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07/30/2018

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MORRIS PLAINS, N.J.—Honeywell recently announced that Resideo will be the corporate name of the Honeywell Homes product portfolio and ADI global distribution businesses when they become a stand-alone, publicly traded company following completion of a spin that is expected by the end of 2018.

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Nice S.p.A. acquires FIBARO

Deal valued at $73 million will expand product portfolios of both companies

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07/18/2018

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CHICAGO—Nice S.p.A., the Italian international home automation and home security company, recently purchased Poland-based FIBARO, a global smart home brand.

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Alarm.com launches homebuilder program

Program connects dealers with growing number of buyers who want smart homes

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07/11/2018

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TYSONS, Va.—Alarm.com, a platform for the intelligently connected property, announced a comprehensive homebuilder program that includes new hardware and service plans designed to facilitate partnerships between homebuilders and Alarm.com's service provider partners and security dealers.

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SimpliSafe now backed by PE firm Hellman & Friedman

DIY security provider to focus on increasing market penetration

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07/03/2018

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BOSTON—SimpliSafe, a provider of DIY installed home security systems, on June 29 announced an investment from private equity firm Hellman & Friedman to accelerate SimpliSafe’s growth and expansion of the home security market. Terms of the transaction were not announced.

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Vivint Smart Home and Google collaborate

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06/27/2018

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PROVO, Utah—Vivint Smart Home announced a collaboration with Google to make every new Vivint smart home voice-enabled using the Google Assistant. Vivint is giving voice control to every new customer by including two Google Home Mini devices with every smart home system, and adding Nest Thermostat E and Google Wifi as options in its smart home suite.

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Select announces several more purchases

Collection of acquisitions announced two months after batch of five other buys

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06/11/2018

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LANCASTER, Pa.—Select Security in early June announced a variety of acquisitions, one in New Jersey, one in New Mexico, and two in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas.

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Proguard secures credit facility, makes first buy

Company acquires Allied Security Group, adds nearly 2,000 accounts

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06/06/2018

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BASALT, Colo.—Proguard Protection Services Inc., a full-service, family owned security company based here, announced recently that it secured a $2.75 million senior secured credit facility through CIBC Bank, and completed its first acquisition—the purchase of more than 1,900 accounts and other assets from Allied Security Group of Breckenridge, Colo.

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ADS makes second buy in Miss. this month

Company acquires Alarm One in Columbus, adds 1,400 accounts

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05/30/2018

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.—ADS Security, a regional security and automation company headquartered here, made its second buy in Mississippi this month with the completed acquisition of approximately 1,400 customer accounts of Alarm One Inc. in Columbus. The newly acquired accounts will be serviced by ADS Security’s existing branch in Columbus.

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Amherst Alarm acquires in New York

This buy is the company’s 10th purchase in its 34-year history

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05/30/2018

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AMHERST, N.Y.—Amherst Alarm, a full service security company based here, gained 8,000 accounts with its purchase of Eastern States Sentinel Alarm Service of West Seneca, N.Y., the company announced today.

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BBB teams with security industry to fight fraud

Louisiana State Fire Marshal leads news conference on stopping deceptive sales practices

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05/23/2018

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