Dun and Bradstreet Corporation SWOT and PESTLE Analysis

Strength

1. Market leadership in North America with expanding international presence with various offerings and deep relationships with Blue Chip Clients: Dun and Bradstreet has been running operations successfully for 179 years, having served 137K clients on their roster. Dun and Bradstreet provides B2B solutions driven by data analytics in two main segments, namely Finance & Risk and Sales & Marketing, as well as their Data Cloud offerings among others. Under the Finance and Risk Segment, D&B provides solutions for Finance management, Risk management and compliance services such as D&B Finance Analytics, which includes D&B Credit and DNBi, a subscription-based online application that offers clients real time access to complete and up-to-date global information, comprehensive monitoring and portfolio analysis. D&B Compass and D&B Onboard are cloud-based workflow management solutions that automate manual processes and provide comprehensive insights into businesses to aid global KYC/AML compliance and reduce financial, legal, and reputational risk exposure. Apart from the company’s various offering, it also takes pride in its deep relations with Blue Chip Clients. D&B serves 90% of Fortune 500 clients and 70% of the Global 500 clients, with 20+ years of relations with 21 of its top 25 clients. The company’s client base is diversified across size, industry and geography, and features minimal concentration; with no client accounting for more than 5% of revenue and our top 50 clients accounting for approximately 25% of revenue. D&B’s clients include enterprises across nearly all industry verticals, including financial services, technology, communications, retail, transportation and manufacturing. D&B has maintained a leading position in the North American market for more than 100 years and is continuously expanding its presence in international markets as well.

2. The D-U-N-S number and D&B’s database is widely recognized both domestically and globally by businesses: The D-U-N-S Number is the foundation of Dun & Bradstreet’s Data Cloud, used to identify more than 420 million public and private businesses worldwide. Dun & Bradstreet observes this vast network of businesses to fuel the scores, indices and solutions which its clients use every day, driving more informed business decisions. Established in 1963, the Dun & Bradstreet D-U-N-S Number, which stands for Data Universal Numbering System, is a unique nine-digit digital “fingerprint” that creates a persistent single thread connecting related business entities throughout the world, such as business relationships, employees and subsidiaries, so that clients can gain a holistic view of an enterprise’s financial health and creditworthiness. The D-U-N-S Number is recommended and, in many cases, required by more than 240 commercials, trade and public sector organizations, including 90% of the Fortune 500 and 70% of the Global 500. For example, the D-U-N-S Number is used as one of the ways to verify the financial health and creditworthiness of small businesses applying for the U.S. The DUNS Number and D&B Data Cloud for business information is recognized globally and has gained a go-to company status for the same.

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Legal

1. UK’s Financial Conduct Authority changed LIBOR’s regulations in 2021: LIBOR, the London interbank offered rate, is the basic rate of interest used in lending between banks on the London interbank market and is widely used as a reference for setting the interest rate on loans globally. On July 27, 2017, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates LIBOR, announced that it intends to phase out LIBOR by the end of 2021. The ICE Benchmark Administration Limited announced on November 30, 2020 that it would extend the deadline for computing and publishing US LIBOR values used by most US companies from December 31, 2021 to June 30, 2023. It is unclear whether or not new methods of calculating LIBOR will be established such that it continues to exist after June 2023. The US Federal Reserve is considering replacing US Dollar LIBOR with a new index calculated by short-term repurchase agreements backed by Treasury securities, in collaboration with the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, a committee consisting of large US financial institutions. D&B typically uses LIBOR as a reference rate for the New Senior Secured Credit Facilities under their Credit Agreement such that the interest due to the applicable lenders with respect to a term loan or revolving loan under D&B’s New Senior Secured Credit Facilities is calculated using LIBOR plus an applicable spread above LIBOR. If LIBOR ceases to be available, D&B may seek to amend the Credit Agreement to replace LIBOR with a new standard to the extent one is established. It is impossible to predict the effect of any such alternatives on their liquidity, interest expense, or the value of the New Term Loan Facility or New Revolving Facility at this time due to a lack of consensus as to what rate or rates may become accepted alternatives to LIBOR, which may cause disruptions for the company.

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