Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13D/A filed by Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549 |
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4)
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Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (Name of Issuer) |
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 (Title of Class of Securities) |
26484T106 (CUSIP Number) |
Shari Wolkon General Counsel Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P., 100 Federal Street, 36th Floor Boston, MA, 02110 (617) 227-1050 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) |
03/23/2025 (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement) |
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other
provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP No. | 26484T106 |
| 1 |
Name of reporting person
THOMAS H. LEE ADVISORS, LLC | ||||||||
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
 (b)
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| 3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
| 4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
OO | ||||||||
| 5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization
DELAWARE
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| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
22,525,103.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
5.1 % | ||||||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
OO |
SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP No. | 26484T106 |
| 1 |
Name of reporting person
Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund VIII, L.P. | ||||||||
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)
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| 3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
| 4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
OO | ||||||||
| 5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization
DELAWARE
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| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
6,142,612.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
1.4 % | ||||||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN |
SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP No. | 26484T106 |
| 1 |
Name of reporting person
Thomas H. Lee Parallel Fund VIII, L.P. | ||||||||
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)
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| 3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
| 4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
OO | ||||||||
| 5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization
DELAWARE
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| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
11,184,899.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
2.5 % | ||||||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN |
SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP No. | 26484T106 |
| 1 |
Name of reporting person
THL Executive Fund VIII, L.P. | ||||||||
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)
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| 3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
| 4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
OO | ||||||||
| 5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization
DELAWARE
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| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
468,969.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
0.1 % | ||||||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN |
SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP No. | 26484T106 |
| 1 |
Name of reporting person
THL Equity Advisors VIII, LLC | ||||||||
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)
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| 3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
| 4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
OO | ||||||||
| 5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization
DELAWARE
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| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
22,525,103.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
5.1 % | ||||||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
OO |
SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP No. | 26484T106 |
| 1 |
Name of reporting person
Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. | ||||||||
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)
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| 3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
| 4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
OO | ||||||||
| 5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization
DELAWARE
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| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
22,525,103.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
5.1 % | ||||||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN |
SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP No. | 26484T106 |
| 1 |
Name of reporting person
THL Managers VIII, LLC | ||||||||
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)
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| 3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
| 4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
OO | ||||||||
| 5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization
DELAWARE
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| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
22,583,313.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
5.1 % | ||||||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
OO |
SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP No. | 26484T106 |
| 1 |
Name of reporting person
THL Holdco, LLC | ||||||||
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)
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| 3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
| 4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
OO | ||||||||
| 5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization
DELAWARE
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| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
22,525,103.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
5.1 % | ||||||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
OO |
SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP No. | 26484T106 |
| 1 |
Name of reporting person
THL Fund VIII Coinvestment Partners, L.P. | ||||||||
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)
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| 3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
| 4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
OO | ||||||||
| 5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization
DELAWARE
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| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
730,006.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
0.2 % | ||||||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN |
SCHEDULE 13D
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| CUSIP No. | 26484T106 |
| 1 |
Name of reporting person
THL Equity Fund VIII Investors (D&B), L.P. | ||||||||
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a)
(b)
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| 3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
| 4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
OO | ||||||||
| 5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization
DELAWARE
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| Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
3,998,617.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
0.9 % | ||||||||
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN |
SCHEDULE 13D
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| Item 1. | Security and Issuer | |
| (a) | Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 | |
| (b) | Name of Issuer:
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. | |
| (c) | Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
5335 Gate Parkway, Jacksonville,
FLORIDA
, 32256. | |
Item 1 Comment:
This Amendment No. 4 ("Amendment No. 4") amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D originally filed by the Reporting Persons on February 25, 2022 (as amended from time to time, the "Schedule 13D"). Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment No. 4 does not modify any of the information previously reported in the Schedule 13D. Unless otherwise indicated, each capitalized term used but not defined in this Amendment No. 4 shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Schedule 13D. | ||
| Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction | |
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is supplemented as follows:
The information provided in Item 6 is incorporated herein by reference. | ||
| Item 5. | Interest in Securities of the Issuer | |
| (a) | Item 5(a) of the Schedule 13D is supplemented as follows:
The percentage of beneficial ownership in this Amendment No. 4 is based on 441,516,369 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of February 14, 2025, as reported in the Issuer's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on February 21, 2025. | |
| (b) | Item 5(b) of the Schedule 13D is supplemented as follows:
The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each Reporting Person and, for each Reporting Person, the number of shares as to which there is sole power to vote or to direct the vote, shared power to vote or to direct the vote, sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition, or shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition are set forth on rows 7 through 11 and row 13 of the cover pages of this Amendment No. 4 and are incorporated herein by
reference. | |
| (c) | Item 5(c) of the Schedule 13D is supplemented as follows:
No transactions with respect to the shares of Common Stock were effected during the past sixty days by any of the Reporting Persons. | |
| (d) | Not applicable. | |
| (e) | Not applicable. | |
| Item 6. | Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer | |
Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is supplemented as follows:
On March 23, 2025, the Issuer entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Denali Intermediate Holdings, Inc., and Denali Buyer, Inc., whereby,subject to the terms thereof, Denali Buyer, Inc. will merge with and the Issuer (the "Merger"), with the Issuer surviving the Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Denali Intermediate Holdings, Inc.
Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, on March 23, 2025, each of Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund VIII, L.P., Thomas H. Lee Parallel Fund VIII, L.P., THL Executive Fund VIII, L.P., THL Fund VIII Coinvestment Partners, L.P., THL Equity Fund VIII Investors (D&B), L.P. and THL Managers VIII, L.P. (together, the "Supporting Stockholders") entered into a Voting and Support Agreement (the "Voting and Support Agreement") with the Issuer and Denali Intermediate Holdings, Inc., with respect to Shares owned of record or beneficially by each Supporting Stockholder (collectively, the "Owned Shares").
Pursuant to the Voting and support agreement, among other things,the Supporting Stockholders have agreed to vote all of their Owned Shares in favor of the Merger, the adoption of the Merger Agreement, each of the other actions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or necessary or desirable in furtherance of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and against any action or agreement that could reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the consummation of the Merger under the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled.
In the event the Issuer's board of directors changes its recommendation that the Company's stockholders vote to adopt the Merger Agreement and approve the Merger, each Supporting Stockholder may vote its shares with respect to the above matters in any manner it chooses.
In addition, each Supporting Stockholder has agreed not to take certain actions, including (i) tendering any Owned Shares into any tender or exchange offer, (ii) transferring any Owned Shares (subject to certain exceptions), (iii) granting any proxies or powers of attorney or (iv) taking any action that would make any representation or warranty of such Supporting Stockholder contained in the Voting and Support Agreement untrue or incorrect in any material respect or have the effect of preventing or disabling such Supporting Stockholder from performing its obligations under the Voting and Support Agreement in any material respect.
The Voting and Support Agreement will terminate upon the earliest to occur of the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms.
The foregoing description of the Voting and Support Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of each the Voting and Support Agreement, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit under Item 7 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein, and the foregoing description of the Voting and Support Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto. | ||
| Item 7. | Material to be Filed as Exhibits. | |
Voting Agreement, dated March 23, 2025, by and among Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc., Denali Intermediate Holdings, Inc. and Thomas H. Lee Partners. | ||
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After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
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