---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-020500"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BCO"
cik: "0000078890"
company_name: "BRINKS CO"
filed_at: "2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T23:57:44.420232+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Brink's acquires NCR Atleos in $30 cash + 0.1574 shares per share deal; up to $2.3B bridge financing

## Summary
- Merger consideration: $30.00 cash plus 0.1574 Brink's shares per NCR Atleos share.
- Brink's obtained debt commitment from Morgan Stanley for up to $2.276B base bridge facility to fund the acquisition.
- Closing requires approvals from both companies' shareholders, antitrust clearance, and other regulatory consents.
- Termination fees: $145M payable by NCR Atleos to Brink's; $175M payable by Brink's to NCR Atleos under specified conditions.
- At closing, one NCR Atleos director will be appointed to Brink's board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-020500
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BCO
- cik: 0000078890
- company_name: BRINKS CO
- filed_at: 2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78890/000110465926020500/0001104659-26-020500-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78890/000110465926020500/tm267399d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  BRINKS CO entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with NCR Atleos Corporation, Novus Merger Sub, Inc., Novus Merger Sub II, LLC (effective 2026-02-26).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: NCR Atleos Corporation, Novus Merger Sub, Inc., Novus Merger Sub II, LLC
  - Effective: 2026-02-26
  source text: On February 26, 2026, The Brink’s Company, a Virginia corporation (“ Brink’s ”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”), by and among Brink’s, NCR Atleos Corporation, a Maryland corporation (“ NCR Atleos ”), Novus Merger Sub, Inc., a Maryland corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Brink’s (“ Merger Sub I ”) and Novus Merger Sub II, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Brink’s (“ Merger Sub II ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78890/000110465926020500/0001104659-26-020500-index.htm

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