ProQuest Company Announces Resignation of Chief Financial Officer

ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 6, 2005 -- ProQuest Company , a leading provider of information solutions and content to the education, automotive and power equipment markets, today announced the resignation of Chief Financial Officer, Kevin Gregory.

Gregory will step down as CFO by year-end 2005. Gregory has been an employee of ProQuest Company, formerly known as Bell and Howell, since 1996 and has served as CFO since June 2002.

Alan Aldworth, Chairman and CEO stated, "I would like to thank Kevin Gregory for his contributions to the growth and repositioning of ProQuest Company over the past several years. I appreciate his professionalism in planning a smooth transition."

Aldworth indicated that ProQuest Company will immediately begin a search for a new CFO. Aldworth also confirmed the company remains committed to the full year earnings guidance provided in last week's conference call.

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.

Forward-Looking Statements

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