1. www.ihs.com IHS Strategic Overview Prepared for NASA NTSP September 25, 2003

2. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 2 $425 millions in revenue 40+ years as a worldwide leader in managing engineering information Profitable and debt free Number of customers Number of industries Number of employees Number of dealers Number of countries 13 Overview of IHS 1 - Energy 12 - Engineering 1,122 - Energy 1,378 - Engineering n/a - Energy 45 - Engineering 85 - Energy 105 - Engineering 30,000 - Energy 55,000 - Engineering 85,000 2,500 45 109

3. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 3 IHS Group - Geographic Representation IHS Direct Operations Dealers Open Geography

4. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 4 Ownership Structure IHS Group and subsidiaries are wholly owned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Group: Thyssen-Bornemisza Group Monaco (Ultimate Parent) IHS Group Inc Colorado USA

5. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 5 Information Handling Services Structure Independent operating entity with separate: Sales Marketing Operations Data Management Customer Service Finance Legal Human Resources Information Technology

6. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 6 IHS Engineering

7. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 7 IHS Engineering Organization

8. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 8 US Field Sales Organization ● Woods ● Haas ● Landers ● Toth (GAM) Michelle Pharr, SVP, North American Sales Auto & Aviation GroupEnergy GroupGovernment Group General Industries Group ● Bell ● Takacs ● Karraker ● Alt ● Brittingham ● Vallacher ● Thomas ● Campana ● Thompson Customer Managers New Business Specialists Product & Solutions Specialist Group ● Woolwine ● Brown ● Rankine Chuck Winter, Industry Vice President Rick Davis, Industry Vice President George Nagy, Industry Vice President Steve Mulvihill, Industry Vice President ● Kiracofe ● Hearn ● Caghan ● Sopher ● Bernstrom ● Phillips ● Taylor ● Miller-Herholtz ● Sykes ● Thomas Dave Hill, Products & Solutions Vice President ● Marshall ● Dilday ● Marlino ● Austin ● Haystack (Open) ● Peter Morse ● John Kuta Parts Management ● Farrell ● Vaitkus IEL ● Snow ● Foroozandeh ● Open (AA) ESG ● Hauhuth ● Open IES ● Open ● Robinson ● Faust ● Jennings SAE ● O’Neill ● Hankins

9. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 9 Government Navy, Army, Air Force DLA Federal Agencies State and Local Governments Engineering Services Bechtel Stone & Webster Kellogg, Brown & Root Black & Veatch Aviation/Automotive Boeing United Technologies General Motors BAE Electronic/Electrical Intel Corporation Lucent Technologies Harris Corporation Utilities American Electric Power Tennessee Valley Authority Arizona Public Service Florida Power & Light Petro-Chem ExxonMobil ChevronTexaco Shell DuPont Supporting Industries Worldwide

10. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 10 IHS Strategic Direction Increase Efficiency and Performance of Subscription Services Parts-oriented services: Haystack/UPC CAPS Expert Catalog Xpress Specs and Standards Improve integration of products IES tools incorporated to ensure knowledge transfer Pursue Collaborative Solutions for our Customers Focus on Parts Optimization Data Integration Merge IHS data with external data sources Collaboration between Government & Industry Obsolescence e-Portal DMSMS projects IES tools incorporated to ensure knowledge transfer

11. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 11 IHS Content Supporting Engineering Processes Design methods & engineering handbooks (e.g., ESDU) Unleash the Power of Integrated Information Government parts sourcing (e.g., Haystack) Commercial parts sourcing (e.g., CAPS Expert) Regulations Vendor catalogs International standards Conference proceedings (e.g., IEEE) Military specifications Industry standards Journals (e.g., SAE, IEEE) National standards Corporate standards

12. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 12 Strategic Direction Core Strengths

13. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 13 Strategic Direction Solution Focus

14. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 14 Strategic Direction Cleansing Tools Collaboration Tools Obsolescence Tools Additional Content Conversion Process Integration Industry Portals APIs IHS Content Custom Collections BOM Tools Parts Content Parts Management Workbench Content Integration Value Added Solutions IHS Engineering, the leading worldwide provider of integrated content solutions: Proven solution sets

15. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 15 Strategic Direction Customizing Solutions IHS Engineering, the leading worldwide provider of integrated content solutions: Proven solution sets Providing customized solutions and multi-level support

16. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 16 Strategic Direction Information & Education Tools IHS Engineering, the leading worldwide provider of integrated content solutions: Proven solution sets Providing customized solutions and multi-level support

17. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 17 Strategic Direction Information & Education Tools IHS Engineering, the leading worldwide provider of integrated content solutions: Proven solution sets Providing customized solutions and multi-level support Embedded in customers’ processes

18. www.ihs.com IHS Confidential © IHS 2002Page 18 In Conclusion... We want very much to be a trusted solutions partner with NASA. We want to listen to your requirements and how they develop into the wants and needs of your programs so that effective and successful tools can be created and/or modified to fit within your agency’s cultural environment as well as your technical environment. Thank you for taking the time to share your strategic direction today. We look forward to our next meeting and future opportunities to support NASA.