The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to Completion, Dated November 15, 2021

We are offering 11,000,000 shares of Class A common stock of Definitive Healthcare Corp. Our Class A common stock is listed on Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “DH.” On November 12, 2021, the last sale price of our common stock as reported on Nasdaq was $41.90 per share. In this prospectus, unless the context otherwise requires, “Definitive,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Definitive Healthcare Corp, Definitive OpCo (as defined herein) and their subsidiaries.

We have two classes of common stock: Class A common stock and Class B common stock. Holders of shares of our Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share of Class A common stock held of record on all matters on which stockholders are entitled to vote generally. Holders of shares of our Class B common stock are entitled to one vote for each share of Class B common stock held of record on all matters on which stockholders of Definitive Healthcare Corp. are entitled to vote generally. See “Description of Capital Stock.” The number of outstanding LLC Units (as defined herein) of Definitive OpCo will equal the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock. See “Prospectus Summary—Organizational Structure.”

As a result, certain Unitholders will be able to significantly influence any action requiring the general approval of our stockholders, including the election of our board of directors, the adoption of amendments to our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and the approval of any merger or sale of the Company or substantially all of our assets. See “Management.”

We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering (i) for acquisitions or investments and general corporate purposes, including purchasing 7,000,000 newly issued LLC Units from Definitive OpCo, and (ii) to repurchase an aggregate of 2,233,238 shares of Class A common stock and purchase 1,766,762 LLC Units in Definitive OpCo from existing holders, including our Sponsors, officers, directors and their affiliates, in a “synthetic secondary” transaction, at a price per share of Class A common stock and per LLC Unit in each case, equal to the public offering price of Class A common stock less the underwriting discounts. In the event the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares, we will use the net proceeds to repurchase additional shares of Class A common stock and to purchase additional limited liability interests in Definitive OpCo from existing holders. See “Use of Proceeds” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined under the federal securities laws and, as such, will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. See “Prospectus Summary—Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company.”

 

 

 

The underwriters have an option to purchase up to an additional 1,650,000 shares of Class A common stock from us at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts.

 

 

 

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The date of this prospectus is                     , 2021

 

 

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus or in any free-writing prospectus we may specifically authorize to be delivered or made available to you. Neither we nor the underwriters (or any of our or their respective affiliates) have authorized anyone to provide any information other than that contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. Neither we nor the underwriters (or any of our or their respective affiliates) take any responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We and the underwriters (or any of our or their respective affiliates) are not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus or any free-writing prospectus is accurate only as of its date, regardless of its time of delivery or the time of any sale of shares of our Class A common stock. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

In this prospectus, unless the context otherwise requires, “Definitive,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Definitive Healthcare Corp., Definitive OpCo and their subsidiaries. References to “Predecessor Company” refer to Definitive OpCo prior to July 16, 2019 and “Successor Company” refer to Definitive OpCo after July 15, 2019. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Impact of Acquisitions.”

 

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We own or have the rights to use various trademarks, trade names, service marks and copyrights, including: Definitive Healthcare and our logo used in association with our name. Solely for convenience, any trademarks, trade names, service marks or copyrights referred to or used herein are listed without the applicable , or ™ symbol, but such references or uses are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we, or the applicable owner, will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our or their, as applicable, rights to these trademarks, trade names, service marks and copyrights. Other trademarks, trade names, service marks or copyrights of any other company appearing in this prospectus are, to our knowledge, the property of their respective owners.

Unless otherwise indicated, market data and industry information used throughout this prospectus is based on management’s knowledge of the industry and the good faith estimates of management. We also relied, to the extent available, upon management’s review of independent industry surveys and publications, other publicly available information prepared by a number of sources, including consultant surveys and forecasts. All of the market data and industry information used in this prospectus involves a number of assumptions and limitations, and you are cautioned not to give undue weight to such estimates. Although we believe that these sources are reliable, neither we nor the underwriters can guarantee the accuracy or completeness of this information and neither we nor the underwriters have independently verified this information. Additionally, from time to time, these sources may change their input information or methodologies, which may change the related results. While we believe the estimated market position, market opportunity and market size information included in this prospectus is generally reliable, such information, which is derived in part from management’s estimates and beliefs, is inherently uncertain and imprecise. Projections, assumptions and estimates of our future performance and the future performance of the industry in which we operate are necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described in “Risk Factors,” “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and elsewhere in this prospectus. These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in our estimates and beliefs and in the estimates prepared by independent parties.

We have relied on the calculations and analysis and our use of third-party analytics tools to present metrics that, as closely as possible, reflect genuine users and legitimate user activity on our platform.

However, data from such sources may include inaccuracies such as information relating to fraudulent accounts or interactions with our sites. Such inaccuracies and fraudulent accounts or interactions may be caused by the use of bots or other mechanisms to generate false impressions, persons with multiple accounts on one service, persons with deactivated or inactive accounts and multiple views by the same user. We have only a limited ability to independently verify the metrics provided by and third-party analytics tools. Investors should not place undue reliance or emphasis on website visits given these limitations and the fact that such measures do not bear any direct relationship to our financial condition or results of operations.

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We refer in this prospectus to Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Gross Profit, Adjusted Gross Margin, Adjusted EBITDA Margin Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted Net Income (Loss), as non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (“GAAP”). These are supplemental financial measures of our performance, and should not be considered substitutes for net (loss) income, gross profit or any other measure derived in accordance with GAAP.

As used in this prospectus, EBITDA means earnings before debt-related costs, including interest expense and interest income, provision for taxes, depreciation and amortization and Adjusted EBITDA means EBITDA adjusted to exclude certain items of a significant or unusual nature, including stock-based compensation, acquisition-related expenses and other non-recurring expenses. Adjusted EBITDA Margin is determined by calculating the percentage Adjusted EBITDA is of revenue. Adjusted Gross Profit means revenue less cost of revenue (excluding acquisition-related depreciation and amortization) and Adjusted Gross Margin means Adjusted Gross Profit as a percentage of revenue. Adjusted Gross Profit differs from gross profit, in that gross profit includes acquisition-related depreciation and amortization expense.

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are key metrics used by management and our board of directors to assess the profitability of our operations. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin provide useful measures to investors to assess our operating performance because these metrics eliminate non-recurring and unusual items and non-cash expenses, which we do not consider indicative of ongoing operational performance. We believe that these metrics are helpful to investors in measuring the profitability of our operations on a consolidated level.

Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted Net Income (Loss) mean income from operations plus acquisition- related amortization, stock-based compensation, acquisition-related expenses and other non-recurring adjustments.

Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Margin are key metrics used by management and our board of directors to assess our operations. We exclude acquisition-related depreciation and amortization expense as they have no direct correlation to the cost of operating our business on an ongoing basis. A small quantity of stock- based compensation is included in cost of revenue in accordance with GAAP, but is excluded from our Adjusted Gross Margin calculations due to its non-cash nature.

Our use of the terms Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Margin may vary from the use of similar terms by other companies in our industry and accordingly may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies and are not measures of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP. These metrics are intended as supplemental measures of our performance that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. These metrics should not be considered as alternatives to (loss) income from operations, net (loss) income, gross profit, earnings per share or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP, or as measures of operating cash flows or liquidity. Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Margin have important limitations as an analytical tool. Some of these limitations are:

 

 

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In evaluating Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Margin, you should be aware that in the future we may incur expenses similar to those eliminated in these presentations.

See “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Consolidated Financial and Other Data” for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss), the most directly comparable GAAP measure and a reconciliation of Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Margin to gross profit, the most directly comparable GAAP measure.

 

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