Healthscope and Portfolio Update

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Stock Healthco Healthcare and Wellness REIT (HCW.ASX)
Release Time 22 Sep 2025, 8:28 a.m.
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 Healthscope and Portfolio Update
Key Points
  • HealthCo and Unlisted Healthcare Fund have received $12.7m cash rent from Healthscope in Q1 FY26
  • Entered 1-month extension to partial rent deferral agreement with Healthscope
  • Conditional agreements with alternative tenants for all 11 Healthscope hospitals
Full Summary

HealthCo Healthcare & Wellness REIT (ASX: HCW) and the Unlisted Healthcare Fund (UHF) have receipted $12.7m cash rent from Healthscope in Q1 FY26. In order to be constructive and assist the current Healthscope sale process, HCW and UHF (together, the Landlords) have entered into a 1-month extension to the partial rent deferral agreement with Healthscope. Under this extension, 85% of the October rent will be paid at the beginning of October and the remaining 15% deferred rent for the May-October 2025 period will be paid at the end of October 2025. This means the Landlords will have collected 100% of all rent due and payable since the time of the original portfolio transaction in 2023. All existing legal rights of HCW and UHF remain in place, including cross default and termination rights. As previously disclosed, the Landlords have entered into conditional agreements with alternative tenants for all the 11 hospitals owned by the Landlords. These agreements include detailed commercial terms which are acceptable to the Landlords. The Landlords will look to enter into final lease agreements with these alternative tenants in the event the current Receiver-led Healthscope sale process does not result in one or more proposed assignees and lease arrangements which the Landlords consent to. The Landlords' priorities are to provide for continuity of service across all the 11 hospitals; ensure that the portfolio is tenanted by well capitalised operators with strong operational track records; maintain jobs for nurses and hospital staff; and maintain long term value for HCW unitholders and UHF investors.