AUSTIN CAPITAL CORPORATION

Austin Capital Corporation ("Austin Capital" or "ACC") is a private investment management company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio that creates value through investments in lower middle market companies, principally in the Midwest, on behalf of a network of private investors. Austin Capital manages a range of affiliated investments and managed Austin Capital Partners, L.P. (or "ACP"), a private equity fund headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The fund was formed in 2002 by its principals: Darr... ell W. Austin, William E. Conway and Charles R. Emrick, Jr. Samuel S. Hartwell joined the Firm in 2007. Prior to forming Austin Capital and ACP, Their principals and investors invested informally together in multiple transactions over the years. They are an experienced and cohesive team. Darrell Austin and Samuel Hartwell, as Austin Capital Corporation ("ACC"), are the active managers. While Their investment criteria are flexible and opportunistic, Their primary market focus is on smaller private companies that are transitioning ownership to achieve liquidity, diversify risk, or obtain needed growth capital. Their investors include a number of highly successful operating executives who can lend their operating expertise to Their portfolio companies as appropriate.More