Lucas T. Cutler

The Sterling Group LP (The Sterling Group) is a private equity firm founded in 1982 by Frank J. Hevrdejs. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Banc of America Securities (BAS) is the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC). The firm provides both the domestic and international equity and investment banking markets, and pursues a strategy pioneered by Citigroup that combines corporate lending with investment banking advice and services. They provide high-yield debt underwriting and leveraged finance, in addition to industry coverage groups such as healthcare, media and telecom, financial institutions, real estate and gaming. BAS also does a significant amount of work for Financial Sponsors, or private equity firms, often financing leveraged transactions. Following the strategy of Goldman Sachs, the firm lacks a standalone mergers and acquisitions department, instead employing mergers and acquisitions senior bankers throughout the industry coverage groups. The firm is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC, is a member of the NYSE, and the NASD. The use of Banc in the BAS's name is indicative of the fact that the company is not a bank, and their deposits and other holdings are not insured by the FDIC.

Brazos Private Equity Partners LLC (Brazos Private Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Patrick McGee. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Rennhack Marketing Services, Inc. provides incentive marketing and merchandising services. It offers acquisition, optimization, reward, and retention programs and strategies. The firm also offers its branded merchandise-based incentive programs for financial services clients to attract, retain, and grow customers. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Grapevine, TX.

Impact Confections, Inc. manufactures confectionary candies. Its products include lollipop, paintbrush, sidewalk chalk, soda pop, champion chew, Chomp'n bubble gum crayons and bubbaloha. The firm's brands include WARHEADS and MELSTER CANDIES. The company was founded by Bradley C. Bake in 1981 and is headquartered in Janesville, WI.

Golden County Foods, Inc. produces and retails potatoes, vegetables and other foods. Its customers include some of the largest and most sophisticated food companies and brand names in North America and Europe. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Plover, WI.

Tri-Northern Security Distribution, Inc. engages in the distribution and supply of security and low voltage products. It offers audio and automation; CCTV (closed-circuit television); data communications; fire; hardware; intrusion detection; and IP solutions. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Woodbury, NY.

CenterOak Partners LLC (CenterOak) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Randall Fojtasek. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.