Philippe J. C. Gastone

Huttig Building Products, Inc. engages in the domestic distribution of millwork, building materials, and wood products. Its product include doors, windows, moulding, stair parts, columns, connectors, fasteners, composite decking, housewrap, roofing products, insulation, flooring systems, wood panels, and lumber. The company was founded by William H. Huttig and Charles H. Huttig in 1885 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on infectious disease and dermatology. It offers two base technologies: Ceragenins and Barrier Repair. The Ceragenins is used for the treatment of infectious disease and Barrier Repair Technology is used for the treatment of dermatological disorders, including atopic dermatitis, neonatal skin disorders and others. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Violy & Co. provides financial advising services. The private company is based in New York, NY.

Dome & Cie Sa provides corporate finance services. The private company is based in Paris, France.

Merrill Lynch International (MLI-UK) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1988 and is a subsidiary of ML UK Capital Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) in the US. MLI-UK provides brokerage services to individual and retail clients.

Votorantim Participações SA mines metals and produces cement. It was a conglomerate involved in manufacturing of cement, paper, steel, nickel, zinc, aluminum, flexible films, chemicals, orange juice and electricity generation. The company also operated hydroelectric plants, besides providing commercial financial services. Votorantim Participacoes was headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.