Mr. Jay R. Bloom J.D. is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Trimaran Capital Partners. Mr. Bloom serves as a Principal of Trimaran Advisors, L.L.C. He serves as a Co-Portfolio Manager of Trian Credit Partners. Mr. Bloom serves as a Vice President at EPL Intermediate, Inc. He serves as Principal of Trimaran Advisors. Mr. Bloom serves as Manager of Norcraft GP L.L.C. He is the General partner of Norcraft Holdings LP. He is a Member of the Executive Board of CIBC. Mr. Bloom served as Co-President and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Trian Capital Corporation. He served as a Portfolio Manager of Trimaran Advisors at KCAP Financial, Inc until December 1, 2014. Mr. Bloom served as Co-Head of the CIBC Argosy Merchant Banking Funds. Prior to joining CIBC World Markets Corp. in 1995, Mr. Bloom Founded and served as Managing Director at The Argosy Group L.P. Prior to this, he served as a Managing Director at Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated. Prior to that, he worked with Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb Incorporated. In addition, Mr. Bloom practiced law at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison. He served as a Company Secretary of EPL Intermediate, Inc. He served as a Manager of Norcross Safety Products L.L.C. from December 2001 to July 19, 2005. Previously, he served as the Vice Chairman of CIBC World Markets Corp. He has been Director of Norcraft GP, L.L.C., the General Partner of Norcraft Companies, L.P. since October 21, 2003. Additionally, Mr. Bloom serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Brite Media, Level 3 GC Limited, Norcraft Companies, L.P., Educational Services of America, Inc.; PrimeCo Wireless Communications LLC; JAC Holdings International Inc.; Heating Oil Partners L.P.; Standard Steel, L.L.C.; Millennium Digital Media, L.L.C.; Johnstown America Corp; El Pollo Loco, Inc.; and Fortunoff. He serves as a Director of Global Crossing Ltd. Mr. Bloom has been a Director of EPL Intermediate, Inc., since December 2007 and Lancer Industries, Inc. since October 1999. He is also a Member of the Cornell University Council and Cornell University Undergraduate Business Program Advisory Council. Mr. Bloom is a Member of the Johnson Graduate School of Management Advisory Council. He served as Non-Independent Director of KCAP Financial, Inc. since February 2012 until December 1, 2014. Mr. Bloom served as a Director at Transportation Technologies Industries, Inc., since March 2000. He served as Director of Trian Capital Corporation. He served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Accuride Corp. from February 2005 to December 16, 2005. Mr. Bloom served as a Member of the Board of Directors of FreightCar America Inc. from February 2001 to November 16, 2005. Mr. Bloom served as a Member of the Board of Directors of IASIS Healthcare Corp, since October 1999. Mr. Bloom was a Member of the Board of Editors of the Columbia Law Review. He holds a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, an M.B.A. degree and a B.S. degree from Cornell University, graduating summa cum laude.