John Karageorge

Ilios Partners is the pre-eminent provider of global securities surveillance and investor relations support to a wide range of corporate, investment banking, and investor relations consulting firms. It also provides investor relations support for corporate clients, including targeting and investor perception studies. The principals of Ilios Partners, John Karageorge and Nick Trikolas, have extensive industry experience. Most recently, Mr. Karageorge was a Managing Director at The Carson Group, where he spearheaded a team providing deal-related stock and fixed income surveillance to investment banking clients as well as having originated Carson’s global surveillance program. Mr. Trikolas has over ten years of experience in investor relations and stock surveillance, having participated in various capacities in the industry since its inception. Prior to co-founding Ilios Partners, he founded and ran the Chicago branch of The Carson Group.

Carson Group provides financial information services. The firm specializes in global shareholder research and related advisory services. The company was foundedd by David M. Geliebter and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Georgeson, Inc. provides proxy solicitation services. It offers information agent services, small shareholder oddlot programs, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance consulting, and asset reunification. The company was founded by Lloyd Georgeson in 1935 and is headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

The Dial Corp. manufactures and sells personal care and household products. The company's products include body wash, hand soap, liquid hand sanitizer, bar soap, deodorant, and lotion. The company was on August 02, 1996 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.