4 2003-05-23 0 0000799089 ASCENTIAL SOFTWARE CORP ASCL 0001182821 MORRILL ROBERT M 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2003-05-23 4 S 0 10000 3.8 D 1326877 I See footnote Common Stock 2003-05-23 4 S 0 40000 3.75 D 1326877 I See footnote Following all of the transactions reported on this Form 4, the reporting person holds 668,158 shares directly and 658,719 shares in trust for the benefit of the reporting person's children. The reporting person and his wife each serve as trustee over such trusts, and the reporting person has shared voting and shared investment power over the shares held therein. /s/ Barbara A. Dirsa (by power of attorney) 2003-05-23