Biography

Andrew L. Sole is the Co-founder and Managing Member of Esopus Creek Advisors, the General Partner to the Esopus Creek Value Series Fund LP (“Esopus”). Esopus, launched in August 2005, is based in East Hampton, N.Y. and is a concentrated long-term value investment fund focusing on investments in small and mid-capitalization public securities, both non-distressed and distressed public companies. Mr. Sole has over 30 years of investment experience, including investments in Chapter 11 corporate reorganizations. Mr. Sole has served as a fiduciary on both official creditor and official equity holder committees in numerous bankruptcy cases over the last 18 years. Prior to Esopus, Mr. Sole was a managing partner of Esopus Creek Partners and Esopus Creek Capital, the predecessor firms to Esopus, from January 2002 until August 2005. Both firms focused on long-term investments in public securities. Mr. Sole holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Union College and a J.D (cum laude and a Member of the Order of the Coif) from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University, and is a licensed attorney in New York.