ASCL Ascential Software - Common Stock (MM)

Ascential Software Receives Regulatory Approvals Required for Its Acquisition by IBM WESTBORO, Mass., April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ascential Software Corporation (NASDAQ:ASCL) today announced it has received all regulatory approvals required prior to the consummation of its acquisition by International Business Machines Corporation. The transaction remains subject to stockholder approval, and will be voted upon at a special meeting of stockholders scheduled for tomorrow morning at 10:00 ET. As previously announced on March 14, 2005, IBM and Ascential Software signed a definitive agreement for Ascential to be acquired by IBM. The meeting will be broadcast live through a link on the Investor Relations page on the Ascential Software web site at http://www.ascential.com/investors. This release contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, and these statements are subject to important factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. For a discussion of such factors and uncertainties, please refer to the filings made by Ascential Software with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended. Ascential Software disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements made herein to reflect any change in Ascential Software's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which such statements are based. DATASOURCE: Ascential Software Corporation CONTACT: Investor, David Roy of Ascential Software Corporation, +1-508-599-7290, Web Site: http://www.ascential.com/investors

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