Thomas A. Fowler

Highline Media LLC was formed in October 2003 to acquire The National Underwriter Company, the leading publisher and reference provider to the insurance and financial industries. Magazine brands include the National Underwriter Property, Casualty and Life, Health weeklies, Claims, Tech Decisions, Insurance Advocate and Florida Underwriter, the reference tools Tax Facts and Fire, Casualty & Surety Bulletins, along with 150 other books and electronic products, and three conference events. In May 2004, the company added insurance and banking data assets, including regulatory, M&A and publicly traded data, from The Thomson Corporation. In the fall of 2005, Highline acquired Wealth Manager Magazine from Bloomberg and Research and Futures magazines from Adams Business Media. The company has 250 employees and revenues of $50 million. The company is backed by Spire Capital, a private equity firm whose current fund is making investments totaling $260 million, and the banks Harris Nesbitt, Brown Brothers Harriman and Wells Fargo.

Part of The Fairchild Corp., Fairchild Communications Services Co. is a company that manufactures aerospace equipment and provides telecommunication services. The company is based in Chantilly, VA.

PennWell Corp. publishes business magazines, newsletters, and technical journals. It publishes information about oil and gas, power and electricity, renewable energy, fire, public safety, aviation and defense, LEDs and lighting, cabling and broadband, optoelectronics, water and wastewater, and dental. The company was founded by Patrick C. Boyle in 1910 and is headquartered in Tulsa, OK.

Source Media LLC provides business-to-business digital media services. It provides timely and essential news, analysis, research, data and insights for members of the financial services community, and related fields in professional services and technology. The company offers its clients and subscriber?s publications and online information services, industry-standard data applications and in-depth seminars and conferences. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Summit Professional Networks operates as a business to business media company. The company offers editorial excellence, industry leading events, custom media offrings and data solutions. Summit Professional Networks was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.