John Berg

Evenflo Co., Inc. manufactures and markets infant and juvenile products. It offers car seats, strollers, high chairs, play yards, activity products, travel systems, soft carriers, multi-use cart covers, and other products; saucers, jumpers, and doorway jumpers, baby gates, and feeding products. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Miamisburg, OH.

Hanna Andersson Corp. supplies, markets, and distributes apparel and clothing accessories. They specialize in the operation and management of clothing retail stores and distribution centers. Their product range consists of kids' and women's dresses, tops, bottoms, skirts, sweaters and jackets, swimwear, sleepwear, and underwear. They also offer clothing accessories such as socks, shoes, hats, mittens, bags, toys, and gift items. They also engage in partnership grants, gift projects, and community programs. The company was founded by Gun Denhart and Tom Denhart in 1983 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Financo LLC operates as a boutique investment-banking firm. Its services include sell side merger and acquisition, financial sponsor, growth capital, family office and entrepreneur advisory, and sports merger and acquisition. The company was founded by Gilbert W. Harrison in 1971 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.

Pasta Pomodoro, Inc. operates a chain of Italian restaurants. It offers catering services for home entertaining, office events, corporate meetings, weddings, graduation parties, and bar mitzvahs. The company was founded by Adriano Paganini in 1994 and is headquartered in San Bruno, CA.

Dorset Capital Management LLC (Dorset Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by John A. Berg. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Integrity Interactive Corp. provided web-based training services related to corporate ethics and compliance issues. The company's course topics included money laundering, sexual harassment, gift giving, employee privacy, and confidentiality. The company was founded by Kirk S. Jordan and Carl F. Nelson in 1999 and was headquartered in Waltham, MA.