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NEW YORK, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) today approved a regular quarterly cash dividend on the Corporation's common stock. The dividend of $0.225 is payable on December 10, 2009, to shareholders of record on November 25, 2009.

The McGraw-Hill Companies has paid a dividend each year since 1937 and is one of fewer than 30 companies in the S&P 500 that has increased its dividend annually for the last 36 years. The annualized rate of $0.90 per share, which includes a 2.3% increase approved by the Board in January of 2009, represents an average compound annual dividend growth rate of 10.1% since 1974.

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Release issued: October 28, 2009

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