Stephen P. Kovacs

Dune Energy, Inc. engages in the acquisition, development, and exploitation of crude oil and natural gas properties. The company was founded by Alan D. Gaines on November 20, 1998 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Strategic Value Partners LLC (SVP) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Victor Khosla in 2001 and they are a subsidiary of Midwood LP. SVP provides investment advice to pooled investment vehicles, which include an open-ended hedge fund style structure and a closed-ended private equity style fund structure, as well as managed accounts and funds-of-one.

New Generation Advisors LLC (NGA) is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Manchester, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by George Putnam III in 2007 and succeeded to the investment advisory business of New Generation Advisers, Inc. in 2008. NGA provides investment management services to two limited partnerships, the NGA Funds, one formed in Massachusetts and the other in Bermuda. The limited partners in the NGA Funds consist of high net-worth individuals, family offices, endowments, other institutions and funds-of-funds.