据知情人士透露，在普利兹克私人资本（Pritzker Private Capital）支持下的私营丙烷和轻质燃料分销商能源分销合作伙伴公司（Energy Distribution Partners）正在探讨出售事宜，该交易对公司的估值可能超过10亿美元。
Distribution Partners, a privately-held propane and light fuels distributor backed by Pritzker Private Capital, is exploring a sale that could value the company at more than $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
知情人士称，谈判正在进行中，尚未做出最终决定。由于讨论内容处于保密状态，知情人士要求匿名。知情人士表示，一小群贷款机构正在考虑为该交易提供私募信贷支持融资，不过一些潜在买家仍可能转向银团市场。
Talks are ongoing, and no final decision has been made, the people said, asking not to be identified because the deliberations are private. A small club of lenders is considering a private-credit staple financing for the deal, though some prospective buyers may still turn to the syndicated market, the people said.
普利兹克私人资本的一位代表拒绝置评。能源分销合作伙伴公司的一位代表未回应置评请求。
A representative for Pritzker Private Capital declined to comment. A representative for Energy Distribution Partners did not respond to a request for comment.
普利兹克私人资本由总部位于芝加哥的普利兹克家族支持，该家族的财富包括凯悦酒店帝国。
Pritzker Private Capital is backed by the Chicago-based Pritzker family, whose fortunes include the Hyatt Hotels empire.
该公司于2020年通过资本重组投资了EDP，参与方还包括杜肖斯瓦资本管理公司（Duchossois Capital Management）和现有投资者同心股权合伙人公司（Concentric Equity Partners）。Stifel担任财务顾问。
The firm invested in EDP through a 2020 recapitalization alongside Duchossois Capital Management and existing investor Concentric Equity Partners. Stifel served as financial advisor.
此后，EDP通过在丙烷行业的多次收购实现增长，根据2月的一份新闻稿，其最近披露的收购对象是总部位于康涅狄格州的丙烷、燃油及相关服务供应商Hocon Gas。
Since then, EDP has grown through numerous acquisitions in the propane sector, with its latest disclosed being Hocon Gas, a Connecticut-based provider of propane, fuel oil, and related services, according to a press release in February.