News Release Details

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 30, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Surgery Partners, Inc. (the "Company"), a leading healthcare services company, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering ("IPO") of 14,285,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $19.00 per share. The underwriters have also been granted an option to purchase up to 2,142,750 secondary shares from certain of the Company's stockholders at the public offering price less underwriting discounts and commissions. The Company's common stock is expected to begin trading on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol "SGRY" on October 1, 2015. The offering is expected to close on October 6, 2015, subject to customary closing conditions.

BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Jefferies LLC will be acting as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters for the offering. Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets will be acting as joint book-runners, and Stifel will be acting as co-manager.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on September 30, 2015. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus. A copy of the final prospectus related to the offering will be filed with the SEC and copies may be obtained, when available, by contacting (i) BofA Merrill Lynch, 222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038, Attn: Prospectus Department, or by email at dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com, (ii) Goldman, Sachs & Co., 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, Attn: Prospectus Department, or by telephone at (866) 471-2526, or by email at prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com, or (iii) Jefferies LLC, Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by telephone at (877) 821-7388, or by email at Prospectus_Department@Jefferies.com.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Surgery Partners

Surgery Partners is a leading healthcare services company with a differentiated outpatient delivery model focused on providing high quality, cost effective solutions for surgical and related ancillary care in support of both patients and physicians. Founded in 2004, Surgery Partners is one of the largest and fastest growing surgical services businesses in the country, with a portfolio of 99 surgical facilities comprised of 94 ambulatory surgery centers and 5 surgical hospitals across 28 states.

Teresa Sparks, CFO

Surgery Partners, Inc.

(615) 234-8940