Dun & Bradstreet Corp. announced several leadership changes. Byron Vielehr is appointed President, Global Risk & Analytics Vielehr has been with D&B since 2005, and has served as D&B's CIO, as well as most recently as president, integration services. In this role, he advanced integration strategy, as well as capabilities with enterprise solutions, an integral part of sales & marketing offerings. Jim Delaney is appointed President, Global Sales & Marketing Solutions. Delaney has been with D&B since 2006, in roles of increasing leadership responsibility in the sales and marketing area. In this role, he will be responsible for leading key data integration and digital marketing capabilities. Charlie Gottdiener is appointed President, Corporate Development & Chief Strategy Officer Gottdiener has over six years experience with D&B. Most recently he led the risk management business, and was responsible for the launch of DNBi premium. He will be responsible for advancing D&B's long term corporate strategy, including the acquisition and partnership opportunities that further growth.

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. announced that chairman and chief executive officer Steven W. Alesio will retire from the company, effective June 30, 2010. Alesio will be succeeded by Sara Mathew. Mathew has been with D&B since 2001, and has been its president & chief operating officer since 2007. This planned succession will take place with Mathew assuming CEO responsibilities and maintaining her president title, effective January 1, 2010. Alesio will continue as chairman of the board until June 30, 2010, at which point Mathew will then become chair of the board, effective July 1, 2010. The company has no immediate plans to fill the chief operating officer position. Steve W. Alesio, 55, was named chief executive officer of D&B January 2005 and chairman in June 2005. Prior to joining D&B, Alesio spent 19 years in marketing and general management with the American Express Company. In his most recent position with that company, he served as president and general manager of the business services group, a provider of financial products to small businesses in the U.S. In that role, Alesio was a member of the company's policy and planning committee. Alesio received a bachelor's degree from St. Francis College, Pennsylvania, and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Sara Mathew, 54, was named president and chief operating officer of D&B in February 2007, and has served as a member of D&B's board of directors since January 2008. She joined D&B in August 2001 as chief financial officer. Prior to joining D&B, Sara had an 18-year career with Procter & Gamble, where she served in a number of executive positions in finance and general management, both domestically and overseas.

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.34 per share. This quarterly cash dividend is payable on December 11, 2009, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 27, 2009.