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TORONTO, Jan. 22, 2018 /CNW/ - Medical Facilities
Corporation (TSX: DR) ("Medical Facilities" or the "Company")
announced today that a cash dividend payment of Cdn$0.09375 per common share will be payable on
February 15, 2018 to holders of
record of common shares at the close of business on January 31, 2017. This will be the Company's
166th consecutive dividend payment since inception.
The ex-dividend date for this distribution will be January 30, 2017. Medical Facilities designates
this dividend to be an "eligible dividend" pursuant to subsection
89(14) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) and its equivalent in any provinces of
Canada.
About Medical Facilities Corporation
Medical
Facilities owns controlling interests in five specialty surgical
hospitals located in Arkansas,
Indiana, Oklahoma and South
Dakota, as well as an ambulatory surgery center in
California. The specialty
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
ambulatory surgery center specializes in outpatient surgical
procedures, with patient stays of less than 24 hours. In addition,
Medical Facilities owns controlling interest in a diversified
healthcare service company located in Oklahoma City that provides third-party
business solutions to healthcare entities such as physician
practices, facilities, and insurance companies. Medical Facilities
is structured so that a majority of its free cash flow from
operations is distributed to the holders of its common shares in
the form of dividends. 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