Essex Rental Names John Nestor to Its Board

Essex Rental Corp. announced that John G. Nestor has joined the Company's Board of Directors.

With the addition of Nestor, Essex's Board is now comprised of five members.

Nestor is the Chief Executive Officer, Senior Managing Director, and President of Kirtland Capital Partners, a private investment firm he joined in 1986. Kirtland Capital Partners acquired Essex Crane Rental Corp. in 2000 and operated the Company prior to its acquisition by Hyde Park Acquisition Corp. in October 2008. Under Kirtland's ownership, Nestor served as Chairman of the Board and played an integral role in assembling the Company's current executive management team.

Nestor is a director of PVC Container Corp. as well as the Chairman of SmartSource Computer and Audio Visual Rentals. He serves as trustee of the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation and the Saint Ignatius High School Board of Regents. Nestor is also a member of the advisory boards of Gordon Square Arts District and the Ohio Venture Capital Authority, and is the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Cleveland Foodbank.

Ron Schad, President and CEO of Essex, noted, "We are very pleased to welcome John to the Board. His extensive business experience and profound knowledge of Essex's operations and markets will be extremely valuable as we continue to execute on the various components of our growth strategy."

Headquartered outside of Chicago, Essex, through its subsidiary, Essex Crane, is one of North America's largest providers of lattice-boom crawler crane and attachment rental services. With over 350 cranes and attachments in its fleet, Essex supplies cranes for construction projects related to power generation, petro-chemical, refineries, water treatment & purification, bridges, highways, hospitals, shipbuilding, offshore oil fabrication and industrial plants, and commercial construction.

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