Fortis Healthcare arm to divest 64% stake in Dental Corporation

17 Dec 2012 Evaluate

Fortis Healthcare - subsidiary - Fortis Healthcare International has decided to sell its 64 % stake in Dental Corporation Holdings (DC), Australia, to Bupa, for a consideration of Aus $270 million. The deal is expected to be completed in March 2013 subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.

The DC divestment is in line with Fortis’s strategic decision to focus on healthcare in Asia including India and on developing, staffing, operating and managing healthcare assets that cater to complex clinical work at the higher end of the medical delivery value spectrum. The divestment will go towards further strengthening the Fortis balance sheet bringing it closer to its net debt to equity target ratio of 0.6.

Fortis had entered DC in Jan 2011 and has since added considerable value to the business growing it from 140 dental practices to 190 dental practices in Australia and New Zealand. The model however has remained confined to the two countries and in-spite of exploration and backing has found limited acceptance in other Fortis geographies, as originally envisaged.

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