( BW)(ASSET4) 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 Editors/Financial Editors
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    ZUG, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2006--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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attached pdf-file.

    About ASSET4

    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.

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