UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 12, 2018

GS Acquisition Holdings Corp

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(212) 902-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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On June 12, 2018, GS Acquisition Holdings Corp (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 69,000,000 units (the “Units”), including the issuance of 9,000,000 Units as a result of the underwriters’ exercise of their option to purchase additional Units in full. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), and one-third of one redeemable warrant of the Company. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock for $11.50 per share. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $690,000,000.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale of 10,533,333 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, to the Company’s sponsor, GS DC Sponsor I LLC, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $15,800,000.

A total of $690,000,000, comprised of proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, including $24,150,000 of the underwriters’ deferred discount, were placed in a U.S.-based trust account at Wilmington Trust, N.A., maintained by Wilmington Trust, N.A., acting as trustee. An audited balance sheet as of June 12, 2018 reflecting receipt of the proceeds upon consummation of the IPO and the Private Placement has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

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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.