BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 2001--Interactive Data Corporation (Nasdaq NM: IDCO) will release its third quarter results before the market opens on Friday, October 26, 2001.

The company has scheduled a conference call for 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the same day.

The dial-in number for the conference call is 212-896-6065. A replay of the call will also be available until Friday, November 2, and can be accessed by dialing 800-633-8284, access code #19789129.

A live webcast of the conference call will be broadcast at the company's web site, www.interactivedatacorp.com. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, an audio replay of the call will also be available on the site.

About Interactive Data Corporation

Interactive Data Corporation is a leading global provider of securities pricing, financial information, and analytic tools 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. The company links to most of the world's best-known financial service and software companies for trading, analysis, portfolio management, and valuation.

Interactive Data Corporation is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts. Through its branded businesses, FT Interactive Data, CMS BondEdge, and eSignal, Interactive Data Corporation has approximately 1,600 employees in 22 offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), an international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education, and the Penguin Group, owns approximately 60 percent of Interactive Data Corporation.