Michael E. Gagliardi

Established in 2005, Halbis Capital Management (USA), Inc., formerly HSBC Halbis Partners (USA), Inc., is a specialist investment subsidiary of HSBC Investments, itself a subsidiary of HSBC Bank USA. The firm's ultimate parent is HSBC Holdings Plc (LSE: HSBA). They manage the HSBC Gem Opportunities Ltd. fund, the HSBC Gem Opportunities LLC, the Halbis Global Opportunistic Alpha Fund Ltd., the Halbis US Credit Alpha Offshore Fund Ltd. the HSBC Distressed Opportunities Fund and the Halbis Commodities Alpha Fund. The firm is headquartered in New York City with additional offices in London, Paris and Hong Kong.

CapLease, Inc. is a diversified real estate investment trust, which invests primarily in single tenant commercial real estate assets subject to long-term leases to high credit quality tenants. It focuses on properties that are subject to a net lease, or a lease that requires the tenant to pay all or substantially all property operating expenses, such as utilities, real estate taxes, insurance and routine maintenance. The company provides owners of single tenant real estate with a full range of equity, debt and mezzanine financing options. It has two complimentary business lines: owning single tenant properties and making first mortgage loans and other debt investments on single tenant properties. CapLease was founded by Paul H. McDowell, Shawn P. Seale and William R. Pollert in 1994 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) (JPMC-IM) is the investment management division of JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a global financial services firm. Headquartered in New York City, JPMC-IM provides asset management services for corporations, institutional investors, hedge funds, governments, healthcare organizations, educational institutions and affluent individuals.

Headquartered in Darien, Connecticut with offices in New York City, Atlantic Advisors LLC is dedicated to global finance and investing. They offer custom investment, finance, and advisory services to an international client base that includes corporations, institutions and high net-worth individuals.

UBS AG engages in the provision of financial advisory solutions for private and institutional investors, intermediaries, and wealth management clients. The firm focuses on the areas of wealth and asset management, as well as investment banking. It offers retail investment products, global financing services, investment research, bespoke financing, traditional investments, as well as bonds and equities. The company was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

HSBC Global Asset Management (USA), Inc. (AMUS) is the US-based wholly-owned investment advisory and fund management subsidiary of HSBC USA, Inc., and is indirectly owned by HSBC Holdings Plc (LSE: HSBA, NYSE: HBC) in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in New York City. AMUS provides discretionary and non-discretionary advisory services to clients in several major markets and is a multi-product provider of investment and fund management services. For institutions, the firm provides active and tailored portfolio management on a global, regional, asset-class and country specific basis. The firm also serves as investment adviser to US registered investment companies. AMUS is a signatory to the UN-supported Principles of responsible Investment (UNPRI).