D&B Names David T. Clarke Leader of U.S. Sales & Marketing Solutions.

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SHORT HILLS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2003

David T. Clarke has been appointed leader of U.S. Sales & Marketing Solutions (S&MS) at D&B (NYSE: DNB), the leading provider of global business information and technology solutions, effective August 1, 2003. Clarke becomes a member of the Company's global leadership team.

Clarke, who joined D&B in 1981, was most recently leader of Data & Operations (D&O) - North America. Under his leadership, the D&O team enhanced D&B's patent pending DUNSRight(TM) data quality process, achieved world-class employee satisfaction results, and delivered double-digit revenue growth over prior year.

"Throughout his 22 years with D&B, David has capitalized on his data and technology expertise to build innovative customer solutions and drive revenue growth," said Steven W. Alesio, president and chief operating officer of D&B. "He will continue to leverage this expertise, his command of D&B's DUNSRight process, and his strong relationship leadership skills with customers and sales teams to increase S&MS revenue growth."

Prior to assuming his most recent position in 2002, Clarke was leader of technology - North America. While in this role, he relocated from the United Kingdom to the U.S. and assumed additional responsibilities for global product development. In this capacity, Clarke reengineered D&B's product development capability to accelerate bringing several of the Company's new web-based solutions to market including D&B's Customer Information Management Solution, D&B's new Business Information Report(TM), and D&B's Risk Assessment Manager(TM) - Enterprise. In 1999, Clarke served as vice president - information services for the Company's global technology organization and later that same year assumed responsibility for technology strategy, architecture and planning. From 1997 to 1999, Clarke was executive program director - Year 2000 Europe. Prior to this assignment and from the time he joined D&B, Clarke progressed through several technology roles in the United Kingdom and Germany.

About D&B

D&B (NYSE: DNB) provides the information, tools and expertise to help customers Decide with Confidence. D&B enables customers quick access to objective, global information whenever and wherever they need it. Customers use D&B Risk Management Solutions to manage credit exposure, D&B Sales & Marketing Solutions to find profitable customers and D&B Supply Management Solutions to manage suppliers efficiently. D&B's E-Business Solutions are also used to provide Web-based access to trusted business information for traditional customers as well as new small business and other non-traditional customers. Over 90 percent of the Business Week Global 1000 rely on D&B as a trusted partner to make confident business decisions. For more information, please visit www.dnb.com.