AAC Holdings Secures $25 Million of Capital with Agreement to Sell and Leaseback Outpatient and Sober Living Facilities

BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Aug. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- AAC Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAC) has signed a definitive agreement to sell its two standalone outpatient facilities and two sober living facilities in Las Vegas, Nevada and Arlington, Texas for $25 million in cash to MedEquities Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: MRT). Concurrently with the sale, the Company will lease the facilities from MedEquities pursuant to a 15-year triple-net lease at an initial lease rate of 8.75%. AAC expects to deploy the proceeds to pay down borrowings on its revolving credit facility and fund its de novo activities. The transaction is expected to close by August 11, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.

The AAC facilities that are included in the sale are the two standalone outpatient treatment facilities in Las Vegas, Nevada and Arlington, Texas; a 110-bed sober living facility in Las Vegas; and a 56-bed sober living facility in Arlington that is expected to expand to 131 beds by mid-year 2018. These four facilities support AAC's flagship inpatient residential treatment facilities, Desert Hope in Las Vegas and Greenhouse in Arlington.

"This transaction unlocks the value in the outpatient and sober living operations we have created in our Las Vegas and Arlington platforms together with our Desert Hope and Greenhouse facilities," noted Michael Cartwright, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AAC Holdings, Inc. "This capital will help us reduce leverage and fund our de novo and bed expansion activity for 2017 and 2018."

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