---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-011808"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TEL"
cik: "0001385157"
company_name: "TE Connectivity plc"
filed_at: "2025-02-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T22:46:46.014016+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TE Connectivity to acquire Richards Manufacturing for ~$2.3B to expand energy utility position

## Summary
- All-cash deal valued at ~$2.3B, subject to customary adjustments, funded via cash and new debt.
- Richards has ~$400M annual sales with mid-30% EBITDA margins and double-digit revenue growth.
- Acquisition expected to be accretive: ~$0.10 adjusted EPS accretion in first full year, mid-teens ROIC by year 5.
- Transaction expected to close in TE's fiscal Q3 2025 (June 2025), pending regulatory approvals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-011808
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TEL
- cik: 0001385157
- company_name: TE Connectivity plc
- filed_at: 2025-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1385157/000110465925011808/0001104659-25-011808-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1385157/000110465925011808/tm256266d1_8k.htm

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