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Premier Inc., a healthcare group purchasing alliance with 56,000 non-acute healthcare facilities including nursing homes, is planning to file an initial public offering of $100 million.

Premier, which has its headquarters in Charlotte, NC, has 2,900 U.S. community hospitals and is owned by 181 U.S. health systems and healthcare organizations.

The company most recently generated net revenue of $869.3 million and net income of $375.1 million, according to its SEC filing.

The company applied to list shares in the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol PINC.