Sector-focused news, data and

essential business intelligence.

SNL: the single best source for financial
information worldwide.

 Foremost authority in the critical business

sectors we cover
 Data, news, analytics
 Relied upon by leading investors and
corporate decision makers for:
– Selecting stocks
– Planning mergers
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Our difference:
Depth & breadth of coverage in each sector.

Banks & Thrifts Real Estate

Financial Services Energy

Media &
Insurance Communications

Coverage includes 40% of the U.S. market with a growing international focus

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One template doesn’t fit all. Only SNL
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Banks & Thrifts Real Estate

Financial Services Energy

Media &
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 SNL’s standardized templates use each industry’s fields and performance metrics
 Balance sheet and income statement ratios are recalculated accordingly
 Result: Relevant comparisons made easy

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Broad coverage and an extensive client base.

 2,600+ public companies covered

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sector are SNL clients
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 96% subscription renewal rate reflects client
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The four core tenets of SNL.

1 Accuracy
2 Relevance
3 Completeness
4 Timeliness

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1 Accuracy

Our clients place tremendous trust in our data.

Our QC systems ensure that we earn this trust.

Compiled by sector experts, carefully scrubbed

Rigorous quality control and fast turnaround
The SNL Information Guarantee: Find an error,
receive a reward!

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1 Accuracy

 Walking our talk: “Data Challenge” program offers subscribers $50 reward for
finding an error
 Obsession with data quality and accuracy is part of the SNL culture.

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1 Accuracy
Accuracy means you can trust SNL data for critical decisions.

Mission-Critical Data SNL Merger Model

When inaccuracy is not an option: client Evaluate M&A transactions the smart
recommendations, modifying portfolios, way. Drag and drop to create deals.
running your business, structuring mergers. Buyer + target = deal.

Example: Energy load forecasts

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1 Accuracy
Accurate SNLxl updates: refresh your models instantly from our
database.You can be sure they’re correct. Accuracy is guaranteed.

Example: REIT portfolio values and exposure based on $ values of individual holdings

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2 Relevance

The granularity you require for meaningful

analysis in specific sectors or sub-sectors.

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2 Relevance

SNL Mapping: Easily convert data into sector-specific geographical overviews

for planning and presentation.
 Map against competitors and demographics
 Banking: Map competitive branch locations to guide M&A
 Real estate: Map properties
 Energy: Map plant locations

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2 Relevance
SNL standardizes and analyzes data in an industry's own
language, format and fields.

SNL Analytics: Exposure SNLxl: Peer Evaluation

Industry-specific exposure reports Peer comparison made simple. Refresh
based on positions held or industry risk your reports on command, with new data
criteria. in real-time.

Example: Real Estate Example: Banking

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3 Completeness

The broadest possible spectrum of information,

easily molded to your objectives.

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3 Completeness

We have information others don’t, updated 24/7.

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3 Completeness
Briefing Books
 Point-and-click menus build corporate summaries of investment banker quality
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 For M&A profiles: Choose reports on deal pricing, financials, related news

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3 Completeness

Ownership: Peer comparison M&A Briefing Book

Compare the ownership profile of a Create multi-page profiles of M&A

company against its peers. transactions.

Example: Real Estate Example: Banking

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4 Timeliness

The latest news and the most current data.

Link your proprietary models for automatic updates.

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Timeliness
Data is scrubbed, approved and published in the industry's fastest cycle time
 30,000 securities filings processed quarterly in under 8 hours
 Extensive range of daily, weekly and monthly newsletters with proprietary content
 News is linked to SNL’s vast databases

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4 Timeliness
SNL integrates news, data and analytics in real time.

SNL News: My Home SNLxl: Real-Time Updates

Fast and easy access to complete Click and refresh your models in
news coverage form more than 50 seconds. You have 24/7 online access
reporters and editors. to all SNL data.

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SNL Continuously adding value
Content upgrades, coverage of new sectors,
and global expansion keep SNL at the forefront

 New products and upgrades. Statutory

Insurance Data
 New sectors: Media & Communications
(SNL Kagan)
 Global expansion: Europe/Asia-Pacific
Real Estate

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Statutory Insurance Data: immense, overwhelming
dataset made simple the SNL way.

 Landmark agreement with National

Association of Insurance Commissioners
(NAIC) to publish stat data in improved form
 Instant access to key ratios, group & ratings
data, Schedule P analysis, reinsurance
relationships, loss triangles, investment
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 The missing link for analyzing nationwide
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 All included in SNL subscription at no extra
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SNL Kagan: First single source for in-depth analysis
and quantitative data on Media & Communications.

Cable TV Networks Broadcast

Wireless Filmed Entertainment International Multichannel

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SNL Kagan : Exclusive data not available
anywhere else. Easy to access, online.

 Proprietary data, forecasts and studies provide the recognized benchmarks by

which investors measure the performance and value of media companies
 Operational and financial data on private companies (such as cable MSO’s)
compiled by industry experts who also do valuations and M&A deal appraisals
 News, data and analysis available online, linked and updated 24/7

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SNL global real estate: bridging currency, cultural,
and regulatory reporting differences

 The first central online database

for global real estate data
 Standardized templates broad
enough to encompass all the
differences while allowing apples-
to-apples comparisons
 Instantly convert any screen or
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choice
 News and analysis

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SNL Real Estate - Europe /Asia-Pacific: Drive Your
real estate investment strategy across the board

 Coverage of over 200 companies in

more than 20 countries across
Europe and the Asia-Pacific region
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 Peer-to-peer data is truly comparable
 Customize your models with SNLxl
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If you are an SNL-covered company, our online
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An investor relations Web site

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SmartIR provides public companies with everything they need to manage
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Use SNL's best-in-class technology Simultaneous disclosure to media,
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low cost guaranteed. authorities right from your IR Console.

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