The following discussion materials are highly confidential and constitute privileged information. These materials are intended only for the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Colonel (“Colonel” or the “Company”), for use in evaluating the proposed transaction described herein and were not prepared with a view to public disclosure or to conform with any disclosure standards under applicable securities laws or otherwise. These materials were not prepared for use by readers not as familiar with the business and affairs of Colonel as the Board and, accordingly, neither Colonel nor Gleacher & Company Securities, Inc. (“Gleacher & Company” or “Gleacher”) nor their respective legal or financial advisors or accountants take any responsibility for the accompanying material when used by persons other than the Board. These materials may not be copied, reproduced, distributed or shared with any other persons for any reason without the explicit written permission of Gleacher & Company, except as required by law. These materials are subject to the terms, conditions and qualifications set forth in our engagement letter with Colonel and the Colonel Board. These materials are not intended to provide the sole basis for evaluating the proposed transaction, do not purport to contain all information that may be required for any such evaluation and should not be considered a recommendation with respect to any transaction. In addition, these materials are not complete without the accompanying oral discussion. No single analysis contained herein can be deemed more or less important than any other analysis and these analyses must be considered, in their totality, with the oral discussion. These materials have been prepared by relying, with the Company’s agreement, on information provided by or otherwise made available to us by the Company and through public sources and through discussions with members of the Company’s management concerning the business and financial condition, earnings, cash flow, assets, liabilities and prospects of the Company as a whole. In particular, we have assumed that the financial projections have been reasonably prepared by the Company and are consistent with the best currently available estimates and judgments of the senior management of the Company as to the future financial performance of the Company. We do not express any opinion with respect to such forecasts or projections or the assumptions on which they are based. Gleacher & Company has assumed and relied on the accuracy and completeness of all such information and on the reasonable preparation, based on the best currently available information, of any assumptions or forecasts or other financial data, in each case supplied or otherwise made available to us by the Company. None of Gleacher & Company or its affiliates or their respective officers, directors, employees, advisors, agents or representatives represents or warrants the accuracy or completeness of any of the material set forth herein, and, in particular, no representation or warranty is or can be made by any of them as to the accuracy and achievability of any projections or estimates, and we express no view with respect to the assumptions on which they are based. These materials are necessarily based upon information available to Gleacher & Company and financial, stock market and other conditions and circumstances existing and disclosed to Gleacher & Company, as of the date of the material. Gleacher & Company does not have any obligation to update, revise or reaffirm the accompanying materials. Disclaimer Gleacher & Company Securities, Inc. prohibits employees from offering, directly or indirectly, a favorable research rating or specific price target, or offering to change a rating or price target to a subject company, as consideration or inducement for the receipt of business or for compensation. The Firm further prohibits research analysts from sol iciting investment banking business and from being compensated for involvement in investment banking transactions. In the ordinary course of business, Gleacher and its affiliates may trade the securities of the Company and of potential participants in the Proposed Transaction for its own account and for the accounts of customers, and may at any time hold a long or short position in such securities. The Company acknowledges that from time to time Gleacher’s and affiliates’ research department may publish research reports or other materials, the substance and/or timing of which may conflict with the views or advice of the members of the Gleacher’s investment banking department, which reports or materials may have an adverse effect on the Company’s interests in connection with the proposed transaction or otherwise. |