dnb-20210728

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


			Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission file number 1-39361


Delaware			83-2008699
(State of incorporation)			(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Short Hills, NJ 07078

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value	DNB	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On July 28, 2021, the Board of Directors of Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (“DNB” or the “Company”) adopted a resolution increasing the size of the Company’s Board of Directors to ten, and elected Ellen R. Alemany to serve on our Board of Directors. Ms. Alemany will serve in Class II of our Board of Directors, and her term will expire at the annual meeting of our shareholders to be held in 2022. Ms. Alemany has not been appointed to any committee of our Board.

Ms. Alemany, who is 65, serves as the Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of CIT Group Inc. (“CIT”), and as the Chairwoman, Chief Executive Officer and President of CIT Bank, N.A., a subsidiary of CIT. Pending regulatory approval, CIT is expected to merge with First Citizens BancShares Inc. (“First Citizens”) in the third quarter of 2021, at which time Ms. Alemany will join the board of First Citizens. Ms. Alemany joined the CIT Board of Directors in 2015 and was named Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer in 2016. Previously, she was the Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of The Royal Bank of Scotland Citizens Financial Group from 2008 until October 2013. Ms. Alemany served as the Chief Executive Officer of Global Transaction Services at Citibank/Citigroup from 2006 until 2007, after holding various roles in her twenty-year career with Citibank/Citigroup. From August 2012 until October 2016, Ms. Alemany served on the Board of Automatic Data Processing. Ms. Alemany also serves as a director of Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. and CIT. Ms. Alemany is also a member of the Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board, a nonprofit, nonpartisan business-led public policy organization.

Ms. Alemany is not a party to any related party transactions with the Company. She will receive customary compensation paid to our non-employee directors.

Item 8.01. Other Events

On July 28, 2021, DNB issued a press release announcing Ms. Alemany’s election to the Board of Directors. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits


Exhibit 99.1			Press release announcing the appointment of Ellen R. Alemany to the D un & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. Board of Directors

Exhibit 104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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 thereunto duly authorized.


		DUN & BRADSTREET HOLDINGS, INC.

		By:	/s/ Joe A. Reinhardt, III
			Joe A. Reinhardt, III
Date:	July 28, 2021		Chief Legal Officer