Som Dasgupta

Linden Advisors LP (Linden) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2003 by Joe Wong and three members of the JP Morgan US convertible arbitrage desk. Linden provides discretionary investment advisory services to a group of private investment funds within a master-feeder structure and to separately managed accounts. The Funds are open only to certain financially sophisticated and high net-worth individuals and entities.

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.

Founded in 1983, PNC Capital Markets LLC is a registered broker/dealer located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm is a subsidiary of PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC; NYSE: PNU; NYSE: PNC-PD). PNC Capital Markets offers a variety of customized banking, advisory and securities solutions. Their capital markets products and services include: ABS, corporate share repurchase programs, equipment finance solutions, equity and interest rate derivatives, foreign exchange, loan syndications, mergers and acquisitions, private placements, public finance and public market securities. PNC Capital Markets also provides public finance advisory services, securities underwriting and securities sales and trading. The firm is a member of FINRA and the SIPC.