April 1, 2008 - In a move aimed at expanding its nucleus of products and solutions, First Technology Capital, Inc. (FTC) of Versailles, KY today announced the acquisition of NRI Data and Business Products (NRI) of Morrisville, PA. NRI is engaged in the sale and distribution of printer and check sorting supplies, information technology hardware products and managed printer solutions. Mr. James L. Bates, President of FTC said, "FTC has for years been primarily engaged in providing banks around the world with solutions for their item and remittance processing needs. This has included new and used equipment, leasing alternatives, data center moves and consolidations, hardware remarketing and business continuity solutions." Mr. John Ratliff, Senior Vice President at FTC then added, "The addition of NRI affords FTC the opportunity to leverage our strong relationships and national presence to expand NRI from a super-regional provider of supplies, hardware and services into a national provider."

Mr. Phillip Lanctot, Jr., CEO of the emerging company Aserdiv, Inc. indicated that the sale of NRI provides Aserdiv with a number of opportunities. "The working capital gained by the sale of our supplies, hardware and printer services division will be used to help Aserdiv rapidly grow our current array of high technology professional services," said Mr. Lanctot. "In addition, one of the reasons we chose FTC as our buyer was that we expect to have a strong working relationship going forward that will enable us to offer a number of project oriented professional services solutions to FTC's customer base. We also feel that Aserdiv can be instrumental in helping FTC make NRI a national provider of services."

Details of the acquisition were not disclosed other than the effective date will be April 1st, 2008.

FTC's acquisition of NRI Data and Business Products has brought additional growth, solutions and expertise to FTC.
The company has not only doubled in size from a personnel perspective but it has also doubled in size from a revenue perspective. FTC's rapid growth will have zero negative impact on our commitment to excellence. FTC is committed to providing the same level of premier products and solutions to its expanding customer base that allows them to keep up with today's technology challenges.

FTC Continuity Services, a First Technology Capital Company, is proud to provide Work Area Recovery capability at its Business Continuity facility located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Each Work Area Recovery seat comes with with desk, chair, telephone, PC's and monitor. This new capability from twenty (20) to five hundred (500) work area seats can support any type of a customer's critical business functions including Human Resources, Payroll, Accounts Receivable, Call Center, Operations or any form of customer contact. FTC Continuity Services has been offering business continuity and disaster recovery solutions for businesses across the United States since 1991. FTC's Work Area Recovery solution will be supported by the following:

VOIP System
Telecommunication Options - Call Distribution, Etc.
Twenty to Five Hundred end user seats with telephone, computer and monitor
Servers
LAN
Printers
Network Options

In addition to the infrastructure listed above, FTC can and will customize a solution to meet the unique requirements of any End User Recovery customer either shared or dedicated anywhere in the United States.

FTC Continuity Services also offers server hosting, data back-up and managed services.

"We are extremely excited about this new solution being added to our existing recovery capabilities in Cherry Hill," said John Ratliff, Senior Vice President at FTC. "While the hardware aspect of a recovery capability is certainly critical, the end user functions of a company are what keeps the engine running, the customers satisfied and the cash flow continuing."

FTC Continuity Services offers an array of disaster recovery solutions for its customers. The recovery solutions in place today provide maximum protection in the event of a customer's loss of all or part of its check/paper transaction processing operations.

FTC facilities are located in New Jersey, Arizona and Georgia.  The facilities are the largest independent disaster recovery hot sites dedicated to transaction processing operations. Each of our state-of- the-art facilities have generator backup and are accessible to clients anytime, day or night. All locations are minutes away from major metropolitan areas and international airports. With a combined facility space of over 100,000 square feet, FTC supports every aspect of check, remittance, and statement printing/mail processing and work area. The centers are fully equipped with the latest technology and offers enough redundancy to accommodate several simultaneous disaster recovery operations.

Now more than ever you should consider the leasing alternative.

FTC offers:

• Flexible Financing to match your Equipment implementation requirements
• Protects against obsolescence
• Ease of disposal at the end of useful life

FTC has more experience in relocating check equipment than any other group in the world. From the deinstallation, packing standards, loading and unloading equipment on the trucks, and placement and installation on the computer room floor, the technical details and potential pitfalls are too numerous to risk to anyone with less experience. Because we do not have to subcontract our trucks or drivers, our transportation services are available in an expedite mode, such as may be necessary in a disaster recovery situation. Whatever your need or situation may be, FTC stands ready for your tailor made solution.