MANAGEMENT

Barry S. Lerman - President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Lerman is responsible for the overall operations and strategic direction of the company. He joined Custom Bottle in 1981 during the infancy of the business. For most of his career he has focused on the sales, marketing and customer relations portions of the businesses. Over the past several years he has become very active in industry associations and trade groups. He is a member and former Director of the National Association of Container Distributors, a member of the Institute of Packaging Professionals and has been a member of Distributor Advisory Councils for several packaging suppliers. Mr. Lerman is active in the community where he serves on the board of directors for Easter Seals of Greater Waterbury, the Naugatuck Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Waterbury Chamber of Commerce. He graduated from Bryant College with a B.S. in Business Administration with a major in Finance and Economics.

Richard S. Allen -Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Allen is responsible for the manufacturing division and staff functions of the company (finance, human resources and MIS). From 1979 to 1990 he was employed by GE Capital Corporation in various positions in the Corporate Finance Group. As a Managing Director, Mr. Allen has responsibility for lending and equity investments in its Northeast offices. During his GE tenure he was responsible for over $3 billion of investments. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Allen was Executive Vice President and a Director of London Fog Corporation where he was responsible for several operating divisions. From 1994 to 1997 Mr. Allen was a partner at Nantucket Holding Company where he was involved in acquisition, recapitalization and advisory activities. He received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where he currently serves on the Alumni Economics Council.

William D. Padgett- Vice President, Manufacturing

Mr. Padgett joined Custom Bottle in July of 2000 and oversees all manufacturing operations including Molding, Decorating & all other supporting departments.

Mr. Padgett has been in the Blow Molding industry since 1982 where he started as a Process Technician. He had several positions of increasing responsibility and has been in a senior management position for over 16 years. Mr. Padgett has run multiple facilities and has a strong background in new facility startup, equipment purchases, turn-around situations & engineering. Mr. Padgett is a former U.S Marine.

Ed Jacquette – Vice President, Sales

Mr. Jacquette joined Custom Bottle/Lerman Container in June, 2005 as Director of Business Development and was appointed Vice President of Sales for Custom Bottle Manufacturing in September, 2007. He is responsible for managing sales, marketing and account relationships for Custom Bottle manufactured products.

Mr. Jacquette has been in the packaging industry since 1977. Prior to joining Custom Bottle, Ed was Director of Marketing for Distributors at Alcan Packaging Plastics Americas, following 5 years at Gutmann Plastics and Ferdinand Gutmann/Penn Wheeling Closure. The first 21 years of his career, he was a Sales Representative/Branch Manager in Philadelphia for All-Pak, Inc., a leading nationwide Packaging Distributor. He graduated from Drexel University with a B.S in Business Administration.