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1.What products and services does Interactive Data Corporation (IDC) provide to its clients?
2.What are the main operating units of Interactive Data Corporation?
3.Who uses Interactive Data Corporation’s market data, analytic tools and related services?
4.What is Interactive Data Corporation’s vision and approach for growing the company?
5.Where is Interactive Data Corporation located and how many employees does it have?
6.What is Interactive Data Corporation’s ticker symbol and on which exchange is it traded?
7.When and why did Pearson merge its financial information business (called FT Interactive Data at the time) with Data Broadcasting Corporation?
8.What is Interactive Data Corporation’s relationship to Pearson plc today?
9.Who are Interactive Data Corporation’s auditors?
10.Who is Interactive Data Corporation’s Transfer Agent?
11.When does Interactive Data Corporation’s fiscal year end?
12.When is the next earnings release?
13.Does Interactive Data Corporation pay a dividend or offer a Dividend Reinvestment Plan?
14.How can I get investor information on Interactive Data Corporation?
1.What products and services does Interactive Data Corporation (IDC) provide to its clients?
 Interactive Data Corporation is a leading global provider of essential financial market data, analytic tools and related solutions to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors.

2.What are the main operating units of Interactive Data Corporation?
 Interactive Data Corporation markets its services through four businesses. Our Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data business provides global securities pricing, evaluations and reference data designed to support financial institutions’ and investment funds' pricing activities, securities operations, research and portfolio management. Our Interactive Data Real-Time Services business provides real-time global market data and managed solutions to financial institutions, redistributors and online financial portals worldwide. Interactive Data Fixed Income Analytics provides market-leading fixed income analytics. eSignal provides streaming real-time financial market information and decision-support tools to assist active traders, individual investors and investment community professionals in their analysis of securities traded on all major markets in the US as well as a number of major international markets.

3.Who uses Interactive Data Corporation’s market data, analytic tools and related services?
 The customers of the Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data business include most of the world’s leading financial institutions, including banks, brokerage houses, mutual funds, money management firms and insurance companies. Through its Real-Time Services business, the Company provides real-time global market data and managed solutions to financial institutions, redistributors and online financial portals worldwide. Interactive Data Real-Time Services markets a suite of services that ranges from a consolidated, low latency data feed, to customized financial information systems. The Interactive Data Fixed Income Analytics business provides analytics to institutional fixed income portfolio managers. The eSignal business provides financial information and market scanning and decision-support software to more than 60,000 investment community professionals, active traders, and individual investors. In 2007, Interactive Data Corporation generated total revenues of $689.6 million.

4.What is Interactive Data Corporation’s vision and approach for growing the company?
 Our objective is to continue extending Interactive Data Corporation’s leadership position as a supplier of essential financial information, analytics and related services to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors. Supported by both strategic acquisitions and investment in the development of new offerings, our growth strategy involves delivering high-value services, expanding into adjacent markets, and extending our reach geographically.

5.Where is Interactive Data Corporation located and how many employees does it have?
 Interactive Data Corporation is headquartered at 32 Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachusetts with offices located in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Currently there are approximately 2,400 employees.

6.What is Interactive Data Corporation’s ticker symbol and on which exchange is it traded?
 The company trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “IDC.” Until June 15, 2001, the company was known as Data Broadcasting Corporation (Nasdaq: DBCC). The company’s name and stock symbol were changed to more accurately reflect today’s customer base, operating divisions and analytic tools and to take advantage of its brand equity in the institutional investor marketplace, where Interactive Data is recognized as one of the industry’s premier sources of essential financial information and analytic tools.

7.When and why did Pearson merge its financial information business (called FT Interactive Data at the time) with Data Broadcasting Corporation?
 Immediately prior to the merger, FT Interactive Data (now known as Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data) was indirectly wholly owned by Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. FT Interactive Data merged with Data Broadcasting Corporation on February 29, 2000. The merger was designed to create a powerful end-to-end solution provider of critical, real-time, actionable financial data and information services for both institutional and retail investors. Data Broadcasting’s name was changed to Interactive Data on June 15, 2001 to take advantage of the Company’s brand equity in the institutional investor marketplace and to more accurately reflect its current business model.

8.What is Interactive Data Corporation’s relationship to Pearson plc today?
 Interactive Data Corporation is majority-owned by Pearson plc. Pearson currently owns approximately 62% of Interactive Data's issued and outstanding shares of common stock. Pearson’s businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education and the Penguin Group.

9.Who are Interactive Data Corporation’s auditors?
 Interactive Data Corporation’s auditors are Ernst & Young LLP.

10.Who is Interactive Data Corporation’s Transfer Agent?
 American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
59 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038
Phone: 212-936-5100 Toll free: 800-937-5449
Fax: 718-236-4588

Registered shareholders may write or call the transfer agent above for information about share balance, account consolidation, change of name or address for official records, stock transfer and other administrative matters.


11.When does Interactive Data Corporation’s fiscal year end?
 Interactive Data Corporation’s fiscal year ends on December 31.

– Q1: January 1 – March 31
– Q2: April 1 – June 30
– Q3: July 1 – September 30
– Q4 October 1 – December 31


12.When is the next earnings release?
 Dates of earnings releases are posted on the Calendar of Events on the Investor Relations page section of our web site.


13.Does Interactive Data Corporation pay a dividend or offer a Dividend Reinvestment Plan?
 Yes. Interactive Data began paying a regular quarterly dividend in 2007. Interactive Data's regular quarterly dividend is currently $0.20 per share. The Company does not currently offer a Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

14.How can I get investor information on Interactive Data Corporation?
 You can request an investor kit by clicking through the “Information Request” button located on the main Investor Relations page. You can also be added to the mail alert that will notify you by email if the company issues any news releases, adds corporate events to its web site or makes any filings with the SEC.

For further information, please contact Interactive Data Corporation’s investor relations department:

Investor Relations
Interactive Data Corporation
32 Crosby Drive
Bedford, MA 01730
Phone: (781) 687-8306
InvestorRelations@InteractiveDataCorp.com

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