Gary M. Julien

Clarus Corp. is one of leading provider of outdoor equipment and lifestyle products. The company develops, manufactures and distributes a broad range of products including carabiners, protection devices, belay and rappel equipment, helmets, ropes, ice-climbing gear, backcountry gear, technical backpacks, high-end day packs, tents, trekking poles, gloves, skis, ski bindings and ski boots. The Principal brands of the company are Black Diamond Equipment® and Gregory Mountain Products®. It has manufacturing facilities in Salt Lake City and southeast China, a distribution center in Germany and a sales & marketing office located outside Basel, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Armor Holdings, Inc. manufactures personal safety equipment for the military. Its customers include law enforcement agencies, local police departments, state correctional facilities, and highway patrols. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.

Level 3GC Ltd. operates as a global communications service provider. It offers data, voice and collaboration services to the companies in the Fortune 500, as well as carriers, mobile operators and Internet service providers around the world. The company offers telecommunication solutions, including broadband, voice, data, multimedia communications, readily accessible audio, video and web-conferencing. It serves Latin American businesses through its operations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Mexico, Venezuela, the United States and the Caribbean region. The company was founded in March 1997 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Kanders & Co, Inc. provides investment services. It makes control oriented investments in public companies as platform companies and advises firms on capital structure and acquisitions. The company was founded on January 1, 1998 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Highlands Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company whose purpose is to acquire one or more operating businesses for the purpose of acquiring, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination. It targets in the healthcare industry, which includes healthcare service and managed care companies, hospitals, healthcare systems companies, physician groups, diagnostic service companies, medical device companies and other healthcare-related entities. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Montvale, NJ.