IHS Promotes Scott Key to Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., – September 11, 2006 – IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), a leading global provider of critical technical information, decision-support tools, and strategic services, today announced Scott Key was promoted to Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing for the company.

Key joined IHS in 2003 as SVP of Strategic Marketing for the Energy segment, with responsibility for strategic planning, marketing communications and global products. Key brings to his new role over 20 years of U.S. and International experience in executive and operational management, marketing, strategic planning, product development, and large scale project management.

"Scott’s promotion to lead our Company’s corporate marketing initiatives is well-earned and reflects his robust contributions to our past and ongoing successes," said Charles Picasso, President and CEO, IHS. "He is the right person to play this important role in helping us continue to develop and deliver value to our customers, while finding new ways to help them succeed. His new role is pivotal to creating and supporting the growth strategies of IHS."

“This is such an exciting time to be part of IHS as we offer customers a compelling value proposition in the energy and engineering industries,” said Key. “I look forward to nurturing and leveraging our existing efforts, and helping our people to achieve great things for customers in each of our markets globally.”

Key holds a master’s degree in geophysics from the University of Wyoming, and dual bachelor's degrees in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Washington.

About IHS (www.ihs.com)
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a leading global provider of critical technical information, decision-support tools and related services to customers in a number of industries including energy, defense, aerospace, construction, electronics, and automotive through two operating segments, Engineering and Energy. We serve customers ranging from governments and large multinational corporations to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 100 countries. Our customers rely on our offerings to facilitate decision making, support key processes and improve productivity. We have been in business for more than 45 years and employ more than 2,300 people around the world.

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