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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 001-38265 nVent Electric plc ( Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter ) Ireland ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) The Mille , 1000 Great West Road , 8th Floor ( East ) , London , TW8 9DW , United Kingdom ( Address of principal executive offices ) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Title of each class Ordinary Shares , nominal value $ 0.01 per share Registrant's telephone number , including area code : 44-20-3966-0279 Trading symbol 98-1391970 NVT ( I.R.S. Employer Identification number ) Name of each exchange on which registered New York Stock Exchange 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 þ 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 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 p No No¨ No p 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 p No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a 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 Accelerated filer ☐ Non - 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 Act ) . Yes No p Aggregate market value of voting and non - voting common equity held by non - affiliates of the Registrant , based on the closing price of $ 18.73 per share as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 30 , 2020 ( the last business day of Registrant's most recently completed second quarter ) : $ 3,149,938,990 . The number of shares outstanding of Registrant's only class of common stock on December 31 , 2020 was 168,182,047 . DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Parts of the Registrant's definitive proxy statement for its annual general meeting to be held on May 14 , 2021 , are incorporated by reference in this Form 10 - K in response to Part III , ITEM 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 and 14 .