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Imperial Capital, LLC
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Imperial Capital is a nationally recognized full–service investment banking and institutional securities
firm offering a wide range of services to a diverse client base. These services include mergers and
acquisitions, private placements, divestitures, financial restructuring and recapitalizations, capital
raising, and valuations. The firm provides a strong background in Security Products and Services,
Technology, Consumer, and Business Services sectors, and is comprised of over 50 professionals located
in offices in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. Imperial Capital’s professionals bring a unique
set of experiences and qualifications to complement their extensive capital markets capabilities, and
are dedicated to advising and implementing creative, value enhancing solutions for their corporate and
institutional investor clients.
You can learn more about the company through their website:
www.imperialcapital.com
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John E. Mack III
Managing Director, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions
Imperial Capital, LLC
John E. Mack III is the Managing Director, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions for Imperial Capital, LLC,
a leading middle-market investment bank and full service institutional brokerage firm. Formerly,
the founder and CEO of USBX Advisory Services, Mr. Mack served on the Board of Directors and was
responsible for the business’s growth which lead to the strategic decision to join forces with Imperial
Capital to form a much larger full service investment bank.
Prior to founding USBX, Mr. Mack served as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of
Directors of Protection One, Inc. (NYSE: POI), the nation's second largest provider of life safety
and property monitoring services. Prior to assuming the role of CEO, Mr. Mack held the positions
of Chief Financial Officer, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Business Development,
where he was involved in over 200 acquisitions and oversaw the company’s growth from approximately
30,000 subscribers and $17 million in revenue to more than 1.6 million subscribers, over $600 million
in revenue and an enterprise value of $2 billion. Before joining Protection One, Mr. Mack was a
senior executive officer with Westec Security, Inc.

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Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
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Established in 1908, Mitchell Silberberg’s 125 attorneys provide integrated
legal and business solutions addressing our clients’ concerns in the following
areas: Complex Litigation; Labor and Employment, Immigration and Benefits;
Intellectual Property and Technology; Entertainment and New Media; Tax and
Family Wealth Planning; Environmental Law; and Corporate/Business
Transactions with a focus on the security industry.
You can learn more about the company through their web site: www.msk.com
Lessing E. Gold
Partner and Chair, MS&K Corporate Department
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Lessing
Lessing Gold is Chair of the Corporate Department at Mitchell Silberberg
& Knupp LLP. He has served as counsel in innumerable mergers and acquisitions
within the security industry, including the recent acquisition of one of the
largest security alarm companies in the United States. Les serves as general
counsel to the California Alarm Association, advising the organization on
regulatory, antitrust, and liability issues. He is also a frequent speaker
at the Central Alarm and Security Industry Associations and author of a
monthly column in a leading security trade publication.

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CapitalSource Finance, LLC
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CapitalSource is a specialized commercial finance company operating as a REIT
and offering first mortgage, asset-based, cash flow and mezzanine financing to
small and mid-sized borrowers. By offering a broad array of financial products,
we had outstanding $10.5 billion in loan commitments as of June 30, 2006. The
Security Lending Group is one of the strategic business units of CapitalSource
and provides loans to companies focused on the protection of life, property,
and information. Headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, the company has a
national network of offices across the country.
You can learn more about the company through their web site: www.capitalsource.com
William Polk
Managing Director
CapitalSource Finance, LLC
Bill Polk is a Managing Director of CapitalSource’s Security Lending Group and
serves on CapitalSource’s Leadership Committee. With over $20 billion in financing
commitments, CapitalSource (NYSE:CSE) is one of the leading commercial finance
companies in the U.S., offering asset-based, senior, cash flow, and mezzanine
financing and equity co-investments to middle-market borrowers. The company’s S
ecurity Lending Group provides financing to companies who protect life, property
and information in North America and Europe. The Group’s existing and target
clients are firms that serve both the commercial and government markets and
are engaged in technology development and manufacturing as well as the
provision of a broad range of security services. Particular areas of the
Group’s focus include physical security products and services, IT convergence
and security integration services, surveillance, screening, and identity
solutions, public safety and corrections, and the federal, state and local
homeland security marketplace.
Mr. Polk has over 20 years of debt and equity investment experience and has
been involved in over $1 billion of middle market security industry financings.
Prior to joining CapitalSource, Mr. Polk was a co-founder of SLP Capital, a
specialty finance company focused on security industry lending which was
acquired by CapitalSource in 2004. Mr. Polk also worked in the Multinational
Lending Group at Chemical Bank in New York and served as a Vice President of
AAI, Inc., a Boston area-based management consulting firm.
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