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Monday, July 17, 2006 — 3E Company®, the leading provider of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, announced today the appointment of Steven Wolkenstein as chief financial officer. Wolkenstein has more than fifteen years of senior-level financial management experience in the information services industry. In his new role, Wolkenstein will manage all elements of 3E Company's finances and continue its rapid financial growth as well as implement expansion opportunities, such as mergers and acquisitions. Wolkenstein will also leverage his international financial experience to promote 3E Company's increasingly global growth.

Wolkenstein has extensive experience in guiding and managing specialized information service providers that offer unique, high value data and professional services. This knowledge, as well as his experience negotiating and implementing mergers and acquisitions, will be invaluable in his new position. During his career, Wolkenstein has executed and integrated more than forty acquisitions.

"We are thrilled to welcome Steve aboard. His extensive financial management experience with information services companies makes him a valuable addition to the executive team," said Bob Christie, CEO & president, 3E Company. "We look forward to leveraging his past experience to accelerate 3E's already-rapid financial growth and strengthen our industry leadership position."

Wolkenstein is the former vice president of finance, treasurer and controller of Mitchell International, a privately held company in the automotive information services industry. During his five year tenure, the company completed three acquisitions and experienced revenue and EBITDA growth of more than fifty percent. Prior to joining Mitchell, Wolkenstein served as vice president of finance, treasurer and secretary of Esquire Communications Ltd, a publicly traded legal services company. Under his direction, Esquire experienced rapid growth and completed dozens of stock and asset acquisitions.

Wolkenstein also previously served as international finance manager/worldwide tax and treasury manager for The Upper Deck Company, a privately held manufacturer and distributor of sports cards and memorabilia. During his tenure, he established international finance offices in Europe and Latin America and was responsible for worldwide financial and treasury operations. Wolkenstein has also held positions with KPMG Peat Marwick and Touche Ross & Co.

"I'm delighted to be working with the company that has defined and shaped the regulatory compliance management industry. Managing a company in a period of hyper-growth is an exciting challenge and I look forward to working closely with the 3E team to identify opportunities that will further strengthen 3E's leadership position in the marketplace," said Wolkenstein.

Wolkenstein holds a degree in accounting from Drake University. He is a Certified Public Accountant in California and Nebraska, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California and Nebraska Societies of Certified Public Accountants.

About 3E Company
3E Company is the first company to provide a comprehensive suite of services for environmental, health and safety (EH&S) related chemical and hazardous materials information and compliance management that addresses the entire chemical lifecycle. This suite of services includes regulatory research; MSDS authoring, distribution and management; transportation; emergency response; training; regulatory reporting; and hazardous waste management. 3E has the industry leading combination of a 24-7-365 hazmat mission control call center, with an online platform for hazmat compliance information management, all built on a foundation of the world's premier hazardous substance database of global regulatory and compliance information. Its international, multi-lingual professional staff is composed of regulatory specialists, experienced product stewards, industrial hygienists, attorneys, chemists and chemical engineers, MSDS experts and EH&S systems consultants.

3E's services offer a cost effective program for global regulatory compliance management by alleviating the pain, managing risk, increasing the efficiency and enhancing staff productivity and enabling EH&S professionals to focus on more strategic functions. Today more than 7,000 customers have partnered with 3E including Costco Wholesale Corporation, America West, Eastman Chemical, Temple-Inland, Menasha and PacifiCorp. 3E was founded in 1988 and is the recipient of the 2002, 2003 and 2005 Commitment to Worker Safety Awards in Online and MSDS Services from Compliance Magazine, which also recognized 3E Online-MSDS in 2005 with an Award of Excellence for its Best of the Web Awards. The privately held company is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA with additional operations in Bethesda, MD, Kingsport, TN, and Copenhagen, Denmark. For more information on 3E Company, visit www.3ecompany.com, send e-mail to info@3ecompany.com or call 800-360-3220.