The Daily Buyout

Private equity firm Siris Capital has agreed to acquire a 19.1% stake in Euronext Brussels-listed Agfa-Gevaert from Active Ownership, on undisclosed terms. The move follows Siris's earlier agreement to combine Agfa's Digital Printing Solutions business with portfolio company EFI, a venture Siris will own 60% of and Agfa 40%. The stake purchase is conditioned on that combination closing.

FTAI Aviation has acquired 27 Boeing 737-700 aircraft from WestJet in one of its largest aircraft transactions to date. FTAI's 2026 SPV, the second vehicle of its Strategic Capital business, took 17 jets on lease to WestJet in a sale-leaseback, while FTAI itself bought 10 off-lease aircraft to feed CFM56-7B engines and modules into its Aerospace Products exchange pool.

Zymeworks has completed its acquisition of Theravance Biopharma and issued final transaction details with updated 2026 guidance. The deal brings YUPELRI (revefenacin) into the portfolio, entitling Zymeworks to 35% of net U.S. profits plus ex-U.S. royalties via Theravance's Viatris collaboration. YUPELRI sales of $133.1 million in the first half of 2026 generated $38.4 million of collaboration revenue.

FTAI Energy Partners, the Jefferson subsidiary of FTAI Infrastructure, agreed to acquire the Port Arthur Terminal in Texas and a 50% interest in the Hardisty, Alberta Diluent Recovery Unit from a USD Group subsidiary for roughly $255 million in cash. The purchase will be financed by assuming existing debt plus a new acquisition facility, and management expects about $50 million of annual EBITDA. Closing awaits regulatory approvals in the fourth quarter of 2026.

S-Bank Plc said 32,088,337 shares were validly tendered in its voluntary recommended public cash tender offer for Oma Savings Bank Plc, representing about 96.58% of all issued and outstanding shares and votes, excluding treasury shares. The offer, announced July 9 and open from July 17, expired September 25. S-Bank will confirm the final result on or about September 30.

Brixmor Property Group and Everview Partners struck definitive agreements to acquire Slate Grocery REIT in a $2.34 billion deal. Brixmor takes 23 grocery-anchored centers spanning roughly three million square feet for $636 million, all within its existing Florida, Georgia and Carolinas footprint and about 96% leased. A new institutional joint venture between Brixmor and Everview affiliates will buy the remaining 92 assets for $1.71 billion, with an Abu Dhabi Investment Authority subsidiary investing alongside Everview.

Valley National Bancorp has agreed to acquire Bluevine, a nationwide digital banking platform for small businesses founded in 2013. The deal brings Valley $2.1 billion of low-cost, digitally sourced deposits, roughly 175,000 active small business customers, and an integrated suite of banking, payments and lending products. Bluevine's platform deposits have grown at about a 35% compound annual rate since 2023, with roughly 99% coming from non-borrowing customers.