Medical Facilities Corporation Announces September Dividend and Appointment of New Member of the Board of Directors

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TORONTO, Sept. 20, 2017 /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 October 16, 2017 to holders of record of common shares at the close of business on September 29, 2017. This will be the Company's 162^nd consecutive dividend payment since inception.

The ex-dividend date for this distribution will be September 28, 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.

Appointment of New Member of the Board of Directors
The Company is pleased to announce that Dr. Reza Shahim has been appointed to the Board of Directors. Dr. Shahim is board certified neurosurgeon specializing in all aspects of neurosurgical care and minimally invasive spine surgery. He practices at Arkansas Surgical Hospital and Neurological Surgery Associates. Dr. Shahim is a Vice-President and a member of the Board of Managers of Arkansas Surgical Hospital. Dr. Shahim brings to the Board a hands-on understanding of the U.S. healthcare system and specifically, specialty hospitals.

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