Trachte Building Systems, Inc.: Wisconsin ESOP President Appointed

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Sarah Artz
Trachte Building Systems, Inc.
608-327-3132
sartz@trachte.com

SUN PRAIRIE, WI, December 13, 2005 — Pam Klute of Trachte Building Systems was recently appointed president of the Wisconsin ESOP chapter. In this role, Pam’s primary responsibility is to provide leadership to the chapter members and to guide the chapter in fulfilling the goals of the strategic plan. Goals include educational program development, membership recruitment and retention, government relations and advocacy, and publicity. Klute has previously held roles as the president of Sun Prairie Chamber of Commerce, president of Sun Prairie Business and Education Partnership, and has been on the ESOP executive committee since 2004. Her leadership experience will be a tremendous asset in contributing to the success of the association. Pam will serve in this capacity for two years.

Trachte congratulates Pam on her new position.

ESOP Association, founded in1978, is a national non-profit membership organization, with 18 local chapters, serving approximately 2,400 employee stock ownership plan companies, professionals with a commitment to ESOPs, and companies considering the implementation of an ESOP. The Association is the only organization devoted solely to ESOPs. Promoting and enhancing laws before Congress and regulatory agencies that govern ESOPs and providing its members with expert educational ESOP programming and information are its main focus.

For more information about the ESOP Association, please visit www.esopassociation.org. For more information on Trachte Building Systems, visit the company’s Website at www.trachte.com.