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<STREET1>C/O PLATINUM EQUITY
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                <value>5.75</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">The securities reported herein are held of record by Gores Sponsor, LLC (&quot;Gores Sponsor&quot;). Platinum Equity LLC (&quot;Platinum Equity&quot;) is a managing member of Gores Sponsor and shares the power to vote and dispose of the securities held of record by Gores Sponsor with AEG Holdings, LLC. Tom Gores, the chairman and chief executive officer of Platinum Equity, is the ultimate beneficial owner of Platinum Equity. As such, each of Platinum Equity and Mr. Gores may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities beneficially owned by Gores Sponsor.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each warrant is exercisable for one-half of one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.75 per half share, to be exercised only for a whole number of shares of Class A Common Stock.</footnote>
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    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>By: /s/ Mary Ann Sigler, Chief Financial Officer on behalf of Platinum Equity, LLC</signatureName>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By /s/ Mary Ann Sigler, Attorney-in-Fact for Tom Gores</signatureName>
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                                                                      Exhibit 24

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

    KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Mary Ann Sigler as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
with full power of substitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned, in any and all capacities, to:

    (1) prepare and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and
5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules thereunder, including any joint filing agreement thereunder, and do
and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto;

    (2) prepare and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned reports of
ownership on Schedule 13D or 13G under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules thereunder, including any joint filing agreement thereunder, and do
and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such reports or schedules,
and complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto; and

    (3) timely file such forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
and any stock exchange or similar authority, and to take any other action of any
type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by
such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

    The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact, or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 28th day of October, 2010.

                                                    /s/ Tom Gores
                                                    ---------------------
                                                    Name:  Tom Gores

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