Michael George Psaros

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

KPS Capital Partners LP (KPS Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Eugene Keilin, Michael Psaros and David Shapiro. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Motor Coach Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture of intercity coaches serving charter and tour operators; line-haul and scheduled-service operators; transit agencies; and conversion companies. Its products include MCI J4500, MCI J3500, MCI University Coach, and MCI Commuter Coach, MCI D45 CRTe LE. It also supplies coach and bus replacement parts. The company was founded by Harry Zoltok in 1933 and is headquartered in Des Plaines, IL.

Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc. manufactures packaging, envelope, writing, and printing papers. Its products include covering kraft, forms, and offset papers. The firm markets and sells its products directly as well as through merchant and broker channels. The company was founded on May 10, 1999 and is headquartered in Canton, NC.

American & Efird LLC engages in the manufacture of industrial and consumer sewing thread. It also offers embroidery thread, and technical textiles. The company was founded by Charles Egbert Hutchison in 1891 and is headquartered in Mt. Holly, NC.

Herr-Voss Stamco, Inc. engages in the manufacture of coil processing, roll coating and electrostatic oiling equipment. It provides mill roll reconditioning, texturing and grinding. The company's products include tension leveling, cut-to-length, slitting, coating, and multi-blanking machines as well as packaging systems. The company is headquartered in Callery, PA.

Blue Water Automotive Systems, Inc. designs and manufactures engineered molded thermoplastic components and assemblies. Its products include air flow ducts, air exhauster, under hood, fender liners, functional, and interior trim. The company was founded in June 1954 and is headquartered in Marysville, MI.

Global Brass & Copper Holdings, Inc. engages in the conversion, fabrication, processing, and distribution of specialized non-ferrous products. It operates through the following segments: Olin Brass; Chase Brass and A.J. Oster. The Olin Brass segment fabricates, manufactures and converts copper and brass sheet, strip, foil, tube and fabricated components. The Chase Brass segment produce brass rod, in round, hexagonal, and other shapes, ranging from 1/4 inch to 4 1/2 inches in diameter. The A.J. Oster segment focuses in the process and distribute copper and copper-alloy sheet, strip, and foil. The company was founded on October 10, 2007 and is headquartered in Schaumburg, IL.

Waupaca Foundry, Inc. manufactures and supplies grey iron castings. The firm offers automotive passenger car and light truck castings, including engine, suspension, drive line, and wheel end components; heavy truck and trailer iron castings, such as diesel engine, transmission and clutch, suspension, and drive line components; agriculture, construction, and material handling castings, including tractor engine and transmission components, agriculture implements, combine parts, turf care parts and material handling components. The company was founded by John Rosche in 1871 and is headquartered in Waupaca, WI.