Peter B. Wilson

The Irvine Co. LLC provides real estate services to residential and commercial customers. It provides housing, job and retail centers, schools, recreation, trails, parks, greenbelts and permanently preserved open spaces. The company was founded in 1864 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.

NIC, Inc. is a digital government services, which through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of digital government solutions and secure payment processing. It operates through Outsourced Portals and Other Software and Services segments. The Outsourced Portals segment operates digital government services on an enterprise-wide basis for state and local governments. The Software and Services segment provides software development and digital government services. The company was founded by Harry H. Herington, Ross C. Hartley, William F. Bradley and Jeffery S. Fraser in 1992 and is headquartered in Olathe, KS.

U.S. TelePacific Holdings Corp. engages in the provision of business telecommunications network solutions. The company was founded by Ken Bisnoff and David P. Glickman in 1998 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

U.S. HealthWorks, Inc. provides occupational medicine and urgent care services. Its services include occupational medicine, urgent care, and specialty care and therapy. The company was founded by Keith M. Lieberman in 1995 and is headquartered in Valencia, CA.

Founded in 1998, Thomas Weisel Partners (TWP) is a broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York City, Boston, Denver, Colorado and Palo Alto, California. The firm is a subsidiary of Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWPG), a San Francisco-based investment banking firm. Their ultimate parent is Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). TWP's investment banking, brokerage and equity research divisions serve emerging growth companies and institutional investors around the world. They are a member of the NYSE, the SIPC and FINRA. TWP specializes in the growth sectors of the economy with a particular focus on the consumer, energy, healthcare, Internet, media/telecommunications, metals/mining and technology sectors. Within the consumer sector, the firm focuses on: financial products, gaming/lodging, interactive market services, lifestyles/sports retailers, restaurants and hardlines and softlines retailing. TWP's global energy research is provided by analysts in three countries and covers the following trends: (1) fast-growing oil and natural gas producers in North America and worldwide (2) domestic and international energy service companies and (3) alternative energy technology and resource developers. Within the healthcare sector, TWP focuses on: biotechnology, diagnostics, healthcare information technology, pharmaceutical services, life science technology, medical devices and specialty pharmaceuticals. The firm's interest in the Internet, media and telecommunications sector include: Internet services, media, broadcasting and telecommunications services. Their focus within the metals and mining sector include: base metals, gold, precious metals and uranium. TWP's technology research focuses on: (1) applied technologies (2) communications components (3) core and wireless communications equipment (4) IP networking communications equipment (5) electronic supply chain (6) enterprise hardware (7) information and financial technology services (8) semiconductor capital equipment (9) broadline and specialty semiconductors (10) applications and communications software and (11) infrastructure software. TWP also provides value-added equities analysis across a variety of sectors including: industrials, financials, consumer, technology and healthcare.

BMC Partners LLP provides litigation, corporate, finance, restructuring, employment and benefits, and intellectual property services in all industries. It also offers consulting and advisory services in government, investment management, and mergers and acquisitions. The company was founded on July 1, 2002 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Oasis Group, Inc. operates as a capital pool company. The company was founded in January, 2008 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA. .

U.S. TelePacific Corp. provides business telecommunications network solutions. It offers unified communications, managed information technology, and network services. The company was founded by David P. Glickman in 1998 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.