Keith E. Oster

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

GLC Merchant Banking(GLC Merchant Banking) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of GLC Investment Advisors LLC founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in New York, New York.

Empeiria Acquisition Corp. is a newly-organized blank check company formed for the purpose of acquiring, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, exchangeable share transaction or similar business transaction, one or more operating businesses or assets. The company is not limited to a particular industry, geographic region or minimum transaction value for purposes of consummating an initial business transaction, although it intends to focus on operating businesses in the following sectors: energy, transportation, food and industrial technology. The company was founded on January 24, 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

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.

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.

Racal Instruments Group Ltd. provides electronic measuring and testing equipment. Its product line includes digital test systems; signal, power and radio frequency switch systems, jet engine test systems and static & mobile electronic workshops. Its clients are from the aerospace and defense, marine, medical, telecommunications, semiconductor and manufacturing industries. The company has operations in France, Germany, India, Italy, the UK and the US. Racal Instruments Group Ltd. is headquartered in Wimborne, UK.

Part of Fortive Corp., McCormick Selph, Inc. is a 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.

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.