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M&A · Industrials · Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services

Thrive Holdings to acquire ADT Inc.

Announced Oct 29, 2026 · Announced

Deal value$15.30BEV $15.30B
Premium45.6%To unaffected price
EV / Adj. EBITDA5.6x3.0x EV / Revenue
ConsiderationAll cash$10.00 per share

Transaction

Acquirer
Thrive Holdings
Target
ADT Inc. (ADT)
Buyer type
Strategic
Offer price per share
$10.00
Enterprise value
$15.30B
Status
Announced

Deal protections

Break fee (target pays)
—
Reverse fee (buyer pays)
$473M · 3.1%
Go-shop
Go-shop
Financing
—

Advisors

To the acquirer
Evercore
To the target
Citigroup, Goldman Sachs

Sector context · Industrials

Comparable deals
99 in the prior 24 months
Premium
45.6% vs. 37.5% sector median
EV / Adj. EBITDA
5.6x vs. 11.4x sector median
Break fee
Sector median 3.0%

Timeline

  1. AnnouncedOct 29, 2026
  2. ClosedPending
Sources
  • 8-K (EX-99.1) · Oct 29, 2026
  • 8-K · Oct 29, 2026

Adj. EBITDA is operating income + D&A + impairment, restructuring, deal costs and stock compensation, less any large gain on a sale, last twelve months, from the target's filings. Calculated by Castle, so it can differ from a bank's adjusted figure.

Prepared with Castle from public SEC EDGAR filings. Figures are extracted automatically; verify against the source documents. Not investment advice.