About Wolters Kluwer

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Wolters Kluwer is "The Professional's First Choice" for information, tools and solutions that help professionals make their most critical decisions effectively and improve their productivity.

At Wolters Kluwer, we excel at creating high-quality content for use in a professional context in the fields of health, corporate services, finance, tax, accounting, law, regulation and education. We use the latest technologies to ensure that our customers have the solutions they need, when they need them, in the media best suited to their requirements. We continually exchange expertise and ideas with our customers about their work. This partnership in innovation is fundamental to meeting our commitment to the lawyers, doctors, nurses, accountants, tax advisors, teachers and business executives we serve. Knowledge of their professional workflows, and the ability to apply emerging technologies to make them more efficient and productive, are at the heart of our competitive advantage.

Some notable facts about Wolters Kluwer:

• Revenues: €3.7 billion (2006)
• Employees: 19,900 worldwide
• Markets: Health, Corporate Services, Financial Services, Tax, Accounting, Legal, Regulation and Education
• Operations: Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific
• Headquarters: Amsterdam
• Stock listing: Euronext Amsterdam: WLSNC.AS, stock code 39590; ISIN code NL0000395903; included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices

Read more about Wolters Kluwer's strategy to accelerate profitable growth and deliver enhanced value for customers and shareholders—for 2007 and beyond.

A Quick Glance at Our Five Divisions

Wolters Kluwer organises its operating divisions around its core markets. These divisions enable us to more effectively serve a broad and diverse customer base, and strengthen the partnership in innovation that describes our relationship with our clients.

Wolters Kluwer Health

Wolters Kluwer Health plays a leading role in driving medical excellence. The division offers a broad array of content and information solutions globally, including many of the most trusted brands in the healthcare and life sciences industries.

Wolters Kluwer Corporate & Financial Services

Wolters Kluwer Corporate & Financial Services is a leading U.S. provider of comprehensive representation, search, and filing services for corporate legal departments and law firms, as well as compliance, content, and technology solutions for financial services organisations of all sizes.

Wolters Kluwer Tax, Accounting & Legal

Wolters Kluwer Tax, Accounting & Legal is a market-leading provider of research, software, and workflow tools in tax and accounting and in numerous key practice areas in the legal field through two customer units: Tax and Accounting and Law & Business.

Wolters Kluwer Legal, Tax & Regulatory Europe

Wolters Kluwer Legal, Tax & Regulatory Europe offers a broad range of customer-specific sources of information, software and services in 18 countries. In each country, Wolters Kluwer has established strong partnerships with its customers to enable innovative product development, delivery of integrated online and software solutions, and access to key authors and opinion leaders.