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    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2020</div>
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      <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;">Registration No. 333-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <br>
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    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">UNITED STATES<br>
      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
      Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">FORM S-8</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
      UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Vertiv Holdings Co</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; text-align: center;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Delaware</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"><br>
              </font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">(State or Other Jurisdiction of<br>
                Incorporation or Organization)</font></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">81-2376902</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;"><br>
              </font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">(I.R.S Employer<br>
                Identification No.)</font></div>
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    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">1050 Dearborn Drive<br>
      Columbus, Ohio 43085</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Vertiv Group Corporation Employee Retirement Savings Plan</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(Full Title of the Plan)</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">David Fallon<br>
      Chief Financial Officer<br>
      Vertiv Holdings Co<br>
      1050 Dearborn Drive<br>
      Columbus, Ohio 43085</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">(614) 888-0246</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">With copies to:</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">John C. Kennedy, Esq.</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Jean McLoughlin, Esq.<br>
      Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &amp; Garrison LLP<br>
      1285 Avenue of the Americas<br>
      New York, NY 10019-6064</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">(212) 373-3000</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth
      company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b 2 of the Exchange Act.</div>
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          <td style="width: 21.74%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="line-height: 1.25;">Large accelerated filer</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol',sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">&#9744;</font></div>
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            <div style="line-height: 1.25;">Accelerated filer</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol',sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">&#9746;</font></div>
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          <td style="width: 19.81%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="line-height: 1.25;">Non-accelerated filer</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol',sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">&#9744;</font></div>
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            <div style="line-height: 1.25;">Smaller reporting company<br>
              Emerging growth company</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol',sans-serif;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">&#9746;<br>
                &#9746;</font></div>
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    <div style="line-height: 1.25; text-align: justify;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
      provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744;</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Title of Securities </div>
            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">to be registered</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Amount to be </div>
            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Registered</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Proposed </div>
            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Maximum </div>
            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Offering </div>
            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Price Per </div>
            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Share</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Proposed </div>
            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Maximum </div>
            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Aggregate </div>
            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Offering Price</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Amount of </div>
            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Registration Fee</div>
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            <div style="line-height: 1.25;">Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the &#8220;Class A Common Stock&#8221;)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25;">40,000,000 (1)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25;">$19.10 (2)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25;">$764,000,000.00 (2)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25;">$83,352.40 (3)</div>
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    <div style="line-height: 1.25;">(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), this registration statement shall also cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of Class A Common Stock of Vertiv
      Holdings Co (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) that may, with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock registered hereunder, become issuable under the Registrant&#8217;s Vertiv Group Corporation Employee Retirement Savings Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) by reason of any stock
      dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant&#8217;s receipt of consideration, which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant&#8217;s outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock.&#160; In addition,
      pursuant to Rule 416(c) of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement covers an indeterminate amount of plan interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan.</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25;"><br style="line-height: 1.25;">
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act, on the basis of the average of the high and
      low prices per share of the Class A Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on December 17, 2020.</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; text-align: justify;">(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act. Calculated in accordance with Section 6 of the Securities Act and Rule 457
      under the Securities Act by multiplying 0.0001091 and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">EXPLANATORY NOTE</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Vertiv Holdings Co (the &#8220;Company&#8221; or &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) to register 40,000,000 shares of its Class A
      Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, which may include purchases by the Plan in open market transactions, and an indeterminate amount of plan interests issuable pursuant to the Plan.</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">PART I.<br style="line-height: 1.25;">
      <br>
      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> <br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The documents containing the information specified in Part I of the instructions to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as
      required by Rule 428(b)(1) of the rules promulgated under the Securities Act&#160; of 1933, as amended. These documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) as a part of this registration statement in
      accordance with Rule 428(b) and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">PART II.<br style="line-height: 1.25;">
      <br>
      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">We are incorporating by reference certain information that we have filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;). The
      information contained in the documents that we are incorporating by reference is considered to be part of this Registration Statement, and the information that we later file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede the information
      contained or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. We are incorporating by reference:</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The Company&#8217;s Annual Report on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000110465920032055/tm2011880-1_10k.htm">Form 10-K</a> for the year ended December 31, 2019 (&#8220;2019 Annual Report
      on Form 10-K&#8221;), which we filed with the SEC on March 12, 2020.</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K (or 8-K/A, as applicable) filed with the SEC on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000119312520021673/d880173d8k.htm">January 31, 2020</a>,
      <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000119312520026857/d884454d8k.htm">February 6, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000119312520028315/d880241d8k.htm">February 7, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828020002119/a8k-vrt02242020.htm">February 24, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828020002714/a8k-vrt03022020.htm">March 3, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828020003411/a8-kaamendmentno2.htm">March 12, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828020004819/a8kvrt04082020.htm">April 8, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000095014220002003/eh2001057_8k.htm">August 13, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828020014148/vrt-20201001.htm">October 1, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828020014999/vrt-20201028.htm">October 28, 2020</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000095014220002510/eh200112963_8k.htm">November 13, 2020</a> and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828020017633/vrt-20201217.htm">December 17, 2020</a>.</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The description of our Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, set forth in <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000110465920032055/tm2011880d1_ex4-9.htm">Exhibit 4.9</a>
      to our 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement
      and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
      Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished but not filed on Form 8&#8209;K under the Exchange Act shall not be incorporated </div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
      modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
      statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Item 4. Description of&#160; Securities</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Not applicable.</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Not applicable.</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Section 145 of the DGCL, as amended, authorizes us to indemnify any director or officer under certain prescribed circumstances and subject to certain limitations against certain
      costs and expenses, including attorney&#8217;s fees actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to which a person is a party by reason of being one of our
      directors or officers if it is determined that such person acted in accordance with the applicable standard of conduct set forth in such statutory provisions.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that our officers and directors are indemnified by us to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law, as it now exists or may in the
      future be amended. In addition, our Certificate of Incorporation provides that our directors will not be personally liable for monetary damages to us or our stockholders for breaches of their fiduciary duty as directors, except to the extent such
      exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Our Bylaws permit us to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or agent of the Company for any liability arising out of his or her actions, regardless of
      whether Delaware law would permit such indemnification. We have purchased a policy of directors&#8217; and officers&#8217; liability insurance that insures our officers and directors against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in some
      circumstances and insures us against our obligations to indemnify our officers and directors. In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our officers and directors, a form of which is incorporated by reference in this
      registration statement. These agreements require us to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law against liabilities that may arise by reason of their service to us, and to advance expenses incurred as a result of
      any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing
      provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;">Item 7. Exemption from registration claimed</div>
    <div style="line-height: 1.25; font-weight: bold;"> <br>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Not applicable.</div>
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As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2020
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Vertiv Holdings Co
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
81-2376902
(I.R.S Employer
Identification No.)
1050 Dearborn Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43085
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Vertiv Group Corporation Employee Retirement Savings Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
David Fallon
Chief Financial Officer
Vertiv Holdings Co
1050 Dearborn Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43085
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(614) 888-0246
(Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
With copies to:
John C. Kennedy, Esq.
Jean McLoughlin, Esq.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
(212) 373-3000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth
      company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b 2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
☒
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
Emerging growth company
☒
☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
      provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be registered
Amount to be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Class A Common Stock")
40,000,000 (1)
$19.10 (2)
$764,000,000.00 (2)
$83,352.40 (3)
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement shall also cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of Class A Common Stock of Vertiv
      Holdings Co (the "Registrant") that may, with respect to the shares of Class A Common Stock registered hereunder, become issuable under the Registrant's Vertiv Group Corporation Employee Retirement Savings Plan (the "Plan") by reason of any stock
      dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant's receipt of consideration, which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock.  In addition,
      pursuant to Rule 416(c) of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement covers an indeterminate amount of plan interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act, on the basis of the average of the high and
      low prices per share of the Class A Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on December 17, 2020.
(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act. Calculated in accordance with Section 6 of the Securities Act and Rule 457
      under the Securities Act by multiplying 0.0001091 and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Vertiv Holdings Co (the "Company" or "Registrant") is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") to register 40,000,000 shares of its Class A
      Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, which may include purchases by the Plan in open market transactions, and an indeterminate amount of plan interests issuable pursuant to the Plan.
PART I.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of the instructions to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as
      required by Rule 428(b)(1) of the rules promulgated under the Securities Act  of 1933, as amended. These documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as a part of this registration statement in
      accordance with Rule 428(b) and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
We are incorporating by reference certain information that we have filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The
      information contained in the documents that we are incorporating by reference is considered to be part of this Registration Statement, and the information that we later file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede the information
      contained or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. We are incorporating by reference:
The Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2019 ("2019 Annual Report
      on Form 10-K"), which we filed with the SEC on March 12, 2020.
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K (or 8-K/A, as applicable) filed with the SEC on
January 31, 2020
,
February 6, 2020
,
February 7, 2020
,
February 24, 2020
,
March 3, 2020
,
March 12, 2020
,
April 8, 2020
,
August 13, 2020
,
October 1, 2020
,
October 28, 2020
,
November 13, 2020
and
December 17, 2020
.
The description of our Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, set forth in
Exhibit 4.9
to our 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement
      and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
      Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished but not filed on Form 8‑K under the Exchange Act shall not be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
      modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
      statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of  Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145 of the DGCL, as amended, authorizes us to indemnify any director or officer under certain prescribed circumstances and subject to certain limitations against certain
      costs and expenses, including attorney's fees actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to which a person is a party by reason of being one of our
      directors or officers if it is determined that such person acted in accordance with the applicable standard of conduct set forth in such statutory provisions.
Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that our officers and directors are indemnified by us to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law, as it now exists or may in the
      future be amended. In addition, our Certificate of Incorporation provides that our directors will not be personally liable for monetary damages to us or our stockholders for breaches of their fiduciary duty as directors, except to the extent such
      exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended.
Our Bylaws permit us to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or agent of the Company for any liability arising out of his or her actions, regardless of
      whether Delaware law would permit such indemnification. We have purchased a policy of directors' and officers' liability insurance that insures our officers and directors against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in some
      circumstances and insures us against our obligations to indemnify our officers and directors. In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our officers and directors, a form of which is incorporated by reference in this
      registration statement. These agreements require us to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law against liabilities that may arise by reason of their service to us, and to advance expenses incurred as a result of
      any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing
      provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption from registration claimed
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit Numbers
Description
4.2
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Vertiv Holdings Co. (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
                Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 12, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference)
4.3
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Vertiv Holdings Co. (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
                filed on March 12, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference)
5.1
Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP*
5.2
Internal Revenue Service letter in respect of Vertiv Group Corporation Employee Retirement Savings Plan*
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered accounting firm*
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered accounting firm*
23.3
Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)*
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)*
99.1
Vertiv Group Corporation Employee Retirement Savings Plan
–
Basic Plan Document*
99.2
Vertiv Group Corporation Employee Retirement Savings Plan –
                Adoption Agreement, as amended*
*Filed herewith
Item 9. Undertakings
(a)          The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)          To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)          To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)          To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
      or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement;
(iii)          To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
      registration statement;
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Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
        the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
        1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)          That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
      securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)          To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)          The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
      or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
      registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
      foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
      that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
      proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
      court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
      Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on the 23rd day of December, 2020.
VERTIV HOLDINGS CO
By:
/s/ Rob Johnson
Name: Rob Johnson
Title Chief Executive Officer
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Rob Johnson, David J. Fallon and David M. Cote, and each of them his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
      and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to this Registration Statement,
      and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
      every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them,
      or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Rob Johnson
Chief Executive Officer and Director
December 23, 2020
Rob Johnson
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ David J. Fallon
Chief Financial Officer
December 23, 2020
David J. Fallon
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Scott A. Cripps
Chief Accounting Officer
December 23, 2020
Scott A. Cripps
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ David M. Cote
Executive Chairman of the Board
December 23, 2020
David M. Cote
/s/ Joseph van Dokkum
Director
December 23, 2020
Joseph van Dokkum
/s/ Roger Fradin
Director
December 23, 2020
Roger Fradin
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/s/ Jacob Kotzubei
Director
December 23, 2020
Jacob Kotzubei
/s/ Matthew Louie
Director
December 23, 2020
Matthew Louie
/s/ Edward L. Monser
Director
December 23, 2020
Edward L. Monser
/s/ Steven S. Reinemund
Director
December 23, 2020
Steven S. Reinemund
/s/ Robin L. Washington
Director
December 23, 2020
Robin L. Washington
The Plan
.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
        undersigned administrator of the Vertiv Group Corporation Employee Retirement Savings Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbus, State of Ohio,
        on the 23rd day of December, 2020.
VERTIV GROUP CORPORATION EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
By:
/s/ Rebecca Bleeker
Name:
Rebecca Bleeker
Title:
The Plan Administrator
for the Vertiv Group Corporation
Employee Retirement Savings Plan
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