Doug Schimmel

Sandler Capital Management (Sandler Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1986, Sandler Capital manages both hedge funds and private equity funds for high-net-worth individuals, large family offices, pension funds, asset managers, and other institutions.

Episcopal Charities of New York operates as a non-profit organization which provides critical funding, operational support, and volunteers. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

Ridgebury Tankers Ltd. engages in the acquisition and deployment of Suezmax tankers in spot market-related vessel pools, spot charter markets or under spot market indexed time charters. The company was founded by Robert Burke in February 2010 and is headquartered in Westport, CT.

Multivision Communications Corp. engages in the process of evaluation business opportunities in order to determine the focus of its future business. The company was founded by Altaf Nazerali on May 14, 1987 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Trailer Bridge, Inc. engages in shipping and logistics solutions. It offers ocean, truckload, intermodal, expedited, specialized cargo, vehicles, over-dimensional, warehousing, and trans loading services. The company was founded by Malcom Purcell McLean in 1991 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.