IDC Interactive Data Corp.

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share of Interactive Data common stock payable on June 27, 2007 to stockholders of record on June 7, 2007. This is the Company�s second consecutive quarterly cash dividend. The actual declaration of future quarterly dividends, and the establishment of record and payment dates, is subject to final determination of the Board of Directors of Interactive Data. Interactive Data also announced the successful adoption of two proposals at the Company�s annual meeting of stockholders, held on May 23, 2007. Specifically, the following ten directors were each elected to serve one-year terms: John Makinson (chairman of the Board of Directors); Stuart J. Clark; Myra R. Drucker; William T. Ethridge; Rona A. Fairhead; Donald P. Greenberg, Ph.D; Caspar J.A. Hobbs; Philip Hoffman; Robert C. Lamb, Jr.; and Carl Spielvogel. In addition, stockholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Interactive Data�s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007. In addition to the adoption of these proposals, Stuart Clark, Interactive Data's president and chief executive officer, delivered a presentation to stockholders in attendance that detailed the Company's accomplishments during 2006 and highlighted its first-quarter 2007 results and achievements. The presentation is available on the investor relations section of Interactive Data's website at www.interactivedata.com. Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and federal securities laws, and is subject to the safe-harbor created by such Act and laws. Forward-looking statements include our statements discussing our goals, beliefs, strategies, objectives, plans, future financial conditions, results of operations and cash flows or projections, including those statements related to any potential future quarterly dividends or any potential future stock repurchase transactions, including the timing, nature and financial impact of issuing any such dividend. These statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: (i) the ability of our majority shareholder to exert influence over our affairs, including the ability to approve or disapprove any corporate actions submitted to a vote of our stockholders; (ii) the market price of our common stock and other market conditions; (iii) the difficulty in predicting our future cash needs; (iv) the nature of other investment opportunities available to us from time to time; (v) our operating cash flow; and (vi) other factors identified in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. About Interactive Data Corporation Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) is a leading global provider of financial market data, analytics and related services to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors. The Company�s businesses supply time-sensitive pricing, evaluations and reference data for more than 3.5 million securities traded around the world, including hard-to-value instruments. Many of the world's best-known financial service and software companies subscribe to the Company's services in support of their trading, analysis, portfolio management and valuation activities. Through its businesses, Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Interactive Data Real-Time Services, Interactive Data Fixed Income Analytics and eSignal, Interactive Data has approximately 2,200 employees in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and is headquartered in Bedford, MA. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO; LSE:PSON), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, owns approximately 62 percent of the outstanding common stock of Interactive Data Corporation. For more information, please visit www.interactivedata.com. The Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data business includes Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data Corporation, a Delaware corporation. The Interactive Data Real-Time Services business includes Interactive Data Real-Time Services, Inc., a New York corporation.