Laurance Enterprises

Decron Properties Corporation was established in 1988 as an asset management company for the real estate portfolio of the Nagel Family Living Trust. The firm has the responsibility of acquiring real estate assets for the trust and providing property management for those assets. Its holdings include a real estate portfolio of more than 25 multifamily residential properties and over 15 commercial office and retail properties. The company s properties are located in Glendale, Santa Monica, Hollywood, Sepulveda, Westwood, Sylmar, Los Angeles, Los Feliz and Van Nuys, Calif. Decron Properties Corporation also offers leasing services and has been ranked as one of the largest property management companies in Los Angeles County in 2000 by The Los Angeles Business Journal.

Leonard Green & Partners is a private equity firm with more than $3 billion in equity capital under management. Founded in 1989, the firm has invested in more than 30 companies with aggregate value of more than $18 billion. Located in Los Angeles, LG&P invests in established companies that are leaders in their markets. It works with investment bankers, business brokers and other intermediaries to source investment opportunities. It also partners with management through operational improvements, acquisitions, financial engineering and other strategic initiatives. The company structures transactions to meet the needs of all parties involved. Types of investments that it has completed in the past include public-to-private transactions, recapitalizations of privately held businesses, growth capital, equity capital to facilitate acquisitions, turnarounds and restructuring investments and acquisitions of divisions and assets from large corporations.