Thomas A. Litz

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Tom currently serves as the co-chair of the firm's corporate finance and securities group. He has over 25 years' experience advising companies in relation to securities regulation, business organizations, and corporate finance, including representing clients in connection with a broad range of transactional and compliance matters. Tom has extensive experience with venture capital and private equity, representation of issuers and underwriters in public offerings and private placements of securities, mergers and acquisitions, and regulation of securities industry participants.

Tom is a nationally recognized attorney in corporate and securities:

· Chambers USA gave him its highest ranking, Band 1, Corporate/M&A, St. Louis.
· He has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Securities Law (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, S.C.).
· He has been named the Best Lawyers' 2011 St. Louis Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year.
· He is a 2010 Lawdragon "National Finalist" in its fifth Annual Guide to the Leading Lawyers in America.
· Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers® named him to the St. Louis Top 50 lawyers.

The Missouri Bar

Illinois State Bar Association

The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

Technology Gateway/Capital Formation Sub Committee: Chair, Legislative Working Group (1998- 2000)
Missouri Venture Capital Roundtable: Member (2000-2004)
Lucky Lane Early Childhood Association: Board Member (1992-1994)

Alter Trading Corporation

Bush-O'Donnell Capital Services

Charter Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHTR)

Eagle Fund I, L.P.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company

Essence Group Holdings Corporation

Gateway Venture Partners

The Laclede Group, Inc.

Maritz Holdings, Inc.

Missouri State Employees' Retirement System

Prolog Ventures, LLC

Public School Retirement System

Scottrade Financial Services, Inc.

Siboney Corporation

Zoltek Companies, Inc.

Served as counsel to Quilogy, Inc. in connection with the sale of Aspect Software, Inc. (January 2010).

Served as counsel to JBM Electronics in connection with its business combination with Sixnet Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of Riverside Partners and American Capital (September 2009).

Served as counsel for Alter Trading Corporation in connection with acquisition of Schwartzmann Recycling (March 2008).

Served as counsel to Two Rivers Associates in connection with the acquisition of Potter Electric Signal Company (January 2008).

Served as counsel to Zoltek Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZOLT) in connection with $150 million secondary offering of common stock through underwriters led by Merrill Lynch & Co. (August 2007).

Served as counsel to the owners of Northstar Battery LLC in connection with sale of Northstar Battery to Altor (August 2007).

Served as counsel to Mission Care Services, LLC in connection with sale of Abbott Ambulance to Emergency Medical Services Corporation (July 2007).

Served as counsel to Eagle Fund I, L.P./Bush-O’Donnell Capital Services in connection with acquisition of Desierto Verde, LLC (June 2007).

Served as counsel to Alter Trading Corporation in connection with acquisition of Samuels Recycling Company (December 2006).

Served as counsel to First St. Louis Capital Markets, Inc. and First St. Louis Securities, Inc. in connection with the acquisition by Midwest Independent Bancshares (September 2006).

Served as underwriter’s counsel to UBS Securities, LLC in connection with $40 million offering of unsecured notes by The Empire District Electric Company (NYSE: EDE) (June 2005).

Served as counsel to Maritz Inc. in connection with the sale of is corporate travel business to Carlson Wagonlit Travel (April 2004).

Served as underwriters’ counsel to UBS Securities, LLC in connection with $42 million public offering of common stock by The Empire District Electric Company (NYSE: EDE) (December 2003).

Served as counsel to investor group that formed Bunker Hill Bancorp to acquire Neosho Savings & Loan Association (October 2003).

Served as counsel to State Bank of Aviston in connection with its acquisition by Centrue Financial Corporation (AMEX: CFF) (October 2003).

Served as underwriters’ counsel to UBS Securities, LLC in connection with $98 million public offering of senior unsecured notes by The Empire District Electric Company (NYSE: EDE) (June 2003).

Served as counsel to K-V Pharmaceutical Company (NYSE: KVA) in connection with $200 million contingent convertible subordinated note offering under SEC Rule 144A through initial purchasers led by Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Bank of America Securities

Served as underwriters’ counsel to Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. in connection with $13 million public offering of common stock by Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: DGAS) (April 2003).

Served as counsel to Allegiant Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALLE) in connection with $30 million secondary offering of common stock through underwriters led by Legg Mason (April 2003).

Served as counsel to Dash Multi-Corp, Inc., in connection with its "going private" merger transaction with R-B Rubber Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: RBBR) (January 2003).

Served as underwriters’ counsel to Banc of America Securities LLC in connection with $50 million public offering of Senior Notes by The Empire District Electric Company (NYSE: EDE) (December 2002).

Served as counsel to K-V Pharmaceutical Company (NYSE: KVA) in connection with its $94 million secondary offering of Class A Common Stock, through underwriters led by Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation (July 2002).

Served as underwriters' counsel to Lehman Brothers Inc. in connection with $52 million secondary offering of common stock by The Empire District Electric Company (NYSE: EDE) (May 2002).

Served as counsel to Laser Vision Centers, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVCI) in connection with its $70 million merger with TLC Laser Centers, Inc. (Nasdaq: TLCV) (May 2002).

Served as counsel to Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE: BTU) in connection with its $500 million initial public offering through underwriters led by Lehman Brothers Inc. (May 2001).

Served as underwriters' counsel to A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. and Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. in connection with $50 million public offering of Trust Preferred Securities by The Empire District Electric Company (February 2001).

Served as counsel to Allegiant Bancorp, Inc., in connection with public offering of 1,500,000 Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities, through underwriters led by EVEREN Securities, Inc. and Wheat First Securities (August 1999).

"New SEC Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules," Rubin Brown SEC Hot Topics Seminar (January, 2007)

"Attracting and Structuring Angel Investments," Extended Technology Entrepreneur Program sponsored by St. Louis Center For Emerging Technologies (December 2003)