SonicWall Merger Agreement

Western NRG, Inc., SonicWALL Gold Partner, is pleased to announce that SonicWALL has entered into a merger agreement with an investor group led by Thoma Bravo that if approved by SonicWALL’s shareholders will result in SonicWALL becoming a private company. We are excited about our relationship with Thoma Bravo.

Thoma Bravo is a leading private equity investment firm that has been providing equity and strategic support to experienced management teams building growing companies for more than 29 years. The firm originated the concept of industry consolidation investing, which seeks to create value through the strategic use of acquisitions to accelerate business growth. Thoma Bravo applies its investment strategy across multiple industries with particular focus on the software and services sectors. In the software industry, Thoma Bravo has completed 40 acquisitions across 14 platform companies with total annual earnings in excess of $700 million. We encourage you to get more information on Thoma Bravo at www.thomabravo.com.

SonicWALL remains fully committed to its channel model. It’s "business as usual" with an accelerated growth plan. This is an ideal opportunity for SonicWALL to achieve scale and emerge as a more relevant competitor in the security industry. We believe this will translate into a larger, more relevant SonicWALL and increased business opportunities for SonicWALL's loyal channel partners.

For more information, please see SonicWALL's press release.