Sopris Capital Associates LLC

Founded in 2005, Apidos Capital Management provides investment opportunities in the leveraged loan asset class. The company s management team staff includes experienced credit professionals and loan market specialists. It is a subsidiary of Resource America, which is a specialized asset management company. It uses industry specific expertise to generate and administer investment opportunities in the structured finance, real estate and equipment leasing sectors. Resource America and its affiliates have developed and maintained a credit options for financial services-related businesses. The company has completed more than 30 CDO transactions through Trapeza Capital Management, Ischus Capital Management and Resource Europe Management Limited.

Och-Ziff Capital Management Group is one of the leading institutional alternative asset management firms in the United States. Founded in 1994, the company employs more than 150 investment professionals at offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Bangalore and Beijing. It offers merger and convertible arbitrage, equity restructuring, credit and private investment services. Och-Ziff Capital Management Group also provides manages over $22 billion of assets for nearly 700 fund investors. Operational for more than 15 years, the company offers risk management and capital preservation services. It has a team of over 35 managing directors who identify new investment ideas and trading strategies.

The Goldman Sachs Group is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high net-worth individuals. Founded in 1869, it is one of the oldest and largest investment banking firms. The firm offers an array of services, such as currencies and commodities, trading and capital markets, merchant banking, asset management, mutual funds and securities lending programs. The Goldman Sachs Group is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other major financial centers throughout the world.