Data Broadcasting Announces Stock Repurchase Program

BEDFORD, Mass.--April 12, 2001--DATA BROADCASTING CORPORATION (NASDAQ: DBCC) (DBC) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to two million shares of its common stock.

These repurchases will be made in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions from time to time, subject to market conditions and other factors and in compliance with applicable legal requirements. The Company will use cash on hand to fund any purchases. The Company is not obligated to acquire any particular amount of common stock as a result of the plan, which may be suspended at any time at the Company's discretion.

About Data Broadcasting Corporation

Data Broadcasting Corporation is a leading global provider of financial and business information to institutional and individual investors. The Company supplies time sensitive pricing, dividend, corporate action and descriptive information for more than 3.5 million securities traded around the world, including hard-to-value unlisted fixed income instruments. At the core of the business are its extensive database expertise and technology resources.

DBC delivers real-time, end-of-day and historically archived data to customers through a variety of products featuring Internet, dedicated line, satellite and dial-up delivery protocols. Through a broad range of partnerships and alliances, the Company provides links to most of the world's best-known financial service and software companies for trading, analysis, portfolio management and valuation.

DBC, with approximately 1,600 employees, is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts and has more than 20 offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, including the world's key financial centers of New York, London and Tokyo. DBC is majority owned by Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group.