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Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31 , 2020 OR FORM 10 - K TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File Number : 001-38990 Advantage Solutions Inc. ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) Delaware ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) Title of each class Class A common stock , $ 0.0001 par value per share Warrants exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $ 11.50 18100 Von Karman Avenue , Suite 1000 Irvine , CA 92612 ( Address of principal executive offices ) ( 949 ) 797-2900 ( Registrant's telephone number , including area code ) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : 83-4629508 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification Number ) Trading Symbol ( s ) ADV ADVWW Name of each exchange on which registered Nasdaq Global Select Market Nasdaq Global Select Market Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None NO X Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . YES Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Act . YES NO > Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant : ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . YES NO Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( §232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files ) . YES NO Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , " " smaller reporting company , " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Large accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer Accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act ) . YES NO > As of June 30 , 2020 , the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter , the aggregate market value of the voting and non - voting common stock held by non - affiliates , computed by reference to the closing sales price of $ 12.00 reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market , was approximately $ 520.9 million . As of March 15 , 2021 , there were 318,449,966 shares of the registrant's common stock , $ 0.0001 par value per share , issued and outstanding .