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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure |
On October 7, 2020, Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its subsidiary, Dun & Bradstreet Holdings B.V., had entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the outstanding shares of Bisnode Business Information Group AB, a leading European data and analytics firm and long-standing member of the Dun & Bradstreet Worldwide Network, for an estimated purchase price upon closing of 7.2 billion SEK or approximately $818 million USD. The transaction is expected to close in January 2021, subject to required regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. The Company also posted an investor presentation announcing the transaction to its website at www.dnb.com. Copies of the press release issued by the Company and the investor presentation announcing the transaction are attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 and are incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
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Exhibit Index
| 99.1 | Press release dated as of October 7, 2020. |
| 99.2 | Investor presentation dated as of October 8, 2020. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Date File (embedded with the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
| DUN & BRADSTREET HOLDINGS, INC. | |
| Date: October 8, 2020 | |
| /s/ Joe A. Reinhardt, III | |
| Joe A. Reinhardt, III | |
| Chief Legal Officer | |