Scott B. Kauffman

Bank of Granite Corp. operates as a bank holding company. The company provides financial solutions to individual and institutional clients. These solutions include individual, group and short-term insurance, personal financial services such as estate planning, trusts, wills, personal loans, health management, savings and linked products, business fitness assessment and insurance investment management, asset management, property asset management, stock broking, employee benefits, risk management and capital market activities. The company's banking activities include the taking of demand and time deposits and the making of loans, secured and unsecured, to individuals, associations, partnerships and corporations. The firm's portfolio segments include commercial and industrial; real estate construction; real estate commercial mortgage and consumer. Bank of Granite was founded on June 1, 1987 and is headquartered in Granite Falls, NC.

Oak Hill Capital Management LLC (Oak Hill Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of OHCM Management LLC founded in 1986 by Robert M. Bass. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

CommunityOne Bancorp is a bank holding company, which operates through its subsidiaries, CommunityOne Bank NA, Bank of Granite Corp. and Bank of Granite. The company offers a complete line of consumer, mortgage and business banking services, including loan, deposit, treasury management, online and mobile banking services, as well as wealth management and trust services, to individual and small and middle market businesses. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

CFA Institute operates as non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of chartered financial analyst programs. It offers certificate in investment performance measurement program, investment foundations, and scholarship. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

CommunityOne Bank, NA is a nationally chartered commercial bank. The company is based in Asheboro, NC.

Capital Bank Financial Corp. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of banking and financial services. It offers depositary, online and mobile banking, and borrowing services to individual customers and businesses. The company was founded on November 30, 2009 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.