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EXHIBIT 21
QUIXOTE CORPORATION & SUBSIDIARIES
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY
as of June 30, 2004
QUIXOTE CORPORATION (PARENT) | Jurisdiction Under Which Organized | ||||
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Quixote Transportation Safety, Inc. | Delaware | ||||
TranSafe Corporation | Delaware | ||||
Nu-Metrics, Inc. | Pennsylvania | ||||
Highway Information Systems, Inc. | Delaware | ||||
TIS, Inc. | North Carolina | ||||
Surface Systems, Inc. | Missouri | ||||
Sensing Systems, Ltd. | United Kingdom | ||||
U.S. Traffic Corporation | Delaware | ||||
Quixote Transportation Safety Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. | Mexico | ||||
Energy Absorption Systems, Inc. | Delaware | ||||
E-Tech Testing Services, Inc. | Delaware | ||||
Spin-Cast Plastics, Inc. | Indiana | ||||
Energy Absorption Systems (Europe), Inc. | Delaware | ||||
Quixote Transportation Safety (Asia Pacific) Pty Limited | Australia | ||||
Quixote Transportation Safety (Asia Pacific), Inc. | Delaware | ||||
Quixote Transportation Safety (Europe), Inc. | Delaware | ||||
Energy Absorption Systems (AL) LLC | Delaware | ||||
Peek Traffic Corporation | Delaware | ||||
Quixote Research Corporation* | Delaware | ||||
Quixote Foreign Sales Corporation | U.S. Virgin Islands |
Quixote Transportation Safety, Inc., Quixote Research Corporation* and Quixote Foreign Sales Corporation are wholly-owned by Quixote Corporation.
TranSafe Corporation, National Signal, Inc., Surface Systems, Inc., U.S. Traffic Corporation, Peek Traffic Corporation and Energy Absorption Systems, Inc. are wholly-owned by Quixote Transportation Safety, Inc.
All subsidiaries listed under TranSafe Corporation, Highway Information Systems, Inc., Surface Systems, Inc. and Energy Absorption Systems, Inc. are wholly-owned by those corporations.
*Quixote- Research Corporation changed its name to Quixote Traffic Corporation in September 2004.
QUIXOTE CORPORATION & SUBSIDIARIES SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY as of June 30, 2004