Katherine Koster

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

TTCP Management Services LLC (TT Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by Dave A. Henderson and Kevin R. Green. The firm is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Continental Grain Co. operates as a grain trading firm. Its products include animal feed, wheat flour and poultry products. The firm supplies poultry products to the restaurant chains, frozen food makers and retail companies. The company was founded by Simon Fribourg in 1813 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

Mason Wells Inc (Private Equity)(Mason Wells) is a private equity subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation founded in 1998 by John Thomas Byrnes. The firm is headquartered in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Sentinel Capital Partners LLC (Sentinel Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1995 by David Lobel, John McCormack, and Frank Richardson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

HCL Corp. Ltd. is an Indian information technology company that provides application development and outsourcing services. The private company is based in India, with subsidiaries in Austria and India. The company was founded in 1980. Roshni Nadar Malhotra has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Restaurant Technologies, Inc. provides frying oil management and oil recycling solutions. It offers total oil management, portable oil systems, fryer filtration monitoring, and automist. The company founded by John M. Ruelle, Paul L. Plooster, Lisa J. Merryfield, Bradley J. Schoenbauer in 1997 and is headquartered in Mendota Heights, MN.

Norwest Equity Partners is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Norwest Partners founded in 1961 by John E. Lindahl. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Norwest Mezzanine Partners (Norwest Mezzanine Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Norwest Venture Capital Management Inc. founded in 2000 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with an office in Florida.

Sterling Fund Management LLC (Sterling Partners) is a Private Equity firm founded in 1983 by Eric Becker, Michael Bronfein, Shoshana M. Vernick, Jeff Elburn. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Coastal Sunbelt Holding, Inc. operates as a holding company. The firm supplies of produce, dairy, and fruits and vegetables. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Laurel, MD.

CiCi's Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of of food products. Its products include pizza, pasta, soups, salads, and desserts. The company is headquartered in Coppell, TX.

Reynolds Advisory Partners LLC operates as a boutique investment banking firm that provides financial advisory services. The firm offers mergers and acquisitions, financing and capital raising, fairness opinions, valuation, special committee representation, and initial public offering advisory services. Its customers include the aerospace, defence, banking, consumer, distribution and technology industries. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Nuveen Asset Management LLC (NAM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2011 and is a subsidiary of Nuveen Fund Advisors LLC, which is ultimately owned by TIAA Board of Governors. NAM provides investment advisory and sub-advisory services to a broad range of individual and institutional clients, such as open-end and closed-end investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles.

Cresset Capital Management LLC provides reinvent wealth management services. It offers suite of family office services, investment advisory, planning, and other services. The company was founded by Eric Becker and Avy Stein and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Castlelake LP (Castlelake) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Rory Joseph O'Neill and Evan Andrew Carruthers. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Arlon Capital Partners Management Co. LLC (Arlon Capital Partners) is a private equity firm subsidiary of Arlon Group LLC founded in 2007. The firm is is headquartered in New York.

W.R. Hambrecht + Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. It offers underwriting, corporate advisory, equity research, sales, trading, electronic brokerage and private equity services to technology and emerging growth companies. The firm uses Internet and auction processes to serve investors and issuers. The company was founded in January 1998 by William R. Hambrecht and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Schoeneck Containers, Inc. engages in the supply of plastic containers. Its products include multi-use PVC, wet wipes canister, fabric care, square galon, and mid neck squeeze. The company was founded by Bob Schoeneck in 1972 and is is headquartered in New Berlin, WI.

Qualus Power Services Corp. provides electric power engineering and field services through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, CE Power and Power Grid Engineering. The company is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Accord Carton Co. is an American family-owned company that has been in operation since 1940. The private company's focus is on producing high-quality packaging.