Vertiv Holdings Co 8-K, filed Oct 28, 2020
Vertiv Holdings Co (VRT)
8-K
2020-10-28
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About this 8-K
Vertiv Holdings Co filed this 8-K on October 28, 2020.
Items reported
- Item 8.01: Other events
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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Item 8.01 Other Events
On October 28, 2020, Vertiv Holdings Co., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.01 per share of Class A common stock. The dividend is payable to the Company's shareholders of record, including holders of record of Company’s units, as of December 2, 2020, and is expected to be paid on December 17, 2020. A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |||||||
SIGNATURE
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.
| Date: October 28, 2020 | Vertiv Holdings Co | ||||
| /s/ Rob Johnson | |||||
| Name: Rob Johnson | |||||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | |||||
Vertiv Declares First-Ever Annual Dividend
Columbus, Ohio Oct. 28, 2020 – Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared the company’s first-ever annual cash dividend of $0.01 per share of the company’s Class A common stock. The cash dividend will be payable on December 17, 2020, to shareholders of record of Class A common stock, including holders of record of company’s units, at the close of business on December 2, 2020.
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About Vertiv Holdings Co Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. As Architects of Continuity™, Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Vertiv employs approximately 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. For more information, and for the latest news and content from Vertiv, visit Vertiv.com.
For investor inquiries, please contact:
Lynne Maxeiner
Vice President, Global Treasury & Investor Relations
Vertiv
T +1 614-841-6776
E lynne.maxeiner@vertiv.com
For Media inquires, please contact:
Sara Steindorf
FleishmanHillard for Vertiv
T +1 314-982-1725
E sara.steindorf@fleishman.com
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