Bruce B. Ficken

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

ARCS Commercial Mortgage Co. LP provides mortgage financing services. The firm provides services such as commercial property which include office, retail, industrial, self-storage, hotel and multifamily. The company was founded by Howard Levine in 1995 and is headquartered in Calabasas Hills, CA

Equitable Life Insurance Co. provides investment advice. Its products include life insurance, retirement, retirement plans for employers and investments. The company was founded by Henry Hyde in 1859 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in April 2005 by John Devaney, United Capital Asset Management LLC is a hedge fund manager located in Key Biscayne, Florida. They manage the Horizon ABS Fund Ltd., the Horizon ABS Master Fund Ltd., the Horizon High Yield ABS Fund LP, the Horizon Yield ABS Fund Ltd. and the Horizon High Yield ABS Master Fund Ltd. The firm's clients include high net-worth individuals, family offices and institutional investors.

Peapack-Gladstone Bank (Investment Management), dba Peapack Private Wealth Management (Peapack Private), is the wealth management division of Peapack-Gladstone Bank, a commercial bank headquartered in Bedminster, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1921 and is a subsidiary of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: PGC). Peapack Private provides comprehensive financial, tax, fiduciary and investment advice to individuals, families, privately-held businesses, family offices, and not-for-profit organizations.