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accession: "0001388658-26-000083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IRTC"
cik: "0001388658"
company_name: "iRhythm Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-05T13:07:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:47:40.384920+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# iRhythm closes $237.5M cash acquisition of VitalConnect, adding MCT and multi-vitals monitoring

## Summary
- Purchase consideration was $237.5M in cash, subject to customary adjustments, plus up to 423,334 shares issued at closing, funded from iRhythm's balance sheet.
- iRhythm also provided $10.0M of working capital funding to VitalConnect between signing and closing.
- Transaction is expected to enhance iRhythm's revenue growth rate beginning in 2027 while preserving its previously communicated 15% adjusted EBITDA margin target for 2027.
- VitalConnect adds mobile cardiac telemetry, up to 30-day patient monitoring, four-in-one functionality, live look-in and monitoring of up to 11 physiological parameters.
- Updated 2026 guidance inclusive of VitalConnect will be given on iRhythm's Q3 earnings call November 5, 2026; CEO Quentin Blackford cited expansion into inpatient and hospital-to-home care.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001388658-26-000083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IRTC
- cik: 0001388658
- company_name: iRhythm Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-05T13:07:15+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1388658/000138865826000083/0001388658-26-000083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1388658/000138865826000083/irtc-20261005.htm

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