【Research Insight version 8.0 Update】

Research Insight North America, beginning with version 8.0, is delivered on two Compustat data CD-ROMs.

Research Insight Global is still contained on just one CD-ROM. Version 8.0 is not a required upgrade,

however, in order to use the data on both CD-ROMs (for North America), you must upgrade to version 8.0 by

downloading both CDs.

Below is a list of all the product enhancements made for version 8.0 effective April 26, 2006.

North America Data*

*available with Research Insight 8.0 upgrade and the two April 28th month-end Compustat data CD-ROMs

Comprehensive North America Data Item List (.pdf)

New Data Sets

o GICS Aggregate Data

New GICS Aggregate category in Lookup List

Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow, Per-Share items and Ratios

New items: Number of Companies in Aggregate (annual and quarterly)

New aggregate-data only concepts and items

@AGG function

$A predefined set

o Five New Industry Specific Categories in the Lookup List

Airlines

Healthcare Facilities

Homebuilding

Retail

Oil & Gas

o 50 additional Pension items and footnotes included in Pension category in the Lookup List

o 45 additional Options data and footnotes required by SFAS 123

o Over 100 additional data items including Miscellaneous Debt, Nonrecurring Income Tax,

Comprehensive Income and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance items and footnotes

o 15 new concepts

2006 GICS Structure Updates

o Company GICS S&P Indexes Excel template in the Miscellaneous folder contains the

updated structure

New and Updated Predefined Reports and Excel Templates

o Compustat Analysts' Notes - Full: B/S - I/S - C/F - Ratio template, a spinoff of the current

Detailed Fundamentals Excel template, incorporates Compustat Analysts' Notes.

o RI Explorer template - access any company's Financial Statement Data, Market Data, Debt

Analysis and Valuation Overview through one convenient interface. Extend the time periods

for viewing data up to 20 years or 48 quarters.

o Five new GICS Aggregate reports (GICS Aggregate category)

o Updated Pension reports (Miscellaneous category)

o Ten new Industry-Specific reports (Industry-Specific folder)

o New Industry-Specific Analysis template (Industry Specific folder)

o Updated Pension and Postretirement template (Miscellaneous folder)

Additional Updates

o Citigroup Index sets added to the Lookup List

o Russell Index sets removed from Lookup List (sets available on data CD until June month-

end)

Global Data*

*available with Research Insight 8.0 upgrade and April 28th month-end CD-ROM

Enhanced Global Interim Data Item Coverage

o Comprehensive Global Data Item List (.pdf)

o Over 550 new quarterly and semiannual fundamental and issue level concepts and

footnotes for Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow

o New semiannual Cash Flow item coverage

Reports

o Updated Interim Balance Sheet and Income Statement templates (Interim folder)

o New global reports/templates in Research Insight(.rpt) and Excel (.xls)

Interim Cash Flow Statement Reports (Format 10 and Format 12 - U.K. (Revised

FRS1))

o New global templates in Excel

New Set Market Performance template: Displays top and bottom performers based

on price. Specify user defined or saved sets or by exchanges within a country.

Includes performance for up to 10 indices and a profile sheet.

New Scoring Model template: Calculates relative scores based on four user-

specified factors for up to 500 issues.

New Global Coverage template: Counts population of Compustat Global database

by country of incorporation with ability to drill down into listing of companies by

country down to company snapshot.

Global Comparables Model: Compares Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash

Flow data, ratios, market data and rank-performance data for up to 10 companies.

Detailed Credit Score: Calculates implied corporate credit score using eight key

annual ratios; includes financial statements and comparative page and the ability to

enter user data.