Interactive Data to Report Third-Quarter 2009 Results on October 29

BEDFORD, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE:IDC), a leading provider of financial market
data, analytics and related solutions to financial institutions, active traders
and individual investors, today announced that the Company will release its
third-quarter 2009 results after the market closes on Thursday, October 29,
2009. The Company has scheduled a conference call for 5:30 p.m. ET on the same
day.

The dial-in number for the conference call is (706) 679-4631 and the related
access code is 33734970. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a
replay of the call will be available from October 29 at 8:00 p.m. until
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 8:00 p.m., and it can be accessed by dialing (706)
645-9291 or (800) 642-1687, using access code 33734970.

A live webcast of the conference call, along with related slides, will be
broadcast on the Company`s Web site, www.interactivedata.com. An archived replay
of the call and the related slides will also be available on the Company`s Web
site after the call is completed.

About Interactive Data Corporation

Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) is a leading global provider of
financial market data, analytics and related solutions to financial
institutions, active traders and individual investors. The Company's businesses
supply real-time market data, time-sensitive pricing, evaluations and reference
data for millions of securities traded around the world, including hard-to-value
instruments. Many of the world's best-known financial service and software
companies subscribe to the Company's services in support of their trading,
analysis, portfolio management and valuation activities. Interactive Data,
headquartered in Bedford, Mass., has approximately 2,400 employees in offices
located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Pearson plc (NYSE:
PSO; LSE: PSON), an international media company, whose businesses include the
Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, is Interactive
Data Corporation's majority stockholder.

For more information about Interactive Data Corporation and its businesses,
please visit www.interactivedata.com

Interactive Data Corporation
Investors:
Andrew Kramer, 781-687-8306
Director of Investor Relations
andrew.kramer@interactivedata.com
or
Media:
Brian Willinsky, 781-687-8291
Manager, Public Relations
brian.willinsky@interactivedata.com

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