Robert E. Fischer

Allegiance Telecom are a facilities-based national local exchange carrier that provides integrated telecommunications services to business, government and other institutional users in major metropolitan areas across the United States. We offer ‘‘one-stop shopping’’ for voice, data, and integrated communications services (including local, long distance, Internet, data colocation, web hosting and customer premises equipment sales and maintenance services), with convenient, integrated online billing, plus a single point of contact for sales and service. Our principal competitors are incumbent local exchange carriers (also known in the industry as ‘‘ILECs’’), as well as, long distance carriers, other integrated communications providers, and customer premises sales and maintenance business.

Deerfield Triarc Capital Corp., invests in real estate securities and other financial assets, including mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, bonds and mezzanine loans. It operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) and has a portfolio of primarily residential mortgage-backed securities.

Cozen O'Connor provides legal services. It offers services in areas of business law, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, IPOs, corporate governance and compliance, insurance corporate and regulatory matters, securities, tax, real estate, bankruptcy, intellectual property, health law, public finance, employee benefits, trust and estates, and energy, environmental and public utilities. The company was founded by Stephen A. Cozen and Patrick J. O´Connor in 1970 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen LLP provides legal services. The firm provides services to the biotechnology, construction, health care, insurance, real estate, nonprofit, telecommunication industries. Its services include bankruptcy, commercial lending, employee benefits, family law, tax law, financial, and others. The firm operates in Roseland, New Jersey, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Washington regions. The company was founded by Horace Stern and Morris Wolf in 1903 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Deerfield Capital Corp is a credit asset management company. It specializes in managing investment products which have corporate credit obligations, primarily senior secured corporate loans as the primary underlying investments. The company serves institutional investors in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The company was founded on December 23, 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY

WolfBlock LLP provides legal services. The private company is based in Philadelphia, PA.