John Bowman

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

State Street Bank & Trust Co. (SSBT) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1792 and is owned by State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT). SSBT serves as the administrator, fund accountant and transfer agent for the WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund, an exchange-traded fund.

Headquartered in Boston, Fleet offers comprehensive investment management services to individuals with $1 million or more in assets. Investment advisors from Fleet Investment Advisors work as a team with relationship managers from Fleet Private Clients Group to provide integrated financial management that addresses the specific needs of individuals and families - from investment management to trust, retirement wealth management, credit, and banking services. Fleet National Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fleet Boston Financial Corp.

Crescent Capital BDC, Inc., a traded business development company, invests in middle market companies located in the United States. The fund focuses on companies operating across a broad range of sectors. It provides financing in the form of secured debt including first lien, second lien debt, unsecured debt, mezzanine subordinated debt and equity securities for buyout transactions. It acquires controlling interest.

HighPoint Capital Management LLC (HighPoint Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Crescent Capital Group Holdings LP founded in 2004 by John S. Bowman and Scott E. Carpenter. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Kidder, Peabody & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. The private company is based in Buffalo, NY and has subsidiaries in Switzerland. The company was founded by Thomas W. Ostrander.

Crescent Capital Group LP (Crescent) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Jean-Marc Chapo and Mark Attanasio in 2010. They are a subsidiary of Sun Life Capital Management (US) LLC, which is ultimately owned by Sun Life Financial, Inc. (NYSE, TSE: SLF) in Canada. Crescent offers investment advisory services primarily to institutional investors through private investment funds, which includes structured vehicles and separately managed accounts.