Joel B. Gardner

Part of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Patricof & Co. Capital Corp. is a company that provides investment banking services. Patricof & Co. Capital Corp. is based in New York, NY. Patricof & Co. Capital was acquired by The Bank of New York Co., Inc. on September 22, 1998. The company was founded by Robert B. Machinist.

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP provides legal services. It offers legal solutions to areas such as capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, credit, insolvency, and restructuring, investment management, tax, and litigation. The company was founded by Francis N. Bangs in 1849 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Co., Inc. (NYSE: BK), BNY Capital Markets, Inc. is a fixed-income broker-dealer headquartered in Roseland NJ. The firm provides sales, trading and research in investment grade, crossover, high-yield, distressed and convertible securities. The research team provides analysis in stressed/distressed situations and industry coverage of airlines, utilities and independent power producers. BNY is a member of the SIPC and the NASD.

Southeastern Capital Partners LLC operates as a middle market investment banking firm. The company provides maergers & acquisitions, sell side, valuations, funding and counsulting services. It was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Greenville, SC.

Founded in 1976, Apax Partners, Inc. is a venture capital/private equity firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of London-based Apax Partners LLP

Part of SBI Holdings, Inc., Peers & Co. is a company that manufactures textile products. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded in 1990 by Ralph S. Saul, Paul K. Kelly, Joel B. Gardner.

Founded in 1989, Burnham Securities, Inc., the broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Burnham Financial Group. They offer a full array of investment services to small- and mid-cap companies including asset management, brokerage services, corporate finance services, securities underwriting and mutual fund administration and distribution. Burnham Securities' primary focus is on energy and geopolitical strategy and strategy research. Bear Stearns Securities Corp. serves as their clearing agent. The firm provides in-house research but also receives secondary source research from many Wall Street brokerage houses