Frank J. Barkocy

Coast Financial Holdings, Inc. provides commercial banking services. It operates full-service banking locations in Pinellas, Pasco, Hillsborough and Manatee counties. The company is headquartered in Bradenton, FL.

Located in New York City, hedge fund firm Keefe Managers LLC was founded in 1991 by the late Harry V. Keefe Jr.

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

Mendon Capital Advisors Corp. (Mendon Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Key Largo, Florida. The firm was founded by Anton V. Schutz in 1996. Mendon Capital provides investment advice, as a sub-advisor, to registered investment funds, a Hedge Fund and certain separately managed accounts advised by ELCO Management Co. LLC.