Jeffrey C. Atkisson's Companies

• Commonwealth & Orient Investment Company 1990 Director Organised and continues to preside over merchant banking activities in the entertainment industry. Together with colleagues, make all investment banking engagement and portfolio investment and divestment decisions. Led group to world preeminence as provider (measured by number of transactions) of capital and financial advisory services to the motion picture exhibition industry. Conceptual Founder or Co-Founder of the following companies: AmStar Cinemas, LLC, BP/KTF, LLC, Regal Cinemas, Inc. and first institutional investor in Muvico Theatres, LLC.

• Hickory Venture Capital Corporation and First Tennessee Equity (subsidiaries of First Tennessee National Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee) Corporation 1986 - 1990 Vice President Participated as the President’s second in developing strategy. Made or influenced most portfolio investment/divestment decisions. Found, researched, negotiated, closed and monitored deals. Provided significant “added value” to the overall portfolio by advising investee chief executives on the management of growth and the deployment of resources, human and financial, within their enterprises. Successful investments include: Premiere Cinemas Corp., Everything’s A Dollar, Inc., Montgomery Tank Lines, Inc., The Forgotten Woman, Inc., Curaflex Health Services, Inc.

• Michigan Capital And Service, incorporated and NBD Equity Corporation, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (subsidiaries of NBD Bancorp Incorporated). 1984 - 1986 Investment Manager Initially supported the firm’s dealmakers by performing designated research and analytical activities. Gradually assumed more responsibility and began researching, negotiating, closing, monitoring, and divesting investments. Provided some “added value” to certain portfolio companies. Successful investments include: ARIX Corp., Maxtor, Inc., Mountain Computer, Inc., SensorMedics Corporation, Timberjack Corp., Syntellect Corp., Telemetics International, Inc.

• Venture Economics 1983 - 1983 Consultant Conducted a feasibility study of a European consulting division, which was contemplated at that time. Assignment involved considerable fieldwork in the United Kingdom.

• Ashland Oil, Inc. 1981 - 1983 Project Analyst Involved with all aspects of the corporate development company including special situations, commercialisation of internal technologies and direct venture capital investments.