Marcia Markowitz

Muller & Monroe Asset Management LLC(Muller & Monroe Asset Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Andre Rice. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

PPM America, Inc. (PPM) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 1990 and is a subsidiary of PPM Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Jackson Financial, Inc. (JFI) (NYSE: JXN). PPM is the primary investment manager for the general account assets of JFI’s insurance subsidiaries and serves as sub-adviser to US mutual funds sponsored by Jackson National Asset Management LLC (JNAM), a subsidiary of Jackson National Life Insurance Co. (Jackson), and adviser to the PPM Funds, a family of institutional share class mutual funds. Additionally, PPM provides advisory services to non-US pooled investment vehicles, structured vehicles such as collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), private equity funds, and separately managed accounts for third-party institutional clients.

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

Morningstar Investment Services, Inc. (MIS) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a subsidiary of Morningstar Investment Management LLC, ultimately held by Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN). MIS offers various investment advisory services that focus on their core capacities in asset allocation, investment selection, and portfolio construction to retail investors and to institutional clients.