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TORONTO, Aug. 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
September 17, 2018 to holders of
record of common shares at the close of business on August
31, 2018. This will be the Company's 173rd
consecutive dividend payment since inception.
The ex-dividend date for this distribution will be August 30, 2018. 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, in partnership with physicians, owns surgical
facilities in the United States.
Medical Facilities' portfolio includes controlling interest in five
specialty surgical hospitals located in Arkansas, Indiana, Oklahoma, and South
Dakota, and an ambulatory surgery center located in
California. In addition, through a
partnership with NueHealth LLC, Medical Facilities owns controlling
interest in seven ambulatory surgery centers located in
Arkansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon,
and Pennsylvania. 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 ambulatory surgery centers specialize in outpatient
surgical procedures, with patient stays of less than 24 hours.
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