---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-041559"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NVT"
cik: "0001720635"
company_name: "nVent Electric plc"
filed_at: "2023-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T06:31:44.731625+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# nVent Electric to acquire ECM Investors for $1.1B; expects Q2 2023 close

## Summary
- Aggregate purchase price of $1.1B, subject to customary adjustments.
- Acquisition expected to close in Q2 2023, subject to HSR and other conditions.
- nVent to fund with available cash and new debt; JPMorgan committed $800M bridge facility.
- ECM Investors is parent of ECM Industries, LLC; nVent will indirectly own all equity.
- Merger agreement includes customary representations, warranties, and termination rights.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-041559
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NVT
- cik: 0001720635
- company_name: nVent Electric plc
- filed_at: 2023-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1720635/000110465923041559/0001104659-23-041559-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1720635/000110465923041559/tm2311377d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-041559
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-041559.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  nVent Electric plc entered into Merger Agreement with ECM Investors, LLC, Sentinel ECM Blocker, Inc., et al. valued at $1.1 billion (effective 2023-04-01).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: ECM Investors, LLC, Sentinel ECM Blocker, Inc., et al.
  - Value: $1.1 billion
  - Effective: 2023-04-01
  source text: On April 1, 2023, nVent Electric plc (the “Company”) entered into a Merger Agreement with ECM Investors, LLC (“ECM Investors”), Sentinel ECM Blocker, Inc. (“Blocker Corp”), Lionel Acquisition Co., a subsidiary of the Company (“Purchaser”), Everest Blocker Holding, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company (“Blocker Purchaser”), Everest Acquisition Merger Sub, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), Everest Blocker Merger Sub, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company (“Blocker Merger Sub”), and Sentinel Capital Partners L.L.C. (the “Merger Agreement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1720635/000110465923041559/0001104659-23-041559-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.