ProQuest and Kia Motors America Sign Exclusive Data Access Agreement

ProQuest will Publish an Electronic Parts Catalog for Use in Kia Dealerships in the United States

RICHFIELD, Ohio, Feb. 25 -- ProQuest Automotive announced the signing of an exclusive agreement with Kia Motors America, Inc. (KMA). Within this multi-year agreement, ProQuest Automotive will publish an electronic parts catalog (EPC) for use in more than 640 KMA dealerships as part of their fixed operations solution.

"Our affiliation with ProQuest will enable our retailers to quickly and accurately fill parts orders, reduce fixed operation costs and streamline the parts and service ordering process. We chose ProQuest as our partner because of their commitment to helping us improve productivity and increase profits in the parts and service area," noted Don Pearce, KMA Vice President, Parts & Service.

ProQuest EPCs streamline the parts look-up and ordering process into mere seconds, making them critical sales tools for a dealership's parts and service department. Parts information for Kia's entire vehicle line from 1993 to current models will be contained on a single CD-ROM. The EPC will provide a number of user-friendly methods for quickly accessing accurate parts information, including VIN filtering and technical bulletins. ProQuest will also provide technical support for the Kia EPC.

"We are pleased that Kia Motors America has chosen ProQuest as their single-source provider of Kia parts information," said Corey Roberts, Vice President, Product Management and Global Accounts of ProQuest Automotive. "We're confident that Kia and its retailers will experience first-hand the value ProQuest brings to a dealership by improving both order accuracy and the consumer's overall experience."

About ProQuest Automotive

ProQuest Automotive, a business unit of ProQuest Business Solutions Inc., serves the automotive industry by developing and marketing software, services and systems that transform complex technical data, like parts catalogs and service manuals, into easily accessed electronic information. For more information on ProQuest Automotive, call 800-443-6910 or visit www.proquestautomotive.com .

About Kia Motors America

Kia Motors America, based in Irvine, Calif., is the U.S. sales, marketing and service arm of Kia Motors Corp. in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1944, Kia Motors Corp. began as a bicycle parts maker and now produces passenger cars, vans and cargo trucks. Kia Motors Corp. stock is traded on the Korean stock exchange.

About ProQuest Company

ProQuest Company is based in Ann Arbor, Mich., and is a leading publisher of information solutions for the education, automotive and outdoor power markets. We provide products and services to our customers through two business segments: Information and Learning and Business Solutions. Through our Information and Learning segment, which primarily serves the education market, we collect, organize and publish 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 and service information to the automotive market. It also provides dealers in the outdoor power (motorcycle, marine, recreational vehicle, lawn & garden and heavy equipment) market with management systems that enable them to manage their inventory, customer service and other aspects of their businesses.

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