COVE PARTNERS LLC.

Cove Partners has been providing high quality investment banking services to middle-market companies since January 1996. Based in San Diego, California, Cove Partners provides corporate finance, merger and acquisition, corporate restructuring, and strategic planning advisory services. Cove Partners assists clients with structuring and implementing a wide range of financial and strategic solutions designed to assist companies in every stage of the corporate lifecycle. Collectively, their seasoned team of professionals has participated in debt, equity, and merger and acquisition transactions with a combined transactional value in excess of $5 billion. They measure their accomplishments based on the results they achieve for their clients.