SNL Financial Launches New Corporate Web Site

Redesigned SNL.com features improved graphics, easier navigation and greater description

Charlottesville, VA (December 18, 2006) — SNL Financial, the leading sector-focused provider of essential business intelligence to investment banks, money managers and corporations, today unveiled a redesign of its corporate Web site, www.SNL.com.

With improvements made to every page, SNL.com has reorganized site content and navigation to provide a more user-centric, intuitive and fluid experience. Site layout, imagery, color and typography are all enhanced. The site also provides more extensive description of SNL Information Services for each of the industry sectors SNL now covers: Banks & Thrifts, Insurance, Financial Services, Real Estate, Energy and Media & Communications.

Current SNL subscribers can log in to their interactive service on the main home page and every sector-specific home page. The new site allows non-subscribers to take a free product tour, and request a trial or demo with a single mouse click. Visitors can also link to separate sites for SNL's investor relations product (SNL IR Solutions) and educational affiliate, the Center for Financial Education (CFE).

News headline excerpts for each covered sector are available on every home page. Visitors can also gain complimentary access to price indexes and rankings via the home pages for Financial Institutions and Energy.

"As we enter our 20th anniversary year, we're proud to have a Web site that powerfully expresses SNL's brand positioning, and accurately reflects our deep-dive coverage into our chosen sectors," said Mike Chinn, SNL President. "We've created a new Web interface for potential customers that's streamlined, modern and engaging. We also think that we've developed a site architecture that can accommodate the coverage expansion we have planned for 2007 and beyond, especially in Media & Communications and global Real Estate."

About SNL Financial

SNL collects, standardizes and disseminates all relevant corporate, financial, market and M&A data — plus news and analysis — for the Energy, Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Real Estate and Media & Communications industries. For more information, visit www.SNL.com.