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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-308782"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HUBB"
cik: "0000048898"
company_name: "HUBBELL INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:38:05.372832+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hubbell sells Commercial & Industrial Lighting business to GE Current for $350M cash

## Summary
- Purchase price of $350M in cash, subject to customary working capital and net indebtedness adjustments.
- Business generated approximately $515M in sales in 2020; designs LED lighting and controls for C&I customers.
- Transaction expected to close in Q1 2022, pending regulatory approvals and customary conditions.
- Net proceeds to be deployed toward accretive bolt-on acquisitions and share repurchases.
- CEO says sale creates more focused portfolio with higher growth and margin characteristics.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-308782
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HUBB
- cik: 0000048898
- company_name: HUBBELL INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48898/000119312521308782/0001193125-21-308782-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48898/000119312521308782/d241555d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-308782.txt

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