The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.- Information Services -  Category Directory

212-512-2000

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

www.mcgraw-hill.com

Sales

$4.8 billion

Business Description 
The Company, incorporated in December 1925, is a leading global information services provider serving the financial services, education and business information markets with information products and services. Other markets include energy, construction, aerospace and defense, and medical and health. It serves its customers through a broad range of distribution channels, including printed books, magazines and newsletters, online via Internet websites and digital platforms, through wireless and traditional on-air broadcasting, and through a variety of conferences and trade shows.

The Company’s 16,068 employees are located worldwide. They perform the vital functions of analyzing the nature of changing demands for information and of channeling the resources necessary to fill those demands. By virtue of the numerous copyrights and licensing, trade, and other agreements, which are essential to such a business, the Company is able to collect, compile, and disseminate this information. Most book manufacturing and magazine printing is handled through a number of independent contractors. The Registrant’s principal raw material is paper, and the Registrant has assured sources of supply, at competitive prices, adequate for its business needs.

Descriptions of the Company’s principal products, broad services and markets, and significant achievements are hereby incorporated by reference from Exhibit (13), pages 3 through 24 (companyseek.com editor's note: this refers to the company's 10-K release in February 2004) , containing textual material of the Registrant’s 2003 Annual Report to Shareholders.

The Registrant has an investor kit available online and in print that includes the current Annual Report, Proxy Statement, 10-Q, 10-K, current earnings release and Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Program as well as prior years. For online access go to www.mcgraw-hill.com/investor_relations and click on Digital Investor Kit. Requests for printed copies can be e-mailed to investor_relations@mcgraw-hill.com or mailed to Investor Relations, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020-1095. You can call Investor Relations toll free at 866-436-8502.

 

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