25/01/2013

Report no. 8/2013

Conclusion of a significant contract in “EuroMediCare" Specialist Hospital with the Outpatient Clinic in Wrocław

 

Pursuant to §5 (1) (3) of the Regulation of the Minister of Finances of 19 February 2009 on current and periodical information provided by issuers of securities, the Management Board of EMC Instytut Medyczny S.A. informs that on 25 January 2013 the Company received a  contract concluded with the National Health Fund - the Dolnośląskie Voivodeship Branch in Wrocław (the Fund Branch), regarding healthcare services in the scope of  inpatient treatment for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2013. 
 
Healthcare services specified hereinabove are provided by “EuroMediCare” Specialist Hospital with the Outpatient Clinic in Wrocław owned by EMC Instytut Medyczny S.A. 
 
The Issuer informed about the contracts concluded with the Fund Branch concerning services rendered by “EuroMediCare” Specialist Hospital with the Outpatient Clinic in Wrocław in 2012 in its current report nos. 17/2012 of 30.01.2012, 27/2012 of 24.02.2012, 44/2012 of 30.03.2012, 66/2012 of  26.06.2012, 71/2012 of 27.07.2012, 86/2012 of 3.09.2012,90/2012 of 05.09.2012; 111/2012 of 16.11.2012 and 119/2012 of 19.12.2012.
 
The contract for the provision of healthcare services such as inpatient treatment, marked as 03/1/3102769/01/2013/01 concluded on 21 January 2013, is the first contract signed for 2013 as well as the contract with the highest value for the Hospital.
 
The Parties to the contract are the Issuer and the National Health Fund - the Dolnośląskie Voivodeship Branch in Wrocław (the Fund Branch).
 
The subject of the contract is the provision of healthcare services such as inpatient treatment by the Issuer.
 
The maximum amount of Fund Branch liability towards the Issuer in the period from 1 January to 31 December 2013 totals PLN 10,347,47.20.
 
The Issuer undertook, within the duration of the contract, to conclude a civil liability insurance contract against damages caused in relation to the provision of services.
 
In the case of non-performance or improper performance of the contract, caused by the Company, the Director of the Fund Branch may impose a contractual penalty. 
In the case of writing out prescriptions to unauthorised persons or in unjustified cases, the Fund Branch may impose on the Issuer a contractual penalty amounting to the equivalent of the unjustified refund of the costs of medication made on the basis of prescriptions together with statutory interest calculated from the day of making the refund. 
 
In the case of issuing orders for delivery of medical products which are orthopaedic goods and auxiliary goods fully or partially financed by the Funds to unauthorised persons or in unjustified cases, the Fund Branch may impose on the Issuer a contractual penalty amounting to the equivalent of the unjustified financing together with statutory interest calculated from the day of making the refund. 
 
Contractual penalties specified above shall be imposed pursuant to provisions stipulated in General Terms and Conditions of the contracts. 
 
The Fund Branch is entitled  to claim damages exceeding the value of contractual penalties. 
 
The contract has been concluded for the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2014 with a possibility of its termination by each party upon a 3-month termination notice. The Fund Branch liability specified in the contract refers to the period from 1 January to 31 December 2013.
 
As a result of signing the said contract, the total maximum Fund Branch liability towards  the Issuer with regard to healthcare services rendered  by “EuroMediCare” Specialist Hospital with the Outpatient Clinic in Wrocław currently amounts to PLN 10,347,47.20 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2013. 
 
A criterion for a contract to be considered significant:
The value of contracts exceeds 10% of the Issuer’s equity capital.