CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Premier, Inc. (“Premier”) announced today that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. Premier previously submitted a registration statement to the SEC on a confidential basis under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined.
Premier is a performance improvement alliance of approximately 2,900 U.S. community hospitals and 100,000 alternate sites of care.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC will act as joint book-running managers for the offering, and Citigroup, Piper Jaffray & Co., Raymond James and William Blair will act as co-managers.
The proposed offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. When available, a copy of the preliminary prospectus may be obtained from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 or by telephone at 866.803.9204; or BofA Merrill Lynch, 222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038, Attention: Prospectus Department or by emailing dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com; or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 1525 West W.T. Harris Boulevard, NC0675, Charlotte, NC 28262, Attention: Capital Markets Client Support, by telephone at 800.326.5897 or by emailing cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, the securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.
