John Beberus

Blackstone Credit /Private Equity/ (Blackstone Credit) is a private equity subsidiary of Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Heartland Food LLC operates and franchises fast food restaurants. The firm is a franchisee of the Burger King restaurant chain. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Downers Grove, IL.

Founded in 2005, Blackstone Distressed Securities Advisors LP is a hedge fund partnership located in New York City. They are a subsidiary of Blackstone Proprietary Hedge Funds Group. Their ultimate parent is Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX). The firm's clients are high-net worth individuals and institutions.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.