Keith E. Oster

Special Devices, Inc. is your solutions provider for precision engineered energetic devices. They provide innovative solutions to meet your design needs. The firm offers standard products for a variety of applications, specialized products, which are variants of their standard products and custom products designed especially for your unique application. Special Devices designs and manufactures precision engineered energetic devices. Its devices are used for the automotive products, defense & aerospace and mining & blasting industries.

Burke Industries, Inc. manufactures roofing and flooring materials. It provides its products and services through three different units including Burke flooring, Burke environments products-roofing systems and Burke custom process. The company was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Elgar Electronics Corp. manufactures programmable power supply equipment and related power products sold under the Elgar, Sorensen, and Power Ten brands. The company provides its technology to the industries such as automotive, aerospace, medical, telecom, semiconductor, defense, and OEM applications. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Calera Capital Advisors LP (Calera Capital Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1991 by Robert Jaunich. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Genstar Capital Management LLC is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Dennis H. Chookaszian. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco., California.

The Carlyle Group LP (Global Private Equity) is a private equity firm founded in the year 1990 by William E. Conway, Jr. and Daniel A. D'Aniello. The firm is headquartered in Washington DC.

J.F. Lehman & Co. (JF Lehman) is a private equity firm founded by John Francis Lehman, Donald Glickman and Keith E. Oster in 1992. The firm is headquartered in New York with an additional office in Arlington, Virginia.

Founded in 1998, Thomas Weisel Partners (TWP) is a broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York City, Boston, Denver, Colorado and Palo Alto, California. The firm is a subsidiary of Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWPG), a San Francisco-based investment banking firm. Their ultimate parent is Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF). TWP's investment banking, brokerage and equity research divisions serve emerging growth companies and institutional investors around the world. They are a member of the NYSE, the SIPC and FINRA. TWP specializes in the growth sectors of the economy with a particular focus on the consumer, energy, healthcare, Internet, media/telecommunications, metals/mining and technology sectors. Within the consumer sector, the firm focuses on: financial products, gaming/lodging, interactive market services, lifestyles/sports retailers, restaurants and hardlines and softlines retailing. TWP's global energy research is provided by analysts in three countries and covers the following trends: (1) fast-growing oil and natural gas producers in North America and worldwide (2) domestic and international energy service companies and (3) alternative energy technology and resource developers. Within the healthcare sector, TWP focuses on: biotechnology, diagnostics, healthcare information technology, pharmaceutical services, life science technology, medical devices and specialty pharmaceuticals. The firm's interest in the Internet, media and telecommunications sector include: Internet services, media, broadcasting and telecommunications services. Their focus within the metals and mining sector include: base metals, gold, precious metals and uranium. TWP's technology research focuses on: (1) applied technologies (2) communications components (3) core and wireless communications equipment (4) IP networking communications equipment (5) electronic supply chain (6) enterprise hardware (7) information and financial technology services (8) semiconductor capital equipment (9) broadline and specialty semiconductors (10) applications and communications software and (11) infrastructure software. TWP also provides value-added equities analysis across a variety of sectors including: industrials, financials, consumer, technology and healthcare.

Part of Fortive Corp., McCormick Selph, Inc. is a private company that manufactures components for the aerospace industry. The company is based in Hollister, CA. McCormick Selph was acquired by Procyon Technologies, Inc. on September 22, 2000.