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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-067393"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRT"
cik: "0001674101"
company_name: "Vertiv Holdings Co"
filed_at: "2026-10-27T10:34:09+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-27T10:35:07.917494+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.78
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vertiv closes $1.45B UtilityInnovation Group acquisition, plus up to $1.15B EBITDA earnout

## Summary
- Upfront cash of ~$1.45 billion paid at closing; additional contingent cash of up to $1.15 billion payable in two tranches tied to 12- and 24-month EBITDA targets.
- Purchase price represents ~13x expected UIG 2027 EBITDA; multiple anticipated to be significantly lower if the full earnout is paid.
- Vertiv expects the deal to be accretive to adjusted EPS in the first year; UIG becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vertiv Corporation.
- UIG adds microgrid controls, onsite generation and storage orchestration, microgrid switchgear and behind-the-meter power design, extending Vertiv to the grid interconnect.
- CEO Giordano Albertazzi cites power-constrained AI data centers; J.P. Morgan advised Vertiv and Morgan Stanley advised UIG.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-067393
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRT
- cik: 0001674101
- company_name: Vertiv Holdings Co
- filed_at: 2026-10-27T10:34:09+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.78
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828026067393/0001628280-26-067393-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828026067393/vrt-20261027.htm

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