ProQuest Company Announces Q3'02 Earnings Conference Call

    ANN ARBOR, Mich.--Oct. 17, 2002--ProQuest Company, , one of the world's largest providers of content to the education, automotive and powersports markets, will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss third quarter results on Tuesday, October 22, 2002 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time (4:00 pm Central time).
    This call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at ProQuest Company's web site at www.proquestcompany.com.
    The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

    About PQE

    ProQuest Company is based in Ann Arbor, Mich., and is a leading provider of value-added information and content to the library/education and automotive/powersports industries. We provide products and services to our customers through two business segments: Information & Learning and Business Solutions. Through our Information & Learning segment, which primarily serves the library and education markets, we aggregate and publish value-added content from a wide range of sources including newspapers, periodicals and books. Our Business Solutions segment is primarily engaged in the delivery in electronic form of comprehensive parts information to the automotive market. It also provides dealers in the powersports (motorcycle, marine, and RV) markets with management systems that enable them to manage their inventory, customer service and other aspects of their businesses.