rigs, onshore drilling, rig refurbishment, procurement, and construction management. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Portlethen, the United Kingdom.

Founded in 2008 by Rick Rieder, R3 Capital Management LLC is a hedge fund manager located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. which acquired the firm in 2009.

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd. (BIM-UK) is an investment management firm headquartered in London, UK. They are a subsidiary of BlackRock Finance Europe Ltd., ultimately owned by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. The firm was founded in 2006 following the merger of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and BlackRock. In 2009, BlackRock merged with Barclays Global Investors, which includes the iShares exchange traded funds business. The combined firm operates under the BlackRock name and has retained the iShares brand. BIM-UK manages a family of mutual funds and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual and pension funds. They also offer alternative investments and managed accounts for individual and institutional clients.

KCA DEUTAG Drilling Ltd. provides oil drilling and engineering services. It offers drilling rigs, rig management, rig management services, rig design and engineering services to the oil and gas industry. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Aberdeen, the United Kingdom.