The Aspen Group, the owner of one of the largest dental care chains in the US, is exploring tapping outside investors to tackle the maturities of roughly $3 billion of loans due next year amid weaker earnings, according to people familiar with the matter.
The company, owned by Leonard Green & Partners, Ares Management Corp. and American Securities, is also getting close to a sale of WellNow, its chain of urgent care clinics, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private information. That transaction is expected to garner a sale price of as ...
