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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-226949"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GGG"
cik: "0000042888"
company_name: "GRACO INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T01:42:20.276632+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Graco signs definitive agreement to acquire Corob S.p.A. for €230 million

## Summary
- Graco to acquire Corob S.p.A. for €230M base plus up to €30M contingent consideration.
- Corob had 2023 revenue of €110M; employs over 600 people in Italy, India, and Canada.
- Acquisition expected to close in Graco's fiscal Q4 2024, subject to customary conditions.
- Corob specializes in high-tech dispensing and mixing solutions for paints and coatings, strengthening Graco's Contractor segment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-226949
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GGG
- cik: 0000042888
- company_name: GRACO INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42888/000119312524226949/0001193125-24-226949-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42888/000119312524226949/d771161d8k.htm

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