Todd Q. Swanson

Alpha Appalachia Holdings, Inc. produces, processes and sells bituminous coal of steam and metallurgical grades of a low-sulfur content through its various processing and shipping centers. The company also owns and operates approximately various wells, various miles of gathering line, and various small compression facilities in Appalachian Basin. It distributes its products through freight and terminal agreements with various providers, including railroads, barge lines, ocean-going vessels, bulk motor carriers, and terminal facilities. The company produces coal using four mining methods: underground room and pillar, underground longwall, surface and highwall mining. It was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Abingdon, VA.

Thoma Cressey Bravo, Inc. is a private equity investment firm. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, formerly known as Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, Inc. The firm was founded in 1997.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Third Point Ventures LLC (Third Point Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Third Point LLC founded in 1995 by Daniel Seth Loeb. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Baseline Oil & Gas Corp. develops oil and natural gas properties. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Xinergy Ltd. operates as a mineral exploration company, which produces metallurgical and thermal coal with mineral reserves, mining operations and coal properties in the Central Appalachian regions of West Virginia and Virginia. It also sells high quality thermal and metallurgical coal to electric utilities, steelmakers, energy trading firms and marketers of coal and industrial companies. The company was founded on February 11, 2005 and is headquartered in Knoxville, TN.

Founded in 2006, Barclays Natural Resource Investments is a private equity firm located in New York City. The firm a division of Barclays Capital, Inc., the investment banking division of international financial services group Barclays Bank Plc (LSE: BARC). They also have offices in has offices in London, Sydney and Dubai. Barclays provides investment management services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and supranational organizations. The firm's global research group provides equity and fixed-income fundamental, macro and strategic market coverage alongside an industry-leading index product group.

Outlier Ventures LLC (Outlier Ventures) is a venture capital firm. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.