CHICAGO, NEW YORK and BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb. 16, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The ADT Corporation (NYSE:ADT) ("ADT"), a leading provider of monitored security, interactive home and business automation and related monitoring services in the United States and Canada, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of certain funds (the "Apollo Funds") managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE:APO) (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, "Apollo") and co-investors and merged with a subsidiary of Prime Security Services Borrower, LLC (with its subsidiaries, "Protection 1"), a leading full-service business and home security company in the United States also owned by the Apollo Funds, for $42.00 per share in cash. The purchase price represents a premium of approximately 56% over ADT's closing share price on February 12, 2016 and, when combined with Protection 1, represents an aggregate transaction value of approximately $15 billion.