Eric Rychel

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Aleris Corp. engages in the manufacture of aluminum rolled products. It operates through the following geographical segments: North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The North America segment consists nine manufacturing facilities. The Europe segment includes two aluminum rolling mills and aluminum cast house. The Asia Pacific segment comprises the Zhengjiang rolling mill. The company was founded in December 2004 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Aleris International, Inc. manufactures and sale of aluminum rolled and extruded products. The firm recycles and manufactures aluminum and alloy products for the aerospace, construction, packaging and transportation industries. It operates its business through five segments: Rolled Products North America, Rolled Products Europe, Extrusions, Recycling and Specification Alloys North America, and Recycling and Specification Alloys Europe. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Pike Corp. engages in the provision of construction, repair, and engineering services for distribution and transmission powerlines and substations. It also offers renewable maintenance services, storm restoration, gas distribution, system hardening, testing and commissioning, renewable system design, technical services, and project management services. The company was founded by Floyd S. Pike in 1945 and is headquartered in Mount Airy, NC.

Part of Hindalco Industries Ltd., Aleris Deutschland Vier GmbH & Co. KG provides management services. The private company is based in Koblenz, Germany. The CEOs are Eric M. Rychel, Christopher R. Clegg. The German company was founded in 2007.

Pangea Ventures LLC buys, restores, rents and manages distressed buildings. The firm owns and operates multi-family apartment buildings within troubled communities. It specializes in the restoration and management of properties facing foreclosure. The company was founded by Steven Joung and Albert Goldstein in 2008 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.