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Claire's, Inc. operates as a specialty retail store. The company was founded on March 19, 2007 and is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, IL.

Linens 'n Things, Inc. operates as an online retailer of home textiles, house wares and decorative home accessories. It offers garden decor, kitchen, electronics, and pet supplies. The company was founded by Eugene Wallace in 1975 and is headquartered in Clifton, NJ.

CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc. engages in the business of owning, operating, and franchising quick-service hamburger restaurants. Its brand portfolios include Carl's Jr. Restaurants LLC and Hardee?s Restaurants LLC. The company was founded by Carl L. Karcher in 1966 and is headquartered in Franklin, TN.

General Nutrition Centers, Inc. engages in the retail of nutritional supplementary products. It provides vitamin, mineral, herbal and other specialty supplements and sports nutrition, diet and energy products. The company was founded in October 2003 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Claire's Boutiques, Inc. operates jeweler and fashion accessories stores. It offers hats, earrings, necklace sets, headbands, gloves and so much more. The company is headquartered in Pembroke Pines, FL.

Boot Barn, Inc. retails western footwear and apparels. Its products include shoes, shirts, jeans, pants, jackets, skirts, buckles & belts, hats, handbags, watches and gift items for men, women, and kids. The company was founded by Kenneth Meany in 1978 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Smart & Final, Inc. engages in wholesale grocery business. It supplies food, foodservice products, and culinary equipment through non-membership warehouse and wholesale stores. The firm offers dairy, meat, and baking products; grocery and dry food items; beverages; paper and packaging products; frozen food; kitchen equipment and janitorial supplies; and sundries. The company was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Commerce, CA.

Apollo Global Management, Inc /Private Equity/ (Apollo Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in 1990. The firm is headquartered in New York City.

GNC Corp. retails natural and specialty foods. Its nutritional-supplements retail chain devoted solely to items such as vitamins and dietary products. The company also has stores within Rite Aid drugstores and makes Rite Aid private-label products. It was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc. owns and operates a chain of upscale-casual dining restaurants. The company was founded by Paul M. Fleming and Philip Chiang on July 20, 1993 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Morgan Joseph TriArtisan LLC is an investment and merchant bank engaged in providing financial advice, capital raising and private equity investing. Their services include mergers, acquisitions and restructuring advice and private placements and public offerings of equity and debt. The firm is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of Morgan Joseph TriArtisan Group, Inc. Morgan Joseph TriArtisan was formed in 2010 as the result of a merger between Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. and TriArtisan Partners LLC. Morgan Joseph TriArtisan is a member of FINRA, the NASD and the SIPC. Morgan Joseph TriArtisan's primary focus is on providing financial advisory and capital raising services in the US, Europe and Asia. This includes mergers and acquisitions advice, restructuring advice, private placements and public offerings of debt and equity. For their institutional clients, Morgan Joseph TriArtisan provides a full range of sales and executions services, including equity research and specialized reports on convertible debt. The firm's sales and trading teams service a variety of institutional clients with both debt and equity investment ideas and trading services. They primarily serve the consumer products, healthcare, automotive, chemical, transportation, construction, entertainment, telecommunications and media industries. Morgan Joseph TriArtisan's debt and equity analysts cover a growing universe of stock and bond issues across a broad range of industry sectors. Their equity research focuses primarily on middle-market companies with limited research and coverage and uses a classic bottom-up qualitative approach. The high-yield department specializes in finding trading opportunities by identifying undervalued and overvalued high-yield debt for institutional clients. They focus on small- to mid-sized issues that are not widely covered and are often mispriced in the market.

TriArtisan Capital Advisors LLC (TriArtisan Capital Advisors) is a private equity subsidary of Cowen Investment Management LLC founded in 2016 by Gerald H Cromack and Rohit Manocha. The firm is headquartered in New York.

TriArtisan ES Partners LLC seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States with an EBIDTA of USD 25 - 300 millions. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of retail/consumer, business & professional services, industrial, media and healthcare sectors. It provides financing for spin-offs, carve-outs, roll-ups, recapitalizations, restructurings growth, leveraged buyouts and growth stage capital requirements.

TGI Friday's, Inc. engages in the operation of restaurants. It offers desserts, pasta and chicken, beverages, appetizers, and salads. The company was founded by Alan Stillman in 1965 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Mears Transportation Group LLC provides bus and taxi transportation services. It offers luxury transportation, cruise transportation, and shared ride shuttle. The company was founded by Paul Mears, Sr. in 1939 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

Part of Rothschild & Co. The company is based in New York, NY. Continuation Holdings AG, Rothschild, Inc. provides investment banking and advisory services.

Morgan Joseph TriArtisan Group, Inc. provides investment banking services. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by John F. Sorte.

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of securities underwriting and investment services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Goodhaven Funds Trust operates as an open-end management investment company. The company was founded on December 18, 2015 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Tri-Artisan Acquisition Corp. operates as a blank check company. The company intends to complete a merger, or similar business combination, with a company that is engaged in the global consumer products, services, and retail industries. Tri-Artisan Acquisition was founded by Gerald H. Cromack and Rohit Manocha on January 10, 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Wildridge Capital Management LLC provides financial services. The private company is based in Edina, MN.

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. operated supermarkets and grocery stores. Its brand names included A&P, Food Basics, The Food Emporium, Path Mark, and Super fresh Waldbaums. The company was founded by George Huntington Hartford and George Francis Gilman in 1850 and was headquartered in Ramsey, NJ.

Borders Group, Inc. owns and operates bookstores and music stores. It operates through its subsidiaries, Borders, Inc. and Walden Book Company, Inc., which operates stores selling books, music and movie superstores and mall-based bookstores. The company operates a proprietary e-commerce Web site www.borders.com. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Cedar Fair Management, Inc. operates amusement and water parks. The private company is based in Sandusky, OH. Richard A. Zimmerman has been the CEO of the company since 2007.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Part of CEC Entertainment Holdings II LLC, CEC Entertainment LLC is a national leader in family entertainment and dining, with its Chuck E. Cheese, Peter Piper Pizza, and Pasqually's Pizza & Wings brands. The company is based in Irving, TX, and the CEO of the company is David McKillips. The company's goal is to create positive, lifelong memories for families through fun, food, and play, and it is committed to providing a fun, safe environment for children. Chuck E. Cheese has donated over $19 million to schools through its fundraising programs and offers industry-leading programs such as Kid Check®. Peter Piper Pizza offers dining, entertainment, and carryout with a neighborhood pizzeria feel, and its restaurants appeal to parents and kids alike. The company operates nearly 600 Chuck E. Cheese fun centers and over 120 Peter Piper Pizza venues in 47 states and 19 foreign countries and territories. Created in 2020, Pasqually's Pizza & Wings offers a distinct, customized eating experience outside of a restaurant environment and operates out of 400 ghost locations nationwide.

Doheny Enterprises, Inc. operates online stores that sell pool cleaning products. The private company is based in Kenosha, WI.

OfficeMax, Inc. engages in the distribution of both business-to-business and retail office products. It operates through the following segments: Contract and Retail. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in Naperville, IL.

Ryder Logistics, Inc. provides supply chain management and logistics solutions. The private company is based in Miami, FL.