



Nitro PDF Software, formerly ARTS PDF, has 10 years of history, founded in 1997 by Karl De Abrew.ARTS PDF, the award-winning and category-leading developer of "PDF power tools" for business, including best-in-class Adobe Acrobat plug-ins and the first true Acrobat alternative – Nitro PDF™ Professional – announced today the release of Nitro PDF™ Professional 4.9, the latest in a series of upgrades which are free to the many thousands of Nitro Pro owners. Nitro PDF Software is jointly headquartered in Pleasanton, California and Melbourne, Australia with operations spanning the US, Europe, Asia and Australia. Nitro PDF software is used by hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide, with customers including American Airlines, Bank of America, Disney, General Motors, Hewlett Packard, IBM, the US Department of Defense, the US Department of Energy, the US District Courts, Microsoft and Adobe. Nitro Pro lets you create, convert, edit, secure, manipulate and collaborate using PDF. Nitro PDF Software revolutionized the market for PDF software in April 2005 when it launched the world's first true alternative to Adobe Acrobat - Nitro PDF Professional. To re-use PDF content and collect user information, users also can try Nitro PDF to Word and form filling and designing tools.

With Nitro PDF Professional, users can convert and combine 300+ file types to PDF, change text and images, mark-up and review content, and secure and digitally sign your PDF files. Users can click on "Check for Updates Now" under the "Help" menu of Foxit Reader, download and install it for 14-day evaluation. Nitro PDF Professional will act as a new add-on in Foxit Reader. We will combine two companies' PDF and document management forces by including Nitro PDF Professional in Foxit Reader. Foxit Corporation recently inked a partnership with Nitro PDF Inc.
