-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, ST2SNQJJukONf51BhV7pZH+Eqxf9DOldQ8EChNr7O6X6GgSqRQk796/PqOKjbolL RZhiqERW18wAEmCLV3QQgw== 0000893750-98-000289.txt : 19980930 0000893750-98-000289.hdr.sgml : 19980930 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000893750-98-000289 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 FILED AS OF DATE: 19980929 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 19980929 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DUN & BRADSTREET CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001059556 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-ENGINEERING, ACCOUNTING, RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT [8700] IRS NUMBER: 133998945 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-64653 FILM NUMBER: 98717635 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE DIAMOND HILL RD STREET 2: C/O DUN & BRADSTREET CITY: MURRAY HILL STATE: NJ ZIP: 07974 BUSINESS PHONE: 9086655000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE DIAMOND HILL RD STREET 2: C/O DUN & BRADSTREET CITY: MURRAY HILL STATE: NJ ZIP: 07974 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEW DUN & BRADSTREET CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980728 S-8 1 Registration No. 333- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 -------------------- THE DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 13-3998945 (State or other (I.R.S. Employer jurisdiction of Identification Number) incorporation or organization) -------------------- The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation One Diamond Hill Road Murray Hill, NJ 07974 (Address, including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive office) THE PROFIT PARTICIPATION PLAN OF THE DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION (Full title of the Plan) -------------------- Nancy L. Henry Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation One Diamond Hill Road Murray Hill, NJ 07974 (908) 665-5000 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's agent for service) Copies to: Joel S. Hoffman, Esq. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 425 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017-3954 (212) 455-2000 -------------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Proposed Maximum Maximum Amount of Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Registration Title of Securities to be Registered Registered Per Share Offering Price Fee Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share . 4,000,000 $25.75 $103,000,000 $30,385 Includes Preferred Share Purchase Rights which, prior to the occurrence of certain events, will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the Common Stock. Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, the proposed maximum offering price per share, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and the amount of registration fee have been computed on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on September 25, 1998.
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference The following documents filed by The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (the "Company" or the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: (a) The Company's Registration Statement on Form 10/A-2 filed on June 18, 1998 pursuant to the Exchange Act (file no. 1-14037) (the "Form 10/A-2 Registration Statement"). (b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 1998 (file no. 1-14037). (c) The description of the Company's capital stock contained in the Form 10/A-2 Registration Statement. (d) The description of the Company's Preferred Share Purchase Rights contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on June 18, 1998. All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Item 4. Description of Securities Not required. Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel None. Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "Delaware Law") empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any persons who are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests, and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him against the expenses which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred. The Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Company shall indemnify directors and officers made party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including appeals, to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware. Such indemnification shall continue after an individual ceases to be an officer or director and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person. The Company's Certificate of Incorporation also provides that a director of the Company shall not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. The indemnification rights conferred by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company are not exclusive of any other right to which a person seeking indemnification may otherwise be entitled. The Company will also provide liability insurance for the directors and officers for certain losses arising from claims or charges made against them while acting in their capacities as directors or officers. Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed Not applicable. Item 8. Exhibits The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement: 4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, effective June 30, 1998 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the June 30, 1998 Form 10-Q) 4.2 By-Laws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Form 10/A-2 Registration Statement) 4.3 The Rights Agreement, dated as of June 3, 1998, between the Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on June 18, 1998) 5 Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 23.2 Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (included in Exhibit 5) 24 Power of Attorney Item 9. Undertakings The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement; (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"); (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post- effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement (except to the extent the information required to be included by clauses (i) or (ii) is contained in periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement); (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement. (2) That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. (4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and each filing of the Profit Participation Plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (5) To submit The Profit Participation Plan and any amendments to such plan to the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") in a timely manner and to make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify such plan under Section 401 of of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (6) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Murray Hill, State of New Jersey, on this 25th day of September, 1998. THE DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION (Registrant) By: /s/Nancy L. Henry Nancy L. Henry Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Signature Title Date /s/Volney Taylor - ----------------------------- Chairman, Chief Executive September 25, 1998 Volney Taylor Officer and Director (principal executive officer) /s/Frank S. Sowinski - ----------------------------- Senior Vice President and September 25, 1998 Frank S. Sowinski Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) /s/Chester J. Geveda, Jr. - ----------------------------- Vice President and September 25, 1998 Chester J. Geveda, Jr. Controller (principal accounting officer) * Hall Adams, Jr. Director September 25, 1998 - ----------------------------- Hall Adams, Jr. * Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. Director September 25, 1998 - ----------------------------- Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. * Mary Johnston Evans Director September 25, 1998 - ----------------------------- Mary Johnston Evans * Robert R. Glauber Director September 25, 1998 - ----------------------------- Robert R. Glauber * Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr. Director September 25, 1998 - ----------------------------- Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr. * Robert J. Lanigan Director September 25, 1998 - ----------------------------- Robert J. Lanigan * Vernon R. Loucks Jr. Director September 25, 1998 - ----------------------------- Vernon R. Loucks Jr. * Henry A. McKinnell, Jr. Director September 25, 1998 - ----------------------------- Henry A. McKinnell, Jr. * Michael R. Quinlan Director September 25, 1998 - ----------------------------- Michael R. Quinlan September 25, 1998 By: /s/Nancy L. Henry Attorney-in-Fact Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Murray Hill, State of New Jersey, on the 28th day of September, 1998. The Profit Participation Plan of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation By: /s/Peter J. Ross Name: Peter J. Ross Title: Chairman Management Employee Benefits Committee INDEX TO EXHIBITS Exhibit Number Description 4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, effective June 30, 1998 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the June 30, 1998 Form 10-Q) 4.2 By-Laws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Form 10/A-2 Registration Statement) 4.3 The Rights Agreement, dated as of June 3, 1998, between the Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on June 18, 1998) 5 Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 23.2 Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (included in Exhibit 5) 24 Power of Attorney EX-5 2 Exhibit 5 September 23, 1998 The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation One Diamond Hill Road Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974 Ladies and Gentlemen: We have acted as counsel to The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") which the Company intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), relating to 4,000,000 shares of the Company's authorized and unissued common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), which may be purchased by or issued to employees in accordance with The Profit Participation Plan of the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (the "Plan"). We have examined copies of the Plan, the Registration Statement (including the exhibits thereto) and the related Summary Plan Description (the "SPD"). In addition, we have examined, and have relied as to matters of fact upon, the originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such corporate records, agreements, documents and other instruments and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company, and have made such other and further investigations, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. We hereby advise you that in our opinion the shares of Common Stock issuable in accordance with the Plan, when duly issued as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the SPD and the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock of the Company. We are members of the Bar of the State of New York and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of New York and the Delaware General Corporation Law. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement. Very truly yours, /s/SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT EX-23.1 3 Exhibit 23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement on Form S-8 of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation ("D&B") of our reports dated February 13, 1998, except for the effect of the 1998 Distribution described in Note 2 for which the date is April 15, 1998 and the restatement described in Note 1 for which the date is June 17, 1998, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 1997 and December 31, 1996 and for the three years ended December 31, 1997 which are included in D&B's Registration Statement on Form 10/A-2. /s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP New York, New York September 28, 1998 EX-24.1 4 Exhibit 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (formerly known as The New Dun & Bradstreet Corporation) (the "Company") in their respective capacities set forth below constitutes and appoints Nancy L. Henry and Mitchell C. Sussis, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorney and agent may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in connection with the registration under such Act of (i) shares of Common Stock of the Company ("Common Stock") to be issued or transferred pursuant to The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan and The Profit Participation Plan of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and (ii) if applicable, plan interests thereunder, in each case to the extent that any such registration may be required in the opinion of the executive officers of the Company, upon the advice of counsel, including without limitation, the power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned individual in the capacity indicated below opposite the name of such individual to any Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the registration of such Common Stock to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to said Common Stock, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to any such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Signature Title Date /s/ Hall Adams, Jr. - ------------------------------ Hall Adams, Jr. Director September 16, 1998 /s/ Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. - ------------------------------ Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. Director September 16, 1998 /s/ Mary Johnston Evans - ------------------------------ Mary Johnston Evans Director September 16, 1998 /s/ Robert R. Glauber - ------------------------------ Robert R. Glauber Director September 16, 1998 /s/ Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr. - ------------------------------ Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr. Director September 16, 1998 /s/ Robert J. Lanigan - ------------------------------ Robert J. Lanigan Director September 16, 1998 /s/ Vernon R. Loucks Jr. - ------------------------------ Vernon R. Loucks Jr. Director September 16, 1998 /s/ Henry A. McKinnell, Jr. - ------------------------------ Henry A. McKinnell, Jr. Director September 16, 1998 /s/ Michael R. Quinlan - ------------------------------ Michael R. Quinlan Director September 16, 1998 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----