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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001704720-21-000055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNNE"
cik: "0001704720"
company_name: "Cannae Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T21:49:38.469521+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cannae reports Q2 net earnings $176.4M ($1.94 EPS); adj EBITDA $108.1M; repurchased 2.73M shares

## Summary
- Q2 net earnings of $176.4M ($1.94 diluted EPS) vs $475.3M ($5.87) a year ago; adjusted EBITDA $108.1M vs $22.7M.
- Book value per share $40.71 at June 30, 2021, up 20% from $34.00 a year earlier.
- Repurchased 2.73M shares (nearly 3% of outstanding) for $96.5M at avg $35.33.
- Committed up to $690M backstop for Austerlitz I/Wynn merger (EV ~$3.2B) and up to $200M for Trebia/System1 (EV ~$1.4B).
- Monetized $175M in Ceridian shares and $186M in DNB shares; sold Village Inn/Bakers Square for $13.5M (closed July 30).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001704720-21-000055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNNE
- cik: 0001704720
- company_name: Cannae Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704720/000170472021000055/0001704720-21-000055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1704720/000170472021000055/cnne-20210805.htm

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