TORONTO, Oct. 25,
2022 /CNW/ - Medical Facilities Corporation (TSX: DR)
("Medical Facilities" or the "Company") announced today the
preliminary results of its substantial issuer bid (the "Offer") to
purchase for cancellation up to $34.5
million of its common shares (the "Common Shares"). The
offer expired at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern
Time) on October 24, 2022.
All of the terms and conditions of the Offer have been complied
with or waived and, based on a preliminary count by Computershare
Investor Services Inc. (the "Depositary"), the Company expects to
take up and purchase for cancellation 3,053,097 Common Shares at a
purchase price of $11.30 per Common
Share (the "Purchase Price"), for aggregate consideration of
approximately $34.5 million. The
Common Shares expected to be 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, the date the Offer was publicly announced. After
giving effect to the Offer, approximately 26,361,662 Common Shares
are expected to be issued and outstanding.
The Offer was made by way of a "modified Dutch auction", which
allowed shareholders who chose to participate in the Offer to
individually select the price, within a price range of not less
than $10.00 per Common Share and not
more than $11.50 per Common Share (in
increments of $0.10 per Common
Share), at which they were willing to sell their Common Shares.
Based on the Depositary's preliminary count, approximately
4,766,110 Common Shares were tendered to the Offer. 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 are expected to have approximately 99% of their
successfully tendered Common Shares purchased by the Company, other
than "odd lot" tenders, which are not subject to proration.
Shareholders who made auction tenders at a price in excess of
$11.30 per Common Share will have
their Common Shares returned by the Depositary.
The number of Common Shares to be purchased under the Offer and
the Purchase Price are preliminary, subject to verification by the
Depositary and assume that all Common Shares tendered through
notices of guaranteed delivery will be delivered within the two
trading day settlement period. The Company will announce the final
results following completion of take-up of the Common Shares.
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.
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 and include
statements about the final results of the Offer and the
announcement thereof by the Company. 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