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COMSYS IT PARTNERS’ CREDIT FACILITY EXTENDED THROUGH MARCH 2012

HOUSTON, TX (March 24, 2009) - COMSYS IT Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:CITP) today announced certain amendments to its existing credit facility that include, among other things:

• an extension of its maturity date for two years from March 31, 2010 to March 31, 2012,


• a reduction in commitments under the facility from $160 million to $110 million, and


• an increase in the LIBOR spread from 1.75% to 3.75%.

• economic declines that affect the Company's business, including its profitability, liquidity or the ability to comply with applicable loan covenants;


• the financial stability of the Company's lenders and their ability to honor their commitments related to our credit agreements;


• adverse changes in credit and capital markets conditions that may affect the Company's ability to obtain financing or refinancing on favorable terms or that may warrant changes to existing credit terms;


• the financial stability of the Company's customers and other business partners and their ability to pay their outstanding obligations;


• changes in levels of unemployment and other economic conditions in the United States, or in particular regions or industries;


• the impact of competitive pressures on the Company's ability to maintain or improve its operating margins, including pricing pressures as well as any change in the demand for its services;


• the risk in an uncertain economic environment of increased incidences of employment disputes, employment litigation and workers' compensation claims;


• the Company's success in attracting, training, retaining and motivating billable consultants and key officers and employees;


• the Company's ability to shift a larger percentage of its business mix into IT solutions, project management and business process outsourcing and, if successful, the Company's ability to manage those types of business profitably;


• weakness or reductions in corporate information technology spending levels;


• the Company's ability to maintain existing client relationships and attract new clients in the context of changing economic or competitive conditions;


• the entry of new competitors into the U.S. staffing services market due to the limited barriers to entry or the expansion of existing competitors in that market;


• increases in employment-related costs such as healthcare and unemployment taxes;


• the possibility of the Company's incurring liability for the activities of its billable consultants or for events impacting its billable consultants on clients' premises;


• the risk that the Company may be subject to claims for indemnification under its customer contracts;


• the risk that cost cutting or restructuring activities could cause an adverse impact on certain of the Company’s operations;


• adverse changes to management's periodic estimates of future cash flows that may affect the Company’s assessment of its ability to fully recover its goodwill; and


• whether governments will amend existing regulations or impose additional regulations or licensing requirements in such a manner as to increase the Company’s costs of doing business.