Akumin Inc. Enters Into Agreements to Acquire Non-Controlling Interests for $21.3 million

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TORONTO, March 26, 2018 /CNW/ - Akumin Inc. (TSX:AKU.U) (the "Company" or "Akumin") announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Preferred Medical Imaging, LLC,  has entered into agreements to acquire all of the outstanding non-controlling interests in seven of its existing Texas-based diagnostic imaging centers (the "Acquisitions"). The Acquisitions relate to certain operations carried on in Austin, Fort Worth, Frisco, Grapevine/Colleyville, Irving, Plano and Round Rock.  The aggregate consideration for the Acquisitions is approximately US$21.3 million (the "Purchase Price"). The Purchase Price will be comprised of (i) an aggregate cash payment of approximately US$17.9 million and (ii) the balance of the Purchase Price of approximately US$3.4 million being satisfied through the issuance of common shares of the Company. The Acquisitions are subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory and lender approvals and completion of financing.

Riadh Zine, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, said "The acquisition of the non-controlling interests in these centers gives us a tremendous opportunity to maximize the value of assets we know well and in which we already have a substantial interest.  We expect having these centers as wholly-owned subsidiaries will further simplify our corporate structure and be accretive to our EBITDA."

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No securities regulatory authority has either approved or disapproved of the contents of this news release. The common shares have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws. Accordingly, the common shares may not be offered or sold within the United States unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or pursuant to exemptions from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of Akumin in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About Akumin

Akumin Inc. is a leading provider of outpatient diagnostic imaging services in the United States with 74 centers located in Florida, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Texas, Illinois and Kansas. Akumin's centers provide physicians with imaging capabilities to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders, and therefore reducing unnecessary invasive procedures, minimizing the cost and improving outcomes for patients. Our imaging procedures include MRI, CT, positron emission tomography (PET), ultrasound, X-ray, mammography and other diagnostic or interventional radiology procedures.

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