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MDM Podcast: Breaking Down QXO’s Beacon Acquisition and its Impact

Leave a Comment / Building Materials/Construction, Featured Blog, Market Analysis, Mergers & Acquisitions, Perspective / Mike Hockett

QXO and Beacon frequented MDM’s headlines during the first five months of 2025, culminating with QXO’s $11 billion purchase of the distributor. With the landmark deal now completed, Craig Webb and Mike Hockett analyze how it happened and what it means for the building materials sector as just the first big move in QXO’s ambitious, acquisitive growth strategy.

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Done Deal: QXO Completes $11B Purchase of Beacon

Leave a Comment / Building Materials/Construction, Featured Blog, Mergers & Acquisitions, News / Mike Hockett

The landmark acquisition cements QXO’s presence as a major building materials distributor, and it’s just getting started.

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QXO Offers $2B in Secured Notes to Facilitate Beacon Acquisition

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QXO issued a separate release extending its all-cash tender offer to acquire outstanding shares to April 28.

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Amount of Beacon Shares Tendered into QXO Offer Dips in Latest Update

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QXO extended its all-cash tender offer to acquire Beacon Roofing Supply, with the offer remaining open until April 21, while giving an update on the amount of shares tendered into the deal.

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QXO Confirms Plans to Rebrand Beacon

Building Materials/Construction, Featured Blog, Featured Premium, Mergers & Acquisitions / Mike Hockett

QXO acknowledged a rebranding in an FAQ for Beacon employees, though timing is still to be determined.

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QXO Provides Update on Beacon Shares Tendered & Timeline

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QXO extends the deadline for shareholders to tender their shares, with the transaction expected to close by the end of April.

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Prize Claimed: Here’s Why QXO Relentlessly Pursued Beacon

Building Materials/Construction, Featured Blog, Featured Premium, Mergers & Acquisitions / Mike Hockett

With QXO’s acquisition of Beacon set to finalize by the end of April, let’s look at what the deal does for both sides and the attributes that QXO just couldn’t walk away from.

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QXO, Beacon Secure $11 Billion Deal

Leave a Comment / Building Materials/Construction, Featured Blog, Mergers & Acquisitions / Mike Hockett

It ends a four-month public standoff between the two companies and marks another milestone acquisition in the building materials distribution sector.

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QXO Continues to Extend Beacon Offer Deadline

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QXO extends its offer to Beacon for a fifth time, two days after announcing additional funding secured from institutional investors.

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QXO Narrowly Re-Extends Beacon Offer; Raises $830M in Private Placement

Leave a Comment / Building Materials/Construction, Mergers & Acquisitions, News / Anna Debiec

QXO extends its all-cash tender offer for Beacon, one week after both companies confirmed negotiation talks.

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Beacon Partners with Roofing Automation Provider

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New York-based Renovate Robotics is a startup creating roofing automation robots to make roofing “safer and more productive” for contractors.

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QXO, Beacon Working Toward $11B Deal

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Beacon has also postponed its Investor Day that was scheduled for March 13.

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QXO’s Brad Jacobs Pens Open Letter to Beacon Employees

Leave a Comment / Building Materials/Construction, Mergers & Acquisitions, News / Mike Hockett

To further court Beacon investors to tender their shares into QXO’s buyout offer, QXO’s founder and CEO wrote to sympathize and level with Beacon staff.

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