ASSET4 Enters into a Strategic Relationship with Goldman Sachs; ASSET4 and Goldman Sachs Forge a Client Marketing Alliance; Goldman Sachs Licenses ASSET4 Extra-Financial Information; Goldman Sachs Participates in ASSET4's Latest Financing Round

Business Wire, June 28, 2006

ZUG, Switzerland -- ASSET4 Ltd, a leading provider of extra-financial data on global corporations, is proud to announce that Goldman Sachs has acquired a global license to incorporate ASSET4's environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) data and framework into their investment research, benchmarking, portfolio monitoring and risk management processes. In addition, Goldman Sachs committed to a minority interest in the latest financing round of ASSET4 and will market the ASSET4 system to its global client base.

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ASSET4 is the world's leading provider of comprehensive, integrated and transparent financial and extra-financial information, essential to understand and manage the long-term performance and risk profiles of public quoted corporations. The ASSET4 IntegratedRating(TM) framework offers investment professionals and corporate executives the tools to track, analyze and benchmark the practices and performance of their portfolios, funds and companies. By monitoring over 250 economic, environmental, social and governance factors, the ASSET4 system enables users to see beyond the purely financial aspects of companies and benefit from a broad and integrated perspective of corporate performance. Users benefit from better-informed investment and strategic decisions, reduced investment research costs and enhanced client-reporting capabilities. The company is headquartered in Switzerland and employs 130 people with a wide range of scientific and business backgrounds. To learn more about ASSET4, please visit www.asset4.com.