William R. McManaman

AMCORE Financial, Inc. offers retail and commercial banking services, consumer finance and mortgage lending and a high-profile asset management business, including sales of the firm's AMCORE Vintage mutual funds. The Company’s operations are divided into three business segments: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking and Investment Management and Trust. The bank also offers employee benefit plan administration and online securities trading. It was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Rockford, IL

First Health Group Corp. provides healthcare plans. It has operations throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Their other services include claims administration, disease management, pharmacy benefit management and utilization review services for insurance and government programs such as Medicaid. First Health also provides workers' compensation services to state and private insurance carriers. The company was founded in 1982 and is located in Downers Grove, IL.

Dean Foods Co. engages in the manufacture, sale, and direct-to-store distribution of fluid milk and other dairy products. Its portfolio includes the DairyPure and TruMoo brands, along with other regional dairy brands such as Alta Dena, Berkeley Farms, Country Fresh, Dean's, Friendly's, Garelick Farms, LAND O LAKES milk and cultured products, Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms, Mayfield, McArthur, Meadow Gold, Oak Farms, PET, T.G. Lee, and Tuscan. The company was founded by Samuel E. Dean, Sr. in 1925 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

AMCORE Investment Group NA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMCORE Financial, Inc. ((NASDAQ: AMFI), the holding company for AMCORE Bank. The firm is headquartered in Rockford, Illinois. AMCORE Investment Group provides investment management services to individuals and institutions and also manages the Vintage family of mutual funds

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.