The Korian Group Announces a Strengthening of Its Financial Structure Thanks to Two Transactions

Regulatory News :

Korian (Paris:KORI) :

Yann Coléou, CEO of Korian:

"These two transactions demonstrate the confidence of large institutional investors in the model developed by Korian. They strengthen Korian’s financial solidity, in accordance with the objectives set out at the start of the year of maintaining a stable financial leverage in 2013. With four major business lines that are nursing homes, specialised clinics, residential services and home care, and the capacity to accommodate almost 34,000 residents in Europe, Korian has now positioned itself as Europe’s leader in care for the elderly.”

Dividend payment

On 26 July 2013, Korian paid a dividend of €0.6/share, representing a payment of €20.3 million of which only €7.8 million was in cash. In fact, 61.3% of shareholders opted to receive the dividend payment in shares at the price of €15.65/share. This transaction has increased the Group’s capital by €12.5 million through the creation of 798,785 new shares. Korian’s capital is now made up of 34,839,613 shares.

Bond issue

Korian announces the success of a bond issue of €67.5 million subscribed in the form of a private placement with institutional investors. This transaction supplements an initial bond issue of €37.5 million carried out in December 2012.

The objective of this transaction is:

• to diversify the Group’s sources of financing
• to extend the average debt maturity. This bond will partially refinance the Group’s syndicated credit facility which is scheduled to mature in July 2015
• to benefit from attractive market conditions.

This bond without surety has a maturity of 6 years with a coupon of 4.625%.

This transaction has been arranged by BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB and RBS.
On 31 July 2013, the prospectus received visa no 13-441 from the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) for its listing on NYSE Euronext Paris as of 2 August 2013. This document is available in English in accordance with regulatory requirements. It can be consulted on the Korian website (http://www.groupe-korian.com), as well as on the AMF website (www.amf-france.org).

About Korian

The Korian Group, founded in 2001, is the European market leader in comprehensive care. Korian has the facilities to accommodate more than 34,000 residents and patients in Europe (France, Germany and Italy) and employs over 26,000 staff. The group manages 270 nursing homes and 50 specialist clinics, has over 2,200 beds in assisted living facilities and provides homecare services for over 9,000 people.

The company has been listed on Euronext Paris Eurolist Compartment B since November 2006.

Next announcement: 12 September 2013 before the start of trading
2013 half-year earnings

For more information, please visit our website: www.groupe-korian.com

Korian - 32, rue Guersant - 75017 Paris - France – Tel: +33 (0)1 55 37 52 00 – Fax: +33 (0)1 55 37 52 01