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Homeland Security Capital Corporationsportfolio of companies include: Safety and Ecology Corporation (SEC) is a rapidly growing environmental servicescompany in the U.S., providing services nationally, in Europe and the Caribbean.The Company specializes in the removal and remediation of hazardous nuclearmaterials for the U.S Department of Energy, U.S Department of Defense, andother federal agencies. SEC also provides advanced environmental services forprivate industry across the country and internationally. Since its founding in1991, SEC has grown approximately 30 percent per year, and has emerged as atechnology innovator with more than 420 personnel worldwide and with annualrevenues of more than U.S $55 million For more information on SEC, visit Polimatrix, Inc., a system integrator and total solutions provider deliveringadvanced radiation and nuclear protection and detection services. The companyhas been operating since September 2006 as a joint venture between HomelandSecurity Capital Corporation and Polimaster, Inc. For more information aboutPolimatrix, visit Nexus Technologies Group, a mid-Atlantic security integrator for the corporateand governmental security markets that specializes in non-proprietary integratedsecurity solutions including access control, alarm, video, communication,perimeter protection, and bomb and metal detection security systems. Utilizingcutting-edge technologies, Nexus provides innovative, engineered, and scalablesolutions to effectively protect people, property, and assets.

For moreinformation about Nexus, visit For more information about Homeland Security Capital Corporation, or to be addedto our e-mail distribution list, please visit Forward-Looking StatementThis release includes certain statements that may be deemed to be"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private SecuritiesLitigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements in this release, other thanstatements of historical facts, that address future activities, performance,events or developments, are forward-looking statements. Although HomelandSecurity Capital Corporation believes the expectations expressed in suchforward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statementsare not guarantees of future performance, and actual results or developments maydiffer materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Homeland Security Capital CorporationHeadquarters - Knoxville, TNAnne Smith, orHeadquarters - Arlington, VAMarianne Ricci, 703-528-7073 Copyright Business Wire 2009. PEORIA, Ill.(Business Wire)RLI Corp.

(NYSE:RLI), a specialty property & casualty company, will hold itsquarterly conference call to discuss fourth quarter results on Tuesday, January27, 2009, at 11:00 am Eastern Time. This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at RLIs Web siteat The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network.Individual investors can listen to the call at , Thomsonsindividual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors canaccess the call via Thomson StreetEvents (), apassword-protected event management site. About RLI RLI, a specialty insurance company, offers a diversified portfolio of propertyand casualty coverages and surety bonds serving "niche" or underserved markets.RLI operates in all 50 states from office locations across the country. Thecompany's talented associates have delivered underwriting profits in 27 of thelast 31 years, including the last 12 RLI's insurance subsidiaries - RLIInsurance Company, Mt. Hawley Insurance Company and RLI Indemnity Company - arerated A "Superior" by A.M Best Company and A "Strong" by Standard & Poor's. RLI Corp.Investor Relations ContactJohn Robison, Copyright Business Wire 2009.