Aircraft leasing firm Avolon Holdings has agreed to be bought for about $2.5 billion by Bohai Leasing, a unit of Chinese aviation and shipping conglomerate HNA Group.
Avolon shareholders will receive $31 per share in cash, which is lower than the $32 per share the companies were discussing in exclusive talks in August.
Avolon said the lower price was a result of "significant volatility across global equity markets."
The deal, which includes the assumption of debt, has a total enterprise value of about $7.6 billion. It is expected to close by first quarter of 2016.
Chinese lessors, mostly backed by state-owned banks, have been expanding in recent years as large carriers such as Hainan Airlines, Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines open more routes at home and overseas.
Bohai Leasing initially offered to buy 20% of Avolon for $26 per share in July, but later decided to purchase the entire company after learning of a rival bid for the company.
ohai Leasing entered into exclusive talks with Avolon in August after raising its offer to $32 per share.
Avolon, founded by leasing entrepreneurs Dómhnal Slattery and John Higgins in 2010, went public last December.
The company owned or managed 152 aircraft at the end of June and had over 100 more on order.
