The private equity firm said it was delaying the purchase of a publicly listed affiliate until next year, a step it was to take before it could go public itself.

Fluidigm’s offering, which it hopes to make on Thursday unless market conditions force it to withdraw, is underwritten by Morgan Stanley.

The decision to go public is the latest twist for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, a firm that helped invent an entire industry.

Liberty’s 50 percent stake in DirecTV will account for more than 80 percent of the value of a new company that will also include other Liberty assets.