LexisNexis^™ Bolsters its Business Intelligence Content with New Corporate, Financial, Investment, Product and Industry Sources

DAYTON, OH, October 18, 2002 - LexisNexis™, the global leader in legal, news and business information services, today announced content additions that significantly enrich its roster of business intelligence sources.

LexisNexis has added nearly a dozen financial and investor news and analysis providers including CBS MarketWatch and seven Kiplinger Washington Editors newsletters; a dozen sources of corporate information and statistics on key executives, financials, brands, products and consumer trends; and nearly 50 leading industry trade publications and directories.

“Access to such detailed statistics, up-to-date news and rich analysis via these newly added content sources will enhance the strategic decision-making capabilities of LexisNexis subscribers,” said Dawn Conway, LexisNexis Vice President for Licensing and Content.  “Today more than ever, effective corporate planning and leadership requires a full understanding of relevant issues through access to reliable, current data and ‘inside’ information.  LexisNexis provides this access.”

In addition to CBS Marketwatch and the newsletters of Kiplinger Washington Editors, new LexisNexis financial and investor news and analysis providers include EFinancialNews.com for coverage of European investment banking, fund management and securities; and the Fair Disclosure Wire of eMediaMillWorks, which gives transcripts of analyst financial discussions with corporate executives.

In-demand corporate information on key executives and company financials is now available from a portfolio of new LexisNexis providers:  idEXEC, Integra Information Industry Reports, Gale Group Company Briefs, Media General Financial Services, Gale Taft Directories (also known as Foundation Reporter), and Investors Responsibility Resource Center.  LexisNexis also supplies information on corporate brands via the Gale Group’s Brands and Their Companies; on the latest product developments via Product News Network^®; and on consumer trends worldwide via four Edimax USA monthly publications.

Industry trade publications for business executives include CFO.com and CIO.com.  Government, policy and defense content providers now include Congressional Quarterly (for non-government LexisNexis subscribers only), Jane’s Defence Weekly, and Defense & Foreign Affairs Daily.  LexisNexis has added several dozen trade publications covering energy, utilities and the environment from publishers such as Platt’s/McGraw-Hill, Energy Intelligence Group, Environment & Energy Publishing LLC, and Primedia.  Medical and healthcare resources recently added include two Cahners monthly magazines, Drug Discovery & Development and Genomics & Proteomics; and three prestigious reference manuals:  Mosby Medical Drug Reference, Taber’s Medical Dictionary and The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV).

For a complete list of additions, please visit the LexisNexis Web site.

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.

In addition to LexisNexis™ at nexis.com and lexis.com for corporate, government, legal and association professionals, the company’s diverse portfolio of products includes PR Solutions for public relations practitioners; Risk Solutions including extensive public records capabilities and featuring the National Fraud Center for law enforcement and investigative professionals; LexisNexisÔ Universe products for academic institutions; and The Directory of Corporate Affiliations and the Advertising Redbooks.  LexisNexis recently was named one of KM World magazine’s “Top 100 Companies in Knowledge Management.”