Paul Lusardi

Ableco Finance LLC provides financial services. It invests in leveraged buyouts and leveraged rollups, bridge loans, recapitalizations, refinancing, debt restructurings, acquisitions and Chapter 11 reorganizations, including debtor-in-possession and exit financing services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

CIT Group, Inc. is a financial holding company, which engages in the financing, leasing and advisory services. It operates through the following business segments: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking, and Corporate. The Commercial Banking segment consists of four divisions, commercial finance, rail, and real estate finance and business capital. The Consumer Banking segment includes retail Banking, consumer lending, and SBA lending, which are grouped together for purposes of discussion as other consumer banking and legacy consumer mortgages. The Corporate segment refers to the businesses and portfolios that they no longer consider strategic. These portfolios include equipment financing, secured lending and leasing and advisory services to small and middle-market businesses. The company was founded by Henry Ittelson in 1908 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cerberus Capital Management LP (Cerberus) is a private equity firm founded in 1992 by Stephen A. Feinberg and William L. Richter. It is headquartered in New York.

Phoenix Home Furnishings, Inc. manufactures and sells furniture. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in High Point, NC.