---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-204099"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HUBB"
cik: "0000048898"
company_name: "HUBBELL INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:08:14.430516+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hubbell to acquire NSI Industries for $3.0B cash; ~15.5x 2026 EBITDA

## Summary
- Purchase price $3.0B in cash (subject to customary adjustments); ~15.5x NSI's anticipated 2026 EBITDA.
- NSI expects ~$570M revenue in 2026; deal accretive to Hubbell adjusted EPS in 2026.
- Transaction financed with cash on hand and debt; $2.8B bridge loan committed by JPMorgan, BofA, HSBC.
- Anticipated close mid-2026; subject to HSR and customary conditions; $150M termination fee if antitrust fails.
- NSI adds electrical fittings, connectors, wire management products; complements Hubbell Electrical Solutions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-204099
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HUBB
- cik: 0000048898
- company_name: HUBBELL INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48898/000119312526204099/0001193125-26-204099-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48898/000119312526204099/d133302d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 6591743fd2c81c354fa2c5201929ee05169dcf9d
  claim: HUBBELL INC entered into Agreement with NSI Electrical Buyer, Inc., NSI Buyer, LP valued at $3.0 billion in cash (effective 2026-05-01).
  evidence_excerpt: ☐ ITEM 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. On May 1, 2026, Hubbell Incorporated, a Connecticut corporation, and Hubbell Incorporated (Delaware), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Hubbell Incorporated, entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”), by and among Hubbell Incorporated (Delaware), NSI Electrical Buyer, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), NSI Buyer, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Seller”), and Hubbell Incorporated, as parent guarantor (together with Hubbell Incorporated (Delaware), “Hubbell”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/48898/000119312526204099/0001193125-26-204099-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.