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Description of the Business | IES HOLDINGS, INC. Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (All Amounts in Thousands Except Share Amounts) 1. BUSINESS Description of the Business IES Holdings, 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 and mechanical 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 – Provider of electro-mechanical solutions for industrial operations. The words “IES”, the “Company”, “we”, “our”, and “us” refer to IES Holdings, Inc. and, except as otherwise specified herein, to our wholly-owned subsidiaries. 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, including for Fortune 500 companies. We also provide the design and installation of audio/visual, telephone, fire, wireless access and intrusion alarm sy stems as well as design/build, service and maintenance of data network systems. We perform services across the United States from our 13 offices, which include our Communications headquarters located in Tempe, Arizona, allowing for dedicate d onsite maintenance teams at our customers’ sites. Our Residential segment provides electrical installation services for single-family housing and multi-family apartment complexes and cable television installations for residential and light commercial ap plications. In addition to our core electrical construction work, the Residential segment also provides services for the installation of residential solar power, both for new construction and existing residences. The Residential segment is made up of 32 locations, which include our Residential headquarters in Houston, Texas. These locations geographically cover the Sun-Belt, 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 electrical and mechanical design, construction, and maintenance services to the commercial and industrial markets. The offerings under our design services platform range from budget assistance to provid ing 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 procurement to installation and start-up. The construction servi ces 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 shutdown, troubleshooting, emergency testing, and preventativ e 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 and municipal infrastructure and health care facilities. T he Commercial & Industrial segment consists of 20 locations, including the segment headquarters in Houston, Texas. These locations geographically cover Texas, Nebraska, Colorado, Oregon and the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Our Infrastructure Soluti ons segment provides electro-mechanical solutions for industrial operations to domestic and international customers. In particular, our electro-mechanical services include the maintenance and repair of alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) elec tric motors and generators, as well as power generating and distribution equipment; the manufacture, remanufacture, and repair of industrial lifting magnets; maintenance and repair of railroad main and auxiliary generators, main alternators, and traction m otors; and the manufacture of bus duct solutions used in power distribution. In April 2016, Infrastructure Solutions sold substantially all of the assets of its engine components business, which manufactured and remanufactured EMD-style power assemblies fo r various engine types and offered premium replacement parts for power assemblies. This segment serves the steel, railroad, marine, petrochemical, pulp and paper, wind energy, mining, automotive, power generation, scrap yards, and utility industries. Infrastructure Solutions is comprised of 10 locations, h eadquartered in Ohio. These locations geographically cover Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia and California. Controlling Shareholder At September 30, 2016, Tontine Associates, L.L.C. 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 r equiring 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 our relationship with Tontine, please ref er to Note 3, “Controlling Shareholder” in the notes to our Consolidated Financial S tatements.

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