John Oscar Utendahl

Verus Investment Partners LLC (Verus Investment Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Christopher P. Fuller and Erik S. Miller. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Deutsche Bank Americas Holding Corp. provides banking services. The company is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Founded in 1992, Utendahl Capital Partners LP is a broker/dealer located in New York City. Along with their affiliates in merchant banking, mezzanine finance and asset management, the firm offers a full range of investment banking products including equity, fixed-income, research, corporate finance and capital markets. Their research team focuses on small- to mid-cap companies in the business services, capital goods, consumer discretionary, consumer finance, consumer products, industrial machinery, media and entertainment and specialty finance sectors. The firm is a subsidiary of Utendahl Capital Group LLC.

Praesidian Capital Corp (Praesidian Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Jason Drattell. The firm is headquartered in Oklahoma City.

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. provided wealth management, securities trading and sales, corporate finance and investment banking services. Merrill Lynch was a global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a range of asset classes and serve as a strategic advisor to governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America provides youth mentoring services. It helps children reach their potential through one to one relationships with mentors. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.

Semper Capital Management LP (Semper) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Utendahl and Tom Mandel in 1992 and was formerly known as UCM Partners LP and as Utendahl Capital Management LP. Semper offers institutional and high-net-worth individuals multiple securitized debt-centric investment platforms that range from private absolute return and index-based strategies to registered mutual funds and custom managed accounts.