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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-080713"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APH"
cik: "0000820313"
company_name: "AMPHENOL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-07-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T20:00:50.036319+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Amphenol to acquire CommScope's mobile networks businesses for $2.1B cash

## Summary
- Deal includes CommScope's Outdoor Wireless Networks and Distributed Antenna Systems segments.
- Acquired businesses expected to have FY2024 sales of ~$1.2B and EBITDA margins of ~25%.
- Acquisition expected to be accretive to Amphenol's diluted EPS in first full year after closing.
- Expected to close in first half of 2025, subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions.
- Financed through cash on hand and debt; Goldman Sachs and Latham & Watkins are advisors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-080713
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APH
- cik: 0000820313
- company_name: AMPHENOL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-07-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820313/000110465924080713/0001104659-24-080713-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820313/000110465924080713/tm2419686d1_8k.htm

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