ADT celebrates independence
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By Tess Nacelewicz
Updated Wed October 3, 2012
I reported yesterday that The ADT Corp. had done well on the New York Stock Exchange on its first day Monday as a publicly traded company. The positive trading news seems to be continuing today. ADT's stock was trading at $38.96 just after 2:30 p.m. today. It opened at $36, according to news reports.
To celebrate its first week as an independent company, Boca Raton, Fla.-based ADT is also gearing up for a ceremony this coming Monday, Oct. 8. That's when the company, which has nearly 6.4 million customers in the United States and Canada and nearly 16,000 employees, will ring the opening bell at the stock exchange.
The company says that CEO Naren Gursahaney, Chairman Bruce Gordon, and CFO Kathryn Mikells and others will be joined on the bell podium by longtime customers Tom and Kathi Guarino of Glen Head, N.Y.
According to ADT, “thanks to ADT's home monitoring system, the Guarinos were alerted last year during Hurricane Irene to dangerously high carbon monoxide levels in their home. The alarm prompted ADT's trained call-center experts to contact local first responders, who raced to the Guarino residence and provided life-saving medical care. The family attributes their rescue to their ADT system, the company's team of trained specialists and skilled first responders. The Guarinos also have an ADT system in their family-owned business in Glen Head and have been ADT customers for nearly 20 years.”
It sounds pretty impressive—and I'll be there! Keep tabs on our site next week to learn more.
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