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<b><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Business
Activities and Certain Related Party Transactions</font></b>
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Dresser-Rand Group Inc., a company incorporated in the State of
Delaware (together with its subsidiaries, the
“Company”), commenced operations on October 30,
2004, when it acquired Dresser-Rand Company and the operations
of Dresser-Rand Canada, Inc. and Dresser-Rand GmbH (the
“Acquisition”) from Ingersoll Rand Company Limited
(“Ingersoll Rand”). The Company is engaged in the
design, manufacture, sale and servicing of centrifugal and
reciprocating compressors, gas and steam turbines, gas expanders
and associated control panels.
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From inception (October 29, 2004) through
August 10, 2005, the Company was a wholly-owned subsidiary
of D-R Interholding, LLC, which was a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Dresser-Rand Holdings, LLC, (“Holdings”). During the
period from August 11, 2005, through March 9, 2007,
D-R Interholding, LLC sold all of its ownership of the common
stock of the Company. Dresser-Rand Holdings, LLC was owned by
First Reserve Fund IX, L.P., and First Reserve Fund X,
L.P. (collectively “First Reserve”), funds managed by
First Reserve Corporation, and certain members of management.
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The Company’s name and principal trademark is a combination
of the names of the Company’s founder companies, Dresser
Industries, Inc. and Ingersoll Rand. The Company acquired rights
to use the “Rand” portion of our principal mark from
Ingersoll Rand as part of the Acquisition. The rights to use the
“Dresser” portion of the name were acquired from
Dresser, Inc. (the successor company to Dresser Industries,
Inc.), an affiliate of First Reserve, in October 2004. Total
consideration was $5.0 of which $1.0 was paid in October 2004
with the remaining balance to be paid in equal annual
installments of approximately $0.4 through October 2013. The
total cost is being amortized to expense ratably through October
2013.
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