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Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON , D.C. 20549 FORM 10 - K □ 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 0-24000 ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) Pennsylvania ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) 100 Erie Insurance Place , Erie , Pennsylvania ( Address of principal executive offices ) 814 870-2000 ( Registrant's telephone number , including area code ) Class A common stock , stated value $ 0.0292 per share ( Title of each class ) X Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : ERIE ( Trading Symbol ) 25-0466020 ( IRS Employer Identification 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 No 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 16530 ( Zip Code ) NASDAQ Stock Market , LLC ( Name of each exchange on which registered ) 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 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes No Accelerated filer Emerging growth company 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 . ( Check one ) : Large accelerated filer Smaller reporting 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 . □ DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE 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 Aggregate market value of voting and non - voting common stock held by non - affiliates as of the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter : $ 4.8 billion of Class A non - voting common stock as of June 30 , 2020. There is no active market for the Class B voting common stock . The Class B common stock is closely held by few shareholders . Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes of common stock , as of the latest practicable date : 46,189,068 shares of Class A common stock and 2,542 shares of Class B common stock outstanding on February 19 , 2021 .