HCA Healthcare Inc., a Nashville, Tenn.-based healthcare services provider, is planning to issue $1 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior notes.
The net proceeds from the offering, to be launched by HCA Healthcare's unit HCA Inc., will be used for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions. HCA is in the process of acquiring Mission Health System Inc., a North Carolina-based hospital system, for $1.5 billion.
UBS Investment Bank, Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, RBC Capital Markets, SMBC Nikko, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as the joint book-running managers for the offering.