the great elm capital management (“gecm”) investment team has deep experience investing in leveraged middle market companies. the gecm team has deployed more than $17 billion into credit investments in more than 550 issuers across 20+ jurisdictions over its 14-year history under mast capital management, llc (“mast”). led by peter a. reed, gecm’s investment team has more than 100 years of experience in the aggregate financing and investing in leveraged middle market companies. great elm’s first investment vehicle is great elm capital corp. (“gecc”), a business development company. for more information, please visit: www.greatelmcc.com.