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Abu Dhabi's VPS Healthcare Said to Hire Rothschild on London IPO

Abu Dhabi's VPS Healthcare Said to Hire Rothschild on London IPO

(Bloomberg) -- VPS Healthcare LLC hired Rothschild & Co. to advise on a potential initial public offering in London, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The Abu Dhabi-based healthcare provider could sell shares as early as next year, some of the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. A final decision hasn’t been made and the company may decide not to proceed with a sale, they said. A spokesman for Rothschild declined to comment.

A London listing by VPS Healthcare would follow other U.K. share sales by United Arab Emirates-based medical firms. Abu Dhabi’s NMC Health Plc has risen just over 1,700 percent since listing in London six years ago, valuing the firm at $10.6 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Al Noor Hospitals Group Plc also listed in London in 2013 before being taken over by Mediclinic International Plc.

VPS Healthcare operates about 20 hospitals and over 125 medical centers across the Middle East, Europe and India, according its website. State-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. in February chose VPS Healthcare to operate medical services at its onshore and offshore sites.

To contact the reporters on this story: Dinesh Nair in London at dnair5@bloomberg.net;Archana Narayanan in Dubai at anarayanan16@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Stefania Bianchi at sbianchi10@bloomberg.net, Shaji Mathew

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