Jim H. Clippard

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

GED Integrated Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of equipment, integrated software solutions and related consumables used to manufacture insulating glass units. The company was founded by Dick Dietrich and Edmund Leopold in 1977 and is headquartered in Glenwillow, OH.

Duravant LLC provides global engineered equipment and automation solutions to the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors. Its brands include Arpac, Marlen International, Hamer-Fischbein, FMH Conveyors, Mespack, and Fischbein. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Downers Grove, IL.

Circle Peak Capital LLC (Circle Peak Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Ras Capital Partners LLC founded in 2002 by R.Adam Smith and David Louis Fogel. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Lighthouse Network LLC provides information technology services. It offers point of sale system, electronic cash registers, and credit card processing terminals. The firm also offers payments, online, gift and loyalty, check services, cash advance, automated teller machine, and eCommerce. The company was founded by Jared Isaacman in 1999 and is headquartered in Allentown, PA.

The Beekman Group LLC (The Beekman Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Andrew V. Marolda and John G. Troiano. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Prospect Capital Management LLC(Prospect Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1988. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Fischbein SA is a Belgian company that specializes in designing and manufacturing bag packaging equipment and complete systems. The company is based in Brussels, Belgium and was founded in 1910 by Dave Fischbein. The company has been a leader in sewing and sealing systems for over 100 years, providing highly engineered, robust, and dependable solutions to customers worldwide in various industries such as agriculture, animal feed, seed, pet food, chemical, mineral, milling, food, building material, medical, and pharmaceutical. Fischbein has a full range of sealing, filling, weighing, handling, and palletizing equipment that is sold and serviced in more than 190 countries.