About J.D. Power and Associates:
The Voice of the Customer
| There are six values that have guided us throughout our rich history and will continue to do so into the future. Every associate plays an important role in this process as we continue to enable industries to recognize the voice of the customer and integrate it into their products and services. Our recruiting and hiring process is designed to identify individuals whose personal values are closely aligned with our corporate values: | |

J.D. Power and Associates has been recognized as a Honomichl Global Top 25 market research firm in 2012 and is ranked 13th on Honomichl's Top 50 list of US research firms in 2012. This annual list is published each year in AMA's Marketing News Magazine.
The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), a financial intelligence and education company, signed an agreement to sell its McGraw-Hill Education business to investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC in November 2012. Following the sale closing, expected in early 2013, the Company will be renamed McGraw Hill Financial (subject to shareholder approval) and will be a powerhouse in benchmarks, content and analytics for the global capital and commodity markets. The Company's leading brands will include: Standard & Poor's, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Platts, Crisil, J.D. Power and Associates, McGraw-Hill Construction and Aviation Week. The Company will have approximately 17,000 employees in more than 30 countries. Additional information is available at www.mcgraw-hill.com.