IRP Sells Universal Hospital Services To Federal Street

Buyer: Federal Street Acquisition Corp.
Seller: Irving Place Capital Management and Universal Hospital Services
Date / Year: August 13, 2018
Sector: Medical Equipment Rental, Asset Management
Keywords: Movable Medical Equipment, MME, Medical Asset Management

I remember Ed Fish as a true pioneer in the medical equipment rental world.  He started UHS with the rental of oxygen tents to hospitals.  They sure have succeeded ever since…

Irving Place Capital Management scored big in August — $1.74 billion big. The private equity firm sold Universal Hospital Services, a  medical equipment management company, to Federal Street Acquisition Corp.  (NASDAQ: FSAC), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Thomas H. Lee Partners.

Universal Hospital’s diverse customer base includes over 4,000 acute care hospitals, 4,000 alternate site providers, and over 150 major medical equipment manufacturers.

Under the terms of the agreement, Federal Street and Universal Hospital will combine under a new holding company to be named Agiliti, Inc., which intends to apply to have its common stock and warrants listed on the NASADA Stock Market under the ticker symbols AGTI and AGTIW, respectively.

The purchase price implies an initial enterprise value for the combined company of approximately $1.74 billion, or 11.6x UHS’s forecasted 2018 Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $150 million and 10.2x UHS’s forecasted 2019 Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $170 million, in each case, based on the higher end of UHS’s forecasted Adjusted EBITDA range.

Irving Capital will retain a minority equity stake in the combined company.

What does this transaction mean for the strategic options for your healthcare business? 

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