NEW YORK, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Harold McGraw III, chairman, president and CEO of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Investment Conference. The conference will be held September 12-13 in San Francisco, CA. Mr. McGraw is scheduled to speak on Monday, September 13 from 11:00 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. Pacific (2:00 p.m. Eastern). The presentation will be webcast and may include forward-looking information.

Webcast Instructions:  Live and Replay

The webcast will be available live and in replay through the Corporation's Investor Relations Web site at http://investor.spglobal.com/CustomPage/Index?KeyGenPage=1073751596&event=17992. (Please copy and paste URL into Web browser.)

The archived replay will be available one hour after the conclusion of the live event and will remain available through Friday, October 1, 2010. The presenter's slides will be made available for downloading from McGraw-Hill's Web site at the conclusion of the remarks. The prepared remarks will be available for downloading the next business day. Any additional information presented during the presentation will be made available on the Investor Presentations page.

About The McGraw-Hill Companies:

Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a global information and education company providing knowledge, insights and analysis in the financial, education and business information sectors through leading brands including Standard & Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education, Platts, and J.D. Power and Associates. The Corporation has more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2009 were $5.95 billion. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com.

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Release issued: September 2, 2010

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