MEDICA : ?131.5 million sale & leaseback transaction

Regulatory News:

MEDICA (Paris:MDCA), a leading provider of long and short-term dependency care in France, today announced that it had entered into a sale and leaseback transaction involving a portion of its property assets.

On 18 December 2012, MEDICA signed a property sale and leaseback transaction for ?131.5 million over a 12-year term, as part of a club-deal bringing together NATIXIS LEASE IMMO, as syndicate leader and OSEO and BANQUE POSTALE CREDIT ENTREPRISES, as club-deal members. MEDICA maintains control over its assets with a buy back option.

Entering into a property sale and leaseback transaction will enable MEDICA to continue diversifying and optimising its financing terms by setting up a long-term property loan.

This transaction, made possible due to the quality of its assets, involves 15 establishments, with a total of around 1,100 beds.

INVESTOR CALENDAR

Fourth-quarter 2012 revenue: Tuesday, 12 February 2013 before start of trading.

ABOUT MEDICA

Created in 1968, MEDICA is a leading provider of long and short-term dependency care in France. It operates in both the long-term care sector, with nursing homes in France and Italy, and in the post-acute and psychiatric care sector. In these two sectors, the Group operated a total of around 16,600 beds and employed more than 9,200 people as of 30 September 2012.

MEDICA has been listed on the NYSE Euronext Paris stock exchange since February 2010 - Compartment B - Eligible for the Deferred Settlement Service.

MEDICA is included in the SBF 120, Euronext CAC Healthcare, MSCI France Small Cap and Gaia indices.

MDCA - ISIN: FR0010372581 - Reuters: MDCA PA - Bloomberg: MDCA FP

Website: www.groupmedica.com

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Christine Jeandel
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Mathieu Fabre
Chief Financial Officer
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Agnès Gilbert, + 33 (0) 1 70 38 25 54
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