LexisNexis Document Solutions Names Eric Geringswald as Director, Corporate Services

SPRINGFIELD, IL, August 05, 2002 - LexisNexis™, the global leader in legal, news and business information services, today announced the appointment of Eric Geringswald as Director, Corporate Services, for LexisNexis™ Document Solutions, one of the nation’s leading providers of lien-related searching and filing services, corporate searching, filing and registered agent representation services and motor vehicle titling and registration services.

The Corporate Services unit provides corporate and law firm attorneys, paralegals and corporate secretaries with products and services that ensure compliance and save time searching, retrieving, preparing, filing and monitoring corporate document portfolios. The division also acts as customers’ registered agent in managing all aspects of service of process in the U.S. and in many international jurisdictions.

In addition, Geringswald will manage all seven LexisNexis Document Solutions branch offices in Albany, NY, Boston, Chicago, Dover, DE, New York City and Los Angeles and Sacramento, CA.

Geringswald previously was UCC Operations Consultant for CT Corporation.

"Geringswald brings to LexisNexis Document Solutions a broad understanding of the corporate service arena from his 17 years within the corporate service industry," said Paul Schultz, president. "He will play a critical role in our efforts to drive market leadership, category superiority and brand preference within the corporate services arena. In addition, he will help focus business resources in accelerating our International capabilities and building strategic alliances."
Earlier this year, Geringswald was elected to president of the National Public Records Research Association, a trade group of 250 member companies that specialize in the filing and retrieval of public record indexes maintained by governmental agencies.

Geringswald received a bachelor of arts in history in 1986 from Washington College in Chestertown, MD. He and his wife, live in Wheatley Heights, NY.

LexisNexis Document Solutions, founded in 1962, is part of the LexisNexis Corporate and Government Markets business unit. LexisNexis Document Solutions is headquarted in Springfield, IL.

About LexisNexis

LexisNexis™ is the global leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored applications. Its online services combine searchable access to over four billion documents from thousands of sources. A member of Reed Elsevier plc (NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK), LexisNexis is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, USA, and does business in 100 countries with 12,000 employees worldwide. The company offers an extensive range of products and customized tools that address job-specific and organization-wide information needs, driving productivity and confident decision-making.

LexisNexis recently was named one of KM World magazine's "Top 100 Companies in Knowledge Management."