Ascent Capital Group Company Culture

Mr. William E. Niles has been an Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Ascent Capital Group, Inc. (formerly, Ascent Media Corporation) since September 2008. Mr. Niles serves as an Executive Vice President and Secretary of Monitronics International, Inc. He served as the Senior Business Affairs Executive of Ascent Media since June 2000. He served as an Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Ascent Media Group, Inc. since January 2002 until the sale of AMG on December 31, 2010. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Niles served as the Executive Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs at Ascent Media Group Inc from October 2001 to January 2002 and as the Senior Vice President and Assistant Secretary from November 2000 to October 2001. He was General Counsel and Vice President of Business Affairs at Four Media Company, LLC. Prior to 2002, Mr. Niles was a senior executive handling legal and business affairs within AMG and its predecessor companies, was an Associate at the international law firm of Baker and McKenzie as an Associate and a Partner with Stein and Kahan. He serves as a Director of Monitronics International, Inc. Mr. Niles holds law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California (USC).

Mr. Fred Albert Graffam, III, has been Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at Ascent Capital Group, Inc. and Monitronics International, Inc., since September 1, 2017. Mr. Graffam served as Senior Vice President of Investor Relations and M&A at DigitalGlobe, Inc. since August 24, 2016 until October 18, 2017 and also served as its Senior Vice President of Finance, Investor Relations & Corporate Development since April 2015. Mr. Graffam served as Senior Vice President of Investor Relations and Senior Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis at DigitalGlobe, Inc. until August 24, 2016 and Vice President Financial Planning and Analysis from July 2013 to August 2014. Mr. Graffam served as Senior Vice President of DigitalGlobe, Inc. until March 9, 2015. Mr. Graffam served as an Interim Chief Financial Officer at DigitalGlobe, Inc. from September 3, 2014 to March 9, 2015. Mr. Graffam was responsible for financial operations. He served as Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis at DigitalGlobe's since July 2013. Prior to joining DigitalGlobe, he served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer - North America and Asia Pacific for Level 3 Communications from April 2012 to July 2013. In this role, he led all financial operations for Level 3's North America region with a particular focus on supporting growth and value creation for the business. Before serving at Level 3, he spent 17 years with Comcast Corporation. He served as Senior Vice President of Comcast's Beltway Region from 2008 to 2011 and oversaw all regional operations of it. Mr. Graffam served as Senior Vice President of Finance - West Division from 2002 to 2008. He began his career in public accounting with Deloitte. He served as Vice President of Finance of Mountain Division at Comcast Cable Communications Inc., (also known as Comcast Cable Communications, LLC) since August 29, 2002. He served as Senior Vice President of Finance for West Division of Comcast Cable, where he oversaw all financial planning and day-to-day fiscal operations. Mr. Graffam served as Vice President and General Manager of Comcast Cable Communications Inc., of Prince George's County.