Russell Kenneth Mayerfeld

Fremont General Corp. is a financial services holding company which is engaged in commercial and residential real estate lending nationwide through its California-chartered industrial bank subsidiary.

Allstate Investment Management Co. (AIMCO) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm is a subsidiary of Allstate Non-Insurance Holdings, Inc., which is owned by The Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL). AIMCO provides investment advice to pension/profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, non-domestic insurance companies, corporations and/or other business entities. The firm acts as managing member and investment manager for the Allstate Short Term Pool and as a collateral manager for various collateralized debt obligation trusts.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

HealthSpring, Inc. provides healthcare and medicare service plans. The company was founded on January 24, 1995 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Fremont Investment & Loan, is a commercial and residential real estate lender. It specializes in providing loans for the construction and repositioning of commercial properties, as well as non-conforming residential loans. It provides savings and money market accounts and certificates of deposit through a network of its branches in California. The company was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Brea, CA.

The Big Shoulders Fund provides financial services. The company was founded by James J. O'Connor, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin and Fred O'Connor in 1986 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.