Basic, Advanced, and Executive Search Results

Once you have entered criteria under either the Basic, Advanced, or Executive Search tabs you will be redirected to the search results page.

· Search Results

o By default, results that match all criteria you entered will display first in the results list on the page.

o All search results from Basic, Advanced, or Executive searches will be displayed with the following information: Company Name, SIC Code, Exchange, Ticker, Active/Inactive, Country, and Sector

§ When searching using either the Advanced or Executive search tabs, it is possible to generate a results list for a single category of criteria without performing another search. At the top of the results page is a box with eight tabs:

§ Corporate Information – Clicking the Corporate Information tab will cause Mergent Online to search for results that satisfy the Company Name criteria you entered in your previous search only. Note: You cannot change the criteria you inputted in your original search without performing a new search.

§ Executives – Clicking the Executives tab will cause Mergent Online to search for results that satisfy the Ranking criteria you entered in your previous search only. Note: You cannot change the criteria you inputted in your original search without performing a new search.

§ Financials - Clicking the Financials tab will cause Mergent Online to search for results that satisfy the Industry criteria you entered in your previous search only. Note: You cannot change the criteria you inputted in your original search without performing a new search.

§ Industry Codes – Clicking the Industry Codes tab will cause Mergent Online to search for results that satisfy the Industry criteria you entered in your previous search only. Note: You cannot change the criteria you inputted in your original search without performing a new search.

§ Pricing – Clicking the Pricing tab will cause Mergent Online to search for results that satisfy the Industry criteria you entered in your previous search only. Note: You cannot change the criteria you inputted in your original search without performing a new search.

§ Ratios – Clicking the Ratios tab will cause Mergent Online to search for results that satisfy the Industry criteria you entered in your previous search only. Note: You cannot change the criteria you inputted in your original search without performing a new search.

§ Textual Search – Clicking the Textual Search tab will cause Mergent Online to search for results that satisfy the Industry criteria you entered in your previous search only. Note: You cannot change the criteria you inputted in your original search without performing a new search.

§ Portfolio & Index - Clicking the Portfolio & Index tab will cause Mergent Online to search for results that satisfy the Industry criteria you entered in your previous search only. Note: You cannot change the criteria you inputted in your original search without performing a new search.

§ Click the link at the bottom of this box to revert the results list back to showing results for all criteria searched.

§ This option is not available when using the Basic Search tab.

§ Navigating Multiple Pages of Results - To navigate multiple pages of results, use the page navigation tools at the top of the results list.

§ Other Results List Features

§ Customizable Columns – You can customize the order and category by which your results are organized by clicking the column headers.

§ Clicking once will organize the results by that column’s data in ascending order.

§ Clicking a second time will organize the results by that column’s data in descending order.

§ By default Basic, Advanced, and Executive Search Results are organized in ascending alphabetical order by Company Name.

§ View Private or Public Companies Only

§ At the top of the results list will be 3 links which will allow you to isolate and view private and public companies separately.

§ Click Show All Companies to view all results together.

§ Search Within Results

§ Company Name – To search for a specific company within the list of results provided for your search, use the Search Within Results text box at the top right of the results screen. As you begin to type the company’s name your results will change for each letter you include, narrowing as your

§ Ticker - To search for a specific company by ticker symbol within the list of results provided for your search, use the Search Within Results text box at the top right of the results screen. As you begin to type the company’s ticker symbol, your results will change for each letter you include, narrowing as your search becomes more specific.

§ Exchange - To search within your results for companies listed on a particular stock exchange, use the Search Within Results text box at the top right of the results screen. As you begin to type the exchange your results will change for each letter you include, narrowing as your search becomes more specific.

§ CUSIP - To search for a specific company within the list of results provided for your search by CUSIP, use the Search Within Results text box at the top right of the results screen. As you begin to type the numbers your results will change for each number you include, narrowing as your search becomes more specific.

§ Erase the criteria you type in the Search Within Results box to retrieve your full results list again.

§ View a Company’s Page – You can jump directly to the company details page for any company listed in your search results by clicking the company’s name in the Company Name column.

§ Add Companies to Company Analysis List – To add a company to your Company Analysis List, click the check boxes next to the companies you wish to add and select “Add Company” from the drop down list at the top left of the page above the search tabs.

§ To add all companies in the results list, click (All) to automatically check the boxes beside all results, and then select Add Company as explained above.

At the right of each results page is the My Mergent Tools function. This enables you to add the companies in the results list to the Company Analysis List or add executives to your Executive List. From the My Mergent Tools buttons you may also access the Company and Executive Alerts options. See My Mergent Tools for more details of these. Each page also features a link which will allow you to download the results list data into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

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