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Boeing exploring possible $6bn sale of Jeppesen unit.
Partners Group explores a sale of a $5.38bn stake in Britain's ISP. (FS)
Stada picks bookrunners for its $11bn 2026 IPO. (FS)
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General Atlantic and Stripes , two global growth investors, completed a $825m investment in Vuori , a performance lifestyle brand.?
“We have followed Vuori for many years, as Joe and the team have thoughtfully built an enduring, generational, and category-defining brand. Vuori’s immense consumer loyalty and incredible product reflect the brand’s relentless focus on quality and innovation, customer experience, and cultivating its team and community. Vuori has significant whitespace to expand globally, supported by long-term tailwinds in athleisure and a large addressable market across women’s and men’s activewear apparel. We look forward to partnering and leveraging our global footprint to support these efforts for years to come,” Andrew Ferrer , General Atlantic Managing Director.
Stripes was advised by Rubenstein Associates (led by Steve Murray ).
Astrana Health , a provider-centric, technology-powered healthcare company, agreed to acquire the managed care business from Prospect Healthcare Solutions , a private healthcare company, for $745m.?
"The acquisition of Prospect would represent the combination of two organizations with decades-long histories of enabling independent providers and coordinating the delivery of high-quality care for all. We believe that our organizations share a common culture of patient centricity and a shared mission to provide high-quality care tailored to local communities," Brandon K. Sim , Astrana President and CEO.
Astrana is advised by J.P. 摩根 , Russ, August & Kabat and ICR (led by Asher Dewhurst ). Debt financing is provided by J.P. 摩根 and Truist Securities . Prospect is advised by Guggenheim Partners , 摩根士丹利 and Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP .
Boeing exploring possible $6bn sale of Jeppesen unit.
Boeing is exploring a possible $6bn sale of its Jeppesen, a Boeing Company navigation unit. The planemaker is working with an adviser on the potential sale of the unit, which provides interactive flight plans.
Suitors are already circling Jeppesen, which could attract sizable interest from private equity firms as well as other companies and could fetch more than $6bn, Reuters reported.
Partners Group explores a sale of a $5.38bn stake in Britain's ISP. (FS)
Buyout firm Partners Group is exploring options including the sale of a stake in Britain's International Schools Partnership Limited , as it looks to cash in on the popularity for education assets. ISP has 88 schools in 24 countries and is focused on primary and middle-year schools.
A sale could value ISP at above $5.38bn given current annual earnings of more than $269m and the demand for education assets. Switzerland's Partners Group is expected to launch an auction process in the first half of next year, when it has visibility on revenue and school enrollment numbers at a business it launched in 2013 and which has grown to run schools with more than 80k students, Reuters reported.
Stada picks bookrunners for its $11bn 2026 IPO. (FS)
STADA Group 's private equity owners have selected bookrunners for a potential initial public offering of the consumer health-focused drugmaker with plans to launch the deal early next year.?
Barclays , 花旗 , 汇丰 , 德意志银行 , 高盛 , J.P. 摩根 and 摩根士丹利 have been added to help with arranging the potential share sale in Germany. Jefferies and 瑞银集团 are also part of the bookrunner lineup. Stada could be valued at €10bn ($11bn) or more in a listing.
Bain Capital and Cinven , the buyout firms that own Stada, have been encouraged by the recent market rally and are considering filing the so-called intention to float document for Stada early next year. The private equity firms shifted their focus to an IPO after negotiations over a sale of Stada to rival investment firm GTCR LLC cooled, Bloomberg reported.
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