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ProQuest to Acquire Thompson Reuters Dialog

ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 12, 2008 — ProQuest, a Cambridge Information Group company, has signed an agreement under which ProQuest would acquire the Thomson Reuters Dialog® business. The transaction is expected to close pending a successful completion of the formal consultation period and other customary closing conditions. Financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed.

The acquisition of Dialog would allow ProQuest to deepen its penetration in the corporate library and professional research markets with a

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Launch of New ProQuest Obituaries Search Tools Bring Researchers Closer to Their Ancestors

ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 29, 2008 — ProQuest introduces two new major enhancements for ProQuest® Obituaries, indexed expanded Name Search and enhanced Search Results Display. Both features allow for greater content discovery, as users can more easily search through indexed names and locations as well as the text of the obituary itself.

“We pride ourselves on being the leading provider of genealogical and local history online research solutions to libraries and their patrons,” said Chris Cowan, vice

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ProQuest Names John Law Vice President, Discovery Services

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ProQuest Keeps Public Libraries On Top of Fast Changing Consumer Technology with Safari

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Five ProQuest Resources are Finalists for SIIA CODiE Awards

ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 2, 2008 — Five ProQuest products have been selected as finalists in the Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) 22nd annual CODiE Awards. Selected products include:

CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences

18th, 19th, and 20th Century Parliamentary Papers

CultureGrams

SIRS Researcher

Environmental Impact Statements: Full-Text & Digests

“Competition is tough this year and that makes selection as a Finalist a real achievement,” said Ken Wash, SIIA president. “All the companies on this year’s list should feel justifiably proud

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ProQuest Announces Key Sales Staff Appointments

Ron Clowney named Vice President, US Higher Education and Government Sales; Dave Leach joins Global Sales organization as Director, Strategic Account Management

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — ProQuest has appointed Ron Clowney Vice President, US Higher Education & Government Sales. Clowney will be responsible for US sales of all published and distributed electronic, print and microform products to academic, public, government and medical school libraries as well as consortial groups. He will manage ProQuest’s revenues within the

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