[Form 4] Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. Insider Trading Activity
Form 4 filed by director James Quella reports a corporate merger that cancelled Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. common stock and converted shares to cash. On 08/26/2025 the reporting person recorded a disposition of 1,146,143 shares resulting from a merger under an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated March 23, 2025. Under the Merger Agreement each outstanding common share was cancelled and converted into the right to receive $9.15 in cash per share, subject to applicable tax withholdings. The filing also states that restricted stock awards held by board members (other than the CEO) were converted into the right to receive the same cash Merger Consideration plus accumulated unpaid dividend equivalent rights. The amount of common stock beneficially owned by the reporting person after the transaction is reported as 0 shares.
Il Modulo 4 presentato dall鈥檃mministratore James Quella segnala una fusione societaria che ha annullato le azioni ordinarie di Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. e le ha convertite in contanti. In data 26/08/2025 la persona segnalante ha registrato una cessione di 1.146.143 azioni derivante da una fusione ai sensi di un Accordo e Piano di Fusione datato 23 marzo 2025. In base al Contratto di Fusione, ogni azione ordinaria in circolazione 猫 stata annullata e convertita nel diritto a ricevere $9.15 in contanti per azione, al netto delle ritenute fiscali applicabili. La comunicazione precisa inoltre che le restricted stock detenute dai membri del consiglio (escluso l鈥檃mministratore delegato) sono state convertite nel diritto a ricevere la stessa contropartita in contanti prevista dalla Fusione, oltre ai relativi importi accumulati a titolo di dividendo equivalente non pagato. L鈥檃mmontare di azioni ordinarie possedute direttamente o indirettamente dalla persona segnalante dopo l鈥檕perazione 猫 indicato come 0 azioni.
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鞚挫偓 鞝滌瀯鞀� 韤橂澕(James Quella)臧� 鞝滌稖頃� Form 4電� Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. 氤错喌欤检潣 靻岅皝 氚� 欤检嫕鞚� 順勱笀鞙茧 鞝勴櫂霅橂姅 旮办梾 頃╇硲鞚� 氤搓碃頃╇媹雼�. 2025雲� 8鞗� 26鞚� 氤搓碃鞛愲姅 2025雲� 3鞗� 23鞚检瀽 頃╇硲瓿勳暯(Agreement and Plan of Merger)鞐� 霐半ジ 頃╇硲鞙茧 氚滌儩頃� 1,146,143欤� 觳橂秳鞚� 旮办灛頄堨姷雼堧嫟. 頃╇硲瓿勳暯鞐� 霐半澕 氇摖 氚滍枆 氤错喌欤茧姅 靻岅皝霅橃棃瓿� 頃措嫻 欤检嫕鞚� 鞝侅毄 臧�電ロ暅 靹戈笀 鞗愳矞歆曥垬毳� 鞝侅毄氚涭晞 欤茧嫻 $9.15鞚� 順勱笀鞚� 氚涭潉 甓岆Μ搿� 鞝勴櫂霅橃棃鞀惦媹雼�. 鞝滌稖靹滊鞐愲姅 霕愴暅 CEO毳� 鞝滌櫢頃� 鞚挫偓須� 甑劚鞗愲摛鞚� 氤挫湢頃� 鞝滍暅欤检嫕(鞝滍暅欤�)霃� 霃欖澕頃� 頃╇硲 雽�旮� 順勱笀瓿� 氙胳旮� 雸勳爜 氚半嫻 靸侂嫻 甓岆Μ毳� 氚涬姅 甓岆Μ搿� 鞝勴櫂霅橃棃雼り碃 氇呾嫓霅橃柎 鞛堨姷雼堧嫟. 瓯半灅 鞚错泟 氤搓碃鞛愳潣 鞁れ鞝� 氤挫湢 氤错喌欤� 靾橂姅 0欤�搿� 氤搓碃霅橃柎 鞛堨姷雼堧嫟.
Le formulaire 4 d茅pos茅 par l鈥檃dministrateur James Quella signale une fusion d鈥檈ntreprise ayant annul茅 les actions ordinaires de Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. et les ayant converties en esp猫ces. Le 26/08/2025, la personne d茅clarant a enregistr茅 une cession de 1鈥�146鈥�143 actions r茅sultant d鈥檜ne fusion en vertu d鈥檜n Accord et Plan de Fusion dat茅 du 23 mars 2025. Conform茅ment 脿 l鈥橝ccord de Fusion, chaque action ordinaire en circulation a 茅t茅 annul茅e et convertie en le droit de recevoir 9,15 $ en esp猫ces par action, sous r茅serve des retenues fiscales applicables. Le d茅p么t indique 茅galement que les attributions d鈥檃ctions restreintes d茅tenues par les membres du conseil (脿 l鈥檈xception du PDG) ont 茅t茅 converties en le droit de recevoir la m锚me contrepartie en esp猫ces li茅e 脿 la fusion, ainsi que les droits 茅quivalents aux dividendes non pay茅s accumul茅s. Le nombre d鈥檃ctions ordinaires dont la personne d茅clarant b茅n茅ficie apr猫s l鈥檕p茅ration est d茅clar茅 comme 茅tant 0 actions.
Formular 4, eingereicht vom Direktor James Quella, meldet eine Unternehmensfusion, bei der die Stammaktien der Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. annulliert und in Bar abgegolten wurden. Am 26.08.2025 verzeichnete die meldepflichtige Person eine Ver盲u脽erung von 1.146.143 Aktien infolge einer Fusion gem盲脽 einem Agreement and Plan of Merger vom 23. M盲rz 2025. Gem盲脽 dem Fusionsvertrag wurde jede ausstehende Stammaktie annulliert und in das Recht umgewandelt, $9.15 in bar je Aktie zu erhalten, vorbehaltlich anfallender steuerlicher Abz眉ge. Die Einreichung f眉hrt ferner aus, dass Restricted Stock Awards, die von Vorstandsmitgliedern (mit Ausnahme des CEO) gehalten wurden, in das Recht auf dieselbe Barabfindung aus der Fusion sowie auf aufgelaufene, nicht gezahlte dividenden盲quivalente Betr盲ge umgewandelt wurden. Die nach der Transaktion vom Melder wirtschaftlich gehaltene Anzahl an Stammaktien wird mit 0 Aktien angegeben.
- Merger completed with cash consideration of $9.15 per share, providing liquidity to shareholders
- All outstanding restricted stock awards held by certain directors were converted into cash plus accumulated dividend equivalents
- Reporting shows clear disposition and post-transaction beneficial ownership of 0 shares, confirming transaction mechanics
- Public common stock was cancelled, eliminating publicly traded equity in the issuer
- Board members (excluding CEO) had restricted awards converted to cash, ending their equity exposure to future public upside
Insights
TL;DR: The company was taken private via merger; shareholders received $9.15 per share in cash and public equity was cancelled.
The filing documents the closing mechanics of a merger in which the issuer became a wholly owned subsidiary of the buyer. The transaction effected a complete cash-out of public common stock at a fixed price of $9.15 per share, extinguishing outstanding public equity and converting director-held restricted stock into cash plus accrued dividend equivalents. This is a material corporate transaction with direct liquidity implications for former public shareholders. The filing is procedural鈥攔eporting the disposition and post-transaction zero beneficial ownership for a director鈥攔ather than providing valuation analysis or background on negotiation terms.
TL;DR: Governance outcome: public board equity positions were monetized and public reporting obligations for the issuer will cease as it is now privately held.
The Form 4 confirms that board members (excluding the CEO in one clause) received cash in lieu of equity, including conversion of time- and performance-based restricted stock awards into cash plus unpaid dividend equivalents. For insiders this converts ownership stakes into cash and ends their public equity holdings. The filing indicates the issuer survives the merger as a private subsidiary, which will alter governance dynamics and end SEC reporting by the public company. The document is limited to transaction reporting and does not include financial fairness opinions or post-close governance arrangements.
Il Modulo 4 presentato dall鈥檃mministratore James Quella segnala una fusione societaria che ha annullato le azioni ordinarie di Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. e le ha convertite in contanti. In data 26/08/2025 la persona segnalante ha registrato una cessione di 1.146.143 azioni derivante da una fusione ai sensi di un Accordo e Piano di Fusione datato 23 marzo 2025. In base al Contratto di Fusione, ogni azione ordinaria in circolazione 猫 stata annullata e convertita nel diritto a ricevere $9.15 in contanti per azione, al netto delle ritenute fiscali applicabili. La comunicazione precisa inoltre che le restricted stock detenute dai membri del consiglio (escluso l鈥檃mministratore delegato) sono state convertite nel diritto a ricevere la stessa contropartita in contanti prevista dalla Fusione, oltre ai relativi importi accumulati a titolo di dividendo equivalente non pagato. L鈥檃mmontare di azioni ordinarie possedute direttamente o indirettamente dalla persona segnalante dopo l鈥檕perazione 猫 indicato come 0 azioni.
El Formulario 4 presentado por el director James Quella informa una fusi贸n corporativa que cancel贸 las acciones ordinarias de Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. y las convirti贸 en efectivo. El 26/08/2025 la persona informante registr贸 una disposici贸n de 1.146.143 acciones resultante de una fusi贸n conforme a un Acuerdo y Plan de Fusi贸n fechado el 23 de marzo de 2025. Seg煤n el Acuerdo de Fusi贸n, cada acci贸n ordinaria en circulaci贸n fue cancelada y convertida en el derecho a recibir $9.15 en efectivo por acci贸n, sujeto a las retenciones fiscales aplicables. La presentaci贸n indica adem谩s que las asignaciones de acciones restringidas en poder de los miembros del consejo (excepto el director ejecutivo) fueron convertidas en el derecho a recibir la misma contraprestaci贸n en efectivo de la fusi贸n, m谩s los equivalentes acumulados de dividendos no pagados. La cantidad de acciones ordinarias de las que la persona informante es beneficiaria despu茅s de la transacci贸n se informa como 0 acciones.
鞚挫偓 鞝滌瀯鞀� 韤橂澕(James Quella)臧� 鞝滌稖頃� Form 4電� Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. 氤错喌欤检潣 靻岅皝 氚� 欤检嫕鞚� 順勱笀鞙茧 鞝勴櫂霅橂姅 旮办梾 頃╇硲鞚� 氤搓碃頃╇媹雼�. 2025雲� 8鞗� 26鞚� 氤搓碃鞛愲姅 2025雲� 3鞗� 23鞚检瀽 頃╇硲瓿勳暯(Agreement and Plan of Merger)鞐� 霐半ジ 頃╇硲鞙茧 氚滌儩頃� 1,146,143欤� 觳橂秳鞚� 旮办灛頄堨姷雼堧嫟. 頃╇硲瓿勳暯鞐� 霐半澕 氇摖 氚滍枆 氤错喌欤茧姅 靻岅皝霅橃棃瓿� 頃措嫻 欤检嫕鞚� 鞝侅毄 臧�電ロ暅 靹戈笀 鞗愳矞歆曥垬毳� 鞝侅毄氚涭晞 欤茧嫻 $9.15鞚� 順勱笀鞚� 氚涭潉 甓岆Μ搿� 鞝勴櫂霅橃棃鞀惦媹雼�. 鞝滌稖靹滊鞐愲姅 霕愴暅 CEO毳� 鞝滌櫢頃� 鞚挫偓須� 甑劚鞗愲摛鞚� 氤挫湢頃� 鞝滍暅欤检嫕(鞝滍暅欤�)霃� 霃欖澕頃� 頃╇硲 雽�旮� 順勱笀瓿� 氙胳旮� 雸勳爜 氚半嫻 靸侂嫻 甓岆Μ毳� 氚涬姅 甓岆Μ搿� 鞝勴櫂霅橃棃雼り碃 氇呾嫓霅橃柎 鞛堨姷雼堧嫟. 瓯半灅 鞚错泟 氤搓碃鞛愳潣 鞁れ鞝� 氤挫湢 氤错喌欤� 靾橂姅 0欤�搿� 氤搓碃霅橃柎 鞛堨姷雼堧嫟.
Le formulaire 4 d茅pos茅 par l鈥檃dministrateur James Quella signale une fusion d鈥檈ntreprise ayant annul茅 les actions ordinaires de Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. et les ayant converties en esp猫ces. Le 26/08/2025, la personne d茅clarant a enregistr茅 une cession de 1鈥�146鈥�143 actions r茅sultant d鈥檜ne fusion en vertu d鈥檜n Accord et Plan de Fusion dat茅 du 23 mars 2025. Conform茅ment 脿 l鈥橝ccord de Fusion, chaque action ordinaire en circulation a 茅t茅 annul茅e et convertie en le droit de recevoir 9,15 $ en esp猫ces par action, sous r茅serve des retenues fiscales applicables. Le d茅p么t indique 茅galement que les attributions d鈥檃ctions restreintes d茅tenues par les membres du conseil (脿 l鈥檈xception du PDG) ont 茅t茅 converties en le droit de recevoir la m锚me contrepartie en esp猫ces li茅e 脿 la fusion, ainsi que les droits 茅quivalents aux dividendes non pay茅s accumul茅s. Le nombre d鈥檃ctions ordinaires dont la personne d茅clarant b茅n茅ficie apr猫s l鈥檕p茅ration est d茅clar茅 comme 茅tant 0 actions.
Formular 4, eingereicht vom Direktor James Quella, meldet eine Unternehmensfusion, bei der die Stammaktien der Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. annulliert und in Bar abgegolten wurden. Am 26.08.2025 verzeichnete die meldepflichtige Person eine Ver盲u脽erung von 1.146.143 Aktien infolge einer Fusion gem盲脽 einem Agreement and Plan of Merger vom 23. M盲rz 2025. Gem盲脽 dem Fusionsvertrag wurde jede ausstehende Stammaktie annulliert und in das Recht umgewandelt, $9.15 in bar je Aktie zu erhalten, vorbehaltlich anfallender steuerlicher Abz眉ge. Die Einreichung f眉hrt ferner aus, dass Restricted Stock Awards, die von Vorstandsmitgliedern (mit Ausnahme des CEO) gehalten wurden, in das Recht auf dieselbe Barabfindung aus der Fusion sowie auf aufgelaufene, nicht gezahlte dividenden盲quivalente Betr盲ge umgewandelt wurden. Die nach der Transaktion vom Melder wirtschaftlich gehaltene Anzahl an Stammaktien wird mit 0 Aktien angegeben.
FAQ
What happened to DNB shares reported on the Form 4?
How many shares did reporting person James Quella dispose of on 08/26/2025?
What is the reporting person鈥檚 beneficial ownership after the transaction?
Were restricted stock awards affected by the merger?
What agreement governed the transaction?
