Katt Worldwide Logistics

KATT Partners

Building the technical infrastructure necessary to move goods around the world is an expensive proposition. To fund its growth, Katt has attracted world-class investors who understand the logistics business because they are actively engaged in it every day.

Transportation Resource Partners, LP (“TRP”) seeks to make investments in growth-oriented manufacturing and service related businesses in the Transportation Industry. The Fund capitalizes on strategic relationships, commercial synergies and the Transportation Industry expertise of Penske Corporation and its subsidiaries, partners and affiliates. TRP's philosophy is to support existing management teams while giving them autonomy to run the business. TRP's principals have 100+ years of experience in the areas of finance and transportation-related investing. Formed in 2003, the Fund currently manages equity commitments of $265 million. Current investors include both strategic and financial institutions. TRP is the successor fund to Penske Capital Partners which was founded in 1997.

Knight Transportation Inc. is a short to medium haul, dry van truckload carrier headquartered in Phoenix. The company serves most of the United States through its regional operations in Phoenix; Salt Lake City; Indianapolis; Katy, Texas; and Charlotte, N.C.

The company's operations also include those of John Fayard Fast Freight Inc., located in Gulfport, Mississippi. The company transports general commodities, including consumer goods, packaged foodstuffs, paper products, beverage containers, and imported and exported commodities.

Mitsui USA is the largest wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., a diversified global trading, investment and service enterprise. Mitsui USA has operations in iron and steel products and raw materials, infrastructure projects, machinery, information technology, chemicals, plastics, energy and consumer products, among others.