Aurora Parts & Accessories Names Dave Clarke As President, CEO

LEBANON, Ind., May 24, 2007 -- Aurora Parts & Accessories, a leading wholesale supplier of trailer and container aftermarket parts, today announced the appointment of David Clarke as President and Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Clarke has over 25 years of relevant leadership experience, providing parts and services to the transportation community. Most recently, Mr. Clarke was Vice President of New Holland Agricultural Business in North America and Vice President, New Holland Global Marketing. He has served as Vice President for Marketing at NACCO Material Handling Group, and has more than 20 years of experience with PACCAR.

"Aurora has an outstanding reputation of supplying the transportation industry with quality parts and service. I am extremely pleased to be joining the Aurora team and continuing to build the company's operations to better serve our customers," said Mr. Clarke.

"Clarke's extensive background in distribution, purchasing, material planning, product sales and marketing as well as service makes him the perfect choice to head up our parts and accessories organization," said Derek Nagle, President and CEO of Aurora Trailer Holdings LLC, parent company of Aurora Parts. "Our dealers, as well as our supplier partners, will continue to receive the high levels of service that they have come to expect from Aurora Parts."

Aurora Trailer Holdings LLC

Both Aurora Parts & Accessories (www.auroraparts.com) and Aurora Trailer Leasing & Rental (www.auroratrailer.com) are owned by Aurora Trailer Holdings LLC, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Aurora Parts & Accessories, located in Lebanon, Indiana, is one of the largest suppliers of trailer aftermarket and trailer repair parts. Aurora Trailer Leasing & Rental is one of three trailer leasing companies in the United States with a coast-to-coast network of leasing and sales facilities. Aurora Trailer Holdings is a portfolio company of Jefferies Capital Partners, a private equity firm with over $1.2 billion of equity capital under management.

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