R.H. Donnelley 1998 Annual Report

Five-Year Selected Financial Information

(1) The selected financial data above include amounts related to businesses that were sold prior to 1998. To facilitate comparison of the financial data, the amounts related to these businesses included above are as follows:

(2) Amounts have been adjusted to give effect to a one-for-five reverse split of the Company's common stock executed in 1998.

(3) Advertising sales represent the billing value of advertisements sold by the Company and DonTech. Management reviews the performance of its operating segments on, among other things, the advertising sales generated on a calendar cycle and a publication cycle basis. Calendar cycle advertising sales represent the billing value of advertisements sold stated on the same basis for which revenue is recognized in the consolidated financial statements (that is, when a sales contract is signed where the Company is a sales agent and when a directory is published where the Company is the publisher). Advertising sales on a publication cycle basis represent the billing value of advertisements sold based on when a directory is published, regardless of the Company's role and the recognition of revenue in the consolidated financial statements.

Common Stock Information

The Company's common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on July 1, 1998, under the symbol "RHD." At March 1, 1999, there were 33,979,883 shares of common stock outstanding and 9,623 shareholders of record. The table below sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low sales price of the Company's common stock for each period and the dividends declared.

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