Two Private Equity Firms Want Amil. The Gap Is US$385 Million and the Hospitals Are Getting Nervous

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Key Facts

—Who is buying Advent International and Bain Capital. Not UnitedHealth — the American group owned Amil, sold it in 2023, and is not in this process.

—The gap Roughly R$2 billion, about US$385 million. The seller is asking around R$18 billion, about US$3.5 billion; the buyers are reported at R$14–17 billion, roughly US$2.7–3.3 billion.

—The seller José Seripieri Filho, known as Júnior, who bought the company from UnitedHealth. Earlier in the process he expected to keep a minority stake of up to 15%.