Eric Gold

MacKay Shields LLC is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The original predecessor to the firm, MacKay-Shields Economics, was founded in 1938 as an economic consulting firm and it became MacKay Shields Financial Corp. (MSFC) in 1969. In 1984, MSFC was purchased by New York Life Insurance Co. (NYLIC). NYLIC established New York Life Investment Management Holdings LLC (NYLIM Holdings) in 1999 and transferred ownership of MSFC to NYLIM Holdings. In 1999, MSFC was converted to MacKay Shields LLC. The ownership, control and management of MacKay Shields did not change as a result of this conversion. The firm is wholly owned by NYLIM Holdings, which is wholly-owned by NYLIC. MacKay Shields provides discretionary investment management services primarily to institutional clients. The firm is a signatory of the United Nation Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Arch Wireless, Inc. provides paging services wireless messaging and information services. It provides one and two-way wireless messaging services. The company also offers utility wireless information services such as stock quotes, news, weather and sports updates, voice mail, personalized greeting, message storage, retrieval & equipment loss and/or maintenance protection for both one & two-way messaging subscribers. Arch Wireless was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Westborough, MA.

Founded in 1964, Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. is a full service investment firm and registered broker/dealer headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The firm's expertise includes retail and institutional brokerage services, investment banking and underwriting, secondary trading of corporate, municipal, and government securities and market making in over-the-counter stocks. The firm is a member of the NYSE and FINRA.

Founded in 2003 by Matthew Mayers and Joshua Siegel, StoneCastle Partners is a private equity firm located in New York City. The firm is affiliated with StoneCastle Advisors LLC, a registered investment advisor. Their ultimate parent is StoneCastle Partners LLC, a New York City-based holding company.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

Forest Investment Management LLC is a hedge fund manager located in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. They manage the Forest Multi Strategy Master Fund SPC, the Forest Opportunity Fund LP, the Forest Performance Fund LP, the HFR CA Global Opportunity Master Trust, the HFR RVA Select Performance Master Trust, the Forest Global Convertible Fund, the Forest Global Convertible Global Master Fund LP and the Forest Global Convertible Fund Ltd