Frank Eugene O'Bryan

The First American Corp. provides title insurance and real estate services. The firm operates in the title insurance & services, specialty insurance, mortgage information, and property, credit & screening information segments. The firm offers direct marketing, fraud, government and MLS solutions. The company was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, CA.

Grubb & Ellis Co. is a commercial real estate services and investment management company. The company's range of services includes tenant representation, property and agency leasing, commercial property and corporate facilities management, property sales, appraisal and valuation and commercial mortgage brokerage and investment management. It operates its business through the following segments: Management Services, Transaction Services, Investment Management and Daymark. The Management Services segment includes property management, corporate facilities management, project management, client accounting, business services and engineering services for corporate occupier and real estate investor clients. The Transaction Services segment comprises the company's real estate brokerage, valuation and appraisal operations. The Investment Management segment includes services for acquisition, financing and disposition with respect to its real estate investment trusts, asset management services related to its real estate investment trust, and dealer-manager services by its securities broker-dealer, which facilitates capital raising transactions for its real estate investment trust. The Daymark segment includes services for acquisition, financing and disposition with respect to the company's tenant-in-common programs and asset and property management services related to the company's tenant-in-common programs. The company was by Harold A. Ellis Jr. and Donald James Grubb Sr., founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, CA.

Standard Pacific Corp. engages in the building of homes and communities in the United States. It primarily focuses on building family oriented communities in many of the housing markets including California, Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Colorado. The company operates in two principal businesses: homebuilding and financial services (consisting of its mortgage financing and title operations). Its homebuilding operations construct and sell single-family attached and detached homes. Its mortgage financing operation provides mortgage financing to its homebuyers in substantially all of the markets in which it operates, and sells substantially all of the loans it originates in the secondary mortgage market. Its title service operation provides title examinations for its homebuyers in Texas. Standard Pacific was founded by Ronald R. Foell and Arthur E. Svendsen in 1965 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Ares Capital Corp., a traded fund, seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States and Canada with an EBITDA between $10 and $250 million. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of health care services, software & services, consumer durables & apparel, energy, food & beverage and retail. It provides financing in the form of debt and equity for mezzanine, buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, restructurings, rescue financing, growth capital and general refinancing with an investment size ranging from $10 to $500 million. The fund acquires controlling Interest. It acts as lead investor and takes a seat on the board of directors.

Part of Thor Industries, Inc., Thor Motor Coach, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of class A, class B, and class C motorhomes. The company is based in Elkhart, IN. The company offers a diverse product lineup that includes some of the world's most recognized motorhome brands. Thor Motor Coach is known for its innovative designs and offers various unique styles, sizes, and floor plans at a competitive price. Thor Motor Coach was acquired by Thor Industries, Inc. on September 02, 2003 for $42.59 million.

WMC Mortgage LLC engages in the provision of mortgage banking and lending services. It offers online residential loans processing and business to business services. The company is headquartered in Woodland Hills, CA.