The D&B D-U-N-S Number The Universal Standard for Business Identification

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1 The D&B D-U-N-S Number The Uiversal Stadard for Busiess Idetificatio Established i 1963, D&B s Data Uiversal Numberig System, commoly kow as the D-U-N-S Number, is a uique global busiess idetificatio system that idetifies, validates ad liks to more tha 225 millio busiesses worldwide. The D&B D-U-N-S Number is a ie-digit o-idicative umberig sequece ad is assiged at the lowest orgaizatioal level, i.e. busiess locatios with a uique, separate ad distict operatio. The D-U-N-S Number is assiged to all types of busiess orgaizatios icludig sole proprietorships, corporatios, parterships, o-profits ad govermet etities. The D-U-N-S Number is costat it stays with a busiess throughout the lifecycle icludig ame, address ad corporate structure chages ad eve bakruptcy. The D-U-N-S Number is ot just a umber it is a system for maitaiig accurate, comprehesive ad timely iformatio. This system is our pateted, proprietary DUNSRight Quality Process a process ecompassig five quality drivers Global Data Collectio, Etity Matchig, D-U-N-S Number, Corporate Likage ad Predictive Idicators that work sequetially to aggregate, stadardize ad erich iformatio. Used by the world s most ifluetial stadard settig orgaizatios, the D-U-N-S Number is recogized, recommeded or required by over 200 govermet, trade ad idustry orgaizatios aroud the globe. I the Uited States, the Federal Govermet has relied o the D-U-N-S Number for over 30 years. I 1994, Federal Electroic Commerce Acquisitio Team recommeded the D-U-N-S Number be adopted govermet-wide as a cotractor idetifier withi the Cetral Cotractor Registratio (CCR) system because of its uiversal use i idustry ad govermet, atioally ad iteratioally, as a uique supplier idetifier ad because it is the oly reliable mechaism for crosswalkig to other umberig systems. Sice the, the D-U-N-S Number has bee more widely adopted across the U.S. Govermet for itra-govermetal trasactios, grats maagemet ad trasparecy reportig. Major retailers such as Wal-Mart ad Target also rely o the D-U-N-S Number as a requiremet for supplier registratio. Across Europe ad Asia, the D-U-N-S Number is also embraced as the busiess idetificatio system. I Germay, Uique Parter Idetificatio Key (UPIK) a uique ad uiform olie cross-compay idetificatio system to set-up ad maitai iformatio about busiess parters is stadardized o the D-U-N-S Number. I Japa, the D-U-N-S Number is recogized as the oly global idetifier for busiess etities. I the Middle East, the govermets of Dubai ad Abu Dhabi both require the D-U-N-S Number for busiess registratio. Iteratioal orgaizatios such as World Customs Orgaizatio (WCO), recogizes the D-U-N-S Number as the acceptable idetifier i its WCO Customs Data Model, ad Iteratioal Trade Data System (ITDS) has recommeded the D-U-N-S Number as a alterative idetifier for all ACE trasactios. The D-U-N-S Number is the busiess etity idetifier recogized by the FDA Data Stadards Coucil. The Uited Natios also uses the D-U-N-S Number as their Cosigee Party Idetifier.

2 Features ad Beefits At a Glace I today s global ecoomy, D&B s D-U-N-S Number has may uique capabilities which set it apart from other umberig systems. Private ad public sector orgaizatios use the D-U-N-S Number to lik iformatio about suppliers, customers ad tradig parters, providig a more complete picture of the risk ad opportuity i their busiess relatioships. The D-U-N-S Number Features It is a uiversal stadard. The D-U-N-S Number has existed for close to 50 years ad is relied o by busiesses ad govermet agecies aroud the world. It is global. D-U-N-S Numbers are curretly assiged to busiesses i more tha 190 coutries aroud the world. It is uique. D-U-N-S Numbers are assiged to the lowest possible orgaizatioal level, i.e. busiess locatios with a uique, separate ad distict operatio. It is persistet. Oly D&B assigs D-U-N-S Numbers which helps esure accuracy, cosistecy, timeliess ad cross-border cosistecy of iformatio. We follow rigorous rules for assigmet ad maiteace. Prior to assigmet, there is validatio from multiple sources. Oce assiged it will ot be re-issued or re-assiged. It is costat. The D-U-N-S Number stays with a busiess throughout the duratio of its life cycle, icludig ame ad address chages, chages i corporate structure ad eve bakruptcy. It is o-idicative. The ie digits i a D-U-N-S Number are ot idicative of ay aspect of the compay to which it is assiged. It is itesely maitaied. D&B ivests more tha $1 millio every busiess day i maiteace ad ehacemets of our database of D-U-N-S Numbered etities. The D-U-N-S Number Beefits It is ot just a umber, it is a system. DUNSRight is our pateted, proprietary ad rigorous process used to aggregate, stadardize ad erich iformatio. It keeps track of busiess data ad all associated chage across a sigle program, etire orgaizatio or govermet agecy. It eables crosswalks to other agecy-specific idetifiers. It orgaizes iformatio for iteral ERP, CRM ad registratio databases. It elimiates errors or duplicatio to esure icreased efficiecy. It eables a complete sigle view of a etity allowig you to uderstad ay risk or opportuity. It is hierarchal ad reveals relatioships betwee compaies ad corporate families worldwide. It is free for a compay to obtai a D-U-N-S Number i the stadard turaroud.

3 DOMESTIC INDUSTRY Agecy-Compay Orgaizatio for Research & Developmet AIM Custom Media Alsto & Bird LLP America Express America Gas Associatio Americas for the Arts Ariba Arizoa Commissio o the Arts Arold & Porter LLP ATOK Busiess Bak of America Capital Access Project Capital Oe Cardial Health Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network Chevro Chrysler Group LLC Cisco Systems CitiGroup Ic. Coca-Cola Comcast CoocoPhillips Craft Orgaizatio Developmet Associatio Data Coversio Laboratory Ic. Delta Air Lies ECA Certificatio Maagemet Educatio Service Ceter Regio 12 Elace Eli Lilly Erst & Youg Exxo Mobil FedEx Ford Motor Gas Idustry Stadards Board Geeral Dyamics Geeral Electric GlobalSig Google Ad Words Hewlett-Packard The Home Depot Ic. Hoeywell Iteratioal Busiess Machies Itel Lockheed Marti Lowe s Maratho Oil MasterCard McKesso Merck MetLife Microsoft Morga Staley MTA New York City Trasit Natioal Grats Partership North America Eergy Stadards Board ONVIA Pacific Gas ad Electric Compay Plate & Mora PNC PricewaterhouseCoopers Sears Holdigs Siemes Corporatio Sodexo Supervalu Swiss Firms Thoma Developmet Cosultats Time Warer Tyco Iteratioal Tyso Foods UIDA Busiess Uiversity of Norther Iowa Uiversity of Souther Mississippi Uiversity of Teessee Ceter for Idustrial Uited Techologies Utah Arts & Museums Utility Idustry Group Valero Virtual Opportuity Iterchage Ceter Visio Service Pla Walt Disey Compay WellPoit Wells Fargo & Compay Wome s Busiess Ceter of NY State World Law Direct Aeta Aflac America Iteratioal Group Apple Archer Daiels Midlad ArviMeritor Automotive Idustry Actio Group Best Buy The Boeig Compay Campbell s Soup Compay Caterpillar CVS Caremark Dell Ic. Eato EDI Coalitio of Idustries The Federal Techology Ceter FireRescue1 Geetech Geeral Motors Georgia Tech Procuremet Assistace Ceter Heritage Preservatio HIPAASpace HSBC Humaa Military Healthcare Hyudai USA Igram Micro Johs Hopkis Medicie Johso Cotrols Natioal Coferece of Black Mayors Northrop Grumma Oracle Corporatio PepsiCo Pfizer The Safe Drikig Water Trust Souther Arts Federatio Sysco Target Corporatio UC Berkeley Sposored Projects Office Uited Parcel Service Uited States Postal Verizo Commuicatios Wal-Mart Corporatio Wegmas Food Market FOREIGN INDUSTRY AXA Barclays Fiacial Corporatio BMW BP Daimler Deutsche Telekom T-Mobile Iteratioal YMCA Hitachi Data Paasoic RosettaNet Royal Bak of Scotlad Group Royal Dutch Shell Sa Miguel Corporatio SFK Frace Uiversity of Aberdee Volkswage Group Hitachi Cable, Ltd. Jafza Jebel Ali Free Zoe-UAE KuKu Systems-Germay Nestlé Peugeot PSA Peugeot Citroë Uique Parter Idetificatio Key

4 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Commowealth of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Admiistratio State of Califoria State Water Resources Cotrol Board State of Colorado Colorado Departmet of Educatio Office of Adult & Juveile Justice Assistace State of Coecticut Coecticut State Departmet of Educatio State of Kasas Kasas Departmet of Admiistratio State of Missouri Dept. of Elemetary ad Secodary Educatio State of Nebraska Nebraska Dept. of Ecoomic Developmet State of New Hampshire New Hampshire Departmet of Trasportatio New Hampshire Office of Ecoomic Stimulus State of New Mexico Local Govermet Divisio Capital Outlay State of New York New York State Educatio Departmet State of North Dakota North Dakota Coucil o the Arts State of Ohio Ohio Departmet of Educatio State of Pesylvaia Pesylvaia Departmet of Geeral Pesylvaia Departmet of Coservatio ad Natural Resources State of Teessee Teessee Busiess Matchmakig State of Texas State Eergy Coservatio Office State of West Virgiia Departmet of Admiistratio State of Wiscosi Wiscosi Departmet of Commerce District of Columbia Busiess Resource Ceter State of Alabama Stimulus. Alabama State of Alaska Departmet of Admiistratio State of Arizoa Geeral Accoutig Office State of Arkasas Recovery State of Califoria Califoria Departmet of Educatio Califoria Emergecy Maagemet Agecy State of Colorado Colorado Departmet of Public Safety State of Delaware Executive Departmet Crimial Justice Coucil State of Florida Florida Departmet of Trasportatio State of Georgia Crimial Justice Coordiatig Coucil Stimulus Accoutability State of Idaho Idaho State Police Idaho State Departmet of Educatio State of Illiois Illiois Evirometal Protectio Agecy State of Idiaa Idiaa Fiace Authority State of Iowa Iowa Departmet of Maagemet State of Ketucky Ketucky Housig Corporatio State of Louisiaa Louisiaa Commissio o Law Eforcemet ad Admiistratio of Crimial Justice State of Maie Departmet of Public Safety State of Marylad Marylad Goveror O Malley s StateStat State of Massachusetts Comptroller of the Commowealth of MA State of Michiga Michiga Istitute for Educatioal Maagemet State of Michiga Departmet of Educatio State of Miesota Departmet of Public Safety Office of Justice Programs State of Mississippi Mississippi Maagemet & Reportig System State of Missouri MO Catalogue of State Assistace Programs State of Motaa Motaa Office of Public Istructio State of Nebraska Nebraska Commissio o Law Eforcemet ad Crimial Justice State of Nevada Departmet of Public Safety State of New Jersey Departmet of Law & Public Safety State of New York Office of Homelad Security; Jewish Commuity Relatios Coucil State of North Carolia Departmet of Eviromet & Natural Resources State of Oklahoma Oklahoma Arts Coucil State of Orego Orego Departmet of Trasportatio State of Rhode Islad Seator Sheldo Whitehouse for Rhode Islad State of South Carolia South Carolia Departmet of Agriculture State of South Dakota South Dakota Departmet of Agriculture State of Texas Texas Educatio Agecy State of Utah Office of Museum, Utah Arts Coucil State of Vermot Departmet of Fiace & Maagemet State of Vermot Agecy of Admiistratio State of Virgiia eva Procuremet Virgiia Departmet of Health State of Washigto Washigto State Treasurer s Office State of Wiscosi Departmet of Health ad Family State of Wyomig Wyomig State Parks & Cultural Resources FOREIGN GOVERNMENT Europea Commissio Govermet of Australia Australasia Procuremet & Costructio Coucil Govermet of Caada Eviromet Caada Iteratioal Trade Data System Uited Natios Ecoomic Commissio for Europe World Customs Orgaizatio Natioal Atlatic Treaty Orgaizatio NATO NCS/EAN/UCC The Uited Arab Emirates Govermet of Abu Dhabi - Dept. of Ecoomy & Plaig Departmet of Ecoomic Developmet Dubai Uited Kigdom The Cotractors Health ad Safety Assessmet Scheme Office of Govermet Commerce Zazibar Procuremet System Uited Kigdom Natioal Health

5 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Departmet of Agriculture Forest Service Departmet of Educatio Readiess & Emergecy Maagemet for Schools Departmet of Homelad Security Custom ad Border Departmet of Health & Huma Admiistratio o Agig Food ad Drug Admiistratio Busiess Etity Idetifiers Ceters for Tobacco Products Ceter for Drug Evaluatio & Research Medical Device User Fee ad Moderizatio Act Departmet of Housig & Urba Developmet Office of Capital Improvemets Departmet of Trasportatio Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admiistratio Giie Mae Govermet Pritig Office Appalachia Regioal Commissio Busiess Parter Network Cetral Cotractor Registratio Olie Represetatios & Certificatio Applicatio Departmet of Agriculture Natural Resources Coservatio Service Departmet of Commerce Commerce Stadard Acquisitio ad Reportig System Departmet of Defese Army NAF Cotractig US Army Corps of Egieers Office of Naval Research Office of the Uder Secretary of Defese for Acquisitio, Techology & Logistics Departmet of Educatio Office of Postsecodary Educatio Departmet of Eergy Eergy Efficiecy ad Reewable Eergy Office of Maagemet Departmet of Health & Huma Agecy for Healthcare Research ad Quality Idia Health Service Departmet of Homelad Security Federal Emergecy Maagemet Agecy Maagemet Directives US Citizeship ad Immigratio Departmet of Housig & Urba Developmet Office of Native America Programs Departmet of the Iterior Office of Acquisitio & Property Maagemet Departmet of Justice Departmet of Trasportatio Pipelie & Hazardous Materials Safety Admiistratio Departmet of Treasury Iteral Reveue Service State Small Busiess Credit Iitiative Departmet of Veteras Affairs Ceter for Veteras Eterprise Embassy of the Uited States Sa Salvador-El Salvador Ljubljaa-Sloveia Mexico City-Mexico Evirometal Protectio Agecy Childre s Health Protectio Executive Office of the Presidet of the Uited States Office of Maagemet ad Budget Export-Import Bak of the Uited States Federal Acquisitio Regulatio Federal Busiess Opportuities Federal Mediatio ad Cociliatio Geeral Admiistratio Istitute of Museum ad Library Metropolita Trasportatio Authority Natioal Aeroautics ad Space Admiistratio NASA Gle Research Ceter Natioal Edowmet for the Arts Natioal Istitutes of Health Office of Extramural Research Natioal Oceaic & Atmospheric Admiistratio Costal Ceter Natioal Sciece Foudatio Small Busiess Admiistratio Recovery.gov US Air Force Small Busiess US Geological Survey US-Mexico Border Health About Du & Bradstreet (D&B) Du & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) is the world s leadig source of commercial iformatio ad isight o busiesses, eablig compaies to Decide with Cofidece for 172 years. D&B s global commercial database cotais more tha 225 millio busiess records. The database is ehaced by D&B s proprietary DUNSRight Quality Process, which provides our customers with quality busiess iformatio. This quality iformatio is the foudatio of our global solutios that customers rely o to make critical busiess decisios. D&B provides two solutio sets that meet a diverse set of customer eeds globally. Customers use D&B Risk Maagemet Solutios to mitigate credit ad supplier risk, icrease cash flow ad drive icreased profitability; ad D&B Sales & Marketig Solutios to provide data maagemet capabilities that provide effective ad cost efficiet marketig solutios ad to covert prospects ito cliets by eablig busiess professioals to research compaies, executives ad idustries. For more iformatio, please visit Du & Bradstreet, Ic All rights reserved. (DB /13)