shares of fidelity national information services inc fis were popping 6 in monday’s premarket trading after a financial times report from friday cited privateequity interest in buying a possible majority stake in the company’s worldpay business the ft report said that privateequity groups were considering a bid at a valuation upwards of 15 billion fis previously announced plans to spin off its merchant business which largely consists of worldpay into a separate business a move that would walk back the company’s merger with worldpay that was announced in early 2019 fis didn’t immediately respond to a marketwatch request for comment jefferies analyst trevor williams wrote that while the 15 billion headline valuation “implies modest dilution we would view such an outcome as a clear positive with our belief that remainco would trade at a higher multiple than fis’ current consolidated valuation”