Jaco Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: JACO), a distributor and integrator of electronic components and flat panel solutions, today announced that it closed a new $55.0 million, three-year senior secured credit facility with CIT Capital Securities, LLC, a unit of The CIT Group. The new facility replaces Jaco's previous $40.0 million credit facility with GMAC.

The agreement includes much lower interest rates that based on current borrowing levels will reduce the cost to the Company and increases its borrowing base advance rates compared to the prior agreement.

?We appreciate CIT's confidence in Jaco and our long-term, strategic growth plans,? stated Jaco Electronics Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Joel Girsky. ?The new credit facility provides additional working capital capacity and offers Jaco the financial flexibility to continue pursuing our strategies for expansion.?

Additional terms of the agreement can be found in the Company's 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

About Jaco Electronics

Jaco is a leading distributor of electronic components to industrial OEMs and contract manufacturers. Jaco distributes products such as semiconductors, capacitors, resistors, electromechanical devices, flat panel displays (FPD) and power supplies, which are used in the manufacture and assembly of electronic products, including: telecommunications equipment, computers and office equipment, medical devices and instrumentation, industrial equipment and controls, military/aerospace systems and automotive and consumer electronics.

Jaco has two distribution centers and 16 strategically located sales offices throughout the United States, and one in Beijing, China. The Company operates an in-house FPD integration center housing its engineering and manufacturing staff and operations. The integration center enhances Jaco's ability to provide customers with unique value-added display solutions and a ?one-stop? source for their FPD supply and integration requirements. In addition to customized FPD solutions, Jaco provides a variety of value-added services including automated inventory management services and assembling stock items for customers into pre-packaged kits.

?Safe Harbor? Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release provides historical information and includes forward-looking statements that are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, our dependence on a limited number of distributors for our products, that most of our distributor agreements are cancelable upon short notice, the impact of downturns in our industry and the general economy, the market for our products is very competitive, the impact of disruptions in air or sea transportation and possible future legislative or regulatory changes on our business, volatility in electronic components' pricing may reduce our profit margins, the level of costs or difficulties incurred in connection with integrating the operations of businesses we acquire, the financial strength of our customers and suppliers, and other risks disclosed from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The forward-looking statements in this press release involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results or performance, including margins, SG&A expenses as a percentage of revenues and earnings per diluted share, to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. We believe that all forward-looking statements made by us have a reasonable basis, but we cannot assure you that management's expectations, beliefs or projections as expressed in the forward-looking statements will actually occur or prove to be correct. As a result, our actual results may differ materially from the information set forth herein.