Mark A. Thornton

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. operated supermarkets and grocery stores. Its brand names included A&P, Food Basics, The Food Emporium, Path Mark, and Super fresh Waldbaums. The company was founded by George Huntington Hartford and George Francis Gilman in 1850 and was headquartered in Ramsey, NJ.

Kellwood Co. LLC designs, manufactures and markets clothing apparel and accessories. It operates through the following brands: Jolt, Rewind, My Michelle, My Michelle Girls, and Democracy. Its products include casual wear, jeans, jackets, dresses, swimwear, and sportswear. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in City of Industry, CA.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc., ultimately held by Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1876 and offers a full suite of capital markets products and services, including proprietary equity research and a fixed-income trading desk. For institutional asset management clients, the firm provides liquidity, execution, high-quality idea-generating research, and access to corporate management teams. Their institutional coverage includes relationships with over asset management companies all over the world. To corporate clients, they bring access to investor capital, broad distribution capabilities and financial markets advisory. Ladenburg Thalmann is a leader in financing growing middle-market public companies across various industry verticals, including Healthcare & Life Sciences, Yield-Oriented Securities (BDCs, REITs, MLPs), Energy, Power & Infrastructure, and Telecom, Media & Technology.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Retail Concepts NV provides outdoor products. It offers skirts, shirts, jeans and other related accessories. The firm’s product offering includes trekking, climbing, skiing and camping accessories. The company was founded by Emiel Lathouwers in 1995 and is headquartered in Hoboken, Belgium.

GFO Advisory Services LLC (GFOAS) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Jupiter, Florida. The firm was founded in 1989 and formerly known as GenSpring Family Offices LLC and prior to that Asset Management Advisors LLC. They are owned by GenSpring Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Truist Financial Corp. (NYSE: TFC). GFOAS is the general partner/managing member and/or investment adviser to a group of privately pooled investment vehicles.

Watches of Switzerland Ltd. manufactures and sells watches. The firm's watch brands include Baume & Mercier, Patek Philippe, Frederique Constant, IWC, Omega Oris, and Rolex. The company was established in 1924 and is headquartered in Braunstone, the United Kingdom.

Lion Capital LLP (Lion Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Lyndon Lea, Robert Darwent and Neil A. Richardson. The firm is headquartered in London.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Twelve Seas Investment Co. provides investment services. The private company is based in Beverly Hills, CA.

Twelve Seas Investment Company IV TMT is a newly organized blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded in April , 2021 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Aurum Partners (Aurum Partners) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of San Francisco Forty Niners Ltd. founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, Californian.

Emergent Cold LP provides temperature controlled storage services. It offers cold, transportation, and value added services. The company was founded by David Alan Palfenier and Neal J. Rider in 2017 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Part of Dolphin Entertainment, Inc., 42West LLC is a full-service public relations firm in the entertainment industry. The company is based in New York, NY. The company has four divisions, including talent, strategic communications, entertainment marketing, and fandoms & franchises. The company provides marketing and publicity strategies for movies, television shows, actors, filmmakers, recording artists, personalities, and authors. Additionally, they offer strategic counsel to high-profile individuals and corporate clients, including major studios, charitable organizations, and media conglomerates. 42West was founded by Leslee Dart, and the CEO is Amanda Lundberg. 42West was acquired by Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. on March 30, 2017 for $28 million.

Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1996 and they are a subsidiary of Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE: HLI). Houlihan Lokey Capital provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They also have the ability to serve as underwriter or bookrunner with respect to traditional debt and equity offerings, including leveraged loans and public offerings of debt, equity-linked, and equity securities.

Chrome Hearts LLC is an American company that specializes in creating fine jewelry, accessories, shoes, fragrance, and home goods. The private company's products are made in the USA and they also offer an intimate collection of fragrances, perfumes, and scents.

Goode Partners LLC (Goode Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by David Joseph Oddi, Ronald R. Beegle and Joe Ferreira. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Russian Alcohol Group, a closed joint-stock company, was founded in September 2003. The Group comprises 4 vodka manufacturing facilities: Topaz, located in Pushkino, the Moscow region; First Kypazhniy Factory, located in Tula; Ushba Distillery, located in Tbilisi, Georgia; Siberian LVZ, located in Koltsovo, in the Novosibirsk region; and a factory, Bravo Premium, located in St. Petersburg, which produces alcoholic cocktail beverages. In the last 5 years, the company has introduced many new brands and varieties of alcoholic beverages. The Group continues to focus on improvement and expansion of its portfolio of brands. The firm has also invested in its production facilities enabling the Group to take the leadership of the Russian alcohol market. CJSC 'Russian Alcohol Group' is number one by volume in Russia's strong alcohol market. Russian Alcohol shipments amounted to 15.3 million deciliters of vodka in 2008, 36 % higher than in 2007(Rosstat data). The Group plans to increase production by 20% in 2009. According to Business Analytica (a leading Russian market research group), in 2008 Russian Alcohol Group had a 10.8% share of Russia's strong alcohol market. The Group's structure its administrative model, and its professional management follows the requirements of international standards, enabling the Group to become the world's largest producer of strong alcohol and ready to drink cocktails. The focus of the Company is to develop, and increase the production efficiency and capacity to increase profitability, and to expand the operations of the industrial assets.