The McGraw-Hill Companies Increases Dividend by 2% to $0.255

The Board of Directors of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) today approved the 39th consecutive annual increase in the regular quarterly cash dividend on the Corporation's common stock.

The quarterly dividend will increase 2.0 percent from $0.250 to $0.255 per share. The dividend will be payable on March 12, 2012, to shareholders of record on February 27, 2012. The new annualized dividend rate of $1.02 per share represents an average compound annual dividend growth rate of 9.6% since 1974.