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10-K - FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 - DUN & BRADSTREET CORP/NWd10k.htm
EX-21.1 - SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 - DUN & BRADSTREET CORP/NWdex211.htm
EX-10.54 - RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT - DUN & BRADSTREET CORP/NWdex1054.htm
EX-10.27 - FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN OF THE DUN & BRADSTREET CORP. - DUN & BRADSTREET CORP/NWdex1027.htm
EX-10.30 - FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PENSION BENEFIT EQUALIZATION PLAN - DUN & BRADSTREET CORP/NWdex1030.htm
EX-10.51 - STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT - DUN & BRADSTREET CORP/NWdex1051.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) - DUN & BRADSTREET CORP/NWdex311.htm
EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. 1350 - DUN & BRADSTREET CORP/NWdex322.htm
EX-23.1 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM - DUN & BRADSTREET CORP/NWdex231.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) - DUN & BRADSTREET CORP/NWdex312.htm
EX-10.28 - SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN OF THE DUN & BRADSTREET CORP. - DUN & BRADSTREET CORP/NWdex1028.htm

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (the “Company”) for the period ending December 31, 2009 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Sara Mathew, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

By:   /s/    SARA MATHEW        
  Sara Mathew
  President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: February 25, 2010

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and will be retained by The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.