---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000889331-25-000186"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LFUS"
cik: "0000889331"
company_name: "LITTELFUSE INC /DE"
filed_at: "2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:05:50.113259+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Littelfuse to acquire Basler Electric for ~$350M cash; closes Q4 2025

## Summary
- Purchase price ~$350M cash; net ~$320M after ~$30M tax benefit present value.
- Basler expected 2025 revenue of $125M, high-teens adjusted EBITDA margin.
- Transaction ~13.5x 2025 adjusted EBITDA; accretive to adjusted EPS in 2026.
- Basler serves grid/utility, power generation, data center; ~700 employees.
- Closing expected by end of Q4 2025, subject to regulatory approvals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000889331-25-000186
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LFUS
- cik: 0000889331
- company_name: LITTELFUSE INC /DE
- filed_at: 2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889331/000088933125000186/0000889331-25-000186-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889331/000088933125000186/lfus-20251024.htm

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