Comparison of revenue and net income for selected trade and business information companies, 2005-2004.

COMPARISON OF REVENUE AND NET INCOME FOR SELECTED TRADE AND
BUSINESS INFORMATION COMPANIES, 2005-2004

                                Revenue (000)

Company                   2005            2004        % Change

Reed Elsevier            9,020,810       8,401,930        +7.4
Thomson Corp.            8,703,000       8,057,000        +8.0
Pearson                  7,152,300       6,453,930       +10.8
Rogers                   6,471,999       4,851,087       +33.4
McGraw-Hill              6,003,642       5,250,538       +14.3
Reuters                  4,206,210       4,083,980        +3.0
VNU                      4,153,880       3,988,100        +4.2
Wolters Kluwer           4,072,680       3,936,280        +3.5
Knight-Ridder            3,003,992       2,941,313        +2.1
Dow Jones                1,769,690       1,671,458        +5.9
Moody's                  1,731,600       1,438,300       +20.4
Dun & Bradstreet         1,443,600       1,414,000        +2.1
Equifax                  1,443,400       1,272,800       +13.4
T&F Informa              1,273,871         785,667       +62.1
United Business (1)      1,180,095         973,339       +21.3
Primedia                   990,500         969,800        +2.1
Gartner                    989,004         893,821       +10.6
John Wiley (2)             974,048         922,962        +5.5
CNET                       324,107         256,245       +26.5
Advanstar                  289,913         270,412        +7.2
Jupitermedia               124,577          61,959      +101.1
Totals:                 65,322,918      58,894,921      +10.9%

                                 Net Income (000)

Company                   2005            2004        % Change

Reed Elsevier            1,749,530       1,630,920        +7.2
Thomson Corp.              934,000       1,011,000        -7.6
Pearson                    813,726         567,513       +43.4
Rogers                     (38,628)        (58,084)
McGraw-Hill                844,306         756,410       +11.6
Reuters                    399,843         621,579       -35.7
VNU                        307,609         295,613        +4.1
Wolters Kluwer             315,047         375,332       -16.1
Knight-Ridder              471,439         326,240       +44.5
Dow Jones                   60,395          99,548       -39.3
Moody's                    560,800         425,100       +39.1
Dun & Bradstreet           221,200         211,800        +4.4
Equifax                    246,500         234,700        +5.0
T&F Informa                106,549          75,108       +41.9
United Business (1)        799,210         411,826      +101.7
Primedia                   (62,200)        (58,900)
Gartner                     (2,437)         16,889      -114.4
John Wiley (2)              91,317          85,821        +6.4
CNET                        27,693          11,685      +137.0
Advanstar                    8,575         (51,163)
Jupitermedia                78,399          15,737      +398.2
Totals:                  7,932,873       7,004,674      +13.3%

(1)-Net income includes a one-time item of $379.8 million.

(2)-Fiscal year ending April 30, 2005.