Joshua A. Kantor

Heller Financial, Inc. provided mercantile financing. It was acquired by GE Capital Corp. The company was located in Chicago, IL

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

Party City Corp. designs, manufactures, and distributes party goods. Its products include paper and plastic tableware, metallic and latex balloons, Halloween and other costumes, accessories, novelties, gifts and stationery. In addition, the firm operates specialty retail party supply stores in the United States and Canada. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Rockaway, NJ.

Weston Presidio Service Co. LLC (Weston Presidio) is a private equity firm founded in 1991 by Michael Cronin and Michael Lazarus. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (BMOCMC) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1817 and is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is wholly-owned by Bank of Montreal (TSE: BMO, NYSE: BMO), a Canadian chartered bank. BMOCMC provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to institutional clients only.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Wind Point Advisors LLC (Wind Point Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Rich Kracum and Bob Cummings. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Audax Private Equity (Audax Private Equity) is a private equity subsidiary of 101 Huntington Holdings LLC founded in 1999 by Geoff S. Rehnert and Marc B. Wolpow. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and additional office in San Francisco, California.

ABRY Partners LLC (ABRY Partners) a private equity subsidiary of John F. Stafford Insurance Agency, Inc. founded in 1989 by Samuel Andrew Banks and Royce G. Yudkoff. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Berkshire Partners LLC (Berkshire Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Berkshire Partners Holdings LLC founded in 1986 by Christopher Clifford, Carl Ferenbach, Russel L. Epker, Brad Bloom and Richard Lubin. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Brockway Moran & Partners, Inc (Brockway Moran & Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1998 by Peter C Brockway and Michael E. Moran. The firm is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.

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.

Radiac Abrasives, Inc. manufactures conventional bonded and superabrasives. It serves the automotive, bearing, aerospace, general machine, tool manufacturing, and primary metals industries. The company was founded on May 20, 1988 and is headquartered in Salem, IL.

Jopari Solutions, Inc. provides enterprise payment and remittance processing services. It eBilling, eRemittance, ePayment, eAdjustor, and eReporting Gateways. The company was founded by John R. Stevens in November 2003 and is headquartered in Concord, CA.

Part of Thorne HealthTech, Inc., Thorne Research, Inc. manufactures natural dietary supplements and retails through online. The company is based in Summerville, SC. The company was founded in 1984 by Kelly Czap. Paul F. Jacobson has been the CEO of the company since 2010.

Amberjack Capital Partners LP (Amberjack Capital) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2006 by Charles R. Cherington and Curtis W. Huff. The firm is headquartered in Texas.

PNC Mezzanine Capital (PNC Mezzanine Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of PNC Holding LLC founded in 1989 by David J Blair. The firm is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

DW Management Services LLC (DW healthcare partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Jay B. Benear and Andrew C. Carragher. The firm is headquarters in Park City, Utah.

Pine Tree Equity Management LP (Pine Tree Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Jeff Settembrino. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Equityzen Inc (Equityzen) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by Guillermo G. Morales. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

GreenPoint Group LP (GreenPoint Partners) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Chris Green. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Cold Bore Capital (Cold Bore Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Sergio Zepeda. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Osceola Capital Management LLC (Osceola Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Michael Babb. The firm is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

Silver Lake Management Co. LLC (Silver Lake Management) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Silver Lake Group LLC founded in 1999 by Jim Davidson and David Roux. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California with offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

White Star Capital Investments UK Ltd (White Star Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Eric Martineau-Fortin, Jean-François Marcoux and Christian Hernandez Gallardo. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom .

Carnegie Dartlet LLC provides marketing and information services for colleges and universities. It offers collegeXpress platform, digital strategy, paid search marketing, retargeting, mobile marketing, IP targeting, social media advertising, google analytics, and student search services. The firm serves undergraduate, graduate and transfer recruitment, adult and continuing education recruitment, international recruitment, multicultural and diversity recruitment, faith-based recruitment, private k-12 and summer program recruitment, students and agencies. The company was founded by Joe Moore in 1983 and is headquartered in Westford, MA.