President and COO Peter J. McDonald Announces Retirement

CARY, N.C., June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- R.H. Donnelley (NYSE: RHD), a leading print and online local search company, today announced the appointment of George F. Bednarz to executive vice president of enterprise sales and operations. In this new role, Bednarz will oversee the activities of all sales and operations functions for the company. Bednarz will continue to be based at the company's Cary, N.C. headquarters and report directly to R.H. Donnelley Chairman and CEO, David C. Swanson. The appointment, which will be effective immediately, follows the decision by Peter J. McDonald, R.H. Donnelley's president and chief operating officer, to retire from the company effective September 1, 2008.

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'As a part of the company's succession plan, Peter and I have been transitioning an increasing amount of the operating responsibilities to George over the past two years,' said Swanson. 'With Peter's decision to retire in September, we will now transition responsibility for sales to George as well.'

Bednarz has served as senior vice president of enterprise operations since January of 2008. Prior to assuming this position, Bednarz directed the creation of RHDi, the company's online local search solutions unit. This division is responsible for the company's consumer search site (http://www.DexKnows.com), its Dex(R) Search Marketing business, and Business.com, the leading B2B search engine and ad network. In addition, Bednarz has led customer-facing and operational divisions at R.H. Donnelley since joining the company more than 13 years ago, including corporate strategy, publishing, information technology, customer care, billing, credit and collections.

'George's strategic focus, collaborative management style and deep understanding of all aspects of our business, make him the perfect choice to lead our sales and operations teams into this important next chapter of our company's transformation,' said Swanson.

Prior to joining R.H. Donnelley, Bednarz worked with The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, where he held executive positions of increasing responsibility from 1976 to 1995 in telephone call center operations, marketing database management, customer service, information technology and strategic planning. Bednarz holds an M.B.A.