Grady G. Thomas

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.

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.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities (CFS) is a financial services provider headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1945. They are a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald LP and their ultimate parent is CF Group Management, Inc. CFS offers an array of financial products and services in the equity and fixed-income capital markets. The firm provides sales and trading, investment banking, asset management, market commentary and market data.