Tenet Healthcare Rethinks Aspen Deal

Tenet Healthcare Rethinks Aspen Deal

Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) is selling UK-based Aspen Healthcare Ltd. after only three years of ownership. NCM Healthcare UK Ltd., a subsidiary of NCM Health plc (LSE: NCM), is the buyer, paying $332 million. Tenet acquired the nine-facility company from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) in March 2015, for $215 million. The transaction was announced simultaneously with Tenet’s acquisition of  a 5o.1% stake in United Surgical Partners International, another WCAS portfolio company, for $425 million. WCAS, together with other investors, retained a 49.9% interest in USPI at the time of the announcement. On April 26, 2018, Tenet announced that it acquired... Read More »