X0201 4 2004-01-05 0 0000064040 MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES INC MHP 0001196143 ASPE PEDRO CEO, PROTEGO ASESORES FINANCIEROS BLVD. MANUEL AVILA CAMACHO #36, PISO 22 COL. LOMAS DE CHAPULTEPEC 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 7096.0000 D Phantom Stock Units 0.00 2004-01-05 5 A 0 2210.33 A Common Stock 2210.3300 14672.0200 D The phantom stock units were accrued under The McGraw-Hill Companies Director Deferred Stock Ownership Plan and are to be settled 100% in The McGraw-Hill Companies common stock at such time as the reporting person ceases to be a director. The phantom stock units were accrued under the McGraw-Hill Companies Director Deferred Stock Ownership Plan based on the average of the monthly average for each month during 2003 of the means between the reported high and low sale prices of a share of McGraw-Hill Common Stock for each trading day during each month. /s/ Aspe, Pedro 2004-01-06