Radiology Partners Seeks to Raise Equity as Debt Nears Maturity

Radiology Partners Inc.,the largest US provider of medical imaging, is seeking to raise preferred equity to help repay more than $2 billion in debt coming due in the next two years.

The company hired Barclays Plc to help find investors for the proposed offering, said people with knowledge of the plan, who asked to remain anonymous because the matter is private. Representatives for Radiology Partners and Barclays declined to comment. NEA and Starr Investment Holdings Llc, backers of the company, didn’t respond to requests for comment..

Raising fresh capital may present a challenge for the El Segundo, California-based ...