Diversicare Issues Statement Regarding Offer and Engagement of Financial Advisor
20 Agosto 2021 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
Diversicare Healthcare Services, Inc. (the “Company”) (OTCQX:
DVCR), a premier provider of long-term care services, today
responded to the August 19, 2021, letter received from MCS Plan and
Ephram Lahasky (the “Reporting Persons”) pursuant to which the
Reporting Persons informed the Company of their interest in
acquiring control of the Company. The letter from DAC Acquisition
LLC, which is an entity managed by Mr. Lahasky, proposes to acquire
all of the outstanding common stock of the Company for $10.10 per
share. The proposal is subject to other material conditions.
The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), consistent
with its fiduciary duties and responsibilities under Delaware law
and in consultation with its financial and legal advisors, has been
in discussions with DAC Acquisition LLC and has been reviewing and
assessing the details of the proposal in order to determine the
appropriate course of action that will serve the best interests of
Diversicare’s stockholders. The Company intends to continue its
negotiations and expects to announce the results of such
negotiations as soon as available. The Board has retained Brentwood
Capital Advisors LLC as its financial advisor to assist in
evaluating this or any other proposed transactions.
The Company has not established a definitive timeline to
complete this review and no decision has been reached at this time.
There can be no assurance that the review being undertaken will
result in a business combination or a path different from the
Company's current strategic plan. The Company does not intend to
make any further announcements regarding the review unless and
until the Board has approved a specific transaction or other course
of action requiring disclosure.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The “forward-looking statements” contained in this release are
made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements are predictive in nature and are frequently identified
by the use of terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,”
“believe,” “estimate,” “intend,” and similar words indicating
possible future expectations, events or actions. These
forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect
to future events and present our estimates and assumptions only as
of the date of this release. Actual results could differ materially
from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements made in
this release. In addition to any assumptions and other factors
referred to specifically in connection with such statements, other
factors, many of which are beyond our ability to control or
predict, could cause our actual results to differ materially from
the results expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements
including, but not limited to, the potential adverse effect of the
COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, our patients and residents and
supply chain, including changes in the occupancy of our centers,
increased operation costs in addressing COVID-19, supply chain
disruptions and uncertain demand, and the impact of any initiatives
or programs that the Company may undertake to address financial and
operations challenges faced by its patients served, the duration
and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and the extent and severity
of the impact on the Company's patients and residents, actions
governments take in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including
the introduction of public health measures and other regulations
affecting our centers, and the timing, availability, and adoption
of effective medical treatments and vaccines, the impact of the
CARES Act, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care
Enhancement Act, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 and the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and any other COVID-19 relief aid
adopted by governments or the implementation or modifications to
such acts, including any obligation of the Company to repay any
stimulus payments received under such relief aid, perceptions
regarding the safety of senior living communities during and after
the pandemic, changes in demand for senior living communities and
our ability to adapt our sales and marketing efforts to meet the
demand, changes in the acuity levels of our new residents, the
disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on seniors generally and those
residing in our communities, increased regulatory requirements,
including unfunded mandatory testing, increased enforcement actions
resulting from COVID-19, including those that may limit our
collection efforts for delinquent accounts and the frequency and
magnitude of legal actions and liability claims that may arise due
to COVID-19 or our response efforts, our ability to successfully
integrate the operations of new nursing centers, as well as
successfully operate all of our centers, our ability to increase
census and occupancy rates at our centers, changes in governmental
reimbursement, including the Patient-Driven Payment Model that was
implemented in October of 2019, government regulation, the impact
of the Affordable Care Act, efforts to repeal or further modify the
Affordable Care Act, and other health care reform initiatives, any
increases in the cost of borrowing under our credit agreements, our
ability to comply with covenants contained in those credit
agreements, our ability to comply with the terms of our master
lease agreements, our ability to renew or extend our leases at or
prior to the end of the existing lease terms, the outcome of
professional liability lawsuits and claims, our ability to control
ultimate professional liability costs, the accuracy of our estimate
of our anticipated professional liability expense, the impact of
future licensing surveys, the outcome of proceedings alleging
violations of state or Federal False Claims Acts, laws and
regulations governing quality of care or other laws and regulations
applicable to our business including HIPAA and laws governing
reimbursement from government payors, the costs of investing in our
business initiatives and development, our ability to control costs,
our ability to attract and retain qualified healthcare
professionals, changes to our valuation of deferred tax assets,
changing economic and competitive conditions, changes in
anticipated revenue and cost growth, changes in the anticipated
results of operations, the effect of changes in accounting policies
as well as others.
Diversicare provides long-term care services to patients in 61
nursing centers and 7,250 skilled nursing beds. For additional
information about the Company, visit Diversicare's web site:
www.DVCR.com.
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Company Contact: James R. McKnight, Jr. Chief Executive Officer
615-771-7575
Investor Relations: Kerry D. Massey Chief Financial Officer
615-771-7575
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