STR Holdings LLC (Holidngs) is engaged in solar power module encapsulant manufacturing and consumer product quality assurance. Its solar business provides encapsulants, which are specialty extruded sheets and film, which hold the solar module together and protect the semiconductor circuit of a solar panel. Encapsulants are a critical component used in solar modules. Holdings’ quality assurance business provides testing services exclusively focused on the consumer products market. The Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, STR Acquisition, Inc. (STR Acquisition) were created to acquire Specialized Technology Resources, Inc. (STRI) and its subsidiaries. STRI was acquired on June 15, 2007 through a transaction with STR Acquisition, which was accomplished through the merger of STR Acquisition with and into STRI with STRI being the surviving corporation.