Large French hospital groups continue to buy up smaller players. Vivalto Santé and Almaviva Santé, the country's third and fourth-largest players, respectively, have both struck deals in the past week.
Japanese conglomerate Mitsui is considering a buyout and de-listing of IHH Healthcare, the $13.4bn-valued pan-Asian hospital operator in which it holds a 32% stake, according to reports. Its share price has declined in the last five years amidst perennial problems in Turkey and India.
Morocco's largest hospital group Akdital Holding is expanding nationwide ahead of its plans to file for IPO. The group is going public to finance its international expansion.
Questions are surrounding the ongoing stake sale process for pan-CEE hospital chain Penta Hospitals International (PHI). Owner Penta Investments director Václav Jirků tells HBI that remaining bids are to be received by next week and rejects rumours it may pull the process entirely.
PE firm Gimv has upped its stake in German buy-and-build dental platform Gesellschaft für Praxisnachfolge in der Zahnmedizin (GPNZ). The market is the most fragmented in Europe.
PE firm Mid Europa has pushed back its exit horizon for Romanian healthcare group Regina Maria to 2024 at the earliest, three years later than it planned to pre-Covid. Regina Maria grew revenues 27% in 2020.
A new joint venture between investment groups John Laing and Macquarie has agreed to acquire 650 retirement home properties from the country's biggest retirement home developer & operator McCarthy & Stone, for a total of £200m (€230m).
Bridgepoint has been confirmed as the buyer for the UK's largest dental group IDH/mydentist, which is to be sold on a 10x EBITDA multiple. The private equity firm already owns a Norwegian dental asset and others are coming to market in the next 12 months, so the deal could see the emergence of another pan-European dental group. But it is a poor outcome for current holders Carlyle and Palamon.
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