SOUTHPAW ASSET MANAGEMENT

Southpaw is an Event Driven investment management firm focused on deep-value distressed and special situations opportunities. They employ an opportunistic, value oriented investment style that pursues all parts of the capital structure on both the long and short side. Howard Golden and Kevin Wyman co-founded Southpaw Asset Management LP in April 2005. The founders are supported by an institutional infrastructure comprised of seven investment professionals and a seasoned back office team. T... he two founders have a combined 30 years of extensive restructuring, commercial transaction, creditor committee and trading experience. Immediately prior to forming Southpaw in 2005, Mr. Golden and Mr. Wyman served as Managing Directors of Ramius Capital Group, LLC. During their five-year tenure at Ramius, they headed the RCG Carpathia Master Fund, Ltd. and related assets (the “Carpathia Funds”). The Carpathia Funds employed a Credit Opportunities / Distressed strategy with total assets under management in excess of $650 million.More