Portillo’s hopes to raise $405 million from IPO, add 100s of new restaurants

Posted on October 12, 2021
Portillo’s founder Dick Portillo stands in front of a replica of The Dog House, which he ran in the Chicago suburb of Villa Park starting in 1963. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)

By Heart of Illinois ABC

NORMAL – Portillo’s, with restaurants in Peoria and Normal, said it hopes to earn as much as $405.4 million when it sells company stock to the public, and the company is making known just how much it plans to grow in the years ahead.

In a filing Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Portillo’s said it plans to sell 20,270,270 shares of Class A common stock at a price of $17 and $20 per share.

No date is available yet for the IPO. Portillo’s, trading under the symbol “PTLO” will be listed on the NASDAQ exchange.

There are 67 Portillo’s restaurants in nine states, and the company said in its SEC filings the company will increase its restaurants by about 10% annually, and it plans on adding more than 600 new restaurants over the next 25 years.

The Chicago area firm, founded by Dick Portillo in 1963, has major backing from Berkshire Partners, which has invested more than $16 billion into the business, the company reported.

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