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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549





FORM 10-K







|x | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (Mark One)
|- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2009

OR



| ̈ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
|- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For the transition period from              to

Commission file number 001-32511





IHS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)







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|-------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------------------
|Delaware                                                       |  | 13-3769440                       
|(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |  | (IRS Employer Identification No.)

15 Inverness Way East

Englewood, CO 80112

(Address of Principal Executive
Offices)

(303) 790-0600

(Registrants telephone number, including area code)





Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



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|Title of each class                                                                                                                                  |  | Name of each exchange on which
registered
|Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share Series A junior participating preferred stock purchase rights (attached to the Class A Common Stock) |  | New York Stock Exchange                  

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None.





Indicate by check
mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    x  YES     ̈  NO

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file
reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act.     ̈  YES    x  NO

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past
90 days.    x  YES     ̈  NO



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted
electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter
period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes   ̈    No   ̈

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filer pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained
herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of the Form 10-K or any amendment to the
Form 10-K.   ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is
a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large accelerated filer in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  x        Accelerated filer   ̈        Non-accelerated
filer   ̈        Small reporting company   ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).     ̈  YES    x  NO

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates, based upon the closing price for the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange composite tape on
the last business day of the Registrants most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was approximately $1,920 million. All executive officers, directors, and holders of 5% or more of the outstanding Common Stock of the registrant have
been deemed, solely for purposes of the foregoing calculation, to be affiliates of the registrant.

As of
December 31, 2009, there were 63,316,319 shares of the registrants Class A Common Stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The information required by Part III of the Form 10-K, to the
extent not set forth herein, is incorporated herein by reference from the registrants definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 6, 2010, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after the close of the registrants fiscal year.









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|Forward-Looking Statements |  |                                                                                                                  
|PART I                     |  | 3                                                                                                                
|Item 1.                    |  | Business                                                                                                          |  | 3   
|Item 1A.                   |  | Risk Factors                                                                                                      |  | 15  
|Item 1B.                   |  | Unresolved Staff Comments                                                                                         |  | 19  
|Item 2.                    |  | Properties                                                                                                        |  | 19  
|Item 3.                    |  | Legal Proceedings                                                                                                 |  | 20  
|Item 4.                    |  | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders                                                               |  | 20  
|PART II                    |  | 21                                                                                                               
|Item 5.                    |  | Market for the Registrants Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity
 Securities |  | 21  
|Item 6.                    |  | Selected Financial Data                                                                                           |  | 24  
|Item 7.                    |  | Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations                             |  | 25  
|Item 7A.                   |  | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk                                                        |  | 41  
|Item 8.                    |  | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data                                                                       |  | 42  
|Item 9.                    |  | Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure                              |  | 78  
|Item 9A.                   |  | Controls and Procedures                                                                                           |  | 78  
|Item 9B.                   |  | Other Information                                                                                                 |  | 78  
|PART III                   |  | 79                                                                                                               
|Item 10.                   |  | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance                                                            |  | 79  
|Item 11.                   |  | Executive Compensation                                                                                            |  | 79  
|Item 12.                   |  | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder
Matters                    |  | 79  
|Item 13.                   |  | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence                                         |  | 79  
|Item 14.                   |  | Principal Accountant Fees and Services                                                                            |  | 79  
|PART IV                    |  | 80                                                                                                               
|Item 15.                   |  | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules                                                                        |  | 80  
|SIGNATURES                 |  | 82                                                                                                               



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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

We have made statements under the captions Risk Factors, Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations, and Business and Properties and in other sections of this Form 10-K that are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as
may, might, will, should, expect, plan, anticipate, believe, estimate, predict, potential, or continue,
the negative of these terms, and other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, may include projections of our future financial performance based on our growth strategies
and anticipated trends in our business. These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, level of activity, performance, or
achievements to differ materially from the results, level of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In particular, you should consider the risks outlined under Risk Factors.

Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future
results, level of activity, performance, or achievements. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. You should not rely upon forward-looking
statements as predictions of future events.

We are under no duty to update any of these forward-looking statements after the
date of this Form 10-K to conform our prior statements to actual results or revised expectations.

* * * *

Fiscal Year End

Our fiscal
years end on November 30 of each year. Unless otherwise indicated, references in this Annual Report to an individual year means the fiscal year ended November 30. For example, 2009 refers to the fiscal year ended
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PART I



|Item 1. | Business
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Overview

IHS is the leading source of critical information and insight in pivotal areas that shape todays global business
landscape: Energy, Product Lifecycle, Security and Environment, all supported by extensive expert analysis and Macroeconomic Forecasting within and at the intersection of our domains. Businesses and governments rely on the comprehensive information
and expert analysis of IHS to make high-impact decisions and develop strategies with speed and confidence. IHS employs approximately 4,100 colleagues in 28 countries.

Vision

Our vision is to be the Source for Critical
Information and Insight that powers growth and value for our customers. We intend to be the source that customers trust, rely upon and come to first when they need to better understand the present and anticipate the future.

Corporate Objectives

In order to achieve our vision to be the Source for Critical Information and Insight, we have set four interdependent objectives upon which we focus our efforts, as described below. We externally
benchmark our progress annually against these four objectives. To measure Customer Delight and colleague success, we use third-party surveys and set goals based on those metrics. For 2010, these will remain our corporate objectives:



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|     Improving customer satisfaction (Customer Delight);                       
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|     Fostering a culture that enables colleague success;                         
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|     Delivering profitable top- and bottom-line growth; and                      
|                                                                                  
|     Providing an opportunity for shareholder success relative to our peer
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Corporate Strategy

Our strategy is designed to allocate the companys resources in the most optimal manner to achieve our four externally benchmarked
corporate objectives, explained above. Our strategy has several key elements:



| | 1. | an unrelenting focus on Customers First, which drives our actions, decisions, and investments;
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| | 2. | offering our customers a uniquely broad scope of proprietary information and analysis that is critical to addressing their evolving business challenges and managing
their workflows;
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| | 3. | enhancing our offerings through organic development, focused partnerships and acquisitions that reinforce and strengthen the uniqueness, scale, and scope of what we do;
and
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| | 4. | investing in our people and supporting them with systems and processes to continuously expand our potential.
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Our corporate strategy is executed through initiatives and actions implemented across the entire IHS organization. A few of the most
critical, time-bound initiatives for each upcoming year are identified as IHS Annual Priorities. Our 2010 Priorities to execute our strategy in support of our objectives include:



| |  |  | enhancing the customer experience by making it easier to do business with us and easier to buy from us;
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| |  |  | increasing confidence and trust in our products by improving reliability and quality, and aligning resources with key products; and
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| |  |  | clearly communicating the capabilities and our value to our customers and other key stakeholders.
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Geographic Organization

To best serve our customers and be as close to them as possible, we are organized by geographies into three business segments. We also prepare our financial reports and analyze our business according to
our geographic organization. Our three reporting segments are: Americas, which includes the United States, Canada, and Latin America; EMEA, which includes Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India; and APAC, or Asia Pacific.

This integrated global organization makes it easier for our customers to do business with us by providing a cohesive,
consistent, and effective sales-and-marketing approach in each geography. By structuring our business around customers and the regions in which they reside, we are better able to serve the unique needs of our customers in their local markets and
globally. A regional structure provides a solid foundation for profitable growth as it provides an efficient method of bringing new products and services to customers and supports growth in existing accounts and with new customers and markets.

What We Do: Transforming Data into Critical Information and Insight

Companies are awash in data because of the countless sources available today: internal company, Internet, news media, government, external
companies and so many more. More than ever before, decision-makers are required to make business decisions that will materially affect their company using this unrefined data.



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At the heart of our business, IHS sources data and transforms it into information that
businesses, government, and others use every day to make high-impact decisions with confidence. Raw data is converted into information through a series of transformational steps that reduce the uncertainty that is inherent in unrefined data and
enhances its usefulness. IHS has defined and refined the data transformation process into seven steps. The order of the steps and the need to have quality checks throughout the process is important because the quality of each step is dependent on
the quality of all the preceding steps. IHS assesses quality at each step through four dimensionsthe 4 Cs:



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|Correctness  |  | Validate data accuracy relative to external reference points such as the source of the data IHS captures.                                                        
|             | 
|Currency     |  | Deliver new and updated content in a timely manner.                                                                                                              
|             | 
|Completeness |  | Provide the right data attributes and analysis based upon customer feedback to ensure customers are provided with the necessary facts to make critical decisions.
|             | 
|Consistency  |  | Standardize identifiers and content across databases and products to be sure customers receive consistent information regardless of product platform.            

The seven-step process IHS follows in transforming data into Critical Information and
Insight involves:



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|Sourcing               |  | This step includes locating hundreds of possible data sources and then evaluating them for correctness, currency, and completeness.                                                                                                                                                                                           
|                       | 
|Capture                |  | IHS colleagues collect documents and digital feeds, place phone calls, harvest content from publicly available sources, visit sites for updates, etc. Once the data is aggregated,
we validate and normalize the data before loading it into our proprietary databases.                                                       
|                       | 
|Matching               |  | During the matching step, disparate instances of the same attribute are associated appropriately. This knowledge-based activity ensures consistency over time and across sources,
eliminating unlinked information about a single well, a single part, a single chemical, etc.                                                
|                       | 
|Identification         |  | The key to ensuring that matched information stays linked is the IHS identifier. IHS also confirms that industry standard identifiers, which often vary over time, are accurate
and matched to the IHS identifier.                                                                                                            
|                       | 
|Relationships          |  | Logical relationships and associations between entities are identified and linked through identification numbers. Examples include corporate parent and subsidiary relationships,
leases and associated wells, international standards, and national standards. This step supplies the context for analysis.                  
|                       | 
|Analysis               |  | The final step in creating critical information is analysis. This knowledge-based process includes review, the addition of context, and editorial commentary. IHS has teams of
industry experts that provide this context and commentary.                                                                                     
|                       | 
|Modeling & Forecasting |  | Industry experts enhance information into insight, by providing unique and unbiased research and intelligence with proprietary models and forecasting tools. Throughout the IHS
Insight teams there are numerous Ph.D.s who have extensive experience building models and forecasting tools that IHS customers use every day.



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Using this proven seven-step process and the 4 Cs of quality, IHS transforms
data into Critical Information and Insight that is both useful to our customers and available where and when they need it.

Deploying our Information Domain Strategy

IHS has continued to build a sustainable advantage in target
markets by employing a strategy that aligns our critical information into and at the intersections of the four domains where IHS can leverage its breadth of products, services and expertise to deliver high-value solutions to our customers: Energy,
Product Lifecycle, Security and Environment, all supported by extensive expert analysis and Macroeconomic Forecasting.

Our
domains represent significant opportunities globally and address customer needs in virtually every industry and in all regions. We focus on these domains because we believe it is where we have the best and most significant market opportunities to be
the Source for Critical Information and Insight for our customers.

These domains are often inter-related and
inter-linked. The intersections between them represent areas of vital interest for our customers and further market opportunities for IHS where we can capitalize on our deep and vast information capabilities and expertise.

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Energy Domain

IHS develops and delivers critical oil and gas industry information and analysis on exploration, development, production, transportation,
industry trends, financial information and more to national and international oil and gas companies, electric power companies, financial institutions, governments and technology providers. We also provide operational, research and strategic advisory
services to these customers and to utilities, transportation, petrochemical, coal and power companies. We complement this information with expert and independent analysis and strategic direction on economic, financial, political, mergers and
acquisitions, and regulatory issues on energy markets, companies, transactions, exploration and production data, geo-politics and industry trends. Our support helps companies reduce operating costs, increase productivity and effectively evaluate
investment opportunities.

IHS energy products and services encompass exploration and production of hydrocarbons all the way
through the cycle from distribution to power generation to consumption. Examples of our information and analysis include:



| |  |  | production information on more than 90 percent of the worlds oil and gas production in more than 100 countries;
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| |  |  | oil and gas well data that includes comprehensive geological information on more than four million current and historic wells around the world;
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| |  |  | energy activity data that includes comprehensive current and future seismic, drilling and development activities in more than 180 countries and 335
hydrocarbon-producing regions around the world;
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| |  |  | strategic advisory services to assess energy markets, strategies, industry trends and companies  includes syndicated research service from IHS
CERA and IHS Herold;
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| |  |  | information and research summits, such as CERAWeek and the IHS Herold Pacesetters Energy Conference, offer high-level leaders and decision-makers the
opportunity to interact with our experts; and
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| |  |  | additional energy solutions include coal, nuclear and renewables.
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Major Product Offerings



|                                                  |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Energy Critical Information                       |  | Global surface and subsurface geologic, engineering, fiscal and political risk information. Key attributes include well, production volumes, basin, scouting, ownership, logs
and many other critical details that enable customers to profitably extract oil and gas from every energy province in the world.                                
|                                                  | 
|Decision Support and Information Delivery Tools   |  | Industry leading analytical tools, such as PETRA, SubPUMP and QUE$TOR, that help customers find oil and gas, model the economic benefits and optimize well performance. Web-based
delivery platforms, such as Enerdeq, AccuMap and Edin, provide a proprietary interface, easy-to-use map or text-based access to critical energy information.
|                                                  | 
|Global Exploration and Production Services - GEPS |  | GEPS reports cover petroleum activity in nearly 200 countries and are used by customers around the world interested in detailed exploration and production
activity.                                                                                                                                                                          
|                                                  | 
|IHS CERA                                          |  | IHS CERA provides critical knowledge and independent analysis on energy markets, geopolitics, industry trends and strategy that help decision makers anticipate the energy future
and formulate timely, successful plans in the face of rapid changes and uncertainty.                                                                        
|                                                  | 
|IHS Herold                                        |  | IHS Herold offers online access to databases and research reports, and provides analyst consultation and expert advisory services. Products and service retainers include
proprietary research of companies transactions and trends in the global energy industry.                                                                           



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Product Lifecycle Domain

IHS Product Lifecycle solutions provide information for customers that allow them to manage a product from conception to research and
development on through to production, maintenance and disposal. IHS also provides companies single-source access to specifications and standards that allow them to comply with regulations, optimize direct and indirect supply, and achieve excellence
in product design and development. The IHS team works with customers in most industries and segments, with particularly large presences in the aerospace, defense, electronics, telecommunications, construction, energy, and automotive industries to
design workflows to enhance quality, reduce costs, and improve productivity. IHS also has a comprehensive proprietary collection of engineering processes, principles and related equations covering more than 250 specific structural and mechanical
topics.

Examples of our Product Lifecycle information and analysis include:



| |  |  | industry specifications and standards to aid in all phases of a products lifecycle;
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| |  |  | technical attributes and lifecycle information on component parts to drive selection decisions;
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| |  |  | design methods to aid in complex and capital-intensive research and development;
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| |  |  | services supporting the management of parts information in factories and plants, critical for maintaining plant uptime, including obsolescence
management tools; and
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| |  |  | government parts and regulatory information.
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Major Product Offerings



|                                            |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|IHS Standards Expert                       |  | A comprehensive standards management solution, providing desktop access to over 1.2 million standards from 370 Standards Developing Organizations, with tools to search, monitor,
access, and manage standards by individuals or project teams worldwide.                           
|                                            | 
|IHS 4DOnline Suite                          |  | World-class component databases to efficiently research and compare electronic components and fasteners from over 500 suppliers, plus tools and services for managing complex
product configurations to ensure component availability, sustainability, and environmental compliance.
|                                            | 
|IHS Intermat                               |  | Content, software and services to manage Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) materials spend and inventory, by standardizing material descriptions, identifying duplicate and
obsolete items and optimizing inventory order points/quantities and lead times.                  
|                                            | 
|IHS Haystack® Gold                          |  | Tools to manage the complexities of parts procurement, logistics, inventory, and obsolescence planning that includes information on more than 100 million items in the U.S.
Federal Supply Catalog and over 70 U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and related databases.                    
|                                            | 
|Specify-it Construction Information Service |  | UKs leading online services for construction professionals, delivering key technical information on all aspects of the building, engineering, design and construction
processes, allowing organizations to complete projects accurately and on time.                               



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Security Domain

In our increasingly complex and uncertain world, planning to avoid security risks and threats to operations, people, facilities, and
resources requires the best experts with the information to fully understand the types and sources of risk organizations face today to stay ahead of potential threats. As a leading provider of global intelligence, IHS is a trusted partner in
providing comprehensive, current and accurate information and expertise to companies, governments and agencies around the world to assess and manage security risks.

Through IHS Janes and Lloyds Register-Fairplay, a large team of dedicated editors, researchers, and analysts monitor, evaluate and report developments in national and international security
organization, defense intelligence, terrorism and insurgency, transportation, law enforcement, public safety, and comprehensive maritime Information. Examples of our security information and analysis include:



| |  |  | comprehensive information on defense, aerospace and weapons systems world-wide;
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| |  |  | national and international security analysis on terrorist activities;
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| |  |  | maritime data such as detailed ship information and tracking, port information and consultancy;
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| |  |  | risk management assessment on regions and supply chains; and
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| |  |  | transportation and public safety.
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Major Product Offerings



|                                                            |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|----------------------------------------------------------- |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Janes Defence Equipment and Technology Intelligence Centre |  | This comprehensive resource enables users, including governments, armed forces and corporations, to evaluate, identify or define equipment and technology for global defense
technologies, including extensive detail on equipment specifications, platforms, versions, dimensions, performance, structure, sub-systems, armaments, and more.                                                                          
|                                                            | 
|Janes Defence Weekly                                       |  | This world-renowned publication holds an unequalled record for pinpointing geo-political threats, revealing new weapon technology and analyzing military activity around the
world. Janes Defence Weekly has a reputation for breaking world exclusive news and for expert, meaningful interpretation of what we see on the ground, at sea and in the air; and in boardrooms and command centers throughout the world.
|                                                            | 
|Janes All The Worlds Aircraft                             |  | One-hundred-year-old publication providing technical and production details of all known powered aircraft, currently in or anticipating commercial production, in all countries of
the world.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|                                                            | 
|Janes Defence Industry and Markets Intelligence Centre     |  | Provides breaking news on the defense industry, detailed executive summaries on global defense equipment, and accurate market trending and analysis, enabling a thorough
understanding of country capabilities, potential requirements, and expected actions.                                                                                                                                                          
|                                                            | 
|Internet Ships Register                                     |  | Online access to the latest information on commercial ships (over 299 gross tons) and their owners, operators, managers, and builders.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|                                                            | 
|Fairplays International Shipping Weekly                    |  | News, analysis, markets summary, topical features, and commentary on the shipping industry.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            



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Environmental Solutions Domain

Environmental sustainability issues are no longer solely about regulatory compliance, but are broader important business concerns. Effective
environmental sustainability and chemical management are central components to companies strategic planning and management. IHS Environment solutions help companies manage Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) and sustainability programs
 from the corporate level down to individual facilities. By offering a complete portfolio of solutions, from EHS and chemical management software to strategic consulting services for climate change management in a cap and trade
environment, IHS is the single source for expert, cost-effective environmental management. Environmental solutions include:



| |  |  | greenhouse gas management from compliance to emissions trading;
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| |  |  | Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and chemical lifecycle management;
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| |  |  | air, water, and waste data management;
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| |  |  | sustainability tracking, management, and reporting;
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| |  |  | transportation and public safety;
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| |  |  | regulatory compliance management;
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| |  |  | chemical supply chain greening; and
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| |  |  | REACh (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of Chemicals) compliance.
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Major Product Offerings



|                                                        |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|EHS and Sustainability Information Management Solutions |  | Environmental, health, safety, and sustainability information management across the enterprise - from incident management to air, water, and waste management, to emissions
trading program managementhelping move companies from regulatory compliance to corporate sustainability.        
|                                                        | 
|MSDS and Total Chemical Management                      |  | Solutions covering everything from basic right-to-know MSDS management to total chemical management, including chemical inventory management, chemical request and approval, MSDS
data services, onsite chemical inventory services and more.                                                
|                                                        | 
|Chemical Product Stewardship                            |  | In-depth analyses of chemical inventories and simple tactics for implementing less-toxic, lower-cost solutions.                                                                                                                                                                              
|                                                        | 
|HMMS (Hazardous Materials Management System)            |  | Solutions for hazardous materials and hazardous waste management used by the U.S. Government for over a decade, and a leading enterprise solution for comprehensive,
cradle-to-grave acquisition, tracking, and compliance reporting for hazardous materials into the hazardous waste stream.
|                                                        | 
|IHS Greenhouse Gas Suite                               |  | Complete software solution for voluntary and mandatory greenhouse gas reporting, cap and trade programs, and more to support country and region-specific
protocols                                                                                                                           
|                                                        | 
|Global Standards and Regulations Management             |  | Comprehensive collection of global regulations and industry standards, combined with powerful compliance lifecycle management capabilities to detect, assess, interpret, and
monitor complex domestic and international requirements.                                                        



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Macroeconomic Forecasting and Competitive Advantage at the Intersection of the Domains

Underlying our domain strategy is an unparalleled foundation of macroeconomic forecasting. IHS Global Insight, the
organization that founded modern economic forecasting more than 40 years ago, gives us a platform to deliver unsurpassed market outlook and economic forecasting capabilities for our customers across and at the intersections of all domains,
increasing our cross-selling opportunities. Specifically, our capabilities span from detailed forecasts and timely analysis of economic conditions within political, economic, legal, tax, operational, and security environments around the world, to
detailed history and forecasts of global price, wage, and manufacturing costs, including commodity prices and labor costs, to forecasting, market-sizing, and risk assessment in a multitude of industries across the world including the Construction,
Trade, Pharmaceuticals, IT/Telecommunications, and Consumer Finance sectors.

While each domain represents a significant
market opportunity by itself, our point of difference is how we take advantage of the market opportunity where the domains intersect. Increased globalization and a challenging world economy have heightened our customers need to integrate their
decision-making across all business challenges. For example:

As security issues become a bigger part of production costs, IHS
has the potential to use our capabilities in the Security and Product Lifecycle domains to help customers manage product cost with a better understanding of security-related issues that can impact the sourcing of materials and products. Similarly,
at the intersection of the Security and Energy information domains, we have the opportunity to help customers understand and manage security issues as a significant driver of cost in exploring for, producing and delivering energy around the world.

At the intersection of the Energy and Environment domains, our customers can look to us for help with their growing need for
information and insight as they manage the increasingly important issue of environmental impact from energy exploration, production, and delivery. In addition, between the Environment and Product Lifecycle domains, we have the opportunity to help a
wide range of customers understand and manage regulatory compliance and the environmental impact of their manufacturing processes.

With the growing emphasis on climate change, we can use our Environment expertise to help a wide range of customers address the topic of clean energy with a suite of products and solutions than can help them understand and apply
economic factors, regulations, energy sources, markets (including new markets such as carbon credits), and technology (including new and developing technologies, such as those employed in hybrid vehicles).



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Acquisitions

Acquisitions play a key role in expanding our information market leadership and driving profitable growth. IHS has acquired and integrated 26
companies in the last four years. Our acquisition strategy is guided by our need to serve our customers most pressing business issues at both the strategic and operating level as well as our goal to deepen our expertise in our four information
domains (Energy, Product Lifecycle, Security, and Environment) and the intersection opportunities between the domains such as the area of supply chain management. Our disciplined approach to acquisitions helps us identify opportunities that:



| |  |  | provide a strategic/synergistic fit by filling gaps within our targeted information domains, adding capabilities to our suite of technologies and
online tools, and enhancing our portfolio of products and services;
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| |  |  | offer an opportunity to drive more customer value or product continuity with other offerings;
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| |  |  | add a differentiated value proposition that would be difficult for us to replicate organically;
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| |  |  | provide the opportunity to add to our human capital depth;
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| |  |  | share our core values and have a culture complementary to ours;
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| |  |  | are accretive over a reasonable period of time; and
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| |  |  | meet our financial criteria.
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Customers

We have a diverse customer base ranging from large
entities such as governments and multi-national companies to smaller companies and technical professionals. Our solutions are applicable in numerous industries, though we have a particularly large presence in the energy, aerospace, and defense
industries, as well as customers in construction, manufacturing, and other industries. We are not dependent upon any single customer, or group of customers, the loss of which would have a material adverse affect on our business.

We serve a global customer base with just under half of our revenues coming from the United States and the remainder from the rest of the
world (see Managements Discussions and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations). Our operating profit from our international operations is typically higher than it is from our U.S. operations.

Competition

We believe the principal competitive factors in our business include the depth, breadth, timeliness, and accuracy of information provided, quality of decision-support tools and services, quality and relevance of our analysis and insight,
ease of use, customer support, and value for the price. We believe that we compete favorably on each of these factors. Although we do not believe that we have a direct competitor across all of the offerings we provide, we do face competition in
specific industries and with respect to specific offerings.

In our Energy information domain, our U.S. well and production
data offerings compete with offerings from TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company and DrillingInfo, Inc., in addition to smaller companies. Certain of our Energy offerings compete with products from Wood Mackenzie Ltd. and Geologic Data
Systems, Inc., in addition to other specialized companies. Our Energy domains advisory services compete with PFC Energy in addition to other smaller consulting companies.

In the Product Lifecycle, Security, and Environment domains, we compete against a fragmented set of companies. In the Product Lifecycle
domain, we compete with SAI Globals ILI, Thomson Corporations Techstreet, and some of the Standards Developing Organizations. Also within that domain, our parts offerings compete with products from PartMiner, Inc., SAI
Globals ILI, Total Parts Plus, Inc., GlobalSpec, and Thomas Publishing Company, among others.

In the Security
domain, we compete against large publishers such as McGraw-Hill and Gannett as well as smaller niche players such as Armada International, Forecast International, and Control Risks, among others. The Environment information domain is highly
fragmented. Primary competition in this marketplace comes from SAP and small niche players like Enablon. IHS Global Insight competes with a variety of niche players as well as with the Economist Intelligence Unit.



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Product Development and Technology

IHS Product Development and Technology executes our strategy of advancement in quality, efficiency, productivity, and margin growth. Our
product development efforts and use of technology focus on the collection, management, and delivery of Critical Information and Insight to customers through our offerings. We continuously update and enhance our strategic content framework and
repositories through proprietary methods and the use of technology.

Our product development teams create customer solutions
by integrating our information with proprietary and widely used decision-support technology, thus producing critical information solutions designed for the needs of our customers. Our product development teams have also created proprietary web
services and application interfaces that enhance access to our information. These services allow our customers to integrate our information with other data, business processes, and applications (e.g., computer-aided design, enterprise resource
planning, supply chain management, and product data/lifecycle management).

Sales and Marketing

Our sales and marketing teams are organized to support our three geographic segments. Thus, our customer-facing efforts are aligned with our
customers and their local markets to best serve them and their needs. Customers First, our program to understand both current customer satisfaction levels and opportunities to be addressed, provides additional direction to sales and
marketing about key areas of focus.

Within each of our geographic segments, our sales force is generally organized based on
the size of our customers and our expertise in key customer industries. Our global account management teams generally address the needs of our largest customers. Other customers sales and renewal efforts are served by our external sales teams,
inside sales, e-commerce, and our network of dealers and partners.

New customer acquisition is largely conducted by our
dedicated new business team. This team systematically identifies potential new customer opportunities and the sales approach for larger new business opportunities. Our inside sales team also pursues smaller new customer opportunities. We supplement
our sales efforts with e-commerce capabilities, which enable customers to purchase offerings online.

We use a dealer network
to reach customers in locations where it is not cost-effective to use our sales teams or maintain a sales office. We have over 80 dealers that are independent contractors. Some dealers are focused only on our offerings, but many dealers provide
other products and services as part of a broad array of information offerings for their customers in their select geography. Revenue generated by dealers represents less than three percent of our total revenue.

Our marketing teams are organized at the corporate, regional, and product levels. Our corporate team provides strategic marketing programs
and training resources while also focusing on new directions for the product line-up. Corporate marketing works closely with corporate communications and branding experts in continuing to build the IHS brand and articulate our value story to raise
the visibility of IHS products and services to new and continuing customers. Our regional marketing teams work alongside and support our regional sales teams both by driving brand awareness and demand generation at the local level. We tailor
marketing programs by target audience and regionally leverage a marketing mix of events, e-marketing, advertising, sales collateral, and public relations.

Our product management teams are primarily responsible for ensuring that our offerings are meeting the needs of our customers. These teams conduct ongoing market research to understand changing needs
within our targeted industries and customer types. These teams also study industries we do not currently target to determine if there are potential customers that could benefit from our offerings.

Government Contracts

We sell our products to various government agencies and entities. No individual contract is significant to our business. Although our government contracts are subject to terms that would allow
renegotiation of profits or termination at the election of the government, we believe that no renegotiation or termination of any given contract or subcontract at the election of the government would have a material adverse effect on our financial
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Intellectual Property

We rely heavily on intellectual property, including the intellectual property we own and license. We regard our trademarks, copyrights,
licenses, and other intellectual property as valuable assets and use intellectual property laws, as well as license and confidentiality agreements with our employees, dealers, and others, to protect our rights. In addition, we exercise reasonable
measures to protect our intellectual property rights and enforce these rights when we become aware of any potential or actual violation or misuse.

Intellectual property licensed from third parties, including Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), is a vital component of our offerings and, in many cases, cannot be independently
replaced or recreated by us or others. We have longstanding relationships with most of the SDOs, government agencies, and manufacturers from whom we license information. Almost all of the licenses that we rely upon are nonexclusive and expire within
one to two years unless renewed.

We maintain more than 400 trademarks registered around the world that we will need to renew
from time to time. In addition, we have applied for patents in the United States relating to digital rights management, remote access printing, and print on demand. See Risk FactorsWe may not be able to protect intellectual property
rights.

Employees

As of November 30, 2009, we had approximately 4,100 employees located around the world. None of our employees are represented by a collective bargaining agreement and we consider our employee
relations to be good.

Financial Information about Segments

See Item 8  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  Note 18 of
our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for information with respect to each segments revenues, profits or losses, and total assets.

Available Information

Our annual report on Form 10-K,
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports are available, without charge, on our website, www.ihs.com, as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed electronically with the
SEC. We have also posted our code of ethics on our website. Copies of each of these documents are also available, without charge, from IHS Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, 15 Inverness Way East, Englewood, CO 80112.

We routinely post important information on our website under the Investor Relations link, so please check www.ihs.com.



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|Item 1A. | Risk Factors
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In addition
to the other information provided in this report, you should carefully consider the risks described in this section. The risks described below are not the only risks that could impact our businessother risks currently deemed minor or
additional risks not currently known to us could also impact our business. These and other factors could materially and adversely impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations. In that case, the trading price of our common
stock could decline and you could lose all or part of your investment. Note that this section includes forward-looking statements and future expectations as of the date of this annual report.

Growth and Acquisitions

Our growth strategy may prove unsuccessful.

Our growth strategy involves
enhancing our offerings to meet our customers needs. Our success in meeting these needs depends in large part upon our ability to deliver consistent, high-quality, and timely offerings covering issues, developments and trends that our
customers view as important. In addition, we plan to grow by achieving our strategy of being the leading source of Critical Information and Insight in our targeted information domains through profitable organic growth and acquisitions. If we are
unable to execute our growth strategy, or if we do so less capably than our competitors, our operating performance including our ability to generate additional revenues on a profitable basis may be adversely affected.

Our cost reduction and restructuring initiatives may not result in anticipated savings or more efficient operations.

Over the past several years, we have implemented, and are continuing to implement, significant strategic initiatives to reduce our cost
structure, standardize our operations, and improve our ability to grow. We have made significant investments, including our investment in new billing software. We have begun to implement our billing software into a global system. There is a risk
that we may not realize the full potential benefit of these investments, that implementation of our strategic initiatives may be disruptive to our operations, or that cost overruns could have material adverse effects on our results of operations.

If we are unable to successfully identify or effectively integrate acquisitions, our financial results may be adversely
affected.

We intend to continue to selectively pursue acquisitions to complement our organic growth. There can be no
assurance that we will be able to identify suitable candidates for successful acquisitions at acceptable prices. In addition, our ability to achieve the expected returns and synergies from our past and future acquisitions and alliances depends in
part upon our ability to integrate the offerings, technology, administrative functions, and personnel of these businesses into our business in an efficient and effective manner. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in integrating acquired
businesses or that our acquired businesses will perform at the levels we anticipate. In addition, our past and future acquisitions may subject us to unanticipated risks or liabilities or disrupt our operations.

Subscription Renewals

If we are unable to consistently renew subscriptions for our offerings, our results could weaken.

Much of our revenue is based on subscriptions to our offerings. In 2009, we derived approximately 77% of our revenues from subscriptions, most of which were for a term of one year. Our results depend on
our ability to achieve and sustain high annual renewal rates on existing subscriptions and to enter into new subscription arrangements on commercially acceptable terms. Our failure to achieve high annual renewal rates on commercially acceptable
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International Operations

Our international operations are subject to exchange rate fluctuations and other risks relating to operations outside of the U.S.

We operate in over 100 countries around the world and a significant part of our revenue comes from international sales. In
2009, we generated approximately 47% of our revenues from sales outside the United States. We expect to increase our global operations over time. We earn revenues, pay expenses, own assets, and incur liabilities in countries using currencies other
than the U.S. dollar, including among others the British pound, the Canadian dollar, and the Swiss franc. Because our consolidated financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars, we must translate revenues, income, expenses, and the value of
assets and liabilities into U.S. dollars at exchange rates in effect during or at the end of each reporting period. Therefore, increases or decreases in the value of the U.S. dollar against other major currencies will affect our net operating
revenues, operating income, and the value of balance sheet items denominated in foreign currencies. Because of the geographic diversity of our operations, weaknesses in some currencies might be offset by strengths in others over time. We may use
derivative financial instruments to reduce our net exposure to currency exchange rate fluctuations. However, significant fluctuations in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and other currencies may adversely affect our net revenues, balance
sheet, and operating profit.

We are expanding our sales and marketing efforts in certain emerging markets. Expanding our
business into emerging markets may present additional risks beyond those associated with more developed international markets. In any emerging market, we may face additional risks, including cash-based economies, inconsistent government policies,
political instability and civil unrest, and sudden currency revaluations.

Operations outside of the United States may be
affected by changes in trade protection laws, policies and measures, and other regulatory requirements affecting trade and investment; unexpected changes in regulatory requirements; social, political, labor or economic conditions in a specific
country or region; and difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations. In addition, we must manage the uncertainties of obtaining data and creating solutions that are relevant to particular geographic markets; differing levels of
intellectual property protection in various jurisdictions; and restrictions or limitations on the repatriation of funds. Our inability to manage this risk could have a materially adverse effect on our business, operating results, and financial
condition.

Personnel and Contractors

The loss of, or the inability to attract and retain, key personnel could impair our future success.

Our future success depends to a large extent on the continued service of our employees, including highly skilled subject matter experts as
well as personnel in sales, marketing, product development, critical operational roles, and management including our executive officers. We must maintain our ability to attract, motivate, and retain highly qualified employees in order to support our
customers and achieve business results. The loss of the services of one or more of our key personnel or our inability to recruit replacements for such personnel or to otherwise attract, motivate, or retain qualified personnel could have a materially
adverse effect on our business, operating results, and financial condition.

We rely on a network of independent
contractors and dealers whose actions could have an adverse effect on our business.

We obtain some of our critical
information from independent contractors, particularly for offerings that support our Energy domain strategy and for certain offerings of our IHS Janes business. In addition, we rely on a network of dealers to sell our offerings in locations
where we do not maintain a sales office or sales teams. These independent contractors and dealers are not employees of our company. As a result, we are limited in our ability to monitor and direct their activities. The loss of a significant number
of these independent contractors or dealers could disrupt our information-gathering efforts or our sales, marketing, and distribution activities. In addition, if any actions or business practices of these individuals or entities violate our policies
or procedures or are otherwise deemed inappropriate or illegal, we could be subject to litigation, regulatory sanctions, or reputation damage, any of which could have a materially adverse affect our business.

As part of our strategic business model, we outsource certain operations and engage independent contractors to perform work in various
locations around the world. By entering into these independent contractor arrangements relying on them for critical business functions, we face risks that one or more independent contractors may unexpectedly cease operations, that they may perform
work that deviates from our standards, that events in a given region may disrupt the independent contractors operations, or that we may not be able to adequately protect our intellectual property. If these or other unforeseen risks were to
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Systems and Technology

Our investments in technology may not be sufficient and may not result in an increase in our revenue or decreases in our operating costs.

As the technological landscape continues to evolve, it may become increasingly difficult for us to make timely,
cost-effective changes to our offerings in a manner that adequately differentiates them from those of our competitors. We cannot assure you that our investments have been or will be sufficient to maintain or improve our competitive position or that
the development of new or improved technologies and products by our competitors will not have a material adverse effect on our businesses.

We could experience system failures or capacity constraints that could interrupt the delivery of our offerings to customers and ultimately cause us to lose customers.

Our ability to provide reliable service largely depends on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of our computer network systems and data
centers. Some of these systems have been outsourced to third-party providers. Any significant interruptions could severely harm our business and reputation and result in a loss of customers and large expenses to repair or replace equipment or
facilities. Our systems and operations could be exposed to damage or interruption from power disruption, fire, flood, telecommunications failure, unauthorized entry and computer viruses, terrorism, loss or incapacitation of staff, or other natural
or man-made disasters. While we have taken and are taking steps to prevent a system failure, including backup disaster recovery systems, those steps may not be effective. In addition, our property and business interruption insurance may not be
adequate to compensate us for all losses or failures that may occur. Our products could be affected by failures of the Internet or other technology over which we have no control. Material failures or problems with our systems or offerings could
force us to incur significant costs to remedy the failures or problems, decrease customer demand for our products, tarnish our reputation, or materially harm our business.

Intellectual Property

We may not be able to protect intellectual property rights.

We rely on
copyright laws and nondisclosure, license, and confidentiality arrangements to protect our proprietary rights as well as the intellectual property rights of third parties whose content we license. However, it is not possible to prevent all
unauthorized uses of these rights. We cannot assure you that the steps we have taken to protect our intellectual property rights, and the rights of those from whom we license intellectual property, are adequate to deter misappropriation or that we
will be able to detect unauthorized uses and take timely and effective steps to remedy this unauthorized conduct. In particular, a significant portion of our revenues are derived internationally including jurisdictions where protecting intellectual
property rights may prove even more challenging. To prevent or respond to unauthorized uses of our intellectual property, we might be required to engage in costly and time-consuming litigation and we may not ultimately prevail.

We depend on content obtained through agreements with third parties to support many of our offerings and the failure to maintain these
agreements on commercially reasonable terms could prove harmful to our business.

Certain of our offerings include content
that is either purchased or licensed from third parties. In particular, our Specs and Standards offerings that support our Product Lifecycle domain strategy rely on information licensed from SDOs. Offerings that rely upon SDO information accounted
for approximately 20% of our total revenue in 2009. We believe that the content licensed from many of these third parties, particularly the SDOs, cannot be obtained from alternate sources on favorable terms, if at all. Our license agreements with
these third parties are generally nonexclusive and many are terminable on less than one years notice. In addition, third parties such as the SDOs compete with one another and us. As a result, we may not be able to maintain or renew these
agreements at cost-effective prices, or these third parties might restrict or withdraw their content from us for competitive or other reasons, which could adversely affect the quality of our offerings and our business, operating results, and
financial condition.

We may be exposed to litigation related to content we make available to customers, and we may face
legal liability or damage to our reputation if our customers are not satisfied with our offerings or if our offerings are misused.

As discussed above, our business relies on licensing and delivering intellectual property to our customers and obtaining intellectual property from our suppliers. Accordingly, we may face potential liability for, among other things, breach
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negligence, and copyright and trademark infringement. We also rely upon our professional reputation as an important factor in attracting and retaining our customers and in building relationships
with third parties. Damage to our reputation for any reason could materially adversely affect our ability to attract and retain customers, employees, and information suppliers. In addition, if the information in our offerings is incorrect for any
reason, or if it is misused or used inappropriately, we could be subject to reputation damage or litigation that could exceed the value of any insurance or legal remedies and materially adversely affect our business.

Our offerings could infringe on the intellectual property rights of others, which may require us to engage in costly litigation and could
disrupt our business.

Third parties may assert infringement or other intellectual property claims against us based on
their intellectual property rights. If such claims are successful, we may have to pay substantial damages, possibly including treble damages, for past infringement. We might also be prohibited from selling our offerings or providing certain
information without first obtaining a license from the third party, which, if available at all, may require us to pay additional royalties. Even if infringement claims against us are without merit, defending a lawsuit takes significant time, may be
expensive, and may divert our managements attention from other business concerns.

Competition and Market Factors

We operate in competitive markets, which may adversely affect our market share and financial results.

Some of our competitors focus on product categories within our targeted industries while others have significant financial
and information-gathering resources, recognized brands, technological expertise, and market experience. We believe that competitors are continuously enhancing their products and services, developing new products and services, and investing in
technology to better serve the needs of their existing customers and to attract new customers. Competitors may develop products and services that are superior to or that achieve greater market acceptance than our products and services. The sizes of
our competitors vary across the markets we serve, as do the resources we have allocated to those markets. Some of our competitors may have significantly greater financial, technical, marketing, or other resources than we do in one or more of our
markets.

We face competition in specific industries and with respect to specific offerings. We may also face competition
from organizations and businesses that have not traditionally competed with us but that could adapt their products and services to meet the demands of our customers. Increased competition may require us to reduce the prices of our offerings or make
additional capital investments that could adversely affect our margins.

Some of the critical information we use in our
offerings is publicly available in raw form at little or no cost. The Internet, widespread availability of sophisticated search engines, and pervasive wireless data delivery have simplified the process of locating, gathering, and disseminating
information, potentially diminishing the perceived value of our offerings. If users choose to obtain the critical information they need from our competitors, content providers such as SDOs, or public sources, our business, financial condition, and
results of operations could be adversely and materially affected.

We are affected by conditions and trends in our targeted
industries, which may inhibit our ability to grow or otherwise adversely affect our business.

Our business, financial
condition, and results of operations depend upon conditions and trends affecting the industries in which our customers do business. Examples of such industries include energy, defense, aviation, and manufacturing. It is possible that the global
economic decline or a decline in several of our customers industries, for any reason, could adversely impact our customers and thus reduce our revenues. Our ability to grow will depend in part upon the growth of these industries as well as our
ability to increase sales of our offerings to customers in these industries. It is possible that, if we fail to manage our sales and marketing efforts, consolidation of businesses could reduce our current and potential customers and could have a
material adverse effect on our business. Moreover, the larger organizations resulting from consolidation could have greater bargaining power, which could adversely affect the pricing of our offerings. Factors that adversely affect revenues and cash
flows in our customers industries, including operating results, capital requirements, regulation, and litigation, could reduce the funds available to them to purchase our offerings. Our failure to maintain our revenues or margins could have a
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Continued disruption in credit markets and governmental policy changes may adversely
affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Ongoing disruptions in the financial and credit
markets that began in late 2008 may adversely affect our business and our financial results. The tightening of credit markets may reduce the funds available to our customers to buy our products and services, cause disruptions in the customers
business, force consolidations of our customers, and drive some customers out of business entirely. It may also result in customers extending times for payment and may result in our having higher customer receivables with increased default rates.
General concerns about the fundamental soundness of local and global economies may also cause customers to reduce their purchases from us even if they have cash or if credit is available to them. If for any reason we lose access to our currently
available lines of credit, or if we are required to raise additional capital, we may be unable to do so in the current credit and stock market environment, or we may be able to do so only on unfavorable terms.

Stockholder Value

The price of our common stock may be volatile and may be affected by market conditions beyond our control.

Our share price is likely to fluctuate in the future because of the volatility of the stock market in general and a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control. Sales of substantial amounts
of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect the market price of the shares.

Market fluctuations could result in volatility in the price of shares of our common stock, which could cause a decline in the value of your investment. In addition, if our operating results fail to meet
the expectations of stock analysts or investors, we may experience an immediate and significant decline in the trading price of our common stock.

Provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law could discourage a takeover that stockholders may consider favorable.

Certain provisions in our governing documents could make a merger, tender offer, or proxy contest involving us difficult, even if such events
would be beneficial to the interests of our stockholders. These provisions include our classified board, our supermajority voting requirements, and our adoption of a rights agreement, commonly known as a poison pill. In addition, we are
subject to certain Delaware anti-takeover provisions. Under Delaware law, a corporation may not engage in a business combination with any holder of 15% or more of its capital stock unless the holder has held the stock for three years or, among other
things, the board of directors has approved the transaction. Accordingly, our board of directors could rely upon these or other provisions in our governing documents and upon Delaware law to prevent or delay an acquisition of us.



|Item 1B. | Unresolved Staff Comments
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None.



|Item 2. | Properties
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Facilities

We own two office buildings in Englewood, Colorado, which comprise our headquarters, and
other office buildings in Tetbury, England; Geneva, Switzerland; and Johannesburg, South Africa. We also lease space for a total of 71 offices in 21 countries. Our office locations include Cambridge and Lexington, Massachusetts; Dallas, Grapevine,
Midland, Onalaska, and Houston, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Tempe, Arizona; Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Mountain View, California; Warner Robbins AFB, Georgia; New York, New York; Centennial and Denver, Colorado; Norwalk, Connecticut;
Washington, D.C.; Miami, Florida; Rockville, Maryland; Troy, Michigan; Columbia, Missouri; Lake Oswego, Oregon; Eddystone, Pennsylvania; Alexandria, Virginia; Moscow, Russia; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Stockholm and Gothenberg, Sweden; Eastwood,
Australia; Copenhagen, Denmark; Milan, Italy; Tokyo, Japan; Singapore; Gdansk, Poland and Hong Kong S.A.R. We also lease space at five locations in Canada, eight locations in the United Kingdom, two locations in Germany, one location in South
Africa, two locations in Mexico, two locations in Malaysia, four locations in China, two locations in France, two locations in India and two locations in the United Arab Emirates.



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We believe that our properties, taken as a whole, are in good operating condition, are
suitable and adequate for our current business operations, and that additional or alternative space will be available on commercially reasonable terms for future use and expansion.

Our ownership and operation of real property and our operation of our business is subject to various environmental protection and health and
safety laws and regulations around the world. Some environmental laws hold current and previous owners and operators of businesses and real property liable for contamination on owned or operated property and on properties at which they disposed of
hazardous waste, even if they did not know of and were not responsible for the contamination, and for claims for property damage or personal injury associated with the exposure to or the release of hazardous or toxic substances. We have not incurred
and do not currently anticipate incurring any material liabilities in connection with such environmental laws.



|Item 3. | Legal Proceedings
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We are
not party to any material litigation and are not aware of any pending or threatened litigation that could have a material adverse effect upon our business, operating results, or financial condition.



|Item 4. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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No matters were submitted to a vote of our stockholders during the fourth quarter of the 2009 fiscal year.



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PART II



|Item 5. | Market for the Registrants Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
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Our Class A common stock is quoted on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol IHS. The following table sets forth for
the indicated periods the high and low sales prices per share for our Class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange:



|                                 |  |      |       |     |   |      
|-------------------------------- |  | ---- | ----- | --- | - | -----
|Fiscal Year 2009 Quarters Ended: |  | High |       | Low
|February 28, 2009                |  | $    | 48.99 |     |   | 33.15
|May 31, 2009                     |  |      | 49.94 |     |   | 36.15
|August 31, 2009                  |  |      | 51.45 |     |   | 44.65
|November 30, 2009                |  |      | 54.93 |     |   | 47.25
|                                 |  |     
|Fiscal Year 2008 Quarters Ended: |  | High |       | Low
|February 29, 2008                |  | $    | 72.19 |     | $ | 54.73
|May 31, 2008                     |  |      | 71.59 |     |   | 58.72
|August 31, 2008                  |  |      | 70.94 |     |   | 56.08
|November 30, 2008                |  |      | 64.64 |     |   | 29.12

We have been advised by our transfer agent, American Stock Transfer, that we had 17
holders of record of our Class A Common Stock as of January 11, 2010. Based on reports of security position listings compiled for the prior years annual meeting of shareholders, we believe we may have in excess of 6,700 beneficial
holders of our Class A Common Stock.

Our authorized capital stock consisted of 80,000,000 shares of Class A common
stock. The holders of our Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share.

Dividend Policy

We currently anticipate that we will retain all available funds for use in the operation and expansion of our
business, and we do not anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable future.

Securities Authorized for Issuance
Under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table sets forth information as of the end of the fiscal year 2009 with
respect to compensation plans under which equity securities are authorized for issuance.

Equity Compensation Plan
Information



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|Plan Category                                              |  | Number ofsecurities to beissued uponexercise ofoutstandingoptions,warrants andrights(in thousands) |     |  | Weighted-averageexercise priceof outstandingoptions,warrants andrights |       |     | Number ofsecuritiesremainingavailable forfuture issuanceunder equitycompensationplans(excludingsecuritiesreflected incolumn (a))(in thousands)
|                                                           |  | (a)                                                                                                |     |  | (b)                                                                    |       |     | (c)                                                                                                                                           
|Equity compensation plans approved by security holders     |  | 3,457                                                                                              | (1) |  | $                                                                      | 35.96 | (2) |                                                                                                                                                | 3,384
|Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders |  | N/A                                                                                                |     |  |                                                                        | N/A   |     |                                                                                                                                                | N/A  
|Total:                                                     |  | 3,457                                                                                              |     |  | $                                                                      | 35.96 |     |                                                                                                                                                | 3,384



|(1) | Includes 3.3 million restricted stock units and deferred stock units payable over the next four years that were issued to employees and directors with no exercise
price or other consideration. Performance-based units are reported at maximum payout levels. Excludes 29,917 restricted stock awards issued to employees that are currently counted in our total shares of Class A common stock. As of
November 30, 2009, there were 0.2 million stock options outstanding under our equity compensation plans approved by stockholders.
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|(2) | Calculation of the weighted-average exercise price is only applicable for the 0.2 million stock options described in footnote 1 above.
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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

During fiscal year 2009, we withheld shares of our common stock from the vesting of employee equity awards to fund employee statutory withholding tax requirements. As shares vest and tax withholdings come
due, IHS withholds enough shares in treasury to cover the tax liability and make a payment to the tax authority out of corporate cash. Full year 2009 funding was $10.5 million and 229,060 shares.



|                                 |  |                                   |  |                                   |       |                                                                              |   |                                                                           |  
|-------------------------------- |  | --------------------------------- |  | --------------------------------- | ----- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -
|Period                           |  | Total Numberof SharesWithheld (1) |  | Average FairMarket Valueper Share |       | Total Number ofShares Purchasedas Part of PubliclyAnnouncedPlans or Programs |   | Maximum Numberof Shares ThatMay Yet BePurchasedUnder thePlans or Programs
|December 1 - December 31, 2008   |  | 11,345                            |  | $                                 | 35.47 |                                                                              |  |                                                                           | 
|January 1 - January 31, 2009     |  | 80,165                            |  | $                                 | 45.04 |                                                                              |  |                                                                           | 
|February 1 - February 28, 2009   |  | 39,965                            |  | $                                 | 44.09 |                                                                              |  |                                                                           | 
|March 1 - March 31, 2009         |  | 4,091                             |  | $                                 | 37.42 |                                                                              |  |                                                                           | 
|April 1 - April 30, 2009         |  | 5,498                             |  | $                                 | 41.81 |                                                                              |  |                                                                           | 
|May 1 - May 31, 2009             |  | 27,988                            |  | $                                 | 47.78 |                                                                              |  |                                                                           | 
|June 1 - June 30, 2009           |  | 8,322                             |  | $                                 | 49.60 |                                                                              |  |                                                                           | 
|July 1 - July 31, 2009           |  | 32,241                            |  | $                                 | 49.12 |                                                                              |  |                                                                           | 
|August 1 - August 31, 2009       |  | 635                               |  | $                                 | 48.80 |                                                                              |  |                                                                           | 
|September 1 - September 30, 2009 |  | 5,035                             |  | $                                 | 48.98 |                                                                              |  |                                                                           | 
|October 1 - October 31, 2009     |  | 11,039                            |  | $                                 | 51.70 |                                                                              |  |                                                                           | 
|November 1 - November 30, 2009   |  | 2,736                             |  | $                                 | 50.69 |                                                                              |  |                                                                           | 
|                                 |  |                                   |  |                                   |       |                                                                              |   |                                                                           |  
|Total                            |  | 229,060                           |  | $                                 | 45.75 |                                                                              |  |                                                                           | 
|                                 |  |                                   |  |                                   |       |                                                                              |   |                                                                           |  



|(1) | Since we simply withhold shares, rather than buying them in the open market, we do not consider this a share buyback program. Nevertheless, we anticipate that this
program will help reduce the dilutive impact of employee equity awards.
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Performance Graph

The following graph compares our total shareholder return with the Standard & Poors Composite Stock Index (S&P 500) and a peer
index representing the total price change of The Advisory Board Committee, The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, Equifax Inc, The Corporate Executive Board Company, FactSet Research Systems Inc., Fair Isaac Corporation, Gartner, McGraw-Hill,
Moodys, Risk Metrics Group, and The Thomson Corporation.

The graph assumes a $100 cash investment on November 11,
2005 (IHS first trading day as a public company) and the reinvestment of all dividends. This graph is not indicative of future financial performance.

COMPARISON OF CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN

Among IHS Inc., S&P 500
Index, and Peer Group

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Value of $100.00 investment in stock or index:



|           |  |            |        |            |   |            |  |            |        |            |   |            |  |   |        |  |   |       
|---------- |  | ---------- | ------ | ---------- | - | ---------- |  | ---------- | ------ | ---------- | - | ---------- |  | - | ------ |  | - | ------
|           |  | 11/11/2005 |        | 11/30/2005 |   | 11/30/2006 |  | 11/30/2007 |        | 11/30/2008 |   | 11/30/2009
|IHS        |  | $          | 100.00 |            | $ | 112.63     |  | $          | 216.67 |            | $ | 410.18     |  | $ | 212.22 |  | $ | 294.04
|Peer Group |  | $          | 100.00 |            | $ | 103.16     |  | $          | 119.68 |            | $ | 105.76     |  | $ | 66.57  |  | $ | 76.88 
|S&P 500    |  | $          | 100.00 |            | $ | 101.20     |  | $          | 113.44 |            | $ | 119.96     |  | $ | 72.59  |  | $ | 88.74 

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|Item 6. | Selected Financial Data
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You should read the following selected consolidated financial data in conjunction with Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and our consolidated financial statements and the
related notes appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K.



|                                                                                                           |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------------------------- | --------- | - | ---- | - | --------- | ---- |  | - | --------- | - |  | ---- | ------- | - |  | - | ------- | -
|                                                                                                           |  | Years Ended November 30,                 |          
|                                                                                                           |  | 2009                                     |           |   | 2008 |   |           | 2007 |  |   | 2006      |   |  | 2005 |        
|                                                                                                           |  | (In thousands, except per-share amounts) |          
|Statement of Operations Data:                                                                              |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Revenue                                                                                                    |  | $                                        | 967,300   |   |      | $ | 844,030   |      |  | $ | 688,392   |   |  | $    | 550,770 |   |  | $ | 476,117 |  
|Operating expenses:                                                                                        |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Cost of revenue(1)                                                                                         |  |                                          | 410,016   |   |      |   | 372,731   |      |  |   | 302,558   |   |  |      | 252,423 |   |  |   | 228,172 |  
|Selling, general and administrative(1)                                                                     |  |                                          | 332,518   |   |      |   | 295,523   |      |  |   | 249,583   |   |  |      | 200,719 |   |  |   | 166,845 |  
|Depreciation and amortization                                                                              |  |                                          | 49,146    |   |      |   | 39,410    |      |  |   | 25,478    |   |  |      | 15,714  |   |  |   | 11,419  |  
|Restructuring and offering charges (credits)                                                               |  |                                          | (735      | ) |      |   | 12,089    |      |  |   | (154      | ) |  |      | 3,103   |   |  |   | 13,703  |  
|(Gain) loss on sales of assets, net                                                                        |  |                                          | (365      | ) |      |   | (328      | )    |  |   | (758      | ) |  |      | 56      |   |  |   | (1,331  | )
|Net periodic pension and post-retirement benefits                                                          |  |                                          | (2,684    | ) |      |   | (3,704    | )    |  |   | (668      | ) |  |      | (2,745  | ) |  |   | (3,355  | )
|Other expense (income), net                                                                                |  |                                          | (412      | ) |      |   | (5,202    | )    |  |   | (4,249    | ) |  |      | 1,315   |   |  |   | (1,188  | )
|                                                                                                           |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Total operating expenses                                                                                   |  |                                          | 787,484   |   |      |   | 710,519   |      |  |   | 571,790   |   |  |      | 470,585 |   |  |   | 414,265 |  
|                                                                                                           |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Operating income                                                                                           |  |                                          | 179,816   |   |      |   | 133,511   |      |  |   | 116,602   |   |  |      | 80,185  |   |  |   | 61,852  |  
|Interest income                                                                                            |  |                                          | 1,088     |   |      |   | 3,162     |      |  |   | 6,784     |   |  |      | 5,974   |   |  |   | 3,485   |  
|Interest expense                                                                                           |  |                                          | (2,217    | ) |      |   | (2,482    | )    |  |   | (720      | ) |  |      | (847    | ) |  |   | (768    | )
|                                                                                                           |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Non-operating income (expense), net                                                                        |  |                                          | (1,129    | ) |      |   | 680       |      |  |   | 6,064     |   |  |      | 5,127   |   |  |   | 2,717   |  
|                                                                                                           |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Income from continuing operations before income taxes, minority interests, and discontinued operations     |  |                                          | 178,687   |   |      |   | 134,191   |      |  |   | 122,666   |   |  |      | 85,312  |   |  |   | 64,569  |  
|Provision for income taxes                                                                                 |  |                                          | (41,580   | ) |      |   | (38,512   | )    |  |   | (38,827   | ) |  |      | (26,879 | ) |  |   | (20,376 | )
|                                                                                                           |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Income from continuing operations before minority interests, equity investment and discontinued operations |  |                                          | 137,107   |   |      |   | 95,679    |      |  |   | 83,839    |   |  |      | 58,433  |   |  |   | 44,193  |  
|Income from equity investments                                                                             |  |                                          |          |   |      |   | 3,327     |      |  |   |          |   |  |      |        |   |  |   |        |  
|Minority interests                                                                                         |  |                                          | (2,144    | ) |      |   | (13       | )    |  |   | (64       | ) |  |      | (168    | ) |  |   | (146    | )
|                                                                                                           |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Income from continuing operations                                                                          |  |                                          | 134,963   |   |      |   | 98,993    |      |  |   | 83,775    |   |  |      | 58,265  |   |  |   | 44,047  |  
|Discontinued operations (1)                                                                                |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Loss from discontinued operations, net                                                                     |  |                                          |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |   |  |      | (1,920  | ) |  |   | (2,250  | )
|                                                                                                           |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Net income                                                                                                 |  | $                                        | 134,963   |   |      | $ | 98,993    |      |  | $ | 83,775    |   |  | $    | 56,345  |   |  | $ | 41,797  |  
|                                                                                                           |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Income from continuing operations per share:                                                               |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Basic (Class A and Class B common stock)                                                                   |  | $                                        | 2.14      |   |      | $ | 1.60      |      |  | $ | 1.41      |   |  | $    | 1.03    |   |  | $ | 0.80    |  
|                                                                                                           |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Diluted (Class A and Class B common stock)                                                                 |  | $                                        | 2.11      |   |      | $ | 1.57      |      |  | $ | 1.39      |   |  | $    | 1.03    |   |  | $ | 0.79    |  
|                                                                                                           |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Net income per share:                                                                                      |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Basic (Class A and Class B common stock)                                                                   |  | $                                        | 2.14      |   |      | $ | 1.60      |      |  | $ | 1.41      |   |  | $    | 1.00    |   |  | $ | 0.76    |  
|                                                                                                           |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Diluted (Class A and Class B common stock)                                                                 |  | $                                        | 2.11      |   |      | $ | 1.57      |      |  | $ | 1.39      |   |  | $    | 0.99    |   |  | $ | 0.75    |  
|                                                                                                           |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Balance Sheet Data (as of period end):                                                                     |  |                                          |           |   |      |   |           |      |  |   |           |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Cash and cash equivalents                                                                                  |  | $                                        | 124,201   |   |      | $ | 31,040    |      |  | $ | 148,484   |   |  | $    | 180,034 |   |  | $ | 132,365 |  
|Total assets                                                                                               |  |                                          | 1,675,588 |   |      |   | 1,436,180 |      |  |   | 1,323,807 |   |  |      | 944,301 |   |  |   | 807,156 |  
|Total long-term debt and capital leases                                                                    |  |                                          | 141       |   |      |   |          |      |  |   | 37        |   |  |      | 74      |   |  |   | 262     |  
|Total stockholders equity                                                                                 |  |                                          | 1,013,678 |   |      |   | 801,055   |      |  |   | 840,908   |   |  |      | 565,191 |   |  |   | 477,180 |  



|(1) | Includes stock-based compensation expense as follows:
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|                                       |  |                          |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |      
|-------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------ | ------ | ---- | - | ------ |  | ---- | ------ | ---- | - | ------ |  | - | -----
|                                       |  | Years Ended November 30,
|                                       |  | 2009                     |        | 2008 |   | 2007   |  | 2006 |        | 2005
|                                       |  | (In thousands)          
|Cost of revenue                        |  | $                        | 2,564  |      | $ | 1,361  |  | $    | 1,142  |      | $ | 2,882  |  | $ | 551  
|Selling, general and administrative    |  |                          | 54,548 |      |   | 38,611 |  |      | 29,299 |      |   | 18,820 |  |   | 4,721
|Discontinued operations                |  |                          |       |      |   |       |  |      |       |      |   | 254    |  |   |     
|                                       |  |                          |        |      |   |        |  |      |        |      |   |        |  |   |      
|Total stock-based compensation expense |  | $                        | 57,112 |      | $ | 39,972 |  | $    | 30,441 |      | $ | 21,956 |  | $ | 5,272
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|Item 7. | Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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Some of the information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this Form 10-K, including, without
limitation, certain statements under this Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, may constitute forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those indicated in these statements as a result of certain factors as more fully discussed under the headings Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors.

The following discussion of our financial condition and operating results should be read in conjunction with
Selected Financial Data and our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in this Form 10-K.

Executive Summary

Corporate Strategy

IHS is the leading source of critical information and insight in pivotal areas that shape todays global business landscape: Energy,
Product Lifecycle, Security, and Environment, all supported by extensive expert analysis and Macroeconomic Forecasting. Businesses and governments rely on the comprehensive information and expert analysis of IHS to make high-impact decisions and
develop strategies with speed and confidence. IHS employs about 4,100 colleagues in 28 countries.

Our vision is to be the
Source for Critical Information and Insight that powers growth and value for our customers. We intend to be the source that customers trust, rely upon and come to first when they need to better understand the present and anticipate the future.

Our strategy is designed to allocate the companys resources in the most optimal manner to achieve our four externally
benchmarked corporate objectives. See Business  Corporate Objectives. Our strategy has several key elements:



| |  |  | an unrelenting focus on Customers First, which drives our actions, decisions and investments;
| | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | offering our customers a uniquely broad scope of proprietary information and analysis that is critical to addressing their evolving business challenges
and managing their workflows;
| | - |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | enhancing our offerings through organic development, focused partnerships and acquisitions that reinforce and strengthen the uniqueness, scale and
scope of what we do; and
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| |  |  | investing in our people and supporting them with systems and processes to continuously expand our potential.
| | - |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Organization

To best serve our customers and be as close to them as possible, we are organized by geographies. We also prepare our financial reports and analyze our business according to our geographic organization. Our three reportable geographic
segments are: Americas, which includes the United States, Canada, and Latin America; EMEA, which includes Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India; and APAC, or Asia Pacific.

This integrated global organization makes it easier for our customers to do business with us by providing a cohesive, consistent, and
effective sales-and-marketing approach in each geography. By structuring our business around customers and the regions in which they reside, we are better able to serve the unique needs of our customers in their local markets and globally. A
regional structure provides a solid foundation for profitable growth as it provides an efficient method of bringing new products and services to customers, and supports growth in existing accounts and with new customers and markets.



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IHS has continued to build a sustainable advantage in target markets by employing a strategy
that aligns our Critical Information into four pivotal areas that impact todays global businesses: Energy, Product Lifecycle, Security, and Environment, all supported by extensive expert analysis and Macroeconomic Forecasting.

Our domains represent significant opportunities globally, and address customer needs in virtually every industry, in all regions. We focus
on these domains because we believe they are where we have the best and most significant market opportunities to be the Source for Critical Information and Insight for our customers.

These domains are often inter-related and inter-linked. The intersections between them represent areas of critical interest for our
customers and further market opportunities for IHS where we can capitalize on our deep and vast information capabilities and expertise.

Business Combinations

On March 3, 2008, we acquired Prime
Publications Limited (Prime), which owned a 50% interest in the Lloyds Register-Fairplay Limited (Fairplay) joint venture, a leading source of global maritime information. Fairplay is the pre-eminent brand name in the maritime information
industry and the only organization that provides comprehensive details of the current world merchant fleet (tankers, cargo, carrier and passenger ships) and a complete range of products and services to assist the worlds maritime community. The
investment in Fairplay was the primary asset of Prime. IHS accounted for the joint venture under the equity method of accounting from March 2008 through November 30, 2008. As of December 1, 2008, we obtained an additional 0.1%
ownership interest and a majority position on the ventures governing board giving us a 50.1% controlling interest in the joint venture and accordingly began consolidating Fairplay within our results. On June 17, 2009, we acquired the
remaining 49.9% of Fairplay from Lloyds Register giving us 100% ownership of Fairplay. The remaining 49.9% interest was acquired for approximately $64 million.

On September 2, 2009, we acquired LogTech Canada Ltd. (LogTech), a leader in the development of pragmatic and cost-effective software solutions, services and digital log data for the petroleum
industry. We acquired LogTech for approximately $3 million, net of cash acquired.

On September 17, 2009, we acquired
Environmental Support Solutions, Inc. (ESS), a leading provider of environmental, health and safety and crisis management software for enterprise sustainability, for approximately $59 million, net of cash acquired.

Our consolidated financial statements include the results of operations and cash flows for these business combinations beginning on their
respective dates of acquisition. As noted above, we began consolidating Fairplay on December 1, 2008 upon our gaining control over the venture. Prior thereto, our investment in Fairplay was accounted for under the equity method.

Segments

We generate just under half of our total revenue from outside the United States. Our primary operations outside the United States are in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Switzerland.

The table below presents the split of revenue by each of our three segments:



|                 |  |      |   |  |      |   |  |      |  
|---------------- |  | ---- | - |  | ---- | - |  | ---- | -
|                 |  | 2009 |   |  | 2008 |   |  | 2007 |  
|Americas revenue |  | 62   | % |  | 62   | % |  | 62   | %
|EMEA revenue     |  | 30   | % |  | 31   | % |  | 31   | %
|APAC revenue     |  | 8    | % |  | 7    | % |  | 7    | %
|                 |  |      |   |  |      |   |  |      |  
|Total revenue    |  | 100  | % |  | 100  | % |  | 100  | %
|                 |  |      |   |  |      |   |  |      |  

Each of our segments results from operations is primarily driven by organic
growth and acquisitions. Foreign currency also impacts the results of each of the segments. Organic growth is driven by several factors, including our ability to further penetrate existing customers, generate new customers, raise prices, introduce
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Pricing information

Many of our sales are customized on an annual basis to meet individual customer needs and are based on a number of factors, including the
number of customer locations, the number of simultaneous users and the breadth of the content to be included in the offering. In light of the customized nature of many of these offerings, pricing terms are also customized. In addition, the
difficulty in contrasting price changes from period to period is exacerbated by the fact that the offering sets purchased by customers are often not constant between periods. As a result, we are not able to precisely differentiate between pricing
and volume impacts on changes in revenue from these products from period to period.

Global Operations

We serve some of the worlds largest corporations across multiple industries, as well as governments and other organizations, in more
than 100 countries. We generated $458 million of revenue outside the United States during the year ended November 30, 2009, which represented slightly less than half of our total revenue. Our primary operations outside the United States are in
the United Kingdom, Canada, and Switzerland.

Our international operations expose us to foreign-currency risk. Fluctuations in
foreign currency rates increased (decreased) our revenues by $(36.8) million, $(2.6) million and $15.0 million for the years ended November 30, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively, and increased (decreased) our operating income by
$(5.1) million, $1.0 million and $4.4 million for the same respective periods. See Qualitative and Quantitative Disclosures About Market RiskForeign Currency Risk.

Restructuring Charges

During the third quarter of 2008, we executed a restructuring initiative that primarily affected the Americas and EMEA segments. Restructuring and related expenses consist of direct and incremental costs
associated with restructuring and related activities, including severance, outplacement, and other employee related benefits; facility closure including non-cash expenses related to fixed asset and leasehold improvement write-offs; and other
expenses include legal expenses associated with employee terminations that were incurred during the quarter.

This initiative
was undertaken to further the realignment of our resources around our regional organizational structure and to further transform our knowledge-based data accumulation operations to ensure continuous improvement in the quality of the Critical
Information and Insight we deliver to our customers. During the course of the restructuring, we reduced our aggregate workforce by approximately 7%, we eliminated certain contractor positions and we closed certain offices.

Related to the acquisition of Global Insight in October 2008, we established a plan to streamline the operations of Global Insight and
eliminate redundancies as a result of this acquisition. This plan included certain reductions in personnel as well as certain facility consolidations related to this acquisition. This restructuring plan was recorded in the original preliminary
purchase accounting in 2008 and subsequently finalized in 2009.

Other Items

Cost of operating our business. We incur our cost of revenue primarily to acquire, manage, and deliver our Critical Information and
Insight. These costs include personnel, information technology, and occupancy costs related to these activities, as well as royalty payments to third-party information providers. Royalty payments generally vary based on subscription sales from
certain product offerings. Our cost of revenue for our services offerings is primarily comprised of personnel costs. Our selling, general, and administrative expenses primarily include wages and other personnel costs, commissions, corporate
occupancy costs, and marketing costs.

A large portion of our operating expenses are not directly variable with volume sold,
particularly in our subscription-based business. Within certain product offerings, a portion of our revenue is driven from the sale of specifications and standards, a portion of the content for which is obtained from SDOs.

Stock-based compensation expense. We have issued equity-based compensatory awards, almost exclusively restricted stock units, for
which we will record the cost over their vesting period. The typical vesting period is three years, and none of the grants exceed five years. As of November 30, 2009, we had approximately 2.7 million stock-based awards outstanding, of
which approximately 1.2 million were performance-based awards, assuming target payout of the performance awards. For our highest-ranking employees, 100 percent of their annual grants are typically performance-based awards. The vesting of
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As of November 30, 2009, we have estimated that the target number of shares issuable
for the 2010 and 2011 fiscal years will vest. Using these estimates in addition to estimated 2010 grants, projected share-based compensation expense for 2010 is expected to be around $65 million. Grant date fair values that differ from our
projections or a change in the actual performance levels achieved by the Company could result in a change in the actual amount of stock based compensation that we recognize. For example, in the event we do not achieve the projected performance
metrics for 2010 or 2011, our stock based compensation expense would decrease. Conversely, if we exceed the projected performance metrics, our stock-based compensation would increase.

Pension and post-retirement benefits. We have one defined-benefit plan that covers the majority of our employees in the U.S. (US
RIP), and another defined benefit plan that covers a limited number of our employees in the U.K. (UK RIP). These plans were underfunded as of November 30, 2009. We also have postretirement plans in the U.S. that provide medical benefits for
certain retirees and eligible dependents. Lastly, we have an unfunded Supplemental Income Plan (SIP), which is a non-qualified pension plan, for certain company personnel.

Net periodic pension and post-retirement benefits are historically comprised of U.S. pension income, U.K. pension expense, U.S.
post-retirement benefit income and SIP expense shown on a net basis. Net periodic pension and post-retirement benefits income were comprised of the following:



|                                                         |  |                           |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|-------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------- | ------ | - | ---- | - | ------ | ---- |  | - | ------ | -
|                                                         |  | Years Ending November 30, |       
|                                                         |  | 2009                      |        |   | 2008 |   |        | 2007 | 
|                                                         |  | (In thousands)            |       
|Net pension (income) expense                             |  | $                         | (450   | ) |      | $ | (1,681 | )    |  | $ | 1,281  |  
|Post-retirement benefit income                           |  |                           | (2,234 | ) |      |   | (2,023 | )    |  |   | (1,949 | )
|                                                         |  |                           |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|Net periodic pension and post-retirement benefits income |  | $                         | (2,684 | ) |      | $ | (3,704 | )    |  | $ | (668   | )
|                                                         |  |                           |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  

We expect pension expense of between $3 to $5 million in fiscal year 2010.

Provision for income taxes. Our effective tax rate was 23.3%, 28.7%, and 31.7% in the years ended November 30,
2009, 2008, and 2007, respectively. We expect our fiscal year 2010 effective tax rate to be slightly higher than the fiscal year 2009 rate. See our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP. To apply GAAP, we must make significant estimates that affect
our reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. In many instances, we could reasonably have used different accounting estimates. In addition, changes in the accounting
estimates are reasonably likely to occur from period to period. Accordingly, actual results could differ significantly from our estimates. To the extent that there are material differences between these estimates and actual results, our financial
condition or results of operations will be affected. We base our estimates on historical experience and other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances and we evaluate these estimates on an ongoing basis. We refer to
accounting estimates of this type as critical accounting policies and estimates, which are discussed further below.

Revenue Recognition

The majority of our offerings are provided under agreements containing standard terms and
conditions. In our non-standard agreements, we make judgments to determine how to appropriately account for them. These judgments generally involve assessments regarding matters such as:



| |  |  | whether sufficient legally binding terms and conditions exist;
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| |  |  | whether customer acceptance has been achieved; and
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| |  |  | progress on certain consulting projects where revenue is recognized on a proportional performance basis.
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We evaluate the binding nature of the terms and conditions of our agreements, as well as whether customer acceptance has been achieved, and
evaluate progress on deliverables based on managements judgments, and as appropriate, advice from legal counsel.

Historically, our judgments have been accurate because we have not experienced significant disputes with our customers regarding the timing and acceptance of delivered products and services. However, our actual experience in future periods
with respect to binding terms and conditions and customer acceptance may differ from our historical experience.

Business
Combinations

We allocate the total cost of an acquisition to the underlying net assets based on their respective estimated
fair values. As part of this allocation process, we identify and attribute values and estimated lives to the intangible assets acquired. These determinations involve significant estimates and assumptions regarding multiple, highly subjective
variables, including those with respect to future cash flows, discount rates, asset lives, and the use of different valuation models and therefore require considerable judgment. Our estimates and assumptions may be based, in part, on the
availability of listed market prices or other transparent market data. These determinations will affect the amount of amortization expense recognized in future periods. We base our fair value estimates on assumptions we believe to be reasonable but
are inherently uncertain. Depending on the size of the purchase price of a particular acquisition as well as the mix of intangible assets acquired, our financial results could be materially impacted by the application of a different set of
assumptions and estimates.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

We review the carrying values of identifiable intangible assets with indefinite lives and goodwill at least annually to assess impairment
because these assets are not amortized. Additionally, we review the carrying value of any intangible asset or goodwill whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that its carrying amount may not be recoverable. Examples of such events or
changes in circumstances, many of which are subjective in nature, include significant negative industry or economic trends, significant changes in the manner of our use of the acquired assets or our strategy, a significant decrease in the market
value of the asset, and a significant change in legal factors or in the business climate that could affect the value of the asset. We assess impairment by comparing the fair value of an identifiable indefinite-lived intangible asset or goodwill with
its carrying value. The determination of fair value involves significant management judgment as described further below. Impairments are expensed when incurred. Specifically, we test for impairment as follows:

Intangible assets subject to amortization

An intangible asset that is subject to amortization is reviewed when impairment indicators are present. We compare the expected undiscounted future operating cash flows associated with finite-lived assets
to their respective carrying values to determine if the asset is fully recoverable. If the expected future operating cash flows are not sufficient to recover the carrying value, we estimate the fair value of the asset. Impairment is recognized when
the carrying amount of the asset is not recoverable and is measured as the amount by which the carrying value exceeds fair value. The projected cash flows require several assumptions related to, among other things, relevant market factors, revenue
growth, if any, and operating margins. We also assess the economic life of the assets and amortize the assets over these periods. While we believe our assumptions are reasonable, changes in these assumptions may have a material impact on our
financial results.

Indefinite-lived intangible assets

We perform an impairment test for indefinite-lived intangible assets by comparing the assets fair value to its carrying value on at
least an annual basis. An impairment charge is recognized if the assets estimated fair value is less than its carrying value.

We estimate the fair value based on projected discounted future cash flows, which, in turn, are based on our views of uncertain variables such as growth rates, anticipated future economic conditions and the appropriate discount rates
relative to risk and estimates of residual values. The use of different estimates or assumptions within our discounted cash flow model when determining the fair value of our indefinite-lived intangible assets or using a methodology other than a
discounted cash flow model could result in different values for our indefinite-lived intangible assets and could result in an impairment charge.



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Goodwill

We test goodwill for impairment on a reporting unit level on at least an annual basis. A reporting unit is a group of businesses
(i) for which discrete financial information is available and (ii) that have similar economic characteristics. We test goodwill for impairment using the following two-step approach:



| |  |  | We first determine the fair value of each reporting unit. If the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value, this is an indicator
that the goodwill assigned to that reporting unit might be impaired, which requires performance of the second step. We determine the fair value of our reporting units based on projected future discounted cash flows, which, in turn, are based on our
views of uncertain variables such as growth rates, anticipated future economic conditions and the appropriate discount rates relative to risk and estimates of residual values.
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| |  |  | If necessary, in the second step, we allocate the fair value of the reporting unit to the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit as if it had
just been acquired in a business combination and as if the purchase price was equivalent to the fair value of the reporting unit. The excess of the fair value of the reporting unit over the amounts assigned to its assets and liabilities is referred
to as the implied fair value of goodwill. We then compare that implied fair value of the reporting units goodwill to the carrying value of that goodwill. If the implied fair value is less than the carrying value we recognize an impairment loss
for the excess.
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Using different estimates or assumptions within our discounted cash flow model when
determining the fair value of our reporting units or using a methodology other than a discounted cash flow model could result in different values for reporting units and could result in an impairment charge.

Income Taxes

Significant judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes, current tax assets and liabilities, deferred tax assets and liabilities, our future taxable income for purposes of assessing our ability to realize future
benefit from our deferred tax assets and recorded reserves related to uncertain tax positions. A valuation allowance is established to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount that is considered more likely than not to be realized through the
generation of future taxable income and other tax planning opportunities. To the extent that a determination is made to establish or adjust a valuation allowance, the expense or benefit is recorded in the period in which the determination is made.

If actual results differ from estimates we have used, or if we adjust these estimates in future periods, our operating
results and financial position could be materially affected.

Pension and Postretirement Benefits

We have defined benefit plans that cover the majority of our employees in the U.S. and a limited number of employees in the U.K. We also have
postretirement plans in the U.S. that provide medical benefits for certain retirees and eligible dependents. The applicable accounting guidelines require that management make certain assumptions relating to the long-term rate of return on plan
assets, discount rates used to measure future obligations and expenses, salary increases, inflation, health-care-cost-trend rates and other assumptions. We believe that the accounting estimates related to our pension and postretirement plans are
critical accounting estimates because they are highly susceptible to change from period to period based on market conditions.

Key assumptions in measuring the plan obligations include the discount rate, the rate of future salary increases, the long-term expected return on plan assets, and various demographic assumptions, as follows:



| |  |  | The methodology used to determine the discount rate discounts the projected plan cash flows to the measurement date using the spot rates provided in
the Citigroup Pension Discount Curve. A single discount rate is then computed so that the present value of the benefit cash flows using this single rate equals the present value computed using the Citigroup Pension Discount Curve. A similar exercise
is performed using high-yield bonds. These values are compared to corporate bond indices to determine a discount rate.
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| |  |  | Asset returns are based upon the anticipated average rate of earnings expected on invested funds of the plan over the long-term.
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| |  |  | Salary increase assumptions are based upon historical experience and anticipated future management actions.
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| |  |  | Demographic assumptions, such as turnover, retirement and disability, are based upon historical experience and are monitored on a continuing basis to
determine if adjustments to these assumptions are warranted in order to better reflect anticipated future experience.
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| |  |  | The IHS subsidy is capped at different rates per month depending on individual retirees Medicare eligibility.
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Depending on the assumptions and estimates used, our net periodic pension and postretirement benefit income could vary within a range of
outcomes and have a material impact on our financial results.

Discount rates and expected rates of return on plan assets are
selected at the end of a given fiscal year and impact expense in the subsequent year. A fifty-basis-point decrease in certain assumptions made at the beginning of 2009 would have had the following effects on 2009 pension expense:



|                                                     |  |                                           |        |   |                                           |   |        |  
|---------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------------- | ------ | - | ----------------------------------------- | - | ------ | -
|                                                     |  | Impact to Pension ResultsU.S. Plan       |       
|Change in Assumption                                 |  | Increase/(Decrease) on2009 Pre-TaxExpense |        |   | Increase/(Decrease) onNovember 30,2009PBO |  
|                                                     |  | (In thousands)                            |       
|50-basis-point decrease in discount rate             |  | $                                         | 270    |   |                                           | $ | 9,957  |  
|50-basis-point increase in discount rate             |  | $                                         | 16     |   |                                           | $ | (9,133 | )
|50-basis-point decrease in expected return on assets |  | $                                         | 1,267  |   |                                           | $ |       |  
|50-basis-point increase in expected return on assets |  | $                                         | (1,267 | ) |                                           | $ |       |  



|                                                     |  |                                           |      |   |                                           |   |        |  
|---------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------------- | ---- | - | ----------------------------------------- | - | ------ | -
|                                                     |  | Impact to Pension ResultsU.K. Plan       |     
|Change in Assumption                                 |  | Increase/(Decrease) on2009 Pre-TaxExpense |      |   | Increase/(Decrease) onNovember 30,2009PBO |  
|                                                     |  | (In thousands)                            |     
|50-basis-point decrease in discount rate             |  | £                                         | 183  |   |                                           | £ | 2,844  |  
|50-basis-point increase in discount rate             |  | £                                         | (159 | ) |                                           | £ | (2,491 | )
|50-basis-point decrease in expected return on assets |  | £                                         | 80   |   |                                           | £ |       |  
|50-basis-point increase in expected return on assets |  | £                                         | (80  | ) |                                           | £ |       |  

Stock-Based Compensation

We have one share-based compensation plan, the Amended and Restated IHS Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the 2004 Long-Term
Incentive Plan), that provides for the grant of non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units and performance shares, cash-based awards, other
stock-based awards, and covered employee annual incentive awards. Our Amended and Restated IHS Inc. 2004 Directors Stock Plan, a sub-plan under our 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan, provides for the grant of restricted stock and restricted stock
units to non-employee directors as defined in that plan.

As of November 30, 2009, we had outstanding stock-based awards
for 2.7 million shares of our restricted stock, of which approximately 1.2 million shares were subject to performance-based awards, assuming target payout of the performance awards.

As of November 30, 2009, we have estimated that the target number of shares issuable for the 2010 and 2011 fiscal years will vest.
Using these estimates in addition to estimated 2010 grants, projected share-based compensation expense for 2010 is expected to be around $65 million. Grant date fair values that differ from our projections or a change in the actual performance
levels achieved by the Company could result in a change in the actual amount of stock based compensation that we recognize. For example, in the event we do not achieve the projected performance metrics for 2010, 2011, or 2012, our stock based
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We believe that the assumptions related to our performance-based stock awards are critical
because they are susceptible to change from period to period based on market and other uncertain conditions beyond our control.

We estimate the fair value of our stock options using the Black-Scholes pricing model. This valuation model requires management to make assumptions and to apply judgment to determine the fair value of our awards. These assumptions and
judgments include estimating:



| |  |  | the future volatility of our stock price,
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| |  |  | expected dividend yield,
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| |  |  | future employee turnover rates, and
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| |  |  | future employee stock option exercise behaviors.
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Given that we had outstanding options exercisable for 0.2 million shares of common stock as of November 30, 2009, changes in these assumptions were not likely to materially affect our financial
results. However, if the number of options granted materially increases in the future, the likelihood that changes in our valuation assumptions could materially impact our financial results also increases.



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Results of Operations

Set forth below are our results of operations expressed as a percentage of revenue.



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|                                                                             |  | Years EndedNovember 30, |  
|                                                                             |  | 2009                    |   |  | 2008 |   |  | 2007 |  
|Revenue:                                                                     |  |                         |   |  |      |   |  |      |  
|Products                                                                     |  | 87                      | % |  | 86   | % |  | 86   | %
|Services                                                                     |  | 13                      |   |  | 14   |   |  | 14   |  
|                                                                             |  |                         |   |  |      |   |  |      |  
|Total revenue                                                                |  | 100                     |   |  | 100  |   |  | 100  |  
|Operating expenses:                                                          |  |                         |   |  |      |   |  |      |  
|Cost of revenue                                                              |  | 42                      |   |  | 44   |   |  | 44   |  
|Selling, general and administrative                                          |  | 34                      |   |  | 35   |   |  | 36   |  
|Depreciation and amortization                                                |  | 5                       |   |  | 5    |   |  | 4    |  
|Restructuring and offering charges                                           |  |                        |   |  | 1    |   |  |     |  
|Gain on sales of assets, net                                                 |  |                        |   |  |     |   |  |     |  
|Net periodic pension and post-retirement benefits                            |  |                        |   |  |     |   |  |     |  
|Other expense, net                                                           |  |                        |   |  | (1   | ) |  | (1   | )
|                                                                             |  |                         |   |  |      |   |  |      |  
|Total operating expenses                                                     |  | 81                      |   |  | 84   |   |  | 83   |  
|                                                                             |  |                         |   |  |      |   |  |      |  
|Operating income                                                             |  | 19                      |   |  | 16   |   |  | 17   |  
|Interest income                                                              |  |                        |   |  |     |   |  | 1    |  
|Interest expense                                                             |  | (1                      | ) |  |     |   |  |     |  
|                                                                             |  |                         |   |  |      |   |  |      |  
|Non-operating income, net                                                    |  | (1                      | ) |  |     |   |  | 1    |  
|                                                                             |  |                         |   |  |      |   |  |      |  
|Income from continuing operations before income taxes and minority interests |  | 18                      |   |  | 16   |   |  | 18   |  
|Provision for income taxes                                                   |  | (4                      | ) |  | (4   | ) |  | (6   | )
|                                                                             |  |                         |   |  |      |   |  |      |  
|Income from continuing operations before minority interests                  |  | 14                      |   |  | 12   |   |  | 12   |  
|Minority interests                                                           |  |                        |   |  |     |   |  |     |  
|Income from equity-method investment                                         |  |                        |   |  |     |   |  |     |  
|                                                                             |  |                         |   |  |      |   |  |      |  
|Net income                                                                   |  | 14                      | % |  | 12   | % |  | 12   | %
|                                                                             |  |                         |   |  |      |   |  |      |  

Set forth below is our revenue and operating income for our segments for the years
ended November 30, 2009, 2008 and 2007. Certain shared-services functions are not allocated to our operating segments. Unallocated amounts include corporate-level restructuring and offering charges, stock-based compensation expense, net
periodic pension and post-retirement benefits income, corporate-level impairments, and gains on sales of corporate assets.

Segment Information



|                           |  |                |         |      |   |         |  |               |        |                |   |         |                   |   |         |   |  |   |        
|-------------------------- |  | -------------- | ------- | ---- | - | ------- |  | ------------- | ------ | -------------- | - | ------- | ----------------- | - | ------- | - |  | - | -------
|                           |  | Americas       |         | EMEA |   | APAC    |  | SegmentTotals |        | SharedServices |   |         | ConsolidatedTotal
|                           |  | (In thousands)
|2009                       |  |                |         |      |   |         |  |               |        |                |   |         |                   |   |         |   |  |   |        
|Revenue                    |  | $              | 602,641 |      | $ | 287,855 |  | $             | 76,804 |                | $ | 967,300 |                   | $ |        |   |  | $ | 967,300
|Operating income (expense) |  |                | 191,754 |      |   | 60,506  |  |               | 24,650 |                |   | 276,910 |                   |   | (97,094 | ) |  |   | 179,816
|                           |  |                |         |      |   |        
|2008                       |  |                |         |      |   |         |  |               |        |                |   |         |                   |   |         |   |  |   |        
|Revenue                    |  | $              | 520,925 |      | $ | 263,457 |  | $             | 59,648 |                | $ | 844,030 |                   | $ |        |   |  | $ | 844,030
|Operating income (expense) |  |                | 160,757 |      |   | 44,258  |  |               | 18,098 |                |   | 223,113 |                   |   | (89,602 | ) |  |   | 133,511
|                           |  |                |         |      |   |        
|2007                       |  |                |         |      |   |         |  |               |        |                |   |         |                   |   |         |   |  |   |        
|Revenue                    |  | $              | 428,025 |      | $ | 210,299 |  | $             | 50,068 |                | $ | 688,392 |                   | $ |        |   |  | $ | 688,392
|Operating income (expense) |  |                | 133,785 |      |   | 35,200  |  |               | 12,582 |                |   | 181,567 |                   |   | (64,965 | ) |  |   | 116,602



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Revenue by transaction type was as follows:



|                     |  |                          |         |      |   |         |  |   |        
|-------------------- |  | ------------------------ | ------- | ---- | - | ------- |  | - | -------
|                     |  | Years Ended November 30,
|                     |  | 2009                     |         | 2008 |   | 2007   
|                     |  | (In thousands)          
|Subscription revenue |  | $                        | 749,123 |      | $ | 627,164 |  | $ | 506,828
|Consulting revenue   |  |                          | 60,496  |      |   | 56,197  |  |   | 52,497 
|Transaction revenue  |  |                          | 58,980  |      |   | 69,614  |  |   | 71,644 
|Other revenue        |  |                          | 98,701  |      |   | 91,055  |  |   | 57,423 
|                     |  |                          |         |      |   |         |  |   |        
|Total revenue        |  | $                        | 967,300 |      | $ | 844,030 |  | $ | 688,392
|                     |  |                          |         |      |   |         |  |   |        

Revenue by information domain was as follows:



|                                                   |  |                          |         |      |   |         |  |   |        
|-------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------ | ------- | ---- | - | ------- |  | - | -------
|                                                   |  | Years Ended November 30,
|                                                   |  | 2009                     |         | 2008 |   | 2007   
|                                                   |  | (In thousands)          
|Energy revenue                                     |  | $                        | 448,798 |      | $ | 442,919 |  | $ | 373,519
|Product Lifecycle revenue                          |  |                          | 298,968 |      |   | 290,637 |  |   | 278,273
|Security revenue                                   |  |                          | 105,566 |      |   | 75,192  |  |   | 35,314 
|Environment revenue                                |  |                          | 33,195  |      |   | 22,456  |  |   | 1,286  
|Macroeconomic Forecasting and Intersection revenue |  |                          | 80,773  |      |   | 12,826  |  |   |       
|                                                   |  |                          |         |      |   |         |  |   |        
|Total revenue                                      |  | $                        | 967,300 |      | $ | 844,030 |  | $ | 688,392
|                                                   |  |                          |         |      |   |         |  |   |        

Year Ended November 30, 2009 Compared to the Year Ended November 30,
2008

Revenue. Revenue was $967 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, an increase of 15% over the
prior year. This increase was driven by acquisitions which contributed 16% and organic growth which contributed 3%. Foreign currency rates had an adverse impact of 4%. Subscription revenue was $749 million for the year ended November 30, 2009,
an increase of 19% over the prior year, and represented 77% of our total revenue. Organically, it grew 9% due in part to higher sales of Energy and Product Lifecycle Information, among other things. Consulting revenue was $60 million, an increase of
8% over 2008. On an organic basis, consulting revenue was down 25% due to softness in our Energy domain, which houses most of our consulting business. Transaction revenue was $59 million, a decrease of 15% from the prior year. On an organic basis,
transaction revenue was down 18% due to slowing in the Product Lifecycle and Energy single document businesses. The organic decreases in consulting and transaction revenues were due to the fact that they were more greatly impacted by the economic
environment than was our subscription business. Other revenue was $99 million in 2009, an increase of 8% over 2008. Other revenue was flat organically as higher sales of Product Lifecycle parts products were offset by lower Energy software sales.

Revenue for our Americas segment was $603 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, an increase of 16% over the
prior year. This increase was driven by acquisitions, which added 14%, while organic growth was 3%. Foreign currency rates held revenue down by approximately 2%. Our subscription-based revenue accounted for 77% of Americas revenue in 2009 and grew
organically by 6%. This was offset by our consulting and transaction revenue which were down organically by 15% and 19%, respectively. Revenue from other revenue types increased 4% organically due to stronger software sales and greater parts
services.

Revenue for our EMEA segment was $288 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, an increase of 9%
over the prior year. This increase was driven primarily by acquisitions which contributed 18% and organic revenue growth of 1%. Foreign currency rates held revenue down by approximately 10%. Our subscription-based revenue accounted for 78% of EMEA
revenue in 2009 and increased by 12% organically. This was mostly offset by our non-subscription revenue types (consulting, transaction and other revenue), which declined year over year. Consulting and transaction revenue were down organically by
39% and 21%, respectively, while other revenue decreased by 14% organically due to lower software sales.

Revenue for our APAC
segment was $77 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, an increase of 29% over the prior year. This increase was driven by acquisitions which contributed 20% and organic growth which contributed 13%. Foreign currency movements held
revenue down by 4%. The organic increase was due primarily to growth in subscription revenue which represents 81% of revenue for the APAC region and grew organically by 14%.



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Revenue for the Energy domain was $449 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, an
increase of 1% over the prior year. This growth was primarily due to an increase in the subscription-based business which was largely offset by the impact of unfavorable foreign currency rates and a decrease in consulting revenue. Product Lifecycle
domain revenue was $299 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, an increase of 3% over the prior year. This increase was primarily due to an increase in the subscription-based business as well as acquisitions which were partially offset
by the impact of unfavorable foreign currency rates. Revenue for the Security domain was $106 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, an increase of 40% over the year ended November 30, 2008. This increase was primarily the
result of consolidating Fairplay as of December 1, 2008, although higher subscription based revenue also contributed to the Security growth. Environment domain revenue was $33 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, an increase of 48%,
primarily the result of acquisitions. Macroeconomic Forecasting and Intersection revenue, which includes offerings that intersect multiple domains, was $81 million in 2009, and was primarily attributable to the Global Insight acquisition in
October 2008. Each of our domains experienced positive organic growth in 2009.

Cost of Revenue. Cost of revenue was
$410 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, an increase of 10%. Total sales margins, which we define as revenue net of costs of sales, as a percentage of revenue, increased to 57.6% from 55.8%. Sales margins within our Americas
segment increased to 58.9% from 58.2% while sales margins within our EMEA segment increased to 55.2% from 52.1%. Lastly, sales margins within our APAC segment increased to 62.7% from 58.9%. The improvement in our sales margins for each of the three
regions and for the company overall was driven by sales mix as we reported higher rates of rates of growth in our higher margin subscription products, and to cost reductions resulting from the third quarter 2008 restructuring. In general, our
subscription-based revenue generates higher contribution margins as it has a relatively fixed cost structure whereas consulting and transaction revenue have comparatively lower contribution margins due to the variable nature of the costs associated
with these revenue streams. We expect the rate of our margin improvement may moderate in 2010 as sales mix and currency rates may pressure margins and since we have now lapped the positive margin comparisons stemming from the third quarter of 2008
restructuring.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses
were $333 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, an increase of $37 million, or 13%. Stock-based compensation expense included in SG&A increased $16 million to $55 million. Acquisitions increased SG&A by
$44 million while foreign currency movements decreased SG&A by $12 million. Excluding stock-based compensation, SG&A decreased organically by $11 million and as a percentage of revenue to 28.7% in 2009 from 30.4% in 2008. This decrease
reflects our attention to cost control while investing in certain initiatives such as our quote-to-cash initiative.

Depreciation and Amortization Expenses. Depreciation and amortization expense was $49 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, an increase of 25% over the prior year. The increase was primarily due to addition of
depreciable and amortizable assets from acquisitions made within the last year as well as an increase in capital expenditures of $14 million over 2008.

Operating Income. Operating income was $180 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, an increase of 35%. As a percentage of revenue, operating income increased to 18.6% for the year ended
November 30, 2009 from 15.8% for the year ended November 30, 2008. Fiscal 2008 was however impacted by the recording of a $12 million restructuring charge. Without this charge, the operating income as a percentage of revenue for 2008 would
have been 17.3%.

Operating income for our Americas segment was $192 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, an
increase of 19%. As a percentage of revenue, Americas operating income increased to 31.8% from 30.9% in 2008, although 2008 did include a restructuring charge of $5.8 million. Without the restructuring charge, operating income as a percentage of
revenue would have been 32.0% in 2008.

Operating income for our EMEA segment was $61 million for the year ended
November 30, 2009, an increase of 37%. As a percentage of revenue, EMEA operating income increased to 21.0% for the year ended November 30, 2009 compared to 16.8% for the year ended November 30, 2008. The increase was primarily due to
higher sales margins in 2009 and the fact that 2008 included a $5.9 million restructuring charge. Without the restructuring charge, the operating income as a percentage of revenue would have been 19.1% in 2008.

Operating income for our APAC segment was $25 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, an increase of 36%. As a percentage of
revenue, APAC operating income improved to 32.1% for the year ended November 30, 2009 from 30.3% for the year ended November 30, 2008. This increase was due to the mix of products sold with higher growth of higher margin subscription-based
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Operating expenses for our shared services were $97 million for the year ended
November 30, 2009, an increase of 8%. As a percentage of revenue, operating expenses for our shared services was 10.0% for the year ended November 30, 2009 compared to 10.6% for the year ended November 30, 2008. The decrease was
primarily due to cost control during 2009, partially offset by an increase in stock-based compensation expense.

Provision
for Income Taxes. Our effective tax rate for the year ended November 30, 2009 was 23.3%, compared to 28.7% for the year ended November 30, 2008. The decrease reflects the full year impact of our internal legal entity reorganization
within EMEA that occurred in the third quarter of 2008.

Year Ended November 30, 2008 Compared to the Year Ended
November 30, 2007

Revenue. Revenue was $844 million for the year ended November 30, 2008, an
increase of 23% over the prior year. This increase was driven in part by acquisitions, which contributed 16%, and organic growth, which contributed 7%. The negative impact of foreign currency was less than 1%. Subscription revenue was $627 million
for the year ended November 30, 2008, an increase of 24% over the prior year, and represented 74% of our total revenue. Organically, it grew 11% due in part to higher sales of Energy subscription products. Consulting revenue was $56 million, an
increase of 7% over 2007. Organic consulting revenue was down 15%. Transaction revenue was $70 million, a decrease of 3% from the prior year. Organic transaction revenue was down 1%. The organic decreases in consulting and transaction revenues were
due to the fact that they are more greatly impacted by the economic environment. Other revenue was $91 million in 2008, an increase of 59% over 2007. Other revenue increased 14% organically due to increased sales of smaller product offerings within
this category.

Revenue for our Americas segment was $521 million for the year ended November 30, 2008, an increase
of 22% over the prior year. This increase was driven by acquisitions, which added 14%, while organic growth was 7% due to growth in certain subscription products. Foreign currency rates improved revenue by approximately 1%. Our subscription-based
revenue accounted for 76% of Americas revenue for 2008.

Revenue for our EMEA segment was $263 million for the year ended
November 30, 2008, an increase of 25% over the prior year. This increase was driven primarily by acquisitions, which contributed 20%, and organic revenue growth, which increased 7%. Foreign currency rates held revenue down by approximately 2%.
Our subscription-based revenue accounted for 70% of EMEA revenue in 2008.

Revenue for our APAC segment was $60 million
for the year ended November 30, 2008, an increase of 19% over the prior year. This increase was driven by acquisitions, which contributed 14%, and organic growth, which contributed 5%. The organic increase was due primarily to growth in our
specifications and standards offerings. Foreign currency rates had minimal impact on revenue.

Revenue for the Energy domain
was $443 million for the year ended November 30, 2008, an increase of 19% over the year ended November 30, 2007. Product Lifecycle domain revenue was $291 million for the year ended November 30, 2008, an increase of 4% over
the year ended November 30, 2007. These increases were primarily due to increases in subscription revenue. Revenue for the Security domain was $75 million for the year ended November 30, 2008, an increase of over 100% over the prior year.
This increase was primarily due to an increase in revenue from IHS Janes offerings which was acquired in June 2007. Environment domain revenue was $22 million for the year ended November 30, 2008 and relates exclusively to
acquisitions made since the fourth quarter of 2007. Macroeconomic Forecasting and Intersection revenue, which includes product lines that intersect multiple domains, was $13 million in 2008.

Cost of Revenue. Cost of revenue was $373 million for the year ended November 30, 2008, compared to $303 million
for the year ended November 30, 2007, an increase of 23%. In general, our subscription-based revenue generates higher contribution margins as it leverages a relatively fixed cost structure whereas consulting and transaction revenue have
comparatively lower contribution margins due to the variable costs associated with these revenue streams. Total sales margins decreased slightly to 55.8% from 56.0%. Sales margins within our Americas segment increased to 58.2% from 57.5% resulting
from increased sales in our higher margin subscription products which have a relatively fixed-cost base. Sales margins within our EMEA segment decreased to 52.1% from 53.8%, principally due to an increase in lower margin services. Sales margins
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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.SG&A expenses were
$296 million for the year ended November 30, 2008, an increase of 18%. Stock-based compensation expense included in SG&A increased $9 million to $39 million. Organic growth within SG&A was $8 million as we incurred costs
related to our quote-to-cash system implementation and other initiatives. Acquisitions also contributed $31 million of the increase. Foreign currency movements decreased SG&A by $2 million. As a percentage of revenue and excluding
stock-based compensation expense, SG&A was 30.4% for the year ended November 30, 2008, down from 32.0% for the year ended November 30, 2007.

Restructuring Charge. During the third quarter of 2008, we executed a restructuring initiative which primarily affected the Americas and EMEA segments. This initiative was undertaken to
further the realignment of our resources around our regional organizational structure and to further transform our knowledge-based data accumulation operations to ensure continuous improvement in the quality of the Critical Information and Insight
we deliver to our customers. During the course of the restructuring, we reduced our aggregate workforce by approximately 7%, we eliminated certain contractor positions and we closed certain offices. The restructuring charge of $12.5 million was
incurred in its entirety during the third quarter of 2008 and was comprised primarily of employee severance and termination benefits and lease termination costs. During the fourth quarter of 2008, $0.4 million of this restructuring charge was
reversed resulting in a net $12 million charge for the full year 2008. Approximately $5.8 million of the charge related to our Americas segment, $5.9 million pertained to our EMEA segment and $0.4 million related to corporate
costs.

Depreciation and Amortization Expenses. Depreciation and amortization expenses were $39 million for
the year ended November 30, 2008, compared to $25 million for the year ended November 30, 2007, an increase of $14 million or 55%. The increase was primarily due to acquisitions.

Operating Income. Operating income was $134 million for the year ended November 30, 2008, compared to
$117 million for the year ended November 30, 2007, an increase of $17 million or 15%. As a percentage of revenue, operating income decreased to 15.8% for the year ended November 30, 2008 from 16.9% for the year ended
November 30, 2007, which was primarily due to the 1.5% impact of the restructuring charge in 2008.

Operating income for
our Americas segment was $161 million for the year ended November 30, 2008, compared to $134 million for the year ended November 30, 2007, an increase of $27 million or 20%. The increase was principally due to the additional
revenue discussed above coupled with our ability to leverage a relatively fixed-cost structure with our subscription-based products. This was partially offset by an increase in amortization of assets related to our acquisitions as well as the
restructuring charge in 2008. As a percentage of revenue, Americas operating income decreased to 30.9% from 31.3% in 2007 due primarily to the 1.1% impact of the restructuring charge.

Operating income for our EMEA segment was $44 million for the year ended November 30, 2008, compared to $35 million for the year
ended November 30, 2007, an increase of $9 million or 26%. Operating income increased due to increased sales from both organic growth and acquisition revenue. This was partially offset by higher amortization of assets related to our
acquisitions as well as the restructuring charge in 2008. As a percentage of revenue, EMEA operating income remained relatively flat at 16.8% for the year ended November 30, 2008 compared to 16.7% for the year ended November 30, 2007
though 2008 was unfavorably impacted by the 2.4% impact of the restructuring charge.

Operating income for our APAC segment
was $18 million for the year ended November 30, 2008, compared to $13 million for the year ended November 30, 2007, an increase of 44%. Operating income increased due to increased sales in our higher margin subscriptions-based
products. As a percentage of revenue, APAC operating income increased to 30.3% for the year ended November 30, 2008 from 25.1% for the year ended November 30, 2007.

Operating expenses for our shared services were $90 million for the year ended November 30, 2008, compared to $65 million for
the year ended November 30, 2007, an increase of 38%. As a percentage of revenue, operating expenses for our shared services was 10.6%, up from 9.4% for the year ended November 30, 2007. Stock-based compensation increased $10 million
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Provision for Income Taxes. Our effective tax rate for the year ended
November 30, 2008 was 28.7%, compared to 31.7% for the year ended November 30, 2007. The 2008 rate reflects the impact of our internal legal entity reorganization within EMEA in the third quarter of 2008.

Financial Condition

Accounts Receivable. Accounts receivable decreased by $4 million, or 2% to $204 million at November 30, 2009 primarily due to improved collections late in 2009.

Accrued Pension Liability/Prepaid Pension Asset. The pension liability was $19 million as of November 30, 2009 compared to
$6.8 million as of November 30, 2008. Additionally, the prepaid pension asset decreased to zero compared to $8.8 million as of November 30, 2008. The changes were the result of the change in the status of the U.S. and U.K. plans which
were overfunded as of November 30, 2008 and are now underfunded as of November 30, 2009. This change results from amortization of 2008 actuarial losses and an increase in liabilities primarily resulting from a decrease in the discount rate
assumption in 2009.

Deferred Revenue. Deferred revenue was $319 million as of November 30, 2009, compared to
$288 million as of November 30, 2008, an increase of $31 million, or 11%. After eliminating the impact of acquisitions and foreign currency, organic increase in deferred revenue was 2% compared to organic growth of 17% for 2008. The
decrease in growth reflects the impact of the timing of subscription renewals at the end of 2008 as well as slowing subscription sales growth throughout 2009.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of November 30, 2009, we
had cash and cash equivalents of $124.2 million, $92.6 million of short-term debt and $0.1 million of long term debt. We have generated strong cash flows from operations over the last few years. As a result of these factors, as well as the
availability of funds under our credit facility, we believe we will have sufficient cash to meet our anticipated working capital and capital expenditure needs.

Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the timing and extent of spending to support product development efforts, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, the timing
of introductions of new products, our ongoing companywide initiatives, changing technology, and the continued market acceptance of our offerings. We could be required, or could elect, to seek additional funding through public or private equity or
debt financing for possible future acquisitions. Additional funds may not be available on terms acceptable to us or at all. We expect our capital expenditures, excluding potential acquisitions, to be approximately $35 million for 2010.

Share Buyback Program

During 2006, our board of directors approved a program to reduce the dilutive effects of employee equity grants, by allowing employees to surrender shares back to the Company for a value equal to their
statutory tax liability. IHS then pays the statutory tax on behalf of the employee. Additionally, our board of directors periodically approves additional buyback programs whereby IHS acquires shares in the open market to more fully offset the
dilutive effect of our employee equity programs. During the year ended November 30, 2009, we accepted 229,060 shares surrendered by employees under the tax withholding program for approximately $10 million, or $45.75 per share. No shares were
repurchased in 2009 pursuant to the share buyback program. Since the inception of these programs, we have withheld for tax 928,454 shares of our Class A common stock for approximately $46 million, or $49.72 per share, and we have repurchased
1,889,557 shares for approximately $95 million, or $50.13 per share, pursuant to the stock buyback program.

Cash Flow

Net cash provided by operating activities was $235 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, compared to $189
million for the year ended November 30, 2008. The increase was principally due to our business growing profitably year over year, our positive receivables collections in 2009 and the continued positive impact of our acquisitions. Our
subscription-based business model typically generates a high rate of cash flow and is aided by the following:



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| |  |  | a cash-for-tax rate that continues to trend lower than our effective tax rate; and
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| |  |  | our well-capitalized balance sheet.
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The positive cash flow impact of our growing business in 2009 was partially offset by the decreased accounts payable and accrued expenses as we paid certain restructuring costs in 2009 as well as payments
to standards groups in 2009 that were accrued for as of November 2008.

Net cash provided by operating activities was
$189 million for the year ended November 30, 2008, compared to $142 million for the year ended November 30, 2007. The increase was principally due to our business growing profitably year over year, an expanding subscription base,
increased sales and the continued positive impact of our acquisitions. The positive cash flow impact of our growing business in 2008 was partially offset by higher annual bonuses paid in 2008, robust receivable collections at the end of 2007 and
payments of approximately $11 million related to our third quarter 2008 restructuring charge.

Net cash used in investing
activities was $154 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, compared to $285 million for the year ended November 30, 2008. The decrease in cash used in investing activities was primarily driven by the fact that there was
decreased acquisition volume in 2009. In 2009, we used $125 million in acquisitions of businesses compared to $273 million in 2008.

Net cash used in investing activities was $285 million for the year ended November 30, 2008, compared to $134 million for the year ended November 30, 2007. The increase in cash used in
investing activities was primarily driven by acquisitions in 2008, where we used $273 million to acquire businesses compared to $115 million in 2007.

Net cash provided by financing activities was nominal for the year ended November 30, 2009 compared to a $3.5 million use of cash for the year ended November 30, 2008. In 2009, we had net
repayment of borrowings of $4 million while in 2008 we had net borrowings of $77 million on our credit facility and other notes payable. In addition, in 2009 we had $10 million in repurchases of common stock while in 2008 we had $84 million, as we
were active in the open market.

Net cash used in financing activities was $3.5 million for the year ended
November 30, 2008 compared to $38 million for the year ended November 30, 2007. The difference in cash flows was primarily caused by the net borrowings of $77 million in 2008 which was partially offset by a $46 million increase
in treasury stock repurchases in 2008.

Credit Facility

On September 7, 2007, we entered into an amended and restated credit agreement (the Revolver). The $385 million
Revolver allows us, under certain conditions, to increase the facility to a maximum of $500 million. The agreement expires in September 2012.

The interest rates for borrowing under the Revolver are based upon our Leverage Ratio, which is the ratio of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness to rolling four quarter Consolidated Earnings Before Interest
Expense, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA), as defined in the Revolver. The rate ranges from the applicable LIBOR plus 50 basis points to 125 basis points or the agent banks base rate. A commitment fee is payable periodically and
ranges from 10 to 25 basis points based upon our Leverage Ratio. The Revolver contains certain financial and other covenants, including limitations on capital lease obligations and maximum Leverage and Interest Coverage Ratios, as defined in the
Revolver.

As of November 30, 2009, we were in compliance with all of the covenants in the agreement and had
$85 million of outstanding borrowings with an annual interest rate of 0.75%. In addition, we had outstanding letters of credit totaling approximately $1.1 million as of November 30, 2009.

As of November 30, 2009, we also had $7.4 million of non-interest bearing notes that were issued to the sellers of Prime. These
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Off-Balance Sheet Transactions

We have no off-balance sheet transactions.

Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

We have various
contractual obligations and commercial commitments which are recorded as liabilities in our consolidated financial statements. Other items, such as certain purchase commitments and other executory contracts, are not recognized as liabilities in our
consolidated financial statements but are required to be disclosed. The following table summarizes our contractual obligations and commercial commitments at November 30, 2009, and the future periods in which such obligations are expected to be
settled in cash:



|                                                   |  |                       |         |                 |   |             |  |             |        |                  |   |        |  |   |       
|-------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------- | ------- | --------------- | - | ----------- |  | ----------- | ------ | ---------------- | - | ------ |  | - | ------
|                                                   |  | Payment due by period
|Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments |  | Total                 |         | Less than1 year |   | 1 - 3 years |  | 4 - 5 years |        | More than5 years
|                                                   |  | (In thousands)       
|Operating leases                                   |  | $                     | 94,884  |                 | $ | 19,634      |  | $           | 28,540 |                  | $ | 22,707 |  | $ | 24,003
|Post-retirement medical-benefit plan contributions |  |                       | 8,543   |                 |   | 879         |  |             | 1,782  |                  |   | 1,787  |  |   | 4,095 
|Unconditional purchase obligations                 |  |                       | 4,558   |                 |   | 3,625       |  |             | 933    |                  |   |       |  |   |      
|                                                   |  |                       |         |                 |   |             |  |             |        |                  |   |        |  |   |       
|Total                                              |  | $                     | 107,985 |                 | $ | 24,138      |  | $           | 31,255 |                  | $ | 24,494 |  | $ | 28,098
|                                                   |  |                       |         |                 |   |             |  |             |        |                  |   |        |  |   |       

We expect to contribute approximately $2.2 million to the UK RIP and
approximately $0.7 million to the SIP during 2010. We do not expect to make any contributions for the U.S. RIP in 2010.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
revised its guidance on business combinations and accounting for non-controlling interests. These revisions will significantly change the accounting for and reporting of business combination transactions and non-controlling (minority) interests in
our consolidated financial statements. Under the new guidance, all acquisition related costs are required to be expensed as incurred. In addition, assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination that arise from contingencies should
be recognized at fair value on the acquisition date if fair value can be determined during the measurement period. If fair value cannot be determined, companies should typically account for the acquired contingencies using existing guidance. The
revisions are required to be adopted simultaneously and are effective for the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. Thus, we are required to adopt these standards on December 1, 2009, the first day of our
2010 fiscal year. Earlier adoption is prohibited. We will adopt the new provisions in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 and we do not expect the adoption of the non-controlling interest guidance will have a material effect on our consolidated
financial position or results of operations. As for the new guidance on business combinations, we do expect this to have a material impact on the accounting for future acquisitions.

In October 2009, the FASBs Emerging Issues Task Force revised its guidance on Revenue Recognition for Multiple-Deliverable Revenue
Arrangements. The revised guidance will enable companies to separately account for multiple revenue-generating activities (deliverables) that they perform for their customers. Existing U.S. GAAP requires a company to use vendor-specific
objective evidence (VSOE) or third party evidence of selling price to separate deliverables in a multiple-deliverable arrangement. The revised guidance will allow the use of an estimated selling price if neither VSOE nor third-party
evidence is available. The revised guidance will require additional disclosures of information about an entitys multiple-deliverable arrangements. The requirements of the revised guidance may be applied prospectively for revenue arrangements
entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, although early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the update on its financial position and results of operations and
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|Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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Interest Rate Risk

As of November 30, 2009, we had no
investments other than cash and cash equivalents and therefore we were not exposed to material interest rate risk on investments.

We may be exposed from time to time to changes in interest rates that may adversely affect our results of operations and financial position related to our debt. A 10% adverse change in interest rates would result in hypothetical increase of
less than $0.1 million in interest expense.

Foreign Currency Risk

Our consolidated financial statements are expressed in U.S. dollars, but a portion of our business is conducted in currencies other than U.S.
dollars. Changes in the exchange rates for such currencies into U.S. dollars can affect our revenues, earnings, and the carrying values of our assets and liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet, either positively or negatively. Fluctuations in
foreign currency rates (decreased) increased our revenues by $(36.8) million, $(2.6) million and $15.0 million for the year ended November 30, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively, and increased (decreased) our operating income by $(5.1)
million, $1.0 million and $4.4 million for the same respective periods. The translation effects of changes in exchange rates in our consolidated balance sheet are recorded within the cumulative translation adjustment component of our
stockholders equity. In 2009, we recorded cumulative translation gain of $42 million, reflecting changes in exchange rates of various currencies compared to the U.S. dollar.

A 10% change in the currencies that we are primarily exposed to would have impacted our 2009 revenue and operating income by approximately
$28.5 million and $5.6 million, respectively. Approximately 67% of total revenue was earned in subsidiaries with the U.S. dollar as the functional currency.

Credit Risk

We are exposed to credit risk associated with cash
equivalents, investments, and trade receivables. We do not believe that our cash equivalents, investments, or foreign currency derivatives present significant credit risks because the counterparties to the instruments consist of major financial
institutions that are financially sound or have been capitalized by the U.S. government and we manage the notional amount of contracts entered into with any one counterparty. Substantially all trade receivable balances are unsecured. The
concentration of credit risk with respect to trade receivables is limited by the large number of customers in our customer base and their dispersion across various industries and geographic areas. Although we have a large number of customers who are
dispersed across different industries and geographic areas, the current economic downturn could increase our exposure to credit risk on our trade receivables. We perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers and maintain an allowance for
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|Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



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|Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm                                                          |  | 43
|Managements Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting                                                 |  | 44
|Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting             |  | 45
|Consolidated Financial Statements                                                                                |  |   
|Consolidated Balance Sheets as of November 30, 2009 and 2008                                                     |  | 46
|Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended November 30, 2009, 2008, and
2007                      |  | 47
|Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders Equity for the Years Ended November 
30, 2009, 2008, and 2007 |  | 48
|Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended November 30, 2009, 2008, and
2007                      |  | 49
|Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for the Years Ended November 30, 2009, 2008, and 2007                 |  | 50



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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Stockholders of IHS Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of IHS Inc. as of November 30, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders
equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended November 30, 2009. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on
a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial
statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of IHS Inc. at November 30, 2009 and 2008, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three
years in the period ended November 30, 2009, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also
have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), IHS Inc.s internal control over financial reporting as of November 30, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal
Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated January 15, 2010 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/    Ernst & Young LLP

Denver, Colorado

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MANAGEMENTS REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL
REPORTING

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial
reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation
of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of November 30, 2009, based on the framework in Internal ControlIntegrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission
(COSO). Based on that evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of November 30, 2009.

Our independent registered public accounting firm has issued an audit report on our internal control over financial reporting. Their report appears on the following page.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even
those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

Date: January 15, 2010



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|/s/    JERRE L.
STEAD Jerre L. Stead Chairman and Chief Executive Officer                      
|                                                                                               
|/s/MICHAEL J.
SULLIVAN Michael J. Sullivan Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer



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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM ON
INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

The Board of Directors and Stockholders of IHS Inc.

We have audited IHS Inc.s internal control over financial reporting as of November 30, 2009, based on criteria established
in Internal ControlIntegrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). IHS Inc.s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over
financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Managements Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on the Companys internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in
accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial
reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating
effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A companys internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A companys internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures
that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors
of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the companys assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also,
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, IHS Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of
November 30, 2009, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of IHS Inc. as of November 30, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders equity, and cash flows
for each of the three years in the period ended November 30, 2009 and our report dated January 15, 2010 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

/s/    Ernst & Young LLP

Denver, Colorado

January 15, 2010



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IHS INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS



|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                    |           |   |      |   |           |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------ | --------- | - | ---- | - | --------- | -
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  | As of November 30, |          
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  | 2009               |           |   | 2008 |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  | (In thousands)     |          
|Assets                                                                                                                                                                                                           |  |                    |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Current assets:                                                                                                                                                                                                  |  |                    |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Cash and cash equivalents                                                                                                                                                                                        |  | $                  | 124,201   |   |      | $ | 31,040    |  
|Accounts receivable, net                                                                                                                                                                                         |  |                    | 203,500   |   |      |   | 207,815   |  
|Deferred subscription costs                                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                    | 40,279    |   |      |   | 35,948    |  
|Deferred income taxes                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                    | 30,970    |   |      |   | 28,801    |  
|Other                                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                    | 14,284    |   |      |   | 14,213    |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                    |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Total current assets                                                                                                                                                                                             |  |                    | 413,234   |   |      |   | 317,817   |  
|Non-current assets:                                                                                                                                                                                              |  |                    |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Property and equipment, net                                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                    | 74,798    |   |      |   | 59,578    |  
|Equity investments                                                                                                                                                                                               |  |                    |          |   |      |   | 56,139    |  
|Intangible assets, net                                                                                                                                                                                           |  |                    | 309,795   |   |      |   | 285,902   |  
|Goodwill, net                                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                    | 875,742   |   |      |   | 705,077   |  
|Prepaid pension asset                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                    |          |   |      |   | 8,768     |  
|Other                                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                    | 2,019     |   |      |   | 2,899     |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                    |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Total non-current assets                                                                                                                                                                                         |  |                    | 1,262,354 |   |      |   | 1,118,363 |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                    |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Total assets                                                                                                                                                                                                     |  | $                  | 1,675,588 |   |      | $ | 1,436,180 |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                    |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Liabilities and stockholders equity                                                                                                                                                                             |  |                    |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Current liabilities:                                                                                                                                                                                             |  |                    |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Short-term debt                                                                                                                                                                                                  |  | $                  | 92,577    |   |      | $ | 96,020    |  
|Accounts payable                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                    | 26,470    |   |      |   | 35,084    |  
|Accrued compensation                                                                                                                                                                                             |  |                    | 44,196    |   |      |   | 39,083    |  
|Accrued royalties                                                                                                                                                                                                |  |                    | 25,666    |   |      |   | 24,769    |  
|Other accrued expenses                                                                                                                                                                                           |  |                    | 39,385    |   |      |   | 58,831    |  
|Income tax payable                                                                                                                                                                                               |  |                    | 1,720     |   |      |   | 3,994     |  
|Deferred subscription revenue                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                    | 319,163   |   |      |   | 288,145   |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                    |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Total current liabilities                                                                                                                                                                                        |  |                    | 549,177   |   |      |   | 545,926   |  
|Long-term debt                                                                                                                                                                                                   |  |                    | 141       |   |      |   |          |  
|Accrued pension liabilities                                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                    | 19,194    |   |      |   | 6,778     |  
|Accrued post-retirement benefits                                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                    | 9,914     |   |      |   | 8,852     |  
|Deferred income taxes                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                    | 68,334    |   |      |   | 65,749    |  
|Other liabilities                                                                                                                                                                                                |  |                    | 15,150    |   |      |   | 7,820     |  
|Commitments and contingencies                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                    |           |   |      |   |           |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                   
|Stockholders equity:                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                    |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 80,000,000 shares authorized, 64,801,035 and 64,090,207 shares issued,
63,283,947 and 62,802,179 shares outstanding at November 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively |  |                    | 648       |   |      |   | 641       |  
|Additional paid in capital                                                                                                                                                                                       |  |                    | 472,791   |   |      |   | 408,007   |  
|Treasury stock, at cost; 1,517,088 and 1,288,028 shares at November 30, 2009 and 2008                                                                                                                            |  |                    | (75,112   | ) |      |   | (64,632   | )
|Retained earnings                                                                                                                                                                                                |  |                    | 719,182   |   |      |   | 584,219   |  
|Accumulated other comprehensive loss                                                                                                                                                                             |  |                    | (103,831  | ) |      |   | (127,180  | )
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                    |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Total stockholders equity                                                                                                                                                                                       |  |                    | 1,013,678 |   |      |   | 801,055   |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                    |           |   |      |   |           |  
|Total liabilities and stockholders equity                                                                                                                                                                       |  | $                  | 1,675,588 |   |      | $ | 1,436,180 |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                    |           |   |      |   |           |  

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IHS INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS



|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | ---- |  | - | ------- | -
|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  | Years Ended November 30,                |        
|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  | 2009                                    |         |   | 2008 |   |         | 2007 | 
|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  | (In thousands, exceptper share amounts) |        
|Revenue:                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Products                                                                                                                                                                            |  | $                                       | 840,129 |   |      | $ | 722,311 |      |  | $ | 589,602 |  
|Services                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                                         | 127,171 |   |      |   | 121,719 |      |  |   | 98,790  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Total revenue                                                                                                                                                                       |  |                                         | 967,300 |   |      |   | 844,030 |      |  |   | 688,392 |  
|Operating expenses:                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Cost of revenue:                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Products                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                                         | 340,020 |   |      |   | 294,929 |      |  |   | 240,634 |  
|Services                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                                         | 69,996  |   |      |   | 77,802  |      |  |   | 61,924  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Total cost of revenue (includes stock-based compensation expense at $2,564; $1,361; and $1,142 for the years ended
November 30, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively)                  |  |                                         | 410,016 |   |      |   | 372,731 |      |  |   | 302,558 |  
|Selling, general and administrative (includes stock-based compensation expense of $54,548; $38,611; and $29,299 for the years
ended November 30, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively) |  |                                         | 332,518 |   |      |   | 295,523 |      |  |   | 249,583 |  
|Depreciation and amortization                                                                                                                                                       |  |                                         | 49,146  |   |      |   | 39,410  |      |  |   | 25,478  |  
|Restructuring charges (credits)                                                                                                                                                     |  |                                         | (735    | ) |      |   | 12,089  |      |  |   | (154    | )
|Gain on sales of assets, net                                                                                                                                                        |  |                                         | (365    | ) |      |   | (328    | )    |  |   | (758    | )
|Net periodic pension and post-retirement benefits                                                                                                                                   |  |                                         | (2,684  | ) |      |   | (3,704  | )    |  |   | (668    | )
|Other (income) expense, net                                                                                                                                                         |  |                                         | (412    | ) |      |   | (5,202  | )    |  |   | (4,249  | )
|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Total operating expenses                                                                                                                                                            |  |                                         | 787,484 |   |      |   | 710,519 |      |  |   | 571,790 |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Operating income                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         | 179,816 |   |      |   | 133,511 |      |  |   | 116,602 |  
|Interest income                                                                                                                                                                     |  |                                         | 1,088   |   |      |   | 3,162   |      |  |   | 6,784   |  
|Interest expense                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         | (2,217  | ) |      |   | (2,482  | )    |  |   | (720    | )
|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Non-operating income, net                                                                                                                                                           |  |                                         | (1,129  | ) |      |   | 680     |      |  |   | 6,064   |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Income from continuing operations before income taxes, equity investment and minority interests                                                                                     |  |                                         | 178,687 |   |      |   | 134,191 |      |  |   | 122,666 |  
|Provision for income taxes                                                                                                                                                          |  |                                         | (41,580 | ) |      |   | (38,512 | )    |  |   | (38,827 | )
|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Income from continuing operations before minority interests                                                                                                                         |  |                                         | 137,107 |   |      |   | 95,679  |      |  |   | 83,839  |  
|Income from equity investment                                                                                                                                                       |  |                                         |        |   |      |   | 3,327   |      |  |   |        |  
|Minority interests                                                                                                                                                                  |  |                                         | (2,144  | ) |      |   | (13     | )    |  |   | (64     | )
|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Net income                                                                                                                                                                          |  | $                                       | 134,963 |   |      | $ | 98,993  |      |  | $ | 83,775  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Net income per share:                                                                                                                                                               |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Basic (Class A common stock and Class B common stock*)                                                                                                                              |  | $                                       | 2.14    |   |      | $ | 1.60    |      |  | $ | 1.41    |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Diluted (Class A common stock and Class B common stock*)                                                                                                                            |  | $                                       | 2.11    |   |      | $ | 1.57    |      |  | $ | 1.39    |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Weighted average shares:                                                                                                                                                            |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Basic (Class A common stock and Class B common stock*)                                                                                                                              |  |                                         | 63,055  |   |      |   | 62,063  |      |  |   | 59,463  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Diluted (Class A common stock and Class B common stock*)                                                                                                                            |  |                                         | 63,940  |   |      |   | 62,957  |      |  |   | 60,426  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                                    |  |                                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  



|* | Note that in September 2008, the holder of the Class B common stock elected to convert these shares one-for-one to Class A common stock, after which no shares of
Class B common stock were outstanding.
|- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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IHS INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY



|                                             |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   |          |   |  |   |           |  
|-------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------- | - |  | ------------------ | --- | --------------------------- | ------- | - | ------------------ | - | ---- | ------------------------ |  | - | ------------- | - |  | ---------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------ |  | - | ------- |  | - | -------- | - |  | - | --------- | -
|                                             |  | Shares ofClass ACommonStock |   |  | Class ACommonStock |     | Shares ofClass BCommonStock |         |   | Class BCommonStock |   |      | AdditionalPaid-InCapital |  |   | TreasuryStock |   |  | RetainedEarnings |         | AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncome (Loss) |  |   | Total   | 
|                                             |  | (In thousands)              |  
|Balance at November 30, 2006                 |  | 45,042                      |   |  |                    | 453 |                             | 13,750  |   |                    |   | 138  |                          |  |   | 175,027       |   |  |                  | (7,551  | )                                          |  |   | 400,029 |  |   | (2,905   | ) |  |   | 565,191   |  
|Stock-based award activity                   |  | 102                         |   |  |                    | 1   |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   | 29,941        |   |  |                  | (9,318  | )                                          |  |   |        |  |   |         |   |  |   | 20,624    |  
|Excess tax benefit on vested shares          |  |                            |   |  |                    |    |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   | 1,051         |   |  |                  |        |                                            |  |   |        |  |   |         |   |  |   | 1,051     |  
|Repurchases of common stock                  |  | (849                        | ) |  |                    |    |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   |              |   |  |                  | (29,176 | )                                          |  |   |        |  |   |         |   |  |   | (29,176   | )
|Shares issued for acquisitions               |  | 4,464                       |   |  |                    | 44  |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   | 175,105       |   |  |                  |        |                                            |  |   |        |  |   |         |   |  |   | 175,149   |  
|Adoption of SFAS No. 158, net of tax         |  |                            |   |  |                    |    |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   |              |   |  |                  |        |                                            |  |   |        |  |   | (918     | ) |  |   | (918      | )
|Net income                                   |  |                            |   |  |                    |    |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   |              |   |  |                  |        |                                            |  |   | 83,775  |  |   |         |   |  |   | 83,775    |  
|Other comprehensive income:                  |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   |          |   |  |   |           |  
|Foreign currency translation adjustments     |  |                            |   |  |                    |    |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   |              |   |  |                  |        |                                            |  |   |        |  |   | 18,047   |   |  |   | 18,047    |  
|Net pension liability adjustment, net of tax |  |                            |   |  |                    |    |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   |              |   |  |                  |        |                                            |  |   |        |  |   | 7,165    |   |  |   | 7,165     |  
|                                             |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   |          |   |  |   |           |  
|Comprehensive income, net of tax             |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   |          |   |  |   | 108,987   |  
|                                             |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   |          |   |  |   |           |  
|Balance at November 30, 2007                 |  | 48,759                      |   |  | $                  | 498 |                             | 13,750  |   |                    | $ | 138  |                          |  | $ | 381,124       |   |  | $                | (46,045 | )                                          |  | $ | 483,804 |  | $ | 21,389   |   |  | $ | 840,908   |  
|                                             |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   |          |   |  |   |           |  
|Stock-based award activity                   |  | 192                         |   |  |                    | 5   |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   | 38,995        |   |  |                  | (18,817 | )                                          |  |   |        |  |   |         |   |  |   | 20,183    |  
|Excess tax benefit on vested shares          |  |                            |   |  |                    |    |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   | 9,353         |   |  |                  |        |                                            |  |   |        |  |   |         |   |  |   | 9,353     |  
|Repurchases of common stock                  |  | (1,200                      | ) |  |                    |    |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  | (65,545 | )                                          |  |   |        |  |   |         |   |  |   | (65,545   | )
|Shares issued for acquisition                |  | 1,301                       |   |  |                    |    |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   | (21,465       | ) |  |                  | 65,775  |                                            |  |   |        |  |   |         |   |  |   | 44,310    |  
|Class B shares conversion to Class A shares  |  | 13,750                      |   |  |                    | 138 |                             | (13,750 | ) |                    |   | (138 | )                        |  |   |              |   |  |                  |        |                                            |  |   |        |  |   |         |   |  |   |          |  
|Net income                                   |  |                            |   |  |                    |    |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   |              |   |  |                  |        |                                            |  |   | 98,993  |  |   |         |   |  |   | 98,993    |  
|Other comprehensive income:                  |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   |          |   |  |   |           |  
|Foreign currency translation adjustments     |  |                            |   |  |                    |    |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   |              |   |  |                  |        |                                            |  |   |        |  |   | (96,977  | ) |  |   | (96,977   | )
|Net pension liability adjustment, net of tax |  |                            |   |  |                    |    |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   |              |   |  |                  |        |                                            |  |   |        |  |   | (51,592  | ) |  |   | (51,592   | )
|                                             |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   |          |   |  |   |           |  
|Comprehensive income, net of tax             |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   |          |   |  |   | (49,576   | )
|Adoption of new tax guidance                 |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   | 1,422   |  |   |          |   |  |   | 1,422     |  
|                                             |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   |          |   |  |   |           |  
|Balance at November 30, 2009                 |  | 62,802                      |   |  | $                  | 641 |                             |        |   |                    | $ |     |                          |  | $ | 408,007       |   |  |                  | (64,632 | )                                          |  | $ | 584,219 |  | $ | (127,180 | ) |  | $ | 801,055   |  
|                                             |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   |          |   |  |   |           |  
|Stock-based award activity                   |  | 482                         |   |  |                    | 7   |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   | 58,156        |   |  |                  | (10,480 | )                                          |  |   |        |  |   |         |   |  |   | 47,683    |  
|Excess tax benefit on vested shares          |  |                            |   |  |                    |    |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   | 6,628         |   |  |                  |        |                                            |  |   |        |  |   |         |   |  |   | 6,628     |  
|Net income                                   |  |                            |   |  |                    |    |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   |              |   |  |                  |        |                                            |  |   | 134,963 |  |   |         |   |  |   | 134,963   |  
|Other comprehensive income:                  |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   |          |   |  |   |           |  
|Foreign currency translation adjustments     |  |                            |   |  |                    |    |                             |        |   |                    |   |     |                          |  |   |              |   |  |                  |        |                                            |  |   |        |  |   | 41,627   |   |  |   | 41,627    |  
|Net pension liability adjustment, net of tax |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   | (18,278  | ) |  |   | (18,278   | )
|                                             |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   |          |   |  |   |           |  
|Comprehensive income, net of tax             |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   |          |   |  |   | 158,312   |  
|                                             |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   |          |   |  |   |           |  
|Balance at November 30, 2009                 |  | 63,284                      |   |  | $                  | 648 |                             |        |   |                    | $ |     |                          |  | $ | 472,791       |   |  |                  | (75,112 | )                                          |  | $ | 719,182 |  | $ | (103,831 | ) |  | $ | 1,013,678 |  
|                                             |  |                             |   |  |                    |     |                             |         |   |                    |   |      |                          |  |   |               |   |  |                  |         |                                            |  |   |         |  |   |          |   |  |   |           |  

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|                                                                           |  | Years Ended November 30, |         
|                                                                           |  | 2009                     |          |   | 2008 |   |          | 2007 | 
|                                                                           |  | (In thousands)           |         
|Operating activities                                                       |  |                          |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net income                                                                 |  | $                        | 134,963  |   |      | $ | 98,993   |      |  | $ | 83,775   |  
|Reconciliation of net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |  |                          |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Depreciation and amortization                                              |  |                          | 49,146   |   |      |   | 39,410   |      |  |   | 25,478   |  
|Stock-based compensation expense                                           |  |                          | 57,112   |   |      |   | 39,972   |      |  |   | 30,441   |  
|Gain on sales of assets, net                                               |  |                          | (365     | ) |      |   | (328     | )    |  |   | (758     | )
|Impairment of assets                                                       |  |                          |         |   |      |   | 323      |      |  |   |         |  
|Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation                           |  |                          | (13,072  | ) |      |   | (3,952   | )    |  |   | (1,051   | )
|Distributions from equity-method investment                                |  |                          |         |   |      |   | 3,924    |      |  |   |         |  
|Net non-cash periodic pension and post-retirement benefits income          |  |                          | (4,006   | ) |      |   | (5,551   | )    |  |   | (3,975   | )
|Undistributed earnings of affiliates, net                                  |  |                          |         |   |      |   | (3,327   | )    |  |   | (31      | )
|Minority interests                                                         |  |                          | 497      |   |      |   | (202     | )    |  |   | (168     | )
|Deferred income taxes                                                      |  |                          | 18,272   |   |      |   | 4,833    |      |  |   | 1,614    |  
|Change in assets and liabilities:                                          |  |                          |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Accounts receivable, net                                                   |  |                          | 19,476   |   |      |   | (23,944  | )    |  |   | (5,545   | )
|Other current assets                                                       |  |                          | 205      |   |      |   | (1,314   | )    |  |   | (2,084   | )
|Accounts payable                                                           |  |                          | (13,280  | ) |      |   | (4,789   | )    |  |   | (15,640  | )
|Accrued expenses                                                           |  |                          | (13,334  | ) |      |   | 8,398    |      |  |   | 4,892    |  
|Income taxes                                                               |  |                          | (2,606   | ) |      |   | 325      |      |  |   | 12,202   |  
|Deferred subscription revenue                                              |  |                          | 712      |   |      |   | 36,580   |      |  |   | 12,587   |  
|Other liabilities                                                          |  |                          | 974      |   |      |   | (102     | )    |  |   |         |  
|                                                                           |  |                          |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net cash provided by operating activities                                  |  |                          | 234,694  |   |      |   | 189,249  |      |  |   | 141,737  |  
|Investing activities                                                       |  |                          |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Capital expenditures on property and equipment                             |  |                          | (27,739  | ) |      |   | (13,885  | )    |  |   | (11,890  | )
|Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired                           |  |                          | (125,379 | ) |      |   | (272,844 | )    |  |   | (114,626 | )
|Intangible assets acquired                                                 |  |                          | (5,300   | ) |      |   | (4,000   | )    |  |   |         |  
|Change in other assets and liabilities                                     |  |                          | 1,501    |   |      |   | (3,979   | )    |  |   | (1,285   | )
|Settlements of forward contracts                                           |  |                          | 830      |   |      |   | (881     | )    |  |   |         |  
|Purchases of investments                                                   |  |                          |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   | (98,975  | )
|Sales and maturities of investments                                        |  |                          |         |   |      |   | 10,500   |      |  |   | 90,483   |  
|Proceeds from sales of assets and investment in affiliate                  |  |                          | 2,049    |   |      |   | 140      |      |  |   | 2,461    |  
|                                                                           |  |                          |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net cash used in investing activities                                      |  |                          | (154,038 | ) |      |   | (284,949 | )    |  |   | (133,832 | )
|Financing activities                                                       |  |                          |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Proceeds from borrowings                                                   |  |                          | 179,000  |   |      |   | 160,000  |      |  |   |         |  
|Repayment of borrowings                                                    |  |                          | (183,297 | ) |      |   | (83,099  | )    |  |   | (537     | )
|Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation                           |  |                          | 13,072   |   |      |   | 3,952    |      |  |   | 1,051    |  
|Proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options                       |  |                          | 2,112    |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |  
|Purchases of treasury stock                                                |  |                          | (10,480  | ) |      |   | (84,362  | )    |  |   | (38,494  | )
|                                                                           |  |                          |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities                        |  |                          | 407      |   |      |   | (3,509   | )    |  |   | (37,980  | )
|                                                                           |  |                          |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Foreign exchange impact on cash balance                                    |  |                          | 12,098   |   |      |   | (18,235  | )    |  |   | (1,475   | )
|                                                                           |  |                          |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents                       |  |                          | 93,161   |   |      |   | (117,444 | )    |  |   | (31,550  | )
|Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year                     |  |                          | 31,040   |   |      |   | 148,484  |      |  |   | 180,034  |  
|                                                                           |  |                          |          |   |      |   |          |      |  |   |          |  
|Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year                           |  | $                        | 124,201  |   |      | $ | 31,040   |      |  | $ | 148,484  |  
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1. Nature of Business

IHS is the leading source of critical information
and insight in pivotal areas that shape todays global business landscape: Energy, Product Lifecycle, Security and Environment, all supported by extensive expert analysis and Macroeconomic Forecasting. Businesses and governments rely on the
comprehensive information and expert analysis of IHS to make high-impact decisions and develop strategies with speed and confidence. IHS employs about 4,100 colleagues in 28 countries.

Our vision is to be the Source for Critical Information and Insight that powers growth and value for our customers. We intend to be
the source that customers trust, rely upon and come to first when they need to better understand the present and anticipate the future.

To best serve our customers and be as close to them as possible, we are organized by geographies. We also prepare our financial reports and analyze our business according to our geographic organization.
Our three reportable geographic segments are: Americas, which includes the United States, Canada, and Latin America; EMEA, which includes Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and APAC, or Asia Pacific.

This integrated global organization makes it easier for our customers to do business with us by providing a cohesive, consistent, and
effective sales-and-marketing approach in each geography. By structuring our business around customers and the regions in which they reside, we are better able to serve the unique needs of our customers in their local markets and globally. A
regional structure provides a solid foundation for profitable growth as it provides an efficient method of bringing new products and services to customers, and supports growth in existing accounts and with new customers and markets.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Fiscal Year End

Our fiscal years end on November 30 of each year. References herein to individual
years mean the year ended November 30. For example, 2009 means the year ended November 30, 2009.

Consolidation Policy

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of all wholly-owned and
majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. Investments in unconsolidated affiliated companies are accounted for under the equity method and are included in Equity Investments
in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Our proportionate share of income from the unconsolidated affiliates is included in Income from Equity Investment in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. We generally
utilize the equity method of accounting when we have a non-controlling ownership interest of between 20% and 50% in an entity, provided we are able to exercise significant influence over the investees operations.

Reclassifications

Certain prior-year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current-year presentation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the
financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates have been made in areas that include revenue recognition, useful lives of fixed and intangible assets, allocation of purchase
price to acquired assets and liabilities, the recoverability of intangible assets and goodwill, income and other taxes, pension and post-retirement benefits, and stock-based compensation. Actual results could differ from those estimates.



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Concentration of Credit Risk

We are exposed to credit risk associated with cash equivalents and trade receivables. We do not believe that our cash equivalents or
investments present significant credit risks because the counterparties to the instruments consist of major financial institutions that are financially sound or have been capitalized by the U.S. government and we manage the notional amount of
contracts entered into with any counterparty. Substantially all trade receivable balances are unsecured. The concentration of credit risk with respect to trade receivables is limited by the large number of customers in our customer base and their
dispersion across various industries and geographic areas. We perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers and maintain an allowance for potential credit losses. The allowance is based upon managements assessment of known credit risks
as well as general industry and economic conditions. Specific accounts receivable are written-off upon notification of bankruptcy or once it is determined the account is significantly past due beyond the contractual payment terms and collection
efforts are unsuccessful.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying values of our financial instruments, including cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and short-term and long-term debt,
approximate their fair value.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized when all of the following criteria have been met: (a) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists,
(b) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, (c) the price to the customer is fixed or determinable, and (d) collectability is reasonably assured.

The majority of our revenue is derived from the sale of subscriptions to our Critical Information, which is initially deferred and then
recognized ratably as delivered over the subscription period, which is generally 12 months.

Revenue is recognized upon
delivery for non-subscription-based sales.

In certain locations, we use dealers to distribute our Critical Information and
Insight. Revenue for products sold through dealers is recognized as follows:



| |  |  | For subscription-based services, revenue is recognized ratably as delivered to the end user over the subscription period.
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| |  |  | For non-subscription-based products, revenue is recognized upon delivery to the dealer.
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We do not defer the revenue for the limited number of sales of subscriptions in which we act as a sales agent for third parties and we have
no continuing responsibility to maintain and update the underlying database. We recognize this revenue on a net basis upon the sale of these subscriptions and delivery of the information and tools.

Services

We provide our customers with service offerings that are primarily sold on a stand-alone basis and on a significantly more limited basis as part of a multiple-element arrangement. Our service offerings are generally separately priced in a
standard price book. For services that are not in a standard-price book, as the price varies based on the nature and complexity of the service offering, pricing is based on the estimated amount of time to be incurred at standard billing rates for
the estimated underlying effort for executing the associated deliverable in the contract. Revenue related to services performed under time-and-material-based contracts is recognized in the period performed at standard billing rates. Revenue
associated with fixed-price contracts is recognized upon completion of each specified performance obligation or proportionally based upon performance progress under the terms of the contract. See discussion of multiple-element
arrangements below. If the contract includes acceptance contingencies, revenue is recognized in the period in which we receive documentation of acceptance from the customer.



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Multiple-element arrangements

Occasionally, we may execute contracts with customers which contain multiple offerings. In our business, multiple-element arrangements refer
to contracts with separate fees for decision-support tools, maintenance, and/or related services. We have established separate units of accounting as each offering is primarily sold on a stand-alone basis. Generally, if sufficient vendor-specific
objective evidence of the fair value of each element of the arrangement exists based on stand-alone sales of these products and services, then the elements of the contract are unbundled and are recognized as follows:



| |  |  | Subscription offerings and license fees are recognized ratably over the license period as long as there is an associated licensing period or a future
obligation. Otherwise, revenue is recognized upon delivery.
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| |  |  | For non-subscription offerings of a multiple-element arrangement, the revenue is generally recognized for each element in the period in which delivery
of the product to the customer occurs, completion of services occurs or, for post-contract support, ratably over the term of the maintenance period.
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| |  |  | In some instances, customer acceptance is required for consulting services rendered. For those transactions, the service revenue component of the
arrangement is recognized in the period that customer acceptance is obtained.
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In infrequent instances where
a multiple-element arrangement includes offerings for which vendor-specific objective evidence is not available, we consider the substance of the whole arrangement to be a subscription and thus revenue is recognized ratably over the service period.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

We consider all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents are carried at cost, which approximates fair value.

Deferred Subscription Costs

Deferred subscription costs represent royalties and commissions associated with customer subscriptions. These costs are deferred and amortized to expense over the period of the subscriptions. Generally,
subscription periods are 12 months in duration.

Property and Equipment

Land, buildings and improvements, machinery and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is recorded using the straight-line method over
the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:



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|Buildings and improvements |  | 7 to 30 years
|Machinery and equipment    |  | 3 to 10 years

Leasehold improvements are depreciated over their estimated useful life, or the life
of the lease, whichever is shorter. Maintenance, repairs and renewals of a minor nature are expensed as incurred. Betterments and major renewals which extend the useful lives of buildings, improvements, and equipment are capitalized.

Leases

In certain circumstances, we enter into leases with free rent periods or rent escalations over the term of the lease. In such cases, we calculate the total payments over the term of the lease and record them ratably as rent expense over
that term.

Identifiable Intangible Assets and Goodwill

We account for our business acquisitions using the purchase method of accounting. We allocate the total cost of an acquisition to the
underlying net assets based on their respective estimated fair values. As part of this allocation process, we must identify and attribute values and estimated lives to the intangible assets acquired.

Finite-lived intangible assets

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We review the carrying values of identifiable intangible assets with indefinite lives
and goodwill at least annually to assess impairment because these assets are not amortized. Additionally, we review the carrying value of any intangible asset or goodwill whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that its carrying amount
may not be recoverable. We assess impairment by comparing the fair value of an indefinite-lived identifiable intangible asset or goodwill with its carrying value. Impairments are expensed when incurred.

Indefinite-lived intangible assets

We perform the impairment test for indefinite-lived intangible assets, which consist entirely of trade names, by comparing the assets fair value to its carrying value. An impairment charge is
recognized if the assets estimated fair value is less than its carrying value.

We estimate the fair value based on the
relief from royalty method using projected discounted future cash flows, which, in turn, are based on our views of uncertain variables such as growth rates, anticipated future economic conditions and the appropriate discount rates relative to risk
and estimates of residual values. The use of different estimates or assumptions within our discounted cash flow model when determining the fair value of our indefinite-lived intangible assets or using a methodology other than a discounted cash flow
model could result in different values for our indefinite-lived intangible assets and could result in an impairment charge.

Goodwill

We test goodwill for impairment on a reporting unit level on at least an annual basis. A reporting
unit is a group of businesses (i) for which discrete financial information is available and (ii) that have similar economic characteristics. We test goodwill for impairment using the following two-step approach:



| |  |  | We first determine the fair value of each reporting unit. If the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value, this is an indicator
that the goodwill assigned to that reporting unit might be impaired, which requires performance of the second step. We determine the fair value of our reporting units based on projected future discounted cash flows, which, in turn, are based on our
views of uncertain variables such as growth rates, anticipated future economic conditions and the appropriate discount rates relative to risk and estimates of residual values. There were no deficiencies in reporting unit fair values versus carrying
values in the fiscal years ended November 30, 2009, 2008 and 2007.
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| |  |  | If necessary, in the second step, we allocate the fair value of the reporting unit to the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit as if it had
just been acquired in a business combination and as if the purchase price was equivalent to the fair value of the reporting unit. The excess of the fair value of the reporting unit over the amounts assigned to its assets and liabilities is referred
to as the implied fair value of goodwill. We then compare that implied fair value of the reporting units goodwill to the carrying value of that goodwill. If the implied fair value is less than the carrying value, we recognize an impairment
loss for the excess.
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Income Taxes

Deferred income taxes are provided using tax rates enacted for periods of expected reversal on all temporary differences. Temporary
differences relate to differences between the book and tax basis of assets and liabilities, principally intangible assets, property and equipment, deferred subscription revenue, pension assets, accruals, and stock-based compensation. Valuation
allowances are established to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that will more likely than not be realized. To the extent that a determination is made to establish or adjust a valuation allowance, the expense or benefit is recorded in the
period in which the determination is made.

Judgment is required in determining the worldwide provision for income taxes.
Additionally, the income tax provision is based on calculations and assumptions that are subject to examination by many different tax authorities and to changes in tax law and rates in many jurisdictions. We adjust our income tax provision in the
period in which it becomes probable that actual results will differ from our estimates.

On December 1, 2007, we adopted
new guidance which prescribed a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. This guidance also provides guidance on
derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. Upon adoption of this guidance, we recorded a cumulative effect adjustment of $1.4 million to increase beginning retained earnings.



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Subsequent to adoption, we include accrued interest and accrued penalties related to amounts accrued for unrecognized tax benefits in our provision for income taxes. We had previously included
interest and penalties in interest income (expense) and other income (expense), respectively.

Treasury Stock

For all IHS stock retention and buyback programs and transactions, we utilize the cost method of accounting. Regarding the
inventory costing method for treasury stock transactions, we employ the weighted-average cost method.

Earnings per
Share

Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during
the period. Diluted EPS is computed using the weighted average number of common shares and dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities were exercised or
converted into common shares. Prior to September 2008, we used the two-class method for computing basic and diluted EPS amounts as we had both Class A and Class B common stock outstanding. On September 18, 2008, the class B
stockholder converted its shares to Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis.

Foreign Currency

Absent circumstances to the contrary, the functional currency of each of our foreign subsidiaries is such
subsidiarys local currency. Assets and liabilities are translated at period-end exchange rates. Income and expense items are translated at weighted average rates of exchange prevailing during the year. Any translation adjustments are included
in other comprehensive income. Transactions executed in different currencies resulting in exchange adjustments are translated at spot rates and resulting foreign-exchange-transaction gains and losses are included in the results of operations.

From time to time, we utilize forward-contract instruments to manage market risks associated with fluctuations in certain
foreign-currency exchange rates as they relate to specific balances of accounts and notes receivable and payable denominated in foreign currencies. At the end of the reporting period, non-functional foreign-currency-denominated receivable and cash
balances are re-measured into the functional currency of the reporting entities at current market rates. The change in value from this re-measurement is reported as a foreign exchange gain or loss for that period in other income (expense) in
the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The resulting gains or losses from the forward foreign currency contracts described above, which are also included in other income (expense), mitigate the exchange rate risk of the associated
assets.

Research and Development

Costs of research and development, which are included in cost of revenue, are expensed as incurred and amounted to approximately $2.7 million, $4.3 million, and $5.0 million for 2009, 2008,
and 2007, respectively.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

We review the carrying amounts of long-lived assets to determine whether current events or circumstances warrant adjustment to such carrying
amounts annually. A long-lived asset is considered to be impaired if its carrying value exceeds the estimated future undiscounted cash flows to be derived from it. Any impairment is measured by the amount that the carrying value of such assets
exceeds their fair value, primarily based on estimated discounted cash flows. Considerable management judgment is necessary to estimate the fair value of assets. Assets to be disposed of are carried at the lower of their financial statement carrying
amount or fair value, less cost to sell.

Stock-Based Compensation

All share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, are recognized in the income statement based on their fair
values. In addition, we estimate forfeitures at the grant date. Compensation cost is recognized based on the number of awards expected to vest. There may be adjustments in future periods if actual forfeitures differ from our estimates. Our
forfeiture rate is based upon historical experience as well as anticipated employee turnover considering certain qualitative factors. We amortize the value of nonvested share awards to expense over the vesting period on a straight-line basis. For
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conditions, an evaluation is made each quarter as to the likelihood of the performance criteria being met. Compensation expense is then adjusted to reflect the number of shares expected to vest
and the cumulative vesting period met to date. For stock options, we estimate the fair value of awards on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes pricing model. We amortize the value of stock options to expense over the vesting period on a
straight-line basis.

Evaluation of Subsequent Events

We have evaluated subsequent events through January 15, 2010, the date the financial statements were issued.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) revised its guidance on business combinations and accounting for non-controlling interests. These revisions will significantly change
the accounting for and reporting of business combination transactions and non-controlling (minority) interests in our consolidated financial statements. Under the new guidance, all acquisition related costs are required to be expensed as incurred.
In addition, assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination that arise from contingencies should be recognized at fair value on the acquisition date if fair value can be determined during the measurement period. If fair value
cannot be determined, companies should typically account for the acquired contingencies using existing guidance. The revisions are required to be adopted simultaneously and are effective for the first annual reporting period beginning on or after
December 15, 2008. Thus, we are required to adopt these standards on December 1, 2009, the first day of our 2010 fiscal year. Earlier adoption is prohibited. We will adopt the new provisions in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 and we do
not expect the adoption of the non-controlling interest guidance will have a material effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations. As for the new guidance on business combinations, we do expect this to have a material
impact on the accounting for future acquisitions.

In October 2009, the FASBs Emerging Issues Task Force revised its
guidance on Revenue Recognition for Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements. The amendments in this update will enable companies to separately account for multiple revenue-generating activities (deliverables) that they perform for their
customers. Existing U.S. GAAP requires a company to use vendor-specific objective evidence (VSOE) or third party evidence of selling price to separate deliverables in a multiple-deliverable arrangement. The update will allow the use of
an estimated selling price if neither VSOE nor third-party evidence is available. The update will require additional disclosures of information about an entitys multiple-deliverable arrangements. The requirements of the update may be applied
prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, although early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the update on its financial
position and results of operations and does not plan early or retroactively adopt the new guidance.

3. Business Combinations

During 2009, we made the following acquisitions:

Prime Publications Limited (Prime and Lloyds Register-Fairplay Limited (Fairplay). On March 3, 2008, we acquired Prime
Publications Limited (Prime), which owned a 50% interest in the Lloyds Register-Fairplay Limited (Fairplay) joint venture, a leading source of global maritime information. Fairplay is the pre-eminent brand name in the maritime information
industry and the only organization that provides comprehensive details of the current world merchant fleet (tankers, cargo, carrier and passenger ships) and a complete range of products and services to assist the worlds maritime community. The
investment in Fairplay was the primary asset of Prime. IHS accounted for the joint venture under the equity method of accounting from March 2008 through November 30, 2008. As of December 1, 2008, we obtained an additional 0.1%
ownership interest and a majority position on the ventures governing board giving us a 50.1% controlling interest in the joint venture and accordingly began consolidating Fairplay within our results. On June 17, 2009, we acquired the
remaining 49.9% of Fairplay from Lloyds Register giving us 100% ownership of Fairplay. The remaining 49.9% interest was acquired for approximately $64 million.



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LogTech Canada Ltd. (LogTech). On September 2, 2009, we acquired LogTech, a
leader in the development of pragmatic and cost-effective software solutions, services and digital log data for the petroleum industry. We acquired LogTech for $3 million, net of cash acquired.

Environmental Support Solutions, Inc. (ESS).On September 17, 2009, we acquired ESS, a leading provider of environmental, health
and safety and crisis management software for enterprise sustainability, for approximately $59 million, net of cash acquired.

The purchase prices for these 2009 acquisitions, excluding acquired cash and including acquisition-related costs, were initially allocated as follows (in thousands):



|                            |  |          |         |     |   |         |  |       |       |  |   |        
|--------------------------- |  | -------- | ------- | --- | - | ------- |  | ----- | ----- |  | - | -------
|                            |  | Prime(1) |         | ESS |   | LogTech |  | Total
|Assets:                     |  |          |         |     |   |         |  |       |       |  |   |        
|Current assets              |  | $        | 5,597   |     | $ | 3,988   |  | $     | 145   |  | $ | 9,730  
|Property and equipment      |  |          | 553     |     |   | 669     |  |       | 36    |  |   | 1,258  
|Intangible assets           |  |          | 29,625  |     |   | 16,850  |  |       | 1,508 |  |   | 47,983 
|Goodwill                    |  |          | 104,175 |     |   | 49,450  |  |       | 2,393 |  |   | 156,018
|Other long-term assets      |  |          |        |     |   | 32      |  |       |      |  |   | 32     
|                            |  |          |         |     |   |         |  |       |       |  |   |        
|Total assets                |  |          | 139,950 |     |   | 70,989  |  |       | 4,082 |  |   | 215,021
|                            |  |          |         |     |   |         |  |       |       |  |   |        
|Liabilities:                |  |          |         |     |   |         |  |       |       |  |   |        
|Current liabilities         |  |          | 10,487  |     |   | 11,358  |  |       | 839   |  |   | 22,684 
|Deferred taxes              |  |          | 6,973   |     |   | 378     |  |       | 185   |  |   | 7,536  
|Other long-term liabilities |  |          | 2,253   |     |   | 127     |  |       |      |  |   | 2,380  
|                            |  |          |         |     |   |         |  |       |       |  |   |        
|Total liabilities           |  |          | 19,713  |     |   | 11,863  |  |       | 1,024 |  |   | 32,600 
|                            |  |          |         |     |   |         |  |       |       |  |   |        
|Purchase price              |  | $        | 120,237 |     | $ | 59,126  |  | $     | 3,058 |  | $ | 182,421
|                            |  |          |         |     |   |         |  |       |       |  |   |        
|                           

| | (1) | Includes cumulative purchase price for the 50% interest acquired in 2008 and the remaining 50% interest acquired in 2009. Individual purchase prices are impacted by
foreign currency fluctuation.
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

During 2008, we made the following acquisitions:

Global Insight, Inc (Global Insight). In October 2008, we completed our acquisition of Global Insight, Inc. based in Lexington,
Massachusetts, now known as IHS Global Insight. The acquisition closed for $117.2 million in cash and approximately 1.3 million shares of IHS common stock, which were valued at $44.3 million based on the closing price of IHS on
Oct. 10, 2008. Terms of the transaction included a lock-up agreement restricting the transferability and salability of IHS shares with 10 percent of the shares restricted for one year, 50 percent for two years, and 40 percent for
three years.

Related to the acquisition of Global Insight in October 2008, we established a plan to streamline the
operations of Global Insight and eliminate redundancies as a result of this acquisition. This plan contemplated certain reductions in personnel as well as certain facility consolidations related to this acquisition. We initially established a $13.0
million liability for restructuring costs in the opening balance sheet. Of this initial amount, $8.2 million was for employee severance and other termination benefits and $4.8 million related to facility closure costs. During 2009, management
refined its restructuring plan which resulted in a revised estimated liability of $9.0 million, consisting of $5.1 million for employee severance and $3.9 million for facility closures. The $4.0 million reduction of the liability was recorded as a
reduction to goodwill. Through November 30, 2009, we paid $4.9 million of the employee severance and other termination benefits and $2.5 million of the facility closure costs resulting in a remaining liability balance of $1.6 million as of
November 30, 2009.

Divestco USA Inc. (Divestco). In September 2008, we acquired the U.S. product portfolio
of Divestco, a strategic provider of comprehensive data and analytical tools for the oil and gas industry, for approximately $3.0 million in cash.

Documental Solutions LLC (Documental Solutions). In September 2008, we acquired Documental Solutions LLC of Falls Church, Virginia for approximately $22.2 million in cash. Documental
Solutions is a leading provider of market intelligence and analysis tools for the defense and aerospace industry.

JFA
International (JFA). In March 2008, we acquired the assets of JFA, a London, England based provider of strategic analysis to the energy industrys exploration and production sectors. JFA was acquired for £2.0 million, or
approximately $3.9 million based on the exchange rate as of the date of acquisition.



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Environmental Software Providers (ESP). In March 2008, we acquired Environmental
Software Providers, the business name for Electric Software Products, Inc., based in Mountain View, California, for approximately $18.7 million in cash. ESP is a provider of enterprise information solutions used by companies to assist in
managing their environmental sustainability programs.

Dolphin Software, Inc. (Dolphin). In March 2008, we
acquired Dolphin of Lake Oswego, Oregon for approximately $23.7 million in cash. Dolphin is a leader in developing and using chemical data information and software used by companies to record and track chemicals stored and used in their
facilities.

Prime Publications Limited (Prime). In March 2008, we acquired Prime, which owned a 50% interest in the
Fairplay joint venture. The investment in Fairplay was the primary asset of Prime. Lloyds Register of London, England was the joint venture partner owning the other 50%. IHS accounted for the joint venture under the equity method of accounting
until December 1, 2008. IHS acquired 100 percent of the stock of Prime for approximately $76.1 million based on the exchange rate as of the date of acquisition, which included $16.0 million in non-interest bearing seller notes,
and the remainder was paid in cash.

McCloskey Group Limited (McCloskey). In December 2007, we acquired McCloskey, the
leading provider of news, Critical Information and Insight on the international coal markets located near London, England. We acquired McCloskey for £13.9 million, or approximately $28.2 million based on the exchange rate as of the
date of acquisition, using cash on hand.

The purchase prices for these 2008 acquisitions, excluding acquired cash and
including acquisition-related costs, were initially allocated as follows (in thousands):



|                                   |  |               |         |       |   |           |  |            |        |       |   |        |  |   |        
|---------------------------------- |  | ------------- | ------- | ----- | - | --------- |  | ---------- | ------ | ----- | - | ------ |  | - | -------
|                                   |  | GlobalInsight |         | Prime |   | McCloskey |  | All others |        | Total
|Assets:                            |  |               |         |       |   |           |  |            |        |       |   |        |  |   |        
|Current assets                     |  | $             | 24,413  |       | $ | 110       |  | $          | 774    |       | $ | 3,549  |  | $ | 28,846 
|Property and equipment             |  |               | 4,130   |       |   | 6         |  |            | 114    |       |   | 771    |  |   | 5,021  
|Intangible assets                  |  |               | 85,000  |       |   | 3,572     |  |            | 8,180  |       |   | 25,601 |  |   | 122,353
|Goodwill                           |  |               | 125,698 |       |   | 717       |  |            | 24,136 |       |   | 51,657 |  |   | 202,208
|Equity investment in joint venture |  |               |        |       |   | 73,822    |  |            |       |       |   | 976    |  |   | 74,798 
|Other long-term assets             |  |               | 1,495   |       |   |          |  |            |       |       |   | 58     |  |   | 1,553  
|                                   |  |               |         |       |   |           |  |            |        |       |   |        |  |   |        
|Total assets                       |  |               | 240,736 |       |   | 78,227    |  |            | 33,204 |       |   | 82,612 |  |   | 434,779
|                                   |  |               |         |       |   |           |  |            |        |       |   |        |  |   |        
|Liabilities:                       |  |               |         |       |   |           |  |            |        |       |   |        |  |   |        
|Current liabilities                |  |               | 56,807  |       |   | 50        |  |            | 2,741  |       |   | 7,322  |  |   | 66,920 
|Deferred taxes                     |  |               | 21,267  |       |   | 2,059     |  |            | 2,258  |       |   | 2,870  |  |   | 28,454 
|Other long-term liabilities        |  |               | 1,183   |       |   |           |  |            |        |       |   | 927    |  |   | 2,110  
|                                   |  |               |         |       |   |           |  |            |        |       |   |        |  |   |        
|Total liabilities                  |  |               | 79,257  |       |   | 2,109     |  |            | 4,999  |       |   | 11,119 |  |   | 97,484 
|                                   |  |               |         |       |   |           |  |            |        |       |   |        |  |   |        
|Purchase price                     |  | $             | 161,479 |       | $ | 76,118    |  | $          | 28,205 |       | $ | 71,493 |  | $ | 337,295
|                                   |  |               |         |       |   |           |  |            |        |       |   |        |  |   |        

During 2007, we made the following acquisitions:

Exploration Data Services (EDS). In October 2007, we acquired the assets of Livingston, TX-based EDS and its subsidiary,
Geodigit LLC, which collectively maintain and market extensive geological data covering the subsurface Gulf of Mexico for $6.3 million using existing cash on hand. The acquired assets include EDS catalog of interpreted formation tops
on more than 25,000 offshore wells, www.EDSMaps.com, and Geodigits MMS offshore well data, base maps, and other well header data.

EnvironMax. In October 2007, we acquired EnvironMax, Inc., of Salt Lake City, Utah. EnvironMax is a leading provider of environmental management information systems (EMIS) solutions sold
primarily to government and defense markets. Terms of the purchase included $22.1 million paid from cash on hand and 65,000 shares of IHS stock issued with a one-year lock up, valued at $3.8 million for a total price of $25.4 million,
net of cash acquired.

PCNAlert. In August 2007, we acquired the assets of PCNAlert from SupplyEdge, Inc., of
Pasadena, Calif., for $10 million using existing cash on hand. PCNAlert delivers leading component event management solutions, including product change notifications and end-of-life notifications for the electronic components industry.



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John S. Herold, Inc. (Herold). In August 2007, we acquired Norwalk, CT-based
Herold, an independent research firm that provides in-depth analyses and key financial and operational data on more than 400 global oil and gas companies. We acquired Herold for approximately $47.2 million, net of acquired cash, using existing
cash on hand.

Strategic Decision Group Corporations Oil & Gas Consulting Practice (SDG). In July 2007,
we acquired the assets of SDGs oil & gas consulting practice (SDG), a provider of strategic consulting services to leading enterprises in the global oil and gas industry, for $8.2 million using $5.1 million of
existing cash on hand and by issuing a $3.1 million note payable.

Janes Information Group (Janes). In
June 2007, we executed an agreement with Woodbridge International Holdings S.A. (Woodbridge) for the purchase of Janes, a leading provider of information to the defense industry and governments. The parties completed the transaction on
the same date. Terms of the transaction included delivery of 4,399,000 shares of our Class A Common Stock valued at $171.5 million and less than $0.1 million in cash in exchange for all of the outstanding equity and debt of
Janes. Woodbridge agreed to a three-year lock-up agreement that restricts its ability to transfer or sell any IHS shares.

Geological Consulting Services (GCS). In June 2007, we acquired the inventory and assets of GCS of Houstona provider of formation tops data files in electronic and other media covering South Texas, East Texas, North Louisiana,
South Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Floridafor $8.2 million using existing cash on hand.

RapiData. In
March 2007, we acquired certain assets including the RapiData product, well known for its comprehensive well test, pressure, and completions data for the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. IHS purchased RapiData and other assets from Rapid
Technology Corporation of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, for approximately $6.3 million using existing cash on hand.

Geological Data Services Inc. (GDS). In January 2007, we acquired the majority of the assets of GDS of Addison, Texas, a provider of interpreted subsurface data formation-tops covering the Permian Basin, U.S.
mid-continent, and Rocky Mountain regions. We acquired GDS for $8.0 million using existing cash on hand.

The purchase
prices for these 2007 acquisitions, excluding acquired cash and including acquisition-related costs, were initially allocated as follows (in thousands):



|                            |  |        |         |        |   |            |  |       |        |  |   |        
|--------------------------- |  | ------ | ------- | ------ | - | ---------- |  | ----- | ------ |  | - | -------
|                            |  | Janes |         | Herold |   | All others |  | Total
|Assets:                     |  |        |         |        |   |            |  |       |        |  |   |        
|Current assets              |  | $      | 18,444  |        | $ | 2,680      |  | $     | 3,615  |  | $ | 24,739 
|Property and equipment      |  |        | 4,683   |        |   | 292        |  |       | 489    |  |   | 5,464  
|Intangible assets           |  |        | 93,423  |        |   | 28,100     |  |       | 27,129 |  |   | 148,652
|Goodwill                    |  |        | 115,631 |        |   | 32,752     |  |       | 47,680 |  |   | 196,063
|Other long-term assets      |  |        | 292     |        |   |           |  |       |       |  |   | 292    
|                            |  |        |         |        |   |            |  |       |        |  |   |        
|Total assets                |  |        | 232,473 |        |   | 63,824     |  |       | 78,913 |  |   | 375,210
|                            |  |        |         |        |   |            |  |       |        |  |   |        
|Liabilities:                |  |        |         |        |   |            |  |       |        |  |   |        
|Current liabilities         |  |        | 33,756  |        |   | 6,906      |  |       | 4,116  |  |   | 44,778 
|Deferred taxes              |  |        | 25,278  |        |   | 9,701      |  |       | 2,437  |  |   | 37,416 
|Other long-term liabilities |  |        | 1,841   |        |   | 44         |  |       |       |  |   | 1,885  
|                            |  |        |         |        |   |            |  |       |        |  |   |        
|Total liabilities           |  |        | 60,875  |        |   | 16,651     |  |       | 6,553  |  |   | 84,079 
|                            |  |        |         |        |   |            |  |       |        |  |   |        
|Purchase price              |  | $      | 171,598 |        | $ | 47,173     |  | $     | 72,360 |  | $ | 291,131
|                            |  |        |         |        |   |            |  |       |        |  |   |        

4. Net Restructuring Charges (Credits)

Net restructuring charges (credits) were $(0.7) million, $12.1 million and $(0.2) million for the years ended November 30, 2009, 2008
and 2007, respectively.

During the third quarter of 2008, we executed a restructuring initiative which primarily affected the
Americas and EMEA segments. Restructuring and related expenses consisted of direct and incremental costs associated with restructuring and related activities, including severance, outplacement and other employee related benefits; facility closure
including non-cash expenses related to fixed asset and leasehold improvement write-offs; and legal expenses associated with employee terminations which were incurred during the third quarter of 2008.



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This initiative was undertaken to further the realignment of our resources around our
regional organizational structure and to further transform our knowledge-based data accumulation operations to ensure continuous improvement in the quality of the Critical Information and Insight we deliver to our customers. During the course of the
restructuring, we reduced our aggregate workforce by approximately 7%, eliminated certain contractor positions and closed certain offices.

The restructuring charge was incurred in its entirety during the third quarter of 2008. Approximately $5.8 million of the charge related to our Americas segment, $5.9 million pertained to our EMEA
segment and $0.4 million related to shared services. The majority of the liability was paid during 2008 and the remaining liability at November 30, 2008 was $1.0 million. This remaining balance was substantially paid as of
November 30, 2009. An over-accrual of $0.7 million was reversed during 2009.

Global Insight Restructuring

Related to the acquisition of Global Insight in October 2008, we established a plan to streamline the operations of
Global Insight and eliminate redundancies as a result of this acquisition. This plan contemplated certain reductions in personnel as well as certain facility consolidations related to this acquisition. We initially established a $13.0 million
liability for restructuring costs in the opening balance sheet. Of this initial amount, $8.2 million was for employee severance and other termination benefits and $4.8 million related to facility closure costs. During 2009, management refined its
restructuring plan which resulted in a revised estimated liability of $9.0 million, consisting of $5.1 million for employee severance and $3.9 million for facility closures. The $4.0 million reduction of the liability was recorded as a reduction to
goodwill. Through November 30, 2009, we paid $4.9 million of the employee severance and other termination benefits and $2.5 million of the facility closure costs resulting in a remaining liability balance of $1.6 million as of November 30,
2009.

5. Accounts Receivable

Our accounts receivable balance consists of the following as of November 30:



|                                   |  |                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|---------------------------------- |  | -------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|                                   |  | 2009           |         |   | 2008 |  
|                                   |  | (In thousands) |        
|Accounts receivable                |  | $              | 208,011 |   |      | $ | 212,605 |  
|Lessaccounts receivable allowance |  |                | (4,511  | ) |      |   | (4,790  | )
|                                   |  |                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Accounts receivable, net           |  | $              | 203,500 |   |      | $ | 207,815 |  
|                                   |  |                |         |   |      |   |         |  

The activity in our accounts receivable allowance consists of the following as of
November 30:



|                                |  |                |        |   |      |   |        |  
|------------------------------- |  | -------------- | ------ | - | ---- | - | ------ | -
|                                |  | 2009           |        |   | 2008 |  
|                                |  | (In thousands) |       
|Balance at beginning of year    |  | $              | 4,790  |   |      | $ | 5,406  |  
|Provision for bad debts         |  |                | 2,663  |   |      |   | 1,967  |  
|Recoveries and other additions  |  |                | 1,249  |   |      |   | 233    |  
|Write-offs and other deductions |  |                | (4,191 | ) |      |   | (2,816 | )
|                                |  |                |        |   |      |   |        |  
|Balance at end of year          |  | $              | 4,511  |   |      | $ | 4,790  |  
|                                |  |                |        |   |      |   |        |  

We record allowances for doubtful accounts when it is probable that the
accounts receivable balance will not be collected and the amounts are based upon managements estimates and historical collection trends.



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6. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consists of the following at November 30:



|                                 |  |                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|-------------------------------- |  | -------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|                                 |  | 2009           |         |   | 2008 |  
|                                 |  | (In thousands) |        
|Land, buildings and improvements |  | $              | 76,112  |   |      | $ | 66,459  |  
|Machinery and equipment          |  |                | 97,437  |   |      |   | 74,925  |  
|                                 |  |                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|                                 |  |                | 173,549 |   |      |   | 141,384 |  
|Less: accumulated depreciation   |  |                | (98,751 | ) |      |   | (81,806 | )
|                                 |  |                |         |   |      |   |         |  
|                                 |  | $              | 74,798  |   |      | $ | 59,578  |  
|                                 |  |                |         |   |      |   |         |  

Depreciation expense was approximately $15.1 million, $13.6 million and
$11.4 million in 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

7. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The following table presents details of our intangible assets, other than goodwill, as of November 30, 2009:



|                                               |  |            |  |                |         |                         |   |         |     |  |   |        
|---------------------------------------------- |  | ---------- |  | -------------- | ------- | ----------------------- | - | ------- | --- |  | - | -------
|                                               |  | UsefulLife |  | Gross          |         | AccumulatedAmortization |   |         | Net
|                                               |  | (Years)    |  | (In thousands)
|Intangible assets subject to amortization:     |  |            |  |                |         |                         |   |         |     |  |   |        
|Information databases                          |  | 5 - 15     |  | $              | 195,286 |                         | $ | (51,427 | )   |  | $ | 143,859
|Customer relationships                         |  | 2 - 15     |  |                | 84,209  |                         |   | (19,777 | )   |  |   | 64,432 
|Non-compete agreements                         |  | 5          |  |                | 5,856   |                         |   | (5,134  | )   |  |   | 722    
|Developed computer software                    |  | 5          |  |                | 33,986  |                         |   | (8,375  | )   |  |   | 25,611 
|Other                                          |  | 3 - 11     |  |                | 13,075  |                         |   | (7,687  | )   |  |   | 5,388  
|                                               |  |            |  |                |         |                         |   |         |     |  |   |        
|Total                                          |  |            |  |                | 332,412 |                         |   | (92,400 | )   |  |   | 240,012
|Intangible assets not subject to amortization: |  |            |  |                |         |                         |   |         |     |  |   |        
|Trademarks                                     |  |            |  |                | 68,583  |                         |   |        |     |  |   | 68,583 
|Perpetual licenses                             |  |            |  |                | 1,200   |                         |   |        |     |  |   | 1,200  
|                                               |  |            |  |                |         |                         |   |         |     |  |   |        
|Total intangible assets                        |  |            |  | $              | 402,195 |                         | $ | (92,400 | )   |  | $ | 309,795
|                                               |  |            |  |                |         |                         |   |         |     |  |   |        



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The following table presents details of our intangible assets, other than goodwill, as
of November 30, 2008:



|                                               |  |            |  |                |         |                         |   |         |     |  |   |        
|---------------------------------------------- |  | ---------- |  | -------------- | ------- | ----------------------- | - | ------- | --- |  | - | -------
|                                               |  | UsefulLife |  | Gross          |         | AccumulatedAmortization |   |         | Net
|                                               |  | (Years)    |  | (In thousands)
|Intangible assets subject to amortization:     |  |            |  |                |         |                         |   |         |     |  |   |        
|Information databases                          |  | 5 - 15     |  | $              | 176,637 |                         | $ | (27,770 | )   |  | $ | 148,867
|Customer relationships                         |  | 2 - 15     |  |                | 72,596  |                         |   | (12,346 | )   |  |   | 60,250 
|Non-compete agreements                         |  | 5          |  |                | 5,851   |                         |   | (4,098  | )   |  |   | 1,753  
|Developed computer software                    |  | 5          |  |                | 18,700  |                         |   | (4,344  | )   |  |   | 14,356 
|Other                                          |  | 3 - 11     |  |                | 5,872   |                         |   | (3,190  | )   |  |   | 2,682  
|                                               |  |            |  |                |         |                         |   |         |     |  |   |        
|Total                                          |  |            |  |                | 279,656 |                         |   | (51,748 | )   |  |   | 227,908
|Intangible assets not subject to amortization: |  |            |  |                |         |                         |   |         |     |  |   |        
|Trademarks                                     |  |            |  |                | 56,844  |                         |   |        |     |  |   | 56,844 
|Perpetual licenses                             |  |            |  |                | 1,150   |                         |   |        |     |  |   | 1,150  
|                                               |  |            |  |                |         |                         |   |         |     |  |   |        
|Total intangible assets                        |  |            |  | $              | 337,650 |                         | $ | (51,748 | )   |  | $ | 285,902
|                                               |  |            |  |                |         |                         |   |         |     |  |   |        

The estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets is as follows:



|     |  |                |       
|---- |  | -------------- | ------
|Year |  | Amount        
|     |  | (In thousands)
|2010 |  | $              | 36,666
|2011 |  |                | 34,194
|2012 |  |                | 32,016
|2013 |  |                | 28,321
|2014 |  |                | 26,607

Amortization expense of intangible assets was $34.0 million, $25.8 million
and $14.1 million for the years ended November 30, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Changes in our intangible
assets from November 30, 2008 to November 30, 2009 and from November 30, 2007 to November 30, 2008 were the result of acquisitions (see Note 3) and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

8. Debt

On
September 7, 2007, we entered into an amended and restated credit agreement (the Revolver). The $385 million Revolver allows us, under certain conditions, to increase the facility to a maximum of $500 million. The agreement expires in
September 2012.

The interest rates for borrowing under the Revolver are based upon our Leverage Ratio, which is the ratio of
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness to rolling four quarter Consolidated Earnings Before Interest Expense, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA), as defined in the Revolver. The rate ranges from the applicable LIBOR plus 50 basis points to 125
basis points or the agent banks base rate. A commitment fee is payable periodically and ranges from 10 to 25 basis points based upon our Leverage Ratio. The Revolver contains certain financial and other covenants, including limitations on
capital lease obligations and maximum Leverage and Interest Coverage Ratios, as defined in the Revolver.

As of
November 30, 2009, we were in compliance with all of the covenants in the agreement and had $85.0 million of outstanding borrowings with an annual interest rate of 0.75%. In addition, we had outstanding letters of credit totaling
approximately $1.1 million as of November 30, 2009.

As of November 30, 2009, we also had $7.4 million of
non-interest bearing notes that were issued to the sellers of Prime. These notes are due upon demand and are therefore recorded in Short-term Debt in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.



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9. Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, we are party to a variety of agreements under which we may be obligated to indemnify the other party for certain matters. These obligations typically arise in contracts
where we customarily agree to hold the other party harmless against losses arising from a breach of representations or covenants for certain matters such as title to assets and intellectual property rights associated with the sale of products. We
also have indemnification obligations to our officers and directors. The duration of these indemnifications varies, and in certain cases, is indefinite. In each of these circumstances, payment by us depends upon the other party making an adverse
claim according to the procedures outlined in the particular agreement, which procedures generally allow us to challenge the other partys claims. In certain instances, we may have recourse against third parties for payments that we make.

We are unable to reasonably estimate the maximum potential amount of future payments under these or similar agreements due to
the unique facts and circumstances of each agreement and the fact that certain indemnifications provide for no limitation to the maximum potential future payments under the indemnification. We have not recorded any liability for these
indemnifications in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets; however, we accrue losses for any known contingent liability, including those that may arise from indemnification provisions, when the obligation is both probable and reasonably
estimable.

10. Taxes on Income

The amounts of income from continuing operations before income taxes and minority interests by U.S. and foreign jurisdictions follow for the years ended November 30:



|        |  |                |         |      |   |         |  |   |        
|------- |  | -------------- | ------- | ---- | - | ------- |  | - | -------
|        |  | 2009           |         | 2008 |   | 2007   
|        |  | (In thousands)
|U.S.    |  | $              | 33,952  |      | $ | 23,993  |  | $ | 24,422 
|Foreign |  |                | 144,735 |      |   | 110,198 |  |   | 98,244 
|        |  |                |         |      |   |         |  |   |        
|        |  | $              | 178,687 |      | $ | 134,191 |  | $ | 122,666
|        |  |                |         |      |   |         |  |   |        

The provision for income tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations, for the
years ended November 30 was as follows:



|                           |  |                |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|-------------------------- |  | -------------- | ------ | - | ---- | - | ------ | ---- |  | - | ------ | -
|                           |  | 2009           |        |   | 2008 |   |        | 2007 | 
|                           |  | (In thousands) |       
|Current:                   |  |                |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|U.S.                       |  | $              | 1,895  |   |      | $ | 8,560  |      |  | $ | 6,010  |  
|Foreign                    |  |                | 17,991 |   |      |   | 22,321 |      |  |   | 28,628 |  
|State                      |  |                | 3,422  |   |      |   | 2,798  |      |  |   | 2,575  |  
|                           |  |                |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|Total current              |  |                | 23,308 |   |      |   | 33,679 |      |  |   | 37,213 |  
|                           |  |                |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|Deferred:                  |  |                |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|U.S.                       |  |                | 18,285 |   |      |   | 6,465  |      |  |   | 2,943  |  
|Foreign                    |  |                | (505   | ) |      |   | (1,860 | )    |  |   | (420   | )
|State                      |  |                | 492    |   |      |   | 228    |      |  |   | (909   | )
|                           |  |                |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|Total deferred             |  |                | 18,272 |   |      |   | 4,833  |      |  |   | 1,614  |  
|                           |  |                |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|Provision for income taxes |  | $              | 41,580 |   |      | $ | 38,512 |      |  | $ | 38,827 |  
|                           |  |                |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  



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The provision for income taxes from continuing operations recorded within the
consolidated statements of operations differs from the provision determined by applying the U.S. statutory tax rate to pretax earnings as a result of the following for the years ended November 30:



|                                                                                 |  |                |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |        |  
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | ---- |  | - | ------ | -
|                                                                                 |  | 2009           |         |   | 2008 |   |         | 2007 | 
|                                                                                 |  | (In thousands) |        
|Statutory U.S. federal income tax                                                |  | $              | 62,539  |   |      | $ | 46,967  |      |  | $ | 42,933 |  
|State income tax, net of federal benefit                                         |  |                | 2,847   |   |      |   | 1,956   |      |  |   | 765    |  
|Foreign rate differential                                                        |  |                | (33,476 | ) |      |   | (16,764 | )    |  |   | (8,702 | )
|U.S. tax on dividends from foreign affiliates, net of foreign tax credits (FTCs) |  |                | 10,873  |   |      |   | 7,828   |      |  |   | 8,304  |  
|Valuation allowance                                                              |  |                | (1,519  | ) |      |   | (1,042  | )    |  |   | (2,004 | )
|Tax-exempt interest                                                              |  |                |        |   |      |   | (157    | )    |  |   | (1,414 | )
|Change in reserves                                                               |  |                | (177    | ) |      |   | 147     |      |  |   | (1,225 | )
|Other                                                                            |  |                | 493     |   |      |   | (423    | )    |  |   | 170    |  
|                                                                                 |  |                |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |        |  
|Income tax expense                                                               |  | $              | 41,580  |   |      | $ | 38,512  |      |  | $ | 38,827 |  
|                                                                                 |  |                |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |        |  
|Effective tax rate expressed as a percentage of pretax earnings                  |  |                | 23.3    | % |      |   | 28.7    | %    |  |   | 31.7   | %
|                                                                                 |  |                |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |        |  

Undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries were approximately
$121.8 million at November 30, 2009. Those earnings are considered to be indefinitely reinvested, and do not include earnings from certain subsidiaries which are considered distributed. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal and state
income taxes has been provided on the undistributed earnings. Upon repatriation of those earnings, in the form of dividends or otherwise, we would be subject to both U.S. income taxes (subject to an adjustment for foreign tax credits) and
withholding taxes payable to the various foreign countries. Determination of the amount of unrecognized deferred U.S. income tax liability is not practicable due to the complexities associated with its hypothetical calculation. Withholding taxes of
approximately $0.3 million would be payable upon remittance of all previously unremitted earnings at November 30, 2009.

The significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities at November 30 were:



|                                     |  |                |          |   |      |   |         |  
|------------------------------------ |  | -------------- | -------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|                                     |  | 2009           |          |   | 2008 |  
|                                     |  | (In thousands) |         
|Deferred tax assets:                 |  |                |          |   |      |   |         |  
|Accruals and reserves                |  | $              | 3,516    |   |      | $ | 4,056   |  
|Deferred revenue                     |  |                | 1,319    |   |      |   | 1,559   |  
|Depreciation                         |  |                | 2,166    |   |      |   | 2,256   |  
|Pension and post retirement benefits |  |                | 12,448   |   |      |   | 3,233   |  
|Tax credits                          |  |                | 9,839    |   |      |   | 14,952  |  
|Restructuring reserves               |  |                | 822      |   |      |   | 5,399   |  
|Deferred stock-based compensation    |  |                | 24,220   |   |      |   | 17,559  |  
|Loss carryforwards                   |  |                | 16,072   |   |      |   | 8,340   |  
|Other                                |  |                | 655      |   |      |   | 1,056   |  
|                                     |  |                |          |   |      |   |         |  
|Gross deferred tax assets            |  |                | 71,057   |   |      |   | 58,410  |  
|Valuation allowance                  |  |                | (3,259   | ) |      |   | (3,897  | )
|                                     |  |                |          |   |      |   |         |  
|Realizable deferred tax assets       |  |                | 67,798   |   |      |   | 54,513  |  
|                                     |  |                |          |   |      |   |         |  
|Deferred tax liabilities:            |  |                |          |   |      |   |         |  
|Pension and post-retirement benefits |  |                |         |   |      |   |        |  
|Intangibles                          |  |                | (105,162 | ) |      |   | (91,461 | )
|                                     |  |                |          |   |      |   |         |  
|Gross deferred tax liabilities       |  |                | (105,162 | ) |      |   | (91,461 | )
|                                     |  |                |          |   |      |   |         |  
|Net deferred tax liability           |  | $              | (37,364  | ) |      | $ | (36,948 | )
|                                     |  |                |          |   |      |   |         |  

As of November 30, 2009, we had loss carryforwards totaling approximately
$47.4 million, comprised of $18.2 million of U.S. net operating loss carryforwards, $5.3 million U.S. capital-loss carryforwards, and $23.9 million of foreign loss carryforwards for tax purposes, which will be available to offset
future taxable income. If not used, the U.S. net operating loss carryforwards will begin to expire in 2010, the U.S. capital loss carryforwards will expire in 2012, and the foreign tax loss carryforwards generally may be carried forward
indefinitely. The U.S. net operating loss carryforwards increased as a result of the ESS acquisition and updates to acquired IHS Global Insight losses. These losses begin to expire in 2010 and are subject to prior Section 382 limits. Only
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deemed more likely than not of being realizable were recorded. The U.S. capital loss was incurred during 2007 as the previously deferred loss on stock investment was realized. We believe the
realization of the deferred tax asset related to the U.S. capital loss is not more likely than not to occur, and accordingly, have placed a valuation allowance on this asset. We have analyzed the foreign net operating losses and placed valuation
allowances on those that we have determined the realization is not more likely than not to occur. Global Insight foreign net operating losses at the acquisition date were $26.7 million, and recorded with purchase accounting during 2009.

As of November 30, 2009, we had foreign tax credit (FTC) carryforwards of approximately $4.4 million, research and development
(R&D) credit carryforwards of approximately $2.4 million, and Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) credit carryforwards of approximately $2.8 million, which will be available to offset future U.S. tax liabilities. If not used, the FTC
carryforwards will expire between 2013 and 2016, and the R&D credit carryforwards will expire between 2009 and 2027. The AMT credit carryforwards may be carried forward indefinitely. We believe that it is more likely than not that we will
realize our FTC and AMT tax credit assets. We believe that a portion of the R&D tax credits will expire unused.

The
valuation allowance for deferred tax assets decreased by $0.6 million in 2009. The decrease in this allowance was primarily due to a decrease on the allowance of foreign subsidiary deferred tax assets of $1.5 million, which is partially
offset by an increase from the establishment of an allowance on IHS Global Insight foreign net operating losses of $0.7 million.

We have provided what we believe to be an appropriate amount of tax for items that involve interpretation of the tax law. However, events may occur in the future that will cause us to reevaluate our current reserves and may result in an
adjustment to the reserve for taxes.

On December 1, 2007, we adopted FASB guidance on income taxes, which prescribes a
recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. This pronouncement also provides guidance on derecognition, classification,
interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. Upon adoption, we recorded a cumulative effect adjustment of $1.4 million to increase beginning retained earnings. Subsequent to adoption, we include accrued
interest and accrued penalties related to amounts accrued for unrecognized tax benefits in our provision for income taxes. We had previously included interest and penalties in interest income (expense) and other income (expense), respectively.

A summary of the activities associated with our reserve for unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties follows:



|                                |  |                          |       |   |          |   |     |           |  |   |  
|------------------------------- |  | ------------------------ | ----- | - | -------- | - | --- | --------- |  | - | -
|                                |  | UnrecognizedTax
Benefits |       |   | Interest |   |     | Penalties
|                                |  | (In thousands)          
|Balance at December 1, 2008     |  | $                        | 1,604 |   |          | $ | 106 |           |  | $ | 
|Additions:                      |  |                          |       |   |          |   |     |           |  |   |  
|Current year tax positions      |  |                          | 224   |   |          |   |    |           |  |   | 
|Associated with interest        |  |                          |      |   |          |   | 27  |           |  |   | 4
|Decreases                       |  |                          |       |   |          |   |     |           |  |   |  
|Lapse of statute of limitations |  |                          | (407  | ) |          |   | (25 | )         |  |   | 
|                                |  |                          |       |   |          |   |     |           |  |   |  
|Balance at November 30, 2009    |  | $                        | 1,421 |   |          | $ | 108 |           |  | $ | 4
|                                |  |                          |       |   |          |   |     |           |  |   |  

As of November 30, 2009, the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits was
$1.5 million, of which $0.1 million related to interest.

Changes in the reserve for unrecognized tax benefits
associated with current year tax positions were primarily related to uncertain tax filing requirements associated with our acquisition of IHS Global Insight. Changes in the reserve for unrecognized tax benefits associated with prior year tax
positions was primarily related to the closing of statutes.

It is reasonably possible that we will experience a
$0.2 million decrease in the reserve for unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months. We would experience this decrease in relation to uncertainties associated with closing of statutes.



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IHS or its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and
various state and foreign jurisdictions. The tax years for IHS and our significant subsidiaries that remain subject to examination are as follows:



|               |  |                        |  |                      
|-------------- |  | ---------------------- |  | ---------------------
|Jurisdiction   |  | Years UnderExamination |  | Additional Open Years
|U.S. Federal   |  |                       |  | 2006 - 2008          
|United Kingdom |  |                       |  | 2006 - 2008          
|Canada         |  |                       |  | 2005 - 2008          
|Switzerland    |  |                       |  | 2007 - 2008          

11. Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)



|                                         |  |                                       |         |   |                                                 |   |         |                                            |  |   |          |  
|---------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------- | ------- | - | ----------------------------------------------- | - | ------- | ------------------------------------------ |  | - | -------- | -
|                                         |  | Foreigncurrencytranslationadjustments |         |   | Net pensionandpostretirementliabilityadjustment |   |         | Accumulatedothercomprehensiveincome (loss) | 
|                                         |  | (In thousands)                        |        
|Balances, November 30, 2006              |  | $                                     | 6,356   |   |                                                 | $ | (9,261  | )                                          |  | $ | (2,905   | )
|Foreign currency translation adjustments |  |                                       | 18,047  |   |                                                 |   |        |                                            |  |   | 18,047   |  
|Net pension liability adjustment         |  |                                       |        |   |                                                 |   | 10,243  |                                            |  |   | 10,243   |  
|Adoption of pension guidance             |  |                                       |        |   |                                                 |   | (1,184  | )                                          |  |   | (1,184   | )
|Foreign currency effect on pension       |  |                                       | 546     |   |                                                 |   | (546    | )                                          |  |   |         |  
|Tax provision on pension                 |  |                                       |        |   |                                                 |   | (2,812  | )                                          |  |   | (2,812   | )
|Foreign currency effect on tax benefit   |  |                                       | (164    | ) |                                                 |   | 164     |                                            |  |   |         |  
|                                         |  |                                       |         |   |                                                 |   |         |                                            |  |   |          |  
|Balances, November 30, 2007              |  | $                                     | 24,785  |   |                                                 | $ | (3,396  | )                                          |  | $ | 21,389   |  
|Foreign currency translation adjustments |  |                                       | (96,977 | ) |                                                 |   |        |                                            |  |   | (96,977  | )
|Net pension liability adjustment         |  |                                       |        |   |                                                 |   | (83,805 | )                                          |  |   | (83,805  | )
|Foreign currency effect on pension       |  |                                       | (884    | ) |                                                 |   | 884     |                                            |  |   |         |  
|Tax provision on pension                 |  |                                       |        |   |                                                 |   | 32,213  |                                            |  |   | 32,213   |  
|Foreign currency effect on tax benefit   |  |                                       | 247     |   |                                                 |   | (247    | )                                          |  |   |         |  
|                                         |  |                                       |         |   |                                                 |   |         |                                            |  |   |          |  
|Balances, November 30, 2008              |  | $                                     | (72,829 | ) |                                                 | $ | (54,351 | )                                          |  | $ | (127,180 | )
|                                         |  |                                       |         |   |                                                 |   |         |                                            |  |   |          |  
|Foreign currency translation adjustments |  |                                       | 41,678  |   |                                                 |   |        |                                            |  |   | 41,678   |  
|Net pension liability adjustment         |  |                                       |        |   |                                                 |   | (28,504 | )                                          |  |   | (28,504  | )
|Foreign currency effect on pension       |  |                                       | (71     | ) |                                                 |   | 71      |                                            |  |   |         |  
|Tax provision on pension                 |  |                                       |        |   |                                                 |   | 10,175  |                                            |  |   | 10,175   |  
|Foreign currency effect on tax benefit   |  |                                       | 20      |   |                                                 |   | (20     | )                                          |  |   |         |  
|                                         |  |                                       |         |   |                                                 |   |         |                                            |  |   |          |  
|Balances, November 30, 2009              |  | $                                     | (31,202 | ) |                                                 | $ | (72,629 | )                                          |  | $ | (103,831 | )
|                                         |  |                                       |         |   |                                                 |   |         |                                            |  |   |          |  

12. Stock-Based Compensation

As of November 30, 2009, we had one share-based compensation plan: the Amended and Restated IHS Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan,
which is described further below.

Stock-based compensation expense for the three years ended November 30 was as follows:



|                                             |  |                |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|-------------------------------------------- |  | -------------- | ------ | ---- | - | ------ |  | - | ------
|                                             |  | 2009           |        | 2008 |   | 2007  
|                                             |  | (In thousands)
|Cost of revenue                              |  | $              | 2,564  |      | $ | 1,361  |  | $ | 1,142 
|Selling, general and administrative expenses |  |                | 54,548 |      |   | 38,611 |  |   | 29,299
|                                             |  |                |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Total stock-based compensation expense       |  | $              | 57,112 |      | $ | 39,972 |  | $ | 30,441
|                                             |  |                |        |      |   |        |  |   |       



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Total income tax benefit recognized in the income statement for share-based compensation
arrangements for the three years ended November 30 was as follows:



|                   |  |                |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|------------------ |  | -------------- | ------ | ---- | - | ------ |  | - | ------
|                   |  | 2009           |        | 2008 |   | 2007  
|                   |  | (In thousands)
|Income tax benefit |  | $              | 21,131 |      | $ | 14,790 |  | $ | 11,263

No stock-based compensation cost was capitalized during the years ended
November 30, 2009, 2008 and 2007.

Amended and Restated 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan

The Amended and Restated 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan provides for the grant of non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock
appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units and performance shares, cash-based awards, other stock based awards and covered employee annual incentive awards. The 2004 Directors Stock Plan, a sub-plan under our
Amended and Restated 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan, provides for the grant of restricted stock and restricted stock units to non-employee directors as defined in that plan. We believe that such awards better align the interests of our employees and
non-employee directors with those of our shareholders. We have authorized a maximum of 11.25 million shares. As of November 30, 2009, the number of shares available for future grant was 3.4 million.

Total compensation expense related to nonvested awards, both share awards and stock options, not yet recognized was $55.6 million as of
November 30, 2009, with a weighted-average recognition period of approximately one year.

Nonvested Stock. Share
awards vest from six months to four years. Share awards are generally subject to either cliff vesting or graded vesting. The fair value of nonvested stock is based on the fair value of our common stock on the date of grant. We amortize the value of
share awards to expense over the vesting period on a straight-line basis. Approximately half of our outstanding awards are performance based. For those awards, an evaluation is made each quarter as to the likelihood of the performance criteria being
met. As the number of shares expected to vest increases or decreases, compensation expense is then adjusted up or down to reflect the number of shares expected to vest and the cumulative vesting period met to date. Additionally, we estimate
forfeitures at the grant date and recognize compensation cost based on the number of awards expected to vest. There may be adjustments in future periods if the likelihood of meeting performance criteria changes or if actual forfeitures differ from
our estimates. Our forfeiture rate is based upon historical experience as well as anticipated employee turnover considering certain qualitative factors.

A summary of the status of our nonvested shares as of November 30, 2009, and changes during the year then ended were as follows:



|                            |  |                |   |  |                                      |      
|--------------------------- |  | -------------- | - |  | ------------------------------------ | -----
|                            |  | Shares         |   |  | Weighted-AverageGrant DateFair Value
|                            |  | (in thousands) |   |  |                                     
|Balances, November 30, 2008 |  | 2,176          |   |  | $                                    | 41.81
|Granted                     |  | 1,395          |   |  | $                                    | 45.22
|Vested                      |  | (725           | ) |  | $                                    | 39.51
|Forfeited                   |  | (172           | ) |  | $                                    | 44.71
|                            |  |                |   |  |                                      |      
|Balances, November 30, 2009 |  | 2,674          |   |  | $                                    | 46.38
|                            |  |                |   |  |                                      |      

The total fair value of nonvested stock that vested during the year ended
November 30, 2009, was $33.2 million based on the weighted-average fair value on the vesting date and $28.7 million based on the weighted-average fair value on the date of grant.

Stock Options. Option awards are generally granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of our stock at the date of
grant. Options outstanding as of November 30, 2009, either cliff vest after 4 years of continuous service or vest in a graded fashion over three years of continuous service and have 8-year contractual terms. Certain option and share awards
provide for accelerated vesting if there is a change in control (as defined in the plan). No options were granted in the year ended November 30, 2009 or 2008.



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The fair value of each option award granted in 2007 was estimated on the date of grant
using the Black-Scholes pricing model that used the assumptions noted in the following table:



|                                                     |  |                            |       |  
|---------------------------------------------------- |  | -------------------------- | ----- | -
|                                                     |  | Year EndedNovember 30,2007 |      
|Dividend yield                                       |  |                            | 0.0   | %
|Expected volatility                                  |  |                            | 30.66 | %
|Risk-free interest rate                              |  |                            | 4.92  | %
|Expected term (in years)                             |  |                            | 5.0   |  
|Weighted average fair value of stock options granted |  | $                          | 13.57 |  

Our dividend yield is 0.0% since we have no history of paying dividends and currently
have no plan to do so. Our expected volatility is determined annually using a basket of peer company historical volatility rates until such time as our stock history is equal to our contractual terms. Our risk-free interest rate is the treasury-bill
rate for the period equal to the expected term based on the Treasury note strip principal rates as reported in well-known and widely used financial sources. Our expected term is the average of the contractual term of the option and the vesting
period (i.e., the shortcut method).

The following table summarizes changes in outstanding stock options
during the years ended November 30, 2009 and 2008, as well as options that are vested and expected to vest and stock options exercisable at November 30, 2009 and 2008:



|                                                 |  |                |   |  |                               |       |                                          |     |                         |   |      
|------------------------------------------------ |  | -------------- | - |  | ----------------------------- | ----- | ---------------------------------------- | --- | ----------------------- | - | -----
|                                                 |  | Shares         |   |  | Weighted-AverageExercisePrice |       | Weighted-AverageRemainingContractualTerm |     | AggregateIntrinsicValue
|                                                 |  | (in thousands) |   |  |                               |       |                                          |     | (in thousands)         
|Outstanding at November 30, 2007                 |  | 287            |   |  | $                             | 35.29 |                                          |     |                         |   |      
|Granted                                          |  |               |   |  |                               |      |                                          |     |                         |   |      
|Exercised                                        |  | (10            | ) |  | $                             | 37.65 |                                          |     |                         |   |      
|Forfeited                                        |  | (2             | ) |  |                               |      |                                          |     |                         |   |      
|                                                 |  |                |   |  |                               |       |                                          |     |                         |   |      
|Outstanding at November 30, 2008                 |  | 275            |   |  | $                             | 35.18 |                                          | 5.9 |                         | $ | 543  
|Vested and expected to vest at November 30, 2008 |  | 275            |   |  | $                             | 35.18 |                                          | 5.9 |                         | $ | 543  
|Exercisable at November 30, 2008                 |  | 84             |   |  | $                             | 33.62 |                                          | 6.0 |                         | $ | 272  
|                                                 |  |                |   | 
|Outstanding at November 30, 2008                 |  | 275            |   |  | $                             | 35.18 |                                          |     |                         |   |      
|Granted                                          |  |               |   |  |                               |      |                                          |     |                         |   |      
|Exercised                                        |  | (66            | ) |  | $                             | 32.48 |                                          |     |                         |   |      
|Forfeited                                        |  | (9             | ) |  | $                             | 37.65 |                                          |     |                         |   |      
|                                                 |  |                |   |  |                               |       |                                          |     |                         |   |      
|Outstanding at November 30, 2009                 |  | 200            |   |  | $                             | 35.96 |                                          | 4.9 |                         | $ | 2,871
|Vested and expected to vest at November 30, 2009 |  | 200            |   |  | $                             | 35.96 |                                          | 4.9 |                         | $ | 2,871
|Exercisable at November 30, 2009                 |  | 98             |   |  | $                             | 37.65 |                                          | 5.0 |                         | $ | 1,243

The aggregate intrinsic value amounts in the table above represent the difference
between the closing price of our common stock on November 30, 2009, which was $50.28, and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money stock options as of the same date. This represents the amount that would have been received
by the stock option holders if they had all exercised their stock options on November 30, 2009. In future periods, this amount will change depending on fluctuations in our stock price. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during
the year ended November 30, 2009, was $0.7 million.

During the year ended November 30, 2007, we granted
0.2 million options with a weighted average grant-date fair value of $13.57.



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13. Employee Retirement Benefits

Defined Benefit Plans

We sponsor a non-contributory, defined-benefit retirement plan (the US RIP) for all of our U.S. employees with at least one year of service. We also have a defined-benefit pension plan (the UK RIP) that
covers certain employees of a subsidiary based in the United Kingdom. We also have an unfunded Supplemental Income Plan (SIP), which is a non-qualified pension plan, for certain company personnel. Benefits for all three plans are generally based on
years of service and average base compensation. Plan funding strategies are influenced by employee benefit laws and tax laws. The UK RIP includes a provision for employee contributions and inflation-based benefit increases for retirees.

Accounting guidance requires an employer to recognize the funded status of any defined benefit pension and/or other postretirement
benefit plans as an asset or liability in its statement of financial position.

Total defined-benefit pension-plan (income)
expense was $(0.5) million, $(1.7) million and $1.3 million for the years ending November 30, 2009, 2008, and 2007, respectively.

Both the US RIP and UK RIP plan assets consist primarily of equity securities with smaller holdings of bonds and alternative assets. Equity assets are diversified between international and domestic
investments, with additional diversification in the domestic category through allocations to large-cap, mid-cap, and growth and value investments.

The US RIPs established investment policy seeks to balance the need to maintain a viable and productive capital base and yet achieve investment results superior to the actuarial rate consistent with
our funds investment objectives. The UK RIPs established investment policy is to match the liabilities for active and deferred members with equity investments and match the liabilities for pensioner members with fixed-income investments.
Asset allocations are subject to ongoing analysis and possible modification as basic capital market conditions change over time (interest rates, inflation, etc.).

The following compares target asset allocation percentages as of the beginning of 2009 with actual asset allocations at the end of 2009:



|                   |  |                   |   |  |                   |   |  |                   |   |  |                   |  
|------------------ |  | ----------------- | - |  | ----------------- | - |  | ----------------- | - |  | ----------------- | -
|                   |  | US RIP Assets     |   |  | UK RIP Assets     |  
|                   |  | TargetAllocations |   |  | ActualAllocations |   |  | TargetAllocations |   |  | ActualAllocations |  
|Equities           |  | 60                | % |  | 61                | % |  | 55                | % |  | 55                | %
|Fixed Income       |  | 30                |   |  | 31                |   |  | 45                |   |  | 41                |  
|Alternatives/Other |  | 10                |   |  | 8                 |   |  |                  |   |  | 4                 |  

Investment return assumptions for both plans have been determined by obtaining
independent estimates of expected long-term rates of return by asset class and applying the returns to assets on a weighted-average basis.

We expect to contribute approximately $2.2 million to the UK RIP and approximately $0.7 million to the SIP during 2010. We do not expect to make any contributions for the U.S. RIP in 2010.

The following table from our actuaries provides the expected benefit payments for our pension plans:



|            |  |                |        |        |   |       |  |       |       |  |   |       
|----------- |  | -------------- | ------ | ------ | - | ----- |  | ----- | ----- |  | - | ------
|            |  | US RIP         |        | UK RIP |   | SIP   |  | Total
|            |  | (In thousands)
|2010        |  | $              | 17,967 |        | $ | 718   |  | $     | 718   |  | $ | 19,403
|2011        |  |                | 16,951 |        |   | 740   |  |       | 670   |  |   | 18,361
|2012        |  |                | 16,084 |        |   | 763   |  |       | 704   |  |   | 17,551
|2013        |  |                | 16,411 |        |   | 786   |  |       | 620   |  |   | 17,817
|2014        |  |                | 15,551 |        |   | 786   |  |       | 595   |  |   | 16,932
|2015 - 2019 |  |                | 73,103 |        |   | 4,424 |  |       | 2,756 |  |   | 80,283



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The following represents our net periodic pension (income) expense:



|                                                |  |                              |         |   |          |   |        |     |  |       |       |  |   |         |  
|----------------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------------- | ------- | - | -------- | - | ------ | --- |  | ----- | ----- |  | - | ------- | -
|                                                |  | Year Ended November 30, 2009 |        
|                                                |  | U.S. RIP                     |         |   | U.K. RIP |   |        | SIP |  | Total |      
|                                                |  | (In thousands)               |        
|Service costs incurred                          |  | $                            | 6,912   |   |          | $ | 525    |     |  | $     | 233   |  | $ | 7,670   |  
|Interest costs on projected benefit obligation  |  |                              | 12,921  |   |          |   | 1,585  |     |  |       | 490   |  |   | 14,996  |  
|Expected return on plan assets                  |  |                              | (20,906 | ) |          |   | (1,730 | )   |  |       |      |  |   | (22,636 | )
|Amortization of prior service cost (benefit)    |  |                              | (473    | ) |          |   |       |     |  |       | 44    |  |   | (429    | )
|Amortization of actuarial loss                  |  |                              |        |   |          |   |       |     |  |       | 85    |  |   | 85      |  
|Amortization of transitional obligation/(asset) |  |                              | (229    | ) |          |   |       |     |  |       | 40    |  |   | (189    | )
|Settlement expense                              |  |                              |        |   |          |   |       |     |  |       | 53    |  |   | 53      |  
|                                                |  |                              |         |   |          |   |        |     |  |       |       |  |   |         |  
|Net periodic pension benefit (income) expense   |  | $                            | (1,775  | ) |          | $ | 380    |     |  | $     | 945   |  | $ | (450    | )
|                                                |  |                              |         |   |          |   |        |     |  |       |       |  |   |         |  
|                                                | 
|                                                |  | Year Ended November 30, 2008 |        
|                                                |  | U.S. RIP                     |         |   | U.K. RIP |   |        | SIP |  | Total |      
|                                                |  | (In thousands)               |        
|Service costs incurred                          |  | $                            | 6,289   |   |          | $ | 907    |     |  | $     | 286   |  | $ | 7,482   |  
|Interest costs on projected benefit obligation  |  |                              | 11,998  |   |          |   | 2,055  |     |  |       | 456   |  |   | 14,509  |  
|Expected return on plan assets                  |  |                              | (21,470 | ) |          |   | (2,141 | )   |  |       |      |  |   | (23,611 | )
|Amortization of prior service cost (benefit)    |  |                              | (473    | ) |          |   |       |     |  |       | 44    |  |   | (429    | )
|Amortization of actuarial loss                  |  |                              |        |   |          |   |       |     |  |       | 203   |  |   | 203     |  
|Amortization of transitional obligation/(asset) |  |                              | (568    | ) |          |   |       |     |  |       | 40    |  |   | (528    | )
|Settlement expense                              |  |                              | 693     |   |          |   |       |     |  |       |      |  |   | 693     |  
|                                                |  |                              |         |   |          |   |        |     |  |       |       |  |   |         |  
|Net periodic pension benefit (income) expense   |  | $                            | (3,531  | ) |          | $ | 821    |     |  | $     | 1,029 |  | $ | (1,681  | )
|                                                |  |                              |         |   |          |   |        |     |  |       |       |  |   |         |  
|                                                | 
|                                                |  | Year Ended November 30, 2007 |        
|                                                |  | U.S. RIP                     |         |   | U.K. RIP |   |        | SIP |  | Total |      
|                                                |  | (In thousands)               |        
|Service costs incurred                          |  | $                            | 6,276   |   |          | $ | 1,165  |     |  | $     | 190   |  | $ | 7,631   |  
|Interest costs on projected benefit obligation  |  |                              | 10,879  |   |          |   | 2,110  |     |  |       | 355   |  |   | 13,344  |  
|Expected return on plan assets                  |  |                              | (20,310 | ) |          |   | (1,823 | )   |  |       |      |  |   | (22,133 | )
|Amortization of prior service cost (benefit)    |  |                              | (473    | ) |          |   |       |     |  |       | 43    |  |   | (430    | )
|Amortization of actuarial loss                  |  |                              | 1,499   |   |          |   | 1,223  |     |  |       | 100   |  |   | 2,822   |  
|Amortization of transitional obligation/(asset) |  |                              | (568    | ) |          |   |       |     |  |       | 40    |  |   | (528    | )
|Settlement expense                              |  |                              |        |   |          |   |       |     |  |       | 575   |  |   | 575     |  
|                                                |  |                              |         |   |          |   |        |     |  |       |       |  |   |         |  
|Net periodic pension benefit (income) expense   |  | $                            | (2,697  | ) |          | $ | 2,675  |     |  | $     | 1,303 |  | $ | 1,281   |  
|                                                |  |                              |         |   |          |   |        |     |  |       |       |  |   |         |  



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The changes in the projected benefit obligation, plan assets and the funded status of
the pension plans were as follows:



|                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                   |          |   |        |   |         |                |  |   |              |   |  |   |          |  
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------- | -------- | - | ------ | - | ------- | -------------- |  | - | ------------ | - |  | - | -------- | -
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  | November 30, 2009 |         
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  | Underfunded       |         
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  | US RIP            |          |   | UK RIP |   |         | SIP            |  |   | Consolidated |  
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                   |          |   |        |   |         | (In thousands) | 
|Change in projected benefit obligation:                                                                                                                               |  |                   |          |   |        |   |         |                |  |   |              |   |  |   |          |  
|Net benefit obligation at November 30, 2008                                                                                                                           |  | $                 | 179,467  |   |        | $ | 22,295  |                |  | $ | 6,778        |   |  | $ | 208,540  |  
|Service costs incurred                                                                                                                                                |  |                   | 6,912    |   |        |   | 525     |                |  |   | 233          |   |  |   | 7,670    |  
|Employee contributions                                                                                                                                                |  |                   |         |   |        |   | 231     |                |  |   |             |   |  |   | 231      |  
|Interest costs on projected benefit obligation                                                                                                                        |  |                   | 12,921   |   |        |   | 1,585   |                |  |   | 490          |   |  |   | 14,996   |  
|Actuarial loss                                                                                                                                                        |  |                   | 26,468   |   |        |   | 9,605   |                |  |   | 321          |   |  |   | 36,394   |  
|Gross benefits paid                                                                                                                                                   |  |                   | (13,889  | ) |        |   | (914    | )              |  |   | (476         | ) |  |   | (15,279  | )
|Settlement expense                                                                                                                                                    |  |                   |         |   |        |   |        |                |  |   | 53           |   |  |   | 53       |  
|Foreign currency exchange rate change                                                                                                                                 |  |                   |         |   |        |   | 2,218   |                |  |   |             |   |  |   | 2,218    |  
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                   |          |   |        |   |         |                |  |   |              |   |  |   |          |  
|Net benefit obligation at November 30, 2009                                                                                                                           |  | $                 | 211,879  |   |        | $ | 35,545  |                |  | $ | 7,399        |   |  | $ | 254,823  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                   |          |   |        |   |         |                |  |   |              |   |  |   |          |  
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                   |          |  
|Change in plan assets:                                                                                                                                                |  |                   |          |   |        |   |         |                |  |   |              |   |  |   |          |  
|Fair value of plan assets at November 30, 2008                                                                                                                        |  | $                 | 186,900  |   |        | $ | 23,630  |                |  | $ |             |   |  | $ | 210,530  |  
|Actual return on plan assets                                                                                                                                          |  |                   | 30,392   |   |        |   | 5,142   |                |  |   |             |   |  |   | 35,534   |  
|Employer contributions                                                                                                                                                |  |                   |         |   |        |   | 2,091   |                |  |   | 476          |   |  |   | 2,567    |  
|Employee contributions                                                                                                                                                |  |                   |         |   |        |   | 231     |                |  |   |             |   |  |   | 231      |  
|Gross benefits and settlements paid                                                                                                                                   |  |                   | (13,889  | ) |        |   | (914    | )              |  |   | (476         | ) |  |   | (15,279  | )
|Foreign currency exchange rate change                                                                                                                                 |  |                   |         |   |        |   | 2,046   |                |  |   |             |   |  |   | 2,046    |  
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                   |          |   |        |   |         |                |  |   |              |   |  |   |          |  
|Fair value of plan assets at November 30, 2009                                                                                                                        |  | $                 | 203,403  |   |        | $ | 32,226  |                |  | $ |             |   |  | $ | 235,629  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                   |          |   |        |   |         |                |  |   |              |   |  |   |          |  
|Funded status:                                                                                                                                                        |  |                   |          |   |        |   |         |                |  |   |              |   |  |   |          |  
|Projected benefit obligation at November 30, 2009                                                                                                                     |  | $                 | (211,879 | ) |        | $ | (35,545 | )              |  | $ | (7,399       | ) |  | $ | (254,823 | )
|Fair value of plan assets at November 30, 2009                                                                                                                        |  |                   | 203,403  |   |        |   | 32,226  |                |  |   |             |   |  |   | 235,629  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                   |          |   |        |   |         |                |  |   |              |   |  |   |          |  
|Funded statusUnderfunded                                                                                                                                             |  | $                 | (8,476   | ) |        | $ | (3,319  | )              |  | $ | (7,399       | ) |  | $ | (19,194  | )
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                   |          |   |        |   |         |                |  |   |              |   |  |   |          |  
|Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:                                                                                                                |  |                   |          |   |        |   |         |                |  |   |              |   |  |   |          |  
|Prepaid asset                                                                                                                                                         |  | $                 |         |   |        | $ |        |                |  | $ |             |   |  | $ |         |  
|Accrued liability                                                                                                                                                     |  |                   | (8,476   | ) |        |   | (3,319  | )              |  |   | (7,399       | ) |  |   | (19,194  | )
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                   |          |   |        |   |         |                |  |   |              |   |  |   |          |  
|Net amount recognized at November 30, 2009                                                                                                                            |  | $                 | (8,476   | ) |        | $ | (3,319  | )              |  | $ | (7,399       | ) |  | $ | (19,194  | )
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                   |          |   |        |   |         |                |  |   |              |   |  |   |          |  
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                   |          |  
|Amounts in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income not yet recognized as components of net
periodic pension (income) expense, pretax: Net prior service cost (benefit) |  | $                 | (3,367   | ) |        | $ |        |                |  | $ | 119          |   |  | $ | (3,248   | )
|Net actuarial loss (gain)                                                                                                                                             |  |                   | 111,519  |   |        |   | 5,480   |                |  |   | 1,827        |   |  |   | 118,826  |  
|Net transitional obligation (asset)                                                                                                                                   |  |                   |         |   |        |   |        |                |  |   | 278          |   |  |   | 278      |  
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                   |          |   |        |   |         |                |  |   |              |   |  |   |          |  
|Total not yet recognized                                                                                                                                              |  | $                 | 108,152  |   |        | $ | 5,480   |                |  | $ | 2,224        |   |  | $ | 115,856  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                      |  |                   |          |   |        |   |         |                |  |   |              |   |  |   |          |  



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|                                                                                                                                     |  |                   |          |   |             |   |         |              |  |   |          |   |  |   |        |   |  |   |          |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ----------------- | -------- | - | ----------- | - | ------- | ------------ |  | - | -------- | - |  | - | ------ | - |  | - | -------- | -
|                                                                                                                                     |  | November 30, 2008 |         
|                                                                                                                                     |  | Overfunded        |          |   | Underfunded |   |         | Consolidated | 
|                                                                                                                                     |  | US RIP            |          |   | UK RIP      |   |         | Total        |  |   | SIP      |   | 
|                                                                                                                                     |  | (In thousands)    |         
|Change in projected benefit obligation:                                                                                              |  |                   |          |   |             |   |         |              |  |   |          |   |  |   |        |   |  |   |          |  
|Net benefit obligation at November 30, 2007                                                                                          |  | $                 | 190,898  |   |             | $ | 37,072  |              |  | $ | 227,970  |   |  | $ | 7,144  |   |  | $ | 235,114  |  
|Service costs incurred                                                                                                               |  |                   | 6,289    |   |             |   | 907     |              |  |   | 7,196    |   |  |   | 286    |   |  |   | 7,482    |  
|Employee contributions                                                                                                               |  |                   |         |   |             |   | 315     |              |  |   | 315      |   |  |   |       |   |  |   | 315      |  
|Interest costs on projected benefit obligation                                                                                       |  |                   | 11,998   |   |             |   | 2,055   |              |  |   | 14,053   |   |  |   | 456    |   |  |   | 14,509   |  
|Actuarial gain                                                                                                                       |  |                   | (17,649  | ) |             |   | (9,158  | )            |  |   | (26,807  | ) |  |   | (1,023 | ) |  |   | (27,830  | )
|Gross benefits paid                                                                                                                  |  |                   | (12,762  | ) |             |   | (781    | )            |  |   | (13,543  | ) |  |   | (239   | ) |  |   | (13,782  | )
|Settlement expense                                                                                                                   |  |                   | 693      |   |             |   |        |              |  |   | 693      |   |  |   | 154    |   |  |   | 847      |  
|Foreign currency exchange rate change                                                                                                |  |                   |         |   |             |   | (8,115  | )            |  |   | (8,115   | ) |  |   |       |   |  |   | (8,115   | )
|                                                                                                                                     |  |                   |          |   |             |   |         |              |  |   |          |   |  |   |        |   |  |   |          |  
|Net benefit obligation at November 30, 2008                                                                                          |  | $                 | 179,467  |   |             | $ | 22,295  |              |  | $ | 201,762  |   |  | $ | 6,778  |   |  | $ | 208,540  |  
|                                                                                                                                     |  |                   |          |   |             |   |         |              |  |   |          |   |  |   |        |   |  |   |          |  
|Change in plan assets:                                                                                                               |  |                   |          |   |             |   |         |              |  |   |          |   |  |   |        |   |  |   |          |  
|Fair value of plan assets at November 30, 2007                                                                                       |  | $                 | 282,014  |   |             | $ | 32,251  |              |  | $ | 314,265  |   |  | $ |       |   |  | $ | 314,265  |  
|Actual return on plan assets                                                                                                         |  |                   | (82,352  | ) |             |   | (2,529  | )            |  |   | (84,881  | ) |  |   |       |   |  |   | (84,881  | )
|Employer contributions                                                                                                               |  |                   |         |   |             |   | 2,423   |              |  |   | 2,423    |   |  |   | 239    |   |  |   | 2,662    |  
|Employee contributions                                                                                                               |  |                   |         |   |             |   | 315     |              |  |   | 315      |   |  |   |       |   |  |   | 315      |  
|Gross benefits and settlements paid                                                                                                  |  |                   | (12,762  | ) |             |   | (781    | )            |  |   | (13,543  | ) |  |   | (239   | ) |  |   | (13,782  | )
|Foreign currency exchange rate change                                                                                                |  |                   |         |   |             |   | (8,049  | )            |  |   | (8,049   | ) |  |   |       |   |  |   | (8,049   | )
|                                                                                                                                     |  |                   |          |   |             |   |         |              |  |   |          |   |  |   |        |   |  |   |          |  
|Fair value of plan assets at November 30, 2008                                                                                       |  | $                 | 186,900  |   |             | $ | 23,630  |              |  | $ | 210,530  |   |  | $ |       |   |  | $ | 210,530  |  
|                                                                                                                                     |  |                   |          |   |             |   |         |              |  |   |          |   |  |   |        |   |  |   |          |  
|Funded status:                                                                                                                       |  |                   |          |   |             |   |         |              |  |   |          |   |  |   |        |   |  |   |          |  
|Projected benefit obligation at November 30, 2008                                                                                    |  | $                 | (179,467 | ) |             | $ | (22,295 | )            |  | $ | (201,762 | ) |  | $ | (6,778 | ) |  | $ | (208,540 | )
|Fair value of plan assets at November 30, 2008                                                                                       |  |                   | 186,900  |   |             |   | 23,630  |              |  |   | 210,530  |   |  |   |       |   |  |   | 210,530  |  
|                                                                                                                                     |  |                   |          |   |             |   |         |              |  |   |          |   |  |   |        |   |  |   |          |  
|Funded statusOverfunded/(Underfunded)                                                                                               |  | $                 | 7,433    |   |             | $ | 1,335   |              |  | $ | 8,768    |   |  | $ | (6,778 | ) |  | $ | 1,990    |  
|                                                                                                                                     |  |                   |          |   |             |   |         |              |  |   |          |   |  |   |        |   |  |   |          |  
|Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:                                                                               |  |                   |          |   |             |   |         |              |  |   |          |   |  |   |        |   |  |   |          |  
|Prepaid asset                                                                                                                        |  | $                 | 7,433    |   |             | $ | 1,335   |              |  | $ | 8,768    |   |  | $ |       |   |  | $ | 8,768    |  
|Accrued liability                                                                                                                    |  |                   |         |   |             |   |        |              |  |   |         |   |  |   | (6,778 | ) |  |   | (6,778   | )
|                                                                                                                                     |  |                   |          |   |             |   |         |              |  |   |          |   |  |   |        |   |  |   |          |  
|Net amount recognized at November 30, 2008                                                                                           |  | $                 | 7,433    |   |             | $ | 1,335   |              |  | $ | 8,768    |   |  | $ | (6,778 | ) |  | $ | 1,990    |  
|                                                                                                                                     |  |                   |          |   |             |   |         |              |  |   |          |   |  |   |        |   |  |   |          |  
|Amounts in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income not yet recognized as components of net periodic pension (income) expense,
pretax: |  |                   |          |   |             |   |         |              |  |   |          |   |  |   |        |   |  |   |          |  
|Net prior service cost (benefit)                                                                                                     |  | $                 | (3,840   | ) |             | $ |        |              |  | $ | (3,840   | ) |  | $ | 162    |   |  | $ | (3,678   | )
|Net actuarial loss (gain)                                                                                                            |  |                   | 94,537   |   |             |   | (1,019  | )            |  |   | 93,518   |   |  |   | 1,590  |   |  |   | 95,108   |  
|Net transitional obligation (asset)                                                                                                  |  |                   | (229     | ) |             |   |        |              |  |   | (229     | ) |  |   | 318    |   |  |   | 89       |  
|                                                                                                                                     |  |                   |          |   |             |   |         |              |  |   |          |   |  |   |        |   |  |   |          |  
|Total not yet recognized                                                                                                             |  | $                 | 90,468   |   |             | $ | (1,019  | )            |  | $ | 89,449   |   |  | $ | 2,070  |   |  | $ | 91,519   |  
|                                                                                                                                     |  |                   |          |   |             |   |         |              |  |   |          |   |  |   |        |   |  |   |          |  

IHS Global Insight has a funded defined benefit pension plan for certain former
employees located in the UK. According to the most recently available actuarial report, this plan has average annual pension amounts of less than $0.1 million. This plan is closed to both new entrants and future accruals. As a result of this
plan, $1.5 million was recorded as a pension liability in the final purchase price allocation.

Amortization Amounts
Expected to be Recognized in Net Periodic Pension and Post-retirement Benefit (Income) Expense during Fiscal Year Ending November 30, 2010, pretax:



|                                                 |  |                |       |   |        |   |     |  |       |     |  |   |       |  
|------------------------------------------------ |  | -------------- | ----- | - | ------ | - | --- |  | ----- | --- |  | - | ----- | -
|                                                 |  | US RIP         |       |   | UK RIP |   | SIP |  | Total |    
|                                                 |  | (In thousands) |      
|Amortization of net actuarial loss               |  | $              | 5,984 |   |        | $ | 201 |  | $     | 179 |  | $ | 6,364 |  
|Amortization of transitional obligation          |  | $              |      |   |        | $ |    |  | $     | 40  |  | $ | 40    |  
|Amortization of net prior service cost (benefit) |  | $              | (473  | ) |        | $ |    |  | $     | 44  |  | $ | (429  | )



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Pension expense (income) is actuarially calculated annually based on data available at
the beginning of each year. Assumptions used in the actuarial calculation include the discount rate selected and disclosed at the end of the previous year as well as other assumptions detailed in the table below, for the years ended
November 30:



|                                            |  |        |   |  |        |   |  |      |   |  |      |   |  |      |   |  |      |  
|------------------------------------------- |  | ------ | - |  | ------ | - |  | ---- | - |  | ---- | - |  | ---- | - |  | ---- | -
|                                            |  | US RIP |   |  | UK RIP |   |  | SIP  |  
|                                            |  | 2009   |   |  | 2008   |   |  | 2009 |   |  | 2008 |   |  | 2009 |   |  | 2008 |  
|Weighted-average assumptions as of year-end |  |        |   |  |        |   |  |      |   |  |      |   |  |      |   |  |      |  
|Discount rate                               |  | 5.90   | % |  | 7.50   | % |  | 5.40 | % |  | 7.00 | % |  | 5.90 | % |  | 7.50 | %
|Average salary increase rate                |  | 4.50   |   |  | 4.50   |   |  | 4.50 |   |  | 4.50 |   |  | 4.50 |   |  | 4.50 |  
|Expected long-term rate of return on assets |  | 8.25   |   |  | 8.25   |   |  | 7.00 |   |  | 7.00 |   |  |     |   |  |     |  

Defined Contribution Plan

Employees of certain subsidiaries may participate in defined contribution plans. Benefit expense relating to these plans was approximately
$5.4 million, $5.1 million and $4.0 million for 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

14. Post-retirement Benefits

We sponsor a contributory post-retirement medical plan. The plan grants access to group rates for retiree-medical coverage for all U.S.
employees who leave IHS after age 55 with at least 10 years of service. Additionally, IHS subsidizes the cost of coverage for retiree-medical coverage for certain grandfathered employees. The IHS subsidy is capped at different rates per month
depending on individual retirees Medicare eligibility.

The obligation under our plan was determined by the application
of the terms of medical and life insurance plans together with relevant actuarial assumptions. Effective 2006, IHS does not provide prescription drug coverage for Medicare-eligible retirees except through a Medicare Advantage fully insured option;
therefore our liability does not reflect any impact of the Medicare Modernization Act Part D subsidy. The discount rate used in determining the accumulated post-retirement benefit obligation was 5.9%, 7.5% and 6.5% at November 30, 2009,
2008, and 2007, respectively.

Our net periodic post-retirement benefit (income) expense and changes in the related projected
benefit obligation were as follows:



|                                            |  |                |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|------------------------------------------- |  | -------------- | ------ | - | ---- | - | ------ | ---- |  | - | ------ | -
|                                            |  | 2009           |        |   | 2008 |   |        | 2007 | 
|                                            |  | (In thousands) |       
|Service costs incurred                      |  | $              | 57     |   |      | $ | 100    |      |  | $ | 137    |  
|Interest costs                              |  |                | 632    |   |      |   | 634    |      |  |   | 592    |  
|Amortization of prior service cost(1)       |  |                | (3,229 | ) |      |   | (3,229 | )    |  |   | (3,229 | )
|Amortization of net actuarial loss          |  |                | 306    |   |      |   | 472    |      |  |   | 551    |  
|                                            |  |                |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  
|Net periodic post-retirement benefit income |  | $              | (2,234 | ) |      | $ | (2,023 | )    |  | $ | (1,949 | )
|                                            |  |                |        |   |      |   |        |      |  |   |        |  



|                                                                                                                                                                         |  |                            |        |   |                            |   |        |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | -------------------------- | ------ | - | -------------------------- | - | ------ | -
|                                                                                                                                                                         |  | Year EndedNovember 30,2009 |        |   | Year EndedNovember 30,2008 |  
|                                                                                                                                                                         |  | (In thousands)             |        |   | (In thousands)             |  
|Change in projected postretirement benefit obligation:                                                                                                                   |  |                            |        |   |                            |   |        |  
|Post-retirement benefit obligation at beginning of year                                                                                                                  |  | $                          | 8,852  |   |                            | $ | 10,203 |  
|Service costs                                                                                                                                                            |  |                            | 57     |   |                            |   | 100    |  
|Interest costs                                                                                                                                                           |  |                            | 632    |   |                            |   | 634    |  
|Actuarial loss (gain)                                                                                                                                                    |  |                            | 1,175  |   |                            |   | (1,231 | )
|Benefits paid                                                                                                                                                            |  |                            | (802   | ) |                            |   | (854   | )
|                                                                                                                                                                         |  |                            |        |   |                            |   |        |  
|Post-retirement benefit obligation at end of year                                                                                                                        |  | $                          | 9,914  |   |                            | $ | 8,852  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                         |  |                            |        |   |                            |   |        |  
|Funded statusUnfunded:                                                                                                                                                  |  | $                          | (9,914 | ) |                            | $ | (8,852 | )
|                                                                                                                                                                         |  |                            |        |   |                            |   |        |  
|Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:                                                                                                                   |  |                            |        |   |                            |   |        |  
|Accrued liability                                                                                                                                                        |  | $                          | (9,914 | ) |                            | $ | (8,852 | )
|                                                                                                                                                                         |  |                            |        |   |                            |   |        |  
|Amounts in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income not yet recognized as components of net periodic pension (income) expense,
pretax:                                     |  |                            |        |   |                            |   |        |  
|Net prior service benefit                                                                                                                                                |  | $                          | (3,554 | ) |                            | $ | (6,783 | )
|Net actuarial loss                                                                                                                                                       |  |                            | 3,964  |   |                            |   | 3,095  |  
|Net transitional obligation (assets)                                                                                                                                     |  |                            |       |   |                            |   |       |  
|                                                                                                                                                                         |  |                            |        |   |                            |   |        |  
|Total not yet recognized                                                                                                                                                 |  | $                          | 410    |   |                            | $ | (3,688 | )
|                                                                                                                                                                         |  |                            |        |   |                            |   |        |  
|Amortization Amounts Expected to be Recognized in Net Periodic Pension and Post-retirement Benefit (Income) Expense during
Fiscal Year Ending November 30, 2010, pretax: |  |                            |        |   |                            |   |        |  
|Amortization of net actuarial loss                                                                                                                                       |  | $                          | 683    |   |                            |   |        |  
|Amortization of transitional obligation                                                                                                                                  |  |                            |       |   |                            |   |        |  
|Amortization of net prior service benefit                                                                                                                                |  |                            | (3,229 | ) |                            |   |        |  



|(1) | We amended our plan in 2006. The plan was amended to limit benefits to be paid for future health-care costs. IHS no longer subsidizes the cost of coverage for
retiree-medical coverage. Certain employees were grandfathered with the IHS subsidy capped at different rates per month depending on individual retirees Medicare eligibility. This change resulted in a $15.9 million negative plan amendment
to be amortized over a period of time resulting in net periodic postretirement benefit income in 2006 through 2011.
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Employer contributions to the post-retirement benefit plan expected to be paid during
the year ending November 30, 2010, are approximately $0.9 million.

The following table provides the expected cash
out-flows for our post-retirement benefit plan (in thousands):



|            |  |   |      
|----------- |  | - | -----
|2010        |  | $ | 879  
|2011        |  |   | 885  
|2012        |  |   | 897  
|2013        |  |   | 898  
|2014        |  |   | 889  
|2015 - 2019 |  |   | 4,095

A one-percentage-point change in assumed health-care-cost-trend rates would have the
following effects:



|                                                                                               |  |                               |   |                               |   |  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------------- | - | ----------------------------- | - | -
|                                                                                               |  | One-percentage-point increase |   | One-percentage-point decrease
|                                                                                               |  | (In thousands)               
|Increase/(decrease) on total of service and interest cost for the year ended November 30, 2009 |  | $                             |  |                               | $ | 
|Increase/(decrease) on post-retirement benefit obligation as of November 30, 2009              |  |                               |  |                               |   | 

15. Common Stock and Earnings per Share

As of November 30, 2009, our authorized capital stock consisted of 80,000,000 shares of Class A common stock. Prior to
September 18, 2008, our authorized capital stock consisted of 80,000,000 shares of Class A common stock and 13,750,000 shares of Class B common stock. These classes had equal dividend rights and liquidation rights. However, the
holders of our Class A common stock were entitled to one vote per share and the holder of our Class B common stock was entitled to ten votes per share on all matters to be voted upon by the stockholders. Each share of Class B common
stock was convertible at any time at the option of the holder into one share of Class A common stock. On September 18, 2008, the holder of our 13,750,000 shares of Class B common stock converted those shares to 13,750,000 Class A
common shares. In exchange for this conversion, the number of allowable demand registrations available to that shareholder increased from two to four.



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For 2007, we used the two-class method for computing basic and diluted EPS amounts. For
2008 and 2009, there was a single class of stock for the purposes of calculating EPS. Weighted average common shares outstanding were calculated as follows:



|                                             |  |                          |  |         |  |                  
|-------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------ |  | ------- |  | -----------------
|                                             |  | Years Ended November 30,
|                                             |  | 2009                     |  | 2008    |  | 2007             
|                                             |  | Class A                  |  | Class A |  | Class AandClass B
|Weighted average common shares outstanding:  |  |                          |  |         |  |                  
|Shares used in basic per-share calculation   |  | 63,055                   |  | 62,063  |  | 59,463           
|Effect of dilutive securities:               |  |                          |  |         |  |                  
|Deferred stock units                         |  | 55                       |  | 40      |  | 6                
|Restricted shares                            |  | 797                      |  | 795     |  | 936              
|Options                                      |  | 33                       |  | 59      |  | 21               
|                                             |  |                          |  |         |  |                  
|Shares used in diluted per-share calculation |  | 63,940                   |  | 62,957  |  | 60,426           
|                                             |  |                          |  |         |  |                  

Share Buyback Program

During 2006, our board of directors approved a program to reduce the dilutive effects of employee equity grants, by allowing employees to
surrender shares back to the Company for a value equal to their statutory tax liability. IHS then pays the statutory tax on behalf of the employee. Additionally, our board of directors periodically approves additional buyback programs whereby IHS
acquires shares in the open market to more fully offset the dilutive effect of our employee equity programs. During the year ended November 30, 2009, we accepted 229,060 shares surrendered by employees under the tax withholding program for
approximately $10.5 million, or $45.75 per share. No shares were repurchased in 2009 pursuant to the share buyback program. Since the inception of these programs, we have withheld for tax 928,454 shares of our Class A common stock for
approximately $46.2 million, or $49.72 per share and we have repurchased 1,889,557 shares for approximately $94.7 million or $50.13 per share pursuant to the stock buyback program.

16. Long-Term Leases, Commitments and Contingencies

Rental charges in
2009, 2008, and 2007 approximated $29.3 million, $21.2 million and $18.0 million, respectively. Minimum rental commitments under non-cancelable operating leases in effect at November 30, 2009, are as follows (in thousands):



|                    |  |   |       
|------------------- |  | - | ------
|2010                |  |   | 19,634
|2011                |  |   | 15,150
|2012                |  |   | 13,390
|2013                |  |   | 11,947
|2014                |  |   | 10,760
|2014 and thereafter |  |   | 24,003
|                    |  |   |       
|Total               |  | $ | 94,884
|                    |  |   |       

We had outstanding letters of credit in the aggregate amount of approximately
$1.3 million and $1.2 million at November 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

From time to time, we are involved
in litigation, most of which is incidental to our business. In our opinion, no litigation to which we currently are a party is likely to have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.



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17. Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Net cash provided by operating activities reflects cash payments for interest and income taxes as shown below, for the years ended
November 30:



|                         |  |                |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|------------------------ |  | -------------- | ------ | ---- | - | ------ |  | - | ------
|                         |  | 2009           |        | 2008 |   | 2007  
|                         |  | (In thousands)
|Interest paid            |  | $              | 1,799  |      | $ | 1,088  |  | $ | 869   
|                         |  |                |        |      |   |        |  |   |       
|Income tax payments, net |  | $              | 27,403 |      | $ | 28,744 |  | $ | 28,369
|                         |  |                |        |      |   |        |  |   |       

Cash and cash equivalents amounting to approximately $124.2 million and
$31.0 million reflected on the consolidated balance sheets at November 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, are maintained primarily in U.S. Dollars, Canadian Dollars, British Pound Sterling, and Euros, and were subject to fluctuations in
the current exchange rate.

18. Segment Information

We prepare our financial reports and analyze our business results within our three reportable geographic segments: Americas, EMEA and APAC. Prior to 2008, we reported as two segments: Energy and
Engineering. However, during 2008 we reorganized our management structure to a geographic focus, the point of contact with our customers. This new integrated global organization makes it easier for our customers to do business with us by providing a
more cohesive, consistent, and effective sales and marketing approach in each region. By structuring our business around our geographic segments, we are able to tailor and expand the solutions we offer to meet the unique needs of our customers both
globally and in local markets. We are also able to manage our activities according to the best practices of each. This structure provides a solid foundation for growth in each market for all of our capabilities. It allows us a more efficient method
of bringing new products and services to customers, and supports growth in existing accounts and with new customers and markets.

Information as to the operations of our three segments is set forth below based on the nature of the offerings. Our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer represents our chief operating decision maker, and he evaluates segment performance
based primarily on revenue and operating profit of these three segments. In addition, he also reviews revenue for the domains and transaction types. The accounting policies of our segments are the same as those described in the summary of
significant accounting policies (see Note 2). The 2007 information has been restated to conform to the 2009 and 2008 presentation.

No single customer accounted for 10% or more of our total revenue for the year ended November 30, 2009. There are no material inter-segment revenues for any period presented.

As shown below, certain corporate transactions are not allocated to the reportable segments. Amounts not allocated include, but are not
limited to, such items as, stock-based compensation expense, net periodic pension and post-retirement benefits income, corporate-level impairments, and gain (loss) on sales of corporate assets.



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|                              |  |                |         |      |   |         |  |               |        |                |   |           |                   |   |         |   |  |   |          
|----------------------------- |  | -------------- | ------- | ---- | - | ------- |  | ------------- | ------ | -------------- | - | --------- | ----------------- | - | ------- | - |  | - | ---------
|                              |  | Americas       |         | EMEA |   | APAC    |  | SegmentTotals |        | SharedServices |   |           | ConsolidatedTotal
|                              |  | (In thousands)
|2009                          |  |                |         |      |   |         |  |               |        |                |   |           |                   |   |         |   |  |   |          
|Revenue                       |  | $              | 602,641 |      | $ | 287,855 |  | $             | 76,804 |                | $ | 967,300   |                   | $ |        |   |  | $ | 967,300  
|Operating income              |  |                | 191,754 |      |   | 60,506  |  |               | 24,650 |                |   | 276,910   |                   |   | (97,094 | ) |  |   | 179,816  
|Depreciation and amortization |  |                | 31,750  |      |   | 14,927  |  |               | 115    |                |   | 46,792    |                   |   | 2,354   |   |  |   | 49,146   
|Assets                        |  |                | 943,769 |      |   | 595,178 |  |               | 62,244 |                |   | 1,601,191 |                   |   | 74,397  |   |  |   | 1,675,588
|2008                          |  |                |         |      |   |         |  |               |        |                |   |           |                   |   |         |   |  |   |          
|Revenue                       |  | $              | 520,925 |      | $ | 263,457 |  | $             | 59,648 |                | $ | 844,030   |                   | $ |        |   |  | $ | 844,030  
|Operating income              |  |                | 160,757 |      |   | 44,258  |  |               | 18,098 |                |   | 223,113   |                   |   | (89,602 | ) |  |   | 133,511  
|Depreciation and amortization |  |                | 23,187  |      |   | 12,997  |  |               | 132    |                |   | 36,316    |                   |   | 3,094   |   |  |   | 39,410   
|Assets                        |  |                | 862,896 |      |   | 445,667 |  |               | 66,817 |                |   | 1,375,380 |                   |   | 60,800  |   |  |   | 1,436,180
|2007                          |  |                |         |      |   |         |  |               |        |                |   |           |                   |   |         |   |  |   |          
|Revenue                       |  | $              | 428,025 |      | $ | 210,299 |  | $             | 50,068 |                | $ | 688,392   |                   | $ |        |   |  | $ | 688,392  
|Operating income              |  |                | 133,785 |      |   | 35,200  |  |               | 12,582 |                |   | 181,567   |                   |   | (64,965 | ) |  |   | 116,602  
|Depreciation and amortization |  |                | 15,242  |      |   | 7,801   |  |               | 128    |                |   | 23,171    |                   |   | 2,307   |   |  |   | 25,478   
|Assets                        |  |                | 658,441 |      |   | 364,264 |  |               | 56,173 |                |   | 1,078,878 |                   |   | 244,929 |   |  |   | 1,323,807

Goodwill rollforward was as follows:



|                             |  |                |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |                   |        |  |   |         |  
|---------------------------- |  | -------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | ---- |  | ----------------- | ------ |  | - | ------- | -
|                             |  | Americas       |         |   | EMEA |   |         | APAC |  | ConsolidatedTotal |       
|                             |  | (In thousands) |        
|Balance at November 30, 2007 |  | $              | 382,582 |   |      | $ | 137,000 |      |  | $                 | 45,000 |  | $ | 564,582 |  
|Acquisitions                 |  |                | 116,931 |   |      |   | 77,201  |      |  |                   | 8,076  |  |   | 202,208 |  
|Foreign currency translation |  |                | (34,512 | ) |      |   | (27,201 | )    |  |                   |       |  |   | (61,713 | )
|                             |  |                |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |                   |        |  |   |         |  
|Balance at November 30, 2008 |  |                | 465,001 |   |      |   | 187,000 |      |  |                   | 53,076 |  |   | 705,077 |  
|                             |  |                |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |                   |        |  |   |         |  
|Acquisitions                 |  |                | 51,843  |   |      |   | 104,175 |      |  |                   |       |  |   | 156,018 |  
|Adjustment to purchase price |  |                | (8,865  | ) |      |   | (5,910  | )    |  |                   |       |  |   | (14,775 | )
|Foreign currency translation |  |                | 5,714   |   |      |   | 23,708  |      |  |                   |       |  |   | 29,422  |  
|                             |  |                |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |                   |        |  |   |         |  
|Balance at November 30, 2009 |  |                | 513,693 |   |      |   | 308,973 |      |  |                   | 53,076 |  |   | 875,742 |  
|                             |  |                |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |                   |        |  |   |         |  

Revenue by transaction type was as follows:



|                     |  |                          |         |      |   |         |  |   |        
|-------------------- |  | ------------------------ | ------- | ---- | - | ------- |  | - | -------
|                     |  | Years Ended November 30,
|                     |  | 2009                     |         | 2008 |   | 2007   
|                     |  | (In thousands)          
|Subscription revenue |  | $                        | 749,123 |      | $ | 627,164 |  | $ | 506,828
|Consulting revenue   |  |                          | 60,496  |      |   | 56,197  |  |   | 52,497 
|Transaction revenue  |  |                          | 58,980  |      |   | 69,614  |  |   | 71,644 
|Other revenue        |  |                          | 98,701  |      |   | 91,055  |  |   | 57,423 
|                     |  |                          |         |      |   |         |  |   |        
|Total revenue        |  | $                        | 967,300 |      | $ | 844,030 |  | $ | 688,392
|                     |  |                          |         |      |   |         |  |   |        

Revenue by information domain was as follows:



|                                                   |  |                          |         |      |   |         |  |   |        
|-------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------ | ------- | ---- | - | ------- |  | - | -------
|                                                   |  | Years Ended November 30,
|                                                   |  | 2009                     |         | 2008 |   | 2007   
|                                                   |  | (In thousands)          
|Energy revenue                                     |  | $                        | 448,798 |      | $ | 442,919 |  | $ | 373,519
|Product Lifecycle revenue                          |  |                          | 298,968 |      |   | 290,637 |  |   | 278,273
|Security revenue                                   |  |                          | 105,566 |      |   | 75,192  |  |   | 35,314 
|Environment revenue                                |  |                          | 33,195  |      |   | 22,456  |  |   | 1,286  
|Macroeconomic Forecasting and Intersection revenue |  |                          | 80,773  |      |   | 12,826  |  |   |       
|                                                   |  |                          |         |      |   |         |  |   |        
|Total revenue                                      |  | $                        | 967,300 |      | $ | 844,030 |  | $ | 688,392
|                                                   |  |                          |         |      |   |         |  |   |        



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19. Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)

The following summarizes certain quarterly results of operations:



|                                          |  |                    |         |        |   |           |  |             |         |  |   |        
|----------------------------------------- |  | ------------------ | ------- | ------ | - | --------- |  | ----------- | ------- |  | - | -------
|                                          |  | Three Months Ended
|                                          |  | February 28/29     |         | May 31 |   | August 31 |  | November 30
|                                          |  | (In thousands)    
|2009                                      |  |                    |         |        |   |           |  |             |         |  |   |        
|Revenue                                   |  | $                  | 235,411 |        | $ | 235,276   |  | $           | 239,485 |  | $ | 257,128
|Cost of revenue                           |  |                    | 102,903 |        |   | 97,928    |  |             | 101,748 |  |   | 107,437
|Net income                                |  |                    | 27,104  |        |   | 31,954    |  |             | 34,706  |  |   | 41,199 
|Earnings per share (Class A):             |  |                    |         |        |   |           |  |             |         |  |   |        
|Basic                                     |  | $                  | 0.43    |        | $ | 0.51      |  | $           | 0.55    |  | $ | 0.65   
|Diluted                                   |  | $                  | 0.43    |        | $ | 0.50      |  | $           | 0.54    |  | $ | 0.64   
|2008                                      |  |                    |         |        |   |           |  |             |         |  |   |        
|Revenue                                   |  | $                  | 198,777 |        | $ | 207,193   |  | $           | 207,434 |  | $ | 230,626
|Cost of revenue                           |  |                    | 89,160  |        |   | 93,180    |  |             | 91,341  |  |   | 99,050 
|Net income                                |  |                    | 21,431  |        |   | 23,258    |  |             | 21,024  |  |   | 33,280 
|Earnings per share (Class A and Class B): |  |                    |         |        |   |           |  |             |         |  |   |        
|Basic                                     |  | $                  | 0.35    |        | $ | 0.37      |  | $           | 0.34    |  | $ | 0.54   
|Diluted                                   |  | $                  | 0.34    |        | $ | 0.37      |  | $           | 0.33    |  | $ | 0.53   



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|Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
|------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Not applicable.



|Item 9A. | Controls and Procedures
|-------- | -----------------------

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of the
Companys management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Company has evaluated the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Companys disclosure
controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act are effective at a reasonable assurance level to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports required to be filed or submitted under the
Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commissions rules and forms, and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Internal
Control over Financial Reporting

Our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer are responsible for
establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act rule 13a-15(f). A companys internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision
of, the companys principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the companys board of directors, management, and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding
the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance
of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of
financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the companys assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial
reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance
with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Management is required to base its assessment of the effectiveness of our
internal control over financial reporting on a suitable, recognized control framework, such as the framework developed by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO framework). Our principal executive
officer and our principal financial officer have chosen the COSO framework on which to base their assessment. Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of November 30,
2009.

The Companys independent registered public accounting firm has audited, and reported on, the effectiveness of our
internal control over financial reporting. Managements report and the independent registered public accounting firms report are included under the captions entitled Managements Report on Internal Control Over Financial
Reporting and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, respectively, in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this Annual Report on
Form 10-K that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.



|Item 9B. | Other Information
|-------- | -----------------

None.



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PART III



|Item 10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
|-------- | ------------------------------------------------------

The information required by this item concerning our executive officers, directors, compliance with Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and our code of ethics that applies to our
principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in the sections entitled Election of Directors, Section 16(a) Beneficial
Ownership Reporting Compliance and Election of DirectorsCorporate Governance MattersCode of Conduct in our Proxy Statement for our 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission not later than March 30, 2010, which is 120 days after the fiscal year ended November 30, 2009 (the Proxy Statement).



|Item 11. | Executive Compensation
|-------- | ----------------------

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in the sections entitled Election of DirectorsDirector Compensation and Executive Compensation in the Proxy
Statement.



|Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
|-------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in the sections entitled Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Equity Compensation Plan Information in the Proxy Statement.



|Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
|-------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in the section entitled Certain
Transactions in the Proxy Statement.



|Item 14. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services
|-------- | --------------------------------------

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in the section entitled Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting
FirmAccounting Fees in the Proxy Statement.



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PART IV



|Item 15. | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
|-------- | ------------------------------------------

(a) Index of Financial Statements

The Financial Statements listed
in the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements are filed as part of this report on Form 10-K (see Part II, Item 8Financial Statements and Supplementary Data).

(b) Index of Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

EXHIBIT INDEX



|              |  |                                                                                                                   
|------------- |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|ExhibitNumber |  | Description                                                                                                       
|              | 
|3.1*          |  | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation                                                                 
|              | 
|3.2*          |  | Amended and Restated By-Laws                                                                                      
|              | 
|4.1**         |  | Form of Class A Common Stock Certificate                                                                          
|              | 
|4.2**         |  | Rights Agreement between IHS Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, Inc., as Rights Agent                          
|              | 
|4.3          |  | Amendment to Rights Agreement Designating American Stock Transfer & Trust as Rights Agent                         
|              | 
|10.1        |  | Amended and Restated IHS Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan                                                       
|              | 
|10.2         |  | Amended and Restated IHS Inc. 2004 Directors Stock Plan                                                           
|              | 
|10.3**        |  | IHS Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan                                                                             
|              | 
|10.4**        |  | IHS Supplemental Income Plan                                                                                      
|              | 
|10.5        |  | Summary of Non-Employee Director Compensation                                                                     
|              | 
|10.6**        |  | Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Company and its Directors                                           
|              | 
|10.7**        |  | IHS Executive Relocation Policy (2004)                                                                            
|              | 
|10.8       |  | IHS Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Form of 2007 Stock Option AwardSenior Executive Level                    
|              | 
|10.9       |  | IHS Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Form of 2007 Stock Option AwardExecutive Level                           
|              | 
|10.10      |  | IHS Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Form of 2007 Restricted Stock Unit AwardSenior Executive Level           
|              | 
|10.11      |  | IHS Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Form of 2007 Restricted Stock Unit AwardTime-Based                       
|              | 
|10.12      |  | IHS Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Form of 2007 Restricted Stock Unit AwardPerformance-Based                
|              | 
|10.13**       |  | Employment Agreement by and between IHS Inc. and Michael J. Sullivan, dated as of November 1, 2004                
|              | 
|10.14        |  | Employment Agreement by and between IHS Inc. and Jeffrey R. Tarr, dated as of December 1, 2004                    
|              | 
|10.15      |  | Employment Agreement by and between IHS Energy Group Inc. and Daniel H. Yergin, dated as of September 1, 2004     
|              | 
|10.16      |  | Non-Competition Agreement by and between IHS Energy Group Inc. and Daniel H. Yergin, dated as of September 1, 2004
|              | 
|10.17       |  | Employment Agreement by and between IHS Inc. and Scott Key, dated as of October 31, 2007                          



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|               |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|-------------- |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Exhibit Number |  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                        
|               | 
|10.18        |  | Amendment to Employment Agreement by and between IHS Global Inc., successor to IHS Energy Group Inc., and Daniel H. Yergin, dated as of July 20, 2009                                              
|               | 
|10.19        |  | Amendment to Employment Agreement by and between IHS Inc. and Michael J. Sullivan, dated as of October 21, 2009                                                                                    
|               | 
|10.20        |  | Amendment to Employment Agreement by and between IHS Inc. and Jeffrey R. Tarr, dated as of October 22, 2009                                                                                        
|               | 
|10.21        |  | Amendment to Employment Agreement by and between IHS Inc. and Scott Key, dated as of October 22, 2009                                                                                              
|               | 
|21           |  | List of Subsidiaries of the Registrant                                                                                                                                                             
|               | 
|23           |  | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP                                                                                                                                                                       
|               | 
|24           |  | Power of Attorney                                                                                                                                                                                  
|               | 
|31.1         |  | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|               | 
|31.2         |  | Certification of the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|               | 
|32           |  | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002                  



|* | Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
June 30, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference.
|- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|** | Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-122565) of the Registrant and
incorporated herein by reference.
|-- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended
November 30, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.
|- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-151082) and
incorporated herein by reference.
|-- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended
November 30, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
February 28, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference.
|- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | Filed electronically herewith.
|-- | ------------------------------

(c) Financial Statement Schedules

All schedules for the Registrant have been omitted since the
required information is not present or because the information is included in the financial statements or notes thereto.



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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on January 15, 2010.



IHS INC.By:

/s/    STEPHEN
GREENName:

Stephen GreenTitle:

Senior Vice President and General Counsel


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated on the 15th day of January, 2010.



|                             |  |  |  |                                                     
|---------------------------- |  |  |  | ----------------------------------------------------
|Signature                    |  |  |  | Title                                               
|                             |  | 
|/s/    JERRE L.
STEAD        |  |  |  | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer                
|Jerre L. Stead               |  |  |  | (Principal Executive Officer)                       
|                             |  | 
|/s/    MICHAEL J.
SULLIVAN   |  |  |  | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|Michael J. Sullivan          |  |  |  | (Principal Financial Officer)                       
|                             |  | 
|/s/    HEATHER
MATZKE-HAMLIN |  |  |  | Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer  
|Heather Matzke-Hamlin        |  |  |  | (Principal Accounting Officer)                      
|                             |  | 
|*                            |  |  |  | Director                                            
|C. Michael Armstrong         |  |  |  |                                                     
|                             |  | 
|*                            |  |  |  | Director                                            
|Steven A. Denning            |  |  |  |                                                     
|                             |  | 
|*                            |  |  |  | Director                                            
|Ruann F. Ernst               |  |  |  |                                                     
|                             |  | 
|*                            |  |  |  | Director                                            
|Brian H. Hall                |  |  |  |                                                     
|                             |  | 
|*                            |  |  |  | Director                                            
|Roger Holtback               |  |  |  |                                                     
|                             |  | 
|*                            |  |  |  | Director                                            
|Balakrishnan S. Iyer         |  |  |  |                                                     
|                             |  | 
|*                            |  |  |  | Director                                            
|Michael Klein                |  |  |  |                                                     
|                             |  | 
|*                            |  |  |  | Director                                            
|Richard W. Roedel            |  |  |  |                                                     
|                             |  | 
|*                            |  |  |  | Director                                            
|Christoph v. Grolman         |  |  |  |                                                     



|     |  |                     
|---- |  | --------------------
|*By: |  | /s/    STEPHEN
GREEN
|     |  | Stephen Green       
|     |  | Attorney-in-Fact    



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EXHIBIT INDEX



|               |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|-------------- |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Exhibit Number |  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                        
|               | 
|3.1*           |  | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation                                                                                                                                                  
|               | 
|3.2*           |  | Amended and Restated By-Laws                                                                                                                                                                       
|               | 
|4.1**          |  | Form of Class A Common Stock Certificate                                                                                                                                                           
|               | 
|4.2**          |  | Rights Agreement between IHS Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, Inc., as Rights Agent                                                                                                           
|               | 
|4.3           |  | Amendment to Rights Agreement Designating American Stock Transfer & Trust as Rights Agent                                                                                                          
|               | 
|10.1         |  | Amended and Restated IHS Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan                                                                                                                                        
|               | 
|10.2          |  | Amended and Restated IHS Inc. 2004 Directors Stock Plan                                                                                                                                            
|               | 
|10.3**         |  | IHS Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan                                                                                                                                                              
|               | 
|10.4**         |  | IHS Supplemental Income Plan                                                                                                                                                                       
|               | 
|10.5         |  | Summary of Non-Employee Director Compensation                                                                                                                                                      
|               | 
|10.6**         |  | Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Company and its Directors                                                                                                                            
|               | 
|10.7**         |  | IHS Executive Relocation Policy (2004)                                                                                                                                                             
|               | 
|10.8        |  | IHS Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Form of 2007 Stock Option AwardSenior Executive Level                                                                                                     
|               | 
|10.9        |  | IHS Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Form of 2007 Stock Option AwardExecutive Level                                                                                                            
|               | 
|10.10       |  | IHS Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Form of 2007 Restricted Stock Unit AwardSenior Executive Level                                                                                            
|               | 
|10.11       |  | IHS Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Form of 2007 Restricted Stock Unit AwardTime-Based                                                                                                        
|               | 
|10.12       |  | IHS Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Form of 2007 Restricted Stock Unit AwardPerformance-Based                                                                                                 
|               | 
|10.13**        |  | Employment Agreement by and between IHS Inc. and Michael J. Sullivan, dated as of November 1, 2004                                                                                                 
|               | 
|10.14         |  | Employment Agreement by and between IHS Inc. and Jeffrey R. Tarr, dated as of December 1, 2004                                                                                                     
|               | 
|10.15       |  | Employment Agreement by and between IHS Energy Group Inc. and Daniel H. Yergin, dated as of September 1, 2004                                                                                      
|               | 
|10.16       |  | Non-Competition Agreement by and between IHS Energy Group Inc. and Daniel H. Yergin, dated as of September 1, 2004                                                                                 
|               | 
|10.17        |  | Employment Agreement by and between IHS Inc. and Scott Key, dated as of October 31, 2007                                                                                                           
|               | 
|10.18        |  | Amendment to Employment Agreement by and between IHS Global Inc., successor to IHS Energy Group Inc., and Daniel H. Yergin, dated as of July 20, 2009                                              
|               | 
|10.19        |  | Amendment to Employment Agreement by and between IHS Inc. and Michael J. Sullivan, dated as of October 21, 2009                                                                                    
|               | 
|10.20        |  | Amendment to Employment Agreement by and between IHS Inc. and Jeffrey R. Tarr, dated as of October 22, 2009                                                                                        
|               | 
|10.21        |  | Amendment to Employment Agreement by and between IHS Inc. and Scott Key, dated as of October 22, 2009                                                                                              
|               | 
|21           |  | List of Subsidiaries of the Registrant                                                                                                                                                             
|               | 
|23           |  | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP                                                                                                                                                                       
|               | 
|24           |  | Power of Attorney                                                                                                                                                                                  
|               | 
|31.1         |  | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302
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|              |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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|ExhibitNumber |  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                        
|              | 
|31.2        |  | Certification of the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|              | 
|32          |  | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002                  



|* | Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
June 30, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference.
|- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|** | Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-122565) of the Registrant and
incorporated herein by reference.
|-- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended
November 30, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.
|- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-151082) and
incorporated herein by reference.
|-- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended
November 30, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference.
|--- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
February 28, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference.
|- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | Filed electronically herewith.
|-- | ------------------------------