IDC Interactive Data Corp.

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related services, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business now delivers start-of-day reference data for North American Equities at 1 a.m. ET � seven hours earlier than previously available and in advance of the opening of trading in Europe. An increasing number of Interactive Data�s clients have begun queuing their trades just after midnight for the start of the next day�s trading, and the Company has responded by implementing an earlier delivery time for updated reference data including IPOs, de-listings, new ticker symbols and other changes that may have occurred since the prior day�s end of trading. According to the results of a survey of 412 institutions in 65 countries worldwide conducted by AIM Software for Interactive Data, 34 percent of respondents experienced problems related to delays in data delivery from financial data providers. Interactive Data�s earlier reference data delivery time enables clients to build and maintain more precise security master files while facilitating the flow of data through the back, middle and front offices. �Interactive Data�s early delivery of critical reference data underscores our ability to respond to our clients� evolving requirements as well as offer an automated service that replaces a manual, often error prone process,� said Robin Simpson, managing director of Reference Data, Interactive Data. �We pride ourselves on providing timely and accurate data that can help clients gain a competitive advantage by enabling them to begin their trading day on an accelerated schedule and curb the potential pitfalls of failed trades due to inaccurate data.� Interactive Data provides reference data to its clients at 1 a.m. ET and 8 a.m. ET through its Securities Information Retrieval Service (SIRS�) to support start of day trading. SIRS is a fully automated reference data service for global securities. Additional details on SIRS can be found at: www.interactivedata-prd.com/07products/options/na/index.shtml#sirs 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 real-time market data, time-sensitive pricing, evaluations and reference data for millions of 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, the Company has approximately 2,300 employees in offices located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Company is headquartered in Bedford, Mass. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO; LSE: PSON), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, is Interactive Data Corporation's majority stockholder. Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data provides global securities pricing, evaluations and reference data designed to support financial institutions� and investment funds' pricing activities, securities operations, research and portfolio management. Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data collects, edits, maintains and delivers data on more than 6 million securities, including daily evaluations for approximately 2.5 million fixed income and international equity issues. Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data specializes in �hard-to-get� information and evaluates many �hard-to value� instruments. Pricing, evaluations and reference data are provided in the U.S. through Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Inc. and internationally through Interactive Data (Europe) Ltd. and Interactive Data (Australia) Pty Ltd. For more information about Interactive Data Corporation and its businesses, please visit www.interactivedata.com. Interactive DataSM and the Interactive Data logo are service marks of Interactive Data Corporation. SIRS� is a service mark of Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Inc.