Michael E. Murphy

Payless ShoeSource, Inc. (Delaware) owns and operates footwear specialty retailer stores in the Western Hemisphere with 4,605 retail stores. The stores offer fashionable, private and branded label footwear and accessories for women, men and children in a self-selection shopping format. Their stores sell a broad assortment of footwear, including athletic, casual and dress shoes, sandals, work and fashion boots, slippers and accessories, such as handbags and hosiery. The company's retail stores in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, South America and Japan sold over 182 million pairs of footwear. The company is headquartered in Topeka, KS

The Hillshire Brands Co. provides meat-centric food solutions for the retail and foodservice markets. The company was founded by Nathan Cummings in 1939 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

CNH Global NV is engaged in the manufacture, engineering, marketing and distribution of agricultural and construction equipment. Its brands include Case, New Holland, Case IH, and New Holland Construction. It operates through the following segments: Agricultural Equipment, Construction Equipment, and Financial Services. The Agricultural Equipment segment manufactures and distributes agricultural machineries such as two-wheel and four-wheel drive tractors, combines, cotton pickers, harvesters, hay tools, planting and seeding equipment, sprayer, and tillage equipment. The Construction Equipment segment offers excavators, crawler dozers, graders, wheel loaders, backhoe loaders, skid steer loaders, and trenchers. The Financial Services segment provides retail and wholesale financing and financing options. The company was founded on August 30, 1996 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Payless Holdings LLC engages in the operation of retail shoe stores. It provides lifestyle, fashion and performance brands for footwear and related accessories. The firm's portfolio brands include Airwalk, Dexter, Champion and American Eagle. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Topeka, KS.

The Big Shoulders Fund provides financial services. The company was founded by James J. O'Connor, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin and Fred O'Connor in 1986 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.