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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date of
Report: April 27, 2010
THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES,
INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
New
York
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1-1023
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13-1026995
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(State
or other
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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jurisdiction
of
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File
No.)
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Identification
No.)
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incorporation
or
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organization)
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1221 Avenue of the Americas,
New York, New York 10020
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(212)
512-2000
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
2.02 and 7.01. Results of Operations and
Financial Condition and Regulation FD Disclosure (furnished pursuant to Items
2.02 and 7.01 of Form 8-K).
On April
27, 2010, the Registrant issued an earnings release containing a discussion of
the Registrant’s results of operations and financial condition for the first
quarter ending March 31, 2010.
The
earnings release contains statements on the Registrant’s financial results that
would not be presented in a U.S. GAAP statement of earnings to the effect
that:
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Information & Media:
Revenue for this segment in the first quarter declined by 8.5% to $206.2
million, but grew by 4.3% excluding the divestiture of BusinessWeek.
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·
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Information & Media:
The Business-to-Business Group’s revenue in the first quarter
declined 9.5% to $187.5 million, but grew 4.5% excluding BusinessWeek, which was
divested on December 1, 2009.
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The
Registrant believes that the disclosure of this data provides useful
supplemental information for meaningful comparisons of the Registrant’s results.
These non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or
as a substitute for the comparable U.S. GAAP measure.
Item
9.01. Exhibits.
(99)
Earnings Release of the Registrant, dated April 27, 2010, containing a
discussion of Registrant’s results of operations and financial condition for the
first quarter ending March 31, 2010.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
duly caused this Form 8-K Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC. | |||
/s/
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Kenneth M. Vittor
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By:
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Kenneth
M. Vittor
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Executive
Vice President and
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General
Counsel
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Dated: April
27, 2010
INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
(99) Earnings
Release of the Registrant, dated April 27, 2010, containing a discussion of
Registrant’s results of operations and financial condition for the first quarter
ending March 31, 2010.