Andrew L. Berger

Victor Technologies Group, Inc. is a designer, manufacturer and supplier of cutting, welding and gas control equipment used in various fabrication, construction and manufacturing operations around the world. Its products are used in a wide variety of applications and industries, where steel is cut and welded, including steel fabrication, manufacturing of transportation and mining equipment, many types of construction such as offshore oil and gas rigs, repair and maintenance of manufacturing equipment and facilities and shipbuilding. The firm designs, manufactures and sells products in categories that include gas equipment; plasma power supplies, torches and consumable parts; carbon arc gouging products; welding equipment; arc accessories, including torches, consumable parts and accessories; and filler metals and hardfacing alloys. The company markets its products under a portfolio of brands that includes Victor, Victor Thermal Dynamics, Victor Arcair, Victor Turbo Torch, Tweco, Thermal Arc, Stoody, Firepower and Cigweld. Victor Technologies Group was founded on August 8, 1987 and is headquartered in Chesterfield, MO.

Founded in 1988, Sterne Agee Asset Management, Inc. (SAAM) is a registered investment advisor located in Birmingham, Alabama. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sterne Agee Group, Inc., a privately held financial holding company. Their ultimate parent is Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). Affiliates of SAAM include, but are not limited to, Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. and Sterne Agee Financial Services, Inc. (each a registered broker-dealer), Sterne Agee Investment Advisor Services, Inc. (an SEC-registered investment advisor), The Trust Company of Sterne Agee, Inc. (an Alabama-chartered non-depository trust company), and FBC Mortgage LLC, a retail mortgage banker. SAAM provides investment advisory services to individuals, corporations, institutions, pension or profit sharing plans, employee benefit plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, other business and government entities, educational institutions, and banks or thrift institutions. In addition, the firm may serve as general partner and/or provide investment advice to certain private investment funds.

C.E. Unterberg, Towbin Advisors LP (CEUTA) is an affiliate of C.E. Unterberg, Towbin and is a registered investment advisor. Based in New York City, the firm provides services for institutional and high net worth individual investors.

C. E. Unterberg, Towbin is a global investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices in California and Israel. The firm provides investment banking, research and investment management services to emerging growth companies and investors in the technology, health care and defense, security and diversified technology sectors. C. E. Unterberg was founded in 1932 by Clarence Unterberg. In 1977, the firm merged with L. F. Rothschild to form L. F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin. In 1990, the firm again became privately owned and independent when Clarence Unterberg's son, Thomas I. Unterberg, re-launched the firm as a full-service investment bank.

Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA (UBP) is the private banking subsidiary of CBI Holding SA in Switzerland. Headquartered in Geneva, the firm was founded in 1969 by Edgar de Picciotto as Compagnie de Banque et d'Investissements (CBI). They merged with TDB-American Express Bank to create Union Bancaire Privée SA in 1990 and in 2011 acquired the Swiss wealth management subsidiary of ABN AMRO. UBP is an asset management specialist which provides wealth management services for private and institutional clients.

Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (LBI) is the London-based subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LEH). Established in 1972, LBI provides trading and broking fixed-income financial instruments, money broking, corporate finance and stock broking services. Lehman Brothers was founded in 1850.

National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. provides financial regulatory services. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The American company was founded by Richard B. Jennings, Vince Means.