Dun & Bradstreet Declares Quarterly Dividend of $.185 Per Share

Business Wire, July 20, 1998

MURRAY HILL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 1998--The Board of Directors of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation today declared a quarterly dividend of .185 cents per share, payable September 10, 1998, to shareholders of record at the close of business August 20, 1998.

The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation consists of the Dun & Bradstreet operating company (D&B), the leading provider of business-to-business credit, marketing and purchasing information, and receivables management services and Moody's Investors Service, the leading debt rating agency and a major publisher of financial information for the capital markets. The corporation, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J. employs 13,000 people in 39 countries. Additional information about The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation is available through its web site, www.dnbcorp.com.

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