Bill C. Sonneborn

TCW Asset Management Co. LLC (TCW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1992 and is wholly-owned by The TCW Group, Inc. In 2013, TCW management and private investment funds affiliated with The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) acquired TCW Group from Société Générale. TCW provides investment management and advice for a wide array of investment strategies for institutional and individual investors through investment advisory accounts, private open- and closed-end commingled investment funds and structured investment vehicles such as collateralized debt obligations.

Global Energy Partners LLC provides research and consulting services. It offers energy and response solutions including planning, design, implementation, and evaluation services. The company customers come from energy companies, state & federal government agencies, regulatory commissions, commercial and industrial energy users. Global Energy Partners was founded in December 1998 and is headquartered in Lafayette, CA.

Maverick Natural Resources LLC engages in the business of acquisition, exploitation, and development of oil and gas properties. Its assets consist of producing and non-producing crude oil, and natural gas reserves. The company was founded on March 23, 2006 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Part of KKR & Co., Inc., KKR Financial Advisors LLC is a private company that provides investment advisory services. The company is based in San Francisco, CA.

FS Specialty Lending Fund, a non-traded business development company invests in energy companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of power and energy. It provides financing for debt and equity capital requirements with an investment size ranging from $10 - $250 million.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Sompo Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Sompo AM) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of Sompo Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8630) in Japan. Founded in 1986, the firm merged with Zest Asset Management in 2010 and was rebranded as Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management Co., Ltd. They became Sompo Asset Management Co., Ltd. in 2020. Headquartered in Tokyo, Sompo AM provides advisory and discretionary asset management services for institutional investors and overseas asset management companies.

KKR Financial Holdings LLC engages in the provision of specialty finance and mortgage loans and asset-backed securities investment services. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.