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CCH and LexisNexis Extend Exclusive Content Relationship

LexisNexis^® subscribers maintain the full line of CCH^® products

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., and DAYTON, OH., August 30, 2004) – CCH INCORPORATED and LexisNexis today announced the renewal of their long-standing relationship with a multi-year agreement that makes LexisNexis^® the only source, other than CCH^®, to offer the full line of CCH products on the Web.

Through the LexisNexis services at www.lexis.com, customers have access to CCH’s collection of in-depth tax, securities, financial services, labor/employment, health care and other specialized content, integrated with new innovative functionality. Most recently, CCH SmartRelate, an indispensable tool for tax research, was released in CCH’s leading tax research products, including the popular Standard Federal Tax Reporter, Federal Tax Service and CCH State Tax Reporters, all found on the LexisNexis services at www.lexis.com.

"Our continued relationship with CCH allows LexisNexis to deliver the most respected, specialized source of research information for tax professionals today," said Clemens Ceipek, senior vice president of Corporate Legal and Tax for LexisNexis. "This in-depth content combined with LexisNexis tools such as our Tax Research Tasks page makes LexisNexis a compelling choice for tax professionals in accounting firms and corporations as well as law firms."

The comprehensive LexisNexis services also include tax information from BNA^®, Tax Analysts^®, Matthew Bender^®, Shepard’s^®, Kleinrock and others.

"Our relationship with CCH not only allows us to meet the needs of tax researchers, but our legal customers also benefit from access to CCH’s specialized information in other practice areas," said Larry Thompson, senior vice president of Large and National Law Firm Markets and global chief marketing officer for LexisNexis.

"CCH is very pleased to continue to offer our deep, specialized content as a cornerstone of the wide offering of tax, legal and business resources available through the LexisNexis services at www.lexis.com," said Kevin Robert, President and CEO of the CCH Tax and Accounting group. "As a result of this relationship, professionals have access to both the depth of CCH’s specialty content and the breadth of information resources that LexisNexis provides."

About LexisNexis

LexisNexisÒ (www.lexisnexis.com) is a global leader in comprehensive and authoritative legal, news and business information and tailored applications. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com), the company does business in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. In addition to its flagship Web-based research service, LexisNexis, the company includes some of the world’s most respected legal publishers such as Martindale-Hubbell, Matthew Bender, Butterworths, Les Editions du Juris-Classeur, Abeledo-Perrot and Orac.

About CCH INCORPORATED

CCH INCORPORATAED (www.cch.com), based in Riverwoods, Ill., is a leading provider of tax, legal and business information, software and services that has served professionals and their clients since 1913. CCH is a Wolters Kluwer company (www.wolterskluwer.com). Wolters Kluwer is a leading multinational publisher and information services company. Wolters Kluwer has annual revenues (2003) of €3.4 billion, employs approximately 18,750 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its depositary receipts of shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices.

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