Harold McGraw III

6/21/2006


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Harold McGraw III

“Safe Harbor” Statement Under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

The favorable outlook for MHP

New opportunities for growth

Committed to advancing total shareholder value

Committed to creating total shareholder value

Committed to creating total shareholder value

Reducing number of shares outstanding

MHP outperformed S&P 500 total return for a decade

Convergence is transforming our business

The impact of Global Resource Management

The world is going our way

Education spending has risen to 7.9% of U.S. GDP

Finance sector has risen to 5.6% of U.S. GDP

Information sector has risen to 4.6% of U.S. GDP

Growth of investment in intangibles

Emphasis on skilled workforce is driving education reform in U.S.

Growing global opportunities in education

Convergence of content and technology creates new opportunities

Working aggressively to improve operating leverage

Outlook for 2006 el-hi market

Strong state adoption calendar 2007-2009

Update on 2006 state new adoptions

2006 outlook K–12

Trend in testing market unchanged

Outlook for higher education market

Connecting trusted brands with increasingly interconnected world

J.D. Power and Associates (video)

Stephen C. Goodall

You surely recognize us…

A unique business model drives our success

Every major automotive company depends on our insights

Power Information Network Replacing intuition with knowledge

We’re leveraging that success to aggressively grow our business

Expanding core markets

Targeting global industries

Consumers buy more than cars… and we speak their language(s)

A simple success formula

Expanding through technology and creation of higher value-added products and services

Embedding our information in customer’s workflow

Proprietary content sets stage for more growth in energy

BusinessWeek evolving into multi-media brand

The outlook for Information & Media

Strong growth in Financial Services

Growing globally to diversify portfolio

Diversifying the ratings revenue stream

Outlook for debt markets

Outlook for debt markets

Many contributors to S&P’s diversified portfolio

Securitization is an important growth driver

Joanne W. Rose

Three key drivers of structured finance

Globalization…the ABS market

Growing sophistication of the CDO market

Historically low interest rates and continued innovation in RMBS

U.S. RMBS

Leadership in global structured finance

Global structured finance

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Regulatory environment

Regulatory environment

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Outlook for 2006 remains unchanged

Outlook for 2006 remains unchanged

Outlook for MHP in 2007

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