D&B has acquired Purisma, a provider of commercial data integration (CDI) software solutions, for $48 million. The acquisition was closed in late October. Purisma provides software capabilities that will enable D&B to further penetrate the fast-growing CDI marketplace. Purisma provides a strong strategic fit with D&B as its data hub and CDI software appliance are built to leverage the D&B database, simplifying the integration of D&B data with customers' internal systems and further embedding D&B solutions behind the customer firewall.

D&B's acquisition of Purisma and creation of a joint venture in Japan will have a small impact on 2007 earnings, which is incorporated in the Company's guidance for the full year. For 2008, these transactions are expected to generate approximately 1.5 points of incremental revenue growth for D&B. The transactions are expected to be approximately $5 million dilutive to 2008 operating income and $0.10 dilutive to 2008 earnings, and accretive thereafter. On a cash basis, these transactions are expected to be approximately $0.05 dilutive to 2008 earnings.

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