Littelfuse, Inc. (NasdaqGS:LFUS) entered into membership interest purchase agreement to acquire Basler Electric Company Inc. from a family for transaction valued at approximately $350 million on October 24, 2025. When adjusted for the present value of expected tax benefits of approximately $30 million, the net transaction value is approximately $320 million. The all-cash consideration of $353.2 million shall be subject to certain adjustments after closing.
The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including approval by regulatory board / committee. The expected completion of the transaction is by the end of fourth quarter of 2025. Adjusting for the present value of expected tax benefits of approximately $30 million, the transaction represents approximately 13.5x Basler?s forecasted full year 2025 adjusted EBITDA. Littelfuse expects the acquisition to be accretive to adjusted diluted EPS in 2026.
King & Spalding LLP acted as legal advisor for Basler Electric Company Inc. Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau, Pachios & Haley LLC acted as legal advisor for Littelfuse, Inc. Barclays Capital Inc. acted as financial advisor for Littelfuse, Inc. Grant Thornton provided transaction advisory services.
Littelfuse, Inc. (NasdaqGS:LFUS) completed the acquisition of Basler Electric Company Inc. from a family on December 11, 2025. GulfStar Group I, Ltd. acted as a financial advisor to Basler Electric Co.
Littelfuse, Inc. is an industrial technology manufacturing company. It designs, manufactures, and sells electronic components, modules, and subassemblies throughout the world. Its segments include Electronics, Transportation and Industrial. Its Electronics segment consists of product offerings in the industry, including fuses and fuse accessories, positive temperature coefficient (PTC) resettable fuses and polymer electrostatic discharge (ESD); semiconductor products, such as discrete transient voltage suppressor (TVS) diodes, silicon and silicon carbide metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors and diodes, and insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) technologies. Its Transportation segment consists of circuit protection, power control and sensing technologies for global original equipment manufacturers. Its Industrial Segment consists of industrial circuit protection (industrial fuse), industrial controls (protection relay, contactors, transformers) and temperature sensors.
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