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10/17/25 , 6:08 PM dnb - 20201231 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON , D.C. 20549 FORM 10 - K ( Mark One ) ☑ 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 TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Commission file number 1-39361 Dun & Bradstreet Holdings , Inc. ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) Delaware ( State of incorporation ) 101 JFK Parkway , Short Hills , NJ ( Address of principal executive offices ) ( 973 ) 921-5500 83-2008699 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) 07078 ( Zip Code ) Registrant's telephone number , including area code Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Title of Each Class Common Stock , $ 0.0001 par value Trading Symbol DNB Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered New York Stock Exchange No ☑ Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None 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 Section 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 and posted 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 and post 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 Smaller reporting company ☐ Accelerated filer Emerging growth company ◎ Non - accelerated filer ☐ ☑ 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 ☑ The registrant priced its initial public offering on the last business day of its most recently completed second fiscal quarter , and all of its voting and non - voting equity was held by affiliates as of such date . Therefore , the registrant cannot calculate the aggregate market value of it voting and non - voting common equity held by non - affiliates as of such date . There were 429,439,194 shares outstanding of the Registrant's common stock as of February 19 , 2021 . The information in Part III hereof is incorporated by reference to certain information from the registrant's definitive proxy statement for the 2021 annual meeting of shareholders . The registrant intends to file the proxy statement within 120 days after the close of the fiscal year that is the subject of this Report . https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1799208/000179920821000013/dnb-20201231.htm 1/226