-----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, VSCGGtDMVZ9T4gD5Bgk+wi9zIIe/e2m6LjoeH0R0WC2fsEm66TvJVv5OVs3tprPF 54AaZKFzGBQ31BlmfkHdmQ== 0000950123-96-006117.txt : 19961101 0000950123-96-006117.hdr.sgml : 19961101 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-96-006117 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 FILED AS OF DATE: 19961031 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 19961031 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DUN & BRADSTREET CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000030419 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-ENGINEERING, ACCOUNTING, RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT [8700] IRS NUMBER: 132740040 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-15255 FILM NUMBER: 96651458 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 187 DANBURY ROAD CITY: WILTON STATE: CT ZIP: 06897 BUSINESS PHONE: 2032224200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 187 DANBURY ROAD STREET 2: 34TH FLOOR CITY: WILTON STATE: CT ZIP: 06897 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DUN & BRADSTREET COMPANIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19790429 S-8 1 FORM S-8 1 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 31, 1996 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 13-2740040 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) incorporation or organization) THE DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION 187 DANBURY ROAD WILTON, CT 06897 (Address, including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive office) FOUNDERS MATCH PROGRAM (Full title of the Plan) WILLIAM H. BUCHANAN, JR., ESQ. VICE PRESIDENT - LAW THE DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION 187 DANBURY ROAD WILTON, CT 06897 (203) 834-4200 (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 AMOUNT TO MAXIMUM MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE REGISTRATION TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER SHARE(a) OFFERING PRICE (a) FEE (a) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share(b) 764,063 $58.1875 $44,458,916 $13,472 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Options to purchase Common Stock (c) 2,292,188 $19.40 $44,468,467 $13,475 ==================================================================================================================================
(a) 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 closing prices of the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on October 29, 1996. (b) Includes Preferred Share Purchase Rights which, prior to the occurrence of certain events will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the Common Stock. (c) Issuable pursuant to the Key Employees' Stock Incentive Plan. 2 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 Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995. (b) The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1996 and June 30, 1996. (c) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 12, 1996 and October 24, 1996. (d) The description of the Company's capital stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-10462) filed on November 28, 1986. (e) The description of the Company's Preferred Share Purchase Rights contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 1-7155) filed on October 28, 1988. 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 Restated 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 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 1 3 of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person. The Company's Restated 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 Restated 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 dated June 15, 1988 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(A) to Registration No. 33-25774 on Form S-8 filed November 25, 1988). 4.2 By-Laws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit E to the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993 (File No. 1-7155) filed March 25, 1994). 4.3 The Rights Agreement, dated as of October 19, 1988, between the Company and Morgan Shareholder Services Trust Company (attached as Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 1-7155) filed on October 28, 1988 and incorporated herein by reference). 5. Opinion of William H. Buchanan, Jr. 23.1 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand LLP 23.2 Consent of William H. Buchanan, Jr. (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 4 (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 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) 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. 3 5 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 Wilton, State of Connecticut, on this 29th day of October, 1996. DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION (Registrant) By /s/ William H. Buchanan, Jr. -------------------------------------- William H. Buchanan, Jr. Vice President-Law 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 --------- ----- ---- *Robert E. Weissman Chairman, Chief Executive - ---------------------------------------- Officer and Director (principal Robert E. Weissman executive officer) *Volney Taylor Executive Vice President and - ---------------------------------------- Director Volney Taylor *Nicholas L. Trivisonno Executive Vice President and - ---------------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer (principal Nicholas L. Trivisonno financial officer *Thomas W. Young Senior Vice President and - ---------------------------------------- Controller (principal accounting Thomas W. Young officer) *Hall Adams, Jr. Director - ---------------------------------------- Hall Adams, Jr. *Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. Director - ---------------------------------------- Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. *Mary Johnston Evans Director - ---------------------------------------- Mary Johnston Evans
4 6 *Robert J. Lanigan Director - ---------------------------------------- Robert J. Lanigan *Vernon L. Loucks, Jr. Director - ---------------------------------------- Vernon L. Loucks, Jr. *John R. Meyer Director - ---------------------------------------- John R. Meyer *James R. Peterson Director - ---------------------------------------- James R. Peterson Director - ---------------------------------------- M. Bernard Puckett *Michael R. Quinlan Director - ---------------------------------------- Michael R. Quinlan October 29, 1996 *By /s/ William H. Buchanan, Jr. - ---------------------------------------- Attorney-in-Fact
5 7 INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Description Sequentially Number Numbered Page 4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated June 15, 1988 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to Registration No. 33-25774 on Form S-8 filed November 25, 1988). 4.2 By-Laws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit E to the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993 (File No. 1-7155) filed March 25, 1994). 4.3 The Rights Agreement, dated as of October 19, 1988, between the Company and Morgan Shareholder Services Trust Company (attached as Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 1-7155) filed on October 28, 1988 and incorporated herein by reference). 5. Opinion of William H. Buchanan, Jr. 23.1 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand LLP 23.2 Consent of William H. Buchanan, Jr. (included in Exhibit 5) 24 Power of Attorney
6 EX-5 2 OPINION OF WILLIAM H. BUCHANAN, JR. 1 Exhibit 5 October 30, 1996 The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation 187 Danbury Road Wilton, CT 06897 Ladies & Gentlemen: I 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 764,063 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), which may be purchased by employees in accordance with The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation Founders' Match Program (the "Plan") and 2,292,188 options to purchase Common Stock ("Options") which may be issued in accordance with the Plan. I understand that key executives who commit to purchase shares of Common Stock are eligible to be granted Options under the 1991 Key Employees Stock Option Plan for The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and Subsidiaries (the "Option Plan"). I have examined a copy of the Registration Statement (including the exhibits thereto) and the related Prospectus (the "Prospectus"). In addition, I have examined, and have relied as to matters of fact upon, the originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my 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 I have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth. 8 2 The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation -2- October 30, 1996 In such examination, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to me as certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. I hereby advise you that in my opinion Options issuable in accordance with the Plan when duly authorized and issued as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Option Plan will be validly issued and will be binding obligations of the Company. My opinion set forth above is subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. I am a member of the Bar of the State of New York and I 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. I consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement. Very truly yours, /s/ William H. Buchanan, Jr. William H. Buchanan, Jr. 9 EX-23.1 3 CONSENT OF COOPERS & LYBRAND LLP 1 Exhibit 23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS We consent to the inclusion in this registration statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated September 16, 1996, on our audits of the combined financial statements, financial statement schedule and initial incorporating balance sheet of Cognizant Corporation (a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation), as defined in the notes to the combined financial statements. /s/ Coopers & Lybrand LLP Stamford, Connecticut October 25, 1996 EX-24 4 POWER OF ATTORNEY 1 Exhibit 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (the "Company") in their respective capacities set forth below constitutes and appoints William H. Buchanan, Jr. and Peter Ross, 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 shares of Common Stock of the Company ("Common Stock") to be purchased by employees pursuant to the Company's Founders' Match Program (the "Plan") and options to purchase Common Stock of the Company granted pursuant to the Plan 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 the Registration Statement on Form S-8 or any Form relating to the registration of such Common Stock and Options, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to said Common Stock and Options, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to 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 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/ Robert E. Weissman Chairman, Chief Executive Officer October 16, 1996 - ------------------------------- and Director (principal executive Robert E. Weissman officer) /s/ Volney Taylor Executive Vice President and October 16, 1996 - ------------------------------- Director Volney Taylor
10 2 /s/ Nicholas L. Trivisonno Executive Vice President and Chief October 16, 1996 - ------------------------------- Financial Officer (principal financial Nicholas L. Trivisonno officer) /s/ Thomas W. Young Senior Vice President and Controller October 16, 1996 - ------------------------------- (principal accounting officer) Thomas W. Young /s/ Hall Adams, Jr. Director October 16, 1996 - ------------------------------- Hall Adams, Jr. /s/ Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. Director October 16, 1996 - ------------------------------- Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. /s/ Mary Johnston Evans Director October 16, 1996 - ------------------------------- Mary Johnston Evans /s/ Robert J. Lanigan Director October 16, 1996 - ------------------------------- Robert J. Lanigan /s/ Vernon L. Loucks, Jr. Director October 16, 1996 - ------------------------------- Vernon L. Loucks, Jr. /s/ John R. Meyer Director October 16, 1996 - --------------------------------- John R. Meyer /s/ James R. Peterson Director October 16, 1996 - ------------------------------- James R. Peterson Director October 16, 1996 - ------------------------------- M. Bernard Puckett /s/ Michael R. Quinlan Director October 16, 1996 - ------------------------------- Michael R. Quinlan
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