Protection One, Inc. - Securities Systems & Services

(785) 856-5500

1035 N 3rd Street, Suite 101

Lawrence, Kansas 66044
www.protectionone.com

Business Description

We are a leading national provider of security alarm monitoring services, providing installation, maintenance and electronic monitoring of alarm systems to single-family residential, commercial, multifamily and wholesale customers. We monitor signals originating from alarm systems designed to detect burglary, fire, medical, hold-up and environmental conditions, and from access control and closed-circuit-television (CCTV) systems. Most of our monitoring services and a large portion of our maintenance services we provide our customers are governed by multi-year contracts with automatic renewal provisions that provide us with recurring monthly revenue, or RMR. As of December 31, 2004, we had more than one million customers. Based on information provided by a leading industry publication, we are the third largest provider of electronic security monitoring services in the United States based on RMR.

Our business consists of two primary segments, Protection One Monitoring (formerly referred to as North America) and Network Multifamily. Protection One Monitoring primarily provides residential and commercial electronic security system installations and alarm monitoring services directly to homeowners and businesses. Protection One Monitoring also provides wholesale alarm monitoring services to independent alarm companies. Network Multifamily provides electronic security system installation and alarm monitoring services to owners and managers of apartments, condominiums and other multifamily dwellings. We market our services to these customer segments through separate internal sales and installation branch networks.