Melanie Berry

CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc. engages in the business of owning, operating, and franchising quick-service hamburger restaurants. Its brand portfolios include Carl's Jr. Restaurants LLC and Hardee?s Restaurants LLC. The company was founded by Carl L. Karcher in 1966 and is headquartered in Franklin, TN.

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.

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. operated supermarkets and grocery stores. Its brand names included A&P, Food Basics, The Food Emporium, Path Mark, and Super fresh Waldbaums. The company was founded by George Huntington Hartford and George Francis Gilman in 1850 and was headquartered in Ramsey, NJ.

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

Ralphs Grocery Co. operates a chain of grocery stores and supermarkets. The company also operates warehouse style stores. The company was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in Compton, CA.

American Restaurant Group, Inc. operates and franchises restaurants. The company was founded by Anwar S. Soliman in 1986 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Smart & Final, Inc. engages in wholesale grocery business. It supplies food, foodservice products, and culinary equipment through non-membership warehouse and wholesale stores. The firm offers dairy, meat, and baking products; grocery and dry food items; beverages; paper and packaging products; frozen food; kitchen equipment and janitorial supplies; and sundries. The company was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Commerce, CA.

Linens 'n Things, Inc. operates as an online retailer of home textiles, house wares and decorative home accessories. It offers garden decor, kitchen, electronics, and pet supplies. The company was founded by Eugene Wallace in 1975 and is headquartered in Clifton, NJ.

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.

Playboy Enterprises, Inc. operates as a media and lifestyle company. The firm publishes Playboy magazine for men that focus primarily on photography, entertainment, humor, and cartoons as well as articles on current issues and trends. The company was founded by Hugh Marston Hefner in 1953 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

GNC Corp. retails natural and specialty foods. Its nutritional-supplements retail chain devoted solely to items such as vitamins and dietary products. The company also has stores within Rite Aid drugstores and makes Rite Aid private-label products. It was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

General Nutrition Centers, Inc. engages in the retail of nutritional supplementary products. It provides vitamin, mineral, herbal and other specialty supplements and sports nutrition, diet and energy products. The company was founded in October 2003 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Apollo Asset Management, Inc.engages in the provision of alternative investment management services. It operates through the following segments: Credit, Private Equity, and Real Assets. The Credit segment focuses on the investment in non-control corporate and structured debt instruments including performing, stressed, and distressed instruments across the capital structure. The Private Equity segment consists of investment in control equity and related debt instruments, convertible securities, and distressed debt instruments. The Real Assets segment includes investment in real estate equity and infrastructure equity; and real estate and infrastructure debt. The company was founded by Marc Jeffrey Rowan, Leon David Black, and Joshua Jordan Harris in 1990 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC engages in the operation of a talent and literary agency that provides entertainment services. It offers books, comedy, culinary, digital, endorsements, motion picture, music, sports, speakers, television, theater, and voiceover. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA.

Greenberg Traurig LLP provides legal services. The firm specializes in business aviation, futures and derivatives, financial regulatory and compliance, financial services litigation, project and infrastructure finance, public finance, restructuring, bankruptcy, and structured finance. The company was founded by Larry J. Hoffman, Mel Greenberg and Robert H. Traurig in 1967 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Bloomingdale's LLC owns and operates department stores. Its products cover the following: designer clothes, women's clothing, contemporary, shoes, handbags, jewelry and accessories, beauty, men's clothing, kid's clothing, and home products. The company was founded by Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale in 1872 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Milken Institute provides research and analysis services in the areas of economic issues. The private company is based in Santa Monica, CA. Michael L. Klowden has been the CEO of the company since 2001.

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.

Smart & Final Stores LLC owns and operates general grocery stores. Its products includes hot beverage, ambiance, cold beverage, candy, club soda, equipment and supplies, frozen foods, grocery, janitorial products, cleaning tools, bar, grill and dish, hard surface cleaners, floor care, hand soaps, odor, carpet, trash liners, meat and seafood, beef, poultry and pork, fresh meat-large cuts, packaging and disposables and produce. The company was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Commerce, CA.

Apollo Global Management, Inc /Private Equity/ (Apollo Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 1990. The firm is headquartered in New York City.

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.

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.

TriArtisan Capital Advisors LLC (TriArtisan Capital Advisors) is a private equity subsidary of Cowen Investment Management LLC founded in 2016 by Gerald H Cromack and Rohit Manocha. The firm is headquartered in New York.

TriArtisan ES Partners LLC seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States with an EBIDTA of USD 25 - 300 millions. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of retail/consumer, business & professional services, industrial, media and healthcare sectors. It provides financing for spin-offs, carve-outs, roll-ups, recapitalizations, restructurings growth, leveraged buyouts and growth stage capital requirements.

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.

Part of Sycamore Partners Management LP, Torrid LLC is a company that retails women's fashion apparel, accessories, and swimwear products. The company is based in City of Industry, CA. The CEO of the company is Elizabeth Muñoz-Guzman.

Claire's Holdings LLC offers various products including jewelry, fashion accessories, tech accessories, cosmetics and more. The company is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, IL.

Part of CEC Entertainment Holdings II LLC, CEC Entertainment LLC is a national leader in family entertainment and dining, with its Chuck E. Cheese, Peter Piper Pizza, and Pasqually's Pizza & Wings brands. The company is based in Irving, TX, and the CEO of the company is David McKillips. The company's goal is to create positive, lifelong memories for families through fun, food, and play, and it is committed to providing a fun, safe environment for children. Chuck E. Cheese has donated over $19 million to schools through its fundraising programs and offers industry-leading programs such as Kid Check®. Peter Piper Pizza offers dining, entertainment, and carryout with a neighborhood pizzeria feel, and its restaurants appeal to parents and kids alike. The company operates nearly 600 Chuck E. Cheese fun centers and over 120 Peter Piper Pizza venues in 47 states and 19 foreign countries and territories. Created in 2020, Pasqually's Pizza & Wings offers a distinct, customized eating experience outside of a restaurant environment and operates out of 400 ghost locations nationwide.