Sterile Concepts
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Marketer of sterile procedure trays is going public via a proposed offering of 5,443,000 shares of common stock at $18 per share, for a gross of $97.8 mil. Underwriters Wheat First Securities, Inc. and Salomon Brothers, Inc. have an option for an additional 800,000 shares to cover over-allotments. According to the terms of the offering, Sterile Concepts parent Carillon Enterprises, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Carillon Health Systems, would divest all of its assets and liabilities other than shares of Sterile Concepts. CEI will change its name to Sterile Concepts Holdings, Inc., and will be listed on NASDAQ under the abbreviation "TRAY." SCI will pay Carillon a "selling stockholder dividend" of $9.5 mil.