NEW DELHI: Fortis Group companies—diagnostic chain SRL Ranbaxy and retail chain Fortis Healthworld—are considering a strategic alliance to offload minority stakes to private equity (PE) players to part fund their respective expansion plans.
A source told ET, "SRL Ranbaxy is in advanced talks with a few PE firms as part of the pre-IPO sale. The company is looking at forging a strategic alliance with Fortis Healthworld, wherein the latter would also divest some of its stake.
There is a possibility that a PE fund may get to pick up stakes in both the companies. Officials of both Fortis Healthworld and SRL Ranbaxy—separate companies of the Fortis Group — were not available for comment.
A source told ET, "SRL Ranbaxy is in advanced talks with a few PE firms as part of the pre-IPO sale. The company is looking at forging a strategic alliance with Fortis Healthworld, wherein the latter would also divest some of its stake.
There is a possibility that a PE fund may get to pick up stakes in both the companies. Officials of both Fortis Healthworld and SRL Ranbaxy—separate companies of the Fortis Group — were not available for comment.
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