Mergers & Acquisitions, Week of Sep 14, 2026: Deals Announced & Closed
In the week of Sep 14, 2026 to Sep 20, 2026, 35 companies reported 36 merger or acquisition filings with the SEC — 20 as the buyer, 11 as the seller or the company being acquired, and 5 changes of control — according to EquiReason's reading of the filings.
Source: SEC EDGAR filings · Sep 14, 2026 – Sep 20, 2026 · read by EquiReason
| Date | Company | Role | Filing | What the filing reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | MG Mistras Group, Inc. | Change of control | 8-K · 1.01, 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01 | MISTRAS Group entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by H.I.G. Capital for $20.35/share in cash, enterprise value ~$866M. |
| 2026-09-18 | IRDM Iridium Communications Inc. | Seller or target | 8-K · 8.01 | Iridium to be acquired by Rocket Lab via two-step merger; special meeting set for Sep 24, 2026; shareholder lawsuits filed alleging disclosure deficiencies; company voluntarily supplements proxy statement. |
| 2026-09-17 | YI 111, Inc. | Seller or target | 6-K | 111, Inc. receives unsolicited preliminary non-binding proposal from co-founders and Huadeng Tech BioArray Ventures to acquire all outstanding Class A shares at US$0.226 per share (US$4.52 per ADS), representing 29.5% premium to last closin |
| 2026-09-17 | WSO Watsco, Inc. | Buyer | 8-K · 3.02 | Watsco acquires Granite Group Holdings for $505M (80% cash, 20% stock), adding ~$500M sales in plumbing/HVAC across 7 Northeast states. |
| 2026-09-17 | SGRY Surgery Partners, Inc. | Seller or target | 8-K · 2.01, 9.01 | Surgery Partners completed disposition of Mountain View Hospital and Idaho Falls Community Hospital to Intermountain Health for ~$796.6 million. Proceeds to be used primarily for debt repayment. |
| 2026-09-17 | MOD Modine Manufacturing Company | Seller or target | 8-K · 7.01, 9.01 | Modine Manufacturing announced additional details on the spin-off of its Performance Technologies business and merger with Gentherm, including exchange ratio adjustment and special dividend. |
| 2026-09-17 | IBO IMPACT BIOMEDICAL INC. | Seller or target | 8-K · 7.01, 9.01 | Filing of Form F-4 registration statement for proposed merger with Zoar Limited; milestone toward closing but still subject to SEC effectiveness, stockholder approval, and listing conditions. |
| 2026-09-17 | ELE Elemental Royalty Corporation | Buyer | 6-K | Elemental Royalty completed acquisition of Vizsla Royalties via court-approved plan of arrangement; paid ~C$82M cash and issued ~8.1M shares. |
| 2026-09-17 | CBAN Colony Bankcorp, Inc. | Seller or target | 8-K · 5.02, 8.01, 9.01 | Colony Bankcorp received all required regulatory approvals for its merger with First Reliance Bancshares, expected to close Nov 1, 2026. Also entered into a new employment agreement with President R. Dallis Copeland Jr. |
| 2026-09-17 | BSVN Bank7 Corp. | Buyer | 8-K · 1.01, 7.01, 9.01 | Bank7 Corp. announced acquisition of Century Financial Services Corp., creating a $3.3B Southwest bank with $1.2B in core deposits and top-quartile cost of funds. |
| 2026-09-17 | AES The AES Corporation | Change of control | 8-K · 8.01 | AES received PUCO approval for its merger with Horizon Parent, L.P., a key regulatory condition for the change of control transaction. |
| 2026-09-16 | VFS VinFast Auto Ltd. | Buyer | 6-K | VinFast subsidiary acquires 100% of Ngoc Hoi Real Estate for ~US$1.2B to strengthen financial position and generate cash flows from real estate development. Also receives capital contribution of up to US$396.7M from founder. |
| 2026-09-16 | MEDS DataMEDS AI, Inc. | Seller or target | 8-K · 1.01, 2.03, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01 | Axe Compute Inc. sold its Helomics subsidiary to DataMEDS AI for $1.5M in shares and note, plus $1.5M cash. Exit from cancer diagnostics to focus on core AI infrastructure business. |
| 2026-09-16 | EXE Expand Energy Corporation | Buyer | 8-K · 5.02, 8.01 | Expand Energy completed acquisition of Twin Eagle Holdings N.A., LLC. Dan Turco shifts role to focus on LNG and gas marketing integration. |
| 2026-09-16 | CRML Critical Metals Corp. | Buyer | 6-K | Critical Metals Corp. entered into a binding Scheme Implementation Deed to acquire all shares and options of European Lithium Ltd. via two schemes of arrangement under Australian law. Court has convened shareholder meetings; scheme booklet |
| 2026-09-15 | YMT Yimutian Inc. | Buyer | 6-K | Yimutian Inc. enters into supplemental agreements to amend consideration for equity and asset purchases: additional 5.9B shares for equity acquisition of Qingdao Xingongguan and 21.6B shares for asset acquisition from Zhaodong Guohe, due to |
| 2026-09-15 | SAFT Safety Insurance Group, Inc. | Seller or target | 8-K · 8.01 | Safety Insurance Group disclosed expiration of HSR waiting period for its merger with MAPFRE U.S.A. Corp., moving the acquisition closer to close. |
| 2026-09-15 | NAMI Jinxin Technology Holding Co | Buyer | 6-K | Jinxin Technology acquired 40% economic interest in Yuanwei Network Technology via share issuance for RMB14.3M; no financial impact disclosed. |
| 2026-09-15 | LIND Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. | Buyer | 8-K · 1.01, 7.01, 9.01 | Lindblad Expeditions acquires 60% controlling interest in White Desert Ltd, PNR Airways Ltd, and Echo Charlie Ltd for ~$61M cash plus ~$6M for cash on balance sheet, with options to buy remaining equity in 2030/2031. |
| 2026-09-15 | JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc | Buyer | 8-K · 7.01 | Jazz Pharmaceuticals completed acquisition of Actio Biosciences for $820M upfront. Adds ABS-1230, a clinical-stage precision therapy for KCNT1-related epilepsy. Strengthens rare disease pipeline. Actio becomes wholly-owned subsidiary. |
| 2026-09-15 | FWDI Forward Industries, Inc. | Buyer | 8-K · 7.01, 9.01 | Forward Industries announced updated proposal to acquire SkyAI, Inc. at $2.13/share (50% premium to closing price). Stockholders may elect cash or stock. Non-binding, subject to due diligence and approvals. |
| 2026-09-15 | ELE Elemental Royalty Corporation | Buyer | 6-K | Elemental Royalty completed acquisition of Vizsla Royalties for ~C$82M cash + ~8.1M shares, acquiring 2-3.5% NSR royalties on Panuco silver-gold project. Former shareholders own ~11.19% of Elemental. |
| 2026-09-15 | CTVA Corteva, Inc. | Change of control | 8-K · 7.01, 8.01, 9.01 | Corteva board approves spin-off of seed segment into Vylor Inc., with pro rata dividend distribution to shareholders, expected completion Oct 1, 2026. |
| 2026-09-14 | VCYT Veracyte, Inc. | Buyer | 8-K · 1.01, 2.01, 7.01, 9.01 | Veracyte acquired Convergent Genomics for $150M upfront cash plus up to $30M in milestones. Convergent's UroAmp platform adds urine-based bladder cancer testing to Veracyte's portfolio. Acquisition closed on September 14, 2026. |
| 2026-09-14 | THRY Thryv Holdings, Inc. | Seller or target | 8-K · 1.01, 9.01 | Thryv Holdings entered into an asset purchase agreement to sell its Yellow and White Pages directories business in the US, Australia, and New Zealand to Coldwater YP for $142M cash. The sale includes print and digital editions. |
| 2026-09-14 | SYY Sysco Corporation | Buyer | 8-K · 8.01, 9.01 | Sysco filed financial statements of Jetro Restaurant Depot (JRD) in connection with its pending acquisition. The filing includes audited and unaudited combined financials and pro forma statements, indicating progress toward closing the merg |
| 2026-09-14 | PRDO Perdoceo Education Corporation | Buyer | 8-K · 1.01, 7.01, 9.01 | Perdoceo Education Corporation entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of South University for cash consideration of $130M-$150M at closing plus deferred and earn-out payments, expected to close by April 2027. The acquisition is |
| 2026-09-14 | ONDS Ondas Inc. | Buyer | 8-K · 1.01, 2.01, 3.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01 | Ondas acquires GATE Technologies and Bron Technologies for $205M cash plus up to $185M earn-out, expanding precision-strike platform with ESAD and fuze technology; expects >$130M aggregate Adjusted EBITDA through 2028. |
| 2026-09-14 | NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. | Buyer | 8-K · 7.01, 9.01 | NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy announce enhanced Virginia benefits package for their proposed merger, including residential bill credits, job creation, and clean energy investments. |
| 2026-09-14 | MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation | Buyer | 8-K · 1.01, 2.01, 2.03, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01 | Magnolia Oil & Gas completed acquisition of WildFire Energy for ~$4.1B (32.2M shares + $2.7B cash + $600M debt assumption), funded via equity offering, credit facility draw, and new senior notes. |
| 2026-09-14 | IRLA Quince Therapeutics, Inc. | Seller or target | 8-K · 2.01, 5.02, 9.01 | Quince Therapeutics completes sale of subsidiary Quince SpA, AIDE IP assets, and eDSP systems to Ayma Therapeutics for $450,000 cash. Also, President Charles Ryan departs with $1.01M severance. |
| 2026-09-14 | HAIN The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. | Seller or target | 8-K · 1.01, 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01 | Hain Celestial reported Q4 FY2026 results with net sales down 28% to $263M, organic net sales down 2%, gross margin up 200bps to 22.5%, net loss of $62M, and adjusted EBITDA of $19M. Also announced definitive agreement to sell its Internati |
| 2026-09-14 | ELMT Elmet Group Co. | Change of control | 8-K · 1.01, 3.02, 3.03, 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01 | Elmet Group enters into investment agreement with US Department of War, issuing 200,000 shares of Class A Preferred Stock and warrants. DoW gets exclusive right to elect one director. Also adopts Restricted Entity Compliance Plan and enters |
| 2026-09-14 | CR Crane Company | Buyer | 8-K · 7.01, 9.01 | Crane Company announces definitive agreement to acquire U.S. water pump business from Trillium Flow Technologies for ~$240M (14.6x EBITDA), expanding Process Flow Technologies segment and water/wastewater exposure. |
| 2026-09-14 | BWIN The Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc. | Change of control | 8-K · 1.01, 7.01, 9.01 | Definitive agreement for take-private acquisition by Sequence Holdings and Dell Family Office at $32.50/share, 88% premium, ~$7.7B enterprise value. Baldwin shareholders to receive cash; company to go private. |
| 2026-09-14 | ADUS Addus HomeCare Corporation | Buyer | 8-K · 1.01, 7.01, 9.01 | Addus HomeCare subsidiary agrees to acquire AccentCare's personal care business outside NY for $275M cash, expanding home care services. |
Questions
- Which companies announced mergers or acquisitions in the week of sep 14, 2026?
- Mistras Group, Inc. (MG), Iridium Communications Inc. (IRDM), 111, Inc. (YI), Watsco, Inc. (WSO), Surgery Partners, Inc. (SGRY), Modine Manufacturing Company (MOD), IMPACT BIOMEDICAL INC. (IBO), Elemental Royalty Corporation (ELE) and 27 more — the full list, with dates and the filing behind each row, is above.
- Which companies announced acquisitions in the week of sep 14, 2026?
- Watsco, Inc. (WSO), Elemental Royalty Corporation (ELE), Bank7 Corp. (BSVN), VinFast Auto Ltd. (VFS), Expand Energy Corporation (EXE), Critical Metals Corp. (CRML), Yimutian Inc. (YMT), Jinxin Technology Holding Co (NAMI) and 11 more.
Earlier weeks
2026 W43 · 2026 W42 · 2026 W41 · 2026 W40 · 2026 W39 · 2026 W38 · 2026 W37 · 2026 W36 · 2026 W35 · 2026 W34 · 2026 W33 · 2026 W32 · Other lists: Guidance raised or cut · Insider buying · Executive and board changes · Stock buybacks announced · Layoffs and restructurings
How these figures are read: methodology · EquiReason.