Michael Lewis

FM Partners Holdings LLC is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was formerly known as Lazard Capital Markets LLC.. They are a subsidiary of LFCM Holdings LLC.

BB&T Securities LLC, doing business as BB&T Capital Markets, is the broker/dealer subsidiary of BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT). The firm is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. They offer a full array of investment, trading and execution services to middle-market companies. BB&T Capital Markets' sales and trading arm is comprised of 2 groups: Debt Securities Sales & Trading and Equity Sales & Trading. The Debt Securities Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) Government and agency securities (2) corporate bonds (3) municipal bonds (4) asset-backed securities (5) mortgage-backed securities (6) preferred securities and (7) money market desk (short-term securities including BB&T funding). The Equity Sales & Trading group focuses on: (1) institutional block execution services (2) institutional distribution of proprietary research (3) providing proprietary access to industry leading conferences and management teams (4) serving as a NASDAQ market maker for over 250 securities (5) stock buybacks including 10b-18 and 10b5-1 trading plans and (6) 144 stock sales, individual 10b5-1 trading plans (buy and sell) and employee cashless stock option programs. BB&T Capital Markets provides research coverage of the communications, defense and government services, energy, financial services, furnishings and consumer durables, healthcare, industrial services, retail/consumer durables and transportation services sectors.

Wachovia Securities LLC offered equity, fixed income, and structured products. It was founded in 2001 and was headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Seabury Group LLC engages in the provision of investment advising services. It offers aviation consulting, investment banking, asset management, and software and data solutions. The company was founded by John E. Luth in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Founded in 2012, The Silverline Group LLC is an independent investment research firm located in McLean, Virginia. The firm provides strategic consulting and advisory services to the Aerospace & Defense; Intelligence; Government Services; Homeland Defense and Federal Civilian markets. Their clients include senior management teams and investment decision makers within the most active private equity and institutional investment firms.