Exhibit (15)
The Board of Directors and Shareholders of
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
We are aware of the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:
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Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-33667) pertaining to the Debt Securities of
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., |
| (2) |
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Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-146981) pertaining to the Debt Securities of
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., |
| (3) |
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Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-22344) pertaining to the 1987 Key Employee
Stock Incentive Plan, |
| (4) |
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Registration Statements (Form S-8 No. 33-49743, No. 333-30043 and No. 333-40502)
pertaining to the 1993 Employee Stock Incentive Plan, |
| (5) |
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Registration Statements (Form S-8 No. 333-92224 and No. 333-116993) pertaining to the
2002 Stock Incentive Plan, |
| (6) |
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Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-06871) pertaining to the Director Deferred
Stock Ownership Plan, |
| (7) |
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Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-50856) pertaining to The Savings Incentive Plan
of McGraw-Hill, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, The Employee Retirement Account Plan of
McGraw-Hill, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, The Standard & Poor’s Savings Incentive Plan for
Represented Employees, The Standard & Poor’s Employee Retirement Account Plan for
Represented Employees, The Employees’ Investment Plan of McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company,
Inc. and its Subsidiaries, |
| (8) |
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Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-126465) pertaining to The Savings Incentive
Plan of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, The Employee Retirement
Account Plan of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, The Standard & Poor’s
Savings Incentive Plan for Represented Employees, and The Standard & Poor’s Employee
Retirement Account Plan for Represented Employees, and |
| (9) |
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Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-157570) pertaining to The 401(k) Savings and
Profit Sharing Plan of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, and The
Standard & Poor’s 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan for Represented Employees |
of our report dated October 27, 2009 relating to the unaudited consolidated interim financial
statements of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. which are included in its Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 2009.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
New York, New York
October 27, 2009
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