griffon corporation (the “company” or “griffon”) is a diversified management and holding company that conducts business through wholly-owned subsidiaries. griffon oversees the operations of its subsidiaries, allocates resources among them and manages their capital structures. griffon provides direction and assistance to its subsidiaries in connection with acquisition and growth opportunities as well as in connection with divestitures. griffon also seeks out, evaluates and, when appropriate, will acquire additional businesses that offer potentially attractive returns on capital to further diversify itself. griffon currently conducts its operations through ames true temper (“att”), clopay building products (“cbp”), telephonics corporation and clopay plastic products company . att and cbp comprise the home & building products operating segment. for more information on griffon and its operating subsidiaries, please see the company’s website at www.griffoncorp.com.