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Note 1—Nature of Business Organization and operations —Primoris Services Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries ARB, Inc. (“ARB”), ARB Structures, Inc., Onquest, Inc., Born Heaters Canada, ULC, Cardinal Contractors, Inc., GML Coatings, LLC, Cardinal Mechanical, L.P. Stellaris, LLC, James Construction Group LLC and Rockford Corporation, collectively, are engaged in various construction and product engineering activities. The Company’s underground and directional drilling operations install, replace and repair natural gas, petroleum, telecommunications and water pipeline systems. The Company’s industrial, civil and engineering operations build and provide maintenance services to industrial facilities including power plants, petrochemical facilities, and other processing plants, and construct multi-level parking structures. The Company is incorporated in the State of Delaware and in 2011 moved its corporate headquarters from Lake Forest, California to 2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1500, Dallas, Texas 75201. On November 8, 2010, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Rockford Agreement”) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of privately held Rockford Corporation (“Rockford”). Upon completion of the transaction on November 12, 2010, Rockford became a wholly owned subsidiary of Primoris. The Rockford Agreement provided that the transaction was effective retroactive to October 1, 2010. Based in Hillsboro (Portland), Oregon, Rockford specializes in the construction of large diameter natural gas and liquid pipelines and related facilities. On December 18, 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of James Construction Group, LLC, a privately-held Florida limited liability company (“JCG”). JCG is one of the largest general contractors based in the Gulf Coast states, and is engaged in highway, industrial and environmental construction, primarily in the Gulf Coast region of Louisiana, Texas and Florida. JCG is the successor company to T. L. James and Company, Inc., a Louisiana company and has been in business for over 80 years. JCG is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and serves government and private clients. In October 2009, the Company acquired certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of Cravens Partners, Ltd, a Houston, Texas based provider of civil and utility infrastructure services. As of January 1, 2011, the Company merged Cravens into JCG. On February 19, 2008, Primoris Corporation (the “Former Primoris”), a privately held company, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (“Merger Agreement”) with Rhapsody Acquisition Corp. (“Rhapsody”), a publicly held company trading at that time on the OTC Bulletin Board. Rhapsody was founded as a special purpose acquisition company on April 24, 2006, to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or other similar business combination with an operating business no later than October 3, 2008. On July 31, 2008, with the approval of the stockholders of each of Former Primoris and Rhapsody, the merger was completed. While Rhapsody was the surviving legal entity, Former Primoris was deemed the acquiring entity for accounting purposes. As part of the merger, Rhapsody changed its name to “Primoris Services Corporation”. The Company’s common stock trades on the NASDAQ Select Global Market under the symbol “PRIM”. The Former Primoris stockholders and two foreign managers of Former Primoris (collectively, the “Former Primoris Holders”) received in the aggregate 24,094,800 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Merger Agreement also provided that the Former Primoris Holders would receive up to an additional 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, contingent upon the combined company attaining certain defined performance targets in 2008 and 2009. Both targets were achieved and the shares were issued to the Former Primoris Holders, with 2,500,025 shares issued in 2009 and 2,499,975 shares issued in 2010. Unless specifically noted otherwise, as used throughout these consolidated financial statements, “Primoris”, or the “Company”, “we,” “our,” “us” or “its” refers to the business, operations and financial results of Former Primoris prior to, and Primoris Services Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries subsequent to, the closing of the merger between Rhapsody and Former Primoris, as the context requires. Seasonality—Primoris’ results of operations can be subject to quarterly variations. Some of the variation is the result of weather, particularly rain, which can impact Primoris’ ability to perform construction services. Since the majority of the Company’s work is in the southern half of the United States, these seasonal impacts are not as dramatic for the Company as may be experienced by companies in some other states. In addition, demand for new projects can be lower during the early part of the year due to clients’ internal budget cycles. As a result, the Company usually experiences higher revenues and earnings in the third and fourth quarters of the year as compared to the first two quarters. The Company is also dependent on large construction projects which tend not to be seasonal, but can fluctuate from year to year based on general economic conditions. Because of the cyclical nature of its business, the financial results for any period may fluctuate from prior periods, and the Company’s financial condition and operating results may vary from quarter-to-quarter. Results from one quarter may not be indicative of its financial condition or operating results for any other quarter or for an entire year.

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