Ardian has signed a binding agreement to sell 100 percent of HISI, a healthcare and infrastructure investment holding company, to a fund managed by F2i. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Ardian acted on behalf of its funds under management and the Dutch pension fund APG, the largest pension group in the Netherlands and a shareholder in HISI since 2018.
Founded in 2007, HISI was one of the first investments of Ardian’s infrastructure team in Italy. Ardian has led the company through a period of continuous growth, making it one of the leading Italian platforms dedicated to investments in the hospital public-to-private partnerships sector. HISI manages around 900 beds in two major hospitals in Northern Italy: the 550-bed New Legnano hospital and the 350-bed Alba-Bra hospital.
“We are very proud to have supported the growth of HISI over the past 15 years,” said Rosario Mazza, head of infrastructure Italy at Ardian. “Today, the platform represents one of It
