Just as the sun rose over Wall Street today, StandardAero (SARO Proposed) unveiled the terms for its $1 billion IPO. StandardAero is offering 46.5 million shares at a price range of $20.00 to $23.00 to raise $999.75 million – essentially $1 billion – in its initial public offering, according to its S-1/A filing, dated Sept. 23, 2024. The StandardAero IPO – set to price Oct. 1, 2024 – is the first $1 billion deal to launch after the Fed’s shift last week to easier monetary policy with its first rate cut in four years. StandardAero’s stock is expected to start trading Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, on the New York Stock Exchange.
StandardAero would have a market cap of about $7.05 billion, if the IPO is priced at the $21.50 mid-point of its range.
J.P.Morgan and Morgan Stanley are leading the joint book-runners. The other banks on the book-running team include BofA Securities, UBS Investment Bank, Jefferies and RBC Capital Markets. Other investment banks on the team include Carlyle, CIBC Capital Markets, HSBC, Mizuho Securities, Societe Generale and Wolfe Nomura Alliance.
StandardAero, Inc., based in Scottsdale, Arizona, says it believes that it is “the world’s largest independent pure-play provider of aerospace engine aftermarket services for fixed and rotary wing aircraft, serving the commercial, military and business aviation end markets,” according to the prospectus. The company is Incorporated in Delaware.
In the prospectus, StandardAero says it will use the IPO’s proceeds to pay off about $808.9 million of debt.
StandardAero is not profitable. For the year that ended Dec. 31, 2023, StandardAero reported a net loss of $35.1 million on revenue of $4.56 billion, according to the prospectus.
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