GORDON O'BRIEN

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Filing Date Source Excerpt
2007-04-03 Gordon O'Brien 41 Principal and Managing Director of American Capital Strategies since 1998. Vice President of Pennington Partners/PENMAN Partners, a private equity firm, from 1995 to 1998. A Board member of numerous private companies as a representative of American Capital Strategies.
2008-03-28 Gordon O'Brien 42 Principal and Managing Director of American Capital Strategies since 1998. Vice President of Pennington Partners/PENMAN Partners, a private equity firm, from 1995 to 1998. A Board member of numerous private companies as a representative of American Capital Strategies. Compensation Committee member Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($): $35,000 Stock Awards ($): $57,630 Total ($): $92,630
2009-03-27 Gordon O'Brien 43 President of Specialty Finance and Operations of American Capital Strategies since 2008. Compensation Committee Member Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($): 40,500 Stock Awards ($): 57,630 Total ($): 98,130
2010-03-24 Gordon O'Brien 44 President of Specialty Finance and Operations of American Capital Strategies since 2008. Principal and Managing Director of American Capital Strategies from 1998 to 2008. Vice President of Pennington Partners/PENMAN Partners, a private equity firm, from 1995 to 1998. A Board member of numerous private companies as a representative of American Capital Strategies. 2005 Mr. O'Brien's extensive experience with capital markets and acquisition strategy as well as his extensive experience as a director on numerous other boards are valuable in Board discussions regarding the Company's capital structure, liquidity needs and acquisition strategy. Director Compensation for Fiscal Year 2009 Gordon O'Brien 35,000 (1)(4) 95,680 (3) — — — (5) — 130,680
2011-04-01 Gordon O'Brien 45 President of Specialty Finance and Operations of American Capital Strategies since 2008. Principal and Managing Director of American Capital Strategies from 1998 to 2008. Vice President of Pennington Partners/PENMAN Partners, a private equity firm, from 1995 to 1998. A Board member of numerous private companies as a representative of American Capital Strategies. Lead Independent Director and Compensation Committee Member
2012-03-30 Gordon O'Brien 46 President of Specialty Finance and Operations of American Capital Strategies since 2008. Principal and Managing Director of American Capital Strategies from 1998 to 2008. Vice President of Pennington Partners/PENMAN Partners, a private equity firm, from 1995 to 1998. A Board member of numerous private companies as a representative of American Capital Strategies. 2005 Mr. O'Brien's extensive experience with capital markets and acquisition strategy as well as his extensive experience as a director on numerous other boards are valuable in Board discussions regarding the Company's capital structure, liquidity needs and acquisition strategy. Lead Independent Director and Compensation Committee Member Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($) 55,000 Stock Awards ($) 539,880 Total ($) 594,880
2013-04-04 Gordon O'Brien 47 President of Specialty Finance and Operations of American Capital Strategies since 2008. Principal and Managing Director of American Capital Strategies from 1998 to 2008. Vice President of Pennington Partners/PENMAN Partners, a private equity firm, from 1995 to 1998. A Board member of numerous private companies as a representative of American Capital Strategies.
2014-03-27 Gordon O'Brien Age: 48 Role: President of Specialty Finance and Operations of American Capital Strategies since 2008. Principal and Managing Director of American Capital Strategies from 1998 to 2008. Vice President of Pennington Partners/PENMAN Partners, a private equity firm, from 1995 to 1998. A Board member of numerous private companies as a representative of American Capital Strategies. Committees: Compensation Committee, Lead Independent Director Compensation: $55,000 (Director Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2013) Gender: male (Mr. O'Brien)
2015-04-02 Gordon O'Brien Age 49 President of Specialty Finance and Operations of American Capital Strategies since 2008. Principal and Managing Director of American Capital Strategies from 1998 to 2008. Vice President of Pennington Partners/PENMAN Partners, a private equity firm, from 1995 to 1998. A Board member of numerous private companies as a representative of American Capital Strategies. Director Compensation for Fiscal Year 2014 Table: Gordon O'Brien received $55,000 in fees and $171,200 in stock awards, totaling $226,200. He served as Lead Independent Director, Compensation Committee Member and Nominating Committee Member.
2016-04-01 Gordon O'Brien 50 President of Specialty Finance and Operations of American Capital Strategies since 2008. Principal and Managing Director of American Capital Strategies from 1998 to 2008. Vice President of Pennington Partners/PENMAN Partners, a private equity firm, from 1995 to 1998. A board member of numerous private companies as a representative of American Capital Strategies. Mr. O'Brien's extensive experience with capital markets and acquisition strategy as well as his experience as a director on numerous other boards are valuable in Board discussions regarding the Company's capital structure, liquidity needs and acquisition strategy.
2017-03-30 Gordon O'Brien 51 President of Specialty Finance and Operations of American Capital Strategies from 2008 to 2017. Principal and Managing Director of American Capital Strategies from 1998 to 2008. Vice President of Pennington Partners/PENMAN Partners, a private equity firm, from 1995 to 1998. A board member of numerous private companies as a representative of American Capital Strategies. Mr. O'Brien's extensive experience with capital markets and acquisition strategy as well as his experience as a director on numerous other boards are valuable in Board discussions regarding the Company's capital structure, liquidity needs and acquisition strategy.
2018-03-29 Gordon O'Brien Age 52 Managing Partner at Cannon Capital since 2017. President of Specialty Finance and Operations of American Capital Strategies from 2008 to 2017. Principal and Managing Director of American Capital Strategies from 1998 to 2008. Vice President of Pennington Partners/PENMAN Partners, a private equity firm, from 1995 to 1998. A board member of numerous private companies as a representative of American Capital Strategies. Mr. O'Brien's extensive experience with capital markets and acquisition strategy as well as his experience as a director on numerous other boards are valuable in Board discussions regarding the Company's capital structure, liquidity needs and acquisition strategy. Director Compensation for Fiscal Year 2017 table: Gordon O'Brien, Lead Independent Director, Compensation Committee Member, Nominating Committee Member and Audit Committee Member, $218,230.
2019-04-18 Chairman of the Board of the Company since February 16, 2019. Managing Partner at Cannon Capital since 2017. ... Mr. O'Brien's extensive experience with capital markets and acquisition strategy ...
2020-04-27 Gordon O'Brien 54 Chairman of the Board of the Company since February 16, 2019. ... The Company's standing Audit Committee was comprised of Ms. McCarthy (Chairperson), and Messrs. Lamb (who served until May 2019), O'Brien and Ziyad... ... Compensation Committee had four in-person meetings and two telephonic meetings, and was comprised of Messrs. Miller (Chairperson) and O'Brien and Ms. Chapin... ... Chairman of the Board, Compensation Committee Member, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Member and Audit Committee Member ... Director Compensation for Fiscal Year 2019 table: Gordon O'Brien $233,710.

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-08-30