ProQuest Company Names Randy Best to Board of Directors

ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 16 -- ProQuest Company , a leading publisher of information solutions for the education and automotive markets, has appointed Randy Best, co-founder of Voyager Learning, to the company's Board of Directors effective March 10, 2005.

"Randy Best co-founded Voyager Learning, one of our most recent and most important acquisitions. Under his leadership, Voyager grew from a startup to a successful education company with annual revenue approaching $100 million. As we continue building ProQuest's K-12 business incorporating the platform of Voyager Learning, having Randy Best as a member of our Board of Directors will be invaluable," said Alan Aldworth, chairman and chief executive officer of ProQuest Company. "I look forward to his contributions to ProQuest Company's continued success, and I welcome him to our board," added Aldworth.

Mr. Best brings significant expertise to ProQuest in the fields of literacy, K-12 education and the growth of emerging businesses. He was also a founding partner in the merchant banking firm, Mason Best. During his 35 years in merchant banking, he gained extensive experience as a private investor and senior executive in a broad range of business entities.

"I am proud to join ProQuest's Board of Directors. We share a vision for the growth of ProQuest and a strong commitment to education," said Best. "I look forward to continuing my association with Voyager and ProQuest as a member of the board," Best added.

Mr. Best is an advisory board member for the Education Commission of the States, and a member of the National Education Association Foundation Board, the College of Education Foundation Advisory Council for the University of Texas at Austin, and the National Urban Alliance Board for Columbia University. Previously, he served on the White House Millennium Committee and The Foundation Leadership Network.

About ProQuest Company

ProQuest Company is based in Ann Arbor, Mich., and is a leading publisher of information solutions for the education, automotive and power equipment 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. Its products transform complex technical data, like parts catalogs and service manuals, into easily accessed electronic information. For the world's automotive manufacturers and their dealer networks, ProQuest also secures business-to-business information and retail performance management services. ProQuest Company was recently named one of the nation's 200 best small companies by Forbes magazine, and one of the 100 fastest growing technology companies in the United States by Business 2.0 magazine.