TORONTO, Oct. 27,
2022 /CNW/ - Medical Facilities Corporation
(TSX: DR) ("Medical Facilities" or the "Company") announced today
that it will take up and purchase for cancellation 3,053,097 of its
common shares (the "Common Shares") at a purchase price of
$11.30 per Common Share under the
Company's substantial issuer bid (the "Offer"), for aggregate
consideration of approximately $34.5
million.
Common Shares purchased under the Offer represent approximately
10.38% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares on a non-diluted
basis as at September 12, 2022, when
the terms of the Offer were announced. After giving effect to the
Offer, 26,361,662 Common Shares will be issued and outstanding.
A total of approximately 4,766,110 Common Shares were properly
tendered to the Offer and not withdrawn. As the Offer was
oversubscribed, shareholders who made auction tenders at prices
from $10.00 to $11.30 per Common Share and purchase price
tenders will have approximately 99% of their successfully tendered
Common Shares purchased by the Company, other than "odd lot"
tenders, which are not subject to proration.
Payment for the purchased Common Shares will be effected by
Computershare Investor Services Inc. (the "Depositary") in
accordance with the Offer and applicable law. Any Common Shares
tendered at a purchase price per Common Share above $11.30 per Common Share will be returned to
shareholders promptly by the Depositary.
The full details of the Offer are described in the offer to
purchase and issuer bid circular dated September 16, 2022, as well as the related letter
of transmittal and notice of guaranteed delivery, copies of which
were filed and are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
The Company's normal course issuer bid (the "NCIB") to purchase
up to a maximum of 3,101,774 Common Shares through the facilities
of the TSX or alternative Canadian trading systems was suspended
during the period of the Offer. Purchases of Common Shares under
the NCIB will now resume and continue until expiry of the NCIB on
November 30, 2022.
This news release is for informational purposes only and does
not constitute an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to
sell Common Shares.
About Medical Facilities
Corporation
Medical Facilities, in partnership with physicians, owns a
diverse portfolio of highly rated, high-quality surgical facilities
in the United States. MFC's
ownership includes controlling interest in four specialty surgical
hospitals located in Arkansas,
Oklahoma, and South Dakota, and an ambulatory surgery center
("ASC") located in California. In
addition, through a partnership with NueHealth LLC, Medical
Facilities owns a controlling interest in five ambulatory surgery
centers located in Michigan,
Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. MFC also owns non-controlling
interests in a specialty surgical hospital in Indiana and an ASC in Missouri. The specialty surgical hospitals
perform scheduled surgical, imaging, diagnostic and other
procedures, including primary and urgent care, and derive their
revenue from the fees charged for the use of their facilities. The
ASCs specialize in outpatient surgical procedures, with patient
stays of less than 24 hours. For more information, please visit
www.medicalfacilitiescorp.ca.
Caution concerning
forward-looking statements
Statements made in this news release, other than those
concerning historical financial information, may be forward-looking
and therefore subject to various risks and uncertainties.
Some forward-looking statements may be identified by words like
"may", "will", "anticipate", "estimate", "expect", "intend", or
"continue" or the negative thereof or similar variations. Certain
material factors or assumptions are applied in making
forward-looking statements and actual results may differ materially
from those expressed or implied in such statements. Factors that
could cause results to vary include those identified in Medical
Facilities' filings with Canadian securities regulatory authorities
such as legislative or regulatory developments, intensifying
competition, technological change and general economic conditions.
All forward-looking statements presented herein should be
considered in conjunction with such filings. Medical Facilities
does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements; such
statements speak only as of the date made.
SOURCE Medical Facilities Corporation