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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
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