Robert Hinson

Ares Management LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and global alternative investment manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1997 by Merritt Hooper, John Kissick and Antony Ressler. They are a subsidiary of Ares Management Holdings LP and their ultimate parent is Ares Management Corp. (NYSE: ARES). Ares Management provides investment advice to various pooled investment vehicles, other separately managed accounts and other institutional clients.

Keltic Financial Services LLC provides financing services. It offers working capital to companies that do not meet a bank’s credit profile; lines of credit, which is structured as bridge financing, special accommodation financing, turnaround financing, debtor-in-possession financing, and acquisition lines of credit; and asset based revolving lines of credit, which is structured as debtor-in-possession and acquisition lines of credit for various customer segments, such as manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and service providers. The company was founded by John Patrick Reilly and is headquartered in Wyckoff, NJ.