Bradley E. Smith

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

Apple Creek Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company. It engages in initial business combination, to acquire a controlling interest in an operating business in the alternative asset management sector. The company was founded in November 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Tiptree Financial Partners LP acquires perfoming and distressed credit assets and related equity interests. The company seeks to generate income from distributions and capital gains from these assets. Tiptree Financial Partners is externally managed by Tricadia Capital Management LLC, which organized the company in May 2007. Tiptree is located in New York, NY.

Greenwich Kahala Aviation Ltd. engages in the provision of aircraft leasing services. The company was founded by Bradley E. Smith, Michael Garland, and Gerald Sherman on December 30, 2009 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Part of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bear Stearns Japan Ltd. is a Japanese company that provides security brokerage services. The private company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Bankers Trust & Co. is a private company that provides trust services. The company is based in New York, NY.

Kahala Aviation Ltd., a subsidiary of Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc., is an Irish company located in Dublin. The firm sells and leases aircrafts. It was founded by Bradley E. Smith, he is the current CEO of the firm.