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Exhibit 4.2  


 
 

FORM OF    
    
    REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT    
    


dated                        ,
2005 


among 


IHS INC., 


URVANOS
INVESTMENTS LIMITED 


and 


URPASIS
INVESTMENTS LIMITED 









   
        AGREEMENT dated , 2005 among IHS Inc. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, Urvanos Investments Limited
("Urvanos"), a Cyprus entity, and Urpasis Investments Limited ("Urpasis"), a Cyprus entity. 


W I T N E S S E T H:  


        WHEREAS, pursuant to the Company's reorganization effective
on                        , 2005 (the "Reorganization"),
(i) Urpasis acquired 30,937,500 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock ("Class A Common Stock") and (ii) Urvanos
acquired 10,312,500 shares of Class A Common Stock and 13,750,000 shares of the Company's Class B Common Stock ("Class B Common
Stock"); and 


        WHEREAS,
the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement to memorialize certain rights, duties and obligations contemplated in the Reorganization. 


        NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows: 


ARTICLE 1

Definitions  


        Section 1.01. Definitions. (a) The following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings: 


        "Board" means the board of directors of the Company. 


        "Business Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized by law to
close. 


        "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 



        "Holder" means any of Urvanos, Urpasis or a Permitted Transferee if, at any time, such Person then owns Registrable Securities. 


        "Initial Ownership" means, with respect to (i) Urvanos and its Permitted Transferees and (ii) Urpasis and its Permitted
Transferees, the number of Registrable Securities owned as of the date hereof by (a) Urvanos and (b) Urpasis, respectively, taking into account any stock split, stock dividend, reverse
stock split or similar event. 


        "Participating Holders" means Holders electing to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration or an Incidental
Registration. 


        "Permitted Transferee" means (i) any trust, so long as one (or more) of the beneficiaries of The Thyssen-Bornemisza Continuity
Trust as of the date hereof (each, a "Beneficiary") is the principal beneficiary (or are the principal beneficiaries) of such trust or (ii) any
corporate entity(ies), partnership(s) or other similar entity(ies), that is wholly-owned, directly or indirectly, by The Thyssen-Bornemisza Continuity Trust or any trust referred to in
(i) above. 


        "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government or
political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof. 


        "Qualified IPO" means the completion of a firm commitment initial public offering of the Company's Class A Common Stock. 


        "Registrable Securities" means, at any time, any shares of Class A Common Stock (including any shares of Class A Common
Stock which may be held upon the conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock) then owned by Urvanos, Urpasis or a Permitted Transferee that was included in the Initial Ownership until
(i) a registration statement covering such Class A Common Stock has been declared effective by the SEC and such Class A Common Stock has been disposed of pursuant to such
effective registration statement, (ii) such Class A Common Stock is eligible to be sold pursuant to 


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Rule 144(k) (or
any similar provision then in force) of the Securities Act, or (iii) such Class A Common Stock ceases to be outstanding. 



        "Registration Expenses" means (i) all registration and filing fees, (ii) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or
blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection
with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities), (iii) printing expenses, (iv) internal expenses of the Company (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its
officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), (v) reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and customary fees and expenses for independent certified public
accountants retained by the Company (including the expenses of any comfort letters or costs associated with the delivery by independent certified public accountants of a comfort letter or comfort
letters requested pursuant to Section 2.04(h)), (vi) the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with such registration,
(vii) reasonable fees and expenses of one U.S. securities law counsel (and one local counsel in each non-U.S. jurisdiction for each Participating Holder that is not a U.S. Person)
for Participating Holders selected by the Participating Holders, (viii) reasonable fees and expenses in connection with any review of underwriting arrangements by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., and (ix) fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by issuers or sellers of securities; provided however
that "Registration Expenses" shall not include (a) underwriting fees, discounts or commissions attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities,
(b) out-of-pocket expenses (except as set forth in clause (vii) above) of Participating Holders (or the agents who manage their accounts), or (c) fees and
expenses of underwriter's counsel (except as set forth in clause (ii) and (viii) above). 


        "Rule 415" means Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any substitute rule that may be adopted by the SEC. 


        "SEC" means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 



        "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 


ARTICLE 2

Registration Rights  


        Section 2.01. Demand Registration. (a) At any time on or after the first anniversary of a Qualified
IPO, if the Company shall receive a written request by a Holder (such requesting Holder, a "Selling Stockholder") that the Company effect the
registration under the Securities Act of all or a portion of such Selling Stockholder's Registrable Securities, and specifying the intended method of disposition thereof, then the Company shall
promptly give written notice of such requested registration (a "Demand Registration") at least 20 days prior to the anticipated filing date of
the registration statement relating to such Demand Registration to all other Holders (the "Other Stockholders") and thereupon will use its best efforts
to effect, as expeditiously as possible, the registration under the Securities Act of: 



        (i)    the
Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by the Selling Stockholder; and 


        (ii)   all
other Registrable Securities which the Other Stockholders have requested the Company to register by written request received by the Company within 10 days
after the receipt by the Other Stockholders of the written notice given by the Company, 




all
to the extent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof as aforesaid) of the Registrable Securities so to be registered; provided
that, subject to Section 2.01(d) hereof, the Company shall not be obligated to effect more than two Demand Registrations for Urvanos and its Permitted Transferees
and no more than six Demand Registrations for Urpasis and its Permitted Transferees; provided further that the Company shall not be obligated to 


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effect
a Demand Registration unless the aggregate proceeds expected to be received from the sale of the Registrable Securities to be included in such Demand Registration, in the reasonable opinion of
the Board, equals or exceeds $50,000,000; and provided further that the Company shall not, in any event, be required to effect more than one Demand
Registration pursuant to this Section 2.01(a) within any twelve month period. In addition, the Company shall have the right to preempt any Demand Registration with a primary registration
by delivering written notice (within 10 days after the Company has received from the Selling Stockholder a request for such Demand Registration) of such intention to the Selling Stockholder
indicating that the Company has identified a specific business need and use for the proceeds of the sale of such securities and the Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to effect a
primary registration within 120 days of such notice. In the ensuing primary registration, the Holders will have such incidental registration rights as are set forth in Section 2.02
hereof. Upon the Company's preemption of a requested Demand Registration, such requested registration will not count as a Demand Registration. The Company shall not be entitled to exercise this right
of preemption more than one (1) time in any 12-month period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any Demand Registration, Holders shall not be permitted to request
that a registration statement be filed pursuant to Rule 415 (a "Shelf Registration Statement"). 



        (b)   The
Selling Stockholders requesting a registration under this Section may, at any time prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating to such
registration (or, at any time prior to the date of any Shelf Takedown if a Shelf Registration Statement has been filed and declared effective (as such terms are defined below)), revoke such request,
without liability to any Holders, by providing a written notice to the Company revoking such request, in which case such request, so revoked, shall be considered a Demand Registration unless the
Selling Stockholders reimburse the Company for all Registration Expenses incurred by the Company in connection with such registration, or unless such revocation arose out of the fault of the Company,
in which case such request shall not be considered a Demand Registration. 


        (c)   Subject
to Section 2.01(b) above, the Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any Demand Registration. 


        (d)   A
Demand Registration requested pursuant to this Section shall not be deemed to have been effected (i) unless the registration statement relating thereto
(A) has become effective under the Securities Act and (B) has remained effective until such time as the Registrable Securities included in such registration have actually been sold
thereunder); provided that if after any registration statement requested pursuant to this Section becomes effective such registration statement
is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or other governmental agency or court, such a Demand Registration shall not be deemed to have been effected. 


        (e)   If
the managing underwriter of an offering advises the Company that, in its view, the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in a registration
effected under this Section 2.01 (including any securities which the Company proposes to be included which are not Registrable Securities) exceeds the largest number of securities which can be
sold without having an adverse effect on such offering, including the price at which such securities can be sold (the "Maximum Offering Size"), the
Company will include in such registration, in the priority listed below, up to the Maximum Offering Size: 



        (A)  first,
all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the Selling Stockholder and the Other Stockholders (allocated, if necessary for the
offering not to exceed the Maximum Offering Size, pro rata among such Selling Stockholder and such Other Stockholders on the basis of the relative number of shares of Registrable Securities requested
to be included in such registration); and 


        (B)  second,
any securities proposed to be registered by the Company. 



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        (f)    At
any time on or after the first anniversary of a Qualified IPO, the Company may, in its sole discretion, file with the SEC a Shelf Registration Statement with respect
to Registrable Securities then outstanding. After a Shelf Registration Statement has been filed, but before it has been declared effective by the SEC, Holders may not request a Demand Registration.
After a Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC, a Holder may no longer exercise Demand Registrations for the purpose of effecting a registration, however, a Holder may
exercise any Demand Registrations remaining under Section 2.01(a) to effect takedowns from such Shelf Registration Statement (a "Shelf
Takedown"). In connection with a demand relating to a Shelf Takedown, all other provisions of this Agreement shall continue to apply. 


        Section 2.02.
Incidental Registration. (a) If the Company proposes to register Class A Common Stock under the
Securities Act (other than a registration (A) on Form S-8 or S-4 or any successor or similar forms, (B) relating to equity securities issuable upon
exercise of employee stock options or in connection with any employee benefit or similar plan of the Company, (C) for its
own account pursuant to Rule 415, or (D) in connection with a direct or indirect acquisition by the Company of another company), it will each such time, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.02(b) give prompt written notice at least 30 days prior to the anticipated filing date of the registration statement relating to such registration to the Holders, which
notice shall set forth the Holders' rights under this Section 2.02 and shall offer the Holders the opportunity to include in such registration statement such number of Registrable Securities as
are proposed to be registered as each such Holder may request (an "Incidental Registration"). Upon the written request of any Holder made within
10 days after the receipt of notice from the Company (which request shall specify the number of Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of in such registration by the Holder), the
Company will use its best efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by such Holders, to the extent
requisite to permit the disposition of the Registrable Securities so to be registered; provided that (I) all Holders requesting to be included in
the Company's registration must sell their Registrable Securities to the underwriters selected as provided in Section 2.04(f) on the same terms and conditions as apply to the Company,
and (II) if, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any stock pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) and prior to the effective date of the registration
statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register such securities, the Company shall give written notice to all such Holders and,
thereupon, shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such registration. No registration effected under this Section 2.02 shall relieve the
Company of its obligations to effect a Demand Registration to the extent required by Section 2.01. The Company will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with each registration of
Registrable Securities requested pursuant to this Section 2.02. 


        (b)   If
the managing underwriter of an offering advises the Company that, in its view, the number of Class A Common Stock that the Company and Participating Holders
intend to include in a registration effected under this Section 2.02 exceeds the Maximum Offering Size, the Company will include in such registration, in the following priority, up to the
Maximum Offering Size: 



        (i)    first,
so much of the securities proposed to be registered by the Company as would not cause the offering to exceed the Maximum Offering Size; and 



        (ii)   second,
all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration statement by Participating Holders (allocated, if necessary for the offering not to
exceed the Maximum Offering Size, pro rata among the Participating Holders on the basis of the relative number of shares of Registrable Securities requested by each of them to be so included). 




        Section 2.03.
Holdback Agreements. (a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, Urvanos and Urpasis (and any Permitted
Transferee) agree that they will not, until the first anniversary following a Qualified IPO (except as part of such IPO), offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to 


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purchase,
make any short sale or otherwise dispose (in each case, a "Sale") of any shares of Class A Common Stock, or any options or warrants to
purchase any shares of Class A Common Stock, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive shares of Class A Common Stock (collectively,
"Shares"), whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, owned directly or indirectly by any such entity or with respect to which any such entity has
beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the SEC. The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude Urvanos, Urpasis and any Permitted Transferee from engaging in any hedging
or other transaction which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of the Shares even if such Shares would be disposed of by someone other
than Urvanos, Urpasis and any Permitted Transferee. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include without limitation any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including
without limitation any put or call option) with respect to any of the Shares or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such Shares.
The foregoing restrictions are not intended to preclude transfers by a Holder to a Permitted Transferee. 



        (b)   Each
Holder agrees not to effect any Sales of any Registrable Securities (other than as part of a registration effected under this Agreement) beginning on the date of
any preliminary prospectus used in connection with any offering conducted as part of a registration effected under this Agreement through the period after the pricing date of such offering equal to
the lesser of (i) such period of time as agreed between the managing underwriter of such offering and the Company and (ii) 120 days. 


        Section 2.04.
Registration Procedures. Whenever Holders request that any Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to
Section 2.01 or 2.02, the Company will, subject to the provisions of such Sections, use its best efforts to effect the registration and the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance
with the intended method of disposition thereof as quickly as practicable, and in connection with any such request: 


        (a)   The
Company will as expeditiously as possible prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on any form for which the Company then qualifies or which counsel
for the Company shall deem appropriate and which form shall be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities to be registered thereunder in accordance with the intended method of distribution
thereof, and use its best efforts to cause such filed registration statement to become and remain effective for such period as may be reasonably necessary to effect the sale of such securities;  provided that if the Company shall furnish to Participating Holders a certificate signed by the Company's Chairman or President stating that in the good
faith judgment of the Company's Board it would be seriously detrimental to the Company or its stockholders for such a registration statement to be filed or become effective as expeditiously as
possible, the Company may postpone the filing or effectiveness of a registration statement for a period of no more than 120 days (provided that
the Company may not defer such filing or effectiveness pursuant to this clause more than once in any 12-month period); and provided further
that if (i) the effective date of any registration statement filed pursuant to a Demand Registration would otherwise be at least 45 calendar days, but fewer than
90 calendar days, after the end of the Company's fiscal year, and (ii) the Securities Act requires the Company to include audited financials as of the end of such fiscal year, the
Company may delay the effectiveness of such registration statement for such period as is reasonably necessary to include therein its audited financial statements for such fiscal year, although the
Company will use reasonable efforts to minimize the length of such delay. 


        (b)   The
Company will, if requested, prior to filing a registration statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish to Participating Holders and each
underwriter, if any, of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement copies of such registration statement as proposed to be filed, and thereafter the Company will furnish to such
Holders and underwriters such number of copies of such registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by
reference therein), the prospectus included in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus) and such other 


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documents
as such Holders or underwriters may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders. 


        (c)   After
the filing of a Demand Registration or an Incidental Registration, the Company will promptly notify each Participating Holder of any stop order issued or
threatened by the SEC and take all reasonable actions required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered. 


        (d)   The
Company will use its best efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or
blue sky laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as any Participating Holder reasonably (in light of such Holder's intended plan of distribution) requests and (ii) cause such
Registrable Securities to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and
all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable Participating Holders to consummate the disposition of their Registrable Securities; provided
that the Company will not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this
paragraph (d), (B) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (C) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction. 


        (e)   The
Company will immediately notify each Participating Holder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of
the occurrence of an event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus
will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and promptly prepare
and make available to each Participating Holder any such supplement or amendment. 


        (f)    Participating
Holders shall have the right jointly to select the managing underwriters and any additional investment bankers and managers to be used in connection with a
Demand Registration or a Shelf Takedown, subject to the Company's approval. The Company shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to select managing underwriters and any additional investment
bankers and managers to be used in connection with an Incidental Registration. The Company and each Participating Holder will enter into customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement in
customary form) and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement. 


        (g)   The
Company will make available for inspection by any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to a registration statement being filed by the Company
pursuant to this Agreement and any attorney or other professional retained by any such underwriter (collectively, the "Advisors"), all financial and
other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the "Records") as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them
to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company's officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any Advisors in connection with such
registration statement. Records that the Company determines, in good faith, to be confidential and that it notifies the Advisors are confidential, shall be provided upon the execution of
confidentiality agreements in the form and substance satisfactory to the Company. 


        (h)   The
Company will furnish to each such underwriter, addressed to such underwriter, (i) an opinion or opinions of counsel to the Company and (ii) a comfort
letter or comfort letters from the Company's independent public accountants, each in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by opinions or comfort letters, as the
case may be, as the managing underwriter therefor reasonably requests. 


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        (i)    The
Company will otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make available to its stockholders, as soon as
reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering a period of 12 months, beginning within three months after the effective date of the registration statement, which earnings
statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act. 


        The
Company may require each Participating Holder to promptly furnish in writing to the Company such information regarding the distribution of the Registrable Securities as the Company
may from time to time reasonably request and such other information as may be legally required in connection with such registration. 


        Each
Participating Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.04(e) such Participating Holder
will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement covering such Registrable Securities until such Participating Holder's receipt of the copies of
the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 2.04(e) and, if so directed by the Company, such Participating Holder will deliver to the Company, or destroy, all copies,
other than any permanent file copies then in such Participating Holder's possession, of the most recent prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice. 


        (j)    The
Company will use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or quoted on each inter-dealer
quotation system on which the Class A Common Stock is then listed or quoted. 



        Section 2.05.  Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Participating Holder, its
officers, directors and agents, and each person, if any, who controls such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement or prospectus relating
to the Registrable Securities (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are
caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder or on such Holder's behalf expressly
for use therein; provided that with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary
prospectus, or in any prospectus, as the case may be, the indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph shall not apply to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense results
from the fact that a current copy of the prospectus (or, in the case of a prospectus, the prospectus as amended or supplemented) was not sent or given to the person asserting any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or expense at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of the Registrable Securities concerned to such person if it is determined that the Company has provided such
prospectus and it was the responsibility of such Holder to provide such person with a current copy of the prospectus (or such amended or supplemented prospectus, as the case may be) and such current
copy of the prospectus (or such amended or supplemented prospectus, as the case may be) would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense. The Company also
agrees to indemnify any underwriters of the Registrable Securities, their officers and directors and each person who controls such underwriters on substantially the same basis as that of the
indemnification of the Holders provided in this Section 2.05. 


        Section 2.06.  Indemnification by Participating Holders. Each Participating Holder agrees, severally but not jointly, to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors and agents and each 


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person,
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity
from the Company to such Holder, but only (i) with respect to information furnished in writing by such Holder or on such Holder's behalf expressly for use in any registration statement or
prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus or (ii) to the extent that any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense
described in Section 2.05 results from the fact that a current copy of the prospectus (or, in the case of a prospectus, the prospectus as amended or supplemented) was not sent or given to the
person asserting any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of the Registrable Securities concerned to such person if it is determined that
it was the responsibility of such Holder to provide such person with a current copy of the prospectus (or such amended or supplemented prospectus, as the case may be) and such current copy of the
prospectus (or such amended or supplemented prospectus, as the case may be) would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense. Each such Holder also agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless underwriters of the Registrable Securities, their officers and directors and each person who controls such underwriters on substantially the same basis as that of the
indemnification of the Company provided in this Section 2.06. As a condition to including Registrable Securities in any registration statement filed in accordance with Article 2 hereof,
each of the Company and Participating Holders may require that it shall have received an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it from any underwriter to indemnify and hold it harmless to the extent
customarily provided by underwriters with respect to similar securities. 


        Section 2.07.  Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be
instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Article 2 such person (an "Indemnified Party") shall
promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "Indemnifying Party") in writing and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the
defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably
satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, and shall assume the payment of all fees and expenses; provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party so to
notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure to notify.
In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless
(i) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) in the reasonable judgment of such Indemnified Party
representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in
connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local
counsel) at any time for all such Indemnified Parties, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of any such separate firm for the Indemnified Parties,
such firm shall be designated in writing by the Indemnified Parties. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if
settled with such consent, or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Party shall indemnify and hold harmless such Indemnified Parties from and against any loss or liability
(to the extent stated above) by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement includes
an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such proceeding. 


        Section 2.08.
Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Article 2 is unavailable to the Indemnified Parties
in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to herein, then each such Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount 


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paid
or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) as between the Company and the Participating Holders on the one hand and the
underwriters on the other, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and such Holders on the one hand and the underwriters on the other, from the
offering of the Registrable Securities, or if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits but also the relative
fault of the Company and such Holders on the one hand and of such underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations and (ii) as between the Company on the one hand and each such Holder on the other, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative fault of the Company and of each such Holder in connection with such statements or omissions, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits
received by the Company and such Holders on the one hand and such underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total proceeds from the offering (net of underwriting
discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Company and such Holders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such underwriters, in each case
as set forth in the table on the cover page of the prospectus. The relative fault of the Company and such Holders on the one hand and of such underwriters on the other shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company and such Holders or by such underwriters. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of each such Holder on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such party, and the parties' relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. 


        The
Company and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 2.08 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include,
subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 2.08, no underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Registrable
Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission, and no Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Registrable
Securities of such Holder were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Each such Holder's
obligation to contribute pursuant to this Section 2.08 is several in the proportion that the proceeds of the offering received by such Holder bears to the total proceeds of the offering
received by all such Holders and not joint. 


        Section 2.09.  Participation Limitations. No Person may participate in a Demand Registration or an Incidental Registration hereunder
unless such Person (a) agrees to sell such Person's securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and
(b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, 


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indemnities,
underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements and the provisions of this Agreement in respect of registration rights. 


        Section 2.10.
Other Indemnification. Indemnification similar to that specified herein (with appropriate modifications) shall be
given by the Company and each Participating Holder with respect to any required registration or other qualification of securities under any federal or state law or regulation or governmental authority
other than the Securities Act. 


ARTICLE 3

Rule 144  


        Section 3.01. Rule 144. The Company covenants that it will file any reports required to be filed by
it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and that it will take such further action as the Holders may reasonably request to the extent required from time to time to enable the Holders to sell
Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended
from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has
complied with such reporting requirements. 


ARTICLE 4

Miscellaneous  


        Section 4.01. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto
and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral and written, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. 


        Section 4.02.
Binding Effect; Benefit. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and
their respective heirs, successors, assigns and Permitted Transferees. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall confer on any Person other than the parties hereto, and their respective
heirs, successors, assigns and Permitted Transferees, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement. 


        Section 4.03.
Assignability. Other than to Permitted Transferees, no party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its
rights or obligations under this Agreement, directly or indirectly, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the written consent of the Company, and any attempted assignment contrary to the
terms hereof shall be null and void. Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof is intended to confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their Permitted Transferees any rights or
remedies hereunder. 


        Prior
to any transfer of rights to a Permitted Transferee, the transferring Holder shall provide the Company with notice of the Permitted Transferee's name and address and the number of
Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred. The Permitted Transferee shall assume the obligations of a Holder under this Agreement in a written instrument delivered
to the Company. If, in connection with such transfer, a Holder has transferred all of its Registrable Securities to such Permitted Transferee, then the transferring Holder shall be released from all
liability under this Agreement other than, and solely with regard to, the provisions of Sections 2.06, 2.08 and 2.10 of this Agreement in connection with any Demand Registration or Incidental
Registration in which such Holder was a Participating Holder. 


        Section 4.04.
Amendment; Waiver. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver
is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by each Holder and the Company, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective. No failure or delay by any
party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall 


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operate
as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and
remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. 


        Section 4.05.
Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing via facsimile, 


        if
to the Company, to: 




IHS Inc.

15 Inverness Way East

Englewood, CO 80112

Attention: Stephen Green

Fax: 212-850-8540 





        if
to Urpasis, to: 




Urpasis
Investments Limited

17, Gr. Xenopoulou Street

Attention: Stasssinco Consulting Limited

Fax: +357 25866001 





        if
to Urvanos, to: 




Urvanos
Investments Limited

17, Gr. Xenopoulou Street

Attention: Filgass Holdings Limited

Fax: +357 25866001 





        All
notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5 p.m. in the place of receipt and
such day is a business day in the place of receipt. Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed not to have been received until the next succeeding business day in the place
of receipt. Any notice, request or other written communication sent by facsimile transmission shall be confirmed by certified mail, return receipt requested, posted within one Business Day, or by
personal delivery, whether courier or otherwise, made within two Business Days after the date of such facsimile transmission. 


        Each
Permitted Transferee shall provide its address and fax number to the Company in writing. 


        Section 4.06.
Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement. 


        Section 4.07.  Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument. 


        Section 4.08.
Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES OF SUCH STATE.



        Section 4.09.  Specific Enforcement. Each party hereto acknowledges that the remedies at law of the other parties for a breach or
threatened breach of this Agreement would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, any party to this Agreement, without posting any bond, and in addition to all other remedies which may be
available, shall be entitled to obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance, a temporary restraining order, a temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy which may
then be available. 


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        Section 4.10.  Consent to Jurisdiction. Any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter
arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or any other New
York State court sitting in New York City, and each of the parties hereby consents to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in
any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action
or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding which is brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding
may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party
as provided in Section 4.05 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party. 


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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written. 



	

 	
 	
IHS INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 Name:

Title:
	
 	
 	

URPASIS INVESTMENTS LIMITED
	

 	
 	
By:	
 	

 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	
URVANOS INVESTMENTS LIMITED
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	


 
 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	
Witness:

1.
	

 	
 	

 	
 	


 
 Name:

Address:
	

 	
 	
Witness:

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 Name:

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