Jonathan Whitlock

Nexus Capital Management LP (Nexus Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Damian J. Giangiacomo and Michael S. Cohen. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc. manufactures and supplies pet foods. The company was founded by Joseph Herrick and Dick Van Patten in 1989 and is headquartered in Burbank, CA.

Sperber Landscape Cos. LLC designs, builds, and maintains landscapes of resorts, corporate campuses, museums, and sports arenas. It offers design assist, water management, and golf course maintenance. The company was founded by Richard Sperber and is headquartered in Calabasas, CA.

BeSweet Creations, Inc. sells multi-vitamin tablets through an online platform. The American company was founded in 2015. The CEO is Nicole C Johnson.

TOMS Shoes LLC manufactures shoes for men and women. It provides shoes, slip-ons, sandals, wedges, flats, lace ups, boots and slippers. The firm also offers eyewear, bags and coffee products. The company was founded by Blake Mycoskie in 2006 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Earth Fare, Inc. operates an organic food supermarket. It offers fruits and vegetables, meat products burgers, meals, healthy kid’s meals, home sliced pizzas and sandwiches, cheese products, cakes, dips, and antipasto platters. The firm also provides online ordering options. The company was founded by Roger Derrough in 1975 and is headquartered in Fletcher, NC.

Oak Hill Capital Management LLC (Oak Hill Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of OHCM Management LLC founded in 1986 by Robert M. Bass. The firm is headquartered in New York.

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.