UndisclosedPrivate equity buyout·Consumer & Retail
Wittington and Fairfax-backed buyer agrees to acquire BootsOak UK Bidco, owned by funds tied to Wittington Investments and Fairfax Financial, agreed on October 7 to acquire Boots' parent company from The Boots Group Limited. PR Newswire ↗
UndisclosedStrategic acquisition·Technology
Boomi acquires data observability firm Elementary DataData activation company Boomi has acquired Elementary Data, a data observability provider used by more than 1,500 data teams; terms were not disclosed. Business Wire ↗
US$200M investmentDivestiture / carve-out·Materials & Chemicals
Vale Base Metals completes Thompson Mine sale to Exiro-led groupVale Base Metals completed the transfer of its Thompson nickel mine in Manitoba to Exiro Nickel, owned 81.1% by Exiro, Orion and Canada Growth Fund, keeping an 18.9% stake. PR Newswire ↗
UndisclosedStrategic acquisition·Technology
Allstate's Arity to acquire INRIX assetsArity, an Allstate subsidiary, agreed to acquire substantially all assets of transportation intelligence provider INRIX; terms were not disclosed. PR Newswire ↗
UndisclosedStrategic acquisition·Healthcare & Life Sciences
Parkview Health to acquire Ovation HealthcareIndiana's Parkview Health agreed to acquire Ovation Healthcare, a national shared-services provider to hospitals and physician practices; terms were not disclosed. PR Newswire ↗
UndisclosedTake-private·Technology
Perfect Corp. shareholders approve merger agreementShareholders of AI beauty-tech company Perfect Corp. voted to approve its previously announced merger agreement at an extraordinary general meeting. Business Wire ↗
UndisclosedSPAC·Healthcare & Life Sciences
TriGemX Bio to go public via TCGX SPAC mergerMigraine drug developer TriGemX Bio agreed to combine with SPAC TCGX Acquisition Corp., creating a publicly traded company named TriGemX Bio, Inc. Business Wire ↗
UndisclosedTake-private·Consumer & Retail
Roots shareholders approve Marquee Brands take-privateOver 99% of Roots shareholders approved its acquisition by Marquee Brands, which has cleared Canada's Competition Act and is expected to close this month. Retail Dive ↗
$93M program portfolioStrategic acquisition·Aerospace & Defense
NUBURU completes 70% acquisition of Italy's TekneNUBURU closed its acquisition of a 70% controlling stake in Italian defense firm Tekne, adding a $93 million defense and dual-use program portfolio. Business Wire ↗
UndisclosedStrategic acquisition·Technology
OpenWorld signs definitive merger agreement for BlocksightTokenization company OpenWorld signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Blocksight Holdings, intended to anchor its tokenized infrastructure and energy financing programs. Business Wire ↗
UndisclosedStrategic acquisition·Financial Services
KORT Payments to acquire Toronto's AptPayOmnichannel payments provider KORT Payments agreed to acquire 100% of AptPay, a Toronto real-time payments and orchestration firm; terms were not disclosed. PR Newswire ↗
UndisclosedStrategic acquisition·Media & Telecom
CSL Group acquires US IoT eSIM provider SIMPL WirelessLondon-based CSL Group bought SIMPL Wireless, a US provider of IoT eSIM connectivity, marking its entry into North America. PR Newswire ↗
640-acre siteDivestiture / carve-out·Energy & Utilities
Radnostix and NANO Nuclear seek NRC consent for asset saleRadnostix and NANO Nuclear jointly asked the NRC to consent to transferring License SUB-1011, a key closing condition of NANO's purchase of Radnostix's DUF6 deconversion assets. PR Newswire ↗
UndisclosedStrategic acquisition·Technology
EP Technology Group acquires hospitality IT firm JBIEP Technology Group acquired JBI Technologies, an IT consulting and systems integration firm serving the hospitality industry; terms were not disclosed. PR Newswire ↗
UndisclosedStrategic acquisition·Consumer & Retail
BorboletaPro acquires Dulce Lash ArtistryLash and brow products and education provider BorboletaPro acquired Dulce Lash Artistry and became preferred lash partner of Paul Mitchell Advanced Education. PR Newswire ↗