Samuel D. Winegrad

Meritage Energy Company, LLC ('Meritage') is an oil & gas acquisition and exploitation company, formed in July of 2006 by Samuel D. Winegrad, Thomas J. Corley other institutional and individual investors. Messrs. Winegrad and Corley each have over twenty years of oil & gas experience with both private and public concerns and in senior executive capacities. Meritage was formed for the purpose of acquiring stable, long life oil & gas fields, enhancing their value through implementation of cost efficiencies and the application of new and existing technologies, exploiting previously unrealized value, and gaining the arbitrage value associated with the bundling of smaller properties into a larger and hence more attractive package for divestiture. In summary, Meritage can demonstrate sound financial backing, a rational business plan based on a proven formula which invests in 'bricks and mortar' assets, as well as seasoned management with a proven track record of building, managing and divesting oil and gas companies.

Meco IV, LLC operates as an oil and gas acquisition, exploitation, and exploration company. It acquires and develops stable, oil and gas producing properties and undeveloped leaseholds, enhancing their value through the application of new and existing technologies, exploiting previously unrealized value. The company was founded by Sam D. Winegrad and Thomas J. Corley in December 2013 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Colorado UpLift is a non-profit organization that aims to provide urban students with a positive and caring adult mentor who can help them navigate life's toughest challenges. The non-profit company is based in Denver, CO. The organization recognizes that students living in low-income and underserved areas face a complex set of experiences and circumstances, including education failure, employment, incarceration, family dysfunction, and mental health issues. Colorado UpLift builds long-term, life-changing relationships with urban youth to help them overcome these challenges.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is a non-profit organization, which engages in empowering pro-Israel activists across all ages, religions, races, and political parties to be politically engaged and build relationships. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Basin Exploration, Inc. explored and developed crude oil and natural gas. The company was headquartered in Denver, CO.

Part of UMC Merger Corp., General Atlantic Resources, Inc. is an oil and gas concern. The private company is based in Denver, CO. General Atlantic Resources was acquired by UMC Merger Corp. on November 18, 1994 for $156 million.