Description of Activities

Description of transaction: The transaction involves two indivisible transactions where (i) Mediclinic Windhoek intends to acquire control over both Treeside Medical Suites and Treeside Medical Guesthouse, and (ii) involves the acquisition of Erf 223, 21 Heliodoor Street, Eros, Windhoek, the immovable property on which the Target Businesses operate, by Mediclinic Properties. 

Acquiring group: The first Primary Acquiring Undertaking is Mediclinic Windhoek Proprietary Limited (“Mediclinic Windhoek”), a limited company duly incorporated in accordance with the laws of Namibia. The second Primary Acquiring Undertaking is Mediclinic (Windhoek) Properties Proprietary Limited ("Mediclinic Properties"), a limited company duly incorporated in accordance with the laws of Namibia. Both Primary Acquiring Undertakings are subsidiaries of Mediclinic Southern Africa Proprietary Limited (“MCSA”) and, together with their subsidiaries and partners, hereinafter referred to as the Mediclinic Group.

The Mediclinic Group is a diversified international private healthcare services group, providing comprehensive, high-quality hospital services. In Namibia, they own and operate three (3) acute care multidisciplinary private hospitals in Windhoek, Swakopmund, and Otjiwarongo.

Target undertaking: The first joint Primary Target Undertakings are Treeside Medical Suites Close Corporation (“Treeside Suites”) and Treeside Medical Guesthouse Close Corporation (“Treeside Guesthouse”), both referred to as (“Target Businesses”), are companies duly incorporated in accordance with the laws of Namibia. The second Primary Target is Property Erf 223, 21 Heliodoor Street, Eros, Windhoek (“Property Erf 223 or Target Property”), which is an immovable property on which the first Primary Target Undertakings operate. 

The Target Group consists of a stepdown or subacute facility in Windhoek, which helps patients transition between hospitals and home after a serious or prolonged illness, and includes an office, staff room, and nursing manager's office and is shared with the Treeside Guesthouse, which enables relatives of recovering patients to stay with their patients and consists of six double rooms with 12 beds. The Target Property from which the Target Businesses operate has a doctor’s consultation room.

Relevant market: The merging parties submit that the relevant market is the subacute facilities in Windhoek. 

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