Douglas Bottrell

OVERVIEW Middle-market private equity firm that seeks to partner with and invest in management teams and their companies. Granite Bridge Partners LLC purchases control positions in companies with strong continuing management, high upside, discernible value and acquisition-led and organic growth drivers. At Granite Bridge, we differentiate with patient capital, certainty to close, and our team’s extensive experience in lower middle-market private equity. GUIDING PRINCIPLES - Success demands operating with the highest level of integrity - Open communications and shared understanding are critical to effective partnerships - The ability to “Get Things Done” is a required core competency INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS When considering a specific investment opportunity, the most important criteria are: - Strong and committed management team with significant ownership opportunities post-closing - Leadership position in technology, product line, cost position or distribution channel - Growth opportunities, internal or by acquisition - Diversity of products/services, customers, markets and suppliers TRANSACTION PARAMETERS Industries: Consumer products and services, Business services & Niche manufacturing Investment Amount: $10 - $30mm of equity per transaction Company Size: Revenues over $10mm and EBITDA over $2mm Transaction Size: Enterprise value between $10 - $100mm Types: Control Acquisitions & Recapitalizations, Expansion Financings, Industry Consolidations and Corporate Divestitures TEAM Granite Bridge Partners is a consensus-driven and results-oriented private equity firm comprised of financial professionals with decades of investing experience and strong relationships across the lower middle-market ecosystem. The partners have widely varied backgrounds in private equity, strategy consulting, investment banking and lending and are supplemented by outside directors and operating executives with relevant industry experience.

Ambiq® was founded in 2010 on the simple yet powerful notion that extremely low-power semiconductors are the key to the future of electronics. Through the use of pioneering ultra-low power technology, innovative companies around the world are developing differentiated solutions that reduce or eliminate the need for batteries, reduce overall system power and maximize industrial design flexibility. Our mission is to enable intelligence (artificial intelligence (AI) and beyond) everywhere by delivering the lowest power semiconductor solutions. We enable our customers to deliver artificial intelligence compute at the edge where power consumption challenges are the most profound. Our technology innovations, built on the patented and proprietary subthreshold power optimized technology (SPOT), fundamentally deliver a multi-fold improvement in power consumption over traditional semiconductor designs. We’ve powered over 270 million devices today. As we see the shift in devices move from “smart” to “AI,” our technology and solutions have evolved to accommodate the power requirements needed to enable feature rich devices that are always on, high performing, secure, accurate, energy efficient, and just as important practical. Our leadership in powering devices made for edge AI has helped technology innovators across wearable, smart home and buildings, industrial, healthcare, and other sectors deliver intelligent devices that can do more while consuming less. For more information, visit www.ambiq.com.

Huron River Ventures is an early-stage venture fund focused on the energy industry. We invest in bold entrepreneurs bringing digital and sustainable technology solutions to the global energy industry.

Halo Growth Ventures is a private equity investor focused on industries ripe for technology disruption. In these industries, we create, invest in and build next generation market leading companies by applying capital, world class management and game-changing technology solutions. In doing so, we generate above-market returns for our investors.

CoBe Capital, a global private investment firm with a permanent capital base, specializes in the acquisition and operation of non-core and underperforming business units in the Americas and Europe from leading global corporations. Firm Profile: • Focus on acquisition and operation of non-core and under-performing corporate divestitures • Strategy is agnostic to industry sector • Owns and operates a diversified portfolio of companies in North American and Europe • Strong track record of successful turnarounds Portfolio Companies: • Bus Part Warehouse (USA) - acquired from HSBC Holdings plc (LON: HSBA) • Hatria (Italy) - acquired from Mohawk Industries​ (NYSE: MHK) Marazzi Group • LOGOCOS Naturkosmetik (Germany) - acquired from L’Oréal (ENXTPA:OR) • Resilion (USA) - acquired from IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IACI) • Stark Manufacturing (USA) - acquired from Dover Corporation’s DE-STA-CO (NYSE: DOV) • Völker (Germany) - acquired from Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HRC) Acquisition Profile: • Divestiture by leading global corporation • Sales decision based on the strategic decision that the business is non-core, non-strategic and/or underperforming • Target company undergoing financial, operational and/or market related transition • Revenue up to $1 billion • Primary operations in the Americas or Europe • Excess cost, capacity or underperformance • Opportunity to add value