Brandon B. Kelley

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Eaton Vance Management (EVM) is a SEC-registered mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1979 when Eaton & Howard merged with Vance, Sanders & Co. Prior to March 2021, they were a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp. Their direct owner is Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). EVM offers advisory services in a variety of equity, income, mixed-asset and alternative strategies to institutional clients, mutual funds, other pooled investment vehicles, and retail separately managed accounts.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Albion Investors LLC (Albion Investors) is a private equity firm founded by Alastair G. Tedford and Mark Arnold in 1994. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Highland Capital Management LP (Highland) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded by James (Jim) Dondero and Mark Okada in 1993. They are owned by the Highland Claimant Trust. Highland acts as an investment adviser or sub-adviser to structured product vehicles (which include but not limited to CLOs and Collateralized Debt Obligations unregistered investment funds, and single Client accounts).

Patriarch Partners LLC (Patriarch Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Lynn Tilton. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Hold Brothers On-Line Investment Services LLC provides trading software and support services. Its services include software licensing, offsite trading, branch opportunities, black box hosting, custom black box and software development. The company also provides Internet connections and access to market makers, electronic communication networks, and real time quotes. Hold Brothers On-Line Investment Services was founded by Gregory F. Hold and Steven J. Hold in 1994 and is located in Jersey City, NJ.

Founded in 2010, Corridor InfraTrust Management LLC is a private equity firm located in Leawood, Kansas.

H.I.G. Whitehorse Advisers LLC (HIG Whitehorse) is a private equity arm of Bayside Capital Inc founded in 2004 by Anthony A. Tamer and Sami W. Mnaymneh. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Deloitte & Touche LLP engages in the provision of audit, advisory, financial advisory, tax, and consulting services. The company was founded on March 7, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Pugh Capital Management, Inc. (Pugh Capital) is an independent, employee-owned SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The firm was founded by Mary Pugh and Scott Greiwe in 1991. Pugh Capital offers discretionary investment advisory services that relate to fixed income investments to institutional investors.

GMG Capital Partners LP (GMG Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Joachim Gfoeller. The firm is headquartered in New York.

CR Group LP (CRG) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Charles Tate. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

NexBank Capital Advisors provides financial advisory and corporate restructuring services. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Cresta Fund Management LLC (Cresta Fund Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Chris Rozzell, David Truett Miller and Drew Armstrong. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. Its services include auditing, accounting, tax and transaction services, assurance and advisory business, online transaction advisory and a wide range of financial services. The company was founded by Arthur Young and Alwin C. Ernst in 1881 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Whitestar Asset Management LLC (Whitestar) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 2013 and is wholly-owned by WSAM Holdco LLC. Whitestar is the collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), structured products, and broadly syndicated credit arm of Clearlake Capital Group LP.

Part of Deloitte LLP (New York), Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance is a British company that provides accounting services. The company is based in Birmingham, UK.

Rose Packing Co., Inc. processes meat products for retail and food service industries. Its products include Canadian bacon, ethnic sausage, breakfast sausage, hams, meatballs, boneless turkey, pork shoulder butt shredded BBQ pork, lions, chops and ribs, burgers and toppings. The company was founded by Louis Rose in 1924 and is headquartered in Barrington, IL.