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October 23, 2009 – Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Coughlin Stoia”) (http://www.csgrr.com/cases/rhdonnelley/) today announced that a class action has been commenced on behalf of an institutional investor in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware on behalf of purchasers of R.H. Donnelley Corporation (“RH Donnelley”) (OTC:RHDCQ.PK) publicly traded securities during the period between July 26, 2007 and May 28, 2009, inclusive (the “Class Period”).

If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than 60 days from today. If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, please contact plaintiff’s counsel, Darren Robbins of Coughlin Stoia at 800/449-4900 or 619/231-1058, or via e-mail at djr@csgrr.com. If you are a member of this class, you can view a copy of the complaint as filed or join this class action online at http://www.csgrr.com/cases/rhdonnelley/. Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member.

The complaint charges certain of RH Donnelley’s officers and/or directors with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. RH Donnelley operates as a Yellow Pages and online local commercial search company.

The complaint alleges that during the Class Period, defendants issued materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company’s business and financial results. Defendants caused the Company to fail to properly account for its bad debt expense and timely write down its impaired goodwill. As a result of defendants’ false and misleading statements, RH Donnelley’s stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the Class Period, trading as high as $66.67 in July 2007. However, beginning in February 2008, defendants began to acknowledge problems in the Company’s operations and with its financial results. On March 12, 2009, RH Donnelley announced that it had retained a financial advisor to assist in the evaluation of its capital structure, including various balance sheet restructuring alternatives. Then, on May 29, 2009, RH Donnelley filed for bankruptcy. The stock now trades at around six cents per share.

According to the complaint, the true facts, which were known by the defendants but concealed from the investing public during the Class Period, were as follows: (a) the Company was not adequately reserving for its bad debts in violation of GAAP, causing its financial results to be materially misstated; (b) the downward pressure the Company was experiencing with its advertising revenue was not exclusively due to cyclical challenges, as represented, but was also due to a permanent shift in customers moving away from print yellow pages advertising; (c) the Company had far greater exposure to liquidity concerns and ratings downgrades than it had previously disclosed; and (d) given the turmoil in the economy and the trends related to a shift away from print advertising, the Company had no reasonable basis to make projections about its 2008 results.

Plaintiff seeks to recover damages on behalf of all purchasers of RH Donnelley publicly traded securities during the Class Period (the “Class”). The plaintiff is represented by Coughlin Stoia, which has expertise in prosecuting investor class actions and extensive experience in actions involving financial fraud.

Coughlin Stoia, a 190-lawyer firm with offices in San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Boca Raton, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Atlanta, is active in major litigations pending in federal and state courts throughout the United States and has taken a leading role in many important actions on behalf of defrauded investors, consumers, and companies, as well as victims of human rights violations. The Coughlin Stoia Web site (http://www.csgrr.com) has more information about the firm.