Jane DeFlorio

Perry Ellis International, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and distribution of lifestyle apparel and accessories. It operates through the following segments: Men's Sportswear and Swim, Women's Sportswear, Direct-to-Consumer, and Licensing. The Men's Sportswear and Swim; and Women's Sportswear segments comprise designs, importing, and distribution of sportswear, swimwear, and accessories to department stores and other retail outlets. The Direct-to-Consumer segment sells branded and licensed products through retail stores and e-commerce platform. The Licensing segment provides licensees to the companies for using its brand names, Perry Ellis, Original Penguin, Laundry, Gotcha, Pro Player, Farah, Ben Hogan, and John Henry. The company was founded by George Feldenkreis in 1967 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.