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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors
of The New D&B Corporation (the "Company") in their respective capacities set
forth below constitutes and appoints David J. Lewinter and Chester J. Geveda,
Jr., 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 common stock
of the Company to be issued by the Company pursuant to (i) the Profit
Participation Plan of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation; (ii) the 2000 Dun &
Bradstreet Corporation Replacement Plan for Certain Directors Holding Dun &
Bradstreet Corporation Equity-Based Awards and (iii) the 2000 Dun &
Bradstreet Corporation Replacement Plan for Certain Employees Holding Dun &
Bradstreet Corporation Equity-Based Awards 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 or any Form 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 any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.
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Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr. Director September 8, 2000
/s/ Allan Z. Loren
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Allan Z. Loren Director September 8, 2000
/s/ Victor A. Pelson
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Victor A. Pelson Director September 8, 2000
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/s/ Michael R. Quinlan
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Michael R. Quinlan Director September 8, 2000
/s/ Naomi O. Seligman
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Naomi O. Seligman Director September 8, 2000
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