HOUSTON, Nov. 22, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- CSI Business Finance, Inc. (OTCBB:CSIB) announced today the completion of a $1.25 million lending transaction with Sagamore Holdings, Inc. Tim Connolly, CEO of CSIBF, stated, "The purpose of this funding is to provide working capital to support Sagamore's subsidiary company, Nexus Custom Electronics." Dan Shea, board member of Sagamore and president of Nexus Electronics (a wholly owned subsidiary of Sagamore Holdings) added that "the new working capital will enable the company to expand production, complete delivery of pending purchase orders, and implement the overall restructuring of Nexus. The initial funding of $440,000 has already occurred, and we are confident we can meet the deliverable requirements of the remaining $810,000."
About CSI Business Finance, Inc. -- CSI Business Finance provides equipment leasing and other forms of business lending to public and private companies. Formerly a subsidiary of Corporate Strategies Merchant Bankers, CSIBF recently was acquired in a reverse merger with the company formerly known as Health Express, Inc.
About Sagamore Holdings, Inc. -- Nexus Custom Electronics, Corp. ("Nexus"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sagamore Holdings, Inc., is a custom contract manufacturer of printed circuit boards and is a 37-year-old company. Headquartered in Vermont with a second manufacturing facility in Massachusetts, Nexus (acquired in September, 2004) is the core holding of Sagamore Holdings, Inc.
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