Clarence A. Davis

Oneida Ltd. was a marketer of stainless steel and silver plated flatware for both the consumer and foodservice industries. Its products included bakeware, pantry organization, kitchen essentials, and drinkware. The company was founded in 1848 and was headquartered in Oneida, NY.

HPT SN Holding, Inc. engages in the operation of hotels. It provides services in United States, Egypt, Peru, Columbia, Chile, Ecuador and Caribbean. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.

Nestor, Inc. through its wholly owned subsidiary, Nestor Traffic Systems, Inc. provides innovative video based traffic safety and enforcement systems to state and local governments. The company's principal product, CrossingGuard incorporates patented image processing technology into an intelligent turnkey solution that predicts and records the occurrence of a red light violation and manages the entire process of issuing and processing a citation. It was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Providence, RI.

Pennichuck Corp. operates as a holding company with interest in the collection, storage, treatment and distribution of potable water. It has two business segments: Regulated Water Utility Operations and Non-Regulated Water Management Services. The Company is comprised of three private water utilities, Pennichuck Water Works Inc., Pennichuck East Utility, Inc. Pennichuck was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in Merrimack, US.

Gabelli Global Deal Fund operates as a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. It invests primarily in securities of companies (both domestic and foreign) involved in publicly announced mergers, takeovers, tender offers and leveraged buyouts and, to a lesser extent, in corporate reorganizations involving stubs, spin-offs and liquidations. The fund was founded on January 26, 2007 and is headquartered in Rye, New York.

The GDL Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The company's primary investment objective is to achieve absolute returns in various market conditions without excessive risk of capital. It invests in securities of companies involved in publicly announced mergers, takeovers, tender offers and leveraged buyouts and to a lesser extent in corporate reorganizations involving stubs, spin-offs, and liquidations to achieve its objective. The company was founded on October 17, 2006 and is headquartered in Rye, NY.