Dun & Bradstreet Holds Annual Meeting.Business Editors MURRAY HILL Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DNB DNB Dictionary of National Biography DNB Drum N Bass (music) DNB De Nederlandsche Bank DNB Dun & Bradstreet (stock symbol) DNB Den Norske Bank DNB David Nelson Band ) announced that at its annual meeting held today, shareholders approved all proposals submitted for their consideration by the Company's Board of Directors. These proposals included the re-election of Allan Z. Loren and Victor A. Pelson as directors for three-year terms, the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol as independent accountants for 2001, and the adoption of an employee cash incentive plan and employee and director stock incentive plans. "Dun & Bradstreet's Blueprint for Growth strategy is designed to transform D&B into a growth company while delivering shareholder value during the transformation," said Allan Z. Loren, Dun & Bradstreet Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. "The proposals submitted to shareholders are designed to help us achieve our goals as outlined in the Blueprint and we are pleased that they were approved. We value feedback from our shareholders and are committed to reviewing the proposals which we submit to them to assure that they continue to meet our goals and are aligned with shareholders' wishes." A shareholder proposal to implement the MacBride Principles The MacBride Principles — consisting of nine fair employment principles — are a corporate code of conduct for companies doing business in Northern Ireland and have become the Congressional standard for all US aid to, or for economic dealings with, Northern Ireland. in the Company's business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. was rejected by shareholders. D&B adheres to the standards of Northern Ireland's Fair Employment Act of 1989, and believes that it would not be in shareholders' best interest to be accountable to two sets of similar, but not identical, fair employment guidelines. Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB), the world's leading provider of business information, has been enabling business-to-business commerce for nearly 160 years. D&B's information and technology solutions help businesses reduce credit risk, find profitable customers, manage vendors efficiently and collect cash and receivables. Businesses also use D&B's information and technology to authenticate and verify potential trading partners online, increasing their trust and confidence in e-commerce transactions. That's why so many companies -- including over 90 percent of the Business Week Global 1000 -- rely on D&B as the most trusted source for information they need to make their business a success. For more information, please visit www.dnb.com. |
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