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EQUITY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

      This EQUITY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT") is dated as of
February 15, 2007, and is between DLI Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation (the
"COMPANY"), DLI Holding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( the "LLC")
and William McMenemy ("MCMENEMY").

      WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5 of the Transition Arrangements Agreement,
dated as of August 15, 2005, among the parties hereto, the LLC distributed
571.42 shares of common stock of the Company (the "COMPANY STOCK") in full
liquidation of the Common Units of the LLC purchased by McMenemy (as
contemplated by Section 7.2(c) of the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the
LLC, dated January 27, 2005) (the "LLC AGREEMENT");

      WHEREAS, the Company notified McMenemy pursuant to Section 5 of the
Transition Arrangements Agreement that it desired to purchase all of McMenemy's
Company Stock pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of
January 27, 2005, among the Company, the LLC and those employees of the Company
or its subsidiaries listed on Schedule A thereto, but the Company and McMenemy
agreed that in light of the circumstances of the Company, such purchase would be
deferred;

      WHEREAS, the Company now desires to effect the deferred repurchase
referred to above;

      WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4(a) of the Rollover Stock Option Agreement,
dated as of January 27, 2005, between the Company and McMenemy, the Company also
desires to repurchase McMenemy's options at the prices set forth on Schedule A;
and

      WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, McMenemy
is willing to (i) forfeit the 5,454.42 Operating Units, as such term is defined
in the LLC Agreement, and for such Operating Units to be cancelled, (ii) release
the Company, the LLC and each of their affiliates from any and all obligations
and liabilities to McMenemy with respect to the options, the Company Stock, the
Operating Units or otherwise with respect to any other interests in equity or
equity rights in respect of the Company, the LLC or any of their affiliates and
(iii) resign from all board memberships and other positions held by him with the
Company and its affiliates.

      NOW, THEREFORE,

      1. Representations and Warranties. McMenemy hereby represents and warrants
that he has valid legal title to the Company Stock, and that the Company Stock
is free and clear of any liens, pledges, encumbrances, security interests or
other claims of any type or nature whatsoever. McMenemy represents and warrants
that he has full power and authority to sell, transfer and deliver the Company
Stock to the Company, and upon such sale, transfer and delivery, the Company
shall acquire valid, lawful title to the Company Stock free and clear of any
liens, pledges, encumbrances, security interests or other claims of any type or
nature whatsoever.
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      2. Share Repurchase. McMenemy hereby agrees to sell to the Company, and
the Company hereby agrees to purchase from McMenemy, the Company Stock for an
aggregate purchase price of $20,000. Such purchase and sale shall be effective
on the date hereof and McMenemy and the Company hereby agree and acknowledge
that on the date hereof, the Company shall pay such amount to McMenemy and the
Company's records shall reflect that the shares are no longer owned by McMenemy.

      3. Option Cash Out. The Company hereby exercises its right to repurchase
McMenemy's options pursuant to Section 4(a) of the Rollover Stock Option
Agreement. McMenemy and the Company hereby agree and acknowledge that on the
date hereof, the Company shall pay to McMenemy $1,222,379.30, which is an amount
equal to (i) $2,000,259.38, which represents the difference between $32.72
(which the parties agree shall be the deemed fair market value of a share of
common stock of the Company for purposes of this Section 3) and the exercise
prices of the options identified on Schedule A multiplied by the number of
shares as to which such options relate, less (ii) applicable tax withholding
obligations of $777,880.08. McMenemy and the Company hereby agree and
acknowledge that from the date hereof the options have no further force or
effect.

      4. Cancellation of Operating Units. Notwithstanding anything in the LLC
Agreement or otherwise to the contrary, McMenemy hereby waives all rights in
respect of the Operating Units and forfeits such Operating Units to the LLC.

      5. Release. McMenemy hereby releases the Company, the LLC and each of
their affiliates from any and all obligations and liabilities to McMenemy with
respect to the options, the Company Stock, the Operating Units or otherwise with
respect to any other interests in equity or equity rights in respect of the
Company, the LLC or any of their affiliates. Without limiting the generality of
the forgoing, McMenemy agrees that from the date hereof he shall have no rights
under the LLC Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated January 27, 2005, and the Rollover Stock Option Agreement, and
that such agreements and any schedules appended thereto may be amended in the
discretion of the parties thereto (other than McMenemy) as they shall deem
necessary or appropriate to reflect the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Company and the LLC and each of their affiliates hereby release
McMenemy from any and all obligations and liabilities to the Company and/or the
LLC with respect to the options, the Company Stock, the Operating Units or
otherwise with respect to any other interests in equity or equity rights in
respect of the Company, the LLC or any of their affiliates.

      6. Board Resignation. Effective as of the date hereof, McMenemy hereby
resigns from all board memberships and other positions held by him with the
Company and its affiliates.
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      7. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, McMenemy the Company, and the LLC have executed this
Agreement as of the date set forth above.

                                             DLI HOLDING CORP

                                             By:
                                                ------------------------
                                                Name:
                                                Title:

                                             DLI HOLDING LLC

                                             By:
                                                ------------------------
                                                Name:
                                                Title:

EXECUTIVE

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Name: William McMenemy
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                                   SCHEDULE A

     NUMBER OF           EXERCISE            SPREAD             AGGREGATE
      OPTIONS              PRICE              VALUE            SPREAD VALUE
     --------             ------             ------           -------------
       21,819             $18.65             $14.07             $306,993.33
       15,273             $ 8.97             $23.75             $362,733.75
        7,224             $ 9.08             $23.64             $170,775.36
        8,046             $22.17             $10.55              $84,885.30
        2,514             $19.28             $13.44              $33,788.16
       12,250             $19.71             $13.01             $159,372.50
       42,249             $20.12             $12.60             $532,337.40
       25,446             $18.99             $13.73             $349,373.58
      -------                                                 -------------
      134,821                                                 $2,000,259.38

Withholding Obligations:

            Federal Income Tax:     $600,090.78

            Social Security         $  1,766.48

            Medicare                $ 29,003.76

            State Taxes:            $147,019.06

            TOTAL:                  $777,880.08

TOTAL CASH PAYMENT:                                                $1,222,379.30February 8, 2007

      I&L Holdings, Inc.

      I&L Operating LLC

      Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Limited Partnership

      c/o Cambridge Information Group, Inc.

      7200 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 601

      Bethesda, MD 20814

      Attn:  Larisa Avner Trainor

      Fax:  301-961-6790

      

      	
                   
 	
                  Re:
 	
                  Letter Agreement regarding Subscription Agreement and Plan of Merger
 

      

      Dear Larisa:

      Reference is hereby made to that certain Subscription Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 14, 2006 (the “Agreement”), by and among ProQuest Information and Learning Company, a Delaware corporation (the “U.S. Company”); I&L Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer Parent”); I&L Operating LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer Parent (“Buyer Sub,” and with Buyer Parent, the “Buying Parties”); ProQuest Company (“Parent”), a Delaware corporation; ProQuest Canada/U.K. Holdings, LLC, a
      Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Canada/U.K. LLC”); and, solely for purposes of Article V and Section 12.1 of the Agreement, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Limited Partnership, a Maryland limited partnership (“Guarantor”).  All capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

      The following sets forth certain amendments to the Agreement hereby agreed to by the undersigned and the Buying Parties:

       

      1.            Cash Balance.  Parent will cause the Acquired Entities to have, as of the Closing Date, (a) no more than 2.5 million British Pounds of cash, (b) no more than $500,000 Canadian Dollars of cash, and (c) no more than the equivalent of US$2 million of cash in other non-U.S. currencies. When determining the final amount of the Closing Working Capital Value, any and all cash and cash accounts held by the Acquired Entities on the Closing Date shall be included in the definition of Current Assets used in the calculation of the Closing Working Capital Value.  For purposes of calculating the Closing Working Capital Value, all cash in a currency other than U.S. dollars shall be converted into U.S. dollars at the average of the bid and ask rates found on the
      Yahoo! finance exchange web page as of 5:00 p.m. on the date of Closing.

      2.            Issuance Price.  The first sentence of Section 2.3(a) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following sentence:

      “The aggregate consideration in the Issuance for  all of the Preferred Stock shall be $109,000,000 (the “Issuance Price”).”

      3.            Purchase Price Allocation.  Schedule 2.3 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with a new Schedule 2.3 in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

       

      
      

      

      

      4.            Subsidiary Mergers.  The Buying Parties have requested that the U.S. Company effect the mergers of certain subsidiaries of the U.S. Company described on Exhibit B prior to the Closing (the “Subsidiary Mergers”).  The Buying Parties jointly and severally shall indemnify and hold harmless Parent and its Affiliates (collectively, the “Parent Indemnitees”) in respect of any and all Losses reasonably and proximately incurred by any Parent Indemnitee as a result of the Subsidiary Mergers.

      5.            Amendment to Articles of Association for ProQuest Brazil Ltda.  In accordance with Section 6.1(h) of the Agreement, Buyer Parent approves and consents to an amendment to the Articles of Association of ProQuest Brazil Ltda. (“ProQuest Brazil”) to alter the capital structure of ProQuest Brazil and eliminate the amount of unpaid quotas.

      6.            NAPC Acquisition Related Liabilities.  Parent shall indemnify and hold harmless any Buyer Indemnitee in respect of any and all Losses reasonably and proximately incurred by any Buyer Indemnitee as a result of the claims or threatened claims made in the letters referenced in Exhibit C hereto.  For the avoidance of doubt, any such claims shall be deemed a “Third Party Claim” subject to Section 10.4 of the Agreement.

      7.            Canadian Witholding Taxes.  Parent hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Buyer Indemnitee in respect of any and all taxes, fines or penalties assessed by the Canadian tax authorities in connection with the transfer of ProQuest Information Access Ltd. to ProQuest Canada/U.K. LLC (“Canadian Contribution”).  The Buying Parties agree to use reasonable efforts to obtain a 116 Clearance Certificate with respect to the Canadian Contribution (the application for which is currently pending) as soon as practicable after Closing.  In the event the Buying Parties receive any inquiry or other communication from the Canadian authorities with respect to the Canadian Contribution, the Buying
      Parties agree to notify Parent as soon as practicable of such inquiry or communication, and Parent shall be entitled to assume the response to such inquiry or communication as the attorney-in-fact for the Buying Parties.

      8.            Time of Closing Working Capital Value Calculation.  For the purposes of the Agreement, Closing Working Capital Value shall be calculated as of 5.00 p.m. on the date of Closing.

      Except as otherwise provided herein, all of the terms, covenants and other provisions of the Agreement shall continue to be in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms.  This letter agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.  

      This letter agreement may be executed on separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

      Please indicate your acknowledgement and agreement to the foregoing in the space provided on the following pages.  

       

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      Sincerely,

      PROQUEST COMPANY

      

      	
                   
 	
                  By: /S/ Todd W. Buchardt
 

      

      Name:  Todd W. Buchardt

      

      	
                   
 	
                  Title:
 	
                  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
 

      

      

      	
                   
 	
                  Secretary
 

      

       

      PROQUEST INFORMATION AND LEARNING COMPANY

      

      	
                   
 	
                  By: /S/ Richard Surratt
 

      

      Name:  Richard Surratt

      

      	
                   
 	
                  Title:  
 	
                  Vice President
 

      

      PROQUEST CANADA/U.K. HOLDINGS, LLC

      

      	
                   
 	
                  By: /S/ Richard Surratt
 

      

      Name:  Richard Surratt

      

      	
                   
 	
                  Title:  
 	
                  Vice President
 

      

       

      
      

      

      

      
      Acknowledged and Agreed 

      this 8th day of February, 2007

       

      I&L HOLDINGS, INC.

      

      	
                   
 	
                  By: /S/ Brent Stone
 

      

      Name:  Brent Stone

      Title:  Vice President and Assistant Secretary

      I&L OPERATING LLC

      

      	
                   
 	
                  By: /S/ Brent Stone
 

      

      Name:  Brent Stone

      Title:  Vice President and Assistant Secretary

      CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACTS, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

      By CSA GP Corporation

      Its General Partner

      

      	
                   
 	
                  By: /S/ Larissa Avner Trainor
 

      

      Name:  Larissa Avner Trainor

      

      	
                   
 	
                  Title:  
 	
                  Assistant Secretary
 

      

       

      

      	
                  cc:
 	
                  McDermott Will & Emery LLP
 

      

      227 West Monroe Street

      Chicago, IL  60606

      Attention:  Thomas J. Murphy, P.C.

      Fax.:  312-984-7700

      Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

      One New York Plaza,

      New York, NY 10004

      Attention:  Christopher Ewan, Esq.

      Fax:  212-859-4000

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