Premier, Inc. Stockholders Overwhelmingly Approve Acquisition by Patient Square Capital

Transaction Expected to Close on November 25, 2025

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) (“Premier” or the “Company”), a leading technology-driven health care improvement company, today announced that, at the Company’s Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”), Premier stockholders approved the previously announced acquisition of the Company by an affiliate of Patient Square Capital (“Patient Square”), a dedicated health care investment firm.

Approximately 99% of shares voted were voted in favor of the transaction. This represents approximately 79% of the total outstanding shares of Premier common stock as of October 21, 2025, the record date for voting at the Special Meeting.

As previously announced, under the terms of the agreement, Premier stockholders will receive $28.25 in cash per share, representing a 23.8% premium to Premier’s 60-day volume-weighted average price as of September 5, 2025.

The transaction is expected to close on or about November 25, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of the remaining customary closing conditions.

The final voting results of the Special Meeting, as certified by the inspector of election, will be reported in a Form 8-K filed by Premier with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Advisors

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and BofA Securities, Inc. are serving as financial advisors, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is serving as legal counsel, and Joele Frank is serving as strategic communications advisor to Premier. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is serving as legal advisor to the Transaction Committee of the Board of Directors.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is serving as legal counsel, Ropes & Gray is serving as health care legal counsel, Jefferies LLC and Santander are serving as financial advisors, and Perella Weinberg Partners LP is serving as debt capital markets advisor to Patient Square.

About Premier, Inc.

Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) is a leading technology-driven health care improvement company. Playing a critical role in the rapidly evolving health care industry, Premier unites providers, suppliers, payers and policymakers to make health care better with national scale, smarter with actionable intelligence and faster with novel technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier offers integrated data and analytics, collaboratives, supply chain solutions, consulting and other services in service of our mission to improve the health of communities. Please visit Premier’s news and investor sites on www.premierinc.com; as well as X, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and Premier’s blog for more information about the Company.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Further information on factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated by the forward-looking statements is included in the Annual Report, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and other filings made by the Company from time to time with the SEC. These filings, when available, are available on the investor relations section of the Company website at https://investors.premierinc.com or on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov. If any of these risks materialize or any of these assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that the Company presently does not know of or that the Company currently believes are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements included in this communication are made only as of the date hereof. The Company assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

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Premier, Inc. Contacts

Investors:

Ben Krasinski

Senior Director, Investor Relations

704.816.5644

ben_krasinski@premierinc.com

Media:

Amanda Forster

Vice President, Integrated Communications

202.879.8004

amanda_forster@premierinc.com

Andrew Siegel / Aura Reinhard / Catherine Simon

Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher

212.355.4449

Source: Premier, Inc.