Matt Stoner

GulfStar Group, Inc. operates as a middle market investment banking firm that provides advisory services. Its services include mergers and acquisitions, private placements, and financial advisory services. The firm serves entrepreneurs, family-owned businesses, corporations and private equity firms. The company was founded by Stephen A. Lasher, Thomas M. Hargrove and G. Kent Kahle in 1990 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.