Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  TBG Holdings NV
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/10/2005
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
IHS Inc. [IHS]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O IHS INC. 15 INVERNESS WAY EAST
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Class A common stock 41,250,000 (1)
I (2)
See footnote (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Class B common stock   (3)   (3) Class A common stock 13,750,000 $ (4) I (2) See footnote (2)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
TBG Holdings NV
C/O IHS INC. 15 INVERNESS WAY EAST
ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112
    X    

Signatures

/s/ STEPHEN GREEN 11/10/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes up to 16,692,250 shares of Class A common stock being sold pursuant to a prospectus contained in IHS Inc.'s registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-122565) and 4,687,500 shares of Class A common stock being sold pursuant to an Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Agreement by and among Urpasis Investments Limited, Urvanos Investments Limited, IHS Inc., General Atlantic Partners 82, L.P., GAP Coinvestments III, LLC and GAP Coinvestments IV, LLC, dated October 6, 2005.
(2) TBG Holdings NV is the indirect sole owner of Urvanos Investments Limited and Urpasis Investments Limited (the direct owners of the securities).
(3) Each share of Class B common stock is convertible at any time at the option of the holder into one share of Class A common stock. In addition, each share of Class B common stock shall convert automatically, without any action by the holder, into one share of Class A common stock upon the occurrence of certain events as described in IHS Inc.'s registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-122565) in the section captioned "Description of Capital Stock--Common Stock--Conversion."
(4) Each share of Class B common stock is convertible into one share of Class A common stock.

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