Chris Long

Sandell Asset Management Corp. (SAM) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager founded in 1997. The firm is a subsidiary of SAMC Partners LP. Headquartered in New York City, SAM provides discretionary investment management services to various pooled investment vehicles (both private and public) and managed accounts.

Morgan Stanley Venture Partners (MSVP) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Merchant Banking, which is ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MWD) founded in 1986.The firm is headquartered in New York.

Prairie Capital Management LLC (PCM) is a wealth management firm headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm was founded in 1995 and was acquired by UMB Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: UMBF) in 2010. PCM provides wealth management and investment consulting services to high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, family offices, foundations, endowments, and other institutions across the US through offices in the Kansas City, Chicago and Dallas metropolitan areas.

Blackhawk Engagement solutions (DE), Inc. provides rebate. It offers marketing services, acquisition planning, consumer and corporate, incentives, customer retention programs, sales preparation, and credit management and finance. The company was founded on September 27, 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Avero LLC provides business intelligence software to food and beverage operators in the hospitality industry. Its product, Slingshot is a web-based software solution. The firm's customers include Caesars Entertainment, China Grill Management, Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining and Midnight Oil. The company was founded by Damian J. Mogavero in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

TH Lee Putnam Ventures Fund invests in technology companies located in the Eastern US with strong management teams and profitability. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of financial services, retail & consumer products, distribution & logistics, business process outsourcing, media and communications. It provides financing for buyouts, recapitalization, spin-outs, public entities, early and later stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging from $10 - $50 million. It acts as the lead investor and also takes a seat on the board of directors.

Palmer Square Capital Management LLC (Palmer Square) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Mission Woods, Kansas. The firm was founded by Christopher Long in 2009 and is a subsidiary of Palmer Square Holdings LLC. Palmer Square provides investment advisory services to institutions, high-net worth individuals, collective investment trusts, investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles.

Palmer Square Opportunistic Income Fund operates as a non-diversified, closed-end investment company. The fund's primary investment objective is to seek a high level of current income and secondary objective is long-term capital appreciation. It may invest in portfolio of investment grade as well as non-investment grade floating rate securities. The company was founded on May 1, 2014 and is headquartered in Mission Woods, KS.