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KKR-backed ambulance giant GMR Solutions raises $479 million in US IPO

By Thomson Reuters May 12, 2026 | 7:38 PM

May 12 (Reuters) – Emergency medical services provider GMR Solutions has raised $478.7 million in its U.S. initial public offering, the company said ​on Tuesday, after selling 31.9 million ‌shares at $15 apiece.

The Lewisville, Texas-based company, known as Global Medical Response, has secured a valuation of roughly $3.35 billion.

GMR Solutions had lowered its expectations after initially targeting up ‌to $797.9 ​million through a proposed price ⁠range of $22 to $25 apiece.

The ⁠rebound in IPO activity has boosted market sentiment, prompting companies to accelerate listings while the market window remains open, even as persistent ​volatility and geopolitical uncertainty continue to weigh on investor appetite.

GMR is a U.S.-based emergency medical ⁠services provider offering air ⁠and ground ambulance transport, mobile healthcare ​and disaster response services, with operations spanning urban and ​rural communities nationwide.

The company, which completed a $5.4 ‌billion refinancing in 2025, operates across 1,400 U.S. counties.

In 2015, investment firm KKR acquired air ambulance provider Air Medical from Bain Capital in a ⁠roughly $2 billion deal.

The New York-based firm later combined Air Medical with American Medical Response in 2018, after acquiring ⁠the company ‌from Envision Healthcare for $2.4 billion, to ⁠form Global Medical Response.

GMR is expected ​to ‌begin trading on the New York ​Stock Exchange ⁠on Wednesday under the symbol “GMRS”, with J.P. Morgan, KKR and BofA Securities among the underwriters on the offering.

(Reporting by Prakhar Srivastava in Bengaluru and Carlos Méndez in México City; Editing by Shailesh Kuber and ​Sherry Jacob-Phillips)