Ashish Kishore

Manikay Partners LLC (Manikay) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2008 by Shane Finemore and Steve Paridis. They are a subsidiary of Manikay Partners Holdings LP. Manikay provides discretionary investment advisory services to private investment vehicles that are offered to financially sophisticated individuals and institutions.

Founded in 1989, CRT Capital Group LLC is an institutional securities research and brokerage firm located in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm focuses on high-yield and convertible debt, capital structure arbitrage, mergers and acquisitions, special situations and distressed securities. CRT trades senior and subordinated bonds, bank debt, trade claims, convertible bonds, equities, real estate loans, tax exempt securities and private placements.

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.

Whippoorwill Associates, Inc. (Whippoorwill) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in White Plains, New York. The firm was founded by Shelley Greenhaus in 1990. Whippoorwill manages private investment funds and separately managed accounts for a large institutional investor.