Mark Albert

Arden Group, Inc. operates a chain of supermarkets. It manages full-service supermarkets in Southern California, which carry both perishable and dry grocery products. The company offers a broad selection of local and national brands as well as a limited number of private label items. The firm also provides specialty items such as imported foods, unusual delicatessen items, prepared foods and organic and natural food products. The company's stores include the typical service departments such meat, seafood, service deli, floral, sushi, cheese and bakery items. It also offers pizza, coffee bars, self-service hot and cold food cases, gelato bars, and carving carts offering cooked poultry and meats. Arden Group was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Compton, CA.

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.

TCW Asset Management Co. LLC (TCW) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1992 and is wholly-owned by The TCW Group, Inc. In 2013, TCW management and private investment funds affiliated with The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) acquired TCW Group from Société Générale. TCW provides investment management and advice for a wide array of investment strategies for institutional and individual investors through investment advisory accounts, private open- and closed-end commingled investment funds and structured investment vehicles such as collateralized debt obligations.

TCW Capital Investment Corp. offers consumer lending and other related financial services. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Founded in 1991, TCW/Crescent Mezzanine LLC is a private equity firm headquartered in Los Angeles. The firm is a division of TCW Asset Management Co., Inc. and a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole SA. Their ultimate parent is Paris, France-based Rue de la Boetie SAS.

CIBC World Markets, Inc. is a full-service Canadian brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1961 and is a subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSE, NYSE: CM). CIBC World Markets provides alternative investment managers with premier prime brokerage that brings together trade execution, reporting, research and capital introduction with a view to enhancing efficiencies and profitability.

Legacy Partners Group LLC provides investment banking services. It provides financial advisory services to healthcare, energy, financial services, retail, and technology sectors. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.