LexisNexis Offers SEC data and tools from EDGAR Online>Available Via www.lexis.com and www.nexis.com

DAYTON, Ohio - November 20, 2003 - LexisNexis, the global leader in legal, news and business information services, today announced the availability via www.lexis.com and www.nexis.com of SEC EDGAR data and tools from EDGAR Online, a leader in the business information industry, specializing in the extraction, packaging and distribution of public company information contained in SEC filings.

Lexis and Nexis subscribers now have the option of directly accessing an array of SEC data and tools from EDGAR Online including searching across more than two million SEC documents by more than 15 criteria including key word searching as well as basic company and ticker parameters. Subscribers can also view and download documents in convenient formats including Microsoft Word and Excel.

"With the addition of EDGAR Online to our existing legal and financial content, LexisNexis offers its customers unparalleled depth and quality of SEC data and tools," said Dawn Conway, vice president, licensing and content for LexisNexis Corporate & Federal Markets. "Premium content such as EDGAR Online is essential for any legal or business professional involved in corporate securities or business strategy and decision-making.

"LexisNexis is an acknowledged leader in legal and business information markets and we see this distribution channel as critical to reaching both corporate and legal customers, where our data and tools are critical to the decision making process" said Susan Strausberg, CEO of EDGAR Online, Inc

About LexisNexis
LexisNexis(TM) is the global leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored applications. Its online services combine searchable access to over four billion documents from thousands of sources. A member of Reed Elsevier plc (NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK), LexisNexis is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, USA, and does business in 100 countries with 12,000 employees worldwide. The company offers an extensive range of online and print products and customized tools that address job-specific and organization-wide information needs, driving productivity and confident decision-making.
In addition to LexisNexis(TM) at nexis.com and lexis.com for corporate, government, legal and association professionals, the company's diverse portfolio of products includes PR Solutions for public relations practitioners; Risk Solutions including extensive public records capabilities and featuring the National Fraud Center for law enforcement and investigative professionals; LexisNexis(TM) Universe products for academic institutions; and the Directory of Corporate Affiliations and the Advertiser and Agency Redbooks. LexisNexis recently was named one of KM World magazine's "Top 100 Companies in Knowledge Management."

About EDGAR Online, Inc.
EDGAR Online, Inc. (www.edgar-online.com) is a leader in the business information industry, specializing in the extraction, packaging and distribution of public company information contained in SEC filings. Based in Norwalk, Connecticut, with offices in Maryland and New York City, the company sells subscription products, data and services to financial institutions, corporations and law firms.

"Forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 may be included in this news release. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. These statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. EDGAR Online, Inc. disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. Please refer to the documents filed by EDGAR Online, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to risks associated with changes in general economic and business conditions (including in the online business and financial information industry), actions of our competitors, the extent to which we are able to develop new services and markets for our services, risks in connection with our recent acquisition and other acquisitions which we may consummate in the future, the time and expense involved in such development activities, the level of demand and market acceptance of our services and changes in our business strategies.

EDGAR is a federally registered trademark of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). EDGAR Online is not affiliated with or approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. EDGAR Online is a product of EDGAR Online, Inc.

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