Edit in PS CS4 loses metadata

I am on OS X 10.5.5, LR 2.1 and PS CS4 11.0
When I "Edit in Adobe Photoshop CS4" (cmd + E) with a RAW file (NEF), it will lose its metadata.
Already in PS the metadata is gone (menu File>File Info ...).
This concerns metadata that has been appended in Lightroom. Not metadata that has been already in the RAW file (by appending it in Photo Mechanic for instance).
Also, if I have set up PS CS4 as the Additional External Editor and send the file with cmd + option + E, the metadata is there. I will get a warning from Photoshop ("This file contains file info data which cannot be read and has been ignored"), but otherwise all works well.
This is pretty annoying and I consider it a bug. Are there other experiences out there?
Thomas

Thanks, Ian, for the prompt reply!
It's a bit of a standard solution fot most of the profile-corrections I read. Nothing wrong with it.
Only, bringing it to PS following the second route I'll have to "save with adjustments" and will reset all my sliders to 0 (not to mention the mask and brush adjustments!!). Having various import develop-presets applied, it's a pretty darn thing to resume editng from there on. Starting with applying the second route in my workflow will also destroy a lot of presets as well (and imagine having all RAW files as PSD too!!).
Using the Lens profile creator, could I temper with the adobe-profiles to let them work with the PSD's as well, or, could I make my own 12-24 profile and get it applied ond PSDs?
Thanks,
Alex.

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