• Fairmont and Partners Complete the Sale of Shari’s Management Corporation
  December 28, 2005
• Fairmont and Partners Complete the Sale of Garden Fresh
  October 18, 2005
• Fairmont and Partners Complete Going-Private Acquisition of Garden Fresh
  March 12, 2004

• Sun gobbles Garden Fresh for $198M
  October 18, 2005 -- TheDeal.com
• Shari’s Looks Fine at Sale
  July 8, 2005 -- TheDeal.com
• Garden Fresh on block; may fetch 200M-plus
  June 14, 2005 -- The Daily Deal
• Centre Tends To Garden
  March 29, 2004 -- Buyouts Newsletter
• Garden Fresh Completes Move to Private Ownership
  March 11. 2004 -- San Diego Union-Tribune
• Garden Fresh Restaurant Corporation Proxy Statement for Special Meeting to be Held March 9, 2004
  Schedule 14A filed February 27, 2004
• Garden Fresh Ladles up Plan to Go Private by 2004
  October 13, 2003 -- Nation's Restaurant News
• Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp. to Merge With an Affiliate of Fairmont Capital, Inc.
  October 6, 2003 -- Consumer M&A Weekly
• Investment Firm Scoops Up San Diego-Based Garden Fresh
  October 1, 2003 -- San Diego Union-Tribune
• Firm to Acquire Garden Fresh
  October 1, 2003 -- Los Angeles Times
• Garden Fresh Will Go Private in a $98 Million Transaction
  October 1, 2003 -- Deseret News
• New Vicorp CEO Koenig Plans Menu Revamps, Unit Expansion
  July 28, 2003 -- Nation's Restaurant News
• Equity Firm Closes $225M VICORP Acquisition Deal
  June 30, 2003 -- Nation's Restaurant News
• Vicorp Restaurants, Inc. Proxy Statement for Special Meeting to be Held May 2, 2001
  Schedule 14A filed March 20, 2001
• Fairmont, executives buy Shari’s chain for $60M
  March 15, 1999 -- Nation's Restaurant News
• CV Industries buys Expressions Furniture
  September 4, 1997 -- Orange County Register
• Slimmer Expressions Poised for Growth
  October 23, 1995 -- Furniture Today
• Gibbons Launches Expressions Buy
  June 19, 1995 -- Furniture Today
• Fix a Wreck, Reap a Small Fortune
  February 8, 1993 -- Business Week
• Krause’s: Turning On a Dime
  March, 1992 -- Furniture Retailer
• Auto Auctions Are Shifting Into High Gear in Wrecked-Vehicle Market
  January 19, 1992 -- Los Angeles Times
• Junked Cars Keep Entrepreneur in Riches
  May 20, 1991 -- Los Angeles Business Journal