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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001674101-25-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRT"
cik: "0001674101"
company_name: "Vertiv Holdings Co"
filed_at: "2025-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T14:16:18.973522+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vertiv completes $1.0B acquisition of PurgeRite for liquid cooling services

## Summary
- Upfront cash consideration ~$1.0B; additional earnout up to $250M based on post-closing performance.
- PurgeRite provides mechanical flushing, purging, and filtration for data centers and mission-critical facilities.
- Acquisition strengthens Vertiv's thermal management services for high-density computing and AI liquid cooling.
- CEO Gio Albertazzi says PurgeRite's expertise complements Vertiv's portfolio for end-to-end thermal chain support.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001674101-25-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRT
- cik: 0001674101
- company_name: Vertiv Holdings Co
- filed_at: 2025-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000167410125000031/0001674101-25-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000167410125000031/vrt-20251204.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001674101-25-000031.txt

## Key facts
- M&A Transactions
  Vertiv Holdings Co completed an acquisition involving Purge Rite Intermediate, LLC for $1.0 billion in upfront cash consideration (closed 2025-12-04).
  - Action: acquisition
  - Counterparty: Purge Rite Intermediate, LLC
  - Consideration: $1.0 billion in upfront cash consideration
  - Closing: 2025-12-04
  source text: On December 4, 2025 (the “Closing Date”) Vertiv Corporation, an Ohio corporation (“Buyer”) and subsidiary of Vertiv Holdings Co, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) completed the acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of all of the outstanding interests in Purge Rite Intermediate, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“PurgeRite”), for approximately $1.0 billion in upfront cash consideration, subject to customary adjustments for target working capital, indebtedness and expenses, plus additional potential cash consideration of up to $250 million in cash, which additional consideration shall be calculated based on post-closing performance metrics of the acquired business, pursuant to the terms and conditions of that previously announced Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2025, by and between Buyer, the Company, Purge Rite and Purge Rite Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Acquisition Agreement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000167410125000031/0001674101-25-000031-index.htm

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