The petrol forecourts big based in Blackburn by brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa will subsequent week kick off formal plans for a $9bn (£6.7bn) US inventory market itemizing.
Sky Information has learnt that EG Group, about 25% of which is owned by every of the brothers, will maintain a magnificence parade of banks in London forward of a flotation anticipated to happen this yr.
Banking sources mentioned Barclays, Financial institution of America, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley had been all doubtless to participate in subsequent week’s choice course of.
EG Group has turn into one of many world’s largest gasoline retailing multinationals, increasing its foodservice providing and producing important income.
The corporate, which can select to checklist in New York below the identify Cumberland Farms, is at the moment chaired by Lord Rose, the previous Marks & Spencer and Asda chairman.
EG Group is roughly 50pc-owned by TDR Capital, the London-based personal fairness agency which additionally owns a controlling stake in Asda.
Beneath TDR’s possession, EG Group has recruited an skilled government management crew led by Russell Colaco.
Mr Colaco relies within the US, which is now the corporate’s greatest single market.
Its world headquarters is shifting to Charlotte, North Carolina, and whereas the corporate was based in Britain, bankers consider a US itemizing is extra logical than a London flotation.
In whole, EG Group employs about 33,000 folks and operates roughly 4,300 websites.
It serves 1 billion clients yearly.
In recent times, EG has considerably decreased its borrowings by promoting property, together with offloading nearly all of its UK websites to Asda.
It continues to commerce in Britain from about 150 Starbucks-branded shops, with these additionally probably altering fingers.
The group has additionally offered its operations in Italy, whereas the disposal of its Australian unit goes by means of competitors clearance.
One banker mentioned that after taking the disposals into consideration, it was prone to be valued at between $8bn and $9bn.
An EG spokesman declined to remark.
