Update to ProQuest Information & Learning Customers from PresidentDavid "Skip" Prichard

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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:08:15 -0800
From: ProQuest <ProQuestmail99@il.proquest.com>
To: ANN OKERSON <ann.okerson@yale.edu>
Subject: Update to ProQuest Information & Learning Customers from President
    David "Skip" Prichard

Dear Colleagues:

What a year! You might have seen the recent Library Journal 
article headlined "ProQuest Keeping Busy"-that really made me 
smile.We have been busy in 2006, a year that has been challenging 
in every sense of the word. On your behalf, we've been not just 
busy, we've been driven... driven to deliver the type of 
solutions that make research more effective, more efficient-in 
short, solutions that help you and your constituents. In the 
process, as you can see from our financial results reported 
today, we turned the business back to profitability.

In 2006, we launched a record number of new solutions. Historical 
Annual Reports, ProQuest Obituaries, and ProQuest Accounting & 
Tax with Standards are examples of the exciting new offerings 
that have been met with praise by reviewers and industry 
journalists.We continued to expand our solutions in such key 
research areas as the 19th century, in world literature, in 
medicine and health, and in historical and current 
newspapers.Your support of these new and enhanced solutions is 
the best endorsement we could want. And more is on the way-just 
wait until the ALA Midwinter Conference launch of the new 
ProQuest One Click searching&#8482;, sure to make a significant 
difference for serious researchers!

But to me and to our employees worldwide, ProQuest is about more 
than information solutions. It's about community, advocacy, and 
support. One of the greatest highlights of the year for me is the 
donation of our Baton Rouge shelter library to New Orleans Public 
Library to house their temporary Algiers branch. "Proud" is an 
understatement for how I feel about what our associates have 
accomplished this year.

We have striven to be your partner of choice, and I want to thank 
each of you for your continued support.

Today, our headline is changing to read: "ProQuest Information 
and Learning combining with Cambridge Scientific Abstracts." I am 
absolutely delighted that Cambridge Information Group sees the 
ProQuest that I see-a company with a wonderful reputation; loyal 
customers; a talented product creation team; a world class sales 
and service organization.

I want to assure you that the ProQuest Information and Learning 
Company as a whole is joining CSA. That means all of your 
contracts, license rights, and account balances will be intact.

How smart to pair us with CSA. ProQuest Information and Learning 
is a leader in business, history, literature, and news. CSA is a 
leader in social sciences, natural sciences, arts and humanities. 
The combined offerings of these leading players will increase the 
value of these services to you, our valued customers. I believe 
that ProQuest Information and Learning and CSA will be a winning 
combination, offering high quality, customer-driven information 
solutions for years to come.

For now, our focus will be very much business as usual. Following 
the close of the sale, a dedicated transition team will work 
together to ensure that customers, partners, and associates 
benefit from the combined resources and expertise of these 
premier organizations.

We continue to make progress in the completion of the restatement 
of our past financials. Our parent, the ProQuest Company, will 
have the responsibility for the completion of the restatement.

Thank you for your support in 2006. I wish you and your family a 
wonderful holiday season and best wishes in the New Year.

David "Skip" Prichard
President

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