SEATTLE, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Onvia, (Nasdaq: ONVI) the
authoritative source that businesses rely on for government sales
intelligence, announced that it plans to move its headquarters to downtown
Seattle in January 2008. Onvia's new lease, signed on July 31, 2007, is for
35,000 square feet of office space located in the retail core of downtown
Seattle.
Concurrently, Onvia entered into agreements with its landlord and a third
party to terminate Onvia's obligations under its current office lease at no
additional cost to the Company. Onvia's termination of its existing lease
will become effective upon Onvia's office relocation, which is expected to
occur in January 2008. Onvia's obligations under the new lease and the
termination agreements are subject to Onvia's current landlord's lender's
consent, which is expected no later than August 15, 2007.
As a result of these transactions, Onvia's cash flow will improve by
approximately $2.4 million and its operating expenses will decrease by
approximately $700,000 over the 28 month period beginning January 2008.
In July 2007, Onvia provided a $538,000 security deposit on the new lease.
Upon termination of the existing lease in January 2008, Onvia's $3.5 million
security deposit on its current space will be returned to the Company.
"The net result of the two transactions will be to increase our future
cash balance, cash flow and earnings," stated Mike Pickett, Onvia's Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer. "In addition, the new lease will provide Onvia
with additional space to handle our future growth needs."
About Onvia
Onvia (Nasdaq: ONVI) helps companies identify and win government business
across such diverse markets as architecture, engineering, construction,
IT/telecom, consulting services, operations and maintenance, and
transportation. Approximately 9,100 Onvia clients across the United States
enjoy significant competitive advantage through customized, searchable access
to Onvia's Dominion(TM) database, the most comprehensive source of actionable
government procurement intelligence available. With ever expanding coverage of
more than 73,000 federal, state and local purchasing entities, Onvia delivers
timely, in-depth information and insight on requests for proposals and quotes,
agencies, decision-makers, vendors and project histories to help companies
focus their sales resources on the best opportunities and convert them into
awards. Onvia was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
More information about Onvia can be found at http://www.onvia.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release may contain, in addition to historical information,
forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's current
expectations or beliefs, and involve risks and uncertainties, including
statements regarding Onvia's cash flow and operating expenses. Onvia's
business is subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual
results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking
statements in this release, including changes in general economic and business
conditions in the information and internet services industries and changes in
our business strategy.
The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ
materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: increased
construction costs and delays in construction timelines that may impact
Onvia's office relocation date and increased co-location costs related to
moving Onvia's data center offsite that may impact Onvia's cash flow and
operating expenses.
Additional information about these and other cautionary statements can be
found in Item 1A "Risk Factors" in Onvia's Quarterly Report for the period
ended March 31, 2007.
SOURCE Onvia, Inc.
CONTACT: Cameron Way of Onvia, Inc., +1-206-373-9034, cway@onvia.com
Web site: http://www.onvia.com
