Mitsui weighs buyout of RM49 billion IHH Healthcare

Tokyo

MITSUI & Co is exploring a deal to take Malaysian hospital group IHH Healthcare Bhd private, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Some private equity firms have approached the Japanese trading house to team up on the potential transaction to buy out IHH's other shareholders, said one of the people, who asked not to be named as the information is private. Mitsui has reached out to Khazanah Nasional Bhd, IHH's second largest shareholder, to pick up its stake, another person said.