Press Releases May 4, 2026 09:17 AM

ADT Announces Pricing of Secondary Public Offering of Common Stock and Concurrent Share Repurchase

ADT Prices Secondary Public Offering by Apollo Entities and Announces Concurrent Share Repurchase

By Maya Rios ADT
ADT Announces Pricing of Secondary Public Offering of Common Stock and Concurrent Share Repurchase
ADT

ADT Inc. announced the pricing of a secondary public offering involving 102 million shares of common stock sold by Apollo Global Management affiliates. The company itself is not selling shares but will repurchase 29 million shares under its existing $1.5 billion repurchase plan. The offering is expected to close on May 5, 2026, with no underwriting fees for ADT on repurchased shares. The transaction is intended to complete the exit of Apollo-affiliated entities from their stake in ADT.

Key Points

  • Apollo Global Management entities are selling all remaining ADT shares they own via a secondary offering totaling 102 million shares.
  • ADT will repurchase 29 million shares from the offering under its existing $1.5 billion buyback program, demonstrating confidence in its valuation.
  • The offering involves major underwriters including Barclays, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and BTIG, and is expected to close on May 5, 2026.
  • This impacts the security and smart home sectors, particularly companies involved in residential and small business security solutions, as ownership and capital structure shifts occur.

BOCA RATON, Fla., May 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ADT Inc. (NYSE: ADT) (“ADT” or the “Company”) today announced the pricing of the previously announced secondary public offering of 102,000,366 shares of the Company’s common stock. All of the shares in the offering are being sold by certain entities managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (the “Selling Stockholders”) and represent all the remaining shares owned by the Selling Stockholders. The offering is expected to close on May 5, 2026, subject to satisfaction of customary conditions. The Company is not selling any shares and will not receive any proceeds from the offering.

In addition, ADT has agreed to purchase from the underwriters 29,142,961 shares of common stock as part of the secondary public offering at a price per share equal to the price per share to be paid by the underwriters to the Selling Stockholders (the “Share Repurchase”), subject to the completion of the offering. The Share Repurchase will be made pursuant to the Company’s existing $1.5 billion share repurchase plan. The underwriters will not receive any underwriting fees for the shares being repurchased by the Company.

The underwriters may offer the shares of common stock, other than shares subject to the Share Repurchase, from time to time for sale in one or more transactions to purchasers, directly or through agents, or through brokers in brokerage transactions, on the New York Stock Exchange, in the over-the-counter market, through negotiated transactions or in a combination of such methods of sale, at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices, subject to receipt and acceptance by them and subject to their right to reject any order in whole or in part.

Barclays, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and BTIG are acting as book-running managers for the proposed offering.

A shelf registration statement (including a prospectus) relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and is effective. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering has also been filed with the Commission. Before investing, interested parties should read the shelf registration statement, preliminary prospectus supplement and other documents filed with the Commission for information about ADT and the offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the Commission’s website at sec.gov. Alternatively, a copy may be obtained from: Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, by telephone at: (888) 603-5847 or by email at [email protected]; Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, by telephone at (800) 831-9146; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attn: Prospectus Department, at 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014; Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attn: Prospectus Department, at 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, by telephone at: 1-866-471-2526, by facsimile at 212-902-9316 or by emailing [email protected]; and BTIG, LLC, 65 East 55th Street, New York, New York, 10022, by E-mail at [email protected], or by telephone at (212) 593-7555. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About ADT Inc.

ADT is a leading provider of security, interactive, and smart home solutions serving residential and small business customers in the U.S. Through innovative offerings, unrivaled safety, and a premium customer experience delivered by the largest network of smart home security professionals in the U.S., ADT empowers people to protect and connect to what matters most, every second, every day. For more information, visit www.adt.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

ADT has made statements in this press release that may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are made in reliance on the safe harbor protections provided thereunder. While ADT has specifically identified certain information as being forward-looking in the context of its presentation, we caution you that all statements contained in this press release that are not clearly historical in nature, including, among other things, the proposed secondary public offering of the common stock; the proposed repurchase of shares of the common stock; any stated or implied outcomes with regards to the foregoing; and other matters. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentences, any time the Company uses the words “ongoing,” “expects,” “intends,” “will,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “confident,” “continue,” “propose,” “seeks,” “could,” “may,” “should,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “might,” “goals,” “objectives,” “targets,” “planned,” “projects,” and, in each case, their negative or other various or comparable terminology, and similar expressions, the Company intends to clearly express that the information deals with possible future events and is forward-looking in nature. However, the absence of these words or similar expressions does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. For ADT, particular uncertainties that could cause our actual results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-looking statements include, without limitation, risks related to and the effect of the proposed secondary public offering of the common stock; activity in repurchasing shares of ADT’s common stock; and risks that are described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and other filings with the Commission, including the sections titled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” contained therein. Any forward-looking statement represents our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this press release and, except as required by law, ADT undertakes no obligation to update or review publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise after the date of this press release.


Risks

  • The sale of a large block of shares by a major shareholder (Apollo affiliates) may increase share supply temporarily, potentially creating volatility in ADT's stock price.
  • Market reception of such a large offering might depress price in the short term despite management's repurchase efforts.
  • The transaction depends on customary closing conditions; failure to close or changes in market conditions could affect ADT's share price and capital structure stability.

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