Claude S. Abernethy

The Interstate Group provides investment banking and research services. It provides integrates trading, sales and support services for institutional clients through a specialized arrangement that allows them to obtain research products and services with commission dollars. The company was founded by Grady G. Thomas, Jr. in 1975 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

WEI Wind Down, Inc. designs and manufactures shoes for U.S. military needs. It operates as a military combat footwear company. The firm's products include leather, hot-weather, intermediate cold and wet, desert, and antipersonnel mine blast protective boots. The company was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Morristown, TN.

Air Transport Association of Canada operates and manufactures aircraft. It also offers consulting services to the airline industry. The company was founded on November 18, 1934 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Ridgeview, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets a complete range of sports, rugged outdoor and heavyweight casual socks as well as a wide variety of women's hosiery products, including tights, trouser socks, pantyhose and knee-highs. The company is one of the leading vendors of sports socks to sporting goods and active apparel stores. The company also sells its products to department stores, discount stores and a variety of other retailers. It also produces sports socks for sale by others under such widely-recognized brand names as adidas, ASICS, Bass, Brooks, Fila, Head Sportswear, IZOD, New Balance & Reebok. The company produces and sells socks and women's hosiery directly to retailers under the brand names Coleman, Ellen Tracy, Evan-Picone, Rockport and Woolrich. The company estimates that approximately two-thirds of its net sales in the current fiscal year will be derived from sales of socks with the balance derived from sales of women's hosiery products.