Contact Information: Contact: Lorrie Hunsaker St. Bernard 858-524-2041
St Bernard Enhances Financial Flexibility and Access to Growth Capital
| Source: St. Bernard
SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - July 28, 2008) - St. Bernard Software, Inc. (OTCBB : SBSW ), a
leader in Web security appliances, announced today the completion of a debt
refinancing and enhanced line of credit with Partners for Growth II, L.P.
The agreement provides access to a $1.5 million revolving line of credit
that will be used to pay off a high interest rate bridge note and provide
access to additional working capital to support the company's growth.
The new agreement provides the Company with several advantages, including
additional borrowing availability, dramatically reduced interest rate, and
greater flexibility in managing working capital.
"We are pleased with the confidence that Partners for Growth has shown in
our growing business," said Vince Rossi, president and CEO of St. Bernard.
"Our continued delivery of operating results has enabled us to establish
this new relationship and gives us the ability to better manage our growth.
This new credit facility allows for greater flexibility, and will be used
to support our growth in 2008, and beyond."
Details of the transaction are available in the Company's Form 8-K filing.
About Partners For Growth II, L.P.
Partners for Growth ("PfG") provides custom debt solutions to private and
public emerging growth technology and life science companies. PfG's custom
approach results in a variety of structures and terms including working
capital lines of credit, term loans and convertible debt. PfG looks to
share in the success of its clients by taking equity participation rights
in the form of stock warrants or convertibility of its debt.
About St. Bernard
St. Bernard offers a full suite of secure content management solutions that
integrate on-premises appliances with on-demand services to protect
corporate networks from online threats, manage bandwidth use and enforce
acceptable use policies. This industry-leading hybrid solution platform
offers the security and control of an on-premise appliance with the
scalability of an on-demand service.
St. Bernard's suite of iPrism® solutions -- iPrism Web Filter, iPrism IM
Filter and iPrism Email Filter -- prevent Internet threats, such as spam,
viruses, spyware and phishing, from entering corporate networks across all
electronic communications: email, IM and Web.
Established in 1995 with headquarters in San Diego, CA, St. Bernard sells
and supports its products directly and through solution partners worldwide.
For more information, please visit www.stbernard.com.
©2008 St. Bernard Software Inc. All rights reserved. The St. Bernard
Software logo, LivePrism, iPrism, and iGuard are trademarks of St. Bernard
Software Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are hereby
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