Chartis, a leading healthcare advisory firm, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to receive a majority investment from funds managed by Blackstone. This strategic investment will support the firm’s continued growth as a leading advisor to providers, payers, technology innovators, retail companies, and investors who are making positive and transformative changes within US healthcare.

领先的医疗保健咨询公司Chartis今天宣布，已达成最终协议，接受黑石管理基金的大部分投资。这项战略投资将支持该公司作为供应商、付款人、技术创新者、零售公司和在美国医疗保健领域做出积极变革的投资者的领先顾问的持续发展。

The investment includes continued equity participation from Audax Private Equity (Audax)..

该投资包括Audax Private equity（Audax）继续参股。。

Blackstone is investing in Chartis through its core private equity strategy, which partners with high-quality, market-leading businesses for longer periods than traditional private equity. The investment will enable Chartis to further extend its capabilities across its strategic, digital, technology, clinical, and financial transformation offerings for healthcare clients.

Blackstone通过其核心私募股权战略投资Chartis，该战略与高质量、市场领先的企业合作的时间比传统私募股权更长。这项投资将使Chartis能够进一步扩展其针对医疗保健客户的战略、数字、技术、临床和财务转型产品的能力。

This funding is also anticipated to help further expand the full Chartis family of companies, currently including HealthScape Advisors, Jarrard, and Greeley..

预计这笔资金还将有助于进一步扩大整个Chartis家族的公司，目前包括HealthScape Advisors、Jarrard和Greeley。。

“Chartis was founded with the mission to help clients fundamentally improve healthcare delivery across the United States. Over the past 23 years, since our inception, great strides have been made. Looking to the future, we are excited to do even more. Blackstone shares our commitment to supporting industry leaders across the healthcare landscape as they strive to make care in the US more accessible, more affordable, more reliable, more equitable, and more human for patients and caregivers,” say Co-Founders Ken Graboys, CEO at Chartis, and Ethan Arnold, Managing Partner..

“Chartis成立的宗旨是帮助客户从根本上改善美国各地的医疗保健服务。自成立以来，在过去的23年中，我们取得了长足的进步。展望未来，我们很高兴能做得更多。黑石集团与我们一样致力于支持整个医疗保健领域的行业领导者，因为他们努力使美国的医疗服务对患者和护理人员来说更容易获得，更实惠，更可靠，更公平，更人性化，”联合创始人Chartis首席执行官肯·格拉博伊斯（KenGraboys）和管理合伙人伊桑·阿诺德（EthanArnold）表示。。

“Blackstone’s expertise, scale, and resources align well with Chartis’ transformative vision for the future of the industry,” said Greg Maddrey, President at Chartis. “This investment will provide us with the resources to grow our organic offerings, expand our capabilities, and further enhance our infrastructure.

Chartis总裁格雷格·马德雷（GregMaddrey）表示：“黑石的专业技能、规模和资源与Chartis对行业未来的变革愿景非常吻合。”。“这项投资将为我们提供资源，以发展我们的有机产品，扩大我们的能力，并进一步增强我们的基础设施。

We are excited about the future and confident that this partnership will help us enable our clients to reshape healthcare for the better.”.

我们对未来感到兴奋，并相信这种合作关系将帮助我们的客户更好地重塑医疗保健。”。

“The increasing complexity of the healthcare landscape has only amplified the need for trusted partners like Chartis,” said Ram Jagannath, a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone. “Ken, Ethan, Greg, and their team have done a tremendous job building a leading advisory business for their clients by serving as a strategic thought partner that leverages next-generation technology and care models.

Blackstone高级董事总经理拉姆·贾甘纳特（RamJagannath）表示：“医疗保健领域日益复杂，只会扩大对Chartis等值得信赖的合作伙伴的需求。”。“Ken、Ethan、Greg及其团队作为利用下一代技术和护理模式的战略思想合作伙伴，为客户打造领先的咨询业务做出了巨大的贡献。

The company’s powerful mission-driven culture is a testament to its impressive leadership and people. We look forward to bringing the resources of Blackstone’s global platform to bear to support Chartis’ continued growth.”.

该公司强大的使命驱动文化证明了其令人印象深刻的领导力和员工。我们期待着利用黑石全球平台的资源来支持Chartis的“持续增长”。

Since Audax’s 2019 investment, Chartis has acquired and integrated seven add-on acquisitions, expanding the firm into complementary capabilities and new end markets. During this period, Chartis has also established several new centers for research and advancement, which contribute to better understanding and addressing healthcare where it is most vulnerable..

自Audax于2019年投资以来，Chartis已经收购并整合了七项附加收购，将公司扩展到互补能力和新的终端市场。在此期间，Chartis还建立了几个新的研究和发展中心，有助于更好地了解和解决最脆弱的医疗保健问题。。

“Our investment in Chartis is emblematic of our Buy & Build strategy, backing a first-class management team, understanding and collaborating around their vision for growth, and bringing capital and resources to bear to help the company execute on its purpose-driven strategy,” said Audax Private Equity Partner and Co-President, Young Lee.

Audax私人股本合伙人兼联合总裁Young Lee表示：“我们对Chartis的投资是我们购买和建造战略的象征，支持一流的管理团队，了解并合作他们的增长愿景，并带来资金和资源，帮助公司执行其目标驱动的战略。”。

“We sincerely thank Ken, Ethan, Greg, and the rest of the Chartis team for their continued partnership.”.

“我们衷心感谢Ken、Ethan、Greg和Chartis团队的其他成员继续合作。”。

The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2024, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

根据惯例成交条件和监管部门的批准，该交易预计将于2024年底完成。交易条款未披露。

Lincoln International and BofA Securities served as financial advisors, and Ropes and Gray and Winston & Strawn LLP served as legal counsel to Chartis and Audax Private Equity. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC served as financial advisor and Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal counsel to Blackstone.

Lincoln International和美国银行证券公司担任财务顾问，Ropes and Gray和Winston&Strawn LLP担任Chartis和Audax Private Equity的法律顾问。高盛公司（Goldman Sachs&Co.LLC）担任黑石公司（Blackstone）的财务顾问，柯克兰德（Kirkland&Ellis）有限责任合伙公司（LLP）担任法律顾问。

About Chartis

关于Chartis

The challenges facing US healthcare are longstanding and all too familiar. We are Chartis, and we believe in better. We work with more than 900 clients annually to develop and activate transformative strategies, operating models, and organizational enterprises that make US healthcare more affordable, accessible, safe, and human.

美国医疗保健所面临的挑战由来已久，大家都很熟悉。我们是沙提斯人，我们相信更好。我们每年与900多名客户合作，制定和激活变革性战略、运营模式和组织企业，使我们的医疗保健更加实惠、方便、安全和人性化。

With more than 1,000 professionals, we help providers, payers, technology innovators, retail companies, and investors create and embrace solutions that tangibly and materially reshape healthcare for the better. Our family of brands—Chartis, Jarrard, Greeley, and HealthScape Advisors—is 100% focused on healthcare and each has a longstanding commitment to helping transform healthcare in big and small ways.

我们拥有1000多名专业人员，帮助供应商、付款人、技术创新者、零售公司和投资者创建并接受解决方案，从而切实、实质性地改善医疗保健。我们的品牌家族Chartis、Jarrard、Greeley和HealthScape Advisors百分之百专注于医疗保健，每个品牌都长期致力于帮助医疗保健的大小变革。

Learn more at chartis.com..

在chartis.com了解更多信息。。

About Blackstone

关于Blackstone

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which we invest. Our more than $1 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, credit, real assets, secondaries, and hedge funds.

百仕通是全球最大的另类资产管理公司。通过加强我们投资的公司，我们寻求为机构投资者和个人投资者提供令人信服的回报。我们管理的资产超过1万亿美元，其中包括专注于房地产、私人股本、基础设施、生命科学、增长股本、信贷、房地产、二手房和对冲基金的全球投资战略。

Further information is available at blackstone.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram..

更多信息请访问blackstone.com。在LinkedIn、X（Twitter）和Instagram上关注我们。。

About Audax Private Equity

关于Audax私募股权

Headquartered in Boston, with offices in San Francisco, New York, and London, Audax Private Equity is a capital partner for middle and lower-middle-market companies that seeks to facilitate transformational growth through its private equity and strategic capital strategies. With approximately $19 billion of assets under management, over 270 employees, and 100-plus investment professionals, the firm has invested in more than 170 platforms and 1,300 add-on acquisitions since its founding in 1999.

Audax Private Equity总部位于波士顿，在旧金山、纽约和伦敦设有办事处，是中低端市场公司的资本合作伙伴，旨在通过其私募股权和战略资本战略促进转型增长。该公司管理着大约190亿美元的资产，270多名员工和100多名投资专业人员，自1999年成立以来，已投资了170多个平台和1300多个附加收购。

Through our disciplined Buy & Build approach, across six core industry verticals, Audax helps portfolio companies execute organic and inorganic growth initiatives that fuel revenue expansion, optimize operations, and significantly increase equity value. For more information, visit audaxprivateequity.com or follow us on LinkedIn..

通过我们严格的购买和建造方法，跨越六个核心行业垂直领域，Audax帮助投资组合公司执行有机和无机增长计划，以推动收入扩张，优化运营，并显着提高股权价值。有关更多信息，请访问audaxprivateequity.com或在LinkedIn上关注我们。。

Originally announced August 14th, 2024

最初于2024年8月14日宣布

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