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Medical Facilities Corporation Announces Inclusion in the S&;;P/TSX SmallCap Index

^{Published on 2011-09-15 10:12:05 - Market Wire}
 

TORONTO, Sept. 15, 2011 /CNW/ - Medical Facilities Corporation ("Medical Facilities" or the "Corporation") (TSX: DR), is pleased to announce that Medical Facilities will be added to the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index, effective after the close of trading on Friday, September 16, 2011.  Standard and Poor's Canadian Index Operations announced this addition on September 9, 2011, following results of their annual review of the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index.

"The addition of Medical Facilities to the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index is another important milestone in our history as a publicly traded company.  Our inclusion in this index should both increase our exposure to potential investors and provide for enhanced trading liquidity of our stock," said Dr. Donald Schellpfeffer, CEO of Medical Facilities.

The S&P/TSX SmallCap Index provides an investable index for the Canadian small cap market. The index is float adjusted and market cap weighted and was developed with industry input as the ideal benchmark for those with small cap exposure of the Canadian equity market. The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) serves as the distributor of both real-time and historical data for this index.

About Medical Facilities
Medical Facilities owns controlling interests in four specialty surgical hospitals, located in South Dakota and Oklahoma, as well as an ambulatory surgery center in California. The specialty hospitals perform scheduled surgical, imaging and diagnostic procedures, 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. 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.