GHG.L Regulatory News (GHG)

London, 8 March 2018

Georgia Healthcare Group launches a new district polyclinic in Tbilisi

Georgia Healthcare Group PLC (the "Group" or "GHG") announces that it has launched a new district polyclinic (outpatient clinic) in Tbilisi, in the Saburtalo neighbourhood, covering a population of c.240,000. Like the other polyclinics, it caters to all age groups and provides a wide range of outpatient services, including general practitioner and specialist physician consultations, imaging and functional diagnostics, as well as clinical, biochemical and serological laboratory tests.

The launch is consistent with the Group's strategy to enhance the footprint of our polyclinics and develop a nationwide chain to provide quality outpatient services to a much larger part of Georgia's population. GHG now operates a total of 17 district polyclinics, of which 10 are located in Tbilisi, the capital city, and seven in the regional centres.

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:

Ketevan Kalandarishvili, Head of Investor Relations

About Georgia Healthcare Group PLC

Georgia Healthcare Group PLC is a UK incorporated holding company of the largest healthcare services provider in the fast-growing, predominantly privately-owned, Georgian healthcare services market. GHG's leadership position is underpinned by offering the most comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient services targeting the mass market segment through its vertically integrated network of 37 hospitals and 12 polyclinic clusters (consisting of 16 polyclinics and 24 express outpatient clinics), as at 31 December 2017. GHG is the single largest market participant, accounting for 24.5% of total hospital bed capacity in the country, as of 31 December 2017. From January 2017, GHG become the largest pharmaceuticals retailer and wholesaler in Georgia, with approximately 30% market share by revenue. GHG is the second largest provider of medical insurance in Georgia with a 29.0% market share based on net insurance premiums earned and approximately 155,000 insurance customers as at January 2018. GHG employed a total of c.15,100 people as at 31 December 2017, including c.3,500 physicians.

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