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Acquisitions (Notes) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2025
Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract] |
Acquisitions | Acquisitions Electrical Products Group Acquisition On May 1, 2025, we acquired the Electrical Products Group for a purchase price of $979.6 million in cash. The Electrical Products Group is a leading provider of infrastructure solutions, designed to help ensure safe and reliable electrical operations primarily in the infrastructure vertical, including power utilities and data centers. We operate the Electrical Products Group predominantly within our Systems Protection reporting segment. We funded the purchase price for the acquisition with available cash on hand. The purchase price has been preliminarily allocated based on the estimated fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of the Electrical Products Group acquisition. The preliminary purchase price allocation is subject to further refinement and may require significant adjustments to arrive at the final purchase price allocation. These changes will primarily relate to impacts associated with income taxes and other accruals. There can be no assurance that such finalization will not result in material changes from the preliminary purchase price allocation. The following table summarizes our preliminary estimates of the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Electrical Products Group acquisition previously reported as of September 30, 2025 and revised as of December 31, 2025:
In millions | As Previously Reported | As Revised
Accounts receivable | $ | 98.0 |  | $ | 98.0 |
Inventories | 22.0 |  | 22.0 |
Other current assets | 87.3 |  | 87.4 |
Property, plant and equipment | 39.0 |  | 38.9 |
Identifiable intangible assets | 433.8 |  | 433.8 |
Goodwill | 440.9 |  | 439.3 |
Other assets | 23.5 |  | 26.2 |
Current liabilities | (145.8) |  | (146.0) |
Other liabilities | (20.0) |  | (20.0) |
Purchase price | $ | 978.7 |  | $ | 979.6 |
The excess purchase price over tangible net assets and identified intangible assets acquired has been allocated to goodwill in the amount of $439.3 million, substantially all of which is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. Goodwill recognized from the Electrical Products Group acquisition reflects the future economic benefit resulting from synergies of our combined operations. Preliminary identifiable intangible assets acquired relate to $325.2 million of definite-lived customer relationships with estimated useful lives of 16 and 20 years, $32.8 million of definite-lived proprietary technologies with estimated useful lives of 8 years and $75.8 million of customer backlog with estimated useful lives of approximately 3 years. The fair values of proprietary technologies acquired in the acquisition were determined using a relief-from-royalty method, and the fair values of customer relationships and customer backlog acquired were determined using a multi-period excess earnings method. These methods utilize unobservable inputs that are significant to these fair value measurements and thus classified as Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. Electrical Products Group net sales and operating income for the period from the acquisition date to December 31, 2025 were $331.7 million and $35.6 million, respectively. Electrical Products Group operating income for the year ended December 31, 2025 includes $34.1 million of identifiable intangible asset amortization expense. Trachte Acquisition On July 16, 2024, as part of our Systems Protection reporting segment, we completed the acquisition of Trachte for approximately $687.5 million in cash. Trachte is a leading manufacturer of engineered control building solutions designed to protect critical infrastructure assets. The purchase price was funded primarily through borrowings under the 2024 Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility (as described in Note 10 below). The purchase price has been allocated based on the estimated fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of the Trachte acquisition. The following table summarizes the final fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Trachte acquisition:
In millions |
Cash | $ | 13.6 |
Accounts receivable | 45.4 |
Inventories | 10.0 |
Other current assets | 42.2 |
Property, plant and equipment | 11.1 |
Identifiable intangible assets | 331.5 |
Goodwill | 368.9 |
Other assets | 25.3 |
Current liabilities | (63.2) |
Other liabilities | (97.3) |
Purchase price | $ | 687.5 |
The excess purchase price over tangible net assets and identified intangible assets acquired has been allocated to goodwill in the amount of $368.9 million, substantially none of which is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. Goodwill recognized from the Trachte acquisition reflects the future economic benefit resulting from synergies of our combined operations. Identifiable intangible assets acquired include $55.4 million of indefinite-lived trade names, $206.6 million of definite-lived customer relationships with an estimated useful life of 17 years, $23.8 million of definite-lived proprietary technology with an estimated useful life of 8 years and $45.7 million of customer backlog with an estimated useful life of 2 years. The fair values of trade names and proprietary technology acquired in the acquisition were determined using a relief-from-royalty method, and the fair values of customer relationships and customer backlog acquired were determined using a multi-period excess earnings method. These methods utilize unobservable inputs that are significant to these fair value measurements and thus classified as Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The following table presents unaudited pro forma financial information as if the acquisitions of Electrical Products Group and Trachte had occurred on January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2023, respectively:
|  |  | Years ended December 31
In millions, except per share data |  |  |  | 2025 | 2024
Net sales |  |  |  | $ | 4,032.9 |  | $ | 3,480.2 |
Net income from continuing operations |  |  |  | 444.5 |  | 242.0 |
Net income |  |  |  | 726.2 |  | 333.0 |
Earnings per ordinary share |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations |  |  |  | $ | 2.74 |  | $ | 1.46 |
Basic earnings per ordinary share |  |  |  | $ | 4.47 |  | $ | 2.01 |
Diluted |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations |  |  |  | $ | 2.70 |  | $ | 1.44 |
Diluted earnings per ordinary share |  |  |  | $ | 4.41 |  | $ | 1.98 |
The unaudited pro forma results include adjustments for the amortization of acquired intangible assets and interest expense on debt issued to finance the Trachte acquisition, as well as the related income tax impact. The pro forma condensed consolidated financial information has been prepared for comparative purposes only and includes certain adjustments, as noted above. The adjustments are estimates based on currently available information and actual amounts may differ materially from these estimates. They do not reflect the effect of costs or synergies that would have been expected to result from the integration of the Electrical Products Group and Trachte acquisitions. The pro forma information does not purport to be indicative of the results of operations that actually would have resulted had the Electrical Products Group and Trachte acquisitions occurred on January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2023, respectively. 2023 Acquisitions On May 18, 2023, as part of our Electrical Connections reporting segment, we completed the acquisition of ECM Investors, LLC, the parent of ECM Industries, LLC ("ECM Industries"), for approximately $1.1 billion in cash. ECM Industries is a leading provider of high-value electrical connectors, tools and test instruments and cable management. The purchase price was funded primarily through borrowings under the 2033 Notes and 2023 Term Loan Facility (as described in Note 10 below). The purchase price has been allocated based on the estimated fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of the ECM Industries acquisition. The following table summarizes the final fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the ECM Industries acquisition:
In millions |  |
Cash |  | $ | 45.7 |
Accounts receivable |  | 77.0 |
Inventories |  | 99.1 |
Other current assets |  | 4.9 |
Property, plant and equipment |  | 75.0 |
Identifiable intangible assets |  | 524.0 |
Goodwill |  | 379.7 |
Other assets |  | 17.4 |
Current liabilities |  | (53.9) |
Other liabilities |  | (34.8) |
Purchase price |  | $ | 1,134.1 |
The excess purchase price over tangible net assets and identified intangible assets acquired has been allocated to goodwill in the amount of $379.7 million, substantially all of which is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. Goodwill recognized from the ECM Industries acquisition reflects the future economic benefit resulting from synergies of our combined operations. Identifiable intangible assets acquired included $113.7 million of trade name intangible assets, a majority of which are indefinite-lived, $381.7 million of definite-lived customer relationships with an estimated useful life of 20 years, and $22.0 million of definite-lived proprietary technology intangible assets with an estimated useful life of 7 years. The fair values of trade names and proprietary technology acquired in the acquisition were determined using a relief-from-royalty method, and customer relationships acquired were determined using a multi-period excess earnings method. These methods utilize unobservable inputs that are significant to these fair value measurements and thus classified as Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. On July 10, 2023, we acquired TEXA Industries for approximately $34.8 million in cash. TEXA Industries is an Italian manufacturer of industrial cooling applications that we market as part of the nVent HOFFMAN product line within our Systems Protection segment. We acquired $5.2 million of debt with the TEXA Industries acquisition, which we repaid in full in 2023. The excess purchase price over tangible net assets and identified intangible assets acquired has been allocated to goodwill in the amount of $10.9 million, none of which is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. Identifiable intangible assets acquired included $12.4 million of definite-lived customer relationships with an estimated useful life of 13 years.

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