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Claire's Stores, Inc. engages in the retail of jewelry and accessories under the Claires and Icing brands. It operates through the North America and Europe segment. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Pembroke Pines, FL.

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of securities underwriting and investment services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc. owns and operates a chain of upscale-casual dining restaurants. The company was founded by Paul M. Fleming and Philip Chiang on July 20, 1993 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Tri-Artisan Acquisition Corp. operates as a blank check company. The company intends to complete a merger, or similar business combination, with a company that is engaged in the global consumer products, services, and retail industries. Tri-Artisan Acquisition was founded by Gerald H. Cromack and Rohit Manocha on January 10, 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Hartz Mountain Corp. manufactures and markets pet foods and other pet products. The firm offers different products for dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, fish and other small animals. It also provides grooming, health & wellness and parasite protection services. The company was founded by Max Stern in 1926 and is headquartered in Secaucus, NJ.

Fitch Ratings, Inc. is a global rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Knowles in 1913 as Fitch Publishing Co. They are a subsidiary of Fitch Group, Inc., ultimately owned by The Hearst Family Trust. Fitch Ratings seeks to provide independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data to the world's credit markets. Their approach is based on a foundation of local market experience that covers capital markets in over 150 countries. The firm's ratings analysis and rating decisions are based on established criteria, methodologies and ratings definitions which they apply in a consistent manner. Fitch Ratings provides coverage of the following markets: Economics, Banks, Insurance, Sovereigns, Corporates, Structured Finance, Public Finance – International, Public Finance – US, Infrastructure & Project, and Finance.

Claire's, Inc. operates as a specialty retail store. The company was founded on March 19, 2007 and is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, IL.

TGI Friday's, Inc. engages in the operation of restaurants. It offers desserts, pasta and chicken, beverages, appetizers, and salads. The company was founded by Alan Stillman in 1965 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Human Capital Institute, Inc. provides strategic talent management services for professionals and executives. Its network includes practitioners, government agencies, global consultants, and business schools. The company was founded by Michael Foster in 2004 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Morgan Joseph TriArtisan Group, Inc. provides investment banking services. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by John F. Sorte.

Education Growth Partners LLC (Education Growth Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Education Growth LLC founded in 2009 by Peter J. Campbell and Chris L. Curran. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Morgan Joseph TriArtisan LLC is an investment and merchant bank engaged in providing financial advice, capital raising and private equity investing. Their services include mergers, acquisitions and restructuring advice and private placements and public offerings of equity and debt. The firm is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of Morgan Joseph TriArtisan Group, Inc. Morgan Joseph TriArtisan was formed in 2010 as the result of a merger between Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. and TriArtisan Partners LLC. Morgan Joseph TriArtisan is a member of FINRA, the NASD and the SIPC. Morgan Joseph TriArtisan's primary focus is on providing financial advisory and capital raising services in the US, Europe and Asia. This includes mergers and acquisitions advice, restructuring advice, private placements and public offerings of debt and equity. For their institutional clients, Morgan Joseph TriArtisan provides a full range of sales and executions services, including equity research and specialized reports on convertible debt. The firm's sales and trading teams service a variety of institutional clients with both debt and equity investment ideas and trading services. They primarily serve the consumer products, healthcare, automotive, chemical, transportation, construction, entertainment, telecommunications and media industries. Morgan Joseph TriArtisan's debt and equity analysts cover a growing universe of stock and bond issues across a broad range of industry sectors. Their equity research focuses primarily on middle-market companies with limited research and coverage and uses a classic bottom-up qualitative approach. The high-yield department specializes in finding trading opportunities by identifying undervalued and overvalued high-yield debt for institutional clients. They focus on small- to mid-sized issues that are not widely covered and are often mispriced in the market.

EQT Partners AB is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of EQT AB founded in 1994 by Elan Schultz. EQT Partners AB is headquartered in Stockholm.

Trio Labs, Inc. engages in manufacturing industrial machinery. The company is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Mears Transportation Group LLC provides bus and taxi transportation services. It offers luxury transportation, cruise transportation, and shared ride shuttle. The company was founded by Paul Mears, Sr. in 1939 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.