Major trade and professional publication, online and related business information acquisitions, third quarter 2006 (by buyer).

Major Trade and Professional Publication, Online and Related Business
Information Acquisitions, Third Quarter 2006 (by buyer)

Publication/Property     Buyer                    Seller

Reed New Products        Advantage Bus. Media/    Reed Bus. Info/New
  division                 Rockaway, NJ             York
  "Bioscience
    Technology"
  "Pharmaceutical
    Processing"
  "Food Manufacturing"
  16 other magazines,
    ReedLink, related
    online sites and a
    directory
Strategic Research       ALM/New York             management/New York
  Institute
Incisive Media           Apax Partners/London;    shareholders/London;
                           New York                 New York
  "Bloomberg Money"
  "Reinsurance"
  financial magazines,
    newsletters,
    online products
    and events
  Thompson Publishing    Avista Capital           DLJ Growth Partners/
    (50%)                  Partners/New York        New York
    including over 300
    subscription
    newsletters,
    references and
    online products
The Real Learning Co.    BTS Group/Stockholm      management/
                                                    Scottsdale, AZ
ATX/Kleinrock            CCH/Riverwoods, IL       UCG/Rockville, MD
Wired News               Conde Nast/New York      Lycos/Waltham, MA
iMat trade show          DMG World Media/New      Interpoint Events/
                           York                     Pyrmont, Australia
Business Publishers,     Eli Research/            management/Silver
  Inc.                     Washington, D.C.         Spring, MD
  "Clean Water Report"
    NL
  "Nuclear Waste
    Reporter" NL
  "Education
    Technology News"
  and over 20 other
  newsletters and
  reports
tech book titles         Elsevier/New York        CMP Technology/
                                                    Manhasset, NY
Metal Bulletin plc       Euromoney                shareholders/London;
                           Institutional            Pittsburgh, PA
                           Investor/London
  "Metal Bulletin"
  "Metal Bulletin
    Monthly,"
    newsletters,
    directories,
    e-mails and
    related events
Faxxon Legal             First American Corp./    management/
  Information              Santa Ana, CA            Springfield, IL
"Architecture"           Hanley Wood/Wash.,       VNU Bus. Media/
  "Architectural           D.C.                     New York
    Lighting"
"Professional Deck       Hanley Wood/Wash.,       Dempsey Mngmt
  Builder"                 D.C.                     Solutions/
  DeckExpo                                          Snellville, GA
National Health          HCPro/Marblehead, MA     management/Atlanta,
  Information                                       GA
  "Disease Management
    News" NL,
    12 other
    newsletters,
    manuals, directory
    & online products
"Seed World"             Issues Ink/Winnipeg,     Scranton Gillette/
                           AB                       Arlington Heights,
                                                    IL
"Clinical Cardiology"    John Wiley/Hoboken, NJ   Clincial Cardiology
  "Scanning, J. of                                  Publ./Mahwah, NJ
    Scanning
    Microscopies"
"Industrial Utility      Long Pond Publishing/    Webcom Comm./
  Vehicle & Mobile         New York                 Greenwood Village,
  Equipment"                                        CO
"Fuel Cell"              Milo Media/Barrington,   Webcom Comm./
                           IL                       Greenwood Village,
                                                    CO
Tax Compliance, Inc.     MLM Information          management/San Diego,
                           Services/New York        CA
Peterson's               NelNet/Lincoln, NE       Thomson/Stamford, CT
Mergermarket             Pearson/London; New      management/New York
                           York
Odontos World Media      PennWell/Tulsa, OK       management/Santa
                                                    Monica, CA
NPIcenter                Penton Media/Boulder,    management/
                           CO                       Mississauga, ON
Web-EE.com               Penton Media/Paramus,    management/Boise, ID
                           NJ
SpeedNews, Inc.          Prism Business Media/    management/Los
                           New York                 Angeles, CA
Forward Financial        Pulver Media/Melville,   management/Lauderdale
                           NY                       by the Sea, FL
InfoTrends               Questex Media/Newton,    shareholders/
                           MA                       Weymouth, MA
Trade shows              Questex Media/Newton,    Show Management/
                           MA                       Cayucos, CA
Agenda USA               Red 7 Media/Norwalk,     management/New York
                           CT
three exhibitions        Reed Exhibitions/        Step Exhibitions/
                           Norwalk, CT              Tunbridge, UK
"Seybold Report" NL      RISI/Boston, MA          CMP/San Francisco, CA
  "Seybold Bulletin"
    NL
"Sporting Goods          SportsOneSource Gp./     VNU Bus. Media/
  Business"                Charlotte, NC            New York
  "Sporting Goods
    Dealer"
  "Hunting Business"
  "Outdoor Business,"
    newsletters and
    related events
"BioTribune Magazine"    Springer Science &       Biotribune s.a./Paris
                           Bus./New York
Humana Press             Springer Science &       management/Totowa, NJ
  "Molecular               Bus./New York
    Biotechnology"
  "Clinical
    Proteomics"
  25 other journals,
    1000 book titles &
    databases
Weiss Ratings, Inc.      TheStreet.com/New York   Weiss Group/Jupiter,
                                                    FL
American Health          Thomson Publishing/      management/Atlanta,
  Consultants              Wash., D.C.              GA
  "Internal Medicine
    Alert" NL
  "Biomedical Business
    & Technology" NL
  and over 50 other
  newsletters,
  references and
  online products, as
  well as events
Solucient                Thomson Medstat/Ann      VNU/New York; Veronis
                           Arbor, MI                Suhler
                                                  Stevenson/New York;
                                                    VHA/Irving, TX
ScholarOne               Thomson Scientific/      management/
                           Phil., PA                Charlottesville, VA
Commonwealth Business    United Bus. Media/       management/East
  Media                    London                   Windsor, NJ;
  "Journal of                                       RFE Investment/New
    Commerce"                                         Canaan, CT,
  "Air Cargo World"                                 Bariston Partners/
                                                      Boston, MA;
  six other magazines,                              Economist Group/
                                                      New York; &
  PIERS, BACK Aviation                              ABRY Partners/
    Solutions                                         Boston, MA
  nine events, various
    directories and
  "Oil Price Daily"
    newsletter
MediMedia                Vestar Capital             management/Chatham,
  "Biotechnology           Partners/New York          NJ
    Healthcare"
  "Current Clinical
    Trials: Oncology"
  "Managed Care"
  four other journals,
    newsletters, CDs,
  books and events
Radio & Records Inc.     VNU Bus. Media/New         management/Los
  including weekly &       York                       Angeles, CA
  daily email, fax
  and online products
"Pro Sound News"         Wicks Group/New York       CMP Entertainment/
  "Residential                                        New York
    Systems"
  "Systems Contractor
    News"
  12 other magazines,
  events, newsletters
    & online
    properties
Standard Publishing      Wicks Group/New York       Standard
                                                      International/
                                                      Salem, NH
GulfPak Corp.            Wolters Kluwer             management/Jackson,
                           Corporate/Minn., MN        MS

All titles are magazines or journals. NL-newsletter.