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Description of the Business | INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL SERVICES, INC. Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (All Amounts in Thousands Except Share Amounts) 1. BUSINESS Description of the Business Integrated Electrical Services, Inc. is a holding company that owns and manages operating subsidiaries in business activities across a variety of end markets. Our operations are currently organized into four principal business segments based upon the nature of our current services: Communications –Nationwide provider of technology infrastructure products and services to large corporations and independent businesses. Residential – Regional provider of electrical installation services for single-family housing and multi-family apartment complexes. Commercial & Industrial – Provider of electrical design, construction, and maintenance services to the commercial and industrial markets in various regional markets and nationwide in certain areas of expertise, such as the power infrastructure market. Infrastructure Solutions - Pro vider of electrical and mechanical solutions to domestic and international customers. The words “IES”, the “Company”, “we”, “our”, and “us” refer to Integrated Electrical Services, Inc. and, except as otherwise specified herein, to our wholly-owned subsi diaries. O ur C ommunications segment is a leading provider of network infrastructure services for data centers and other mission critical environments. Services offered include the design, installation and maintenance of network infrastructure for the financial, medical, hospitality, government, hi gh-tech manufacturing, educational and information technology industries. We also provide the design and installation of audio/visual, telephone, fire, wireless access and intrusion alarm systems as well as d esign/build, service and maintenance of data network systems. We perform services across the United States from our 11 offices, which include our Communications headquarters located in Tempe, Arizona, allowing for dedicated onsite maintenan ce teams at our customers’ sites. Our Residential segment provides electrical installation services for single-family housing and multi-family apartment complexes and CATV cabling installations for residential and light commercial applications. In additio n to our core electrical construction work, the Residential segment also provides services for the installation of residential solar power, smart meters, electric car charging stations and stand-by generators, both for new construction and existing residen ces. The Residential segment is made up of 26 locations, which include our Residential headquarters in Houston. These segment locations geographically cover, the Sun-Belt, the Western and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Our Commercial & Industrial segment offers a broad range of expertise that enables us to provide a wide array of quality services related to electrical design, construction, and maintenance to the commercial and industrial markets. The offerings under our desi gn services platform range from budget assistance to providing design build and LEED solutions to our end customers. These services are typically integrated with our construction services. Our construction services range from the initial planning and procu rement to installation and start-up. The construction services are offered to a variety of new and remodel construction projects including transmission and distribution projects. The maintenance services offered include constant presence, critical plant shutd own, troubleshooting, emergency testing, and preventative maintenance. We provide our services for a variety of project types, including: office buildings, manufacturing facilities, data centers, chemical plants, refineries, wind farms, solar facilities an d municipal infrastructure and health care facilities. The Commercial & Industrial segment consists of 19, which include our segment headquarters in Houston, Texas. These locations geographically cover Texas, Nebraska, Colorado, Oregon and th e Mid-Atlantic region. Our Infrastructure Solutions segment provides maintenance and repair services for alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) electric motors and generators, as well as power generating and distribution equipment; manufactures, remanufactures, and repairs industrial lifting magnets; and provides maintenance and repair services for railroad main and auxiliary generators, main alternators, and traction motors. In addition, Infrastructure Solutions manufactures and remanufactures EMD-style power assemblies for various engine types and offers premium replacement parts for power assemblies. This segment serves steel, railroad, marine, petrochemical, pulp and paper, wind energy, mining, automotive, power generation, scrap yards, and u tility industries. Infrastructure Solutions is comprised of 10 locations, h eadquartered in Ohio. These segment locations geographically cover Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland and California. Controlling Shareholder At September 30, 2015, Tontine Capital Partners, L.P. and its affiliates (collectively, “Tontine”), was the controlling shareholder of the Company’s common stock. Accordingly, Tontine has the ability to exercise significant control over our affairs, including t he election of directors and most action s requiring the approval of shareholders, including the approval of any potential merger or sale of all or substantially all assets or segments of the Company, or the Company itself. For a more complete discussion on o ur relationship with Tontine, please refer to Note 3, “Controlling Shareholder” in the notes to our Consolidated Financial S tatements.

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