S3 Investment Company Announces Contract for Monthly Investor Newsletter and New Website Address

Business Wire, Dec 17, 2004

TEMECULA, Calif. -- S3 Investment Company (OTCBB:SEIH) today announced that it has contracted for a monthly investor newsletter, with the first issue scheduled for release in January 2005.

The monthly investor newsletter is designed to keep shareholders and others interested in S3 Investments updated on the progress of the company and its investment portfolio. A non-graphic text only version will be created for electronic transmission to the e-mail alert system, and a PDF version complete with photographs and other graphics suitable for printing will be made available on the company's website. Anyone interested in receiving the newsletter by email and a notification when the PDF version is posted to the website should subscribe to the email alert system at http://www.s3investments.com/ealert.asp.> "We look forward to the implementation of a monthly investor newsletter and believe it is just another step in more effectively and consistently communicating with our shareholder base. It also provides an excellent snapshot of the company's status on a monthly basis, with graphics that can augment the written information that the company has issued over the last month," commented Chris Bickel, CEO of S3 Investment Company, the parent company of Securesoft Systems.

The monthly newsletter will be created by Alice Hellstrom Anderson, a published author and former journalist with extensive expertise in business writing. A prolific writer and popular inspirational speaker, Ms. Anderson has written 23 books and over 60 individual company histories since 1998. She has more than 35 years of experience in advertising, marketing and public relations with companies both large and small.

The company also announced the addition of a new address for the company's website, http://www.s3investments.com. The old URL, http://www.s3i.us will still take visitors to the current website.

"This website address is more appropriate for S3 Investments, considering that the company's name changed in October 2004. We believe that Internet searches for our website will yield better results now that we have a web address that more accurately reflects the company's current name," stated Mr. Bickel.

Company Profile

S3 Investment Co. Inc. (http://www.s3investments.com) is a Business Development Company regulated by the Investment Company Act of 1940. Its first operating subsidiary, Securesoft Systems Inc. (http://www.securesoftsystems.com), was acquired in April 2003 and is a leader in compliance and risk management software, services and Internet technologies for regulated industries. S3 Investments has also acquired 100 percent of Redwood Capital to participate in the fast-growing investment banking market in China. S3 is currently seeking to acquire additional synergistic companies and is focused on assembling a portfolio of investments that will provide value to its shareholders.

This release contains forward-looking statements which involve a number of risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those presently anticipated. Such statements are based on currently available information which management has assessed but which is dynamic and subject to rapid change due to risks and uncertainties that affect our business, including, but not limited to, the impact of competitive products and pricing, limited visibility into future product demand, regulatory interpretation, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.