Ascential Software Receives Regulatory Approvals Required for Its Acquisition by IBM

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,

[phone],  



Web Site: http://www.ascential.com/investors 

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