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DANVILLE, CA, Feb 09, 2009 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- S3 Investment Company,
Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SIVC) today announced that its wholly owned Redwood Capital
subsid iary has targeted the TSX Venture Exchange for clients seeking to enter
North American capital markets due to a number of factors that favor listing on
the TSX-V over initial U.S. market listings. The TSX Venture Exchange, which is
a Canadian exchange owned by Toronto-based TMX Group, focuses primarily on
emerging companies.

The TSX Venture Exchange attracts companies that span a variety of sectors,
including industrial, life sciences, technology and financial services.
Originally founded in 1999 as the Canadian Venture Exchange, it was renamed the
TSX Venture Exchange after being acquired by the holding company of the Toronto
Stock Exchange in 2001. For more information on the exchange, please visit
http://www.tsx.com.

Redwood Capital has identified a number of advantages to a listing on the TSX
Venture Exchange including the additional attention that can come from being one
of only approximately 40 listings of Chinese companie s in Canada as opposed to
the over 500 which are traded on various exchanges in the United States.

"The Venture Exchange is a great place for many of our industrial-sized Chinese
clients to consider for their start as a public company," said Jim Bickel, CEO
of S3 Investments, Inc. "Our clients can uplist to the full Toronto Stock
Exchange and even pursue a dual listing to Nasdaq, all from the same exchange
group."

For reverse takeover financings on the TSX-V, an issuer's filing statement or
listing application is reviewed in advance, which can allow the stock to of the
company to be free trading at closing. This can remove the typical period of
uncertainty that can result from awaiting regulatory approval of a registration
statement as normally occurs in the United States markets for such RTO funding
transactions.

Another advantage from a TSX Venture Exchange listing is that the exchange is
owned by the TSX Group, owners of the Toronto Stock Exchange as well as Equicom
Group, the recognized leader in investor relations and related services in
Canada. Listed companies have access to a large, dynamic investor relations
program that can enhance the value and usefulness of their public listings. With
a smaller pool of companies, it is also easier to attract research coverage on
the TSX-V.

"Since the recent turmoil in the U.S. public markets, we have been seeking
alternative listings for Redwood Capital clients in the North American markets,
and believe that we have found very attractive opportunities in the TSX Venture
Exchange. We will update shareholders on the status of our next Redwood Capital
client closing as soon as possible, which we expect to be a listing on the
TSX-V," Mr. Bickel added.

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is disclosed, please visit http://www.s3investments.com/investors/.

About S3 Investment Company

S3 Investment Company, Inc. (http://www.s3investments.com) and its wholly owned
Redwood Capital subsidiary are focused on assisting private Chinese companies in
accessing the North American capital markets by utilizing a network of
investment banking relationships to achieve reverse merger transactions. For
more information, please visit http://www.redwoodcapinc.com.

Any statements contained herein related to future events are forward-looking
statements and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on forward-looking statements. S3 Investment Company, Inc.
undertakes no obligation to update any such statements to reflect actual events.





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