Ephraim J. Bird

ESL Investments, Inc. is a privately-owned hedge fund sponsor and registered investment adviser founded in 1988. Headquartered in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, ESL manages assets on a discretionary basis in one master fund, ESL Partners LP. They also offer investments in ESL Partners through ESL Limited, a Bermuda-based “feeder fund”. Investors in the funds are generally comprised of ultra high-net worth individuals and family offices, but also include private and public pension plans, financial institutions, and other institutional investors.

Sears Holdings Corp. engages in the provision of retail stores through its subsidiaries. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, IL.

GWR Global Water Resources Corp. operates as a water resource management company in the United States. The company owns and operates water, wastewater and recycled water utilities. The company was founded March 23, 2010 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Sears Hometown & Outlet Stores, Inc. engages in the sale of home appliances, hardware, tools and lawn, and garden equipment. It operates through Hometown, and Outlet segments. The Hometown segment consists of its hometown stores, hardware stores, home appliances showrooms,and buddy's home furnishing stores business formats. The Outlet segment offers in-store and online access to purchase new, one-of-a-kind, out-of-carton, discontinued, obsolete, used, reconditioned, overstocked, and scratched and dented products, collectively outlet-value products across a broad assortment of merchandise categories, including home appliances, mattresses, furniture, and lawn and garden equipment at value-oriented prices. The company was founded on April 23, 2012 and is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, IL.