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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-073344"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APH"
cik: "0000820313"
company_name: "AMPHENOL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T21:40:33.306313+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Amphenol to acquire CommScope's CCS business for $10.5B in cash

## Summary
- Purchase price of $10.5 billion in cash; CCS expected to generate ~$3.6B sales and 26% EBITDA margins in 2025.
- Adds fiber optic interconnects for IT datacom/AI, broadband, and building connectivity; complements existing offerings.
- Expected to be accretive to Amphenol's diluted EPS in first full year after closing, excluding acquisition costs.
- Financed via cash on hand and committed debt from J.P. Morgan, BNP Paribas, and Mizuho; closing targeted H1 2026.
- Second CommScope acquisition this year following the Andrew business; CCS has over 15,000 employees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-073344
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APH
- cik: 0000820313
- company_name: AMPHENOL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820313/000110465925073344/0001104659-25-073344-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820313/000110465925073344/tm2522435d1_8k.htm

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