Announcement

Periculum Hires Chris Black, Director.

Periculum Capital Company, LLC is pleased to announce that Mr. Christopher A. Black has joined the firm as a Director. Mr. Black’s role with Periculum will be to assist clients with mergers and acquisitions, financings, and capital structure related projects.

Periculum Advisory Team Joseph H. Broecker Senior Managing Director 317.636.1800 ext. 202 jbroecker@periculumcapital.com Robert H. Shortle Senior Managing Director 317.636.1800 ext. 204 bshortle@periculumcapital.com Christopher M. Caniff Managing Director 317.636.1800 ext. 209 ccaniff@periculumcapital.com Todd R. Lugar Director 317.636.1800 ext. 205 tlugar@periculumcapital.com Fritz J. Schutte Director 317.636.1800 ext. 207 fschutte@periculumcapital.com Ryan W. Flynn Analyst 317.636.1800 ext. 203 rflynn@periculumcapital.com

Mr. Black most recently served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American Commercial Lines (NASDAQ: ACLI), a $1 Billion transportation and manufacturing company headquartered in Jeffersonville, Indiana, where he was responsible for all finance, accounting, treasury, risk management and investor relations functions. While at American Commercial Lines Mr. Black was instrumental in taking the company public and raising over $1 Billion of debt and equity financing. During his tenure the equity value of the company increased from $100 Million to over $1 Billion. Prior to American Commercial Lines Mr. Black was Vice President and Treasurer of Lafayette, Indiana based Wabash National Corporation (NYSE:WNC), a $1 Billion transportation manufacturing company, where he was instrumental in leading a successful out-of-court restructuring. Prior to Wabash National, Mr. Black spent twelve years in corporate banking.
Bob Shortle, Senior Managing Director of Periculum Capital, stated, "We are very pleased to have Chris join our team. He brings a wealth of capital markets and banking experience to the firm, and has a proven track record of generating significant shareholder returns at both Wabash and ACL. We believe his background will provide an excellent complement to our existing team, and will offer a unique perspective to our clients."
Mr. Black added, "Periculum has done a wonderful job of establishing itself as an important provider of capital markets solutions and M&A advisory work to its Midwestern based clients. I am looking forward to joining the team at a very interesting and important time in the capital markets cycle."
Mr. Black received his undergraduate degree in Psychology from Wabash College and his MBA in Finance from Indiana State University.