Daniel Dienst

CIBC World Markets is a full-service investment bank headquartered in New York City. CIBC provides an internationally integrated research product through three primary strategies. In the US, the firm provides research coverage available in areas of focus, including technology, telecommunications, healthcare, energy, power generation and technology, financial institutions, consumer growth, real estate and media. In Canada, the firm offers the full spectrum of coverage for all of the sectors that form the TSE 300 Index. Their broad investment grade analysis of return bond Indices provides daily performance of the Canadian bond market. The sectors covered are: government of Canada bonds, provincial and municipal bonds and corporate bonds rated AAA/AA, A and BBB. Also available is a monthly ABS/MBS market report that provides information on ABS market conditions, market summary data and monthly performance reports on outstanding transactions. This report includes information about the MBS market, including key statistics on MBS spreads and prepayments. Another report contains MBS trading data, cash flows and other key data. A separate monthly Portfolio Valuation Report provides month end pricing for ABS and MBS transactions. Corporate debt research produces highly targeted credit analysis and research for investment grade and high yield debt securities. The corporate bond review covers bond market action, new issues, price/yield movements, rating changes, and buy/sell recommendations. The fixed-income research group produces actionable fundamental and technical analysis, strategies, products, and runs bond indexes and quantitative models relating specifically to fixed income markets, bond portfolios, and individual securities. CIBC provides risk management solutions to corporations, investors, financial institutions, and governments across all asset classes: interest rates, equities, credit, currency, and commodities. CIBC World Markets is a subsidiary of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

MediaNews Group, Inc. engages in the provision of news and media content. It offers news and local websites, electronic editions, mobile websites, email programs, and social media feeds. The company was founded by William Dean Singleton and Richard B. Scudder in March 1985 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Knoll, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of commercial and residential furniture, accessories, and coverings. It operates through the following business segments: Office, Lifestyle, and Corporate. The Office segment includes a range of workplace products which address diverse workplace planning paradigms in North America and Europe. The Lifestyle segment offers residential furniture, ancillary products, and affordable luxury furnishings for high performance workplaces, uber-luxury living spaces, and affordable-luxury residential living. The Corporate segment involves the unallocated costs relating to shared services and general corporate activities. The company was founded by Hans G. Knoll and Florence Knoll in 1938 and is headquartered in East Greenville, PA.

Metal Management, Inc. provides scrap metal recycling services. It is also engages in the collection and processing of ferrous and nonferrous metals. The company's customers include electric arc furnace, integrated steel mills, foundries, secondary smelters, and metals brokers. It processes nonferrous metals including aluminum, stainless steel, copper, brass, titanium, and high temperature alloys. Metal Management was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Metals USA, Inc. provides value-added processed carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum and specialty metals, as well as manufactured metal components. The firm's flat rolled and non-ferrous segment processes and sells flat rolled carbon and stainless steel, aluminum, brass, and copper. It also offers processing services, such as precision blanking, slitting, shearing and cutting-to-length, punching, and leveling. Metals USA was founded on July 3, 1996 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. operates as a media and merchandising company. It focuses on providing content on food, holidays, entertaining, wellness and beauty, gardening, household cleaning and various other products. The company was founded by Martha Stewart in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.