Matthew Sparacino

Apollo Capital Management LP (Investment Management) (ACM-IM) is the investment management division of Apollo Capital Management LP, a venture capital firm headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of Apollo Management Holdings LP, ultimately held by Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO). ACM-IM manages Apollo’s Credit business segment and provides investment management, advisory and administrative services through wholly owned and controlled management entities to its advisory clients.

Claren Road Asset Management LLC (Claren Road) is a hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2005 by senior members of Citigroup’s Credit Trading Department. They are a subsidiary of CRAM Holdings LP, which is owned by The Carlyle Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CG). Claren Road serves as the investment advisor to private pooled investment vehicles, interests in which are offered to investors on a private placement basis.

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.

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.