BUZZ-Data center supplier Forgent Power dips as PE sponsor to carve stake

Forgent Power Solutions
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Forgent Power Solutions

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Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

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** Forgent Power Solutions' FPS.N shares down 0.8% to $54.54 early Tues after co announced another secondary offering

** Minnesota-based manufacturer of electrical distribution equipment used in data centers late Mon unveiled 35 mln share offering

** Private equity firm Neos Partners to sell ~23.3 mln shares, and FPS to use net proceeds it receives from sale of ~11.7 mln shares to purchase shares from Neos

** Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and Morgan Stanley joint lead bookrunners

** Neos reduced its stake last month in $2 bln secondary offering, and in March following Forgent's Feb IPO, which priced at $27

** Prior to this proposed offering, Neos owned ~51% of the voting power in Forgent, per the prospectus; Forgent has ~304.4 mln total shares outstanding

** Avg rating of 8 analysts on FPS stock is "buy"; median PT $60, per LSEG data