Jackson, Bryon

Peter J. Solomon Company, established in 1989, is one of the leading independent investment banking and advisory firms. It provides strategic and financial advice to public and private companies on mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, and public and private financing. In addition, it offers services for special committee practice and provides advices for family businesses. Peter J. Solomon Company serves the airlines, media, communications, health care, real estate, paper and forest product industries. The clients of the company include Lands End, McKesson Corporation, Mirant Corporation, Office Depot, Pilots of Northwest and Continental Airlines and Zenith. It employs approximately 40 people and is located in New York City.

American Securities Capital Partners is the merchant-banking arm of American Securities whose predecessor entity was founded in 1947 by William Rosenwald. ASCP is a private investment partnership that makes equity investments in profitable companies, both privately and publicly held, primarily located in the United States and Canada. The company s objective is to build businesses and generate long-term capital for its investors. It focuses on companies with annual revenues ranging between $50 million and $500 million where it can invest between $35 million and $150 million of equity. The Rosenwald family, numerous high net-worth families and entrepreneurs and a number of institutional investors provide the firm s capital. Many of its investors are successful business people who assist the firm in sourcing transactions and who are a resource in evaluating and overseeing investments. American Securities Capital Partners is headquartered in New York.