D&B Worldwide Network Timeline
| November 2005 | D&B established a strategic partnership with D&B North
Africa, as sister company of D&B Same Ltd (South Asia & Middle East) |
| June 2005 | Launch of D&B Worldwide Network, and the
D&B Worldwide Network brand at the Annual Partner Summit in Barcelona,
Spain |
| March 2005 | South Africa: TransUnion Credit Bureau (Pty) Ltd becomes a full
strategic partner in South Africa with the sale of D&B's 5% share in
TransUnion Credit Bureau (Pty) Ltd |
| October 2004 |
Strategic Partnership
established through the sale of D&B businesses in France to Altares Strategic Partnership established with Informa S.A. through the sale of D&B operations in Spain and Portugal |
| September 2004 | Philippines: PhilBizinfo became a full
strategic partner, changing names to D&B Philippines Inc. |
| May 2004 |
Strategic Partnership
with Bisnode extended with the sale of D&B
operations in Central European markets |
| February 2004 | Management Buyout in India established
strategic partnership in the South Asia & Middle East region, and the
new entity D&B SAME Ltd |
| December 2003 | Strategic Partnership established in the
Nordic Region with the sale of D&B operations to Bisnode |
| May 2003 | A new joint venture was established in
Indonesia with Indobizinfo Ptd Ltd |
| March 2003 | Strategic Partnership formed with the sale
of D&B's operations in Israel to Focus Holdings International |
| October 2002 | D&B Korea was formed with our Korean
partner National Information & Credit Evaluation Inc (NICE) |
| August 2001 | Management Buyout in Australia and New
Zealand formed D&B Australasia Pty Ltd |
| January 2001 | Malaysia: Joint venture with Mbizinfo Sdn
Bhd created InfoCredit D&B (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd |
| December 2000 | Japan: a strategic alliance was formed with
Tokyo Shoko Research (TSR) to distribute BIR in the domestic market |
| June 2000 | Singapore: Joint Venture with SingBizInfo
Pte Ltd creating InfoCredit D&B (Singapore) Pte Ltd |
| October 1998 | Joint Venture Partnership formed in
Thailand with Business Online (BOL) |
| October 1997 |
Joint Venture established
with Alpha Mi in Greece |
| September 1997 |
Joint Venture established
with Trans Union in Mexico to form credit bureau Dun & Bradstreet, S.A.
Sociedad de Información Crediticia |
| June 1993 | Joint venture with EKONOMIKA I ZHIZN in
Russia for commercial credit reporting |