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Friday, June 01, 2007 — 3E Company®, the leading provider of environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, today announced that it has acquired HSE Systems, the developer of MSDgen, a leading enterprise solution for authoring and distributing material safety data sheets (MSDS) and labels. 3E Company will now feature HSE Systems' MSDgen authoring tool among its award-winning compliance solutions targeted at product stewardship and product safety.

While 3E Company already boasts a strong suite of MSDS authoring services on multiple platforms, the acquisition expands its MSDS authoring offering by serving the corporate product stewardship in-house MSDS authoring community. MSDgen completes 3E Company's comprehensive authoring offering, which now includes solutions for those who wish to author MSDSs in-house, as well as for those who wish to partially or fully outsource their MSDS authoring program.

As a result of the acquisition, 3E Company's Ariel regulatory content will become available to the MSDgen platform. 3E Company's Ariel regulatory content provides unprecedented support for identifying, monitoring and complying with complex and ever-changing EH&S requirements. More than 300 multinational organizations, including seventy percent of the world's largest chemical manufacturers and users, rely on Ariel content every day. MSDgen users will now have the option of Ariel data to support authoring using MSDgen.

"The acquisition of HSE is an important step forward in 3E Company's expansionary growth strategy, as we continue providing our customers with innovative and industry-defining solutions that ease the burden of regulatory compliance," said Robert S. Christie, CEO and president, 3E Company. "We look forward to working with the impressive MSDgen corporate user base to carry out ongoing innovation to the MSDgen platform as well as leveraging our global presence to bring the platform to new markets."

"We are proud to be working with the company that pioneered the EH&S information services industry, and we are confident that our MSDgen platform will prove to be a valuable asset to 3E's strategic product offering," said Matthew A. Johnston, director, corporate development, HSE Systems. "We are also extremely excited about the growth opportunities that will develop as a result of working with a global company like 3E."

3E Company and HSE Systems share a common vision; both companies aim to alleviate the burdensome aspects of compliance by providing EH&S professionals with best-in-class tools and services. 3E's product and service offering addresses the entire lifecycle of a chemical, and the addition of the MSDgen further strengthens its presence in the upstream, product stewardship-focused portion of the lifecycle, complementing the Company's Ariel line of regulatory data and services.

Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. HSE Systems will continue to operate from its Massillon, Ohio site as part of 3E Company.

About 3E Company
Founded in 1988, 3E Company is the first company to provide a comprehensive suite of chemical, regulatory and compliance information services that addresses the entire lifecycle of a chemical, covering global regulatory data; MSDS authoring, distribution and management; transportation; emergency response; training; regulatory reporting; and waste management. 3E's products and services are delivered via four key platforms: 3E Online, which enables Web-based access to services and solutions; 3E OnCall, which boasts a 24-7-365 call center; 3E OnTime, which simplifies event driven projects; and 3E OnData, which facilitates data integration at client sites. 3E has the industry leading combination of a 24-7-365 HazMat Mission Control Center, and 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. More than 7,000 customers have partnered with 3E, including Costco Wholesale Corporation, America West, Eastman Chemical, Temple-Inland, Menasha and PacifiCorp. 3E is the recipient of the 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006 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 Company also received a 2006 Business Achievement Award from Environmental Business Journal. 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, 760-602-8700 or, in Europe, +45 70 22 81 70.

About HSE Systems
HSE Systems is a leading provider of enterprise software for the authoring of Material of Safety Data Sheets (MSDS). Its flagship product, MSDgen (Material Safety Data generator), is a comprehensive software system that addresses all issues related to hazard communication. MSDgen equips toxicologists, regulatory affairs specialists, product stewards and other environmental, health and safety professionals with powerful technology for collecting and managing material-specific data for manufactured products, components, R&D chemicals, and purchased products. Ultimately, this data is used to generate MSDS, SDSs, labels, and other product and regulatory documents for customer distribution, as well as employee safety and right-to-know. The privately held company is headquartered in Massillon, OH with an additional site in Paris, France. For more information about HSE Systems, please visit www.hsesystems.com, or call 888-797-MSDS.