Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  BROWN CURTIS
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/02/2015		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DUN & BRADSTREET CORP/NW [DNB]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
103 JFK PARKWAY		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Content & Tech Officer
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SHORT HILLS, NJ 07078		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 751
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Leveraged Restricted Stock Units   (1) 10/01/2017 Common Stock 2,223 $ (1) D  
Leveraged Restricted Stock Units   (2) 03/02/2018 Common Stock 3,138 $ (2) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
BROWN CURTIS
103 JFK PARKWAY
SHORT HILLS, NJ 07078		       Chief Content & Tech Officer  

Signatures

/s/ Karen K. Pettiford-Wilson for Curtis D. Brown by Power of Attorney 11/12/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Each performance share represents a contingent right for the reporting person to receive a distribution of common stock equal to 0% to 200% of the reported target performance shares based on the issuer's stock price performance during the designated performance periods, as follows: 1/1/2014 - 12/31/2015 and 1/1/2014 - 12/31/2016.
(2) Each performance share represents a contingent right for the reporting person to receive, on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of the grant, a distribution of common stock equal to 0% to 200% of 1/3 of the reported target performance shares based on the issuer's stock price performance during the designated performance periods, as follows: the first distribution is tied to the issuer's one-year stock price performance (1/1/2015 - 12/31/2015); the second distribution is tied to the issuer's two-year stock price performance (1/1/2015 - 12/31/2016); and the third distribution is tied to the issuer's three-year stock price performance (1/1/2015 - 12/31/2017).

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