Press Release

Verticent Sponsors the 11th Annual Service Center Executive of the Year Banquet

RELEASE DATE : March 10, 2008

TAMPA, FL – Verticent, Inc., a vertically centric developer of enterprise software solutions for metal service centers and other industries, announced today that it was honored to be a co-sponsor of the 11 th Annual Service Center Executive of the Year Banquet at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, IL. At the award ceremony Wayne Bassett of Samuel, Son & Co., Limited was honored as the 2007 Service Center Executive of the Year.

Alan Goniwich, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Verticent stated “Verticent enjoys being a part of this great tradition. It enables our company to learn more and more about the metal service center industry from the industry leaders so we may continue to improve the software solution we provide to this industry. Additionally, co-sponsoring is one of the ways we want to give back to the industry that has rewarded Verticent with such great success”.

About Verticent:

Verticent, a wholly owned subsidiary of ASA International, Ltd. (a private holding company), provides integrated enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, e-business and business intelligence software. For more information contact Verticent at (813) 226-2600 or visit http://www.verticent.com.